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The silver messenger., 1908-04-07

Friday, April oath, is Arbor
Day.
W. D. Hallaran wife came over
from May Friday last.
Assessor Ewing returned to
Challis Friday evening.
Full line of new spring millin-
cry at Mrs. Waddleton's.
The County Board meets in
regular session next Monday.
Small Bros. and Arthur Nc
Gown are taking their cattle to
the summer range at Stanley.
Born-At st. Marks Hospital,
Salt Lake, to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Dunn, of May, a daughter on
March 14th, 1908.
Mrs. Joseph Rodgers and Mrs.
M. NJ. Sweet visited at Salmon
City last week, returning to
Challis last evening.
Clerk Henderson Thursday is
sued a marriage license to Mr..
Clement B. Adams and Mrs. Lur-
ena Manfuff, both of Cow creek.
DR.. Bert Arthur, the Mackay
dentist, is in town, and his Office
is located at the drug store. He
| will remain this week. Give him
a call. Work guaranteed.
Found-In Challis a gold stick
pin with engraved IF. c." Own
er can have same by calling a
this office, proving property ant
paying for this advertisement.
Mr.. Frank M. Means and Mrs
Rosetta Sage were married a
: Carmen, Idaho. The groom i
, probably the Frank M. Mean
! who used to live in Custer coun
ty. He is now postmaster an
runs a store at Carmen.
: Agents Wanted !--16x20 cray
: on portraits 40 cents, frames l
cents and up, sheet pictures on
| cent each. You can make 4C
\ per cent profit or $500 pc
week. Catalogue and Sample
free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS GO
1908 W. Taylor St., Chicago, Il
It is reported that Mrs. Mair
has resigned as County Superi
tendent and also her school
Mackay, and will join her hu
band who is at Weiser. III
s Commissioners will be called
appoint a new County Super
tendent at their session tn
meeting.
Tell me. We winged winds tn
around my pathway roar, DO
not know some quiet spot whe
. wives clean house no more; sor
lone. sequestered dale, some
land. ocean -girt, where life
NOT one ceaseless war with co
webs and with dirt; where on
" natures carpet spreads benea
their tired feet, and wretch
- men are ne'er compelled its e'
erald folds to beat ? The oree
famed my heated face and sa
\ "Beat on. There's no su
7
place"
The decision of the supre'
! court in the case of Bismark G(
Mining Co. VS.. North Sunoe'
! Gold Mining Co., which was 81
1 back to the district court
I a new trial, will probably not
Z heard this session. The supre
4 court said, IAN ordinary mil
! or prosrector was not expec
J to be much of hand at del
I and direction from objects
! locating ground; the chief tn
J being evidence of good faith
The silver messenger., 1908-04-07
9 :.

her and Fisherman IS
Main street, Challis,
'can drop in and get
\ the tonsorial line you
u for. Thunder Mt.
specially.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

ductions from various salaries to a set of tables,
 In order to provide the fund from which to pay the proposed annuity of Is per cent of the employees salary for each year of service, a deduction should be made from the monthly salary of the employe, which will be sufficient with interest at four per cent, to purchase such annuity on arrival of the employe at the age of 70. T}s sounds complex when stated in the abstract, but in practice the operation is simple. In the above illus tration it was found that the annuity to/be provided for at 70 was $500 per year for the remainder of the em- ploye's life. The next step Is to ascer- tain the cost of an annuity of $500 for life beginning at the age of 70. The cost of an annuity is based, on the
 probable length of life from given age, and interest at given rate on the purchase price. The amount charged by insurance companies for an annuity of slO0 on the non -partici- pating plan. beginning at 70, is s742. Therefore, the annuity of s900 desired in this illustration would cost nine times s742, or $6,67s The cost of this annuity being ascertain, the next step is to determine what sum must be set aside month"; to accumulate, with four per cent interest, s6,67S during the employees 50 years of service from 20 to 70 By reference 10 an interest table it will he seen that a deposit of s1 per month for 50 years, with inter- est compounded annually at four per cent amounts to S1.S71.4S. The num- Der of dollars per month that would be necessary to accumulate S6.67S is ascertained by dividing s6.61S by s1,- S714s This gives s3.57 as the amount to be deducted from a salary of s100
 per month for a service of 50 years,
 in order to accumulate ss,67s, which is sufficient to purchase annuity of $500 per annum beginning at the age of 70 yearg. The amounts deducted
 from salaries will vary with the age
 of entering the service, and with the
 amount of the salary. Deductions do not increase with age, but only With 1 the increase of salary.
 The question naturally arises. how much will the adoption of this plan cost the government? From the time of the passage of such a law all em- pioy-es would begin to provide for themselves, SD that ultimately the plan
 would be no expense 10 the goverh-
 ment beyond the payment of salaries
 to the necessary clerical force to han j dle the accounts. and the payment of interest for the use of the funds.
 In the meantime. however. the gov 1 eTnment would have to take care of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
NEW PATENTS.

List of Patents issued from the |. s. Patent Office, Tuesday. February 25. 1908. for the State Of Connec- ticut. furnished us from the office of Seymour & Earle, solicitors of patents. s6s Chapel street, New Haven, Conn.
 ]. Corzilius. South Manchester, as- signor to Ellsworth & Co. warp stop motion for looms.
 R. H. Foley, Mystic; shade and cur tain bracket.
 j. Godfrey. assigncr to Compressed Paper Box Co, Bridgeport; paste board-box
 ]. R. Halloran. New Britain; appar- atus for cooling and dispensing bev- erages.
 H. Hill. Greenwich. assignor to Darcy & Speck; amusement appara- tus.
 H. Horsfal. ass signor to Salts Tex tile Mfg. Co. Bridgeport; warp stop motion for looms.
 E \. Humphrey. aSsignor to Traut & Bine Mfg Co., New Britain: buckle.
 H. P. Maxim, Hartford. silent fire arm.
 J. A. Murray. New Haven. assignor to Seamless Rubber Co: surgical pad.
 H. L. Thompson. Waterbury; wire drawing machine
 N. A Wood, Ansonia, assignor to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

eral delivery department of the post office; and Albert T. Candee, stamp clerk
 The bill is called "A Bill for the Retirement of Employes in the Classi- fled Civil Service of the Government" It provides that every employe to whom the bill shall apply shall be entitled on reaching the retirement age to retire from the service, and also in addition to the annuity pro- vided for, to receive from the United States during the remainder of his life an annuity equal to one per cent for Group 1. one and one-fourth per cent for Group 2, and one and one-half per cent for Group 2, of his average sal ary, pay or compensation during the last ten years of service, for every year that he shall have been in the service prior to the passage of this Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay such annuity quarterly from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon proper certification of the retirement of such employe by the appointing officer under whom he last served. Annuities from the United States for the period of service prior to the passage of this Act shall be payable only on condition that the en- ploye remains in the service until he reaches the age of retirement. or af- ter having served the United States twenty years he is retired by reason of disability not due to vicious hahits or by reason of exigencies of service. but without fault or delinquency on his part
 It is proposed to pay every emplove in the civil service on arriving at the age of 70 years an anuity equal to : per cent. of his pay for every year of service. For the purpose of ilnlstra- ton assume that an emplove entered the service at 20 years of age. and re- ceived 8 salary of s1.20O per annum through 50 years. when he reached the retiring age of 70. One and one half per cent. of s1.20O is SIS This amount (s1S) multiplied by his wears of service (50D gives $500. which would he the amount of his annuity for the remainder of his life. In ac- tual practice, the employees compen- sation is usually increased from time to time, or may be reduced. but this does not interfere with the operation of the plan, for the deductions from his salary are increased or diminished in such amount that the annuity up- on retirement will still be Is per cent of his salary for each year of service regardless of changes in salary or when they are made This is z eimple calculation, easily understood, and is further simplif1ed b. reducing the de.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
CIVIL SERVICE BILL Collector Wallace Foote of the Postoffice in the Service
 Since 1869.
OTHERS WHO MAY BENEFIT
Explanation of the Working Plan of the Superannuation Bill 
 For Civil Service.

The Journal-Courier told yesterday of the effect that the proposed super annuation bill which is fathered by President Roosevelt and which has been reported to favorably by the Keep Commission and which is ex- pected to pass the federal legislative body will have in New Haven. The bill proposes a pension for men who have been in the civil service ranks for a certain length of time The age at which they will be retired is set forth thus in the bill as now before congress-:
 The retirement age herein referred to, shall be sixty years for Group 1, sixty-five years for Group 2, and sev- enty years for Group ,. And the Pres ident of the United States shall desig- nate the branches of the service to be included in each group.
 The groups will depend on the char acter of the work required of the men. Thus railroad mail service clerk will be retired at an earlier age than one who works in postoffice. it being supposed that his risk is greater and the character of his work more wear ing.
 Among the employees of the civil service in New Haven the following will be effected by the bill when it is
 
 near future. Nathan Easterbrook. dep uty collector of the port; Wallace Foete, collector of the postoffice. who has been in the service since 1862: Edward Coe. assistant collector of the port; Frederick C. Upson. letter car rier: William s Hein. of the register ed letter department; William T Hayes. chief clerk in the stamp de- partment; W H Moore, of the gen.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

ly by the time a ire company arrived that the firemen were helpless. There have been many instances where alarms from different parts of the city have come within half a minute of each other,
 Another defect, but not so vital a one, Is that when box is pulled an alarm sounds in every engine house in the city as well as at the central station. This means that box pull ed in Fair Haven will ring in No. 9's house on Ellsworth avenue; thus, an alarm at night wakens every fireman in the city. In a modern system the alaim is sounded in the central sta tion and Is repeated to the fire houses in the fire district in which that box in the other houses is made cognizant of fire by buzzer and the other men are not reused.
 The local fire alarm system of 225 boxes, 217 key boxes and the eight keyless ones in the business district, has been the object of very thorough examination on the part of the com mittee of six of the National Board of Underwriters, which has been inves tigating the systems throughout the country. And the investigation here is by no means over. 1t is said they will recommend that this city put in an up- date system, and have it located in fire proof quarters, and that their recommendation will be couched in strong terms is expected by those who have talked with the members of the Investigating commit tee. If the board comes up on the insurance rates in this city 1t is not a far guess that the citizens of New Ha- ven will compel the city to put the system on modern basis. That the system is in as good shape as it can be with the antiquated apparatus at the disposal of Superintendent Grant is the opinion of all the members of the Investigating committee, however. In the new city charter the super intendent of the fire alarm telegraph ! Is made inspector of electrical con struction In other cities the inspec- torship of wiring and construction is
 separate office, and 1t should be in | this city. The superintendent of fire
 alarm apparatus has all he can com l fortably, and sometimes uncomfort-
 ably, attend to In keeping the tele-
 graph apparatus Tn shape.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITIONS.
FICTION

FICTION.
 Barron. E.. The Lost Goddess. Bindloss, H.. For Jaeinta.
 Ellis. J. B.. Arkinsaw Cousins. westrupp, M,, The Greater Mis- chief.
 NON-FICT1ON.
 Abbott. J. S. C., The French Rev olution of l7S9. 2v.
 Abbott. J. & C., History of Napo- leon. New ed,
 American School of Correspondence. Armour Institute, Chicago. Cyclope- dia of Drawing. { Y.
 Boutwell,. G. S. Thoughts on Edu cational Topics.
 Coursault J. H., The Learning Pro- cess
 Desaint, A.. Three Hundred Shades and How to Mix Them.
 Fernald, NJ E.. A Catalogue of the Coccidae of the World.
 Geiger A.. Judaism and Its History. Greene. CT. w, Short History of Rhode Island.
 Howard. o. O., My Life and Experi- enCeS aIlDng oui IlNSlllt lHuldllS- Louis. XI, King of France: Life of; by C. Hare.
 O'Connor, V C. S. Mandalay and Other Cities in Burma.
 Raeburn, Sir Henry, (Newnes' Art Library.5.
 Roman Catholic and Protestant Bi- bles Compared. Gould Prize Essays. ) Sherzer, W. H.. Glaciers of the Can adian Rockies and Selkirks (Smithso- nian Contributions to knowledge.) ] Spears. J. R.. A History of the Unit i cd States Navy Gin one voll
 Taft, W. H, Special Report on the Philippines. Thomson. B. The Story of Dart moor Prison.
 Nerity. F. T.. and others. Flats, UT ban Houses and Cottage Homes
 Walker. E.. A History of Music 1T England
 Williams. Eleazer. Hanson. J H The Lost Prince: Facts Tending [, Prove the Identity of Louis XVII e 1, France, and Rev. Eleazer Williams.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

the old employes as they reach retlr- ing age, for services rendered prior to the adoption of the plan, until about 90 years from now when the last one would have been paid off. The sum required to do this annually would gradually increase for a few years, reaching it's maximum about 30 years after the passage of the law, From the twenty-fifth to the thirty-second year after the adoption of the plan the amount each year is about the same. After the thirty-third year the amount each year drops off very rap idly until in so years the plan would be self-sustaining, and there would be no more need of making appropria- tons for the superannuated.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
New York New Hapen & Hartford
 Railroad.
FEBRUAh. /, luus.

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 For Washington via Harlem Rlver- *l:vv, D. nl. "Il:vv, night. daily.
 For Boston Nia hartfOrd aud Wtlll- mantic-- "IU.o7, d. h.. '4.UO p. m.
 For Boston va New London and PrOvidence---2:zv. '2:b5, i:4i, -ull.4z, d. m.,. -!l:vb. -nz42. 'z:O5, ,4:ao. .4:oS. ,le:4l. 'aoo. P. m Sundays-.z:zv. 'z:S0 q. m., 'iz;05. '2:b5. .4.oS. 'l:vO. p. Ill.
 'lI:il, d. Ill.,, 'l:4o. s5:46, ,. m. Sun days IL d. m.. 'l:46, .O:4o p. m.
 Tor hartford, sDringheid, Etc.--'l:is x4:vv. vv e;sS. G4o. +lv:va 'll:!i a .s m. o:uS, i:lO tto Hartlord), xo:lo, s:o2 P. m. SuIdays--~t:lv, xy.vO. xll:4D a. m.s 'l:4S. .o.s6, 7.iu. xS:lJ. xs:lv p. m. for New Lonuon, ctc.-'l;2J. .2:eos 7:4'. il:ls. tto sayDrookl,. 'Illl:tt. .4:2o. '4:5S. 6.l5. s:iO ito saybrook); 'Nt:4z, '7:U5, ll:SU. ito Saybrookh ?. nj. Sundays-'2:10, .2:5b, Y:62, a- ni., 'l2:J5, -2:25. "4.o3. 7:05 ?. m.
 For MiddietOwn, WilnmHntlc, Etc., I.o5 d. m, Iz.oS, o;e2. D. m. sundsys- 1:2U ?. m.
 For shelburne Falls, Etc.--7:44 .. n., l2:2u (to New HarIrord). 4:Ul, 6.64 D. III. ito Westneldl
 For Waterbury-.6:5o (via NausatueK Junction). S:0O. gag 8. m.. 2:S5 b:4b, l.au, ll:4v p. m. Sundays-S:z0. ll:lS a. m. 6:45, S:6V ?. m.
 for WfnBted-6;6V (yta Naugatuck Junction). y:32 a. m, 236, 5:l6, 7:aJ p. m. Sundays-S:25 a. n., U.4e ?. m.
 i Tor pittsdeId and Intermediate polnts -6:56 (via BridEeportj. S:32 a. m. 3:5a (via Bridgcpcrt) 4.0b p. m. Sundays 7:66 (via Bridgeport) a. m.
 For Litchfeid-9:32. a. m., 4:06 D. m Sundays--7:55 (via bridgeport) a. m.
 Express trains. xL0cal express. ] liParlor car limited.
 w. q. BlERD, F. 0. COLEY,
 Gen. Supt. Asst. Cen. Pnss. Agts
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Mrs Ethel Prince Fiske of Schenec- tady. N. T., who formerly resided in this city. is spending a few days with Miss Malde s. Kelley of Atwater street Mrs. Fiske spent some time in the Philippines and is now giving a series of lectures, descriptive of the life and customs of the islanders.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Mir. and Mrs. Harry Leete of Leete street were agreeably surprised on Wednesday evening by a party of thirty friends. A delightful evening of music and games was enjoyed by the guests.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
NEW LONDON MARINE NOTES.

New London, March Arrive |: Tugs vigilant, with four barges from cast; Gertrude with four barges from cast.
 Sailed: Tugs Aries with four barges bound west; Nema sket. with four barges bound west.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Miss Katherine T. Harty of Foun- tain street, Westville, has been in Washington, D. C.. attending the Ma tional Educational convention Miss Harty Is superintendent of the Dan bury model schools
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

r. Edward Hoyt, who for the past three years has been superintendent of the Edwin Bancroft Foote Boys club in this city. has accepted a similar position with the boys club of Spring field.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Miss Susie Cleaton. who has been spending some time with MT. and Mrs. w T. Dill of George street. has re- turned to her home in Portsmouth, Va.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Avigne and Miss Jane Person of Rowe street are weekend visitors of Mir and Mrs. Parsons in New York city.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
GENERAL SHIPPING NEWS.

Lizard, March l.-Passed: Steamer Statendam. Rotterdam for New York.
 Liverpool Feb. 29.-Arrived: Steam CT Bohemian. Boston, March l, Etru- ria, New York.
 Southampton. March 1.--Arrived. steamer New York. New York.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02
PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss Bessie Kenna of Lake Place had as her guest for few days Miss Halsey of Bridgeport.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

Coe Brass Mfg. Co.; automatic block ing attachment for strip-rolls.
 Designs. I. E. Palmer, Middletown; ham, mock.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

FICTION. Barron, E.. The Lost Goddess. Bindloss. H., For Jacinta Ellis. J. B., Arkinsaw Cousins. Westrupp, NJ, The Greater Mis-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-02

ly by the time ire company arrived that the firemen were helpless. There alarms from different parts of the city
 have come within half a minute of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-25
FARMERS RECEIVE HIGH PRICES
FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS.

There are approximately 5000
creameries in the United States, max
ing a total Of 5OO,OO0,0OO pounds of
butter annually. The average net
price per pound paid farmers for but.
ter lat ranged from to cents high
er in 1907 than in 1906. This would
indicate an increased return of 20 to
70 million dollars to the patrons for
the year just passed.
An interesting thing about the
creamery business is the fact that
1900 of the 5000 creameries are co.
operative plants, and the number of
cooperative creameries that have
gone out of business for one reason
or another in the past few years
have been the individual creameries
owned by individuals or corpora
tions
Something over a thousand cream
cries, mainly in the middle northwest,
nave reported the results of the last
years business to the department of
agriculture. These reports are nearly
all from sections where the local
creamery (either cooperative or indi-
v1duaD predominates. Careful esti-
mates have been made from these re.
ports which show that the net prices
paid farmers for butter fat at these
creameries averaged between 28and29
cents for the year 1907. The lowest
price paid was in June, when the
average, was between "a and 25 cents.
These prices are true only for the
local creamery, which receives it's
cream or milk direct from farmers
wagons. where there is neither com.
mission to pay for buying cream nor
freight or express charges for trans.
porting it to the churning plant. Com.
mission and freight average from 2 to
3 cents a pound. Farmers selling
cream to agents who have to ship to
distant churning points may expect
to receive 2 to cents less per pound
for butter fat than prices paid by 10.
cal creameries.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is DESTROYS of getting ad
ditional information concerning the
net returns farmers are receiving
where, by reason of their location,
they are obliged to sell through
cream-buying agencies rather than to
local creamery.
IL ID iOqueSteu LudI dill FARMERS Will
ling to assist the department of agri.
culture in securing information on
this point will mail to the department
at their earliest convenience a report
of the net price per pound received
by them for butter fat for each month
during 1907. If original statement
slips giving price per pound can be
forwarded, these will be copied and
returned upon request.
Correspondence should be address
ed to the Dairy Division, United
States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. G.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-25

seeds to school children has proved
successful in many cities as an aid to
the children in their nature studies
and in teaching them to do their part
IN civic Improvement In Detroit this
mas proved SO successful that seeds
OF some Of the commoner vegetables
are distributed in the schools and
members of the womens clubs go at
frequent intervals wherever children
signify a desire to have them visit
their gardens, making suggestions
offering encouragement and helping
them in other ways.
IN Boston the board of education
maintains six gardens in which the
school children are permitted to
work. The children do all the prepar-
atory work except blowing and har-
rowing and are given course Of
practical work daily that cannot but
be of vast benefit to them. In addition
to this there is a course of nature
study lectures.
Here is practical work that should
be given all encouragement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-25

only way to stand the pace and finish
strong is to systematic the work and
set about it with dignified demeanor.
Some erratic performers, by dispens-
ing with coats, collars and suspenders
may by much perspiring and blister
ing of hands show faster time, but
their work will not compare with that
of the consistent performer when the
season ends. And there is chance
that they will find the game too siren
uous to stick It out through their own
impetuous efforts.
1t is worth trying for, the Lawnmow
er Pushers' team. Besides feeling
that glow of pride in aiding to show
nature at her best, the man who
makes the team is pointed out in his
neighborhood as one of public spirit
and good citizen, whatever his other
faults may be.
Let's all try for and make the team
this summer and have little spotless
town right here at home.