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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
MONEY TO RECLAIM LAND.
Commissioner of General Land Office
Makes Report of Cash on Hand.

Commissioner of General Land Office
Makes Report of Cash on Hand.
WASHINGTON-W. A. Richards.
commissioner of the general land Of
flee, has made public statement
showing the amounts to the credit of
the reclamation fund from sales of
public lands in the several states anG'
territories during the fiscal years OF
1901, 1902 and 1903 under the prOvi-
sions of the act of congress approx
ed June II, 1902. 1t is shown that
during the present year there has
been covered into the treasury from
the proceeds of the sale of public
lands in sixteen states and territories
the sum of SS,461 ,493, making an ag
gregate of $16,191,S36 as the total
thus far received and on deposit in
the United States treasury to the
credit of the reclamation fund. Of
this amount Nebraska contributed
during the present year $11823S, and
a total since 1901 of S354,036. Dur
ing the year 1903 South Dakota sold
lands credited to the reclamation fund
valued at $239, ,420, making the tot,el
received from that state S546.982. In
Wyoming lands were sold which
brought $272,923, during the current
year. making an aggregate of S658,6S6
during the last three years.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
ST. LOUIS FAIR THREATENED.
Westinghouse Strike May Tie Up I'm.
portant Work


PITTSBURG, Pa.-The strike at the
East Pittsburg plant of the Westing-
house Machine company threatens to
tie up Important work on the st.
Louis fair buildings.
President O'Connell of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists has
taken the matter up with President
Nompers of the American Federation
of Labor 1t is claimed that the sup
port of that body has been assured
and that meeting of the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor has been called to meet at
Washington on September 81, when
the question Of calling out all union
men employed on Westinghouse con-
tracts on the fair grounds will receive
consideration, providing an appeal to
be made to the Westinghouse people
in the meantime by President Gompers
is not satisfactorily answered.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
TO ENFORCE PURE FOOD LAW.
Some Foreign Goods Are. to Be Shut
Out

Some Foreign Goods Are to Be Shut
Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The agri-
cultural department is making strong
efforts to keep out of the country
all imported goods, the entry of which
is prohibited under the pure food act.
Since August l, when the act went
into effect, approximately 500 ship
ments of meats. wine, olive oil, etc.
have been held up pending an exam
nation as to the determination of the
question whether their use is prohib-
tied in the country whence they are
imported into the United States. Up
20 this time only one shipment, con-
sisting of white wine, has been re-
fused entry.
The special agents and cOnsuls
abroad keep the department advised
by cable of all shipments of goods
which may come within the prohibi-
lions of the law, and instructions are
sent at once to the collectors at the
ports where they are to arrive to hold
them in warehouses and send sam
pies to Washington for analysis.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
ATROCITIES BEYOND BELIEF.
Turks Dig Flesh from Living Woman
with Pocket Knives.

with Pocket Knives.
LONDON-The Daily Mails CORE
spondent at Monastir, in dispatch
dated September g. claims that him
self, the British vice consul, MacGreg-
or, and an American missionary nam
ed Bond, are the intended victims
of Turkish revenge because they re-
ported the Turkish atrocities. If their
murder could be compassed, it would
be fathered upon the Bulgarians.
The correspondent describes further
atrocities by soldiers. In one case
they fiayed little girls head, while
in another they dug the flesh from
under woman's arms with pocket
knives in order to see the working OF
her lungs.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated September 10, says
the porte telegraphed to Washington
asking to have the American squad
ron recalled from Beirut, but the re-
quest was refused. Minister Leish-
man declared that it would remain un-
til the departure of the late vail, Res
hid Pasha.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEP A RI n E n 7

is for cooperation in Information TO reduce
mutually expensive mistakes 1t is for mechGn-
icat. commercial and professional people; the
employer, empt0ye and customer: and consists
Of extracts taken by permission from tie copy
iighted letters eIectHres note books dad libraries
of DR.. Earl II. Pratt When yOH secure on any
subject an idea personally useful to yoH, and
you irish TO giUe 10 to him. address him IN care
Of The John CrerGr Library, Marshall Field
Building, Chicago He is hunting the 1chOte D0rid
0ger for iafOrRsatiOR Of eUe1y day use to y0,;,
and he regrets his iR1Jiity, personally TO reply
to contributors. 50 far as possible he aCiSheS to
haze in this space the gery ideas yOw acoutd Ike
to ind here. Y0w are at liberty to send him
any suggestion yOu may care TO. HIS Arcade
Iaer libraries aCere started tn 1872 and Oo con-,
TIN unpublished Information dGtiRg back TO 1896
,cih systematic plans e.rtending to 1852. Your
short story Of some example OfJOrethought de
posted iDte Arcade I9dec collection may pr0ge to
be v0Er best monument.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
PENSION LIST GROWING LESS.
Benefciaries Drop Below the Million
Mark.

Beneficiaries Drop Below the Million
Mark.
WASHINGTON-The annual report
ef Commissioner of Pensions Ware
places the total number of pension
ers now on the rolls at 996,545. OF
which 725,356 are soldiers and 267,'
1876 are widows and dependents. MIR.
Ware announces that it is not prob
able that the pension roll will again
cross the million line, the high water
mark having been reached year
ago.
Five of the pensions are on the roll
on account of the war of the reyolu.
ton; 1,116 of the war of 1872; 4,734
on account of Indian wars, and 1884
on account of the Mexican war. The
average annual value of each pension
is now $133. The total annual value
of the Spanish war pension roll has
reached s1,765.31O.
Commissioner Ware makes the fol-
lowing recommendations Laws for
feiting the pension or right to pension
Of any man convicted in court of an
Infamous crime; prohibiting the Civ
Ing of pensions to women who marry
soldiers after the soldiers become old
pensioners; different method of ex-
amining applicants for pensions, Mr..
Ware stamping the present system as
uncertain, unsatisfactory and of al.
enormous amount of political friction.
Mr. Ware says the bureau has gain
ed on the current work 100000 case7
during the last two years.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Tornado Strikes Oklahoma.

GUTHRIE, Okla.-A tornado struck
the vicinity of Bloomington, in south
western Oklahoma, Sunday, doing ex-
tensive damage The residence of
Mrs. Sarah Carter was destroyed, the
woman and her eldest daughter being
injured. Two children were blown
across a barb wire fence into pas
tnre. Buildings on the farms of
Frank Allen, John Push and William
Herndon were also completely de-
stroyed
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Nebraska at ST. Louis.

LINCOLN, Neb.-At a meeting OF
the Nebraska commission for the st.
Louis exposition arrangements were
discussed with prominent exhibitors to
have entries ready for the Nebraska
exhibit at the exposition. October 1S
will be Nebraska day at the fair, that
being the anniversary of the day the
first territorial governor of Nebraska
took the 9th of Office.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Drop Hints of Abdication.

LONDON-The Vienna correspond
ent of the Daily Mail declares that
the Hungarian political crisis has be-
come so acute that the abdication of
Emperor Francis Joseph as king of
Hungary is freely discussed in the
latter country, and although no party
leader is willing to openly discuss the
probability, there is a strong feeling
in favor of Hungary's right to choose
its own king. the candidate favored
being the German emperor's second
son, Prince Eitel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Spends Money in Salt Lake.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah-General
Superintendent ]. P. Young of the
Rio Grande & Western railway on
Thursday announced that the city
council of Salt Lake would be pre-
sented at its next meeting with a pc
tition for necessary franchises for i'm
provements for the Denver & Rio
Grande system in this city, aggregat-
ing nearly s1.0Oo,O0O. This will in
clude the erection of a new station
10 cost at least 100000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Killed with Empty Beer Kegs.

PITTSBURG, Palate Sunday af-
ternoon, at Trafford City, Tony Blier
was so badly battered up with beer
kegs that he died in few hours.
Blier had gone for a rest under a
cliff Just under the camp of some
Italians. The Italians took offense
at the intrusion and hurled three
empty eighth-barrel beer kegs down
on Blier's head, crushing his skull.
No arrests have as yet been made.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Omaha Steer is Dead.

MILWAUKEE, visa priced
shorthorn steer belonging to ". F,
Christian of Omaha passed to the hap.
py hunting grounds Wednesday morn
ing. He had brought it from Omaha,
where it captured the red ribbon. A
string of red and blue ones fioated
over it's quarters. 1t was taken i'll
with bladder and kidney trouble in
Omaha, but appeared to have recov-
cred. Tuesday night is suffered re-
lapse and died.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
To Guard Frontier Carefully.

SALONICA-Palace authorities, act
ing upon advices received here from
the Turkish minister at Belgrade,
have telegraphed to the vail of Kos
siao, instructing him to guard the
Servian frontier more carefully, be-
cause the Servian revolutionary COM
mittee is said to be holding meetings
at many places, and is organizing
bands. distributing bombs and explain
ing the use of them to their follow
erS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
"a Ioeffcr ON Ioaw
(By a Correspondent.l

What should | know about law? |
am the average individual. neither or
binary nor extraordinary. neither fool
nor sage During my business life
have occasionally consulted a lawyer,
have had several lawsuits, and have
learned some law.
A lawyer once told me that when
he was studying in an office for admis-
sion to the bar, he thought of writing
an essay on Popular Misconceptions
of Law" and asked the advice of his
preceptor about it, who said: Young
man, you better write an article on
Lawyers Misconceptions of Law '"
The students ready response was: Il
believe that subject is too broad
A Lawyers Knowledge.
Some people believe a lawyer should
know everything, and when they dis
cover their lawyer does not, begin to
look for another one. Such persons
usually have as many lawyers as they
have legal propositions lodged in their
brains. Whenever the lawyer fails, so
does their faith. They seem never to
come to the conclusion that lawyer
should not be expected to know it all
any more than any other person in his
particular calling or business.
Although a lawyer should not be
expected to know everything he should
be expected and should know those
things which will fulfill the purposes
e +0 hn bIy
his clients. A legal author well says:
An attorney agrees that he possesses
at least the average degree of skill and
learning in his profession in that part
of the country he practices, and that
he will exercise that learning and skill
with reasonable care and diligence"
Courts of Equity.
| always supposed court OF equity
was a court of justice until | learned
10 my sorrow that it was not. | asked
my lawyer the real meaning Of court
of equity. He said it was court OF
chancery. And what is a court of
chancery?" 1T is that side of the
court as distinguished from the law
side" And how do you distinguish
it?" "The difference between a court
Of equity and a court of law is that
equity begins where the law ends, that |
equity reaches those cases the law |
does not, that equity takes jurisdiction |
of those matters only where the law !
fails to provide a remedy" AS l did |
not fully understand his explanation !
le further said: These courts Of |
equity are an outgrowth of the Eng !
ish common law. At an early day the |
only courts were the law courts, and |
Is in many cases persons were !
wronged, and the courts Of law af |
;orded no remedy. it became the Gus
ON TO petition the king for justice
% be done These cases became so
numerous that the king finally re-
erred them to the Lord High Chancel-
or. and he. in turn, feeling burdened
~ them. secured the establishment
Il regular courts of chancery, from
which We derive the term 'chancery,'
md which are called courts of equity
because they seek to do equity in
hose cases where the law fails to do
o." AS an illustration he mentioned
he case of a court of equity granting
N Injunction in a matter where a
.ourt of law could only give damages
yhich would be an entirely inadequate
emedy.
IN Common Sense.
I have found law as a rule is found
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
LEAK FROM THE GRAND JURY.
Indictments in the PastaI Cases Were
Tipped Off.

WASHINGTON = Information has
come to light which seems to indi-
cate that Issac S. Mcclellan and Jo-
seph S. Huntington, members of the
Columbia Supply company, were CIV
en- advance information of the indict-
ments returned against them by the
federal grand jury here last Tuesday,
and have temporarily gotten out of
the way.
1t was said that word was received
here early Friday morning, six hours
before the indictments were made
public, that these men were wanted
in this city to answer charges of brib-
cry. 1t is said that both these men
disappeared from New York before
the warrants could be served on them.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON-Tuesday's state
ment of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive of the $780,
O00,0 gold reserve in the division of
redemption, shows: Available cash
balance, $235, 5,2S4,O92: gold, s106,73S,-
142
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
-avL MORTON AT OYSTER BAY.
President Also Hears Report on A.
Ieued Indian Frauds.


OYSTER BAY, l.. 1.-The president
entertained at luncheon Paul Morton
of Chicago, vice president of the San
ia Fe railroad system; Francis E.
Leupp of Washington, and Lieuten-
ant Gordon Johnston of the army.
who was a member of the presidents
regiment of Rough Riders.
Mr.. Leupp, who is a Washington
newspaper correspondent, was ap-
pointed by the president several
months ago as a commissioner to
make an investigation Of alleged In
dian frauds in the Oklahoma territory.
He has completed his work and madF
his report to the president.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
Well Known German Dead.

MILWAUKEE-Dr Ernest Nantke,
aged 40 years, professor of chemistry
and conductor of brewers school
in this city, died suddenly of penu-
monia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18

Heavy Snow in Yellowstone Park.
YELLOWSTONE PARK Six
inches of snow on the level have fall
en- throughout Yellowstone Park dur
ing the last forty-eight hours.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
HEAVY DAMAGE TO GRAIN.
Wheat and Hay Badly Injured in
Washington.

PORTLAND, Ore.-A special to the
Oregonian from Spokane says: Re-
ports of damage to the grain and hay
crops are coming in from all sections
of eastern Washington except in the
Big Bend Few districts have not
materially suffered from rains. For
the past two weeks rain has fallen in
heavy showers nearly all day, the
drenched eXpanse extending from
Walla Walla county north to the in
ternational boundary and into north
Idaho A fair estimate of the wheat
harvest is that two-thirds has been
cut. Much of this is stacked in the
fields and is swelling from the heavy
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-09-18
PLAQUE condirion is serious.

MARSEILLES.-T unofficial re-
ports make the plague situation seri-
Gus. The dead, it appears, includes
four women and one man whose
bodies were covered with bubos, leav-
ing little doubt as to the nature of the
disease
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Good Sample Rooms for
Commercial nen. X x x
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

The thinking OF the Thought at once did make
That one huge World to fraction worlds sub
break,
And mighty suns and systems Mind did bring
Darkness and ight-conditions-eacha a thing
Each with its opposite. else there would not
Have been the sense OF Reason to the Thought.
That which was hard" to Mind with Reason
loft
An opposite condition must suppose, /. e., the
soft"
That which was "dark"-and everyplace was
Night
Called forth its own antithesis-the Light;
That which was weak suggested something
strong"
The first made short, +" the second must be
long"
One thing made "low," the other would be
tall
That which was large" inspired the object
small"
Hence all things came. by ages, till at last
Mind by itself seemed in itself surpassed
To hare its pow'r or to its work begin,
Mind must its own creation enter in;
Thus God, or Mind did with itself iDl6ue
Whate'er it sought to mold, design, or do
So all of Mind into all substance crept
Till Living shapes Of substance forward stepped.
And by degrees each living thing, and Man,
Became part OF one all perfect Plan.
Man, beast or worm. whatever moves or lives,
Is of, and from, and part of That which gives.
To have existence he must have Mind,
'Tis tie cement which holds him to his kind.
Each is himself the moulding of his Thought,
And is, by the thinking, into action brought;
Each thinks thought, himself to bless or
dam.
But all alike think that one thought-I AM
Los 4Hgetes, California
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Commissioner Frank Uehren
and wife of Dickey recently re-
turned from visit to his old
home at Galena, Ill.
DIR. R. w. Philips leaves this
week on a professional trip for
Custer, and expects to be absent
two weeks. He will also visit
Clayton. Those in need of any
work in the dental line will do
well to give him a call.
The Sunbeam Mining company
have started their new mill on
Jordan creek, near Custer, and
from reports everything is run
ming smoothly. This is a new
proposition in a mining way in
Custer county, and its results is
watched with marked interest.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

CHALLIS, IDAHO.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
TREAsuRER's NOTICE.

The following warrants against
Custer county will be paid with
interest to date if presented
within sixty days from date of
this notice
CURRENT EXPENSE FUND.
april Issue 1903.)
Nos. 13-15-17-1S-19-20
Interest at .07 per cent. from
date of registry to ten days after
date of advertisement.
ALICE FELKNER.
County Treasurer,
Challis, Ida, Oct. 20, 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Arrivals at the New Challis
House
Mat Womacks, Yellow Jacket,
Ida, Ed. Fegau. Custer. Ida,
Tim Willis, Salmon, Ida., w. T.
Nye. Salmon, Ida., Dave Clum,
Seafoam, Ida, J. Beethan, Og-
den, Utah. Geo. Clemow, Clay
ton, Ida, w. ]. Mcdonald, May,
Idaho.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
czIzEk PRESIDENT OF PACKER.

j. A. Czizek, manager of the
Lost Packer company's Loon
creek. Idaho, gold-copper bonan-
"a, came down from Custer yes
terday morning in order to be in
attendance at the annual meeting
of the company. scheduled for
tomorrow. That he will have a
most interesting report to report
to spread before the sharehold-
ers the record of the property
during the present season gives
ample evidence.
During the past few weeks
very weighty talent has joined
the ranks of the heavy share
holders in the proposition and at
the meeting tomorrow they will
secure representation in the com
pany's official household. In
spite of the fact that there has
been conflicting interests in the
company during the past year a
fine record has been made by
Manager Czizek and, with
board all in harmony, a much
better showing is sure to be made
during the year to come.
Among the early Improvements
that will be undertaken by the
company is the construction of a
good wagon road to the mine
frem Custer; the erection of com
modious buildings at the mine
and the building of a mill to
handle the second grade ores
during the year to come. Much
of this work would have been
undertaken during the past
season had there been less fric-
ton in the ranks of the principal
shareholders.
At the annual meeting of the
Lost Packer company a strong
board of directors was chosen
and efficient and active men cleo
ted to the offices in the board.
AS organized after the election
the board stood as follows
President-J. A. Czizek.
Vice-President-J. T. Finlen,
Butte, Montana.
Secretary-Henry Welch, Park
City, Utah.
Treasurer--James Ivers, Butte,
Montana.
The remaining director being
E. G. Rowe, of Chicago, one of
the original heavy shareholders
in the corporation.
The faction in the company
which, according to report, was
in favor of playing the stock,
rather than the mine, to win has
been displaced through the pur
chase of something like $4,000
worth of stock in the company
during the past few weeks, and
from now on the management
will work with renewed energy
and vigor to make of the prop
erty one of the biggest gold
copper propositions in Idaho.
President and General Manag-
er Czizek was particularly we'll
pleased with the action of the
shareholders, and he declared
after the meeting that work
would now be pushed on a much
more extensive scale, promising
that a year hence the mine would
show up in better shape than it
does today, Notwithstanding the
enviable record it has made. In
a day or two Mr.. Czizek will re-
turn to camp and get things in
shane for the winters camDaiun
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
BaScOm House
o O @
AT WILLOW CREEK RANCH,
Dickey, Idaho.

The last stopping place before
crossing the mountain passes on
the way from Mackay to the Sal
mon River Valleys.
We are sparing no pains to
make our house the best travel
ers home in Central Idaho. Our
terms are reasonable.
E. w. BASCOM, Prop.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
.S0dACCIde|t!!
Lite Of Boise ELLIS
Crushed Out.

W. J. Mcdonald came over
from May last Saturday night to
procure medical aid for Boise B.
Ellis who had that day met with
a very serious accident from his
team. Boise in some manner
got caught between a gate post
and a wagon wheel when his
team started to get away. 1t IS
known at this time how badly he
is injured.
LATER Sunday, Oct. 18th,
1908, at $3.50 o'clock p. m.-News
reached Challis that Boise Basin
Ellis was dead He died within
a few hours after the accident.
His lungs were crushed by the
wagon.
Boise Basin Ellis is said to
have been the first white child
born in Boise Basin, Idaho.
He was in the neighborhood
of 40 years of age, and is one of
the prominent ranchers of May,
Idaho, and is well known in Gus
ter and Lemhi county. He is d
son of Wilson Ellis, of Ellis, Ida.
Deceased leaves a wife and three
or four children, an aged father,
two sisters-Mrs. Jas. M. Shoup
and Mrs. Chas. Matley-and one
brother, George Ellis, to mourn
his death.
His sad death has cast a sad
gloom over this community.
Deceased was a man of good
habits and highly respected by
all who knew him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
-e@NEW@S--
OhdIIiS HOUSE E!
O @ Cd
ROBERT MORRISON, Prop.

The New Challis House is strict
ly First-Class hotel, and the
meals and accommodations can
not be surpassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Parties going out on the stages
will find this a convenient hotel
to stop at, as the drivers board
here. Meals always promptly
on time. Located one door
west of the telephone Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Board and Lodging at reasonable
rates. The tables are always
supplied with the best the
market affords. Good aeon
modations for travelling men
and the public.