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high-handed course aroused the people of 

 Denver and their indignation found ex- 

 pression in a refusal to patronize the depart- 

 ment stores. So threatening did the boy- 

 cott become that Tuesday the combine 

 made an unconditional surrender to the 

 newspapers, with the result that hereafter 

 the department stores will be made to pay 

 a higher scale of rates than was in force 

 prior to the trouble. This is a great vic- 

 tory for the Denver papers." 



Rio Blanco county has won distinction 

 through the fact of its having had no poor 

 to care for during the year 1897. This is 

 a very enviable record. No money was 

 expended for the care of paupers that year, 

 and Rio Blanco isn't a little two by four- 

 county with a population of ten people, 

 either, but one of the largest and most 

 prosperous counties in the state. In 1890 

 The census gave a population of 1,200. 

 Meeker is the county seat and principal 

 town. 



The value of the alfalfa crop to Colorada 

 is reported to be $10,000,000 a year. 



NEBRASKA. 



On Jan. 20 a portion of the floor of the 

 Cudahy Packing Company, at Omaha, fell, 

 injuring several men and killing one. The 

 walls supporting the floor had been weak- 

 ended by repairs. 



WASHINGTON. 



E. D. Olmstead, mayor of Spokane, gave 

 permission to the Chinese of that city to 

 celebrate their New Years day from Jan. 

 20 to Feb. 4 inclusive, with all the noise 

 and fire works they care for. So for ten 

 days the heart of the Celestial will be 

 made glad by the tom-tom of musical in- 

 struments, the smell of gun powder and the 

 popping of fire crackers. In -short there 

 will be a hot time in the old town" not 

 only one night but several. 



Pomeroy is shipping about fifteen car- 

 loads of wheat daily. 



One hundred and eighty- five out of the 

 207 shingle mills in the state have been 



closed for some time and will make no 

 output until after Feb. 1. 



KANSAS. 



The corn and wheat crop of Kansas for 

 the past year was valued at the enormous 

 sum of $132,250,000. 



INDIANA. 



The last week in January the farmers of 

 La Porte county met at La Porte, the 

 county seat, and held their annual "insti- 

 tute." The all-important sugar beet came 

 in for a large share of the discussion. 

 The meeting was very successful. 



A Utah milling company has a contract 

 to ship 30,000 pounds of flour to China 

 every month for a year. 



ONLY ONE HONEST MAN. 



A story was recently told of how a 

 preacher tested the effect of the hard times 

 upon his congregation. At the conclusion 

 of one of his sermons he said: ''Let every- 

 body in the house who pays his debts stand 

 up." Instantly every man, woman and 

 child, with one exception rose to their feet 

 He seated the crowd and then said: "Let 

 every man who is not paying his debts 

 stand up." The exception noted, a care- 

 worn, hungry individual, clothed in his 

 last suit, rose in front of him. ''How is 

 it, my friend, inquired the minister, "that 

 you are the only man in this large congre- 

 gation who is unable to meet his obliga- 

 tions?" 



"I publish a newspaper," he meekly re- 

 plied, "and my brethren here who have 

 just stood up, are all my subscribers, and 



"Let us pray!" exclaimed the minister. 

 Ex. 



In Dawson City, we are told, men think 

 nothing of spending $1,000 a day for 

 "fun." How much fun can they get there 

 for that much money? 



