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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-09-15
DUPUYER.

Dupuyer is situated near the
geographical center of the new
county of Teton, and in one of the
richest valleys in the state of Mon :
tana. It has adjacent to it ON the
north about 100 miles of the Great
Northern R. R. and on the east
and northeast about 120 miles of
the Great Falls and Canada R. r.
The ranches in the vicinity of Du>
puyer and in the Dupuyer creek
valley are highly improved and
well stocked with sheep, cattle and
horses. The ranges in the vicinity
are the best. The Marias and
Birch creek valleys lying to the
north of US are we'll settled and the
ranches we'll improved and culti-
waited. The mountains at the
heads of Dupuyer and Birch creeks
are heavily timbered and will afford
an unlimited supply for building
purposes.
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SALUTATORY.

The prime object in bringing in
to existence THE DUpUYER ACAN>
THA, more than to fill long felt
want, was to advocate Dupuyer for
the county seat of Teton county,
believing this to be the proper
place for 1T, and also to advance
the cause of Helena for the capital
of Montana. The ACANTHA is in
dependent politically. It's aim will
be the advancement of the inter>
ests of Teton county and Montana
in general. It is permanent fix
ture in Dupuyer and will always
endeavor to merit the support of
the people of this promising Sec
tion of the state.
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One of Days Mistakes.

Deer Lodge Silver State.
The people of this great com-
monwealth are broad awake now,
and are keeping this question in
full view. Abraham Lincoln once
declared tnat cit was possible to
fool some of the people all the time
and all of the people some of the
time, but it is impossible to fool
all of the people all OF the time"
There was tine in the recent
past when Marcus DAILY had the
people of Montan pretty nearly
all fooled, and had he been u
shrewd, far-seeing and cool headed
man, who understood the principles
of free government a nd the great
price paid for it; or had he sus-
pected that there we re thousands
of patriots in our state who were
jealousy watching his bold and
selfish maneuvers, he might have
practiced more caution and still
have an influential following. But
Mr.. Days methods we're his own.
He was not willing to wait for his
plans and purposes to ripen under
ordinary processes. His imperious
will could brook no delay, and in
order to taste the sweets of re-
venge he dared, with the aid of his
paid lieutenants, to block the
wheels of legislation; to set at de-
fance the fundamental principles
of our government; and with the
bold etfrontry characteristic of the
demagogue, glorified in the shame
he brought to our magnificent
young state.
The price he paid for the gratifi-
cation of his revenge will cost him
more than he ever bargained for.
The calcium light of Investigation
has been turned full upon him; the
steadfast gaze of thousands of our
liberty-loving citizens are scrutin-
izing his movements, and the fin
ger of indignation and scorn is
pointed at him from every quarter.
He is learning to his cost that he
cannot fool all the people all the
time. His schemes for the purpose
of self-aggrandizemeut are patent
to all, and mislead few.
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one can attend to business affairs
with merchants, etc. and at the
same time look after any interests
with state officials. This fact alone
ought to be decisive. Then Hele.
ma will always be prominent city.
It's location and surroundings are
such as to warrant it. Not so with
Anaconda. There is comparative
~ nothing tributary that would
continue to keep her up when the
smelters close down, as they are
liable to do at any time. One of
the uncertain things in the world
is the length Of time a mining camp
will live. Examples are not want
ing of towns as ambitious as Ana
conda which bid fair to live as long
or longer, in few years becoming
almost entirely deserted. Perhaps
Virginia City, New, may serve as
an illustration. The people who
built up the city did not expect the
bottom to so soon fall out of the
Comstock mines. But their expec.
tations did not postpone the col
lapse one day. The costly piles of
brick and mortar, costing hun
dreLs of thousands of dollars, arc
now inhabited by bats and owls.
Imagine, if you please stately capi-
tai buildings representing a hun
dred thousand dollars situated in
Anaconda; smelters closed; citi-
zcns removed, save state officials;
grass growing G on the streets, with
the stiffness of a 'sdescrted village"
only broken by the plan ntive notes
of the mourning dove and the oc-
caslonal jingle of solitary cowbell.
Would it be &C cd business sense to
select capital location involving
such great uncertainties as does
the west side city. Again, times
are very hard. There are no differ
ences of opinion as to the fact.
Montana is in no condition to build
capital buildings now. If it re-
mains at Helena there will be no
necessity to build till prosperity
returns. The writer has conversed
with several residents of Gallatin
county and persuaded that when
the votes are counted they will
show good majority in favor OF
Helena. TAX PAYER.
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The all-absorbing question with
the political press and the leaders
of all three parties is the manifesto
of Senator John P. Jones of Neva-
da renouncing allegiance to the re-
publican party. His reas MS are
vigorously stated in letter and
are briefly that he "has become
convinced that the republican party
organization is unalterably opposed
to the free coinage of silver to the
ratio of l6 to l or at all except
with the consent of foreign gov
ernments and at ratio to be die
tated by them" Senator Jones is
concededly one of the ablest of re-
publican members of the senate
and his action has created constern-
alton in the camp. In his lengthy
letter he does not indicate that he
will act with either the democrats
or the populists, but he boldly ad-
vocates the creation of new party
with free silver coinage as the par
amount issue by saying: "We
should vote at the polls as one par
ty in our individual capacity. All
who believe in the predominance of
monometallism should, in my opin-
ion, come together on that issue
and for the time being hold in abey-
ance their convictions upon other
questions, reserving to Themselves
the right to readiust their party
relations when the money question
is settled and other issues come to
the front. In the immovable con-
viction that the progress, prosperi-
ty, and happiness of the people of
the entire country are more imme-
diately dependent on monetary re.
form than upon any other issue
that can be presented for political
actor, I shall henceforth vote and
act with the party that brings this
overmastering issue to the front.
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ing men. They promise much, but

ing men. They promise much, but
do they expect us through faith in
their promises to support Laborer
Erickson, Laborer Hamilton, La
borer Wamsley, Laborer Ralston
and the other laborers they have
put ON their ticket. Are these the
men who earn their bread by the
sweat of their own brows. Why
the spectacle of these laborers and
Laborer Truchot-the richest man
in Teton county-denouncing any
body for lack of sympathy with
Pullman or any other strikers, is
ludicrous en- ugh to grow smile
on the mug of a cast iron monkey.
Then, too, these worthless reso-
lutte further and declare that they
believe the railroads should be own
ed and operated by the govern
ment. OF course they believe it,
but why should they SO often allege
that belief. No one has ever doubt
ed the truth uf their assertion in
this matter. Read over the ticket
they have nominated, consider the
men, and think of the numberless
additional additional offices there
would be to run for with railroads
under government control, and if
you ever did doubt the honesty OF
their assertions you will never
doubt again. Of course they be-
lieve in the government ownership
of railroads.
The name they take, the peoples
party, sounds we'll. The name i'm.
plies that the party is composed OF
the whole people-poor and rich,
rough and smooth, the high and
the low; that all are to have 8
chance to live and thrive and hold
Office. But, alas, where is there q
man on the ticket who is uow OF
ever will be willing to step dowr
and let somebody else, poorer ir
this worlds goods than they, have
q chance to enrich themselves will
county warrants.
Peoples party it is called, bu'
what's in name; cabbage pleases
the olfactory nerves no more i
called q rose. BILL BENSON.
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Attorney General Haskell is pre-

Attorney General Haskell is pre-
pairing his opinion on the tenure of
Office of clerks of the courts in the
new counties. He decides that the
clerks appointed by the bills crea-
ting the new counties only hold on
until their successors are elected
and qualify this fall. Those elect>
ed this fall hold for two years
only, the same as for an uneXpired
term. This will make their term
expire at the same time as those of
the old coun ties, who were elected
two years ago for full terms of four
years. The county commissioners
in the new counties, named in the
bills creating those counties, also
go out this year, regardless of
what the supreme court may decide
as to the tenure of those in the
older counties.
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The strongest argument yet
made against woman suffrage and
Office holding comes from North
Dakota, where Miss Bates, candi-
date for state superintendent of
schools, side-tracked her opponent
for the nomination by agreeing to
marry him and make him her dep
uty. This opens up an appalling
vista of matrimonial and political
log-rolling. .-Marysville Mountain
ecr
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CAMPAIGN NOTES.

To-day the AcANTHA is launched
upon the journalistic world and the
fight for the county seat begins in
earnest. Dupuyer takes her place
in the arena, and she will emerge
from the contest wearing the laurel
wreath of victory. Next Novem'
Der the voters of Teton county will
turn their thumbs down upon her
defeated antagonists. The young
gladiator, whose appearance is
hailed upon all sides with shouts
of welcome and encouragement, t,
whose claims are those of truth and
justice, will overthrow all op-
ponents and in the fight.
A central location is always de-
sirable in county seat or a state
capital. There is no just reason
to be assigned why the people who
reside in one end of county should
be compelled to brave the heats of
summer and the storms of winter
in long and weary journey to a
seat of government located at or
near the other end. In a small
county, with rapid transit, it is
bad enough to have one sided
court, or rather, a court on one
side of the shire. But when one
has to jog along on cayuse from
the Sweet Grass region to Choteau,
he is liable to use some gentle Ian.
guage and wish the court was - a
little nearer.
The valley Of the Teton is capa
BILE of supporting a nice little town
Choteau will be good trading
post after the county seat is moved
to Dupuyer. No one will be in
jured by the change save a few
town lot sharps.
The taxpayers of the county will
be largely benefited. 1t is foil.
to ask the entire residents to sub
nit to all manner of inconvenience
and expense in order to enrich
few. Population is gradually con
centrating at or near the line 0
the Great Northern railway. 1t i
but natural that the county sea
should follow them.
Pa, who is Andy Condor
Andy Condor, my son, is a gen
tleman whose breath is reekin
with the fumes of sulphur, arsenic
copper, lead and other deleteriou
substances. He lives with Marcu
Daily and aspires to hob-nob wit
our state officers.
The best argument that has ye
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been advanced in favor of Anacon-
da for the state capital is that it is
such an unhealthy place that our
law makers will rush their business
through as rapidly as possible and
60 home. No one will voluntarily
expose himself to the danger of
contracting disease or remain in an
unhealthy locality longer than
necessary. Dead locks would never
occur because a dose of smelter
fumes would prove to be very
efficient solvent. 1t is base SLAM
der on the medical profession that
they are encouraging the Anacon-
da boom in order to increase the
number Of their patients.
Helena for the capital, Dupuyer
for the county seat. Magic words
Beautiful combination !! The SEN
tence flows easily from the tongue.
The votes will flow easily from the
hand. The 9th. of next November
will see both of them accomplished
facts. QUILL DRIVER.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
TIE BRookLys rABERsAclr.

in Connecticut and possesses the pecu-
liarity Of having thread-like veins Of
dark red running through it. The
trimmings and concentrations were0 OF
Lake Superior brownstone. with which
the granite harmonized very happily.
The striking characteristics of the ex-
terror were a high tower at the corner
and two large gables on each facade,
with small towers at the extreme ends
OF each facade. The corner tower was
100 feet high from tho ground to the
finals. Its general form was squar
but over the two principal entrance
ways, one of which is on the Clinton
avenue side and the other on the
Greene avenue side of the tower, there
was a rounded projection carried up
for two stories.
The interior of the building was
very beautiful. A warm rouge tint
wal the prevailing color, matching the
yellow pine timbers of the roof truss.
es, all Of which were left in the latural
color of the wood. The general shape
OF the interior of the church proper
was that Of q largo ampitheater, SEMI
circular shape. There were two gal
leries. and the whole seating capacity
was about 5000 people. about one.hatf
on the main f1Ocr and tho remainder
was in the galleries.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
EPIDEMIC OF TWINS.
A P~ennsylvanis Town that Should b,
Guaranteed.

A P~ennsylvanis Town that Should Be
Guaranteed.
New Hope, Pa, wa, formerly an
easy-going, quiet place, content with
the conventionalities of existence.
Now 1t is racked with mingled anxiety
and pride-and all by an outbreak Of
twins. The family which has them
not, though it may possess compensat.
ing advantages, certainly lacks the ele-
ment essential to its elevation from tho
ranks Of the old fogy aud common
place. Joshua Whitley, New Hopes
Oldest citizen. is tho father of eighteen
children, but even his star has been
dinmed since his neighbors on all sides
acquired pairs.
1t began with Mrs. Charles Johnston.
the widow OF the towns leading butch.
er, and with her relative, Mrs. Edward
Johnston. The wives of Constable
Lewis Bennets and Mrs. Ezara Hall
fell into line a few DAYS later, with a
pair each. all girls. When Landlord
A. j. Solomon, of the Farmers Hctel,
returned home the other evening he
heard the crying of twins, while trip
lets sung a welcome to his friend around
corner. Jonathan Bartlett, the livery
stable keeper. Mrs. John Mcdonald,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
ToRREEo BOAT ERICSSON.

First Regiment Band then played "The
Star Spangled Banner, and an address
was made by j. c. Longueville.
Marching Through Georgia" was then
rendered by the band. Judge O'Don-
nell spoke, and then everything was in
readiness for the little boat. Miss
Kiene broke the bottle over the stem
of the boat and said:
"ln the name of the city of DUBUQUE
and in honor of the United States and
of our glorious emblem, the Stars and
Stripes. and as a remembrance of one
who Won imperishable renown in our
war Tor the preservation of this great
and grand Union, I christen thee Erics-
son."
AS the moment approached when
the last stroke was to be given that
would set the vessel free there was
stiffness among the vast crowd; then
as it gracefully glided into the water a
mighty loar went up and the guns
Numbered a salute. There wa not
the least hitch in the work of launching
and the boat settled in the water,
beauty and will delight the eye of q
seaman. 1t is pronounced by the
officers present a model of its kind.
The bids for the construction of this
vessel were openel the 18th of August,
1891. Bids for a boat differing from
this n had heen called for before the
plans were changed; second bids were
asked for and the contract was awarded
to the Iowa Iron Works of Dubuque,
the work to be done for $ll3,iOJ.
When the announcement was made
that q firm in the interior of the
country, a thousand miles from the
seaboard, had the holiness to bid on g
work Of this magnitude, grave doubts
were expressed by the seashore bid
ders. They said the work could not be
dohe there. Officials were therefore,
sent to Dubuque to obtain a thorough
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25

Ing the church was the Hotel Regent,
eight stories in height. with a 'front.'
age of ninety feet on Clinton avenue,
and extending back 200 feet to Waver-
ly avenue. The fire spread from the
tabernacle to this hotel and then to
the dwelling houses on Greene and
Waverly avenues, opposite tho taber-
nacle. Tho wind carried tho blazing
cindcrs in such quantities in u south
easterly direction that dwelling houses
in Washington avenue, two squares
away, and also the Summertield Meth
Odlst Church were set on fro by them,
but the greatest loss on any ono OF
these structures did not exceed 49,
600. The total loss, however, reaches
over 81, 600, COO.
When asked for his opinion as to the
cause of the fire DR.. Talmace said en-
phatically: Electric lights. Elec-
tricity caused this fire, as it did in the
last tabernacle on Schelmerhorn
streat."
The loss on the church is not far
short Of $4,000 Russell Sage, who
has a mortgage of $l25,O 900 on the
church property and is also the owner
of the site pon which it stood, is fully
insured. Mr.. Sage said: at is proba-
bic that h people of Brooklyn will
come forward with a big subscription
The insurance will cover the rest. II
they want to rebuild 1 will put no OBJ
stacle in their way. In other words, I.
will let the debt and interest stand
over for an indefinite period, let them
rebuild on the Insurance money and
and in other ways"
Was IL Beautiful Building.
DR.. Talmage's tabernacle in Scher-
merhorn street was destroyed by fire.
in October, 1889. The new tabernacle
covered the entire plat of ground at
the northeast corner of Clinton and
Greene avenues extending back to
Waverly avenue The frontage. ..ar.
Clinton avenue is 1lS feet and the
depth or Greene avenue 200 feet. The
plat extends l18 feet on Waverly we
nue.
The church was built of a stone
called bastard granite, which is found
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
EW TORPEDO BOAT.
ERICSSON Is LAUNCHED At pu.
eUQUE. IOWA.
First War Vessel Ever Constructed ON In.
and wsten-Ths Ceremony witnessed
by In Immense Grove Of Psople-shaped
Like . Cigar.
Glides on tho Way,.


The greatest crowd ever seen at Du.
buque, Iowa. assembled Saturday after
noon along the slopine entertainments
of the ice harbor to witness the launch
ing OF the first regular torpedo boat
ever built by the United States Gov
eminent. 1t is designated torpedo
boat No. 2, but is really No. i, as the
Cushing is simply a yacht altered over
and fitted with a torpedo tube.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon a parade
formed in front of the government
building, in which the employees of the
works, the men who built the beautiful
craft, took a leading part. Capt. Usher,
who will command the vessel, and Mrs.
Usher, with leading citizens, including
Jcnes,, rode in carriages. The exer-
cises began with a speech by NJ. M.
Walker of the Beard of Trade. The
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25

understanding of the matter. Thew
reported that every facility for build
ing vessels Of this description existed
In Dubuque and the contractors were
authorized to proceed with the work.
Shaped Like . Cigar.
The Ericsson is built of steel plates
three-sixteenths Of an inch in thick
ness. Its length is $50 feet; beam, l5f
feet; depth, 10 feet q inches: and a dis
placement OF 120 tons. In shape It is
like q cigar. Its engines are Of enor-
nous power, limited at 1000 horse
power. The boilers are constructed to
give the greatest possible amount of
heating surface. There are two sets
Of fQur-cylinder auadruple-expansion
engines OF the vertical inverted direct
acting type, operating twin screws with
q capacity of 42U revolutions q minute.
The cylinder diameters are III. l6,
214 and 30 inches. The stroke of ali
pistons is l6 inches. These engines
make 420 revolutions q minute, while
those OF an ordinary raft-boat make
only. e. The equipment will be Of
the latest and most effective fashion.
It will be provided with q dynamo Of
tncandescent lights, including asearch.
. small cone-shsped affair, . short dis
lance from the stern. It will be ar
m0red, and is arranged to defect any
missile which may strike It. A dingv
and Q gig will be utilized for the small
boats, and will hang from iron davits.
There will be amidships four onc-
FOUNDER rapid.hring guns to repel
boarding, its two smokestacks, and q
single short SPAR, more for Ornament
than use. The chief armament, Of
course, viii be its torpedo guns, one on
each side, and the other at the bow.
They will DO operated with compressed
cir.
The Ericsson will not DO ready TO
leave Dubuque before next month.
The launching OF this boat marks .
new ore in the building Of warships, =
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25
FARMERS CONGRESS PLANS.
Executive Committee Name. Speaker. 70
the Convention.

Executive Committee Names Speakers for
the Convention.
The executive committee of the
farmers national congress, met at the
Palmer House in Chicago TUESDAY tc
arrange the program 10. the annual
convention of the congress, which will
be held at Parkersburg, w. Va, in
November. The meeting was presided
over by thu president of the congress,
B. F. Clayton, of Indianola, Iowa. The
others present we're Mai. W. G. Whit
by. Atlanta, Ca: John M. Stahl. Quincy,
H.; Dennis Kenyon, Mclean, Ill: b.
g. Waggoner. Chicago, and Horny
Hayden, Savannah. Tho congress is
q delegated body composed of n
member from each Congressional dis
trict in the country, appointed by the
various Governors of the States, and
of the presidents of the Safe agricul-
tural societies and agricultural col
leges. The congress was organized
and held its first meeting in Chicago
in 1881.
The committee selected the following
persons to read papers and deliver i'd
dresses tefore the next congress: Will
p. Powell. of the Shadeland Farm,
Pennsylvania; Col. John S. Cunning.
ham, North Carolina; William Law.
renee, Ohio: Harry c. Brown, Georgia:
Mrs B. f. Thompson, Michigan: the
Hon. T. j. App!eyard, Florida: Mrs.
M. NJ. Colt, Nebraska: Col. NJ. ID.
Wayne, Secreta : If Agriculture, Ala
bama: Mrs. J. B. Foley, Illinois: Prof.
George A. Stockwell, Rhcd, Island:
Senator j. NJ. Slaughter, Tennessee:
Mrs. Nj. G. Rockhill, Califo. mia: j. r.
Wellburn, Texa:.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-25

the wife of farm hand, and the bet
ter-half of Rev. Mr.. Gray presented
twins to their husbands within a few
hours of each other, and the physicians
who attended them announced that
Mrs. James Battle and Mrs. John
Peterson had done likewise.
These additions to tho population
had scarcely been recorded when Mrs.
Irwin Hendrickson, wife of the propri-
etor OF New Hopes big paper mill, ana
Mrs. Fred Shabinger also contributed
twins to the throng. Mrs. Joseph
Moore, Mrs. Augustus and Mrs. Michael
German, the rosy checked wife of q
plumber, have also come to the front