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, 1907-10-10
SEVERITY
W. WOUNDED
James Murray meets with al
most Fatal Accident---Pre=
mature Explosion

James hurry, n of a gang OF
men who were excavating rocks
for culyerts on the $. d r. Ry,,
AT the mouth of the Encampment
river, met with an accident that
came near losing him his head
and the sight of both eJe s. 1t
was just a few minutes before
noon last Monday. The shots
had been put in before going to
dinner and all went off, as they
supposed. One hole did not seem
to be deep enough and Murray
started in to drill it a little deep
err to put in another shot, when an
explosion took place that blew
him several feet in the air, filling
his eyes and face with rock and
and sand, which vas thought for
a while to have finished him. 1t
seems that the cap had exploded,
but the charge of powder did not
60 off until struck by the drill in
Murray's hands.
Murray "A put in a rig and
hurried to this place. In the
mean time DR.. Price had been
telephoned for and met the party
close to camp, but Murray was
brought on to this place and tax
en to the Waterloo hotel, where
DR. Price rendered all the aid in
his power, removing the sand and
DIRT from the eyes and face and
relieving him as much as possible.
1t was found that he could see
family out of both eyes. After
being relieved of all the powder,
sand and dirt possible, DR., Price
bundled his patient up and took
him to Cheyenne Tuesday to con-
suit with DR.. Strader, eve and ear
specialist of that place.
Murray show remarkable grit
and endurance and when the doc
tor was cleaning his eyes. a most
painful operation, he complained
only of the fact that he has lost
his dinner by reason the accident,
, 1907-10-10
Gone Bear Hunting

Marshal Taylor and wife left
for Rattle Snake pass, in Elk
Mountain this morning. From
some dark hints thrown out by
the marshal, and the fact hat he
took his two valuable blood
hounds with him, we should say
that the trip bodies i'll for the
bear in that mountain. In fact
Mr.. Taylor informed us that it
was bear he was after and we all
know that when he goes after any
thing he gets it. So we a all
expect to feast on bear steak for
the next ten days-if he is sue
cessful. They will be absent a
week.
, 1907-10-10
Leased Coal Banks

W. d. Wykert and James Wild
ner have leased all the coal banks
down the river from this place
and will undertake to furnish coal
for Saratoga and Encampment
this winter. Some of the coal
will come from what is known as
the Phillips banks, though we
understand a bank of good coal
has been opened up on the west
side of the river that bids fair to
furnish an excellent quality of
coal. 1t is between five and six
feet in thickness, which is a great
advantage in working over the
Phillips banks which are not over
three feet in thickness.
, 1907-10-10
~Encampment Bank Fixtures

The old fixtures and safe of the
First National Bank of Cheyenne,
which were in use in that city for
the past 30 years, We're shipped
up here and have been hauled on
up to Encampment where they
will be used in the State Bank of
Encampment. These fixtures are
of mahogany and were considered
the finest in the west at the time
of their instaIlment. The safe is
one of the best in use and fitted
with time locks.
, 1907-10-10
That Colt Shoe

The editor of this paper is now
the owner of one of the colt shoes
mentioned in a recent issue of the
Sun-an article that was copied
and commented on from Maine to
to California. This little shoe is
not quite small enough for a
watch charm, but it lies nicely in
the palm of your hand and will be
kept as a memento of the Thought
fulness of one freighter for the
comfort of his little animal friend.
These shoes we're the handy work
of Lambert Parr, one of the En-
campment bIacksmiths, and were
tackled on with smallest horseshoe
nails made.
, 1907-10-10
MEDICINE BOW ITEMS

Joseph Cheesbrough and wife were
Elk Mountain visitors last Sunday.
William Widdowfield and Miss
Anna were in Elk Mountain Sunday.
Joseph Howard and Joseph Wild
dowtield were visiting along the river
Sunday.
A party of Hanna fishermen came
over to spend the day in the country
and to fish in the Medicine Bow
river.
The Laramie people who made an
automobile trip up thru the Park and
around via Encampment aud Sarato
ga, stopped at Elk Mountain last Fri
day on their way home.
Your correspondent was in error
last week in saying that Mr.. aud Mrs.
Meredith and family were going to
California to live. They will remain
on the Bow and have no thoughts of
going away from here.
The new thresher and set of gang
plows belonging to the Basin Land
Il Cattle Company has arrived in
Hanna and will be brought over to
the coInpany's ranch and put to work
next week. They expect to do con
siderable blowing before the ground
freezes up this fall.
, 1907-10-10
Mr.. Rigby Visits Saratoga

j. w. Rigby, formerly II of
the most prominent business men
Of Saratoga, returned Saturday
plight for a visit to old friends and
f. look after property which he
pun owns in this place. Mr.. Rig
BY is the assistant cashier of the
Ptate Bank OF Meeker, Colo, IA
position he has held for the past
flght years. Mr.. Rigby was the
Cashier of the State Bank of Sara
|oga while here and has been alb
(ent from this place for fourteen
Fears. He has had great pleasure
renewing his acquaintance with
Is many warm personal friends
lere and noting the great adj
ancement the town has made
|urng his absence. There is
Eery indication that MI. Rigby
ill again become "A resident OF
us valley, a contamination very
Puch desired, for he is a live,
1lde-awake business man. he
III Tor home again yesterday.
, 1907-10-10
A Big Yield Of Oats

j, $. Stanley was in yesterday
from the ranch of Stanley Broth
ers on Jack creek. He says
they are threshing their oat
crop and the yield is remarkable.
One field, containing twenty acres
Welded 100 bushels of oats, and
that too after they had been haul
ing and feeding oats out of it to
the ranch stock for the past two
months. Mr.. Stanley says there
is no telling how much per acre
the Weld would have been if the
crop had remained intact up to
the time it was threshed. Clark
Wilcox, b. A. Lee and w. Ii.
Large are doing the threshing.
, 1907-10-10
That Public SeanCe

May Howard and her husband
Fi'e IA public spiritualistic seance
Pre- in Jensen hail last Friday
that drew a large crowd.
he usual committee, together
pth a cabinet and other ectera,
|efe had and the manifestations
ere OF an astonishing character.
+ Holck and f. Nj. Baker were
Posen as a committee to sit on
e stage and detect fra if pos
Pile Both gentleman express
|eh'selVes AS mystiied beyond
fasure. Spirit faces and hands
re seen in large numbers and
pies moved, musical instruments
ut through the air apparently
Their own accord, spirit hands
htly slapped the faces of the
%'''hllteemen aud did many
ief queer and uncanny things
, 1907-10-10
POISONOUS
PLANTS
Government Will Seek to Check
the Growth OF all Plants des-
tructive to Stock

That the poisonous plant inves-
LEGATIONS work now being carried
on by the Forest Service in the
different National Fores t S
throughout the ives. has awakened
widespread interest is strongly
illustrated by the increasing num-
Der of applications for new range
examinations from users of the
National Forests.
Although this branch of the
Forest Service work is still in its
inception, it being a comparative-
ly short time since the plan was
initiated, good progress has al
ready been made. A thorough
examination of the Manti Nation
al Forest, in Utah, and partial ex-
aminations of the Hueachuca
in Arizona, Black Hills in
South Dakota, and the Holy
Cross in Colorado have been made
and much very valuable informa-
ton in regard to the plants most
dangerous to stock have been Sc
cured. 1t is the intention of the
Forester to continue the work
throughout the coming season and
it will undoubtedly result in a
series of important discoveries
that will lead to the reduction of
the loss of range stock from poi
sonous plants to a minimum.
In an application for an exam
nation of poison areas in the
Park Range and Sierra Madre
Forests in Colorado and Wyom.
ing it is reported that the value
of the sheep lost during the pre-
sent season within a comparative
ly small area from poisonous
plants is not less than $4,000,
there being 73S head of sheep lost
out of one band, $50 out of an
other, and a number of smaller
losses from other herds. Heavy
losses of cattle have been reported
from Colorado also.
While the work of investigation
has been confined to the National
Forests the results obtained will
be equally beneficial and appli-
cable to the users of u%nreserved
public lands, as the poisonous
plants are different species of two
or three generic families and the
discovery of an antidote for, or a
means of e%radicating or checking
the growth of II species will APP
ply equally well to the others.
, 1907-10-10
Death OF Judge ComstOck

Earl Comstock, the resident
manager of the Saratoga Springs
Company, received a telegram
yesterday that his father had died.
Sunday in Utica, n. Y. and left
on the noon train to be present at
the funeral. His father who was
Judge w. III. Comstock, was re-
fierce in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court. He was IA
years of age and "A very exemplary
man. The telegram, which was
sent last Sunday was not received
here until yesterday, the fourth
day after it was sent.
, 1907-10-10
To Buy Steers

Harry A. Hunter, of the firm of
Hunter, Casteel q Hunter, of Big
creek, was IN the city Tuesday
with a roundup outfit, on his way
to the northern part of the county
Mr.. Hunter has purchased 1900
head of three year-old steers of
Miller & Chapman and will ship
those ready for market, feeding
the rest until a little later in the
season, when they will be shipped.
, 1907-10-10
Change Date Of Examination

The date for the next examina-
ton to be given by the State
Board of Examiners before the
county superintendent has been
changed from the last Friday and
Saturday in December to the
Friday and Saturday following
Thanksgiving. Hereafter all COM
munications for the secretary
should addressed to Grace He
bard, secretary of the State
Board of Examiners, Laramie,
Wyoming.
, 1907-10-10
SARATOGA CHIPS

George A. Lemoine was in from
Pass creek Tuesday.
Gillie Allen is clerking for II. E.
Pilon and is making good"
Winthrop Condict was t~ransacting
business in this city Tuesday.
Charles Sanger is driving the Ben.
nett-French mail line these days.
Mrs. w. @. Sammons, of Walcott.
accompanied by Mr.. Sammon's moth.
or, was up Friday ON "a short trip.
, 1907-10-10
Rosevelt's Land Policy

The following is the presidents
%'utterances at Keokuk, Iowa, on
the land question. 1t is sound
logic and we commend it to our
readers:
The states of high plains and
OF the mountains have d peculiar
claim upon me, because for a
number of years | lived and
worked in them, and | have that
intimate knowledge of their peo-
pie that comes under such condi.
tons. In these states there ia
need OF "A modification of the land
laws that have worked SO well in
the well watered, fertile regions to
the eastward, such as these in
which you here dwell. The one
object i'll all our land laws should
always be to favor the actual set.
tier, the actual homemaker who
comes to dwell on the land and
there to bring up his children to
inherit it after him.
"Ihe government should part
with its title to the land only to
the actual home-maker-not to
the proft-maker, who does not
care to make a home. The land
should be sold outright only in
quantities sufficient for decent
homes-noi in huge areas, to be
held for speculative purposes, or
used as ranches where those who
do the actual work are mere len.
ants or hired hands. No tempo
rary prosperity of any class of
men could in the slightest degree
atone for failure on our part to
shape the laws so that they may
work for the permanent good of
the home-maker.
"This is fundamental, gentle
men, and is simply carrying out
the idea upon which | dwell in
speaking to you of your own
farms here in Iowa. Now in
many states where the rainfall
is light it is simple absurdity to
expect any man to live, still less
to bring up a family, on one hun
bred and sixty acres; and there is
nothing that congress has done
during the past six years more
important than the enactment of
the national irrigation law"
, 1907-10-10
PRICE FIVE CENTS

day.
Lewis Johnston, who has been alb
sent for the past six or eight months,
returned last week.
Mrs. Hamilton, of Encampment,
was one of the passengers on Mon
days stage to that place.
William Mammalian, who is employ
ed at the Charter Oak, was "a city Wis
itor the first of the week.
Mrs. George Campbell came over
from Pass creek Saturday on a visit
to friends and relatives.
j. B. Eager, ii petit juror for the
present term of the district court, left
for Rawlins Sunday.
Saturday Mrs. Humphreys and
family visited with Mr.. Humphreys
at the camp zeal Baggott rocks.
Hon. w. c Henry, ex-state senat-
or, passed thru here Tuesday on his
way to Denver on a business trip.
Elijah Moore, postmaster at French
was down yesterday for a short BUSH
ness visit. He returned this nora
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Mace spent
Sunday on the Carbon Timber Co.'S.
ranch visiting Mr.. and Mrs, w. b.
Harden.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Ekdal and lit.
tie daughter and Mrs Robnett were
in from the ranch Tuesday, visiting
Mrs. G. E. Jensen. .
+. NJ. Baker left for Rawlins Sat.
urday where he is engaged in the
duties of a petit juror for the present
term of the district court.
Supervisor ]. W. Nelson got kick
ed by a horse Monday evening and is
limping a little in consequence.
The wound was not a serious one.
A. L Herring, a civil engineer who
has been assisting supervisor, j.. W.
Nelson in establishing corners and
other engineering work, left here
Monday.
II. D. Biydenburgh, the president
of the Jack Creek Land & Cattle Co.,
made a shipment of several cars of
sheep from Rawlins Monday for the
Chicago market.
Mrs. DR.. Miller, of Sheridan arriv-
ed here last Thurday to accompany
her mother, Mrs. l.. Gels, back to
Sheridan where she will undergo an
operation shortly.
Hon. Geo. F. Hinton, of Encamp-
ment, accompanied by a Mr.. Petit,
ii London mining expert, passed thru
Saratoga Monday OF their way back
from visiting the Elkhorn copper
mine in Elk Mountain.
Miss Scheil, the milliner, arrived
from Chicago Yesterday and will take
charge of Mrs. Dyer's store. She
comes we'll recommended, and will
no doubt be very satisfactory.
Charles B. Parker and wife left
yesterday for Butte, Mont, where
they will remain this winter. They
expect to return here in the spring
and will meet with a warm welcome.
Kels P. Nickel returned Saturday
from ii visit to Cheyenne. He was
accompanied on his return by Will
liam Mahoney, u brother of Mrs. Mic.
KEEL. who will remain here this winter.
Thursday afternoon a few friends
were entertained by Mrs. w. A.
Humphreys. These present were
Mesdames Lufkin, Buchanan, Ed
wards, Reynolds, Mrs. Geo. Edwards
and Rev. L. Harold Forde.
Cashier +. NJ. Warner, of the Sara
toga State Bank, has had the bank
floor covered with linoleum which
adds to the comfort and convenience
of the patrons of that institution very
much.
Prof. Miller went out Saturday to
, 1907-10-10

Mrs. Nj. w. Shafe, who came up
from FIT. Steele Saturday on a visit to
Mrs. e. p. Andrews, returned home
today,
, 1907-10-10
Saratoga { Ry.
TINE TABLE:

TIME Table,:
Morning Trains.
Leave Saratoga a. m.
Arrive Walcott S;25 a. m.
Leave Walcott 1920 a. m.
Arrive Saratoga 1855 a. m.
Afternoon Trains.
Leave Saratoga l p. m.
Arrive Walcott 2;25 p. m.
Leave Walcott 4;3O p. m.
Arrive Saratoga 800 p. m.
Connects with U. p. trains Nc
3 and 5 going west and 4 and
going east.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
REPORT ON UNCLE
SANS STRONG BOX
Receipts and Expenditures as Shown
by Secretary of the Treas
ury CorteIyou.

Washington, Dec. 5.-The annual re-
port Of George 3. Cortelyou, secretary
of the treasury, submitted to the
speaker of the house, shows the total
receipts of the government from all
sources for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1907, to be $S46, 725, ,33962. The
total expenditures were $762, 4SS, 1853 80.
Compared with the fiscal year 1906,
the receipts increased $S4, ,33S, ,435 and
expenditures increased $25,771,171.31.
The total estimated appropriations
are 912.949, ,2SS96, which includes
S24, 900, 900 interest on the public debt
This shows an excess of the total es-
Inmates of appropriations submitted
By the several executive departments
over the estimated revenues of the
government for the fiscal year of 1884,
S26.2 .277.66.
Secretary Cortelyou specifically rec
ommends prompt legislative action for
more elastic currency system. He
urges that provision be made for such
elacticity without intervention on the
part of the secretary Of the treasury or
that he be given authority to provide
it by properly safe-guarded measures.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
PRIZE CATTLE
ARE BUTCHERED
Carcass Competition at Stock Yards
Proves To Be an Important Event
of Live Stock Show.

Chicago, Dec. Cover 100 tons Of
prime show cattle were turned into
Christmas beef when the animals en-
tered for the dressed carcass competi-
ton were slaughtered at one of the
packing houses on behalf of the inter
national stock show authorities. Near
ly 500 breeders and agricultural college
students watched the transformation
and speculated on the percentage of
roasts and steaks each animal would
yield. Each animal slaughtered was
the owner of many blue ribbons, and
full dozen more are to be awarded
for the carcasses which are adjudged
to possess the highest beef value.
Then the beef itself will be sold to
grace the Christmas boards Of many
hundred banqueters throughout the
country, and the hides, which earlier
in the week were combed and brushed
and powdered for the judges inspec.
ton, will be tanned to make shoes for
the populace.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
HubbletOn.

Hubbleton, WIS. Dec. 3-(Special
to The L-ader) Wedding bells will
soon be ringing.
Hubbleton camp M. w. A. will
give their Eleventh Annual Ball at
Washington Hall, Friday evening,
Dec. 6. This has always been the
event Of the season ana the Woodmen
are sparIng no expense to make this
better than ever. Wheeler's orchestra
of Lake Mills will furnish the music
which is always up to date.
Miss Mayta. .Amborn returned last
week from week visit with friends
in Fall River. She was accompanied
home by Miss Lydia Rupnon of that
place.
Mrs. W. Will of Watertown is
guest at the home of Geo. Bleecker.
Howard Lasher spent Monday even
ing at Waterloo.
Mrs. Andrew Preintalk and son
Leslie have returned from Beilville
where they went to attend the we'd
ding of relative.
Amung the Thanksgiving visitors
here were: r. y. Bare, w. j.
Cunningham. VIM. Luckon and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. joe Englehart of Mil
waukee, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gallitz and
children, Miss Effie jerks, Mrs. Hag-
germ an and daughter, and Eddie
Luckon of Watertuwn, Mrs. Leon Wood
Of Marshall.
Mrs. John GIrgles has returned to
her home at Arnolds Park, Iowa, after
few weeks visit with relatives.
Misses Bessie and Frances Ginglcs
spent Sunday with friends in the viii
lage.
Mrs. Wm. Reedy and son Francis
of Watertown are visiting with rela-
tives here
Watertown visitors last week were:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lenz, Mrs. F. ].
Luckon, Miss Katherine McGovern,
Mrs. A. E. Cunningham, Will Hodg
son, Mrs. 7. Reynolds, MISS Mary
Reynolds and Mrs. H. Duckert.
Misses Julia Mcmahon and Frances
and Irene Dunn were Thanksgiving
visitors at the hume of w. E. Reynolds
at Green Bay.
Mrs. J. Yonker and daughter Anna
uf Portland were with friends IN the
village Sunday.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
PRESIDENT ASKED
TO SEND TROOPS
Goldfield Miners Refuse Checks and
Serious Trouble Threatens
Nevada Town.

Goldfield, New, Dec 6.-Fearing an
outbreak of 10000 striking miners who
are becoming SO desperate that some
have threatened to burn the city, prom
inent merchants and mine owners,
through John Sparks, governor of the
state, have appealed to President
Roosevelt to send troops to protect the
property in the camp. Sheriff Ingalls,,
it is admitted, in case of trouble can
not cope with the situation
The men refused to accept cashiers
checks in payment of wages and are
striking to enforce their demand for
currency payments. The nearest troops
are at San Francisco and it will take
twenty-four hours for them to reach
here should they be sent.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06

THE NEWS In BRIEF

Mrs. Della WadsWorth, mother OF
Mrs. Richard Yates. wife of the ex-
governor, is dead at her home in Jack
Sonville. Ill.
JEFF Davis, of Arkansas. is prepared
TO contest with Tillman the honor of
being the fire eater III chief of the SEN
ate.
Mrs Maud Timer Jones. aged 81.
formerly Il leading soprano of the Bos-
tonian Opera company. is dead at her
home III Minneapolis
Governor Dencen. on campaign
tour in southern Illinois, was in train
wreck on the Zig -Four railroad near
Harrisburg.
Mayor Johnson has won the seven
year car fight. the Cleveland Electric
company surrendering. and the Ch.o
city will have Scent fares.
Eugene Schmitz, former mayor of
San Francisco, pleaded not guilty to
two charges Of bribe taking.
Governor Gooding, Of Idaho. granted
a requisition for Steve Adams. wanted
at Telluride, Colo, on the charge OF
numbering Arthur Collins.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
JOSEPH BEAVER CASE
IS VERY SERIOUS
Young Man Injured WedneS-
day Evening while I'm
loading Coal.

Joseph Bever, the young man who
was injured Wednesday evening while
unloading car OF coal by failing
backward from the car to the frozen
ground, is in precarious condition
and it is feared that his limbs are
paralized from the effects of striking
th3 ground upon the back of his nead.
Those acquainted with the young man,
whose home IS near Loyal, in this
slate, say that that he is an idustri-
Gus and exemplary and much SYM
pathy is felt for him in his misfortune
and all earnestly hope for his full and
complete recovery and use of his
limbs.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
METH0D|STS HOLD
QUARTERLY MEETING
Presiding Elder Reynolds in
Charge OF Gathering Here
Last Evening.

Rev.J John Reynolds, D ID. of James
vile, presiding elder of the M. L.
church of this district, is IN the city
and being entertained at the home of
Rev. Nj. l.. EveIsz, pastor OF the
local church. Rev. Reynolds caus to
preside at the hrst quarterly meeting
for the district, which consists of 81
CHURCHES, which meetings, was held
last evening at the parsonage, the
new church edifice not being ready for
occupancy. Rev. Reynolds succeeds
the Rev. McCbesney and his appoint
ment at the last conference was a sur
prise to himself and the pastors IN
this district, but there Is no doubt but
that he will prove an able and success
full presiding elder.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-06
BURGLARS LOOT
BROOKSBY HALL
Residence of Captain David Beatty
Robbed of Jewels and Other
VaIuables Worth $4,000.

London, Dec. 6.-Burglars looted
Brooksby hall in Leicestershire, the
hunting country residence of Captain
David Beatty, who married Ethel, the
daughter of the late Marshall Field of
Chicago.
The burglars made great haul of
jewelry, emptying Mrs. Beatty's jewel
casket and taking, among other things.
a pearl cross worth $4,000, three rings
worth $1,000, a chain of pearls and
diamonds, $4,000; number of jeweled
miniatures, dozens Of rings, brooches,
toilet articles, the total loss being es-
timated at $4,000. Some of the his
torical objects stolen were priceless.