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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24

iuaren. Cab ShluB Der 8 e.
on Der Belt lpar, ergibt
iih altf Oaraits, bob bieier @linid)
aud, bon Seiten zines 2eiers ge-
lubert pprben lit, aui beIlen llrtbeil
mir iebr piel balten, neil es n.
partetii6 unb geredt lit. Bel
oieier @elegenbeit lit es pieIIeibt am
Blase al bemerfeu, oaB IN elmer Der
artiaen Gontroperie 9erenig e
Die Spmpatbieen oeS 9eiers perbient,
nelGer Die b It ter o il Dor.
leQt mo Spar in Der d.
il en Sprm. 9aS urtbeil bieriber
iteht natiirlih Dem eitl5elnen 2eier
al. Welher in elmer 3eitlugs.Go1t
tropcrie Sas yunihtbure, aber
ood iutereiiirte" Tllblifum
unb ben rSdiebsrihter" biloet, Dor
melhem 0ieienieen pelhe Die
@ontroperie fiibren, ibr n9iaiooper"
fubren. Sntereliant Iinb ober iol6e
ihriftlihen 9ebatten n r, uelln Die
.Tlaloirenoen" ni6t bon Dem
Z b a abidpetfen, ltnS aud nitt
in einen bitteren g d. IN , +
fallen. 2erjeniee. peIfer IN
Die Debate ELM Invertebrates @ort
einfledten fam, bas Ole Setter.
felt erregt, obne ieboh BON benz
9eoanfensange Der Gontroeerie ab-
alipeifen, miro iid ebenfuQs piele
Snmpatbieen aetpinnen. 9as lit 10
cine ~@etrahtilns", pelde iid bel
bieier @elesenbeit pobI gut an's
Sera Ieaen laBt. Sn feiuem Sale
aber iouen iolbe Gontroperien elm
8efIbI Der Seinbihaft
ODER audi MIR Der 9itterfeit binter'
laiien. @er Soldes nibt permeioelt
fam, tbut gut, iih nj d in cine De.
bette ein5uluiien. Or Dirb ii6 ionit,
obne es 3u obuen, leift Inoere abs
qeneigt MAIDEN.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
aatDoliI6er &irdp
eSeIus piro ppm Seufel perIuGt.
Wottb, 4, Ill.
Sun, Yapft SmbtIan,it.

@euiB baben Die &atDoliten DeS
Er~6enrunoeS llria6e Gott 5lt
banfen, baB er Der SeBtselt eInen
gopit gei6entt, mie es FapIt SEQ Der
Ereiaebnte lit. @ir tpoaen nlir
einen @eoanfen furj Ser getrad)-
tlurq empfebleu. Satte nldt Baplt
Feo nit florem 4u9e Die geourtnllle
Snierer Gage in beionoerer @et'e er-
jannt, es gabe beute in Der @elt
SobI faum iol6 mddtige nno
n6tunggebietenbe fatboli16e
Earteieu, tpte bos Centrum IN
9euti6Iano uno Die fatbolllhe
Eartei in 9elgien, unb man lpuroe
ouh pbne SapIt SEQ ni6t III Der
S6meih IN SoQano, IN SeIterreid)
rnlo IeIbIt bier IN ben Ser. Staaten
fold ernIte 9eItrebungen betunoen,
bas Muiter Der fatboliIden Yartelen
9elttiblono'S unb Selgien'S naf5u-
obutcn urt6 8tpar nidt obne Iuslid'
fen auf balOige ifone @rfplge. Die
@emiibuneen gller I'M Sntere e
elmer d. riitIi6en So5tal:
boIitif (peldes euogiiltig ben
Sampf Inn Die 8ieOerberiteaung Der
qottQemoIIten Sronung
in Der @eIt bebeuteD 1tnO
apetfeaoS in beionberer 8eiie auf
bic % a bniport q ap It geo
beS 9rei5ebnten 5uriid3nfitb'
rem. @egen ieiner grmunterumgen
Der io5iul.politii6en 9eltrebungen
Der &otboItfeu Der oan5en @elt per'
bicnt Der greiie S%ltbeIpapit u"nierer
Sage pbne 3peifel ben Ramen 3
9apite3 unter 8dpI It Ell !"
Gbre ibm uno moge @ott uns i'm
la,Iae erbaIten!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
GttpaS Iber RamSaS.
Tanooll anor County, Sa.
g.. M ~

G~anbaIL anor County, SG.
@ertber Serr Conner!
TAB Ginigfeit itarf modt, ba8
babe i6 leBte @ohe an oeutiden
8atbolifen IN Eeters 9oprIbip,
ainarlan Gountp, &anias, mabrge.
nommen.
$50 Dor etlideu Sabren nod nifts
ais enoloie Hrairie 5u ieiu ibien, err
beben lid ieBt fatboliibe @~ottesbd,t.
Ter ems naf Dem anbern. SD mar
lesten CONNER bort uno bntte be-
riftet, BOB Die beutiben Gatbolifen
an aenanntem Srt cine neue Stride
bauten. Iieie Stride lit iest fertig
unb lit cine Der ihoniten, Die if ie
altf benz 2anoe geieben babe.
SSn Hafbar.q onnIbip, neiln Iei.
len BON Der ct. 8etrliS @emeinoe,
limo beutihe &atbolifen ifon pieoer
oarar, eine berrlide Stride Slr bauen.
0ieies Iufbliben peroanfen Ole
beltti6en aatbolifen meiit Serrn
Weinidenf, neil err fem 2ano on
Troteitanteu in fatboIiiheu SettIe.
ments perfauft, ,no i6 iase, SpItes
aereift ibm sur Gbre, benn es maht
Die aatholifen heimiid, fiiblen urD
bon 9emiiften Chen uno bersleiden
miro bort feline giebe fem. 2nnb
unb Glima iino BORT iebr gut unb ole
FARMER iinb ollie iebr Sufrieoer.
Sollte irgenb elmer unierer 2eier
ndbere ausfunft iiber Breiie BON
3onb unb bergleifen piinihen, 10
id,reibe er mir uno ib Mil ibm &C.
%wiiienbaft Illsfunft eeben.
@hturnspon
80 idael WoIitpr.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24

oirten Stoot Gllapana mo erbebe
BEN Serrn Senator bon YennipI.
nonio aunl Gictotor. mir miirbel,
lbm bier IN ari5ona ifon feline ielbit.
herriherlihen @eliiIte alstreiben.
geit s&ipper Bills" urb DIPLOMAT,
ihen aniffen fame er nid,t melt, ltno
audi Dos @oIb fduft BET uns nod
LANCE niht Iles. 9us bat nod Dor
Elm pdar Sabren Der Gbicago'er CT.
IIbermoun Muaisau ausgehinoen
Der, ols tie ibn aus Der pinbtaen
Stabt berousseidmiiien batter, nit
Ieinem neutrality-suspicious. 9uoel
bterberfam unb bas Wapors.Imt 81
ernuttern iufte. @ir iinb berte nod
Wapor bon 8ipeabam 9ult uno
Mliliaan irrt pie Elm mooerner
Eerergrinus Brotelts nit plattge.
lhlaaener Naie unb ben ip1rliten
leberrelten ieines Wammons i'm
milben 8elten lumber"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
eoataIe &ranfbett uno SeiIs
1tttteI.

lin cine aranfbeit 3u beilen, mllB
man Oielelbe genau teirnen. Welhes
lit nun Die ~iosiale aranfbeit2 IS
lit Der aapitalismuS ODER Die
aapitalpirtbidait. llnb mas Der.
itebt man inter aapttalpirtbidaft?
@s lit nniere ameritanilbe @eiddfts.
uno Sanbelsfreibeit, pelhe es MIR
Dem &apital moeIi6 maft, SanoeI
unb 9ei6Gfte gu betreibeu, uno oas
aroBere &apital IN ben Stanb lest,
Die ihpdheren Gonfurrenten 5u
rniniren. 9aourd bringt es Sanbel
unb @eperbe IN bic SGnbe Don elmer
aeringen 3abl bon aapitalilten,
Delhe ii6 Sabrifunten nno Sanoels'
leute nennen, Mnb mabt Die arbeis
tenbe aIaiie su bloben 3obnarbeitern
Der Sdbritmten ober Sabrifbeiiser.
Ser aapitalismus 1T elm Gpitem.
bas aui Die SeIbitiuht gesriinbet
lit: oas MIR ben eioeneu Wusen iu6t
uno aipar nit alien Witteln, obne auf
aottlihe 8ebote az atten; es bat lid
bon Der MeIigion %eman8ipirt unb
huIbiat Dem @runoiase: Die ReIiaiou
aeb0rt niht in bas 9eifdft.
@eaen bieie atbeiitii6e unb ber5.
Ioie 3apitalmirtbitoft emport iid
beutautage Elm GROCER SbeiI Der
ar%beitenben alaIfe. 9ieie ~llnsufrte.
oeRen neunen iid balo So3ialiiten,
bolo Gommuniiteu, balb anardiiten;
lie baben ole abiidt Die icSiale
Sraufbeit in ibrem Simne su beiIen.
aber oas SeilmitteI bas lie antpen.
oen pollen fonnte oaS ltebeI nur
ihlimmer Madden. lno Die Irbeiter,
Ole iett bios In ether i6einbaren
Sfloperei Der aapitaIiiten iteben, in
cine melt bGrtere Sflaperei oes Staa.
tes perieseu. Rit benz SoaiaIismls
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
GtnIa0nn9 3nr StdatSnerl
banoSs0ersa IT ~ lung BON
Snotana.

Sohpiirbiee Serren uno tpertbe
@ereiusbriioerl
am 3. unb A. Mai 1903 finbet Die
8eriammIune Der 9eutif-autboli.
ifeu gereine bes Staates Snoiana
in Der iGonen Staot 8incennes, Dem
@eburtsorte nnieres beilieen @ial-
bens inn Staate Snciana, itatt. Wit
beionDerem Gifer iollten mir oieies
SSsobr arbeiten; Denn baben mir in
ben letten paar 8oden. ni6t Der.
nommen, mos Die Shulporlage Die.
Der fir Die 4atbolifen beiben nitric?
Saben mir ntdt oeutlid geieben, pie
nOtbia es lit, pereinigt 5u iein, Inn
nit bern bofm'iten 9iifof WeBmer
Az rufer: @iniafeit aIIein
m d tart. SIT man jest nod
nidlt 10 tDett, 10 bot Der Stoatsper.
banb lestes Sabr Die einleitenoen
Shritte aetban, I'M cine Sooeration
i'm Staate Snbiana an oriinben. Der
GentraI-8erei bat 0ieies nod reid-
li6er ueberlesung fir gut uno notb.
menoig behlnben. 8erthe 8ereinS,
brioer, beber5igt uno pergebt ME,
oaR mir unter Der Sabine uHieres 81.
Goters itreiten fir unieren betligen
@lauben uno uniere Redte als
gIraer. Woge Der 81. Soiepb, Der
8atron unieres 8ereins, burd feline
beionoere Siirbitte uns ben Seeen
bes IuerhGditen berab fleben, ba.
nit @Qes gum Boble unierer III.
Stride uno unierer 8ereine geoeiben
moae. gs beibt iest in alien Ser.
einen: .@uf nah gincennes!" unS
NIT Dem idouen anfongsgrube:
.@elobt iei Seius, Woria uno
Soiepbl" perbIeiben mir, eure erge.
benite Witbriiber
Iugnit @Ieibe,
Br6iihent.
8. g. 8itt9en, Setr.,
COS Gum Ctr, g%panspile. Snb.
g. 9. - Die Serren Sefretdrc
iinO gcbeten, mir iobalo ais moalih
Die 8cpiiteuer sufommen an loiien
unb An idreiben, Oh man 0elegaten
ienben pirb. 9te Ropffteuer betr1st
flint Gents pro Mitglieo.
Ser Sefretar.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
@ir lenfen bic Mufmerfiamfeit

Mr lenfeH Die Antmerftnmtett
unierer 2eier auf Die Hebe bes Srn.
9. SiiIsboff al anberer Steue. Die
ielbe lit nidt MIR IN benz reiniten
Seutih unO IN fprmpoQen0eter
GIuiitticitGt gebalten 10 oaB lie ais
cine ipra6li6 Stubie eeiten
mug, ioroern oielelbe bilbet al,b cine
ae d d Stubie bon iebr
beoeltenoem Wertbe. Sorm llnb
SSnbalt Der Gebe iino Da5u angetban,
ben oeutid,. reoenoen ameritanern
oes 2anoes einen @edruf 81 geben,
iid) bod nidt ibrer beuti6en abitaml.
mung 81 ibGmen uno Die Hebe
f0nnte manbem Safer Sic Iusen
bes @eiiteS offuen, oamit er ais
Seutider iid audi Der riibmreiden
@eidjihte Seutiblanb's unb ibrer
berporraaenoen Stellung in Der
@eltgeihidte betuuBt iperbe. @ir
m6dten ben Seiern bringeno ratben,
iebes @ort Ser Rebe gena,t 81 leien
uno 81 beahten. Iut Die nWOral"
berIelben befolge man.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
Die Nns,vamoernng mad
SouaOa.

Die SeIer iperoelt Serr1 8. SIZE
Ter. ser urls in ieinem 8riefe an
anoerer Stele 10 intereiicnt iiber Die
Gerbaltniiie IN Canada in ieiner
9eaeuo plouoert, Cant tpiiien,
Gie gtebenbemerfungen, Del6e Der
freunolihe Correspondent in iold)
intereiidnter @eiIe ein5ufle6ten
tpeiB, erb0ben 6as Sutereiie OF benz
griefe in beOeutenbem MaBe, Uenn
Uir audi nift gerne glauben, Dab Die
gtnnanberun9 na6 Canada OurdJ
bic reIigi6S poIitih N
8erbGItniie bter5ulauoe
20 itarf beeinfluBt iporOen lit, tpie es
Serr Sieier an3unebmen i6eint. Gs
lit fir llns gemtB cine gang eigeue
Sade, einen 9eut dem auitreten
gil b0ren, meIdcr ms Die eng.
ii de &egierlIng ais Elm sc II It e Z
%anpreiit. @ir iino gerue bereit an.
5uerfemen, baB Die @ietboben Der
Gualanoer IN Der 9ebanolung ibrer
9olonten ii6 bemdbrt baben, ionit
hGtten tie 0eren bellte ni6t me6r 10
biele. Iber Canada lit eben cine
@uSnabme, mo Gnglono peib
nobl. Dab eS bort am beiten f1Brt,
penn eS m09liGit gere6t lit, unb
rs iuctt oaber mGgltdlt tlug Den @e.
Dobnern GonooaS Die en9Iiite Sou.
berdnit0t ia MIR lcift uno ING G.
ne b III 81 MAIDEN. 9l6er es lit allf
itlpaS itbertrieben, ipenn man
bic Ser. Staaten ais 3 riifeno in
tbrer 9ebanbluug ocS GolfeS
ihilOert. &err Gieier bat &ebt, ser
bl%utiuuaenoe omerifanii6e &apitus
lismuS lit Gin 9rtf urrf Dem &oIfe,
iehoG rmiere oeutid-reoenoen. fatbos
ltltet 6armer iin0 iuobl ote
lcBten, weIhc geraOe ieBt eS iiiblen
tOnnen, OOS Die SruItS llno @eIo,
meniGeu bo@ &ano unb oeIien @e.
nohncr bc6riidcu. lluo ipQ3 Die
TrNae Der Sduliteuer anbelangt,
10 licgt Die S6lIo an 0ieier Huge.
redtiNfeit pielfnM BEL ben
&otboliten ieIbit. @enn es
ms ntGt gclin9t ltnier @olf ouf J Ii
riIttein ,odB e5 feline bI. 3edbte
tor0eru lernt, Damn niirien mir
old Hi6t Hagen. Nir0enN8
lit Oo& Self. 0o@ fotboIiiGe &olf,
mCnigcr 3t beoauern, ais gcrnOe
bier in Den Ser. Staatcn, no eben
Nflc@ in Der Boiitif Rom nm
ieIbit mh |uuierer ShGtig.
felt n6bGngt. 8enm mir c$
rubig biunehmcn, oof man uns
Goppclte SdjuIiteuern uuibalit, 0anu
oCroicuen mir ole &riiael, meil mir
yn$ aidt Our6 Den @olfSperein. ole
StaatSoerbanoe, ben GertruI.9er
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
Sretbbansauht bon eo3taIs
polittfern tbut Notb.

Als mir gelegentllG IN Chicago
nit Or. 81. Setter 6uiammentraferL
pltrOe Die 5rage beiproben, pie man
mebr 0tanner beranbiloen
tonne, mel6e einen regelre6'
GurrS in Der oslo q.
len Srage an irgeuo einer com.
petenten S6rtle burhmad)en mir.
ben uto Damn bereit pGren, DOS 8olf
III belebren. @s tpurben peridieOenc
9eoanfen lutb Rldne aussetauiht.
Sauptiadli6 iheint man baraui
binauarbeiteL baB cine Gn5abl
unIerer fdbigiten gereiusmGnner,
9rieiter unb 2aien, iid - etma bel
Den Seiuiten - einen tur5en GURUS
qeben laiien ipel6er Die %notbiuenoig.
item, griinolideu 8enntniiie geben
lolte, I'm an5u angeu oas
GOLF 5n belebren uno Damn
altdl Inn baS Stubirm Ser Srage
pr;patim NIT @riolg ipeiter az
betrei6eu. @erm 3. 9. cine 9lu5abl
Srtelter un0 Saien iid %5uiammens
tbGten uno Die bod)W. Seiuitenpatres
- lei eS in Buffalo ober in Grairie
OIL Gbien oOer IN 9lepelanb - bitten
miirben, ibnen gegen paiIenben @nt.
Qelt, einen Sebrer 6u i~telen, 10
f0nnte auf Die @eiie idon etluas -
5eitDeiIig erreid)t perben.
9os ipGre ein HotbbebeIf fir
Die @egenpart, es mGre cine
art ~SreibDanS5u6t Don
So5iaIpolitifern". 9as
tpare ober, pie eeiagt, MIR elm
ge otbbebelf. Sir Die 3 II.
II t miiBte olsbann eeioret iDer'
Den, etlua ipie folgt: IS miiBten
iolde iunge Ianner, peIte bGbere
Stuoien MAIDEN, ba5u angebalten
peroen, cine ioIde S6ule 81 be-
iudlen. mo baS Stu6ium Der
io5iaIen Grage i'm piiienifaitlifen
SebrcuruS einbeeriifen lit.
Cann ioute audi bier IN ben Ser.
Staaten Die Sroinarien gebeten iper.
oen no Seminare eriitiren, gefI. az
ioraen, BOB bie beraneebilbeten
Glerifer in oieien, cine ariinoIide
aenntniB oieies Sades erbalten, IN.
6em cin ioldes IN bas Curriculum
Der Seminarien e!noerIeibt miicoe.
2teIes lit uatiirli6 cine e~rgebeue
Bite. @S muB IN b"ieierI
&i6tnng bin eearbeitet.
meroeu, ionit iinb Die berrli6en 8e.
itrebunaen bes 3iitrifts. 8erbanoes
bon Chicago unb Die trefflide 4rbeit
Or. 81. Sellers mir bas niporaoii6e
Iuifladern" cine gr,ten @iQens,
ipeldje5 ME einen bur66Ia.
Qeuoeu @rfolg miro berporruien
t0nneH, ipelder ba5 2auo mo ole
Sefentlihfeit beeinfluBt.
Shne 9ieieS liegt Die gan5e, Weite
3lttunit boffnung$lo8 Dor
inns. Iu6 iel6It Die Sb6tigfeit zines
ilber oaS gauge &ano auseebreiteten
&oltSuereineS, fam ni6t bieies
8e6iiriniB erieBen. Die 9elebruma
lUelde Der &olfsperein aeben ioG,
miro niemals Die 81 othnenoig.
BON fatboIiiden
Sostatpplitifern ieien Tie
Saieu ODER Erieiter, erieben poer
iiberfIiiiiia MAIDEN t0mIen. Ser
SO~lfsUcrein lit MIR berllfen, Inn 81
Qeruoc iolden W ii den mo
9eoter0en, mie mir tic auSge.
0riidt baben au3ui ii bren
tltr8: Ter @Olfsuereiu iOl ein @efer
Al iOaialer SbGtisfeit iein. Sroeoem
er fatm Geboren lit, e~rfiillt er idon
oicie SbGtidfeit.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24
Der Nrisona 6i6er

idrcibt in ieiner ueueIten Drummer:
nAri5ona ioa alio nah Dem RloHe
bon SoB Guap nit Wem Merico 81
einem Staate peri6mlol3en ner.
Oeu, 9am made man Die Sade
gleif griinolit, nenne Den cpnloli-
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24

Sieieniseu, iueIde bas 6eriidt 5,t
berbreiten iuhen, Hom lei gegeu Die
T%Oocration Der fatboliiden 8ereine,
miiiien - Sinte &c trurt'
Ten buben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1903-02-24

&ir babcn bic Sebattc iiber Oie
"cuHooiiden OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" &c.
ihlulien iniofeu oieielbeu ais
Y pntrOpere AZ betratten
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-10-03

Pltal. III the instrument the Nalla
Walla institution was given $4,000
upon condition that the name be
changed to the Joseph Conatser
Walla Walla hospital. The re-
malnder of the estate was bequeath-
ed to brother and sister of the de-
ceased, who were not named and
whose addresses were not given,
provided they could be located with
in six months. That instrument al
so named DR.. Cropp executor, with
out bonds or intervention of the
court.
When the alleged will came for
filing, the court appointed Henry
Nv. Garfield attorney for the estate
and Instructed him to make a search
for the missing heirs. When they
were found they attacked the valid
ity of the will and Judge S. ] Chad
wick In his decision went into the
case N most thorough manner
and upheld the contention of the
heirs that the alleged will was either
forgery or that it was made at
time when Joseph Conatser was not
of sohnd mind or that undue infu-
enceI had been plsced around him by
! the hospital authorities. The
hospital never appealed the case,
thus proving themselves weak in
their ground. After the will had
been set asideit took several months
to prove all of the heirs, and the
case has attracted wide attention
from the fact that those who will
now come into possession of the pro.
ceeds of the estate are almost all o
them poor people living in Arkan
sas and Tennessee.
Iosepli conatser was one Of thos
stfaAge characters which are oftei
fdnnd among mankind. Nam
stories are told of how he, came K
Washington to seek seclnsf6n amonf
the bunch grass copered hills of the
Palouse, and at one time parties
from TexasA claiming to be rela.
tives, said that Conatser was no,
the dead mans real name, but tha,
he had changed it for the reason
that he had committed crime ii
the southern states and sought fo
cover up his identity. Such stories
however, were proven false and the
relatives of the deceased were found
AS near as can be learned he was
born in Tennessee near the battle
field of Chickamauga about the
year 1916. When three or four
years of age his parents moved to
Arkansas, where Joseph grew to
young manhood and at the break
ing out of the civil war joined the
confederate army, serving through
the entire conflict.
After the war he retnIned to
Tennessee, went to scHbol for
awhile, later going to Texas There
it was that his relatives lost all tface
of him and for over thirty years To-
seph Conatser was dead to his
brothers and sisters, never conde-
scending to write to any Of them OF
inform them of his whereabouts. In
his nomandic wanderings he travel
ed i'll California, Oregon and Utah.
In 1872 he came to the Palouse
country and took a squatter' 5 claim
upon 100 acres of land, later filing
a homestead. Around that quarter
section of land as settlement in
creased, he gathered the claims o.
his neighbors by purchase until in
1898 he owned about 25oo acres
of land in one body.
The town Of Sunset was laid out
in the center Of the Copatser estate
and wealth flowed into the Golfers
sof a ,,,o,, r,,l,a ,,.oe of = racf,.ee, 49,.
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Conatser estate which has been In
the courts for more than two years.
The sale was held by Thomas Keyes,
referee, ID. F. Anderson acting as
auctioneer. The 1900 acres Of the
estate was divided into eleven tracts
which were sold under separate
bids. The lots in the town of Sun
set were also sold and the proceeds
of this sale will be divided among
the heirs of the late Joseph Conat-
ser, after the court costs and sundry
other expenses have been paid.
The land brought very good
price and the bidding was spirited
for some of the land. Tracts num-
Der one and eleven were sold to-
gether, and were bid in by w. c,
Conatser, a cousin of the deceased,
at $22. so per acre, there being goo
acres. Tract number two was also
bought by w. c. Conatser, who
bid $40. SO per acre, there being 2I5
acres i'll that tract. Tract, number
three, containing 22o acres, was
purchased by w. c. Baker on bid
of $24. so per acre. Tract number
four, containing 1870 acres, was bid
in by w. M. Austin at $25 per acre.
Tract number FIVE, containing 135
acres, sold for $32 so per acre and
was purchased by L. F. Rohleder.
Tract number six, containing 200
acres, went under the hammer at
$50 per acre, and E. H. Hinchliff is
the new owner. Tract number
seven, containing 80 acres, brought
the highest price, $35 pei. acre, and
Has purchased Av E r Rohleder
Tract number eight, containing r6o
acres, sold for $23.75 per acre, Chas.
=
Dezell being the purchaser. Tract
number nine, containing So acres,
brought $40 per acre and was bid
lin by w. c. Conatser. Tract num-
Der ten. containing 7.72 acres. was
also bid in by w. c. Conatser,
bringing $24 per acre. There were.
about 100 lots in the town of Sun
set sold, most of them bringing on
an average of SIS apiece. Those
with improvements brought much
better figure, the sum realized from
the sale being in the neighborhood
of $40, 900, which is very near the
estimate which had been placed up
on the value of the estate.
A large number of farmers, real
estate and business men from var
ious parts of Whitman county, and
Sunset in particular, were present
for the purpose of bidding upon the
land. 1t is the general opinion
that the estate brought fair price
and many who attended for the
purpose of picking up snap bar
gains when they appeared, found
that there were people there who
wanted the land worse than they
did. 1t speaks we'll for the value of
land in Whitman county when a
tract containing about 1900 is sold
in parcels for an average of more.
than S25 per acre, that too in the
facesof the fact that much of the
land is raw and has no improve
ments. Many acres of the Conatser
estate havs never been cultivated
and still grow the native bunch
grass.
The distribution of the residue of
the estate among the heirs will mark
/ the close of one Of the most famous
( will cases evertried in eastern Wash
ington. Joseph conatser, the miser
of Sunset; died in the Walla Walla
hospital on April IS, 1901, of pneu-
monia. Several days later an all
ledged will, purporting to be the
last testament Of the deceased. was
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ing. He was never known to
moved by any charitable impul
and there was nothing in his max
up that would indicate that he care
for the perpetuation of his memo
or the gaining of any notoriety. I,l
held a strong aversion to doctori
lawyers and banks and was nev
known to carry an account wit
any financial institution.
At the time of his death it wa
thought that he had buried immens
treasure upon his land and tabulot
stories were circulated. Some {
them had more or less foundatio
and there is hardly any questio
but that much money lies hidde
under the bunch grass sod of tn
Conatser estate. When Thoma
Keyes and Mr.. Kinder removed th
old man to the hospital on a specia
train Conatser had no money in hi
house, but he produced a chart an,
directed Mr.. Keyes to a spot wher
several hundred dollars in gold coli
was buried. Mr.. Keyes dug vi
that can and at that time it is as
serted Conatser told Mr.. Keyes ane
Mr.. Kinder that the spots, mark
and dots on his chart indicated thu,
places where money was buried
This chart was placed with tn,
miser's deeds and papers and sewee
on the inside of his vest. Wher
the alleged will was filed for pro
bate, all of the papers were turne,
over to the court with the exceptio
of the chart, which DR.. Cropp d,
{ clared was not found among Il
papers. Mr.. Keyes and Mr.. Kim
er. however, have proof that Il
!! chart was placed with the 9th
/ papers and that it was not fhoiest,
before arriving at the hospital.
J, This lost chart Of the aidds
wealth is now as much Of 4 lalystei
~. /
as the life of Conatseg had been. i
years to come the new owners |,
the land may plow up old tin can
/ ETC., containing many thousand do
lars. 1t is notedsfact that in 18e
conatser wasgthd owner of $500
EEacres of land andsthat' .he, had sol
sboutapoo acresdiring.theia last te
Years pghis n@ besides disposin
! of large herds oteblooded cattle ali
horses, No.reeords of other inves,
ments ca pc found and the sup
position )that he buried his treasur
has considerable foundation M fact
-Colfax Gazette.
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