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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-18
State lands Of montana

matter in this way, as | am aware
that others contend that the enabling
act prohibits the selling of any state
land for less than $40 per acre.
think careful study of the enabling
act will convince you that the latter
position is untenable. This is of
vital importance to Beaverhead,
Broadwater, Cascade, Choteau, Fer
gus, Lewis and Clarke, Madison,
Meagher. Missoula, Powell, Ravalli,
Teton and Flathead counties in
which most of the above selections
were made The other counties in
the state are less directly affected.
Uses Made of and Benefits Received
From the Land.
AS result of my knowledge of
state land matters, acquired during
service of nearly three years last
past as land register, it is my opin-
ion that some of the land grants have
been handsomely fulfilling their pur-
poses and will continue to do so,
while others are being frittered away
as a result of ill-timed and unwise
legislation 1t may be too late to
undo some of the wrong that has
been done, but not too late to avoid
it's repetition.
Fortunately for the best interests
has been of constantly increasing
benefit, every dollar received from
sales of school lands has been placed
in the permanent school fund, the
principal of which can never be ex-
pended. and this sum amounting now
to $625.757.17 has nearly all been in
vested in good securities at from 4
per cent to per cent interest. This
interest. together with all rentals re-
ceived from school lands, is appor-
toned each year among all the
school districts in the state and has
grown from 3S cents per capita in
1897 to $2.S5 in 1902, and the next
distribution will exceed $500 per cap
tia, as the receipts from rentals and
interest have largely increased this
year
The reform school has no bonded
Indebtedness based upon it's land
grant and consequently the receipts
from this grant have been applied to
the support and maintenance of the
schools.
The higher educational institu
tions. the state university, agricultur.
al college, normal school and school
of mines, have been running race
to see which could issue the most
bonds. Tt looks to an outsider as il
each city in which these institutions
are located proceeded upon the theo
ry that the more money they coult
get in buildings and the more bono
issues against the land grants the
less likelihood of consolidation O
these small institutions into ONT
which would mark the beginning o
a great Montana university.
Montana can never hope to have ;
great institution of learning and thu
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-18

Written for the Holiday Bee.l
There are 93,491 200 acres of land
in the state of Montana, and of this
magnificent empire the state will
eventually own 5.S06.4S0 acres. AS
all of this is not surveyed the amount
now available consists Of sections 10
and SO in each surveyed township,
and in addition thereto 66S,OSO acres
selected for the several state institu-
tions. This aggregates over 5000
geo acres to which the state now has
title and which can be sold or leased.
AS new surveys are completed tine
states title to sections 16 and 36 at
taches and eventually the state will
have clear title to over one
eighteenth of the lands in the state.
How the State Acquired the Land.
In 1889 congress passed an act
called the Enabling Act" which pro-
vided, among other things. that the
territory of Montana could become
the state of Montana upon complying
with certain conditions and upon its
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never have arisen had the members
of the different legislatures first as
certained the condition and earning
capacity of the several land grants.
There certainly has been reckless
or stupid flnanciering.
The people of Montana take great
pride in their capitol building. 1t
is, indeed, a beautiful structure, hon
estly erected and at reasonable
first cost which was in the neighbour
hood of 100000. But by the time 1T
is paid for it will be a very expensive
building. The legislature of 1897
authorized the issuance of $350,0OO
in per cent bonds secured by the
public building grant to erect this
building. These bonds were sold to
Thomas Cruise of Helena. The state
cannot compel redemption for 10
years and they may run for 80 years.
This means $4,000 year interest,
or $4,000 if the bonds are paid in 10
years, or 100000 if they run the full
period But this is not all. The
earning capacity of this grant is less
than $4,000 a year, so that $4,000
each year of interest is being COM
pounded at per cent. and at the end
of Is or 30 years the interest and
compound interest will be a startling
amount and make the final cost OF
the building million dollars or
more. The public building grant
"orth a million dollars will be ex-
austed in paying a debt of $35O,OOO
Cannot some way be devised by
which the state can preserve this
grant and use the rentals to maintain
the building and invest the money re-
ceived from the sales. of land and
use the interest for the same pur-
pose? I believe way can be found
Thomas Cruise is public spirited
man one of Montana's foremost cltl-
zens, | believe he will assist the state
in this matter and the next legislat-
ure could not turn its attention TO
better purpose. II arrangements
could be made with Mr. Cruise under
which he would permit the state to
take up the bonds now it would re-
dound to his everlasting credit as
Montanian and leave land grant
that will eventually maintain the
capitol building.
There are $4,000 acres of public
building land in Flathead county.
The state land Office by making a
special effort to sell public building
land in Flathead and other counties
could raise 100000 in the next four
years. especially if the Legislature
would enact a law removing the $1O
minimum provision from granted
lands and permit them to be sold for
what they are worth. Is it not worth
trying?
The princely power of the land
grants, if wisely directed and the
proceeds judiciously expended. may
be gathered from the fact that since
the creation Of the state land Office
the total receipts have been $1,S75,
959O5 of which $1.024, 5OS.03 have
been received from rentals and 1851.
451O2 from sales. During my three
years connection with the office the
receipts have been $1,O45, 1881 o
which $573.762.O4 came from rentals
and 471.437.47 from sales.
The yearly rentals have grown
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best results from the land grants
will not be obtained unless these ed
vocational institutions are consolidat-
ed into one. and until such time a
hundred thousand dollars and more
will continue to be sent out of the
state each year to educate Montana
young men and women in eastern
universities.
1t takes more than the rentals from
the university land each year to pay
the $4,000 interest on the university
bonds. All the earnings of the school
of mines land are eaten up each year
paying $4,000 interest on bonds.
Nearly all the money received from
rentals of normal school land is con
sumed paying s4750 interest on
bonds The agricultural college has
bond issue of 100000. with a
yearly interest charge of $4,000, and
the money with which to pay this
amounted in 1901 to S366.25. in 1902
to S55.25. and in 1908 to 699.12.
Fifty thousand acres of land, some
of it fine timber land. will be dissi-
pated in paying this debt. The law
| provides that the proceeds of the
sales of land in these grants are
pledged to the payment of interest
as we'll as principal and in the mad
haste to erect buildings and do in a
day and a night what should have
taken years one fine land grant has
been destroyed and others seriously
impaired. This condition might
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for a policy that will help. not hurt,
their county and l do not think they
will be alone. If space permitted it
could be shown how all the counties
mentioned previously in this article
have a common cause with Flathead,
and every other county in the state
has the same interest but in less
degree.
PROFESSIONALLY all state land was
given to the state for the purpose of
benefiting every part of the state
and it was never contemplated that
it should be used to retard the pro-
gress. settlement and development of
any county. This being true it ought
not to be difficult to secure the en-
actment of laws which will correct
the abuses that have arisen and re-
move the unjust burden that has
been imposed upon some of the coun-
ties.
-Thos. D. Long.
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from $13,9S2.54 in 1898 to 500 ,453.S0
in 1903. The total yearly receipts
have increased from $44.7S1.53 in
1892 to $3SS.279.l3 in 1908. and the
limit has not been reached.
Flathead County.
The state has patents to $4,000
acres of surveyed land in Flathead
county, of which $4,000 acres are
school lands, and 10000 belong to
the state institutions. 1t is the most
valuable land the state owns; some
OF it is worth more than $40 per
acre, but much of it is worth less.
At least 10000 acres of it is timber
land or has some timber on each
quarter section. The larger part of
it will make fine farming land when
the timber is removed and sturdy
people are coming into the Flathead
valley every year who will clear the
land. 1t is my contention that the
state by holding this land is retard-
ing the settlement and development
of Flathead county. Particularly is
this true of state lands in townships
adjacent to Kalispell, Columbia Falls,
Whitetish and the Tobacco plains
country. In these townships the
state owns 10000 acres of surveyed
school land and 1900 acres belong to
the other grants. BY referring to a
county map in connection with the
following statement a clearer idea OF
the situation may be obtained.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-18

A Famous Remedy for Sick Headache
The cause of this complaint Is not
in the head at all, it comes from the
stomach. A stomach that has be-
ccme clogged from overeating, drink
ing or abuse in any manner, will
warn you by bringing on sick head
ache. Cure the pains and distress
in the stomach and the headache
stops of itself. All bilious attacks,
dyspepsia, belching, bad taste in the
mouth, mildly complexion and yellow
eyes. are cured by this remedy. It
is called DR.. Gums Improved Liver
Pills, and is sold by druggists all
ever the United States for Csc per
box One pill for a dose, or sent by
mail on receipt Of price. Samples
free Address Dr. Bosanko Co., Phil.
adelphia, Pa. For sale by Bronson &
| Lighthall.
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7S212.96

10317.32 7S212.96
You will observe the state owns
one-fifth of all the land in these town
ships taken together, or a tract of
land which in one body would be ap-
proXimately % miles square. BY
remembering that each township con-
tains about $4,000 acres you can fig
ure the proportion of land in each
owned by the state. 1t seems to me
that the state land problem is one of
the most important the people of
Flathead county will have to deal
with and one that has not received
the attention and study it deserves
pertaining the views I do it has been
my constant endeavor during the
past three years to sell state land
in Flathead county. and as a result
17.33S45 acres have been sold for
$26S,740.90. 1t is a matter for regret
that no more was sold, but in many
instances the land that was offered
is not worth the minimum price of
$40 per acre and some of it was con-
sidered to be appraised too high,
while most of the land in the above
townships was not offered because it
has not been appraised. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, that if relief is to be
obtained and this land opened up to
settlement the state land laws will
have to be changed in at least four
particulars. ((As matter of fact
the state land laws should be entirely
revisedD First it should be man
datory upon the state land Office Off
cials to offer all the state lands in
any township for sale whenever pc
the taxpayers of the county. Second
the law fixing $40 as the minimum
price at which any state land can be
sold should be amended so that land
in any grant other than school and
university may be sold for what it is
worth. AS before stated the mini
mum price of SO for school and I'M
iversity land is fixed by the enabling
act and cannot be changed by the
legislature. Third. all land which is
not sold at the first offering should
be offered again the following veal
and if it is not sold then it should
be re-appraised by the agent of the
state. the county assessor. and
third person to be appointed by the
Judge of the district court. and AGAR
offered for sale. This will be a guar
antee that the law ordering sales can
not be defeated by making an ap
praisement so high that no one car
afford to purchase. Fourth. it SHOULD
) be mandatory upon the state official:
to sell the land for its APPRAISED
value if no higher offer is made.
AS the law now stands the STATE
land policy is determined by fou
men who compose the state board
| of land commissioners, namely, thu
governor. secretary of state,attorne,
general and superintendent of publi
! instruction. The present board o
land commissioners has favored thu
policy of selling land and should b.
commended for the results achieve,
) under the present imperfect laws
5 The board of land commissioners
prior to the present one, opposed tn
selling of state land. Who know
what policy the next board vii
adopt? The people should adopt
, policy and not leave it to the opir
4 ion of four men. Flathead count
: should take the lead and the mem
f bers of the next legislature shoul
master the subjects and make figh
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The state owns in these townships
school lands and lands belonging to
other grants as follows:
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15
DETECTIVES GET EMREzzLER.

New York, MAY 13. Moody Mer.
ri1, II years ago, one of the most
prominent men in Boston. where he
was candidate for mayor in 1890, and
from two years since that time fug-
tive, has been arrested in this
city and was tonight a prisoner
in the Tombs, charged with having
swindled Mis-. Sarah Cohen of Boston
out of $4,000
Although it was largely through his
efforts that the Boston street railways
were re- organized and consolidated in
1888, and from the transaction he was
rated millionaire, he failed subse-
quently, and since he disappeared in
1892, his memory has gradually faded
until many believed him dead. Liv-
tied various parts of the country and
has recently been making his home
in New York.
We're it not for detectives faculty
of remembering faces. Merrill might
be free still. 1t was several weeks
ago tnat DetectlVe oerRednU WOOL
ridge, of Inspector McClusky's staff,
was in Boston ON another police case
when woman was pointed out to
him by a Boston detective. See
that woman ?'' said the Boston detec-
tive to Woodbridge. "You can make a
lot of money if you can find her hus-
band That is Mrs. Moody Merrill,
whose husband has been wanted here
for IL years.
Detective Woodbridge thought no
more of the matter until last Thursday
evening, when he saw the same wo-
man leave the Harlem opera house
with an elderly man answering the
description given him by the Boston
detective of the missing man. He
followed the couple to Seventy Second
street and West End avenue. but there
he lost them. He watched the neigh
borhood for several days and today
captured Merrill.
Mrs Cohen is one of the many wo-
men who trusted him and her money
was placed in his hands for invest
ment without security, while others
suffered losses to an amount estimated
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15

at the time of his disappearance at
$4O0. 900.
After Merrill left Boston he became
known as Charles j. Grayson. He
went to Silver City, N. M, and es-
tablished himself in business there,
became president of the National
bank, interested himself in territorial
politics, was appointed one of the re-
gents of the State Normal school, es-
tablished himself as the territorial
agent of Senator Calvin S. Brice and
of the firm of w. H. Color 81 Co. of
New York, made money and reputa-
tion for himself, went to Washington
to oppose the reappointment of Gov
ernor Otero and was one of those in
terested in urging the admission
of New Mexico to statehood and has
been figure of prominence not only
iE Washington, but in New York. 1t
is said that he has never set foot in
Boston since his departure. and he ap-
pears to have cherished the hope of
some time doing so.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15
ELECT OFFICERS.

At a meeting of the Ladies. Aid So
ciety of the Methodist church held yes.
terday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
J. W. Pierce, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Mrs. L. S. Ramey, presidents
Mrs. J. W. Pierce, vice president;
Mrs. ID. K. Torrance, secretary;
Miss Laura Sawyer, treasurer.
At the conclusion of the business
part of the session Mesdames Pierce
and Torrance furnished luncheon to
the ladies present.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15
PRESIDENT ExPANsIoNIsT.

San Francisco, May 14.-Before I
saw the Pacific slope L was an expan-
sionist, and after having seen it 1 fail
to understand how any man confident
of his country's greatness and glad
that his country should challenge
with proud confidence our mighty fu-
ture, can be anything but an expan-
sionist In the century that is open
ing the commerce and progress of the
Pacific will be factors of incalculable
moment in the history of the world
President Roosevelt.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15
RECEIVERS $67,5OO.OO.
A Compromise Effected Between AS
signee McCurdy of Colorado State
Bank and Stockholders of Sugar
Company. Depositors Rejoice at
Good News of Coming Dividend.

o be a has been
between William McCurdy the dfunct
has William
worth the
organized lieu of $500 of all the
the Colorado State Bank against the
further the
will during year. assignee
held
on dollar
McCurdy promise
dollar
holders of all told or
enough dollar dollar the deposits of the
This which Assignee McCurdy
principal stockholders of the
discretion
whom
suit the stockholders of the
led the
the bank this
cash Immediately another cash. if the
the company's the
This compromise a splendid for the deposo
For time did look would
is
goody portion of the that the depositor the
time back them
practically
be to
something raising
The consummation of this
much pleasure
amount of another dividend their deposits.
The which has
posed of the stockholders the old
fred Hand of Scranton, Penn 1t will
had largely 1t
also'sated that the factory would be the The
Sentinel informed that it
promise
thorough year
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-15
John E. Phillips, Pres.
w. ]. Meyer, Vice Pres.
Max Buchanan, Cashier.
L. Wickersham, Ast. Cashier
The Grand Valley
National Bank.
CAPITAL $4,000.
sB- T here is absolutely no legit
innate feature of the bank
ing business for which W
are not prepared.
Foreign Exchange.
Safety Deposit Vaults

T T T T I
Having purchased the
entire stock of George
Brink & Co. in Grand
Junction we are pre-
pared and wish to Of
fer to the patrons of
Mr.. Byers the same
goods at the same
prices, and will assure
them courteous treat
ment at all times. 442
Main street. Phone 824
Red.
Respectfully,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA &C
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
NO MONEY.
AND THE TOWN OF Golden IS
WITHOUT OFFICIALS.

Golden, ILL.,, is in the midst of a
special city election. As an explain
alton the following clipping from an
exchange will be interesting;
"Cobden is without a town board ut
present, four members having resign
ed because of lack of money to meet
necessary expenses. The lack of rev.
eDne was caused, it is claimed, by vot.
ing out the saloons last spring,
through which the town received an.
nually $1,000, and as the town hoard
was unable to agree upon any other
method of raising the money the
president and three members resign
ed"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
HOW THEY USED TO PITCH.

HOW THEY USED TO PITCH.
The diamond career of Gus Wey-
hing, the Louisville twirler. from his
first league appearance to the present
day, reads like some romance of olden
times. He was queried the other day
regarding his career, and as the Colo
nels twirler was in a reminiscent
mood, he consented to go back and dig
mp some ancient history. II first
started cut in 1885, when | was only IS
years old" said Gus. 81 was then
with the old Charleston team of the
Southern league. During that year [
pitched just six no hit and no run
games, and this was how was taken
on by Philadelphia. The best work
l ever did was against the old Nash
VILE team this same season. / pitched
Thursdays and Saturdays games and
in neither contest did give up a hit
or run. All this is no doping, but the
records will show it is straight goods.
One time, / remember, we were shy of
pitchers and pitched eight straight
games before was relieved in the
box At the end of this season Harry
Wright came down from Philadelphia
and told me to name my terms. was
still kid then, and didn't know how
much to ask, SO told him would
come for $500 q month. Well, they
gave me that when l could have land
ed easy hundred more, but they sent
ON $500 advance, and that was more
money than l had ever seen, so l was
satisfied. When pitcher these days
works in forty games season he
thinks he has done an awful year 3
work. Well in 1890 pitched so
games, winning SO, and the next year
pitched rs. Four and five games a
week wasn't considered anyth ing ex.
ira then"
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MUST BE SEARCHED.
NOTED CASE ON TRIAL AT
JACKSONVILLE.

jacksonville. Ky., July 15-With
1874 witnesses summoned, the examin-
ing trial of B. Witherspoon, who was
connected with the murder of Jessie
Burton. at Darlington, July 4, and
who was returned from Henderson
last week, where the prisoner had been
taken to escape mob.i being held in
this city. Owing to the excitement
which has prevailed and the strong
sentiment, Judge Owens has ordered
that all persons entering the court
house during the progress of'the trial
will be- searched by the sheriff. The
trial will perhaps continue all day TO
morrow. Lindley is still in Jail at
Henderson. and has waived examin-
ing trial, and is held without bond
for the circuit court.
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A LITTLE DOPE.

Akers covers the right garden we'll
although his ankle is sprained.
The batteries for today's game will
be Orr-Perry for Paducah, CASTOR
Petit for jackson.
There are few surer or better hitters
than Murray in the entire league. His
batting is alwaysa feature.
Right Fielder Ohio Mullen, the
heavy hitter of Hoptown, has been Sc
lected travelling manager of the Hop
town team.
Best and Kelley is one Of the best
batteries seen on the local diamond
this season. Best pitched magniti-
cent game yesterday.
There was no official umpire at Hop
town Monday, SO each te( m selected a
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
FARM FOR SALE.

Do you want one OF the best farms
in McCracken county: Here it is, 50
acres, 40 in cultivation, six acres in
timber, room house, one year old
good stock barn and plenty of stock
water. This farm is located on the
Mayiield and Metropolis road, seven
miles from Paducah, free rural Geliv-
ery ana convenient to school house.
Terms: si2 per acre, one-half cash,
balance in one and two years.
s. A. HILL.
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GERMS ANDA
MICROBES. S11as''E1 3 IlSS

Germs and microbes assail us on every hand
and surround us OH every side; there is posi-
bility of escape from these little enemies TO health
and life, for they are invisible to the natural eye
and give signs of their presence We carry them
about in clothing and unconsciously inhale them
into or lnnps and take them into orr system with
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A knotty Point Of Law.

The French Society of Musical Com
posers is reported to have decided to
take action against a number Of gro
GERS who are using gramophones as an
advertisement in their shops. The
society maintains 1t has the right to
authors fees for The tunes played on
the Instruments.