St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 September 1897 — Page 4

Slljc independent. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT WALKERTON, - - . INDIANA. W. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. ————■■sl.2s PER YEAR IN ADVANCE - — SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1897. A great many who are going to Alaska to hunt for gold will spend most of their time hunting for beans and bacon. The shortage in’ the potato crop this year will have considerable of a tendency to influence the ,'price of wheat. From the present indication, potatoes are likely to be $2 per bushel by spring and when they are that price people are apt to eat more bread than otherwise.

To one who knows anything about placer mining, some of the reports from the gold fields in Alaska seem not only unreasonable but absolutely incredible. For instance placer dirt that will run one cent per pan will bring a man good miners wages, and dirt that will average five cents a pan is considered a bonanza in any country, yet there comes the as tonishing report from Klondike of dirt going SSOO and even SI,OOO per pan, mak ing it possible for a miner working ten hours to take out from $150,000 to S3OO, 000 per day! Is it to be wondered at, that with such a prospect in view that there should be a wild rush to the gold fields. Such over exaggeration, however, would never excite a practical miner, but would have a tendency to rather make him suspicious of the whole district. But yet allowing for exaggeration by cutting the reports received from there in half, and then quartering the remainder, it still leaves Klondike the richest placer field ever discovered. The great Congress mine in Arizona, which could not be bought for less than $25,000,000, is operating upon rock that runs only S2O per ton. The Vulture in the same territory which turned out ten million in gold in one year worked upon quartz going only from SSO to SIOO per ton. Hundreds of stamp mills in mining districts of the west are running on rock that yields less tha n $8 per ton and even then are paying satisfactory divi dends to the stock holders. It is only in comparison with these properties that one can obtain a correct idea of the fabulous wealth reported front the newgold fields in Alaska. A pan of dirt as miners call it contains about three pounds of soil and the reports state that SSOO, SI,OOO, and even $3,J00 has been cleaned up to each pan. By^a little calculation you can at once determine that such soil would be worth from $333,000 to $1,800,000 per ton, and an ordinary stamp or concentrating mill running upon such soil would be able to clean up only about a hundred million dollars a day for the owners. It is always best if one must tell a lie to tell a big one and it isour candid opinion that some of the correspondents from the Northwest have not missed their opportunity. That there is gold in Alaska and that in paying quantities no one can deny, but that such fabulous wealth exists there as is reported in most of the accounts from there, is to be believed with considerable allowance. Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, is a man who speaks as he thinks and thinks as he believes. He certainly does not belong to that large class of politicians who believe ~ that every thing that their party, or any one belonging to it, does, is correct and just the proper thing to do for the best welfare of the country. He is a fair, honest, practical and candid man, and-in disapproving the recent action of the senate he voices the sentence of the whole laboring class of this country. “I did not suppose when I said that I did not agree with Burrows about this tariff matter that I would stir the old girl up so much. There is nothing "new in what I eaid. for I have not changed my mind. They are the same doctrines I have always preached. I tell you that the United States has got to commence very soon to collect taxes from the people who own property, notwithstanding the Journal's protest. The idea of a lot of millionaire senators passing a law to tax the unemployed and the people who havn’t any property! That isn’t republican and it isn't Christianity. The d st crack Christianity ever received was when President McKinley signed that tariff bill with its tax on sugar and leather. I said last fall, whenever I spoke, that it was wrong to support a government by taxing people who have no property, and I’m willing to repeat it on every corner of every street in every city in this country. There never was a time when there was so much taxable prop erty in the country as there is now, and never a time when so many people had to get along on two meals a day. I’ll bet that one-half of the consumers of sugar don’t own a cents worth of prop erty, and yet they are the ones who will have to make this contribution to the sugar trust while the prosperity goes un taxed. This idea of legislating for business is all wrong. Business to be healthy, must be regulated by supply and demand, and we will never have any healthy business unless it is so regulated.”

THE FOUR COUNTIES. News of St. Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke Counties Briefly Told. The man who has been so successfully passing counterfeit $5 bills in South Bond for some time has at last been cornered. 1 lis name is Martin Misnar and he has lived in South Bend for years. The Studebakers at South Bend shipped fifty nine car loads of wagons last week which is about twice their usual shipment. The rise in wheat is undoubtedly directly responsible for this. Some boys carelessly set tire to a marsh near Michigan City, and in consequence about fifty diary cows wore burned to death and a great many more so burned that tl ey will have to be killed. James Rourke, a lineman in the em ploy of the street railway was killed by an electrical current at South Bend Saturday morning. He was in the center of the Jefferson street bridge reparing a bracket that holds up the trolley wire, when he accidently formed

. a ground connection. His death was I ° immediate, i The LaPorte Herald is authority for the statement that Harry B. Darling, of that city, has been offered a position as special correspondent to go to Alaska in company with about 20 other newspaper men to represent a syndicate of metropolitan papers. Mr. Darling has not yet decided whether to accept or not, but should he do so, the syndicate will find they have made a good selection, as Harry is a hustler and will give them all the nows that can be found. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN THE COURSE OF STUDY IN THE WALKERTON SCHOOLS. At a meeting of the board of (‘ducation Wednesday evening, Aug. 24, a few important changes and additions were made to the course of study and text books. The following are the changes made; Hill’s Composition and Rhetoric to take the place of Harte’s, Went worth's New Plane Geometry in place of Robinson’s, and Milne’s high school Algebra for 11th grade in place of Schuyler's. These nooks wo think are superior and the price is more reasonable. After considering for some time which would be more advisable to buy, steri lizers to be used on the slates and pencils, as directed by secretary of the State Board of Health, or discontinue the use of slates, it was decided unanimously to abandon the use of slates. The following are the additions made to the course: Drawing to bo taught in the first eight grades, using Prang’s drawing book ns laid down in the manual of the school. 2nd. Music is to be taught in the first nine grades. The school board will endeavor to employ some competent person to instruct each of these grades in music for at least one half hour each week. The daily programme in the high school will be arranged to g ; ve fewer and longer recitations and at tne same time complete the required work of the course. The following is a brief statement of the course; Tenth grade or first year High school will study the following studies during the year, figures denoting number of months each is to be taught: Algebra 9, Latin 9, Ancient History 9, Rhetoric 4, English Literature 4. Eleventh grade or junior year Algebra 9, Med. History 4, U. S. History 4, Botany 4, Zoology 4, Geometry 4, English Literature 1. Twelfth grade or senior year Botany 4, Zoology 4, Geometry 4, U. S. History 4, Arithmetic 4, Physiology 4, General Literature, 4 Grammar 4. Take Notice. Barkley’s dental office is upstairs over Endly’s drug store. Sets of teeth, very best, and every set warranted a fit, at reduced prices for the next 30 days. A. Barkley, Dentist. Order Your Hard Coal Early, You can get the best grade of hard coal for $6.50 per ton delivered by ordering of R. F. Dare, the wood and coal dealer. Oblige me with your order and I will do my best to please you. RHEUMATISM I Is caused by Uric Acid and other im- ; purities lingering in the blood, which have not been, filtered out by the Kidneys through the urine. The seat of the trouble is not in the skin or mus- . cles. It’s siek Kidneys. Electricity, j liniments or plasters will not reach the i case. But the disease can be CURED 1 ; I have been a victim of rheumatisn 1 for many years, and suffered untold t agony. Not only did 1 have rheumatism, y but I was told 1 had Bright’s disease. I , know I had awful pains in my back, and f my kidneys bothered me terribly. Some a time ago I bought a box of Dr. Hoobs e Sparags Kidney Pills at Bomm’s drug i- stre, and gave them a thorough trial. 3 To my surprise my rheumatism has dis--3 appeared and my kidneys have ceased to 1 pain me any more. Your Sparagus Pills f have fixed me up all right, and I am now , a comparatively well man. W.C. Smith, 1 810 John St., Evansville, Ind. HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. e HOBBS REM EDY CO., Proprietors, Chicago. - Dr. Hobbs Pills For Sale in WALKERTON, IND., by J. F. REID, Druggist.

—— ~ 4— . Our Special Sale OF— — DRY GOODS, SHOES AND DISHES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4,1897 You Can’t Afford to Miss Our Bargains! 11 i” ' s. d. Martin. n. E OUR MOTTO 3 “Where there’s a Will 3 f there’s a Way.” 5 52 Opportunities may come to every man. Here is a 72 57. chance for you. Before opening the new fall season 72 £7 we want you to come and look over the many bar -«• 27 gains left from our summer stock. We have some S77' very good things in our ^5 g Aden’s and Hoys’ Cloth inn f 52 department, such as all wool clav suits for men for Z 2 J 2 $7.50; boy’s for $6.50; good shoes for men, $1; f<T ladies. 32 J2l SI.OO. An extra good pair <>f trousers for 75 cents. 2! 52 Don't miss our store when in Plymouth. Weare on 2 57. the East side of Mich St. 72 | M. ALLMAN. I _ * ‘* v — 3408d^-- ■ - - — The Undersigned Leasts the Trade with Tig (Bargains in Try i^ods, Gioceries, Toots, Shoes, Glass and (ueensware The Largest Assortment AT PRICES TIAT OTHERS DO NOT MEET. Your dollar does doubleduty when you buy your goods of Leader in Low Prices. —■ » ——— a, it , it New Furniture and Undertaking Establishment. Have opened up in business i n the McDaniel room, lately occupied by Nichols’ furniture store, with a new stock of the best and latest goods in the furniture line, and can assure the public that they will be pleased with my stock and prices. I ha ve a complete outfit for the undertaking business, including a fine new hearse and will be prepared to give this department careful and thorough attention. Respectfully, H. A. Yearick.

The ' Globe, | GREAT BIG —| ] Clearing Sale! I | -OF CLOTHING 1 5 POROASH! = 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 14,1897, 1 ^5 We will commence to sacrifice our profits to the trade in order to £ 3 close out our Spring Goods to make room for our | Big Stock of Fall and | Winter Clothing | 5 Which we have now bought. Now is your time to buy EF 3 Clothing while so cheap. H -A. Few Prices B 3 Men's Half W<x>l Suits, - - - now $ 3.50, worth $ 5.00 3 “ All W(x>l “ - 5.00, “ 8.00 £ 5 “ “ “ “ - - - “ 7.00, “ io.oo E 3 “ Clay Worsted, black, ...» 6.50, “ 8.00 “ “ “ - - “ 8.00, “ 10.00 £ 3 “ “ “ “ io.oo, •* 13.00 B » « .... . » 12.00, “ 15.00 £ “ ... « 15.00, “ 25.00 t 3 We Have a Good Line of —> B | Young Men's and Boys' Suits 1 3 which we will sell at a very low price. We have a lot of Odd Pants which will be sold just as low as the lowest. We also have a line of Percale Shirts with collars and cuffs, now 75 cents, worth sl. Bring £ us your cash and see what good results we can give you. | l\oonfe & pair. | Leaders in Low Prices. New Goods and i N eiwPrices^^^*'*^ are here for your inspection, also our Fall Lines or * DRY GOODS including Dress Goods, Flannels, etc. Our lines of Gloves and Mittens, Un derwear, etc., will be ready for the ‘ Early Buyers.” We will again meet any and all prices our friends will make you. Kindly call and let us convince you we are right when we say we are the lowest in town. SPRING GOODS A very few left yet, and are yours for a mere trifle. Trusting we may have a share of your fall trade, we are, Yours for competition, STEPHENS & GRIDER. To Close Out! I have a few fannel Toors thoroughly seasoned, 4 Light Windoivs, 26x66 Screen Toors, 28x68 Storm Screen doors, 200 gallons paint reduced from ^l.2j to sl, 2 Gasoline Stoves at a bargain. L. A/REEGE, A Jhew and (Bewildering Assortment of Lawns and Dimities, and the ew POLKA-DOT LAPPET MOLLS In all the Fashionable Colors. SHIRT WAISTS in the .New Lawns and Linens and Linnen Effects. A full line of Wrappers and a Nice Assortment of (Prints. New Line of Shoes in Coin Toe, and the latest effects in black and the new shades of purple and green, also a full line of Children’s Shoes. - BRUBAKER & BLAINE