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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
yDs Perry Keller EspsJujDDb

New York, Oct D-lsNews Two weeks
lnlap linn my ppnyiDDs information
bDs boon yeeeiyad form lbp Perry pas
lipf steamship WiDdwnpd, Ia u letter
written by Captain Samuel W. Ijnpts
leil, 10 u friend ~ this ely, under
dDip ~ August 10 Bnpllnlt stated
lint he bad arrived NJ Good Haven ID
tbat date and lhnl all wape we'll
nbDyd UnW ihD distance W lbe yOys
Ogo from Sydney Ind been AepDnls
plisIled under HtL DD nsppesspd The
anticipation ~ u good RIM tD Dape
York, and " hopeful W DDdtng poapy
lLnpn,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
WNTHNHHa ~ NNN1EETEa7W NFNNN
vwsvNN UIAOiIODsl MI

frankfort N.Y. OoL V-l,OtDl houses
NJ lho KeDtu1Ay hglslAlnp hold u
MIMI session tOniEht and passed. ny \
WNGltnnlly unnnlmOnH yDtD NJ ,AHvpp'
in0nt In ndOpt thN minority election
bill Oy0y which Tho senAte And hOnae
Ind %1isngvnnd, Tho d~iiYevnn0eu boz
tw0en Tho hODspH warn BettlAn Ny u
0%ODf0vaDO0 GHDmiltM ILLS afternoon,
mo semitic bill nv Agrood nnOn VIII ~
taken np IN Tim hDnHe tomorrow, II
sDbstInil0H Tim Dld Inv III fDvOB ND
Tho lIInO thm nOpbNl Inv WIN 6nngte1,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12

PehiD, Sunday, orr I, YIN Tten
Tsin, Monday, Dpt, y, md. shaDghni,
Oct IA trustworthy Chinese report
Hnys Thai th6 dgwRRep nlnppess ~ sep.
iOusly III ~ INA Ynan w fpp0ytDoo NJ
Bhen Nh md fhp tpee hnnd NJ llA AD'
pepop IN Tho affairs ~ slntn NJ I0tn N
p%egardad ~ e0ndrmRtovy ~ these p'
ports, /,
The response W fhe Iermm 1emMp1
has boen transmitted w VI Hung
Chang, THIS says That Wing Men,
president ~ G@enROvat0I Yang VI W.
AislaDt grand secretary md president
III tho civil bOavd, md ChaO bhn
Oh0A, president ~ the b0avd ~ pnn'
iahm0Ilf, VIII all Nv deonpiiAtel UAt
Prime dwhang. nnka Tsai lMlL and
Prlnea Yih VIII DO senteneed 10 ltfo
imprisonment, md Thai Prince Tngn
VIII IN banished W lIe imperial MILL
larry posi- v0nds 0p tha Siberian frgns
tlar Nv u fpvhter punishment WntdinE
tho bDAnpH,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
NJ IN, h@jejDhDupy IijnHI

columbia, Pm Dot D-sM MN, ElI1a'
hath Rt0inlanoL M. NolumhlM who
wins shot laal Niall Ivy william Mott,
whAD In BILLED, hia paramount Mile,
Alhpytay I'm mlmlal, died tonight NJ
Tin Columbia hnHlhlAl hln Ind ~
nnlynd TWO bullets w lhn head nnn \
Third IN lln al0maGb Whn hhQ0llnA
NJ Inv Wna nG0ilnnlal md WIS lIn M
nnlt M hnp efforts Nv, peANp mnkop,
Vh0 bullets lhAl, plyuqk hpV .wppo TO-
lNndpd rW Mile AllmpInl, Mntt aA,
ppnasod grant gARrnt Npon hNavlng "
hAp faath Mppl hteihhannr WIS W
yoags NJ aap aNd n survived by hel
hnhhnnd md N RQlI
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
GEnal lirLnln ELL allnnL

IRrlih nGt I'll was NAaerlaipad
M fhe aWRian fpTaian plipf lNday ny
Il correspondence M Hp AaHOaiRlea
frfeR lllat NV tNN PQwfrs have RRrGfd
IN fhf Rrqppsals M thF see0nd NnyHiaiI
natf WIN Hf a1RRRfiM M HrnAf
MiffiM N0W Yll0W I'M ansNW INN
WI kRnh received N. either fN 0rall m
Inc second nalA M Germany Np
forGim ffifNI however ,hslMGN ,ltrnNl
Mitaipla ndbAfnHM M mo hfRnnd pglnJ
and sfili RRtH nv II FeRlg w W. WIN
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
mmaaAa
pDtDjjijpy ~ lbn ilJDDU jJuDbA

W. JOID's, N, w. Oeb D@~Aeo0ul'
lux w reports from bDlDi Pierre,
seventeen nshlDg ynbAnle Dlni Wnpn
operating Dn lIn grind bhDlb IDpllH
The gnlp Df Beplembep iYth npe SID
missing with crews D@HHyngAtiDR oyer
700 mon A number ~ other yeHsnlH
lint bnye arrived hers Within lhD lHHt
few days have reported u lDss ~ from
ono M aoyon men engh The fatality
list probably ekpeeJs BOO SERIOUS
disnster Inns visited u number Df NEW
fOnudlnnd fishing hapbOys, Dnpen, Oh
Tho west ~ pMeeDiiA bay, alone lDsjiB
thirty tlyD men,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
THE EMPRESS WAIVERS
HmHRAmaaRaaaa ...
Emperor KWang Bu Anxious
TO Return 30 fmDer'
iaI Pekinb
VlCEROYS' MEMORIAL
They Impress Upon Th An That
They Cannot Guarantee
Funds NJ htDgnjL

Shanghai, Oct, D~VTbn Chinese as'
sept that tho governor NJ Shan T'pDp
and tba Yang Tso yieevOys have sent
"A Joint memorial tO the empress
d0wagep declaring N 10 be impossible
10 guarantee iIa dispatch NJ money
and provisions 10 BingDD w, mad
threaten 10 resign unless tho eonyt ~
turns Ia PakiM
III Nv believed lhat EmpayW KwAna
Nh IN anxious ~ return, md VIC
doWDger empress wnyApad until sIlp
heMd 0f Tho expedition 10 Pa0 TiDR
Eu
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
Dr. MOvpLnOn,s UulRnL

London, DeL, DmgJ)OeiOy MOvvibDJL
the Pehin correspondent ~ th0 limos,
wiring Oh October b, saysi NpsstD,, ~
pnpspapea ~ bay policy ~ boiDp
UhiDn's only friend, Inns restored thA
TsWg III Yemen 40 the DlltDeso,
GOmlt Won Waldepsen's decision W
divide The milwny ndmiDisIynliOn bo'
tween Bnssia and Germany shows thp
humble position Gvent Britain ~ eOn'
tented 10 0eenpy IN north China
The Times Inns tIe following from
TieD T'stD, dutod October " Three
French battnliDus started ynflpudDN
Tor PHO TiDg Fn Vhn British npo
whiting Tor tle HeUmnDs, bDl may
start without them
The Shanghai correspondent ~ we
Standard, wiring MNldny. Hoys " w
reported there tbat tbe allies bayo W.
rived NJ Pho Ting w without 0ppoSl'
ton
The Berlin correspondent ~ lle
Standard understands thai th0 OH
neee Imperial edt0t N regarded thovo
VIII sk9ptioiHm, md thnt Count Won
Waldepsee has been Instructed ~ w.
same operations The Standards
Zion TsiD correspondent wiring SIM
dry saysj hear thN Chinese nvo
concentrating nj Hpapg Ln pass, Lend
iDg intO Tho province NJ Shan W. VIII
tho Intention 0f opposing my atfeWpl.
W the allies 10 purspe Ne mpep'iV
court
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
Tess MDjeslp DlDMDaDL

Berlin DDL D~-,rhe aDllve UerDlhiI
press eoeiDs W diyHpppOyo the nenlnDee
IN viz months imprisonment III u fort
voyB pronounced yesterday npoIi llnlp
maiasimili1D IInrdeD, adtlnp Atd pnb'
lislm OF tbe NphfnDi, who Ind pub
lishpd nv article entitled "11he Dnllle
Win the DrnHnus," IN which nm
DnvOr Willlnm'p apopoles OD lhe
DIliDoso questions were DondeMnen
TIpm worn i've other convictions
fV I0sp mHjnslp yostnndny IN ylplDna
towns W DDBpeldOW " 1oAf nll1
dumb mnn WIN WnlbDgDd ~ fDur
months imprisonment,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12

reference 10 the statement aAblad from
America ihat Great Britain hAa acted
nv mediator In aifartinR Al understanda
ing between Germany mud the unitad
States, high foreign officials Aaid that
nothing WINS officially known regard
Ing sueh service, " II Ind been rals
dered or not, alli that nv matter Og
fnpi there was no Necessity whatever
for A mediator, The latter AtatnMaDt
wps eoppobDrated by Tho British ams
Mnsndor, lsip Frank tnsanllea, md by
the United States charge d'niinirs, MI,
John B, JneksDD,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
nDDD Nevs Mv HJDDNihsps,

WOtOyiM Ool O--IID announcements
ihat tln Dominion Hoyerlment hns
doOId0d M offer rW sale All H0yerl'
mODi elnims IN thD KlOndilm was W.
Noiyed Win mpoh 10Y W Dawp0ly NV
mems lIn development NJ ihD DnHt
property IN thD Yukon valley The
olDlmp lO b0 OtfDpOl iUoIn1n nil nltArs
DDiO nlDimn which warn rnHeryed by
TIN government during ihe rush ati1
NIL NlninH lint hayo v1yertel w tle
crown fpOm ynviOuA entibDA W ~ ~.
limDt0d lint thevO nD belwnDn 5000
md 10000 sDDL claims w KlODdlhh
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
vnDla MI MI, J'Hl avADnvg,

W. PnMvAbpvg, OeL O--llva, thDl'
sNDd pilgrims ~nHAnMblnn w tllA w.
NikNndnp monastery ~ tle pOvtlDil
District fm u religious. toAtivaL Dnp'
ing the nigIt o,lo ~ lho uly,av, hOop'
aOllWred md many NJ thnAA sleeping
lh0m FOIL mon ihOpD Mnaath
pnDiG wan milapd Ivy " false Alavm NJ
tm nnd four lilHti Wln MlvtysHlt
women W0m crushed w d0AtlL MAht
OtIl0W bntDH MpviOnHly inanredt
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
lilrlu ,,n h slplNs,

Akron, Ohio, 0at n-0nn hundred
and NV Rlpln nmploynd IN lhA pnnh
Inv dnpapImont M Vhn American
nngnnI COMPANY 0nit Wapk Indny,
VhpE Wnnt M thn superintendent nn0
dnAlnnd0d MN lunpnna6 gpnm w Nnnla NJ
w lpntH pp dggl VhR company, W,
fused IN 'npAO10, ROylml hp1dTpd
nnu omnlQxea in Ihg mills aVp w gym,
Wtbg. WIN the slIlkera nnd n Ean0rn|
hllf down may reHHlf hpforf " u AeI-
tluu,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
DlNljDH HgjjvDAas,

Spokane, Dot, pa special from
NelrOD, w. o., sayH The Canadian
Pacific parties ava working from the
International boundary towards Re-
public, " Nv believed Tho Canadian
pnaiHa Inns decided NJ START work NJ
Omen on u branch No Republic 10 ent
0fr llln l0Nal company, which recently
succeeded IN getting u charter from
tho Dominion RDy1pnmaDt,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
DAVID DARE LOCATED,


FF''fF ~ " FENN m" WI
Lancaster, Fnp Dolr D"-llf0pmnfleg
hns bapn rnnpiyNl bore fhnt David
pppn, formerly ~ lhlH county, WHO
linz been WnntDd by ihe nnfh0pll leh. nov
sODla llmn, hAs bonn l0Nntnl NJ Alas.
Nndvlh lgEypf where no w president ~
Il railway, Aama ypnlh MIG, .nnrh
slaptad n haDk Nd han Diego, lallf0p'
min, md aopnpod many anbHoVipll0ns
Of alOpk fpnm people w lhn oast, md
II II alleged, appropriated lhe money
and dlHDppnnpnd, jim nnhhlnP, j0lNl
W, gOlliliA, from f0pk o0nnly, npln'
Mlltad HnilidN, worrying over fhe
Wpapklng M Tho hankl BltopfR ava
halDH mRae M bring .Dnm IN llls nOnn"
wy III answer f0p hia alleged grimes,
llia government halnH Interested W
thn nUHN,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
TMgbaB IN ABllrIgyelynt

Hons K0NR, apt N-v1m district M
FatHllHn II IN mn NJp0aTi AntigfW'
ligR pIRRards RFa hnilR hhGWlly Insf'
nh A plNf has been disflYNrfd IN dR'
str0y MI fM mlasi0nh WM ginhrng
Llnk Rnnl NNnnE m LLM sLni,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
rms vbOvspud sj,0yl,

Nav Ymk, 0pf, e--E w. ntlhnllAg,
aopueol M tIp HllMhuN R0W Nov
Jevaov, Hapklnp Wnpayg, pnn0unMd
fodW IWl Wtllam HNllugaLL nl
misane hppk nlALlA MN lofanlles, 4 4
INV MN0nnt M \ 100000 nDd tnl nl
dlpGf0ps hWd made H1nd ihW Ainprlnee.t
TM eh0plnW WnA disngvHfHn Wiih
HGITlniW WnH I'M N KannfiNM
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
MNAsMOermnn AGREEMENT

Berlin Oat D-w1hn FOst aass VA
agreement oStslH bNtWnnn Germany
nnd Rneaih by which Germany, w IN
mntrol thN milr0ad frOm F0ldn w
Yang Nrnm mld Russia W NJ NontvOl
lhG FNad fran fnnE Vsnn w lang IN
Tlm Posi- aIgo HMnias llat drInany
VIII Mnd mn GaINditim t0 htan Fn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
peujuvpw seebs More so,Ously,

sioDs Falls, ODt, D~vbanatOp Petit
grew today Issued n public challenge
10 Mngk Hmm f0r u joipt debale IN
south DHIOln Nv elsewhere Oh fhf
issues ~ lIa mmpaigh He suggests
That lho details b9 lott w GOmmittees
IN Tho staln ~ tho democrats, p0pR'
lIala 0Ua republicans,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
Vyrsldeu V0wnU sOsUNO1r1l

Nh iGRtA 0at N~glygM1m WI Y
F0WeIL M nN order M HALFWAY Vnln
HTQVIHgh wAs snelaHdha flpW lNlgl
f0dpk nv llN HINNinl convention " WY
glNNd dlvlR0n M HW GENERALIZATION
INV In Aetsi0H hHpNi
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12

Illinois and tho dhieago drainage ON
mission, the contention being thai the
ChieogO drainage eannl from Lake
Michigan emptying into the Miaais-
ntppi river pollntea Tho drinking water
M lilo city uf M, fouls,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
Vbe IyDhOnin VInHnA

London OoL - n1lN bnkOlll
plague" nAyA u dinpntoh w ifn Dbl,
Mnil FINN hombny, lN MnOhul1E DIhI
donnie IN plnGnA M HOmhny lunAldnllNxl
ALARMING iDGr1aHuA Hrn Wulrln1 non
pD0lA ODd HNlBnnmn, while Tim g0uHl
pOluts npD tNfantnd, OnttON gr0Jw liAyl
WltjlNr0d IN lhO AhmNdnNAW mn
Hiiappr disfietn IN A%0nse1nollW VI
uyOuuIt,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
dRb GnHi0UT WHgf si00d II

nlaNtNN REs1yN'r MA ytf ESG gE.s1 Vs tS,t.
N helss ylN,n Tdse au SagIrat ,d e1Me A. Gl|oess
|, ,I ,syeM HAWK Iis WIKI, E,I as4 N, IA ! w, tae
uHTH commandment hIa ny tHllnEplf
HfNH Hfp MHaalAlH
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
ObsUse HetuvDs IN VsklD,

P0kin Thursday, OGL A~-1'he lnO
piDg WI ekpeditim " whiting fOy tho
lonnana, who aW not yot vaady w
start, " IN pepoVted Hint there are
1900 Chinese imperial TROOPS M RaO
TinE W.
nan6vaI ClAtroG Inns returned hMvo,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
mi I'M MnpElr Glnan,

lhioNRo, Oel, D~-bnDntm Hmm
wil lhib afternoon lInt hm VIII pny
40 attention whntAyep ~ s1DRi0p Pefr
tigpnw'B AhnlloDHa fOg u jOint dnb1fe,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
Cpylev In Gbjeago,

M FaHl, naL R-wRpnntm Th0lnaR
W. Carter M MNntanai apNlf m u
!lalse audience NJ .le auditorium tef
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-12
llnnE NJ lhn VINE HMM

Washington, Oct, 0--g'he president
md Wife arrived ibis morning md
were driven M thn white hODsn
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03
Porto Rico Gets the Proceeds.

The best thing that can be said Of the
Porto Rican tariff bill is that every
cent raised by a tariff upon the prod
ucts Of Porto Rico Is to be turned over
to island uses. This will give a work.
ing fund right from the start, which
otherwise might have to be appropriate
ed from the treasury of the United
States. The tariff was not planned for
the benefit of Porto Rico, but the
measure certainly could not have been
passed If his use of the proceeds had
not been guaranteed. AS it is, the Dem
ocrats will not make 50 much political
use of the legislation being unjust as
they would have made of a direct APP
preparation being made to the new ter
ritory to get things going. Such use OF
the funds of the people Of this country
for the benefit of paupers would have
been denounced from the stump, and
the Democratic press would have fair
ly reveled in its wrath. Now the mer-
chants and islanders who ship products
VIII Dt contributing W lIc IldlIAlcll-
ance of a permanent local government
and to the construction Of public works
They will do this only to the extent that
they find it pays to sell their products
in the United States, despite the small
tariff, one-sixth of the regular rates, tc
continue for but a brief period. The rest
Of the world will be open to them for
commerce as fully as before.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03

printed facts presented with regard to
the large number of women in many
lands and states who do vote. The
statement was prepared by the suffra-
gists, because other ome took the
trouble - go to the capital to ask that
none be allowed to cast a ballot. There
are 100, 900 in Ireland who can
vote for any official but a member of
parliament. lust why the line is drawn
at a member of parliament is not very
clear unless British manhood wanted
to assert the right to draw the line
somewhere. In New Zealand 100, 900
more women vote, while in Canada and
Australia, az we'll as in parts Of the
United States, women vots II they wish.
If no good results. certainly no harm
comes Of letting women have their way
in this matter, as is the case in many
others. The women who do not wish to
vote do not put themselves in a very
becoming light when they organize
clubs to prevent those being allowed to
cast ballots who wish to do so.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03
GAMBLING In the Territories.

1t Is announced that Senator Shoup
of Idaho has introduced a bill to prohib-
it gambling in the territories. After
while horse racing may also be pre-
vented, and other customs which are
not prohibited in the most staid of east
ern states may cease in New Mexico,
for the arm of the government is
mighty and the interest Of deputy mar
shals lively. In the states whose people
have the right to regulate their own af-
fairs, many things are legal which con-
gress may forbid for New Mexico, and
many things are done which violate the
law because officials permit. Already
| New Mexico is forbidden by the gov
| eminent of the United States to allow
prize fighters to punch one another,
though the government has left it to the
| territory to determine whether men
may indulge in an ordinary fight with
out legal punishment.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03
Wireless Weather Ialaurams.

The weather bureau service is exper.
imenting with a plan to utilize wiz eless
telegraphy for securing data necessary
to make predictions. Prof. Graham Bell
of telephone fame. say he thinks the
scheme will succeed. The bureau now
spends $500, 900 per annum in telegraph
ing such data twice each twenty-four
hours, and the wish Of the department
is to save the funds paid to the tele.
graph companies. Already box kites
have been flown aloft carrying auto
matte instruments to register the tenn
pe~rature of different currents Of air at
various elevations. These kites are held
by piano wire, and have risen to the
height of two miles. Several kite sta
lions have been established, and the
wires may be utilized for conveying
messages, 1t is said, the wireless sys-
tenn being used to carry the message
from one kite wire to another.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03

Editor Patterson, of the Denver
News, has more responsibilities than
any other member of the craft. A few
days ago he was at the home Of Bryan
to shoe the Populists out of the middle
of the road into the Bryan pens Yes
terday he vas at New Orleans, telling
the editors from all owe that the Ding
ley tariff Is what's a-hurtin' EN- on the
bulge in prices Of paper. Tomorrow he
may be in Chicago to assure the strik-
ing machinists that all their trouble
comes from the passage of the Porto
Rican tariff bill; by Tuesday he must
square the circle by getting back to
Denver to tell the city council how to
get out Of the hole in the matter of UNI
salable water bonds.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03
The LEASING SCHEME.
What the Western Governors Learned When
Thew Visited Washington.

Governor Richards Of Wyoming, who
is the head push" in the work of man
u%facturing political sentiment in favor
Of leasing the public domain, says:
II CLEANED a decided impression from
the heads of the interior department
during my stay in Washington that the
sentiment in the east is in favor Of the
leasing Of the public lands by the gen.
eral government. In fact, some of the
fasteners go so far as to make the
statement that the eastern live stock
raisers find it impossible to compete
with the west, for the reason that they
raise their stock on decided land, which
represents large money values, and
come in competition with stock raised
upon free grass in the west; therefore,
they favor the leasing Of the western
lands to the western stock raisers.
''In an interview with Secretary Of
the Interior Hitchcock he stated to the
western governors that he was organ
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-03
THE CATTLE SANITARY BOARD.
The Great and Good Work Done During
1899 for the Cattle Owners of New
Mexico by this Body

The secretary of the cattle sanitary
board of New Mexico has just issued
his annual report Of the doings of the
board and the results it has accom-
plishsd for the year 1899. The board is
Of great benefit to the cattle industry
Of the territory, and has been faith
fully and successfully doing all in its
power to aid the cattle interests in ev-
cry manner possible. The ~tireless and
Woodworking secretary Of the board. J.
A. La Rue, of East Las Vegas, has
proved to be the right man in the rieht
place, and the efficiency of the board is
in no small easur due to his energy,
experience and good sense.
The members Of the board are: Will
liam II. Jack, Grant county; James F.
Hinkle, Chaves county; E. G. Austin,
Mora county; M. N. Chaflin, San Miguel
county, and Malaquias Martinez, Taos
county. Mr.. Jack is president, and q
better selection could not have been
made. The other members of the board,
also, are eXcelient representatives OF
the stock industry, men of good judg-
ment and active in the work.
SHORTAGE OF CATTLE.
The report speaks first of the condi-
ton Of cattle and the ranges during
1899. Very little trading was done in the
beginning of hat year owing to the
| terrible strain range cattle had en-
| dured during the preceding severe win.
| ter, bringing them down in flesh ant
making them unattractive to buyers
| But by fall the prices were double wha
they were in spring. October again saw
a falling off in the demand, owing t.
disturbances in the money market ant
over speculation, but Mr.. La Rue add
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izing d bureau to investigate the. west
ern land question. The result of this
investigation would be reported to con-
gress, he said, with the probability of a
strong recommendation that the gener-
al government take charge of and lease
these western lands.
The western governors who waited
Upon the secretary, after learning this
fact, requested congress to withhold all
action regarding a disposition of the
arid lands Of the west until after the
meeting of the governors of the arid
land states, which will be held in Salt
Lake April Is, at which time this mat
ter will be considered and recommend
atoms made to congress.
The governors who were in Wash
ington viewed this action on the part of
the interior department with consid-
cradle alarm, as they, without a dis
senting voice, felt that the arid lands of
the west should be controlled by the
states rather than by the general gov
eminent, and that any revenues derived
therefrom should be used for the bene-
fit of the citizens of the states where
the rents accrued. They felt that the
interests of the people of their states in
the matter of the disposition of the arid
lands would be safely guarded, for the
reason that, in las of c~ession, the
lands would have to be accepted by the
various state legislatures.
"The fact is that the whole question
will then lie within the wisdom Of the
legislatures. They could lease small
portions or large, as they thought best.
1t would be entirely within their power
to lease no land at all, if the consensus
of opinion demanded.
For these reasons, and many others,
1t was the opinion of the governors as
sembled in Washington that the inter-
ests of our people would be far safer in
the hands of our own legislatures than
in the hands Of a department at Wash
ington that knows nothing of local con-
ditions."
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For some reason or other the Euro
pean deman@Nfor American coal has
suddenly increased, and the market
lee tidewater feels the stimulant. The
activity of manufactures and railways
all over the United States has caused
larger consumption Of coal than ever
before. If this country must supply the
fuel for Europe also, then every good
field in the west will soon be busy, and
railway extensions to untouched depos-
its like those of San Juan county will be
constructed. England has for centuries
been working her coal mines, while
those longest in operation in this coun-
try are but in their infancy. Having
gone to the depth of 1900 feet for coal,
English mine owners find production
expensive. They a no longer sell as
cheaply in their own ports as coal ship
ped from the American shore.