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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
UNSIGNED COMMUNICATIONS,

A correspondent who uses type
writer asks The Bee to publish COM
municatiOn relative to certain local
conditions. He signs himself "A.
Taxpayer ana a Subscriber" but fails
to give his name. This correspondent
is fair example of scores of people
who have The notion that local news
paper should take up the cudgels in
behalf of every movement where the
personal feelings and interests of any
individual is concerned, even though
that individual has not the courage to
publicly espouse the cause which he
approves in secret Aside from the
fact that it is hard and fast rule in
newspaper offices not to print unsigned
communications, the man who is
afraid to sign his name, even only as
an evidence of good faith. to a COM
munication for when he asks space,
is unquestionably moral coward
Very likely in the open he is defend
ing and supporting the system upon
| which he would make the local news
paper the medium of his secret at.
| tacks. No newspaper has any use
for such a correspondent. His CON-
| munications go directly into the waste
basket.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
DU BOSE GIVEN A HEARING,
Pending Which He is Out On Bail in
San Francisco,

Judge Dudley Du Bose, who has
been serving sentence for contempt
in the Alameda county, California JAIL
has been granted hearing by the
United States circuit court of ap-
peals, and is now out on bail in San
Francisco, pending the review of ,..e
case.
A telegram received by Assistant
Attorney General r. w. Mettler of
Helena, from the judge brought the
news oil this favorable action to his
Montana friends. Those who have
learned Of the action in the case be-
.Ieve that it portends a final settle
ment in favor Of-the Judge. They do
not beileve that he will be compelled
to serve the remainder of his six
months sentence.
When Judge Du Bose was first COM
mitted to prison for contempt, MS
many Montana friends. and those in
other parts of the country, began cir
culating petitions asking for his re-
lease. Several of these petitions were
circulated IN Great Falls and were nu.
merously signed, almost the whole bar
uniting in the request for rehearing
The petitions from this state We're for
warded to the judge sometime ago
by Mr.. Mettler 1t is not known
whether they influenced The action OF
the court.
"The order for a rehearing," says
Mr.. Mettler, who is much interested in
the case. because of his former asso-
citation with Judge DuBose, lis a ia
vorable action. and | believe that the
judge will come out all right. He is
not at all inclined to grumble, but is
using every legal means to escape re-
naming in confinement"
Judge DuBose was sentenced to six
months in the Alameda county Jail at
San Francisco last spring He was
adjudged in contempt of the United
States circuit court of appeals
through his actions as one of the at
tOrneys in mining suits which origin
ated at Cape Nome. Alaska At the
time sentence was pronounced the
Judge was in Alaska and navigation
did not open until some months after
Nearly two months ago Judge Du-
Bose was brought down from Alaska
by a deputy marshal He was only
technically prisoner on the trip. In
the Alameda Jail he is a prisoner in
fact, although not treated as are Grim
mails. The Judge took the entire af-
fair philosophically. but announced
his determination to take all legal
steps possible.
Prior to going to Alaska Judge Du-
Bose was for many years a district
Judge in Montana located at Fort Ben
ton. He travelled over the entire state
in this capacity and is probably as
well known as any of the pioneers.
When he was committed for contempt,
his friends in Montana were the first
to cast about for means of using their
influence to secure his release.
1t is not only in Montana. however,
that Judge DuBose is well known and
has many friends. Prominent men in
| many western states and in the east
| and south We're equally active in their
efforts to induce favorable action on
the part of the courts. Just how much
weight This concerted action had is
| not known. The message from the
judge indicates that it was purely on
legal grounds that the court acted
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07

source from which the power is to be
obtained.
That it will be water power is prac-
tica.-y assured, but whether from
Tumwater falls, or at one of the nu-
merous rapids of the Skykomish on
this side l cannot say. However, the
official announcement will be made
later.
Another Improvement which the
Great Northern is making is the in
stallation of electric power in all the
rOundhouses and shops for the running
of drills, lathes and similar machinery.
A contract has recently been let to the
Washington Water Power company,
at Spokane. to furnish the company
with electric power for the use of the
shops at Hillyard.
At Havre we will have our own
pant and will generate electric pow
er from steam in the usual way. The
same plan will be followed at Ever
cit. Extensions and improvements
are being made at most of the work
ships of the line. At Hillyard there
are now 300 men, put this force will
be increased within a snort time.
Cali of the business east of the Cas-
cade tunnel goes to Hillyard shops
and also that from the Spokane &
Northern and Kootenai valley branch
es. Extensive additions are also plan
ned for the Everett shops"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07

still has large forests, but domestic
demands are rapidly increasing, and
an exportable surplus cannot long be
depended upon.
The North American supplies are
visibly declining. China has no tim
Der to spare. and that country. when
developed on modern lines. will be
an importer rather than an exporter.
There remain the rest of Asia, South
America, and Africa as sources of sup
ply. But these do not furnish any
considerable amount of coniferous
woods, which are most in demand. DR..
Schlich therefore concluded that the
danger of o deficient supply of conf
erous woods was practically at hand.
and that deficiency of all kinds would
soon occur unless remedial measures
were adopted.
The remedy is easy, although time
is required for its application. 1t is,
as DR.. Schlich pointed out, to cult
vate timber upon waste land, just as
other crops are cultivated upon more
fertile soil. In Great Britain alone
there are 25,OOO,OOO acres OF such
lands. One-quarter of this area, Dr.
Schlich asserted, would make the
country Independent of foreign sup
plies of timber. The same remedy
would restore the declining timer
industry of the United States.
That this remedy will have to be
adopted soon is evident, for natural
growth can no longer keep pace with
demand. The country .hat first en-
cages in systematic timber cultivation
on large scale will do much to as
sure it's own perpetuity as nation
That Span S political and Industrial
decline dates from the practical Wip-
ing out of her forests is a fact from
which it is easy to draw a lesson.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
A PERSONAL. NATTER.

In its recent defense of Attorney
General d, ,ovan for not enforcing the
law against nrizefighting, the Helena
Independent offended that the attor-
ney general cOul not be expected to
perform the duties of every neglectful
county attorney. That seemed to be
point well made Notwithstanding that
General Donovan is on record as
having the moral welfare of the state
very much at heart. But the general
himself apparently is not in sympathy
with the line of defense adopted for
him by the Helena Independent, and
proceeds to knock it into cooked hat
by undertaking to prosecute game law
offenders in Jefferson county where
the regular prosecutor for that bali
wick appears to be giving aid and COM
fort to the out Of-seasOn" nimrOds.
Thus it appears that General Donovan
is quite ready to fill in the breach as a
county prosecutor where the cause Is
Of character that enlists his sym
pathy. Doubtless the worthy general
sees far blacker degree of moral de-
pravity in the killing of ducks or prai-
rie chickens a few days in advance of
the open season. than he sees in
couple of 'pugs' smuggling each other
for purse.
But the Bee has no desire to dis
courage the attorney general from as
sisting Game Warden Scott in his pur
suit of pOachers. Mr.. Scott apparent
y needs all the help he can get for
he has hard job and has made
mighty little Roadway with it. Even
the Indians give him the "ha ha" up
this way. The Bee merely wishes to
direct general attention to the appar
ant fact that Attorney General Dono-
van will exercise his supervisory con-
trOl over my" county attorneys on.y
when his personal feelings are enlist
ed. Ii ever the attorney general can
| be brought to see that betting on the
! outcome of a smuggling match is almost.
if not quite as bad as trying to steal
| a jackpot on four flush, the "pugs"
| as well as the "tinhorns." of Butte will
nave to hunt fresh pastures.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
WILL USE ELECTRICITY.
Trains Running Through the Cascade
Tunnel Will Soon be Drawn
by Electric Motors.

The Cascade division of the Great
Northern is to be equipped with cleo
trio motors for the operation of trains
instead of locomotives. The officers
of the engineering department have
been working on the plans for this i'm
provement for nearly two years, and
within short time definite plans for
the change will be announced.
When the mater was first taken up
it was the intention to merely intro
duce electricity to be used in the Op-
eratiOns of the trains through the
Cascade tunnel. and it was the inten-
ton to install the plant for that pur-
pose at once. But the calculations
made by the engineers convinced
them that this was vastly more eco
nomicai method of operating, than the
one in use and the plans have been
greatly enlarged. 1t is not yet decid-
ed, however, whether the portion of
the road to be equipped for electric
Leavenworth or from Everett to Wen
atchee.
Another question yet unsettled is
the source from which the power will
be taken. There is any quantity of
water power available along either
side of the tunnel along the line for
the use of the road for this purpose.
Max Tolz, mechanical engineer of
the Great Northern, with headquarters
at st. Paul was in Helena the other
day and spoke of the improvements
as follows:
The matter has been under con-
sideratiOn for two years and the plans
are about completed. We do no,
know yet whether the portion of the
road to be improved will be from Sky
kOmish to LeavenwOrth or from Ever
EFT to Wenatchee. Another question
yet to be definitely decided on is the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
AN UNSATISFACTORY VERDICT.

Helena Herald: Although the coro-
ner's jury at Kalispell was unable to
fix the responsibility for the recent
railroad disaster at Nyack by which
thirty-five men lost their lives, the
general public will probably have it's
own views on the subject. At least,
the people will not be content wi
such verdict Either the railroau
company was or was not to blame
and the coroner's jury should not have
lightly dismissed the subject without
an investigation thorough enough to
warrant some more specific State
ment than that the trainmen were
not at fault. Someone must have
been to blame for the accident, with
its appalling loss of life, and the rela-
tives and friends of the men who met
death on the Great Northern road that
night are entitled to know whom that
person was.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07

ing done without reference to the
state board. Hereafter all orders for
the work must be made by the state
board, if Donovans decision is to gov
ern. The practical effect Of this rul-
ing will be to take the printing for
the state institutions away from the
local newspapers and give it to the
Helena Independent. Apparently
he may be. The Independent has been
jealous in it's defense of Donovan. If
there is any more public printing
which Donovan can throw to the indie
pendent, we may expect to hear of it
from time to time.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
RELIEF FROM RAILWAY HOGS.
A Railway Has Issued Orders That
Only One Seat Can Be

occupied.
G. D. Hughes, representative OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
railway is travelling through the west
on railroad business and incidentally
sounding the praises of his road. He
tells of innovations recently made by
the roads management with reference
to handling passengers who persist
in taking more seats in the train than
is coming to them.
"The management of the Milwaukee
e st. Paul road has started a cam
paign against the man who pays one
fare and occupies two seats, and who
IS commonly known as the railroad
hog" said Mr.. Hughes. General SUI
perintendent Goodnow has issued an
order directed to train crews and
conductors calling their attention to
the train rules, and insisting that
they be vigorously observed.
''Particular attention is called to
the rule which provides that passen-
gers shall not be permitted to occupy
more seats than they pay for. Con
ductors are told that this rule must
be strictly construed and obeyed to
the letter, especially when approach
ing large cities and in places where
the passenger traffic is heavy. The
superintendent attention was called
to the matter by series of written
complaints which have been made to
the management within the last few
weeks. Many of the compliments were
women, who stated that they had been
compelled to stand in the car while
some man with few grips occupied a
double seat. Owing to the fac. OF
heavy traffic this year the evil has
become great one on many lines.
and other roads are said to be taking
the matter into consideration with
view OF eradicating it. AS rule, how
ever. officials experience considerable
difficulty in dealing with the question,
and nothing short of preemptOry
order sufIicies to incite train crews to
the performance of their duties in this
respect. Hereafter trainmen ana
conductors of the Milwaukee & St.
Paul lines will be required to prevent
the stacking of grips and big bundles
on seats and the doubling up" on al
trains carrying good loads and on ali
Grains approaching big cities. One of
the roads correspondents calls atten-
ton to the fact that the "train-hog"
invariably selects the shady side of
the car for his operations. and that he
will not move even after all the sunny
seats have been crowded. Further
more, if any one has the temerity to
ask the train hog" to give up one of
the seats that he or she is occupying
deadly insult is apparently given"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
A LAND POOL.
Helena Paper Has Heard Some
Thinqs.

At the August meeting the state
board of land commissioners properly
determined to sell rather than to lease
state lands wherever sales could be
made in accordance with law. says the
Helena Record. This policy is COM
mendable. The manner of it's exec
utiOn may be abOmniable.
There comes to our notice a prOpO.
sitiOn said to have been made to a
worthy citizen of the state to enter a
pool to buy lands in Flathead county.
The proposing party intimated that
the appraisement would be all right
for the pool and that only those on
the inside would know in advance of
the sale the appraised value OF any
particular tract.
This suggestion gives some support
to the rumOr that the state land agent
expects to merely keep ahead of the
auctioneer with his appraisements.
We are loath to credit the existence
of the combination which rumor out
lines. but ordinary prudence requires
that any. such disreputable scheme of
| loot should be rendered utterly i'm
possible
These land grants are a sacred
trusts in the keeping of the state and
every possible precaution should be
taken to avoid the faint of scandal, or
| even suspicion, in the execution OF
the trust. The appraisements can and
should be made complete in each
| county in advance of the sale. Then
| the lists of appraisements should be
posted in public places and published
in the local papers.
Any citizen who feels that any tract
of land has been undervalued should
be invited to make the fact known at
any time within thirty or sixty days
| after the first posting or publication
of the appra,sement and before the
lana is advertised for sale. After the
appraisement shall have thus become
generally known and settled the sales
should be made only after such notice
as will insure publicity.
Further than this, each purchaser
should be required to file an affidavit
setting forth his good faith and clear
ly. showing that he or she has not d.
rectly or indirectly attempted to influ-
ence any prospective purchaser from
bidding: that the purchase is not made
under contract. express or implied,
nor for the use or benefit of any
other person.
There are other precautions which
! will readily occur to the board of land
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
NOTICE TO CO-OWNER.

To John M. McPhee, his heirs, ex.
ecutors, administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that |, Ju
lius Esselstein,- your coowner, have
in accordance with the provisions OF
section 1924, Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendments
thereto, expended in labor and i'm.
prOvements upon the Flora c., EXten
SIGN, Flathea Chief and Copper King
quartz lode mining claims situate. ly
ing and being in South Fork (unor.
ganized) mining district, in the county
Of Flathead, state of Montana, for the
year ending December 81, 1900, ninety
days work and labor upon said min
ing claims, and placed the following
improvements thereon, towit:
+ l. That he is acquainted with
Flora c. Extension" "Flathead
Chief" and Copper King quartz
lode mining claims. situate, lying anG
being in South Fork (unorganizciJ
mining district, in the county of Fla.
head, state of Montana; that said
claims are in group and the i'm.
proyements on one claim develop all
Of them.
ran one new tunnel by feet.
built six miles of new trail and clear
ed up 20 miles of old trail leading to
said properties; cleared out fifty feet
Of old tunnel and put new timbers III
same throughout an that the value
Of said improvements Is Five Hund-
red Dollars.
II. That he did ninety days work
and labor upon said mining claims
and placed the following improve
ments therein. to wit:
III. That said work and labor was
done and performed and said I'm
provements were commenced on the
21st day of June. A. D. 1900, and fin.
ished on the 21st day of September
A. d. 1900
Nv. That said work was done and
said improvements were made at my
own instance and request and that !
am the owner OF said mining claims
JULIUS ESSELSTEIN.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1901.
THAT VERDICT.

Although the coroner's jury which
Investigated the recent railway acct
dent at Nyack whereby 35 men lost
their lives, exonerates both the en-
ployes and the company, the verdict
has not the approval of public opin-
ion. All of the state newspapers when
have noticed the mater are unani-
nous in the opinion that the verdict
does not meet the requirements OF
the public welfare Somebody is re-
sponsible for the loss of life at Nyack
Had all or many of the victims been
of the social and business standing OF
Assistant General Superintendent
Downs such verdict would not for a
moment have been tolerated That the
others killed were of less prominent
standing in the business and social
world should not alter the conditions,
but it does, apparently.
Granting that the burden of testi-
mOny given a. the coroners inquest
was not of a character to warrant a
verdict condemning the employees for
negligence, there is plenty of evidence
at hand to show that the Great l,or-
thern Railway company had not pro-
vided the proper safeguards for the
lives of it's passengers. Had there
been a telegraph station and an oper-
ator at Nyack the accident could have
been prevented-at least the loss of
life could have been prevented. but
for this criminal negligence on the
part of the company, the coroner's
jury had no word of censure.
A significant fac. is mat the EN-
ployes in charge Of the train that got
away have not been dismissed from
the service of the company-have not
even been laid off. Is there any
doubt in the minds of those familiar
with the procedure of railway compa-
MES in such cases, that had there
been only property loss in this case,
that every one of the train crew would
have been dismissed peremptorily?
This seems to have been case where
the employees and the company were
necessary to each otner
One of the witnesses before the cor
Oner's jury testified that on Saturday
night in restaurant in this city a
stranger had said to him:
We'll, they gave ME the horse laugh
when they put me off, up there, but
just the same, am mere, while they
are burning up there on the hill." He
could give no description of the man
who made the remark, but said he had
noticed him from his peculiar actions
Both Conductors Matthews and Strain
testified however that they had put no
one off their trains.
The story of the witness is incredi-
BILE on general principles. 1t is
dOubly discounted by the admission of
the witness that he took no note of
the mans appearance. Ordinary men
under the circumstances would have
caused his instant arrest.
There are score of circumstances
g. which will cause the public to distrus,
the honesty of the verdict rendered.
Its inadequacy is palpable. 1t is just
such verdict as the railroad com
pany wanted. That such an appalling
loss of life should happen in such a
way and neither company nor en-
ployes be held in anywise responsible
is monstrOus. It will serve to strength
en- the popular impression that rail-
road companies can get anything they
want in Montana, regardless of law,
justice or morals
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
EDITOR AND OWNER,

1T should be said in justice to the
profession, that the English newspa-
perman who wants to bet $15U,OOO on
the Shamrock, is newspaper owner
and not an editor. A genuine editor
would just as soon bet million as a
paltry hundred thousand or two.-
Suite Miner
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
DONovAN'S LATEST,

Attorney General Donovan has rem
dered decision to the effect that the
state furnishing board shall contract
for all of the printing done for the
state institutions. In the past it has
been the custom of the state educa-
tional institutions and others to is
sue catalogues and have other print
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07

commissioners calculated to forestall
collision and schemes to secure lanu
at less than it's actual market value.
The representative of the Record
who will follow these land sales earn
estly hopes that the facts as unfolued
may reflect credit on the state board
of land commissioners.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07

At rough estimate the total
amount of income taxes which Amer-
cans in England are compelled to pay
for John Bulls support is $5,000,0O0 a
year. All whose incomes are below
$500 a year escape free.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
Lake THE HOTEL GLACIER Mcdonald

Now open for guests. The hotel has beer. en-.
larged and refurnished throughout. More and
better accommodations than ever before. Lo-
Gated at the best fishing grounds on Lake Nc
Donald, and is also tho starting point for all
places of interest in the Lake Mcdonald region
including the glaciers, Avalanche basin, Camas
lakes. etc. Saddle and pack horses for side
trips in the mountains. Steamer F. /. Whitney
leaves the foot of the lake daily at 9 a. m. and
returns in the evening, making connections
with Nos. and on the Great Northern. For
further information address GEO. +. SNYDER,
Bolton. Montana
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
FLATHEAD STEAMER AND STAGE LINE

Three trips a week between Kalispell and
P. railway on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Leaving Kalispell at a. M, steamer leaves
Demersvllle at a. m. Passengers for Kalispell
should reach Selfish on Sunday. Tuesday or
Thursday. Hotel at Selfish conducted by Mrs.
Weightman.
Fare S7.0O; trunks extra.
JOHN WEiGHTMAN,
kAllSPEll,