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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
BRIGHT IDEAS OF
MONTANA EDITORS
Four DAYS Grace.

Each and all Of the Cree Indians who
We're examined today by the county COM
missioners and the health officer, cor
roborated statements previously made,
that they had been expelled from the
Flathead reservation either by the agent
or directly by his orders Larivee was
the instrument through which most of
Them received their orders to go. but
If they are to be believed the agents
authority was back of it all. It may be
cited to the credit Of Major Smead, how
ever that in those instances where he
personally or by letter directed these
Crees to leave the reservation at once,
or within four days, he did not know
they were infected with the smallpox,
Larivee did, however, If the Crees are
to be believed. OF the few who testi-
fed today their residence on the Flat
head reserve had extended for from four
to II years during all of which time
they had been unmolested, the men of
the family being employed in various
capacities by the squawmen and others
on the reservation who had cattle and
horses. One, George Boucher, who had
been on the reservation off and on for
II years, received his notice to quit with
in four days from the agent himself,
he says, anu dlSO lIldt d. ludl time lie
he had been visiting some of his people
who were included in the smallpox quar-
antine. Major Smead has previously de-
MED in toto that the Crees had been
ordered off upon his authority, but one
or two of these Crees swear that a let
ter was read them by the agency doctor
purporting to be from the agent and that
it was carried by Larivee as his au-
thority.
The next thing for Agent Smead to do
is to establish the fact that he was not
aware of the existence of smallpox
among the Crees or that any of those
expelled had been exposed to the disease
-Kalispell Bee.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
News In Anaconda.

The Standard has the following this
morning on one of it's local pages:
Denver society has been gossiping
much Of late about the jilting of Gerald
Hughes. one of the leading society men
of that place, by Miss Cornelia Baxter,
who is hooked upon there as the leading
beauty of the Rocky mountain region.
The couple We're betrothed about a year
ago. The engagement was broken by
telegraph, and the cause of it Is Hugh
Tevis, son of the late Lloyd Tevis, pres
ident of the WellsFargo Express COM
pany. They met, fell in love and in just
a fortnight their engagement was an
nounced. Miss Baxter was to become
the bride of Hughes on April rs. She is
famous for her beauty. and during re-
cent visit to Paris created a great furore
among those who figure as society In
the French capital. She is the daughter
of a rich cattlenran. Now that she has
Tilted Hughes, society in Denver, 1t is
said, will give the famous beauty a cool
reception if she returns as the bride of
young Tevis.
The Inter Mountain has no desire to
disturb the placid slumbers of the Stand
ard. If news that is four months old
has any charm for that great newspaper
and it's readers, it is their own business.
However, the truth about Tevis is that
he married Miss Baxter several months
ago, started around the world on a
honeymoon, and died in Japan about one
month ago under an operation for ap~
pendicitis. Mrs. Tevis will return to
Denver as a bride, but as a widow also.
The young man, Hughes, who figured in
the early stage Of the romance, is a son
of the eminent Denver lawyer who was
leading attorney in recent big
mining case in this city. Z
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Montana Prosperity,

Prosperity's queen in royal robes of re-
gal green sets upon Montana's thousands
Of hills. holding scepter over mountain
and valley lands. Far and wide over hill
and dale on our denuded ranges waves
of bunch grass, almost thick and tall
enough to NOW for hay. completely
squelching the theory of leasing aivo-
Gates that If the public domain Is not
leased. fenced and protected it will be-
come succession Of barren hills and the
desert maintain. The most closely grazei
ranges Of last year are a waving sea of
luxuriance today. and plenty and to spare
sits enthroned everywhere: and as If
impelled by nature the state is all astir
with industry. The thrift of man and
the luxuriance of nature seem to vie
with each other in their onward march,
and he who will pause to take cogni-
zance of the surroundings can but be
impressed with the great activity notice.
able on every hand. Every nook and
corner Of this great state has reason
to feel elated over the impulses. the ac-
tfvity given by the general outlook. IT
is this propensity of nature to recupar-
ate. this return Of verdant seasons ev-
cry few years, that makes Montana the
great state 1t is. and inspires us with
confidence. Having watched its changes
for thirty-six years. we believe that we
are in a position to guess its future. its
destiny. as we'll, perhaps as the ordinary
run of men, and We are confident that
we have seen some of the worst and
some Of the best that can befall and
the happy average strikes us SO favor
ably that We cannot forego the pleasure
of congratulating all who have cast their
fortunes with our great state, and es-
pecially do we congratulate the home
owners of this land of widespread lux
uriance and wondrous beauty.-Rocky
Observation-Disclosures.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
HELP FOR THE AMERICAN ARMY
Secretary Root Planning Improve
ments in the West Upon Which
Millions Will Be Spent.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 8.-The tour of in
spection which Secretary Root expects
to make next week for examination OF
the military posts at Forts Leavenwor.h,
Riley and Jefferson Barracks. is in the
furtherance of one of his most notable
plans for the betterment of the American
army system.
Forts Leavenworth and Riley arc with
in a few miles of the junction of 20
railways including all the great lines Of
the continent, and it Is intended that
they shall hereafter be improved and
constituted the chief rendezvous of the
troops, while at Jefferson Barracks, near
by, there will be established the prin-
cipal military supply depot Of the Unit
ed States. At Forts Riley and Leaven-
worth, respectively, are the United States
cavalry and infantry schools for the
army, and it is now proposed to mate
rally extend their scope by extending
to them a greater number of officers
for instruction and a much larger force
Of men for practical campaigning.
They are to be made practical post
graduate colleges, for West Pointers, and
their prize graduates will be promoted
to course at the army war college.
to be established at Governors Island
Nearly a million dollars will be spent
for new quarters and improvements at
these posts.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Restrictions Removed.

The state land commission has taken
a step backward from the position taken
a month ago in regard to the land leasing
evil. Then it decided that no person
would be allowed to lease more than one
section of land. This was generally TAX
en- to mean that the same restriction
would hold good in the case of firm
or corporation. That is, that no person,
firm or corporation wuld be allowed to
lease more than one section. That this
was the Interpretation of the order by
the members of the state board them-
selves is shown by their actions imme-
diately after the order was made. Then
the board refused to lease more than one
section to firm, although applied for by
different members of the firm.
At meeting Of the board held in Hell
ena Wednesday. a change was ordered
most radical change. 1t Is now de-
clared that lease may be granted for
the full section to all the individual
members of firm. or to each lndlvldual
member of a family
| Practically this nullhes the former or
der of the board. which was intended
to limit the land leasing evil. and puts
the question right back where it was be-
fore. It makes it possible for the big
stockmen to lease all the land they may
desire, and to lease it in exactly the
, manner that will give them control Of
| the most adjacent land.
| The Tribune showed some time ago. by
diagram, that by leasing three sections
one firm was able to control whole
township. The order Of the board made
last month would have made that i'm
possible in the future. The more recent
order makes 1t again possible. In order
that it may be done under the new rul-
! ing, it is simply necessary for a firm
to have three stockholders, or for men,
Der of the firm to have three persons
in his family-and it is understood that
babies count.
OF course, under this ruling there is
no limit to the amount Of land that may
be leased. If there are not enough stock
holders in the company desiring to lease
more can be created, and a share of stock
made out in the name of a sheepherder
or cowboy will have the desired result
Great Falls Tribune.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

Among men interested in yachting
there will be some disappointment about
with the vessels she raced with 9 few
days ago. Because of the snobbish treat
nlent of Lawson by the New York Yacht
club nabobs, and because also Of the
thorough going sportmanship of Upton,
there was a general desire that
tie latter should, with Shamrock II, de-
Lawson should defeat Upton. That
would have made things pleasant all
round and little sympathy would have
been wasted on the bloated and arro-
CANT Goldfish nobility Of the Gotham
crowd.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

a project quite within the range of pos
sibility. It is a matter Of encourage
ment to know that President Oxnard of
the sugar trust has paid Montana =
visit for the purpose of thoroughly in
vestigating the feasibility Of such a pro-
ject. The expert at the experiment sta
ton at Bozeman claims that sugar beets
can be successfully and probably raised
in many Of the valleys and it Is to be
hoped that more extensive tests Will be
made in that direction in the near future.
Just imagine what the successful pro-
duction of sugar beets would mean for
the agricultural interests of Yellowstone
News.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Oil and Copper.

A San Francisco dispatch to the New
York Sun, dated June q, referring to
the recent excitement in oil and copper,
has this information:
The rearkable feature Of California
mining this season is the search for
copper. Oil has become a drug on the
market, and some of the largest pro-
ducing wells on the Kern river district
have been capped, as oil does not bring
enough now to pay for production. 1t
cannot be long before the increased de-
mand for oil as fuel will restore tie
price to paying basis. but meanwhile
prospectors are turning their attention
to the search for the red metal. State
Mineralogist Aubrey has commissioned
George A. Tweedy to examine and re.
port upon the copper deposits of Inyo-
siono and Alpine counties. These coun-
ties are all adjoining Nevada, and are
rich in mineral but they have been 50
inaccessible that no thorough prospe Ct
ing of them has been done except for
gold. The copper ore found in Shasta
county is about the richest ever known,
and the development of the Mountain
Copper mine, the Bully Hill, Balahlal,
and others has shown the great future
that is in such properties, and has stim-
ulated the hunt for copper ore in other
parts of the state.
The reference to Oil in the above dis
patch will prove of interest to those resi-
dents of Butte who have been thinking
about putting their money in oil wells,
or rather into the pockets of men who
claim to own oil wells. There is some
merit to the copper districts of Cali
fornia, the Trinity mine comparing in
size and value with the greatest prop
critics of this region, but the Oil fields
except for pasturage and climate.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Butte'S Growth.

The newspaper oracles of fusion and
their hackers last fall announced that if
eastern moneyed men We're allowed to
retain property in the Butte district, ana
consolidate such property for business
reasons, the result would be serious
injury to the growth and prosperity OF
the community. But what has hap
pened?
The output of the mines allowed by
the courts to continue in operation has
shown steady increase.
The value of mining property all over
the district has been enhanced.
There is more building going on than
district.
There are more men at work for per-
manently established wages and better
feeling prevails between capital and
labor than We're ever known before.
The smelling facilities of the big COM
panies are being tremendously increased,
which will be followed by further in
crease in the army Of employees.
There have been more mining sales
and more mining bonds and leases made
within the past six months than ever
before recorded within the past twelve
years.
There is more confidence in business
circles and more business than our mer-
chants recollect since before competition
became formidable.
The increase in the population of Butte
has been greater since January / than
for any six months in the recent his
tory of the district.
These results are not due to any one
company's operations-all share proper
tionately in the glorious work. Any man
can figure the proportion for himself
The fact remains, however, that the very
things which the fusion prophets pre-
dicted last year with bursting lungs and
blackened consciences, have not come to
pass, and that the result of new money
and new enterprise is the phenomenal
growth of every business, professional
and industrial interest Of the commu-
nifty.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Means Much for Butte.

The people of this town do not seem
fully to appreciate the significance OF
some things that are going on and which
should give them abundant and satis-
factory confidence as to the future.
That Hon. William A. Clark is erect
ing three buildings here which will cost
him not less than $250,OO0, is not of itself
sensational circumstance, yet it means
more than appears on the surface, be-
cause it indicates that Senator Clark's
mines are looking so big and rich and
permanent that he feels justified in his
man and has evidently figured that even
if his buildings net him but per cent
he is perfectly safe, because the mines
he owns promise such a future for the
town that they will last long enough to
insure the return of his money, even at
such low rate of interest. The readers
of the Inter Mountain should UNDER
stand, therefore. that the Clark build
ings are simply proofs of the value OF
the Clark mines. That is the important
fact for our business men and citizens
generally to consider. On Park street
will be great store building, on Broad
way a 1000 theater is in progress Of
erection, While opposite the library is
the handsome structure which will he
the home Of the Butte Miner The latter
is to be dug up. polished, rejuvenate1.
improved and made into a metropolitan
paper and such is the confidence of
Senator Clark in the permanence of this
Butte mines that he expects to accom-
plish that result before the mines begin
to show signs of exhaustion.
The new buildings now under con-
struction by the men who better than
| all others know the value and lasting
| qualities of Butte's ore deposits should
be regarded as great advertisements for
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
Bright Party Prospects.

If there is any lack of harmony and
good fellowship among the republicans
of Montana, it is not pronounced enough
to attract any attention or awaken ap-
prehension among republicans. Although
the state unfortunately is in democratic
hands. its industries are enjoying the
benefits of republican national legisla-
ton, and thus the people are prosperous
in spite of the local democratic majority
they placed on the record last fall.
If, here and there in the republican
ranks, there is an office holder or an
office seeker who lacks the entire con-
fdence of the people, if there is any
man assuming to exercise in the coun-
ellis Of the party power which they do
not desire him to exercise, the remedy
is in their own hands-all they need do
in the next campaign Is to leave such
mon at home and send in their places 20
the conventions some more popular or
capable or trustworthy men to represent
them. The matter is wholly in the
hands of the republican rank and file.
They can exalt the most humble or re-
tire the most arrogant, and can do either
without injuring the party in the slight
est degree. The democratic desire is to
foment trouble in the republican ranks
by creating suspicion and i'll will among
republicans, but that game is too old
to win. The republicans of Montana
will control their own affairs They win
not allow democrats to select men either
for reward or punishment at their hands,
nor accept as facts any bourbon charges
against any republican. If, as pre-
viousiy stated, the people want a
change they know how to obtain it with
out weakening the republican phalanXes
or dampening republican confidence and
ardor. This newspaper. for one, is at
tached to the fortunes of no individual,
faction or interest as against any or all
others. 1t asks only that republicans in
council shall select their own leaders,
expound their own principles, and up
hold their own character for patriotism
and fidelity to principle. The abuse Or
fiattcry of any republican by democratic
organs should have and will have no in
Aucnce. The law has provided a way
by which the republican rank and file
can Lestow its honors on any man or
withdraw its confidence from any, Or
inaugurate a change simply on the prin-
ciple Of rotation. That law can be EN-
ployed to bring about whatever changes
the people want, and can do SO without
teopardizing party success, without in
Jury to the states material industries
and without impeachment of their intel.
ugcuce. At present all is peace and
harmony in the ranks in view Of the en-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
ENGLISH RIFLE CRACKS SHOOT
Rapid Fire Principle Shows Boer War
Lessons Have Not Been
Overlooked.
(By Associated Press,)


New York. July S.-The programme of
the Bisley Eng.and) rifle meeting,
which begins today, shows, the Trib-
une's London correspondent thinks, tina:
at least some of the lessons of the Boer
war have not been overlooked. The
rapid principle has been introduced
in many short-distance competitions.
both for teams and individuals, and
efficiency in firing at extreme range is
also encouraged. In the latter case the
target will be undistinguishable to the
naked eye. and readily adjustable tele-
scopinc sights and artificial rests will be
allowed.
The most interesting competition
however. will be that founded by Lord
Roberts. for snap-shooting. by teams, by
sections or by companies. The men VIII
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
UNITED STATES IS NOT AFRAID
substantial Reduction In the Asiatic
Squadron Ordered By Navy
Oepartmenf
(By Associated Press.


washington. July 8.-That the admin.
istration does not anticipate interna-
ticnal trouble as result of the Chinese
negotiations Is shown by the substantial
reduction in the Asiatic squadron.
One battleship. two cruisers and six
gunboats are under orders to return to
the United States. and the cruiser Brook
iyh and additional gunboats will be the
next to be withdrawn.
The Importance Of American inter.
ests IN the east will cause the retention
OF at least one battleship on the Asiatio
station and one armored cruiser.
These and two monitors will make four
almored vessels sufficient to form the
nucleus of fleet which can properly
protect American interests.
Eleven thousand tons Of coal are now
eE route to Yokohama, where it will be
stored in the coal depot, re-established
at that point.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

needs now Is home for aged and In
jured miners, with a hospital attach
ment. The miners are the industrial
backbone Of the states leading interest.
Their calling is dangerous. At certain
age they can no longer do a full days
work. The majority Of them have no
families and very few Of them have
the silver and gold and copper upon
which the progress of the whole world
hinges. They make the millionaires
They keep business going. They are
lazy abiding. patriotic. intelligent men.
who deserve we'll Of those on whom for
tube smiles. While they are young and
stfong they ask no odds Of any man
lifting; they are happy and gay and
independent: but when the frosts Of
winter come and age relaxes their
s,lth OF them as are deserving, such Of
them as have braved the dangers Of
their calling-they deserve few years
of rest in some institution where, like
the old soldiers in the soldiers homes
they can recount the mighty deeds of
the past and tell one another about
pioneer mining from Alder gulch to
Butte. and spend the evening of their
lives in pleasant relaxation before lying
down to an eternity of pleasant dreams.
Where is the rich man to build or
help to build miners home in Mon
tana? Let all our millionaires give the
subject thought and thus show their
interest in the heroes of Montana's in
dustral army.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08
A Home of Miners.

The Inter Mountain as a rule has but
seldom offers them advice. There are
men of great means, however, who
became rich in spite Of themselves, by
the appreciation OF property or the de-
velopment of mines or the gushing Of
oil from the earth in unexpected guam
titles instead Of by collecting high IN.
terest charges or the acquisition Of other
mems property or reckless speculat ton
at the expense Of the unwary.
Those men who get rich without
making other men poor are entitled fire.
quently to respectful consideration, and
it is to that class of millionaires the
Inter Mountain would offer suggestion.
We have a number of them in Montana.
They would like to perform generous
deeds and earn the gratitude of the
people. but often they postpone their
good resolutions until the mystery of
death envelops them, and they pass to
the Beyond without a tear or a sigh or
a kind word from anybody. The papers
Simply announce III SuCN a case In1C-
Twas a cough that carried him off, f.
And coffin they carried him off in.
Such is the end of the average millions
aire who dies without leaving legacy
of good deeds for the benefit of his fei-
lows. No matter how powerful he may
have been or how good his intentions.
yet if he passes away without showing
his sympathy for humanity his fate is
Like dull worm to rot, -
Thrust foully into earth to.be forgot.
To prevent this certain oblivion and
insure a place in the hearts and prayers
of the people, the Inter Mountain sug,
gests that all rich men to build monu-
ment for themselves in the shape OF
some public benefaction while>yet they
are able to direct its establishment,
Already we have one splendid instttu-
ton of that character-a home for the
poor and afflicted. What the district
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

the district. Senator Clark is mining
in many states, and in Arizona owns
the greatest Of copper mines, but his
properties in Butte are far richer than
is generally known, and the buildings
he is putting up are plain proof OF that
fact. The Original alone is one Of the
wonders of old mother earth, and his
other properties in the vicinity give
promise of equal richness.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

are concealed behind breastworks will
on the sound Of a whistle, arise. fire anI
return to concealment, the entire ex.
posture not exceeding four seconds.
With the exception OF the CanaySiana
the only colonials who have arrived ara
two men from Cape Colony and one from
Rhodesia. Unlike the disastrous gather.
ing OF last year, the meeting promise,
to be a great success. the number OF
entries showing an increase Of nearly
5000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-08

couraging results of the last campaign;
but if, in the next campaign, the people
desire a change in any particular, they
will bring it about regardless of the