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, 1906-10-25
FIVE CENTS

Miss Pearl Stout and her father
Elisha Stout of Walden, are expect
ed here in a few days on IA visit to the
Moore family.
H.. p. Moore has moved his family
down to Saratoga for the winter and
they occupy the Lewis cottage, near
the school building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scribner have moved
into town and are comfortably domi-
ciled in the Albro cottage on the east
side of the river.
H. E. Reckmeyer, cashier of the
Saratoga State Bank, returned Tues
day from a trip to Boise, Idaho and
other points in that state.
A baby girl made her appearance at
the home of NJ. and Mrs. Burl
Buchanan at 9 o'clock this morning.
Or. Price reports all doing nicely.
II. l.. Groniger, Johnson Rose and
Geo. w. Plummer went over into the
water Hole" country last week north
of Medicine Bow on an antelope hunt.
Mrs. W. M. Mace and Miss Mary
Smith, who has been visiting here for
some weeks, left for Rawlins Satur-
day. Angus Campbell drove them to
Walcott.
A. G. and Gay Epperson are down
from the Mammoth copper mine. MI.
Epperson says the drift was in ore
with the finest kind of a showing for
the future.
Johnnie White, who made a trip to
Walcott, returned from that place
Monday. He was somewhat delayed
by the storm and his parents grew
uneasy, but he made it thru ok.
Miss Marguerite Carroll went down
to Nebraska last week on a visit to
her father. This will explain the ex-
IRENE detection which now seems to
cover a certain bachelor like a mantle.
G. NJ. Winkleman came up Tues
day from Walcott and was present at
the Mondell meeting here that night.
Mr.. Winkleman is one of the nom
inees for the legislature on the re,
publican ticket. As he is also one of
the most popular men in this part of
the country his election is almost a
certainty.
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ests of the individual and the
state.
Storm Scatters Sheep

The late snow storm scattered
several bands of sheep pretty bad
ly and great difficulty was exper-
fenced in rounding them up.
Dick Harden, who was looking af-
ter the driving of the sheep
bought here by Harden and Eyk-
en- over to Laramie, found two or
three lunches separated from the
main herds. The sheep of Rich
ard Savage, Nesbit and. some of
Forney's were reported scattered.
Chas. Taylor and Alvin Harden
went out to help gather them up,
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Republic can Speaking

Congressman Frank w. Mon
dell, Notwithstanding the fearful
storm that ragged over this country
braved the elements to be present
Tuesday night at the republican
speaking. The weather was so in
tensely cold and stormy that
many who wished very much to
hear him were unable to get to
hall. He had a very appreciative
audience and his talk, which was
entirely impomptu, was one of the
ablest ever delivered here, and
pleased every one who heard it.
Ross Draper and G. M. Wrinkle.
man, candidates for the House,
and William Plat, candidate for
county treasurer, were also pre-
sent and Mr., Draper and Mr..
Winkleman both made short ad-
dresses and very much surprised
their friends by the ability they
displayed.
After the speaking the hall was
cleared and a nice dance followed.
Mr.. Mondell left for the railroad
yesterday and spoke at Rawlins
last evening.
, 1906-10-25
TO BUY
equipment
General Manager Hohl
authorised to purchase
material and equip
ment for the new line

General Manager, G.. M Hohl
of the Saratoga g. Encampment
railroad, is authority for the
statement that an order has been
received by him from the direct.
ors of the road to proceed to pur.
chase material and equipment fol
line from Walcott to Saratoga.
Mr.. Hohl leaves for Chicago
and other eastern points in a few
days, for the purpose of buying
the equipments, such as rails, ears
an engine, track -laying machine
and the many other articles that
will be required in equiping the
road. Oregon fir, for the con-
struction of the bridge across the
North Plat river at this point, as
well as for all other bridges on
the line, has been ordered and will
shortly be on the ground at Wal
colt.
Arrangements have also been
made to connect with the Union
Pacific at Walcott, SO that there
will need to be no transfer of
material when it arrives at that
place. This connection with the
U. P. has been one of the difficult
and delicate points to overcome,
but it has at last been accomp-
lished.
Mr.. Hohl says hat within an
other week the entire distance be.
tween Walcott and Saratoga will
be covered by a grading outfit and
the closing up the grade work be-
tween the two points will soon be
accomplished. The work of dis
tributing ties for the line from
here to Walcott is going forward
rapidly and the entire line will
be supplied by the time the rails
are on the ground.
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Mondell visits Saratoga

Capt. L.. G. Davis, Chairman of
the Carbon County Central Com
mittee, came up from the railroad
Monday evening, bringing Hon.
f. w. Mondell to this place. The
storm was SO bad at Walcott that
Governor Brooks and A. d. Cook,
who were billed to speak at En-
campment Monday evening and
at this place OIL Tuesday evening,
thought best to abandon the En-
campment meeting altogether and
to have MI. Mondell speak at
Saratoga as billed. While here
Mr.. Mondell was the guest of
Capt. Davis and Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Crawford. He returned to
the railroad yesterday morning
and will continue on his route as
mapped out to the end of the
campaign. Mr.. Mondell is a gem
eral ~favorite with the people of
Wyoming and continues to grow
in popularity as the years roll on
and his stay in Congress will pro-
badly run indefinitely. No man
in the west is better liked than
the congressman from Wyoming.
, 1906-10-25
SENATOR
warren

1t is now quite certain that SEN
tor Warren will visit Saratoga and
Encampment and address the vo-
ters of this valley on the issues OF
the present campaign. The date
of his coming has not been fixed
but ample notice will be given so
that all may have a chance to hear
this great statesman.
, 1906-10-25
&c SARATOGA CHIPS %

j. A. Cofield was in this week.
Youmust register today or tomorrow.
o. E. Ekdahl was in town this week.
Ralph Wood was in town Tuesday.
A. c. Goethe was in from his ranch
this week.
Mrs. B. A. Kidding was in town
Monday.
George Fl. McCoid has been a city
visitor the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Eager have
moved back from the ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Bailey we're up
from the Pick ranch yesterday.
Did you register! If you did not
you must do so today or tomorrow.
III. d. Blydenburgh went to Omaha
last week with a shipment of sheep.
j. NJ. Sowder and his brothers Ona
and William were city visitors this
week.
johnson Rose, who is located at
Medicine Bow, is up on a visit to his
family.
Miss George Snyder has been Wis,
iting the Kuykendall, ranch for the
past week.
Norman Miller, a brother of Mrs
H. L. KuykendalI, is visiting at
the ranch.
Mrs. Lena Forney and Susan came
back Friday from their visit to Mrs.
FoIney's mother in Texas.
Judge Kuykendall returned recent.
from a visit to the Grand Lodge, |.
o. o. F., held at Rock Springs.
w. E. Meason is still very much
under the weather. He has not recu-
perated as fast as vas expected.
Mrs. Bert Lee and her sister, Miss
Elva Wilcox, made a visit to the ranch
this week, leaving here Tuesday.
Hon. William Plat, county trea-
surer and a candidate to succeed him
self, came up from Rawlins Tuesday
and was present at the republican
rally here that night. He went on
up to Encampment yesterday. He
has made an excellent officer and his
reelection is assured.
, 1906-10-25
Lincoln Men @ !

A large party of the prominent
men of Lincoln made Saratoga a
visit the past week. We were un-
able to learn the names of all the
party. Mr.. Schlessinger, w. A.
Green and A. Hagenow paid us a
social call and added their names
to our subscription list. They
are Interested in the Puzzler, q
mine under the control of NJ. b
McKillip.
, 1906-10-25
Start Right

Thousands upon thousands of
young me have been ruined po-
litically, financially and socially
just because they did not start
right. A little poor judgement
Just at the critical moment was
fatal to their prospects.
A critical period in the history
of the nation and our state is
again at hand. Young men and
young women who will vote for
the first time should consider the
problem with great care. Thought
full reflection upon the existing
conditions will aid them much.
In Wyoming the principal indus
tries are the stock industry, the
iron industry, the coal industry
and the mining industry as ap.
piled to precious metals, The
three first mentioned are directly
dependent in a great degree upon
the national policy of protection.
The latter is dependent Indirectly
upon such policy for the reason
that it thrives when prices of cop
per, lead, zinc and silver are high.
That condition now prevails under
the operation of the Dingley law.
The chances are that nine-tenths
of the young men of the state will
engage in one of these Industries
or in a calling directly dependent
thereon. This being true, it
would be unfortunate indeed for
them to be in opposition to the
very policy that Is giving them
their bread and board and a COM
petence for their old age.
Young men of Wyoming should
give thought to the events of the
past dozen years. Let them con-
slider the industries that have
prospered most in our state, and
think for themselves what is best
for their own future and the flu
ture of those dependent upon
them for a living. Make of poll
tics a matter of dollars and cents.
Politics is business to the extent
that it should be the desire of the
voter to act for the greatest good
to the greatest number.
After studying the question from
a business standpoint, the young
voters of Wyoming should go to
the polls and vote their convic-
tions. Vote for what is honestly
believed to be for the best inter
, 1906-10-25
w as Not Lost

Miss Ruth Widrig came in Sat
urday from her school on Cedar
creek for a visit to the Misses
Moore. Some apprehension was
felt for her safety, as she was ex.
pected here Friday evening, but
the storm had compelled her to
remain over at the ranch of Mat
thew Watt. Her appearance
here Saturday was a great relief
to many, for it was feared she had
gotten lost in the severe storm
that ragged over the country at
that time.
, 1906-10-25

Ross Draper, the editor of the
Rawlins Republican and a candidate
for the House on the republican tick
ct came up Tuesday to be present at
the speaking here. Mr.. Draper is
one of the most able men on the tick
ct and his election is assured.
, 1906-10-25

Snow fell last Friday night to the
depth of five inches This is the first
snow that we have had this fall that
has amounted to anything.
, 1906-10-25
FRENCH CREEK TIE CAMP

Mrs. Efie Loring spent Sunday at
Headquarters, the guest of Mrs. Osea
Nelson.
Jas. Blackhall came up from Sara
toga Tuesday.
Lon Reynolds made a trip to Sara
toga Wednesday.
Guy Nichols came up Wednesday.
He is in the forest reserve service.
E. T. Stewart took dinner at head
quarters Saturday.
Mrs. Ellie Loring has gone to Elk
Mountain Oh a visit to her children
who are attending school at that
place.
G. G. Young stayed at Headquart-
ers Saturday night.
Mrs. Otto Erickson who has been
keeping house for her husband and
three sons for the past three months,
returned to Denver Monday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13
The POStmaster's Report.

The following is verbatim copy of
the first report made to Postmaster
General Cortelyou by newly appoint
ed postmaster in q rural district of
North Carolina
''muster Jorge Cortelyou, President
of The United States, Dear sir been
required by the instructions of the
post Office to report quarterly, l now
fulfil that plesent duty by reporting as
follers: The harvestin has been goin
purity we'll and most of the naburs have
got thur cuttin about un, wheel is
hardly a average crop on rollin land
corn is yellerish and wont cut morn
ten booshils to the aker the health of
the community is only torreable mees-
els and cholry has broken out in
abought and half mile from hear,
thar are powful awaken on the sub
Ject of religion in the Potts naburhood
and many soles are bein made to know
thar sins forgiven. Miss Nancy Micks
a neer nabur had new baby but he is
poor scraggy little feller and won live
half his day this about all know and
have to report the present quarter give
my respects to MISS Cortelyou and
All ubscribe myse elf yours trooly," p"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13
Exclusive Agent Here
Thomas Bros.
Johnson City, Tenn.

closed that she was TO have been mar.
ried in a few days to another man.
OF course, the divorce court was the
only remedy for such case, and when
she had recovered from the shock she
promptly availed herself of of the legal
remedies and her remarrlage followed
in logical and romantic sequence. The
examiner said that the only feature of
the story that had always puzzled him
was the fact that the alleged widow had
shown so little interest in her suppos.
ed deceased husband that she had
made no request for the return of his
body and had apparently shown no in
terest in what disposition had been
made of it.
Another case of soldier who sought
to deprive his deserted wife of her
share of pension money was recalled at
the bureau. This veteran departed
without taking his pension certificate
with him and absented himself with
out explanation for several years.
His wife meanwhile carefully treas
ured the certificate which is always
necessary to the execution of vouch-
or for pension. After the veteran had
concluded that he had been absent for
a sufficient length of time to prevent
his wife from sharing in the pension
with him, he wrote to the department
and applied for duplicate certificate
the veteran mad original had been lost.
The bureau meanwhile had taken
steps to ascertain why the vouchers
had not been executed and had been
paying to the deserted wife half of the
pension allowance under the law. II
writing for duplicate certificate The
veteran had given as a reason for de
string it that he wanted to draw the &C
crued pension. He was promptly ad
vised by the commissioner that if ht
would call on his wife he conld secure
the certificate and that no duplicate
would be issued while the original wal
iu existence. New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13

cumulate until such time as the wife
died or was divorced.
The commissioner put stop to this
practice by constituting the statute so as
to enable him to pay the wife her share
of the accrued pension, regardless of
whether the veteran husband drew his
share or not. Other veterans have
deserted their wives and afterward
caused false information to be given
that they were dead.
One case is recalled in which soldier
of the civil war wrote his wife a tragic
letter bemoaning his i'll treatment of
her and giving her the impression that
he was about to commit suicide. He
wrote that he was standing on the
bridge spanning the Monongahela river
at Pittsburg and concluded that it was
about time to end his and his wife's
troubles by jumping into the murky
waters.
This soldier reckoned without the
government, for he continued to draw
his pension regularly, and his wife was
apprised of the deception he had prac-
tised and the injury he had inflicted on
her by not dying according to his
promise, while she, acting upon the
theory that he was dead, applied for a
pension as a soldiers widow.
The department has many Enoch Ar
den cases. An officer in the bureau re-
called one which he as a special exami-
ner brought to light in far western
state a few years ago. 1t happened
this way;
A soldier had made application for Q
pension, and in looking up his record
and domestic relations the special ex,
aminer visited town where he had for
merly lived He was surprised to find
a woman who pretended to be the wi
dow of the soldier residing in the place
He called on the woman, who sharply
resented an inquiry into her dead hus
hands affairs. She had never applied
for pension and was disinclined t
rake up the dead past
By sharp questioning the examiner
brought out the fact that the woman
really believed her husband to hav,
been killed in a railroad wreck som,
ten years before. She brought on
newspaper clippings and the usual let
, ter from friend apprising her of tn
news.
The newspaper publication was man
, ifestly an error and the soldier ha'
J taken advantage of it to desert his wife
The examiner handed the woman con
! elusive proof of her husbands dupllcit
, by showing her his signature at th
I bottom of the application for pension
She tainted as she recognized the ia
: miliar handwriting. Later it was dis
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13
A Problem in Liquor.

An exchange is authority for the
statement that one distillery in Ken
lucky turns out every seven days 1908
barrels of sweet mash whisky. This
output for year would be 81, 400 bar
rels. The cost of all this to the manu-
factuer may be fairly estimated at
1914, 900, and they receive from the
wholesalers profit Of from 81 to 80
per barrel. The government comes in
for a nice little rake-off, but the fellow
who has to pay it all, including trans
portation charges, government and To-
cal license fees, salary of barkeeper
and rent of building, Is the man before
the bar, and for SO, 400 barrels of booze
he lets go of $s3, ,76t, ,67s, and then goes
home and beats his wife because sup
per isn't ready.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13
The Stockings by the Hearth.

Two thrilling moments ill the home
with rapture snd. set the children on
tiptoe in futter of enthusiasm and
excitement, One is the moment when
the stockings are hung in row beside
the hearth. They must not be too
close together, lest Santa Claus be in
convenienced when he opens his back
and begins his task. There are lots of
things that fit into stocking from heel
to toe, and make it bulge all the way
from ankle to knee. But there are
bigger things, such as skates, sleds,
toy velocipedes, desks, lovely dolls
that have crossed the ocean and know
ever 80 much about Paris or Vienna, if
they only talk and tell their secrets
books that boy has been longing
for; rubber boots; in fact there are no
end of perfectly delightful treasures
that come into the house on Christmas
eve and are found by their new own
ers on Christmas morning. They are
too large to fill stocking, aud there
fore little space must bs left between
the stockings of John and those of Ma
ry; the stockings of Eleanor and those
of Fred. As for father and Mother,
their stockings are always crammed
with gifts that are fairly electric with
children's love. Ethel who is twenty
two, an age her little sister mentions
with awe, found diamond ring in the
toe Of her stocking last Christmas, and
the children feel taller and prouder
than their friends ON the street, be-
cause soon after the holidays Ethel is
going to have wedding day Marga.
ret E. Sangster in the Woman's Home
Companion for December.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13

Thelargest number of marriages of this
sort occurred at the soldiers home at
Hampton, Va.
Until congress passed the act of
March 3, 1899, it was quite common for
young women to wed old veterans aud
then promptly desert them, and as soon
as the veteran died make application
for pension as soldiers widow. The
act of March 3, 1899, was passed to cor
rect this growing evil. The law
provides
"That hereafter no pension under
any law of the United States shall be
granted, allowed or paid to the widow
of a soldier, sailor, officer, naval or mil
itary, marine, marine office, or any
other male person entitled to pension
under any law of the United States,
unless it shall be proved and estab-
lished that the marriage of such widow
was duly and legally contracted
and entered into prior to the passage of
this act, or unless such wife shall have
lived and cohabited with such soldier
continuously from the date of
the marriage to the date of his death or
unless the mar riage shall take place
hereafter and prior to or during the
military or naval service of the soldier. "
\ There is section in the pension Office
under the direct control of the law di-
vision which has come to be styled the
grass widows division. 1t has to do
with the application of women who say
they are the deserted wives of soldiers
and who make claim under the law to
an allowance of one.half the soldier
pension.
It was stated at the bureau that the
commissioner of pensions has had more
trouble on account of soldiers who have
deserted their wives after having Sc
cured pension and left them destitute
than ON account of women who have
married soldiers with view to secur
ing q widows pension.
The truth of this statement is empha
sized by the fact that the applications
of 4,945 women who have submitted
legal proof that they we're the deserted
wives of soldier pensioners and there
fore entitled to one-half the pensioner'
allowance have been approved by thu
department, and 4, $50 such application
which failed of proper proof wer'
rejected.
There are many cases in which vet
eran has surrendered his pension to thu
government rather than permit hi
wife, from whom he was living apart
to share his pension with him. For {
time it was the habit OF some of tn,
pensioners to deprive their wives o
half their pension money by refusing
to draw the money, allowing it to &C
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13

Preventics, as the name implies, pre-.
vent all colds and grippe when ''taken
at the sneeze stage" Preventics are
toothsome candy tablets. Preventics
dissipate all colds quickly, and taken
early, when you first feel that cold is
coming, they check and prevent them,
Preventics are thoroughly safe for chill
dren, aud ss effectual for adults. Sold
and recommended in 5 cent and 25 cent
boxes by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13
Holiday Excursion Rates.

The Southern Railway announces
low rate trip Holiday tickets on sale
between all points east of the Missis-
sippi and south of the Ohio and Poto-
mac rivers and to st. Louis, Mo. Tick
cts will be sold December goth to 25th,
inclusive; also December 30th-81st and
January 1st, limited to leave destina,
tion not later than January 7th, 1907.
Call on Southern Railway Agents fol
tickets and complete information. j.
L. Meek, D. p. A., Knoxville, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-12-13

Dyspepsia is our national ailment
Burdeck Blood Bitters is the nstiona
cnre for it. 1t strengthens stomach
membranes, promotes flow of digestiv,
juices, purifes the blood, builds yor
uD.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-19
AWFUL EFFECT
Of EXPLODING
GIANT POWDER

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Feb. 19.--Three men
were killed and one mortally injured In
a terrific explosion OF giant powder in
the Buttonwood colliery OF the Parrish
Coal company. two miles south of this
city. at midnight.
The victims are John Williams of Lee
Park. oliver Anthony and Joseph NJ. Inze
OF Wilkesbarre. all timbermen. dead, and
John Cosmos OF Plymouth, laborer. who
is badly burned and injured internally and
is not expected 10 recover
The men, who were working on n night
shift timberlng a part Of the mine where
the roof was weak, gathered I'm the TIM
bermen's shanty evidently TO eat their
lunch together. a large quantity OF giant
powder was stored there and this exploded.
how will probably never be known. The
explosion tore the shanty 10 splinters and
blew the men a long distance down the
gangway
Such was the force Of the explosion that
the shock was felt on the surface, and a
rescuing party was quickly organized and
the scene of the explosion was reached
In half an hour.
Cosmos was found later. but so badly
injured that he has not yet been able TO
tell what happened The other three were
dead. their bodies torn and burned. The
mine was badly damaged.