Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. 111 Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad 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!!! EDITORIAL In our issue of Friday, April 1st, we shall endeavor to present our views as to the course that looks best for our people in the pending pending municipal campaign. In view of the peculiar conditions of a total neglect of recognition for the colored contingent in this city, and county, while with nearly 200 votes they are absolutely the balance of power in both City and county.. It is a matter of serious consideration of the course to pursue that would best conserve our status as citizens and for our own protection. In our next issue we shall endeavor to present our side of the proposition for the consideration of the colored voters who will vote for Mayor and other officers on April 4. The commission form of Government, we believe, is intended to in a large degree to eliminate politics from municipal affairs, we thing Helena is about ripe for such a form of government if it was only within the law. The poor colored brother in the political arena has been so woefully ignored for the past four years in city politics that he is up in the air just at present with the balance of power in the pending campaign. Prof. R. J. Condon, who has been elected superintendent of schools for the city of Providence, R. L., is a man in every way deserving of the highest honors, and we are glad to note his success. He is a broad gauged educator who stands for all the people and has taken a special interest in the work of the uplift of the colored race, we are sorry that he leaves Helena, but realize that a larger field for more good has a greater call on his services, and the Plain-dealer hopes for his continued success in his new field. Our citizens are to be congratulated upon the splendid reception which they gave to Grand Master Ricketts on his recent visit to our city, and, while there were some details which should not have been overlooked in the main, everything was highly creditable and we believe that the Grand Master as well as both Mr. Mahammit and Butler appreciate the efforts of the people in the mountains of the Northwest and that they are striving to do their part in the march of progress for a struggling race. John Wendell, the old war horse of the First Ward will make the race again as alderman from that ward, barring accidents he looks like a sure winner We would like to enquire, what is Judge Horn runnin gior. The republican convention with a rush and hurrah, nominated for Mayor, last Friday evening the Hon John Dryburg of the seventh ward and Geo. Elmer for City Treasurer, the Democratic convention will meet Monday evening and nominate a ticket and the campaign of one week will be on in earnest. All the shafts aimed at Dr. Laastrum by the Tax Payer will fall broken at his feet, the Doctor is one of the fairest and squarest men in the whole U. S. who stand at all times to aid and assist anyone or anything that is deserving. H. H. GUTHRIE FOR POLICE JUDGE The present incumbent, Judge Henry H. Guthrie of Helena's police court, is a candidate for re-election. He stands squarly on his record in that position. If he has made good he asks the endorsement of the citizens for the second term he has been a resident here since 82 and has never held an election office except this position he has a large following of all classes who are loyally giving him their support re-election. POLITICALLY, WHERE IS THE NEGRO AT? We have been watching the Press throughout the country for some days to see (1) if Senator Cullum, o Illinois, would himself rise and refute the charges that he has gone on record as favoring the wholesale dischallenge of the Negro citizens in the South. (2) As to whether President Taft would deny that he is wrongly quoted as concurring with the Senator's views, but the Associated Press has afforded us no relief. We have waited in vain for refutation from either of the distinguished representatives of the G. O. P. and take for granted that they must be accurately quoted. That being the case all we have to say is, words are inadequate to express our surprise and disappointment, especially when viewed in the light of what the Negro has suffered for those very men and the party since the day of emancipation. When we think of the oceans of blood shed by the Negro and men—we mean white men—of the North to perpetuate the principle of the Republican party, when we think of all this, and more, we are astonished beyond utterance that right now at this particular hour we are "wounded in th house of our friends," lacerated and thrown overboard, and now into the sea just where our late lamented leader, Frederick Douglas said we would be if we ourselves desert the party now. What would Mr. Douglas say were he alive today—can any one guess? And what is this sacrifice on the alter laid, namely, listen and think as you read: "To build up a lily white Republican party," Where is the Negro at? The reeeman Helena, Montana, Friday, March 25 1010 The most worshipful Grand Master of Missouri and jurisdiction of which the local lodge here is a part, has come and gone; his presence here has been of great benefit to the craft as well as to the citizens who were fortunate enough to hear him. His address at the banquet tendered him was a master-piece of which everyone present hung on to the last word for fear they would miss something which this eminent speaker should say. He was greeted by an immense gathering which taxed the capacity of Elk's Hall at which place the exercises and banquet was held. There was, contrary to expectations of all, no program to speak of. And while on an occasion of this kind it is not strictly ethecal for the honored guest to do all the entertaining, such was his lot which he done to the entire satisfaction of all present. But the Plaindealer would suggest that another time with such a distinguished guests, there should be a program consisting of your talent. So that the visitors shall not form the opinion that because you have none that it is a lack of talent and for the further reason that it is eminently proper and right that the guests should be entertained and not put strictly in the role of entertainer. The splendid paper of Mrs. R. J. Alexander saved the day to some extent, and probably the Grand Master and visitors thought we were conserving our other resources for some future time. Also the two instrumental solos by Mrs. Clarinda Howard and Miss Carlotto Ford were creditably rendered and enthusiastically received. T. P. Mahmmit the genial editor was equal to the occasion and paid a high compliment to the order and citizens at large. As also did R. D. Buller of St. Joe, Mo., who was introduced as the man with many titles. But the crowning efforts was the masterly and eloquent address of Grand Master Dr. M. O. Ricketts, who held the audience spell bound as the gospel of race progress and the things that go to make a race, his telling points were received with deafening applause. Our only regret is that we were unable to procure his address and publish it for our readers. After Dr. Ricketts address, the guests and visitors partook of one of the greatest feasts ever prepared in these parts. It is another regret that no printed program was provided for such an occasion on that present miht have had a souvinir of the grandest affair ever given in Helena The failure to do so was an unfortunate error. The table committee also the decorating committee are entitled to stinted praiae for the zcellent spread and beautifl decorations. VISITS LOCAL LODGE On the first evening that the Grand Master was here he paid an official visit to the local lodge at which time he exemplified the first three degrees, there were two candidates for the occassion. On Friday afternoon he visited officially the order of the Eastern Star of which he is also the Royal Grand Patron. The sisters made it an open meeting for all master masons and it was indeed a red letter day for the Eastern Star. The Grand Master and his two assistants, T. P. Mahammitt and R. D. Butler, were busy during the rest of their stay in conferring the higher degrees, about 20 tak- State Library ing up the higher degree and on Friday evening and Saturday they set up a chapter of Royal Arch Masons and a commandry. The Grand Master and party were much pleased with their trip to this section and so expressed themselves as to the beautifully city of Helena and the hospitality extended to them. They also spoke in glowing terms of the reception accorded them in Billings and Havre and the same spirit of hospitality which they met everywhere. On the last day of their visit here E. L. Clark, H. Saulesbury, N. Ford, H. Baker and J. B. Bass procured open carriages and provided a drive over the city for the distinguished visitors so that they could see the beautiful homes and the scenery. They left Sunday for Portland, Oregon, where they will give the higher degrees to quite a large class, and will return by the way of Salt Lake, Cheyenne and Denver, where they also have quite a program of work to do returning to their home in St. Joe, about April 10th. ORGANIGED A CHAPTER While here, Grand Master Ricketts assisted by T. P. Mahammet and R. D. Butler of St. Joe organized a chapter of Royal Arch Masons of about 20 members. The following officers were appointed to serve until the 1st regular election: H. E. Saulsbury, H. P.; M. O. J. Arnett King, Geo. M. Lee Scribe, A. Palmeh, Sec., J. W. Crump, Treas., J. D. Hart Capt. Host., J. B. Bass, R. A. C., R. Wheeler, P. S., P. Keys, M. 1st V. J. Harrison, M. 2nd V., S. Smith M. 3rd V. C. Dinwiddie, Capt of Gaurd. Chas, Johnson, Grand. A Commandry was also set up and organized with the following officers: E. L. Clark, E. C., M. O. J. Arnett, George M. Lee, Scribe, Jeff Harrison, Capt. Gen'l., P. Keys, Royal S. J. D. Hart. E. S. of menu, etc. was prepared so that each guest would have had at least a souvenir of the greatest banquet of them all with such distinguished guests present as on this occasion it is an almost unpardonable error. But the committee having in charge the table proposition as well as decorating committee are entitled to great credit. And to Sister A. Green, great credit is due as the chef at the Waldrof Astoria could not excell her on this occasion. BILLINGS NOTES While here, Grand Master, M. O. Ricketts set up a Masonic Lodge of which B. B. Adams was appointed W. M. and L. Somerville, Sec. The leading citizens of Billings made it very pleasant for the Grand Master. Luncheons, Dinners and carriage rides, in fact everything that could be asked. MRS. BALTIMORE ENTERTAINS The ladies of the social set of Billings were delightfully entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. James Baltimore. Those present were: Mesrames W. Browning, C. Browning, Abbott, Reed, Arfutt, Sims, Hart, Harrison, Rhodes and Reynolds; Misses Lewis and little Josephine Harrison, the table was tastefully decorated with Green and natural pinks sisted of soup, grape fruit a La Mayonaise, Turkey, Creamed potatoes, Pink Ice Cream, Cake. We are nowloffering positively the dest bargain ever offered in a Silk Petticoat in this city. A regular $7.50 Taffeta, elegant silk beautifully tailored in black, white and colors. Our price, choice at $4.95 35c value Children's Fine Spring Needle Vests or pants, fleeced lined cream only, sizes 20 to 24 special each. 25c 50c and 65c values Ladies' Frieze Gauze Hose, silk lisle, lisle or cotton emdroidered or lace; special this sale per pair. 40c Black Coffee. After spending a very pleasant evening in social chat the ladies retired declaring Mrs. Baltimore to be an ideal hostess. with pink and green candles. A handsome silver candlebara formed the centerpiece. The elegant menu which con- HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON Register of the United States Treasury Man with a Remarkable Career A Story of Enedavor and Successful Struggle—Proof That Unselfish Devotion to Race Has Its Reward. By R. W. Thompson (Freeman) The man of any race whose signature is necessary to give value to the legal tender and bonded securities of the greatest government on earth is bound to occupyp a large space in the public eye when, however, the man who attains that dignity is found to be a member of a race that but little over forty years ago was held in chattle slavery by the very nation which now honors him with such a trust, his career may be set down as one of the marvels peculiar to the world's most remarkable century. William T. Vernon Register of the United States Treasury, is the central figure of a story that reads like fiction. Of imposing stature and engaging personality, he would attract attention in any crowd. Mr. Vernon was born in Lebanon, Mo. His parents, Adam and Margaret Vernor, desired to give their children an education, and he, with younger members of the family, entered the public school in his native town, and remained there until fifteen years of age, when he entered Lincoln University—the State school for Negroes at Jefferson City—graduating therefrom in 1890 as valedictorian of his class and class orator, having worked his way through college. He taught school in Bonne Terre, Mo., for two years, and was then called t othe principalship of a public school in his home town of Lebanon. After four years of service there he resigned to take charge of Western University, at Quindaro, Kan., a part of the educational system of the A. M. E. Church. This institution then had but one small building and a half dozen students, and he was the only teacher. He remained there from 1806 to 1906, during which time he had secured appropriations from the State of Kansas, which have grown until, with recent appropriations, these augment a quarter of a million dollars, in additions to other donations and collections. The institution now has 130 acres of land, five large buildings, a faculty of twenty teachers and nearly 400 students. There is now in course of erection upon the campus a commodious girl's dormitory, worth over thirty thousand dollars. It wil furnish space for one hundred and fifty young ladies, and will be a steam-heated, electric-lighted and thoroughly modern structure. The institution has its own heating and lighting plant. Mr. Vernon became active in religious and educational work among his people, as well as prominent in the political affairs of Kansas. He rendered valuable as- citing State and national campaigns, and, because of this, in addition to his personal merit, sterling character and administrative experience, he was appointed Register of the Treasury by President Roosevelt in 1906. This responsible position had previously been held by but two Negroes, former Senator B. K. Bruce and Captain J. W| Lyons. Co well pleased were the trustees of the Western University with his work that when he was appointed Register of the Treasury he was re-elected president of that institution, and granted leave of absence while serving the United States government at Washington. Dignified in bearing, as befits his official standing he is is the soul of geniality to all, from the most exalted to the humblest. He is, indeed and in truth a man of the people—"everybody's register of everybody's treasury." It may be interesting to state that Mr. Vernor is not only the youngest colored man who has attained the position of Register of the Treasury, but no man, for the past fifty years, has attained his office at such an early age. Not yet forty years o fage, his career promises even greater things for his race. His struggle from a one-room log cabin through the university, where he labored to pay his way, up through the front rank as an educator and church leader to the highest place held by the race in America, is an inspiring study for the young Negro who is sometimes disposed to view his prospects "as through a glass darkly" because of the numerous obstacles that confront him. The history of the Negro race will never be complete without the story of this man's rise Every colored voter must do their full duty and Register or you connot vote on April 4th, NORTHWEST ITEMS ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA AND WASHINGTON. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take Place—Business Outlook Is Good. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Starbuck has a new $20,000 high school. A new flour mill is to be erected at Walla Walla. E. W. Carlisle, a pioneer, aged 93, was buried recently in the Garfield cemetery. Archie McDonald, a miner, shot himself recently at Loomis. He was despondent. Thomas Flynn, a marine, stationed at the Bremerton navy yard, was murdered recently. By proclamation issued by Governor Hay he urges general observance of Arbor Day, April 14. James Keenan, whose saloon at Everett burned Tuesday night, committed suicide next day. The Walla Walla Commercial club made an excursion to Paseco, Kennewick, Burbank and Attalia Thursday of this week. The Waterville Union Grain company, an organization composed of members of the farmers' union, has let a contract for 364,000 grain bags. There has recently been organized a state humane society to take up the work that city societies do in reporting for prosecution any one abusing animals or children. Eben W. Carlisle, aged 93 years, who recently died at Colfax of senile decay, was one of the early pioneers of Portland, having crossed the plains from the Atlantic coast in 1848. The franchise-seeking railroads, the North Coast and the Milwaukee, will bear the expense of a special election in Spokane to ascertain popular sentiment on the terminal rate question. A company has been organized at Palouse to develop 1,440 acres of leased lands, including the Bishop farm, where coal was encountered at a depth of 200 feet while sinking a well, last spring. The new arc lights for the new street lighting system of Newport have arrived and as soon as the fixtures for the Tungsten lights arrive they will be installed and Newport will have an up-to-date lighting system. Arrangements are being completed for the annual state D. A. R. assembly, which is to be held at Olympia on April 7 and from present indications the convention will be among the largest ever held in this state. By proclamation Governor Hay has designated Sunday, April 24, 1910, as "tuberculosis Sunday," and recommends that on that day all religious denominations give consideration to the problems of the study and prevention of tuberculosis. Superintendent H. H. Johnson of the Puyallup Indian schools has received formal notice that the name of the institution will on and after April 1 coming be changed to the Cushman Indian schools, in honor of the late Congressman Francis W. Cushman. Spring finds unprecedented activity in all lines of industrial and commercial development at Dayton. Plans are now under way for extensive improvements in the country roads; the planting of at least 30 orchards embracing 700 acres, representing an investment estimated above $350,000. Surveyors are at work on the proposed state road out of Dayton. Every county in the state of Washington where the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company has property, will institute suit against the railroad for payment of taxes assessed upon the company's holdings as a result of the refusal of the railroad to pay taxes due in the several counties. Such is the semi-official announcement made by officials of the railroad at Walla Walla. IDAHO JOTTINGS. The Clearwater branch of the Northern Pacific is again blocked. Rain fell in torrents throughout North Idaho Saturday. The Clearwater river rose six feet in eight hours. The banner year for a bean crop in the Potlatch section is ahead. Thousands of acres will be grown in the Potlatch district of which Juliaetta is the center. Residents of the vicinity of Hope and Clarksfork are firm in their belief that the Standard Oil company is after the oil and gas fields recently discovered near those towns. At Bovill recently Ben Tyndall, a lumberjack, was shot twice by Robert McManus, it is said, in William Bennell's "near beer" joint. The first shot shattered his knee cap and the second took effect in his groin. With his skull fractured, both legs broken and blood pouring from his wounds, Bertrand Mason died at Nelson Siding, near Murray, recently. Mason was below a pile of logs when one became loosened and rolled over him. Saloon men of Wallace are advocating high license and strict regulation. so far as the Wallace saloons are concerned, as the only cure for anti-saloon agitation. The present license is $250 imposed by the city and $750 by the state. For four months the wife of Chief Justice George G. Stewart of Idaho has lain in a state of unconsciousness at Boise, suffering from a disease which has baffled the medical fraternity, not alone of Boise, but of Spokane, Portland, Salt Lake and eastern cities. Carl Olson, a lumberman, was instantly killed recently at Gratia, a logging camp on the St. Maries river. Olson was working near the log chute and did not notice a log coming down upon him. He was struck on the head and knocked senseless into the water. MONTANA NEWS. The police of Butte have been instructed to strictly enforce the curfew law. An Italian underboss was run over and killed by the North Coast limited at Kilde recently. Recently Dr. A. F. Rudd of Jefferson City cut his throat with one of his surgical instruments. L. J. Coburn has been arrested at Great Falls on the charge of having passed a number of forged cheeks. W. D. Kern, a prominent architect of Montana and well known throughout the northwest, died recently in Butte. The Jeffries-Johnson fight tickets will range from $5 to $50 each. Rickard and Gleason expect about $650,000. The arena will be like a theater. A school where state militia officers may be trained for military service is to be held under the instruction of a regular army officer at Fort Harrison about May 2. John Stafford, who brutally assaulted Thomas Emerson at Bozeman several weeks ago with the acknowledged object of robbery, has been sentenced to serve 13 years in the state prison. Sheriff Wells of Miles City is investigating a case in which it is alleged that a man named Nelson attempted to poison a number of persons by placing strychnine on a quarter of beef. L. Flegal has shipped in a carload of horses from Malta. The animals will be used during the coming summer in transporting supplies to the mines in the vicinity of Libby and in hauling out ore. W. Clayton Miller, general manager of the Federal Mining and Smelting company, announces that Frank Davis, for several years foreman at the Mace Mines, had been temporarily appointed to succeed the late R. H. Pascoe as superintendent of the Standard-Mammoth mine. Thirty-five dollars was realized for one prize box of Rome Beauty apples at Kalispell Saturday night at the winter apple banquet, and the 10 boxes on display brought $117. The apples were marked for their keeping qualities, and the best box awarded a $100 prize. The prize box was bought by H. G. Miller and will be sent to Louis W. Hill. This is the highest price for a box of apples in Montana. But for the heroic efforts of Mrs. Thomas Noyes of Nome, Alaska, wife of the principal owner of the greatest placer project on Kotzebue sound, the natives of the far northland might be continuing the old tribal custom of weeding out female infants. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes and their 9-year-old daughter, Bonnie, who was born far up in the arctic circle, are now in California visiting. Tom Noyes is a Butte boy, born there in '74. Former Senator W. A. Clark recently made a trip through the Bitter Root valley to look over the electric pole line system which he is constructing through that district. The senator went on to Hamilton, and on his return expressed himself as pleased with the development of the country. When the subject of an electric railroad between Missoula and Hamilton was broached Mr. Clark, while maintaining a degree of reserve, said that a trolley line is quite possible, but that he desired to know the results of the investment upon the electric high line to Stevensville before further extensions of his interests in the valley are made. Firemen Agree Not to Strike Terms of agreement in the federal meidation in the controversy between the the 27,000 firemen on western railroads and the railroad's mangers have been reached. The demands of the firemen for a $12\%$ per cent increase in pay will be arbitrated. Any fireman temporarily promoted to be an engineer, after having held the position for 60 days, establishes his seniority and must not be reduced, irrespective of which union he is a member. The greed in all except the wage question, is a compromise on both sides. Six Dance for Fifteen Hours. San Francisco, March 21.—When the police stopped the world's championship dancing marathon here Sunday afternoon after six contestants had been dancing 15 hours and six minutes, a storm of protest arose from the 3000 spectators in the pavilion and a riot was prevented only by the determined manner in which the bluecorns handled the crowd. The world's long-distance dancing record of 14 hours and 42 minutes had been broken and the three couples still on their feet begged to be allowed to continue. Probably the most remarkable feature of the performance was the fortitude of J. A. West, who is 58 years old. Foe of Oil Trust Is Dead. Cineinnati, March 21.—Charles H. Moore, the oldest independent oil merchant in Ohio, died at his home Sunday. Mr. Moore has been opposed to the oil combinations for 25 years and at the time of his death was president of the Charles H. Moore Oil company, one of the largest independent oil companies in the country. A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical Political and Personal Events Told in Short Paragraphs. Bubonic plague has appeared in the Hawaiian islands. Rapid City, S. D., has adopted the commission form of government. Mrs. “Jack” Cudahy now intimates that there would be a reconcilation between herself and Mr. Cudahy. The annual meeting of the Umatilla county, Ore., Pioneer association will be held at Weston May 27 and 28. James Wilson, a daring steeplejack, fell 70 feet from a smokestack which he was painting in Chicago recently. He died. Fifty fishermen who were set adrift upon an ice floe which broke away from the shore near Peterhof, on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland, are believed to have perished. President Taft announces a complete agreement has been reached with France on all traffic differences and he would sign a proclamation giving France and Algeria the minimum rates of the Payne-Aldrich law. Terrorized by the mob, which prevented a resumption of service by the Bogota City Railroad company, the Colombian employees of the company have struck, refusing to make further attempts to move the cars. At Masillon, Ohio, recently, Godfrey Mantaz found his 18-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, dead on the kitchen floor, while her sister Alice, 16 years old, could not be found. All of the dead girl's clothes and a suit case were missing. Details of the story published in a part of the press of the United States to the effect that Japan had proposed and outlined a new agreement with the American government have been received with more surprise at Tokio. The foreign office denied the report positively. WRECK Over 45 People Killed in Iowa. Marshalltown Iowa, March 21. Forty-five persons were killed and 10 were injured, many of them fatally in a wreck of a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train four and a half miles north of Green Mountain, Iowa, at 8:16 a. m. today. Thirty of the dead have been identified. The unidentified are in undertaking rooms at Marshalltown, many so horribly mangled that identification may be impossible. The Rock Island trains, No. 19 from Chicago and No. 21, from St. Louis to Minneapolis and St. Paul, were running over the Chicago, Great Western tracks, as the Rock Island track had been broken by a freight wreck last night. At Marshalltown the trains were coupled together. As there is no turntable at Reinbeck, where the trains expected to strike the Rock Island main line, both locomotives, coupled in front of the compined train left here running backward. The lil-fated train consisted of 13 cars. The Pullman car from St. Louis was leading the train next to engine No. 1009. Then came a smoker and a day coach in which there were many women and children. About four and a half miles beyond Green Mountain, at the top of a hill, is a cut about 12 feet deep. It was in this that the tender on the leading engine suddenly jumped the track. This threw the head locomotive into the side of the cut. The clay of the sides as soft, and the engine went into it, stopping instantly. The sudden stop ditched the second locomotive and the heavy train crashed the day coached and smoker upon the Pullman. The smoker and day coach were instantly telescoped and hardly an occupant of either car escaped death or injury. While the last 10 cars of the train remained on the track, the shock sent the passengers sprawling from their seats to the floor. The uninjured passengers then began to remove the dead and injured. The dead were taken to an adjoining pasture and laid out on the grass. It was two hours before a train carrying surgeons and the coroner arrived. The dead in many cases are crushed beyond recognition. Heads are severed from bodies, arms and legs cut off. Coroner Dr. Jay, himself a surgeon, was hastening in an ambulance to a hospital in Marshalltown where he was thrown to the pavement as the rig rounded a corner. He was picked up unconscious. It is believed his back is broken and that he cannot live. The removal of the bodies showed that the worst injuries were among the passengers in the day coach and smoker, and it is believed that but two of the dead were in the Pullman. Tuesday the track will be cleared and the train service restored. SPORTING NEWS ITEMS. Sam Langford will soon meet Jim Burry for 25 rounds at Los Angeles. Ad Wolgast says his next fight would be with Owen Moran and that it would take place in Los Angeles early in June. The Jeffries-Johnson fight has at last taken on the real aspect of a battle for the heavyweight championship of the world. Billy Papke, the "Illinois Thunderbolt," knocked out Willie Lewis in the third round of their championship fight in Paris recently. A four-team baseball league is to be organized in the Coeur d'Alenes this season to include Wallace, Wardner, Mullan and Murray. H. Smith and Hollensbeck won the Spokane city championship two-man bowling tournament with a total of 5,367 pins for 15 games. On the night of Tuesday, March 20, will be held the annual exhibition of the physical culture department at the Washington State college. The Spokane Rifle and Revolver club will meet the Southern California Rifles in a dual meet by telegraph next month with standard United States Springfield rifles. Liverpool. — The grand national steeplechase handicap of 3,000 sovereigns for 1-year-olds and up, four miles and 850 yards, was won by Jenkins-town. President Joe Cohn of the Spokane League team has wired to Wis Egan after receiving a proposition from the veteran pitcher, and the long-felt want for the coming season has been secured. James Joy Miller, the famous Michigan quarterback, who was found employed on the Blalock fruit ranch near Walla Walla, fails to recall his college days when shown pictures and scenes of life at Ann Arbor by Will Coleman, an old college acquaintance. Another race between Nelson, Washington State college's star spinner, and Edmondson, the famous 440-man at the University of Idaho, may be pulled off this spring in connection with the meet between the two colleges, which will be held in Moscow. The Spokane City league will open the season of 1910 on Sunday, April 10, and close the season on October 9. The opening games will be between Harry Campbell's team and the Brownlee Furniture Packers for the first contest and Varney & Somers and the Hazelwood nine for the second. It will be but a short time now before the Northwestern league fans will get their first real taste of baseball for this season. Already players in all the cities in this league are limbering up preparatory to the training season, and almost daily recruits and regulars are being added to the fold. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Montana racing circuit was completed. The following dates were fixed: Butte, month of July; Joliet, August 22 to 24; Big Timber, August 25 to 27; Bozeman, August 29 to September 3; Lewistown, September 5 to 10; Glendive, September 12 to 14; Miles City, September 15 to 17; Great Falls, September 19 to 24; state fair at Helena, September 26 to October 1; Chinook, October 3 to 5; Kalispell, October 11 to 14. Vancouver, B. C.—Dorando Pietri finished first in the 15-mile three-cornered race here, winning with ease from Henri St. Yves, the Marathon champion, and John Marsh, the Canadian. Marsh dropped out in the ninth mile, after he had led the field most of the distance, a strained tendon in his leg making him quit. St. Yves and Dorando alternated in the lead for the next five miles and then in the last mile the Frenchman stopped to tie his shoe. Dorando took the lead, opened a gap of half a lap and it was all over. Dorando led to the end and won by half a lap. Time 1:27:30 2-5. Republicans Name Rules Committee Washington, March 25 —With only the friendliest sort of rivalry the republican caucus Wednesday night selected the six members of the rules committee apportioned to the republican majority of the house. The following, all members of the regular wing of the party, were chosen: Walter L. Smith of Iowa, 168 votes; John Danzell of Pennsylvania, 146 votes; George P. Lawrence of Massachusetts, 126 votes; J. Sloat Fassett of New York, 113 votes; Sylvester C. Smith, California, 136 votes; Henry S. Boutell, Illinois, 108 votes. LATEST NEWS ITEMS. Mount Etna is again in eruption, smoke, steam and lava pouring from the opening. Hereafter theater and amusement places at national capital will not be permitted to deny admission to soldiers and sailors on account of their uniforms. Fatal Wreck, Winnipeg Flyer. St. Paul.—The north-bound Winnipeg flyer on the Great Northern railway, which left St. Paul at 15:15 p. m. Sunday, was derailed at Rogers, Minn., the engine, mail car and baggage car turning turtle in the ditch. Engineer Connelly of St. Paul was killed and the baggageman was seriously injured. The passengers were severely shaken up. Kills Invader of His Home. Kansas City, March 21.—Nathan A. Grill was shot and killed here today by Jesse Brody, a carpenter, in a quarrel that took place when Grill found Brody in his home. Brody escaped. Under the Able Leadership of G. W. Norris, They Wrest His Power—Working Rules of the House Were Completely Changed Amid Wildest Scenes Ever in Congress for Years Cannonism is crushed. The committee on rules, personified by Speaker Cannon, and for many years supreme in its control over legislation, was torn from the organization of the house. Instead of one-man power to say what bills should pass and what should fail, and when and how, control will be vested in a committee chosen by the members and responsive to the membership. In place of a small committee appointed by the speaker, dependent upon him for every legislative favor, and subservient to his will, there will be a committee of ten representatives of which the speaker will not be a member. The New Rules. This committee, created through the adroit initiative and skillful generalship of Representative Geo. W. Norris, insurgent, from Nebraska, comes to life in pursuance of the following resolution, adopted by the house: "That there shall be a committee on rules elected by the house, consisting of ten members, six of whom shall be members of the majority party, and four of whom shall be members of the minority party. "The speaker shall not be a member of the committee and the committee shall elect its own chairman from its own membership. "Within ten days after the adoption of this resolution, there shall be an election of this committee and immediately upon its election, the present committee on rules shall be dissolved." The insurgents, in defense of their defection from the organization, have contended that the fight was for principle, for the right to represent their constituents, to have a decent chance to get a hearing for bills of importance to their districts, or for the general good. To a large proportion of these men, the situation has apparently been cleared and they will, for the present at least, rest content. How Climax Came. The sensational climax at the close of the turbulent session, when the official life of Speaker Cannon was at stake, proves, according to the insurgents, that what they sought was the power and not the blood of the czar. Half an hour after they voted to deprive him of his power, they voted not to depose him from the speakership. Burleson (dem., Texas), tall and fiery, fought off colleagues in his party who would deter him, and pressed a motion that the "chair of the speaker is hereby declared vacant." "Come on, let the majority rule," shouted the defiant speaker. They came on and the vote was 191 to 155 in favor of the speaker retaining his seat with the diminished glory imposed by the Norris resolution. Comfort was extracted from the result to the three parties to the conflict. The Conquerers. The following insurgent republicans, 35 in all, voted with the solid democratic side, against the motion to table Norris' appeal from the decision of the speaker: Nelson, Kopp, Carey, Cooper, Davidson, Leenroot, Morse of Wisconsin; Davis, Lindbergh, Miller, Steenerson, Volsted of Minnesota; Kendall, Hubbard, Good, Haughn, Picketts, Woods of Iowa; Hindshaw, Kinkaid, Norris of Nebraska; Madison, Murdeck of Kansas; Howland, Johnson, Taylor of Ohio; Ames, Gardner of Massachusetts; Pooler, Fish of New York; Poindexter of Washington; Martin of South Dakota; Gronna of North Dakota; Fowler of New Jersey; Hayes of California. The insurgents had estimated their strength at 33, but they gained three, Howland. Johnson and Taylor of Ohio, and lost Parsons of New York, who heretofore had voted with them intermittently. Martin of South Dakota was also considered an accession. Summary of Their Work. Monday—Dents put in Chairman Smith's District of Columbia bills. Tuesday—Democrats and insurgents defeated provision for maintenance of automobiles of vice president and speaker. Wednesday — Speaker's ruling on Crumpacker census amendment overruled by allies. Norris, insurgent leader, presented amendment increasing membership of rules committee to 15. Point of order made against Norris. Amendment by Dalzell, regular leader. Regulars began filibustering to obtain enough votes to sustain the speaker. Three efforts by regulars to recess or adjourn voted down by allies. House in session all night. Friday—Early hours occupied by both sides in search for votes. From 2 to 4 o'clock, truce. Compromise efforts fruitless. 4 p. m.—House voted to postpone speaker's ruling on Norris amendment until 12:05 p. m. Saturday and adjourned. Saturday—Noon—Speaker ruled Norris amendment out of order. Norris appealed from decision of chair. Dalzell's motion to table (stop consideration of Norris' amendment) appeal defeated. 184 to 161. Norris' motion for the previous question (cut off debate) adopted, 182 to 160. Speaker's decision on Norris' amendment overruled, 182 to 160. Norris offered substitute, making rules committee ten members instead of fifteen. Norris' motion for previous question on substitute carried, 178 to 159. Substitute carried, 193 to 153. Norris' amendment as altered by substitute, carried, 191 to 155. Motion to declare speakership vacant defeated, 191 to 155. House then adjourned. AFTERMATH OF STRUGGLE All Parties Now Accuse the Other of Effect. Washington, March 21.—The titanic struggle over the speakership of the house of representatives, which reached its climax late Saturday in the destruction of the speaker's power in the committee on rules, yet leaving Mr. Cannon the speakership itself, may have marked not so much the ending of a three days' battle as the beginning of a great political war. The recognition by all factions of this possibility was the principal feature to day in the political situation in Washington. Hardly anybody here thinks the condition of affairs after the momentous battle represents a satisfactory condition. The speaker and his friends appear to interpret the refusal of the house to depose him as justifying them in claiming to have wrested victory from defeat. Not a few of the insurgents who voted for Mr. Cannon's retention are wondering today if they made a political blunder, and whether their anti-Cannon constituents will not indeed hold the retention of Cannon in the speakership to have nullified the vote to eliminate him from the rules committee. Whacks at Insurgents The republican regulars complacently claim the insurgents who voted for the speaker have returned to the party fold. The democrats taunt these insurgents with having been recreant to the logic of their insurgency. Nobody seems entirely happy about the outcome. Even in the senate the regulars are apprehensive lest the insurgent conflagration may spread to that house; the insurgent senators are wondering whether they have made the most of their opportunities. Cannon's Speech Stings. Speaker Cannon's defiant speech Saturday before the Illinois Republican association, in which he contemptuously denounced the insurgent members of the house who stood by him in the final test as "cowardly members of congress without the courage of their convictions," has cut to the quick those men who responded with their votes to what they say they believed to be their duty to the party and to the country, and saved him from utter humiliation. Today the feeling among these insurgents was one of bitterness and resentment over the attitude assumed toward them. Summary of Speech. The portion of the speaker's speech that has thus enraged the insurgents who saved him the speakership follows: "There was a new majority made today. It consisted of the democrats and a 15 per cent slough from the republican party. They destroyed the committee on rules. Then what did they do? A resolution was presented declaring the office of speaker vacant. "Then what did these men who have been denouncing my personality, these simon-pure followers of Cummins and La Follette, do then? Only eight of them had the courage of their convictions. The result was that, while I was elected speaker by a majority of 26 last March, they refused to turn me out by a majority of 36. "This combination abolished the committee on rules, which has, after all, simply the power to report to the house, and seem to think it is like the biblical example, 'Let there be light and there was light.' "You in Washington know differently. But the people in the country apparently believe the uplift magazines and the cowardly members of congress who wrought such havoc today. They said the speaker should not be a member of the committee on rules, which they made over into a committee of 10. Much depends upon the makeup of that committee. "May God bless and keep these men, for, so far as I am concerned, He only can bless them. Many so-called republicans are, in fact, populists, and are trying to outdo Bryanism." Earl Minto Blamed. Victoria, B. C.—W. R. Lyall, a tea planter of Assam, who arrived on the steamship Empress of India from the orient, believes that the blame for the disaffection in India lies at the door of the viceroy, Earl Minto, whom he characterizes as "spineless," and whom he says is afraid to move for fear of being shot. Strike to Continue Philadelphia, March 22.—Repudiating the offer of settlement from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company through the assistance of United States Senator Penrose, the executive committee of the striking carmen late tonight voted to continue the strike unless the company grants all their demands. 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Pendleton, Ore., March 21.—While rounding a curve at high speed, eight miles east of Pendleton, near Cayuse, at 11:45 o'clock this morning, an Oregon Railroad & Navigation company engine, No. 215, and tender jumped the track and, striking the embankment, was totally demolished, killing Engineer S. L. Risk and Fireman Edward Hopple. Twenty minutes later extra freight train No. 385, westbound, struck the rails broken by the preceding engine and plunged off the opposite side of the track into the Umatilla river, carrying five freight cars with it. Engineer Walter Robertson, Brakeman W. O. Rose and Fireman C. L. Wilson escaped by jumping. Blocks Shows Track Clear. Because the first engine leaped clear of the rails, the "block signal" showed a clear track to the crew of the extra freight, and the break in the track was not discovered until the freight was within 100 feet of the wreck. 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C.—In a railway accident at McNielie's Siding on the Crowns Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific railroad Saturday morning, Head Brakeman Campbell and Fireman Ford lost their lives and Jim Carson is probably fatally injured. As a freight train crew was shunting cars to clear the track for an east-bound passenger, the engine and tender became detached from the freight and jumped the rails, plunging 150 feet down a steep embankment to the Goat river, turning somersaults as they fell RECENT DEATHS General L. P. Bradley, one of the best-known men of Tacoma, died at his home in that city from paralysis, aged nearly 88 years. Robert Spurgeon MacEwan, aged 96 years, died at Astoria, Ore. Mr. MacEwan was the oldest male resident of the state, having lived there since 1846. I. Frank Kirby, one of the pioneers of Montana, died at his home in Butte, aged 62 years. He was well known, having lived in the vicinity of Butte for 30 years. 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E. W. GROVE'S signa- ture is on each box. 25c. A Talk With Doctor. Dr. what is "the rut" Send 10c for Trial Package. TRADE MARK Poverty Or wealth? We allow 4 PER CEMT on savings. Trade with the Helena Packing and Provision Co. Miss Pearl Palmer has been on the sick list for the past week. Miss Sadie Merriweather who visited here last week returned to Great Falls Saturday from which place she will return to her home in Kentucky. Mr. R. Frazier and H. Pugh of Butte were visitors in the Cify last week. Mr. English is a new comer from Pocatella Idaho. Dave Gordon made a flying trip to Missoula last week on business. Rev. Jones of Butte was over last Sabbath and preached two sermons at the babtisp church returning to his home Tuesday. Miss Fitgerald was the ruge last week. T. P. Mahammit Editor of the Enterprise Omaha Neb. and R. D. Butler of St. Joe Mo. were callers at the Plaindeler Office last Saturday. C. H. Mason formerly of this city now has charge of one of the leading hotel of Salt Lake City. The Mens Progress club has reorganized and elected L. C. Formen Pres. and a full set of officers and are now ready for business. The local church will send a delegate to Butte to the Sunday School Convention. Mr. Ed, Miller paid a visit last week to be initiated into the Masonic fraternity. Mr.J.W. Crump was the host at dinner Saturday afternoon in honor of Grandmaster Ricketts, T.P. Mahammit and A.D. Butler Those present besides the honored guests were Mr. O.J. Arnett and J W. Crump. The babtish church are making plans for a new church edifice. While the Masonic banquet was short on program it was long on eating. J. W. Bush writes that he will soon be this way. Poverty O The man who do never be wealthy Mr. Thos. Honeston was a visitor from St. Paul to Helena last W. H. Robnison was up from from Albambra last Saturday. Mrs. Jeff Harrison was hostess at a course dinner in honor of Dr. Ricketts, T. P. Mahammt and A. D. Butler. Those present besises the honored guests were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lee Mrs. Geo. Alexander, Mr. H. Sculbury. The table was beautifully decorated in pink and white. Mrs. Geo. Williams entertained a number of friends in honor of Miss Pearl Palmer's eighteenth birthday the evening was pleasantly spent in cards and music at eleven o'clock a very tempting Dutch Lunch was served. Wm. Blanks is suffering from an attack of blood poison. Both afternoon walks and evening too are very much in favor at this present time. Mrs. C. P. Grove is very ill at St. John's hospital. Mr. T. Walker was a visitor in the City last week. Will Merritt passed through Helena enroute to Lewistown last week. Ward Cole formerly of this City but now of Butte visited his Mother Mrs. M. A. Cole last week Special Easter services at St. James Curch Sunday evening. Senator Murril retired, is yet alive. There will soon be a rattling of dry bones in the coming social up heaval. The Grand Masters after all was only human and all those who cared to could get his his ear. DRY LAND FARMING "Dry Farming Practice in Montana is the title of the pamphlet just issued by Director Linfield of the of Montana Agricultural Station which contains a mass of practical information and points out the methods which, when followed, will insure success in farming without irrigation in Montana. The authors are Alfred Atkinson, and F.S Cooley, superintendent of the farms institutes. Every in Montana should have a copy this pamphlet which will be sent'free, on request, by J. H. Hall State Commiss of Agriculture, Helena, Montana. Or wealth? oes not save can y. The man who It can be relied upon in all cases of Nervous Exhaustion, brought on by over-work, or great mental effort. It assists the Nerve Cells to generate nerve force. Its soothing influence upon the nerves brings restful sleep-nature's rest period so essential to the tired, worn-out mind and body. For Headache, Neuralgia, or any pain or distress, you will find almost instant relief by taking Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. They are sold by all druggists, and you may try either of these remedies on the positive guarantee that if the first bottle or package does not benefit, your druggist will return your money. We repay the druggist the full retail price, so it is to his interest to refund if called upon to do so. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. WANTED & ARIDER AGENT IN EACH TOWN and the ticker ride and exhibit a sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are making money in particular and special offer at once. MONEY REQUIRED and your cash and your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a cost deposit in advance, prepay freight, and allow DAYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and paint it to any color. You should not wish to not wish to keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense you will not be out of FACTORY PRICES We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make for each item that must be above actual factory cost. You save $6 to $35 middlemen's profits by hiring direct workers. An antee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory products and remarkable special offers under agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED study our super models at the wonderfully many models you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money than any other. We are satisfied with profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices. Orders filled the day received. We regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually a number on hand taken in by our Chicago retail store. 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, equipment of all kinds at half the retail rate. 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF SELF-HEALING TIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY REDUCTHORN RECORD REDUCTHORN TIME CO. REDUCTHORN FOLLOWING SOLID REAL ING. $8.50 per pair, but to introduce we will sell you a sample pair ($9.00 for $9.00 or order $1.55). NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. **DESCRIPTION:** Made in all sizes. It is likely to be used in a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that their hairs have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the surface. The result is that advertising purposes we are making a special price to the rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same da uped same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on examined and found them strictly as represented. It (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you exclude this advertisement. We will send one returned at OUR sequence if for any reason they are specifically reliable and money sent is as safe as in a u will find that they will ride easier, run faster, tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle any kind at any price until you send for a pair of Oorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which is about half the usual prices. from anyone until you know the new and wonderful learn everything. Write it NOW. COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. University O, KANSAS NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR AND THE WEST College, College, Normal, Sub-Normal State Normal Industrial School The West Advantages All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on approval. You do not have to be examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent on the etter pair if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a nail. You will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than we can afford at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined a We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby m send FULL CASH WITH OFFER) to be recourse at 0 nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be recourse at 0 not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find the wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you ha know that you will be so well pleased that when you want We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this rem IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind of the special introductory price quoted above. Hedgegothorn Punct describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everyl J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY Western Uni QUINDARO, K THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL KANSAS AND THE DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College and State Norm Leading and Best Indi of the W Courses if you have examined at least 5 per cent (thereby many addresses to be enclosed this adresses to be returned at 0010) you are perfectly reliable tires, you will find that any tire you want at once, hence this reminds you don't buy any kind at Hedgehog Puncture above, or write for our minds of tires at about hours us a postal today. DO NOT buy from anyone un a postal to learn everythi THE COMPANY. BURN UNIT DARO, KY EDUCATIONAL HAS AND THE THEological, College, and State Normal Best Indu of the West IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of tires the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all make up our tires at about half the usual prices. TIRES are made of coated rubber and are indescribable to tires at about half the usual prices. BUYING a bicycle is made of coated rubber and are indescribable to tires at about half the usual prices. WE are making Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Normal Leading and Best Industrial School of the West Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal, including Piano, Organ and Harmony), Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ench, A. M., President Vest 1423; Residence, Bell We Acting President West 1423 --- Courses Phones. Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION For Terms, Prices and Inducements Offered write to Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rubbing. Cut this without any other make-ROFT. LASTIC and EASY RIDING. The Malory Cravenette Soft and Stiff Hats are the best. WE SELL THEM. MART, SCHAJF FINE C GANS & B ESTABLIS SCHAFFNER NE CLOTH S & KLEIN PUBLISHED MART, SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHES GANS & KLEIN CO. ESTABLISHED 1866 HELENA PHGKING AND PR whol OYSTERS, FISH POUITR AND PROVISION wholesale H POUITRY FRUITBU PHCKING AND PROVISION COMPANY wholesale C. J. Bausch, FIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - - Mont. Our Specialty Diamond Setting Export Watchwork Monogram Engraving Chas. H. Pratt Wa ches, Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Novelties pp. Baird Central hotel Helena, Mont. FURNISHED ROOMS R RENT Inquire 221 Breckenridge St. Mrs. M. A. Cole Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena. Mont. CENTRAL BEER HALL 118 S. Main St. Helena Mont. Tinner. FFNER & MARX CLOTHES KLEIN CO. SHED 1866 PROVISION COMPANY esaIe RY FRUIT BUTTER & EGGS Furnished 1Rooms or Houses by the Day, Week or Month Apply 115 East Cutler Street Helena, Montana LODGE DIRECTORY Helena, Montana Golden City Lodge, No. 3455, G. U. O. of O. F., meets the 1st and Third Tuesday evenings of each month at their hall, foot of Broadway. Unity Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M., meets the 2nd and fourth Wednesday evening of each month at their Hall in Galen block. Pride of Montana, No. 4, K. of P meets the 1st and 3rd Monday evenings at Unity Hall foot of Broadway. SPENCER SMITH, C. C. E. L. CLARK, K. R. S. Besheba Chapter, Eastern Star, meets 1st and 3rd Thursday evening of each month at Unity Hall, foot of Broadway. Mrs. R. J. ALEXANDER, R. M Mrs. C. C. MATTHEWS, See. Naomi Chapter, Household Ruth meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, at Unity Hall, foot of Broadway. Mrs. M. PARKER, M. N. G. Mrs. JESSIE BASS, N. G. St. James A. M. E. church, cor Fifth and Hoback; services Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Friday night class. Sunday School class, Sunday 1 p. m. Second Baptist church, 417 N. Main St., services Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School 2 p. m. Rev. JAMES, Pastor, Rev. JONES, Pastor, J. B. BASS, N. G N. Ford, P. S. G. M. LEE, E. S. E. L. CLARK, W. M. H. SAULSBURY, Sec.