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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15
ISLANDS VALUABLE.
The Philippines Are Worth Keeping,
Says Colonel Crowder, q. S. A.

The Philippines Are Worth Keeping,
Says Colonel Crowder, q. S. A.
Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Crowder, U.
S. A., is in Kansas City for a few days.
Colonel Crowder Is native of Missouri
and went from this state to West Point
and was graduated In 1877. He was at
one time instructor in military tactics at
Columbia university, detailed by the
government for that duty. He is now on
staff duty in Washington.
Colonel Crowder had much to do with
the shaping of affairs in Manila. He was
on General Merritt's staff and was with
the first troops sent to the. Philippines.
He was in active and continuous duty in
the Philippines until June of the present
year. He was a member Of the American
commission to arrange the details Of the
surrender Of the Spanish army; he serv-
ed as judge advocate general OF the
eighth army corps; was delegated to meet
the commissioners sent by Agunaldo to
negotiate terms OF surrender shortly az
ter the campaign against Malolos began;
he was in charge Of Aguinaldo for a
month after the latter's capture by Gen
era, Funston. For many months he was
cretary to the military government
and had control of all Of the branches OF
the municipal and provincial govern
ment. With the assumption OF the civil
government the duties Of the military
secretaryship was given to cabinet Of
four members, including secretary Of
the treasury and a secretary of agricul-
ture. Colonel Crowder was promoted to
be brigadier general Of volunteers
while in Manila. his commission expiring
last June.
The retention of the Philippines is no
longer an ISSUE" said Colonel Crowder.
while I believe. primarily, that the OBJ
legation that imposed the government Of
the islands upon the United States was
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15

The expenditures in the street depart
ment, according to the report OF Com
missioner Brolin. for the month amount
ed to $547.25.
Chief of Police Taylor reported "A ar
rests made in September and the collec-
ton of $115O from row fines and from
the city pound.
Police Magistrate Hayes report showed
$16O in fines collected.
The chief of the fire department was
authorized to purchase eight service
coats for his men.
The health committee reported that
Anaconda Mining company had donated
the use Of a 1O-acre tract of land FOR
dump purposes. located northeast OF the
present dump, which was accepted.
The contract for the building of sew
er in improved district No. II was award
ed to Thomas Kelly for s12S6. Inc
sewer Is to be 1854 feet long.
A report from the judiciary committee
relative to the lighting of railway tracks
was laid over until the next regular
meeting.
The contract for the printing of the city
ordinances in pamphlet form was COM
pleted and the copy will be turned over
to the Inter Mountain so that the work
can be hurried out as rapidly as posi-
h1o
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15
SHELTER SHUTS DOWN.
In Reducing Working Force Married
Men Are Given Preference.

Especial to Inter MOuntain.)
Anaconda. Oct. 1.-THE closing down
of the upper smelter works. prepara-
tory to the removal OF the machinery
to the new Washoe plant has made a
reduction of forces necessary and as a
result large number Of men have been
laid off during the past ten days. This
reduction is only temporary, but while it
lasts the married men are given pref
erence in the way of employment.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15

6hert Line 70 Denver
w. II. MERRlMAN. Gem. AT
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
Reports of Officers For September
Heard-Sewer Contract Let.

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Anaconda, Oct. 15-The city council
met in special session last night and
transacted the business for which it was
called.
The reports of officers covering the
month of September were made and or
dered placed on file.
The report of the city trea1urer showed
the following balances:
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15
Tie Daily Bank and Trust Com.
panV of Anaconda.
Anaconda. l1Ontana.

Anaconda. n0ntana.
General banding in all branches. Sell
exchanges on New York. Chicago, St,
Paul. Omaha. San Francisco. ETC.. and
draw direct on the principal cities Of
England, Ireland. F<ance. Germany and
the Orient. Deposits Of 800 and IN.
ware received.
Correspondents
NATIONAL CITY BANK. New York
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. .Chica IN
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pan,
OMAHA NATIONAL BANK. Omaha
BANK CT CALIFORNIA.sanF Francisco
JoHx r. TcoLE, President.
n. B. GREENWOOD, viee-Pre.t.
LOUIS v. BENNETT, Cashie..
F. 9. NoRBEcK, Asst. Cashis.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-15
DIRECTORS AND TEACHERS.
Will Meet in Central School Building
Tonight.

Especial to Inter Mountain)
Anaconda, Oct. 15.-The members of the
board of education, and the principals OF
the various schools, and Superintendent
Koontz will meet together at the Cen
trail school building this evening.
The purpose Of the meeting is to hold
a social session to talk over matters of
Importance to the welfare Of the schools
in general.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

From tho ST. Louis Republic
That is II significant object lesson IN
the workings Of trustism which is found
Ia the recent declaration Of n 20 per
cent dividend by the Standard OH Com
pnny-presumably quarterly dividend
and the showing Of the enormous
profits made by that giant monopoly,
This dividend means the disbursement
Of gains amounting to SEQ 600 900, and
has sent the Standard Oh stock up to
1910 per share, with belief that It
will reach 81 900 per share during the
current year In the course OF the
twelve.month just closed, there were
four 90 per cent dividends, Rockefeller
and his associates almost doubling their
fortunes.
From this exhibit It Is easy to see that
monopoly Is u most excellent thing in.
deed for the monopolists, There IL no
Legitimate business outside Of the trust
field that can be made TO pay such gold
on profits az warrant IN annual dividend
of 80 per cent on the capital invested.
This dividend Is possible only through
monopoly, n control Of products, output
and prices which Is made absolutely
complete by the elimination OF compe
tiIlon, There Ia small wonder thu,
American multimillionaires are eager
to extend and perfect tho trust system
until the whole field OF commerce and
industry shall be monopolixed,
II IL the people, the consumers, who
pay the prices which make the stagger
ing trust profits possible, They ar,
taxed In exact proportion to tho big
dividends declared on trust stocks
They caupos help themselves, The,
inust buy the necessaries OF life from
the trusts because they are obtainabl,
nowhere else. Advocates OF the trns
idea contend that trusts cheaper TIL
cost to the consumer, And yet maxi
such profits M almost To double III,
fortunes Of trust magnates IN ono year
" will repay the American people h
contemplate this contradiction and I,
inquire more closely into the working
Of the trusts aud what the trust ids
means 10 consumprs
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
Jury System Abuses.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
Justice Brewer of the United States
supreme court delivered an address to
the students Of Yale college on the jury
system of this country recently, which
is attracting considerable attention
He declared that the system as at
present administered is ''litte less than
relic Of a semi barbarous age.
Commenting upon its abuses, he said
that 1.-the Juror is treated little better
than u criminal. He Is locked up at
night and is given little more pay than
u day laborer, He is compel cd to
listen to the wrangle Of lawyers. |
nope that the time will come when the
Juror will be treated like u man; when
he will receive the pay of II business
man. also hope that the present sys-
ten of conviction will give away to one
in which the concurrence of u reason =.
able number of jurors shall determine
the verdict,
A bill carrying out just such provision
suggested by Justice Brewer is now
pending before the Arkansas legislature.
What its fate will be no one can yet
determine. But there Is another abuse
that the justice referred TO that is rot
difficult to remedy, and that is the treat
ment of witnesses by cheap, pettifog
ging lawyers He said: II Is one of
the duties of American citizenship t.
perform the duties of u witness when
summoned into court, Although In the
present system the witness is treated
like n liar and Is browbeaten by oppos.
ing lawyers. "
In nearly every court this abuse Is
permitted. There Is no law to reach
the insulting lawyer except that which
the court chooses to enforce, and which
should be enforced more frequently thar
II IL, The treatment Of witnesses b,
some lawyers would not be tolerated II
the courts Of any country but this, an(
should not be here. The license Of tn,
cheap lawyer, which takes such wild,
range ut times, should be curbed b,
fair-minded judges, aud the abuse o
the jury system should be remedied b,
statutory acts by every state in tn,
union.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
Llqulfled Air Experiments.

PARIS, Feb, 10, AT n conference to.
day at the Museum OF National History,
Prof d Arsonval liqui6ed air with the
greatest success, Enormous pressures
were employed In the process The
temperature of the liquiied air was
minus $50 degrees Centigrade,
The liquid can DO kept IN double.sided
silver covered bottles, from which 1t
will not evaporate, M II did In former
experiments when kept In other kinds
of receptacles.
1t was shown that the liQuihed mir de.
stroys the elasticity Of india rubber,
which becomes hard and NJ brittle M
glass, II can then be pulverized, When
the mir has evaporated the india rubber
again becomes elastic, Meat can be-
treated In the same manner,
Prof. d Arsonval showed \ beefstoak
that had been dipped In liquid air, Ne
let II fall, and when It struck tho plat.
form II sounded like stone. II broke
Into pieces, Meats can be reduced 10 II
roseate powder that Is easy to masticate
and assimilate, In this form II will be
found important for use In hospitals,
lea dipped into the liQuihed air win
cut glass like n diamond aud mercury
viii become IA hard IA anthony.
Liqoided air gives to metals, especially
steel tenfold the qualities obtained by
ordinary methods, 1t increases their
ductibili,y, enabling them to be drawn
out TO the thickness OF hair.
II cnnpot, however, be used 10 pre-
serve meat, because II Ia In no wise an
tieeeptic, and does not kin microbes 4
IA i've times dearer than Ice II can
not, he declared be used for motors o,
Submarine boats, because when II 1,
heated II becomes such M explosiv,
that no metal could resist II.
! Prof. D. Arsonyal warned the publ,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

PEOPLE In our section are SO divided
an ground hog day, some saying tina
February end Is right while others claim
the i4th to be the only proper date, that
we suggest that the Legislature decide
It. and il its members cannot agree be
tween the two dates, just "split tn,
difference and make II February 9Th,
and u committee appointed to notify thu
animal in question. Such bill woult
class along with the bin to divide tn,
white and colored school funds and
several others that have been intro
duced Batesville Guard.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
Deg In the Manager.

A "dog in the Manager policy has
never yet built mp town or country,
and we are sorry to see this spirit dis
played regarding the giving of options
ON supposed coal lands. Col. Gross in
forms us that 40 far he has failed to Sc
cure options sufficient to justify the
company he represents in contracting
for prospecting for coal He states n
number OF property holders when APP
preached state that II there is coal on
their land they will dig it themselves.
Aside from the narrow spirit which is
willing to let others do the work at their
own expense while they wish to profit
by their enterprise, has it ever struck
these people that not one OF them. nay
not ten together, could raise sufficient
money to work mine to advantage,
for it must be taken into consideration
that il coal is found here at all 1t will
be found at Il considerable depth and
that the cost Of the necessary hosting
pumping and other apparatus necessary
would come 10 nice figure, aside from
the cost Of sinking maybe two to five
hundred-foot shaft, before u cent 8
worth of coal could be taken out.
1t is this same policy that kept others
from helping in sinking prospect hole,
"because it was not on THEIR land, AZ
though coal deposits were bounded by
fence lines, and as though the man
with u prospect hole had any better
show than u neighbor hundred yards
or "a mile away. Let our people get
over this-let them be willing to see
someone else make dollar besides
themselves, and Crawford county can
be pushed to the front, Let the pros
pecting be done and done thoroughly
and then we will know whether we will
have to work ont our fortune from
what grows on top of the ground or that
we can depend on the treasures buried
underneath.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
For Peach Growers.

| :, "a
III ooohon ihe e"o" Lou O"''' t''
Nature and Treatment by Newton b.
PIERCE, issued by the U. S. Department
NJ Aor;cnltnre some matters of more
~ .h .oa.,
'hal' p"Ssi'S ii'eie'' W po"on s'o"'A'
are mentioned and we shall nave occa'
sion to quote from this work off and on
srcb ma,ters NJ wa think may interest
'....,,.,
our hoI''cu''uriS'S'
In speaking OF the treatn'n' ot > !
leaf curl it says:
| .Thre. conner ,,ro,.. -. .... a..
tba an,noniarnl c,np.r ,r.n,,,,....4.'
conner acetate solution ana Bud. IA.
mivtnra The nmmnni,,.J comma,
rarhonats was apnlipd an Fen u $40
before the openiny of tn, buds An of
the snravs mentioned were tested soon
after the leaves started me rpsnE
demonstrated that WINTER trpatu,n. ~
the trees with the salts of conner will
effectively control the disease, nnt that
SIMMER treatment will NOT control il -
I.o.,, ,,u.o a., .o.,, ova.
~ "''o'ne' p'".' ''0 WI says .
AS thoroughness Is matter or
prime Importance IN the treatment OF
peach leaf curl TOO much stress cannot
be lald on the advantage OF bordeaux
mixture over several other sprays Inc
adhesive quaiities OF bordeaux mixture
are very great ana therelore " IL even
more desirable as a winter IMAM rs a
summer spray Inc whitening ot
the trees Dy the use OF Bordeaux NIX
lure provided tne spraying IS done
somewhat earlyln the winter, Is cialmeo
10 retard the deVelopheht OF the 0uos'
me unsprayed trees ABSORB more neat
whlch causes tne onus 10 SVEN dhrihs
the warm DAYS IN winter mus making
them more iiaoie 10 INJURY from suose'
quent cold' ,,
the methons OF preparing Bordeaux
mixture vary OUT the general primer
pies involved remain tne same IN
10 OF W galion oarrei piace POUNDS Oh
copper sulphate ana add ~ or IL gallons
OF water fonha ana sur the copper
ha,ff har,o In a,h "U od d'o ~ n;ohi;na
and reduce with 10 or 70 gallons of
water. Strain the milk of lime into the
copper solutioh' SUR thoroughly ana a9u
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
Navigation Laws.

IAN Old Merchant, - writing to
New York paper, says:
why ignore the true reason why
American merchant shipping does not
grow as fast as Germany 81 Mr.. De-
pew told the senate it was because Ger
many paid big bounties, But Germany
pays only 81 in ship subsidies to SO paid
by France. Even Italy pays more for
ship subsidies than Germany. Ies
Germany $ merchant marine is growing
faster than either France s or Italy S.
Now, why? Because Bismark gave
German free trade in ships They
were allowed to buy their ships where
they could get them cheapest. That
brought fleet of German merchant
men built on the Clyde to German
ports, with German registry, and now,
having got that start, Germany is
building ships for herself-and for other
nations too. Repeal our stupid old
navigation laws and we shall soon have
an American merchant marine.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
ooJ SasabaaM
Warned Against Expansion.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Feb. %. Prof.
A. Nj. Wheeler, professor of history in
Yale University, in discussing the
Philippine question before Yale
students, said yesterday:
Rome acquired foreign territory and
fell Greece tried to become mistress OF
the world and was destroyed, and the
United States will follow in their foot
Steps If the present course of acquiring
foreign territory is followed out.
Prof. Wheeler further declared that
the United States could not with safety
undertake to enlarge their territory by
attaching foreign lands. de contended
that the history of the nations was a
sufficient proof of this. AS the ancient
governments had tried to get in power
over other peoples, he said and had in
that attempt ruined themselves, so
would the United States come to grief.
He added:
Rome was Republic, and pros
porous government; her laws well adj
ministered and her people happy but
she was not satisfied. She reached out
for more possessions, and in the end
she fell. Greece was at first imbued
with spirit of patriotism and formed Il
confederation to ward off public
enemy. She, too, forgot her first
principles and wished to become
supreme in power. What was the re-
sult2 Her downfall. As Rome fell,
as Greece persisted, so will the United
States, II an ambition for territorial
acquisition is fostered, fall in turn. -
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

The Little Rock Democrat Ia In favor
OF the publication by the assessor Of the
list Of taxable property m assessed by
him. II says; Nothing would prove
y greater corrective Of the evil than to
throw the light Of publicity on the tax
lists. Publish these lists In every
county In the state and see how the
people will make n note Of 1t and talk
about ", Look at Smith, Brown and
Jones, tho old skinfints, and zee how
they arc lodging their taxes, which we
have to meet, - they will say The re-
sult will be that they will make II 30 hot
for Smith, Brown and Jones that they
will BE- compelled to place iairor val.
uation upon their property Let us
publish the lists and thus raise our rev
enues and do m act Of justice to honest
md conscientious taxpayers -
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

IN requesting his friends IN congress
not to oppose the confirmation Of Rear
Admiral Sampson to higher number
than himself in the list of vice admirals
in case of the revival Of the grade,
Admiral Schley again shows that there
is nothing small about him and at the
same time indirectly draws the COM
parison between his own liberal char
acter and the narrow, selfish one of
Sampson, who tried to claim the whole
credit Of the successful battle OF SAN
tiago for himself, The people have
learned to respect Schley,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

TnE prohibition people Of Topeka seem
10 b. very much aroused, They are dr-
termined 10 get rid OF the joints, not
by assaulting them with hOtchets, but
by forcing the officers of the law to do
their duty, This Is the right method
and II the movement has u sufficiently
strong backing from the general public
II will succeed Kansas City journal,
And when the Kansas law Ia enforced
aud kansans ARE compelled to get along
Tor "a time without whisky the prohib
itory law will be resubmitted TO the PEG.
pie and defeated. 1t Ia the inevitable
result. kunsuns are just like other
inortals and will have their booze 40
long IA II IL apu!actured. Fort Smith
Times.
Aud ~ our friend Of the Tlmea Is
from KanaaA ha onght 10 know. The
whole Nation temper and crusade viii
soon die out, nv soon M the excitement
wrought up by her dies out Evidently
thu major portion Of the Kansas popula.
non II Ia favor q! open saloons, other.
vie, the AIws wonld not have been ~
openly violated ny they have
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
An honest Medicine for La Grippe

An honest Medicine for La Grippe.
George W. Watt, of South Gardiner,
Ne, says: II have had the worst
cough, cold, chills and grip and have
taken lots of trash of no account but
profit TO the vendor. Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. l have
used one bottle of it and the chills, cold
and grip have all left me. | congratu'
late the manufacturers of an honest
medicine. - For sale by JNo. o KANE,
Druggist,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
Josrrn II. DArrrsrlrLp, Reg

A Kansas farmer who has made q
study Of birds and bugs says THE
quail Ia the natural enemy Of the
chinch bng, and u flock of ~ or 30 on
each farm II they were allowed TO stay
MI the year would destroy all the bugs
on the farm The quail shooter IA n
property destroyeri every timo he
shoots n quail he destroys % worth Of
property, Quails are worth ~ u year
to the farms they ran on -
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
The street sprinkler has been on duty
this week,

this week
A trainload of officers and privates of
the Tenth u S. Infantry beund for San
Francisco passed through here over the
Frisco Wednesday noon. The train
made no stop here
Collection of subscriptions to the box
factory had been 80 close to the amount
subscribed that the committee having
it in charge were enabled to return to
the subscribers 20 per cent. of the
amount last Saturday,
Capt. Flanley, for many years local
manager Of the Van Buren, and Fort
exchanges Of the Pan Telephone com.
pany aud later with the Southwestern
Telegraph & TELEPHONE company, has
resigned his position
II the statement Of Manager Padgett
of the Fort Smith Southwestern Tele.
phone exchange is to be relied on there
will be no increase in the rental Of
residence phones. as intimated in II
recent issue Of The Venture, -
The company for which Col. Gross
has been securing options on land for
some time past has begun prospecting
for coal on the Bushmaier place on
Frog Bayou, There is an out-crop Of
coal in the creek bank at that place.
j, M Dick, u prominent citizen of
Richland township, died Monday morn
ing at his home after an extended Ill.
ness The deceased was an honored
citizen and his death will prove quite u
loss to the neighborhood where he lived
Oour cemetery needs cleaning up and
should be kept looking decent and we
know of no better way than for the
council to order the levying of u small
tax on each lot Little Rock does Il !;
why couldu t Van Buren do the same
thingY
The remains of little LaBelle Wallace,
who died last Friday evening after II
very brief attack Of scarlet fever, were
laid to rest In Fairview Saturday attend
ed by many friends Of the family To
the bereaved parents the people extend
their profound sympathy,
Word was received here Thursday
that Sam Swearingen, who has for
sometime past been engaged In the
mercantile business nj Chester had
died quite suddenly the evening before,
The deceased was nephew OF County
Treasurer T. G Swearingen,
Lieut., Henry Meyer did not reach
home from West Point until Sunda,
afternoon, He only has furlougi
I'll March 10th before being assignee
for duty, He doep not know where thai
viii be, bnt the presumption ~ thHt M
will be ordered TO the Philippines.
Evidence Ia accommodating that THU
year will BIZ record.breaker no far n
cotton acreage will 90, and should Oh,
season prove favorable the crop will b'
no large that even with the shortag,
now prices will be much forced down
The wise farmer will not risk his all OF
cotton, but will see that "hog ant
hominy' take mp their share Of his ut
tention. In Crawford county farmer,
ara preparing TO plant cotton who ncve,
before grew the staple and II will b,
that way all over the South, II will b,
the farmer who makes cotton his SUR
PLUS crop who will have the most none,
when be balances his books at the clos,
Of the season,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

RAILROAD business seems TO take up
half the time Of the legislature, and the
greater portion Of u character that puts
II within the province OF the railroad
commission to deal with, One Of the
reasons for the creation Of the commits.
sion ut the time advanced was that 1,
would take that business away from
the legislature and give that body more
time 10 attend 10 other necessary bust
ness,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-02

WHEN the great consolidation Of rail
roads under J, Pierpont Morgan goes
into effect, US 1t soon will, II Is said
that from 20 900 to 25 900 men will BE-
deprived of employment, Verify, the
trust Is sword of Damocles TO the man
on SALARY.