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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13
BIG MEETING OF MONTANA FRUIT
GROWERS PLANNED.
AT GREAT FALLS, JAN. D, 70, 2l.
Great Display of Montana Fruit To
Be ilade In Cataract City
-POmOlogists To Be In
Attendance.

Missoula, Jan. 1O.-C. w. H. Heide-
man, secretary of the Montana Horti-
cultural society, is sending out notices
of the meeting of the society to be held
this year in Great Falls. The an
nouncements say that a Splendid pro-
gram is being arranged. Arrange
ments are being made fo- many ex-
hibits and it is expected that the west
ern portion of the state will be we'll
represented. The railroads have
granted rates of fare and one-third
to Great Falls and return and the cit
liens of Great Falls are preparing to
entertain large number of people.
The farmers institute will be held in
conjunction with the meeting of the
horticultural society, and it is expected
that meeting of the state agriculture
al association will be held at the same
time. Not much has been heard of
this organization, as no meetings have
vet been held. 1t has been in exist
ance about five years. These two lat
ter org ganlzat,ons coming in for meet
ings at that time, will tend to make
this years meeting of the horticultural
society one of the most successful in
its history. A program is to be made
public in a few days.
HOrticuitcrists to Meet.
The annual meeting of the Mon
tana State Horticultural society will
be held in Great Falls, in the east
room of the county building, Janus.4ys
19, 20 and 21, says the Great Falls
Tribune. An effort will be made to
have the annual meeting of the Mon
tana Agricul1uralsociety and farmers
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13

institute here at the same time, aud it
is expected tha, amouS those attend
< will be James j Hill, president of
the Great Northern Railway Co.;
James Wilson, secretary Of agricul-
ture, and NJ. Wragg, president of
the state board Of horticulture Of
Iowa. Probably 100 or more delegates
will be here and the noted Plains
band. the official bard of the Horticul-
tural society, will also be in attend
ance
w. NJ. Woodbridge, of Hinsdale,
chairman of the Horticultural socie-
tvs committee on arrangements for
the meeting, arrived here yesterday
morning, and in the evening meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Business Mems association was held
at which arrangements for the meet
ings were made.
Promises of reduced rates for dele.
gates were secured from the hotels of
the city, and the railways have made
reduced fares.
The second day Of the meeting, in
the evening, an entertainment will be
given, largely by local talent and it is
hoped that Herr Bandmann, the world
famed Shakespearan actor, residing
near Missoula, will also participate.
Part of one day will be devoted to a
trip to the falls and sn1elters, and in
the evening of the third day there will
be banquet at the Park hotel, in
honor OF the visitors Only 100 tickets
for the banquet will be sold and Is of
those have already been takeu. Both
men and women will be in attendance
at the banquet.
The society has heretofore met in
Missonla, Stevensville and kalispell,
and it is expected that the Great Falls
meeting will be the best of all. Hun
dreds of exhibits, from every part of
the state, will be made, and all grow
ers of fruit will be invited to compete
for the prizes to be offered.
In letter to the Tribune, Secretary
c. w. H. Heideman OF Missoula says:
The trustees have fixed upon Jan
uary 10, 20 and 21, as the dates for
holding our annual meeting at Great
Falls. VIM. M. Woodbridge of Hins-
dale, C. G.. Willis of Plains, aud c. w.
H. Heideman of M;ssoula, have been
appointed as committee on program.
Reduced rates have been secured
from the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railways from all points in
Montana. Members and visitors are
CONTINUED on Eighth Page)
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13
JUDGE WEBSTER DECLINES TO
PASS UPON LOCAL OPTION LAW.
O'BRIEN FIGHTING FOR HIS FREEDOM
A New Writ Of Habeas Corpus to be
Applied Wagner and Marshall
Appear Before Supreme
Court Tomorrow.

William p. O'Brien still languishes
in the county bastile, having refused
to pay the fine of 500 assessed against
him by Justice F. J. Morris for having
violated the local option law with a
view to testing the statute in the
courts.
To secure Mr.. O'Brien's release. his
attorney, c. S. Wagner, went to Hell
ena and sued for writ of habeas cor
pus in the supreme court. The writ
was granted and made returnable be-
fore Judge Webster at Missoula last
Monday.
On that day the case was argued at
considerable length, Attorney Wagner
speaking for over three hours and
handling his case with ma rked ability.
Attorney Wagner contended that
the local option law could not apply to
Hamilton because at the same time
the law was passed giving to the coun.
ty power to abolish liquor traffic with
in the limits of the county, the legis-
lature also passed a law giving to in
corporated cities and towns the right
to license, tax and regulate saloons
within the limits of the city or town.
Here is conflict between two statutes
passed at the same time and according
to the rules of construction provided
in the codes, the provision of each
statute must prevail as to all matters
and things arising out of the subject
matter OF the statute, that is to say,
each law must be enforced as though
the other had never been enacted and
thus the city would still be in the ex-
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13

. ercise of the power granted it while
the county at large would get what it
voted for. Many authorities were in
troduced. all tending to establish the
doctrine that the city in matters Of
municipal conduct is entirely separate
and distinct from the county and those
not resident within the corporate lin
its have no right to dictate the policy
OF the city in the exercise of a police
regulation. By the organization of a
city within the limits Of county the
territory thus organized is withdrawn
from the Legislative control of the
county upon the principle that a stat
ute making particular provision for 4
desig object or thing prevails
over general statute applicable to
the state at large.
The second proposition presented
was that the statute was .unce nstiru-
tional as being an unwarranted dele
CATION of legislative authority to the
people, who when they adopted their
constitution elected to speak through
the legislature in whom they confided
the power to make all laws and can
not now claim to exercise right be-
longing to the legislative branch Of
the government.
Attorney r. A. O'Hara, represent
ing the prohibitionists, made brief
argument against the granting of the
writ, maintaining that the law was
constitutional, citing Texas case in
support of his contention.
Judge Webster took the matter un-
der advisement. Yesterday he con-
vened the regular term of district
court in Hamilton and at the after
noon session made an order discharg-
ing the writ and remanding the pris.
oner to the custody Of the sheriff.
Before making the order Judge Web
ster stated that as a district judge he
did not feel like taking the responsible
ity of pass ing upon the constitutional
ity Of state law, a function which
properly should be performed by the
supreme court. He said that there
was considerable conf1lction among
the authorities on the question, and
that he believed that the majority of
court decisions had upheld the con-
stitutionality of local option laws and
that he was of the opinion that this
Ia w Is constitutional Ho dool;ood 49,
pass upon the proposition, however.
that the court of last resort
should shoulder the responsibility.
The case will be appealed to the su-
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13
NUMBER Il

the two children.
Judgment was awarded Henry
Buck & Co., agaius> J q. De Mayer in
the sum of Sl,U2l.5o: otlorney fees of
500 and costs,
Cases Set For Trial.
State of Montana VS. John A. Hay
assault with intent to kill-Tuesday.
Jan. 19. 10 a. III.
State VS.. John E. Klippert-illegal
arriage-de1nurrer to information
was argued by counsel at considerable
length and taken under advisement by
the court.
State of Montana VS.. Egbert Fau-
cett-rape-Wednes Jan. 20, oa.m.
State VS.. Lou Watson-appeal from
justice court-Jan. p, 9 a. m.
State VS.. Frank Morris-forgery-
Jan. %, 9 a. m.
The cases ]. M. Higgins, ]. W. Nell
son and R. H. Sn1ithey VS. County of
Ravalli-appealing from the county
commissioners-Sat Jan. %, 9
a. IN.
Steyensville Mercantile Co.. VS. B. F.
Julian-deot-Jan. %.
Appolonio, Waters & Co., VS.. Carrie
Heffron---debt--M Monday, Jan. Is, am.
Mary May VS.. Northern Pacific
Railway Co., = damages = Tuesday,
Jan. 26.
George Palmer VS.. Northern Pacific
Railway Co. ,-da nages-W Wednesday,
Jan. 27.
Larry Lavey VS.. Martin Johnson
appeal from justice court-Thursday,
Jan. 28.
Wilbur Cunningham VS.. C. Z.
Wright and J. D. Miser,-appeal from
justice court-Thursday, Jan. %.
T. S. Hames VS.. Chas. Cowell-ap-
peal from justice court-Friday, Jan.
%.
w. H. Cramer VS.. T.. Ewert-appeal
from justice court Jan. %.
A venire of IS jurors was drawn and
made returnable Tuesday, Jan. 19 at
10 a. III.
Court adjourned until next Tuesday
at 9 a. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13
Wonderful Nerve.

Is displayed by many man endur-
ing pains of accidental cuts, wounds,
bruises, burns, scalds, sore feet or
stiff joints. But there's no need for
it. Buck1en's Arnica Salve will kill
the pain and cure the trouble. It's
the best salve on earth for piles, too.
Csc at Hamilton Drug Co.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-13

Continued on Page Five.)
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
BUSINESS MEN DEMAND A HEARING.

The Eagle off and on and for some time past has been
deprecatn the that the business and the
sentatves of business interests while continually depor
ing that the commercial interests of state
being sight Of entirely ignored by the politi
clans still the business contented themselves with
postcrcsm when it should be evident to them that the
way to reotify wrongs in the primaries
the conventions at the polls For the first time in
the history of the classes of business
men appear organized capacity state convention
The organization referred to consists of catemen mill
grain buyers and shippers and jobbers We believe
they demand rather ask that they be permitted to
majority of the nominees for railroad commission
the ground that politicians prone to railway
influence that this commercial organization would
name who could not be influenced.
Little is known by the public or by the average poll
tioan Of this organization in the interest Of business
what That non-partisan is evident from
the fact that its representatives. of all parties This
nonpartisanshp may be disadvantage so infu-
encng strictly party convention Upon the other hand
that fact may make it greater menace if not accorded
hearing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
WHO GENERAL DICK Is.

General Charles Dick, the successor to Marcus A.
Hanna in the United States senate will be watched
fully by politicians all the country although he is
stranger to them having been actively engaged in the
business profession Of politics for many years and
ing made good record while a member of the lower
house in congress-
He born at Akron, O., in 1858, and has lived in
the Buckeye State all his life He first worked clerk
in store and then bookkeeper and teller in bank
He studied law and admitted to the bar in 1894. He
Joined the national guard the rank of major
general He twice chairman of the Republican state
committee of Ohio and secretary of the national commit
tee from 1897 to 1900. He has been member of the
house of representatives since 1898.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
BALTIMORE TROUBLE.

The Monumental City cannot be rebuilt expeditions
ly promised An unexpected trouble which will result
in much delay been Contracts held
in allegiance until it shall be decided how much if any,
the streets of the burned district are to widened
commission has been going the burned to dis
what streets ought TO be wdened accommodate
the business Of the larger city and viii take consider
able time to formulate plans and put them into execution
Another obstacle in the way of immediate rebuilding in
a number of is the existence of ground leases 1t
IS said that the system Of ground obtains
than in any other American city because it estab-
lished generally by Lord Baltimore and has since been
confirmed and modified by legislative enacments On
of the system of revauati0n different times the
amount paid for ground varies greatly. When be
came necessary to widen street, the Of com
pensation he paid the property becomes con
fused by this system that it viii require months to
sraighen the tangle. In the meantime of the
more impatient business demanding that they be
allowed 10 rebuild the old lines. This viii hardly be
permitted howeve the opportunity modenize the
city is too good to be thrown Wider streets
only needed accommodate the traffic, but will be worth
all they additional safeguard against another
confagration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
A DANGER TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM

The merit system of appointment federal Offices has
now reached of crisis The people favor civil
ice reform and the politicians would like to abolish it
In these facts theTe is nothing the question
that has become acute Is how 10 get rid Of suPeannuated
appointees? When the system Of appointment by
naton introduced preference given TO the vet
Of the civil In this way The servce-certan
departments Of it IN parcuar-was filed with some
what older than would otherwise have been appointed
Many Of them have passed the age Of efficiency But
there is way set rid of them There departments
of the government therefore wherein the service mad
equate simply because it is done by WORKOUT old
The obvious remedy of forced retirement with pen
sion al certain age after certain period Of Service
has met public favor nor the favor Of the pol
clans. the Worlds Work. We have always shrunk
from civil pensions lavish with military pen
sons Many plans have been proposed TO solve the diff
Guilty. such the appointment Of employees for definite
term Of service and the requirement Of examina-
ton the end Of that period The civil service commits
sion in its latest report recommends kind Of compulsory
oldage insurance to be paid salaries Of ap
pointees.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
The aaa Daily gasre aaaeduesday atorne 4larh g su4

defense Of SebastopoL In numbers also she vastly pre-
ponderates her antagonist All these things be
taken into by those would weigh chances
of this great struggle But is least certain that
very long time and vast expenditure will be required to
enable Russia to bring her land forces bear in
portion their paper strength keep an army
100000 men reinforced fed and equipped with all military
necessaries at the other end of single ad line 5000
miles long, running for at least hundreds
Of miles through hostile country will be
task And in the meantime the Japanese unless they
snguariy fail to the naval advantages they have
gained will be able build Gibraltar at the south and
Plenas nthe north Of Korea and in fact make
country against the fate which
Russia would provide for it, and themselves against the
which has driven them into war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

The latest in church entertainments was
given at Haysville last week, when the
society Of the church gave an ice-cream
md chilli supper. If only the names
were taken into consideration, the con-
trast would not be so great.
q &
over in Maine lately new way of diff
fusing illegal whiskey was discovered.
The fluid was turned~out of an innocent
looking gas jet. out here We can't get
a fair quality of gas out of such con-
trivance, and could not hope for booze.
Mrs Dodson had been down town dur
ing Sthe afternoon. At supper she said:
How did you happen to come home
this afternoon, Dodson?"
How did you know l was at homer"
The dresser drawer was open and a
collar hanging half way out of it
FEMALE FANCIES.
To the School Board: An electric, fan
would make an excellent spanking
machine and keep the teacher and her
victim cool at the same time.
- = =;
1t is an old saying that the bird that
can sing and won't sing shinld be made
to sing. How about the bird that can't
SlHS, nut HSlStS on trying
f:l-l:l-f:i
a man may be able to make money
or know how 30 sharpen lead pencil
but he can never know the supreme i'm
portance Of making the first baby's ward
robe
Home is generally located in most any
room in the house. except the parlor.
Feathers are very much out of place in
many sofa pillows. AS they are only to
look at. most any old thing would do -
stuff them with. MAUD s
Vote as YOU pray. but the revival sea-
son IS past, and now il is politics that
has the floor. Nevertheless, a Kansas
editor was taken for a preacher while
a convention in Wichita. several
years ago, which goes to show the kind
of people who know how to look pious
when away from home
A man up in the tree
Thought his prospects good
But a man on the ground
Was saving that wood
-Monnie Moore Latham
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
1ailg ~ Gag IL
Nj. Nj. MURDOCH. Editor.

The issue that will be the most
.. prominent the Republican cam
paign, IN this state upon which We
are now entering, will be econ
omy" That was the issue which in wreckng the
Bailey administration RELOCATING tmehonoed and
trusted leaders puts hands the helm There were
no charges of outright steaings robberies dealcaons
made against the men who had long in harness
The complaint that resulted their overthrow Of
reckless extravaganza While the good times growing out
of Republican policy may warrant individual exrava
gance the taxpayer of whatever party ready to
take hand in a revolution where extravaganza is
charged against public officials The showngs of in
creased taxation and the of the aggregate appro
prations made by editors of the papers who leo
on the fight against machine" socalled, the
thing that precipated revolution in the party
agement The average taxpayer whatever his party al
iaons little for the personnel Of its management
long he is convinced that the are honor
able and the party is the charge of extrava
gance the ntmaons of dishonesty that raise the
which sometimes sweeps the field clear, did
the present instance the charge of extravaganza
being the grievance which resulted revolutonzng the
Republican party management this state this time
'economy will necessarily be if the principal plank
In the platform to be adopted today be the
theme of the campaign speeches: "Retrenchment and
reform will only have be advocated by candidates
practiced by them when they elected simply
of the majority conviction unwarranted extray
agance Of the recent past Retrenchment and reform
has been the slogan many successful political
sades past but never more earnestly eff
fecvey employed than viii be in the coming campaign
stringently demanded than it will be of the ad
minstraton which is to follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

The great New York lawyer reformer Jerome, de-
cared the other day that where large number of people
in community to do overt act which they do not
believe be morally wrong prohibiting that act is
practically unenfOrcibe by judges and officers locally
elected by that community Jerome in this states in
disputable fact that many people cannot brook
Where any law cannot enforced nine times out of te
it will be found that the penalty is too great for the Of
Tense
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
IMMENSE SAVINGS DEPOSITS.

The deposits in the savings banks of New York state
reach the aggregate of s131281943 This
indicates much the prosperity of the wageeaning
classes though they have done well of late years that
people who afraid of Wall uggngs with stocks
prefer the security the savings banks afford 1t is said
by those the inside that weodo people resorting
the savings banks for the safe placing of their funds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Anti-machine men are too moral to
smoke. but they seem to pick up Stubs
upon every occasion.
(..)o-o(.l.
Has applejack deteriorated in Doni-
phan county? Don't you believe it.
w. H. Rossington. one OF the Topeka
delegates In Wichita today, is a reformed
Democrat So far he has found virtue
its only reward
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Hoch der Roosevelt.
If Kelly runs at the polls like he ran
for the secretary of states office at To-
peka last Thursday. he will lead his ticket
of course, providing. etc, etc
There was something queer about that
Smoot investigation yesterday. BY some
accident Mr.. Shoots name was mentioned
incidentally by a witness.
Even Wichita society is conventional
this week.
GOVERNOR MARTINS METHODS.
1t was Governor John a. Martin, who
was elected in 1884. who made a neat po-
litical rejoinder to that omnipresent char
acter, the office seeker.
He wanted 70 be railroad commissioner
and he addressed the governor about as
follows:
You know, Governor. that my friends
in the great Seventh district are numer-
Gus and they are urging me for this Of
flee with vigor While ii will be all right
with me personally if you cannot give me
the appointment, it will offend my friends
and create friction for your administra-
ton in that whole country"
You say it Will be all right personality"
asked the governor. Why, yes he re-
piled, but my friends will kick like bay
steers
If it is all right with you personally,
think L can handle your friends" said
Governor Martin, and the Seventh district
man lost out.
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Joseph Smith isn't so very many He
has five wives whom he supports. while
that noble Apache. Geronimo, had five
wives who have faithfully supported him.
..l->..D
There is one woman. at least in Wich-
ita who makes a chum of her husband 1t
is Safe to state that she is not a club
woman or a society habitue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Troubles and dsappointments seem to be coming to
Governor Bailey in a food. He denied the op
portuny of attending his political funeral be held
Wichita today. Just he ready to start he re
ceved word from his Nemaha county farm that his
brotherin-aw had been stricken with blindness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

President Roosevelt favors doing away with the Dawes
Commission Roosevelt has the happy faculty lighting
on to things in lively way and in great shape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Now have that old racket all again
about the danger involved in sending that old Lib
ery Bell a worlds fair. That bell could be dragged
by yoke of from Philadelphia ST Louis withou,
inuring it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Mr.. Bryan's view that reorganization Ceve-
landism is meek and gentle admission that Mr. Ceve
lands boom is gathering avoirdupois if not weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Brother Smith if he failed convince that senatorial
committee that polygamy is justified by the Scriptures,
demonstrated to their satisfaction that he a Of
brains.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

If Cleveland desires chance carry his party flag to
defeat again all has TIL W1n Jen-
nings Bryan is dead and sure buried
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

A E Stlwen president the Orient is in the City of
Mexico make formal application for the government
subsidy for 100 miles of road completed from Topolo
bampo to FL Fuerte.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

Morrill, was a superintendent of Sunday school when
elected governor. Stanley a superintendent of
Sunday school when elected governor Hoch is a Meth
odst class leader Bailey should have caught to the
Baileyvle Sunday school.