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Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31

by It's small, rough eceda, which are
produced in considerable abundance,
usually four for each Of the yellow flow,
ors' Repeated moving will prevent the
production of seeds and the further
propagation of the plant, but as the
seeds will doubtless retain their vitality
for two Or three years, at least, in undis-
turbcd soil, it may be more eco
nomlcal to cultivate the land, 80 ils to in
duce tho termination and destruction OF
seeds already in the soil. The specimen
which you send has seeds which are now
almost mature and it would be wise
therefore, to NOW or burn all the plants
found on waste land, and also. where
practicable, to burn over fields before
ploWing. Care should be taken to pre-.
vent the further introduction Of seeds in
hay and small grain"
The plant is now about six inches
high, has leaves from one and one half
t. two inches in height carries small
yellow flower and has thornH, very sharr
AMI poisonous, TO dcgroe, to human
flesh, on both Btems and leagca.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31
COUNTY SCHOOL TAX.


County Superintendent Swan Will Ask
for "a Four-Mill Tax.
II hope,' said County Superintendent
Swan to TRlEuHE reporter yesterday,
that the county commissioners will not
decide to let each school district raise
all its funds by u special tax levy; and
whom the miesionera meet, August
10, to fix the tax levy, ] shall request
them TO provide FOR general county
school tax of four milla. Five mills
would be more commensurate with the
needs OF tho schools, but presume that
it ls useless to ask for more than the
levy of last year, which was four mills,
and produced about Sl1 per child of
school age. The per capita apportlon
ment, this year, with Il four mil levy,
would not be over ST.
"Of course, as Il resident Of this city,
! might be expected to favor district
special levles throughout the county,
but, aH Il representative of the entire
county and guardian, to degree, of
the interests Of all tho schools of the
county, | should much regret that the
country districts should be left to their
own resources. If that were done some
of the districts would find it necessary
to lovy II special tax of 30 mills in order
to maintain their schools. or course,
that would be impossible, and all tho
country districts would encounter great
difficulty.
"Heretofore the Great Falls district,
No. !, has paid about 30 per cent of the
school tax and has received, in return,
under the per capita apportlonmcn1, Il
little loss than so per cent of the total;
and, in addition, tho Great Falls dis
trict has found 1t necessary to make
special levieA. This may seem unjust to
come, but consider it one Of the great
advantages Of the school ayHtem of Mon
tana that the etrong are compelled to
support the weak The state is tho unit
and it is II duty that tho state owes to
itself to educate all tho children. In
eastern states, whore tho large districts
are independont a large proportion of
the children are deprived of education.
"At present there is mono OF the
country districts which is able TO raise
eulliclent revenue to support its own
schools; there never were but two dis
trictH in the county that were able to do
SO and they were old Lewis a. Clarko
county districts, which Helena, with it's
groat wealth, had materially aided for
many years; but the failure of the Mer-
chants National bank wiped out the
balancca TO the credit Of those two dis
tricts.
"Spcaking Of Lowis q Clarke county
rcmlhdH me that those who are in favor
Of special district levios cito the fact that
LOWS ~ Clarke county has made no
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31
JAMES TRAVIS INJURED.
Fen No"r the Shaft OF the Peerless
Jenny Mine.

Fen N""p the Shaft OF the Peerless
Jenny Mine.
Jamra travis of Caecadc now super
intendcato 4 the Peerless Jenny mine,
five mlln- above I,lmini. met with an &C
ciient saturday which resulted in the
double fracture Of his right leg, he rar-
rowIy caAping death
Mr. Travis WAS on the bottom level OF
one OF the shafts Of the mine directing
two men who were III work there He
started fur the 2OO-fout level by climbing
the jaGIor. He had climbed 30 feet,
when IT," ladder broke, Iottlng him fall
to the bottom of the shaft.
Mr., jmVls weighs Hbnut 30 pounds
and il ~as his weight, principally, that
caused tAa accident, The bottom of the
shaft If MT level, but slopes toward one
side, md Mr. Travis struck feet first, his
right foot slipping on tho wet formation
and I'll rs weight being thrown upon
the right leg.
MrH ravla has gone to Rimini
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31
VALUATION OF SHEEP REDUCED
County Board OF Equalization Rates
sheep ut One Dollar and
twenty Five Cents.
Columbus Hospital Must Remain AS
sesSed--Jolie on Commits
sioner Ellis.

The county board of equalization Sal
d1v aIi1nrnrd until A ,,,,,,, r. ,,L,.
n ,,;, ~ " '''.''
''oJ WIZ '''''' ah commissioners, ana
VIII ree0hNtF' August as board Of
equalization, 10 hear protests apajngt in
crragrg in lnr yi,Duatino oe ,.r.,,,,t,,
f,,,,,,,,is..;..... t.,,r..
'''''' 'i''''"' " 'a7h u
''.oI Wh'H '". go. 'Q met Saturday and,
after the bJjl93 Had tn,L cmptied. me
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u, T., ','.'-'''N' .'''5''''''''" 'J'GH'@ "r"
'i"S oIG'i' ,|lN NiuHa,I3n oi IIs ral
4.nce rals,' .r3n @I,Ojj josIOOy.
iuc va" t.j"h OF lAr house ON tho
h"Ilil NAN vi i,, H. n'"IE J'O, belonging
V' VIC ca1d" ~ H. H. bamcnt, Was Ir-
" "u,e" IRON ~..'J 10 +@'O'
oIi hi'U ''' IAN acres "l land, used
W " .iSHL '' ""' ny ih' MONTANA Central
l.""""5 r'"j" "a5 or"'Frd deduol"I
rom 'It .,"I'H liHt"u N IN" name "l
"|"iG' -, N''''' i'@alff'
no ,r'7l''N ,,, W Shhrlty o. IfGFldonCe
IN the Loff''''y Of Montana potIttonod
may oolu'''"us 'oApItai he not assessed,
aa IL '7' VIC! G'aithe4, d lehoEoicht instt-
1"'ion' h'l@' J. a. Nrady, VINO pre-
9cHtou .ho pC"t'oh' Hthted that ne pre-
9"''V'' 1'la' # E""'u 10 o' ho avail hut
'i' P' " ID III oTurf 70 preserve inc
owners II R'iIh, II the SUIT, now pendlng,
~ enJo'h tNH treasurer from selling the
same properly t1t taSen OIL 1854, should
20 oec'Ho" III 'aFor or the Sisters The
o''"ru oloeI'N' tIlat the property should
roman aEHF7"'u'
:, 'n pslllloN oi numerous wooigro"er7,
INC FaiuaI!"h per mead OF 8hHop was r..
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31
JOHN WltENs DEAD,
Had Been In Montana Nearly Half IA
Century,.


At Columbus hospital Friday John
WrenH aged about 70 years, head farmer
at the BlAckfoot indian agency, died
from cancer, with which he had been III
for several weeks. The body Is now at
the undertaking parors of y. b. a w. l..
Cook and will today be forwarded, via
the Great Falls and Canada railway, to
the Blackfoot agency, for intorment.
There are very few men in this state
who have been identified with it longer
than had Mr.. Wrene. in 1859 he came
up tho river to Fort Benton, whore he
WAS employed by the American Fur com
pnny for many years Later he resided
at Old Agency now Chrteau, Teton
county, and Il few years ago ne went to
the l'Ihckfoot agency as head farmer.
A II tho old Timers in northern Montana
knew John Wrena and esteemed him for
many mobile qualities and will learn OF his
death with SORROW.
Soon after he came TO Montana he
married and his wife and several children
now reside on the Blackfool reservation.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31
GOV EBtNNI ENT IA ND.


<'fffH 'lNi'Jrt'! bts
The report Of the Helena land Office
for the year ending juno 30, which wae
recently forwarded to Washington, gives
some interesting figures, says tho Helena
Herald, as to the taking up Of public
lands for mining and agricultural pur-
poFrs, showing which counties lead, the
total land settled upon, etc.
Cascade county leads, with Chotcau d
close second and Teton third, demon
etrating that during the year 1880 6, up
to july |, there has been very nice in
crease OF property holders III thoee north
orn counties, Tho lands disposed Of by
tho government in tho several counties
in this district for the year ending Juno
80, 1896, were as follows:
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31

Only fractions of Sweet Grass, Park
and Granite counties are in this district,
Tho report gives the total acreage of
the land in the district, surveyed and
unsurveycd, as 29,23' 900 acree, of which
3,I7O,4OO have been disposed Of, 2,24S,
$50 have been reserved, leaving 23,O37,
Gao subject to settlement
The total surveyed land in the datrict,
subJect to settlement, is given as 1881
2lO acres, and tho uneurveyed ae 1860,
400. In the various counties the total
number of acres that had been disposed
Of ut the end of the fiscal year is as fol
lows:
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-31

Before W. M. CocIsriIl, United States
commissioner, llilda A. Potts Fri lay
made final proof in support Of tho pre-
emption ontry of the south half of tho
southoast quarter and southeast quarter
Of the southwest guartor and lot !, in
section 81, township II north, range d
east,
IIiram II, Horton mudo final proof in
support Of his homestead entry of the
southeast quarter Of the aouthWcRt quar-
ter and the south half of the Boutheupt
quarter OF section 9, and tho southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of sec
ton 10, all in township lG north, range 9
east.
You get in on tho ground floor by buy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19
GOSSIP OF DAME FASHION
The Latest Things Worn by Stylish
 Women.
Popularity Of the Louis XVII Jacket on the Wane = Yachting Costumes Blue Satin Waists = SILK
 Gowns for Girls.
TcoPYRIGHT. 1896.

The popularity of the Louis jacket with it's ripple back and revers is be- ginning to wan. There is too much sameness about the Louis styles to please the capricious Parisian for a very long time, and when Paris has drowned upon prevailing fashion it is not permitted to prevail much longer.
 The bolero and Figaro admits of much more variation; but the greatest ob jection to the old style with ripple back was the fact that it made the weafer look old, circumstance which would ruin the most beautiful gown ever de- yised. Only the sprightliest kind of 6 youthful maid dared to wear it. The bolero, on the contrary, gives one an almost infantile air, and is becoming te most people, whether old or young. Even stout women look well in this jacket if it is not rounded off too sharp ly before it reaches the waist.
 With the advent of boleros we are also to have something new in belts. The belts are really wide girdles, and are made O. black velvet or satin. Some of them fasten inyisibly, others with fancy buttons. The first of the three jackets in the illustration has this girdle made in three sections and fastens with min iature buttons. The material is mauve crepon, which is laid in plaits with strip of cream lace insertion across the bust line. The sleeves are also laid in plaits at the top. There is front of cream mousscline de soie, gathered into a satin collar with ear-loops at the sides. This jacket is designed for a slender figure and would be very trying for 8 stout woman.
 A lace bolero can always be added 10 costume of any material, and, together with a pretty sleeve trimming, it is con sidered sufficient decoration for the whole dress. In the second figure of the illustration is a bolero of em- broidered linen batiste with plating of mousseline de soie, which is about
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

frame, in which the loose stones tnat form the pier, are encased, while your hero of the paddle pulls the canoe across.
 After you and the other members of your fleet" have passed au the logs, you paddle on to cool and shady spot where you land and eat your lunch, dis eoursing upon the scenery and other things until the sky begins to grow dusky whereupon you start floating homeward, blissfulIy oblivious to the fact that those logs which were so easily pol1ed aside on the way up have been huddling themselves into raft which is impossible to boats and every thing else except an experienced log walker
 But this oblivion cannot last long, for the youths and maidens are very soon made aware that the only way to get home is to land on the bank and drag the canoe past the jam. Here again, if you are the right sort of a girl, with little muscle in your arms, you will take hold and help in the arduous task of moving q water vehicle on dry land. Perhaps you land two or three times, perhaps only once, but if you do your part in the emergency, you will find yourself several degrees better off for the exercise and several degrees higher i'll the estimation of your eanoeist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19
SUMMER1NG INLAND.
Salt Water Girl Might Learn from
 Her Fresh Water Sister.
Through Log Jam in Canoe-The Girl Who Is "Game' Helps Poke the Logs Away-Crossine
 the "Boom."
fcopYR1eHr. 1s96.1

Those people who spend all their sum mers at the seashore and never taste the joys to be had at inland resorts miss great deal of pleasure which they might be glad to partal1e of if they only knew what possibilities for 1t exist in the vicinity of the little mountain streams that flow down from the wilder ness of the Adirondack forests.
 These little streams have conner cial value that compares very favor ably with that of many more preten- tious waterways. Every year thou sands of logs are 1oated down to their respective mills to be sawed into the boards that make millions for the lum bermen.
 But it is not with the millions nor the lumbermen that the pleasure seek CTS are concerned. The logs themselves form a very exciting and sometimes very annoying feature in their enjoy- ment To be sure, there is a law which requires lumber companies to leave q waterway for pleasure boats. but such corporations are no more eonsiderate than others, and they have small scruples about evading the law if they can.
 So it often happens that when gay young college man from one of the numerous colleges in that vicinity goes out for quiet boating trip with his favorite summer girl he is suddenly confronted with jam of floating logs that fill up the entire stream, or are scattered about in such promiscuous fashion that he has to perform n polka mazurka with his boat in order to get through If the logs are very closely jammed together, the youth must land his girl and drag his boat until he finds clear water again. But if he sees a chance to poke his way between the logs, he does so, even at the risk of tip ping his boat over in the effort, risk which is always imminent, but which only lends spice to the adventure.
 A canoe is better than q rowboat for the purpose of lodging logs, because, being narrower, it goes through smaller
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

had 10000. Des Moines is one of the oldest cities in the west, having beer first settled in 1850, and having a new state capitol building costing under the original contracts S1,500,000, and be- gun in 1869. The slow growth of Des Moines is typical of the growth of other towns in Iowa which seem to withstand the great increase of business in that state. In 1890 federal census of the country was taken, and it showed only one city in Iowa having more than 50,- 900 population. In 1895 the state cen sus of Iowa was taken, and so far from showing the same percentage of increase as marked the cities of neigh boring states, there were several cities of Iowa which actually fell backward -an unusual thing in American mu- nicipalities, and especially in the great and growing west. Thus Sioux City, which had population of 37,0o0 in 1890, had only 27,000 in 1885,
 Council Bluffs, directly opposite Omaha and a city which would natu- rally partake of the growth of that thriving Nebraska town, fell off in five years from 21,0o0 to 10000 in popula tion. The town of Creston, with large interests as q railway repair terminus, fell off in five years from 7,2o0 to $500 population. Nor were these instances isolated, for the general tendency of the people of Iowa is to remain in the small towns or country districts and keep away from the large cities. In other parts of the west city which once acquires importance enough to be prominent gains thereafter in steady ratio, but such appears to be the hos tility of the Iowa, people to city resi- denee that after town has become populous it is threatened with the dan ger of going backward again. This pe- culiarity cannot be with accuracy ascribed to either the lack of railroads, for Iowa has these in abundance, or the means of water connection, for these are many. or the conditions of crops, which of late years have been better Iowa is essentially a corn state-than in other states in the same section. In Minnesota, for instance, the population of Minneapolis has increased 2S,000 in the last five years, of St Paul 1000, of Duluth from 33.0o0 in 1890 to 60.0o0 in 1895. and of St. Cloud from 7,600 to 16,- GOO. But Iowa adheres tenaeiously to her cross roads and village settlements, and seems to give a negative answer to the familiar query of literary so- cieties: 'Is city life to be preferred to life in the country ?''--N. Y. Sun.
 Chinese writers claim that the culti- yation of wheat was introduced into tue Celestial empire by Emperor Shin- rung 2.7o0 years before Christ.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

spaces; also because it has one long double paddle instead of pair of oars that are always striking Instructions and getting in the way. There are many other advantages about a canoe, not the least of which is it's picturesque quality. Nothing else appeals so strong ly to the susceptibilities of the summer girl as the picture of handsome col lege youth perched gracefully upon the deck of the stern of his canoe with the long, double paddle in his firm grasp. He is attired, say, in pale blue negligee shirt and dark blue trousers, with cap that sits on the back of his head and rumples his hair into bang over his forehead.
 The girl sits in a good position to Ayiew his fascinating figure. She leans back comfortably against the cushions that are supported by a. sort of chair back that is chained to the sides of the canoe and rest on the bottom. One cam almost recline in chair of this kind, and nothing can exceed the com fort of it.
 Then think of the possibilities of varied enjoymentl With q well-filled lunch basket and warm wrap to fend off the cool night breezes, one can go up in the afternoon and float down by moonlight.
 Your party starts about four o'clock and you have just settled yourself com fortably among the cushions when you begin to bump against loose logs that are scattered through the stream. The logs get more and more crowded, and the first thing you know your end of the boat is tilted up on a submerged tree trunk. Then. if you are ''game," and not afraid of soiling your hands, you go. to work and help push off; after which you will get good deal of fun by reaching out as you come up to big log and polSing it out of the way. One can push the canoe through tancie of logs much easier with the hands than with the paddle.
 The greatest bugbear to the canoeist IS the s'boon.' which IS a line of logs chained together along the middle of the river and fastened to stone piers stationed at intervals of 30 or 40 rods. This is intended to pen the logs in on one side of the stream, but sometimes tbcv get so thick on the canpeist's side that he is compelled to go over the boom to the log side, where perhaps it is en- tircly clear.
 Sometimes the youth gets out on the boom and shoves the canoe on. girl and all: and sometimes kind. hearted log drives. who knows how to walk thAlogs, comes to your assistance and shoveA you sofh oyer. More often you land atNone tie stone piers and cling to the Nog
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

the same thing as lace. It is made oyer a blue surah waist, forming a combina- tion which las been found extremely harmonious. A sleeve cap of em- broidery is held in place with knots of satin ribbon 10 match the girdle, which is violet satin, and if this combination of pale blue, violet and linen color is not bewitchingly French, you will have to search Paris for one that is.
 A third style of bolero is made of rose tinted linen Datiste, like the skirt which it accompanies. It has a plating of white Datiste and some rose-colored silk gimp around the edge. White batiste rutfies trim the top of the sleeves, which are otherwise very diminutise. The front is white batiste, with black satin collar and white ruche, and wide black satin girdle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

for use and those for ornament. The useful ones may be made of any woolen material that will bear being wet in salt water, warmth being the chief con sideration. \ dress which is worn for sailing and fishing must not be dainty affair of white or pale blue, else it will not remain a thing of beauty for any length of time. Dark blue is pretty, but not very seTviceable, because it usually spots with the salt water. A maroon shade of red wears pretty well, and a steel gray will be found exceedingly use ful. To be sure, one is supposed to wear an oilskin waterproof on sailing and fishing trips, but in actual experience it is usually found that one wears it tho first twenty minutes of the trip and cools off after it the rest of the time. They are hot, ungainly things, and it is better to start with a good, stout dress in the first place and not try to Wear waterproof at all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19
costume to he worn on board a

A costume to be worn on board steam yacht is another matter. There is not much danger from the spray, aad one can wear as dainty a gown here as on one's veranda. Of course, any material with starch or dressing in it will be affected by the dampness of the sea air, but any light woolens, or even silks, for warm days, will serve very nicely for or namental yachting costumes. A pale blue and white Scotch flannel can be bought for 40 cents yard. Pongee silk is often used for this purpose.
 It is generally found expedient to make one's yachting dress with an out side jacket that can be removed on warm day. The costume shown here has a reefer jacket with a broad, white collar, trimmed with braid. It is made to button over in case of very stiff breeze.
 Yachting hats are either straw sail ors, visor caps of canvas, wool or leather, or Tam O'Shanter hats of wool or ean- vas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19
PREFER COUNTRY LIFE.
Iowa People Have Little Disposition to
 Herd in Great Cities.


 Herd in Great Cities.
 The Hawkeye state of Iowa, admitted to the union in 1846, and having q popu- lation in excess of 2,oo0,0o0, is excep- tional among western states in the ab- sence of large cities within its borders. With the Mississippi flowing on one side of it and the Missouri on the other, with railroad mileage of $500, and with few natural Instructions, it has long been a cause of wonder that in the 50 years which have passed since it's ad- mission Iowa has apparently not been able to set up on it's own account n single frst-class city-that is, a city having in excess of 5o,ooo population though in New York state the test of a city of the first class is five times as great, or 25o,0o0.
 It was not until the year 1890 that the town of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa, reached population of 50,6oo. By the census of 1870 Davenport was then the largest city in Iowa) the popu- lation of Des Moines was 12, ,0o0 and Bur lington was ahead of it with 14,000, Dubuque with 18,000, and Davenport