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Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20
NEW ELECTION TO
SECURE LIGHT PLANT
Judge Stevens Holds that Council Cannot Grant Sethman
Light Franchise Without Vote Of People.

r. b, Lewis appeared before the
district court Monday with supple
mental complaint which the court
allowed him to add to his original
petition The filing Of the complaint
was contested by the opposition,
however
The complaint sets forth the terms
Of the franchise and contract consum-
mated between the town of Gunnison
and George II. Sethman and charged
that no election had been held by
the town to authorize such franchise
and contract being granted, there
fore the ordinance was passed and
franchise granted contrary TO law.
The plaintiff prayed in addition to
prayer contained in original COM
rlaint that town be commanded bv
Judgment and decree of court to re-
frain from aud desist from permit
ting said Sethman or any other
person, company or corporation from
erecting or constructing any poles
or electric lighting appliances, or
digging up the streets or any other
public places for the purpose Of
using same for electrical lighting,
and from proceeding to permit the
erection or construction Of an cleo
tric lighting plant within the town
Of Gunnison.
FINDINGS OF THE COURT AND
DECREE.
All the material issues in this
case have been heretofore passed
upon by me at chambers, except
the issues presented in the sup
Elemental complaint filed 10y the
plaintiff herein, which presents
two propositions for the courts
consideration
At a hearing the creation of
bonded indebtedness against the
town in the sum OF nine thousand
dollars, for the purposes afore-
said. was temporarily enioined
for the reason that such propos-
ed bonded Indebtedness added to
the already existing bonded in
debtedness exceeded the Consti-
tutional limitation, but | see no
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20
Cash Paint Store

Two lIorsEs cor sale. One, stor,
aud half. three rooms downstairs
well barn. fenced. One. two stories
six rooms, barn B1fh IN good loca-
'ian, very rontable. Make an offer.
: b CLARK
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20
Carload of Wagons and Buggies

Carload OF Wagons and Buggies
This week we receive our first
shipment Of wagons and bucgies.
\ carload, mostly Eenney Buggies
and Peter Schuttler Wagons, YOU
know the n axes. The best material,
the best construction and finish to
be had for the price in America.
After handling them for three wears,
We believe them the very best vehi-
cles for this Rocky Mountain country.
Durability is the essential thing in
wagon construction Here we have
it. Call and zee them at our place
OF business. WOLFE * EASTMAN.
Gunnison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20

Opened for business and ready to
do any kind Of repair work promptly
and accurately Now is the time to
bring your bicycles to be fixed up
for the summer.
+. f. BoTrENTIELD.
Shop on Main street in Whipp
building
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20

Butter wraps for sale At News Cham
pion ONCE.
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-20

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S..' s.sr ssa ..sasse~ssss.- s...ssr sss- 49,
sessss~ lsae
srui-aca house fuF rent.
Ass t;lsnet.rs
COAL. COAL. COAL.
Parsons a Ferguson.
Clarence Adasss
isruIt.rc and Qseensuare
Good herse. bsssy and harness
isT sale caesp. Car Osbsrae.
Fes REST ; room hoa-e. Inquire
81 Mrs. Ann,e NJ Dowsey. evenings.
Rrine voar hides aad caif skins
a. J - Miller 4 Bro Gunnison. aud
receive the hlghesi rasrkci T.r,ee
foe SALE oE REST Ranch q
miles narth of Gunnisan an the
river glad terms NJ Nms9N.
1t Mt Carbon, Colo
Aprd sale shoes Ssoo Sweet
orr Clrjurovs, 50 49,. Sl25 Lsdie-
Wrappers. 15c. Prices until Nav I
Is l6 Sampliners
Cash Paint store
FIRST corner south If Hardware ou
Main ~ Cut prices for cash. AIsc
lightly furnished roams 30 rent.
lHE0uoRE L. SCHMIDT
Two llorsEs cor sale. One, STORY
aud half. three rooms downstairs
well barn. fenced. One. two stories.
six rooms, barn. B0fh IN good loca-
'ian, very rontable. Make an offer.
: b. CLARK
For Sale
Mv ranch of 2SO acres on Qnartz
aud Alder creeks. Stock, nipple
menis and every thing goes.
c. A. SuTTuN,
IIj-17 Parlin. Colo
Have YOU small ranch to sell
about 100 acres, ialr improvements
undlsputed water rights. winter
reach 81 cattle ranges. We should
be glad to list something of tins sort
HEARY +. LAKE q SON.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
KAISER's DIGNITY WAS HURT.
Offended by Shoes of One of His Con
sular Agents.

The enthusiasm of the good Norwe-
gians for Queen Alexandra is the
more remarkable as, in the matter of
crowned heads, they have some ex-
cuse for affecting to be blase.
The German emperor, OF course, is
a regular frequenter of the fjords, but
he allows no liberties to be taken
with his sacred person. On one occa.
sion when the Hohenzollern anchored
off little town, the German consular
agent. as in duty bound, went aboard
to pay his respects; but, not being
possessed Of q uniform, it did not ap'
pear to him necessary to appear at
midday in the comic opera kit of
evening dress on board the vessel.
He therefore presented himself in
an attire that compromised the official
correctness of frock coat by brown
boots. His majesty, however, resent
ed the informality, called the atten-
ton Of the consul general at Bergen
to the solecism, and announced his
Intention Of ceasing to honor the
place with any further visit.-London
p. T. o.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
VII.
6LACkLOCk GOES INTO TRAIN

This brings me to the ugliest story
my enemies have concocted against
me. No one appreciates more thor.
oughly than l that, to rise high, a man
must have his own efforts seconded
by the flood Of vituperation that his
enemies send to overwhelm him and
which washes him far higher than he
could hope to lift himself. So do not
here refer to any attack on me in the
public prints; l think of them only
with amusement and gratitude. The
story that rankles is the one these
foes Of mine set creeping. like a snake
under the fallen leaves, everywhere,
anywhere, unseen, without a trail. 1t
has been whispered into every ear
and 1t is, no doubt. widely believed
that l deliberately put old Bromwell
Ellersly in a hole" and there tor,
tured him until he consented to try to
compel his daughter to marry me.
! 1t Is possible that. II l had thought
OF such a devilish device. might have
tried it's not all fair in love? But
there was no need for my cudgeling
my brains to carry that particular for.
LITIGATION on my way to what l had
fixed my will upon. Bromwell Eller.
sly came to me Of his own accord.
suppose the Ellerslys must have
talked me over in the family circle.
However this may be, my acquaint-
ance with her father began with
Sans asking me to lunch with him.
strrha hoc hard falk Nf
you so much" said he, that he is
anxious to meet you"
offered to help him, and did help
him. Is there any one, knowing any
thing of the facts OF life, who will GEN.
sure me when | admit that with
deliberation--simply tided him over,
did not make for him and present to
him a fortune? What chance should
| have had, if / had been so absurdly
generous to a man who deserved moth
ing but punishment for his selfish and
bigoted mode Of life? | took away
his worst burdens; but | left him
more than he could carry without my
help. And il was not until he had
appealed in vain to all his social
friends to relieve him of the necessity
Of my aid, not until he realized that |
was his only hope of escaping sharp
comedown from luxury to very modest
comfort in fiat somewhere-not until
then did his wife send me an invita-
ton to dinner. And had not so much
as limited that wanted IL.
Ito be Continued.)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
INS0M MIA CURED
Dr.. WiIliams' Pink Pills Restored
Wrecked Nerves to Normal Con-
dition and Good Health Followed.

The sufferer from sleeplessness too Of.
ten resorts to habit-forming drugs l.
order to secure the coveted rest. Be-
sleep obtained by the use Of opiates 10
net refreshing and the benefit is but
temporary at best.
Mrs. H. A. Fletcher, of 80 Plodget
street, Manchester, N. H., is livil:S evil
dence of the truth of this statement.
She says: II received a shock of an
apoplectic character. 1t was so severe
that the sight of my right eye was af-
fected, causing me TO see objects double.
l was confined to my bed about four
weeks, at one time being told by the doc
tor that could not get well. When l
could leave my bed J. was i'll such u ner-
vous state that l could not sleep at night.
l would get up and sit OH a chair until
completely tired out and then go back to
bed and sleep from exhaustion.
81 had been under the DOCTORS care
for six weeks when my sister, Mrs.
Loveland, OF Everett, persuaded me To
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. L began taking the pills with
the result that l soon experienced relief.
One night soon after taking them l lay
awake only a short time and the next
night rested well. From that time /
slept we'll every night and soon got well
and strong. / have recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills a number of times,
and my niece has taken them for weak
nerves and poor blood and found shem
very beneficial"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
many severe nervous troubles, headache,
neuralgia and sciatica as well as diseases
OF the blood such asannmi", rheumatism,
pale and sallow compilations and many
forms Of weakness. All druggists sell
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, or they will be
sent by mail postpaid, on receipt of price,
80 cents per box, six boxes for $3.50, by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
I2R75 ZzZERZZ CUx4zV0

Since that day have done my own
calendar watching.
My lawyers had sold me out; i, fool
that l was, had not guarded the only
weak plate in my armor against my
companions-the plate over my back.
to shed assassin thrusts. Roebuck
and Langdon between them owned the
governor; he owned the canal COM
mission; my canal, which gave me &C
cess TO tide-water for the product of
my Manasquale mines, was as good
as closed | no longer had the whip
hand in National Coal. The others
could sell me out and take two-thirds
of my fortune. whenever they liked
for of what use were my mines with
no outlet now to any market, except
the outlets the coal crowd owned?
AS soon as l had thought the situa-
ton out in all its bearings, realized
that there was no escape for me now.
that whatever chance to escape l
might have had was closed by my
uncovering to SAKE and kicking him.
But did not regret; 1t was worth the
money it would cost me. Besides, l
thought l saw how I could later on
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
"OLD MAN" LlBBY'S DEER.
Remarkable Story of Killing Told by
Blind Guide.

"Old Man" Libby is one of the best
known guide camp keepers in the
state of Maine, and for years has been
totally blind. Four years ago he car
ried into Bangor the carcass of a
deer and had it taken to the Office
of Fish and Game Commissioner Car
penter. Libby expressed the wish
that the venison be given to the Ban
gor hospital.
Carpenter wanted to know who
killed the deer, and was much sur
when Libby claimed to have been the
destroyer.
why, Libby" he asked, chow did
you, blind man, manage to kill this
deer?"
wal, you see" drawled Libby, 81
was standing outside my tent yester
day morning, AK in hand, just going
to chop leetle wood, when l felt this
burned critter rushing onto me.
thought twas a bar, SO | hauled OFF
and soaked him."
The commissioner always has a
grin on tap when telling this story
for he has doubts as to who killed the
deer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound on
Foot-System All Run Down.
Miraculous Cure by Cuticura.

Words canont speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. | am now
seventy-two years of age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
SO bad that blood poisoning had set
in. L had several doctors attending
me, so finally | went to the hospital
where l was laid up for two months.
My foot and ankle were almost be.
yond recognition. Dark blood flowed
out OF wounds in many places and /
was so disheartened that / thought
surely my last chance was slowly leav.
ing me. AS the foot did not improve,
you can readily imagine how / felt. !
was simply disguised and tired OF life.
l stood this pain, which was dreadful,
for six months, and during this time
l was not able to wear a shoe and
not able to work. Some one spoke to
me about Cuticura. The consequences
were | bought set Of the Cuticura
Remedies of one of my friends who
was druggist, and the praise that /
gave after the second application: is:
beyond description; it seemed mir
acle for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. | washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before apply
ing the Ointment and / took the Re.
solvent at the same time. After two
weeks treatment my foot was healed
completely. People who had seen my
foot during my illness and who have
seen 1t since the cure, can hardly be-
lieve their own eyes. Robert Schoen-
hauer, Newburg, N. Y, August q,
1QO5
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
OF "GENTlEMEN"

When | got back to my Office and
was settling to the proofs of the Let.
ters to Investors" which | published
in sixty newspapers throughout the
country and which daily reached up.
ward of five million people, Sam Ell.
lersly came in. His manner was GER
tainly different from what it had ever
been before; a difference so subtle
that | couldn't describe ii more nearly
than to say il made me feel as if he
had not until then been treating me
as OF the same class with himself. !
smiled TO myself and made an entry
in my mental ledger to the credit of
Mowbray Langdon.
That clI5 business is going nicely"
said Sam. "Langdon is enthusiastic,
and | find you've got good friends on
the committee"
| knew that we'll enough Hadn Z
been carrying them on my books at
a good loss for two years?
IF il wasn't for--for some features
OF this business of yours he went
on. I'D say there wouldn't be the
slightest trouble"
"Bucket-shop?" said | with an easy
laugh. though this nagging was be
ginning to get on my nerves.
Exactly" said he. And. you know,
you advertise yourself like--like--'
Like everybody else, only more
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24

ernor. know your little law ends my
little cana.
Still don't know what you're talk
ing about" drawled he. You are al
ways suspecting everybody of double
dealing. | gather that this is another
instance OF your infirmity. Really
Dlacklock, the world isn't wholly
made up OF scoundrels."
~ know that" said /. And I will
even admit that its scoundrels are sci.
dom made up wholly Of scoundrelism.
Even Roebuck would rather do the
decent thing, IL he can do it without
endangering his personal interests. As
for you'll regard you rs one OF the
decentest men ever knew-outside OF
business. And even there, believe
you'd keep your word, as long as the
other fellow kept his"
Thank YOU" said he, bowling iron
ically. This hattery makes me sus
pect you've come to get something.
ION the contrary" said |. Il want
to give something. I want to give
you my coal mines"
Il thought you'd see that our Offer
was fair" said he. And I'm glad you
have changed your mind about quar-.
reling with your best friends. We can
be useful to you. you to us. A break
would be silly"
That's the way it looks to me-
/ assented. And l decided that my
sharp talk to Roebuck had set them
to estimating my value to them.
Sam Ellersly," Langdon presently
remarked, tells me he's campaigning
hard for you at the Travellers. hope
you'll make it, We're rather a slow
crowd; few men like you might stir
things up"
am always more than willing to
give others credit for good sense and
good motives. 1t was not vanity, but
this disposition to credit others with
sincerity and sense, that led me to
believe him, both as to the coal mat
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24

successfully than most" said I.
Everybody advertises, each one
adapting his advertising to the needs
OF his enterprises, as far as he knows
how"
That's true enough" he confessed.
But there are enterprises and enter
prises, you know"
You can tell 'em, SAM" said /,
that / never put out statement
don't believe to be true, and that when
any OF my followers lose on one of my
tips, I've lost on IL, too. For l play
my own tips-and that's more than
can be said of my 'financier' In this
town"
After a while I dragged in the sub
ject. "One thing l am and will do to
get myself in line for that club"
said. like a seal on promenade. I'm
sick OF the crowd I travel with-the
men and the women. feel it's about
time l settled uowp I've got q for
tune and establishment that needs q
woman to set IL off. / can make some
woman happy. You don't happen to
know any nice girls-the right sort,
mean?"
Not many" said Sam. You'd bet.
ter go back to the country whore you
came from, and get her there. She'd
be eternally grateful. and her head
wouldn't be full of mercenary nom
sense"
Excuse mel" exclaimed I. IT'D
turn her head. Shed go clean crazy.
She'd plunge in up to her neck-and
not being used to these waters, she'd
make a show OF herself, and probably
drown, dragging me down with her, II
possible"
Sam laughed. Keep out Of mar
riage, Matt" he advised, not 80 ob.
fuse to my real point as he wanted me
to believe. II know the kind of girl
you've got in mind. She'd marry you
for your money, and she'd never ap.
preciate you. She'd see in you only
the lack of the things she's been
taught to lay stress on"
For instance?"
81 couldn't tell you any more than l
could enable you to recognize a per-
ooh you hCNCi oCCu uOoSiipih6
him"
Amt a gentleman" inquired.
He laughed. as If the idea tickled
him. "Of course" he said. "Of
course"
Amt got as proper a country
place as there is a-going? Amt my
apartment in the Willoughby peach?
Don't give as elegant dinners as you
ever sat down to? Don't dress right
up to the Piccadilly latest? Don't l
act all right-know enough to keep
| my feet off the table and my knife out
Of my MOUTH" All true enough; and
/ so crude then that l hadn't sus-
picion what fiat contradiction Of my
pretensions and beliefs about myself
the very words and phrases were.
You're right In 1t, Matt" said am.
'But-well-you haven't travelled with
our crowd, and they're shy of strang-
ers, especially as-as energetic sort
OF stranger as you are. You're too
sudden, Matt-too daZzling-too-"
TOO shiny and new" said I, begin
ming to catch his drift. "Thatll be
looked after"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24

turn 1t to good account. A sensible
man never makes fatal errors. What
ever he does is at least experience,
and can also be used to advantage.
II Napoleon hadn't been half dead at
Waterloo, don't doubt he would have
used its disaster as a means to a
great victory.
When I walked into Mowbray Lang
don's office, | was like a thoroughbred
exercising on clear frosty morning;
and my smile was as fresh as the
my hand at him. Il congratulate
you" said |.
He took the proffered hand with a
questioning look.
On WHAT" said he. 1t is hard to
tell from his face what is going on in
his head, but | think / guessed right
when | decided that SAKE hadn't yet
warned him.
Il have just found out from SAKE, ="
| pursued. about the canal bill"
What canal bill?" he asked.
That puzzled look was a mistake,
Langdon," said l. laughing at him.
When you don't know anything about
a matter, you look merely blank. You
overdid it; you've given yourself
away"
He shrugged his shoulders. AS
you please" said he. AS you please
was his favorite expression; a stereo-
typed irony, for in dealing with him,
things were never az Won nleaSed hut
always as he pleased.
Next time you want to dig a mine
under anybody" went on, don't hire
SAKE. Really | feel sorry for you-to
have such a clever scheme messed by
such an ass"
IF you don't mind, I'd like TO know
what you're talking about" said he,
with his patient, bored look.
AS you and Roebuck own the gov
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
His Monument.

There has been set in q cemetery
In Orwell. Oswego county. N. Y, as
the memorial OF lumberman. framed
of granite and marble, the exact re-
production in miniature OF sawmill
In the town Of Redfield. which was
owned by the deceased.
On the scale of an inch to the foot,
the mill is complete in every detail,
being provided with saws. carriages,
rollers to carry off the sawed lumber,
skids with three logs placed thereon
ready to roll on the carriage car,
which is loaded with lumber.
So one man has escaped from the
conventional angel with outspread
wings, the recumbent sheep. and all
the rest.-Springheld Republican.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
Veteran Driver Has Record.

James III. Johnson Of Washington,
who drove the remaining members OF
the Davis family at the funeral OF
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in Richmond.
has driven the Davis carriage at the
funerals of each of the members who
have gone before. He drove at the
funerals of jefferson DaYis and Miss
Winnie Davis. He has never missed
attending Confederate reunion since
the war
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
KEEP OUT OF THE MAR RAGE, MATT, HE ADVISED

ter and as to the Travellers club
Thanks, Langdon," said; and that
he might look no further for my mo
tive, l added: Il want to get into
that club much as the winner of a
race wants the medal that belongs to
him. I've built myself up into a rich
man, into one Of the powers in
finance, and feel I'm entitled to
recognition"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
Couldn't Matt So lonu

"Will / send the goods homer"
asked the girl behind the counter In
the big department store.
mo, I'll take them with me-" replied
the purchaser; but as I'm in a hurry
you may send the change home, IL you
please. Statesman,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-11-24
Intricate Game of Chess.

Chess. as played by the Japanese,
is the most intricate game in the
world. The board has 81 squares, 20
pieces are used, and the pieces
change their value when they arrive
at a certain position on the board.
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LOST. sTRAYEp OR STOLEN.

LOST-One dark bay mare, IA years old ;
one dark bay mare years old with
white star on forehead, with small white
stripe on nose; $40 reward If returned to
Eureka Stove Works, 9Th avenue and
saith street. 6-25-3t
IOST--Dark brown female Scotch collie
dog, with white markings around neck,
breast feet and tip of tail: answers to
name Sarah" liberal reward for return
J. Z. Moody, 2l09 Norris avenue. Bell
phone 5SS. o-27-2t
light bay mare, small
white star in forehead, small white
spot on right hind foot strayed from
my house seth street and 9Th ave-,
north, Avondale, Ala. Sunday night,
May 90 Liberal reward. B. S. Sims.
Peoples phone IS, Avondale exchanse,
5-26-2t
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A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY-An up-to-
date one oven cracker factory. situated
at Hattiesburg, Miss; will be sold to
the highest bidder in the next thirty
days. The only cracker factory In the
state Fine location and territory. A
bargain for the right man. Listed value
s31 600. A complete inventory sent on
application. Apply to T. M. Fuller, as
signee. Hattiesburg, Miss. 5-13-14t
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