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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
Notice Of Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that accord
ing to the provisions of the statutes
of the state of Montana, made and
provided for the collection of delin-
quent assessments for public improve
ments made in Improvement districts
in cities and towns, the undersigned,
the city treasurer of the city of Lew
istown, Montana. will sell Friday.
March 10th, 1905, the following de-
scribed lots, pieces, or parcels of land
In the said city Of Lewlstown. to liq-
uidate a lien for an assessment regu-
larly made for the construction of a
sewer system in said city. held against
the same by said city, as follows, to-
wit:
Lot S. block e of the original town
site, against which there is lien for
$32.65; one-third Of lot l, block F IL
of the original townsite. against which
there is lien OF $1,000; one-third OF
lot 2, block F IL of the original town
site, against which there is lien OF
$1,000, which said tracts are owned
by Bernard Mcdonnell.
Also, lots 5 and of block IS
of the original townsite, against
which there is lien of $3.50, which
said tract is owned by J. w. Kearney
Also. lot 5, block o II, of the orig
inal TOWNSHIP. against which there is
a lien for $3.50 lots l, and 3, OF
block N 16, of the original townsite
against which there is a lien of sos.
40; lots 6, and s, of block 3, of Mo
rase addition. against which there Is
a lien Of $3.50, which said tracts are
owned by C. II. Williams.
Also, lots 4, 5. 6 and Z. of block n
| 16, of the original townsite, and frac
ton of lot l. block g. Morase addition
against which said lots there is q
lien of s13l.0O. which said lots are
owned by the Presbyterian church
Also. lots and 8. OF block Is, Stat
ford addition, against which there II
a lien of 5000. which said lots arr
owned by Jennie Warren.
Also, lot 8, block Is, Stafford add
ton, against which there is a lien o
| $3.50. which said lot Is owned b.
Lottie Raw. -.~.
Also, interest on the above amounts
at the rate of per cent per annum
! from the 18th day of July, 1904, will
be charged.
Done at the City Hall of the City O
Lewistown, Montana, this 31st day Q
January, 1905. .1Fi"r'
! GORDON o. SHAFER.
=. ~ City Treasurer.
i 2 First publication Feb. 1.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF.

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF.
Notice for Publication-Depart
of the Interior. U. S. Land Office
Lewistown, Mont. Feb. 2. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that
SAMUEL SMITH,
assignee of William H. Gossett. of
Fergus county, Mont, has filed notice
of intention to make proof on his des-
ert land claim No. 1903, for the neA
nwA, sec 35, s1a swA, sec 26, sci.
seA, sec 81 tip IA n, r 20 e. Mont. r.
NJ, before Fred w. Handel, U. S. COM
missioner at Musselshell, Mont. on
Wednesday, the 18th day of March,
1905.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
John F.. Redmon, of Musselshell /:
John NJ. Pollard. Marie Smith. Knyp
hansen f. Park, of Weede, Mont.
EDWARD RRASSEY. Register.
First publication Feb. s.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBlicATloN.-D De-
partment of the Interior, Land OF.

NOTICE FOR PUBLicATloN.-De
partment of the Interior, Land OF
flee, Lewistown, Mont, Feb. 10, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
of her intention to make final proof In
support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown. Mont, ON
Tuesday, March 81, 1905, viz:
ETHEL BINu.
guardian of Vida Woodhouse, minor
heir of William R. Woodhouse, de-
ceased, who made H. E. No. liza, for
the SEA seA, sec IA, neA neA, sec
20, nk nwA, sec. "a, tip 13 n, II e
Mont. p. M.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
ON and cultivation of said land, viz:
William Gordon, of Straw; William
Shield, Frank Hasset, Thomas Greg
DRY, of Garneill, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Feb. 10.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PusLIcArIoN.-De.

NJ ICE fOH PUBIICATICN.-Do
partment of the Interior. Land or.
flee, LewistOwn, Mont, Feb 6. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of her intention to make final proof
in support of her claim. and thai said
proof will be made before the regis
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mont,
on Saturday, March IS. 1906, viz:
IDA M. REED,
formerly Ida NJ. Walsh. who made
H. f. No. 2613, for the swA nwA,
WIZ swA, sell swA, sec 10. tip IA n,
18 e, Mont. r. M.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land viz:
William Pitt, Harry Pitt. David
Motheral. William Kizer, all of Lew
istown, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY Register.
First publication Feb. 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15

NOTICE FOR PUBL!cATIoN.-De.
partment Of the Interior, Land OF
fee, Lewistown, Mont, Jan. IA, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has fled notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Monday, February 20, 1905, viz:
ROBERT G. KINCAID,
who made H. E. No. 1926, for the
seA sen, sec rs, s1s swA, neA nwA
sec 25, tip IA n, 10 e, Mont. p. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz.
Isaac F. Beck, Amos w. Beck, Dav'
i'd c. White, William P. Kizer, all VI
Lewistown, Mont.
EDWARD RRASSEY, Register.
First publication Jan. Is.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
EDW ARD ERASSEI, HesIsteI
First publication Jan. IL.
NOTICE FOR PueL!cATloN-De

NOTICE FOR PUeL!cATioN-D De-
partment Of the Interior. Land o.
fee. Lewistown. Mont, Feb. ., 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has fied notice
of his intention to make final PROOF IN
support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the reg
lister and receiver at Lewistown. Mon
tana, on Monday, March 90, 1905, viz:
ASHER SHEPARD,
who made H. E. No. 3S49' Ior the
swA SEA, sk swA. nwA swA' sec
9. tip Is n, 10 e, Mont, +. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on ana cultivation of said land, viz:
George Shepard John Shepard.
James Cooper, Archie v Rogers all
OF Rogers, Montana.
EDWARD BRASsEY. REGISTER.
First publication FEB. 10.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
!n,oTi,ci ron sp6sLtcAtr,oN.11,,

NOTICE. ron fpO0ltcATloN.-De.
psrtment Of the interior, Land OF.
fice, Lewistown, Mont, JAN "a. 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol.
10 wing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof IN
support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Monday, March 6, 1905. viz;
ELMER HAMILTON,
who made H. e. No. 1883, for lot l.,
neA nwA, sec Is, sen swA. swA
sell, sec Z. tp IA n r 81 e, Mont p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up.
on and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Thomas 8. Frost. Daniel Bean. JOS
eph j. Finn, of Forest Grove; Frank
Collins, of Alpine, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Jan, %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLicA1loN.-De

parlment of the Interior, Land OF
flee, Lewistown. Mont. Feb. 4, 1905
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof III
support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, or
Saturday. March IL. 1905. viz:
FREDERICK HECKFORD,
who made H. f. No. 1885, for the SEA-
neA. eh seA. sec %. swA swA,
sec "a, tp IA n. 10 e. Mont. p. NJ.
He names the following Witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Louis Bowman. John Beck, Felix
McGinn, Leslie Mccain, all of Lewis
town, Mont
EDWARD BRASSEY Register.
First publication Feb. 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR pueLicAr,oN-De

partment of the-1nterior. Land o.
fce, Lewistown, Mont, Feb. 6, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has fled notice
OF his Intention to make final proof
IN support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the regis
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mont,
on Wednesday, March Is, 1905, viz:
ALLEN G. BURNHAM,
who made H. +. No 1901. for the se1u
sec 8, tp IL n, IA {, Mont P. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up.
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Arthur Johnson, Robert X. Mead,
James Conley, John Meyers, all If
Garneill, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Feb. s.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15

NOTICE FOR PUeLlCATiON.-De.
partment of the Interior, Land Of.
flee, Lewistown, Mont, January IS,
1906
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis.
ter and receiver, at Lewistown. Mon.
tana, on Monday, Feb. 81. 1905, viz:
NICHOLAS PIPER.
who made H. E. No. 1897, for the
seA, sec 81, tip Is n, 20 e, Mont.
p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Philip d. Lang, Charles W. Rich,
Frank E. Piper, of Lewistown; Thorn
as Casey, of Gilt Edge, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication Jan. %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
Ton 1Oos

OcpdItucuL VI Tue luLoFlOT, v. ..
Land Office. Lewistown, Mont,
Jan. IS, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that
JOSEPH H. MCDONALD,
assignee of William McGlenning, of
Garneill, Mont, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. 1909, for the swA
swA, sec 80, tp II n, II e, Mont.
p. NJ. (unsurveyed) also
JOSEPH H. MCDONALD,
assignee of John H. McGlenning, of
Garneill, Mont, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. 1910, for the neA. swA
sec 30, tp IL, r II e, Mont. p. M. (un-
surveyed, before VIII Peck, U. S.
commissioner at Garneill, Mont, on
Tuesday, the It'll day Of March, 1905.
They name the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Benjamin Mcdonald, John Brooks,
William R. Mcdonald, Horace Doores,
all of Garneill Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Jan. Is.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUeLlCATION.-D
partment of the Interior, Land OF.
fee LeXiStQXn Mont. January Is

NJ I'VE run FOo6VNA IONs-D0'
partment of the Interior, Land OF.
fee, Lewistown, Mont, January Is,
1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim. and that saio
proof will be made before w. H. Peck,
U. s. commissioner at Garneill, Mont,
on Tuesday, March Z, 1905, viz:
ALEXANDER MCCORMICK,
who made H. E. No. 2791, for the
neA nwA, WIZ neA. nwA seA, sec
Is, tp II n, Is e, Mont p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
John M. Meyers, David NJ. Sherman,
Walter B. Elliot. William ]. Phillips,
all of Garneill, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication Jan. 25.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUsLicArloN.-De-


partment of the Interior, Land OF.
flee, Lewistown, Mont, Feb. t. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the regis CT
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont. on
Friday, the 10th day of March, 1905
viz:
MARION M. YOUNG,
who made Fl. f. No. 1885, for the SEA
swA. sec %. nk nwA, sec q, ne'4
neA, sec 28, tp l6 n, r 20 e, Mont
p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
William Flanagan, Frank Flanagan
James Anderson. Frederick Coos, all
of Gilt Edge. Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication Feb. 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLicATIoN-D De

partment Of the Interior. Land or
fee, Lewistown, Mont, Feb. 6, 1905
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed no
tice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the
register and receiver at Lewistown
Mont, on Thursday, March 16, 1905
viz:
HENRY s. PHIPPS,
who made H. f. No. 1887, for the swA
nwA. sec 8, en- neA. nwA neA, sec
Z, tp Is n, 81 e, Mont. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Clyde Stephens, Henry Burnett
Henry Fields. of Ft. Maginnis; Norman
Poland. of Gilt Edge Mont
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication Feb. 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication.-Depart
ment of the Interior, U. 8. Land
Office, Lewistown, Mont, Feb. l.
1915.
Notice is hereby given that.
THOMPSON FLETCHER,
of Deerfield, Fergus county, Mont.
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No
1472, for the sell swA, sec 2, e1a
nwA, nwA neA, sec II, tp Is n, I
II e, Mont. P. NJ, before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Monday, the goth day of March, 1905
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Rufus Gour, John Butler, William
Blackburn, David Langford all of Ken
dali, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication Feb. Is.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
NOTICE FOR PusL,cAT,oN.-De-

NOTICE FOR PUBLiCATiON.-D
partment of the Interior. Land Of
/" flee. Lewistown, Mont, Feb. 6, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis.
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mont,
on Friday. March II, 1905. viz:
JAMES w. STAPLETON,
who made H. E. No. 14O4, for
lots l. 2. 3 and 4, sec 80, tp IA n,
r II e, Mont. p. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land. viz:
Cornelius A. Stapleton, William
heady, of Lewistown; John CASTOR.
of Moore; Daniel Coffman, of Rock
ford, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Feb. 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
Free Coupon.

Any one suffering with kidney or
bladder trouble can get absolutely
free, one full size box of DeBells Kid
ney pills. These pills ale for sale by
Wilson & McKechnie and to intro
duce them the manufacturers will &C.
cept this coupon for full retail price
in the purchase of one box. Cut out
and send to G. w. Beggs. Sons, &
Co., Chicago, Ill. Be.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15

First publication Jan. %.
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NOTICE FOR PURLlcATIoN.-De

First publication Feb. Is.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18
NEWSPAPER OF AGE
is FOUND AT AZTEC.

While removing a mirror in an old
show case, Ted Waring, Aztec's Jew
eler, found a piece of faded news
paper, three columns wide and the
length of the average newspaper. It's
heaulng, says the Index, is Common,
wealth, Denver City, c. T., Wednesday,
June "a, 1864 An American flag is
at the head of one column, and the
presidential ticket follows: For pres
ident, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois;
for vice president, Andrew Johnson,
OF Tennessee War neWN covers the
three columns on one side and adver-
tisements on the other. The south
ern press expresses alarm at General
Grants movements, and a roast OF
Copperhead northern papers is print
ed. The Overland stage company adj
yertises stages to California and the
east. The railroad is built 10 Grin
nell, Iowa. George Tritch, hardware,
the Western Stage company, Wilder,
Jinck5 & Co., commission; Stebbins
* Porter, wholesale g.ocers; Clark
d Dyer, "auctioneers; Gibson & De
lany, Colorado Mining agency; Chas.
Kaltenburn, tinshop, and other adver-
tisements appear In the paper, some Of
them yet doing business in Denver.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18
HOW COFFEE WAS FOUND.

When you drink your next cup of
coffee return thanks to Hadji. Omar.
1t was he who discovered the divine
berry in 1855, go years ago.
He was dying OF hunger IN the Wild
erness, when, finding some small
round berries, he tried to eat them,
but they were bitter. He tried roast
ing them, and these he finally steeped
In some water held in the hollow of
his hand, and found the d%ecoctatiun as
refreshing as If he lad partakeu OF
solid food.
lie hurried back 10 Mocha, from
which he had heen banishcd, and. IN
wiling the wise men JO purtake of his
discovery, they were so well pleased
with IL that they made him a saint.
The story is told that coffee was
mt Oduccd into the West Indies In
1928, by ChiraC, a French physician.
who gave a Norman gentleman named
De CIleuN, a captain of infantry. on
MS way 20 Martinique, a single plant.
De ClieuN, with An affection for his
coffee plant. divided his portion OF
water with 70, ana succeeded in bring
Ing 10 70 Martinique, although weak,
not i'm a helpless condition.
There be planted it i'm his garden,
protected il with a fence of thoIns. and
watched it daily until the end of the
year, when he gathered two pounds of
coIiCe, which he distributed among
the Inhabitants of the island, to be.
planted by them.
From Martinique, coffee trees in
Turn were sent TO Sauto Domingo,
Guadalupe and other ~neighbOring is
lands.
Hadji Omar's name should be en-
rolled among those of the other bene-
factors of the human race. It should
rank beside that of Raleigh, who dis.
covered sublime tobacco, or, at any
rate, introduced it into civilized so
ciety.
VINO discovered chicoIy not known.
he deserves his Obscurity.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18
CHANGE OF MOTIVE POWER
ON NEW HAVEN ROAD

Preparations are being made by the
New York, New Haven a. Hartford
railroad for changing the motive
power on all or some of its lines from
steam TO- electricity. An order for
twenty-five electric locomotives has
been placed with the Westinghouse
Electric and Machine company, by the
railroad company. These locomotives
will be driven by an alternating cur
rent, single phase, which is said 10
be the most economical application
of electrical power yet made. Each
locomotive is 10 weigh sey~enty-eight
tons and is 10 be equipped with four
motors, each of four hundred horse
power, making a total of sixteen hun
dred horse power for each locomotive.
This Is about six hundred horse power
greater than that of steam locomotives
in present use.
The motors will be able TO maintain
a speed of twenty-five miles an hour
in local service, reaching a maximum
speed of forty-fiye miles an hour be-
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18
RAILROAD NEWS TAKEN
FROM RATION RANGE

The new turntable at the Santa Fe
shops has been equipped with an air
engine. BY this equipment the Ia ge
300 type of engines can he turned very
easily, n man operating the engine.
Heretofore. it took ten TO fifteen men
TO turn n of these large engines.
:. W. MulliniN, the new master me
cnanic at the Santa Fe shops, arrived
and Will IN the position recently left
vacant by the resignation Of e. =.
Barnes. Mr.. Mullinix has been with
the Santa Fe at Pittsburg, Kan, i'm
the same capacity he fills here.
The signal system of the Santa Fe
yards is being replaced by a new sys-
TEN.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

The accompanying article is the
first Of a series written by Miss Jessie
Partition from the hard coal fields Of
Pennsylvania, where a great strike is
threatened within a few months. These
stories come from the cabins where
the wives and children sit in gloomy
foreboding, their hearts crying out
that this great blow may not strike.
Miss Patton reported the former
strike and knows just where to go to
secure the material for her letters.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18
MINERS WIVES SHUDDER
At THE DEA OF STRIKE

the mines, about 80 cents a month for
kerosene oil. donated one days work
a year to the miners widow fund, paid
his union dues, and managed to exist
on what was left. He makes on an
average 81 a full day. He does not
do expert work. There are probably
three full days out of the week. Lack
Of cars"-in other words, the opera
tors right to regulate the outputs
responsible for the time lost.
"Robbie's been working in the mines
since he was ten years Old" his wife
announced with pride. He's not like
these furriners that has to be watched
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

for fear they kills themselves or blows
the mine up"
This is a double house on Rail
road avenue, or "Cockroach avenue"
as it is commonly known. It is oc-
cupied by two families-two rooms ca
ch-who divide the rent of $3.50 a m
onth. Most of them are Welsh or OF
Welsh descent. They are honest, indu
s%trious, ~God-fearing men and women.
Then They Forget U.s."
Just then Robbie" same hurrying
home from the colliery, covered with
fine, black dust, limping because a
mule had stepped on his foot in the
mines.
The operators won't give us fair
play until they have to- he said, when
asked as to his ideas on the situation.
They won't have to for a good long
time, unless the public compels them
to-in fact, the public don't care a
d for the miner until the price of
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

frequently advanced by self-satisfied,
well-fed persons in big cities when
they are out of patience with a strike
hat affects their coal bins.
She looked up from the puny baby
she was nursing, surprise anu pain
in her tired eyes.
Pray God there won't be no strike,
miss. The likes O. you knows nothing
about such things" She spoke in a
voice full of dread, pressing the child
closer to her breast.
1t was a desolate place to call
'home"-two rooms, one down stairs
and one up. The room in which we
sat answered the purpise of kitchen,
dining room and parlor. The room
upstairs was the bedroom of the en-
tire family-father, mother and three
children.
You forget that the men must pay
their money into the union all the
time they're working, before they can
draw it out in strike benefits" said
the woman, reverting to my question.
W. hate to see a strike a-comin'
on. We've only just got our back rent
paid up for the last strike, and it's
hard to get along with the three chill
dren.
A Miners Expenses.
h said rent was to be raised the
f1rst of next month. In addition to his
rent, $3.50 a month, ! learned her hus-
band paid yearly s2.40 in school, road
and bridge taxes. His water rent, one
hydrant, was 60 cents a month. He
paid SO a month for the oil used in
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

coal goes up. Then the public bowls.
Commissions are appointed and we get
a few cents more on the ton and go
back to work-and the public gets
coal at the usual price.
Then they forget u.s." he unused
drearily, a hopeless look settling
around his mouth, "and when it gets
too bloomin' bad again, why, we ups
and strikes"
Little Walter, the miners eldest son,
was barefooted-although the winds
are cold in eastern Pennsylvania in
October-and his shabby suit OF
cotton jeans were much too small.
The Miners Home.
A brief prayer of thanks in Welsh
was said after we sat down to an
oilcloth covered table. Supper con
sisted of bread and butter, strong tea
made in a crock, some boiled potatoes
and bacon. There was a glass of milk
Tor the bay, and though oplain, there
was food for all.