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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-08-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NUTICE Fur PUBLICATION.
Land Once at Mnot. North Dakota. August
10, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following
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
Hon. Register and Receiver OF the United
States Land Office at Ninot. North Dakota, on
Sept. "a, 1906, viz:
SYvERT LARSON.
H. E. No. 5743, for the SH, NWA. of Sec. %,
and SEA NEl4, NEl4 SEA, of Sec, 90 Twp. 1853,
Rye. 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land. viz: Bernt Larson Louis r. Lar
son, Hedge Helgeson, Ole Helgeson, all of Mi
not, North Dakota. L. D. MCGAHAN,
johnson e. Nestos Register
Attys. for claimant. 8-16-9-2O
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14
Personal
and
Otherwise
Local Mention

Deputy Sheriff Call was here
on business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Romero
are visiting friends in Elk City.
J. G. Chesebro left Friday for
Los Angeles, California, for a
visit of couple of months.
A. E. Reeves, Walter Davis and
Joe Raymond, all of Spokane,
were here the first of the week
looking over the mines.
Mrs. J. D. Shinnick and daugh-
ter Margaret arrived home Satur-
day from a visit of two weeks in
Cottonwood and Grangeville.
F. G. Helwick of Orogrande
was in Elk City the latter part of
last week while on his way to
Hot Springs where he will enjoy
an outing several weeks.
VIM. Hogan, of the Crooked
River Mining company, of Oro-
grande, transacted business in
Elk City the first of the week.
He left Tuesday for outside points
You should see OBannon &
Clark, Clearwater, Idaho, for
anything in General Merchandise.
Their team makes regular trips
to the various mining camps with
supplies.
Bob Brownell, Gus Keiting,
Pete Campbell, VIM. Benedick,
Sherman and Harry Whitaker
left Thursday morning for the
hot springs where they will camp
for a couple of weeks.
L. U. LOOMS and sister, Mrs.
P. A. Wilson, of New York City,
arrived in Elk City the latter part
of the week to inspect mining
properties in this camp. Mr..
Loomis is president and treasurer
of the Gold Reef Mining COM
pany.
Lewiston Tribune: S.W. Smith,
owner of the we'll known Buster
mine at Elk City, is in the city on
a business trip. For several
months past the Buster mine has
been given much prominence
through the fact that negotiations
for its purchase were in progress,
but Mr.. Smith stated that no deal
had been closed. Mr.. Smith
stated that the move of the rail
roads, which seem to assure at
least one transcontinental railroad
for central north Idaho, is being
keenly watched by mining men.
"A transcontinental road, enabl-
ing us to reach the Montana
smelters will be great boost to
our mining region" said Mr..
Smith.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

DIR. J. D. Shinnick made a trip
to Grangeville the first of the
week.
S. G.. Franklin was at Clear
water this week visiting his
father.
G. B. Keller left Friday morn
ing for Bakerfeld, California, to
make his future home,
Geo. Bentz and family left Fri
day for Whitebird, Idaho, where
they will engage in farming,
S. G.. Franklin, who has been
cook at the Parr hotel, has re-
signed and Tam Vincent has
taken the position.
R. ]. Gray, of Des Moines,
Iowa. who has been in Elk City
the past two weeks, left Friday
morning for Spokane.
A deputy sheriff arrived from
Grangeville, Wednesday to SUBJ
poena witnesses to give testimony
in the preliminary hearing of
Mike Sweeney and Andrew
Prader, which will be held in
Grangeville next Wednesday.
The camping season at the hot
springs has opened, and every
day a number of people pass
through on their way to the re-
sort. A big party from Camas
prairie passed here Thursday and
a big party of Grangeville young
people are now enroute.
A force pump and $50 feet of
hose were received at the Parr
hotel this week. The pump will
be placed as soon as the we'll can
be sunk deeper to give sufficient
supply of water. A gasoline
engine has been ordered, and
when that is installed the Parr
hotel will have fine fire protection
of it's own.
A great cloud burst occurred
in the Salmon river country last
Saturday causing loss of property
to the value of $4,000. A num-
Der of cattle and hogs were
drowned along the John Day
creek, and stock losses were also
reported from other localities.
On Sheep creek the greatest dam
age occurred.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14
Pause a Moment.

Our prices are right; our goods
are good; our facilities for deliv-
ering orders are good. We would
appreciate a share of your pat
ronage. OBANNON & CLARK,
Clearwater, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

vention called to meet in Cottonwood.
September l. At the Cottonwood con-
ventlon candidates for the several
county offices to be filled at the Novem-
Der election will be named, as follows
one state senator, three representatives,
clerk OF the district court and ex-officio
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

COUNTY recorder, one county attorney,
one assessor and ex-officio tax collector,
SHERIFF Shs Vnase usgs a bc
struction, one coroner, three commits
sioners; and two justices of the peace
and one constable for each precinct.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14
ROBBINS COMMITS SUICIDE.
Body Of the Insane Man Found Near
Clearwater Last Friday.

Body Of the Insane Man Found Near
Clearwater Last Friday.
The body of Arthur Robbins, the
man who escaped from the hospi-
tai for the insane at Orofno sew
eral weeks ago, was found Friday
of last week in the orchard at the
Lister home near Clearwater. A
bullet hole in the forehead and a
rifle near the body gave evidence
the young man had taken his life.
This theory was strengthened by
the finding of a slip of paper on
which was written with lead
pencil these words: "You will
find me near this. Art"
The discovery of the body was
made by Mr.. Lister and his broth
er-in-law. 1t has been learned
that Robbins during his sojourn
of three weeks in the Clearwater
neighborhood had appeared fire.
quently at the homesteads and
secured something to eat. This
fact is taken to mean that he did
not commit suicide as the result
of starvation.
Robbins had resided in the
Clearwater section many years
and has a brother living at Clear
water.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

w dOOls
President Chas. E. Skies, P.
A. Stief and G. A. Gables, of the
Thunder Mountain Gold company,
left Tuesday afternoon for their
homes in Philadelphia after visit
ing and inspecting the company's
property on Crooked river. G.
l.. Basket took them to- Sites.
The gentlemen were at the mine
when the new mill was started in
operation, and they report every
thing moved smoothly. Mr..
Skies will be here again in the
fall.
The story is going the rounds
as to how to exterminate the po-
tato bug by placing a few grains
of flax seed in the hill when plant
ing. The Britt (Iowa) Tribune
gives this as the probable solu-
ton: 1.-The bug crawls up the
vine and in the darkness of early
dawn makes a mistake and eats
the flax instead of the potato.
The flax seed makes him so Slip
perry he can't stick to the vine,
he falls, slides along on the
ground, blown by the wind, until
the friction wears a hole through
his side. His vitals are exposed
to the weather, modification sets
in and the bug passes away. Some
plant red peppers in the hills and
the bug sneezes his head off. An
other is to plant ginger root in
the hill, the bug throws his head
back to cough, he loses his foot
ing and falls off, breaking his
neck"
The United States statutes re-
quire in all cases that the end
lines of lode claims be parallel to
each other, but the law does not
require that they be made at right
angles to the course of the vein
outcrop. AS frequent neglect of
this important requirement of the
law has in the past been the cause
of much complicated litigation in
volving endless dispute over the
question of subsequent extralat-
eral rights prospectors can not,
therefore, be too careful about
locating their claims and stalking
them from. the outset so that the
end lines shall be parallel to each
other. A slight or appreciate
conveyance from parallelism
might lose to the locator his right
to follow the vein on it's dip out
side of vertical planes passed
through his side lines; and most
certainly were there no parallel
end lines to limit his right of pos
session his extralateral rights
would be lost. Salt Lake Mining
Review.
The democratic central committee of
Idaho county has selected the dates for
holding the primaries and conventions.
The primaries to select delegates to at
tend the county convention which meets
in Denver on Saturday, July 18th, will
be held in; the different precincts in the
county, Monday, July 10th. At the
Denver convention nineteen delegates
will be chosen to represent the demo
cratic party of Idaho. county at the
democratic state convention to be held
at Occur d. Alene. Idaho, August 6, also
to select deleQates to the colntu con.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

Capitalists who contemplate investing
in Elk City, Orogrande, Dixie, Thunder
Mountain or Buffalo Hump districts can
secure highest authority BY consulting
me. ] have made study of this re-
glon for eight years. Address, Prof.
Walter c. Brewer, Orogrande, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14

IT you are not a subscriber to
the News you have to depend on
your neigbor to tell you the news.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
MANIFESTO OF THE SOCIALIST
PARTY

Whereas all governments as now
constituted and conducted have in
view but one purpose and that is
the protection of the four monop-
olies; and, machinery, the means
of transportation, and money,
against the righteous demands of
men, or in other words, the sole end
of government, as now known, is
to help the rich and powerful against
the enjoyment by the toiling mil
lions of the fruits of their labor.
We, the Socialist Party of Butte,
and of the International Socialist
Party of the world, the most numer-
Gus political party in the world,
having more than Is, 900, 900 men,
bers, call on the workingmen of
Butte to join us in striking at the
polls in the coming city election,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
The Livingston Franchises

Remember that a municipal plant
means getting your light at the cost
of operation, instead of paying
dividends to fat corporation, and
it is placing you in position where
we can realize from the latest
electrical discoveries instead of de-
pending on a corporation to make
Improvements.
The case in Livingston is inter
esting in that the company being
dealt with is a syndicate that keeps
its agents long enough in place
to get the franchise when they go
after a new town. In this way it
is extending its enterprises over vast
territories.
Practically all the leading NUM-
cipal franchises in Livingston ex-
pire within three years so that the
city faces a splendid opportunity to
acquire its utilities in a short time.
Under such circumstances, il would
seem a crime for Livingston to
part almost for nothing, OF even at a
high price, with this valuable fran
chise.
We hope the citizens OF Living
ston will vote for themselves on
this matter.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

Wouldn't il be a good idea to
give Rockefeller a pension which
would amount to all he could spend
each year, in order to keep him
from stealing the earth? A man
ought to be satisfied with all he can
spend and ought to be willing TO
quit. II Rockefeller would stop at
that, we would quit kicking,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
Butte NUM-
cipal Ticket
Socialist Party of That City Elects a
Ticket and Adopts
Platform.
one blow for freedom and justice
PREAMBLE


The Socialist party is the Ameri-
can expression of the International
movement of modern wage workers,
for better food, better houses, suf-
hcient sleep, more leisure, more
education and more culture.
Under present conditions the
wage worker is always dependent
upon the man with means for an
opportunity to work for a livelihood
and therefore he is not free.
Political liberty alone has become
inadequate. Ne must have both
political and economic liberty, to
secure this by the collective owner
ship of the means of production and
distribution is the aim of the Social
ist party.
In municipal affairs also, the So
cialist party stands for every radi-
cal change that will bring means of
production and transportation into
the hands of the people.
1t believes in self government for
the city; in a just and equitable tax
alton, where the corporations have
their full share; in the consolidation
of our county and city administra-
tion in the public control of our
food supply in the interest of public
health, and in the highest develop
ment of reasonable public service.
At the proper time it will introduce
and carry out these and other meas
ures. The Socialist party is well
aware. however, that Butte does not
enjoy self government, and as a rule
no steps can be taken in that direc-
ton without an appeal to the state
legislature, to secure self govern
ment for this city, and the right to
acquire and manage public utilities
will be one of the first Efforts of the
Socialist party.
All governments are and al
. . . = ~
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

The Butte socialists held their
convention on March 5th at their
hall on the top floor of the Owsley
block to nominate aldermanic cand-
idates. A large crowd was in at
tendance. The convention made
no nominations for aldermen for the
First, Second and Third wards, de-
cidirg to allow the city central com
mittee to select the nominees.
The following is the manifesto and
platform of the Butte socialist party:
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
HOuSedLMe Swine
Horrible Conditions at Standard
Oil Plant on HauSer
Lake Work.

ed him was the beastly way the men
were housed and packed together.
Two bunk houses, each were made
to accommodate 5S men with scarce
ly room for half that number. The
buildings in each case are ISx4o
feet; neither of them have windows,
and their only means of ventilation
are transoms and cupolas. Into
these dark. reeking holes, alive with
vermin and poisoned with foul air,
no men are wedged. The air space
amounts to II2 cubic feet per man,
almost 800 cubic feet less than the
most lax laws permit. There are
$40 men working in the camp. In
the smaller bunk houses. while they
fare better, their conditions are any
thing but decent.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
PLATFORM.

FIRST CLAUSE: The Socialist
party advocates an emergency hos
pital that may be used for the pur-
pose of the treatment of the people
hurt or in need of medical or surgi-
cal treatment.
SECOND CLAUSE: Gambling
in every form is pernicious and
harmful and we honestly assert that
if we are elected to Office the mach
inery of city government will be put
to work and an end put to gam
bling.
THIRD CLAUSE: The old men
of the city will be given preference
over the young men in employment
on city work.
FOURTH CLAUSE; We promise
that we will fulfil our pledges; not
like the party now in power who
promised public play grounds for
the children. gave instead gambling
houses for their fathers.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

MIR Bright has petitioned the
Livingston city council for three
year franchise for lighting and pow
er privileges. The inducements
offered for this valuable franchise
is two per cent of the gross receipts
from the enterprise for the first 20
years and two and one fourth per
cent for the remaining ten, together
with free lighting for the city hall
and free use of the poles by the city
for telephone service. The price
of lighting is to be a fiat rate of
thirty seven and one half to fifty
cents for domestic. fifty cents com
mercial, IS saloons and so board
ing houses. The price of electric
ity is to be fixed by a mixed COM
nittee every FIVE years. This in
brief is the proposition.
A warning ought to be sounded
against the people parting under
present conditions with franchises on
any terms.
Remember that in such an agree
ment you bind yourselves for thirty
years from the benefits of any mu-
nicipal progress; whatever happens
you are bound by the terms of the
contract so that you are unable to
to take advantage of opportunities
that are sure to rise in the future.
Remember that we are entering
the era of municipal ownership; that
the splendid results of this system
is being everywhere demonstrated
and that it would be criminal folly
to tie yourselves up for 50 years.
Remember that electrical discov-
cries and improvements are pro-
ceeding so rapidly that you cannot
afford to shut yourselves out from
the great advantages that the next
few years will bring.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

-Four young men we're arrested
near Passiac, New Jersey. for at
tempting to wreck an eastbound
Buffalo express. The only reason
assigned was a desire to see the ex-
citement that would result. That
four youths could deliberately plan
the death of hundreds of passengers
to CRAFTY morbid curiousity is the
most fearful arraignment that could
be brought against the tendencies of
the times.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

The ice trust of New York city
has raised the price of ice 10 cents
per hundred higher than at this
time last year. Considerable suf-
fering is looked for during the sultry
months, but suffering is cash to our
kings of finance, and why should
we complain. We should take a
large Christian comfort in the con-
temptation of their increased pro-
fits.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

Nagg-Why is the Montana po-
liceman always on the side OF the
corporation against labor?
Wagg-Give it up.
Nagg-Because he is an Anal
gamated copper" with "bullish"
Tenderness.
Wagg-Well, why are Montana
workingmen always voted in favor
of the corporations2
Wagg-Dont know.
Wagg-Because they are Anal
gamated stock" and are voted in
blocks to keep Rockefeller in con-
troll.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

Conditions are reported to be
SO bad at the Moundsville prison
near Wheeling, West Virginia, that
convicts are continually going in
sane. -Four such unfortunates were
removed to an asylum during the
week. That there are. such human
monsters executing the law in this
county is a cause for the deepest
shame and indignation.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

ways have been class governments,
the ruling class has always used the
government to protect their class
interest, this being a fact, we pledge
ourselves that at any and all times
our criterion in all questions com
ing before us will be, Does this
benefit the working class2" If il
does we are for it, II it does not
we are against it, The welfare of
the working class will always be our
guiding star
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
Dreams

Petroleum OF dynamite, that is
the question, is the burden of the
Cars soliloquy. To have to
choose between chemical dessica-
ton or have the unctuous ointment
of autrocracy polluted with the vile
smell of kerosene is indeed an ig-
noble end of the Romanoffs.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14
Food That Nauseates.

Our informants describe the food
as filthy and nauseating. Both the
preparation and the serving of the
food is revolving. A man who re-
Gently escaped from these conditions
and returned to his home in Boze-
man, testhes to the fact that the
scales were never removed from the
FISH when they were cooked. Two
young men now in Helena, were un-
able to eat the food and were pre-
pairing to pitch a tent of their own
when both became stricken with ty-
phoid. They say the men were fed
like hogs.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

The Napoleonic genius of Rookie
feller reaches its elimination, so
far, in an attempt to gorgonize the
Russian Empire. A special to the
Chicago Daily Times dated, March
6, tells of his attempt to get control
of strip of land 10 miles wide
clear across Europe and Asia.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

All legislation against John ID.
is vain. After most frantic attempts
o get the state of Kansas to put the
magnate out of business the indie
pendent" oil producers of Kansas
have suffered ignominious defeat.
John is a heavy owner and con.
troller of the railroads and he is
now engaged in charging himself
such a heavylprice for carrying oil
that the independents" are tied up
completely.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

The redoubtable Jonah doesn't
balk at anything on account of its
size. He very graciously offered to
make out his modest little check of
5000, 900, 600 which would save
the Russian government in a
critical hour from bankruptcy and
revolution and would place Johnny
in possession of a railroad conces-
sion consisting of every alternate
section of land 20 miles on each
side of the track reaching from the
Baltic sea to the Pacific ocean,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

Ii is said that Rockefeller will
not be able TO digest the diverse
materials of Russian revolution and
reaction; but Standard Oil is
wonderful germicide. In America
Il seems to render the revolutionary
germ harmless. Kerosene is rubbed
in until you can till mans politics
by his smell.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

Appalling accounts of the Japan
ese famine continue to come in.
In the province in which Osaka is
located there are six hundred and
eighty thousand starving people out
of a population of 2,S2I,557. la
pan is a good example of the sue
cessful capitalist nation; it is able
to conquer the world, but it cannot
provide for its own people.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

After the infamous whitewash the
county commissioners gave condi-
tions in the camp of the Milwaukee
Construction company at Hauser
Lake where the Amalgamated's big
power dam is being constructed. and
after the fattering account publish
ed in the daily press, the News,
which had information absolutely 20
the contrary and is not influenced"
by any one, decided to publish the
W hole horrid truth about a condi-
tion it is criminal to hide from the
public any longer.
Sources of Information.
At the outset we will say our in
formation comes from a prominent
labor leader who visited the camp
after the celebrated whitewash of
the county commissioners, a promi-
nent doctor who has followed condi-
tons in the camp for some time,
several working men and directly
from the hospital itself.
One would Judge after wading
through long account of an auto
mobile ride, that the camp as de-
scribed by the commissioners was
some model sanitary resort for which
the commissioners were paid to adj
vertise. The fact is that after Com
missioner Cory's visit some weeks
ago the company, moved by the only
motive that it seems capable of being
moved by introduced certain sani-
tary improvements. Like all cor
poration improvements, love of the
workingmen had nothing to do with
il. Ii was to save their own skins
they did it. The chairman of the
county commissioners is reported
by the press as saying Il believe |
express the sentiments of my col
leagues when state that nothing is
wanting which is possible under the
circumstances to make the place
healthy and wholesome.
Like the RIack Hole
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-03-14

You can trust an American Shy
lock to be Johnny -on-the-spot
every time, to see the commercial
features of a great human crisis, to
batten like a buzzard on the car
rion of decaying nations, to press
home an advantage to wiring an en-
pire from the misfortunes of peoples
and to give his millions to strangle
liberty.