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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

BuC one treminal charge can be
les tracks car must be hauled ever
III sWitcnlnS 1t to the place it is to be
uAIoaued i'll u city. The charge is tu
De paid to the line on which the bust
ness originates, ana that company
must settle with the other companies
lor the use of their tracks. If the
various companies interested cannot
settle on the proper division of the
terminal charge, they must refer the
question to the commission for deter
mination.
f.aIlioads ale required to keep for
public inspection schedules showing
the classification OF rates and class
iiication cannot be changed without
giving ten days notice. Classification
schedules are required to be filed with
the commission.
ON complaint being made to the
commission of unjust Or unequal
charges being made by any railroad
the commission is required to for
ward a copy of the complaint to the
offending railroad, and if the rail
road does not make such PREPARATION
as is demanded, a hearing must be
held, for the purposes of which the
commission is empowered to summon
witnesses and demand the product IN
OF the books of the railroad. To en-
force its authority the commission
may invoke the aid of the courts, and
refusal of the railroad to obey the
commission in this connection is made
contempt OF court.
If the charges of the railroad are
found as a result of the hearing, TO
be unreasonable and unjust the com
sion is empowered to fix the rates,
and the decision OF the board must
stand pending an appeal to the courts,
which is provided for. If the rail
road refuses to put in the rates fixed
by the commission the board must
publish the rates and it is then made
unlawful for the road to cargo any
other rates until some court of comps-
tent jurisdiction DEGREES otherwise.
Violation of any of the provisions
of the bill is simply made unlawful
and the penalty is left blank in the
bill.
The bin was referred to the COM
mittee on railroads and transporta-
ton.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE OR RENT - HOUSE,
barn and three acres of GROUND. one
half mile south of town; also for sale,
one double brick house in town, corner
Fourth avenue and Fourth street
west. Inquire at ranch of Pearson
Brothers.
FOR SALE-TWO HEAVY WORK
teams, four drivers, three saddle
horses, two good saddles, set heavy
work harness, good secoui hand cook
stove. The Horse Market, E. D.
Walker.
FOR SALE - UNITED STATES
separator, cheap for cash. Pearson
Brothers.
FOR SALE-SEWING MACHINE;
nearly new, with all attachments.
Reasonable. Inquire % Fifth avenue
east.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901.
UNJUST TAXATION.

The failure of the land grant Of
the agricultural college to earn enough
to pay interest on the building bonds
is attributed directly to the failure
of two irrigation enterprises in Broad
water and Madison counties. The
agricultural college land grant
amounts to $4,000 acres and practical
ly all of it has been selected, half
in Madison and Broadwater counties
and the balance in this county. The
failure of the Madison and Broad
water counties to come to the front
will throw the burden of the entire
interest and compound interest
charges on to the land selected in this
county, which is expected to yield
about $4,000 in timber sales this
year, and that amount will be suffici
ent to pay the interest charges on the
bonds for both last year and this.
Meanwhile Flathead county is COM
PEELED to maintain roads and bridges
through these lands, the revenue from
which goes out of the state to pay
the interest on money borrowed for
the maintinance of the agricultural
college at Bozeman. However, this
would be quite endurable were it any
thing like the extent of the milking
this county is obliged to submit to
for the benefit of institutions from
which the county derives no direct
benefit. But $4,000 acres is only
about one-ninth part of the states
holdings in this county-all of which
have been selected from the best
agricultural and timber land. Two
hundred and twenty-five thousand
acres of the most productive land in
the county exempted from taxation,
and for which the private landown-
ers of the county are required to
maintain the benefits of county gov
eminent.
Flathead county's representatives
in the legislature can render no bet
ter service to their constituents than
by making an effort to have such an
unjust condition corrected.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
DOMESTIC TROUBLE
!. -ng.and's Royal Household.

il. .-ng.and's Royal Household.
Yelled illusions appear in the Lon
don papers to unpleasant incidents at
Osborne house during the past week,
which, it is said, are likely to De
followed by important changes at
court.
These hints refer to the disagree
able relations between the king and
his sister, Princess Beatrice, widow Of
Prin Henry of Battenberg.
Even before the death OF the queen
Princess Beatrice removed her chill
den to East COWes castle and she left
Osborne house herself that night.
Since then Beatrice has only gone to
Osborne house during the absence of
the king, and she has absolutely re-
fused to meet the kaiser whose en-
nifty to the Battenbergs is historic.
King Edward and the late Prince
Battenburg were always on unfriendly
terms. On one occasion they had a
serious personal quarrel. Prince
Henry being directed by the queen to
instruct Commander Fullerton to pro-
coed to Portsmouth with the yacht
Alberta and bring over Princess
Louise to Cowes, either forgot or, as
was suspected, wilfully omitted to give
the order, with the result that Prin-
cess Louise, after waiting an hour in
the Portsmouth dockyard, was COM
PEELED to take an ordinary passenger
boat and drive in a common cab to
Osborne house.
The princess arrived furious-in
fact she was bordering on hysteria
The Prince of Wales, who was stay
ing at Osborne, went in search Of
Battenberg, whom he met just as he
was entering the castle grounds.
Wales abused him violently for his re-
missness in the presence of the lodge
keepers, servants and Battenberg' 5
two companions. An eye witness
stated he feared the affair would ter
inmate in a personal encounter.
That evening the Prince of Wales
received a challenge from Prince
Henry OF Battenberg to cross to Bel
GUM to fight a duel, but before Wales
could reply, the queen interviewed and
forced Battenberg to withdraw the
challenge. Princess Beatrice sided
with her husband, insisting that lie
was wrongfully accused If deliberate
ly doing what was really the result
of an oversight.
The breach nsycv healed. Indeed,
as stated in cable dispatches during
the queens illness since autumn,
Princess Beatrice used her brief all-
thority in a way the Prince OF Wales
strongly resented. Queen Alexandra
| is friendly to Princess Beatrice,
whose courage and loyalty iii taking
her husbands part she approves,
while she detests the kaiser for his
tyrannical treatment of his wife,
Princess Victoria of Schleswig- Hol-
stein.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
RAILWAY COMMISSION,
A Bill Toward That End Has Been
Introduced.

Helena Record
The bill introduced in the house
Saturday providing for the creation
OF Il railroad commission is sweep
ing measure and, if passed, will Writ
ually place the management of all the
railroad interests in the state in the
hands Of three men.
The bill provides that the commits
sion shall be composed of three meG.-
bers, who shall be appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the senate.
Their term of Office is for four yea IS
each and they are required to take an
oath before entering upon their dut-
les and file a $4,000 bond Helena
is made the headquarters of the board
and the attorney general it's legal IL
visor. The salary of the members is
left blank in the bill, but it is presunl-
to be made nice and fat for the reas-
on that the bill prescribes that the
members shall not engage in any
other business during their term II
office. The board is given power to
inquire into the management of Ill
railroads in the state. and to enable
them to fulfill their mission the rail-
roads are required to furnish them
with free transportation over all lines
and to permit them to ride at any
place on the train to enable them to
see just how the trains are handled.
The bill requires that one car If
freight be transported as cheaply as
a whole train, that is. at the same rate
as greater number of cars would be.
and prohibits giving any preference
to one person over another. 1t pro-
hibits pooling by railroads and con-
tains long and short haul clause.
When a railroad is unable to fur
nlsh as many ears as are demanded
by shippers it is required to appor.
ton such cars as it can furnish equal
ly among the different shippers in
proportion to the amount of freight
each has to ship.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
Mckinley Wants Supreme Powe

From the Great Falls Tribune:
1t seems to be generally understood
in Washington that the almost irresist-
IDLE power of the national government
will be used to force the passage OF
the Spooner bill by which the author
ity of congress over the Philippine
archipelago is transferred without t.
striction to the president.
All that has happened in Washing
ton during this session of congress
is of minor Importance to this SUI
premc plan for centralized power. Not
even in the most head long days of the
British conquest in India was par
lament asked to abdicate its entire
civic command to the sovereign. The
ministry was always satisfied with
it's plenary, but temporary war power.
1t is said that if congress refuses
now to yield to this sweeping juris-
diction demanded by the president, an
extraordinary session of congress will
be called.
| To understand the nature of the
power asked for by Mr.. Mckinley, If
is necessary to remember that the
Spooner bill provides that as soon as
the insurrection in the Philippines
has been suppressed ''all the military
civil and judiciary powers necessary
to govern the islands shall, until 9TH
erwise provided by congress be vested
in such person and persons. and shall
be exercised in such a manner as the
president of the United States shall
direct"
If congress should pass this meas
ure, President Mckinley would have
power to give away under any terms
he saw fit to impose every public fran
chise in our vast Asiatic empire. in
the report of the Taft commission
which the president has just laid be-
fore congress, the immensely of the
subject is roughly. outlined. The
president could have the right to
grant franchises for mines anywhere
in the Philippines. There are indi-
cations of gold in many localities, AMI
rich mining properties are already IN
sight. Capitalists are seeking for
railroad franchises. Other capital
lists are seeking for timber cuttin,
rights in the wonderful groves of rare
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

The lower house OF the state legis-
lature is to be congratulated upon the
decisive action it has taken concern
ing the numerous clerks With which
1T is encumbered. 1t is evident that
unless checked the female clerks
would have had the legislators work
ing for them instead of the other
way. There isn't anyone can be
half so fresh as a young woman who
thinks she has a political pull. Here
tofore the principal duty of the leg;s-
lative committee clerks has been &c
look sweet, smile on the chairman
OF the committee and eat bon bons
with the members. it is q hopeful
sign that they are at length to be re-
quired to understand that Il iegisla-
tive clerkship at five dollars per diem
means something more than a two
months holiday or Irritation.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

ed, On my advice, in bonds of the state
OF Montana, issued for the purpose of
constructing and equipping your agri-
cultural college.
interest coupons maturing January
l of this issue have been returne |
unpaid, marked no funds
I take the liberty of personally
calling your attention to the deplor-
BILE condition of your state finances,
as you may not be aware of the defic-
iency existing. The non-payment of
the rather triling sum of $4,000, semi
annual interest on an issue of $780,
600 bonds made by your state and
signed by the highest officials for the
benefit of one of your public instit,,-
tions, is reflection on the good name
of the great state of Montana, which
! may venture to suggest should be
Immediately rectified.''
In the course of his reply, Governor
Toole says:
while the state in the act of au-
thOriZing the bond issue assumes ~
liability to pay either principal or in
terest it is nevertheless solicitous
about the reputation and welfare Of
it's educational institutions. Much as
l would like, my present information
does not justify tie hope that l can
promise a remedy for the present con-
dition of affairs
Accompanying the governors letter
is a statement of the condition of the
agricultural college land grant. The
at S133 ,250.-Great Falls Leader.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
INTEREST UNPAID.
Eastern Investors Make Inquiries -
Governor Toole's SUGGESTIONS.


Some of the eastern people who
advanced money for the Montana
state institutions are getting uneasy
because they have not been paid their
interest as they should have been.
One of the gentlemen takes occasion
to point out that the finances of the
state are in a deplorable condition."
and asks that the governor take steps
at once which will result in the re-
deeming of the credit of Montana
abroad. Governor Toole has called
the attention of the house to the fact,
and as several of the state institu-
tons are asking for additional funds,
he requests them to pass no such
measures without first giving them the
serious consideration they deserve.
The governor in his communication
said:
IN view OF the .act that the local
boards of nearly all of the educational
and other state Institutions in the
discharge of their duties have deem
ed it proper to urge your honorable
body the propricty of making a sec
onl issue of bonds upon their several
land grants for the erection of addi-
tlonal buildings and improvements,
and in every instance are asking an
Increase for maintenance over preyi-
Gus years. | feel obliged to call your
attention to the fact that, while ordia-
AIRY business care and prudence may
justify such issue in some instances,
| it cannot be done without assuming
some responsibility on the part of the
state.
While the various acts authorizing
| the issue of bonds, as l am advised,
create no direct liability upon the
part of the state for the payment of
principal and interest, it is neverthe.
less conjectured that state pride in
these various institutions will sooner
or later. in case of depreciation in the
value of these grants by sales of tim
Der, destruction by fire, or otherwise,
be made the basis of an appeal to the
| legislature for financial aid; this
seems almost certain in the case of
the agricultural college bonds, inter-
est on which has already defaulted in
fact but not in law, and is being conf
pounded at 6 per cent. This condi-
ton of affairs is not improbable in the
event of a second issue on any of
the other grants, although it is fair
to say that the other grants are now
more productive of revenue and are
believed to be more valuable than the
bonded grant of the agricultural col
lege.
My purpose is to apprise you of
such information as | possess for
your guidance. and to this end trans
nit herewith, a letter from Claude
Ashbrooke Esq, investment banker,
Cincinnati, O.. under date of Janu-
AIRY %, addressed to my immediate
predecessor in office, and by him re-
ferred to me, together with my reply
to the same"
Mr.. Ashbrook said in his letter to
Governor Smith:
Dear Sir: Several of my clients,
mainly savings banks, recently invest
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS,

NOTICE THE WORK DONE ON
collars and cuffs by Our New Shar.
err" at the Kalispell Steam Laundry.
THE KALISPELL HOSPITAL 49,
sues annual tickets which grant all
privileges and medical attention dur
ing sickness or accident.
SEE THE KALISPELL STEAM
Laundry for rates on family laundry
TICKLE YOUR PALATE AND
tone your stomach with Celery Gin.
Tonic.
STRAYED FROM MY RANCH ONE
half mile south of town, two 2-year-old
Holstein heifers, spotted black and
white. No brand. Information re-
warded by Mrs. NJ. B. Greig.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

If all that is said in praise of the
mantis. an INVESTIGATING insect, as a
co-worker with the farmer and the
forester, be true, it's dissemination
in this country ought to be encourage
ed in every possible way The insect
is found commonly in France and Ger
many. where it is priced for it's de-
struction of pests. All insects, ex-
cept ants, are its prey, and tit-bits for
it are grasshoppers, catapillars, spid-
ers and the tussock moth.-New York
Post
According to the Norwich Press a
syndicate has been formed for float
ing Monte Carlo to be moored off the
English coast somewhere just beyond
the three-mile limit. Negotiations
are pending for an obsolete Atlantic
liner, which would be turned into a
miniature casino at total cost. in
Guiding the first outlay for the hulk,
of s250,00O. The idea is to provide
a haunt for gamblers within easy
reach of London. but beyond the reach
of the betting laws of the realm.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

The Choteau Montanian of last Fri
day published an article which makes
the Bee say that the Great Northern
was greatly troubled with land slides
the past week" The article appear
ed in the Bee two months or more
ago, SO that the past week" part of
it is an obvious misrepresentation of
the Bee. The Montanan should wake
up or go to sleep altogether. Its
present state OF drowsiness is not
suited to newspaper business.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

Not SO very long ago the duke
whom Wilhelmina is to marry had
left Holland in high dudgeon because
the Dutch evinced an inclination to
make puppet of him Tor their queen.
However, he is back again and the
Dutch and Wilhelmina have received
him with open arms. Presumably
the financial end of the affair has
been arranged to his satisfaction, and
there are doubtless worse things than
having girl like Wilhelmina for a
boss.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

60" SoSeiJ "oouo. Ollil Olu6IS uCSil
DanAlnS ana other corporation priv
ueges. Government concessions are
worth hundreds of millions OF dollars
ana are awaiting the power OF bestoW-
al. The Taft commission suggest that
That power Shalt be given to dispose
OF the oo,oJO,UUU acres OF public lands.
The president gives hint OF the
enormous wealth which the Spooner
bill proposes to allow him to beStOW
upon whom he will, without the slig.l,-
est limitation of his powers, in the
following paragraph:
The report shows that the islands
are estimated to contain 73,000,0O0
acres OF land, OF which less than s.
100000 are held in private ownership,
leaving in public lands over 6S,000,0o0
acres; that this land - to
part exceedingly fertile, well watered,
adapted to ..le raising OF Il great var
iety of useful crops, much of it COW
cred with the most valuable timber,
with extensive deposits of gold, of cop
per of high grade, iron and of excel
lent coal; that more than a thousand
mining prospectors, mostly Ameri
cans, are scattered throughout the
islands waiting for the enactment of
some law under which they may &C
quire rights to mining claims cover
ing their discoveries of minerals"
Not only that. but the Taft commits
sion suggests that the United Staes
buy 100000 acres of valuable lands
from the frars and sell it again to the
present tenants.
Today, the president rules in the
Philippines through his military pow
or. He cannot grant franchise or
concession except for temporary pur
poses. He simply exercises author
ity until congress provides a civil
government for the islands,
If the Spooner bill passes, every act
of the president in the Philippines will
be an act of congress. He may sell
or give to whom he pleases all or any
part of the 6S,000,000 acres of public
lands The sugar trust is seeking
control of the sugar lands. The tobac-
co trust is seeking control of the to-
bacco lands. Great Wall street COM
binations are believed to want to con
troll the great railway franchises and
the mines, and timber forests. Under
the Spooner bill the president could
give away for 80 years or for any per-
iod Of time that he might fix
Until lately it had been supposed
that Mr.. Mckinley had abandoned the
attempt to induce congress to sur
render the whole power of civil GOV
eminent, Legislative as we'll as Judi
cial, to the executive Even Senator
SpoOner announced in :, speech in
the senate less than two weeks ago
that he intended to offer a resolution
providing for a joint commission OF
congress to visit the Philippines, in
vestigate every branch of the problem
and report the facts.
Congress can do nothing" he said,
until it ascertains the facts for
ITSELF
| Right on the heels of this declar-
alton the president sent the report of
the Taft commission to congress and
now every influence of the administra-
ton is at work to pursuade congress
to confer it's whole authority upon
the president.
The democratic leaders should fight
this extraordinary plan to the last
ditch.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

The Pan-Amercan exposition will
get no appropriation from Montana.
loed. Besides, $4,000 looks bigger
to the average Montana legislator
this year than it did TWO years ago.
The market for votes is decidedly
fat
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

The supporters Of the present anti
gambling law are making COMPARE
sons between shoplifters, burglars,
horse thieves and men who gamble.
They want to know why, if shoplifting
can be suppressed, gambling cannot.
The best answer to that is that when
public opinion becomes as unanimous
concerning the moral turpitude II
gambling as it is concerning the
crime of shoplfting there will be no
more trouble suppressing gambling
than there is in supplessinS shopllt-
ing.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

IN the DlSCrlct Court OF the Eleventh
judicial District, of the State OF
Montana, in and for the County Of
Flathead.
MATHILDE RAASCH, Plaintiff,
VS..
GEORGE RAASCH, Defendant.
The State Of Montana to the Above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned 20 answer
the complaint in this action which is
filed in the Office of the Clerk of this
Court, q copy Of which is herewith
served upon you, and to file your an
swer and serve copy thereof upon
the Plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service, and in
case of your failure to appear or an
swer, judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief demand
ed in the complaint. This is an ac-
ton for divorce on the ground of non
support by reason of the idleness, pro-
figacy and dissipation of the defend
ant.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Court, this Goth day of Jan
(Seal.) uary, 1901.
JAMES K. LANG,
Clerk.
By I. D. ROGNLIEN,
Deputy Clerk.
r. L. Oliver, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

Whoever the Kalispel correspon-
dent of the Great Falls Tribune may
be, he has certainly mistaken his vo-
cation. AS a vendor of prize soap
packages he would he a peach
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
WANTED.

WANTED-ROOMA AND BOARD IN
private family, or room furnished for
light housekeeping, by man and wife.
A., Bee Office
WANTED - BIDS ON POLES.
bids will be received on 51l tar,;-
rack or fir poles, we'll peele, 35 feet
long, not less than s inche~ in dia-
meter at small end, both ends sawed
off square, delivered on the street in
Kalispell, Big Fork Electric Power
and Light Company.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07

There seems to be no doubt that
the branch from the Great Northern
to the Crows Nest coal fields will be
built the coming summer. The qucs-
ton still unanswered is: Will it start
from Kalispell?