Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad- vance. Advertising Rates on Appliciation. Entered as second-class matter April 12 1905, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! And while we enjoyed our trip to our former home in Kansas to the utmost, we were delighted to return to the best climate on earth in Helena Montana. With becoming modesty we will vouch that all who saw or heard us on our recent trip to the east have a yearning to come this way. One of the features of the session of the business mens league and press association, was the efforts of the would be big guns to outshine each other, in Brabley Martin dinners * etc.; but for ours we much preferred the hearty and sincere hospitality without any frills of our many friends among the masses which after all are the ones who are building the race. At the business league meeting the report from Montana created a great deal or comment; It was in deed a revelation that our people in such small numbers out here were forging to the front in the various avenues of business and we may look forward as a result of our efforts along the line of commercial advancement to attract many of our best citizens to this section to the end that we may continue to demonstrate by deeds and acts that this people are capable of making good along all lines. Over in Butte there are those who are well up at the pie counter saying that Mayor Corby will be the republican nominee for govenor. Helena's next stellar attraction will be the greatest fair ever held in the great Northwest. Ira O. Guy who worked so hard to secure the meeting of the business league at Topeka instead of being the recipient of boquets for his efforts seemed in a fair way to get a load of bricks when we left the capital of Kansas. And whil: U. S. Assayer Miller could not retain Mr. Rose in that office he did his best "Angels could do no more. Our voting contest promises to be a warm number before the finish. WESTERN PRESS ASSOCIATION PASSED TIMELY RESOLUTIONS THE NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE FOLLOWS SUIT (Reported to the Daily Capital) After a bitter flight in the committee on resolutions, the western Negro Press Association let President Roosevelt down easy, in the Brownsville affair, py saying that he had been "misinformed", by asking the reinstaement of the negro soldiers, and by commending Senator Foraker of Ohio for his work for the race. At the same Prof Booker T. Washsngton President of the Business League. time an effors to commend Secretary Taft, in the resolutions failed and insead Foraker, the man who has been fighting the Secretary in Ohio, got the praise. The resolution says: We have the utmost confidence in the administration dealing justly with all men, yet we believe it has been misformed as to facts surrounding the Brownsville affair; and since a senatorial investigation has found our soldiers innocent of all charges, we urge the reinststemeut of the discharged soldiers. We are not unmindful of the invaluable service to our people and the country by Senator Joseph Prof W. T Vernon Register of the U.S Treasury, Made a notable address At the meeting of Western Press Association and Business League Benson Forsker in his noble and ianity, cause hatred and hypocrisy courageous defence of the army in public schools on the part of Helena, Montana, Friday, August 30, 1907 and the Negro soldier, and we take this opportunity to express our ap preciation of the same. "We view with grave concern and alarm for the future of our country, upon the steady encroachment and widespread acceptance of the impracticable ibes of southern agifators which tenb to promote racial strife, encourage unjust laws and debauch the Puritan ideas of right, reason and justice, which are imbedded in the fundamental structure of our national commonwealth. Such teachings tend pervert the objects and ends of Christ Hon. W. H. Duncan Colorada Springs Elected president of the Western Press association for 1908 teachebs and stubents, and bring about a complexity of unpleasantness in every phase of daily life. Attention was called to agitation in the North, claimed to have been brought about against the negroes by southern people. The editors went on record as Hon. Nick Chiles The Fighting Editor Elected chairman of the Executive Committee Press association favoring the admission of negroes to the West Point Milatary academy and the Annapolis Naval academy, besides giving them admission to the artillery and marine corps. The movement to get the race in to the commercial lines more than ever was commended. [Name] J. Hume Childers veteran Journalist Retiring Secretary Press Ass'n The National administration was praised for interference in peonage cases Dissapproval of the proposed constitution of Oklahoma was ask of the president by the association The resolution on this point said that the most offensive clause J. B. Bess Helena Mont. Elected as Trgasurer of the Westeun press Ass'n was that which "enadles a white man to marry an Indian and rob her of her land. The New York Dry Goods Store. art and Wai Dress Skirt and Waist Sale Fancy Voile Skirts, trimmed with fancy braids and taffeta bands, silk drop skirts, $35.00 values, choice . . . . . . . . . $20.00 Trimmed with braid and silk bands, $20.00 value, now at $14.05 S dies, black $10.00 W Of Mixture $8.00 to $10.00 ANT; Prominent figure TRUST COMPANY THE CITY OF HELP OFFICERS President A. P. C. B. R. O. Made on Call Close of Business RESOURCES $1,800 FURRE AND FIX- LIABILITIES ENT IS CORRECT. Trimmed wth braid and folds, black and colors, $18.00 value . . . $10.00 Trimmed with braid and folds, black and colors, $18.00 value . . . $10.00 Of Mixtures, Plalds and Panamas, $8.00 to $10.00 values, choice . $4.95 UNION BANK & TRUST COMPANY, OF MONTANA AT THE CITY OF HELENA GEORGE L. RAMSEY, President A. P. CURTIN, Vice President FRANK BOGART, Cashi r C. B. PFEIFFER, Asst. Cashier S. McKENNAN, Treasurer R. O. KAUFMAN, Secretary Report of Condition Made on Call of the State Bank Examiner as at the Close of Business, May 20, 1907 RESOURCES LOANS AND DISCOUNTS..... $1,884,665.15 BONDS AND WARRANTS..... 146,520.83—$2,031,185.98 BANK BUILDING, FURNITURE AND FIX- TURES..... 60,000.00 CASH..... 264,092.49 DUE FROM BANKS..... 962,146.03 1,226,238.52 TOTAL..... $3,124,100,90 LIABILITIES CAPITAL..... $250,000 UNDIVIDED PROFITS..... 131,270.04— $381,270.04 DEPOSITS..... 2,742,830.86 TOTAL..... $3,317,424.50 THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. FRANK BOGART, Cashier Alls National Executor of list. A. P. Curtis R. C Walk R. C George L... Frank Boge R. S. Ford, President Great Falls National Bank. W. A. Clark, of Virginia City, Executor of Henry Elling Estate. W. C. Bailor of Helena, Capitalist A. P. Curtin, of Helena, Merchant. R. C Wallace, of Helena, President of the R. C Wallace Company. George L. Ramsey, President. Frank Bortart, Cashier. BANKING BY MAIL have complete facilities in all sections of the S one way in which an ac it free to anyone aski A Savings Account, drawing interest at 4 per cent., can be opened and carried on by mail. We have complete facilities for out-of-town accounts, and have many customers in all sections of the State. We have issued a small booklet telling of the simple way in which an account can be opened by mail and we will send a copy of it free to anyone asking for same. DRESS SKIRTS Silk Dress Skirts Faney Panama Skirts Street Skirts of Chiffon Panama, in colors and black, made in la- test styles, regular $15.00 value, now $10.00 WALKING SKIRTS WALKING SKIRTS Of Mixtures, Plaids and Panamas, $8.00 to $10.00 values, choice. $4.95 PET COMPANY, OF MONTANA CITY OF HELENA OFFICERS A. P. CURTIN, Vice President C. B. PFEIFFER, Asst. Cashier R. O. KAUFMAN, Secretary Re on Call of the State Bank of Business, May 20, 1907 BURGES $1,884,665.15 146,520.83 — $2,031,185.90 END Fix- 60,000.00 264,092.49 962,146.03 1,226,238.50 BILITIES $250,000 131,270.04 — $381,270.00 2,742,830.80 ORRECT. FRANK BOGART, Cashier RECTORS A. P. Curtin, of Helena, Merchant, R. C. Wallace, of Helena, President of the R. C. Wallace Company. George L. Ramsey, President, Frank Bogart, Cashier. DIRECTORS interest at 4 per cent., can be opened and complete facilities for out-of-town accountations of the State. We have issued a small which an account can be opened by ma no anyone asking for same. Walking Skirts CHICAGO BANK GETS OPINIONS FROM OVER THE U. S. Prosperity on the Flood Tide—Crops Excellent and Business Is on a Sound Basis—None May Deny It—Consensus of Opinion in Thirty Thousand Replies from Nation's Doers. Following is an extract from the "Crop and Business Report" of the Commercial National bank, one of the most careful and at the same time one of the most powerful financial institutions of Chicago. The report is made up from replies to several thousand letters of inquiry sent out to correspondents and others, and represents opinions of bankers, business men and crop authorities in the west and southwest: "We endeavor in this summary to present to the public an answer to the question which all men are asking: 'Is the business situation sound and the outlook assuring?' This answer is drawn from a composite picture of conditions as graphically described in letters from thousands of banking, manufacturing and merchandizing correspondents throughout the country. Not far from 30,000 separate replies enter into the picture before us and the definiteness of the image is remarkable. There is no vagueness or blurring about it. It is clearcut and inclusive. "The overwhelming preponderance of evidence is that the business situation is sound and satisfactory. Not one of the thousands of replies negatives this conclusion in definite terms. That there has been a marked easing down from the tension of the spring and winter months of the year is generally admitted, but it is admitted without a trace of regret or misgiving. The country had been rushing ahead at a whirlwind pace until the tax on credit and capital accumulations compelled a respite. The demand for goods to meet instant needs, or to replace other goods destroyed by wars and calamities, or to provide for the certain needs of the future, has been unprecedented. "To meet this it has been necessary for the manufacturers and distributive agencies of the entire world to employ almost every available unit of money and to put into action every potentiality of credit. The result is too familiar to all men of affairs to need exposition. The strain on the money centers of the world has been very great. In ordinary times the stringency of one country is offset or relieved by the plethora of another, through the commonplaces of the mechanism of exchange. But it has been different since the peace of Portsmouth. There is no easy money in the civilized world today. "To suggest an idea of the urgency of the demand for capital to expand and equip the productive capacity of industry so that it may be on a par with the fast-increasing consumptive demand for the things of modern life we call attention to the world phenomenon of stagnation in the purely speculative department of affairs. Recently we have seen a record low price for the British consolidated debt—'consols'—indicating that the rewards of capital in industry are so attractive as to prompt withdrawal of funds even from the acknowledged chief of investment securities. The same phenomenon in its application to the funded loan of all governments except our own—and for this there is a special and artificial reason—and in its application to the bonds and shares of the exchanges, is a further light on the tension which is everywhere felt in money affairs. "It is a curious and striking fact that in all the thousands of replies which enter into the picture of the business situation before us there is hardly a reference to the speculative lethargy which contributes so large a part of the news from day to day. And yet it is a truism that the security markets exist merely as governors of the supply of mobile capital. Of necessity their activity must decline when economic forces drain from their stocks of stagnant capital. When the mobile capital of the world is needed in productive enterprise or in distributive service it must necessarily desert the stock exchange, and inevitably wane before the necessities and overtopping importance of industrial activity. "The bankers of the country, with few exceptions in the far west, report an extraordinary demand for funds in all lines of business activity. Interest rates are very firm everywhere, and in the central reserve and larger reserve cities the inquiry for funds so much exceeds the supply that money is described as 'very tight.' "Business is generally reported to be good in volume, making an exception for the great hesitancy in the metal markets, especially in copper and the alloy metals. Voluntary concessions in the prices of these materials have made buyers wary, and they are generally waiting in the hope of further forced declines. "The high cost of materials and labor, and especially a certain inefficiency of labor, are noted by some of our informants as unfavorable factors in the situation. "Turning to the crop situation, only the broadest generalizations are justified. The grasses, which form the primary sustenance of our animal population, are an unusually rich crop. The cereal crop suffered by reason of the conditions which promoted the luxuriance of the forage crops. "It now appears that the total yield of wheat in the United States will approximate 640,000,000 bushels. "The unmistakable conclusion to be gathered from our replies on schedules touching the crop financing operations of the banks, is that though yields may be deficient in quantity and in quality, these defects, in conjunction with an unabating consumption, will require practically as large a volume of funds as last year. "After the exhaustive and protracted discussion of the two plans of currency reform now before the public it is rather surprising that the returns indicate almost absolute neutrality of opinion as to credit currency, according to the plan of the American Bankers' association. We gather that the positive opinion in favor of a properly regulated credit currency is only 2 per cent in excess of the negative and indifferent opinion." FOR THE DEFENSE OF PETTIBONE Richardson and Darrow Expected to Appear. Denver, Col., Aug. 28.—The Western Federation of Miners will be ready to proceed with the trial of George A. Pettibone at Boise on October 1, the date set for the arraignment of the Western Federation of Miners member accused of complicity in the murder of former Governor Steenunenberg. At the Denver headquarters of the federation it is officially stated that both Attorneys Richardson and Darrow are still in the employ of the miners, and that both of them are expected to conduct Pettibone's defense. Senator Borah of the prosecution, the federation officers say, has made a personal appeal to the Mineowners' association to come to Idaho's financial aid in further pushing cases against the accused federation officials. It was heard in Colorado Springs last week that the senator had visited the mineowners there. The opinion is freely expressed that it will be impossible to secure a jury for a second trial of the Steuenenberg case. It is the belief of the federation leaders that when Harry Orchard is ultimately brought to trial for the confessed murder of Idaho's governor that a lunacy commission will be called and that he will be declared insane. ROUNDUP OF THUGS IN CHICAGO Police Killed One and Arrest a Score of Criminals. The Chicago police rounded out a day of war against criminals Saturday night by killing a holdup man just after he had robbed a citizen and by capturing the robber's companion. Thomas Kelly, who had a record of crime, was the man who was killed. His slayer was Policeman Patrick McFee. Kelly had held up Michael O'Neill, a steamfitter. A companion of Kelly's, Thomas Roach, was arrested at the same time. "BURNING BLUFFS" STEAMING South Dakota Phenomenon More Active Than for Years. "The burning bluffs," a national curiosity located across the river from Wheeler, attract attention by their renewed activity. For more than 20 years volumes of steam and odors of burning sulphur have been issuing from fissures in the bluffs and of late the fissures have widened and the volumes of steam have largely increased. COLLISION KILLS AND MAIMS Tragedy on French Railroad Costs 10 Lives. Coutras, France, Aug. 28.—Ten persons were killed and 25 injured in a head-on collision between an express train bound from Bordeaux for Paris and a freight train. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch. None of those killed or wounded was an American. Labor Notes. Approximately 350 members of the building trades at Goldfield have returned to work. The plumbers win their demand of $9 for an eight hour day, but they, with other building crafts, agree to give 90 days, notice in case of a threatened strike or of a demand for an increase in wages. A compromise offer of an advance in wages, made by packing firms at the stock yards in Chicago to their teamsters, was rejected by the latter and the firms were given 12 hours to make further concessions. Explosion Is Echo of Maine Jersey City, Aug. 246.—A shrapnell shell which was a relic of the battle-ship Maine, exploded here severely injuring three children. Eldem Kenney, aged 14, and telling several y-ungsters how a sailor gave him the missile and illustrated its weight by dropping it. The shell exploded with a roar. Kenney was fearfully mutilated and may die. His two companions were lacerated. Raisuli Weakens. It is understood that Raisuli, who is holding Sir Henry McLean a prisoner, has sent a communication to the British government in which he greatly modifies his previous demands for the release of the caid. The only condition he makes now is that his own life and the lives of the members of his family be guaranteed. Awful Wreck on the Frisco. Sapulpa, I. T., Aug. 25.—Four were killed and 30 injured this afternoon when two St. Louis and San Francisco passenger trains collided head-on near here. Both trains were filled principally with excursionists. SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. All harvest work has been suspended throughout the Palouse country. The Unionists have elected Walter Gulness to the house of commons from Bury St. Edmonds, England. The danger is thought so great at Fez that all foreign residents have been ordered to leave the city. The bodies of the late President and Mrs. McKinley are to repose permanently in especially made bronze caskets. Charles Murphy, Tammany leader says that Tammany would contribute $1,000 every week to the striking telegraphers. It is reported that the French cruiser Duchayla has captured a German vessel loaded with rifles and flying the Spanish flag. Five persons were soffocated by smoke from a fire in the tenament at 449 Norfolk street, Bomerville, Mass., recently and two others were overcome. It is reported that the pope has appointed Rev. Dr. Edward J. Hanna, professor of dogmatic theology at St. Bernard's seminary, to be coadjutor at San Francisco. At. La Crosse, Wis., recently Fred Kersters, age 11, helped get his four brothers out of their burning home and then perished in the flames before his mother's eyes. Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood has sent out orders offering a reward of $500 for Bill Miner, the highwayman who escaped from the British Columbia penitentiary on July 28. The big fire at Cincinnati was put out after superhuman efforts on the part of fireman had confined it within the block. The total loss will be nearly a million and a half dollars. The number of employees in the divisions of building and construction, municipal work and engineering on the Panama canal has been reduced 25 per cent because the appropriation is less this year than last. Montreal, Que., labor unions are to petition the Ottawa and Quebec governments, requesting that in future all government construction work throughout the province be given only to union men at a current rate. Amzi Smith, aged 64, for many years in charge of the document room at the senate, is dead. He had a remarkable memory for faces, facts and the location of thousands of documents. The Nebraska railroad commission has ordered the Great Northern to cease discrimination against Omaha in favor of Minneapolis in refusing cars for loading grain destined for the Omaha market. One of the most disastrous hallstorms that ever visited North Dakota has devastated a strip about 25 miles long and from one to six miles wide, destroying one of the finest wheat sections recently. In his annual report to the department of trade and commerce, Lord Struthcona emphasizes the necessity of Canadians striving to steadily improve the quality of products sent to the British market, as a higher standard is demanded every year. From the references that are being made in the press to the National Irrigation congress, to be held at Sacramento, September 2 to 7, the interest in this annual event is becoming more widespread and the benefits of irrigation more generally recognized. A courier from Morocco city confirms the reports that the sultan's brother was proclaimed sultan on August 16 and assumed the throne. The new sultan declares his intention of appointing another brother kalif of Fez and then proceeding to take command of the Moorish forces besieging Casa Blanca. Cortelyou Helps Money Market Secretary Cortelyou announces that beginning this week, he will place each week in New York, Boston and such other cities as he sees fit, deposits of government funds to sufficient quantities to prevent any stringency or possible panic during the crop moving period. For North Pole. Word has been received from Tromso, Norway, which says it is reported that Walter Wellman of the Chicago Record-Herald polar expedition is about to leave Spitzerbergen in his attempt to reach the north pole by means of a balloon. Dowager Is Perfectly Well. Paris, Aug. 26.—The Chinese legation here is informed by cable that the reports that the dowager empress is suffering from an incurable disease are untrue. Her health, according to the cable, is perfect. Mansfield, Christian Science. Despiring of being cured by regular physicians, Richard Mansfield has turned to the Christian Science faith. An old fashion is old, but an ancient fashion is always modern. ST. PAUL IS COMING FAST. President E. D. Sewall of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company in Montana, expresses himself as highly pleased with the progress being made and said the work of construction is being pushed along as rapidly as possible. Westward from Glenham, he said, 55 miles of track had been laid, and east of Cato about 15 miles have been put down. Five miles of track have been laid in the vicinity of Harlowtown and six miles out of Butte. While Mr. Sewell said there were too many things to take into consideration state positively when the trains would be running into Butte, he thought the road would be in operation next spring, and into Spokane several months later. COMING EVENTS. Columbia River Methodist Episcopal conference, Spokane, September 4-7. Free street carnival, Walla Walla Wash., September 16-23. Washington Retail Grocers, Seattle September 18-19. Montana Pioneers, Billings, September 26-28. Southern Idaho Baptist Young People's union, Boise, September 19-22. Fairs. Riverside, Wash., September 10-12 Centralia, Wash., September 9-14. Roseburg, Ore., September 10-14. Athena, Ore., September 19-21. Salem, Ore., September 16-21. Orofno, Idaho, September 17-19. Missoula, Mont., September 16-20. Redmond, Ore., September 19-21. Prosser, Wash., September 18-21. Great Falls, Mont., September 23-27 North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 23-28. Colville, Wash., September 19-21. Anaconda, Mont., September 25-28 McMinnville, Ore., September 23-27. Pendleton, Ore., September 23-28. Victoria, B. C., September 24-28. Spokane, Wash., September 23-October 5. Helena, Mont., September 30-October 5. Caldwell, Idaho, October 1-5. Scio, Ore., October 2-4. Davenport, Wash., October 8-11. Oregon City, Ore., October 9-11. Colfax, Wash., October 7-12. Lewiston, Idaho, October 7-12. Baker City, Ore., October 8-12. Wilbur, Wash., October 15-18. Walla Walla, Wash., October 14-19 MINES IN MANY CAMPS. Lack of coke cuts down the Bound ary ore shipments the past week. A telephone line is being constructed from Warrens into Ramey Ridge camp in central Idaho. A new lead has been cut on the famous old Reco mine in the Sandon district, British Columbia. Work has been begun on a 250-foot crosscut tunnel on the White Tail property on Horse creek, near Libby, Mont. All hope of rescuing alive four miners who have been entombed for several days in No. 14 tunnel at Blanchard, Pa., has been abandoned. Work has been resumed at the Minorca group on Fifteen Mile creek, near Orient, B. C. Considerable rich ore was at one time shipped from the mine. Quite contrary to representations which have been made extensively in the west, the creation of national forests places no check on prospecting for minerals. The old War Eagle mine near Lewistown, Mont., is to be reopened and worked on a large scale. A $25,000 concentrating plant is to be erected on the property. The first shipment of ore from the Winnipeg property, located on Belcher mountain, started from the mine Tuesday morning bound for the Granby smelter at Grand Forks. Strangers were more numerous than residents in Twisp last week. Many residents are doing the annual assessment work on mining claims, while those who take a couple of weeks off to go prospecting every year are now engaged in that most alluring of all occupations. After selecting Helena as the convention city for next year and choosing Sheridan, Wyo., as headquarters the United Mine Workers of America for district No. 22, embracing the states of Montana and Wyoming, have concluded their annual convention in Helena. All of the old officers, including President Thomas Gibson of Livingston, were relected. "Miners from nearly all parts of the northwest are pouring into the Elk and Pierce City districts in a steady stream; some are prospecting the ground for undiscovered locations, while the majority of the visitors are moneyed eastern capitalists searching for mines with showings which will warrant development on a large scale," says T. Ralph Pittock. The big Gagnon, Neversweat and West Stewart mines and the Daly-Davis crosscut at Butte have been forced to close down by the machinists' strike. Business men are becoming alarmed at the possibilities of the strike on the part of the machinists. It is feared that other mines may follow the example of the properties mentioned and shut down as fast as the machinery becomes unfit to use. Both the unions and the mining companies show no signs of weakening. SWITCH FLEW OPEN FRIGHTFUL WRECK ON B. & R. G. NEAR PUEBLO, COLO. Whole Train Thrown Into the Embankment—Large Number Injured and Bruised—Second Collision Averted by Prompt Action of Train Crew—All Expected to Recover. Pueblo, Col., Aug. 26.—Twenty persons suffered injuries and a number of others were shocked and bruised when a Denver & Rio Grande passenger train No. 5, westbound, was wrecked a mile east of Fernleaf, a small station about three miles west of Pueblo Sunday afternoon. The wreck was caused by the second engine of the train throwing a switch, derailing and throwing it against the embankment. The engine carried the baggage, express and mail cars, a day coach and five Pullmans from the rails. The second section of No. 5, which followed close behind, and eastbound No. 4, were stopped a short distance from the scene of the wreck and passengers transferred each way, and those who were able continued on their journey. The injured were taken to St. Leda. A temporary track will be built around the wreck and traffic continued in this way until the track is repaired and conditions become normal. Following is the list of more seriously injured, none of whom it is thought is fatally hurt: Mrs. William Kelley, Colorado Springs, hip bruised. Alice S. Coleman, Ann Arbor, Mich. sprained back. Mrs. E. W. Dolly, Whittier, Cal., ribs fractured. SECRETARY TAFT'S PLATFORM. Has Set Forth His Ideas in Recent Speeches. The salient features of Secretary Taft's address at Columbus were: He favors additional railroad rate legislation notably an increase of power to the interstate commerce commission. He favors changes in the anti-trust law which will more clearly define it. He believes there can be such a thing as a lawful trust, but emphasizes the danger of unlawful monopolies. He does not agree with Mr. Bryan as to the trust license plan and as to "what should be done with the trusts." He belives that the graduated inheritance and income tax might be properly resorted to by the government in case of financial emergency. He denies that Roosevelt's policies are socialistic and that the president was responsible for state legislation reducing railroad passenger rates or for Wall street flurries. He designates Mr. Bryan's scheme of government as "nerveless" and denies the practicability of a national referendum. He comes out squarely against government ownership of railroads. He announces that he is against free trade, but favors tariff revision, and believes there should be no tariff tinkering until after the next presidential election. FIGHTING THE FAMINE IN CHINA Estimated That Three-Quarter Mill lion People Have Died. The terrible famine which has raged in central China for several months is now virtually over; the crops planted with the seed distributed by the relief committees are being harvested; the missionaries who have labored so assiduously in the cause of humanity are gradually coming down to the coast for a rest, and people are beginning to count the cost in lives and money. The exact number of Chinese who perished will never be known, but the estimate recently made by a prominent member of the relief organizations, judging from conversations with many workers, was very much exaggerated. He computed the loss of lives at over 1,000,000, but on going carefully into the facts it is found that the famine lasted less than eight months, and at the worst period the deaths were said to average 3,000 a day, so that even had this figure been maintained for the full period of the famine the total mortality would have been less than three-quarters of a million. IDAHO NEWS. The Wardner public schools will resume work on Monday, September 2. Idaho is in need of coal and Governor Gooding thinks the railroads are negligent in furnishing cars. Dr. I. M. F. Browne of Boise is dead. He was 79 years of age. 'Cancer caused his death. According to the reports from the Clear creek forest fires, raging near Placerville, the fire made great headway during the recent high wind. For the third time in less than two months the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company's steamer Spokane is tied up by a strike of deckhands. SPORTING NOTES. Jabez Cross, an Omaha sporting man, has put in a bid for the Gans. Britt fight, offering $20,000 for the go. Con Struthers has resigned the management of Vancouver to manage Jack O'Keefe, prize fighter. Bill Hurley is at the head of the team. It is reported for It is reported from Berlin that Refuff the American jockey, has been en eagged to ride for a prominent German turfman at a salary of $50,000. Tommy Burns, who became a heavy among the heavies by knocking out Bill Squires, is getting into shape for his coming battle with Jack Johnson. Tommy Doyle, the young twirler who has been with the Tigers since the opening of the season, has been traded to Vancouver for Pitcher Franklin. Rossland and Trail, B. C., cricket teams played cricket at the park across the Columbia river from Trail Saturday afternoon. The game was won by Rossland by a score of 56 to 19. Higginbotham, the tall Aberdeen twirler, is the league's leading twirler. Away up in the list, however, is found the name of Harry Rush, the Spokane schoolboy, with the Seattle team. Jack Johnson, the negro giant who whipped Bob Fitzsimmons, is now training for a 45-round battle with Tommy Burns for the championship of the world. The negro is a powerful human engine. By riding the winners of six races, the entire card at Churchill Downs, Louisville, June 5, 1907, James Lee, the negro rider under contract to Jerome B. Respess of Cincinnati, established a world's record. Eddie Householder, the Aberdeen right fielder, keeps up his terrific hitting streak, his great work at Butte putting him far and away to the front of the Northewstern league percentage column. His figure is .361 at this date. The Washington state trapshooting tournament to have been held in Walla Walla the last of this month has been transferred to Spokane, and will this year be a one-day affair, following the big Pacific coast handicap shoot. The date for it will be Friday, September 13. President Griffin of the Aberdeen baseball club says the season promises to be a financial success, and there is every reason to believe that a ball team will be maintained in the Northwest league for some time to come. He says the management is entirely satisfied with this season's work of the team and its income. Fielding averages of the Northwestern league leave some clue as to why the Aberdeen and Tacoma teams are so far in the front. In batting these two teams are not showing any better on paper than the other teams of the league but in fielding they are certainly practically in a class by themselves. Aberdeen players lead in four different positions and Tacomans lead in two. In almost every instance the Tacoma or Aberdeen player is far up in the list as compared with the players of other teams in his position. Wild Bill Donovan, the leading pitcher of the American league this season, is much interested in the work of Walter Johnson, the phenomenal young pitcher now with the Washington club. During a recent game in Washington Donovan watched Johnson's every move, and then had this to say: "It is no wonder to me that Johnson pitched 85 innings without allowing a run and struck out 166 men in 12 games up in Idaho. It is only wonderful to me that he did not strike out every one of those bushers up there. He has remarkable speed and a great shoot on his fast bull, and to tell you the truth, he is the best raw pitcher I have ever seen. If nothing happens to that fellow he will be a greater pitcher in two years than Mathewson ever dared to be. Mark that prediction. Look at that build. His arms are almost twice as long as those of an ordinary man, and he is well built from head to foot. Nineteen years old. Well, I guess that fellow won't improve within a year or two." STANDING OF THE CLUBS. P.C. Aberdeen ..... 634 Tacoma ..... 598 Seattle ..... 565 Butte ..... 490 Spokane ..... 472 Vancouver ..... 273 American League. P.C. Chicago ..... 598 Philadelphia ..... 598 Detroit ..... 596 Cleveland ..... 579 New York ..... 464 Boston ..... 431 St. Louis ..... 420 Washington ..... 299 A lot of men imagine that they know all about the financial question because they happen to know a man who lives next door to a bank. 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Ten More Were Injured—After Explosion Acid Tanks Caught Fire and Spread to Mixing House, Where Another Terrific Explosion Occurred—Many Buildings Ruined Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 26.—The nitroglycerine mixing house of the giant powder works at Sobrante, 12 miles north of here, on the bay shore, blew up about 11 a. m. and sent two men to their death and injured some 10 others. The dead: Richard Thompson, foreman, 28 years old; William Doane, aged 30. Immediately after the explosion the acid tanks caught fire and the flames spread to the nitroglycerine mixing house, where three tons of nitroglycerine in great vats blew up with a terrible detonation, scattering flames and debris in all directions. So ter rific was the force of the explosion that Thompson and Doane were lit erally blown to atoms and not a vestige of their remains was found over which to hold an inquest. Three buildings of the plant were laid in ruins and all that remains is a pile of twisted iron and debris. Thousands of gallons of acid in the lead tanks in roaring flames added to the catastrophe. The property loss will reach $50,000. The concussion caused by the explosion was terrific and every window in the vicinity of the powder works and San Pablo, a mile away, was shattered and persons were thrown to the ground by the force of the explosions. One of the big tanks of the Standard Oil company, a mile distant, was ripped open and thousands of gallons of oil flowed into the road. The Giant company is an independent concern and is not owned by the powder trust. No definite cause is given for the explosion. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A fire took place in San Francisco recently in which two dozen autos were estroyed and a number of buildings gutted. The total loss is estimated from $60,000 to $75,000. It is settled that a large number of battleships of the Atlantic squadron which is to come to Pacific waters will go to Puget Sound, the number to be determined by the capacity of the soun to accommodate them. The battleships carry only 120 fathoms of anchor chain, and most of the water there is more than sixty fathoms deep so, as safe practice requires the chains to be not less than three times the depth of the water, only few vessels can be accommodated near Bremerton at once. The thirtieth annual meeting of the American Bar association met in Portland, Maine, this week. Four hundred delegates were present. The city hall was well filled when President A. B. Parker called the meeting to order. An important feature of the meeting is the report of the committee on life insurance legislation. Chief Justice Emery of the Maine supreme court extended the state bar's welcome. Parker was loudly applauded when he rose to deliver his address, which was a lengthy and able one. It is reported that arrangements have been completed for the organization of a $50,000,000 American syndicate, which plans to develop several million acres of oil lands in Mexico. More than 100 gusher wells are reported on the property with oil of the same grade as that of the Southeast Texas fields. UNIVERSAL PEACE CONFERENCE Ask Congress to Neutralize the Philippines. The universal peace congress advocates the adoption by congress of measures to neutralize the Philippines. It urged the withdrawal of imperial control over the islands. It adopted a declaration of principles, setting forth that war is inimical to all progress and can be prevented. That arbitration is a certain means of settlement of international disputes. That congress shall enact a law forbidding the solicitation by this country of foreign loans for war purposes. Underlying Japanese Humanities. Underlying Japanese Humanities. It is the claim of Richard Barry, eye-witness of the operators at Port Arthur and specially qualified to speak of the character and temper of the Japanese soldier, that one-tenth of Japan's male population "is possessed with the itch for conflict." The effect and significance of this spirit of belligerent long-will be discussed by the author of "Port Arthur—A Monster Heroism" in the September Century, under the title of "Underlying Japanese Humanities." The article comes with special timeliness and importance following recent warm weather war talks as to the relations of the United States and Japan. Miss Mary P. Root Is Dead. Pittsfield, Mass.—Miss Mary P. Root, injured in the Ashley Falls automobile accident a week ago, died here. She was prominent in literary circles. She graduated at Vassar in 1878 and was president of the Vassar alumni association at the time of her death. Her death is the fourth from collision with a train. The other victims are her brother, mother and aunt. MEEKER REACHES OYSTER BAY. Aged Washingtonian Made Trip With His Ox Team. After having traveled by ox team and prairie schooner the old Oregon trail, a distance of 1,800 miles, from Puyallup, Wash., to Omaha, Neb., and then continued overland to the summer capital of the United States at Oyster Bay, Long Island, Ezra Meeker, at the age of 77 years, has at last completed his long and laborious journey from ocean to ocean. Not only has he blazed the Oregon trail, preserving it to posterity, marking its 1800-mile length with 13 granite monuments, a dozen boulders and a hundred firm wooden posts, but he has traversed the transmississippi east in a vehicle reminiscent of those which traveled the transmississippi west a half century ago, and literally turned time backwards. Ezra Meeker reached Oyster Bay last week and was greeted by President Roosevelt. It was a long and tiresome journey, but it was successful and the old man was satisfied. VALUES OF THE OSTRICH. Full Grown One Worth $400, the Eggs Are Worth $25. Arthur C. Hummer of Los Angeles says ostrich eggs are worth $25. The chicks are only worth $50. The full grown ostrich is worth $300 to $400. The average pluck is about one pound and is worth, on an average, about $60. The best ostrich feathers come from the Levant and the north and west coasts of Africa. Southern California and Arizona have ostrich farms. The American ostrich is only about half the size of the African bird and its feathers and eggs bring much less. London sets the price on ostrich feathers which, when the bird is four years old, bring as high as $100 per pound, the poorer grades selling as low as $¥0. The eggs vary in value from $10 to $25. Diseases cause about a third of the chicks to die in this country. MORE ANARCHY IN MOROCCO Brother of Sultan Proclaims Himself the Ruler. Paris, Aug. 27.—Advices received from Casa Blanca show no change in the situation. The troops are anxious for an engagement with the tribesmen, but France's determination not to penetrate far into the country prevents pursuit of the fanatics and results in a waiting game. Meantime the state of Morocco's internal affairs is growing worse. Veritable chaos reigns, and the government has degenerated into a mere mock administration. AN AUTOMOBILE KILLS TWO Machine Topples on Sharpe Curve in Rhode Island. Saundestown, R. I., Aug. 26.—Wal do Merrill, a stockbroker of Boston and Erick Lanstrom of Mattapan Mass., a chauffeur, were killed Sunday by the overturning of an auto mobile, which crashed into a stone wall at a sharp curve in the road leading to Narragansett Pier. CITY OF PUEBLA WINNER. To Bring 500 Passengers From Cape Nome. The $25,000 prize in the form of 500 passengers who were awaiting transportation from St. Michael and Nome to the Sound was captured by the steamer City of Puebla. The City of Puebla made a trip of 2,780 miles in six and a half days, breaking all northern speed records. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Secretary Garfield has returned to Washington after to months inspecting public lands in the west. It is officially announced that a score of lesser governments will support Brazil's position at The Hague regarding the organization of a permanent international arbitration court. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern have signed up with the union machinists in their employ and the imminent danger of a strike has been avoided. Katrina, daughter of retiring Ambassador Wright, was recently married in Tokio to Charles Palmer, vice president of the International Bank of Manila. The couple will sail for San Francisco. Twenty-one people were injured, none seriously, by a derailment of a train on the Southern railway at Red Hill, nine miles south of Charlottesville. The entire train, excepting the engine, overturned. The injured were taken to Washington. To Train Natives to Fight. Inquiry at the department on a report from Japan that the authorities plan to increase troops in the Philippines by the addition of 13 regiments of natives, shows that the story originated in the recommendation of General Mills of the department of Viscayas, that such force be increased by 30 companies. The recommendation was due to a desire to reduce expenses, natives costing less than American soldiers. Will Prosecute Lumbermen Edmonton, Alberta—The prosecution by the attorney general of lumbermen charged with violating the laws in relation to unlawful restraint in trade and limiting of products signifies the beginning of a long and bitter struggle in the courts. The lumber interests accused have decided to fight the case against them to the utmost. Pray for a short memory as to all unkindness. FLOODS AT CONNELL H. A. Plegner, Riding on Top of Train, Was Hurled to His Death—Second Cloudburst Occurred—Heavy Damage to Town of Connell—Crops Destroyed and Property Loss Heavy. Hatten, Wash., Aug. 26.—Before a moving wall of water seven feet high and varying in width from 25 to 50 feet, the roadbed of the Northern Pacific between Hatton and Connell crumbled away in the coulee so suddenly that a freight engine pulling a train ran over the trackless brink unawares. H. A. Plegner, riding on top of the cars, lost his life. The track is destroyed in spots for a distance of several miles, freight and passenger trains are stalled on both sides of the washout. The water swept down upon Connell and caused some property damage there, moving structures 50 feet from their foundations and scattering debris for miles. So far as known no lives were lost at Connell. The havoc was intensified by another cloudburst following the first, although the greatest quantity of water was carried by the initial deluge. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon the first cloudburst discharged its rivers of water about a mile and a half south of Hattox. So resistless was the great weight of water and so swiftly did it run that no earth made right of way could hold and the roadbed literally melted away. The water then was four feet deep in the coulee. It was just after the havoc had been wrought that a freight train had gone about a mile was overtaken by the flood. Engine 1537 was ditched, dropping more than 20 feet, but the tender remained in such a position that the cars following pressed upon the obstruction and nine were telescoped. On the third car back of the tender sat Plegner, who had been warned not to get aboard the train, as it was not due to stop at Hatton. His car was loaded with tires and timbers and the man was tossed to the ground in an almost inextricable mass of heavy wood. One leg was torn off and the other leg broken and mangled in such a manner that the bone protruded. The head brakeman, who was near Plegner, was hurled for a distance of 50 feet, his body clearing the coulee, also a barb wire fence and alighting in a grain field. He escaped, as if by a miracle, with hardly a scratch. When the engineer felt the engine sinking he called to the brakeman to look out, then clutched the cab window and dropped 15 feet with the superstructure. When the engine struck the ground the cab broke loose, the engineer got clear and landed on his feet. The fireman meanwhile had gone out by the gangway and landed on his hands and knees, also unhurt. The fireman was immediately sent back to flag another train coming behind. By reversing his lever, the second train was brought by the engineer to a standtill in time to prevent crashing into the freight in front. Three bridges are out between Hatton and Connell. Wheat in the fields nearby is destroyed, being crushed to the ground. Plegner, the only victim of the railroad wreck, was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and family at Connell. His wife is in bed, the stork having made a visit three days ago. There are two children. Plegner was in search of work, he told his rescuers, for he lived an hour and a half after the timbers were taken from his body. He asked that he be taken at once to Connell to his wife and little ones, but died just before medical aid reached him. HOLD FAST, SAYS PRES. SMALL No Arbitration Asked, Declares the Wire Chief. S. J. Small, president of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, arrived in New York Sunday morning. "Much has been published about arbitration, but the cry from coast to coast is 'no arbitration,'" he said. In the face of the statements by the president of the striking' unionists, both the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph companies emphasize their declarations that the situation is improving daily and that barring a few unimportant towns in the east, conditions are gradually but steadily resuming a normal basis. They announce that they are handling all the business offered with dispatch. Efforts will be put forth by some of the interested parties during the coming week to settle the trouble which has arisen between the telegraph operators and the companies. Miss Fraser Is Laid to Rest. Toronto—The remains of the late Miss Fraser, daughter of Simon Fraser, the explorer of the great British Columbia river which bears his name, took place here. She was laid to rest in St. Andrew's cemetery beside the graves of her father and mother. Miss Fraser was 80 years of age, and retained consciousness to the last moment. Keep your good eye on the fellow that is over humble. 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Douglas, Brockton, Mass. MONTANA ITEMS A railroad from Helena to Kalispell is the plan nearly perfected by Marcus L. Hewitt. A. E. Clements, formerly manager of the defunct Aetna bank at Butte, is again at liberty on bond in the sum of $66,000. Overcome by remorse at finding himself in jail, Frank Feather, a German rancher, attempted to commit suicide by hanging at Great Falls. At Butte recently Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Shryner were arrested on the charge of stealing a carload of coal valued at $200. It is said there was scarcely a ton of the coal left. Under the protection of a blanket injunction restraining all of the various unions in Butte from interference the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company announces that it is again open for business. L. P. Massie, president of the Butte Candy company, is missing and in connection with his disappearance a complaint has been filed with the county attorney alleging grand larceny. Three thousand dollars is missing. The Butte central labor council, the central body of all Butte unions, has indorsed the telegraphers' strike. The press committee of the telegraphers contradicts reports of operators returning to work. They say their advices show that the strikers are standing pat. Residents of Thompson Falls have no refrigerators. They dig holes in the ground to get their ice. At a depth of about 40 feet a space is encountered from which strong drafts of chilling air emerge. The ice-cold air is piped by merchants to their ice boxes, cellars and sleeping rooms and is used instead of frozen blocks. A surgical operation which has attracted considerable attention has been performed upon the 6-year-old daughter of Daniel C. McGovern at Great Falls when a piece of decayed bone was taken from the girl's index finger on her right hand and a piece of bone from a live chicken's wing was substituted, apparently successfully. Wan Newboy, one of the four men shot by robbers in an attempted hold-up of six Finns at Huntley, east of Butte, died a few days later. The wounded bandit who was caught is in a precarious condition and amputation of his arm will be necessary to save his life. The man gives his name as Charles Starr and says he is from Portland. State Coal Mine Inspector McDermott has completed a tour of inspection of the mines of the state and his report on the fuel situation for Montana is anything but cheerful. No storing is being done at the mines, it being almost impossible to supply the demands. Heretofore, large quantities of fuel were stored at the mines to meet emergencies during the winter. Mrs. Mizner Secures Divorce. Justice Guy of the New York supreme court has signed the final decree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mizner against Wilson Mizner. Mrs. Mizner may remarry and is permitted to resume the name of Yerkes. Mizner is forbidden to remarry during his lifetime. 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The fact that he had no white blood in his veins makes his achievements in the literary world the more gratifying. A fine engraving made in three colors has just been issued, which sells for only one dollar (S1.00). Send for one today. Address The Col- ored American Novelty Co., P.O. Drawer 2318, Washington, D. C. Agents wanted. Manager J. J. Clark of the Edi- son theatre in adbition to mainiain ing theleading amusement house tn this section, keeps thesame up to date in every respect, Is deserv ing of the popularity which his house enjoys. He is a broabgauged ahd liberal man who will always and at all times, have the hearty support of all classes of our citi- zenshid. Dr. M, O. Ricketts of St. Joe Mo. has been elected Grand Master of the Missouri jurisdiction of masons. A formal dinner complimentary to Miss Jennie Yonng is the soctal event for next week. A Magnificent Engraving or Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, the eloquent evangel, the matchless organizer and corresponding sec- cetary of the Baptist Women’s Auxiliary Convention. This en- graving is made in three colors, resembling an oil painting, and is suitable for the home, Sunday Schools and Chapels. Price only fifty cents ($0.50). Agents wanted ‘The Colored American Novelty Co., P.O. Drawer 2318, Washing- ton, D.C. Cut this out for A vote in the grand voting contest. Savings securely cared for Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Money always ready when called for Booklet about *‘Banking by Mail’’ sent free on re- quest Union Bank and Trust Company, Helena, Montana | Fdward Tumlinet Denver Col was elected as grend Master for the |Colorabo jurisdiction of J/asons,o | which Byrd lodge of this is a part And now let local business kee} things a moving. | B. F. Hooper has a large con: ‘ract in his lines on the State fair grounds. | Arthur Palmer will next week with a party of friends make for the Bluck-foot country on his an- pual vacation. And the bears and mountain lion will have to look out for a modern nimrod. James Howard and Rodert Meade report a great time over at Bozeman where they assisteb Will Walker buring the earnival, ‘The Odd fellows will hold their puarterly eleceion Tuesday even- ing. HAVRE NOTES Stull the good work goes on, The A. M. E. Church of Havre is growing fast. The presiding Eldes Hubbard was with us three days last week, also Rev.and Mrs, Redd The Elder was very much pleased with the work that has been done. We hope to have Rev, and Mrs. Redd with us next year, Miss Baker from Great Falls has returned to our City to reside, ~ Mrs. S. Payne also of the Falls, is in the City assisting Mrs Lawson at her drees-making parlors. Mrs. Gillaid has been on the sick list, als» Mrs, Wm, Barnes. Mrs. Johnson of Great Falls, is remodling her home on Second Ave and will move down in the near fu- ture, Elder Hubbard and Rev. Redd were entertained at breakfast Thurs -day, by Mr. and Mrs. Lawson ay their home on 4th. Street. Mrs. Chas. Lawson received the sad newsof the death of her son-in -law ©. N. Williams, who died at his home in Raleigh N. C, July 25th by astroke of Appolexy. He was the superintendent of the D. D.and B. Inst. for colored youths. He leaves a wife and two little children to mourn his loss, He left his fam -ly well provided for, ashe owned much real estate and carried a life insurance. Mrs. Mattie Tiddshas proven her self a valiantaworker for the church She started out with a subscription paper and has it nearly full of gen- ous contributions. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Preston are building for themsel ves a mod- ern honse on their ¢lots on 3rd Aye and 5th Street in swell resident part of the City. It was hot time a the literary last meeting. Church and Society Directory, | St. James African Methodist Episcopa church, located at Co~. sth Ave, and Hobac! street, Rev. W. T. Osborne, Pastor. Service Sunday at 11 a, m, and 7-30 p. m. Sunda School, 2 p. m., A. Marshall, Supt,, Carri Dorsey, Chorister, Florence Anderson, Sec’ Prayer Meeting Wednesday Evening. Clas meeting, Friday evenings. K. J, Fletcher Lodge No. 101, A. F, and 4 M., meets thetirst and third Wednesday even |ing> of each month in the Lucas Block. K 1 Ford, W. M5 C, Johnson S. W.; Spe: cer Smith, J. W. Geo. Alexander, Sec’y W. R, Dorsey, Treas. Byrd Lodge No, 11, A. F.and A, M., meet: the first and third Monday evening of each month at 141-2 S. Main St. H, J. Bake W. M,; G. M. Lee, S.W5 J. Harris, J. W.5 ‘Chas, Ecton, Sec’y; W. C. Kose, Treas, Bethsheba Lodge, O. E. S., meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month in their hall in the Lucas Block, Mrs, Chas Johnson, W. My Mrs. N. Ford, A. M.; Al- bert Napper, W. P.; Mrs. M. Simmons, ‘Ireas. ‘Mrs. C. C, Matthews, Sect; Mrs. Jos. Clark, Con.; Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B; M. O. J. Ar- nett, W.;, Chas, Johnson, 8 Mrs, L. Nappet As Mrs, Jas. Crump, R,; Mrs. M. A. Cole, Esther; Mrs, E, Dorsey, Mj Mrs. George: Mexander, Electa. Golden City Lodge No. 3455, G. U. of 0; F., meets the firstand third Tuesday evenings of each month. R. Brown, N. G.j J. M. Reed, V, G.; J. Howard, P. N, G.; N. Ford, P.S.; W. Parker, E. S.; W. Cottles, Treas: J. W. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall, Chap- lain; W. Mason, Warden; J. Ingram, 1. 6 ; J. Tolbert, P. N. F. Household of Ruth, No. 842, meets the and and gth Tuesday evening of each month, Mrs, Sadie Ford, M. N. G.; Mrs. Lucy Nicholson, I, M,N. Gj Mrs, Elanora Johnson, R, N. G. Mrs. Carrie Johnson, NG, Mrs. Georgia Irvin, W. R. | Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K., of P., meets the 2nd and gth Monday evenings of each month at G. A. R. Hall, J. W. Crump, C. Cj; H. Robinson, V, C3 S. Smith, M. of F.; W. Cottles, M. of E, J. H. 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Miles I1sdical Co., Elkhart, Ind Allindications point to an ex- citing finish iu our grand voting contest which only ru:sfor six weeks. Since our return many votes have deen cast for the three candi- dates, the surprise no doubt will be the large vote which has been giv- en to Miss Simmons and while Miss Fitzgerald still holds the lead by a asmall margin, the way that the vote is coming n indicates that between the threecontestants that itis anybody's race untill the fin- ish in Octoder, How They Stand Miss Fannie Fitzgerald 1711 Votes Miss Vera Simmons 1493 * wre C.C. Matthews soo For Our Grand Prize La- dy’s Hunting-Case, Dia- mond Studded Solid Gold Watch You are Always Re dicding Saloon All Appointments Up-To-Date Gordon & Irytn, Props. 116 So. Main St., HELENA, MONT. | Commencing the 15th of this present month Tie PLAINDEALER will inaugurate a Voting Contest, to which any lady, young, married or single, in the State of Montana, may enter, The one receiving the highest number of votes by Oct, 15th, 1907, will receive our Grand Prize Solid Gold, Diamond Studded Watch. Their is a splendid prize to be offered for the one receiving the second highest number of votes. Every 5 cents paid on subserip- tion to this paper shall represent one vote, or every copy of this paper shall represent one vote with the coupon cut out, filled and mailed, or left at this office. One vear’s subscription will be worth 50 votes to the one you de- sire to vote for, For every 5 cents paid on back subscriptions there will be allowed one vote. Helena PACKING: - AND - PROVISION. - COMPA | wholesale ISTES FS, POULTRY. FRU UTER UE Our Epectalty Diamond Fetting Chas. H. Pratt Warches, Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Novelties 19 N. Main Street Opp. Graxd Cental fiote! Helena, Mont. SSSR GR cies canacaaniinacktoad Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all'times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - - Mont. WE SELL SS OVS MATA SHS “OAS oo & KLEIN COMPANY | ESTABLISHED 1866 C. J. Bausch, Tinner. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. ~ Helena, Mont. ere Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood ana COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. "Phone 632-F, Helena, Mont. eee LOCALS Joe Marshall has gone to Mis- soula. | By this time a ear hence both of the great polit’cal parties will have selected their standard bear- ers, and the political pot will be- gin to boil.