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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-06-12
COUNTY FINANCES.
The Auditors and Treasurer's Report

The auditors and treasurer's
report for the first quarter of the
year ending April 13, 1903, shows
the total receipts for the quarter
to be s6o, ,o25. 90. The chief source
of this revenue are, state and
county licenses, SIC, 365; taxes for
1902, s37,o97.57; special school
fund, s5,252.S6; special road tax,
SI,o62.73, and sale Of school
bonds, S1,617.6o. The amount
has been apportioned among the
various funds, the state getting
$7,e41.7o; current expense, $I3,-
4oo. 81; bond and interest, ss,637-
.33; general school, 81, o46. SO ;road,
81, 362.17; bridge, S1,4Io. 3S; war
rant redemption, $85.78; special
school, $3.50 76; district road,
81, ,e58.1o; incorporated towns,
81, 3o6.67; district school general,
$s, 1872. 50; institute, $2I.oo and
state wagon reads S7o2.II.
The total cash in the treasury is
$7I,2oa.35. OF this nearly one
third belongs to the district schoo
general fund, and more than one
fifth to the special district. schoo
fund. The district road fund alse
gets one-6fth.
! The bonded debt is $I28, 600. 90
! The total debt of the county il
$1e7, 544.77. This, less the casl
\ in the treasury, leaves a net deb
of $I79649.oo.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-06-12

Col. d. II. Budlong returned Tues
day night from Los Angeles, CAL,
where he was In attendance at the
Presbyterian Synod. He says he is
glad to get back again to Idaho where
the climate and atmosphere is more
congenial. -Coeur d. Alene Independ
ent.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08
ACROSS ThH BAYOU.

A new leaf Is turned over. Anothe
year has dswned upon us-Ioos Ms-
Il prove a bright aud prosperous one t.
ALL
The high stage Of wafer Is alarming
and everything points to an overflow
The bitches snd sIoughs are full Of wat
sr, and the negroes are moving out from
the lowiands Of Big Black.
Miss Julia Morehead is visiling in
vickshurR. A fawu dinner was given al
Oak Lawn in honor of her coming nup
tials. She was the recipient Of much at.
tention. and many rare io4sts.
Mr.. Charlie Allen was guest Al High
land Home, after returning from iami.
y reunion ct Greenville daring the boil.
idays.
Mr.. c. W Humphreys. Jr., Of Leland,
spent Christmas ct home, returning to
his duties on Sunday ulgbt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Anderson were
pleasant callers at Glen Sade, and we
we're pleased 10 welcome DR.. D. c. An
derson across the bayou sgain.
Mrs. Louis Tompkins aud sons will
leave for Memphis in few days. and
will occupy their new residence, which
has just been completed.
Mrs. Lizzie. Thrasber snd Mrs. Earl
Humphreys spent last week in New Or
leans. taking in the holiday display.
Miss Emma Glass spent week With
her mother at Glass, returning on Mon
lay last.
Quite a number Of our young people
ire absent this week. They left for
to oficIaie In the Quackeu-
Joss. Burnet wedding on the 9Th at Holy
trinity church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Brown and daughter
Il Montana received q warm welcome
rom their lifelong friends In these
ARTS.
Letters from friends in California.
peaking Of "the baImy weather, Just
Ike spring." and In the distance the
now-capped mountains are visible,
lhere at your very feet are vegetables.
ruits and flowers In abundance, and
'hiIe we draw our chair closer to the
re and pull our great coat around us,
nd think how chilly, damp and pene.
'ating II is outside, we deem that Los
ugeIes must be land of dreams, the
eritable Eden
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08
LOOK OUT
For CoIds-La Grippe |

Protect yourself, and don't trust "a
Providence. Considering the harm
done, ''neglectn before and after taking
a cold is a physical crime. You may
prevent cold, or, II too late, you can
insure yourself against the "after ef-
ects,p for there is the greatest danger,
by using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic. Few
die from Colds, or La Grippe, or Ca
tarrh. They die Of the after effects.
These diseases all weaken, and to a
weakened body come fiocking a host Of
diseases that fasten on weak lungs,
heart, stomach, kidneys, and other
weak parts that we seldom think OF.
The easiest and best thing to do is to
fortify the system so that you will not
catch cold, but If too late to do that,
then you must see that no lasting in
jury is done. Medical authorities all
agree that iron is the fighting elementof
the blood enabling the system not only
to ward of disease, but to fight it after
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08

following were elected: John F. Weeks,
Master; w. L. Short, S. W; D. W.
Jones, ]. W; R. L. Montgomery. J. D.;
T. r. Trim, Tyler; G. P. McGeown.
.chsplsic; y. A. Fife, sec'y; J. D. Mill
saps, Treasurer The officers will be
installed at next meeting. There will
also be two candidates for Fellowcraft
degree. All Mas0ns IN good standing
invited.
The social world is on somewbat of a
standslill. but seversI "shindigs" and
another wedding in the near future will
renew The revolutions, soon.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08
Postal Cards From caIIfOrnIa's China.
town.

The Chinese population of California
numbers at least 10000, and of San Fran
cisco about $4,000. It is estimated that
there are In San Francisco 10000 Chi
nese laborers and factory operatives,
5000 house servants, 1000 laundrymeu,
and 5000 merchants, gamblers and trad
ers. There are about 1000 women, zs
per cent. being prostitutes. and there are
but few hundred children.
Chinatown extends from California to
Green street, and from Kearuey to Ma
son street (aDout 6 blocks square) in
cludiug all the alleys aud lanes that lie
between. The most denseIy populated
portion of Chinatown is the block on
Dupont street, which Is bounded by
Jackson and Pacific; one building alone
In this quarter, the old Globe Hotel,
contains over 5000 Chinese when run
as q hotel Il would accommodate about
400 guests. The whole of this block Il
network Of passages aud aileys, many
OF them being but two feet; the priuci
pal alleys are SulIivau's Alley. Ellick's
Alley, and Ii Pu Tais Alleys; on these
alleys you find displayed The gross
est features of MongOIiau life. There
are also in this neighborhood many
usmeless hotels and corners where the
perfume Is not Of the best sort. nor the
atmosphere the purest.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08

Waverly, Texas. writes "0f morning
when FIRST rising, often fad tEoublesome
collection Of phlegm, which produces :
cough, and is very hard to dislodee but a
small quantity Of Ballard's Horehound Syr.
up will at once dislodge it, and the trouble
ia over. know OF no medicine that is
equal 10 Il, and is 50 pleasant to take. I
can most cordially recommend It to all
persons needing q medicine for throat or
lung troubles" Price ago. soc. 90 at
Pope Drug Company.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08
County News.
Interesting Letters from Our
Regular Correspondents. ~


4 uN@tfNt
II Is with reverence that we approach
the subject of the verb ITO be-. whicl
Is the axis on which the world Of corree
English language revolves. While ih
initiated know that i has the same cas-
after as before 1t, how few people nsl
the nominstive case after, III precedel
the verb. There Is well.worn story
that will bear repetition, Of a professor
who knocked AZ the door of student,
who we're keeping anseemiy hours. In
response to the inquiry, as to who wa,
there, he answered "Tl is me, Professor
Smith. "Il is false" cried one Of the
daring rebels. "if il is Professor Smith
he would say "it is T.. The story runs
that the Professor accepted the Tebukr
and slipped away from that door ia sc.
cret and silence. "It WASN'T me", the
cowardly spirir OF the answer Adam gave
about the apple ought TO have been dif-
ferent. The labYrinlh OF pronouns as.
sociated with the verb 'to be" require
the clue Of cultivated attention 10 end
the wav.
The Standard Oil Company is infiict-
Ing upon the poor public a quality Of
petroleum and prices that are disgrace
to deceucY. While the country is over.
flowing with oil, aud rumors Of oil, we
are trying to get light on the subject
from lamps that burn more wick than
oil At twenty cents per gallon. Who
will rid US Of these trusts Il has bseu
said that ''to 20 hunting monopolies de.
termined not to touch the tariff is like
hunting mountain lions and shooting At
gophers".
"oh for the ancient spirit. which
curbrd the Seuate's will Z"
II will soon be as impossible to drive
over The bill, known as bis satanic ma
jesty's backbone, as ii will be to pull
through botlomless quick.sand. The
clay stratum that had been made to form
the bed Of the road, has been plowed
through by the wheels of the heavily
loaded cotton aud hull wagons, down TO
the soft shifting sand. A layer Of earth
thrown from the stupendous banks, aud
4 ditch dug, under the direction Of our
good road" County Surveyor to carry
off the water, would save the taxpayers
rom a great deal of loss and uuhallowed
.jaculalious
The friends of Mrs. M. A. Price regret
hat she has been confined to her bed
Ind a great sufferer during the past
week.
Capt. Will L. Allen, accompanied By
choice collection Of his fine game
ihickens, left for vicksburg Monday.
Mr.. NJ. Cilsion left for Nalchez and
Ilher points Tuesday.
Mr.. Henry Hartley aud wife of Bran
ywine will hereafter reside with their
on, Mr.. Thomas Hartley Of this place.
irs. Hartley has been an invalid for ,
everaI months and her friends hope the
hange will be beneficial.
Mr.. Early Shelton, son Of Mr.. Buruell {
heltou, left here Monday TO enter the :
j. & M. College at Starkville.
Mr.. Tom Suggs OF HermauviIle has :
cen a visitor here to see his niece, Mrs. !
,arly Nesmith, who is still very ill.
Rev. S. R. Young is winding mp the (
usiuess affairs of Mr.. Y. d. Butler.
ireat regret is felt here for the misfor- :
ines Of the latter gentleman, and that :
is pretty new home here iu to be sold. r
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08
TT MEX ST.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group Is usually we'll known to the
mothers Of croupy children. No time
should be iost In the treatment Of It,
and for this purpose no medicine has re-
ceived more universal approval than
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Do not
waste valuable time in experiment..
Ing With uulried remedies. no mat
ter hos highly they may be recommends
ed, bul give this medicine as directed.
and all symptoms Of Group will quickly
disappear. For sale by Pope Drug Co,
Port Gibson. and E. D. Barron, Martin,
Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08

Mr.. Walter Sjllers Of Rosedaie. for.
nely resident OF Claiborne county, is
> candidate for circuit judge to fill the
unexpired term OF Judge Larkin who
died at GreeuvilIe last week.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08

Moving Is the order of the day here
ugw. A greater scarcity Of labor is OBJ.
served than ever before. Many OF the
laborers want to move "to town." Just
any town,-and others want to 20 TO the
Delta. Some agents Of Delta pianta.
tious have been going about secretly
among The colored people and filling
their minds with false stories Of the sue
cess OF laborers In the swsmps; but they
fail to tell the many sad stories OF hard.
ships, disease and death, aud how once
they get the poor darkeY up there he is
= veritable slave. and unable TO return,
although he generally wants TO, after q
short experience. There Is talk Of or
gsnized attention to these "agents, %
aud a "cat-o'-niue-taiis" may soon be
needed In this neigh borhood.
MIG. W. Robertson has leased the
Showers place for ten years, and Is busy
this week making coHtrscts, locating
families, etc.
Several residences are going up In the
village: the Baptist parsonage, Louis
SlauRhter's residence, and Walter Craw.
ford's residence. Others are In contem.
pIatiOn. ,,
Mr.. G. 3. Flowers viii bseis work as
book keeper for w. L. Short In q few
days. Mr.. Flowers is considered good
business man, aud we welcoma him aa
an addition to our working force.
IL Hang Chang Slng Wah. our Chl-
uamsn grocer, will leave the village In
few days. returning 10 Port Gibson.
Sing says lhe boys have more respect
for things Terrestrial than for ihiuQs
celestial"
DIR. Robert Davis. from Winston coun.
y, has located here for the practice of
medicine. He has rooms a Mr.. Lof-
tons, for the present.
HermauviIIe has one Of ghe largest
and most euthnsIaatie lodges Of mason
~ for the size OF the town In The state
At the annual elsckion Of officers, the
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-08

FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
SanCe.

sanCe.
From Jersey City standpoint
the abandonment of the canal is
most desirable, especially to the
Lehigh Valley Company. Its
wiping out might be beneficial to
Newark in one way by preventing
its conversion to an illegal sewer.
But this practice can be prevented
by enforcing present statutes cover
ing the canal. This matter cor
rected, outside of those connected
with steam and trolley roads and
water companies, the. people are
not at all enthusiastically inclined
toward the abandonment project.
The abandonment scheme, in
one form or another, has been
before the public for the past
fifteen years; SO it is unnecessary
to rehash it here. 1t is the pres
ent phase that concerns us-whether
or no the loss to the Lehlgh
Valley Railroad Company, viz
tually the heirs and assigns of the
old Morris Canal and Banking
Company, shall outweigh the loss
to the municipalities through
which it runs? Whether or no
the claim of a right to break con-
tracts and franchises is stronger
than the entailed rights of the
grantors of such franchises and con-
tracts
The prime point of the argu-
ment advanced by the Lehigh
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

instance. This, however, does not
furnish parallel case. The Della
ware and Hudson ran in a north
easterly direction from Honesdale,
Pa, distance of I28 miles until
the Hudson River was reached at
Rondout, thence south 90 miles to
New York. 1t was found that, ow-
ing to this great divergence from a
direct route, coal could be carried
to Bridgeport and other Sound ports
three mills a ton per mile cheaper
by rail than by canal
Let the company abandon the
canal if it chooses; but the State
should step in and assert its rights,
prospective though they are.
One thing is certain: the company
cannot sell the canal rights with
out legislative sanction. Dare the
coming legislatures, in opposition to
the public interest, sanction it
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Valley Company is, that the canal
is non+paying, as coal can he
carried to tidewater much cheaper
by rail than by canal. We readily
admit the first part of the PROPOSE
ton SO far as the present day is
concerned, and hold the other in
allegiance.
But what brought the canal
the deplorable condition claimed
by the railroad company :, Mo-
thing but the deliberate purpose
and steady action of the company
to wreck the property that it
might profit enormously from the
occupancy in another form Of the
Jersey City property, and sell the
remainder of the waterway, to-
gether with its water rights, to
some water-supply company.
We repeat that this attempt to
wreck the canal was, deliberately
made for these purposes. In 1892
there were All boats running the
season through. The business
then was evidently profitable, as
first, second and third premiums
were offered for the greatest num-
Der of trips, and the canal men
claimed to be making money.
But the railroad-tax war had
been settled-not altogether to the
satisfaction of the Lehigh Valley
as well as the other companies
and the long projected plan of
abandoning the canal began to
take fuller outline. The company
had not dared to exploit the pro-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Mrs. Sarah Kimlin, of Paterson,
had her nose bitten off by dog and
fatal results followed-for the dog.
This goes to show that dumb ami
mails cannot reason Had the dog
stopped to reason the thing out it
would have seen that to bite off this
lady's nose would be of no possible
benefit to either lady or dog. The
lady, by and with the advice and
assistance of surgeon, is growing
new nose, and the result to the
dog was death. Just what caused
the death of the dog is uncertain,
It's demise may have resulted from
various causes, but the inference is,
from the telegram sent by the Pat
erson correspondent, that the bite
was fatal So far as is known this
is the first instance OH record OF
using the human nose as a death
dealing weapon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
MORRIS COUNTY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 1908

ject while the taxation fight was
going on.
In 1898 there were 38I boats
busily engaged in coalcarTying
a reductions of 40 from the previous
year. Each year since there has
been steady reduction, until
in 1900 but 81 boats were running
and last year (I9o2) up to the
time of the coal strike but rs boats
were operating.
1t is folly to allege that the
canal cannot be put on paying
basis. The company owns, all the
boats, and from year to year the
poorer ones have been laid up in
the canal graveyards' while the
best have had few repairs made
and put in service. All this within
the rule of a settled policy to
abandon the canal when the COM
pany could get Legislature
subseTvient to its wishes.
Let the State step in and claim
its rights and there would be large
number of boats of individual
ownership to take the place of the
company's boats. Coal is not the
only commodity that would find con-
veyance along the canal Building
material of all kinds, cordwood,
etc., would find cheaper mode of
conveyance than is now furnished
by therailroads with their-in many
cases excessive charges. The vii
lagos along the canal line would
be better convenienced in cheaper
form, and would vastly benefit the
territory contiguous to the canal.
The company claims that canal
traffic is relic of a past age that
transportation by railroad is cheaper
than by canal, and cites the aban-
donmfnt of the Delaware and Hud-
som Canal some five years ago as an
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Mrs Jennie l.. Vandewater, a
schoolteacher of Queens, New York,
has committed the objectionable
sin of marrying. She even gloried
in her crime and signed her name,
nee Paterson. When she thus ex-
posed her atrocious offense her prin-
cipal, Mr.. Cyrus w. Smith, de-
manded her immediate resignation.
Now, everyone knows that mar
ried woman will fight, and a mar
ried woman and schoolteacher
combined must have mind of her
own When one takes these facts
into consideration it is not at all
surprising that Mrs. Vandewater,
nee Patterson, not only refused to
resign her position but said, Tell
Division Superintendent Stevens
that | respectfully refuse to resign. ;"
Then the men took a miserable
advantage of her and stopped her
pay. Now Mrs. Vandewater says
she will take the matter to the
courts If she is ever driven to
take this step it's dollars to dough-
nuts that the jury will give her a
verdict
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Butler, Pa, is suffering from a
| typhoid epidemic that has assumed
the most alarming proportions.
From all reports the epidemic was
caused by the lax methods of the.
Butler Board of Health. A month
ago the health board did not even
know the true source of the water
supply of the town, much less the
loose system by which the water
was furnished. When the cpl
demic assumed such proportions as
to seriously menace the very ex
istence of the town the health
board bestirred itself and discovered
that the water company was fur
niShing such foul water that the
employees of the pumping station
could not be induced to drink it
and were using the condensation
from the steam pipes. On Deem
Der this health board began gath
ering statistics as to the number of
typhoid cases i'll the town. Even
this was not done until very large
percentage of the population was
down with the disease. This only
goes to show what farces some of the
health boards are. They are given
almost unlimited power and they
are often the most useless append
age that town has There are
and have been cases in this country
where men of ability and courage
have been members of these boards.
Men with sound common sense and
backbone enough to use it seem to
be scarce, however, and compare
lively few of them get OH the health
boards. When they do they make
the town better and healthier.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

One of the arguments put forth
by the canal abandonments is that
the canal could be used to much
better advantage as a high-speed
trolley roadbed. The contention is
really amusing. The modern troll
ley road does not wind in and ont
andaround all hills 1t goes through
them and over them by the most
direct route possible The Morris
Canal was laid out SO as to take adj
vantage of the level country and
avoid all grades SO far as possible
Time on the canal is of compare
lively small m ment, and the
idea of using the route as road
bed for Z" high-speed trolley is
absurd The promoters Of the
scheme should invent some more
plausible excuse for their action.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Judging from the tone of certain
articles recently published in the
Newark papers they are appre-
hensive that the report of the
Commission appointed by Governor
Murphy to investigate the subject
of the projected abandonment of
the Morris Canal will not be al
together favorable to the States
valid claim. What grounds these
papers have for forecasting the
recommendations of the Commits
sioners are not apparent, yet their
tone is pessilnistic in the extreme.
They scout the idea that the
canal, when properly cared for, is
a nuisance, and soundly rate the
board of trade of that city for the
resolutions recently passed by that
body CHASING the canal as nui-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

There has been an effort made to
have a Sunday mail here and
Que or two persons have written to
the Post Office Department in Wash
ington demanding it, saying that
the Morrisrown merchants wanted
it aud must have it. As matter
of fact Morristowu merchants do
not demand it, nor have they any
desire for it, nor is there any likeli-
hood Of their getting it very soon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04

Among the many great and good
things accomplished by Harvard
University is the suppression of the
Hot Dog wagon. President
Eliot in his wisdom has banished it
from the University grounds and
says the boys must, for their stom-
achs sake, taboo Hot Dog,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
06issRII
1867

There are all sorts of ways OF
conducting primary. One way is
to intimidate the voters another is
to not allow any undesirable voters
to attend. Neither way will pay in
the long run.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
HYMENEAI.
CLARKE HUBERT.

The cosy country home OF John #.
Hubert, Of Brookside, was the scene
Of a pretty wedding on Thanksgiving
eve, when his daughter, Miss Rheta,
was united in marriage to Mr. George
Clark, OF Calais. Rev. Mr. Hillman,
of the Mt. Freedom Presbyterian
Church, assisted by Gustayus Fl. Hull
bert, brother of the bride, performed
the ceremony.
The bridesmaids were Miss Helen
Woodruff and Miss Leah Hubert: the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
the long run

MI. Hillery has stepped aside
aud the leadership of the House
has been accorded to Mr. Colby, OF
Essex. Mr.. Hillery is a gentle
man and Mr.. Colby will find that
he will have Mr.. Hillery's warm
support in every just measure.