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HOUSES UNFURNISHED
HOUSE FOUR ROOMS, BATH, TWO
porches. hall. closet, gas range: new,
ell modern. 1856 East 4th South
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THREE MODERN ROOMS, CLOSE IN;
cheap; use o. phone. 121 w, Atm 80,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
WAS ''DOPED" BY
HIS COMP pANIONS

\ Last Sunday afternoon, while out
ih his fathers hay field just south of
tPwn, Alma Winters noticed a man
sitting IN the irrigating ditch. Up4
oh going up to him, Alma was
sbmewhat surprised to learn that
the fellow had nothing on but an
undershirt and from his actions
Alma concluded that the fellow was
an escaped lunatIc from some asyll
Im. Mr.. Winters hurried into
town and notified the officeral
When they went out they found
that the fellow had torn his clothes
off and stamped them in the mud.
After getting some clothes on him
they brought him to town and
placed him in Jail. All efforts to
get any information from him
failed as he was apparently unable
to speak and his actions were GER
tainly those of crazy person.
Monday morning the fellow was
taken to Paris and placed under the
care of the County Physician Hay
ward. BY evening the fellows
condition began to improve and
Tuesday he "came to his senses, -
when he stated that his name was
Lee Rogers, aud that his home is
in New York. He stated that he
had been working as a waiter in
Salt Lake for two years, but left
there about two weeks ago in COM
pany with two other fellows. They
went to Pocatello, where they pro-
ceeded To tank up on ''prohibitiou
booze" They left Pocatello on a
freight train last Saturday and
Rogers said the last he remembered
was being at McCammon. From
that time until Tuesday, the world
had been a total blank to him.
He remembered having $3.50 in
his pockets when be left Pocatello,
but not a cent was found in his
muddy clothes, when they were
searched. Whether his friends
touched" him or whether he lost
it, he was unable to say.
Having practically regained his
normal condition by Wednesday,
Rogers came to Montpelier and
took the train for Kemmerer.
Rogers condition was brought
about by drinking too much bad
whisky, some of which had beer
doped, evidently by his companions.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
BOARD LOWERS AND
RAISES VALUATIONS

The county commissioners were
in session three days this week as a
board of equalization, during which
time they heard the complaints of
some 30 or 90 taxpayers, who felt
that the valuation as placed upon
their property by the assessor was
too high. In nearly every case, we
believe, the board reduced the valu-
ations. The board also raised the
valuations on several pieces of prop
erty.
A number of those who have
looked over the assessment roll have
expressed themselves to The writer
as believing that the assessor has
erred in his judgement upon the
valuation placed on some property
IN the eounty-that is widely differ
ent valuations have been placed up
on property which has practically
the same cash value Whether OF
not this is the case, we are unable te
say az we have not been able tC
visit Paris this week and look ovel
I
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
MANAGER STEVENS
BELIEVES TN ADVERTISING

Manager Walter Stevens of fhel
Sidney Stevens Implement Co. re-
ports that their June sales of haying
and harvesting implements exceeded
those of any corresponding month
since the establishment of the comp
any's branch house in this city. Some
lines of goods they sold out entirely,
and had to wire orders to the Ogden
house. Mr.. Stevens attributes. the
splendid June business to the judici-
GUS advertising of their superior lines
of implements in tue columns Of the
Examiner. When they get into
ttfisfr-new Quarters Mr.. Stevens says
they anticipate an increase Of h.zsi.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

Speaking of the efficiency of the
American railways as compared with
railways in other countries, Mr..
Kruttschnitt said.
every dollar OF capital which the
owners of the railways Of the United
States have invested renders four and
half times the service that the same
dollar renders in the United King
dom; one and half times as much
as in Germany; three times MS much
as in France and two and a fourth
times as much as in Switzerlnd.
ut will be noted that the net oper-
ating revenues per mile of road-that
is the net earnings or annual rental
paid by the public for the hire of
capital-in the railways of the United
States are smaller than those of any
of the other railways with which
comparison is made. For every dol
lar of net earnings the railways of the
United States rendered two and a
half times as much service to the
public as did the railways of the
United Kingdom and twice as much
as did the railways of France. The
Swiss and German railroads are own
ed and operated by the governments;
and yet for every dollar of net earn
ings the railway of the United States
rendered from one and fourth to
one and half times as much service
to the public as did the railways of
Switzerland and Germany. And they
did so while charging the lowest aver
age freight rates i'm the world. In
other words, the owners of the rail-
ways of the United States receive less
profit in proportion to the amount of
service that they rendered to their
patrons than did the owners of any Of
the other railways; and the amounts
that they charged shippers for rend-
ering these services were smaller th8n
the amounts charged the shippers by
the railways of any of the other coun-
tries.
LOU AhO Iiy W lHulCdOS JdS I6sui ibS
by another comparison. For the net
amount earned on each dollar 4f
capital, the railways of the Unite1
States moved passenger and abolh
five and half tons of freight one
mile; those in the United Kingdom,
passenger and only .S5 of ton of
freight, and those in Germany, a
passenger and three tons of freight.
Because the owners of our roads
received less in proportion to the
services rendered by them than did
the owners of any Of the other rail-
ways, they might very well pre-
nounce the management of their pro-
perties comparatively inefficient, but
the users-the public-that received
more services in proportion to what
they paid than did the users of any
of the foreign railways, have every
reason to consider the management
highly efficient"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
INTERESTING FIGURES ON
AMERICAN RAILROADS
MIR. NuttSchnitt of the Hartman System, Com
pares Efficiency Of American Railways with
Those Of Foreign Countries,

julius Kruttschnitt, director of
maintenance and operation of the
Hartman lines, recently delivered
an address before the Graduate
School of Business Administration
of Harvard University on ''Efiicien-
cy of Railroads.
During the course of his talk,
MIR. Kruttschnitt gave some very
interesting figures on American rail-
ways. Among other things, he
said:
ITO form an adequate conception
of the magnitude and intricacy of
these great transportation machines
and of the results of their ceaseless
operation, we must resort to statis-
tics. The railways of the United
States had in 1909 about 235, 900 miles
OF main line, nearly as much as the
mileage of the railways of all other
countries combined, to which must
be added over 107, 600 miles of extra
main tracks, yards and sidings. On
these 342, 900 miles of track aggregat-
ing nearly fourteen times the length
of the earth's equator, $4,000 locomo-
tives are busy hauling nearly $4,000
passenger and about 2,25O, 900 freight
cars covering about 1850, 600 miles a
day, or the almost inconceivable total
of LOO million train miles per an
mum.
"The mind fails utterly to grasp
these figures. Some conception of
their Significance may be formed,
however, by considering, that if the
earth were girdled with railroad
track at the equator and trains dis
patched on this track every twelve
minutes, each would have to be sche-
duled to complete its $4,000 mile trip
around the globe in twenty-four hours
in order that all of them in q year
should run up q train mileage equal
to that of the railways of the United
States. Measured in units of public
service performed the passenger
trains run sos million miles per ann
um, carrying an average of "a pass.
engers in each train and thereby per-
forming public service equal to Civ
ing every man, women and child of
onr 80 million inhabitants a ride of
325 miles during the year; and the
freight trains In their runs move the
equivalent of II, 1856, Ala, 224 loaded and
empty freight cars one mile.'
After discussing the relation of
the public to the railways and ad-
hitting the right of the people to
discipline the railway when it is in
the wrong, Mr.. Kruttschnitt argued
for calm and dlspassionate action,
saying that passionate and resent.
full action and wise action usually
are incompatible" :"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
POPULAR COUPLE
UNITED IN MARRIAGE

At the home of the brides par
ent's, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Dalton
Of this city, last tuesday evening
Bishop Clark pronounced the words
which united in the holy bonds -of
natrimony Mr.. Emmett v. Brook
bhire and Miss Hila Z. Dalton. The
parlor was prettily decorated for
the occasion, and the ceremony was
witnessed by about s5 relatives and
friends of the contracting parties.
The bride was attend ded by her sis
ter, Mrs. A. w. Jones of Pocatello,
and Mr.. Jones ofliciated az best
man.
After congratulations were es :
tended, an elegant wedding supper
was served.
Mr.. Brookshire ia a young man
of exemplary character. He has
maze MS nome. III montpelier Tor
several years, and Is employed as
locomotive fireman on the Oregon
Short Line. His bride ls one Of
Montpelier's popnlar young ladies
For the past three years she has
been employed in the local tele.
phone exchange, serving as CHIEF
operator for the past year or more.
The friends Of the young couple
remembered them with many beau
tiful and useful presents. The,
will make their home at presenf
with the brides parents, but vii
go to housekeeping in the near fu
ture upon their return from a visi
TO Mr.. BFaokshlFe's parents in Tex
aa
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

understand, range from $40 to s7O
per acre. One piece of land which
changed hands last fall at the price
of $40 per acre, was assessed at $l5.
After q material reduction had
been made by the board upon the
stock of one Montpelier firm, we
were told that the assessment still
shows an increase of over 100 per
cent more than last year.
The board of equalization will
meet in final session next Tuesday
and after completing ita work, An-
ditOr Broomhead will proceed TO
make up an abstract of the assess
ment roll, which will be forwarded
to Boise IN time for the meeting of
the state board of equalization,
which convenes on the second Mon
day IN August.
Although no totals have yet been
made, it is believed that the total
valuation of Bear Lake county will
be little more than double that of
last year, exclusive of the railroad,
Telegraph and telephone lines. If
the state board raises the property
of these corporations in proportion,
the total yalne of ell classes of prop.
lerty in this county will stand some
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
WHITNEY AGAIN
HEARD FROM

Hugh Whitney, the muchly want,
ed Idaho outlaw, was located again
this week. This time at Covey q
Blaney's sheep camp on Gray's
river, about 100 miles east of Mont
pelier. This information was
brought to Montpelier last Monday
by Rowe Hale, the Alton stage
driver. Mr.. Hale said that accord
ing 10 the report received at Alton
last Saturday man, answering to
Whitney's description, appeared at
Covey d Blaney's sheep camp on
July l2. He was we'll armed, and
before leaving he stole quantity of
provisions from the different camps.
He also attempted to steal Ed.
Blaney's saddle horse, which was
grazing near the camp, but being
detected in his effort to catch the
animal, whitney, or whoever he was,
mounted his horse and rode away.
He had a pack horse in addition to
the one be was riding. If the fell
low was Whitney he is, by thu
time, in section of Wyoming
where his murderous deeds hafe
\ probably never been heard of and
travelling as he is, be will be able to
quietly make his escape to Canada
or some other place of safety.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

pital a month ago he fully expected
to be able to resume his place in the
cab III short time.
He is survived by a widow and
one daughter Mrs. Hayes Groo-
both of whom, with Mr.. Groo, were
at his bedside when the end came.
The family accompanied the body
to Logan last Monday afternoon,
and Tuesday morning at IL O'Clock
his funeral services were held from
the Episcopal church in that city.
His body was laid to rest in the
beautiful Logan cemetery beside
those of his two little daughters,
who died the same night from diph-
liberia, just few days after Mr.. and
Mrs. Chapman came west, 80 years
ago.
Mr.. Chapman was n member of
Enterprise lodge /. q. o. f., King
Solomon lodge A. F q A. M. and
the brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. Members Of the Odd
Fellows lodge at Logan, and repre-
sentatives from the two fraternal
orders in this city rendered all the
assistance possible at the funeral.
The floral offerings from these ord
ers and friends here and elsewhere
were numerous and beautiful.
The grief stricken family return
ed to Montpelier Wednesday MORN
ing and they desire to express,
through the columns of the Exam
iner, their most sincere thanks to
the friends in this city and those in
Logan for their many kindly acts.
Mr. J. G. Astle died at his home
in this city last Tuesday morning
at O'Clock. On the pevious Tues
day morning Mr.. Astle was stricken
With apoplexy, from which he ralli-
ed but slightly, being unconscious
a greater portion of the time from
the hour he was stricken until his
spirit took flight to its heavenly
home.
Mr.. Astle was 81 yers of age and
was one of the pioneers of Salt
Lake and Bear Lake valleys. He
crossed the plains with one of the
first hand cart companies which
came to Salt Lake. He remained
10 Utah few years and then came
to Bear Lake valley, where he has
resided ever since.
He is survived by widow and
three sons, Henry and Charles of
this city and Arthur of Idaho Falls.
Mr.. Astle accepted the Mormon
faith before coming west and lived
true and consistent christian life.
His funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon from the First
ward meeting house, and his body
was consigned to its final resting
place in the city cemetery.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
PARIS WILL HAVE
BIG CELEBRATION

The citizens of Paris are arrang-
ing for a rousing celebration there
next Monday in honor of Pioneer
day and the completion of the rail
road to that city. While the cele-
bration is being arranged by the
people of Paris, it is their earnest
desire that the people of Montpelier
and all other sections of the county
should JOIN in the festivities of the
day, and to this end the Examiner,
on behalf of the committee on in
Vitation, extends TO the people gen
orally an invitation to join in the
Nceiebration.---
Among the guests of honor on
that day will be several of the Ore
gon Short Line officials and the
pioneers who came to Paris IN 1863
81. Special invitations have been
sent TO these people, but If any of
these pioneers have been over look
ed, it Is because the committee has
been unable to locate them. If
they will yet make themselves
known to the committee, invitations
will be mailed them, or if they will
make themselves known at Paris
next Monday they will be accorded
the honor due them.
The program of the day will con-
sist of appropriate exercises at the
tabernacle at 1890 a. m, banquet
to the invited guests in the First
Ward hall at 9 p. m., ball game,
horse races and other sports at the
fair grounds, and a big dance at
night.
A special free train service will
be conducted between Montpelier
and Paris during the day, the sched-
ule being as follows:
The first train will leave Montpe-
lier about 9:15 a. IN. and arrive at
Paris at 10 O'clock. In the after
noon the first train will leave Paris
at 4:30 and arrive at Montpelier at
1:i5. Returning the train will
leave Montpelier at $3.50 and arrive
at Paris at q. Leave Paris at Z,
arrive at Montpelier at 1880. Leave
Montpelier At 8 p m and returning
leave Paris about o o'clock.
Those who arrive at Paris on the
first train in the morning will be
greeted by several hundred little
! girls dressed in white and carrying
small flags. They will be stationed
on each side of the street leading
from the depot to the court house
corner and as the people march up
the street the girls, with waving
flags, will sing songs of welcome. e.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
DEATH REMOVES TWO OF
MONTPEL|ER'S OLD CITIZENS
w. w. Chapman, Oldest Engineer on the Idaho
Division. and ]. c. Ast1e. Pioneer of This
Valley, Gone to Their Final Rest.

AT Judge Mercy hospital in Salt
Lake City last Sunday evening al
$3.50 O'Clock, w. w. Chapman, one
Of Montpelier's old and highly
esteemed citizens, bade good-bye to
his family, who were at his bedside,
and went peacefully into that sleep
from which there is no awakening.
Death was caused from oomplica.
tions following two critical opera
tions which he had underwent with.
in the past two weeks and which
had been performed III the hope of
affording him permanent relief from
kidney and kindred trouble, with
which he had suffered more or less
for the past SIX months.
W. w. Chapman was born in
Glenn Falls, N. Y, Ga years ago
last April. When but still a young
man he decided to "shift for him.
self'' and came west to Nebraska.
Stopping at Ogalalla, he secured
employment with the Union Pacific
railroad company as watchman for
the wood yard at that place-wood
being used in those days for fuel on
the locomotives. After serving in
that capacity for time he took a
position as locomotive fireman, and
from that day until about four
weeks prior to his death, he rail-
roaded continuously, serving as
brennan, brakeman and engineer,
and at the time of his death he was
the oldest engineer, in point of
service, on the Idaho division of
the Short Line. His first service as
engineer was on the Union Pacific,
between North Platte and Grand
Island.
About 80 years ago he came west
and took run on the Utah North
ern out of Idaho Falls, which was
then known as Eagle Rock and
was a division point on the road.
About the time the Short Line was
completed into Pocatello, he took
run on the construction train out of
Pocatello. A year or two later he
removed to this city and for %
years he handled the throttle on
freight and passenger trains on the
First and Second districts.
He had been man Of robust
constitution and despite his long
and hard service on the~road, he
had the appearance of man many
years his jnnlor. He scarcely knew
day of sickness until about six
months ago, when the trouble which
caused his death, began to make in-
roads in his vitality, and although
entitled TO retire from service on
pension, like so many Of the old.
time engineers, his devotion to the
locomotive was so great that he
never thought of making "his last
rum" and when he went to the hos
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

The east bound North Coast Linz
tied train on the Northern Pacific
railroad was held up by three mask
ed men near Buffalo, N. D., Thur
dav night. The robbers secured
about $500 in cash from the passep-
gers. The engineer was shot and
slipbtly wounded for refusing To
stop the train at the arst demand OF
the robbers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21
SKELETON is THAT
OF A MAMMOTH

while nothing like complete
skeleton has been obtained of the
huge beast which was discovered
last week on the ranch Of Chris
kunz at Bern, enough has been
found to determine that the skeleton
is that of a mammoth species of
the elephant family. Tne teeth,
one of which weighs four pounds,
resemble perfectly the illustrations
of the teeth of a mammoth as shown
in encyclopedias and lie Conte's
geology
According to geology, the NAM
moth lived IN the quaternary period
which is declared to be Zone of the
most interesting and yet most diff
cult portions of the history of the
EARTH" The mammoth is described
as being the largest Of the three
great species of the elephant fami y
which existed at that period. In
Europe skeletons of these beasts
have been found on river terraces
and old sea beaches, where their
floating bodies were stranded and
buried; in peat bogs, where, ventur-
ing IN search of food, they mired
and perlshed and in the Arctic re-
glon in frozen soils, where whole
carcasses were sealed up, and have
been found perfectly preserved.
The mammoth stood about Is feet
high and more than twice that in
length. They were adapted to en-.
dure cold, as tits known that their
bodies were covered with a thick
wool and over this long hair. They
had immense tusks, which curved
upwards.
AS geology tells US that these
beasts roamed in herds, it rem aims
for some scientist to tell us how this
one happened to be found IN this
particular region.
Quite anumber of the bones un.
covered ON the Kunz ranch were
soft and crumbled badly when
handled. Others, however, are in
good condition and give fair idea
Of the immense size of the mammoth
vhen alive. One bone, the femur,
measures fonr feet and ten inches in
length. No part of the skull OF
usks have been found, but most 0t
he backbone, ribs, bones of th,
legs, teeth, etc., are now in the pos
ession of Mr.. Chris Knnz at Bern
Is stated last week these were fount
u a white sand knoll about IL fee
below the surface.
ID. q. Kunz has reported the find
with a description of the lar9'
bones, to the Smithsonian Institnt'
Washington.
l
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

play their stock to a much better adj
vantage than at present and will also
be able to handle larger volume of
business much easier and quicker
Jthan that which they are now doing.
Mr.. Stevens is a firm believer in the
proper use of printers ink aud he Is
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-21

Tn, Short Line passenger depart
leut has just issued abooklet show
ing the equipment of all its traina,
giving the number and kind Of
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
BASEBALL RECORD SMASHED
Receipts for Only Three Games
Set a New High Water Mark.

All records for gross receipts fe- the
worlds baseball series have been smashed
tn The three games between the Giants and
the Athletics while the attendance mark
also is sure o. go.
The receipts have passed the highest
mark ~ previous years ty many thou
sands The total for the three games al-
ready reaches 2r95alf 80. as compared with
S@202 50. the previous record. made In the
seven game series between Detroit and
Pittsburgh. in 1909. The attendance records
probably VIII Boz broken to-day The fg-
ures already reach IU -0 for paid admie-
sions. as compared with l24 ODD for five games
Isrwe4u the Athletics and Cubs last year
end 1885 for the seven games in 1900 the
highest marks Of previous years
The share of the PLAYERS now amounts to
-ol7s- 81. aE compared whit S79.07I 93 which
Eas divided among he cubs and Athletics
last year. that being The biggest profits
ever accruiug On the men. The club owners
,r 1879 received No2Ji7 35 as against s-0.-
go y coming to- john T. Brush and Ben
Slibe so far this year The National Com
missions share already amounts TO go
5S- 4-. as compared with SS,S30 % for seven
gaines in --s. which set a record.