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The Western news., 1904-03-23
EIGHT MILE.

Special Correspondence to the Western News.
Eight Mile, March 21 'O4
Mrs. Hugh Mcneil has been quite
ill but is recovering.
William Shaffer and wife were,
btevenswille visitors last,week.
John Mayhem and daughter PearlI
we're Florence visitors on Saturday.
Assessor Whaley was making his
annual rounds on Eight Mile during
tho week.
Miss Nellie MCKINLEY of Willow
Greek is visiting her sister, Mrs.. D.
T. Stewart.
Frank Shivel moved his family snd
household goods to,tho F. ank jam
isOn ranch last week.
Newt Tillman. is expected home
this week from Lo Lo having. eom-
pleted his logging contract.
Mr.. Griffith and family viii move
to the Rose ranch this week.. having
rented the place this season.
Misses Eva Jamison, Gladys Slaght
and Glenn Donaldson were. guests OF
Mrs. Griffith Saturday and Sunday.
Potatoes are finding a ready market
in car lots these days but most farm
ers are holding out for better prices
Miss Lille P. Mathis, has COM
pleted successful term of school on
Eight Mile and has accepted the
Sage Brush school.
Much interest was manifested in
the quilt rattle which took place al
the Eight Mile schoolhouse on Satur
day evening; the quilt very pretty
one, was the handiwork of the teacher
Miss Lille Mathis and some of thu
older girls of the school; then pi.
social concluded the pleasures of tn,
evening. The proceeds from tn,
quilt and pie netted the neat sum O
SOL. rs which will be invested il
, library books for the school. Mrs
Hugh Mcneil held the winning mum
ber, it being No. 5. VIM. Shaffer ant
, Deputy Assessor Whsley acted a
judges while little Marjorie Stewar
drew the numbers.
The Western news., 1904-03-23

incidentally, it may be remarked,
that the decision of the supreme court
of the United States against the mer-
ger of the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern and Burlington railway
companies by the Northern Securities
company also sustains the determined
stand taken by our own Governor
Toole, who labored, in conjunction
with Governor Van Zant of Mime
sofa, to bring the question to issue.
The Western news., 1904-03-23

passenger Wednesday to spend the
day with their uncle, and meet rela-
tlves who are visiting here from Hell
ena.
MISS Ida Holden returned Thu RS
day after weeks visit with frie DIS
in Missoula.
Z. Jamison spent Sunday at Cor
valli
j. Harper of Mlssoule visited with
friends over Sunday.
Mrs. Peterson and two children re-
turned from Missoula, Monday.
Mrs. M. A. Shivel left on the pass
enger Tuesday morning for her ne W
home in St. LOUIS.
Jack and Will Scherr and L. A
Carver were Tuesday morning pass
engers for Missoula.
Miss Mary Winslett returned to
her Stevensville home Monday even
ing, after 4 weeks visit with Mrs,
John Voss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcneil returned
Thursday from a few days visit with
friends in the FIathead country.
L. p. Howard of MissouIa visited
a few days last week with old time
friends here.
D. L. Smith was called to Misso ula
Thursday by telegram announcing
a sad accident to his son Frank.
A. Herbert and w. G. Ahren are
confined to theil homes with sligh,
attacks of the grippe.
E. P. Shivel and family left Satur.
day for few days visit with Mr.
Young of Carlton, before starting fol
their new home in Arkansas.
The masquerade ball the 18th O
March was we'll attended and every
body seemed to have a pleasant time
Frank, sou, of Mr.. and Mrs. D. l.
Smith, was killed by the train at Mel
SOD, B. c., Thursday afternoon, Marcel
18th. He was young man of TWEEN
ty-one years, and had been braking
on the road there since the 9th O.
January. The funeral was held a
the Catholic church, Monday at 1915
A. NJ He leaves a mother, father
four sisters, one brother and a host O
friends to mourn his absence. Those
IN attendance from abroad were Mr.
and Mrs. il. Scherr, Will Scherr
Mrs. Lucy Gillian, Jim Carlton
Emma Carlton of Missoula, Mrs. Pen
dergrass of Carlton and James Raw
lins of Hamilton. The funeral wa
one of the largest ever held in Flor
ence, and the lovely floral gifts we're
only a slight token of the love an.
esteem in which he was held and the
relatives have the sympathy of The
whole community IN their sad be
reavement.
The Western news., 1904-03-23

The unearthing of the enormous
coal beds near Darby by D. d. Mich :
olson and his associates and the dis
covery of the existence of crude
petroleum in that locality serve to
remind us once again that the surface
of the marvellous resources of this
wonderfully favored Bitter Root
country has only been scratched.
The Western news., 1904-03-23
VICTOR NEWS.

Special Cores pondenCe to the Western News
Victor, March %.
Mrs. j. NJ. Price is or joying a Wis
it from her mother, Mrs. Martin of
Helena, this week.
Rev. G. A. Blair returned to Butte
Friday morning.
A. Herbert of Floreuce spent last
Wednesday i'll Victor, going to Ham
ilton in the evening to take in the
meeting of the Merchants Union.
Mrs. w. J. Fowler is still quite ill
with la grippe.
Miss Maud Lodhoff of Missoula
has been the guest of Miss Rnby
Fulkerson for the past week.
Mrs. Carrie Heffron entertained a
small number of young people in
honor of her son and daughter last
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. A. Herbert who had spent
some two weeks with her parents
here left Thursday morning for her
home in Florence
Mrs. Wm Deneen of Hamilton is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. M
kerchner.
Arthur Conger and Rev. Spauld-
ing of Stevensville attended the con-
cert given by the vocal class last
Thursday evening
J. NJ. Higgins of Stevensville made
short business calls on some of his
Victor friends Monday.
I. A. Fulkerson of Missoula is, al
home on short visit to his parents.
Mrs. Anna Smothers- and Mrs
Thos. Jones we're shopping in Ham
ilton Friday.
Mrs. j. E. Marvin has been quite
i'll for several days past.
G. q. johnson is here from tn,
eastern part of the state for a shor
time.
DR.. T. J. Baird has been i'll ant
unable to attend to. business since
Friday, but is now recovering
! Mrs. Kughn is visiting Stevens
vile friends this week.
Rev. w. r. Hickman with his wifi
and little daughter are guests of hi
brother W. j. Hickman, and famil.
this week.
Mr.. Clark Evsfson and Miss Ber
tina johnson were united III marrlag
at the home Of the brides parents
MIR. and Mrs. G.. F.. johnson, mort
! of town Monday, March Il.
Rev. R. G. Williams will leave O
, Wednesday morning for southern
Missouri to. ]cok after some real es-
tate for his sister in England. Hi
stay will no very short.
Q The concert given by the voc,
c class of e. E. Crugger last Thursda,
4 evening was indeed musical tres
! and was listened to by crowde
house. Some $2s was cleared. Nj
Cruger hae organized second clss
5 giving the first lesson Monday ever
ing.
The Western news., 1904-03-23

If troubled with weak digestion,
belching or sour stomach, use Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and you will get quick relief. For
sale by Corner Drug Store.
The Western news., 1904-03-23
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1904.
TREE PLANTING.

North Dakota, the treeless state,
has begun to give attention to her
most notable deficiency, says the Hell
ena Record In that respect she has
set an example that it would be well
for Montana to follow. We are not
as barren as our sister on the east,
but there is room for improvement
still, and the people who are earnestly
anxious to add to the value of their
lands can do no better than to begin
now the planting of trees, which grow
while folks sleep and know neither
legal holidays nor Sundays. The
North Dakota experiment. station has
just issued bulletin on the subject
OF tree planting that is worth reading.
1t says, among other things:
"The day of exploitation in North
Dakota Is rapidly passing aud that of
home building has taken its place. It
is probable that no equal population
has a larger proportion of home own
ers than has North Dakota. This
fact coupled with the important one
that there is greater wealth per capita
in North Dakota than in any other
state gives such conditions as should
make possible class of homes char
acterized by their comfort and at
tractiyeness.
''Snce the earliest days of man
trees have been considered natural
and fitting adornment and shelter for
his home. In forests primitive man
found his first shelter and protection.
Trees We're his necessity then and the
race can never rid itself of the ln-
stincts developed through the long
ages of its evolution We may ad-
mlre the great expanse of prairie
stretching away to the horizon, as We
do the boundless ocean, but that does
not imply that it includes the con-
ditions making the most desirable
homes. With the home are naturally
associated the ideas of individuality
of snugness and, to a certain extent
.seclusion, none of which can be at
tanned if the place seems pary of the
public domain.
I'm region, too, like that Of Nortl
Dakota, where the winds have fairl,
earned a reputation for strength AM
persistence, trees have use as vel
as beauty. Passing from the shelte
of the forest to open country on
cold windy day one is made aware @
all the difference between comfor
and misery.
''These facts are admitted by every
one, even by those who can offer II
excuse for the bare dreariness an
desolation that characterize the place
where their lives are spent To spen
a lifetime without the presence of
single natural object about which ii
affections and memories can Ger te
should not be an alluring prospect
civilized man. To busy men vii
their great amount of necessary wo1
to be done these things are often owe
looked, but for all that their impo
tance is not less real.
"Attractive homes constitute an az
i've and potent force in shaping al
determining the character of socie
and it's members and after all there
nothing important but that.
"There arc certain elements in pc
ple that are accepted as evidences
civilization. These are establishe
for the most part during the perie
of childhood and youth. Nothing {
earth can take the place of hig
The Western news., 1904-03-23

three upstate districts have held con :
ventions and instructed their dele
cations to vote for Parker. Parker
is in the race.
The Western news., 1904-03-23
state of civilization and they make
but poor bargain who sacrifice the
possibility of 1t for wealth or acres"
IT Is AS 1T Is.

1T Is AS 1T Is.
District Attorney Jerome is not al
ways right but he has pat way of
stating truths at times. In recent
interview he said: "Where large
number of people in a community
want to do an overt act which they
do not believe to be morally wrong, a
law prohibiting that act IS practically
unenforcible by judges and officers
elected by that community" The
Washington Star characterizes this as
dangerous doctrine which, if carried
to its logical conclusion, would soon
cause chaos in municipal affair.
Would it? An Ohio editor comment
ing on the article in the Washington
Star lays that it may be dangerous
fact hut it is not a dangerous doc
trlne. Here is distinction with
difference. Mayor Jones OF Toledo
who has many good ideas along with
his idiosyncrasies, says that opposi-
ton to unjust laws is a duty that
ever. citizen owes not only to the
community but to himself. It can
not be denied that there are many
fool laws, but as the people them
selves are responsible, the reasonable
thing for them to do would be to re-
peal them. So long as they remain
on the statutes they should be obey
ed And right here the inconsistency
of human nature shows itself. 1t is a
notorious fact that gambling is not
punished in Kentucky for the reason
that conviction means penitentiary
sentence and no jury wants to make
convict out of man who CANDLES.
That law should be repealed. It
never should have passed, but it was,
and there is not much probability of
its repeal. This is an example of too
stringent legislation. Right here in
Montana there is law against gambl-
ing which is practically dead letter.
because public opinion is against it's
enforcement to the letter and law
that can be enforced in spots only is
worthless. The best way to get rid
of an obnoxious law is to enforce it,
but when public opinion is adverse to
it's enforcement not all af the official
enforcement possible can keep it
alive
Some homespun philosopher says
'the public is a curious critter." It is.
All of the laws in Christendom could
not have prevented the people of Dill
lon from taking that "Holy Roller"
out and giving him coat of tar and
feathers. OF course they violated
the law, but violations of the law by the
public may be expected occasionally
But the public is not an hsbitual Law
breaker. The mob that hanged that
fellow jackson at Hamilton violated
the law, but the men in that mob are
observers of the law.
1t is as District Attorney Jerom,
says. The community that wants t.
commit an overt act will do it. law OF
no law. What is the remedy? Is on,
needed?-Missoulian.
The Western news., 1904-03-23
To Advertisers.

The Western News absolutely guarantees
.ts advertisers an actual bona fide paid cir
culation within Ravalli county two tunes
greater than that of acy other newspaper
published in the known world. Advertising
ontracts will be made subject to this guar
ntee.
The Western news., 1904-03-23

OFFICIAL PAPER OF RAvALLl COUNTY.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
PHoEN1x, ARIZONA. DEC. 15, 1904.
Changing the Railway rIap-the Good
 Fortune of Phoenix.

Another great step has been taken toward placing Phoenix on transcon- tinental line of railway. The contract has been let for forty miles of con- .struction on the Arizona & California. As nearly ten miles have been con structed already, the completion of fif- ty miles of the new line is a certainty of the near future. The Arizona & California; forms a junction with the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix at a point about five miles north of Wick enburg, and will run westerly to the Colorado river, 80 miles distant, thence to a junction with the Santa Fe in California. The Arizona & California, joined to the Santa Fe, Pres colt & Phoenix, and the Phoenix & Eastern-au subsidiary lines of the Santa Fe system-wiu form new, leveI-grade, low-altitude trunk line, and when completed will be the main line" of the Santa Fe, so far as Arizona is concerned.
 How soon the Phoenix & Eastern will be completed to its Santa Fe con- nection eastward will depend some what, of course, on the facility with which it overcomes the obstacles that are placed in it's way by the Southern Pacific in litigation over right of way and otherwise, but there is no reason to fear that it will not be completed. Railroad companies do not spend mil liens of dollars on projected lines only to leave them half finished and stick ing up in the air Phoenix is abso- lutely sure Of being on the main line of the Santa Fe.
 What this means to the city and to the Salt River valley is only vaguely eomprehended by most of our citizens.
 Mr. Frank M Murphy is making good" on all his promises to the peo- pie of Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15

The rich copper mines of Chile have been little worked on account of the scarcity of fuel and the cost of trans porting the ere. Water power is abun- dant and for several years an electri- elan has been employed in Paris to devise an electric furnace for smelling the ore at the mines, thus reducing the quantity of material to be carried. After making and demolishing ninety eight furnaces, Imbert de Vanoy, who has had charge of the work, believes he has produced a practical type. He uses two arcs between two pairs of four-inch cartoons, obtaining an easily regulated heat up to 5000 degrees cen tigrade, and the mixture of ore and Aux is brought under the action of this heat without direct contact with the electrodes Two feeders empty buck cts of the mixture into hoppers at the ends of the furnace, while the fused copper matte is drawn off into ingots about once an hour. For ton of mix ed ore and fiux, current Of no volts and 2.o00 amperes is needed, and the cost of treating this amount per hour is less than S2. The furnace is expect ed to work necessarily fer a year be- fore wearing out.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
It Flakes a Difference.

President Roosevelt has appointed Ira A. Abbott of Massachusetts to be an associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico, in place of Judge Baker, who was removed from office last week. If Judge Abbott becomes as popular in New Mexico as Chief Jus tice Kent has become in Arizona, there will be no complaints in our sister ter ritory because the home rule princi- pie" was disregarded. While the se> lection of Judge Kent was coldly re- ceived in some parts of Arizona, it has since proved to be one of the happiest appointments ever made for this terri tory
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
Timely Action.

The postmaster general has dismissed the presidents of the letter carriers as sociation and the association of rural free delivery carriers from the ser vice. This action was taken, it is ax- plained, because of their absence from duty without leave. Beyond that, how ever, the dismissed officials committed the administration, in improperly us ing the influence of their organizations to control legislation. For a long time the letter carriers have been asking for more pay. And since the rural deliv- cry service has reached large propor- tions, the carriers in that branch have joined in the demand for higher sala- vies.
 That the salaries of postal employees are generally inadequate must be ad- nitted by all fair-minded people famil- far with the subject. The railway pos- tai clerks, for example are poorly paid for hazardous service Many of them lcse their lives at the dangerous work. When a wreck occurs the postal clerk seldom escapes injury. And the car riers, both municipal and rural, get small pay for the excellent service they perform. They give the best years of their lives to an eXacting work in which it is almost impossible for them to save anything. They should have higher salaries.
 lA aI, -fr-fe. .f,.-,r . q T fault with their desire for higher pay. The greatest mistake they have made and are making is in using the power of their organizations to intimidate or improperly influence congress. Mir. Roosevelt stated his views on this question in his annual message:
 Tt is very grave impropriety for government employees to band them selves together for the purpose Of ex- toTting improperly high salaries from the government. Especially is this true Of those within the classified ser vice. The letter carriers, both munich pal and rural, are, as a whole, an ex- cellent body of public servants. They should be amply paid. But their pay ment must be obtained by arguing their claims fairly and horoTably be- fore the congress, and not by banding together for the defeat of those con- gressman who refuse to give promises which they cannot in conscience give The administration has already taken steps to prevent and punish abuses of this nature. but it will be wise for the congress to supplement this action by legislation"
 It cannot be denied that the em- ployes in the postal service have ex- erted a weighty influence in congress
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
A Warming for Christmas.

Leslie's Weekly recalls two fatalities that occurred in New York last year in connection with Christmas festivi- ties, both involving the death of chil- dren whose clothes caught fire from Christmas candles. Their costumes consisted largely of cottonwood, in tended to represent snow, concerning which LesIie's Weekly says: "It can not be too well known that cottonwood burns with the ferceness of spirit. and that the flame is very hot and very difficult to extinguish. Great caution should also be exercised in regard to the drapery used for scenic purposes, which should consist, so far as possi- ble, if not entirely, of non-infiamable or of not easily ignited material There is. again, a similar danger connected with cellulcid ornaments and toys. The celluloid ball is fercely and easily in flamable'' A word to the prudent should be especially to those concerned in entertainments or anna teur theatricals.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
HeftN's Theory.

Hetty Green, the worlds richest wo- man, has some opinions concerning the case of Sister Chadwick. Mrs. Green is an excellent judge of human na- ture. or she wouldn't be one of the most successful financiers living, and although she may be little weak on grammar her theory of the Chadwick case is interesting, to say the least.
 1T do not know the woman,'' she said to a reporter the other day. "I never knew her kind. but you just wait uatil the things over and you probably won't find her quite as wicked as she's painted just DOW Probably when they ger through with her, they'll find Some of these big bankers and lawyers have been behind her, using her to get the money. It wouldn't surprise me bit to find that they have got the money, and not her."
 Hetty Green has had some experience with "big bankers and big lawyers"
Arizona republican., 1904-12-15
MRS. PRATT Says She Is in Excellent Health and Feels as Vigorous as a Girl Due to the Use of Duffy's Fure
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MRS PRATT

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 line reception was planned by her relatives and the members of the First Baptist Church O. Chelsea. of which she is 2. member.
 During the sumner Mrs. Pratt
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Arizona republican., 1904-12-15

to repair the rapidlN lessening food supply of the natives, yet it has deve1- oped into a veritable reindeer industry. So successfully has the plan worked in fact, that, not only does it furnish the natives with food, clothing and means of transportation, but holds out the prospect of putting Alaska in a few years in the position of supplying deer meat to an outside market Rein deer does are prolific. and an excellent cheese is made of their milk. As car riers they have already suplanted dogs for the United States mail. and may be Hidden, or will carry easily a pack of 150 pounds. Tn fact. the reindeer industry is already a very important one, w..tti U.Jening significance.