The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-31

line cnlluren OF our PUBIC scnOOlS SnOuld
rise in height several inches when they learn
from Judge Bickford that they furnished
the best educational exhibit at the teachers
association at Bohemian. 1t is suggested to
the judge that a prize for the best school
map of Montana would bring forth a
striking feature in Montana's educational
exhibit at the Worlds fair.
The death of Jacob Severance at Okla on
Monday will be learned of with surprise
and regret by business men in this city.
Ten days ago he was thrown from a wagon,
bis head striking the ground. He steadily
grew worse until death resulted. Mr.. Sew
eranca was one Of the most progressive md
intellH ent citizens in the state. He was q
leading spirit in the proposed railroad to
Castle, a heavy owner in the Cumberland,
as well us one of the largest sheep owners
ir Montana. He was fifty years old and
leaves a son, Charles and a wife.
Senator Goddard, Of Billings, was also in
the lobby of the Helena. He says that the
fdstlers are daily growing more numerous
in the southern part of the state near the
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more serious trouble than has yet been ex-
perienced. The lanchmen in the mandate
vicinity of Billings are not anticipating diff
fculty and yet they are not sure when the
~rustlers may run off their stock. There are
several we'll known citizens of this class
living at Red Lodge, which, by the way, is
a very immoral Town just now. The Sena-
tor says there Is but one way to deal with
them that is for the cattle men to organize
a este, capture aud hang them, as was done
n the MusseIshell country several years
ago. They are SO numerous in Northern
Wyoming that it is very difficult to punish
them. j. c. johnson, who Is in charge of
the largest critic enterprise in the country,
told the senator that he found ~rustlers
among men whom he supposed he could
trust best. and that when. at his own ex-
pense, he had brought thieves to officers
of the law in Colorado they could not be
convicted because the jurymen were afraid
| of their lives. The same conditions appear
to exist in Northern Wyoming and Southern
Montana.
A prominent republican who saw Com
modore Power. Lieut.-Gov. Richards and
Senator Goddard in very close conference
last evening thought he shifted politics in
the atmosphere. "What sort of a combine
ton would this maker" he said. "Rickards
to be nominated for governor, Goddard to
go to the United States senate and both to
unite their forces to return Power at the
expiration of his term. OF course, this
necessarily includes the election of a re
publican legislature. But sec the logic.
The Mantle arren-Irvin crowd will knife
Power at every opportunity and therefore
if he is to have strength on the west side it
must come from the Couch-Rickards ele-
ment. 1t is pretty certain that Couch does
not want anything, but Richards is known
to be ambitious. 1t is even more certain
that Couch can swing more votes than any
republican IN the other side of the range.
Now, then Power needs an ally in eastern
Montana and Goddard is by far the best
politician in that section. and ono of tho
best in Montana. The scheme would be to
keep the gubernatorial nomination and sem
atorship away from Helena in order to kill
the Usual cry of Helena's ~avarice. / know
that Power is after the scalp of Sanders be-
cause the latter has gone out of his way to
snub the commodore and belittle him at
Washington"