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Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP

At Warwick, in England, the guardi- ans propose to utilize tramp labor in excayating a subway
 Burglars got into the Marseilles li- brary recently and stole about $2o,00O worth of old coins, including an ecu dated 1926, of which only three other specimens are in existence.
 Most fishermen along the coast of France still avoid going to sea in tke first two days of November, owing to the superstitious fear of the death wind, and the belief that at that time the ghosts of drowned fishermen rise and capsize boats.
 To widow named Charlotte Die trich the German emperor sent 300 marks and gilt cup of the finest porcelain, together with letter of congratulation, on her one hundredth birthday. She also received 100 marks and other presents i'll the name of the city of Berlin.
 A Frenchman may light his cigar with thousand-franc note and yet not lose a cent, provided he saves the part of the note with the number on it. On presenting that at the Banque de France he will promptly get new note. The bank officials tell story of peasant who put a 2o-franc and a 50-franc note into the barrel of his rifle, which he never used. His wife knew nothing about his safe" and one day neighbor borrowed the rifle burnt to ashes, but these were care fully gathered and taken to the bank, where the chemist succeeded in identi- flying them.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

Income Tax Statistics In Prussia.
 The entire taxable population of Prussia, according to the returns of 1901, numbered 34,056,414; 176 of this number were free from taxation as being extraterritorial, and 20,5s1 ,002 had an income not exceeding 900 marks ($21D. From this we see that almost two-thirds of the entire pop ulation pay no tax whatever. From the remaining 13.466,236 inhabitants. only 1i,834,5l8 come into considera- tion for purposes of taxation, az 1,631 ITS persons are for especial req sons tax free. The total amount of the income tax paid was l6S,127, 100 marks ($40,014,250), and more than three-fourths of this sum, viz. 126,- 52O,247 marks ($3O, 1,819), falls to the town population and only 41,606.- s53 marks ($9,902,4 ,431) to the country population. More well-to-do people. therefore, live in the cities than in the country. The taxes are distrib- uted as shown below:
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

the gentleman quite a drubbng and also did what he was able toward the whitewashing of Iris" As I remem- Der the letter, the argument was the much-used old one; present evil on the stage, but do not present it in an attractive light. Then those of the audience who are good will want to be better, and the bad will be moved to abhor that which is bad. Of which, w. must confess, we are not wholly convinced
 We'll, what is the story of Iris ?' Something like this: Mrs. Iris Bella my is beautiful young woman, gre < cious, generous, of kindly intention. She is sweet and pleasant to all, both superiors and interiors; and even after the fatal weakness in her char acter becomes apparent, one cannot help being fond of her. She is so tactful, so careful not to hurt the feelings of others, she certainly is very winning. At first the only shadow of defect we notice in her is her luxuriousness; her softness, if we may so speak of it. She wants to have all harsh, hard things shut out from her life, deeires to know noth- ing of their existence.
 Now we descendants of the steri, Pnritans realize that this is really a fatal defect, does not make for any strength of character. And poor Iris Bellamy was not strong. It did not seem to make any difference whether or not she possesses the strength SC long as she was rich and shielded, but when diversity and temptations came, then what mettle she had was tried. Her fortune melts away, and Iris faces the fact that struggle lies before her. She knows it will go hard for her, so unsuited, so un- trained for anything of the kind, but vows to walk bravely hand in hand with poverty She is in love with a man that has been used to all the luxury of London's high life, but who has no fortune of his own. When Mrs. Bellamy's money takes unto it. self wings and flies away, her lover resolves to go to America, and i'll that fabulous land pick mp gold for him. self and his fair lady He departs, ard Iris stays behind.
 Both expect her to be patient and constant, and poor Iris is not equal 10 it. She wants soft nest, and it is offered her by a rich ulan present n the field, She is used tc jewels,
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

ity at any other point on the South African coast, except at the Cape Town docks.
 The one drawback which has hith erto delayed the development of the best natural harbor in all South Ar rica-the absence of a sufficient sup ply of fresh water-is now being remedied Surveys have been com pleted for both the waterworks and the 80 miles of railway that will con meet the new port with the main trunk line of the Cape government railways at Porterville, station for merly known as the Piquetberg Road station.
 As an alternative port to Cape Town for both freight and passen- ger traffic, Saldanha bay is destined to loom large in South Africa ship ping and commercial circles in the near future. It's enormous natural breaLwater, giving perfect shelter ill all winds and at any state of the tide, it's great and uniform depth of water running close in shore, and it's acces- sibility, combine to mark it out for immediate and extensive develop ment.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
Ofoten Railroad and the Fish Trade
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The commercial relations between the northern ports of Norway and Russia have been steadily increasing, in spite of the insufficient means of communication hitherto existing; but as the Ofoten railroad and Swe- dish main line have now been opened, traffic will become still more consid- erable.
 Russia is already good customer for Norwegian fish. Now, as the Ofo- ten railroad--the most northern in the world-has been opened, the fish consumed in Russia (which maJ be more than the Norwegian market eau supply) will, of course, be forwarded by rail; consequently, the shipments of dried fish will decrease as the ex- port of fresh fish proves profitable. The prices of Lofoten cod were sO high this year that tha ary-tish pro- dueers had poor retu. ns.
 VICTOR E. NELSON
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
Axrlcultursi Industry in Japan.

The important question of foster ing the agricultural resources in Ja- pan has been much discussed recent
 ly by section of the Japanese pub lie. It is stated that according to statistics, the total debt of the farm ing class at present amounts to about
 S29S, SOC, ,000, two-thirds of which is the result of the easier life led by the generality of farmers, the better food, clothing and housing. This cap ital is unproductively employed, while the remaining $99,6Oo,OoO goes to the fund for the improvement of the az ricultural industry The interest paid by farmers is abnormally high, ranging from Is to 30 per cent. per annum, and there is little prospect of repayment, as the profits are very small. The farmers toll hard throughout the year, yet their profit is not more than five per cent. per annum, after deducting the national and local taxes. It is hopeless for business which pays only five per cent. to be carried on with capital which pays an interest of 90 per cent, and, for this reason, the improvement of farms is entirely out of the question.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
The First City.

New York was not always the first city of America. In 1730 Philadelphia had population of 12,O00; Boston, II, 800 and New York s,600 Twenty years later Philadelphia population had risen to 1s,o0o, Boston's to 14,00o and New York's to f0,o00. In 1790 the Quaker City still led, with 44000, New York had jumped into second place with 33,0o0, while Boston stood at 1s.- GOO. Albany Argus.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
cn,,1nn,t Raine inc nnhx.

Senator Pritchard, of North Caro- lima, telling how healthy his section of the state is, remarked: "A mourn taineer, aged 92, and his wife, aged 90, were returning from the funeral of their oldest child, who had died at the age of T. They were both deeply grieved. As they were dis cussing their loss the wife said: T always told you, JohDs that we would never raise that cbnd.l"
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
Solving n PrnhIem.

George Women are still pushing their way into all industries.
 Jacll-That's so. l have just been discharged to make way for a woman.
 You have? Well, well! What arc you going to do now?'
 '1 am trying to marry the woman" Washington Times.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

Wing Pinero. Some hold Mr. Pinero the greatest English dramatist since the time of William Shakespeare; others look upon him as the man that sends out plays which should never see the light of day.
 Mir Pinero is clever, wonderfully 50, but he certainly does present to the public view a lot of degenerate men and women, the beholding of which, it seems to us, does not make for any great good.
 Of the play Iris" there has been considerable of controversy of late. A certain Chicago pastor denounced Iris" from the pulpit, spoke of its inanorality and of what a pity it was thy theatrical trust should impose such works as it does upon good act resses, who must take what is offered them and say nothing.
 Whereupon the ire of MT. Sothern, Virginia Harned's husband, was reused to the extent of talking back
 In an open letter to the newspapers Mir. Sothern frankly told the reverend gentleman that the latter did not know what he was talking about, and added that charitableness, gentleness of judgment and investigation in the cause of truth, were things that men of his calling ought to be particu- larly strong in, with emphasis on the fought" In fact, MT. Sothern gave
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

rica, the West Indies Colombia, Ven- czuela. Mexico and Central America, and ebony from West Africa. Hick- ory is furnished mainly by the Uni- ted States. J. F. MONAGHAN.
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13
Knitting As a Cure for Insomnia
By CHARLOTTE F. BOLDTMANN,
 Editor of Stitches.

BELIEVE in the wisdom of the doctors who advs- ing knitting remedy for nervousness and insomnia.
 The placid granny of the olden time who sat in the chimney white-capped her kerchief folded
Newport daily independent., 1903-01-13

IRGINIA HARMED is ap- bearing this season in
 Iris" a production from the pen of MT. Arthur Wing Pinero. Some hold
 Nr. D.. 4Lo .ao+ae+
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
AN OUTRAGE.

Little girls are now employed by
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany in Butte for carrying messages
and running errands. Besides it's
regular telegraph business, the COM
pany conducts messenger service
for doing all kinds of errands for the
public. This seems a small line of
business to engage, the attention of
a company with capital of a hun
dred millions of dollars, but the eX-
tent of the business is greater than
might be supposed. The entire city
is wired and every hotel lodging
house, saloon and resort in the city
is provided with an electric messen-
ger call
Boys were employed by the com
pany until they recently went on a
strike, when the girls were substi
tuted. 1t seemed bad enough to have
little boys sent into the dives an6
resorts of the wickedest city on earth
hut to employ young girls for suc1
a purpose is worse than criminal.
seems strange that single paren
could be found willing to sacrific,
the innocence of a daughter for tn,
few paltry dollars to be gained, bu
poverty is hard taskmaster and tn
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

Western Union corporation has no
scruples about debauching and blunt
ing the moral sense of the little chill
dren if by doing SO it can increase
the dividends upon it's millions of
watered stock. There is a law in this
state which forbids children to visit
or frequent saloons and resorts, and
if the churcn societies of Butte are
not able to bring about the enforce
ment Of the law, they had better dis
hand and rent out their church build
irgs for saloon purposes.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

At Browning hall last Saturday
morning ticket was slated for
councilmen representing all sections
of the reservation. This ticket con-
tanned the names Of II full bloods
and 10 mixed bloods. AT the coun-
Gil there in the afternoon, over which
Major Monteath presided, he said
the election could take place on July
|, when all the Indians would be at
the agency The ticket is prorated,
and the full GOODS being in the ma
iority, they have a trifle more repre-
sentation. The Indians are request
ing that the reservation be fenced,
according to the promise made them
by the commissioner while the dele
cations were in Washington.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
Good For Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imme-
date relief in all cases Of cough,
Group and la grippe, because it does
not pass Immediately into the stom-
ach, but takes effect right at the seat
of the trouble. 1t draws out the in
Illumination, heals and soothes and
cures permanently by enabling the
lungs to contribute pure life giving
and life sustaining oxygen to the
blood and tissues. Bronson & Light
hail. Broderick & Walker.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

People in the northwest talk about
j. j. Hills tunneling of the Cascades
for the Great Northern as great
engine ering triumph and it was. But
i'll comparison with the job which
the government has undertaken in
constructing the Panama canal it
sinks into infinitesmal insignificance.
Some idea of that stupendous project
may be CLEANED from simple men
ton of some of the great engineering
feats to be connected with it. The
most monstrous cut known to engi-
neering will be made on the isthmus
when the canal will be dug through
hill 800 feet high and half mile
long. Another great work will be the
construction of the Bohlo dam. They
will have to go down 10 feet for a
foundation, and the dam will have to
be 22O feet from the top to the bot
tom and half mile long. All of
these immense projects will require
machinery and material, world with
out end. The men will have to be
ltt anu NlotHSu dllu NoSIoiSu, gnu @
o. that will make business good for
somebody The money for the pro-
ject has been provided. The govern
ms mt of Colombia will get $10,000.000.
the French canal company will get
$40 100000. The cost of the canals
completion will be $135, 100000. and
that sum will be provided by the issu-
alice of bonds of the United States
az the money is needed. The canal
commission will have $10.000,000 in
cash at hand after Colombia and the
canal company have been paid with
which to make start. AS rapidly as
other sums are needed, the bonds
will be sold and the coin supplied. A
great deal of foreign labor will be
used in this work. There is no pro-
hibition against engaging contract
labor from Europe, and the greater
part of the heavy labor will be done
by labor of that class. but all under
the supervision of United States en-
gineers and officers.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

at Yale with an essay demonstrating
that negroes are incapable of govern
place. His victory by this common
sense proposition and the eloquence
with which he enforced it casts a
shade upon the white competitors
and makes Professor Washington
Booker look like a hayseed. If all
negroes were as wise as Mr.. William
Pickens there would be no southern
question, except the price of cotton.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

A current announcement in Jour
ma! of the medical profession comes
Just too late to have afforded the
theatrical people recently turned
back at Blaine chance to compro-
mise between their dignity and vac
cination at the hands of the Canadian
officer of the border quarantine Let
tIce, according to Medical Talk, is
an absolute preventive of smallpox.
No one. it declares is in the least
particle of danger of catching small
rox who eats little lettuce every
day. Smallpox belongs to the scor-
butte class of diseases. I'VE may
say without the least hesitation or
reserve that lettuce will prevent
smallpox. 1t is thousand times bet
ter than vaccination. It has no liza
hilties. like vaccination. to produce
other diseases. We are willing to
stake our professional reputation ON
the broad statement that any one
who eats lettuce daily will not catch
smallpox, whether he be vaceinated
OF not
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
THE MERCER SUIT.

Much satisfaction among the peo-
pie will result from the decision of
the United States circuit court of ap-
neals declaring the consolidation of
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Burlington to be illegal. The
effect Of the decision, however, is
probably overrated, for Mr.. Hill and
his associates will no doubt find some
method of whipping the devil around
The stump" and the merger will go
on just the same Under the decision
the Securities company cannot hold
the stock of the several roads, and it
must be returned to the former own
ers are the same men who now own
the Securities company, it will really
make no difference in the control of
the roads.
It will be a little more trouble to
manage the separate boards Of direc-
tors of the various roads than to
manage the single board of directors
oe the Securities company, but other
wise it will make no difference, it is
merely a question of convenience. AS
the Bee remarked at the time the
merger suit was filed; it would
seem to be the better policy to as
sist the merger instead of fighting
it, and then contrO. by law the opera
ton Of the roads in every detail This
would require the enactment Of new
laws in some of the states. especially
in Montana, but such laws would
speedily be enacted where needed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
Balloon Ascension.

The aeronaut. Prof. Nelson. is get
ting everything ready for his soar
ing expedition to the clouds on Sat
urday afternoon, April IS. The bal
Icon ascension will bring great
many people to the town from the
nearby ranches and mills and make
a very lively Saturday for the mer-
chants.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

and sixtieth anniversary of the birth
OF that peerless American statesman
and patriot, Thomas jefferson. JEFF
fersOn has been claimed as the great
founder and disciple of democracy,
but, like Lincoln, his life work was
too broad and his fame too great to
be circumscribed by the limits of
any political party. The first cen
fury of the existence of the new re-
public has produced scores of great
men, warriors, statesmen and pa
triots; but the name Of jefferson
still shines in splendor unapproached
as the typical American. Born an
aristocrat, yet his love Of liberty and
equality of opportunity was such
that his life was a continual struggle
against the usurpatlOn Of power by
the class to which he was born
Jefferson was a pioneer in the field
where real liberty of thought and
freedom Of conscience was first cult
waited. He believed in trusting the
people with the substance of liberty
and it's responsibilities instead of
with the mere form as enjoyed under
the governments of his time. Those
who first conducted the affairs of
the young republic, including Wash
Lgton himself, were inclined to pat
tern after the conservative govern
ments of the old world, where the
PEOPLE were trusted with but few of
the responsibilities of government
Jefferson believed in trusting the
people with full control of their own
affairs, and in striking out boldly
upon the sea of liberty. Upon this
issue he was elected as the first
president of the nineteenth century,
and results have justified his faith in
the people. The real development of
administration He was born on
April 10, 1743. and the date of his
death was peculiarly fitting; for his
patriotic spirit took flight on the
Fourth of July, 1926. He STUDIED
law and was admitted to practice in
house Of burgesses in 1869. In 1875,
he was elected to the continental
congress, where in l776, at the age
of 33, he prepared the draft of the
Declaration of Independence.
During the stirring times of the
revolution. he represented the United
States as minister to France the
most important foreign post, and his
services were invaluable to his coun-
trymen. Jefferson served two terms
as member of the Virginia house
OF burgesses. One term as deputy
40 the continental congress and one
term as member of congress, when
he was elected speaker of the house.
He was twice elected as minister to
France. and also served two terms
as governor of Virginia: was secre-
tary of state under Washington's
second administration. and was
elected vice president in 1896. Was
first elected president in 1900. and
again in 1904. He was the founder
o. the present public school system
OF the United States, the best in the
world; but the achievement that will
commemorate his name when all
other deeds have faded from history
is the American Declaration of In
dependence.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

Bradley, the Omaha newspaper
man who was arrested in the park
for logging the president, should
have been sent up for thirty days at
least, not shadowing the president
against his will but for an exhibit
ton of flunkeyism disgusting to real
Americans.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

c. w Post, the author of the Post
check system. reports substantial
progress, and has returned the sub
scriptions to carry out the reform,
preferring to pay all the expenses
himself. The bill to authorize the
system was considered and amended
secretary of the treasury. reported
by the post Office committee of the
house with the recommendation that
il be passed as amended and favored
by the subcommittee of the senate,
OF which Senator Beveridge is chair
man. This preliminary work has
cleared the ground for prompt action
b! congress at the next session.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
Notice to Creditors.
Estate OF Christian J. Olson, d
ceased.

Estate or Christian j. olson, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned. the administrator Of the
estate of Christian ]. Olson, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all per-
sons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of
this notice to the said administrator
al my Office in Court house in the
county of Flathead, state of Mon
tana, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
HERMAN LATIMER,
Administrator Of the estate Of Chris
tan J. Olson, deceased.
Dated at Kalispell, this 7th day OF
April, 1908.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

Go to black soil, bench lands of
Sweet Grass hills, Chouteau county,
Montana, for 100 acre homesteads.
Stock and grain. Sufficient rainfall.
Only IS miles north of Galata, Mont.
Griffin. Stannard & Calbick. Kalis-
pell, Mont.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
Taken Up.

Came to my place about the middle
of December, bay mare. branded h
on left front shoulder. about 10 or
12 years old, weight about $50, colt
by her side. Owner please call,
prove property and pay charges.
LEWIS THOMPSON,
Twelve Miles Northwest Kalispell.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
TUESDAY, APRIL "a, 1908.
Notice..

In Order to assure appearance Of
their Announcements the following
day, advertisers must hand In their
copy in this office not later than Mon
day noon or Thursday noon, as the
case may be.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
HERMAN LATIMER,

Complete census OF every county
and town of Montana is given on thc
Bees premium map. Pay six months
in advance and get one.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14

If Roosevelt wants to find some
real lively lions, he should stop over
and make hunt in Bad Rock can