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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Annual Statement.

The Mayor and City Council of the
City of Montpelier, Idaho. in conformity
with the provisions of Section 81 ON page
800 of the Session Laws of the State of
Idaho passed in 1899, prepare the follow
ing statement, and order it spread upon
the minutes of their proceedings, and
published in the Montpelier EXAMINER
for four az weeks, viz:
We estimate the probable amount of
money for all purposes to be raised in
the City of Montpelier. State of Idaho.
for the fiscal year ending on the First
Tuesday in May, A. d. 19O3 to be Five
Thousand Dollars ($5OOO.OO.)
Said amount of revenue to be raised
hereafter by the annual appropriation
bill is for the following purposes, viz:
For salaries, Twenty One Hundred
Dollars. Cs2lOO. 0O.)
For sprinkling, One Thousand Dol
lars, ts1OOO.OO)
For road purposes. Six Hundred Dol
lars, tS6O000)
For Pacific Canal stock, Thirteen
Hundred Dollars, ($13OO. co.,
Total, $4,000. 90.
The entire Revenue for the fiscal year
ending the first Tuesday in Nav. 1902.
was Four Thousand Five Hundred Dol
lars Cs45OO. co., 81
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Additional Local.

Get your strychnine at Ritter Drug
Co.
See those new carpet samples att r.
Brennan's. q
A fine supper, fine program, games and
other novelties May IS
Two packages good starch for 5 cents
at FL. B. Whitman's. 2
Black Legine for sale at Ritter Bros
Drug Co., Montpelier.
Elegant new stock prunes 8 cents per
TO- at II. B. Whitman's 2
Four piece glass table sets. only 40
cents set at Ell. B. Whitman's
Buy the unbreakable tumbelers so
cents per set, at FL. X. Whitman's
Miss Irene Kelly after a years sojourn
with her brother, @. B., returned to her
home in Salt Lake this week.
large cakes toilet soap for % cents
Q bars good laundry soap same price at
II. b. Whitman,a 3
just received hew lot of Sweet q
UT oVeraiis ahd jumpers for Railroad
men. Nose Lewis.
10 not fail to come and see our new
line OF Ladies' Hair Ornaments and Hack
Combs. Also beautiful new line of
belt Buckles and Belts H. B. Whit.
mans.
hotel ware: white ware, decorated
ware IN fact we can supply your wants
with any thing in the crockerv. china or
g'ass ware line. you may need, at low
EST prices. Fl 9. Whitman.
Inc finest coffees in the land is Chase
q Sanborn's. Various prices for yarions
Kinds, but they are all good. Ask for
Onem the next time you want good
coffee. For sale at j. R. Brennan's (
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Scramble for Water

There is wild scramble ON the part
OF Utah Canal companies for Bear River
water, and several corporations have
surveyors in this valley taking measure
ments and running lines to tap Mud
and Bear Lakes. Already one company
is digging a canal from Mud lake to
Bear River and three or four more out
hts are preparing to do the same thing,
Parties living I'm BannocK county, hear
ing of the intended increase in the flow
or Bear River, have fled locations appro-
priating the water and now the canal
companies, in order to get the benefit
or their work are doing the same thing.
The Pocatello Tribune of last week
said:
Utah people are evidently getting
afraid that Idaho is going to use mp all
che waters of Bear river and Bear Lake
since the news has gone out that Idaho
people have already canal constructed
from the Bear river which will turn the
waters of both Bear river and lake into
the Portneuf valley and thence to Snake
river basin. Perhaps they have some
cause for estimates of Utah engineers
are that two fifths of the water of the
Salt Lake basin comes from Bear river.
A few days ago man rushed breath
lessly into the county recorders Office
ana on behalf of Lucian Z. Num-, Will
liam Storey, A. L.. Woodhouse, VIM, B.
Searle and Eldon P. Bacon, filed notice
OF appropriation of 1000 cubic feet of
the Hood waste, surplus and unappro-
pr1ated waters of the Bear river, to be
diverted during the food season and
when such diversion does not interfere
with any prior rights.
Today another notice by the same
parties appropriating 5000 cubic feet
more OF the same waters was filed with
the county auditor, the appropriation
being made for the purpose Of storing
the same in Mud lake and Bear lake and
then distributing them by means of
canals onto lands in Bear Lake Bannock
and Oneida counties in Idaho and Cache
ana box Elder counties in Utah.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
A Valuable Medicine

For coughs and colds in children.
i have not the slightest hesitancy in
recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to all who are suffering from
coughs or colds says Chas. M. Cramer
ESQ, we'll known watch maker of
Colombo, Ceylon. 1T has been some
TWO wears since the City Dispensarv
nrst called my attention to this valuable
"e''c'ne and have repeatedly used it
"'' ~ mas always been beneficial. 1t
ias sured me quickly of all chest colds.
- Is especially effective for children and
seldom takes more than one bottle to
cure them of hoarseness. l have ner.
suaded many totry this valuable med.
iclne' and they are all as well pleased
as myselt over the resnlts" For sale
oy r. y. Lyman, the Druggist.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Some Mining Definitions.

0O0AG N4AAAAS 0S4AAAtAVAS>
The following appeared in The Re-
corder about three years ago. We re-
produce it in this issue at the request OF
subscriber.
A prospector-A man who has hole
in the ground and is the biggest liar in
town.
A proposition man One who wears
laced boots and corduroy clothes and
never paid his board bill.
A mining expert-A man who can
talk about formations, ramifications,
qualifications, dykes, zones, dips. spurs.
angles, teigtites, oozites, sedemites and
all the other ties and titles; can see a
mile into mother earth and invariably
condemns the country.
An expert miner-A fellow who loafs
around town looking for a job as super
intendent of property, but would be a
foreman if he can't be superintendent;
one who worked on the Comstock in 20
and has been idle ever since.
A ''49er"-A man who came to the
coast in the fall of 40 or spring of "5O''
and knows where there are diggings
that will pay $3.50 to the pan, and is
going back there just as soon as spring
comes.
A mining reporter-A man who wants
you to subscribe Tor his paper, wants to
write up your property, and wants you
to take him out in the best buggy in
town, smokes your best cigars and bor-
rows s..
A mine promoter-A man who has
unli mited capital behind him, but not
any in front of him; his watch is i'm
soak.
A tenderfoot- A ''N lille boy" lust
out from the east. Carries small
arsenal with him, goes out prospecting
with shotgun and fishing rod, buyA
a salted claim and gets money from
mother to come home in the fall.
An amalgamator-Am man who wears
long tingernalls, draws So shift and de-
posits $lOin the bank every day, if the
ore is low grade, and more in proper
ton.
"A local mill man of note"-One who
has been on the eve of starting for
south Africa or some far off region for
seven years. to take charge of the con-
struction of 1000 stamp mill for a
London syndicate; a man who hah
been positively known to have con-
strncted saw mill.
An assayer-A man who charges you
$l.oO for throwing your samples out Of
the back door and writing certificate.
A mining engineer-One who makes
funny figures on blazed stumps and
charges high price.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
O0o &c 80 @0OOo,
:Good things
lin season, too

SFresh vegetables and fruits direct
ofrom Salt Lake, as fast as theye
ecome into the market there. =
SIce cream and soda water, as
efine as you ever tasted. :
ice cream for sale in any quan-s
stitys Made fresh every day. :
oLunch goods for a quick meal or orr
ssto take with you on your cute
eing. We handle ali the choices
SSthings in this line. .
oOur line of magazines include ale
Ssthe leading publications. :
eve have lots of other goods inss
sSgrocery, candy and notion line. .
: Corner Grocery. F.:
q Mrs. M. Hutchens, Proprietor
. . . oe0OoO0oOe0oS
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Hereford Bulls for Sale.

we nave few choice yearling
hereford bulls tor sale at reasonable
prices Call at our ranch and see them
'-lo HUNTER & GRAY.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Prize Winning Chickens.

Dlack Langshan eggs from thorough
ofed chickens for sale 80 for 10. Chick
Gus can De seen anytime at my home.
Leave orders at Wedel g Hansen's store.
J. w. WEDEL.
NJ ontpelie
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Good Effect Caused by One Man Who
Stood Erect in the Face of the Enemy

That story of the shot that carried
away Whitman's rations at Kenesaw," E"
said the captain, reminds me of a
shot at Chickamauga. On the first
day of the fight was in the front line
across the Lafayette road, and was
kneeling on one knee steadying my
gun by resting my left elbow on my
left kn ,e. l was as unexcited and de-
hberate as ever in my life, but just as
| was ready to fire a shot went
through my slouch hat above my left
ear, the sound resembling that made
by striking a pumpkin with a stone.
l was a good deal surprised, but /
thought at once, If the rebs are shoot
ing that low, l will stand up and see
where the bullets come from.
found out pretty soon, for the rebels
brought up their supports and our
brigade fell back fighting.
Il stood up again under very pecu-
liar circumstances in the battle of Per-
ryTille, Ky. In the afternoon when
We were ordered to advance and occu-
py the line held by the Thirty-Sixth Il
nnois. just as we reached the brow of
the hill on the right of the Springfield
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Miss Mollle O'Bryan.

presidency of gold mining company
has placed her In the foremost ranks
of those whose profession represents
the pick and shovel. the patient toll
and the unquenchable hope and bitter
disappointment of the miner.
Miss O'Bryan reached Cripple Creek
in the early SOS, when the place was
a mere tented village. She was an
expert stenographer and at once set
up an office in which she soon trans
acted a successful business. Like
others she shared in the excitement
of the time, due to the alalost unend-
ing reports of gold discoveries. She
invested her savings carefully and
soon had the satisfaction of seeing
them multiply. AS soon es she dis
posed of one claim at a proat she in
vested in another and success uni
formly attended her. To-day she is
wealthy and is regarded ore of the
best judges Of gold ore in the region.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Ex-senator Manderson Writes a History
of His Twin Revolvers" During the War

THE Twin Seven-Shooters" is the
title of a story by ex-senator Charles
F. Henderson of Nebraska, which
is soon to be published in New York
in book form. 1t is founded on an
interesting episode of the senator's
service in the civil war.
The twins" themselves repose in
a magnificent mahogany case at Man
derson's elegant home in Omaha.
They are of unique construction and
handsomely mounted in silver. They
were presented to him by his regi-
ment. AS there was danger of cap
ture he packed his revolvers in some
supplies that were on the way to
camp from the sanitary commission,
and which were going in charge of
convoy. He himself made the trip in
safety, but on reaching his regiment
he learned that the supplies, and, of
course, his precious revolvers with
them, had been captured by Gen.
Wheeler's cavalry.
Twenty years after the war Col.
Henderson received a letter from a
man in Iowa, informing him that he
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Colored Soldier Who Was Foremost Among
the Heroes of the ReVoutonary Wer

Notable among the colored heroes
of the revolution was brave Austin
Dabney of Georgia. His owner crav-
emily refused to shoulder a fiintlock,
but the negro offered to enlist, and,
after some discussion, the officers en-
rolled him. He was one of the heroic
band who faced the charge of the list
Highland regiment at Blackstock's
farm, and turned the crack troops of
Europe in open field, with rife and
musket against the bayonet, and at
Kettle creek Dabney was severely
wounded. After the war he was pen
stoned by the United States govern
ment, and received grants of land
from Georgia. For gallant service in
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
wHITNEYs TIPS OF NO VALUE.
Youthful speculator Who knew the
Value of Advice.

During the recent racing season in
Saratoga William G. Whitney noticed
at the track one day young fellow
for whom he had a strong liking.
Knowing that the young man was
none too rich, Mr.. Whitney gave him
a few tips on what he regarded as
good things. One or two of them
turned out well and the youth came
every morning for a tip or two. Mr..
Whitney's judgment proved to be
very poor, so near the close of the
meeting he hunted the young fellow
up and asked: How have you come
out?" about $4,000 to the good"
was the surprising reply. you see,
Mr.. Whitney, ! wasn't long in dis
covering that you don't know much
about horses, SO l coppered all your
tips aud bet against the ponies you
fancied." The millionaire stared for
moment and then had a hearty laugh.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
a. d. .Iones

number of residents of Council Bluffs
determined to brave not only the dan
gers of trouble with the Indians, but
the displeasure of the government
and to settle themselves as squatters
upon the Indian lands within what is
now the borders of the city of Omaha.
The three men to make the first at
tempt at locating land upon the pres
ent site of the city were A. D. Jones
and two brothers by the name of
Brown. In November, 1853, they pad
died in dilapidated canoe across the
river, landing near the foot of Daven-
port street, and made a rapid survey
of the land.
A. d. Jones was born on a farm
which is now incorporated within the
limits of the city of Philadelphia
eighty-nine years ago, within four
miles of Independence hall.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

and Perryville pike, we came into the
zone of musketry fire. The boys were
doing the scrooching act, and l was
keen first in the business. l glanced
to my right and my captain caught
my eye and called me by name, say
ing, Stand up. Blank, and be a man
Il stood up and walked straight as
any soldier could until we halted.
Years afterward at one of our regi-
mental reunions l related the story,
and my captain was sitting in the au-
dience directly in front of me.
asked him to tell me why he singled
me out at such time and ordered me
to stand up. He rose and said he re
membered the incident very well, and
explained that he spoke to me be-
cause l was the youngest man in the
company, the baby in years, of all the
boys, and in the belief that l would
obey him without question, and that
my going forward in line erect would
influence the others. He added that
his theory was correct, for when the
company halted directly in front of
the enemy, every man was standing
erect"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

the field he was freed by an act OF
the state legislature, and his value
paid from the public funds. Grateful
to the white family who nursed him
when wounded, he earned money to
educate their eldest son, and wept
with joy when the youth was admitted
to the bar Riding into Savannah to
draw his pension he humbly fell to the
rear of the white men he bore com.
pany. Gov. James Jackson, himself
the owner of many slaves, saw Dab
ney, rushed out, shook his companion
in. arms by the hand, and had him
lodged in his quarters" or row OF
houses where the servants uyed.-
Leslie's Monthly.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
sagacIous Birds.

Mexico has a clever bird called the
m melanarpes, which has disc ,vered a
NEW use for the telegraph pole. At
the foot of the post this bird makes
a large hole, in which it rears its
family; somewhat higher up the post
it makes an observatory, from which
bored holes permit it to observe the
horizon in every direction; still high
er this sagacious bird makes its store
house, and thus the pole serves as its
home, fortress, and warehouse.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Worlds Champion speII,r.

No pent-up Utica for Prot. David
Jones of Lancaster, Mo-, who chal-
lenges the whole world to a spelling
match. He first issued a def of this
kind some thirty years ago and annu-
ally ever since has issued a similar
challenge. The professor, who is a
school teacher, has been victor in nu-
merous contests, but sighs for more
victims. He holds that the ability to
spell correctly is the essential basis
of modern education.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Can Defy Coal Trust.

A Respondent community is deeply
grateful to the New York Herald for
the brilliant suggestion that dried
peach stones give satisfaction as fuel"
Thus we throw down the gauntlet Of
defiance of the. coal trust unless it has
cunningly anticipated us by buying
up the peach crop. The winter is
robbed of its terrors and stubbornness
and avarice are rebuked. Don't buy
coal; buy peaches.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

had in his possession a revolver in
scribed with his name. He had got
it from a southern soldier. Col Man
derson journeyed to the writer's home
and there joyfully received the
weapon.
His story of the recovery of the
other twin eight years later is thus
told by himself:
I'm the cloak room of the senate
one day Senator Pugh introduced to
me an Alabamian, a typical southern
colonel
"'Suh,' said the colonel to me, I
believe l have something which will
interest you
And he handed me a revolver
bearing my name engraved upon the
handle. l grasped it eagerly 1t was
the other pistol.
''The colonel said he got it from
one of his soldiers, and had used it
during the remainder of the war. 1t
had thus fought under two flags"
The weather man is mixed in his
dafac
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
A Simple DeIusIon.

An Irishman, newly arrived in the
United States, was one day regaling
some friends with an account of the
glories of play he had witnessed the
night before. How much did all that
luxury cost yez?" asked an envious
member of the group. "Nivver a clint, 3"
was the reply. "Oi jist walked in
backwards. an tn mon be tn dure
thought it wuz goin' out l wuz."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
An Object Lesson.

Professor (lecturing)-In conclusion
l would instance mental alteration, a
mania to- which the learned are fire.
quently subject, and occasionally make
themselves ridiculous without know
ing it. After saying which the pro-
fessor took, instead of his hat, the
lamp-shade off the bracket, put it on
his head, and walked out.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Unequal Distribution.

The census returns concerning the
consumption of alcoholic drinks in the
United States show that the annual al
lowance is 17.S gallons head; but
everybody knows that the distribu-
tion is so unequal that a few persons
overwork themselves trying to main
tain corner on the beer and whisky
output.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Better Than the Name.

A London correspondent notes that
the Gaekwar of Baroda has a sword
whose jeweled ornaments are worth
s1,100,000. 1t is not more glorious
than the lifting music of the Gaekwar's
high name, however.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Mushrooms as Food.

1t would cost a man $50 a day to
live on mushrooms. On the other
hand, 10 cents would buy sufficient
flour to supply him with enough food
to enable him to continue at hard
work.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Calls for Explanations.

Philosophers like Mr.. Perkins, Mr.
Morgan's partner, who declared that
in modern conditions the young man
who works hard must win success,
should add a few footnotes to their
disquisitions explaining matters sat
isfactorily to the men who have work
ed hard and not won.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
A Soapless Country.

In spite of British rule India is still
virtually a soapless country. Through
out the villages of Hindustan soap is,
indeed, regarded as a natural curios-
ity, and it is rarely, if ever, kept in
stock by the native shopkeeper.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Drawback to Temperance.

Measures to promote temperance
in Swiss towns are impeded by the
fact that in nearly all hotels and res
taurants guests are expected to drink
wine or beer.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
A WEALTHY WOMAN MINER.

Miss Mtllle o'5ryan Has Made For
ture at Cripple Creek.
Miss Moilie O'Bryan of Cripple
Creek, Colo, is one of the few sue
cessful mining women of the west.
Her election the other day to the
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
German Settlers in Canada.

There are about 5000 Germans in
Canada, mainly in the Eastern frontier
districts. There are 5000 Germans in
British Columbia. In several Cana
dian towns the German element
amounts to from 60 to 50 per cent of
the whole population.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Disadvantages of Cool Summer.

A cool summer is pleasant in many
ways, but it makes bad business
for the opticians, as well as for the
dispensers of soda water and cooling
drinks. In sultry weather eyeglasses
slip and fall continually from per-
spring noses.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
oxaIie Acid from sawdust.

Making oxalic acid out of sawdust
is the work of twelve British manu-
factories, six German, one French and
one Belgian. Yellow and white pine
dust is the best material.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
MAN WHO FOUNDED OMAHA.
D. Jones, First Settler of Great
Western City, Now Dead.

A. d. Jones, who died at Omaha,
Neb.. with the ending of summer,
August 80, made the original survey
of Omaha in 1858. In that year
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
(Soll(Illl IlPfire51 e51dles
1.-THE PRIDE OF BATTERY B."

And so | thought when beat the drum,
and the big guns were still,
I'd creep beneath the tent and come
out here across the hill
And beg, good Mister Yankee men,
you'd give me some Lone jack
Please do; when we get some again,
I'll surely bring it back.
Indeed will, for Ned-says he-it
do what l say
I'll be a general yet maybe, and ride
prancing bay"
We brimmed her tiny apron DER; you
should have heard her laugh
AS each man from his scanty store
shook out a generous half.
To kiss the little mouth stopped down
a score of grimy men,
Until the sergeant's husky voice said,
"'Tention, squad" and then
We gave her escort, till goodnight the
pretty walf we bid,
And watched her toddle out of sight
or else twas tears that hid
Her tiny form-not turned about a
man, nor spoke a word,
Till after while far, hoarse shout
upon the wind we heard
We sent it back, then cast sad eyes
upon the scene around:
A baby's hand had touched the ties
that brothers once had bound.
That's all-save when the dawn awoke
again, the work of hell,
And through the sullen clouds of
smoke the screaming missiles fell.
Our general often rubbed his glass,
and marveled much to see
Not a single shell that whole day fell
in the camp of Battery B.
F. H. Gassaway.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Record AIbatross.

The albatross varies from IL pounds
to 2S pounds in weight. The largest
ever shot was 1715 feet between the
tips of its outstretched wings.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04
Good Laws in TWO Countries.

Neither in France nor in Austria are
pauper children permitted to enter the
workhouse. They are boarded with
peasant families.