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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
NE RMAiD HELD FAST
UNDER WATER BY HAIR

Atlantic CSy, Aug. 9I-SIiss Grace
Penny, daughter of former life guard
and now engaged in thrilling drama
on one of the piers where size appears
as mermaid and dives into 4 tank.
furnished a sensation today, whea iler
hair caught in splintcred woodwork OF
the tank and held her head below the
surface. . . fg
When the girl failed TO appear, Miss
May Cunlltfe, OF Phi!adeiphin, also par
ticipatlng In the spectacle, dWed TO as-
r&aa.-- : | . .... .... ~. 4. rr g.. .+s W. E
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
MOVE MADE TO GUST
PLATT FROM COMPANY

New York, Aug. 27.-A circular let
ter has been sent to every stockholder
in the United States Express company
enclosing a blank to be Allied out re-
questing a meeting. The request Is
accompanied by a letter saying there
has not been a meeting of the stock
holders in forty-five years. The, OBJ
ject in the proposed meeting is to oust
Senator Platt as head Of the corpora
ton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
MRS. YERKES GIVEN
FINAL DIVORCE. .DECREE

New York. Aug. 2S.-Justice Guy, of
the supreme court, has signed a final
decree Of divorce In the suit brought
Iby Mrs. Mary. Adelaide Yerkes Mis-
ner for an absolute divorce from her
husband. Wilson Misner. BY the de-
cree Mrs. Misner Is permitted TO re-
surne the name OF Yerles and she may
marry again. Misner Is forbidden to
marry during the lifetime OF his ex-
wife. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
WELL KNOWN IOWAN
DIES AT DUBUQUE

Dubuque, L, Aug. 2S.-George Jenk-
ings, travelling passenger agent for the
Pennsylvania railroad, once a demo-
cratic candidate for state railroad COM
missioner. Is dead OF blood poison.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
THREE THOUSAND
PANAMA LABORERS
LOSE QUARTER PAY

Panama, Aug. 27.-Lumber men en-
ployed in municipal work have been re-
duced % per cent. because the appro-
priation is less this year than last.
The reduction affects 20C0.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
COST OF TRAMpS
$25,OOO,OOO A YEAR,
SAYS PENN. ROAD
Railroad Asks Magistrates TO
Give all Offenders Limit
Sentences. -.

. Pittsburg. Aug 2S--The Pennsyl-
wanna railroad, from its Pittsburg Of
Nee, sent out an Official communica-
Eion calling on county justices Of the
peace, borough burgesses and all of
Ulcers Of the law 10 assist In putting
down the tramp evil by Furnishing
kh0se caught stealing rides on trains.
Some startling figures are shown,
among them that vagrancy Is costing
the railroads Of the country nat less
than $25,000,000 yearly.
The erecent accident at Ridgway, Pa.
where five trainnen were frightfuliy
mangled by a tramp burglar who de-
Tended himself with a bottle of nitro
glycerin, has set the Pennsylvania rail-
read hard at work on tramp extermin-
alton, and the appeal asks that mag
dstrates give all tramps the laws
einit. 90 .T
9 1t Is asserted by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company that the railroads of
the United States have killed 23,494
and injured 24,236 trespassers in Ave
years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
|OIL TRUST NOW AT
| WAR WITH ITSEu.
Rockefeller Reported at Odds
4 With Rogers Over Policy
Resisting Uncle Sam.

= New York, Aug. N.--Frank r.. \
Kellogg. special counsel for the In =
terstate Commerce commission, ar \
testimony In the suit In st. Louis \
+ to dissolve the Standard OIL COM
y pany. .H '
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16
What Became Of the Land?

There must be something radical
II wrong uith the present assessor
Of Fremont county, for the retarns
% the state board Of equalization
chow thar county - have -. 5g5
acres less Of patented Land than IL
had last year. Now any Ie-yeAr-old
school boy knows thA, such is not
be case. We wouldnt undertake
10 make guesa Of bow many hnal
vroof notices have been published
IN the Fremont county papers dss
iog the past yevr, but il sould Ger
fainly run up 10 considerably Oyer
100. II the assessor hal noGsd thesa
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16
No Prospect Of Settlement.

/ a Chicago dispatch OF Yesterday
says that up 10 hat time al rfforta
10 bring about . settlement Of the
tslegI aphers' strike have failed.
Commissioner Of I.abor Nell,
President Gompcra. John Mitchell.
Daniel krefs and Ralph and y.
EAsley, who offered their services A.
msditators. admitted Last night that
not = single movement bad been
made that would loreshadow even ;
conference between The eonlending
parties.
Peace is therefore acknosl lodged
to be farther away than ever Ow
ing 20 the tension created by che
strike, Il - feared that The troable
aill extend 70 the railroad operators.
The latter are threatening 8 STAN.
pede TO aid the commercial opef.
aiorS.
30 chAnRe - expected 40 the SIT
aation until the arrival Of President
small.
The telegraph company officials
ssid today that there was DO chance
Of q aestieneut--thAt the strike
would be fought oat. saperintead
snt r. =. Cook Of The Western
Union said that il would Le impo~-
sibie 10 maintain diselpline q !
settlement waa made with ibs
strikers.
Superintendent C0p~a % ~
Postal s4id that the company uould
aot reeede from iIs determination Il
run itA own businsss.
The strikers we're also as deter
mined ~ EVER.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16

publications he would know that
there are many thousand acres morS
OF land in the county, subject to
taxation, than there were last year.
Elmore county also fell short on
patented lands this year, the assessor
returning So4s acres less than were
reported last year. The state board
has summoned the assessors Of these
ssoantics 20 appear before II on Aug
20 and explain, II they can, what
has become ~ the land,
These two incidents forcibly illus
trate the need OF q radical change Ia
the assessment laws OF our state.
They should also serve A. reminders
TO the people that more care should
be taken in the selection of men for
that important Office. for ~ We look
At IL. ",ncompetency" is about the
only word that will explain the
failure OF the Fremont aud fillmore
assessors to ind an increase In the
aereage Of patented lands In their
counties.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
Short Line Expends Considerable
Sum In Local improvements.

j ~ with pleasure that the Exam.
iner is able to announce that the
railroad company has expended
quite large sum this week In i'm.
pFovemenia about the depot While
the company saw 1T not to erect \
new depot this year, there - some
consolation for our ritiRcna 10 know.
ing that Montpelier has not been
forgotten entirely. The improve
ments made this week are not OF =
character 10 attract the attention of
nj unobaerving person. but IN view
If the fact that they will bs apprc.
oiated by the employees ps the depot
and those who have occasion "a
drive across khc tracks wnh teams. /.
we consider them worthy of prom
inent mention. Ii short, the Nork
consists OF new crossings at the
tracks and some ten or twelve old
planka about The depot platform b..
ing replaced with new ones and The
uneven plank being hesed down %
a. to greatly decrease the danger Of
.'.nbber neeks" stumbling aud fall
ing under the ears when they 4,
down 70 see the trains come IL
Bridge Foreman Hurley vas unabl,
10 give ua AZ estimate Of Tue cost o.
lhe work, ba. Ne should Judge thAl
Il represents ~ outlay 70 The com
aany of Al least $50, iusludiug lAbo
md material. II We show ou
proper appreciation of this worI
she company will probably SOM
day be willing 10 50 ~ much NOR
for ua.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16

the most of the insult offered the
Roman Catholic church. Blaine
declared that he did not hear the
calamiIoas remark, but further than
this he made NJ attempt 10 rcbnke
il. Previous TO that Blaine had
been 8 great favorite among the
Irish, but the incident Josh him
thousands Of Irish votes in New
York. which WAS the pivotcd state
that year, and Clevcland's plurality
IN the state Was ttta.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16

When +. NJ. Stewart sold his
''little corner grocery" two years
ago it was supposed that he had
shaken the dust of Montpelier from
his brogans for good He went 20
Kansas TO engage in the life insur-
anee business. but the Sunfower
state didn't look good TO him aud a
longing 70 inhale the pure mountain
ozone, and 10 be able 10 occasional.
y hook a few spcckled beauties in
the face, soon brought him back to
Idaho. Since then his time has
been divided between working life
insurance and officiating ~ station
agent for the Southern Pacific in
Nevada. But no place looked quite
as good 10 him as Montpelier and
since his return here two weeks ago
he has decided 10 again engage IN
business here. lie has purchased
Mrs. w. W. Ghapman's stock of
groceries and will continue the bus.
mess Al the old stand. ..Mcll,
gaess" Stewards many friends are
glad To see him again behind the
counter, aud there ~ no doubt but
what he has now become N per.
manent fixture" here.
Mrs. Chapman has been IN busi
ness here for eight years but her
failing health made It necessary fnr
her TO sell out. After several
months Of much necdcd rest, ahe
will @ To Southern California "a
spend the winter.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16
Awarded Prizes.

A committee from the Village
Improvement Society made . thor
ough inspection of the city last week
for the purpose of determining who
we're entitled 10 the prizes 20 be
given by the aoclety for the beet
kept lawns and incest Ho~er beds.
In the lower town prizes were
awarded as follows:
First. t9-Joe McCart.
Second, sl.so-Marjoric Staley.
Third, .oo-Lea Jensen.
Fourth, so eents-Anna Rohnef.
Fifth, 10 eents-Rdna Jensen.
These parties will receive their
prizes by calling on Mrs. q. II. Groo
Up town the prizes were given -
follows:
First, e2-Royal Clark.
Second, ef. Hilda Herman.
Third, s1 oo-Richard Barrett.
Fourth, so ceDts-T.ucile Bur
goYne.
Fifth, so cents-Adaline IIogeu
son.
These prizes will be paid by Mr..
". ". Clark.
In their tour Of the city tie CON
ulttee found that many TO whom
seeds had been gwen Iast sPdnG
made no effort 10 tend the Howel
beds or care for their lawns. Th.
society, however, feels enconrages
over The effort maze 10 ept touFag'
home improvements aud rhe mem
hers are confident that more interes
will be taken ne1t year.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16

trade of the men going TO the new
mines. ] had become SO snow blind
that from the time we lett Fl.
Lemhi until We reached salmon
City, the only way could navigate
was TO hold onto the horses tail.
We laid over here two DAYS, and Of
our trip from here will relate next
week.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16
NEWS OF THE STATE
Review Of the Weeks Happenings
In Idaho
As CLEANED FROM EXCHANGES
Tales from Mountain and Walk Briefly
Told for Benefis Of the Examin
er's RsAdefS.

haa refused eltuU Tor the apples on
his 1--we acre orchard.
The citizens of Cottonwood have
subscribed tso. 600 with which TO
install modern system af water
works
The 81. Anthony Chronicle says
that Joe Bakcr. MArysviilc farmer,
realized $3.50 from onr acre 10
onions this year
The oakley EAgIr wiIi seseam No
more. Lack Of patronage u gwen
as the cause Tor The demise ~ this
bright little paper
Mountain Home Il growing 80
fast that IL will soon change from
village government to that nf = cny
of the second class
The mines II The Cosur d'Alrne
district have paid oat IA dividend.
since the beginning Of this year the
sam Of %. zap. 500.
] II. Reed. foreman "a the Burkc
Cattle company. va. instantly Killed
Al Blackfoot last Friday by being
thrown from = horse.
During the ensuing twelve months
the city ~ Lewiston wiIl eal~nl
over . half million dollar. il ma,
niotpal improvements
The corner STONE oG PoratelIo'a
magnificent n W. II, "A. hullding
will h. laid nett SUNDAY rsoning.
The d"dieatofy address wlll be de-.
liYsrsd by Judge Dietrich.
| The FIRST murder IN the nrn rnun,
y of Twin FaIls. wan romml,sed
last week. when Isaac Divine shot
aud Killed 4 J. Cummings. The
shooting vas. the rssnlI Of quarrel
over water distribution
The Wallace rrrss .ays that not
Ghinaman Il 10 bo found N the
eosar d'Alsns district. and no
,'Chink" has beeu allowed 10 remain
. N tho district Tor any length "a
time during The past - years.
The citizens Of salmon uill not
have To worry over the fuel question
this Ainter n the coal mines near
lhr city Wtli H. operated wtth 4
sufficient force TO supply The local
marks, With sll the coal needed.
The Emmett Indies reports ,ha,
. deer Are being .ansoniy Slaughtered
IN that vicinity a dspaty game
sarden rrccntly found The t.e..lls- -
IN deer. from shich tue blad qaar
tsrs bad bssh eat and shs rsst lsfl
to rot.
: u. y shsrksy. stlll a resident ii
I i.smhi county. is the onlY sarsts o,
b Of the party If i've who discovers
; the i.ecsbarR placer mine. IN lssG
/ II i clAlmsi that es9. 600, 0O0 II
gold have bsen taken from thI,
] camp.
Ira Call Oh Baneroit, has iilsd Al
application fgr = patent % - anto
matte railroad ssitch. Ii ezsFcm,
; simplicity and infalibiiitY of opera
ton are points whieh Mr. Cal
thinks wtll commend IA for nniversa
aas by ths railroad companies.
/, While sinking pa i the elt,
sateF vofks II Moseou Iast seek
The WoFkmen unearthed : lare.
: stump at the depth ~ - feet. Tn.
gram ~ the soosl was easily diw
lingalshed, but the Surface "a,
: ehaFFsd. shoNipg that Il AAd bee,
!. sabisesed to IRE.
= Geo II. shoAf. Who acted A. th,
: Boise correspondent for ths Appea
10 Reason during the IIay u oa.
: gfssl. has been arrested II Henyr
i on the charge OF .tAlutorY rape
. The eEiae = alleged - have beei
committed IN Boise aud the viesir
:. is floEsaee Abbott, t5-yeaF-oI
.fKF aka.F E8a 80 - s.. gt
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-16

incident of note. We had been over
five months making the trip from
Omaha.
Virginia City was at that time
the capitol of Montana territory,
and if remember correctly Thos.
F. Meagher was governor of the
territory. Alder Creek, where the
discovery of gold was made by Bill
Fairweather and Barney Hughes,
had yielded thousands of dollars in
gold, and every person you met bad
his wallet of gold dnst-the currency
of the country. There weie some
greenbacks IN circulation, but they
were often discounted when taken
in exchange for gold dust. Every
store and saloon had gold scales and
blowers, the latter TO blow out any
sand that might be mixed with the
dust.
The price of everything was high.
A hat, that you can now buy in
Montpelier for 81, cost IS. Blue
flannel shirts, such as you now pay
% so for, cost 50. Whiskey was
20 cents a drink, meals &l.25, eggs
81 per dozen, butter IS cents
pound and everything else in pro-
portion. Wages for ordinary hands
were SO a dav and for good drifters
underground as high as 50 q day
was paid. As is usual in all mining
camps, faro was the leading game
and thousands of dollars changed
hands every day and night. Hav-
ing obtained situation, | renamed
IN Virginia City during the winter
of lse6-67.
There was great excitement that
winter over the rich digging claimed
TO have been discovered in the Sal
mon river region, and early in the
spring of '67 hundreds of men left
Alder Greek to find better mines,
myself among the number. Having
bought pack horse for which
paid $55, three other fellows and
myself packed our blankets and
what -four, bacon and other things
needed on the trip, and started for
the new Eldorado. 1t was early il
March and the weather was bitter
cold, but we were young and didn't
mind it. Flooding along, taking
turns leading the pack animal, VI
arrived at Bannack, all of us more
or less snow blind. Bannack was /
small camp and the diggings mOstI,
worked out We camped below
the town on the creek and had
cold time of il. Our horse fares
worse than we did, as there wa
nothing for him to eat except wha
little grass he got by paving through
the snow and browsing on tn
Willows
The next day we went TO Hors
prairie and camped in an old shac
some poor fellow had made TO kee
him warm during the winter, bu
who, like ourselves, was now wend
ing his way to newly dIscovere
gold fields. Here we found littl
hay that looked like It had been /
a bed tick for some time but ou
poor horse relished it as though
:, had cost $40 a ton. We were no.
five miles from the foot of th
divide. over which we had to go b
fore we could find shelter Of an
kind. We crossed the divide in II
face of . heavy snow and win
storm, which made the trip a mo-
!, difficult one. 1t was late at uigi
when we arrived At Fl. Lemh
which had been built by the Mo
mons years before when they a
tempted to settle Lemhi valley al
= were driven out by the Indian
!. We camped there for the nigh
with the usual fare and diseomio
a we had experienced along the trai
The next morning the. sun shoI
for the 4irst tine since We had le
Virginia City, and so joyful we
the men that cheer after cheer We
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03
Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has become n state, stand
ing on full equality with her elder
sisters. and her future Is assured by
her great natural resources. The duty
of the national government 10 guard
the personal and property rights of the
Indians within her borders remains Of
course unchanged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03
hither and thIther. utterly destroying

hither and thithcr, utterly destroying
the pastures and leaving n waste he
hind. so that their presence Is neon
patibls with the presence Of home
makers. The existing fences are a..
Illegal. Some 81 tucm represent tln
improper exclusion of actual settlers
actual homcmakcT> from "''i''.
which Is usurrcI hy grrui cattle r"'i
panies. Some ur them represent WA
is In itself proper effort 90 u,' ih'
range for those upon tine 'Hnd anI 2
prevent it, use 10y uomadic oIiI..''
All these fences. thos" that are hu
aud those that ara beneficial. U0' '.''
illegal uud must come down i'ri D.
nm outrage that the law shpl'l n' b..
state such action ON the p1r' "' ..
administration The unlawful ir'H
Of public lands for private rr DE-.
u,ust be- stopped hut the u".r-
which oc,isionpd n must l- pr'. .'.
for The federal government .I'.
have control ol the range. Whrth" '
permit or lcnsc ns local ueHs ....
may determine. Su.h control ,'uI
cure the great benefit of ir-...I.
fencing. while at fhn slWc tll.
curing and prouo'.ug fhr sr'''"
Of the country. in some places 90
be that the tracts of range ndJHcUni '
the h1mcs'clls of actual sri'''-
should he allotted tp them several" p
I'm common for the summer grain. 90.
their stock. Elsewhere it ma! ly fII
n lease system would serve %" l1
pose the leases to be- temporary au
subject 10 the rights Of scttlcwr1'
and the amount charged being H'g
enough merely 10 permit Of the OF;
Client and beneficial control Of ll
range 10y the government aud ot il
payment to the county OF the clu'vu
lent OF what II would otherwise p.
ceive In taxes The destruction Of tn
public range will continue until SON.
such laws ns these are enacted. Iul'
10 prevent the fraud in the public iaut
which through the joint action oi tn.
interior department and the depart
mcnt Of Justice we have been cndcny
oring To revent there must be- furih"r
legislation and especially n sufficient
appropriation to permit the department
Of the interior to examine certain class
as OF entries on the ground before M"
pass into private ownership. The gov
ernment should part with lis tin.
only TO the actual homcmakcr. not &
the profit maker who does not care
make n home. our prime object Is .
csts of the small ranchman, the ml'
who plows and pitches hay for him
self. II is this small rnnchmun. thi
actual settler aud homcmakcr. who
the long run is most hurt by permit
ting thefts Of the public land iu what
ever form
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03

ol~yed only 10y the honest and disobey-
ed by the INSCRIPTIONS. so as to act
only US \ penalty upon honest men.
Moreover. no such law would hamper
an INSCRIPTIONS man OF unlimited
means from buying his own way into
Office. There is very radical meas
ure which would. | believe. work a
substantial Improvement in our sys-
tom of cunlucling Il campaign, al
though am well aware that II will
take some time for people 80 to famil-
'ari2c themselves with such a proposal
as to hc willing 10 consider its adop-
tion The need for collecting large
campaign funds would vanish II con
grcss provided an appropriation for
/ the proper and legitimate expenses OF
each uf the great national parties, an
appropriation ample enough to meet
/ 'hc necessity for thorough orginiza-
| 'ion and machinery. which requires a
/ large expenditure of money Then the
stipulation Should be- mad" that no
party receiving campaign funds from
the treasury should accept more than
a fixed iiuuuut from any individual
subscriber or donor. and the necessary
publicity for receipts and expenditures
could without difficulty be provided
A National Gallery Of Art
There should hr u national gallery
of art established IN the Capital tiF
of this country This is important not
merely Ia the artistic, but to the ma.
I = "a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.


Under our form of government vot-
Ing is up, met,ly RIGHT, but duty,
and, morroyc". a fundamental aud nee
'+sary duty Il man is to he good
citizen. II IS We'll to provide that cor
poratlons shall not contribute to prcsi-
dental or national campaigns and fur
thrrmore 10 provide for the publication
OF both contributions and expenditures.
There is, however. always danger In
laws of this kind, which from their
very nature are difficult OF enforce
ment the danger being lest they be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03

OF the past few weeks II is evident
that the advantages OF such an institu.
tlon are still more far reaching Tim
id dcposltors have withdrawn thci
savings for the time being from nH
tlonal banks. trust companies and snN
ings banks. individuals have boarded
their cash and the worhingmen tlri
earnings. all Of which money has bccu
withheld aud kept in hiding or In IN,
safe deposit box to the dctrimcnt o.
prosperity Through the agency OF th,
postal savings banks such money would
be restored to the channels Of trade. e
the mutual beneht of capital aud In
bOr