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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
Parkin Gets Twenty Days.

VIM. Parkin, who is said to have
playfully thrown a beer glass through
the large mirror in the rear of the
Calumet bar, was given twenty days
this morning, ten for malicious mis-
chief and ten for intoxication. w. ".
Silvers who owns the bar, levied an
attachment on the cash found on the
prisoners person, amounting to about
$40, to help pay for the damage
done.
Thomas Monahan was arrested last
night for intoxication and was given
ten days this morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
ST. Louis Produce Market,

St. Louis. Oct, 1.--Wheat, cash, s6la;
December, s3k
Corn, cash, 44iad45; December, 42ls.
Oats. cash. ssgSs5s; Dscsnbsrl Sssa,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
FOR SALE

Well improved farms In sedgewick and
Butler counties, Kansas, ranging in price
from SIS to $50 per acre. Half rates on
railroad fare. All hotel and livery bills
paid while looking at land. Railroad fare
refunded to purchaser Of 100 acres or more.
Some good farms to trade for income city
property. Vacant and improved city prop.
ertx for sale or trade
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

Miss Lulu G. Wright spent Sunday
in Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
IMPORTANT RULING.

An important decision by the ,o,1-
missioner of the general land office
mas been received at the Duluth land
OFFICE. 1t concerns the homestead en-
Try OF William j. Kelly for certain
lands in section 3014927 Kelly made
his entry in May, 1901, and, after the
expiration of the usual fourteen months
applied for communication. According to
the communication law as interpreted
by the secretary of the interior, set
tiers have always been allowed six
months constructive residence. They
are not compelled to take up their resi-
dence on the land until the expiration
of the six months constructive resi-.
dence period. Eight months actual
residence on the land is then required
before they can commute
By the letter from the commissioners.
Kelly was refused permission to COM
mute, on the ground that he had not
lived fourteen months on his land, talk
ing as was custom the privilege Of
the six months constructive residence
If this decision holds it will be neces-
sary for all settlers wishing to COM
mute to live on their land for fourteen
months instead of eight.
The letter was a surprise to the Du-
luth officials. as in this and other Of
fieces the constructive residence priv
ilege har always been recognized.
"The decision may affect those set
tiers who have not yet secured theil
patents" said Register Culkin, ''but it
cannot affect those who have already
communted their holdings and have Sc
cured their patents. These patents
cannot be attacked except through the
law cours. If the decision of the COM
missioner holds good it will make a big
difference in our manner of doing bust
ness. The privilege which is withheld
by the decision contained in this letter
has always been recognized in our Of
flee and I think in other offices
throughout the country"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
GOATS AS LAND CLEANERS.

The proposed bill in the Minnesota
state legislature, which has for it's
object the prevention of forest fires,
has aroused storm of discussion
among the lumbermen and their in
terests all over the state. The method
proposed is to have the lumbermen
clean UP all the refuse after clearing
timber off the land. The principal OBJ
lection to this method has been the
great expense which the lumbermen
claimed would be entailed. They say
that the smaller contractors would be
driven out of the business if such a
law was enfroced
There is to be agitated in the state
another proposition which has the
same end in view, and which. it is
claimed, would work better and at far
less expence than clearing up by the
lumbermen. The idea is to induce the
raising of Angora goats in the districts
which are being cleared up. The idea
of raising goats to clear new land is
not a new one in this part of the
country; in fact. the project is now
being successfully tried in parts of
the northern portion Of Minnesota.
The idea of having the goats to clear
up refuse which offers danger to forest
fires is said to have been suggested by
a lumberman in Washington, who says
that he has observed that in the timber
lands of Oregon, wherever the Angora
goats have been allowed to Craze ON
the cut-out lands. the small vegeta-
ton has been completely cleared up.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman.
which is an advocate of goat labor,
says:
1--WE would go further than induce
the raising of Angora goats. They are
all right as far as they go. but the
good, old-fashioned, ordinary Just
goats would be a still better scaven-
GER He would not only eat up the
small growth of brush. but he would
eat the tree tops, the branches and,
possibly, with a little urging. could be
induced to dispose of even the stumps.
BY all means introduce goats into our
logging camps
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
MORE AMENDMENTS.

Primary elections at party caucuses
is provided in an amendment to the
primary election law introduced in the
house this morning by Mr. Shepard,
Of HenneDin county. 1t is the most
radical change in the present primary
election system that has yet been
offered. 1t takes congressman and dis
tr1ct judges. whose district comprise
more than one county, out of the law
and puts them back on the convention
basis. The primary elections of the
different parties are to be held sep
arately on consecutive days, and they
are to be under party management en-
tirely. The party having the largest
vote on governor is to have it's pro-
maries on the first Tuesday after the
first registration day, and the others
are to follow on consecutive days until
all have been held. The hours of hold
ing the caucuses are to be fixed by
county commissioners, and they need
not be uniform throughout the coun-
ties. but they shall not begin later than
3 d. M, or end later than D. m. When
the voters assemble at the caucus they
are to select three judges and two
clerks. Candidates must file thier affi-
davits of candidacy with the county
committees, and pay a fee of SIS to
them. The committees are to furnish
the ballots. Returns are to be made
to the committees. which are to can
vas the result.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
WEIGHING OF THE MAIL.

The quadriennial weighing of Minne-.
sofa mail. upon which is based esti-
mates for railroad payments, will be-
gin March l.
Every four years the United States
oostoffice department secures an an
orox1mate idea of the amount of NAH
carried by weighing it for a period nos
less than 35 days. Upon these esti4
mates, the amount of money paid to-
the railroads for transportating Uncle
Sans mail pouches are based, and
contracts drawn uD.
The last weighing was made In
March, 1898. and since that time It i4
estimated that the amount of matter
handled at the postoffice has more than
doubled. Consequently the amounts
paid to the railroads for the next four
years will be considerably increased.
The season of the year at which the.
weighing takes place. is one of the
lightest at all postoffices. Should the
event be held during. December, or
when heavy mail is likely. the
amounts paid to the railroads would be
almost doubled.
Thos. Slattery of this city will be.
one of the weighers having received
the appointment and will probably
have the Duluth & Iron Range route
to attend to.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
! NOT ARTISTIC.

A dispatch from Washington says
that the new 2-cents stamps recently
issued by the postoffice department are
to have a short life. for it has been
decided to call them in. They have
proved unsatisfactory, in that the de-
sign lis considered .inartistic and
clumsy and has been the subject of
some sharp criticism from the public,
which is always quick to commend or
condemn new stamp issues.
The latest 2-cent stamp contains the
head of Washington, taken from the
famous Stuart painting. That part of
the stamp is all right. but the orna-
mentation is heavy and gives a crowd
ed appearance to the stamp. So the
new issue will be called in, and dealers
and collectors who are wise will lay in
a stock before the stamps disappear.
The department viii continue the
Stuart face of Washington, instead of
The Houdin head. which is the old
stamp. A new departure in the latest
issue is that the name of the head on
each stamp appears under the figure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
WANTS LIFE SENTENCE.

Corriveau, the murderer of Allen at
Knife River. sentenced to hang, has
sent in an application to Governor
Van SAINT asking the board of pardons
to make his sentence life imprisonment
instead Of hanging. The application
will probably be acted upon as soon
as the governor returns from Washing
ton which will be sometime next week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
NOTICE.
United States Land Office.
n11I11fh MINI Ian 81 1Ql2

United States Land Office.
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 81. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the off
cial plat of survey of certain islands in
North of Range IA West of 4th P. M
and in Sturgeon Lake in Township 60
North Of Range p West of 4th I: NJ 81
West of 4th p. NJ: will be opened for
filing in this office. on Tuesday. March
10, 1903, at 9 o'clock a. M; and that on
and after said day we will receive
applications for the entry of said
- VIM. E. CULKIN, Register.
J. M. SMITH. Receiver. /.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
mate Of the shipments from corrigan

mate of the shipments from Corrigan,
Mckinney & Co.'S mines on the Mesaba
at this time" said Amos Sheppard,
superintendent Of mines for the con-
Germ. at Duluth a few days ago, "for
the reason that the meetings of the ore
interests in the East are not yet COLI
Guided. The meetings will have bear
ing on the production, and we shall
know more about the seasons pros
poets later on. / should estimate at
this time that we shall ship about
100000 tons from Minnesota this year
as compared with 1,650,OO tons last year.
The Stevenson and the Jordan were the
only shippers last year, but we shall
have the Commodore and Winnifred
and Laura in the shipping list this
year."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

Henry w. Wheeler and wife sold to
the Boulder Mountain Iron company,
for $4,000 an undivided one-sixth Of
the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section 15-5S-19. No timber
was included in the sale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

There is about three weeks more work
on the overhauling of the ships Of the
Pittsburg Steamship company at the
Duluth slips. The workmen. of which
there are forty or fifty, came up d
month ago, and it is intended to have
the boats ready to be sent down to the
docks at Two Harbors by April 1 at
the latest. Last year the ore was be
ing shipped at that time but is was an
exceptional year. The Steel corpora
ton is looking for another exceptional
year in 1903.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

This city is going to be mining mad
during the coming season." said Regis
| ter Culkin Of the Duluth Land office
in speaking of the excitement that is
at present manifest in Duluth.
! The land office has been feeling the
effect of the renewed intrest in min
ing with mining men and explorers
| Say is taking hold Of the people
throughout this section of the state.
Never IN the history of the office has
such a rush of applicants for land, espe-
| cially stone and timber claims, been
| experienced. Clerks, domestics, merch-
chants, lawyers, doctors, men and wo.
men of all classes are investing their
| savings in claims, partly for the timber
that is on them, but largely in the hope
that some day evidences of the pres
| ence of liron may come to light.
Mining men say that the woods are
| full ofgexplorers and prospectors, and
that as soon as the spring arrives there
will be still greater rush for the
woods. The reported discovery of d
| new range running west from High
| land, rRmors of which have been reach
ing Duluth for the past month or two.
| and the pc, sibility of continuation of
| the Vermillion range being found west
OF Tower, IN the expectation of which
many men have invested largely IN
lands in that vicinity have aroused ths
interest in the iron deposits to the
north to height which has not beer.
reached since the panic of 49,
The range towns report a period of
unexcelled prosperity, the railroads en-
tering the iron country are experience
ing rush Of business, and men who
have closely watched the development
OF the north country say that it will
! boom during the coming season, and
that the people of Duluth and this part
OF the state are going to get the min
ing craze as they have not had it for
years, or since the discovery of the
Vermilion range.
There will be an advance in ore
prices in the coming year, though it
will be less than the price maintained
the year before the United States Steel
corporation was formed. For the
last two years the price of standard
Bessemer ore has been $4.25 delivered
at Cleveland, while the year before
the Steele corporation was formed, it
$3.50 1t Was due to this corporation
that the price was reduced in 1901,
and the Independent steel makers still
owe considerable debt to the trust
for its action. The advance in price
will be from Csc to 50cents ton on
| old-range '3essemers, and from so to
Zoe on Mesaba ores. The latter suf
fered last year from a differential
against them of Is cents under old.
| range ores. The United States Steel
corporation has unofficially notified
the Bessenler Ore association that on
account Of the fact that it will sell no
ore to any outside companies, reserv-
ing all it's production for it's own con-
stituent companies, it will take no
part in price arrangements and agree
ments for the coming year, or proba,
bly, at any time hereafter. Several
years ago the Mesaba ores brought
only $2.25 4 ton and old range ores
$500. Since then the difference be-
tween the price of Mesaba and old
range ores has gradually decreased IN
proportion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

The Great Northern company has
force of 200 men at work on the new ore
dock extension at Allouez bay, and the
crew is to be doubled, working day and
night, within short time. Electric
lights in large numbers will be used to
illuminate the work by night The new
dock will be 900 feet long and will have
80 pockets. Two pile drivers are now at
the work and portable sawmill is
used to cut the timbers into the re-.
quired lengths.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

The Mesaba range methods OF strip
ing the surface over ore in order to
mine it cheaply, will be adopted on
the older ranges, and the Steel Cor
poration will Strip two large proper
ties of low grade on the Marquette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

A supplement- mortgage for S.,
100000 on sse property of the Buffalo &
Susquehanna Iron company, in ST.
Louis county was filed in the office Of
register of deeds Tuesday. The mort
gage is taken by the New York Secur-
ity & Truss company and supplements
the first per cent gold mortgage is
sued by tke company. The first mort
gage was made July 1, 1902, and the
supplemental mortgage Feb. IL last.
The property of the company owned
in st. Louis county is located in the
northwest quarter of the nprtheast
quarter of section 6-57-20.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

Corrigan, Mckinney & Co., one of the
big independent producers of iron ore
in the Lake Superior region, will in
crease its shipments from Minnesota
about $4,000 tons this year as com.
pared with last. ut is impossible to
make anything like an accurate esti-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27

The new Mesaba mines will be
opened this year by the stripping pro-
cess, the Crosby and the Leonard.
The former is owned by the Cleve-
land Cliffs company, and the latter by
officers of the Great Northern. The
two, as explored so far, show up
about 100000 tons of ore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
MINING MATTERS.

I'VE expect to have a steam drill
on our property within two weeks
said one of the officers of the Quode-
nav development company, which is
exploring not far from Grand Rapids
for bituminous coal. 1.-THE snow would.
Of course, not interfere with the work
of exploration when conducted with 2
steam drill, as it does at present. We
have been greatly handicapped in our
work Of exploration by our lack of
proper machinery to carry it on, but
when I've get the steam drill installed
we can soon gain some idea of the
extent and value of the deposits, which
we know are there.
I'VE expect to have sample car OF
coal in Duluth by the first day of
June. OF course we have no railroad
facilities as yet, and the coal will have
to be taken to the railroad in wagons
1t will merely be sample car and
will be in the nature of an experiment.
THE cost of developing the property
will beIgreat and we have not as vet
discussed this phase of the matter.
Our company is merely develop
ment Company. When we find the ex-
tent and value of our deposit, the aues-
ton of mining it will be easily solved.
The land in that vicinity has been
greatly ENLARGED in value since the
announcement of our discovery. We
have secured leases for all the state
lands which were available, and the
farmers in the district refuse to sell
their lands. The company attempted
to purchase land from Soma of +bo
farmers, but the offer to buy coming
when they knew there was exploration
being carried on made them suspicious,
and they refused to sell under exorbi.
tant figures"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Reservation News.

Reservation news.
Cleaning house seems to be
contagious.
There was no school on Friday
at Pleasant View.
Glenn Elhart is recovering
from his recent attack of measles.
Mr.. Stonehocker sold his nice
single driver to j. r. Spencer
last week.
Mrs. w. S. Ball visited at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Lang on
Wednesday.
The measles are tiourishing on
the reservation Notwithstanding
the hard freeze.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Dawson
presented their daughter with a
new organ last Friday.
Aurelia and May Herfert are
suffering with the measles. Mrs.
Brooks is caring for them.
George Woodlands and Miss
Taylor attended the teachers as
sociation at Holyoke last week.
May Ball is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wenner, this week, and at.
tended the Blind Boone concert.
DR.. Lang and family and Miss
Sara Ball were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Wright last Sun
day.
Mrs. A. II. Miller is spending
some time on the ranch. 1t will
make the boys smile to get some
Of "ma's' cooking.
Everett Acklin is at the home
of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. Wright, entertaining the
measles. He is getting along
real we'll.
The school election passed off
quietly in district 35. Mr.. Her
rim was elected treasurer to sue
cecd Lew Wright. At Pleasant
View Milo Smith was elected rs
treasurer.
CRAZY DAISY.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
SedgWick Items.

Mr. White of Crook plastcrcd the
parsonage Tuesday.
Frank Davis is plowlng for Virgil
Sowders this week.
Bert Williams is blowing and plant
ing potatoes for Mr.. Epley this week.
Mrs. Alma Williams closed q term of
school in the Schaper district Satur-
day.
Last week r. S. Palmer purchased
an automobile of our hardware mer-
chant.
The Newt Ovitt place has again
changed hands, Phil Zorn being the
purchaser.
l. N. Thompson took load Of school
children to Holyoke to attend the
teachers association.
Miss Gilliard, Miss Mary Darling
and j. r. Haynes attended the Blind
Boone concert at Julesburg Tuesday
evening
The Epworth League will give an
ice cream social at the home Of Mrs.
w. F. Miller on Friday evening, May
Is. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Those attending the teachers associ-
alton at Holyoke from our town were
Misses Jessie and Mary Darling, Vel
ma and Ruby Vernon, Bessie Upson,
Eva Gilliard, Sally Kingery, Grace
Hartman and Alta Pau. Messrs. Roy
Darling, Ray Stockham, l. N. Thomp-
son and ] r. Haynes.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Baletl Hay for Sale.

We have Just received car load Of a
fine quality OF baled hay which we will
sell for so cents per bale.
Fischer Il Piercy.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
The Cass-Conway Nuptials.

From the Lachute tCanada) Watch
man OF March 10, 1903, we clip the fol
lowing account OF the wedding of Mr..
John A. Cass, 4 popular Julesburg bus
iness man, and Miss Beatrice Conway,
of Stonefeld, Canada:
"A good deal OF pleasant excitement
wgs occasioned last week here by a
very interesting event which took place
at Stonefield on Thursday afternoon
when Miss Beatrice Conway. second
daughter of Mr.. G. O. 8. Conway, was
united in marriage to Mr.. J. Albert
Cass, OF Julesburg, Colorado. The GER
emony was performed by Rev. Mr..
Fraser Of St. Mungo's assisted by Rev.
Mr.. Schagel Of Laketield and Rev. Mr..
Cain of Grenville, brother-in-law of
the bride, in the presence OF the i'm.
mediate relatives and few old friends
Of the contracting parties. The bride
looked extremely we'll, dressed in a
lovely gown Of cream silk organdie,
trimmed with point lace, and was at
tended by Miss Kennedy Of Ottawa,
while Mr.. H. Cass supported the groom
Immediately after the ceremony the
guests sat down to an elegant repast
and at its conclusion the wedding par
ty drove to Grenville where they took
the c. P. II. evening train enroute for
their distant home in the west, follow
ed by the good wishes OF host Of
friends. The bride, who was a great
favorite with everyone, will be sadly
missed and her departure leaves va
cancy amongst her friends which can
not easily be filled. The esteem in
which the couple were held was testi-
fed by the numerous handsome gifts
which they received"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
L. E. Reich.

Colorado Springs tColo.) Gazette. DAILY
Mining Edition. - year IN advance. Al
the mining news and stock quotations..
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
W. S. Reed,
Eva Gilliard,
Sadie M. White,
Advertised Letter List.

The following list of letters, II not
called for in thirty t30) days will be
sent to the dead letter Office:
George Anderson, Harry NJ Bell, w
G Mcfarland, r + Godfrey, John Hen
drie, + w Hahn, Perryen Il iagerman,
John Redmond, w l. Tuck, Miss Mary
Hildcrbrand,
In calling for above letters please
say advertised"
w. II. Wallace, p. NJ.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Notice.

All persons are hereby warned not
to throw rubbish or manure in any OF
the streets, alleys, or vacant lots with
In the corporate limits OF Julcsburg, as
to do 50 is violation of the town Ordi-
nance. All who disregard this warn
ing will be prosecuted.
w. II. Wallscc, Mayor.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Good News for JuIesburr.

Andrew Aesch is getting most Of the
old time-pieces repaired. Good work
has been done on all.
Sewing machines will be cleaned.
Bicycles and guns will be repaired.
He will also half-sole shoes. Al! work
guaranteed.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Notice to Cow OWncra

All persons who are running heir
COWS with the town herd are hereby
notified to keep the animals penned
until the herder releases them, or Is
ready to take them to the pa~'ure,
otherwise they will be taken up and a
penalty assessed against the owncrs.
J.W. johnson, Marshal. .