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FINANCIAL DCOMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in the
Leading Markets
Ne. Yorh stock, Money end erain
market Review

New York. December 1.-THE prospece
of decline in cash resources OF tine
banks OF upwards OF 81, 900, 900 proved too
much for the foriitude of spscuiasors TO-
day and they sold stocks, reversing the
movement of yesterday. They had the
advantage OF new points Of strength In a
number of individual stocks among them
low priced, railroads, but demoraiizeo
tone in ons or two OF the industrlals
more than offset this advantage Ths
loan item is also the subject of much per-
picked surm Use.
Liquidation was not urgent in the
stock market today, but was quite gener-
al.
Business in bonds continued lrags.
Total sales, par value, q, $4,000.
United States thrses and 1ves declined
one.fourth per cent on the last call.
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LIVERPOOL, ENG. steamship Partisan
2 cs samples to Prindle bales uoils TO Bar
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Portland s. Yarmouth Electric ny. Co.

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p. M half hourly till 6.l5, t7l5, 7.45. 9.15, l0.45
D. m. Return-Leaye Underwood at $40 q.
In. hourly TIL l.Io. half hourly till $40, go 40,
u. so, $40, 1910 p. m. For Yarmouth at 6,45 n.
m. hourly till LIS AIS. 3.15 s45, 445 SIS, 6.i5.
T.45, 9.15. 1045. Leave Yarmouth at $40 a. m.
hourly till l2.4e i1o 2.t0, 2.4o, $40 40, $40.
6.i0. $40 $40 p. m. 80,
Sundays for Underwood at SIS hourly tlll
II 10 ii As a. m i2.45 half hourly TIL 5.lo. $40,
T45. AS 9.4S y. m. For Yarmouth s.l5, 9l5,
lai5 Ills ~ n l245 As. ais. S.i5, half hourly
till blb e.i6, T.45. a45, 80 ?. IN. Leave Nar'
mouth he,ir minutes earlier.
sOmilted stormy evenings.
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HE RATES OF PASSAGE.
First Csbtn-$5O.00 and up single. Re-
turn-Sxp0.00 and up according to steamer
and accommodation.
sec1nd Cabtn-s3500 and upwards single.
Retum-s6sss and upwards, according TO
steamer.
Queenstown, Belfast and Glasgow $25 70 sos
Steerage outfit furnished free,
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WEEK DAY TIME TABLE.
An EfYnrf ner 4 IoOO

In Effect Dec. 1. 1900.
For Forest city Landing, Peaks Is
land, g. O. G.35.s.0O a. M. 215 400 6.i5 p. m.
For Cushtn2's Island, 645 A. M, 400
p. IN.
Fer Little and Great Diam ond Isla nds,
and Trefethens Landings, Peaks ISL
and, $50, e.45 500. a. m. 2.i5. ais y. Iii.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island, S0l
a. m. 2. Is .. m.
q. W. I. GuDING. General Manager
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MIANIrURg ALuAN,c. DEC 8.
Sun rises ToIItiiish water AM 10 o o9
Length Of days.. si1iMcon rises 8 Al
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BRIDGTON & StCO RIVER
RAILROAD CO.

In Effect December 8, 1900.
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West Sslago, South Bridgtah Na'er-
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Foreign Ports.

Foreign Porte.
std I'm Nagasaki previous TO 9Th inst, ship
Geo Skolheld. Street. (from San franeiseol for
Shanghai.
Sid I'm London 9th, q Gamer Ninnehaha. for
New York.
AT at Queenstown 7th. steamer Campania. FIN
New York for Liverpool, and proceeded,
Sid I'm Queenstown 9Th INST, steamer Males
tie from Liverpool for New York.
Ar at Colon Attn lust. steamer Advance, from
New York.
Sid 4th. steamer Niagara, for New York,
Baltimore.
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Spoken.

Nov g. lat 10 s. lon 81 W. ship Saml Skoifield.
Han. from New York for sydney, NSw.
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GOO

"HUS has Americas greatest poe
; immortalized the charge of hel
Light Brigade, and to the honor
of the white chief with the yel
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z Montana State Reform School :
By G. B. Dickinson, Director =

The Montana state reform school was
established by an act of the state leg
isature in 1898. and located one and one
half miles east of Miles City. The OBJ
ject is the keeping and reformatory
training of boys and girls between the
ages of and y years. Since the OPEN
ing of the institution 1856 inmates have
been received ana 122 have left the in
stltutlon, leaving at present "A inmates,
81 boys and 10 girls.
The school owns farm of 100 acres,
which is nearly all under cultivation.
A great amount of produce is raised
on the farm, but there is insufficient
land for raising what the school needs
The next legislature has been asked for
an appropriation to purchase more
land The farm is we'll stocked with
buildings one for the boys and the
other for the girls, boiler house, barn
and other outbuidings
The inmates rise at $50 a. m. and re-
tire at 1:30 p. m. Three meals per day
are served al regular hours. The regu-
larity of their habits in eating and
drinking, together with good food and
outdoor exercise, develops metaphysical
natures and lays the foundati ton for
healthy manhood and womanhood
During the spring and summer a large
part of the boys are kept busy in the
farm and garden, caring for the stock,
etc. Part OF them get practical work in
caring for the boys building by keeping
1t clean and neat, working in the kitch-
en- laundry and boiler house. Each in
mate attends school four hours each
day from September to June /, except
saturday afternoon and Sundays. Sat-
urday afternoon is given them for recre-
alton, and on Sunday two chapel SER
vices are held. The religious training
ana instruction, is non-sectarian. The
ministers and priest from Miles City
each have one Sunday in each month
in which to hold services Sunday school
IS conducted each Sunday morning by
the director and matron. They all take
a great interest in the school and re-
hgious work. In the winter there is not
work for all to do, so many attend
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CARBON COUNTY,

Carbon Is one of the younger counties
of the state, having been created by
an act of the legislature in 1895 from
fssrts of Park and Yellowstone 1t has
a narea of 5000 square miles, and a
population of nearly 5000, which is a
gain of about $500 in two years. It's
resources are diversified, and while
more than thousand men are en-
ployed in the mines, others find stock
raising and agriculture profitable pur-
suits.
Indeed, the country is peculiarly
adapted to these industries Innumer-
able little sreams supply water for ir-
rigation, the soil is rich. and with irri-
cation yields abundantly. The yield of
wheat there is already close upon fifty
bushels per acre. while oats yields from
sixty to eighty bushels to the acre and
the other grains thrive equally well.
The great herds of sheep and cattle
that once monopolized the hills and VAL
leys have been reduced, and are now
owned chiefly by the prosperous farm
ers and ranchmen.
OF late the coal mining Industry Of
Carbon has developed into very large
proportions. A fine grade of coal is pro-
f'Ted and hundreds of men are en-
III the IllHeS dl fteU ROCKY
Fork, Carbonate, Bridger, Gebo and
ether points. These coal mines are a
permanent and constantly increasing
source of wealth to the county and will
result in time. in the establishment Of
many other industries
AS indicating the diversified nature Of
Carbon's resources. attention may be
briefly called to the petroleum fields sit
uated fifteen miles west of Red Lodge.
They have not yet been developed suffi-
GENTLY to Indicate their extent, but they
must some day be of great value. In
places the crude oil actually ouzes out
OF the sandstone.
The mineral output of this county has,
il the past been considerable and will
increase with further development.
The county possesses good railroad IA
cilities, and in all the thriving communi-
ties, educational faciltes have received
attention from the first.
Its assessed valuation at this time is
Ss1o,52s on real property. Sl,41l3l1 on
personal property and $292, 74l on rail-
read property, making total of s2,-
GA, GAL.
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industry of Lewis and Clarke. Upon that
1t was founded. and from the various
camps an unceasing flow of gold and
silver has poured out since the pioneer
days. Coincident With the DEVELOPMENT
OF Mining has been the building up of the
smelling industry, which cuts a very i'm
portant figure in the material welfare of
the county.
In point of poulation, Lewis and Clarke
is exceeded by only two counties in the
state, Silver Bow and Cascade Tt now
has 1911, as compared with 1880 two
years ago.
Helena, the county seat and state cap
ital is of course, the financial, edura-
tional and social centre of Lewis and
Clarke. While it shows falling off since
the last census, and now stands as the
third city in the state it's people are
satisfied that it will forge ahead again
and resume it's old position. The state
capitol, now in course of erection there,
will soon be finished and will be the
finest building in the state.
Three miles west of the city is the
famous BroadWater Natotorium, said to
be the largest in the world, and nearby
is located Fort Harrison, which is gar
risoned by United States troops.
Many educational institutions are To-
Gated at Helena, and as place of resi-
dence, it's attractions are many and
varied.
AT East Helena is located the big
smelling plant, which furnishes steady
employment to a large number of men.
Here there is every facility for using
water power at a minimum cost and at
this time a great power and light project
is nearing completion.
Reviewing the financial condition at
Helena, w. II. Dickinson. the assistant
cashier of the Montana National bank
says:
THE clearngs of the Helena banks for
the year will show an increase over the
previous year. There has been a gradual
increase in the business done by the
banks during the entire year. The bank
clearings are, of course, universally con-
sidered as one Of the best indications of
activity in business circles. This is Pc
culiarly so in Helena at this time, be-
cause 1t is positive proof that the shock
Of the panic and the failures of the
banks in Helena have been gradually
overcome, and that there has been a
complete restoration of the health of the
banking business.
'',rhe best evidence that Helena has
regained her enviable position as the
banking center of the northwestern inter-
mountain country is found in the fact
that the accounts of out of town banks
have materially increased during the last
II months. The number of individual
accounts of outside customers has also
very largely increased during the past
two years. The number and the aggre-
gate amount of the outside accounts is
back to the same amount as In the anti
panic period This is despite the fact
that the interest rates on daily balances
has been reduced from four to 21a per
cent. The Helena banks now pay practi-
cally the same rate of interest on bal
ances paid in St. Louis and Chicago.
Helena is emphatically the banking cen
ter of this section of territory, and Hell
ena exchange is par all over the state.
"I think it can be safely said that time
has cured the wounds that the unfortun-
ate suspension and failure of some of the
banks caused to the financial prestige
OF Helena"
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school all day. The girls are kept busy
in doing the work in the girls building,
and also make and keep in repair the
clothing for all the inmates.
There has been no appropriation thus
far for beginning manual training work,
but it is hoped that the next legislature
will make an appropriation for that
purpose. The training could be made
much more profitable to the inmates if
there was sufficient work to keep all
busy in. winter as we'll as in summer.
Satan finds some mischief still for idle
hands to do
With but very few exceptions the boys
and girls who have been paroled are
doing well and making good citizens of
the state, only four having been re-
turned. The habits of industry formed
while i'm the institution seems to follow
them after they leave it. This is much
more profitable for the state than to
allow them to become mature criminals.
as they would had they not been check
ed in their course. 1t is much more
profitable to the state to expend the
money in the maintenance of the re-
form school than for the prosecution
of criminals.
Each boy and girl is sentenced until
they are 81 years of age, or until they
are paroled by the board of trustees.
Under the present system they can
earn their release by good behavior in
about one year. Very few however,
earn it in that time
The institution is under the manage
ment of a board of trustees appointed
by the governor The trustees appoiEe
a director who has immediate charge
of the institution. The present person.
mel of the board is J. w. Strevell, J. s.
Truscott and j. B. Hawkins, all of Miles
City. For the first II months of the BIZ
ennal term ending December 81, 1900,
3. c. White was director of the school.
After his resignation the present direc-
tor. c. B. Dickinson, was appointed.
The coming legislature should be lib
eral In their appropriation to carry on
the good work.
The institution was run within the
appropriation given it for the last BIZ
enial term.
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PARK COUNTY.

I\N.,,- bo oI- 4, 1919 ~, ,,,.1,. -,
soo,,o,. 1;.o,,.a,,,.1 ,t,, - =.
,,,,,,+ o,,,a,, e,S,l'1 " yt,,.l, .'i go
ana +to ristoA, as ,,.,a4 y, . r,. 90.
$780,, r - -
f,,r ,,,,I, - .'' Ia
,.f, t,,ty,S' ,+' ,S, l''''e
r,nol,,,,a,, f,r,al,'S, =. tI,1i.. 80, ''' '".
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o,,,hrfeI,aa WIN ,,.I
Nortbar, p,o;ea iu ,oes "a"
davo1nnn,a,,t a,n.,aa a,,, -.
Na:s oroa,fza1 J., H. ,',,; 'GtarS ,aa
7N A'' '''S Ht''tti@ VI HOO.
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MEAGHER COUNTY.

Meagher county, with an area of q
$4,000 acres has a comparatively small
population. but it is rich and thriving
section. 1t possesses the White Sulphur
Springs, a noted health resort, where
handsome little city has sprung up. Its
assessed valuation for the year foot up
$5,315.6li, of which 81 ,376, 4iO is on realty.
sl,SS2,Sl0 on personal propertv, and $685.
O64 on railroads.
The chief Industries are agriculture
and stock raising, which are profitably
followed. Meagher is the largest sheep
and cattle exporting county in the state,
although agriculture is all the while in
creasing in Importance there and the
mines must sone day contribute heavily
to the countyS wealth.
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LEWIS AND CLARKE COUNTY.

III power of wealth. Lewis and Clarke
is he second county in the state, it's
assessed valuation being $l5.25l S2S of
wh.nh ,286 IS on realty, $3,191 ,1i9 on
pevsJnal property, and $703,293 on rail-
roads The tax levy is 22.6 which is
about "A mills below the average for the
stale.
The county has an area of 1900 square
miles. as widely diversified as the indus
tres \ great portion of the land is Pc
culiarly adapted to agriculture, and that
industry has assumed very large proper
tons. Systematic irrigation is followed,
with splendid results.
Ni.aiEg Of course, remains Tie CHE
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THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.

Where the herds of cattle and flocks of
sheep now browse contentedly on the
vast prairies, vast herds of buffalo
once roamed al large. In 1906, where
Miles City now stands, Lewis & Clarke
were detained an hour to wait the pass
age of a herd across Tongue river. Many
of the present citizens of the town as
sisted in the slaughter of the animals in
the sos. VIZ, in one season it is esti-
mated tina ser 250,O00 We're killed IN
Custer county alone. OF course, against
such warfare not even the Belgian hare
could hope to make a stand. and as c
natural consequence the noble bison has
gone to join the dodo and missing link
as a prize for the geologist. To wipe out
herd of buffalo was a simple opera
ton. The hunter armed with the heav-
lest rifle obtainable. stationed himself
where the herd could not sniff his pres
ence, and, picking out the leader of the
band, blaZed away. Keeping a sharp
watch for the animal that next aspired
to leadership he laid him beside his pre-
decessor and then one by one they were
consigned to the land Of buffalo robes.
The number killed when stand was Sc
cured on a herd was only limited by the
ability of the skinner to attend to the
animals before sundown, as the killing
was done in the winter time and the skin
must be removed while the carcass was
still warm, as it was impossible to re-
move a frozen hide. The hunters were
paid 50 apiece for the hides on the
prairie, and it is small wonder that moth
ing remains of the red mans cattle but a
few punches kept as curios and bleach
ing skulls on the prairie and some un-
matched horns, scraped and polished by
the manufacturer of Indian relics. But
the extinction of the buffalo was simply
following the law of progress, and in a
few years the hills were again animated
by immense herds of cattle, until it is
estimated that in 1884, 100000 head were
ranging in the country tributary to
Miles City, while there was room for al
least as many more. The largest outfits
in those days We're the Frewen Cattle
company. with 10000 head, and the
Brown, Hallet & Co., with 10000 head.
From this the outfits dwindled down
through the twenty thousands and the
ten thousands to the hundreds. The days
of the big outfits continued up to 1885,
Then there was hard winter. There is
no doubt that it was a hard winter but
it is extremely doubtful if it was respon-
sible for the great loss attributed to it.
Rather, it is suspected that, like charity,
1t was made to cover a multitude of
sins. The outfits we're usually managed
by cowboys, who liked to spend money.
or men from the east who knew nothing
of the business. The increase was al
ways figured by investors at about 100
per cent. And the losses were always re-
ported at not over per cent. which of
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5000 squash, 1880 pounds of beets, par
SHIPS, melons, turnips, beans and alfalfa
Were raised in corresponding quantities
and even beef ami pork to a limited ex-
tent and each year the amounts may be
expected to increase as the cultivated
area is extended. In the opinion of eX-
Director b. G. White few Of the inmates
are inherently bad and a change from
the vicious surroundings in which they
nave been reared to an atmosphere of
Cleanliness and virtue seems to effect
the lesred change in their characters.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

In that desolate land far and alone
Where the Big Horn and Yellowstone
Pour down their mountain path"
1.-The white chief with the yollow hair
And his three hundred men
dashed headlong, sword in hand,
but of that gallant band
. Not one returned again."
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IN the matter of public instruction,
Miles City always makes ample provis-
ion for the needs of the rising generation.
While the school house which is in use
is large building, it was yet found in
adequate to the increasing multitude OF
young folks, and accordingly a new and
handsome structure on the plans of Ar
chitect c. S. Haire, of Helena, has been
put up and will soon be thrown open 70
receive scholars. There are about 400 on
the roll at present under the supervis-
Ion Of Prof.-H. P. Leavenworth assisted
by Miss Elizabeth Haw1ey. as principal
2lld corps of competent teachers. It is
the custom of the board to encoura ge
nome talent whenever it can in justice
40 so, and maintain the high standard
of efficiency, for which the school is not
ed. For that reason we find several
teachers who have graduated from the
institution and completed their educa ton
in other localities returning and doing en-
cellent work along with the best talent
Obt alma BILE anywhere
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in nearly every part of the county and
of excellent quality is found in great
abundance. SaWmills have been spas
medically erected in various parts of the
county, but as yet none of them have
been upon a sufficient scale to make the
industry profitable unless it be the latest
venture which was originated at Eka-
laka by Doc" Sutton, and is being con-
tinued by Matchett & Western. 1t is
located about 100 miles from Miles City,
is fitted with planning and shingle ma
chinery, and it is claimed that lumber
can he got out at price to compete
with the imported article, when the cost
of freighting from Miles City is added
common lumber at the Miles City yards
being worth about SIS per 1000. Pine
logs big enough to make plank 60 feet
long can be procured if desirable.
THE COAL INDUSTRY.
Beneath the buttes, and perhaps
underlying the greater part OF the
county, there appears to have been de-
posted an inexhautible supply of good
quality of Ignite coal. After each sue
ceeding shower or the melting of the
winters snow, new veins of the black
prize peep out, to give the passer-by a
hint as to the wealth hidden beneath.
It's nearness to the point of consumption
and facility of extraction render any sort
of competition, except on a small scale,
out of the question. SO easy is it to OBJ
tain and SO universal it's presence that
If he desired almost every man could be-
come his own coal miner. The first sys-
tematic attempt to mine the article for
commercial purposes was made by w.
F. Schmalsle in September, 1880. A hori-
a laf lr,1y tn nf
feet in what is now known as Signal
Butte, but was then Tongue Butte. The
mine is located about four miles east Of
Miles City. Between 60 and 100 tons of
coal We're obtained that winter, and
found a ready and immediate sale in
town at 81 per ton. The following year
the mine was leased by Messrs, Cav,
Strader & Cook, who reported a product
of LOCO tons during the season, and the
price was So a ton. During the winter
of 1925 the mine was worked by John
Gibb, an expert miner from illinois, who
found way of separating the dirt from
the good coal, and about 1,5O0 tons We're
mined that season at a price of about
$3.50 per ton. Since that time new mines
have been continually opened up, and
about 5000 tons are used annually in
Miles City, at an average price, until the
last month, of $50 per ton. Then a cons
bination of operators was effected and
the price raised to So, but individuals,
finding different veins, defy the efforts
at a corner. and it is always obtainable
at $3.50, and when the Yellowstone river
is safe for crossing teams on the ice it
is so easy of extraction from the bluffs
that the miners are glad to get 81 for IT.
The abundance of the article and it's
good quality have led the Northern Pa
cifc to make investigation into It's
coking qualities, and also whether it
could be profitably manufactured into
briquettes for commercial use. The re-
suits of these Investigations are not yet
determined. but they are expected to re-
suit favorab IDLY.
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STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

Miles City is the home of our state in
stitution-the reform school. 1t is To-
Gated about one mile east of town on
land donated partly by citizens of Miles
City and partly purchased by the state.
The estate comprises about 100 acres un-
the irrigation ditch. The buildings con-
sist of two 3-story brick structures look
100 feet each. 4OxSO brick boiler house
and laundry, and barn also 4OxSO and
likewise a brick sewer connection is
made from the buildings to the Yellow
stone river, two miles distant. The orig
inal cost of the plant was $50, 900 and the
expenditure viii be amply repaid by the
diverting into useful channels talents
and tendencies which might otherwise
incacu'abie evil. The affairs are man.
aged by board of trustees appointed bv
the governor. J. ". StreVell, John Trus-
colt and John z. De Carle at present oc-
cupying that station and c. B. Dckin-
son has recently been appointed by them
to succeed Mr.. B. c. White under whose
able management the affairs of the in
stitution We're put in most commendable
shape. The boys receive considerable
experience in farming. and last year th-
products were great and varied. 50 $40
pounds of potatoes; a2,o0o pounds of CON;
3.,20o pounds of carrots, 800 ca ola Ee;