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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

While the name which ppear al
the head of the editorial column OF
the Sheridan Tribune is strongly sug
gestive of masculinity, editorials
that occasionally find space in
the publication are equally strong.
ly suggestive of the opposite sex.
Especially was this the ease a few
days ago when the editor had occa.
sion to refer to the individual who is
responsible for the illusions that ap-
pear in a contemporary. The refer
ence was by no means complimentary
and the very vigor Of the language en-
ployed suggested masculine author
ship, but the fact that the author of
the screed referred to a certain gar.
ment then worn supposedly by him)
as "pantalettes" caused the doubt
which now fills some minds to arise,
An explanation is in order at all
events.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
1t will have to be continued indefinite.
Nv. When thfs loota1offor M rAc,od

1t Will have to be continued indefinite
ly. When this legislation was passed
the claims sent to congress by the
state department amounted to only
about $14, 700, some Of which were
pronounced invalid. Since then the
claims have increased until now they
aggregate nearly $4,000, 900 and
doubtless there are more to come.
There is not a question that many
OF these claihs, perhaps most of them,
are worthless, but the commission
must make proper investigation as to
all OF them, consuming time for
which the public is paying about
$4,000 a year. And this may 20 on
for many years. AS the Philadelphia
Record remarks, there is no statute
OF limitations to protect future gen.
e%rations from wholesale schemes Of
spoilation under the guise of var
claims. Instead Of putting an end to
them, once and for good and all, con-
gress palters and dickers with the
speculative gentry who buy up these
claims and thus a procession OF de.
cayed and corrupt congressional lob.
byists is created from generation to
generation" The Spanish war claims
promise to greatly prolong the dis.
agreeable experience of the last quar-.
ter OF a century in this matter and to
swell the procession of corrupt con.
gresional lobbyists, with the pirobabil-
ity, course, that the government will
pay millions Of dollars for unworthy
claims, as it has done in the past.
The matter Is one that should not
escape the attention Of the Fifty-sev-
enth congress. The heavy increase in
the amount Of claims since the COM
was created-more than four
times the aggregate sent to congress
by the state department before the
passage of the act creating the CON-
mission-suggests deliberate efforts to
defraud the government and there
fore demands consideration from the
representatives of the people. BY the
terms of the treaty many OF these
would seem to be excluded
consideration by the commits
because Of their presentation
after the notifications Of the treaty
were exchanged. and this is a point
which congress should determine. It
S to. be desired that the government
shall pay every just claim that is
presented. 1t should be perfectly fair
honest in this matter. But care
'hould be taken to protect the nation
u treasury against unworthy or
fraudulent claims.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
THE ADmIRAL,s STORY.

Minneapolis Journal: Admiral
schley has finally confessed that he
was there.
Chicago Chronicle: In every re.
spect Schley is not only indicated,
but he appears as one of the great
est sea commanders of any age.
Indianapolis Journal: 1t looks now
as If the so-called historian, Maclay,
conferred the greatest possible favor
on Admiral schley by charging him
with cowardice and poltroonery,
thereby giving him a browning rea-
son for demanding a court of inquiry.
The admiral is coming out with ay-
ing colors and he man who made
the charges should he dissraced.
Kansas City Journal: There is the
ring of truth about his utterances.
All talk of his being reckless regard.
ing the fate of the Texas or of his
running away appears improbable, in
the light of this plain, u%nvarnished
tale of one of the most notable events
in the history of the American navy.
1t is the story of a brave man, and
beside 1t the innuendoes and charges
Of his detrac3ors sound empty and
small.
Philadelphia North American:
Should the inquiry come to an end
now and the court fail to render any
opinion or Judgment the question
would be settled in the public mind
and Schley would be completely vim
dictated. Nobody whose opinion is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
A BARREN VICTORY.

The contract entered into with the
Mitchell Furniture company was IL
legal. The supreme court has SO rul
ed, and in the vernacular "the thing
is off," 1t is said that the members
OF the state furnishing board who
voted to abrogate the contract after
1T had been let are feeling decidedly
good over the outcome. While the
furniture company has been defeated
in it's first attempt to do business with
the state, the gentlemen who are pleas
ed at that defeat have no particular
reason for rejoicing SO far as that
defeat in concerned. 1t is a barren
victory for them at best. The court
did not decide adversely to the com.
pany because of the contentious Of
those Of the board members who are
opposed to it. The failure Of the
board to comply with the law in ad-
vertising for bids is responsible for
the decision Of the court. BY the
same token the advertisement now
running in which new proposals are
asked is also illegal. The first was
not lawful because confined to one
newspaper published in the state,
while the second one is illegal be-
cause 1t calls for bids from firms or
persons employing only union labor.
Just how the contentious gentlemen
figure themselves out as victors does
not seem clear. In both instances the
board has shown a surprising lack
OF knowledge Of the law and If the
who opposed the plaintiff
company in the suit just decided take
credit for a victory they must do SO
the admission that their ignorance
of the law and not their personal pre-.
ferences enabled them to win that
victory. At best it is a mixed up af.
fair and the state, as usual, is the los
because months will now have to
before the much needed fur.
niture can be installed, whereas had
The board understood it's duties at the
beginning all this loss of time would
nave been avoided.
But the contention of those who in
upon breaking a contract has
declared by the court to be with
,ut merit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
RETURN.

Senator Jones of Nevada has re.
canted and is back in the fold once
more. He has announced himself as
being in full accord again with the
republican party and proposes to act
with M party in all matters pertain
ing to national legislation. Although
he has been at times classed as a DOB.
ulist and sometimes as a democrat
since he saw fit with others to differ
from his party on the money ques
ton, the senator really never ceased
to be a republican and always voted
with his party on every proposition,
save those involving the nations fl
martial policy. He Joined the silver
ties because Of conviction, a convic-
ton largely formed because Of en-
vironment. Had he remained with
his party at the time the split occur
red it would have been indeed re.
narkable, representing as he did the
state which has produced more silver
than, 1t might be said, all the mining
state Of the nation combined and
where everybody was devoted to the
metal which has been the cause of it's
prosperity and very existence. Stead.
fast to his convictions, he continued
to act with his new party affiliations
until it became apparent that to long
err do SO would justly cause him to
be considered as an obstructionist to
whom prejudice was more than prin.
ciple. He admits candidly that the
silver issue Is dead and that the rea.
sons which he Believed existed as a
Justification for the position he as.
sumed have passed away. The fear
he once harbored that a scarcity of
the metal which has been adopted as
the basis of the nations financial
system would cause the entire fnan.
cial fabric Of the country to tumble
ne confesses was g%roundless and
recognizes the unwisdom If not down.
right fallacy of further opposition to
the accepted order of things. He says,
like Towne, that nature has brought
about what the silver men thought
should be done by law, only in an
other way and the end is even more
and better.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

OF the least consequence cares a but
ton whether the ships could or could
not have coaled at sea on a certain
day, but the American people care a
great deal whether or not the COM
manders of their victorious fleets are
shivering towards or the slandered
victims Of malevolent jealousy.
Chicago Tribue: In closing his
description Of the battle Admiral
Schley said to the court: II want
to say that I was much impressed
with the fact that the officers and
men who were engaged in that battle
fulfilled in the highest and noblest
degree the traditions of the Ameri-
a navy" Equally the American
people are impressed with the fact
that the officer who was in command
that day, whose vessel was the lead.
er in the fight, was always nearest
the enemy and was in the fight at the
finish, fulfilled in the highest n
noblest degree the traditions Of Amer.
call naval
Baltimore American: Is it n
wonder that Americans admire and
honor such a man as Admiral Schley?
Here in the face Of the most coward.
ly persecution to which a naval com.
mander was subjected, when his
enemies of the naval clique have
used all the power and influence at
their command to carry out their ne.
farious designs, instead Of answering
them In kind he has been open,
straightforward, courteous, digniied
and manly, telling the simple truth
and letting it speak for itself, but
trying to shield those who have
wronged him. That truth has been
for itself just as Schley's
at Santiago spoke for itself, and
rear admiral has won in Wash.
lngton another victory which cannot
but add to the honor in which he is
by the whole country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
THE NEW WEST.
(Will Allen White before the Chicago
Marquette Club

Nothing better illustrates the ra
pidity with which the kintescope OF
American progress moves than the
sudden disappearance from the land.
scape of the gentleman with the firing
ed leather trousers. The coroner
whose office in Kansas, Colorado,
New Mexico, Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming was once the center of
large mortuary interests, now is hap
py II he earns enough fees in a year
to keep him in plug tobacco for a
week. Violent death, which was once
the life Of the western community,
has been edged into the shade by the
real estate deal, the woman's club
and the fixing soda fountain. Even
in Leadville and Dodge City and Grip
pie Creek the report Of the yacht
race Is more important than the re.
port of the revolver.
The old west is gone. It is no more
woolly in Dead Mans Gulch than it
is in Cambridge. But the spirit of
the west, the spirit of achievement.
the spirit of intelligent, efficient, ex-
allied purpose, the spirit that made
Chicago, that conquered the Missouri
Valley and the great American des.
ert, the spirit that set the rit1emen in
the rail fences at Lexington, that sent
the soldiers forward with burned
bridges behind them after the slaugh.
ter of the wilderness, the spirit that
thrilled through the steel nerves of
the men at Manila Bay-that indom.
liable spirit of the west is living. It
still controls the course Of American.
destiny. The spirit of the west NOV.
ed through the prophetic visions of
Mckinley and inspired his speech at
Buffalo. The western spirit is in the
grip of the iron hand Of Roosevelt.
The west has passed from geogra-
ply into the hearts of the people. The
west is no longer a place, a direction,
social condition. 1t is an attitude
Of mind, a manifestation of psychic
temperament. 1t holds all that is
brave, all that is persistent, all that
Is sanely aspiring, all that is effective
IN the American ideal, those traits in
American character and American
Achievement, whether in Boston,
or klondike, which are dis
tinctively western. America is the
west and Europe is becoming gradual.
y. as the creeping paralysis of age
,reeps over her, the east.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
If good, old Admiral Cevera reads

If good, Old Admiral Cevera reads
the accounts of the Schley court of
inquiry he is probably grateful that
fate ordained him to be the vanquish-
ed instead Of the victor in the little
affair off Santiago, some three years
ago. Especially thankful should he
be, If the navy department Of his
country has for some of its members
OF the Pecksnifian mould that
our w seems to be loaded down
with to the sinking point.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
COMING AROUND.

Great Falls Tribune Dem.): The
sugar trust has determined that what
this country needs to make it really
prosperous is the abolition Of the duty
on Cuban sugars. Having determined
the matter it has set out to attain
the much desired end by urging that
the press take the question up. Dur
ing the past week The Tribune has
received two epistles to this effect,
and presumably the other papers are
being treated as well. Here is the
argument:
THE total consumption of sugar
in the United States last year was
2,219,ST tons, and based on the aver.
age Of 6.34 per e n during the past
IS years, the consumption this year
should be %2,360,5s5 tons. OF this
quantity 1000, 900 tons in round fig
ures will come from American
sources, say Louisiana being able to
produce 100000 tons, United States
beet factories 100000, Hawaii, 35O,.
WV oHu L VI ~ w ICO,OUV, I'LL UClHE
free of duty, leaving 1850, 5S5 tons to
come from other sources and on which
duty is paid. The average duty as
sessed is $36 per ton, or a total of
$S4,9S1, 900. The price Of all sugar
consumed, however, being enhanced
to the extent Of the duty of $36 per
ton or a total Of $S4, 9S1, 060, it is evi.
dent that $3.50, 900, 900 additional is
paid by the people with 40 millions
for revenue. Of which the government
is not now in need. If the duty is
taken off Cuba sugar, the benefit of
50 millions goes to the people.
ION October s.; the quotation for
Cuba centrifugal sugar SO degree test
free on board Cuba was 1876 cents
per pound, duty on same amounts to
1885 cents-equivalent to SO per cent
advalorem."
Very clear, isn't 1t? The logic seems
good, and 1t is good SO far as it goes.
1t is when n looks for the motive
that he finds "the Niger"
The sugar trust is fighting the beet
sugar growers. In order that it may
fight the beet men more effectively,
and at the same time add to it's W
profits, 1t wants free sugar from Cuba.
Free sugar would enable 1t to
reduce the price Of sugar to such an
extent that the beet producers would
have to give up the fight. The trust
might lose a little money in the oper-
alton, but it could make it up later.
With the beet factory out of the way
It could dictate it's WI prices regard
.ess Of the tariff OF Cuban sugar. II
here was no tariff then the profits
the trust would be SO much higher.
The people would be charged the
same, but the government would get
out Of the charge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
Captain Won Weltheim NAV exn,

Captain Won Weltheim may express
his opinion and that of some of his
c~ountrymen, but he is likely to find
that his plan of German ascendency
in South America has it's disagree.
able features and which cannot be
easily overcome When the sign
Hands off" is displayed anywhere
1t is usually done under conditions
where the order can be enforced.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

Judge Advocate Lemly still insists
upon acting the part Of a prosecutor
in a court martial, instead Of merely
being present as representative of the
government in a court of inquiry.
Fortunately he has succeeded in &C.
complishing nothing more so far than
to write himself down very much af|
ter the manner in which the distin-
guished legal gentleman Of the Shake.
spearian play asked to be written
down. AS a military Dogberry the
captain has the satisfaction Of know
ing that he stands alone and unap-
~proachable, while his ability to inlict
damage upon Schley is on a par with
that exhibited by the gentlemen at
Santiago for the defeat of whom he
would now dishonor and damn the ad-
miral.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

II the dispatches from Berlin cor.
rectly quote the kaiser, the change
from beer to tea has upset his inter
nal arrangements and caused him to
have q bad At Of indigestion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

Fine stationary at Gazette office.
Imperial press., 1901-08-31
RAILROAD PARAGRAPHS
Comments by Salt lake Tribune on
 los Angeles Articles

THE following paragraphs are clipped
 from the railroad column of the Salt Lake Tribune regarding certain comments in the Los Angeles Herald regarding the Short Line story recent ly published:
 ''The Los Angeles papers think that the San Diego story was inspired by San Diego man, who was dreaming. The Tribune printed the days news; that's all, and day by day plenty more news of the same kind will develop. The writer of the article has never been to San Diego; has no San Diego acquaintances, but he has data cover ing Jacumba pass and other routes, and can supply the Los Angeles papers with some interesting maps showing a new route, also a verification of the recent news"
 No port but San Diego will be con- sidered by the Oregon Short Line in its California eXtension."
 There is no need of fake news when so many important projects are on foot and under way by railroads all over the country"
 The Los Angeles Herald forgets that from Banning to San Pedro it is 1l3 miles by the Southern Pacific, while from Banning to San Diego the distance could be shortened.
 "The Los Angeles Herald, when speaking of trackless deserts, does not explain why Los Angeles road from Utah passes trackless desert in Ne vada, and that the San Pedro road is now fighting for 2+6 miles of desert; also that there is desert from FL Paso to Majova, from Cheyenne to Ev- anston, from Brigham to Truckee, and so on ad lib."
Imperial press., 1901-08-31
NO. 20.

in short time. This lateral is to be IA feet wide on the bottom, and is intended to carry sufficient water to irrigate quite large area of land in the immediate ncighborhood of Imperial.
Imperial press., 1901-08-31

San Dicgan-Sun: The school year at Imperial will open Sep tembcr 2. The trustees had ar- ranged to open the new school sometime in October as the weather then is more conductive to study, but 1t is absolutely nec- essary to open in September in order to conform with the school laws. In the formation of new school districts the following law must be complied with: After the making of an order by the board of supervisors creating d new district, the school must be opened therein not later than the second Monday of September in the year in which the order was made, otherwise said order shall be null and void"
Imperial press., 1901-08-31

Mrs. Carrie Nation is making 6- nancial success of her lecture on the Atlantic coast. Another proof that advertising pays.
Imperial press., 1901-08-31

T. r. Banta, ranching south of town, came in first of the week for load of feed, He reported crops of all kinds doing well. Says he will not haul much more feed from town to his ranch.
Imperial press., 1901-08-31

 place have been completed.
 II. C. Oakley of Los Angeles, was guest at Hotel Imperial few days ago.
 Houston Dent and others from Masten's construction camp, were in town Sunday.
 Thos. Beach and family are expected to return from San Diego in few days.
 $. B. Brown from San Bernar- dino, was registered at Hotel Inn perial the other day.
 w. F. Holt returned from Red lands Monday, after weeks stay with his family.
 A. w. Patton spent several days this week i'll the Braly tract stalking land corners.
 We add to the honor roll of the PRESS this week the name of l.. $. Blackmau, of Riverside.
 w. A. Root of Pine Ridge, $. Dakota, IS q recent addition to the honor roll of the PRESS.
 Geo. Sexsmith passed through Imperial Wednesday, enroute from Yuma to Los Angeles.
 Mir. Linen of Yuma, who has land in the valley, came over Wednesday, returning Thursday. Messrs Oakley Paulin Go. of Los Angeles are among the late additions to our subscription list.
 II. II. Rollins, who was here a few days ago from Cotton, will probably return to Imperial in a short time to make his home.
 The PRESS man and Mrs. PRESS owe to Prof. II. O. Sissen of Sam ia Ana and II. c. Oakley of Los Angeles, a vote of thanks for a basket of most delicious fruit, | consisting of grapes, peaches and oranges.
Imperial press., 1901-08-31

q name to our subscription list. II. J. Jenks, who was here last week from Yakima, Washington, stated just before leaving that he would probably return to Impe. rial to make his home in about ten days. He took land east of town and will put if iu cultiva- tion this fall.
 Prof. H. Q. Sissen of Santa Ana Business College, spent sev- eral days looking over the valley latter part of last week. Prof. Sissen was very much pleased with the outlook for the Imperial country, and thought it pretty sure that he would take some ! land.
 Dr. J. C. Blackington. after having spent about two months in the valley putting in feed crops, left latter part of last week for a~visit to his family in Alhambra, and will be absent about two weeks. The doctor has about six hundred acres in cultiv ation.
 Says San Diego Union: Prof. J. F.. Carr of Nevada City, has been appointed teacher of the new school in the Imperial dis trict. Prof. Carr has the best of recommendations. There is much enthusiasm relative to the open ing of the new school and they have fifty pupils for a starter.
 J. J. Henderson has been in the valley several days this week from Lakeside, near San Diego. Mir. Henderson said he had been told that 1t was hot in the Impe- rial country and he drove over in an open top vehicle to verify the report. He reached this section while the thermometer registered llS, but said he experienced uo inconvenience on account of the heat.
 VanHorn's construction gang, after having spent about two months on their respective ranch es putting in feed crops, begun work on the ditch Monday. They are working on the north end of the lateral to run from the main canal to Mesquite lake east of town, and it will be completed
Imperial press., 1901-08-31
Round

Robt. Afford was here from Lakeside, near San Diego this week looking over the valley, and was very much pleased with the country.
 Jacob Stoner of Corona, is d late subscriber to the PRESS. Mir. Stoncr has block of land in the valley and will probably move down this fall.
 MT. and Mrs. J. F.. Evans from south of town were here few days ago for supplies and reported everything moving nicely in that part of the valley.
 Leroy Holt left here for Red lands Monday. When he returns in few days his family will ac- company him and make their fu- ture home in Imperial.
 w. A. Young and Jesse Fisher came in from Masten's camp first of the week for supplies and feed. While here Mir. Young placed his name on our honor roll.
 J. E. Hoffman, chief clerk for the California Development com pany at Cameron, returned to his post of duty this week after short vacation on the coast.
 Ira l.. Hatfield of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, sends the price of a years subscription, and adds that he expects to come to this country soon for the purpose of locating.
 Surveyor F. F. Hall of the Cal ifornia Development company, after d few weeks vacation and visit with friends in San Francis co, returned to Cameron Wednes- day.
 The crop of millet which was planted at Cameron in July was cut and raked into cocks last week. It is reported that the of hay realized from this millet crop is enormous.
 T. r. Banta, ranching south of town, came in first of the week for a load of feed. He reported crops of all kinds doing we'll. Says he will not haul much more