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The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-20
The Farmers Union Store.

We hail with delight any movement
that indicates an amelioration of the
producing industry of our country and
ehat promises to put our agricultural
interests upon firm and solid basis.
LOG often is it the case that farmers nav
nigh prices for their supplies, and do
not realize the profits that should ac-
erue from their crops. Yet we should
not be too quick to find fault, or to Law
blame upon individuals where it is the
necessary outcome of an injudicious bu-
slness system. Unfortunately for this
country, both to planters and mcr-
chants, there is too much business trans
acted on a credit basis. IF the mer
chant makes advances to the farmer
upon the faith of the crop, be is COM
PEELED to assume many risks before re
alizlng payment at the close of the year.
he lHs to assume the combined disas-
ters OF drouth, excessive rainfall,
storms and ravagcs of the cotton worm,
that annually menace and more or less
damage the yield of the crops. More
than this, all goods sold on long time
represent that much capital that is out
and has passed from the use and con-
troll of the merchant for the current
year.
Therefore, all things considered, the
merchant is justified in selling his
goods at such rate Of profit as to give
him safe margin over risks and a
reasonable interest on the capital that
is out. Hence, it appears that high
i frn 4 In II :
| system, and the only obvious method
of correcting it will be to bring all
trade to a cash basis. The question
then arises, can this be done by the es-
! tablishment of cooperative store
| Can the Farmers Union furnish CO.
operative capital and nndersell the
competitive trade of score of other
business houses, who buy at the lowest
and closest figures and sell at as low {
commission as possible in order to com
mand share Of the patronage "Com
petition is the life of trade and a co
operative store will necessarily have t.
enter the lists in competition o
prices, otherwise its main purpose
economy-will be defeated, and thu
members will be dissatisfied. 1t vii
require sagacious and thorough bust
ness man at the head of this move
ment to successfully meet the combined
opposition trade of the whole town
He will have to be thoroughly conyer
SAINT with goods, acquainted with th
best and cheapest markets, and he II
position to bny ut the closest figures
in order to give satisfaction and max
! the enterprise a success We max
these remarks simply as suggestions
mfet possible difficulties and not IN
spirit Of captions criticism 70 sllsconrag
tie movement By a jnaicions unit
and co operation of resources, there
r no doubt but what our FARMERS ca
materially promote all agricultural IN
/ terests, and we wish them the mos
2 abundant snccess i'll their eDdeaSors.
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
WILL ROBERTS BE sPAREDg

Governor white Feeling the Public Pulse
Before Coming TO a Decision
BUTTE, Aug. 2z.-ISpecial to the lnde-
pendent lone of the passengers on last
evenings Montana Central train from
Helena was Gov. b. +. White, and he came
TO Butte for the purpose OF investigating
the circumstances of the murder of ). w.
Crawford by Harry Roberts. The governor
spent the best of the night examining the
testimony in regsrd to the case, most of
which was read to him from the stenO-
graphic reports of the trial. This morning
the governor spent examining into public
sentiment on the question whether the
execution ought 10 take place or not. The
governor said he had not yet made up his
mind whether to interfere with the exeeu-
ton or not. He wished to get the entire
case fully in his mind, TO carefully collect
all the facts and to catch the drift of the
opinion of conservative men of Butte. He
intended 10 20 to Anaconda at O'Clock,
and tonight would make out his decision.
The result, therefore, will not be known
till tomorrow.
Roberts has manifested no change in par
ticular in his habits. He has been visited
daily by Rev. Father Vandeven and by
some of the Sisters of Charity and has re-
ceived them kindly. He does not talk
about hopes for a communication and has ex-
pressed doubts that any further respite
would be granted to him; in fact he expects
TO die to morrow. The Grand Army men
of this city and vicinity to the number of
sexenty-five have signed petition TO the
governor to commute Roberts sentence to
imprisonment for life. A miscellaneous
petition to the same effect had the sigma
lures of over 900 people.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
Preliminary skIrmn.hinr.

At twelve minutes past twelve Chairman
Hershheld, Of the territorial committee,
trapped to order and asked Secretary Weed
10 read the call under which the convention
assembled An indiscreet invitation was
extended 10 tbs Boston k Montana band to
play some music The band which is per-
haDs the best In AOntaDaJ complied and q
solemn dlrge YVES played at great length.
The delegates grew restive, perhaps real
izinR the oninousness of the selection, but
the musicians continued until the close Of
the piece.
When this was over Mr.. Hershfeld ad-
dressed the convention. He spoke Of the
approaching transition Of statehood, the
realization OF the hopes Of the party in
Montana by the election Of BeDiamin Har-
rison and Thomas II. Garter, the need of
an .frrepealAble law on the statute books"
affording protection 10 our industries. and
charged the democracy with attempting to
befOg and mislead by the terms - tariff
for revenue only" ''tarin reform" ETC., all
OF which meant free trade Mr.. Hershfield
closed by saying he would call upon an old
republican hero to preside over the con-
vention during its temporary organization.
and asked James Fergus to come forward
and assume the gsvel. This being
done, James b. Walker was ehO-
sen temporary secretary and Gil
bert Z. Cornell assistant Mr.. HershfeId
before leaving the platform. read q briei
statement, reciting that when be WA
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
CHoTEAU NAMES GOOD MEN.
The Democracy in the North Nominate an
IBVfncib1e Ticket

The Democracy in the North Nominate an
IBvineIble Ticket.
FORT BENTON. Aug. 22-ISpecial 10 the
Independent The democratic county
convention in this city to-day developed a
few surprises % those who expected that
the present democratic officials would Sc
cure the nominations. The delegations
from the northern precincts came down
prepared to capture the convention, and
they did it. A stubborn fight was made at
the opening Of the convention TO test the
power of the opposing factions, and vAri-
Gus experiments were trieo TO unseat dele
gates from precincts in which there may
have been some informalities in holding
the primaries. Matters were finally ad-
justed and the convention resulted In
ticket which will carry ChOteau county
with the old time maj0rities. The nOmi-
nees are as follows. ). J. Heron,
sheriff; A. B. Hamilton, ASSESSOR
David q. Browne, treasurer; A Z.
Rogers, county clerk, Miss N. f. Finni-
gan, superintendent Of schools; John W.
Tattan, county attorney; Tom J. ToOd,
clerk Of the district court; F. W. BucksOD,
public administrator; Chas. ID. Mcintyre,
county surveyor; Messrs. Dunno, Jones
and Steele. county commissioners; Joseph
A. Baker, state senator; Jesse F. Taylor
and A. DOdd, Jr., state representatives;
delegates 70 Anaconda. Messrs. Conrad.
Daer, Baker, T. j. Todd, Miner, w. H.
Todd and Burd.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23

Thomas c. Power was born fifty years
ago on the 22nd Of last May on q farm i've
miles from Dubuque, Iowa. There he
passed his bOyhOOd, attending the public
schools Later on be took a three years'
course in engineering at the Sinsinsws
Mound college in Wisconsin. He taught
school Ia thu winters Of 1858 g. In the
summer of 1880 he travelled on foot with q
survey ing party across the state OF Iowa
aud Dakota az SD 3 month. He returned
home IN the fall and In The following spring,
the day Fort Sumter was fired upon, again
started for Dakota BesurFeyed tOWnsites
ard worked at the carpenters trade
until the fall Of that year. when be again
went home The following year he took
out . surveying party OF bis own and
worked up the Missouri river, engaging
slso IN trade, buying and selling land war
claims In 1856 he began sending mer-
chAndise from Omaha 70 Montana In 1857
be took up his residence at Fort Benton,
where be engaged in merchandising and
The forwarding trade. In 1868 be began
freighting and engaged In trade with the
Indian in which he made money rapidly
for the next few years. In 1874 in com
psny with other Fort Benton men, be
built the steam boat Benton, which ran
successfully for two years between Pitts
burg and Benton In 1916 they launched
the steamboat Helena; In 1873 the steamer
Butte, which was burned In 1888. In 1879
and put upon the line. Avn
these boats did q prosperous business
and Mr.. Power extended bis lines Of busi-
ness. he introduced mowers aud reapers
into the territory, established q stage line
between Benton and Helena and a business
house In BOzsman. In 1910 he became 3
resident OF Helena where be has since lived
he is the head OF the firm Of T. c. Power &
Co.. dealers in agricultural and mining ma
ehinery, Of this city, with branch stores Ia
Mlssoula, Great Falls, Benton, Chinook.
BOsemAn, and AZ other points. He has for
many years had extensive and lucrative
government contracts for military and In
dian supplies. Mr.. Power ls also q sue
eessful stock raiser and has a ranch In the
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
COOLEY TAKES A HAND
The War in Freight Rates Liable to
Cause the Roads Trouble.

The War in Freight Rates Liable to
Cause the Roads Trouble.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22--The warning north
western railroads to-day ran against an un-
expected snag In the shspe of a little com
munication from Chairman Cooley, of the
interstate commerce commission, who in
formed them that when circumstances JUS
tify the making of rates which ignore the
long and short haul clause, the rates se-
tuslly must be reasonable, when compared
one with another. The great disparity
now made since the recent vigorous cut be-
tween the long and short haul rates
on the line between Chicago and
St Paul would OF itself make
the latter illegal and inde-
fensible. IL maintained IL will com
pei the commission to make an order re-
ducing the short haul TO the proportion.
Judge Cooley called the attention of the
managers 70 the fact that when they ex-
acted excessive short haul rates they
rendered themselves liable in every in
stance 20 an action On behalf of any person
who had been compelled to pay the same.
This notification, he said, must be recog-
nized, and the managers must act accord
mgly, as IT is a decision reached
after their examination Of the
acts in the case. This notice was
brought about by the recent cut made by
the Burlington & Northern of about 20 per
cent in the rates from Chicago to St Paul
on through business from the east, and the
consequent recent generalization of all
northwestern local and Missouri river
rates. At the afternoon session Of the
Western Freight association Chairman
Faitherne communicated Judge Cooley's
notification to the managers. General
Manager Egan. Of the Chicago, st. Paul
and Kansas City roa1, announced that in
order 10 be in accord with the
law he would apply the pr0pOrtionate rates
on local traffic beginning at once. This
was surprise to other roads, as none of
them. OF course, can do business at such
rates, except at a severe loss. Without TAX
ing united action the meeting adjourned
till tomorrow.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
POWER THE MAN.
The Gentleman from Helena Captures
the Gubernatorial Nomination,
Despite Strong Opposition.
Delegate Carter Selected With q
whoop to Make the Run for
Congress.
J. r. Richards. of Butte. the Nominee for
LIeutenant-Governor- r-ProgDOstica-
fiOns of the Result.

ANACONDA, Aug. % 2-[SpeciaI to the
Independent. THE republican state con
ventiOu to-day made haste slowly, but the
work it performed in three short sessions,
IN all amounting 10 five hours, has cleared
the way for more rapid progress to NOR
row. The nomination for governor was
effected only after long struggle. and
time alone will demonstrate whether the
choice is or is not a strong one. In advance
of its making there can be no question that
Mr.. Carter Whose own nomination for
representative in congress was a foregone
conclusion) thought it would be an injuri-
Gus one to be made and took quite strong
ground against It in the caucus of the
Lewis and Clarke county delegation last
night, even going so far as to say it would
necessitate his own retirement. The two
men are personally friendly, but the
ground taken by Mr.. Carter
was that the two principal offices on the
ticket should not be given to Helena,
which, justly or unjustly, is accused of u
disposition to take everything within sight
Other considerations figured in the matter
and it is believed gave Mr. Carter a fore
boiling of the defeat of the ticket if Power
aud he were nominated.
Mr.. Power was bitterly opposed in his
own county delegation, which only went
over to him entire when the changes in
Cascade and Custer counties on the third
ballot gave him one vote more than the
number necessary TO nominate. That Park
county acqCiesced in the outcome with
scant cordislity was apparent from the fact
that on the last ballot and after the nomi-
Parks vote went to White.
The selection of a Butte man, j. Z. Rick
ards, for acknowledgements, cannot
have the effect 10 materially strengthen
the ticket on the west side, for at the best
the Office is like the fifth wheel Of a coach
-ornam entail but not at all useful TO the
incumbent Mr.. Power has shown himself
an excellent organizer AMI tactieian in
convention operations. With his own del
egation against him, he drew enough from
the other counties TO force the Lewis and
Clarke crowd into camp. His ability to
run the campaign yet TO be made remains |
untried.
The nominations made to-day were: For
representative In congress, Thomas IL.
Carter; for governor, Thomas G. Power:
for lieutenant governor, j. E. Richards.
There remain nine nominations to be |
made, but 1t is not likely there |
will be hard fight over /
any of them. The platform will |
be adopted as submitted Rotwitt, of |
Meagher, may be the nominee for secre-
tary of state; Hickman, of Madison, for
treasurer, and Murray, Of Missoule, for
superintendent of public instruction. Hss-
kell is talked of for attorney. general, but a
stronger man would sweep him into the
run.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
DIsAsTR ts fXcURSToX.
Prominent Men OF Tennessee Killed in
Railroad Accident

Prominent Men OF Tennessee. Killed in a
Railroad Accident
KNoxvILLE. Tenn, Aug. IA terrible
wreck occurred on the Knoxville, Cumber-
land Gap & Louisville railroad at Flat Gap
creek, % miles frcm here, this morning
The train was the first 10 20 over the road
and carried a select excursion party of
business and professional men of Knox
Vile. A train of seven cars lett the track
at the crossing and the rear car went down
a trestle. The dead are Judge George An
drews. the most prominent lawyer of East
Tennessee; 5. T. Powers, a leading mer-
chant and farmer. president of the East
Tennessee Fire Insurance company, and
Alexander Reeder, a leading politician,
who has held many Offices of trust. The
injured are: Alex. A. Arthur, president
of the chamber of commerce; Isbam
Young, president, and Peter KOin, a mem
Der of the board Of public works; John I.
HearD, editor OF the Sentinel; w. w.
Woodruff, leading wholesale merchant;
Charles Seymour, attorney, and Alexander
Wilson, assistant chief engineer of the
road. Out of ffty-six persons on the train
forty-one were injured.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
Before the Convention Met.

The boom managers at Anaconda
had evidently heard the old adage
about the success of the early bird.
and were actively at work pulling the
buttOn-holes of delegates as early a. s
O'Clock. Power, whose gubernatorial aspi-
rations were menaeed by Carter's threat TO
throw TO the dogs the nomination for con.
gress in case the first named or any other
Helena man should be put up f1r governor.
made the proposition in the Lewis and
Clark county caucus about o'clock this
morning that he would make no
effort to control his own delegation,
but that if the other counties
urged his nomination Lewis and Clarke
might fall in line if the delegates chose.
In other words, he promised to appear be-
Tore the convention as the candidate of the
COW counties, If at all, and would keep his
hands of the home delegation, leaving il
free from pressure 20 act in the premises as
occasion seemed to dictate. Carter was at
hrst disposed to accept this proposal, and
the congressional nomination at the same
time, but having slept over it he evinced
decidedly offish disposition this
morning. Power, however, and
bis lieUtenants continued to labor
with the delegates from the eastern coun-
ties and Cascade and Choteau. Caucuses
Of these delegations during the forenoon
only made matters more uncertain. Lewis
and Clarke stood bravely by Carter, as
against Power. II was practically decided
that the candidates for judges of the su-
preme court should be Blake Tor chief ius-
tice. and w. II. Dewitt, of Butte, and z
y. Hsrwood, of Glendive, for associate
justices, But all other offices hinged fu a
measure upon the governorship, and moth
ing could be done until the solution of that
puzzle could be found.
At 1lsS0 Secretary Weed mounted the
staircase in the r0tunda of the Montana
and announced that the chairman of the
central committee desired that delegates
repair TO the convention hall for 3 brief
consultation prior to the opening OF the
convention. Cries Of "We want no con-
sultation," came from the Silver Bow dele
gates. who had arrived only an hour be-
fore. but most Of the delegates complied
with Mr.. Hershfeld's invitation. The
Butte people remained behind and when
the others, having gathered in Evans hall
found one entire delegation was standing
out, they gave up the idea of a caucus and
filed out into the street again TO brace up
for the struggle which was now at hand.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23
RECORD BREAKER.
Beckwiths Faust Sets the Mark for
Montana Trottsrs to Try for
in the Future.
Bob Wade. 6ingo, Nellie S. and
Matte o. the Other Winners at
the Butte Meeting.
Belle Hamlin and johnson Try 10 Break
Their Records, but Fail In the At
temPt-some other Events

BUTTE, Aug. 22.-fSpecial 70 the Inde-
pendent. To-day was great day at the
race track, and witnessed the lowering Of
the Montana trotting record. and that too
| by a 3-year-old. This occurred in the sec
ond heat of the 3-year-old trot, for which
| Beckwith's Faust and Marcus Daly's Prod
igal had been entered The first heat had
bssn trotted in 2:22A and won by Faust,
aud when the drivers came to the post for
the second heat Beckwith instructed bis
driver TO send Faust in 2:IS. The great s.
year-oId trotted the mile without a
skip OF break. The quarter was
made in S5, the half in LILO,
the three-fourth pole was passed at las and
the mile finished in 2:lsk. This beats the
Montana record, which was heretofore
2:20sl. and was msde by Col. Bradshaw at
the Anaconda meeting this year. When 1t
is considered that Faust is q three-year-old
the performance takes rank with the great
est feats of the American turf. There is
but one three-year-old, Axtel, that ever
beat 2:1s. Nearly all the outside watches
this afternoon made Faust's time 2:1S, but
the judges hung out 2:1sl4. The day was
fine and the track in perfect condition,
but the Butte track is considered slow.
The first race of the day was a
two-furlong dash-Bob Wade won,
Nettie 5. second. Jim Miller third and
Cyclone fourth. Time, 2254. The owner of
Nettie ). was fined SIS for delay in bringing
the horse to the post, and the jockeys of
Nettie and Jim Miller were fined So each
for scoring. The announcement of the
fines was favorably received by the large
audience that was tired Of the delay.
The next race was five-eighths of mile
running, for purse of sl50-Bingo won,
Sir Ladd second. Half Moon third, Indian
Tom fourth and Tina A. last Time,
I.O2s<.
Next came a three-fourths of mile dash
for a purse of s25O-Nettie 5. woD;
Jow-JOw. second; Asa, third, and
Regatta, fourth. Time l:15k. Jubile
finished third in the race,b was
placed last by the judges on ac-
count of fouIing Nettie 5. in the stretch.
The event of the day followed, being the
Silver City stakes for three year olds, $500
and $500 added if 2:25 was beaten. The
starters were Prodigal and Faust. Faust
won in two streight heats; time 2:22l. and
2:lS4.
The last event Of the day was the 2:3S
trot, for purse of $500. Matte ID. won in
three straight heats; Young Ranehero,
second; and Byron Smith, third: time 2:3l,
2:SS and 2:S7. Harry NJ. Sleepy Dick and
Evening S.sr were entered for the event,
but did not start
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-23

governor was begun II proceeded IS TAI
as Park county, when Col. McCutcheOn
arose and in the name Of that county
placed In nomination Maj. Geo. o. Eaton,
whose life he sketched in brief. closing by
characterizing Maj. Eaton as q man of
transcendent business ability and OF execu-
tive capacity. Mr.. Whelpley seconded the
nomination OF Maj. Eaton as a neIghbOr
whose time and money had always been at
the service of his party. Judge Knowles,
OF Butte, nominated T. c. Power. whom
be praised in the highest terms
and 70 whom he pledged the
solid republican vote of Silver Bow, q
county which had never been recreant TO
any nominee OF the party. Judge Marshal
seconded Powers nomination, on behalf Of
Missoula county. &. b. Winston and
Caldwell Edwards, on behalf OF Deer
Lodge and Gallstin, respectively, did like
wise. Then Mr. Richards arose and to re-
move q misapprehensiOn stated that at a
caucus OF the Silver Bow delegation this
afternoon an overwhelming majority was
for Major Eaton. W. G. Smith, OF Cho-
teau, spoke for Powe 7, and was followed
by A. + Burleigh in the same behalf, who
referred to Ar. Carter as a man Of match
less executive ability. Col MeCuteheon's
motion 10 proceed to an informal ballot
was unanimously carried, when Thompson
Campbell arose and asked why in the halls
OF a republican convention Col McCut-
eheOn should have called for an informal
ballot, when only two nominations had
been made. The chair said that as the
motion had been adopted the mover was
under 10 obligation 10 explain. He might
do as he saw 1T Col. McCutcheon saw ht |
to retain his seat, and ballot was taken |
which resulted.