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Farm
Bargain

Forty acres, two miles from
Kent. twenty acres cleared =
room house, large barn. splen-
did orchard. good soil 20 tons
Of hay goes with the place, and
you can have It for $1,000.
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MELvILLE's
How the Admiral offered His Life to
Ram u War Vessel.

Ram u War Vessel.
An incident in the long service of
Rear Admiral George w. Melville, for
mer chief of the bureau of steam engi-
neering. who recently retired. which
began in 1861. when the admiral and
three brothers entered the navy, stands
out with great clearEess in all ac-
counts of his life. says the New York
World. 1t was his plan for the destruc-
ton of the Confederate cruiser Florida
in the harbor CT Bahia. Brazil.
While Melville was serving on the
Wachusett, which was refitting in the
Brazilian port, the Florida came in
and anchored within five-e.ghths Of a
mile of the anchorage Of thn Federal
vessel. She cleared decks fer action.
but a Brazilian vessel got in between
the belligerents and the Brazilian forts
trained their guns upon the American
ships.
The Florida declined a challenge
from the Wachusett to come outside
and fight a duel. Thereupon Captain
Collins of the Wachusett called a coun-
Gil of his officers. and it was decided,
that the way to dispose Of the Confe(f
crate cruiser was to ram her while S,
lay at her anchorage. To this the OBJ
lection was made that the shock of the
impact would tear the boilers from
their lashings and cause the death Of
every man below decks.
II do not think the boilers will break
loose" interposed young Melville. but
If they do there need be but one man
sacrificed. for. after the engines are
started. | can work them alone and
will order all hands on deck
In the preparation for the attack Mel
vile volunteered and succeeded in go
ing aboard the Florida and ascertain
ing the location of her machinery and
the strength of her battery. This he.
did in a rowboat. and the Florida's Off
GERS of the deck seized him and threw
him overheard with an injunction to
get out or be shot.
At 2 a. m. Oct. Z. 1864. the Wachu.
sett. with lights out. was under way.
Below decks were only Melville and a
fireman named Bradley, who refused
to leave his post. The affair was all
over in twenty minutes. Then a haw-
ser was made fast to the Florida's fore
mast. and while the Brazilian forts
were wasting ammunition in a per-
functory fire the Florida was towed out
to sea. On the Wachusett only three
men were wounded. Melville receiving
a cut across the left hand.
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The fact that his attorneys are try
ing to save him by advancing a tech
nicality may have the effect Of causing
many to think that the charge Of hav-
ing received bride money made
against Former Representative briggs
of Brooklyn has more foundation in
truth than his friends care to admit.
Instead of trying to prove the falsity
of the charge that the ex-congress-
mar was implicated in the postal
frauds, his lawyers raise a point in
constitutional law, by alleging that
although the money said to have
been accepted by him was paid sew.
eral months after the beginning Of
the term for which he drew pay, he
was still not an officer subject to
the penalties imposed by the statutes
because he did not take his official
oath until congress convened in regu.
lar session in December following.
1t nay succeed, but as a defense it
will always he regarded with suspicion
by the laymen.
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Chief Statistician King of the cen
u bureau puts down his pencil long
eonugh to reassure the, country. He
says the race suicide fright is ridicu-
lous. Instead of being haunted by
the fear that as a nation we are
threatened with extinction, he says
we should begin to study what to do
with all the native born Americans
who will be sloshing around before
many more years. To prove his as.
sertion he quotes from the figures OF
the last census and shows that, not
withstanding the notorious neglect in
the matter of officially recording
births, the number of children born
each year is greatly in excess OF the
number of deaths.
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by the laymen

Highly indignant as they profess
to be at Secretary Shaw's recommen-
dation in reference to an expansive
currency because of the show of fav'
oritism to the national banks they
contend it m%anifests, the democratic
newspapers that are criticising him
for it will probably admit that the
tax he advocates in connection with
temporary increases in currency IS
sues by those banks in time Of urgent
need would act as a strong incentive
to their retirement at the earliest
possible time. Extra issues would
be so Improbable, except in times of
severe money ~stringencies, that they
would be called in the moment for
their need having passed.
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Coming from the source it does,
Admiral Dewey's advocacy of a lar
ger and more effective navy is entitled
10 the serious consideration of con-
gress and the people. While admit.
ting the effectiveness of our present
collection of w%arships, the admiral
calls attention to the woeful deficiency
that marks it so far as numbers are
concerned. The recent maneuvers,
particularly the last, which was ridic,
ulously small, served to a~ccentuate
what Dewey and the other naval Off
GERS have to say in regard to n ne
cessity for more fighting ships. OF
the IA lrst-class ~battleships the ma
tion possesses, including those under
construction, three are ten years old
and in many respects Of an obsolete
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type. Should we become unpleasantly
involved with some really strong naval
power, we might be compelled to
cease u boasting and acknowledge
weakness on the sea. England's
home fleet is more than double our
whole number of what are termed
first-class ~battleships. In the way OF
cruisers we are no better off, COMPARE
son with other powers striving for
recognition ON the sea making us ap.
pear in a decidedly poor light.
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(First Publication Sept. 8, 19O3.-1O)
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Miles City, Mon
tana, August 81, 1903.-A sufficient
contest affidavit having been filed in
this Office by John E. Long, contest
ant, against homestead entry No. 2123,
made June 20, 1902, for sen sen,
NJ SEA and SWA NEA section
"a, township Z north, range 30 east,
by Platt w. Hanchett, %contestee, in
which it is alleged that the said Han
chett has totally and wholly aban-
doned his said homestead entry for
more than six months last past, said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on
October Is, 1903, before U. S. Commits
sioner F. w. Handel, at Musselshell,
Montana, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on October
"a, 1903, before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Miles City, Montana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed August 81, 1908,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service Of this
notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publicA-
ton.
S. GORDON, Register.
JAS. M. RHOADES, Receiver.
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the mainstay Of a country newspaper.
Politically the new venture claims to
be what its name indicates, without
any party leanings or predictions.

Judging from the reports received
Of the results attending William g.
Whitney's ventures on the Saratoga
ace course, the ex-secretary Of the
navy has furnished an excellent ex.
ample for Andrew Carnegie to fol
low, provided, the canny Scot still
persists in his intention to die a poor
man.
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Tuesday, September 8, 1908.
EXPECTED NOTHING ELSE.

a Washington correspondent OF an
eastern newspaper writes that Theo'
dore Roosevelt is the first president
Of the United States for many years
to write his own messages and speech
es. He adds that the messages OF
the presidents are usually composites
constructed by the several cabinet
officers, saying that Mr.. Adee, second
assistant secretary of state, has writ.
ten the foreign affairs of the presi.
dents message every year tor a quar-
ter Of a century, until last year, and
his copy has been usually accepted
with very few changes. Last year
it went into the waste basket, although
the president undoubtedly got many
good ideas from it. The custom has
obtained as relates to other depart.
ments, the secretary Of each furnish.
ing the part of a message dealing
with affairs of his Office. But that
plan was abandoned when the present
occupant Of the white house sent his
first message to congress, and to
this day he continues to prepare his
own messages, as he prepares his own
speeches.
The correspondent may have sup
posed that this bit of information
was interesting because it Announces
a departure from an accepted custom,
but he evidently did not expect to
surprise any one with it. Had he
written that the president did as
many of his predecessors have done
depended upon his cabinet officers
for material for his messages-then
he might have had reasOn for sup
posing he was furnishing a surprise.
No man possessed of the mental vir-
ility, physical energy, originality and
independence Of thought and love OF
work that characterizes the man now
in the presidential chair would be
satisfied with accepting a composite
production, afix his signature to it
and submit it to the nation n con-
gress as emanating solely from him
self and expressive of his opinions,
wishes and desires in his own Ian
guage. Even if he had been content
to do as those before him, the pro-
auctions SO submitted would have
lacked that Rooseveltian ring that the
people like and the little bit of official
deception could not have hoped to
escape detection. 1t is their pronoun-
ced personality that has attarcted the
attention and interest evoked by all
of the present presidents state pa
pers.
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Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Christ & O'Grady, doing a vari-
ETY. show business in this city, has
this day been dissolved by mutual
consent. All debts owing by the late
firm and all moneys will be paid and
collected by Mr.. O'Grady, who contin-
g the business.
CHRIST & O'GRADY.
Billings, Mont, Aug. 81, 1903.
35-3
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Figuratively Sir Thoams was prob
ably correct, still had any American
attempted to push Shamrock across
the line ahead of Reliance a general
airing Of editorial opinion OF the
f~iendishness of lynching would prob
ably have followed.
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Group

Uusaly begins with the symptoms OF a
common cold; there is chi1liness,
sneezing, sor throat. hot skin, quick
pulse, hoarseness and impeded respi-
ration. Give frequent small doses OF
Billiards. Horehound Syrup (the child
will cry for it, and at the first sign
Of q croupy cough apply frequently
Billiards. Snow Liniment externally to
the throat. soc at Holmes & Rixon's.
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Corsets For Men.

1t is perfectly true, says Clothier
and Furnisher, that fashionable young
men wear corsets. Tie fashion Of cor
set wearing By the male sex is an old
one. datin@ back to George H.. and the
recent revival Of the llal>it began in
England last fall among officers Of the
army S+a+io.,o1 &, cn'~r
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will do as much for tens Of millions
more in the next Is years il 1t has a
chance.
Mormon Power lmpregnable.
Those who have been alarmed at
the growth and persistence OF the
Mormon power, and have sought to
curb it, apparently have no appreci
alton Of the everlasting rock on which
it is built.
The Mormon church has been from
the first a great scheme OF cooperative
colonization. 1t has taken poor men
and made them prosperous-converted
tenants into proprietors, tramps into
taxpayers, hired men itno employers,
and made the outcast a partner in
store, factory and bank.
And how has it done all this? First,
by knowing the value Of our great pub.
lie domain and proceeding to help it.
self to the wealth thereof, in strict &C
cordance with the letter and the spirit
of the law.
Then, by dividing the land among
those who use it and seeing that the
landowner is also the owner of the
water and of all the facilities of it's
distribution.
Fortunately for them, the pioneers
and those who followed them were
poor. No man was rich enough to ex-
plot the mass. The work to be done
was beyond the reach of individuals,
and the only capital available was
the brains and muscle of leaders and
followers. This capital vas organ
lied and employed in cooperation. 1t
was the only woy. And it won.
An Incompatible Trinity.
The Mormons have grown steadily
for nearly 60 years, and are growing
to-day, because of their policy OF irri-
cation, cooperation and home making.
Their enemies have p%ersistently re-
fused to open their eyes to this lu-
minous fact. To the man who asks for
a home, they offer a tract-not a tract
of land, but a tract in calculation OF
the scriptures. To the man who asks
for a chance to make a living and pro-
vision for old age, they offer-a petition
praying for the expulsion of a Nor
mon senator from congress. Homes
and independence on one hand; tracts
and petitions on the other. And many
there are who prefer homes and indie
pendence.
'sWhat man is there of you whom,
e his son ask bread, will he give him
a stone? Or, if he ask a fish, will he
give him a serpent?'
So long as the only way for a poor
man to get a home on the land is by
Joining the Mormon church, the church
will continue to grow and to extend
it's dominion throughout the arid re.
gion of the west, of Mexico and OF
Canada.
National irrigation, growth OF CO.
operation, repeal of the land laws by
means of which the public domain is
being absorbed by speculators-this is
the solution of many social and eco
nomic problems, including the Mormon
question.
The question before the country is
this-Will the American people wake
up before it is too late, or will they
procrastinate until the e~nterprising
speculator holds all the strategic
points along the pathway of the home
maker?
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SECRET OF MORMON POWER.
BY WILLIAM e. SMYTHE,
Author of Conquest Of Arid America"

Author OF 'COnQu
The coming National Irrigation con
gress at Ogden, Utah. September 15-
J 10, directs attention to the remarkable
system of irrigation and community
building found today in Utah. The
bountifully yielding small irrigated
farms of that state have furnished
a theme for many interesting articles.
In fact, the Mormon people have sup
piled a perennial topic Of discussion
since they first came into prominence
half a century ago. Volumes have
other volumes might be filled with the
magazine and newspaper articles
which have been published on the
ame subject. And yet of all that has
been said the smallest possible pro.
portion has touched the real secret
of their power.
1t does not lie in their peculiar reli-
gious doctrine and practice, nor is it
explained by the perfection of their
organization or the dominance OF
theocracy in secular affairs, except as
these have been incidental to the real
ization of another and much more
substantial fact.
The Mormons owe their success,
their constant growth and enduring
hold upon their people-in a simple
word, their power-to the fact that
they are deeply rooted in the soil.
From the moment that the first small
party of pioneers lighted the first
campfire by the banks of City creek
July ~, 1849, their policy has been to
get possession of the land and to make
that land yield up to them, individ-
ually and collectively, a living and a
competence.
True HomebuiIders.
Brigham Young and his successors
down to the present hour have been
guided by the true instinct Of empire
builders. They grasped at the begin
ming, and have held throughout their
history, the great truth that the earth
lis the source of all wealth and that
neither man nor communities can be
poor or helpless SO long as they have
firm foothold on the soil.
But this was only a part of their
wisdom. The other part was the fact
that they divided the land among the
multitude of small p%roprietors. Ac-
cording to the census returns, the
average farm in Utah is 81 ere AS
many large ranches were included in
the average, it lis obvious that there
must have been many which e OF
even smaller dimensions, and that is
the fact. 1t is not uncommon to find
people living comfortably or two or
three acres, while some of the most
famous and successful families, like
the Woodruffs, have lived for nearly
two generations on a 20-acre place.
Utah lies in a high altitude and a
northern latitude. 1t has real winter
for several months in the year. It's
growing season is not much longer
than that of New England. How, then,
can its people live and prosper on
very small farms?
The explanation is in a single word
irrigation. And irrigation is an end
less miracle. 1t confers industrial in
dependence and social equality on COM
munities that know how to live in ac-
cordance with it's laws. It has made
the people of Utah rich, powerful and
impregnable, in an economic sense. It
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-08

Colonel Bryan is not giving the
exhibition of spinal rigidity the coun-
try had reason for expecting from him
in connection with the Ohio election.
He has opened his mouth to it's fullest
extent and swallowed the gold bug
and corpration lawyer, Clarke, whom
Johnson has advanced as his candidate
to succeed Hanna in the senate. AS
an excuse for taking the dose the
Nebraskan says he prefers Clarke to
any republican because he may be e
pected to cooperate with the demo
Gratis in securing some of the re
forms the party is anxious to bring
about.
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PAY UP.

All those receiving notice OF
their subscriptions to the pa
per expiring are requested to
make their remittances without
delay. The amount due from
the individual Is small, but the
total runs into many hundred
dollars. Therefore, we request
a settlement.
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Lumber Yard for Sale.
Best paying proposition in Carbon
county. Call on or address Roy H.
Nutting, Bridger, Mont. 32tf