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VOL. IV.
ST. ANTHONY, FREMONT COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1903
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chase a beautiful
OIL PAINTING
We have two carloads
of positively the finest
Furniture ever display -
ed in the state. _
See our prices on Blankets, Quilts,
Comforts, Xmas China Ware and
Toilet Sets.
Try our Easy Payment Plan on
PIANOS and ORGANS.
WINN FURNITURE
COMPANY
THE
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General Merchandise
Clothing, Shoes, Dry
Goods, Hats and Men's
FURNISHINGS
We keep a lull line of fresh
Vegetables. Cranberries, Cel
ery, Sweet spuds. Swiss
Limberger, and Wisconsin
cheese, smoked salmon, Dill
pickles. A full line oflmport
ed Groceries.
Harry Gesas, Prop.
Idaho Forests Attractive
PURPOSE BEING TO
MAKE PROOF, AND
THEN SELL.
Much Activity Shown in Other
States—Many Entries Sus
pended—to Prevent
Fraud.
(Special to Salt Lake Tribune.)
Washington, Dec. 25. -The forests of
Idaho have proven to be highly attract
tive the last year to entrymen under the
stone and timber act. Men from the
states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
others have gone into Idaho in large
numbers and filed upon timber lands,
their purpose being to make the final
proofs and then sell their claims to
large lumber companies whose mana
gers are willing to pay more for the
stumpage than anyone else. Some of
these timber claims are said tobe worth
$ 2 , 000 .
ENTRIES SUSPENDED.
In other western states, notably Ore
gon, Washington and California, the
same activity for the possession of tim
ber claims is manifested. Suspecting
that many of these entries were not
made in good faith and that the entry
men were but stool pigeons of the big
corporations the department of the in
terior called a halt and suspended many
of these entries, made in California,
which action has thrown doub t upon
the validity of timber claims filed else
where. The attitude of the Interior de
partment on this subject is reflected by
a clause in the President s message, as
follows:
The timber and stone and the com
mutation clause of the homestead law
have been so perverted from the intention
with which they were enacted as to
permit the acquisition of large areas of
the public domain for other than actual
settlers and the consequent prevention
of settlement."
TO PREVENT FRAUDS.
Pursuant to this declaration Chairman
Lacy of the house committee on public
lands introduced a series of bills aimed
to prevent frauds against the desert
land law, the timber and stone law, and
the homestead law. The Tribune cor
respondent is informed, however, that a
recent polling of the house committee
on public lands reveals a majority op
posed to the repeal of the timber, stone
and homestead law as recommended
by the secretary of the interior in his
report to congress. This fact may
be taken by the hundreds of en
trymen in Idaho and other western
states that the present law on the sub
ject will not be changed and therefore
they may rest in the assurance that
competent proof of good faith in the ea
try must bring them a government pat
ent to the land.
Program.
Program for the Fremont County
Teachers' Association to beheld in Rex
burg, Idaho, Jan. 3, 1903.
The Educator's Ideal, Miss Althouse
Discussion led by Lorenzo Waldrum
Nature Study, Augusta Fletcher
Discussion led by Maud Waiker
Drawing, Mr. Hammond
Discussion led by Rebecca Watson
School Room Discipline. Miss Griffiths
Discussion led by Prof. Fuller
Number Work in Lower Grades-
—Tabitha Turman
Discussion led by Florence Yarnell
School Libraries, Prof. I ole
Discussion led by Mrs. Roskelley
Child Study, Mrs G. M. Taylor
Discussion led by Miss Marler
State Reading Circle Work—
- -Prof. Blevins
Go to the pre-inventory sale at Thomp
sons. everything at ridiculously low
prices.
fold hunters say
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t mend it. The top of the
" a ;tion is always closed, the
* uiecli fin ism the most sim
-• p;e, the finish elegant, the
t form attractive. It seems
♦o throw its bullets a little
' more accurately and plant
hem with a little more force
• t.ian any other rifle. For
Jccrtakc a 33-55 or 30-30.
120-pasc catalog, 300 Illustra
•* lions, colored cover bjr P.«mia*ton.
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iTclewritins Machines Done;
MANAGER OF COM
PANY, F. B. SOM
ERS, RETURNS
HOME.
The Printing: Telegraph Machines
are all That the Inventor
Expected.
Some n
ganized ii
of iinanci
onths ago a company was or
i St. Anthony for the purpose
illy aiding F, B. Somers to go
to Chicago and have constructed two
Telewriti
ig machines which he had in
vented and the models for which he had
roughly c
hibition u
company
st ration
good iosti
world wo
ized in
cago last
the Teiew
ished in a
const met
this week
Anthony ;
through 1
will be ui
pany, aftc
instructed and given an ex
pon to several members of the
Those who saw the deinon
were convinced that if two
iiuietits were constructed, the
nkl soon become revolntion
irinting telegraphy, and the
money wits raised to build the models.
Mr, F. J5. Somers returned from Chi
iVedneaday and reported that
ritiug machines would be fin
few days. The mechanical
on was completed Monday of
The machines will be in St.
is soon as they can be gotten
y freight, when a private test
ide to the members of the com
r which a public demonstra
tion will lie made.
The machine is constructed with
typewriter key- board, an electiic sound
ing key board and an electric dial. The
speed developed at present is 80 char
acters per minute, or au average of
about30 words per minute, the mess::
being prirted at both ends of tne line,
and no possible chance for an error un
less the operator makes a mistake
sending tqe messa;
Plano.
The Plano school under the auspices
of Mr. Briimwell gave an entertainment
Christmas eye which seemed to be en
joyed by all who attended. The hall
was well crowded. All congratulate
Mr. Bramwell on his success with his
entertainment.
Miss Peirl Fisher left Thursday for
Caldwell, Idaho, where she intends to
spend a week with her friends and rela
tives.
Mr. E. O. White who lives on the
lower end
to Doctor
of Plano, has sold his ranch
Minnie, of Butte, Montana.
A shadow of darkness was brought to
the home of Mr. John Layman, of Rex
burg, when lie was called at the cold
hand of death, to lay his loving wife in
to the lonely cell known as the grave.
Tlie loving wife was 34 years of age.
Hhe leaves a baby three years old, a
mother ard many brothers and sisters.
The deceased was a sister to Mr. James
Fogg. Si e was called to her grave by
typhoid pneumonia. She was a loving
and good vornan, loved by all who knew
her. She nas lived in Rexburg nil her
life and it was said of her that thejre
was no one in that town but had a good
word for .Mrs. John Layman. Some of
the most eloquent speaking and singing
was rendered at lier funeral. Ezra
Christiansen, of the stake academy, and
Elder Bramwell, of Rexburg, were t He
speakers, and 1 can say as a writer of
ttiis paper, we need to congratulate those
gentlemer on their eloquent speaking as
being one of the nicest conducted fun
erals I have ever attended. After the
services which were held in the Wood
vine hall, the remains were taken to
the Rexbi rg cemetery and laid peace
fully to rest. Mr. John Layman is a
brother of Mrs. T. R. White, of Plano.
Some of tiieir brothers and sisters came
up from Ogden to attend the funeral
and they came over and took a look at
Plano.
Bond, Mr
and Mrs.
A. J. Sidd
Teton.
Born to the wife of Forest Gillett, on
Christmas day, a fine big baby girl
Mother ard baby are doing excellentl
but the father has been under the care
of the biys ever since the eventful
occasion
The question is being agitated here of
taking oui a large canal from Fall River
which will flume the Teton at the elbo
A very pleasant ' high five party was
given at toe beautiful home of Mr and
Mrs. Fran < Siddoway theother evening.
Those present were Mr. rnd Mrs. S. A.
and Mrs John Driggs. Mr.
A J. Siddoway. B F. Gillett,
Miss Fanny Clark and Mr. Win Naylor.
iway won the prize, and Win.
Naylor took first prize as "joker." At
11 o'clock a sumptious repast was placed
before the guests "and they dul eat.
Each returned home with praise for the
host and hostess, declaring they never
enjoyed themselves better.
Wreck on Grand Trunk Line
THIRTY PEOPLE KIL
LED IN AWFUL
WRECK.
Pacific Express Crashes Into a
Heavy Freight —Passen
ger Coaches Telescope
Each Other.
The Pacific express which crashed in
to a heavy freight tro i ! i. S iturday
near Waustead, Outurio. was late and
endeavoring to iuaj{ ■ u;> ii.m-j. It was
made up of two Pullm m c irs, two fir-it
class day coaches and two baggage cars.
The engineer opened wide hid throttle as
he pulled out of Watford at 9:58 o'clock.
A blizzard was raging and the air was
thick with swirling snow. The train
was crowded with people returning from
holiday trips. The express train was
running at a speed of fifty miles an hour
through the blizzard, when, at the Wau
stead siding, the headlight of the freight
engine loomed up through the snow.
It was impossible to see a hundred feet
ahead because of the snow, and the
trains crashed together almost be
fore the engine crews realized .that a
collision was imminent.
The impact threw the two engines
clear off the track, on the right hand
side. The two day coaches of the 'ex
press were between the heavily loaded
baggage cars and the weighty Pullmans.
A terrific grinding crash and the rear
baggage car was driven into the coacli
for three-fourths of its length, killing a
core of the occupants and pinning down
two score more in the wreckage,
crushed and mangled. The horror of
lire was mercifully spared the suffering
persons buried in the wreck. A little
flame broke out, but the uninjured ex
tinguished it with snow, before it could
gain headway.
RESCUING THE WOUNDED.
The occupants of the two Pullmans
and the second day coach swarmed out
of their cars to the rescue. A perfect
bedlam of noises greeted them. The
hiss of escaping steam from the wrecked
engines did not drown the piteous cries
of the unfortunates pinned in the ruins.
The hitter cold added to their sufferings.
Volunteer rescuing parties were imme
diately formed, and did heroic work.
Meanwhile a brake mm had rushed
through the storm to the telegraph of
fice and notified both London and Sar
nia officials of the collision. Relief
trains with surgeons and wrecking
cars were on their way to the scene
from both ends of the division in the
shortest possible time.
While they were steaming along at
top speed the work of rescue was carried
on by the uninjured passengers. They
delved into the heap of debris, and
guided by the moans and cries, found
the sufferers and pried and chopped
them out and carried them to the Pull
man cars, where they were given such
attention as was possible before the sur
geons arrived.
The wreck brought death to over
thirty persons and pain and suffering to
about forty more. The collision occur
red at 10:10 o'clock last Saturday night.
Parker.
( >nr < ihristmas passed off very nicely.
A nice program and Santa Claus for the
children in the morning and a dance for
them in the afternoon and for the adults
in the evening, filled up the day.
There is some sickness here. Frank
and J. T. Mason are sick with scarle
tina. Doctor Blevins has quarantined
them.
Mr. Samuel Rigby and W. M. Hill
each have a very sick child.
Mrs. James H. Mason has gone to
Anion to visit with her sister, Mrs. Jos.
Smith, fora couple of weeks.
Mr. Joseph Brower, who has been
working on the railroad in Utah the
past year, is home to spend the holidays
with his family.
Mr. Mathews, of Butte, Montana, is
spending the holidays with his brother
in-law, Mr. C V. Browning.
The Parker choir are getting up a
musical concert. The proceeds are for
the benefit of the missionaries. J. T.
The Erize Winners
The prize winners at the masquerade
ball, given at ttie opera house Christ
mas evening, were Walt Lewis and
Miss .Nordquist
Mr. Lewis won tlie first prize, a gen
tleman's dressing case, on the character
of a wooden shoe Dutchman
Miss Nordquist represented a lady of
the sixteenth century, and was awarded
the first prize, a handsome ladies' dress
ing case. _
See The Thompson Mercantile Co.'s
big Dollar saving add on another pago,
Problems to Face Congress
UPON REASSEMBLING
Reciprocity With Cuba and Admit
ting Territories.
Upon the assembling of congress after
the holiday recess it must grapple |with
three important subjects, viz: trust
legislation, ratification of the reciprocal
treaty with the republic of Cnba, and
the question of admission of one or more
territories into the sisterhood of states.
It is probable that the senate will
ratify the commercial reciprocal treaty
with Cuba; that there is little likelihood
of any territory being admitted as a
state, and it is improbable that any
trust legislation will he accomplished
beyond the appropriation of a large mm
of money to be placed at the disposal of
the attorney general, with which to de
fray the expenses incident to the most
searching efforts to procure testimony
against monopolies which are alleged to
have formed combinations in restraint
of trade. Republicans assert that the
Sherman anti-trust law, If enforsed,
will satisfy the people that the present
administration is in earnest in its desire
to curb the rapaci ty of the so-called
trusts.
MAY AMEND SHERMAN ACT,
It is possible, also, that an amend
ment to the Sherman act may be made,
calling for the strictest publicity relat
ing to the affairs of large corporations
in order to reveal the amount of stock
issue and bonded indebtedness and to
ascertain beyond questioa the real and
legitimate assets as distinguished from
fictitious values or watered Btock. This
amendment providing publicity will
not be widely at variance with a reso
lution introduced by Senator Dubois of
Idaho last winter, when the census bill
was under discussion in the senate.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Since the opening of the short session
of congress there has been a gradual
change of sentiment with respect to
Cuban reciprocity among Western sen
ators. Those who last winter opposed
Cuban reciprocity in the shape of a
law, did so because it would open up be
fore both branches of congress a radical
revision of tariff duties, which they re
garded as highly impolitic from a parti
san standpoint, and wholly unneces
sary from the view point of the busi
ness man and manufacturer. Bowing
however to the will of President Roose
velt and bin advisers, these recalcitrant
senators are willing to vote for the rati
fication of a treaty which must be ap
proved or rejected by the senate as it
stands, and its ratification could not in
any way involve the senate in a discus
sion of the tariff question generally
speaking.
MICHIGAN FALLS IN LOVE.
The latest news is that the congres
sional delegations of Michigan and
Minnesota have decided to vote for the
ratification of the treaty with Cuba,
and if this be true, the backbone of
tiie opposition to a reduction of tariff
duties on importations of raw sugar
from Cuba will soon he broken by the
force of the tremendons pressure brought
to bear by eastern manufacturers upon
members of congress. Michigan has
nearly twenty millions of dollars in
vested in the beet-sugar industry, and
when the representatives of that great
state capitulate it is only fair to presame
that all western beet-sugar states mast
soon follow sait. Already the market
quotations show an advance in the price
of the stock of the American Sugar and
Refining company, popularly known as
the American sugar trust.
Charged With Murder
John and Leu Douglas, of Star, Idaho,
were bound over last Saturday on a
charge of murder in the first degree, for
the killing of Rufus Ayers at a dance
given at the home of J. R. Potter on the
night of Saturday, December 20th.
Wilford.
Mr. Geo. Bigler, of Collinston, Utah,
is visiting his brother, Mr. Mark Bigler,
of this place.
Miss Eliza Robb is up from Rexburg
spending her vacation with her parents.
A very pleasant party was given at
the Home of Mrs J. E. Romrell Monday
night. The evening was spent in play
ing varions games, also music and sing
ing until a late hour when refreshments
were served, after which all departed to
their homes, having spent a very enjoy
able evening.
Xmas was spent very pleasantly in
our little village. A program and tree
at the church were well attended. The
dances Xmas eve and Xmas night were
crowded, all coming out to have a merry
Xmas.
Mrs. 8. W. Orme was visiting in Rex
burg the last of the week. J. R. M.