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Show . The bravery and upparalelled disci- above tlfat in : civil life in the United pline of' the American soldier was never States as to cause wonder on t he pm of better illustrated than by the t!iirty-lirsf- c those acquainted with tlio unavoidable infantry this week on board the ; jdships of in Hit ary, life. Theso hardleaking transport Manauense bet ween ships and their effect upon men suddenSan Francisco and Matiija. With death ly transferred to the ranks from civil aud a waery grave staring them ti the Ofe is shown in the statistics of deaths face, they went merrily on, bailing out from disease in t he United States. OF the sinking vessel and singing What the" total number, 1,829, 2,923 were vothe Hell (jo We Car(?j Not even )he lunteers and only 906, or less than awfulness of the deed Jias any VU3 rors regulars. The antis will have to f e r the U 'litcd Si a t e s Reg tHars. suppress siatistics or change theirjjase. - i I Published evuri' Saturday by THU BEAVER CO. PUR CO. 7 f Utah. Heaver City, 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: fi.oa. Six Mouther - - - .75. - Auyeriisiog Rates on Application. E tred at the post clflce at Bearer City Utah, for transmission ihtough the mails - - us second class matter. W.M. WHITE, . one-thir- i correspondent writing front Frisco, under dale of November 26 h, says t hat A EDITOR. water lias been struck in one of their Whore, oh, where Is Aguinaldo? mines there. The story sounds too fishy for us to give ft space' in these columns. The fact of ho mailer is; the Congress convenes next Monday. only time the people of that burg ever saw water was several years ago when a Is tlio Dutchman's Ilea; man found a Aguinaldo like bottle of u In Arthur GenIs on him he .when you put .your Jinger trys butcherwagoif ami' mistaking"!! somewhere else. for a new brand of liquor, drank a quantity of it. At the inqncsthcjd..tbejiext The despatches announce that the day they had to send to Milford, where have had similar experiences, for Filipino government has gone to pieces, they are but our the dickens a man to analyze the contents of the f d, troops having bothe which, death having been so sudown time In making a collection of ' the den, was found in the hands of the depieces as evidence of the fact. ceased. I Recent reports from Cape Nome say that wages are high there, viz: 810.00 per day. Those same reports give tlie following list of prevailing prices: Reef, 75 cents per pound; flour, Si. 00; canned goods, 81. 23'per pound; potatoes, 60 c.; rent of a small house (shack). 8150.00 per month and, of course, all and lnxuties in proportion. Let us figure on t his mutter of high wages, a litte and see how we come out, T ak i n g t he average family o f f o u r, a n d people are advised by the transportation companies to take their. families wi;li them, the bill of expenses, omitting all the little dainties and luxuries to which t Hu average American family is used, sImsws tip about as follows: . other-necessarie- s r- - The Boers aud the Filipinos have won 13 MljNII WAR FATALITIES. the everlasting gratitude of the newsStatistics are out covering the period paper space writers of this country and Europe. The United Slates Congross from May 1, 1898, to Juno 3 1899, thirteen months, giving In detail tlio tnor. takes its turn next week. f i A The United States government Is in a veryhu mil ialing position. Eighteen months ago Agulnaldo demanded recognition. After submitting tlio matter to the arbitrament of war,theAmericaus each-oth- er, er are nowaumbling ITnd TncldenTally all over the Island of Luzon, in their .anxiety to recognize all-ov- 1 him. . . - - - tnlity in the army botli from wounds inflicted by the enemy and from disease. The statistics ctver the (ield from Porto Rita toLuzon and ought to servo as something of an object lesson to those who, from a desire to bell ttlo the ad ministration. war policy, are continually harping upon thoundesirabio-mPu- n healthy climate of tlio Philippines and the dearth trips to which, the troops are the incomfieiency r f those subjected-b- y ... If tlio 9 Toal, man works esery 818.90. day-i- n i ho year aud his wife and children earn a like amount in taking in washing, they could clear their round-tri- p passage v fo f andpa rjl icir little piec e o expertei'ce i njust two yearTabcTsix months, - all of which shows that Cape Nome is a good place to keep away from, , in power. Of the grand total of 0,615 fatalities -The Presidents message is said to from all causes 493 wereTkllled in accontain 20,000 words and to cover ery tion, 201 died from wounds, 6,509 died m i n u teivc v ery. detail, regardiugou r n of dieaso-I- n -- hospitals and 412-frOf the 693 deaths from tly acquired territory, our foreign other causes relations and our finances on all of battle wounds. 328, or nearly one-hawhich questions the people are becom- the total number, occurred in Cuba. ing impatient to learn the Presidents The most Interestingyet startling next-Mon vjevs.Con gross convenes partTof the roport is the table bfdeaths from disease. ' The total number, 5,509, day, but out of respect for Hobtfrt, their presiding oilieer, Is made up as follows: whoso death occurred recently, the SenIn the United States, 3,829, ate will immediately adjourn until Tues I n Cuba. 862. day which action will no doubt be folIn Luzon, 333, io ved by the House, and the message Hawaii, Porto Rica, on ship, 4S5. will not bo read until TuesdayC The mortality In Luzon Is so little re-co- ora lf Vice-Preside- 4 nt The Windsor Collars and Cuffs are water proof, and cannot be detected from Lineirr Cairt e cleaned at an v time by simply using a wet cloth They come in any style desired, will weiir one year. They never Change color always white. Laundry bills of 821.84 saved'ycarly. Just the thing for those riding a wheel. Dont confuse these goods with celluloid. We want good reliable Agents in every town.' . Wj I tef or-- p ar tl c u a r s. Ga t a og u a nd Price-list- s furnished on application. Address Pitt & Fowler, General Agents for Utah, Corinne, Utah. -- 1 1 and-soa- e-- p. |