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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-12-11
~ Cordial Christmas Greeting
~ to You. One and All;
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WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOUR
~ hearts are in the right place this year
just as they always have been In the past,
and that YOU feel the same generous desire
to remember those you love with approprl-
ate and desirable Christmas gifts this sea-
son as heretofore. We know that In nearly
every individual instance there is one ohsta-
Gle that seems to bar the way to gift making
and that is the scarcity Of money. The times
of late have been undeniably hard and few,
II any, have escaped the Ill effects of this
unfortunate condition. Therefore the Sit
uati0n with you Is like this: You feel the
same old desire to make your relatives and
friends appropriate gifts; the feeling is just
as strong as ever, but the means at your
command seem to fall short OF the needs of
the occasion. This Is why we wish to make
our Holiday Announcement this year partic-
ularly a talk to your pOcketbOok. We are
going to be the peoples Santa Claus this
season just as far as the inexorable laws of
business will permit. by selling you Christ
mas gifts Of all kinds at the lowest scale OF
prices known to honest trade. We are going
to make your money far-reachlng and profit
able in the exchange for Christmas gifts.
What though your dollars are feWer--we
will make them go farther than ever before.
We want you to come in and see how little
1t takes to secure suitable and appropriate
gifts for those you desire to remember.
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LNOR WEEKS PAST WE HAVE LABORED
industriousy to prepare for the Holiday
trade, and our store Is now fairly shining
with beautiful array OF Christmas gifts
We are strong In the belief that every Holi-
day shopper who visits our store will be sure
to find irresistible attractions among our
great variety Of pretty and appropriate gifts.
Special pains and much careful considera-
tion was expended to make the collection OF
Christmas goods one which should include
something really desirable for every indi-
vidual from the youngest to the Oldest. We
have made it point to have great variety
in goods of all prices, ranging from the
merest trlile upwards in order that you may
make good selections at any price you feel
able to pay. Having thus smoothed the way
for all classes of buyers by grading and as
sorting our stock In such a way as to meet
the needs of those who have little as well as
those who have much to spend, and having
marked all our goods at the lowest possible
figures, We feel that we deserve your patron
age. Hoping to see you at our store at an
early day, we remain,
Very truly yours,
Deer Lodge Drug Co.
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/ prisoners, one OF the guards replied-"Three
aces a deuce and a tenspot." This is said tt
/ mean, three one-year, one two year and one ten
year man.
All amusement event of more than ordinary III
l"rest will be the appearance Of John Dillon ant
| his clever company at Cottonwood hall Monday
| Dec. 2S. Mr. Dillon long since won a place witt
| the foremost comedians Of the land, and, like
Jefferson, his hold on the public has groW1
stronger as the years 60 by.
| Miss Hattie Hammond. the accomplished ;tnt
lovely daughter of Dr. and Mrs j. S. Hammond Of
| Butte, was united in marriage to William G.
Dierks on Wednesday evening of this week in the
| Episcopal church in Butte, Rev. S. c. Backlston
officiating The bride has host of friends IL
| Deer Lodge who wish her much joy.
A. G. Wilhelm Of Pioneer was in town this week.
While looking at the fine display of holiday goods
| at the Deer Lodge Drug store, a fine, imported
| music box struck upa beautiful German air. 1Ir.
| Wilhelm listened with profound attention until
| the last note had died away. isn't that iine?'
asked the manager of the store. 1T is" replied
Mr.. Wilhelm, ''and that piece Of music was com
posed by nephew Of mine"
Governor Richards has refused to grant par
uUH W A. BSeIS, WIZ WIS CONVICTED Ill me DeeI
Lodge district court for cattle stealing in the
spring of 1885 and sentenced to seven years in the
penentiary. The cattle were taken from Spen-
Ger Johnson Of the upper valley. The petition
presented i'll behalf Of Byers was signed by many
taxpayers of Missoua county. but upon receipt OF
a counter petition from large number of citizens
OF Deer Lodge county, the governor declined tC
grant the application for pardon.
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Opportunity Circle of the Kings Daughters
gave another of their delightful soc1als on Friday
evening last III the Presbyterian church. An In
terestng feature Of the entertainment was the
Illustration Of Old proverbs and trte sayings. by
blackboard drawings. which were executed very
credi'aby by Miss Ethel Trippet and were Ell.
jOyed by all present. Hot coffee. sandwiches
salad, bread and butter and cold meats were
served very cheap, to the entire satisfaction of the
inner man Our people never tire Of these socials
Of the Kings Daughters.
Few there are. indeed, who have not heard of
at Cottonwood hail. Dec. 2S. Many good citizens
who are prejudced against the stage overlook
their scruples to hear him. Mr. Dillon at no time
descends to low comedy, and this, In part, ac-
counts for his great popularity, A polished
scholarly gentleman, he has always adopted the
Never in his entire career has he appeared in /,
play with a questionable motive, or uttered sug
gestve line. At Cottonwood hall Monday, Dec. 2s
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to do is to stop the newspaper man on the street
or any other place you may happen to meet him,
and tell him you have been on a VISIT have rela-
tives visiting YOU that your wife entertained
friends or anything that is in any way Il matter of
news II you have done anything mean, Of course
keep that to yourself, for there are others who
will make it their business to tell that
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procured by the board to aid the assessor in max
ing complete assessment of all the real propertv
| in the county,
AS long as the title to a price of property is In
the government 1t cannot be taxed, and SO, By
Keeping patent or the records there Is no Way
| OF findtng out at the county seat whether piece
OF land or mineral claim Is assessable The
present ownership books, by getting list of all
patents issued from the land office, will remedy
this defect to date. In some of the states there
Is provision made by law for "entering for taxa
ton every transfer Of property the grantee pay
ing the fee necessary to cover the expense Of the
entry, but in Montana no provision exists and, in
order to have these books Of use In the future It
Will be necessary for the board to make such ar
rangements as best they can. 1t may be some
thing OF white elephant on their hands, for in
Silver Bow county, where the Markley company
have just insheda set of similar books, the board
OF county commissioners have employed an addf-
tiona deputy in the county clerks office, at 500
per month, to keep up the books. Whether the
board In Deer Lodge county will feel like doing
anything that will call for a similar expenditure,
is doubtful
The workmanship on these books is good, and
they are presumed to be correct, though whether
actually so will remain to be seen.
The county purchased the books at q cost OF
$50, and the work was done by J. R. Markley 4
Co, under the contract Of making list Of prop.
erty that had escaped taxation from 1880 to date
the county advancing S3 1000 to them and retaining
that sum from the taxes collected from the list
| that the company has furnished. M
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The Montana National bank Of Helena has been
designated by Secretary Carlisle as the govern
ment depository il this state
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Col. 7. G. Marshal who went to Kentucky to at
tend the funeral Of his father has returned to his
home in MiSsOuIa
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Frank j. Nesbitt, Bozeman's defaulting post
master, was found guilty in the United States
court at Helena. The jury recommended him
tn mn
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: IIUDHLt CVUFL 1NOLEH.
On Saturday last the following probate business
was transacted In the district court
In the estate of Peter Hartz, the will of the de-
ceased was admitted to probate and Paul H. Hartz
was appointed executor.
In the matter Of the estate of Luke R. Finn,
Mary Finn filed her petition for letters of admin
lstratlon, and it was ordered that Monday, the
2lst day OF December, be appointed to hear said
petition.
In the estate Of Elisa S. Mussgbrod Peter S,
Mussigbrod applied for letters of administration
and an order was made appointing Monday, Dec.
Il, for hearing said petition.
In the estate of David NJ Dunkelberg, the court
appointed John Edwards, Oliver Nelson, and
Thomas Finnegan appraisers Of the estate.
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Three hundred and fifty men and 200 poor
children were fed in Helena OH Thanksgiving day
by the American Volunteers-the new salvation
organization.
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Sheriff Mclaughlin Of Choteau county brought
five prisoners to the pen on Sunday last In an
swer to inquiry as to terms OF sentence of the
prisoners one OF the guards repled-"Three
aces, a deuce, and a tenspot.' This is said to
mean, three one-year, one two year and one ten
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Governor elect Smith has received magnI1i-
cent silver and gold cup from the democrats of
California in testimony of his services in the sill
yer cause In that state. ......
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TOWN AND COUNTY.
Jim Snow went to Butte Wednesday,.

]. NJ. Self was in Missoula this week.
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Will Coleman is in Butte for Il few days.
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An exchange very truthfully remarks that 1t is
a very noticeable fact that good many items are
lost to the newspapers every week by the modesty
OF the people who hesitate to tell the reporter
matters concerning themselves. The right thing
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Burglars entered to the residences of r. T..
Kennon and DR.. A. II. Mitchell on Tuesday night,
but were alarmed before anything was taken.
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Mrs. Fred. Gullette went to Butte Wednesday
and will return today.
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All old soldiers who were members of Geo. II.
| Thomas Post, G. a. R.. of Deer Lodge, are re-
q,lested to meet at the office Of Lew Coleman in
| this city. tomorrow Saturday evening, at 73O
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Among Deer Lodge people who visited Anacond;
this week were; Conrad kohrs, W. N, AyIesworth
Will Fisher and Under Sheriff Goodman.
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Old newspapers for sale at this oflice 25 cents
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The Pioneer visitors in Deer Lodge this week
were: John Farley, A. G. Wilhelm, Paul Hartz,
Billy Stiner, A. Slaughter, aud Geo. Hubb
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convention of mayors Of the cities Of Montana
is called to meet in Helena in January to suggest
certain laws to the state legislature relating to the
government Of municipalities
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Lo"is Narcotic. who has been in the employ Of
E. L. Bonner at Missonla for some time past, is
visiting his family in Deer Lodge this week.
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Will Smith and j. B. MeMaster were in Ana
cOnla WedneSdaY
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The Phipsburg Call says that the Bloomington
Mining and Milling company is energetcally
pushing work on the new 10-stamn mill near the
Royal Gold mine. While the erection OF the mill
Is progressing the mine is being more fully de-
Veloped with a force of 25 men. The miners now
have new tunnel in hand which will give addl-
tiOnal depth for Stopping. 1t is estimated that
this tunnel will have to be driven distance of
1000 feet to reach the objective point. 1t is re-
ported that another group OF godbearing claims
in that vicinity las been sold to eastern capital
lists, but no particulars are available
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Miss Vonnie Owings attended the wedding OF
her friend. Miss Hattie hammond. i'll Butte on
Wednesday
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Lieut. Moss OF Fort MIssoula, who is kindly re-
membered by many Deer Lodge people. has gone
to his home in Louisiana on ten weeks fur
The advocate., 1896-09-02
THE TARIFF BUBBLE OF 1892.

Republicans are In the habit Of re-
ferrlng to the year 1899 as an exCep-
tionslly good business year, and IL is
put forward as evidence Of the virtues
OF q tariff policy administered on Nc
Kinley lines. Do they recall the title
Of the Mckinley bill "An act TO re-
ducs the revenue and equalize the
duties on imports, and for other pur-
posesP"
Whatever there was exceptional in
the business situation OF that year, IL
could not have come from the bene6-
CenCe of protection, because duties on
dutlable imports had been increased
only from an average of AZ per cent.
under the old law to 40 per cent. under
the new, and sugar and some other
articles had been transferred to the
free list.
The total values Of our exports and
imports for the years mentioned, were
as follows:
The advocate., 1896-09-02

only cheap but has the advantage Of
large export bounty on its productions
because Of the exchange between oil.
YER and gold, the (Our tarmersJ will
not be content to pay tariff duties on
necessary articles in order to accom-
modate anybody. Free trade viii fol-
low gold monometsllism here as it has
done In Great Britain.
And now, dear reader, if the impOr"
tanCe Of this review does not excuse
Its length, there is nothing more to be
said on that line.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
Additional editorial on pager 8 and l2.

The Westminster Gazette, London, says
that the present political campaign In this
country Is not fight between the East and
West, but between the American debtor
and his British creditors.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

1t will be observed that there was Q
large increase In the value Of exporta'
tlons III the year 1892 over that Of pre-
cedlng years, and that there was some
falling off In the value Of imports. 1t
the gain In exports was made up Of
manufactured articles that the tariff
had hurried forward, there might be
some reason for claiming that the tariff
had something to do with the increased
business Of that year.
But the increase was largely made
up Of agricultural articles, and every.
body knows that no encouragement 10
given by tariff legislation to agrlcul-
tural production. 1t 80 happened that
We had an unusually large crop Of
wheat in 1891. Our production that
year amounted to Gil, 10000 bushels,
nearly 100 million bushels more than
the largest crop 1884, ever grown on
American farms. OF this immense
crop we exported 225,866, ,Sl2 bushels,
which was more by 100 million bush
els than we had sold abroad before
since 1887, when the amount was 1884,
SO4, 1850 bushels. And It was l19 million
bushels more than we exported in 1891.
The average price Of wheat In New
York city (which may be called the
export price, for the calendar year 1891
was S1.094, and for 1892, $0.9O8. The
wheat exported in the fiscal year 1892,
ending June 30, was mostly II not ell
Of the crop grown in 1891, and the
price for that fiscal year must have
averaged about 98 cents. Let rs put
It at 95 cents. The extra ll9 million
bushels sent out that year at 95 cents,
gives q gain of ll3 million dollars In
our exports for 1892, and that alone
accounts Tor nearly 80 per cent. Of the
gain In the total value Of exports for
the year 1892 over that Of theyesr 1891.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

institutions are safer bodies to issue
psper that is to pass among the people
as money, than the lawfully COnstt-
tuted government Of the nAtionp Is
that what he means2 Would he still
further place the people under dOmtn-
ion of the banks? Did he not learn
anything through the peoples expert
enCe with banks In 1882 Is he In
sympsthy with the Cleveland doctrine
that our government paper ought to be
retired and bank notes substituted for
themp And If he Is, does he not know
that the government is responsible for
tn, final redemption of every such
noteY And If he knows this, can ne
give any good reason why the govern
ment should not issue its own note In
the first instance?
The Populist paper money plank Is
then quoted
Our National money shall be issued by the
general government only without the inter
yention OF banks Of issue, be full legal tender
for the payment Of all debts, public and pri'
vate. and be- distributed direct to the people
through lawful disbursements Of the govern
ment
And the Major continues:
Thus in addition to the free coinage Of the
worlds silver, we are asked to enter upon an
era of unlimited irredeemable paper currency.
If Major Mckinley will examine our
coinage and currency laws, be will find
that there is now no limit provided for
the amount Of our money. The coin
age of gold Is free and unlimited. All
the gold bullion brought to the mint In
suitable condition, If in quantities
worth 800 or more, must be received
and coined for the benefit Of the de-
positors. The Secretary of the Treas
ury is required to coin all the subsid-
iary silver coins required In the
business Of the people, and the same is
true as to copper coinage. National
banks may organize without limit as
to number, and are entitled to notes
equal to 80 per cent. of the face value
Of the bonds they deposit. What Ia
still more, Congress is authorized to
coin money, and there Is no limit to
this power except the discretion of
that body. What PopullSts and Dem
ocrats alike want, as to paper money,
is, that the people, not the bankers,
are the proper persons to determine
how much money their business re-
quires, and that their general govern
ment is the proper agency to prepare
the money and Superintend It's distri-
bution-the paying oat, If that will
better express the idea.
The question which was fought out from
1866 to 1875 Is thus to be reopened with all it'
cheap money experiments OF every conceiVa
BILE form foisted upon US.
Pray who lost anything by tht
"chesp money experiments" referred
toP Who purpOSely deprecated th'
notes in order to create market fol
the bonds?" And who bought the
bonds at go cents on the dollar in the
deprecated notes and sfterwsrd sold
the bonds at Sl.25 In gold? The plair
truth is, the people were robbed out Of
countless millions on account Of those
"chesp money experiments" not be
cause the notes were not good or be-
cause the people did not take then
The advocate., 1896-09-02


old enough to remember what was
done to supply the people with money!
The people of the United States learned
something about finance during that
war. Major Mckinley need not worry
himself on the score of a currency con-
traction in case the silver movement
succeeds. The votes and the men that
restore free coinage will not lack either
wisdom or courage on monetary lines
During the four years of the war, the
treasury records show business trans
acted amounting to over "A billion dol
lars, and it was all done with paper
money. The people of the United
States are a loyal people; they love their
country and respect its flag. They be-
lieve in our form Of government and
they have faith in their own ability to
manage their own affairs.
Debasement Of currency is destruction OF
values. No one suffers from cheap money as
the farmers and lsbOreFs They are the first
IN feel its bad effects and the last to recover
from them. This has been the uniform ex
perience OF all countries, and here Ss else
where the poor and not the rich are greater
sufferers from every attempt to debase our
money.
Nobody is asking for a debssed cur
renev. Bank notes, when issued In
excess of cash reserves, Is a debssed
currency. No one desires a return to
such a system. Nor is anybody clip
ping coins to "debase" them. What
silver people want Is good money
money that has always been regarded
good-just such as Major Mckinley
talked so eloquently and sensibly about
only six years ago when ne advocated
the ''lsrgest use Of silver"
II would fslI with severity upon invest
ments already made; upon insurance compS-
nies and their policy holders; upon savings
banks and their depositors; upon building
and loan associations and their members; !;
upon the savings OF the thrifty; upon PEN
sioners and their families and upon wage
earners and diminish the purchasing power
Of their wages.
Suppose depositors were to demand
the money they now have in banks;
suppose creditors generally were to
undertake prompt collection of their
debts; how many debtors could re-
spondP OF our 5000 banks, probably
not one could pay its debts If lmmedi-
ate payment were required. Property
values are far below the normal line,
and the ability of debtors to pay Is di-
minishing year BY year. And as to
pensioners, are they now paid In gold ?
And if they were, they would be no
better off than they are with silver Ger.
tihcates or bank checks. Suppose pen.
sloners were to demand their quarterly
payments in goldP 1t would be re-
fused, for there Is not gold enough on
hand at any one time to make so large
payment in that coin without de-
ranging the orderly work Of the treas
ury. The gold would be refused, and
there would not be any bonds sold to
raise the necessary amount. Notwith-
standing all this talk about paying
good money to the pensiOner, he could
not get the gold even if be asked for
It. Gold is for the speculstOr, the
stock broker and the bondholder; not
for the policy holder, the pensiOner OF
the savings bank depOsltor. Let every