The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-17

that not a single pickerel has been
establish where trout has been plant.
ed or we're thought to exist, but that
in a few isolated cases pickerel had
assembled trout streams and doubtless
had done a small amount of damage.
Mr.. Carter says that the pickerel
planting was done rs an experiment
and that 1t may not be repeated, as
the fish seems TO be of n rowing dis
position and loves to wander to the
exact SPOT where his presence Is not
required.
Food Commissioners w. T. Thomp.
son reports that State Chemist Walk
or has examined samples of %jellies
and preserves which contain as hilh
as seventy per cent Of pure glucose.
strawberry, blackberry" and "rdsp
berry" jam made by one factory waa
found to be exactly alike excepting q
slight difference in the color of the
coal tar dye used in getting the tints
of the different berries. Mr.. Thomp.
says that many newspaper articles
have appeared which have created a
sensation on the other side of the
world. The articles refer to the kind
of goods which is on the market in
this country and are reproduced In
Germany to bolster up the campaign
which is being waged there against
American goods. The report that
strawberry preserves which have been
treated with millet seed TO get the
proper appendicitis effect were on
sale in this state brought in a number
Of inquiries from Germany and at
last Washington took the matter up
Mr.. Thompson explains that the story
was started by a newspaper man who
wished to ridicule the commission
and its work.
I I I
The last open meeting Of the state
assessment board is being held today
and within a few days people will
know just what the board will do in
the most important matter
which ever arises In the state the
valuation Of railway corporations,
Predictions AS to the probable figure
which will be agreed upon must neces-
sarily be nothing more nor less than
wild guesses. The board has not
agreed upon the valuation of a single
mile of track. But it has agreed to
figure every mile of track upon a
certain plan, and a person figuring
upon that same plan will find that the
corporation properties are worth some.
where in the neighborhood of A. mil
lions. Figuring upon any other basis
of assessment, they r worth from
five to ten millions less. The fusion
organs have adopted rather a unique
way of laying up future trouble for
the board-or attempting to. Just at
present the fusion reporters have
temporarily ceased to twang their old
tune about all Of the republican
officers being corporation tools, and
are predicting that the roads are being
assessed away up, one VIGOROUSLY
"wild' reporters gravely asserting that
the board will fix the value OF all the
lines at 81 millions or more. These
optimistic predictions Of wealth pour
ing out Of the Golfers OF the corpora
tions and into the beloved state trea-
sury are made for the purpose Of in
ducing the voter to believe that the
time was fast coming when the rail.
roads would be asked to pay all the
taxes while the "great common people
looked idly on. Then when the pub.
lie was keyed up to 81 millions and
believe that to be the proper sum
along would come the tiding that the
board had fixed the valuations a,
some nine or ten millions less. The
fact is the board has worked honestly
and steadily toward the result which
| will be announced this week.