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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02
r.atinq the Corporations.

rom JudSe.
Judge-Well, Jim, see you lost your suit
for damages against the railroad.
Farmer Corntossel-Betchcr life didn't.
jedge! I'm colectin' them damages every
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02

Farmer Corntossel-Fare to towns forty
tents each way, amt it? Well, by heck!
when | go to town now I walk both ways.
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Wanted Partners to buy interest III
producing mine at s. per month and up.
Want money to get the ore out with.
Fairest opportunity ever offered. VIII I
give references Address, The Yellow
Aster. Ward Colo IS sss ;y.Ez ffs
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endowment OF bird OF prey; his thin,
cruel and determined lips; his square
jaw and muscular neck. his slightly
bowed vet rugged and powerful fig-
ure. To one man only could these be-
long. the man who, as Jimmie Cole
man had implied, would, with most
hearty hatred, have stabbed Felix
Boyd in the back. To one man only
could they beIons-the Big Finger him
self,
As blind 10 the movements Cf this
man, however, as TO those of the hun
dreds he passed on his way, Boyd has
tened To the central office TO rejoin
Coleman. whom he encountered on the
adjoining sidewalk. The latter sup
pressed a smile upon observing Boyd's
dlsordered attire. merely remarking
bluntly.
You're half an hour late. Old man."
Even the voice of Felix Boyd, a
harsh. rapid monotone, only reflected
his mental state.
Better a half hour late. with ones
efforts crowned with success. than a
half hour early, with nausht 70 re-
port but failure
Eureka muttered Coleman. DO
YOU mean that you have
Silence! Not a word at present
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Of with a volubility that gave Cole
man no chance 10 slip a word in edge
wise. The central ofice man was a
bit puzzled; but Felix Boyd had him
by the arm and was marching him
away all the while, and Coleman knew
him far too well 10 protest. or 10 ven
ture .ntruding questions in his COM
Panioa's obvious state OF mind.
Felix Boyd. however. before they
had covered h-ty yards, had become
as cool as an iced melon. and wore his
habitual air of indifference and repose.
Maintaining a cuTsory stream OF talk.
tommy rot from beginning o end. he
conducted Coleman 90 the Woodcock.
IN those days a popular restaurant in
that locality, where cuisine was Of the
best
With never a backward look, Boyd
entered with his companion, then
glanced sharply 81 the long row OF
curJained booths adjoining one wall OF
The elaborate saloon. Several of the
booths were unOccupied, one of which
Eoyd promptly entered, and drew the
curtain As lis folds fell into place.
a man on the street petred sharply in
20 the saloon.
II was the man I'm goggles. with
lips maliciously drawing. he noted
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"Don't enthuse too quickly. how
ever" protested Boyd. The point
ers l discovered were meager enough,
yet / think / can guess the design. Can
YOU inform me, by this way whether
any OF the convic,s up there are at
present employed along the river
'front.'
'.Yes. a big gang Of them daily"
cried Coleman quickly. There's s six
months job being done on the docks
and piers. and / saw a gang OF the con-
victs al work there this morning
THAT convinces me that am
right" said Boyd, with grim. satisfac-
ton Il cannot say just when the
escape will be attempted. bat probably
at a time when both WykOn anc Raf-
feTty are at work on the pier.
but what is their design
The design Is not theirs, jimmie,
but was born i'm the fertile brain OF the
Big Finger Boyd forcibly rejoined
"It appears IN his communications 10
AVYkon. through The Dole girl. and by
means OF tEe secret cipher. He Is 70
await a good opportunity. slip slowly
down the river in a swift steam
launch. and at a favorable moment
dart quickly toward the pier on which
the convlcss are at work. Then Will
come "a b-lt Tor freedom by Wykon
and Rafferty,. plunge into the river.
soramblng aboard the launch. and
then a swift dash for the opposite
shore and"
"Brcak Of laddler' whispered Cole
man sharply. Here's the waiter with
our grub"
There is time enough for us. Jim
mie." said Felix Boyd complacently-
4 viii outline my counter-move while
We eat
The man in the next booth quietly
drew hf-7ssIf uD. then reached Tor the
bottle ard glass on his table.
Heres "a your cOuuter-move, MI
n FeHx BoVd.- he said 20 himself. with
smile in wh.ch .palevolence and vic
Ious Satisfaction were strangely min
gled Il will wager my life that it
proves abortlve-and costs YOU your
ownl You- good health-while you
live Mr. Boyd.'
Then h- drank, and waited
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| GISqlBb |

ME. and Transcribed them into plain,
unvarnished English. Incomplete and
disconnected though they are. and
evidently covering several weeks Of
secret correspondence. they point
plainly 10 a startling and most 3u-
dacioas scheme"
Have. you fathomed it?''
"A fter a fashion let me alone ToI
that" rodded Boyd. Here's to the
advantage it offers us. and here's 10
the speedy downfall of a certain knav-
ish geEius by the name OF scanlon.
God willing, I'll have him IN brace
lets thIs dey week!
The shJTr. muscular fingers Of the
man in the next booth aDsently car
essed MS bTaWny wrists. much as II
he already vaguely sensed the chill Of
steel around them and then his thin,
cruel lips took on a derisive curl, ana
The malignant glow IN his sCoWling
eyes i.tensihed
Jimmie Coleman drained his glass,
then stared perplexediy at Boyd for
moment.
"Scanlon did you saw" he demanded.
Who the devn Il Scanlon2''
The devn himself Jimmie. and
that's no lie" sall Boyd, with a mirih-
less laugh.
Not the-the Big Finger" gasped
Coleman
Yes. The Big Finger"
His name IS ScanlOn2 ?"
''Scanlon is his name. Jimmie. Sean
lon-or mine IS not Felix Boyd J."
did you discover IL in the convict
CODE
Boyd vented an ominoua snarl and
hts lowered voice grew more hard and
threa tenlng.
That's not tithe Of what / diseOv-
cred Jimmie he cried, God willing.
repent. we'll have the Bis Finger and
cry man OF his gang behind prison
.rs within a week"
You amaze me" gTowled Coleman.
o. impatently Explain yourself Is
there some great game sfoot2'
Yes. and one in which IN have a
hand. Are you all ears. Jimmieg"
Never more near IL, Felix, on my
word,
BOYD leaned across the table between
Them, and fen 10 speaking more rap
idly. aud with suppressed VclICnieuCc.
The man i'm the next booth strained
his ears for each and every word,
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Into the River,

that an adjoining booth was vacant.
Taking no chance Of delay, he immad-
ietely ertered the saloon aud slipped
into the booth next 10 that occupied
by Felix Boyd and his companion
Having dropped The curtain. he com
placertly removed his goggles, in
soribed an order for q light lunch, ard
then settled himself within a foot of
the drawn curtain Of the adjoining
booth
L at once was obvious to him thar
Felix Boyd had no thought OF an
eaveslropper for he was speaking
without restraint and in ordinary
tones.
Loose digging. as they say in the
klondike, Jimmie, that's what it was.
and I foresaw il would be before you
left Ne he was remarking, over a
sparkling dry Martini. 1T took some
little time, however. and has given me
a racking headache"
yet you decipEered the secret mis-
sIves2" demanded Coleman eagerly
Each and every one OF them, Jim-
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I'm describe the scheme. Jimmie,
as well as / could fathom il from the
odds and ends you provided, said
Boyd. ITO begin with, one fact is
obvious. Paul Nykof, who was the
right hand Of this maa ScanIon. the
Big Finger. when sent up 10 Sing Sing
months ago. has in some way made
friends with that notorious burglar.
Bud Rafferty,"
Now doing time for the recent
great break"
1T further appears that Rafferty,,
prior 20 his arrest and conviction, had
possession Of and seCTeted most IT the
bonds and securities stolen from the
Southern Trust and Insurance Com
pany. Al present Rafferty, alone knows
where they are hidden, a fact which
he has couhded 10 his fellow-convict,
Wykoff"
An, ! see, muttered Coleman.
grimly. Are they plotting 10 remove
or secure them?'
Bigger game, Jimmie, far bigger,
declared Boyd forcibiy.
"Of what nature?"
IN give il 10 you in a nutshell, as
I now size i, up" replied Boyd. "Raf-
ferty as you know, is a desperate ruff
fan, yet one not easily hoodwinked
lie is not man 10 confide to others
the hiding place of half-a- million in
bonds Nevertheless, he Woula snap
eagerly AT any scheme enabling MIN to
escape and share the hidden plumber
with his liborators"
NO doubt of IT, Felix.
Prom pointers cleaned from your
heap OF rubbish" continued Boyd, 1T
is plain that Wykon and rafferty, are
planning 10 escape. Furthermore,
through the Dole giri. who occasional
~ visits Wykon In prison. all of the
facts have been impaired 10 the Big
Finger. and his aid enlisted"
"Humph.' grinned Coleman. Let
him alone to tackle any game with
half-a-m million back OF it,"
No doubt the hidden bonds are his
chief incentive admitted Boyd. yet
he would take long chances, Jimmie,
10 insure the escape of Paul Wykoff,
who was one of the shrewdest and
boldest members of his gang."
That's right, too. growled Cole
man thoughtfully. BY Jovel Felix.
if We could discover of what their
plans consist, and just when they viii
attempt 10 execute them
we could execute a counter move,
eh?" interrupted Boyd dryly
Precisely"
We'll. Jimmie, their plan is stated
in the cipher missives, or enough OF
it TO serve our purpose
The devil you say
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not look. Tiils way. Jimmie, Ey
God, this game Is already more des-
uerate than Steady Wen 90 this
way and drop into the Woodcock for
dinner No had your dinner yet, have
yJu2 Have At with me. dear boy, BY
Jove, yondcrs curious fellow, just
ahead Of MS Jimmie. Looks Ike a
patent medicine ad., nj for three
sheet poster. Tired of waiting. were
y"u? FaLgh, dear fellow, III repay
ycu with a bird and a bottle booth
in the Woodcocks Jimmie. that's our
Immediate destination. There we can
talk ii over. as snug as bugs in a rug
VIII YOU hit a cocktail for a starter?
No? zIeave ahead, then, and we'H
diEe before dark DAYS are growing
snort aren't they? Wintern soon be
uron us.
There was something curiously alb
surd in this protracted depression, be-
gun with suppressed vehemeace
bordering upon feroeity, and termln-
ating With a laugh vivid in contrast,
the whole business having been ratified
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NOTE

When Inspector Byrnes commanded the New York
police force he found il necessarY issue order
calling arrest of every crook found day
night in part of the metropolis lying south of
Fulton This stringent order quickly gained for
the district title below the deadline. at least in
police circles the lower part of the city contains
Wall Broad and Maiden lane where the great
diamond houses located various efforts made
by the under world" evade the order. For several
years a number of crooks headed by unknown but
extremely criminal succeeded in operating in the
despite the police, and it is chronicle their
their ultimate capture that Mr.. Scott Camp
bell has written this interesting series of stories.
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Move m b er II. 1906
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lContInued on Third Page
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-10-06
Notice Of Assessment.

Providence Blacksmith Fork Irriga.
ton Co, Providence, Cache county,
Utah
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting OF the Board OF Directors held
on the 9Th day of September, 1906, an
assessment Of IS cts per share was
levied on the capital stock Of the cor
poration payable on or before Oct. Is,
1906, to the secretary of said corpora.
tion at his residence at Providence.
Cache county, Utah. Any stock upon
which this assessment may remain
unpaid on the 18th day OF October
VIII be de inquent and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless pay
ment Is made before will be sold on the
18th day OF November to pay the de.
linquent assessment together with
costs OF advertising and expense Of
sale. ANDREW M. HAMMOND,
Secretary.
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be submitted to the electors Of this
state at the next general election, for
their approval or diSapproval, All
official ballots used at such elections
shall have printed or written thereon,
the words, For the amendments to
81 ctioh 3, Article IL, Of the Constitu.
Uion, as amended November g., 1900"
and Against the amendment to Sec
tion 3, Article IL, OF the Constitution
as amended November o, 1900" also
the words For the amendment to
Section II. Article ID Of the Constitu.
ton" and Against the amendment
to Section II, Article ID, OF the Con-
stitution" together with such other
title designating such amendment as
may be provided by law. Said ballots
shall be received and said votes shall
be taken, counted, canvassed and re-
turns thereof be made In the same
manner and in all respects as is pro-
vided by law in the case OF the cleo
tion of the state officers.
Section 4. These amendments, IL
adopted at said election, shall take
effect and be In force from and after
the first day Of January, A. D. 1907.
STATE OF UTAH,
once or Secretary OF state.
/, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of
State of the State Of Utah, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is iull,
true and correct copy of a resolution
proposing amendments to Section 3,
Article -, Of the Constitution of the
State of Utah as amended November
6, 1900, and Section IL, Of said Article
- relating to uniform tax and Exemp-
tions therefrom, and authority Of the
Legislature to provide for stamp tax
or a tax based on income, occupation,
licenses or franchises, passed at the
Sixth Regular Session Of the Legis.
lature of this State.
In testimony whereof | have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal Of the State of Utah, at
Salt Lake City, Utah, this 23rd day Of
August, A. ID. 1906
g. s. TINGEY,
Secretary of State.
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Notice..

United States Land Office,
salt Lake city. Utah, septembsp nth 1905
To whom IL may cOncern:-
Notice Is hereby given that the State OF
Utah has filed In this Office a list OF lands
selected by the said state, as Indemnity
school Lands, under section o OF the Act OF
congress, approved July 10, 1894. The follow
Ing tracts. embraced In said lists. are found
70 be within six miles OF a mining location.
claim or entry. viz:
81 NV and y ~ SEA Section IS, T. 10 NJ,
r. f.. $. l.. NJ. State No. i54)
copy OF said list. so far as II relates to
said tracts. by descriptive subdivisions. has
been conspcuously posted In this Office for
Inspection by any person interested. and by
the public generally.
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice. under departmental in
structions OF January TO- 1906. protests or
contests against the claim OF the State to any
OF the tracts or subdivisions hereinbefore de-
scribed, on the ground that the same Is more
valuable for mineral than for agricultural
purposes. will be received and noted for re-
port TO the General LandOffice atW ashington.
u. O. Failure to protest or contest, within
the time specified. will be considered suffic
ent evidence OF the non mineral character
of the tracts. and the selections thereof. being
otherwise free from objection. will he recon-
mended for approval.
FRANK D. HOBBs.
Register.
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Notice of Assessment.

Millville Irrigating company, Mill.
vile, Cache county, Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting OF the directors held on the
18th day OF September, 1906, an assess
ment of % cents per share was levied
on the capital stock of the corporation
payable on or before the lst day of No
vember 1906, to the secretary, at
his residence in Millville, Utah. Any
stock on which this assessment may
remain unpaid on the lst of November
will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless pay
ment is made before Will be sold on
the 10Th day of November, 1906 to pay
the delinquent assessment together
with the cost of advertising and ex.
pense Of sale.
MARTIN OLSEN, secretary.
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Sheriff's Sale.

In the District Court, Cache County,
Utah. Soren Hansen, plaintiff, VS..
Hannah Fl. Jacobson and j. 4. Sher-
lock, defendants.
To be sold at SheritIs Sale on the IL
day Of October, 1906, at the front door
OF the court house, In Logan city,
Utah, at 1900 O'Clock noon OF said day,
the following described real estate, viz:
All OF lot one ~ block seven (7) plat G
Logan city survey, Cache county,
Utan. Also beginning at a point Is
rods east from the northwest corner OF
lot three (3) block seven (7) plat G
Logan city survey, Cache county,
Utah, thence east rods; thence south
8 rods; thence west rods; thence north
8 rods to the place OF beginning, con-
tanning GA square rods, together with.
right OF way all purposes, but
not exclusive, to continue forever as
appurtenant to the said tract over,
across and upon the land oounde d as
described as follows: Beginning at the
northwest corner OF lot two (2) block
seven ~ plat q Logan city survey, and
running thence north one rod; thence
east 80 rods; thence south one rod:
thence west SO rods to the place OF be-
ginning,
II. II. SMITH,
Sheriff Cache County, Utah.
j. q. WALTERS, Attorney.
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A Resolution.

Proposing amendments to Section
3, Article ID, of the Constitution as
amended November g. 1900, and Sec.
tion II, OF said Article l3 relating to
uniform tax aud exemptions there.
from, and authority Of the Legislature
to provide for a stamp tax or tax bas.
ed on income, occupation, licenses or
franchises.
Be IL resolved and enacted by the
Legislature Of the State of Utah, two
thirds OF all members thereof con.
curing therein:
Section |. The following PROPOSE.
ton to amend the Constitution Of the
State OF Utah Is hereby submitted to
the qualified electors of the State for
their approval or disapproval. namely:
That Section 3, Article l3. of the
Constitution of the State OF Utah as
amended November @, 1900, and Sec.
ton IL Of said Article IL be and the
same are hereby amended 10 read as
follows:
Section , The Legislature shall
provide by law uniform and equal
rate OF assessment and taxation on all
property In the state, according TO It's
value in money, and shall prescribe by
general law such regulations as shall
secure Just valuation for taxation OF
all property, so that every person and
corporation shall pay tax in proper
ton 10 the value OF his her or its pro.
perty: Provided, that a deduction OF
debts from credits may be authorized:
Provided, further, that the property
Of the United States, OF the State,
counties, cities, towns, school dis
trictS, municipal corporations and
public libraries, lots with buildings
thereon used exclusively for either
religious worship or charitable pur-
poses, and places OF burial not held or
used for private or corporate benefit,
shall be exempt from taxation. Ditch.
es, canals, reservoirs, pipes and fumes
owned and used by individuals or cor.
pOrations for irrigating lands owned
by such individuals or corporations,
or the individual members thereof,
shall not be separately taxed as long
as They shall be owned and used ex-
clusiyely for such purpose: Provided,
further, that mortgages upon both
real and personal property shall be eX-
emit from taXation Provided, further,
that the taxes Of the INDECENT poor
may be RENTED or abated at such
time and In such a manner as may be
proyldedby law.
II, STAMP, income, license, franchise,
or mortgage tax permisSible). Moth
ing in this constitution shall be con-
strued TO prevent the Legislature
from providing a stamp tax, or a tax
based on income, occupatian, licenses
or franchises.
Section 2, The Secretary OF State
Is hereby ordered TO cause these pro-
positions TO lie published in at least
one newspaper In every county OF the
State " ere newspaper is published,
for two months Immediately preced.
ing th next general election.
Section 3, These propositions shall
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PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP NOTICE
Consult County Clerk or the Respective Sioa-
ers for Further Information.
Ia the District Court. Probate Division 10 sad
for Cache County. State OF Utah.
Sheriff'S Sale.

In the District Court, Cache County
Utah, N. W. Crookston, plaintiff, VS..
Hulda Miller, Joseph Miller, Helen
Mar Miller and Daniel r. Miller, de.
PENDANTS.
To be sold at Sheritf's Sale on the
18th day Of October, 1906, at the front
door OF the court house, In Logan city.
Utah, at 1900 O'Clock noon of said day,
the following described real estate,
viz: Beginning at point 9 rods
and II feet south of the northeast
corner of lot 8, block 4, plat ID Logan
city survey, Cache county, Utah,
thence south IL rods Al feet; thence
west o rods; thence north IL rods
~ feet; thence east rods to the place
OF beginning,
II. II SMITH,
Sheriff Cache County, Utah.
j. q. WALTERS, Attorney.
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Sheriff'S Sale.

In the district court OF the First
judicial District of the State OF Utah
in and for the county of Cache.
W. Waddoups, plaintiff VS.. Aaron
Polsen, defendant.
To be sold at sheriff S sale in front
of the county court house at IL o'clock
noon OF Monday, October %, 1906, at
Logan city, in Cache county, Utah, the
following described property, to wit:
Commencing at point 81 rods south
from the northwest corner of section 0
township II, north Of range l east Of
the Salt Lake meridian, and running
thence south Is rods and inches:
thence cast 30 rods; thence north 10
rods and inches; thence west II rods;
thence south 3 rods; thence west l3
rods to the place Of beginning, to.
gether with all Improvements thereon.
Dated, Logan, August 20 1905.
THos. Fl. SMITH,
Sheriff Of Cache county, Utah.
j. Y. Stewart Jr. attorney for plain
tiff.
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Number OF
Sllaras

And in accordance with law and an
order Of the Board Of Directors OF said
company made on the 22nd day of
August, 1906, so many shares of each
piece of said stock as may be neces.
sary, will be sold at the residence of
S. ii. Roundy at Benson, Cache county,
Utah, on the lst day of November,
1906, at the hour of o'clock p. m. of
said day, to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon together with the cost
OF advertising and expense OF sale.
S. III. RoUNDY,
Secretary and treasurer Of the Benson
Irrigation company. Otlice at Ben
son, Cache county, Utah.
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Sale Of Delinquent Stock.

The Benson Irrigation company,
principal place Of business, Benson,
Cache county, Utah.
There are delinuuent on the follow
ing described stock on account OF as
sessmenJ levied on August %, 1906,
the Several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders,
as follows:
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Not in Stock.

Customer Qrritatedly TO gossiping
shopgirls)-I wish you would show mo
common civillty,
Shopgirl (a3sently) Sorry, madam;
we amt got it,--Boston Transcript.
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