Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, 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!!! IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH. CRIPUS ATTUCKS AT BOSTON By Chas. D. Clem. (March 5, 1770, in the streets of Boston, was shed the first blood for American Independence and among the first to fall was the Negro slave, Attucks, the recognized leader of the citizens.) Determined to crush its spirit down But they were met with jeers and snubs From men whose weapons were but clubs. Who had no guns nor burnished arms, No flag nor scarlet uniforms. But they were men who would not kneel Beneath a haughty tyrant's heel. "Wher is the man,"—the people cry— "Who is brave enough to fight or die?" We'll follow him and heed his call And avenge his death if he should fall. Then like a flash of lightning came The words which set the smouldering flame Of Independence, burning bright. And terminated in a fight. A fleeing slave, a dark skinned man Said loudly:—"I will lead the van, Here is the nest, strike at the root And let the hated Red Coats shot" Then glancing at the British line He said:—"This day the ties which bind America to England's laws Shall fall in twain for freedom's cause." On came the storm with fearful mien, It could be felt as well as seen, One moment more of dire suspense, With weapons clenched and muscle tense, And Preston gave one short command, Thus Boston massacre began. "Strike at the root,"—brave Attucks cried, "Here is the nest,"—he soon replied, The musket balls and bayonets thrust Our bodies through, fight on, we must; If you should fall, be not ashamed To die ten deaths in Freedom's name." F-i-r-e! was the order the second time, Bang! went the guns all down the line; and on the ground the dark skinned man, Who maintained such a stubborn stand Against the Britons onward sweet, Lay cold in death as if asleep. The news that American blood was shed Throughout the Nation quickly spread; It filled all hearts with burning ire And Freedom's patriotic fire. "On to the field,"—the people cry,— "On to the field to fight or die, We will not wear Great Britain's yoke Her course she must at once revoke Or meet us on the field," and then The massacre was at an end. With moistened eyes and measured tread They buried their heroes dead, And over head they reared a stone To tell to ages then unknown, Of why he fought and how he fell In this the British empire's knell. The approaching commencement Exercises at the Western University at Quindaro, Kas. will it is said close what has been the most successful year's work in its history. Students have been enrolled from all over the west, southwest and northwest. This a great institution of whose facilities our people throughout this territory should take advantage of, Senator Foraker and Congressman Phil Campbell, of Kansas are two staunch supporters of human rights in the halls of Congress. A. D. Griffin who is now with hte Topeka Plaindealer is well known in this section, as one of the pioneers in Negro journalism and was known as a hustler.With a more prolific field it will be interesting to watch his smoke in that boilwick. It is about time that the local business league should get busy and accomplish some of the objects of its organization. THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION The Hon. F. J. Edwards will assume the reigns of government on the 1st of May under the most favorable auspices, with a council favorable to his policy, and with the record to his credit of six years successful incumbency of that office, no one for a moment doubts but that the interest of the city will be in good hands. And that the city will be run on a broad guaged progressive policy for the best interests of all the people is the hope and belief of those who gave to him their support. A large and loyal part of the voters whom were possibly the balance which weighted the scale so heavily in his favor hope that he will not treat their claims for political preperment as they have been treated in the past, all they want and all that they ask is htat their claims be considered on their merits as man to man. And St. James church is right up wiht the times with the completion of a modern lecture room and the purchase of the literary of a concert piano, is speaks well for this western Oasis. NEWS FROM CHICAGO --- Miss Elizabeth Johnston the expert stenographer has been appointed official stenographer for the National Republican Convention of the colored men that meets in Chicago June 15th 1908, at Quinn Chapel 24th and Wabash Ave. Mr. S. Laing Williams a colored lawyer of this city has been appointed assistant United States district attorney at Chicago. It has been very much regretted by the colored people of Chicago that we did not have some colored man at the State Republican Convention that met lately at Springfield, Ill., that had some backbone and possessed some little independence of manhood in stead of having a few weaklings that was there who are willing at any time to sacrifice the whole race interest sothey can get a little office. Helena, Montana, Friday, April 17 1908 Program Institute of the A. M. E. And Peoples Meeting of Montan May 12 13 and 14. 1908. Falls, Monta tee. Minster's Institute of the A. M. E. Church And Young Peoples Meeting of Montana. May 12 13 and 14. 1908. Great Falls, Montana. Rev. J. H. Hubbard. Rev. W. T. Osborn. Mrs. H. E. Redd. bastor will Please notify the Rev ber that will be present. By the f e from each of the following. School, Literary Society, Allens Instors, and Missionarys in Mon s. N. B. Each pastor will Please notify the Rev. E. D. Abbott of Gt. Falls. The number that will be present, By the first of May. One delegate from each of the following. Sunday school, Literary Society, Allens C. E. League And Church. All Pastors, and Missionarys in Mont of the A. M. E. Church are members. PROGRAM FIRST DAY Tuesday, May the 12th 10 A. M. W. J. H. Hubbard, P. E... 2:30 P. M. Mrs. development in Montana" Mrs. W. W. mess of Montana for our People," A. side of a preacher's life...Revele doing their duty for the church... Mrs. P. C. Re... 7:30 P. M. e, led by...Anaconda and 8 P. M. Greenlee... elegates... school... Bozeman Delegation Paper, "The business side of a preacher's life." Rev. B. McCully, Billings Topic: "Are the people doing their duty for the church," Mrs. P. C. Redd, Havre Delegation PROGRAM SECOND DAY Wednesday May the 13th 9:30 A. M. g led by..... 10 A. M. Rev. W. gather in the young and hold them, Rev. E. list"... value to the Church"... schools"... us value to the Church"... 2:30 P. M. Rev. "... Rev. the Field for Missions"... Rev. condition of the Montana people"... Rev. 7:30 P. M. 8 P. M. Rev. W THIRD DAY One hour praise meeting led by.....Rev. J. H. Hubbard 10 A. M. Devotional.....Rev. W. L. N. Baker Bozeman Topic: "How shall we gather in the young and hold them, Topic, How Stars are Gathered Rev. E. D. Abbott, Great Falls Topic, "African Methodist" Helena Delegation Topic, "Choir and Its value to the Church" Billings Delegation Topic, "Our Sunday Schools" Great Falls Delegation Topic, "Literary and Its value to the Church" Butte Delegation 2:30 P. M. Devotional Rev. B. McCully, Billings Topic, "Infant Baptism" Rev. W. T, Osborne, Helena Topic, "Montana Future Field for Missions" Rev. F. P. Greenlee, Butte Topic "The Spiritual condition of the Montana people" Rev. Wm. Gillard, Helena "The Fall of MAN" Rev. J. H. C. Redd, Havre 7:30 P. M. Song service, led by Great Falls Delegation 8 P. M. Preaching Rev. W. T. Osbourne, Helen Thursday the 14th 7 A. M. Love feast (the old way lock doors) 10 A. M. Re most good out of the Methodist Hymn Mrs. e of concerted action"... Re or raising Ministers Support"... Re C. E. League meeting the purpose of Rev. W. T. 2 P. M. Allens C. E. League Mass meeting; E SHALL WE HOLD THE NEXT 8:30 P. M. Devotional..... Rev. Wm. Jackson, Havre Topic, "How to get the most good out of the Methodist Hymnal" .....Mrs. W. T. Osborne, Helena Topic, "The Importance of concerted action"..... Rev. F. P. Greenlee, Butte Topic, "Best Method for raising Ministers Support"..... Rev. J. H. C. Redd, Havre Topic, "Are the Allens C. E. League meeting the purpose of their existence? If not what is the Remedy?"..... Rev. W. T. Osborne. A; M. Helena 2 P. M. Allens C. E. League Mass meeting; WHERE SHALL WE HOLD THE NEXT SESSION 8:30 P. M. Class meeting and Song service, led by.....Mrs. H, E. Redd, Havre OFFICERS: The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Mont. White Goods Department Colossal Purchase of Exquisite White Goods Any person coming to the city of Chicago who desires a very nice place to stop at can inquire of Mrs. J. E. Johnson, 3238 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Johnson's place has been highly recommended by a large number of colored persons who have already stopped there from time to time. Rev. D. P. Roberts, the distinguished pastor of the Quinn Chapel, A. M. E. Church of this city, preached on last Sunday evening at his church one of the most forceable and eloquent sermons that has been delivered in Chicago for many of years. Dr. Roberts is a man that stands high in the estimation of the people both colored and white in this city. It is reported that John F. Fry, proprietor of the Keystone Hotel in this city will soon sell out his place and go to some other place. From all accounts Mr. Fry seems to be unpopular with quite a number of persons, his departure from Chicago will not be regretted. Mr. H. T. Wells went to Paris, Kentucky last week. COLORED ..REPUBLICANS CALL NATIONAL MEETING JUNE 15th, 1903. Committee Sends Out Notice for ....Gathering to Form a League of Clubs. A call for a conference of prominent Colored Republicans of the United States to be held in Chicago, June 15th 1908, was issued by the executive committee yesterday. It ran as follows: We, the undersigned committee having had considerable correspondence with a large number of the leading men of our race in various parts of the country who belong to the Republican Party, and who are interested in the success of the Republican Party in the next National campaign. We believe that much can be accomplished if we had a national conference of the leading and most No..26 prominent men of our race to consult and advise upon several matters, and also to organize a national Republican league with subordinate Republican leagues in each city and county in every state and territory in the Union, which will be the means of bringing us in close touch with each other. "We issued this call for a national conference of colored men who belong to the Republican Party to meet in national conference on Monday morning, June 15th, 1908, at the Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church, corner Wabash Ave. and Twenty-fourth Street, in the city of Chicago. It is signed by W. M. Farmer, Chicago; A. J. Golden, Mississippi Dr. W. T. Peyton, Kentucky; Chas. L. Mitchell, Texas; W. W. Johnson, Chicago; C. R. France, Pennsylvania; William T. Grant, Louisiana; S. H. Prather, Chicago; Hale G. Parker, Chicago; J. G. Thurman, Chicago; C. J. Waring, Chicago; J. H. McGhee, Alabama; A. W. Burnett, Indiana; and by John G. Jones, chairman of the committee, 185 Dearborn Street, Chicago. HON. J. C. NAPPIER STATES HIS POSITION. Gives . Reason. for. Not. Opposing Secretary Taft. (From the Nashville Clarion.) The colored people of the United States, by force of circumstances which I need here detail, have been so long confined to the one political party that they have had but little opportunity to grow accustomed to having among themselves pronounce and radical differences of opinions. One group of religionists among us can see a group of another faith korshipping God at a different shrine from its own without having its rage excited, for we have learned that even pious and intelligent people can in all sincerity hold radically different views concerning religious matters. What we have come to in religion we will some day reach in politics, that is, the ability to view without CHELSEA CITY, NEAR BOSTON SWEPT AWAY SUNDAY. Five Lives Lost, While One-Third of City Was Swept Away by Conflagration Which Occurred During a Strong Wind, Last Sunday—20 Business Blocks Destroyed. --- Boston, Mass. April 12.—An apparently insignificant fire which started among rags in a dump in the city of Chelsea today, was fanned by a north-west gale into a conflagration which obliterated nearly one-third of the city. Five hundred dwelling and public buildings were destroyed. 1500 families were driven from their homes, and 10,000 people made homeless. Three lives are known to have been lost, and at a late hour tonight it was reported that two other persons had perished, one, a woman, having shot herself in a frenzy over her inability to save her property. From 50 to 100 persons were injured. Accurate estimate of the loss is impossible. One estimate gives it at $10,000,000. The fire raged before a 45-mile-an-hour gale for more than 12 hours, defying the utmost efforts of the combined fire departments of Chelsea and several nearby cities, and a large detachment of Boston firemen and apparatus. The fire area, which was in the form of an ellipse, a mile and a half long and half a mile wide at its broadest part, extended diagonally across the city from a point near the boundary between Everett and Chelsea to the waters of Chelsea creek. It was useless for the firemen to attempt to check the on-rushing flames before the gales, and they confined their efforts to prevent spreading on either side. Their last stand was taken at Chelsea square late in the morning, and for hours a doubtful battle was waged. At 9 o'clock word was passed that the firemen were winning. At 10:50 official announcement was made by Chief H. A. Spencer that the fire was under control. A great majority of the buildings were of wood and were completely destroyed, but structures of other material were almost as quickly and thoroughly incinerated. All the banks, more than threequarters of the church, half of the business blocks and nearly all the school houses were wiped out. One hospital and a day nursery were destroyed. In the turmoil many of the sick and infirm found difficulty in obtaining assistance, and several of them narrowly escaped. Late in the afternoon the wind had carried burning embers across Chelsea creek and buildings in East Boston caught fire, but extensive damage there was prevented by prompt and energetic work by the firemen. Originates in a Factory. The fire originated in the rear of the Boston Blacking company's works, on West Third street, near the eastern division of the Boston & Maine railroad, in close proximity to the Everett City line. The gale carried burning shingles to a score of wooden buildings, most of them of cheap construction. The fire started almost from the extreme southwestern section of the city and cut a path to the end of Maverick street, at the extreme southeastern end of the city, which borders Chelsea creek. This is about one and a half miles from where the fire started. The flames spread through the part of the retail business section, which was about midway between the two extreme limits reached by the fire. Among the structures destroyed were 13 churches, 2 hospitals, the public library, city hall, 5 schoolhouses. No business blocks, nearly a score of factories and upward of 300 tenements and dwelling houses. Facts About Chelsea. Chelsea is located in Suffolk county Mass., and is a suburb of Boston, from which it is distant two miles on the Boston & Maine railroad. It is connected with Charlestown by a bridge across the Mystic river and with Boston by ferry and steam and electric railroads. The principal public buildings are the courthouse, city hall, the United States Naval and Marine hospitals, soldiers' home, Fits public library and Odd Fellows and Masonic halls. The city contains also Union park and public playgrounds and a soldiers' monument. Though Chelsea is a residential place, it has manufactories of rubber goods, wood, foundry and machine shop products, shoes, brass goods, stoves and furnaces, tiles, pottery and other things. The city owns and operates its waterworks. The annual income of the city is about $425,000; the principal expenditures are: $33,000 for the police department, $30,000 for the fire department and $130,000 for schools. The population in 1890 was 27,900 and in 1900 was 24,072. First settled in 1638 as Winthrop met, Chelsea was part of Boston from 1634 to 1638, when it incorporated as a town under its present name. Here, in May, 1775, occurred a sharp skirmish between a body of British troops and 1000 Americans under Stark and Putnam, the latter being victorious. Chelsea was incorporated as a city in 1857. Out of parts of Chelsea the present towns of Winthrop and Revere were created. Results of Sunday's Games. Union Iron Works 14, Bradleys 13. Cubs 9, Walkovers 7. The Vancouver team, known last season as the Canucks, is seeking a new nickname this year. The schedule for next Sunday of the Spokane City league is as follows: Dodd Clothing Co. vs. Union Iron Wks. Bradley Engineering Team vs. Cubs. Preliminary steps have been taken for a meeting between Jack Johnson, the negro heavyweight, and Tommy Burns. Frank Erne, at one time lightweight champion, won a close 10-round decision over Curley Watson in Paris recently. The 60-day race meet to be given at Butte this summer will start June 27 and close September 4, and $140,000 will be given away in stakes and purses. Starter Muray will again officiate. The Lewiston high school track and beld team won a signal victory Saturday over the Clarkston high school and varsity preps, the local athletes securing 74 points, preps 55 and Clarkston 6. Abe Attell is slated to meet Eddie Kelly near Seattle on April 20 and is also matched to meet "Brooklyn" Tommy Sullivan late this month in San Francisco so that one of the dates will have to be canceled. Jack Monroe, the former Butte miner and who got such a reputation through his fluke with Jeffries, only to prove a soft mark later in a regular light, is reported to have valuable mining property at Cobalt, which makes him the richest pugilist in the world. Fred Creel got the decision over Bob Larson; Heinie Ritter had it on Walter Poley so that the referee stopped it in the second round; Bloom and McPherson fought four fierce rounds to a draw; the Raeger-Binger mill was stopped in the second. Raeger having the best of the going, and Curley Cohan lost to Art St. Germain on a foul in the second. This sums up the smoker of the S. A. A. C. Friday night at Spokane. San Francisco—Packey McFarland, the Chicago lightweight, made short work of Jimmy Britt in their scheduled 24-round contest Saturday afternoon. Britt was sent to the floor three times in the sixth and last round by powerful right swings on the point of the jaw. He took the count of nine twice, and after the timekeeper had counted five Britt's father jumped into the ring and waved McFarland away. It was practically a clear knockout. McFarland outclassed Britt from start to finish. Portland, Ore —Forest Smithson, Saturday, running under the colors of the M. A. A. C., broke the world's record in the 50-yard hurdle in the annual track meet between the University of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural college and Multnomah Amaturen Athletic club. Smithson's time was 6 14 seconds. Smithson, in running off the regular 50-yard high hurdle event, tied the world's record of 6 45 seconds. A special event was then arranged between him and Eberle Kuykendall of the University of Oregon, in which Smithson made his wonderful performance. The contest was fully sanctioned. Oregon won the meet by taking 46 points, agricultural college 66 and Multnomah 17. The benefit for Chris Von der Abe in St. Louis recently netted the veteran owner and manager of the St. Louis team $5000. Charles Comiskey, manager of the Chicago Americans, purchased a box for the game and paid $500 for it. Others paid sums ranging from $25 to $50. Jay Gould successfully defended his title for the third year as national champion of court tennis at the New York Racquet and Tennis club Saturday. His opponent in the challenge round was Eustace H. Miles of London, whom Gould beat last year at the queen's club. London, in the challenge round of the national court tennis championship, Gould won the match by three sets to one—19 games to 15. The sources were: 6—2, 6—4, 1—6, 6—3. League Baseball at Spokane Schedule. Spokane with Aberdeen—April 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26; June 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. Spokane with Butte—May 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; September 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Spokane with Seattle—June 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; August 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Spokane with Tacoma—June 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; August 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Spokane with Vancouver—June 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21; September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Coming Events Montana Arbor day, April 21. Washington State Camp, M. W. A. North Yakima, May 6. Livestock show, Corvallis, Ore., May 3-16. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take Place—Crop Outlook Is Good. The regimental band of the Third infantry, near Seattle, is at Spokane for a month. Whitman college will be nonsectarian, but Christian, after next commencement. The second annual horse show in Colfax Saturday of this week promises to be a big affair. With fireworks, ringing speeches, stirring music, sports and dancing, Walla Walla will celebrate the Fourth of July. The Centralia Chronicle announces that on and after May 1 that publication would be issued daily instead of semi-weekly. Charles Gunderson, a well known resident of Puyallup, died as the result of injuries sustained by being struck by a train. More than one-seventh of all the money deposited in banks in the state of Washington is in the vaults of the banks in Spokane. A man supposed to be John Victor Lynquist was struck by the incoming Grays Harbor train at Chehalis recently and instantly killed. The state board of control has reduced the price of grain bags from $1.20 per hundred to $6.90, on account of reduction in cost of production. John Goss, the "Potato King," brought to Garfield recently eight potatoes that weigh 22¼ pounds, three of them weighing three pounds each. Hundreds of people throughed the streets of North Yakima to see the parade of the first horse show ever given there. There were more than 100 fine animals shown. Fire Saturday morning in the main building of the plant of the Washington Tonil company, Spokane, almost entirely destroyed the plant, only a few buildings being saved. Loss nearly $100,000, fully insured. Judge Preble, in the superior court at North Yakima, sentenced Joseph Flanney, an Indian half breed, to 30 years in the penitentiary for killing his wife near Toppenish last summer. Active preparations are being made to commence drilling for oil on the B. H. Hench farm, one and one-half miles northwest of Fairfield, and it is expected that actual operations will begin soon. After carrying the bank of which he was an officer through the financial stringency, and successfully consumating the sale of the institution, G. S. Thomas, cashier of the First State bank of Newport, committed suicide at Spokane. Russell & Babcock of Tacoma have been selected by the governor's mansion building committee as the architects for the new building. The site selected for the building is directly west of the foundation of the new state house on the capitol grounds on the hill. Professor J. M. Laybue, superintendent of the Puyallup public schools, has received notification of his appointment to the office of assistant state superintendent of public instruction to succeed H. R. Dewey, who was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of State Superintendent R. B. Bryan. The man arrested on suspicion at Hattison has been long wanted by the authorities of Spokane, Okanogan and Douglas counties. He has been identified as Dan Parley, alleged to be one of the safe-crackers who blew up the safe at Coulee City last winter, and is also wanted on charges of horse thievery. Fire again visited Toppenish early Sunday morning and in less than three-quarters of an hour it licked up the dry frame structures for an entire block fronting on First street. The loss will run up to between $98,000 and $40,000. The total approximate insurance is $12,000. This is the second time within the last six months that fire has practically destroyed this block. "I will find a bride quickly in heaven," wrote Frank Sinkus, a prominent German farmer of Castle Rock, Wash. recently in a brief note to his friends. Then he set his rife barrel against his head and pulled the trigger. He died four hours later. Sinkus declared that the comments of his friends upon his failure to get married caused him to take the rash step. Stuicing on the government irrigation dam at Concouncil has begun. The hydraulic nelles were directed against the slids of Peacock mountain and the water tore away rapidly vast quantifies of the earth, forcing it into the elevated shoofways, which conveyed it to the site of the dam 1,000 feet distant. The work was entirely successful. Active operations will be continued until the dam spanning Salmon creek canyon has been built up to a height of 50 feet. IDAHO EVENTS. Geneesee is soon to have a band. An epidemic of measles has spread over Grangeville. Work will begin this week on the imperial hotel, to be erected on the old Jersey house site at a cost of $50,000. O. B. Moon has purchased L. G. WI its stock in the Journal Printing company at Coeur d'Alene. Dodds & Hartman, Michigan men, have secured a site and are making preparations to build a flour mill at Kooskia. Water from the south fork of the Clearwater will furnish the power. W. R. Clemans of Moscow has paid $1000 to M. C. Gray of Pullman, Wash., for a cream-colored saddle horse, Kentucky bred and 4 years old. He has five steps and is perhaps the finest horse of the kind in the northwest. After two attempts incendiaries succeeded in burning down a shack on Seventh street, Lewiston, occupied by the Kwong Lung company, a Chinese laundry, but they also succeeded in burning the Baptist church and a carpenter shop. Assurance has been given settlers on lands under the American Falls canal, a project covering 65,000 acres between Blackfoot and American Falls, that an electric line will be built in the course of a year to connect the above mentioned cities and thus afford the settlers of this rich tract railroad facilities. The department of justice has decided to prosecute no liquor men who had saloons on Indian reservations and who have closed their saloons since the recent decision was handed down, and that so far as the government is concerned the liquor dealers are free from prosecution. As the saloons were operating under county and state licenses there is no doubt but what the men will not be prosecuted. All day Sunday in the office allotted to them on the third floor of the federal building at Boise, Assistant Attorneys General Peyton Gordon and William R. Harr, together with a stenographer, were busily engaged in preparing lengthy typewritten documents, presumably the indictments voted by the federal grand jury recently. If no indictments had been voted, the attorneys would have had their first Sunday to themselves since coming to Boise from Washington, D.C., about three weeks ago, to present these Boise basin timber matters. Their labors concern the work of the grand jury solely. MONTANA NOTES. At the meeting of the democratic state committeemen the candidacy of W. J. Bryan for the presidency was indorsed without a dissenting voice. An aged prospector, named O. S. Wright, who has lived alone near Silvanite for the past 17 years, was found suffering from dropsy alone in his cabin. He was taken to Sylvanite, but fled shortly afterward. At Kailspell recently W. M. Brooks placed a quantity of dynamite in the oven to the kitchen store. The dynamite exploded, tearing the stove and house to pieces and seriously injuring Mrs. Brooks and a nephew. R. M. Calkins of the St. Paul railroad has notified the officers of the Montana Woolgrowers' association that the baling rate on wool shipments will probably be abolished this year. The sacking rate is now $1.25 a hundred, and this will be reduced to $1.15 with the abolition of the baling rate. The change is one the woolmen have long desired. Workmen are engaged on the old bridge across Whitefish river at the outlet of Whitefish lake. It is to be raised five feet to permit the free passage of boats. This move has been made necessary through the completion of the project to bring the lake to town, thus raising the water so that the large boats could not get under the bridge. After being out more than 28 hours the jury in the joint cases of Oliver C. Dallas, chief clerk of the federal surveyor's office, failed to agree and was discharged by Judge William Hunt. The men were tried on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government, growing out of the alleged fraudulent surveys. The case against Albert S. Hovey, who was indicted on the same charge, was dismissed several days ago upon his turning state's evidence. Residents of Big Timber, the town which was almost destroyed by fire recently, have been notified by the Northern Pacific Railroad company that they will be paid 50 cents on the dollar to cover their losses. This action is taken by the railroad company from the fact that the disastrous fire, which left hundreds of people homeless, was started by a spark from a Northern Pacific locomotive. The decision of the Northern Pacific to pay one-half of the fire loss is not the outgrowth of civil suits, but is a voluntary not on the part of the railroad officials. OREGON ITEMS Louille Durst, a 9-year-old child of J. Frank Durst of Portland, was accidently shot through the heart and instantly killed Sunday by a bullet from a 21-caliber rifle in the hands of her brother Rodney, aged 16. Before an audience of 4000 people Saturday at Portland Francis J. Hewey, the graft prosecutor, made his second and most sensational attack upon the record of United States Senator Charles W. Fulton, reiterating charges made last winter that Fulton was sackholder for the late Senator Mitchell and that Fulton bribed members of the legislature of 1897 to vote for Mitchell. On an island in the Columbia river recently Joe Baterman shot his partner, Fred Deitra, and then wheeled him to the river and was about to throw him in when he desisted on the appeal of the wounded man. Baterman then went to their cabin, set it on fire and shot himself. His body was cremated in the burning cabin. Baterman is believed to have become deranged by worry. Physicians say there is a possibility that Deitra will live. To celebrate our 58th anniversary we have inaugurated the Most Stupendous Voting Contest the World Ever Saw 2,061 separate and distinct prizes aggregating the enormous sum of over $100,000.00, starting April 5th and ending July 5th. GRAND LIST ON PRIZES HOW TO SECURE VOTES car ($1) or more paid to us, either on night of July 5th, we will issue votes in the following: PER DOLLAR ON OLD BUY $ 1.00 to $ 10.00 100 11.00 to $ 25.00 200 26.00 to $ 50.00 300 51.00 to $ 100.00 400 101.00 to $ 200.00 500 201.00 to $ 300.00 600 401.00 to $ 400.00 700 401.00 to $ 500.00 800 PER DOLLAR ON NEW BUY $ 1.00 to $ 10.00 200 11.00 to $ 25.00 400 26.00 to $ 50.00 600 51.00 to $ 100.00 800 101.00 to $ 200.00 1,000 201.00 to $ 300.00 1,200 301.00 to $ 400.00 1,400 401.00 to $ 500.00 1,600 Of the contest the person having the greatest of the $3,000 Weber Art Grand; to the person who votes will be awarded the next prize, the names have been given out. If any contestant can readily lea- se, exemplating buying pianos or musical goods, the purchasers will receive votes from the name as contestants or give them to whom thou of our thousands of customers will be act- ing these votes can be had for the asking. Forty-Acre Farm A contest hum right from the start, we are the greatest number of votes at the end of the seed and Clear Title to a fine 40-Acre Farm, and this is a special prize, and will be awa- s certain is an incentive to get started in the of this Farm ought to stand a mighty good prime—the Magnificent $3,000 Weber Art Grew the prizes are scholarships. TON'S MOD NESS COLL PHONES 416 A Fine Forty-Acre Farm Free To make this contest hum right from the start, we are going to give the person having the greatest number of votes at the end of the First Thirty Days of the contest a Deed and Clear Title to a fine 40-Acre Farm valued at $40,000 an acre. Understand, this is a special prize, and will be awarded to the winner on May 5. This is certainly an incentive to get started in the Big Contest once, as the winner of this farm ought to stand a mighty good chance of capturing the Capital Price—the Magnificent $3,000 Weber Art Grand. Start NOW and you can win them both. Among the prizes are scholarships from WILSON'S MODERN BUSINESS COLLEGE PHONES 416 Remember, there are 2,061 separate and going to win them. If you really want any get-up and energy you can easily win to you. If there is any detail of the Contest do not know just how to get started, we will be glad to help you. No person directly or indirectly compete his or her family, will be allowed to elk manner compete for any prize. Address: Kohler & ESTABLISH "Temple of Mu 1318 Second Ave." are 2,061 separate and distinct prizes, and . If you really want one of these rich Pr energy you can easily win any one you set out for detail of the Contest that you do not use how to get started, write or call on the Coo help you rectly or indirectly connected with this house will be allowed to either solicit or purchase any prize. Address all communications to Ehler & Chal ESTABLISHED 1850 "Temple of Music" Building. second Ave. Seattle Remember, there are 2,061 separate and distinct prizes, and 2,061 people are going to win them. If you really want one of these rich Prizes, and have not any get-up and energy you can easily win any one you set out for; but it looks up to you. If there is any detail of the Contest that you do not understand, or if you do not know just how to get started, write or call on the Contest Manager and he will be glad to help you. No person directly or indirectly connected with this house, or members of his or her family, will be allowed to either solicit or purchase robes or in any manner compete for any prize. Address all communications to Contest Manager. Olive oil is injured by being kept in the light. When used at the table it should be removed to a cool, dark place after each meal. A new Italian express service makes the trip from Genoa to Buenos Ayres in 16 days. Kerosene oil was first made in the United States for illuminating in 1836. --- Seattle Washington's Biggest Business Training School and distinct prizes, and 2,061 persons are one of these rich Primes, and have not in any one you set out for; but it is up that you do not understand, or if you write or call on the Contest Manager and connected with this house, or members of other solicit or purchase votes or in any all communications to Contest Manager. & Chase HED 1850 Music" Building. Seattle, Wn. Holland butter is being imported into Chile and sold at 45 cents United States gold a pound, while the Chilean product is sold for 60 cents a pound. The right hand, which is more sensitive to the touch than the left, is less sensitive than the latter to the effect of heat and cold. The Kimberley diamond fields have been developing only since 1871. --- eculiar to Itself combination, proportion and process, Hood’s Sarsaparilla therefore Peculiar to Itself in merit, sales and cures, It is made from the best Bleed purifying, alterative and ic ingredients by such original and peculiar methods as to hin the full medicinal value of each and all. : ‘The severest forms of scrofula, salt rheum. catarrh, rheu- atism, dyspepsia, and debility are cured every day by od’s Sarsaparill oid by druggists. 100 doses $1. Begin to take it today, For those who prefer | samo curative propsrtios asthe lguld form, beside PS medicine in tablet | accuracy of dose, convenience, sconom; ; arsatabs, ne oe ne cnr, oon fils Sas >araatabs, as, woll aa in the| Bold by Aruggista or sant promptiy Ue mcg sulin. Sarsatabs have identically the « ©.1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass, Pures; - 5 ofthe. os Pure, sat . , The best o in the land is not 2 j always the most costly. KG POWDER } C | 25 Ounces for 25 Cents SS, a] 4) Is the result of modern ideas. Costs dey p) 5 eg less. Does better work. Youmust #37 SA try it tosee. Getacanon trial § i i i] The baking will be vastlybetter, J RY Mn lighter and tastier or we pay ey = for the can, Sas F Jaques Mfg. Co. é Chicago, i fhe S z Onl z a 60c or ic Flee ee <I | | We have our own mill and we carry sry possible size of basement sash tn WF Hioging In price from 60c upwards. roncan have the exact size of basement vi uu want and et delivery from us ice, “cross patel doors only $1.50 ir door. light house windows, $1.01 y indow. Cottage front windows, bot mn yiass 40x40, top 40x20, $2.76,” The mat prie ever made by any dealer in Northwest. on #0. large @ window. Mt our window glass Is sliver clear, ich we revelve in solld carloads from aewural gas belt, Pennsylvania. We se only one price, for orders large or mai, We make shipments anywhere pi guarantee safe delivery. Send for gre lists, In whlch we tMustrate it price thousands of different articles Het lists mailed free, post pald, with charge, 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. 1p Western Avenue, Seattle, Wash largest avd most favorably known mh and door deaiers in the Northwest, : pod will deeped Your soll, You have a depth of active soll as ep as you drain. This is impor- it in fruit culture. Get our spe i price on farm drain tile and a tof you club toegther and buy carload lots. We will make the Get terms as to pris payment md for our free booklet, “Hints Farm Drainage.” — nny Renton lay & Coal Co., Lowman Bldg., Seattle. '% to 50% Per Annum established manufacturing business in ue Is offering a limited block of Its Hy stock for sale to procure funds for lng lis plant. It i running constantly its full capacity, but Is unable to. fill than @ ‘small’ portion of the orders re coming in from all over the Pacitic A monopoly of the known raw ma: I west of the Rocky mountains, to with the fact that the freight rate his class of goods from the east Is more the cost of manufacture here, gives company absolute control of this targe fst xrowing tield, and makes dividends {0 50 per cout per annum seem certain. company Is managed by well known sof Spokane and vicinity, has always wd large profits, and cordially. invites fullest’ investigation by’ Intending In- rs. If you want a really high-class In- at, with none of the elements of spec- Hon, write at once to. the Spokane Pot- Co, 24 Ziegler block, Spokane, Wash. Dead Letter Record Broken. 1,053,692 pieces ofmail matter ‘ved in the dead letter office dur- March, more than 600,000 were re- ed to the senders—breaking all ds for this division. England After Castro. President Castro is in danger of hav. ing Great Britain upon his shoulders as well as the United States. All dip lomatic relations between the two countries may be severed as the re sult of Castro's reprisals on British salt and match concessions. The Lon don datly Graphic outlines such a pol icy in a leading editorial. Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to per- manent success and creditable stand- ing. Accordingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why ft 1s the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasartly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all ‘objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the ‘senuine—manufactured by the Call fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Mj 4 WY if YY a aes Wi iY Ga — a Y yee ty hy SUN) \\ W Z | : ie ie) (\ ‘ oh) ae as i ie = Faas et ——eeaSsSS sss Gophers, Sage Rats and Prairie Dogs annually devastate our fields of growing grin. ‘Their number may be greatly jiminished by a systematic warfare upon them. Every female killed before the young are born, reduces the number of pests at least ten later on. “Woodlark”’ Squirrel Poison is the most reliable and destructive agent yet devised for their extermination. It is absolutely certain in its action and every kernel is warranted to kill. Climatic changes or moisture of the earth do not destroy its strength. It requires no mixing or prepa- ration, and is always ready for use. | No other is so good. Dealers will refund the eng price, if not as claimed. (ovr CHEMICAL Co., Portland, Oregon MADE FOR SERVICE IN THE ROUGHEST WEATHER AND GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY Zax WATERPROOF \A¥ ROWERS ’ [ge gh POMMEL 7) SLIGKERS : a \ Aw This trade mark RAK) \\\\ Renton te \ \ buttons distin- a) Sa 2 ) Tresest as good pater ee sare 2 9.5... prance Open Spokane Indian Reservation The Piles-Jones bill opening the Spo kano Indian reservation passed the sen- ate Monday. After allotments to tribal members of 5000 to 8000 acres of agri- cultaral lands, 80,000 acres of timber lands will remain, The Indians are allowed to pastare stock on the timber claims, which are to be made a national forest, the sales of timber from which are to go to the Indians, It is thought there is no doubt the bill will pass the house and become & law 8:0. he Spokane Indiav reservation is ‘about 50 miles northwest of Spokane. The price will be §5 an acre. Sec- tions 16 and 86 of each township shall not be sold, but shall be reserved for school districts and shall pe paid for by the United S.ates at $1.25 an aore. Homestead settlers may commute their entries by paying for the land entered at the same price, $5 an aore. Such lands as are deemed necessary may be reserved for agency, school oF religious purposes. All the unallotted parts of the reser- vation which are classed as timber lands are authorized to be set apart by the president as a national reserve. All funds from the sale of the lands or any of their products for 25 years shall be placed inthe United States treasury to be repaid to the Indians from time to time as the government may see fit. COFFEE Nothing does more for a grocer, one way or the other, than coffee. He must sell poor; (he needn't sell it to you) it is good that makes him. ‘Your grocer returns your money If you don't like Schilling's Beat: we pay him. Present operating costs for the movement of every car and engine in the country total $1,400,000,000 in one year. By electrification this would be reduced by about $260,000,000, repre senting that much actual and net sav ing. Paso i secs, Cheers Ie tne sore ee iad aa the lest low seure' wee eacpaed 61 eons ee" ita! wee, Soetraraae a ce nc Ge ee a Rd constantly Mie conte anne ounted it incurable. Sconce ‘bes proven cs ry eg es te feats Scemsbetbeal poataeats Halt Se rte, curnfacieeed ty Fey: Coes €'Co, Toledo, Ohio, is. the” only’ constitw Cee desea trom Ub drops to a Gemepoos {i 'It acts directly ‘on the blood. and mucous ied ta wales tar che eat eam wets tee er” any” cane Te fale to core So ee leed vad eect, “Address, FJ. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O cli by Drogas, he als Panty Bn'sre the best. FINE JOHN D. $30,000,000? Tennessee May Beat Landis’ Standard Oil Mark. With the decision of the supreme court ousting the Standard Oil com pany from the state of Tennessee a fine may be imposed on the company which will surpass the $29,000,000 im- posed in Illinois. The Standard was found guilty on 1524 counts in viola- tion of the anti-trust act of 1903, If 1 fine is made on each count the IIli- aois fine will be exceeded by $1,000, 900. Not only is the Standard subject to 1 heavy fine, but the loss in revenue in being prevented from doing busi- aess in the state will amount to more than $6,000,000 annually. Pacific Coast Lumbermen Win. ‘The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac- turers’ association and the shingle mills bureau won a signal victory Sat- urday over the railroads, in securing in order from the United States court allowing them to substitute group bonds. VACANT GOVERNMENT LANDS. BLUE PRINT MAPS OF STEVENS county showIng all vacant government land $2.50. “Township. blue prints of Stevene Ferry, Okanogan, Donglas and Chelan coup ‘les, $1 per township. Frank R, Corbaley 36 Washington street, Spokane, Wash, Munion Weds Actress. James P, Munion, the multimillion- ire medicine manufacturer of Altoona, Pa. and Miss Pauline Neff, a former retress of the “Social Whirl,” were married in Jersey City last week. Pro- fessor Munion is close to 60 and his bride is 24, He has given millions to charity and is credited with being one of Pennsylvania's richest men. Admiral Robley D. Evans was gradu: ated from the naval academy in 1863, and was engaged in the United States navy in the civil war, taking part in both attacks on Fort Fisher. Any Intelligent young man or woman can within four to six weeks acquire an earning Capacity of $5.00 a day up. Congenial. at tractive and respectable occupation, Address Green & Turney, Lock Box 2245, Spokane, Wash. St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Dis eases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. Re. Kline, Ltd, 981 Arch st., Phila, Va ‘The lyre bird of Australia ts the largest song bird. It is about the size of an English pheasant Fe eee Mothers will find Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for thelr chil: dren during the teething perlod. ee One Amsterdam factory alone cuts 400,000 diamonds every year. Ba nnn DD ND ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa- ture of Chas, H. Fletcher, and has been made under his Sa supervision for over Leni nig Allow no one deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good” are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment. Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, goric, Drops and Soothin Syrups. It is Pleasant. contains neither Opium, ‘Stor! © nor other Narcot substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wor and allays Feverishness, oe cures Diarrhoea and Win Colic, It relieves on moceeees eres Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural slee) ‘The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Sie senate asus, to Genii area ee HEALS | SSS. OLD SORES No old sore exists merely because the flesh is diseased at that partic- lar spot; if this were true simple cleanliness and local applications would heal them, Whencver a sore ot ulcer refuses to heal readily, the blood is at fault; this vital fluid is filled with impurities and poisons which are being constantly discharged into the place, feeding it with noxious matter and irritating and inflaming the nerves ‘and tissues so the sore cannot heal These impurities in the blood may be the rerains of some constitutional trouble, the effect of a debilitating spell of sickness, leaving disease germs in the system, or Uke absorption by the blood of the fermented refuse matter (which the bodily channels of waste have failed to remove. Again the cause may be hereditary, the diseased blood of ancestry being handed down to | posterity ; but whatever the cause, the fact that the sore will not heal shows the necessity for the very best constitutional treatment, ‘There is nothing brie pitas: Sayaedhcsaultacge! I oT een amipiinign P sRemape'e at eat abatement ceping the ulcer open. It removes every particle of impurity from the cir- ylation end makes this life-stream pure, fresh and health-sustaining. Then s new, Tich blood is carried to the place the healing begins, all discharge ses, the inflammation leaves, new tissue and healthy flesh are formed, nd soon the sore or ulcer is well. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood puri- crs and finest of tonics, just what is needed in the treatment, and in addi- on to curing the sore will build up and strengthen every part of the system. cial book on Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice desired furnished “to all who write, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA ae A Fe, a Se aa We reake to TERA Ste Sie ee re a order <5 bee Lis on Ste oy ea BO -. Eee Fo aes x BG rs = a tbe DA Fe Vii ae DRAPERS = ee jy ae es a Na ge of any size Cr ee Bs ge = A a lS for any a Pep) ET) raachine Qo “aad “PRIDE OF WASHINGTON” THRESHERS Mode in the West for Threshing Western Grain INSURES YOU BIG CAPACITY AND CLEAN THRESHING YoU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ‘Our MAPLE BAY WINDSTACKERS for any make of machine; Our WILSON IMPROVED steel fame, forteen-horse power, frame made from atel +I” beams and especaly strong; and out IMPROVED ROLLER FEED MILLS, made in four sizes, crushing seven to fifty tone per day. [Write for Catalogue] GILBERT HUNT CO, WALLA WALLA, WASH. ty SE ; EX AMANO ANG / 7 pea me : & bere, t lemuilaverny FTE 5) SHOES AT ALL 3 ae : MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, S e 8 oor Bb Seerigeprsaeatants rare OA Vo Re) »f say" Marke Ypovaues they frotd,thelz GD Ce RGB rau Stith Mi beter, ote legen: nd CNG AP sa Tet Basearits oe en RS fis ¥.L Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Any Price — TE Leia SOE Sin ieee eran Dee % Send Bluejackets to Pacific. Seven hundred bluejackets have been ordered from Newport and Nor- folk to the Pacific coast by the way of Colon and thence to Guam and Manila by a transport to replace men on the Asiatic division whose terms are about to expire. The men will be taken to Colon on the cruiser Prairie, arriving there about May 14. They will be transferred across the isthmus and will take passage on the Buffalo, which will transport them to San Francisco, arriving not later than June 1. ‘The Japanese will never sleep with their heads to the north, but _tnetr dead are always buried that way. Every symptom suggests pollution nd disease—the discharge, the red, ingry looking flesh, the pain and in- lammation, and the discoloration of surrounding parts, all show that deep iown in the blood there are morbid and dangerous forces at work, con- stantly creating poisons which may in the end lead to Cancer, Local applications are valuable only for iicir cleansing and antiseptic effects; hey do not reach the blood, where the reel ease is located, and can herefore have no real exrative worth. 3. S. S. heals old sores hy zoing down 9 the fountain-head of the trouble nd driving ont the poison-producing crms and morbid matters which are coping the ulcer open. _ Tt removes ¢ ulation end makes this life-stream pu 5 new, rich blood is carried to the p vses, the indammation leaves, new nd soon the sore or ulcer is well. S. crs and finest of tonics, just what is on to curing the sore will build up at cial hook on Sores and Ulcers and etoall who write, THE SWIF | a a OTS nh ee SEP cake See oe se SIE ees a tee \ (SES ear ay Pesan us» New York for Hughes. Governor Charles E. Hughes was in- dorsed as New York’s republican|can- didate for president by the 8 state convention, and four delegates at large, with their alternates, eldcted to the Chicago national republican convention were instructed to us@ all honorable means to bring about] his nomination; also for tariff revision. In the British museum there js a huge rope of hair, weighing nearly two tons. It was originally made for one of the emperors of Japan. Lead pencils were first made in| the United States in 1811 by William Mon- roe, at Concord. Mass. Iwantto recommend... toany whoare in need of a blood purifer; and especialy as a remedy for sorce and obstinote leers. In 1877 Thad my fey bad'y cut on the sharp edge of a barrel, an having on ablue woolen stocking the place was bad!y poisoned from the dye. A creat sore formed and for years no one knows what I suffered with the place I tried, it seemed to me, everything I had ever heard of, butl got norctief and I thought I would have toco through life vith an anzry, discharging sore on my leg. At last I began the use of $.5-8.,and it was but ashort time uatil Tsar that the place was improving. Teontinued it until itzemoved all the poison from my blood and made a complete and permanent cure of ‘the sore. JNO. ELLIS. 250 Navy Street, Brooklyn, N. ¥- ery particle of impurity from the cir- re, fresh and health-sustaining. ‘Then lace the healing begins, all discharge tissue and healthy flesh are formed, _§. §. is the greatest of all blood puri: needed in the treatment, and in addi- nd strengthen every part of the system. ‘auv medical advice desired faraished Roosevelt May Travel. Should President Roosevelt's present desires be realized he will spend the first year after his retirement from of- fice in travel outside the United States. Mr. Roosevelt's itinerary, however, has hot been determined. His plan is to see some of the rugged and little fre- quented portions of foreign lands as well as to travel the beaten track of the tourist. That the president will indulge in his fondness for hunting big game is believed by those to whom he has confided his intentions. May Strike on Gould Line. Whether a general strike will be ordered on the Gould system as a re- sult of trouble between labor and the Denver & Rio Grande railroad will be decided at a conference of delegates of the executive committee of the or- ganizations to be held in New York city this week. _ The Burmese government proposes to sell the lease of the government rubber plantation at Mergul for a period of 30 years, with the right of renewal for another 20 years. For Thi or Nn, You can trust a medicine tested 60 years! Sixty years of experience, think of that! Experience with Ayer’s Sar- saparilla; the original Sarsa- parilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general debility. Tt even this grand old medicine eannot do tur best work If"the liver Ia inactive and the Salts you anald take inxative doses of Ayers File wile taking the Sarsapariie 7” Mento 2 Santinoraiers of 9 WAR viooR, yers AGUE CURE. ‘CHERRY PECTORAL. We bave'no seorete! We publish | the formulas of all our modieines. CUT OUT THE PROFIT You have been paying the middle man. Buy direct from us and benefit by our ‘‘direct to consumer’’ policy. You might just as well make this as the other fellow. You need DOORS AND WIN- DOWS, Mouldings, Casings and sashes, All you have to do is to send us a postal card for our prices. You will be surprised at the difference between buying direct and through a dealer. Same thing with Paints, Oils, Var- nishes and other building supplies. But get our figures, they will tell the story. Nelle and Engelbrecht Mail Order Department 82-84 West Columbia Street Seattle, Washington neem 7 7 Cabot’s . Insulating “Quilt” papers. Better than back plas reason it is the best sound ee ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT “QUILT.” Fexpress charges prepaid ou all drug order { ee ) a ae : Inland Crackers | and get the best. NOT MADE BY THE TRUST co No. 16—08 Mrs. D. H. Harris gave a surprise party in honor of her sister-in-law Miss Emma Harris last Tues. ever at her home on Spencer St. the event being Miss Harris's birthday. Miss Mamie Walton assisted the hostess with her guest. A very delightful lunch was served. Those present were: Miss Emma Harris, Mamie Walton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Saulsburg, Wm. Gailliard Ed. Johnson, N, Ford, Madams Jeff. Harrison, Po k, M. Campbell, A. Booth, Nicholson, M. Parker, Marlowe, M. Simmons. Mersses; E. B. Jones, L. C. Foreman, H. B. Jacobs, M. O. J. Arnett and Mr. and Mrs. D. H.Harris. CHURCH IMPROVEMENT Those who have ever visited St James Church will be much surprised on entering the basement now and see the improvement which has been made, wainscoating has been put all around and newly painted and kalsomined, the kitchen has been overhauled and made thoroughly modern, and the trustees and pastor are entitled to much ere dit for their efforts to beautify and improve the church on a visit this week a representative of the Plain dealer found Mr. N. Ford and Wm Mason busy as boss painters and carpenters putting the finishing touches on the work. Frank Mitchell now says that he will be good. Llyods place on Main St. is a scence of much activity at this time. of Deposit except ion endorsement without com- prefer to use them instead of time certificates issued for interest money in this way you run t. Safe and sure for out of & Trust Co. Time Certificates of Dep Time Certificates of Deposit You may negotiate them by endorsement ing to the bank, should you prefer to use holding them until due. On time certifica six or twelve months we You may negotiate them by endorsement without coming to the bank, should you prefer to use them instead of holding them until due. On time certificates issued for six or twelve months we per annum. By depositing money in this no risk of loss by fire or theft. Safe and town people. Union Bank & Trust per annum. By depositing money in this way, you run no risk of loss by fire or theft. Safe and sure for out of town people. HELENA, MONTANA. --- LOCALS LOCALS Trade with the Helena Packing Company. Mrs- Jeff. Harrison entertained the Busy Bees at her home Thurs-evening. Mr. Daly and and Polk, mail clerks, were both in the City this week off of their runs. Mr. F. Spearman is preparing for his final examination in the Railway Civil Service. Mrs. C. E. McEvoy left Tuesday night for Denver Col. on a business trip. Rev. W. T. Osborne has been on the sick list this week. The new band is making remarkable progress and will soon be ready to play in public. Charley Cole came over from Bozeman Sunday on a visit to his mother Mrs. E. G. Cole. Sunday will bethe grand display for all the latest and newest creations. J. D Yancey failed to visit the boys last week on account of the tragic death of Mr. S. Reeves who was a prominent member of the Butte lodge of Elks. Helen must be one of the best towns of the Northwest as invariably all who leave finally come back to the manor born. W. D. Crosby was in the city Sun day on his run over the N Pacific. J. H. Taylor has moved from the west side and joined the Strutters. The baseball fever has also struck Helena and championship teams are on every hand. Everybody should be present at St. James next Wednesday eve. as Rev. Osborne and the editor of this paper will lock horns in joint debate, they will be assisted by J.W E. Clark and W. D. Cole, it is predicted by everybody that this will be the greatest talking match ever held in Helena. . The young crowd is giving a grand ball at Germania Hall Monday eve. it is an invitation affair. when issued to you may be kept In Your Possession Pay You 4% Interest BIRTHDAY PARTY. BIRTHDAY PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hooper of 663 N. Ewing St. gave a party at their residence Monday Eve. April 13th the event being the sixteenth birth day of their daughter Ruth, the evening was spent inplaying games and musical selections, after which light refreshments were served: All joined in wishing Miss Ruth numbersless such anniversaries. Those present were the Misses Carrie Dorsey, Carlotta Ford, Tressa York Carrie Lucas, Olga York, also Masters Jessie Brooks, Arthur Ford, J. W. Clarke and Mr. Dorsey. SURPRISE PARTY. SURPRISE PARTY. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES. single wheels, imported roller chains and pedals, repairs and repairs. porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers who order our products up once or twice in a whole season. The price no more than an ordinary tire the puncture resisting qualities being given are the same as for a standard tire, but tread. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special price to price for customers. Hon. J. C. NAPIE R STATES HIS POSITION unseemly rage the race divided, like all other races of men, into various political groups. If the honest convictions on political matters which I am now to express do nothing more than furnish to the race one more example of a man exercising his divine right to freedom of thought and expression upon matters in which he has as much vital interest as any other American citizen, I feel that I shall not have spoken in vain. Brownsville. I was and am of the opinion that President Roosevelt's course in reference to the Brownsville affair was open to criticism. Normally the Anglo-Saxon race in Europe and in America is an oath respecting race. But in some parts of our country the sentiment has been developed that perjury is no offense against good morals where the race question is involved. Often truth is no more required by the racial sentiment than truthfulness concerning his army is expected of a prisoner taken in war. Thus, we have returning boards swearing falsely and without a grimace as to election returns, and United States Senators taking oaths to uphold the Constitution of the United States, knowing the while that they are going to be parties to the violation of the fifteenth amendment to that Constitution as much a part of that document as any other part. In view of the well known racial feelinw which rendered the whole Brownsville affair difficult of straightening out, there was to my mind a wiser way for the President to have handled the matter. The President's Record. But I am not one of those who think that the President acted as he did because the soldiers were colored men. There is nothing in his whole career upon which to found such a conception of his character. His nomination years ago of John R. Lynch to be temporary chairman of a session of the National Republican Convention, his entertainment in the executive mansion at Albany of a noted colored singer who was denied entertainment in the hotels his now famous courtesy to Prof. Booker T. Washington in the White House, his views as enunciated in the Crum case, the peonage prosecution, all, all preclude the thought that he was influenced by considerations of race. I go further and venture the assertion that no President that ever sat in the chair has taken a more important step than Mr. Roosevelt in wiping out the color line in politics so far as relates to federal appointments. When he became President there was what might be called a system of Jim Crowism in appointments. Colored men had a restricted sphere in which to aspire. The President broke up this corner by pushing colored men on the judicial bench in Washington, D. C., by the appointment of Anderson in New York, Lewis in Boston and Trler to an auditorship in the Navy Department, and by other appointments in new fields. All the appointees cited let it be observed are in territory never before occupied by the race in the history of the nation, and a beginning has been made toward the opening of the whole field of federal service to Negro aspiration. If theprecedent of regarding no territory for asbidden ground to the Negro is followed, Jim Crowism in the federal service is doomed. To take an incident like the Brownsville affair and twist it into a color question with which to castigate a man with a record like that of President Roosevelt on the color question is indeed to my mind a severe indictment of our judgment. Mistaken I believe the President to have been. Actuated by race prejudice I do not believe him to have been. 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I shall now express my views concerning Secretary Taft: cerning Secretary Taft: To begin with he comes of old abolition stock, and the traditional attitude of his family has been one of cordial friendship for the colored people. His course in Cuba and the Philippine Island shows that he is a believer in the rights of the dark races. He believes in the fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution and has said over and over again that the sufferage laws should apply equally to both races. Such mistakes as the colored people made in the early days in voting he sought in some Southern speeches to explain philosophically, and to show that they were errors out of which the colored people could grow. This was done to offset the claim of those Southern whites who hold that reconstruction experiences should serve as an eternal bar. These efforts of Secretary Taft to trace to The Republican City Convention held this week nominated the following natural causes any shortcomings of the race as voters, have been seized upon by his enemies as indications that he does not believe in equality of citizenship. But I challenge any one to produce a speech on the race question wherein in Mr. Taft has not declared for equality of citizenship. As the Republican Party of the North seems hopelessly divided on the question of federal interference with Southern elections Secretary Taft believes in trying moral suasion, in trying to win over white men in the South to the Northern views of the sufferage question. If made President it is my earnest belief that he will use the whole power of his position to influence sentiment in the South favorable to the acceptance in good faith of the fifteenth amendment. He says he is with Prof. Booker T. Washington. 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