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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
SANTA FE LIMITED
WRECK AT ROTHvILLE
Engineer and Fireman Killed and Many Pas
sengers Injured by Deralment.
THE TRAIN ALMOST DEMOLISHED
AS Became Deraed by An Open Switch While Travelling
at High Rate Of Speed---The Engine Passed Over
Safely but the Following Cars Were Deraied.

Kansas City, Dec S-The west
bound limited passenger train on the
Santa Fe was wrecked at Rothville,
Mo, shortly after noon today. caus-
ing the death of Engineer Samuel
Wise of Argentine, Kan, and his fire
man, Alex Cavely, of Topeka, Kan,
and great damage to the engine and
coaches. John Mexican of New York,
who received slight bruises, was the
only passenger injured. A colored
waiter had his arm broken, and two
other walters We're injured. Con-
gressman Elliot Louis of Michigan
and Rabbi Hirsch of Chicago were
among the passengers and helped to
care for the injured. The wreck was
caused by the coaches being derailed
on an open switch which the engine
passed safely when the train was 60
ing at a high rate of speed. The
train was almost demolished. Twenty
three passengers were brought to
this city on an accommodation train
at late hour tonight. Most of them
resumed their journey westward The
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
Insurance Companies Object to Use of
lnfIammabIe Material in Windows
MAY CANCEL THE INSURANCE
Special Warning Is Given Against
the Use of Cotton to Initiate Snow
In Places Where Electric Lights
Are Installed.

Local merchants and others are
warned against the use of cotton to
represent snow, or the use of other
inf1ammable materials in their holi-
day window display on penalty OF
losing their insurance in the event a
fire should occur. Particular atten-
tion is called in the warning to the
danger of fire in such window dis
plays, particularly when used in con
nection with electric and other light,
ing systems.
The warning is given by Lewis A
Parkhurst, manager of district e, ol
the board of fire underwriters of the
Pacific. This board includes practic
ally all the fire insurance companies
doing business in the northwest. Dis
trict e is the state of Montana
Local insurance agents say that il
is unlikely that the companies will
cancel any policies under the notice
but advise that merchants and others
will do well to follow the warning
1t is as follows:
ITO the Public: The attention OF
the public is called to a circular is,
sued by the Philadelphia Fire I'm.
derwriters' association and publishe,
in the Journal of Commerce and Com.
mercial bulletin. Nov. IA. 1902, read
ing in part as follows:
THE executive committee of the
Philadelphia Fire Underwriters as
sociation feels compelled to call the
attention of the public to the dangers
to life and property from Christmas
displays. decorations, signs, ETC., in
churches, public buildings. mercan.
tile establishments and especially de
partment stores. The use of Christ
mas green's, harvest specimens and
other infammable materials, such as
scenery, cotton to represent snow
and the like especially in connection
with electric and other lighting sys
tems), is decidedly an increase OF
hazard, it being impossible to make
displays of that nature perfectly
safe. One of the conditions of the in.
surance policy is that.
"'This entire policy, unless other
wise provided by agreement indorsed
hereon or added hereto, shall be void
if the hazard be increased by any
means within the control or knowl
edge of the insured.
The making of such displays
would. therefore, under a strict inter
probation of the conditions of the pol
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
Contracts Let to Keep, CIothe, Feed
Doctor and Care.
MRS. NEWELL GETS CONTRACT
Renewed to Offciate at the Poor
Farm-A Close Contest for the
Medical Attendance Contract, But
Commissioners Had Already Picked
Their Favorites..

The commissioners had busy day
of it yesterday, considering the bids
for the care of the county poor, as
we'll as the medical attendance for
the poor. Before taking up the bids
a refund order was issued to R. Cor
man for So taxes enormously paid.
The balance of the forenoon was
spent in auditing claims filed against
the county.
Bids for the care and maintenance
of the county poor, sick and infirm
were received as follows:
Emma F. Newell, $455 per capita
per week.
Wesley Ogden, $525 per capita per
week
M. It. ormsby, $49o per capita per
week.
H. F. Newell, $4sO per capita per
week.
ing the lowest, she was awarded the
contract for the ensuing year, com
mencing January 1, 1903.
The bids for medical attendance
for county poor and for inmates of
county Jail were as follows:
F. L. Albritton, $24 per month !;
out of town patients at rate of 40
cents per mile one way.
J. Arthur Lamb, $3.50 per annum
and so cents mileage for out of town
cases.
A. r. Duncan, $500 per annum,S and
40 cents per mile travelled beyond the
corporate limits of town.
Morris w. Bottorf, $50 per month
and 40 cents per mile.
Drs. Macdonald C Wiley, $50 per
month, and soc per mile outside OF
city limits, and where necessary to
furnish additional surgical aid in
case of operation free of charge.
1t was moved by Commissioner
Christensen that the bid of DR.. F. L.
A1britton be accepted as being the
lowest, but motion was lost and on
motion of Commissioner Greig the
bid of Macdonald & Wiley was ac
cepted as being the most advantage
Gus, and they were given the con
tract. Balance of afternoon spent il
auditing claims, and an adjournment
was taken until 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
Two For Each County in the State
Recommended by the Board.
WANTS A BIOLOGICAL SITE
Recommendation to the Legislature
That the Name of the institution
for Deaf and Blind Be Changed
From asylum" to "school'-Esti-
mates for the Several institutions.

In the reports of the committees
of the state board of education to
that body at the meeting last week
there were a number of recommenu-
ations based upon suggestions made
by the heads of the different institu-
tions in their annual reports, and the
adoption of these reports by the
board passes the matters up to the
legislature for final action, if the
recommendations meet the approval
of the law makers.
One of the recommendation of the
report of the committee on the uni
versity of Montana is that legislation
be enacted that will place two free
scholarships in the university in each
county of the state, these scholar
ships to be placed in the collegiate
department only. Another is that
such legislation be enacted as will
secure for the graduates of the uni
versity the same recognition as
as in the case of other state institu-
tions, provided that they pursue for
one year the university course in
psychology and methods.
With regard to the summer school
the biological station and the summer
geological expedition, maintained in
connection with the university, it as
recommended that they be continued
and that the same appropriation as
heretofore made for this work be
given for the schools during the next
two years. 1t has for some time
been the desire of the authorities OF
the university to purchase a perma-
nent site for the biological station
and the board recommends that the
legislature pass bill authorizing the
purchase of such a site.
In the report of Superintendent T
S. McAloney, of the institution for
the deaf and blind, it was suggested
that the name of the school be
changed, and the committee adopted
the recommendation. The Legislature
will be asked to axe the name 'Mon
tana deaf and dumb school," instead
of the Montana deaf and dumb asy
lum"
The superintendent also recon-
mended the passage of a law making
education of the deaf, dumb and blind
children of the state compulsory
This recommendation, however, the
committee did not adopt.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09

demea e With an attitude appar-
emily O. 8 7p solicitude for the fu-
ture she o oped into fit of sub
dued laug q which made her ap-
pear more z blushing bride
about to be the altar than like
woman chaA with murder. She
was engaged l.. eep conversation
with her attorney at the time and the
latter must have related funny
story. In appearance the prisoner is
not looking well. During her alb
sence from Butte she evidently wor-
ried herself out of several pounds of
flesh, for she is much thinner than
when she took her departure from
the metropolis of Montana on the day
following the shooting of DR.. Cay
ley. In leaving the court room, how
ever, it was noticed that her step
was light and fast She was con-
veyed to and from the Jail by Under
Sheriff McGuigan, who did not find
it necessary either to cucumber her
wrists with bracelets or her ankles
with the cumbersom Oregon boot.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09

icy, render the contract OF insurance
void, unless the policy is indorsed
with a special permission for the n
creased hazard which will generally
be granted only in consideration of
an additional premium commensurate
with the hazard.
In addition to the danger to prop
erty from displays referred to the
danger to life in crowded stores or
places of meeting by reason of
panic occasioned by a fire, even
though it be small and easily con-
trolled, is so great that the under
writer's who have made study of
such hazards, would only be partly
fulfilling their duty should they fail
to give this warning"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
Mining Engineer Loses the Trail and
Loses His Life.
WAS CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD
His Faithful Dog Returns to Camp,
and Insisting Upon the Attendance
of the Men Leads Them to the Spot
Where the Body Lay Buried in the
Snow.

Big Timber, Mont, Dec. S-A man
named English was found frozen to
death in the snow a short distance
from Cowles mining camp, 60 miles
up in the mountains south of this
city, on Tuesday morning. English
was employed as an engineer for the
Cowles Mining company. On the
night of November 80 he had occa.
sion to go to the cabin of a prospec-
tor, located about three miles from
the camp. While there a severe bliz-
zard and snow storm arose, and he
was cautioned not to attempt to re-
turn to camp that night. He thought,
however, that he could get through
all right, but it is evident that he lost
his bearings and wandered about for
time in the storm, and becoming
exhausted sank down and perished.
On Tuesday morning his dog, which
went with him Saturday night, came
into camp at 1 o'clock and acted in
such a peculiar manner that the men
came to the conclusion that some
thing was wrong with English, and,
forming a party, they went in search
of him. By following the trail of the
dog it proved to be an easy task, and
decided upon what additional fixtures
tance to the cabin they came upon
the body of English, partly buried in
the snow
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
THE ,cELEBRATED GRIFFITH
Opens a Weeks Engagement at the
Opera House.

Griffith, the famous hypnotist, who
has been showing in all the principal
cities of the state opened weeks
engagement at the opera house last
night to a large audience. The per-
formance was an excellent one and
the audience was so well pleased that
there will be a far larger attendance
present tonight, and the balance of
Mr.. Griffith's stay here. AS is his
custom on the first day of his en-
gagement he made his dashing ride
through the principal streets the
city driving spirited team of horses,
being at the same time blindfold
and unable to see. 1t was a thrilling
sight and was watched by hundreds
of people.
The celebrated hypnotist will re
main in Kalispell the balance of the
week, and his performance is GER
tainly entitled to a liberal patronage.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
Red Men Will Celebrate.

Kootenai Tribe No. 20, Improved
Order of Red Men, will give their
first annual ball at the opera house
Tuesday night, December 16. AS
this will be the first affair of the
kind, the Red Men are doing every
thing possible to make it a success
and as they are men well versed in
furnishing amusement for the public
it is safe to say that their efforts will
be crowned with success. Good
music will be in attendance and a
general good time is anticipated.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
TO TAKE OVER ROAD JAN. Il


Great Falls, Dec. 5.-January II
has now been set as the date when
the Great Falls and Canada railroad
is to be officially turned over to the
Great Northern Railway company.
The road will then be known as the
Montana & Great Northern. The
Great Falls & Canada has narrow
gauge line extending from Great
Falls to Lethbridge, Canada. and the
track has been widened to the stand
ard gauge.
Through the acquisition of this
road, President j. ). Hill of the
Great Northern will tap the vast coal
deposits of the Crows Nest fields
and secure fuel for the lines of the
Northern Securities company.
According to the information OBJ
tainable here from Is to 80 train
loads of coal daily will traverse the
Montana & Great Northern road.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09

In the case of the state normal
school, it is recommended that the
legislature make provision for the
increase of dormitory accommoda-
tions at the institution.
Estimates for the next two years
were submitted by the heads of the
several schools. For the state nor
NAL the estimate for 1903 is $22, ,15O,
and for 1904, $25,245. 1t is estimated
that the cost of maintenance of the
school for the deaf and blind for 1908
will be $20,760, and for 1904, $21, ,O1O.
In the case of the school of mines the
estimate for 1903 is $21,515.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Fire Destroys the Residence of J. H.
Gilbert.

The residence of J. H. Gilbert, on
Seventh avenue west, was burned to
the ground early Sunday morning.
The loss is complete, not a stick of
furniture and household goods being
saved How the fire originated is un,
known, as both Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
were absent when the fire broke out
The alarm was given, but the fire de-
partment was unable to be of any
assistance, as there is no fire pro-
lection In that part of town, the near
est flre plug being quarter of mile
away. The building was of frame
construction and burned with great
rapidity.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
TWO TRAINS TO COAST.
Great Northern Will Put on Two
Through Trains Daily

Double coast service will be inau-
rnrated on the Great Northern early
n May consisting of two through
trains daily. The fast train will run
on the present No. 3's time and the
slow train will follow it out of st.
Paul by about eight hours. The fast
train will catch up with and pass
the slow train of the day previous
before it reaches Seattle. Those rid
ing on passes will be obliged to- take
the Japanese speciaP' 1t will be
the aim of the company to have No.
3 handle only the through travel. The
new service will be put on meet the
increase in travel during the sum-
mer months.-Havre Plaindealer. ;.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09
JUDGE HEDGES
The VETERAN
FaIters In the Valley of the Shadow
of Death.
is A MOST EXALTED MASON
And Has Attached Friends of Thirty
Years Standing in Every City, Viii
lage and Hamlet of the State of
MOUNTAINEERING at His Home.

Helena, Dec. 8.-Judge Cornelius
tana, and perhaps the most exalted
Mason of the state, lies at the point
of death from kidney complaint. Last
night he was IN a critical condition.
His physician said that he antici-
pated a crisis within a few hours
While little hope was held out, it was
said that there was some probability
that his life would be preserved for
time.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09

The Bee gives its advertisers
more than double the COM
bined circulation of all other
kaIispeIi newspapers.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-09

dead and injured were taken to Fort
Madison, Iowa
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23

sized pieces with sharp edges, which
does not digest as readily and easily
as finely pulverized feed, such as old
mill stones or the roller mills make. A
very simple mill can be made with roll
ers that will not cost any more than
the common farm grinder and still do
practical work. l had one constructed
which l used some time ago, writes an
American Agriculturist correspondent.
The rollers were composed of two
inch pipe, and gearing was used from
an old mower. These rollers were a
little too small, but it did good work.
1t was run by a four horsepower. The
rollers should be six inches in diameter
and from eight to twenty inches long,
according to the amount of power at
hand and the amount of feed to be
ground. In the illustration b b are the
feed rollers, the hopper, C the main
drive wheels, device for regulating
the flow of grain, hand wheel for
adjusting the feed rollers, pinion to
connect tumbling rod on power, belt
wheel if steam power is used and b
discharge spout for the ground feed.
There is a great advantage in a roller
grinder, and that is it is geared down
instead of geared up, as all other mills,
and consequently will run much easier.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23

own it, but you don't tell me there
were two presidents in the family!
Well, well; but, say, they are dead,
amt they? What's the use of dig
ging up dead people?
"On the ground flour we will have
the SWEETEST barroom in Spokane. The
fixtures beat anything you ever saw.
On the second floor we will have two
faro layouts, two roulette wheels, two
Klondike games, crap game and
several draw poker games. On the
top floor will be lodging house."
The Adams family had mortgage
on the lot, where the building now
stands This mortgage was foreclosed
in 1897 and the property was bid in
at sheriff's sale by George c Adams,
now dead. He was nephew of
Charles Francis Adams and brother
of Charles Francis Adams II. He
paid $23,034 for the property on fore
closure. Since his death the Adams
real estate trust has assumed con-
troll of the property.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23

is better than their way. Whether
beekeepers use the Rambler's jouncer
or not. | hope the beekeepers will dis
card the old. obsolete use of brush.
Bees can be shaken off the combs clean
enough. In central California but few
brushes are used.
l have great hopes for the shallow
extracting super. Mr.. Davenport says
the jouncing principle is worth $50 a
year to him even with the standard
frames
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23
One Thing and Another.

1t is expected that South Dakota will
have a corn palace at the Louisiana
Purchase worlds fair.
Good land that is we'll cared for
should grow from 200 to 400 bushels
of onions per acre. Three hundred and
fifty bushels would be a good average
yield on land under high cultivation.
Varieties of onions that have done
best at the Kansas station are Prize
Taker, Yellow Danvers, Red Wethers-
field. Silver King and later the Giant
Gibraltar.
Set eggplants two or three feet apart
in rows three and a half feet apart
and give plenty of fertilizer and cult
vation
White skinned potatoes seem to be
the popular sort in this market, almost
to the exclusion of several good red
skinned varieties that have been stand
ard for some time. says a Massachu-
sets correspondent in American Gull
tivator.
A mellow, ''quick" soil is essential to
tender radishes.
Tall or standard beans will climb on
brush or chicken wire. Half standards
and dwarfs planted in double rows
tend to hold each other up.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23
Grain Production of Montana.

At the solicitation of Congressman
William w. Skies of Ohio and others,
-. A. Ferguson, commissioner of agri
culture, labor and industry proposes
to secure statistics as to the grain
production of Montana. There was a
time when the grain crop of this
state was so inconsiderable as to be
of little consequence when the total
production of the country was CON
sidered, but that time has passed.
Each year Montana farmers are pro-
ducing more grain than they did the
year before, and on the eve of the
reclamation of large areas of agri-
government work, Montana's produc-
ton promises soon to reach enormous
proportions.
Mr.. Ferguson was at a loss how to
secure the desired statistics, but at
the suggestion of Congressman Skiles
he has adopted a plan which will
probably answer his purpose. He
will ask each postmaster in the state
to send him the names of the owners
of such threshing outfits as may be
operating in their communities, and
will then endeavor to secure reports
| from the threshers. In that way ac-
curate reports may be secured of ac-
tual grain production. 1t is highly
important that Montana should as
sumo the place it deserves in the
grain statistical record which is to
be issued by the government.
Congressman Skies wants stats
tics as to the four great grain crops
of the state, oats, wheat, barley and
rye.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-23
AUSTRALIAN sALTBus4.
Its Value as a Perennial Forage
Plant on Dry Upland Soils.

It's Value as a Perennial FORAGE
Plant on Dry Upland Soils.
The Australian saltbush, triplex
semibaccata, appears to have value as
a perennial forage plant for dry upland
soils in mild climates. Experiments
made by the California station during
the past half dozen years support this
view. Culture tests have been made at
various points, chiefly at the Paso Ro-
bles substation, situated on the rolling
upland plains of the upper Salinas val
ley, some 500 feet above sea level.
Here the soil on which most of the
saltbush has been grown is a light,
granite sandy loan, underlaid by a
compact hardpan about two feet from
the surface, on an average. This hard
pan layer is generally about four feet
thick. Roots of all deciduous fruit
trees and grapevines fail to penetrate
it. The depth to ground water is about
seventy-fve feet. The average annual
rainfall for the past ten years has been
1880 inches, but for the last three
years only about $50 inches. Small
trials of the saltbush at this station
had resulted so favorably that in a re-
cent year large plot was sown.
A good stand was obtained, and the
plants made good growth, though the
total rainfall for the season was only
4.75 inches, and much of this was of
little benefit, as it came in light show
ers, followed by drying winds. The
crops were an entire failure, native
vegetation dried up very early, and on
unirrigated land there was no green
fodder plant in the whole region ex-
cept the saltbush., This grew surpris-
| ingly, though on poor soil and under
conditions so trying. 1t remained
green all through the hot, rainless
summer and when cut in September
yielded about six tons of green fodder
making one and half tons Of hay, per
acre. Upon examination it was found
that the roots of the saltbush had gone
deep into the soil in search of moisture
piercing the hardpan and penetrating
to depth of seven feet. The same
plot was cut again one and two years
later, yielding in one instance about
thirteen tons of green fodder, or over
three tons of hay, to the acre.
Seed sown in March in hills four
feet apart each way produced plants
which covered the ground completely
by September. Many farmers in the
neighborhood have grown small patch
es of saltbush. Some have tried it or
a larger scale, have found it of valu,
and are planting more. 1t grows a!
we'll on clay loans as on lighter soils
and gives a heavier yield. Some hav,
failed with it from improper sowing
1t should be covered very lightly, abou
like alfalfa seed. Self sown seed from
established plants sprouts freely on til,
surface of the ground with the fall
rains, the volunteer seedlings spring
ing up by the thousand.-Orange jude
Farmer