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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12

The council will meet Friday
night to canvass the recent cleo.
ton returns.
Before building, get figures
from Van Tuyl 4 Teutsch, con-
tractors, Minot, Nd.
Scott, Granville blacksmith
was arrested and fined IS and
costs for assaulting Wagner, the
liveryman.
Editor Price for Harvey who
will soon build a fine newspaper
office, was in Minot Saturday.
He was accompanied by his wife.
Sherman & Samnelson, from the
top Of a ladder 1O2 feet high took
an excellent view of the city OF
Minot. Many OF the pictures are
being sent east and will adver-
tise Minot well.
H. w. Willis and wife were Mi
not visitors Saturday. Henry
wants a weekly excursion run to
Minot and it would be we'll for the
Commercial club to get busy and
study out the ways and means.
Geo. Tuman from near Velva
proved up on his homestead
Monday. Tuman has been
engaged extensively in raising
sheep, at one time owning 600
He has made money from them
and now has quite a number
Officer kimball has been hay
ing a sinking good time with d
defunct hog in the river. Dan
says he labored with the oderif-
erous body for several hours Fri
day trying to float it down the
river, away from the heart OF the
city.
Albert Clementich. son OF Jos.
Clementich a wealthy Foxholm
rancher-farmar returned from
Richardson, n. D., last week
where he has been atteding St.
Mary college. Seventy students
are in attendanceat that college
and they are given the advan.
tages OF a fine institution.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12
AUST AMBER GETS
IT In BUNCHES.
Minot Baker Believes He Is The Victim OF
An Enemy Two Fires And One
Smash U.

fire department turned out and
did good work, the buildings and
contents were destroyed. Mr..
Auslander lost feed TO the value
of$4OO
Mr.. Auslander believes that
the fires were started by some
body who wishes'to see him lose
all of his buildings by fire with
an intent to get even for some
imaginary wrong.
Recently Mr.. Auslander sued
a tenant for SAG for rent OF a
building and secured Judgment.
Monday evening a runaway
team smashed the wheels OF Mr..
Auslander's bakery wagon and
otherwise demolished thevehicle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12
NOTICE WHEN TIME FOR REDEAlP-
TION WILL EXPIRE.

To WN. r. TAYLOR.
You are hereby notified that the fol-
lowing described lands and premises to-
wit: Lot number eighteen Isl block
number thirteen Il3l, Brooklyn addition
to the city Of Minot we're heretofore and
on the seventh day of december, A. d.,
1897, duly sold for taxes for the sum of
ninety-t two cents. That the time when
the redemption period will expire for
said lands is the seventh day of Decen-
Der A. D., 1900, and that the amount re-
quired to redeem said lands. exclusive
of the costs to accrue upon this notice.
is the sum of two dollars and eighty-siX
cents. All of said lands being situate in
the county of Ward state of North pa
kota.
If you fail 20 redeem the same within
ninety days from the date of this notice,
a tax deed for the aforesaid land will be
issued and delivered to the holder of the
tax certificate.
Dated at Minot, north Dakota. this
10Th day of March a. D.. 1905.
Seal. LOUIS A. LARSON.
4-12-4-26 Auditor of Ward county. y. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12

J. p. O'Neil states that the
ground is still moist the frost
working up from seven feet in the
ground.
A. S. Olson, a Surrey farmer
was called to Lake City Mimi. by
a telegram stating that his sister
was dying.
With a vote OF 80 to s, Bert
holdites decided TO bond the
district to build $4,000 school
house.
James Williams, a DesLacs
farmer, has been very i'll at the
hospital. He is growing better
after two serious operations.
Ii you want to rs-roof your
store building or business house,
get the best roof made, the old
fashioned pitch and gravel roof.
Van Tuyl & Teutsch, Minot, N. D.
Ole Anderson died at the Great
Northern hotel at Berthold. He
had just arrived from Hatton
with a car load Of horses and
took the pneumonia on the road
up.
We are now building our shop
and putting in wood working
machinery. We WILSON be pre-
pared to do all kinds ofjob work
turning, scroll work and genera
repairwork. Van Tuyl& Teutsch
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12

Miller Robb states that the
Minot Milling Company is having
hard time to get good wheat.
The best wheat this year seems
to be that raised in the eastern
part Of the state.
Scores Of homesteaders are
fling at the U.S landofice daily.
Many come from Wisconsin and
Minnesota and other eastern
states. The land LETT is mostly
billy and forty miles west OF Mi
not, but there is some good land
in the lot.
| am prepared to do any
amount OF breaking and would
like to hear from anyone wishing
such work done. Will break for
$3 an acre and will guarantee
my work to be done first class.
Address, W. F. Davis, Cakes,
IN. d. to. 4-19
C. II. Parker, proprietor OF the
Leland hotel, asked the commits
sioners last week to lower the
assessed valuation OF his hotel
building $4,000. The building
was assessed at S25.O 900. Coin
missioners Torbenson and Swan
son voted against this PROPOSE
tion but the other commissioners
voted in favor Of the petition.
FOR SALE. \ fresh mich COW,
years old; and one new buggy. Inquire
Of d. A. Mcdonald, New Era coal shaft
or at this office. Il
..Popular Edition" of Session
Laws.
The popular Edition of the session
laws of the last legislature is out anC
more than fultlls the promises of thu
publisher 1t is out quicker, is larger
! book. contains much more genera
matter of general intarest than an,
previous issue the popular Edition
The Importance Of many Of the laws pas
sed by the last session makes the volume
more indispensable this year than ever
and every merchant and farmer SHOULD
have copy as we'll as the professional
man. There is fund of information
outside of the laws-a complete stat.
directory. the personnel every board
dates of terms of court, names Of al
attorneys, names of all county officers
election returns,etc. and the volume a
81 is mighty cheap. 1t can be obtained
through us or by sending direct to tn,
publisher, Il. D. Hoskins, Bismarck.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-02-03

Current expense fund .................-$ 1929 40
Road fund 1862 So
Sheep bounty fund SO 90
School districts .. ..................... 455S 81
c. e fund interest paid 352 70
Tax REDEMPTION fund ..................... IA 36
Ini'st paid on bonds, school dist No. Is 80 70
Interest paid on county bonds........... 1880 90
Judges order paid 25 90
Rebates paid on migratory stock....--. LAS 9S
Warrants now outstanding
Current expenst fund ..... 26,S55 98
Sheep bounty fund -. ..................... 81 90
School district No fund................ 1915 90
$500 rs
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-02-03
Supplement to Owyhee Nugget
FRIDAY

To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF CoUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS, OwvHEE CouN-
TY, IDAHO:
Gentlemen:-I herewith submit, pur-
suant to law, my quarterly report for
the quarter ending January I'd, 1905.
]. S. ST CLAIR, Auditor.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-02-03
Auditors and TreaSurGr'S
Quarterly Report

To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COM
MISsIoNERs OF OwYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO:
Gentlemen:-I herewith submit, pursuant to
law, my quarterly report for the quarter ending
Jan. I'd, 1905. Respectfully,
MINNIE WESTON,
Treasurer.
Approved Jan. 10th, 1905.
Granted Jan. 10TH 1905.
FRED BRUNzELL Chairman.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18

abstainer, the finest vintage wines are
always offered to such guests as dine
at the palace.
The recent visit of the Shah of Persia
to England recalls a former call of his
upon Queen Victoria, when London
was startled at the Oriental methods
employed by this picturesque Eastern
potentate. Thousands of dollars worth
of damage was done in the famous
Buckingham Palace by the nochalant
orders of the Shah. The sheep which
provided his mutton were brought into
the palace rooms, which had been
placed at his royal disposal, and
slaughtered upon the magnificent and
costly rugs and other such eXtravagant
practices were the order Of the day.
While the meat which the Shah eats is
always supposed to be slaughtered be-
fore his eyes, it was believed at the time
that these performances were simply
the carrying out of an Eastern regal
fancy, to show Western barbarians
what the Orient was accustomed to.
The Queens maids of honor have
very little to do. They live at home,
and when the Queen is in London they
are conveyed to Buckingham Palace
after luncheon in royal carriages, and
remain in O suite of charming salons
until required to accompany the Queen
and her unmarried daughter out
driving. They must dress very well
and not appear in the same clothes too
often, and, above all, study the wishes
of Her Majesty in regard to colors and
modes. The millinery embargo, that is,
not to wear a picture hat, must be fol
lowed to the letter. With a salary Of
81, 500 and the attachment of Honor
able" to their names, the fair maids-of-
honor manage to worry along until
they marry.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
COUNTING UNCLE SANS CASH.
Occurs Every Time a New Treasurer
Is Appointed.

Owing to the recent change in the
office of Treasurer of the United
States. a task of no small magnitude is
going on in the Treasury Building
Every time one Treasurer gives way TO
another the cash must be counted and
verified before the new official becomes
responsible for the money under his
care.
As soon as a change is made the
Secretary of the Treasury appoints a
Committee of Three to select a force 10
count the cash. This committee picks
out a number of clerks in the various
offices of the Department, and they are
set at work to count the millions. Per-
haps there may be forty men selected
to perform this huge count; maybe
fifty or eighty. 1t is always consldereu
an honor to be one of these counters.
The total sum counted by these men
is somewhere in the neighborhood or
five hundred and thirty millions In
money, bonds, notes and everything
else. One vault alone contains over a
hundred millions in silver dollars. An
other has a heavy amount of silver
fractional currency, and many tons or
nickel five-cent pieces and pennies.
The working cash is handled first,
and in order to give it a chance to do
regular duty it is counted at night
Most of the money is counted in bulk
and stored away in Dags, each contain
ing a certain sum. 1nese are weighed,
and if there is even one dollar short,
there is instant detection of the wrong
count. As each bag is filled by a clerk
who attaches his name by tag, any
discrepancy in the number of coins or
any coin missing from the sack is
charged to him. This is done, not only
to check any tendency toward dis
honesty, but also to cause each counter
to exercise the greatest care. The new
Treasurer is Charles III. Treat, of New
York, who takes the place of Ellis H..
Roberts.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
The Unemployed in Germany.

1t seems from consular reports that
there are none. Colonies for the so
called unemployed" take tnem out OF
this class Immediately and make pau
perism unknown. Each city supports
large offices where hunters for work
20 and register. They get bath, have
their clothing disinfected, and if the
unions which support these institutions
have no work for them in cities, they
are sent to the farm colonies in the
country, where they can work at farm
ing, land reclamation, and in other pro
ductive capacities. The system OF
these unions is said to be very COM
prehensiye; they are open to all, and
besides providing opportunities for
workers, have systems of old age pen
sions, insurance against accidents, and
other benefits.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
THE SAYING OF OREGON.
HOW DIR. UHITMAN BRA VED
BILLIARDS AND DEATH.
Determined to Save Country From
British - Daniel Webster Opposed
to Retaining Territory.

A bloody trophy in possession of the
government at Washington is an In
dian hatchet. The tomahawk reeks
with red and horid association. II is
the weapon with which DIR. Marcus
Whitman, the Indian missionary and
his wife were slain in 1917 and with
which the first blow of the tearSome
Whitman massacre was bcgun-an en-
ormous crime which nearly oblitcrated
the white American settlers in the ore
gon country, sent thrill of horror
and Indignation throughout the Amer
lean republic and saved to the Amer
lean people the great northwest coun-
try out of which Oregon. Washington
and other states were created. 1t Is
one of the very cruel chapters in his
tory-a chapter embracing eight years
of war between settlers and savages
the result of which was that the Hud-
sons Bay Company and the British
crown were compelled to relinguish
their claim To the territory. Another
result was the virtual annihilatiOn of
the CayuSe tribe of Indians. So much
tragic history centers about this rusty
hatchet that it is one of the rarest rel
les of the government. \ government
official familiar with the period says
"The Whitman massacre was the re-
suit of the Vaccinations Of England
TO secure by treaty or otherwise all
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
Enforcing The Laws.

From the Washington Star.
There was nothing original in GOV.
Folks address at Chautauqua, n. y,
recently, but the well-known truth he
enunciated took on greater weight for
his Endorsement. He is no closet phil
osopher giving to the public the re-
suits of reading and speculation, but
a man of affairs who has done things
and noted the consequences. He was
elected District Attorney in st. Louis
in the expectation that he would ignore
the laws and let those who were Vlo-
lating them continue to flourish on
their iniquities. Instead of that, he
enforced the laws and saw conditions
all around him rapidly improve. When
therefore. such a man tells us that a
cure for many of the ills we are endur'
ing as a people is the simple execution
of the laws. he has the strongest pos
sible claim upon our attention, and his
advice is worth following. Laws are
of little use unless their enforcement
is demanded and backed up by pubic
sentiment.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
= The World Moves Quickly.

How the thought of the world passes
from one thing to another, and then
forgets. Attention for months was
centered upon Port Arthur, and then
it was transferred to the movements
Of the naval fleets, the meeting of
which was so disastrous to Russian
hopes. 1t will be remembered that
when Rojestvensky entered the China
Sea he wired to the Car: IF l am
victorious l shall inform you. If am
vanquished, Togo will inform you"
To the public Port Arthur is no more
than one of the countless red
splotches that disfgure history, and
the naval battle of all history is
already relegated to dry discussions as
to what branch of service was most
disastrous to ship and lives.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
~. Nsms ef~
gENgwWasttlNGTeM
y .STX1lgM~

King Alfonso recently had a curious
adventure at Madrid He had left
Granda one morning incognito. He
guarded his identity so strictly that
no one suspected his presence and
when he presented himself at the royal
palace the sentry refused him admit
tance. The King inspected the apart
ments being prepared for President
Loubet of France, who was preparing
to visit the youthful Spanish monarch,
and then sent summons TO the aston
ished ministers to come and hold a
council.
The Empress-Dowager of China Is
thoughtful of her subordinates. Here
is an edict of hers issued recently
which will bear out the idea: wong
Wen-Shao the grand secretary, has
served under us many years, and he
has shown great diligence and faith
fulness. He is now over 70 years OF
age. and in the daily audiences his
obeisance is now very difficult. and oul
sympathy must be shown him. Lee
him be relieved from the grand coun
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18

gress allowing the railroad companies
to construct this station, provision
was made to drive a tunnel directly
beneath the Capitol building, with ele-
vators running Immediately from the
Senate Chamber and the House Cham
Der into private Congressional stations.
This would have enabled the United
States Senator from Oregon, for in
stance, to pass out of the Senate and
walk directly aboard his Pullman
sleeping car without exposure to the
open air until he reached his far
western home. A great convenience
this. doubtless. to delicate legislators
but a literal undermining of Congress
by the railroads probably wisely eX-
ciuded from the architectural plans.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18

ell in order that he may be saved
trouble" AS a dismissal this could
hardly be improved upon.
Father John of Cronstadt, whose
extraordinary influence over the Car,
no less than his propaganda against
the revolutionaries, continually rouses
the ire of the secret committee, is SO
years of age. In personality he
answers to the description of the aver
age Russian peasant, only in his case
abstemiousness has wrought refining
effect on his features.
VAN CALAVA.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
Literature and Music Prosper.

During the past year the Library OF
Congress made entries for copyrights to
the extent Of 1O6,577, an increase OF
7.141 over those made in 1908. or
these, compositions of a musical char
acter head the list, there having been
entered for copyright 23,74O. Period
icals in single numbers follow closely
behind. with a total number of 21.041
The classification of books" showed
entries to the number of 29,516, some
1861 of which were books and the
remainder booklets, leaflets, circulars
cards, newspapers and magazine arti
cles.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18

lne tSeluefS, ulSpdICuluS pdIlleS VI
braves after the murderous Cayuse.
American immigration Won the Day.
The surviving settlers were not slow
in seeking revenge and they made the
name 'Paleface" n fearful word 10 the
redskin murderers of the northwest
forests. War to the death was carrie j
on against the Indians for eight years.
Government troops were in the cOun-
try, and a stream of immigration had
set in. The leaders of the Cayuse
who attacked the Whitman mission
were captured by the Nez Perces on
the upper John Bay river and five of
them were hanged al. Oregon city.
The graves of Dr. Whitman and his
wife are pointed out near where they
fell at Wahula on that bloody Novem-
Der morning 1917.
In the light of this does it not seem
that the government might have been
a little considerate in its treatment of
the late chief Joseph and his NeZ
Perces band?
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Tales of Diplomatic and Court In
trigue.

1t seems that Mr.. w. w. Astor has
bought the historic Hever estate in
Kent, England, and is improving it. 1t
includes 1000 acres of land and a
moated castle, nearly six hundred
years old, where at one time Henry
VIII. maintained Anne of Cleves. On
this estate Mr.. Astor has put to work
about one thousand men, with due ap-
paratus, and is making changes rated
as improvements which the calculating
natives estimate will cost him million
and a quarter pounds. He is building
a lake, model village, roads, bridges
and gardens, and is doubtless having a
good deal of the sort of fun that Mr..
Kipling in a recent story has suggested
as a suitable recreation for tired Amer
leans.
Though the Sultan is himself a total
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
TheBrickbats Never Touched Hin

| had a funny dream last night.
Thought that John ID. Rockefeller was
running for Office
Yes!
And he was about to make a speech
in a brickyard, when woke up.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18

the territory west of the Rockies and
north of the 42nd parallel of north lat
itudc."
First White Women to Cross Rockies.
1t was in 1886 that Or. Marcus Whit
man and the Rev. Mr.. Spaulding with
their WivcS-the first white women
10 cross the Rock Mountains went
among the tribes of the Far North
west. The country was then in the
control of the IIudsons Bay Com
pauy Il British monopoly with nearly
thousand employees. Its power over
the Indian tribes was nearly absolute.
1t had Il string Of fortified Canadian
posts from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The company owned by men in Lon
don desired to exclude American set
Elements ana TO foster British immi-
grafton. The Washington government
SO far from having any conception Of
the value of the northwestern country
StubhOruly maintained that il was
worthless ana inaccessible by land.
The great Webster said that il was
a land tit only for savage beasts and
still more savage men.
DIR. Whitman established his mission
among the CayuSe in the state Of
Washington near what is now Walla-
Walla. then Fort Walla Walla, trad
ing post. In 1S42 while attending a
dinner given at the fort i'm honor
Of some British officers news came
that a company Of British immigrants
were on their way and had already
crossed the Rocky Mountains. There
was great excitement at the table
and a young officer unconscious OF
the presence of the American mission
airy jumped 10 his feet cNclaiming
"IIurrah for Columbia: lthe Oregon
country. America ls too htea We
have got the country
Or. Whitman perceived that it was
the purpose of the British to claim
the country 10y right of settlement
lie left the table rode rapidly to his
wilderness home and after briei
pause there set out for Washington
His parting words to his wife were
Il am going TO cross the Rocky
Mountains. reach Washington thi,
winter, God carrying me through
and bring out an immigration
through the mountains next spring ol
this country is lost
An Awful Journey.
Winter had set in and the old chron
iclcS tell it was a severe one market
by terrific storms and deep SHOWS.
DR.. Whitman reached Washington
crippled by frozen hands and feet
The news lie brought caused excite
ment among the populace and cOncer
among many of the government off
GERS He saw Daniel Webster SecrC
tary of State represented to hiI
the grandeur and value or the Orego
country, told him of the need of in
migrants and explained the reasO
that had induced him to brave tn
rigor of the season by making I'll
trip. Mr.. Webster was about to col
clude the Observation-Disclosures treat
renouncing any claim we might hay
to the great northwest for a Newfoun'
land cod-fshery. Webster was NJ
impressed with Whitman's patriot
enthusiasm. lie considered the cou
try of no value. He thought it Wou
be as well to let Great Britain ha'
It. Not satisfied with his interYie
with the Secretary OF State DIR. Wh
man sought President Tyler WI
heard him with attention, and proi
ised that the diplomatic deal for u
trading of Oregon should be held
and that military escort should
given TO the missionary's train.
In the spring of 1S43 DR.. Whitmi
led a party Of one thousand Amel
The Breckenridge news., 1905-10-18
DeYeIish Work.

The British agents slowly poisoned
the minds of the savages against the
new comers but it was not till 1S47
that the savages in council determined
to massacre all the American settlers
in their country.
The site of DR.. Whitman's dwell
ling was on the north bank of
the Walla Walla river at what is
now the town of Wahula. The In
dians surrounded the houses of the
mission their weapons hidden under
their blankets. At dawn of November
20 1917 an Indian entered the doctors
house and asked for medicine. As
the missionary turned to his medicine
chest the savage buried his toma-
hawk in the good mans brain. Mrs.
Whitman was killed a minute later
by the same savage with the same
weapon. The murder of the mission
airy was the signal for the wholesale
slaughter to begin. The butchery COM
menced on all sides. The crash of
firearms, the groans of the dying,
screams of women, yells of the painted
demons filled the air. The Indians
women and children danced and sang
as the atrocious work went on. They
multilated the dead. Women and
children of the settlers sank under
bloody knife and club. The massacre
lasted all day and then numbering
parties started in every direction
Everybody in the Whitman mission
was killed and many settlers all
through the woods were slain. The
Cayuse attacked a mission among
the Nez I'erces but these Indians
beat them back and took the sides Of