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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
"1aiderdash!"

An Illustration Of the manners OF
critics in bygone days is furnished by
scathing notice once printed concern
ing volume OF Brownings poems. l,
was an early volume. and Browning
was delighted to receive letter from
j. 5. Mill proposing to write a notice
OF them In the Westminster Review
A few days later his expectations were
dashed by hearing from Mr.. Mill tina,
ne could not write the article, as he
had been forestalled by notice which
had appeared In the Westminster Re
View Itself. With palpitating hear,
Browning rushed to his club anc
searched the pages Of the Westnlin.
stcr Review, to find. to his dismay, the
article which had robbed him Of Mr.
Mills notice. 1t was to this effect
"A volume OF poems by Browning
balderdash."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
CONTEST NOTICE

Department of Interior United States Land
Office. Dickinson, North Dakota, May
U.s. l9O8
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Charles B. Rogers,
No. 4l3G made May 22nd, 1906. at the u. S.
Land Office at Dickinson, N. D., for the n "
OF Section 10, Township l35 N, Range l01
w. OF the 5th T.. NJ, by John l.. Reilhart
contestee, in which 1T is alleged that the
said cOntestee has not resided upon and
cultivated said tract of land us by law re-
CURED. That he has totally abandoned the
same and has continuously been absent
therefrom ever since he made entry thereto.
That his absence therefrom was not due to
his employment in the army, navy or ma.
rine corps Of the United States in time Of
war.
That default now exists, said parties are
hereby notified to appear repond and
offer evidence touching said allegation at
10 O'Clock q. M. on Aug. IA 1903, before the
Register and Receiver at the United States
Land Ott1ce In Dickinson, N. ID.
The said contestant having, in O proper
affidavit. filed May Is 1908. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence person.
al service of this notice cannot be made 1t
Is hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper publica-
ton.
$. NJ. FERRIS
ii. Y. BERRY, Register.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Dickinson, N. ID.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
Our Lang. >se Is So Explicit!

Our Lang. >se Is So Explicit!
The tradesman had rendered his bill
waited a month and then wrote:
please, sir, want my bill"
Back came the bill with these words
certainly; here 1t is"
The bill was returned, and in s
month the tradesman again wrote:
Kindly send me the amount of my
BILL"
And the answer came promptly ane
politely:
Certainly; it is $104.26"
The third month the tradesman agar
wrote:
"Will you send me a check for thu
amount of my bill?"
The answer came, with blank, un
signed check:
Certainly; here is the check. have
kept the amount Of your BILL"
The fourth month the tradesma1
wrote:
II want my bill paid"
And the answer came back, Csc
do l."
Then the tradesman gave it up.-La
dies Home Journal.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior. land office ut
dickinson, N. d., June "a. 1908.
Notice is hereby given thnt Abraham Bel
his intention to make final five year proof
in support of his claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 24ls5 made June "a. 1908. for the
sec ho1 49, 11 nSanf ~ S NJ aan hs o
the Register and Receiver, ut Dickinson,
n. d.. on August ii, 1898.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation Of, the land. viz: J. f.. Middle
ton, w. H. Middleton, John l.. Nelson and
Henry Schultebein all Of Sentinel Butte,
". u. :. NJ. FERRIS. Register.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
The Barrel on the Sidewalk.

A barrel stood on the sidewalk, and
dressed !: laborer's clothes and appar
emily was in quandary about how t.
get the barrel to one Of the upper
foers. He scratched his head and pom
dered. and meanwhile a crowd began tt
gather.
"Rig up derrick and hoist it by
hand" suggested one man with clay
pipe in his mouth.
The man beside the barrel made NJ
response.
Get a rope and pulley and hitch {
horse to the rope. That'll get the thins
up in jig Time" suggested another.
The man remained silent
"Why in the dickens doesn't he put l,
ON the temporary elevator and take
up that way?" asked the man with rec
whiskers.
II know better way than that
said the man with patches on hi:
trousers Just rig up boatswain':
outfit, and the thing can be hauled uI
quick as wink"
Suddenly the man beside the barre
took red bandanna handkerchief from
his pocket, wiped his forehead, tool
a chew Of tobacco, put the barrel OF
his shoulder and carried it up to the
second floor
The barrel was empty.-Mnwauke.
Free Press.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF interior. land office at D,,

department. OF interior. land office ut Dick
inson. n. d.. August 4, 1903.
Notice Is hereby given that Otto r. Andres
Of Beach. n. d., has filed notice OF his inten-
ton to make final Communication proof in
No. dOs4 made October l. 1905 for the lots l.
Sand 4nnd NEhNWH. section 80. town
ship az ~. range los w.. and that said
q United State Commissioners. at Beach, n.
d. on September II, 1908.
He names the following witness to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiya-
ton OF. the land. viz: A. Q. Roof, II. r,
knrts. K. BrOnizer and otto krull, ali of
Bench, y. u.
:. NJ. FERRIS,
Register.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

DtpMrtment Of the Interior, land office at
dickinson, N. D.. June "a 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that William H.
Middleton, of Sentinel Butte, n D., has
filed notice Of his intention to make final
five year proof in support Of his claim, viz
Homestead Entry No. 2l9Sl made March
%, 1903 for the seq, Section 4. Township
1873 N. Range los W., and that said proof
will be made before the Register and Re-
ceiver, Mt Dickinson, N. d., on August IA,
1908.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of. the land, viz: w. j. Beir,
Harrison j. Blodget. John l.. Nelson and
Mary Teford all of Sentinel Butte, N. ID.
=. NJ. FERRIS Register.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the interior, land Office

Department of the interior, land office ut
Dickinson. N. d.. August 4, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Johan Reimer,
of Beach, N. d.. has filed notice OF his intell-
tion to make final five year proof in support
of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No.
1885,, made October 10. 1902, for the NEh.
section ~. township l39 n, range los W.,
and that said proof will be made before Geo.
Mcclellan, Il United States Commissioner.
Mt Beach, N. d.. on September 10, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultivn-
ton Of, the land, viz: Walter Penny, David
Schultz, \. b. Kellogg and Frank Heat h all
OF Beach, n. d.
5. NJ. FERRIS,
Register.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

department Of the Interior, Land Office ut
Dickinson. N, d., May Ii. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Ivory =. Blod-
gett of Beach, N. d., has filed notice of his
support of his claim, viz; Homestead Entry
No. 1920 made May -, lMB, for the r. y
NV. a and Lots and 2 Section ~, Town
proof will be made before the Register and
Receiver, at Dickinson, n. d. ON August
~, 1898.
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of the land, viz: Ernest Walker
and w. II. Middleton, OF Sentinel Butte,
n. u. and Clarence Shero and Ole Holror-
son, OF Beach. n. u.
:. NJ. FERRIS Register.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
Hougan' $ Gnf2o1 Shou
@. c. HOUGAN. prop

O. {. HOuGAN, prop
First class tailoring in all it's
branches cleaning, press
ing and repairing done on
short notice. All work
guaranteed satisfactory in
every particular. Reason
able charges.
BEACH, N, d.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
NOTICE.

NOTICE,
United States land office. Dickinson, n, d.
August 3, l9US.
Townships plnts for the following named
townships nave been received In this Office
and the lands covered by same will be open
for entry at the United States land office
ut Dickinson, \. Oak. on September Is, 1905
Township l47 north. range " west.
Township l47 north, range ~ west.
township ~ q las north, range Us west.
Township l4S north. range 50 west
TOwn9hip las north range 81 west.
Township ~ north. range 81 west.
Township l47 & las north, range SO & 90 west.
8. NJ. FERRIS,
Se-4. register
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14

Department of Interior United States Land
Office, Dickinson, North Dakota, May
>,"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
Oyster Shells as Medicine.

Ground oyster shells were given by
the mediaeval doctors to children suf-
ferlns from ricketts, and scrorula. Now
1t appears that they were right The
shells contain lime. nitrogen, iron, sui.
phur. manganese. magnesia, -four, bro.
m1de. phosptloric acid and iodine, all
excellent for feeble children. They say
that il growing children were to take
powdered oyster shells in their food
the teeth would lie fmproved.-Ion
don Answers.
A Vegetarian.
First Deacon--Our new pastor must
lie a vegetarian.
Second Deacm--Why do you think
so?
First DeacOn-TIsere doesn't seem to
he any meat In his sermons.-Phtla-
delphia Ledger.
"When man vents an excuse:" said
Charles Kingsley, ''the, devil will soon
ut him with good one"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-14
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
2ND. DISTRICT.

hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of county commissioner Of the
End. commissioners district, county of Bill
will run independent OF any party, clique
or faction.
JOHN JOHNSTON, Beach, N. u.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

Mrs. C. R. Wheeler and sister, Mrs.
A. r. Campbell of Hepburn, returned
last Friday eve from a long visit in
Portland and other coast cities. They
report a delightful time, with the
weather all that could be desired and
everything favorable for their outing.
The Shoshone delegates to the repub-
lican county convention, elected at the
primaries Monday afternoon, are G. B.
Novinger, W. D. Vredenburgh, o. J.
Brennan, Jerre Purdum, John Hunter,
F. W. Gooding, F. C. Pierce, Paul Had
dock, E. A. Bowler, Gilbert White, Joe
Darrah.
E. D. Smith, Of the Shoshone Land
and Investment Co. made a sale recent
ly of Harvey A. Thomas Carey Act
claim near Gooding. This company has
promising future before it, and has
made no mistake in locating in Shoshone.
The Office will soon be moved into the
room vacated by w. D. Vredenburgh.
0. J. Brennan finished moving into
his new store building the first of the
week. Mr.. Brennan not only occupies
the main part of the first floor but his
goods fill the entire basement. He was
wise in building to make provision for
the addition of a second story and the
chances are that he will conclude to put
it up in the near future.
In connection with their RED Devil"
Portland cement business, the Shoshone
Light & Water Co. have taken in stock
a car of Gypsum plaster, ibered for
first coat and unfibred for second coat
work. This plaster is made by the
Oregon Line and Plaster Co., and is of
AL quality. In the cities Gypsum plas-
ter has almost superseded lime plaster
Builders are requested to call and get
our prices.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25
Lost. Strayed or Stolen.

Lost, strayed or stolen from Gooding
on Sept. 5th, 1908, one team of horses.
One light bay, branded w on right
shoulder, small on left cheek, both
hind feet white, weight about 1900 lbs.
One dark bay, branded Pc on right
shoulder, one hind foot white, weight
about 1000 lbs. Both horses have white
spot in forehead Are thin in flesh.
viii be together. Notify
D. NJ WNTERROwD,
Gooding, Idaho.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25
INTER-M0UNTAIN FAIR
Great Exposition Promised at Boise
October 10 TO "a


hibits in shape and to make final ar
; engagements to attend.
Five thousand dollars will be given
away in premiums on live stock, poul-
try, agricultural, horticultural, mineral
and other products. Eight thousand
dollars in racing purses.
The Idaho Combination Live Stock
Sale Company will hold big sale at
Boise, October 10 to "a.
StrobePs air ship was the winner of
the first prize at the great air ship
races held in st. Louis last year. Stro-
ble's mammoth sailing vessel of the air
/ is the one that will be at Boise during
the exposition. This feature alone will
be worth going to see. The air ship is
one of the most novel, attractive and
educational entertainments that could
be offered. 1t will make two flights
each and every day, weather permitting.
Greatest attraction ever brought to the
Inter-Mountain country. You can't af
ford to miss it.
Go to Boise and see the best fair in
the state. There will be plenty of free
shows and at the same time you will be
given chance to study any particular
branch of industry or art that you may
be especially interested in.
Read these premiums, and send for
the complete premium list. Address
all communications to VIII NJ. Gibson,
Secy. of the Inter Mountain Fair As
ISOLATION, Boise, Idaho.
DIVISION B-Cattle.
First and second prizes for sholthorns,
herefords. holstines, jerseys, Polled-
Angus Bull, 3 yrs. or over, $40 and$5
Bull, 2 yrs. under yrs. $40 and S.
Bull, yr. under yrs. $40 and S..
Bull under yr. S. and 81. So
Cow, 3 yrs. or over, $40 and So.
Heifer, 2 yrs. under yrs. SO, s..
Heifer under yr, S., $3.50.
Exhibitors herd-Q bull 2 yrs or
over, cow 3 yrs. or over, heifer q
yrs. under yrs, heifer l yr under
2 yrs, heifer under yr.) $3.50 and
ribbon.
Breeders young herd Il bull under !
2 yrs, heifers under yrs, all except |
bull to be bred by exhibitor $3.50 and ,
ribbon.
Championship bull, any age, $40 and
ribbon.
Championship COW or heifer, any age,
$40 and ribbon.
Cow producing greatest amount of
butter fat, $40, ribbon.
DIVISION C-Sheep.
Cotswolds, Merinos -Delaine, Ram
bouletts, Lincolns, Shropshires, Hamp-
shires, Oxford Downs, Leicesters,
grades and cross breeds.
Ram, , yrs. or over, s., 50.
Ram, yr. under yrs. S., 50.
Eve, ? yrs. or over, s., So.
Eve, yr. under 2 yrs. s.. 50.
Pen, lambs, get l ram, So, 50.
Sweepstakes-Pure bred q ram,
yves, any age,) $40, s..
Long wool q ram, 5 ewes, any age |
Mutton Il ram, ewes, any age) $40,
IS.
Angora Goats: Ram, yrs. or over,
IS, SO.
Ram, yr. under yrs. s., 50.
Doe, 2 yrs. or over, s., So.
Doe, yr under yrs. S., So.
Pen, kids, get l ram, s., SO.
Special rates on all railroads to the
Jig fair. Don't forget the date, Oct.
9 to oath. inclusive. |
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

Word comes from Rev C. A. Var
mum, at Jerome, that he expects to
have his new house up this week. His
brother arrived from Denver last Fri
day and in connection with a carpenter
from Jerome, the three are making
things fly around the new dwelling.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

A stray COW was so unfortunate as to
break through the rotton covering of a
deserted cistern in the southeastern
part of town last Tuesday and suffered
injuries that determined her owner to
kill her. 1t required lot of work to
hoist the body out.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

R. ]. Mcmahon went to Boise, Tues
dav evening to attend the Idaho State
Baptist Convention, in that city. that
convened Wednesday and held two
DAVIS. He also will attend the South
Idaho Baptist Association that conven-
es in Eagle, just outside of Boise, and
continues in session Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Mr.. Mcmahon takes a
keen delight in these gathering that
promote the spiritual growth of the
individual and make for the betterment
of the people as a whole.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

Jerome, Sept. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
as

the Washington departments, who, while
they have more tact and don't put them
selves in the way of getting rebukes by
expressing their sentiments indiscrimi-
nately, nevertheless take a singularly
selfish and heartlesS view with respect
to the old clerks. l often overhear their
soto voce insinuations about their eld
ers in the service. and | have observed
that the fellows who are not particularly
noted for their competency are the ones
who do most of the talking about the
old fogies standing in the way of etfi-
cient clerks promotion
'All of these various sorts of people,
including the younger clerks, who appear
to be not only wiling but eager to see the
old clerks tossed into the discard. over
look any number of important facts in
arriving at this singularly ugly. selfish
and narrow state OF mind. For one most
important thing, they quite forget the
fact that the old clerks have passed
through two periods of Immensely hard
work-work so arduous that it killed ID
good many of them and disqualified good
many others. For example. | entered the
departmental service in 1859, when the
departments were still in a great state of
confusion owing to the civil war. The
process of reorganiZing the departmental
systems was just then about beginning,
and it lasted for many years. l. along
with scores of old-timers, got caught in
that tremendous vortex of hard work,
and l often think. in these years, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07

if I had devoted the same amount of
energy, of unremitti1g toll, to some pri-
vate business as | devoted to the govern
ment during those years, / would not
now be in state of disquietude over all
of these measures that are constantly
popping up for the perturbation Of the old
timers. Again. when the Spanish Ameri-
can war broke out. ten years ago, the
old-timers were right on the job. NThey
kept up with the procession. They worked
long overtime hours and often on Sun
days. They refused to permit themselves
TO be outdone by the younger clerks.
They were not only willing to work in
the emergency, they were avid for work
Many of them. old friends of mine, worked
so hard and SO unren1ittingly during that
confused period that they took to their
beds and died from plain exhaustion.
Is no credit to be given to the old clerks
who went through these two difficult
periods without even dreaming of laying
down?
Il like to think that these young chaps
who are so liberal with their offside re-
marks about the old clerks being 'nui-
sances' and 'barnaces' are merely talking
that way out of thoughtlessness. 1t can't
be possible that they would shoot off
their mouths the way some of them do
if they really knew what the great ma
jority of the old clerks have been through
since they first buckled down to their
government work away back in the flown
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
OFFSIDE REMARKS ABOUT THE OLD CLERKS

fellows who hold down desks in the de-
partments.
THE subject of that recent measure to
put the old clerks out of the game hap
pered to come up during the progress of
the dinner. Nobody at the table became
particularly violent about it. A couple
of the women said they thought the
measure was a shame. Two or three out
siders, people, / mean. who don't work
in the departments. said the same thing.
All of the old clerks. however, just went
ahead and ate and said nothing.
Then one of the young clerks bulged
in. He was one of these argumentative
young fellows who seemed to be in love
with the sound of his own voice. He
was entitled to his opinion, of course;
yet it would seem that he didn't show
any great amount of taSt taste in ex-
pressing the view he did about the mat
ter, considering the number of us old
timers who We're sitting around the board.
He opined that the people at the Cap
itol who We're framing measures for the
doing away with the old clerks knew
what they were about. He himself. he
said knew a whole lot of old clerks who
didn't earn one-haf or one-quarter of the
pa" the government dished out to them.
They were just pensioners that's what
they were-he said. They just hung
around and hung around. keeping people
tina, knew how to do the work (meaning
do doubt. himself among the others) out
OF the decent jobs. OF course, he gener-
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*

obscurity and squalor. Now just be-
cause these good things have come your
way, you have the impudence and bad
manners to sit here at a table where
there are five or six government men who
are nearly three times as old as you are
and who have given their lives to the
service that you're yet a pup at, who
have raised families. who. nearly half a
century ago, packed muskets around this
country in defense of the government
that feeds you and that has made you
from cracker into an upstart-you have
the COMPOUNDED gall l say, to sit there
and tell these men, including myself. that
our work for the government isn't worth
d|n that we're taking wages on false
pretenses. that we're barnacles on the
departmental system and that you con-
slider the legislative measures that con-
template throwing us into the street are
all right and proper! You're cheap
breed of selfish whelp, my little man. and
I leave it to any impartial person at this
table If, in thus denominating you, l am
not right
"a positive salvo of handclapping from
everybody at the table except the dis
comfited youngster greeted my old friend S
outburst-it wasn't really an outburst,
though, for it was delivered in such
quiet, uneXcited tone-and the tactlesS
young man got up and left the table and.
1 understand, moved out Of that boarding
house on the following morning.
There are plenty of younger clerks In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07

Six years. airily replied the young
ster
That's right-six years said my old
friend, in a quiet tone that yet, to me.
had an ominous ring in it. You came to
Washington six years ago from miser-
able; God-forsaken little town in West
Virginia, where you never knew you were
alive and only wore a billed shirt on Sun
days. You had passed some kind of a
little high-School-kid civil service exam
nation, and you had the luck to get an
appointment, and you came along here
with $500 year in sight on the dead
lope-you had never heard of so much
money AS that in your whole life before.
You got into. by mere luck, a bureau
that was in process of reorganization,
and that gradually expanded into big
tning, and your promotion was not mat
ter of merit of brains. but simply of
circumstances-you simply had to go
along with the bureau that was expand
ing. Now. at the age of twenty-five or
six, you re getting eighteen hundred dol
lars year. A couple of years after get
ting here you entered a law school and
got a sort of education in law-at least
you got sheepskin-out of the wages
that the government handed you. You've
lived in more comfort than you ever
dreamed of on government money. You d
probably be working in livery stable in
that miserable little West Virginia town
at this hour If the government hadn't
come along and rescued you from your