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Livingston Herald: The Helena cor
respondent of the Minneapolis Journel
may be all right in his own estimation.
1t is our opinion that he needs a whole
lot of fixing. Last week he telegraphed
an absurdly false report that the mer-
curry ranged from to SO degrees below
zero throughout the state; that cattle
men on the ranges entertained grave
fears for the safety of their cattle. and
that unless a chinook arrived soon to
melt the snow thousands of head OF
cattle would perish from starvation.
The correspondent. whoever he may
be. is either wilfully vicious or Woe
fully ignorant. Ii used to be the favor
lite diversion of penny-a-liners TO give
full vent to their lively imaginations
by connecting and sending to the east
ern press some wonderful stories con-
corning the alleged wild and woolly
west" The falsity OF such reports.
however, has long since been under
stood; they were comparatively harm
less. anyway. But not so with such
fabrications as the Helena correspond
ent telegraphed. east last week Re-
ports of that nature work an incalcula-
Bile injury to the stock industry of this
state. They not only depreciate the
eastern securities of our stockmen. but
create the impression abroad that Mon
tana, the land Of clear skies and balmy
breeZes. is a state where the cattle
business hourisheth not and bowling
blizzards reign supreme. AS n matter
of fact there have been but three days
this winter when the mercury ranged
below zero In this section and no un-
usual losses OF live stock have occurred.
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PhIlosophic II n.c ions.

Thompson Falls Montanian: Is there
anything in the world which causes a
man 10 do and say more things that
will brand him as an imbecle than the
meanest of all human frailties, envy?
He sees the prosperity of his brother.
gained by superior ability and merit.
and with the Jealous saliva running
down the corners of his mouth plays
the part of the old fox in the crane
story. And then. to crafty his spite
he condemns, and the poor fool never
realizes that every man, woman and
child who have watched the question
at issue will thoroughly understand
the motives which actuate him. But
blessings on the good sense which
sometimes shows itself i'm the world.
"a FOOLS bolt is soon shot" and is such
an insignificant contemplate missile
as to make no mark on the object aim
ed at. This does not apply to men
only but to woman also. We sincerely
hope there are none of these to be
found in Thompson Falls. If there ia
and this fits let them wear IL. Go into
your shells and shut up like clam at
low tide to never again let your voice
be heard above n whisper. When wan
dering in your solitude you find pay
streak of human intelligence come out
again and let the bright. clear light
of truth shine pure into your souls
The resolution to never again speak III
Of a neighbor will then overtake you
and warm, true friendship will be your
greatest blessings through life
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Northwest Tribune: An author is
known by his writing. a mother by
her daughter. a fool by his words, and
all men by their companions. The
force of example Is powerful Evil
communications corrupt good manners.
Ill qualities are catching as disease.
Associate with mean people. and II
won't be long until you think all life
is mean. Associate with those who
are better than you are, and know
more, and your stock of virtue and OF
knowledge cannot help but be increas-
ed. Owing to the shortness of life II
does not pay to spend much time ex-
cept in a missionary way, with those
from whom you cannot extract any
good thing. A bird of beautiful wings.
or sweet song. would soon lose its in
fiuence If il associated with a buZzard.
y flower would soon become a thing of
ill-repute If allowed a continuous as
ISOLATION with noxious weeds.
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had been following him so long were
tired out. They hired a team and re-
turned to Genesee
There have been several theories ad-
vanced why the murder was committed.
But the most plausible one e that Fox
had some money. known TO this party.
Two men were seen standing by the sa-
loon by several parties and. on examin-
alton after the shooting footprints were
found IL Is supposed that when En-
met Fox came out of the saloon. IN
h9tched his team and was getting into
the sleigh a demand was made upon
him for his money. He refusing and the
rclbber seeing that d was a failure and
being recognized. pulled the trigger
Of the revolver before he thought. The
only chance he then had was to run for
life
Emmett Fox halls from New York. He
IS a single man - OF % years Of age.
He leaves a good reputation, is honest
and Industrious. He has relatives IN
this vicinity. When found he had ss1
IN his pockets. The coroner. Charles :.
Manly of Nollmer. arrived this evening
and an autopsy and post morton exam
nation is being held.
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jefferson Valley Zephyr: Engineer
Benson has suddenly inherited an alb
hOrrence of fish; so much so in fact
that he absolutely refuses TO recognize
Goldfish aristOcracy. and condemns the
use of Fish plates along the line. 1t
seems that the gallant plug puller. who
has caught everything from a whale 10
a tadpole and has had many a sucker
on his string. concluded. during his
layOver at Logan. TO go up the river
mile or so and hook a string of the
speckled beauties. Alas tickle conf
dence. thou beckoneth US onward by
golden visions. and giveth Us the horse
laugh in the end; for the train he
started on was on time orders and did
not stop till Il got TO Three Forks, 10
miles away. While lOafiDg about the
Office at that place. and in the mean
time kicking himself fo- being a great
big fish. the unhappy knight Of the
footboard overheard them calling him
up ar Logan. by telephone, TO go out
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NEWS OF LIVINGSTON
Meeting Of the Park County Rspub-
liCan Committee Saturday.
A PRINTER MAN is MARRIED
Dick Holden Takes a Minnesota
Belle for an ALLEY" Partner
To Reconstruct a Bridge
Briefs and Personals.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston, Jan. 26.-Andrew Murphy,
general manager of the Golden Rule, a
mercantile alliance with headquarters
at Humansville, Mo, was in the city
Saturday and completed arrangements
for the opening of branch store in
Livingston ON the LIST of March. The
gentleman has secured "a three-years
lease of the MunSon building, and will
have a plate glass front put in. A
large addition is now being erected in
the rear, and when the improvements
are all made the new store building
will be well adapted ITO the business for
which 1T is to be used.
In accordance with published call,
a meeting of the Park county repubfi-
can central committee was held at 2
O'Clock Saturday afternoon at the Office
of County Attorney Poorman, for the
purpose of reorganization. The only
members present were George H.
Wright and Walter Anderson of this
city and Herman Kahle of Fridley.
The only business transacted was the
passage of a resolution authorizing the
executive committee, consisting of R..
D. Alton, NJ. II. DaSlhorn, Charles Car
nier and w. NJ. Wright, to fill the va
canctes existing in the central commit
tee occasioned by the removal from the
county of Chairman c. II. Savage, Sec
Rotary f. H. Hathf1orn and Committee
men Hobbs of Chico and Westfall of
Springdale. The executive committee
met Saturday evening and elected
Charles Burg chairman and Walter AL
derson secretary. The vacancies in the
personnel of the committee were left for
the chairman ito fill.
The many friends of Richard Holden
IN this city will be pleased and, no
doubt, surprised to learn that he has
forsaloen a life of single blessedness for
one of connubiaa felicity, having been
married one day last week to Miss Ell
la Reynolds at her home In Verndale,
MINI. Dick held lucrative position
on the Livingston Enterprise for a
number of years and is "a brother of
Mrs. A. A. Richards of this City. He
is now foreman of the Big Timber Pho
meer and will shortly return to that
city with his bride.
DR.. w. H Campbell has been appoint
ed as al member of the county board OF
health, with Instructions to adopt such
measures as may be necessary TO pre-
vent the further spread of contag ious
diseases at Cokedale.
The board of county commissioners
has decided to advertise for bids for
the rebuilding in double span of the 200
foot single span bridge across the yell
iowstone at Carriers crossing. The
structure was recently wrecked by the
wind and now lies at the bottom of the
river Bids will be received at the Of
fee Of the county clerk In this CITY up
ITO 10 o'clock of Saturday, Feb. 8, the
successful bidder ITO have the use OF
the material In the wrecked bridge.
Mrs. Clarence Barden. who came over
from Anaconda to visit her parents
and to take part in the Burns enter
tadnment, returned home Sunday morn
ing.
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Billings Gazette: The publication
of a morning newspaper VIII entail n
large additional expense. but from the
manner in which the evening edition
has been received we feel confident
that the improved service will be ap-
preciated, which will be furnished
without additional cost to the reader.
The Gazette Will be the only republican
paper in Montana publishing the full
associated press report. No other city
in the entire West of the size of Bill
ings can boast Of maintaining a paper
Of this character and IL viii be a cred
1t TO IL If Billings and the surrounding
country succeed in establishing IL on a
self-sustaining basis.
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sWepny Is Gone.

Virginia City Madisonian: Sweeny.
the priZe-fighter. earstwhile aeronaut.
who has probably made more indoor
ascensions than any other man in
America, has vanished into thin air.
He belongs 20 that class OF men which
any town can well afford TO get along
without. He has one notch in his gun.
for which he was acquitted in Missou-
Ia county. and his record in Silver Bow
is narrated in chief on the police court
blotter of Butte. His stay in Virginia
was short and his departure sweet-to
the inhabitants. IL is not known what
caused Sweeny's sudden departure. I'M
less IL was the danger of securing a
permanent job here.
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Plains Plainsnan: Arizona and New
Mexico have for years been knocking
for admission 10 the union as states.
but the decree has just gone forth that
their prayer shall be left unanswered
for another two years. They can
thank the congressional Goldbug com
bine for this dose of disappointment.
The combine deems IL highly important
that further growth of silver strength
in the senate should be checked. and
the best way TO do that. of course, is
10 prevent any increase of representa-
ton from western states. Therefore
the committee on territories win NOT
report the bills for admission Of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico until too late for
action thereon by this congress. The
mills of the gods. however. are grind
ing along
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Poor MalI Cnrnoctinns.

Hamilton News: There is something
radically wrong in mail connections
with the upper valley. Constant COM
plants have been made on the part of
individuals for some time past. but no
concerted effort. as yet to remedy the
deplorable state of affairs has been in
augurated. The present system, I'M
doubtedly is very unsatisfactory. For
example: The Western News leaves
Hamilton Wednesday and is carried by
train to Grantsdale. There IL lays until
Thursday, then, on Friday, ii is taken
TO Darby and finally arrives at Sula
and intermediate points the following
Wednesday or Thursday, over a week
being consumed In its transportation
a distance of 40 miles. and again a
prominent citizen of the upper valley
informs us that On Dec. Is OF last year
a friend in Missoula mailed him a let
ter of invitation to partake of Christ
mas dinner. The letter was received on
Dec. 27. Naturally he did not go.
These are not isolated instances, but
common occurrences.
The citizens of the upper valley have
been long suffering and will greet a
better mail service with great salts
faction. 1t is not supposed to be en-
tirely the fauFt of the local offices by
any means. II has been suggested that
a remedial change can be eIected by
making Hamilton the general distrib-
uting office for that region and 50
change the time OF the stage departure
that better service can be rendered.
Perhaps the proper course to pursue
would be 10 get up a monster petition
to the postal department at Washing
ton requesting these and other neces-
sary changes, ct The same time setting
forth the present unsatisfactory condi-
tion of affairs This doubtless would
have the desired effect.
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The "New Beef Steer,

Rocky Mountain Husbandman: We
have for some months past been
strongly advocating the new beef
steer and we are glad to know that
this modern product is coming rapidly
in favor in Montana. In the earlier
days of cattle husbandry in this coun-
try there were to be found six and
seven-year-old steers on the ranges of
Montana. This was before Montana
cattlemen had learned the way to the
eastern markets, but after this had
been demonstrated to the entire salts
faction of all, five and six-year-old
steers were still gathered and shipped
Those early day breeders did not think
cattle were fit to ship until they were
four or five years old and under the
exclusive range system that then pre-
vailed there was not so much to be
gained by the early maturing of steers
as there Is now since the state Is put
ting itself on a winter feeding basis.
When 1T comes TO feeding cattle
through the winter the necessity of
early maturing becomes readily appar-
emit and IL needs no argument to con-
vince stock ralsers of the advantages
of the system. In the long ago in the
western states when hogs would winter
ON the mast that fell from the for
est trees ii was the custom of farmers
TO keep their hogs until they were two
or three years old. making them weigh
from 300 to 600 pounds when marketed,
but when the era of acorns and nuts
passed and it became necessary to feed
hogs all their lives, they soon learned
that the hog could be made in one year
or less, and since the farmers of that
region have commenced this method
of pork making the light. young po-ker
has replaced to large extent the great
overgrown fellows of other days as a
seller and is more profitable to produce
than the heavy hog would be If he had
TO be wintered a couple of winters, or
even one winter, before being put on
heavy feed. The new plan with the
hog Is to feed continuously from pig
hood, and this same method is rapidly
gaining favor with beef producers. 1t
is the object of all state breeders now
time they are born until they start to
the slaughter house at the age of from
"a TO Is months This proceeding pro-
duces a bullock weighing from 1000 TO
LOO pounds, fat. juicy. tender meat,
and comprises the new beef steer"
Montana should. now that the winter
feeding era has dawned, undertake this
plan of beef making also. But. strange
TO say, our people are slow in enter
ing a new field or trying something
new. The first gentleman 10 lead of
in this matter that We have heard of Is
james Chamberlin, and some idea OF
how he proposes to proceed may be OF
interest in this connection. His first
step WIS to secure a first-class short
horn bull or two. and we would recon-
mend 20 all our readers that they get
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on a run, and as his non-appearance
meant at least 30 days. he was COM
pletely overwhelmed by perplexity.
However, he quickly sized up the sit
uation. and seeing but one opening, he
borrowed a couple of white signals
from the station agent and, after
working up regular camel-back gait,
started for Logan with sparks flying
from both boot heels. 1t was just l
hour and minutes when he, bare
footed and soaked with perspiration,
reported at the Logan Office, just in
time to learn that the operator at
Three Forks had given the boys the
tip by telegraph. and that the tele-
phone message that he overheard was
merely a josh to try his speed as
long distance pedestrian. The boys
will now back him against the world in
a l00-mile go-as-you-please.
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ASSASSIN HAS SURRENDERED
Man Who Did the Shooting and His Al
legged AccompiIces Taken to Moscow.

legged Accompllce> Taken to Moscow.
Moscow. Idaho. special: Deputy
Sheriff Bunday and the city marshal OF
Genesee came in late this afternoon
with Harry Gordon, Charles C. Cole
and Frank Smith. charged with the
murder OF w. Fox at Genesee on Tues
day night
Smith was the first one captured.
about dusk Wednesday.
After Fox was shot he ran of. close
~ followed by the pursuing party or
ganized by Deputy Bundy. who oppor-
timely happened to be in town. The
trail was lost at the Rimrock. owing TO
the melting snow. After travelling about
30 miles he returned TO Genesee, where
he was arrested. lie made partial
confession at once, on the strength OF
which Cole and Gordon were arrested
When confined in the bank building
last night he made a similar state
ment TO various parties. and additional
ones to the officers on the drive over
They believe they can get the whole
truth from him II outside parties are
not allowed 10 interfere.
The party planned TO hold up Fox.
and on his refusal TO yield up his money
shot him.
Smith claims that Gordon fired the
fatal shot with his revolver. Gordon
denies any knowledge OF the affair. No
revolver has been found. Smith prob
ably threw IL away when he fed.
The impression Is that Smith did the
shooting. and will finally confess.
Cole Is believed 20 be innocent
The prisoners do not have the ap-
pearance OF hard characters. being de-
Gently dressed and looking like labor
ers.
Smith Is q, Gordon 20 and Cole 2s.
None Of them is large. Gordon and Cole
being feet Ga inches and Smith s
feet 9ia inches.
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ton and IS particularly eihcacious IN
its action on the peculiarly feminine
organism. There is no sort OF female
trouble that il will not correct II II is
taken in time Thousands of the worst
possible cases have been cured by II.
II works in a perfectly natural way,
and drives ont disease by building up
the strength and purifying the whole
system.
Many modest women and girls suffer
unspeakable toruents because they
dread telling their troubles to a ply
sician. They fear the almost inevitable
examinations and local treatment. -
These things are usually wholly UNI
necessary.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription viii
do what not one doctor in a hundred can
dot will arr In our I6S page book
entitled woman and Her Diseases, ="
are hundreds OF testimonials to its won
derful efficacy.
The book viii be sent free in plain
envelope on receipt Of this notice with
ten cents to part pay hostage.
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MIDI
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ctally speaking, will experience an era
of pleasure without any expense
worthy of consideration. even though IL
breaks the female portion of the COM
munity. Provided the married ladies
carry out their threat, the young Ia
dies say that they will repeat their Of
Tense of tonight. And so the merry
war goes on.
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Livingston Herald: The editors Of
the two rival newspapers of Missoula
have been doing whole lot of bluffing
at one another for a long time now, but
rhey haven't come to the scratch yet.
The chances are that they are both
hneal descendants of the British lion.
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Bitter Root Times: At the leap year
ball tonight there viii not be any
married ladies present. Invitations
were confined strictly To young people
on account % the smallness Of the han
AS a result the married ladies have de-
te-mined TO get even and will shortly
give a ball 20 which al the young men
will be invited to attend and the girls
viii be invited to stay at home. II a
controversy OF that kind can be work
ed up the young men of Hamilton, So
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KILLED BY A THUG
Emmett Fox Shot Down in the Streets
Of the City Of GsneSee.
THE MURDERER RAN AWAY
A Long Chase by Citizens. but the
Man Managed to Evade Ills
Pursuers-Finally Gave
Himself Up.

Genesee, Idaho, special to the Spo-
kane Spokesman-R Review: Tuesday
night at 1880 one of the most cold
blooded murders in the history Of
Northern Idaho occurred in Genesee In
front of r. Jackson's saloon.
Emmett Fox, who had just returned
from Old Genesee. where there was a
dance, came TO Genesee, tied his team
to the hgtching-post in front of II. Jack
sons saloon. He stepped inside of the
saloon, and while he was in there play
ed a couple Of games of billiards; after
a short time he came out OF the saloon,
unhstched his team and, 1t is supposed,
was geutang in his sleigh, ready TO re-
heard by a number of people in the crty.
Mr.. Russell, stopping at the Grand Cen
tral hotel, directly opposite where The
shooting occurred, came across the
street and saw something he supposed
was a man. He went into the saloon
and informed the men there that he
Thought a man WAS shot and was lying
ON the ground In front of the saloon.
They found the dead body OF Emmett
Fox.
The ball had entered the left cheek
and ranged upward. lodging in the
brain.
The team. being unhstched. ran away.
making considerable noise. DIR. l.. j.
Harvey saw the team pass his door and
saw a man running on the mex, street
south. Men were sent in all directions
IN search of the fleeing man. The doc
TOR, IN company with Deputy Sheriff
Bundy. Con Monohan. John l.. Hays,
Elmer Duncan, and others. went 10
where the man was seen by the doctor
and there hastIacks were found and fol-
lowed
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A LONG CHASE.

The murderer took all directions OF
the compass except east. The main d.
reot.on taken by him was northwest.
There was a slight fall OF new snow and
by THIS means he could be tracked. on
the trail made by these four men they
found where The murderer had twice
crawled into straw stacks, and, " Is
presumed. when he saw the eight COM
ing toward him again, pulled out for
rife. Bundy. Monohan, DR.. Hays and
Duncan followed uhe trail "a hours. UNI
III 1890 D. m. OF the 22d, when they
were overeaken by Robert Near. At
this time the snow WAS melting and the
trail was hard to follow. They were
within a short distance OF SteptOe can
yon IN Washington. The four men that
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