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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
THE CHINESE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.

perience. At home they would not
dare.
Society is eagerly awaiting the eX-
pected announcement that Miss Liang
will be formally presented this season.
She has learned to speak English ex-
ceedingly we'll and is a familiar figure
in a box at the theatres on Monday
nights. When she wishes to go shop
ping she does SO unhesitatingly, and
her carriage is frequently seen stand
ing in front of some of the fashionable
shops.
Fewer girls, especially among those
who have not been presented to 30
ciety, are more popular than this
charming daughter of the Chinese Min
lister. She has made friends with
every girl in Washington society, and
her chief delight is to jump in her car
riage in the afternoons and drive
about calling on her young American
friends. They are all delighted to see
her. and no matter what is on the pro-
aramme it must wait If the attractive
little Miss LANG happens to call. She
is SO piquant, and appreciates an
American Joke as we'll as any of her
American associates.
MISS LANG is Ine cohetahI eoHhPaN
| ion of her father and accompanies hin
on all his drives. They are great
friends and apparently enjoy every
minute of their time together. The
Minister is very proud of his daughters
progress in learning American GUS
toms, and it Is not unlikely that before
many more years are past the Chinese
Legation will be enjoying even to
greater extent the American freedom
in living which makes the assignment
of Washington diplomatic plum TO-
which many hands are always ready.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
THE STATEHOOD QUESTION.
LIKELIHOOD OF THE ADMISSION
OF OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN
TERRITORY.

Disposition to Grant Them Statehood
Irrespective of Arizona and New
Mexico-New Congressional Align
ment on Question.
The assembling of congress will
bring new blood in both the House
and Senate. There is promise of a
long and very important session;
New policies are to be discussed and
material changes in existing economic
conditions are to be proposed. Coming
upon the eve of q congressional cleo
ton, the session will feel the effects, to
a certain extent, Of political consid-
arationS.
The admission of new states to the
Union will be one of the hold-oYer
questions to occupy the attention or
the new congress. 1t appears now
that there will be a decided shifting
of position on the statehood problem,
some new lights having dawned since
statehood was discussed at the last
session.
1t is understood that the committees
on territories of both House and Sen
ate are inclined to stand by the old
program of creating two states out of
the four territories, but it will not be
a surprise if this program fails to
meet the approval of majority Of the
republican senators and representa-
tives. Since the question of state
hood for these four southwest terri
tories was brought into congress
many senators and representatives
have personally Investigated the exist
ing conditions in the territories, and
the result is that public sentiment
among public men is crystal lizing in
favor of the plan of admitting Okla
homa and Indian Territory to state
hood and, if necessary, letting Arizo-
ma and New Mexico wait.
There seems to be few dissenting
voices against the proposed admission
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
AMERICAN LAND MOi1GPLY.
IS BEING FOSTERED BY OUR PRES
ENT SYSTEM OF LOOSE
LAND LAWS.

Homestead Communication and Desert
Land Act, Supposed to Encourage
Settlement-Largel Utilized for
Land Grabbing.
Land monopoly is a black cloud OF
dread from which Ireland is just
emerging, and we applaud England's
act, while we may yet possibly be a
little skeptical, in providing a plan
whereby free Ireland may become a
fact.
Yet we ourselves are as rapidly APP
preaching land monopoly in America
as it is possible to do considering our
vast extent of territory. Land monop-
oily brings with it more state evils
than can be recounted in any single
article 1t EetardS every internal de-
velopment, it smothers individual eff
fort and enterprise and finally it
transforms the stem and fiber of the
individual citizen from that of a sub
stantial, selfreliant supporter of free
government to supine, Indifferent
and passionless individual, lacking in
mental and moral poise and in those
sturdy and heroic qualities which
have made America the greatest name
in history.
Land monopoly, did you say?"
says the American land grabber.
why, there is enough land for the
children of the nation for generations
if not centuries to come. The gov
eminent owns in the West alone near
ly half billion acres and how can
there be any land monopoly when this
vast area is always open to free entry
under our various land laWs?"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
MARK TWAIN AT SEVENTY.
THE HUMORIST ENTERTALNS
GROUPS OF AUTHORS AT
B4NQUET.

At Three Score and Ten He Is Hale
and Hearty-Gives Views on How
to LiVe-Never Smokes or Drink s
While Asleep.
Mark Twain, that prince of humor-
lists has reached the limitation of life
as laid down by the Scriptures-three
score years and ten. And yet he is
still able to give us gems of humor
and wit-such gems as attained fame
for him years ago when Huckleberry
Finn, Tom Sawyer and Innocents
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30


vice and Member of the Public Lapds
Commission.
he would be unwilling to pay $1.25 an
acre for immediate title, when by an
additional two years residence, he
could save this amount.
The provisions of the desert land
act, and the recommendation for the
amendment of which is included in the
following report will be discussed in
next weeks article.
Communication Clause of the Home
stead Act.
In the preceding report a state
ment was made that our investiga-
tons respecting the operations of the
Communication clause of the homestead
law We're still in progress. We were
not at that time prepared to recom-
mend its repeal. Investigations car
ried on during the past year have
| convinced us that prompt action
| should be taken in this direction and
that, in the interest or settlement, the
Communication clause should be great
| ly modified.
a careful examination of the dis
trictS where the communication clause
is put to the most use shows that
| there has been rapid increase of the
| use of this cNpCdient for passing
public lands into the hands of cor
poratiOns or large landowners. The
object of the homestead law was pri-
marily to give to each citizen, the
| head of a family. an amount of land
up to 100 acres, agricultural in char
acter SO that homes would be created
in the wilderness. The commutatio
clause, added at Il later date, was
undoubtedly intended to assist the
honest SETTLER, but like many other
| wcIl-intendcd acts its original intent
has been gradually perverted until it
| is apparent that a great part of all
committed hOmestcadS remains unin-
habitcd. In other words under the
communication clause the number of
patents furnishes no index to the
number of new homes.
To prove this statement it is only
necessary to drive through a country
where the Communication clause has
been largely applied. Field after
field is passed without sign of per
manent nabitarion or improven
other than fences The homes,
shanties of the commuters mays
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
Half Billion Acres Remaining.

1t is true that there are valuable
lands in the West yet remaining open
to entry, or at least land which will
be valuable when it shall have been
furnished water for irrigation but
what is the general description of this
half billion acres yet remaining under
Uncle Sans control? Is it reasonable
to suppose that the shreWd land oper-
ators, living on the ground, have not
SKINNED the cream of this land, and
are not doing SO to-day-the fertile
valleys and the rich plains, where
water can be applied-and leaving the
great bulk of the land to their pos
terity, land composed Of mountain
tops and impossible canyon sides
which will probably forever remain in
the hands of the government and at
least can never support life. Glance
at a physical map of Colorado, just
for an instance. and note the vast
prcponderance of mountains. There
are many fertile valleys in Colorado,
for the map is on a much reduced
scale, but from it's appearance you
would think the entire State was COM
posed of nothing but chain upon chain
and range upon range of untillable
mountains.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
Denounced by Commission.

This question of land monopoly in
the West, as it is fostered through the
use Of the Communication clause of the
homestead act and the desert land act
has been studied by the Presidents
Public Lands Commission, and their
report, the third installment Of which
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30
Into the Earfh'S wells.

At Bendigo, Australia, there is a
gold mine $500 feet deep, or only 60
feet short of three-quarters of a mile.
This is said to be the deepest gold
mine in the world,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30

Here lies my wife's nearest relative.
All my tears cannot bring her back.
Therefore l weep.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-30

Abroad were first given to us. On De-
cember 9th he was the guest of honor
at dinner in New York, to celebrate
his SEVENTEEN birthday. The guests
were confined closely to writer's
Of imaginative literature, and about
10 authors were present, nearly Aaf
of them women. Every guest received
as a souvenir a bust of Mark Twain,
half-life size. Naturally Mr.. Clemens
was the principal speaker; he took as
his text, How to get to be seventy
and not mind it." He said
"Thc SEVENTEEN birthday. 1t is the
time Of life when you arrive at a new
and awful dignity; when you may
throw aside the decent reserves which
have oppressed you for a generation,
and stand unafraid ana unabashcd
upon your scvCn-tCrraced summit and
look down and tcach-unrcbukcd. You
can tell the world how you got there.
1t is what they all do. You shall never
get tired of telling by what delicate
arts and deep moralities you climbed
up to that great place. You will ex-
plain the process and dwell on the par
ticulars with senile rapture. | have
been anxious to explain my own Sys-
TEN for a long time, and now at last
| have the right.
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Regularly Irregular.


"I have achieved my seventy years
in the usual way-by sticking strictly
to a scheme of my life which would
kill anybody else. 1t sounds like an eX'
aggeration, but that is really the COM
mon rule for attaining 10 old age.
We have no permanent habits until
we are forty. Then they begin to har-
den, presently they pctrfy, then bust
ness begins. Since forty | have been
regular about going to bed and getting
up and that is one of the main things.
l have made it rule to go to bed
when there wasn't anybody left TO SIT
up with. and l have made it a rule to
get up when had to. This has result
ed in an answering regularity OF IT.
regularity.
"In the matter of diet-which is
another main thing-L have been per-
sistently strict in sticking to the things
which didn't agree with me until one
or the other of US got the best of il.
Until lately | got the best of it myself.
But last spring l stopped frolichtng
with mince pie after midnight; up to
| then | had always believed it WASH
loaded. For thirty years l have taken
! coffee and bread ut in the morning
and no bite nor sup until 100 in the
| evening.
81 have made it rule never to
smoke more than one cigar at time.
have no other restriction as regards
smoking. l do not know just when |
began to smoke; l only know that 1t
was in my fathers lifetime and that
l was indiscrect. He passed from this
life early in 1917, when l was shade
mast eleven; ever since then | have
| smoked publicly. AS an example to
others, and not that care for moder-
alton myself, it has always been my
rule never to smoke when asleep, ana
never to refrain when awake.
"As for drinking, I have no rule
about that When the others drinn L
like to help; otherwise | remain dry,
bv habit and preference. This dry
ness does not hurt me, but it could
easily hurt you, because you are
different You let it alone.
First Standard Oil Trust.
"Since I was seven years old have
| seldom taken a dose of medicine and
have still more seldom needed one.
But I'D to seven l lived exclusively on
allopathic medicines. Not that / need
ed them, for l don't think l did; but it
was for economy. My father took a
drug store for a debt, and it made cod
liver oil cheaper than the other break
fast foods. | was the first Standard
Oil Trust. | had It all. By the time
, the drug store was exhausted my
health was established, and there has
never been much the matter with me
since.
81 have never taken any exercise, ex-
cept sleeping and resting, and l never
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Continued on next page,)
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Murderer Escapes Punishment.

HELENA, Sept. 23.-John Tul!y who
killed Thomas Kennedy at Fort Mis-.
soula in October. 1903, is a free man.
In the United States court today Judge
Edward Whitson handed down a deci-
sion holding the federal court has no
Jurisdiction, and ordering that Tully
be discharged from custody. Shortly
after Sheriff Scharrenbroich, who has
had the custody of Tully. opened the
Jail doors to the man and he was free
TO go where he pleased.
Tully, who has believed all the time
he would be d~lscharged, was neverthe.
less greatly a.itated when he vas
notified by the sheriff. He said be.
fore leaving that he would go to work
in Helena, and Christmas would 60
back to Missouri, where his mother
lives.
Tully was convicted in the distric!
court at Missoula and sentenced to be
hanged. An appeal vas taken TO the
supreme court, and a majority Of the
court, Justice Milburn alone dissent
ing, held the state did not have juris-
diction. Tully was then discharged
and was arrested by the federal au.
thorities. He was indicted by the last
federal grand jury and his lawyers
demurred to the jurisdiction of the
court. Elmer E. Her shey of Missoula
has represented Tully all through the
case except in the argument before
Judge Whitson, which was made by
r Lee Word ef this city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Important Water Right Suit.

HELENA. Sept. 21.-The taking oil
testimony in chief on behalf of the
government in the suit of the United
States against the Conrad Investment
company, which has been In progress
several days before Master in Chance
ry Oliver T. Crane. was concluded
yesterday afternoon. Adjournment
was then taken subject to the call of
the master.
1t Is expected that the case will not
be resumed until some time 10 October.
when the defendant will put in its evi.
dence. Meantime a survey will be
made In order to ascertain the amour,
of land that can be watered from the
waters OF Birch creek, a stream tina,
forms the dividing line between the
Blackfeet reservation and public
lands.
The suit was brought by the govern
ment to enjoin the Conrad company
from diverting the waters of Birch
creek, it being claimed that this divers.
ion deprived the Indians on the reser.
walton and the government of water
needed for irrigation and other pur.
OSeS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order Of sale issued out of the district court Of
the Twelfth judicial district OF the state of Mon,
tana. in and for the county If Chouteau, on the
10th day of September, A, ID. 1905, the under
signed administrator of the estate of Mary Con
molly, deceased, will, on Tuesday, the ID day of
October: 1905. at : o'clock p. M. Of said day, sell
ut the front door of the county court house, in
the city of Fort Benton, Montana, at public auc-
ton to the hjgheet bidder for cash, the following
described real estate situate in Chonteau county,
Montana, tO-wit:
Lots 3 and ., Of section 80; lots |, : 3 and 4,
and SEA SWh of section 81, all in town ship "a
north, range = east. NJ. NJ, and the E4 SEA sec
ton %. in township "a north. range $ east VI. Nj,
containing in all 3ls.5s acres, together with the
appurtenances thereto belonging.
said sale to be made subject to confirmation by
the judge Of the district court of the Twelfth ju-
dicial district, in and for ChOuteau county, Mon.
tana. and payment to he made by cash or certified
check at the time of sale. The administrator re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated Fort Benton. Mont, Sept. ~, 1908.
JOSEF SULLIVAN,
Administrator of the estate of Mary Connolly
deceased.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
State May Lose Canal.

HELENA, Sept. 22.--Suit in a case
involving the Carey land act board
has been filed in the United States
court by o. w. Mcconnell, as attor.
ney for the Ames Realty company Of
St. Louis. The case is entitled the
Ames Realty company against the
state of Montana, John W. Wade,
A. N. Yoder and L. Z. Collins, com.
prising the Carey land act DO ard, and
the Union Bank and Trust company.
The secretary Of state, the state en-
gineer and the state examiner are
named as defendants because they
made up the personnel Of the Carey
land act board. Suit against the IN.
ion Bank and Trust company is be.
cause bonds in the sum Of $40, 900 were
deposited with it as surety for the
completion of the irrigating contract
incident to the work of the Carey land
act board, and the complainant main
tains that the work was not satisfac-
torily completed. The suit is practi
cally to bring about a foreclosure on
the canal, water rights and irrigated
land in Lewis and Clark county known
as district No. l to pay interest and
principal on the bonds issued to do
the work.
The state selected the lands in.
volved under the provisions Of the
Carey land act and was given a pat.
ent by the government, after the land
had been reclaimed by the building OF
a ditch about 23 miles long. Bonds
were sold to the amount Of $4l2, 500
to pay for the work. OF these. the
complainant owns 1857 200, which to,
gether with the $40, 900 held by the
Union Bank & Trust company, repre-,
sent the amount turned over In con
nectiOn with the work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
N otice Of Sale Of Personal Property,

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of An
order of sale issued out of the district court of
the Twelfth JUDICIAL district of the state of Mon
tana, in and for the county of Chouteau, on Sep.
TENDER 9TH, A. ID. 1905, and as the surviving
partner of Mary Connolly, deceased, the under.
eigned will, on Tuesday, the I'd day of October,
l,!D5, At . O'Clock y. m. OF said day, at the front
door OF the county court house, In the city Of
Fort, Benton, Montana, sell At public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, the following per
sonal property, viz:
All the personal property belonging TO the
partnership heretofore existing between Mary
Connolly. deceased, and the undersigned, con-
sisting of the fOllOwing:
About 500 head of range ana stock cattle, more
or less, bearing the OC brand on right ribs, to-
gether with the said brand and the right to use
use the same
ABOUT 10 head of range horses, more or less,
branded G on right thigh, together with said
brand and the right to Use the same.
~ shares OF the stock Of the Shonkin Stock as
ISOLATION. 9 corporation. of the face value of
$500 Per share.
3 moving machines, : hay rakes, : wagons, .
plows, ! harrow, one spring wagon, : sets of
harness.
Terms CT sale: Bidder will be required to de-
post cash or certified check for amount of his
bid at line of hid and before close of sale. Sale
to be made subject to confirmation by the judge
Of the district court of the Twelfth Judicial dis
trict, in and for ChOuteSu county.
Dated Fort Benton, Mont. Sept. ~, 1905.
MARTIN CONNOLLY,
Surviving partner of Mary Connolly. deceased.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Contracting for Next Wool Clip.

Ia its latest review of wool market
conditions, the Boston Commercial
Bulletin says: While not affecting ac-
tual business on this market, the open.
ing of the London sales at advances
of par TO I! per cent has undoubtedly
strengthened the tone of the market
and has made dealers more confident
in regard to the position of their hold.
ings. The larger mills have been rep.
resented here, bat business has been
done principally by the smaller wool.
en- mills.
There has been q great dea! of talk
for some time past about contracting
for the 1906 wool clip. The very latest
reports state that the high prices
asked by growers have practically
stopped contracting on the part of
two of the leading houses which had
been operating. One of two buyers
from the same firm who had been
rounding up occasional clips in Mon
tana in prices ranging up to BE. is
now home and the other has been re.
called. Contracting has been done in
Idaho. Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
One we'll known firm that vas very
| successful in its operations 10 Terri.
tory woods last year is reported to
have contracted several million pounds
in Wyoming. as we'll a. other lots in
the Soda Springs section of Idaho,
and also ia Utah. The E. Harris
Wool Co. of ST. Louis is reported to
| have also been contracting in the lat.
ter state. While buyers have been
visiting different parts OF Montana,
the total amount contracted by two OF
the leading Boston buyers has not, 1t
is understood, been more than 4OO, OO0
to 500 1000 pounds. The attitude OF
buyers who have been following the
tactics of last year, in trying to out.
| bid their rivals, has tended to make
growers hold for "a to 25c. Buyers
do not feel that conditions now war.
rant such prices, and it is, therefore,
quite likely that no large amount Of
contracting will be done for some
| time. Later on growers may come
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Low Prices For Range Cattle,
DrOvere journal.


Current values for bulk or range
cattle are the lowest of the present
season and sales in late days have
been little above the low point in the
range market a year ago. Only the
good heavy steers and she stock have
mel a very reliable demand, medium
and plain light steers dragging very
slow sale at the decline. Bulk have
sold 2O(n25c lower this week as COM
pared with prices at the close last
week, and even at this big drop a cor.
siderable volume of yesterdays ar
rivals could not be disposed of. Re.
ceipts have been far in excess OF
marketing at this time a year ago,
close to $1,000 rangers landing here
in four days this week-the largest
number on record in four succeeding
days. This supply, coupled with the
heavy run Of natives, has proved a
big burden TO the market, choking up
beef channels badly and afording
packers an opportunity TO hammer
| prices almost at their will.
Rangemen are up against a hard
| row this season., though conditions
/ ruling trade a year ago were consid.
erably worse. Then the market was
recovering from the effects of the big
packing house strike, but this season
| the hardest knock to values has been
the heavy marketing from the ranges
together with big native receipts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Christmas Money for School Bow

l want clean, courteous, reliable
boys In every school district in Mon.
tana to take subscriptions for my pa.
per, The State.
! will pay 25 cents for each LOO
cash subscription. Let me know how
many sample copies you want. l fur
nish them free. You distribute the
copies, take subscriptions, send me
each week names and addresses of
subscribers, keep 25 cents of every
dollar collected and send me the re-
mainder in q Registered Letter or by
Postottice Money Order.
Your receipt for the Registered Let
ter or Money Order is proof that you
have sent me the money.
Write all names plainly, with post
office address.
w. G. EGGLESTON,
Box llS7, Helena, Mont.