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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
DISASTER AND HEAVY LOSS
Is Sometimes Caused by Making MIN
ing Stock Non-Assessable-1t
Cuts Both Ways.

The demand for worcestershire STOCKS
among eastern investors is rohoi''o''
that often leads to disaster ana hea\!
losses saws the Salt Lake Mining he
view. such investors mean we'll ana are
fully satisfied that such STOCKS an" Se
crrities are by far the best ana most
relia Bile of all Investments AS hiat-
| ter of fact, however. they stand a chance
+ take big losses in this class of invest
ment and speculation. and hundreds OF
p,o,nisiny and really meritorous proper
ties are doomed to failure and idleness
lecause of the NON assessabie' clause
i, the articles of incorporation OF the
companies owning the same
II is often the case that 4 men
assessahle" company. after the eNhaus-
ton of it's treasury stock and the eN-
renditure of the proceeds from the sale
o. the same finds that it under-estimateo
the cost of opening the mine as it should
he to place it on a producing and pay
ing basis. Funds are lacking for further
o,eration: the company cannot repiehiSh
its treasury by the levying or assess
ment: individual stockholders are ioth
to put up" and the only alternate is 10
mortgage the property or close down.
he latter procedure usually peihs re-
corded Fer years, therefore. work Is
suspended: the stockholders cannot nope
TO obtain profit on their investment: they
begin to kick, and finally are wrought
i ur to such a frame of mind that they
are ready to condemn mining in all its
branches and every mining man as a
shark and a fake. In many instances
such failures might have been avoided by
taking the company assessable IN the
first place, and then. whenever neces-
sarv the levying of a small assessment.
going on the principle that If a mining
property is possessed of any value what
ever, it is worthy of development: the
cues ton naturally arising. who should
ray for this development if not the
stock holders of the company?'
The writer knows personally of num-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
A DOZEN MEN ARE WASHING 1T
FROM THE GRAVEL.
PAN TEST SHOWS COLORS
Plenty of Water With Which to Oper-
ate Until Late in the Fall
Large Nuggets Are
Found.

Samuel Treloar and j. c. Etzenpereer,
members of The Boston & Montana band.
are back from Il jauny into the Highland
mining district about twenty five miles
south of Butte. Nj. Etzenpergers trip
was made in connection with some Blue
gulcll placer ground owned by the late
Anna Boyd, and Mr.. Treloar went along
to see the country. The latter says that
about dozen men are working placer
claims along Blue gulch and are making
good money. The gravel is very rich
ed by the miners that this is not a good
year for water. Il washed several pans
of dit in the eulrh.' says Mr.. Treloar,
land there was not one that did not
show gold. I had no idea mining mat
ters in that section looked as we'll as
they do. Why, they are simply great
The sold in that section is of first
class quality and it is not all in fine
particles. Some large nuggets have been
found there this year and in years gone
by. Much of the gold is coarse. the
pieces ranging in size from the head of
a pin to a pea. When they are larger
than a pea We call them nuggets. While
in the gulch l was shown a very hand
some sack Of the real stuff that had
been washed out in sluice boxes. l be-
leve a man inclined to be industrious
could make $40 day. with pan there.
but not many men would Want to adopt
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
"CryIas Tor
the Moon -

Has become a pro-
verbal phrase to ex.
press the fitility Of
mere desire. There
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

are great many peo-
pie who think it is as
useless to hope tor health as to cry for the
moon. They have tried many medicines
and many doctors, but all in vain
A great many hopeless men and women
have been cured by the use Of DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery people with
obstinate coughs, bleeding lungs, night
sweats and other symptoms of disease
which if neglected or unskillfully treated
find fatal termination in consumption.
Golden Medical Discovery" has u Won
.lerful healing power. 1t increases the
nutrition Of the body. and SO gives strength
to throw off disease. 1t cleanses the blood
from poisonous impurities and enriches it
with the red corpuscles of health. 1t is
not stimulant, but a strength giving medi-
cine. 1t contains no alcohol, neither opium,
cocaine, nor any other narcotic.
Sometimes the extra profit paid by
inferior medicines tcmpts the dealer to
offer substitute as "just as good" as "Ds-
covery." If you are convinced that "Dis-
covery" will cure You accept nothing else.
III was i'll poor health when comme1 ced
taking DR.. fierCe's me ,icire," writes Mr. Elmer
LAWYER. of Volsa, Jefferson Co.: Indiana. ~
had stomach, kidney, heart, and lung trouble.
Was not able to do any work. had Il severe
cough and henlorrhage of the lungs. but after
gain in strength and flesh, and stopped Cough"
ing right away. Took abo,t six bottles OF the
Golden Medical Discovery then, and last
spring had Grippe. and it settled on my lungs,
leaving me witt, severe cough. had the
doctor, but he didn't seem to help me any SO
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

$50-sAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN
Sept 18th t. 9th inclusive. Northern
Pacific viii sell round trip tickets to
San Francisco and return at rate of
$50. Stopovers allow both directions and
fral Iii Nov. 18th. Office corner Park
al Mai;i streets.
w. H. MERRIMAN, G. A.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

away OF railroads and damage to works
by floods; the shutting down OF the Ari-
iona Copper Company's Mine for the re-
building OF works; and to the strike at
the United Verde Mine. which has stop
ped it's production entirely. A strike at
the smelling works in Rossland has de-
creased the output of British Columbia
about one-half."
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

! commenced your med
icine again aud took
three or four bottles OF
the Discovery and two
walls of Dir. plerce's Pei
lets, and that straight
cned me up. l feel like
a different person. l
gladly recommend your
medicine to all suffer
ers, for I know it cured
me-"
DR.. Pierce's Pleas
unit Pellets cure cou-
siipation by curing rs
c. use.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

such a primitive way of getting the gold
when there are so many modern con-
trivances for doing 1t.
The Washington times., 1901-09-04

| sustain it. No such rule could be in
voked. for as matter of fact the con-
struction was not liberal" 1t was
| strict and narrow in the most extreme
| sense. The question was. DNes the
Constitution extend into newly ac-
| quired territory" A liberal construc-
| ton of the instrument would have said
yes" But five of the Justices said
no thereby limiting and restricting
| the operation of the Constitution. The
| decision was liberal in conceding arbi-
trary power To Congress. but illiberal
and narrow in denying to people who
| had been brought under American SOW
ereignty the protection of the Constitu-
ton.
If this decision cannot be upheld
otherwise than by appealing to the rule
of liberal construction it cannot be
upheld at all. The question was essen
TALLY different from any involved in
former cases in which the rule of lib
eral construction was applied. These
cases turned upon the fair meaning of
certain constitutional provisions. In
this case there was no question as to
what the language of the Constitution
meant with reference to the main sub
ject matter. There never was a mo-
ment of doubt as to the literal meaning
of the clause providing for uniform
duties. The question arose upon the
minor point whether new territory was
to be regarded as a part of the United
States. -Four members of the court said
aNpCS nd
yes and no." but as he said no"
last, the court held by a vote of five to
four that Porto Rico was not a part of
the United States within the meaning
of that clause.
In other words, the Foraker Payne
act was upheld not as being within the
purvieW of the Constitution but upon
the ground that the constitutional pro-
vision did not extend to Porto Rico. AS
before observed, this was liberal enough
to Congress, but it was decidedly re-
strictive as to the Constitution. Ac-
cording to this decision the Porto Rico
tariff is valid not because it is consti-
tutional, but because it relates TO a
matter that is extra constitutional
Fairly considered. the argument of lib
eral construction utterly fails. 1t fails
because upon the main question the de-
cision was the reverse of liberal; and it
fails because there was no emergency
confronting the nation which could
justify the slightest departure from the
plain meaning of the constitutional
there ever has been or could be such an
emergency.
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
The Gnge Inquis;tion system.

Four passengers from the steamer
Graf Waldersee recently gave bystan-
ders an impressive object lesson on the
methods of the New York custom
house. They were standing in a line
which moved along at the rate of about
one man in fifteen minutes, past the
desk of the official. These four men
sent a steward for bottle of beer, had
some boxes fetched to them to serve as
chairs, and played game Of pinochle
When it was finished they moved along
a few inches and played another game.
They kept up this performance for an
hour and half. during which time the
line had moved about six feet.
Those familiar with the passenger
lists of large steamers can figure for
themselves about how long it would
take man to get his baggage through
the custom house if he happened to be
at the end Of the line and the list of
passengers was a long one. Such per
formances as this may be excused at
the box office of a theatre, because the
manager cannot tell how large his aud
ience viii be until the time comes, nor
is thc,e any good way for him to divide
the line into two parts, but it seems
as If they might be avoided at a Gus
tom house.
The Washington times., 1901-09-04

| leading the dog by chain; posted a
dun on a postcard and struck a match
on mail-box for lighting his cigar.
| His dog got into a fight with another
| dog, and he did not stop it For en-
couraging and witnessing the fight he
might have been fined two thousand
| dollars He had to beat the dogs when
he finally separated them, and that is
an offence punishable by one thousand
dcllars' fine.
| He went to Central Park with his
wife and walked on the grass; and dur
ing the stroll he pulled a pack of cards
out os his pocket. For this, as dis
| playing a gambling device. he might
have been fined fifty dollars. Finally,
he wore during this stroll button
hole bouquet. which breaks the rule
against carrying bouquets in the park
a rule probably constructed to cover
the case of people who gather flowers
in parks and then claim that they
brought the flowers there. There seems
to be no other reason for it.
This young man did not know he had
| been breaking the law in his perform
| ances until he was told so by a friend
who was a LAWYER. AT least, that is
| what the paper which reports his ex-
perience says. but it sounds somewhat
| improbable. The story seems more
like one which was gotten UP for the
occasion by a gentleman hired to see
how many of the city's minor ordi-
nances he could break.
1t seems, of course, as if there were
no need for such a network of laws. es-
pecially as many of the ordinances are
such as no one, without special in
struction, would think of keeping. But
the fact is that when the population in
any given place is dense it is necessary
to have regulations. 1t might not make
much difference If one man went out
with his dog, leaving the dog free, but
if all the dog-owncrs in the city, in
cluding those who own ferocious ami
mails. did the same thing it might be
dangerous. Three friends might play
cards IN the park innocently, but the
police cannot be bothered with watch
ing every card game to see whether the
players are gambling, or whether two
of them are card-shaIpers. If every
body who owns towers in certain
crowded districts could load the Win
dow sill with them 4.-hOut the pro-
tecting railing, passers by would run
the risk of being hit ay a descending
flower pot, earth anC al, which would
not be pleasant Consequently, rules
are made for the individual that his
rights may be protected, but they are
not always enforced when to enforce
them would be more bother than it was
worth. That is the matter in a nut
SHE'LL
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
Constituting the Constitution.

When those who defend the Supreme
Court decision that TIE Constitution
does not follow the flag put their de-
fence upon the ground that the condi-
tions were such that liberal construc-
tion of the Constitution became neces-
sary, they practically give away their
case The point amounts to just this:
The Administration by its policy had
created such a situation that the Con-
stitution had to be strained in order to
avoid rebuking the President AS a
legal proposition the point is not
worthy of a moments consideration. 1t
is not strengthened in the slightest de-
gree by invoking former decisions in
which the principle of liberal construc-
ton was adopted.
There is nothing wrong in constituting
the Constitution "liberally:" that is to
say, fairly in accordance with its spirit
This great organic law is necessarily
general in character and there are
many matters of detail not specifically
provided for. But in order to make the
legislation OF Congress and the acts Of
the Executive constitutional, their de-
tails must fairly be included within
some general provision of the Constitu-
tion. Some things are so vital in char
acter that # was not necessary to make
provision for them, either in general or
specific terms. For example. it would
have been nothing less than absurd to
embody in the Constitution a specific
declaration that the Federal Govern
ment should have the power 10 preserve
itself. and maintain the integrity of the
national domain. That is a power
which is inherent in all Governments.
The truth is that in the establishment
of Il new government the primary oh
iect in view IS that it shall have tie
power to maintain itself, for II it car
not do 50 every other specific grant If
power falls to the ground.
Again, it may be observed that the
citing Of former cases in which the
court may have strained the Constitu-
tion To make it fit particular emer-
gency proves nothing in favor of the
insular ruling unless it can be shown
that the cases are parallel in principle.
Nay. not even tten, for two wrongs or
three wrongs or any number of wrongs
do net make a right. II it could be
demonstrated that the decision by the
five Justices in the Downes case was
vitality necessary, adverse criticism of
IL would have speedily died out. But
there is scarcely Il pretence Of any
thing of that kind. II the necessity for
such a decision had been really a vital
one. we may be sure that there would
have been more agreement among the
Justices. both in their conclusions ard
the reasonipo by which the conclusions
were reach. :.
In this. coh:-=ction it may not be out
Of place to observe that of the Justices
who Joined in the decision of the court
none put 1t upon the ground of ex-
treme necessity, or invoked the rule
of liberal construction" in order TO
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
The Network of Law.

a New York man is said To have
committed in one single day during the
past week no less than thirty offences
against the law, and he is a quiet. or
derby man and has not been arrested
for any of them. Yet if he had incur
red the legal penalty for all these Of
fences he would have to spend several
years in prison and pay liz fines more
than his whole yearly income prob
ably is.
Some of the things which he did are
as follows: He began the day by dress
ing by the window with the blinds up,
an offence which could have been pun
ished by six months in jail. He then
placed a pot of palms in the window,
went out to walk with his dog. not
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
A Poor Chance for intervention.

All the late news from Colombia
| tends to the conclusion that the reign
of the dictator Marroquin is rapidly
drawing to an end. and that within two
or three weeks, barring interference by
the United States, he will be over
thrown and a constitutional republican
government established in Bogota The
patriot party is reported as having gen.
orally been successful in defeating Mar
roquin's army, and large part of the
country Is now held against him.
Americans returning from the region
express the opinion that the revolution
is certain to succeed, and that resident
foreigners are hoping eagerly for that
to happen, that they may be relieved
from the extortions and tyrannical
practices of this petty despot.
While the Bogota dictatorship totters
to it's fall, affairs in Venezuela are
showing great improvement. President
Castro's address to the friendly Gov
ernments disposes of the slander that
he mas been fUmenting discord and plot
ting war against Colombia 1t shows
that in most exasperating circum-
SldlCtS ne mas d
and peaceful policy. Even when his
country was invaded by the Colombian
general. Valencia, with twenty-five
battalions of regular Colombian troops,
Castro contented himself with routing
the invaders and driving them,
whipped and demoralized, across the
border; but that was the extent of his
military action. He did not permit his
own commander to violate Colombian
territory, justified as he would have
been in adopting different course.
Now 1t is probable that, under cur
rent conditions, the danger of invasion
from Colombia is past Marroquin has
plenty to keep him busy on his own
side of the gate, and the Andradists in
Colombia and Venezuela have been
thoroughly surprised, according to ac-
counts brought from Caracas, Mara
caibo and other places in the Republic
by returning Americans. The situation
therefore, does not seem to offer much
excuse for interference or Intervention.
This may be rather hard on the Asphalt
Trust, but nobody-at least nobody un-
connected with the Administrator
will shed many tears because of that.
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
Partisan Morality.

There is an agitation in Paris over
the efforts of the Society for the Pre-
vention of License in the Streets. at the
head of which is Senator Berenger. 1t
is charged that improper pictures and
cards are kept openly on sale, and pur-
chased by foreigners, who thus spread
an erroneous impression of the French
capital. Senator Berenger charges
these visitors. especially Americans and
English. with being largely response
BILE for the dog-days viciousness."
This. to the world in general, will ap-
pear rather ludicrous The idea that
the Anglo-S Saxon race has been respon-
sible for the decentralization of the ma
tive Partisan will somewhat surprise
those American visitors who. as one of
their number expressed 1t. feel like
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The Sultan has not forgotten his part in
the European game of politics. Being
crowded by France, he appeals to Ger
many TO use her good offices. just as fifty
years ago, being crowded by Russia. his
predecessor used to appeal to France and
EnEland.-New York World.
England is said to be preparing to ad-
minister a check to Russia. So far as
known Turkey is not preparing to give
France anything of the hnd--Boston
Herald.
The Hanna and Roosevelt clubs are the
outward and visible manifestations of the
forethought of the men who wish to be
able to harvest the usufruct of being the
original Hanna or Roosevelt men. as the
lightning stroke may require.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
1t would be n great deal more inter
esting to know what the Filipinos thought
of Representative Hull than to know
what Hull thinks of the Filipinos.-De-
troit Free Press.
Admiral Howison would do well to step
down gracefully. The public don't want
on the bench with Dewey anyone who
has been infected with the apparently
professional dislike to the victor of San
tiago-Baltimore Herald
Russia would like to stay In Manchuria
for the same excellent and convincing
reasons that keep England in Egypt and
make Uncle Sam as reluctant to let go
of his hold on Cuba as If the island We're
a gold bar-Mexiean Herald.
Sampson seems disposed to keep as far
from the guns of Schley's counsel as he
did from those of Cerveras $ fleet at San
tiago.-Baltimore World.
What does Sampson want of counsel in
the Schley Court of Enquiry? Does lie
appear as a complainant or as a defend
ant? What is his status in the case?
How has he a standing in the court?
Where he stands before the bar of public
opinion is quite apart from this enquiry
Albany Argus.
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
ROOM FOR THE SOUTH.

In 1861 Congress passed an act giving
each State the right TO place in Statuary
Hall. the old hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the Capitol at Washington,
the statues of two of its citizens. Eigh-
teen States have exercised this privilege.
although some of them are represented
by but one statue. Virginia has placed in
the hall a statue of Washington and Mis-
souri, is represented By statues of Benton
and Blair. There are no others from what
is known as the Southern States. but
some attention is now being given To the
matter in the South and there is much
reason to believe that in the near future
this section of the country viii be fully
represented in StatHary Hall. Permission
to the States was given while the civil
war was raging and a number of the
Northern States took advantage of the op-
portunity to place in the hall statues OF
their distinguished citizens. but for some
reason that is not easy to explain the
South has held back for all these years
New Orleans St1teS
The Washington times., 1901-09-04
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Thomas H. Miles has just Gel
ebrated at st. Louis University the hf-
tieth anniversary of his entry into the
Jesuit order.
John B. French has been reelected at
the age of eighty years to the Office of
city clerk of Galena. III, which he has
held for forty years. His father was the
the city clerk for four years before him
and died In Office.
Cecil Rhodes intends to spend most of
the autumn in Scotland. He has leased
extensive grouse and deer shooting priv
neges from Sir Robert Menzies. who owns
the Rannoch estates.
The late Henry Whitman. the Boston
wool merchant. bequeathed $4,000 to the
Massachusetts General hospital.
Robert Emmett O'Connor. who is at once
one of the most brilliant and popular law
yers in Australia, is prominently men.
toned as the first chief justice of the
newly federated colonies.
The National Gallery at Adelaide, Aus
tralia. is to be enriched by the gift of
portrait of the poet Tennyson by G. +.
Watts, X. \. The gift is peculiarly ap-
propriate because of the fact that the
present Lord Tennyson has become one
of the most popular Governors the old col
ony has ever had.
Father William l. Grutza rector of St.
Josaphats Catholic Church, Milwaukee.
who died recently, left all his property.
valued at about $4,000 to Archbishop
Katzer for the benefit of the church The
dead prelate had two brothers and three
sisters in Germany, but they were left
nothing.
Prof. o. p. Phillips, of the Northern
California Museum. representing the Bu-
reau of American Ethnology is in the
Pueblo region, where he is obtaining mo-
ton pictures illustrating the Industries,
ceremonies, and domestic customs OF the
Pueblo people.
Ferrar Fenton, the writer of THE New
Testament in Modern English" is Grip
pied as the result of town and gown
conflict when he was a student In Lin
coin College, England.