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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS.

Minneapolis Tribune: The crusade
against monopoly of the public lands
by capitalists and spectators is no
new thing. It only gains new interest
now from the increased danger that
this monopoly will destroy the whole
heritage OF the people it it be not
checked. Of the three laws, whose
repeal is demanded by the president
and the secretary of the interior, only
one was enacted in the interest of the
people. 54.
The homestead Communication act
served a good purpose in enabling set
tiers to obtain title SO that they could
raise money on their homesteads for
improvement. But it served a much
larger purpose of corruption in enab-
ling fraudulent entrymen to obtain
title in order to transfer it to the CAPT
talists and spectators by whom they
were hired to commit perjury. The
stone and timber act and the desert
land act never were passed in the in
terest of the people. They were pass.
ed to serve the purpose of capitalists
and spectators at a time when public
opinion on this subject was languid,
because SO large a proportion of the
arabic lands had been taken up.
But the adoption of the national pol
icy of irrigation revives public interest
In preservation of the land for the
people, as it increases the activity OF
the speculative raid upon them. En-
tries under the stone and timber act
are yearly ten times what they were
five years ago and probably the same
is true of the other two acts. The
department believes that a large pro
portion of these are fraudulent and it
urges that eve honest entries under
these acts are opposed to puolic policy,
now that the government has decided
to redeem the arid lands for actual
settlers. s
The senate committee ON public
lands, in its report on the repeal bill,
points out that presidents and secre-
taries of the interior, and later secre-
taries of agriculture, have been urging
the repeal of all these acts for twenty
years past. Secretary Hitchcock and
President Roosevelt have been led to
give nor earnest attention to the
matter by the fact that public land
entries increased from 5000 acres in
1898 to 1884, 900 acres IN 1902, with
out any perceptible increase in the
area of actual settlement outside Of
Oklahoma, where only the original
homestead act prevails. It is perfectly
clear that the public domain is pass
ing into the hands of great landed
proprietors, who will reap the benefit
of the national policy of irrigation if
the movement be not checked.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

natural demand is met by the fiercest
opposition from the democrats. They
argue that compliance with it would
be to raise the price of a commodity
to the detriment of millions for no
other purpose than to benefit a few.
Relatively considered, the Porto
Ricans stand the same in this regard
to the rest of the country as the sugar
growers of Louisiana and a few more
of the southern states. Relatively con-
sidered, they also stand in this re-
spect the same as the beet growers
and makers of beet sugar. Yet when
the administration proposed reciprocal
trade relations with Cuba, every dem.
ocratic politician and editor in the
country arose and with all his might
denounced such an arrangement as in
0A1Ou duu a llcuuISu uSSlT6 10 CrlQQlo
American industry. Because they
feared that to permit Cuban sugar
tn come in under a reduced duty
would possibly cut into the
If a few states solidly democratic
the opponents of reciprocity demand
ell continuation OF a policy that. ac-
cepting their argument in the case of
Porto Rico, was calculated tn henef;t
only a very few to the manifest detr;.
ment OF the great majority. The die.
parity in amount existing between
Porto Rico's production OF coffee and
the American production of sugar is
not so great as II democratic friends
would have you believe n despite
all they may have to say on the sub-
]ect we are still dependent to an i'm.
degree upon foreign countries
for our supply of sweetness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

Above deaths awful song of carnage
ana desolation that sounds from Ore.
gon echoes sweet and clear the notes
nat tell OF the bravery and heroism
OF Leslie Matlock. Disdaining to seek
safety for himself in ignoble flight.
ne mounted a horse and with the en-
quilting waters only a few feet behind
rode down the doomed valley warning
those yet alive to flee and escape
the danger that was coming. Fear
lessly he risked his life n nob]y
he performed his self-imposed duty.
With no hope OF reward and with
none of the glamor and encourage
ment that brave men into deeds OF
daring on the battlefield, he sped on.
ward, every moment threatened with
destruction himself, not to take life,
but to save it. How well he succeed
ed the hundreds at Lexington whose
lives he saved can tell. Matlock's
exploit is a fitting theme for the poet
and an inspiration to all who admire
bravery when that bravery is exhibited
in heroic ,fn save human
life, a nobler desire than which can
prompt no one into action.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
Tax on Babies.

Extreme hot weather is a great tax
upon the digestive power of babies;
when puny and feeble, they should be
given a few doses of Whites Cream
Vermifuge, the children's tonic. It
will stimulate and facilitate the diges-
ton of their food, so that they soon
become strong, healthy and active.
Csc at Holmes & Rixon's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
Stockwell's ss ss &C.,: ;~,.' :,
No Charge for Male Help.

Lii ~4 NNHEE
Bell Phone s9a: Mofett Phone 1S1.
Help Wanted.
Girls for general house work. city
and ranch.
Housekeeper.
Transfers.
Eight hand shearers.
Machine Shearers.
Two irrigators.
Two farm hands.
! Two BARRIERS, city.
Man and wife for ranch.
Positions Wanted.
BY competent lady cook; boarding
house or hotel.
For Rent.
Four-room house, SIG per month.
Two o house, furnished, $40 per
month.
lawn, garden, bath, etc.: north side.
For Sale.
Restaurant i nom of the best thriy-
ing towns in Montana. Call for par.
ticulars.
Eleven-room apartment house, Red
Lodge.
JerseyCow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
club For American. In Manila

Club For Americana. In Manila.
An institutional club for Americans
is to be founded in Manila. $4,000 hav-
quarters. Yale university will equip
its gymnasium. and $1,000 is being
raised at Princeton for it's billiard
room. Harvard and Pennsylvania will
furnish the living rooms of the club.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

The Anaconda Standard seems to
regard prizefighting as an illegal
sport" In fact it says in plain words
that the diversions at Butte last Sat
urday were in open violation of the
law. Correct as the esteemed con-
temporary usually is, in this instance
it certainly must be mistaken. The
Butte newspapers chronicled the
presence at the ringside of no fewer
than four sheriffs. Surely among
that many officers of the law at least
one would he fond who would tai1c
it upon himself to stop any proceed
ings that was violative of the statutes
he and the others have sworn to up
hold and enforce. According to relia-
bile accounts the gentleman who is
sheriff of Silver Bow county at one
stage did believe that an unlawful
act had been committed and he
promptly climbed over the ropes to
warn the supposed offender that such
conduct would not be tolerated. Sat
.isfactory assurance seems to have
been given him that he was in error,
for he interfered no further.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
Mosquito Inspector. Now.

A mosquito inspector" for each
ward is contemplated by City Council
man George Stewart Brown of Balti-
more. who has resumed his campaign
against the pestiferous insect. says the
New Yorl: World. and has introduced
an ordinance appropriating SIS. 900 for
continuing the war.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
MissTATEs II CASE.

MIssTATEs THE CASE.
Unintentionally, of course, the US
ually fair and accurate Great Falls
Tribune misstates Senator Elkins'
plan for promoting the American ship
ping industry by the imposition of a
discriminating tariff. The bill that
it is said he intends to introduce al the
mex session of congress- will not. as
enormously stated by the Tribune,
reduce the tariff 10 per cent on i'm
ports brought in by American YES
sells, while at the same time make
an increase of that amount in the duty
on goods brought to these shores by
foreign vessels. 1t will provide only
for the reduction Of 10 per cent in
the tariff on goods imported in Ameri-
a ships, leaving the duty as it now
is in it's application to imports in for
eign vessels.
II the Tribune will refresh it's mem
DRY a Strifle it will recall the fact that
at the last session Senator Elkins
favored a law increasing the duty on
imports brought into the country in
foreign ships. To this there was sc.
rious and we'll taken objection and he
did not press the matter. Since the
adjournment of congress he has for
mulated the other plan, that OF fay-
yoring in a substantial manner the
importation of goods in American yes
sells, and is credited with the inten-
ton Of pushing it to the limit of his
ability and power.
It seems hardly reasonable that
the Tribune should object to the new
idea. In the first place, it adopted,
Senator Elkins' bill will result in a
material reduction in the tariff on
many things, something the Tribune
has been advocating, along with all
the other democratic newspapers,
ever since it has had an existence,
onA ~ Saryynrfly ch01,1l rona% with
its APPROVAL. In the next instance,
it will, or at least should have as an
effect stimulation of ship building
in the United States. All parties are
agreed that the latter consideration
is one meriting the serious attention
Of everybody interested in the ma
terial welfare and progress of the
nation. The only difference on the
question that exists is the manner
in which encouragement should be
given the owners of ships. Subsidiz-
ing as originally proposed has proved
so unpopular that the New England
and middle states senator's and repre-
sentatiyes who favored that form of
encouragement and aid found them
selves compelled to yield to the pub
lie demand and probably the last has
been heard of the subsidy bill.
To foster and encourage construc-
ton of American ships, owned and
manned by Americans, is the desire
of Senator Elkins and it would
that at last he has devised a plan by
which this can be done in a manner
that will not take from the many and
give to the few, as was contemplated
in the Payne subsidy bill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
JURY DELIsERATINe in JETT.
WHITE CASE.
Merry PROSECUTOR BYRD
Commonwealth Attorney Makes Start.
ling Speech Summing Up State.
Side Of Cause.
(euIletin.l

Jackson, KY, June IS The jury in
the Jett and White case, after be-
ing out nine hours, reported at 8
p. n. that it was unaDle to agree and
it's deliberations were continued.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
Paine's Celery
Compound
The Most Remarkable Remedy
in the World.
The True Medicine for the Cure Of Die.
eases Of the Blood and Nerves.

Paine's Celery COMPOUND cures
cases given Up as hopeless 1t tuilds
Up, strengthens, restores. When
tired and discouraged, this great
medicine will give new life and
vitality. Paine's Celery Compound
is the IDEAL medicine and should be
IN every home.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

Some of those who have a liking for
dabbling in things difficult and hard
of explanation are trying to figure out
how to reconcile the policy that works
for the preservation Of the forests
with that which by Offering an incen-
tive to their destruction yearly and
RAPIDLY decreases their areas. Strange
and incompatible as this combination
OF policies may appear, the govern
ment is pursuing it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
All doubts as to how Russia would

All doubts as to how Russia would
regard the new king was dispelled
when Nicholas sent that c~ongratu1a.
tory message to Peter. The reference
it contained to the aid and assistance
Of the Deity may have been a little,
grim Russian humor, but whether in
tended seriously or not, the recipient
of the wish no doubt sincerely hopes
that in their ordering of things be-
low the hosts above will not overlook
him. Judging from the experience OF
the ms whose job he has assumed,
his royal nibs stands in need of prayer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19
in some localities.

Having declared amnesty to it's
murderers at nome, the s%kuptschina
will perform a lasting service to a
number Of most excellent gentlemen in
Kentucky if it will now transfer its
field of activity to that state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

Much as he no doubt deplores in
curment of their ~displeasure, the presi-
dent will probobly continue to dis
please the miners by ordering the
presence OF federal troops into the
regions where he believes it is needed
for the protection of life and property.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

1t may be fieeting and @evanescent,
but the fact remains that in view of
certain phenomena Of nature in the
regions Of the south, forestry and the
storage of flood waters at points near
their origin have become immensely
popular in some localities.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-19

AAysS DUAO y AAOAC was
another "circus crowd" here today to
hear the closing arguments in the case
OF Curtis Jet and Thomas White. The
pleadings of Judge J.. B. French, John
D. O'Neal and D. B. Golden for the
defense and Captain w. T. Hurst
and Thomas Marcum for the prosecu-
ton yesterday and last night had at
tracted SO much attention that all
wanted to hear the commemorative
attorney, Byrd, close the case this
morning. s.
The mothers of the defendants,
widows of feud victims and other
ladies were again present. While all
men who entered the courtroom were
searched every day for concealed wea-
pons, extra precautions were taken
today by the soldiers, as there are
grave apprehensions as to what may
happen with such a crowd in the town
after the trial is concluded. If it is
a hung jury it is said that Governor
Beckham, who has State Inspector
Hines here looking on will not have
the next trials in Breathltt county,
nor Judge Redwine sit in otner cases.
Investigated Bribery.
Inspector Hines came back to in
vestigate the attempt to brlpe Witness
Even. Even had hve witnesses to the
attempt to bride and threats of assas-
sination and the destruction of his
property.
There are grave fears today for
some newspaper men. Two CORE.
spondents left yesterday and their
papers have sent new men who are
not known to the assassins. 1t is
dangerous for man to remain here
long if his paper has a circulation
in the town.
When court convened today B. B.
Golden concluded for the Lefense and
. x1CCOl lxCy Dy1u mduC
his argument. Byrd has a reputation
as a fearless prosecutor. When this
case opened he announced that he
proposed to do his duty, it mattering
not who was hurt. Byrd has pur-
chased a home in Winchester, KY, and
is preparing to remove his family to
that place.
Reprimanded by Court.
Byrd spoke of how Even had to be
protected by soldiers, fearing that he
would be assassinated if he ventured
from his home unprotected and how
he had been forced to remain under
the protection of the soldiers since the
trial. The defense objected frequently
to his statements and in some in
stances vas sustained and the prose-
cutor reprimanded by the judge.
Attorney O'Nea1 objected to a state
ment by Byrd that a motion had been
made to dismiss the jury, which vas
sustained and Byrd proceeded. The
case will go to the jury about noon.
Byrd asked the jury to be willing,
if necessary, to MAKE the same sacri-
fee that Captain Even had made for
justice. Raising MS nand aloft and
shaking it threateningly toward two
prominent men who sat in court, he
said: Avs"
Warning to Feudists.
II want to give warning to you and
all of your followers that your blood
thirsty duels must stop in Breathitt
county. Leave this county and its
people. God knows they have suffer-
ed enough; God knows the day has
got to come when the arch assassins,
the men who are the controlling pow
ers behind the Jets and Whites, will
be exposed to the world and either
sent to prison or to the moose"
With clenched fists and shaking
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-12
Ex-Speaker Reeds opinion.

Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed
says of newspapers:
That know very little about
newspapers am ready to confess.
Probably a good man could not
know much unless, indeed, he
was a publisher or an editor.
That the editors and publishers
are good men, actuated by the
highest motives, | notice incl
dentalIy by the newspapers
themselves. / do not quarrel
with them because they would
admit it, but | wish they would
admit it every day Which re-
minds me to say to you that abb
soiute goodness and disinterest-
edness can be predicated OF no
profession outside of the law.
Nobody can fail to notice the
tremendous growth OF newspa-
sers not only in numbers, but IN
size. Today the journals OF the
cities are no longer resumes OF
the day, all OF which are to be
read and pondered, but they have
become encyclopedias OF what
has happened all over the world.
They aregetting to be read only
IN readiness, except those items
which concern each particular
reader. What the end will be no
man can tell.
Newspapers are what they
are by %virture OF ii power grattl.
than themselves. They are much
more the product OF the readers
than of the editors and publish
erS
"A great man once gave a dis
course at least an hour long
about the follies and shortcom-
i lgs of the newspapers, all OF
which. | recognized, but when he
had finished | said to him:
"'Don't you see that newspa-
pers Ire what their readers make
them, and hence all you have
said is an Indictment against the
human race, to which you and |
belong??' He was silent a mo-
ment then said, Il am afraid you
are right
"Of course it is every mans
duty to aspire to the loftiest
models before his eye, but he as
truly does the Lords work who
lifts a mortal from the pit to the
surface Of the earth to the skies.
Newspapers in season and out OF
season, do both."-San Angelo
Press.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-12
Il FISHER MARTEN.
Conceffed. Cunning and Intelligent
and without Fear


C~oncefted. Cunning and Intelligent
and without Fear
The fisher marten deserves to l.
much better known than he generally
is, if only on account Of his own good
opinion of himself, his wonderful cum
ming and shrewd Intelligence.
One of the largest and handsomest
of the martens, he has also agility,
strength and endurance for any two
of his kind put together. Measuring
about three feet in length, with a slim.
vigorous body, the fisher will travel
enormous distances in a single night,
bounding lightly up into b air, with
his nose turned up in order t9-catch
every Whit of scent. outwitting other
animals and the cleverest trappers and
making himself at home wherever he
happens to find himself.
He generally chooses as his hunting
grounds the thickly covered hills and
ridges where the hemlock and spruce
grow in abundance, but he is as much
at home on the tree tops as on the
ground and can sleep as soundly In a
low hollow of a tree as on a branch of
a fir tree, where he will lie stretched
out in the sunshine like any old cat.
AS for fear, he does not know what
it is. He will not only face but ac-
tually kill a Canadian pOrcupine and
does not even appear to mind the
quilts which penetrate his, body. He
is not particularly fond of meeting an
old ham with althc lint iS pnnnys0 llV
clever enough to steal her cubs while
she goes off on some little expedition
of her own, while instances have been
related of the fishers in the Rocky
mountains even killing young grizzlies.
AS for man, he appears to laugh at
him and his designs for trapping wild
animals. He will pull a marten trap
open and take out the bait, whether
alive or dead; he will tear a pine mar
ten or mink to pieces in no time and
carry it off or drag the trap over some
rough projection in order to spring it
and make off more often than moi
| without having received as much as Il
scratch.
But perhaps his ~cleverest trick. when
he finds a trapper is following his
trail. is to get behind the trapper and
follow his, so hat while the uncon-
scious trapper is walking after the
fisher the fisher is keeping completely
out of danger by following the trap
per. Many a useless mile has the
trapper walked in this manner and
many good bats has he lost by the
very same shrewd, cunning animal he
is trying to trace and catch.-Collier's
Weekly.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-12
A Lucky Game of Chess.

A story is told of the Moorish prince
Abul HejeX. who was thrown II
prison for sedition by his brother Mo
manned, king of Granada. There he
remained for several years until the
king, fearing he might escape. placed
himself at the head of a fresh revolt
and seized the crown, ordering II of
his pashas to see to his immediate exc
eution. Abul IIeiexwa playingat chess
when the nasha came and babe him
prepare for death. The prince asked
for two hours respite, which was re
fused. After earnest entreaty he OBJ
tanned permission to finish his game.
He was in no hurry about the moves.
we are told, and well for him he WAS
not, for before an hou had elapsed a
messenger brought the news hat Mo-
manned had been struck dead by apo
plexy, and Abul was forthwith pro-
claimed king of Granada. 1t was in
deed a small favor for the pasha to
grant, but it altered the whole current
of the kings career.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-12
The bishop and the widow.

According to a contemporary, a bishop
who is widely known for his sympa-
thetic and kindly nature having occa-
sion recently to call upon a widow on
some church matter, and finding her
deeply distressed at her loneliness, ven
tured, as he was quite entitled to do, to
offer a few words of fatherly consola-
ton. You must not" he said, be cast
down by your sorrow and lonely posi-
ton. Remember the maxim. Man pro-
poses, but - "Ah, my lord" inter-
rupted the lady, 'if man only would
1t is act mentioned whether the bishop
was a bachelor or not.-London Stand
ard.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-12
Bids Called For.

The Board OF County Commits
sioners of Chaves county will
consider sealed bids for the
construction OF a public high
Way bridge across the Rio Felix
near the town of Hagerman, Cha
YES county, N. NJ, as per plans
and specifications on file in the
probate clerks Office at Roswell
The Board OF County Commits
sioners will furnish all piling-
90 oak piling-on the ground
where bridge is to reconstructed.
The successful bidder to furnish
all other material of every kind
and description as per specifica
lions and all labor and other
things necessary to properly
construct said bridge.
Work to begin soon as pilings
are on the ground afterco1tract
is let and pushed to completion.
All bids must be filed in the
probate clerks office at Roswell,
not later than ? O'Clock p. M,
October 5, 1903.
The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
w. NJ. ATKINSON,
Chairman.
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