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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-27
ruE WEATHER.

Showers and colder tonight; Tues
day generally fair and much colder.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-27

ALL THE LATEST TPLIs-
GRAPHIC NEWS BY THE
HEARST MEMS SERVICE.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

That VIM. H. Taft will be the
next president of the United States
seems very likely at the present
time, as it will take little less than
landslide for Bryan to defeat
him. No man in recent years has
aspired to the presidency who has
been so we'll equipped for the office
by past experience as is Mr.. Taft.
He has served in practically all the
branches of the government service
and has thereby come to know the
needs of the country better than
any other citizen. The same can
hardly be said Of his opponent.
Mr.. Bryan has been chasing the
presidency so long and making so
many different stands on public
questions that his stability has
always been seriously questioned
by thinking voters.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
v. Lon J0hnsOn's Election Assured

Reports from all sections Of the
county indicate that w. Lon John
son will be elected county clerk Of
this county by an overwhelming
majority. Johnson's majority in
the primary was large enough to
indicate beyond a question OF a
doubt as to who would be the next
county clerk.
Mr.. Johnson's campaign has
been conducted in an exceptionally
fair and proper manner to all par
ties concerned, as is shown by the
effective work now being done in
his behalf by Mr.. Hunt, who was
his opponent in the primary. The
returns of the general election will
completely demonstrate that just
such men are needed and wanted
in public office.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

The election of Taft means a re-
turn to the prosperous times which
preceded the late financial furry.
Many scout the idea that such will
be the case, and claim that no ma
terial difference will be detected,
whichever wins the race. Taft's
whole career has been such as to
inspire confidence in the man. He
has never flown off at tangent,
but has steadfastly worked along
conservative lines, and it is but
natural to expect that his election
would mean a restoration of the
confidence which is so sadly lack.
ing at the present time.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
I. S. Land Office, Spokane, Wash,

Department Of the INTERIOR
L. S. Lana Office, Spokane, Wash,
October 3. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that George Schmitt,
OF Penrith. Wash, who. on March 3, 1904. made
homestead d entry sa y No 16o1 Sl5 for SEA
has filed notice OF intention to make final five
year proof to establish claim
TO the land above described,
before Sidney W. Rogers. q. S. Commissioner
for the Eastern District OF Washington at New
port, Wash, on the 9th day of December, 1908.
Claimant names witnesses: Joseph
Buechel. of Penrith, Wash. Wilhelm Mitchell,
of Scotia, Wash. Charles Hoppe, OF Penrith,
Wash. John Jore, of Scotia, Wash.
10-l5 Ills HAL J. COLE. Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
Land Office SDOkana Wash

DPOKHHe, ISL,
August %. 1905.
of Odessa, Wash, who, on August %, 1908, made
timber and stone application No. O78l, for the
VIZ seq OF Section rs, Township SO
OF Intention to make final cash proof to
establish claim to the land above describ-
ed, before the Register and Receiver
q. S. Land Office, at Spokane, Wash, on the
18th day OF November, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Joseph r.
Jilek, of Spokane, Wash. s. B. Smith, OF Gu
sick, Wash; James Trejbal and Frank J. Svo-
boda, of Odessa, Wash.
$40 HIP Hal ]. COLE, Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

Republicans should vote for a
Republican representative to insure
the election of Wesley L. Jones as
United States senator from this
state. Henry R. Spedden, of Col
Vile, is candidate worthy the
support of all Republicans. He
has been active in business in this
county. and his experience in the
abstract business at the county
seat has brought to him knowl-
edge of the needs of the county in
the way of legislation. A vote for
Spedden is cast for a worthy young
man one who will ably represent
the county.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
and Office at SnOkaDo WoShip


Land Office at Spokane, Washington,
Sept. Is, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Silas A. Williams,
OF Locke, Wash.,- who, on August S, 1903,
made Homestead Entry No. 1880 (O939) for
the sW14, Sec. 8. Twp. 3d. N.,R. Al E. w. M, has
year proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before Sidney w. Rogers, u. s. Com
missioner for the Eastern District of Wash
lngton at Newport, Wash, on the 18th day of
November, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Felix LeClerc,
Arson LeClerc and Robert D. Dow, of Locke,
Wash George Kreiger, OF Newport, Wash.
9-24 1929 HAIL. COLE Register
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

The surplus of freight cars is
continually diminishing. In the
period from Sept. Is to Sept. 80,
according to official figures, the
number of idle freight cars was
decreased by 40,0o0-summoned to
meet the demands Of reviving bust
ness. On Sept. 80 the total num-
Der of idle freight cars was only
1868, as compared with 413, 1888
last April. In the month of Sep
TENDER alone nearly 100000 of the
idle cars were returned to service
while during all of May, June, July
and August only 10000 were
taken from the sidetracks.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior
US. Land Office at Occur d'Aiene. idaho
Notice is hereby given that william Fl. Lemlev.
OF Priest River, Idaho. who. on Nov.3, 1908
made homestead entry No. 1870. for the
E}a SEA, Nw14 seq and NEA swL of Sec.
ton Il, Township Sc North, Range w. BIN.
has filed notice of intention to make final
hve-year proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Ignatz We'll. u, q
commissioner, at Standpoint, Idaho, on the 5th
day of November, 1905
Claimant names as witnesses: H. L. Graves
and Bert Warren, of Laclede, Idaho; Nels AL
berts and Joshua E. Peterkin, of Priest River,
Idaho
9-24 1929 r. N. DUNN, Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

Democrats have discovered a lot
of things in this campaign except
reasons why any man who voted
for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
should vote for Bryan in 1908.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

The office of sheriff is one of the
most important within the gift of
the voters of this county, and for
this position the Republicans have
named honest Tom Turk, of Che
welah. There are, perhaps, few
better known men in the comfy
than Mr.. Turk, as is evidenced by
the splendid vote given him in the
primary election. when he won out
in a five-cornered race over an ex-
sheriff and other particularly strong
opponents. Mr.. Turk is a man
qualified both by training and by
nature for the many arduous duties
of the sheriff's Office, and you will
make no mistake fin giving him on
election day your support and vote
for that position.-Springdale Re-
former.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
Corner 3rd and Union Av.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
t"t 01dCau Oh IlG IIILtIIUT,
Land Office at Spokane. Wash

Land Office at Spokane, Wash
October II. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that William c. Sling.
Q: Camden. Wash, who, on Oct Is, 1902, made
homestead entry No. 1855 [0l2l9] for the
swA of Section 50, Township 80 N, R. 45
". NJ. has filed notice of intention to make
final fve-year proof, to establish claim to the
lana above described, before Sidney w. Rogers,
y: 5. Commissioner for the Eastern District of
Washington, at Newport, Wash, on the 9th
dav of December, 1905
Claimant names as witnesses: John Thomas,
Dee DeCOursey Mons Thulon and Andrew
Carlson, all of Camden, Wash.
1922 ll-26 Hal j. Cole. Register
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

County Engineer Vim. NJ. Man.
ming is an aspirant for a second
term in the office and is the Re-
publican nominee. Mr.. Manning
has endeavored to faithfully dis
charge the duties of his position,
and no good reason has been adj
vanced by the opposing party to
cause his defeat.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

Charles Adams, present county
treasurer and Republican nominee
for another term, is one of the best
known men in Stevens county.
His Office has been conducted in
such manner that nothing has
been said during this campaign
against his official conduct. That
he will be reelected by large ma
jority seems as certain as any po-
litical event can be. The people of
the county recognize in him a
faithful public servant and as such
will reward his service.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
department of the Interior
Land Off;oo q Z Crol~o~o W. =,

Department of the Interior
Land Office at Spokane Wash.
No.; Sept. 8. 190S
Notice is hereby given that Felix LeClerc.
OF Locke, Wash, who, on Sept 8, 1908, made
sworn statement No. OS59, for NwL of
sec; 3, Twp "a, N. R. Al E. W. NJ, has fled
establish claim to the land above described
Use the Register and Receiver, u 8. Land
OUl n, at spokane, WASH, ON the 18th day of
Cialma1nt names as witnesses: Sy Williams
ana Robert Dow, of Locke, Wash; George
Wash. "a A0|Ae'
9-lo LIZ HAL J. COLE, Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

That L. E. Joseph, Republican
candidate for county auditor, is
thoroughly posted on the duties Of
the office and is capable of filling
the position, no one disputes. He
has served as deputy auditor during
the term of the present auditor,
and has acquired "a working knowl-
edge of the office which cannot fail
to be of service to both him and the
county in the event of his election.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

q. W. So IHERLAND,
of Newport, Republican nominee
for the office of commissioner for
the Third district. An experienced
business man whose motto is
Bring Public Business to Bust
ness Basis"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior,
U. s. Land Office, Spokane, Wash.
No.. October 8. 1908.
Notlce is hereby given that Augusta Simpson.
OF Spokane, Washington. who. On Oct 2 1o0e
mace so timber and stone sworn statement, No
giiol, 1or NJ SCI. Section "a, Township SO N,
Range "A, E. W. NJ, has filed notice of inten.
claim to the land above described, before the
register and Receiver. U. s. Land Office, spo-
K saan wash, on the 22nd day of December,
Claimant names as witnesses: T. H Toll.
!HeIsen,J. f.: Congleton, o. Simpson and M. T.
Devereau, all OF Spokane, Wash
o-olz-Io Hal j. Cole. Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
JUDGE MILES POINDEXTER,

JUDGE MILES PoINDExTER,
Republican nominee for congress
from the Third district of Wash
ington. An able jurist, alive to
the needs of the state, and we'll
fitted for the Office.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

of New York.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Congress, First District,
W. HUMPHREY.
For Congress, Second District,
+. W. CUSHMAN.
For Congressman Third District,
MILES POINDExTER,
OF Spokane.
For Governor
g. G. COsGROVE,
of PoHieroy.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ME.HAY
Secretary of State.
SAM NICHOLS.
Treasurer,
J. g. LEWIS.
Auditor,
c. w. CLAUSEN.
Attorney General,
W. P. BELL.
Commissioner Of Public Lands,
E.W. ROSS,
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction,
HENRY 3. DEWEY.
Insurance Commissioned,
J.H. SCHIVELN.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
Legislature,
HENRY K. SPEDDES,
R. A. THAYER.
Both of Colvllle.
for Sheriff,
TJ.TURK,
OF Chewelah.
For CLERK.
W LON JOHNSON,
ofCheweIah.
For Auditor.
L. E. JESSEPH,
of Colyille.
For Treasurer,
CHARLES ADAMS,
OF Loon Lake.
For Attorney.
H.G. KIRKPATRICK,
of Colville.
For Assessor,
F.F BOTTORF,
of Rice.
For County Superintendent
NAY 7. NOBLE,
OF Dunn,
For Engineer,
". NJ. MANNING.
of Colville.
For Coroner.
A. COOK,
For Commissioner First District
W. w BRYANT,
For Commissioner Third District,
w. SUTHERLAND.
BONNER COUNTY REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
State Senator,
W. whitaker,
of Standpoint
Representatives,
H. NJ sANBORN OF Cocolalla,
PAUL GLADSTONE, OF Clagstone.
Sheriff.
ANDREW A. MERRITT,
of Valley.
Treasurer,
ANDREW CHRISTENSEN.
of Laelede,
Assessor,
Wv. Won CANNON,
of Laclede
Superintendent OF Schools,
J. w. RAMSEY,
OF kOOteQal
County Attorney,
PETER JOHNSON,
Of Standpoint.
Probate Judge,
o.. BANDELIN,
OF Boners Ferry.
Surveyor,
J. X. ASHLEY, JR.,
of Standpoint.
Coroner,
DR., WILLIAM KNAPP,
Of Hope.
Commissioners,
First:dtstrict, TOM C. BELL, OF Standpoint.
Second district, J. C. FINSTAD, OF Priest River
Third district, MARTIN PETERSON, OF Bon
ners Ferry.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
coAobASat
DR., WILLIAM KNAPP,
Commissioners,

First:dtstrict, TOM C. BELL, OF Standpoint.
Second district, J. C. FINSTAD, OF Priest River.
Third district, MARTIN PETERSON, OF Bon
ners Ferry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
PARASITES THAT PREY.
Many Ways in Which Corporations
Are BIed.

Many Ways in Which Corporations
Are BIed.
The general public has small idea
of the extent to which public service
companies, railways, insurance COM
panies and municipalities are preyed
upon by grafters in all sorts of cum
ming guises. The CJmmonest means
employed is by manufacturing dam
age suits and claims of varied de-
scriptions. A great many of these
processes have a shred Or two of fact
at the bottom, which in the hands Of
shyster lawyers, crooked doctors and
professional claimants are converted
into plausible demands for thousands
and even tens of thousands of dollars.
Not long ago the officers of public
utility companies and the city officials
got together in Chicago and discussed
ways and means for curbing the oper-
atiOns of these grafters. The cOmpan-
les agreed to help the city and the
city agreed to help the companies to
engage a common and expensive foe
IlLOi - dung Vic SohIS iIAlS nave g
Gently been made in Philadelphia
where an anti-gTaft bureau has been
formed by more than twenty Of the
largest public utility, insurance, rail
road and other corporations. This
organization, to be known as the Phil
adelphia Index Bureau, has for its OBJ
ject the exchange of information re-
garding the grafters and their meth
DDS It's work will begin at once and
it is hoped that organized protection
will greatly minimize the operations
of a class whose members ought to
be serving penitentiary sentences.
It is not to express pity for the pri-
vate and municipal corporations that
attention is called to this highly mod
ernized form of robbery. We desire
simply to remark upon one Of the
costly difficulties that confront the
corporations. Many quite innocent
persons are drawn into dishonOrabl6
schemes of this kind by the shysters
and quacks, prosecuting their bust
ness under the nantes Of respected
and eminent professions. These peo-
pie have reduced the practice to a
fine art and have fattened on the sen
sational attacks upon the malicious
Misrepresentation Of corporations dur
ing the last few years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT..

1t is established beyond question
that a horse can be brought up and
worked more than ordinary horses ON
milk. Furthermore, Az0te reached his
maximum weight and development,
one thousand and twelve pounds, in
the unprecedented time of eighteen
months and ten days or an average
of over one and one half pounds per
day.
Ordinary horses take two and one
half years to reach their full weight
development and their average gain
per day is less than one pound. An
other astonishing fact, and one of
which he is the only living example,
is that he had all his three-year-old
teeth when he was two years and two
months 1t would seem that the day
when the wise ones could tell the age
Of a horse by looking in his mouth
is past. Now the ordinary horse does
not reach his full power, that IS the
maximum of what he can do upon the
track, until he is four or five years
old All the best prizes are offered
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30

and gold. Our coinage to date has
| been sporadic, unsatisfying and foot
! less in an artistic and legendary
sense. With the exception OF the few
early coins bearing a likeness of
| Washington, we have no national
mintage immOrtalizing the features
| or perpetuating the rule of our presi-
dents Our postage stamps and paper
currency constitute a great art gal
lery of every name and cOuntenance
familiar to United States history,
while our coins have borne naught
but foreign looking maidens and i'll
prOpOrtiOned birds. Paper money and
postage stamps are, by their very
nature, ephemeral, but metal coins
are enduring.
In all seriousness the plea for a
new coinage, preferably in the stand
ard metal and of low denomination
is here made, a coinage which shall
give us with accuracy and art the pro-
files Of our great and glorious dead
Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant,
Garfield. Perhaps American precedent
anu pIdClICe III SuCD JaBl0P rs
might be waived for once and the
first Of the new coins stamped with a
likeness Of Theodore Roosevelt There
might be partisan objection to this,
however, although the fact is patent
that he always will remain one of the
presidents of the United States, and
as such must be recorded in history
The coins of every country boasting
its own currency have upon them the
counterfeit presentments Of their
chief figures, and surely the worlds
foremost nation in commerce and the
art Of making money, should, before
much longer lapse of time. have
some token of its place and power in
the field Of civilization more Individ-
al, more concrete, more inherently
and intrinsicaIly national than
series of uncomfortable lady Lib
critics" backed up by miscellany of
shooting stars or an aviary of eagles
whose taIons are eternally enmeshed
in useless darts and nondescript herb
age-Perriton Maxwell in the Bohe-
milan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
A CHEAP VACATION.

w. L. Dudley, in Metropolitan Mag
aZine.-By way of contrast. VIII now
mpntiOn the case of an acquaintance
whose vacation is limited to a short
two weeks, and for whom extended
cruising is out of the question. At
the beginning of the season he loaded
his family and a camping outfit into
a small open launch and ran dow.I
the Jersey coast to Barnegat Bay,
stopping over night inside Sandy Hook
Arriving at Barnegat, the tent was
set up and the family, which included
three active young lads, practically
spent their summer in the boat, the
father coming down by train over
Sunday and for his two weeks vaca-
ton in August. At the end of the
summer the faithful motor boat car
ried sturdy and sun-browned fam
lily back to the city. And as for the
expense, he said he was ashamed &c
tell me how small it was.
Motor boat cruising is slower than
travelling by automobile or rail, but
it is immeasurably superior in every
other respect, being more comfort
able, Independent and cheaper. The
automobile not only suffers from
poor and dusty roads, but he is at
the mercy of country cOnstableS, and
extortiOnate innkeepers and supply
men from the beginning to the end of
his trip The tourist by rail has even
less liberty of action, and is equal
game for the hotelkeeper. The motor
boat man, on the other hand, carries
his home with him, and is dependent
upon no one His motor, strong and
smpOth-runn:ng is little liable to
break down, and he carries an ample
supply of parts to overcome any
trifing arrangement; and aside from
all questions of comfort and conVen-
fence, his mode of transportation IS
the most inexpensive the world has
yet seen and is about to be still fur
Their cheapened by the perfection of
the machinery with which he may
generate his gas from coal, instead Of
purchasing it in a dangerous liquid
form. These gas producers, as they
are called, have a READY been success
fully adapted to marine use, and
their general adoption for large
launches, say forty feet or upward,
is only a question Of a short time Is
it any wonder that there are several
times as many motor boats as auto
mobiles in the country, and that
boat shops throughout the land are
taxed to their utmost capacity to
meet the demand for the popular
craft?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
Sunuestions for Better Coins.

Perhaps the making of a great
coin is like the writing of q great
poem, or the formulation of a great
law-it must have its birth in some
large national event, some fercely
heroic deed, or some keenly felt ma
tionaI desire. In Roman days events
like the conquering of Egypt and the
taking of Gaul were commemorated
bv the minting Of new coin wherein
the story was briefly told. The whole
history OF the English people is mar
rated in the coinage OF Great Britain
from Edward the Confessor to Edward
the sportsman. Why, therefore, should
not the American nation take unto
itself the wholesome, if ingenious,
system OF writing contemporaneous
history in symbols Of silver, copper,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
He Did Not Say 1t.
To be continued.

There is an old story that when
some one told President Lincoln that
General Grant was in the habit OF
drinking whiskey, the president
quickly answered, Tell me the brand,
and I'll send a Darrell to each Of the
other generals" The period of the
story was the time when Grant was
winning the victories in Belmont,
Fort Henry and Fort DOnnelson. AS a
matter of fact, the who e thing is u
fabrication; it is part Of an account
of an imaginary banquet at Delmon-
icos, in New York, written by Miles
OReiIly (CharIes G. Halpine) in
1862. The point was so well made,
that the story was repeated all over
the country, until people soon began
to believe it genuine, and there are,
no doubt, thousands of people today
that believe so. Mr.. Halp.ne may
have borrowed the idea from a story
that is told of King George II. Of
England When some one told him
that General Wolfe the conQueror
of Quebec, it will be remembered
was mad, the king said, is he? Then
l wish he wou'd bite some Of my 9th
er generals"