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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
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ten pDlie beimiih. Sic behanoelu
MIDI mie zines ibrer &inoer. Hno
i'd finoe bort cine 10 ebrenbaite u1o
miirbige 6eimitdtte. oaB ih tie rur
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meroe."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
Mns Wierno.

Ser in BET 6auptftaot Werito er.
lbeinenoen r9eutlden 8eitung" ents
nehunert mir f0leenoes:
9ahoem Die eeribtlide gors
unteriuhung iiber ben 10 pl6blihen
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uno 8eiddoigune fremoen @igers
tunls formeu gefanaer eeiebt unb
ltebt ieiner 8eitrafung enteeeen.
Wehrere beoeutenoe 2anomirte
oes States Durango haben firslid
nerihieoene trDdene Terrains oieles
States beithtiat. Sic mplen boz
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thnert fir biele &ultur geeignet err
{heinen. 4ah ben n6ti9en GerIu=
6en ioa Damn 9leib I'M @rosen nit
benz Nnpflansen bieier 10 uihtteen
Salerpfanse noraeeangen uerben.
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fih in ben Ser. Staaten, nm i'm In.
fang oes nacbiten Sabres neue INDUS
ftcieQe unternebmuneer in Der &es
publit Merifo ansufaneen. Sic Der.
figen iiber Elm Gapital pDr suiar1z
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nit I WtiQiDnen unb Die Durango
Cattle ano Goreitrp So. init elmer
Wtlion &apital.
Die 9eputiertentammer bat ben
&Dntraft aniiben bem Tpnento. M1is
niiterium uub benz Sneenieur M.
Samuel Garcia gueIar beltdtiat.
Sn benz &ontratt ftebt otelem bas
Geht au, Die i'm Staate Tamaulipas
in Der 0dbe nun 9ampico gele9ene
2aaane garpinterD troden 81 leeen,
poourh er circa 400 Settar oes
frubtbarlten Booens fir 1th Qepinnt.
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pico ielbit gelunoer eemadt.
Sn Der nmaebung Der Sdfen
| BON Wa3atlQn un0 San BlQ2 on Der
pacifihen &iite piomen itb Die bprs
tiaen Hilher nit gifer benz 6un1s
merfanse, bet bebeutenben @eminn
abmirft. @egenmdrtig mu4en bic
Slider cine ar1Bere Senoung oieler
Seetrebie mad Stem Oort idiGen
uno meun oielelbe gut ausfdQt, mas
mol iiher an5unehmen lit, wDnen
iie InfangS ndbiten Sabrea cine
sueite Senoung na6 oortbin ablies
fern.
- Gin bralilianiider Mrat, W.
Wlmeioa @omes empfiehlt cine Wits
tel seaen SbIanaebiR. Sc beitebt in
elmer Sormpl 2biung. pelhe ipfprt
Die Wirfung oes @iftes neutrali1iert.
8erihieoene Berlonet1 lino our9 oie=
les Wtittel gebeilt nprben. Das 5prs
mol bringt maj, IT, elmer 8 prosenti.
gen 2Diuna permittelit elmer Sniet.
tionsnaoel, an oeren Stelle man aber
AUDI irQeno cine Droindre Waoel be-
nuken Fam, in Die 8iBmunoe; eS ge=
ni9en einise 9ropfen oieler 26luna,
um Die 8irtune oes Sites aufsubes
ben.
- Der grport BON 6ennequen
pom Safen BrDareio aus betrue pdbs
reno Der 10 erften Wonate bes Sab
res 480.685 Sad i'm @emthte BON
mebr als IS WtilliUnen 4ilo9ramm.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22

9as g%rtperbsleben Der yteuseit setattet
es ben Meiften taum, bic @eiun6beitsrez
selu itreng HI befolaen. I'm ben Nadbe
tell. ben bic Nibtbefoleung oerielben 6f<
tiers erseuat. aus5u9leihen uno Die anqes
itrenate 4ebensmaf9inerie in Qutem @an<
ae gu halten. bietet Die Sei%ltpiHenIcbaft
elm gang naturaemd6es, rein aus BfIans
aenitoffen deficiencies Nittel bar, ST.
Bernard 8ramterpiIIen, tuelhe burf
9oderun9 Der @ebdrme unb Nnreguna bes
8lutumlaufs bic 8erbauung beidleuni.
gen, ben Nppetit trdfti9en uno ben, ruenu
niht b6qie franten, bod leioenoen &Dr.
per pieberberitelfen. Sur % Gents BET
Gpotbeferu au baben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
sin 5dnredltdes is d.

Sc 1T ardBlif ari 0dmDrrb0ioen
81 letoen. SD fam pabrbettsaes
mdB iaeen, ihreibt 5arrp @OliOn uou
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Sable bic bette Sur lit. @beniu fit
Shnttt' uno Brauomunoen. %
Gents BEL Goulpb 9reiB uno s. Salt
eger b Spbn,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
6etertags 5 Grcmrftpn mad
bent Cftett.

&m %. December 1905 tperber bic
Tidet 8 Ngenter grcurfiune TiGets
sur &ate BON einem Sabrpreis uno
elm Drittel. giltia fir bic Miidreiie
auf 30 Ta9e. nab allen Huntteu in
Obio, Snoiana. Slinois uno Nl6teu
weftlih uon8 ittsbura. Ha., in Benr.
ipleanien, uia st. Souls uno Benns
iploania : &inier nertaufen. Weaem
1dberer ginSelbeiten iiber ben RMas
oienit BON st. 4ouis aus iebt Guh
in Terbinouna NIT
6. u. Bairo,
Reiienoer Baiiagier.N eeut,
Sm Nntorio. Teras.
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9ie sat- I'M SAD aefauft

Ste &ab' int Sat 8efatft = so
oentt Wan6er, Der burb marfti9reieri<
i6e Qn5ei9en BON Wunoermitteln perleis
tet. ietn sutes @elo bersiebt unb cine
Sbnnomeoi5in bafir erbanbeIt. Gu
oenft aub tpol Wancber, Der bon benz
9roBen Seilmittel bes DIR. S. Silsbee oez
gen Sdm0rrhoiben, ANAkESIS, lieft.
Seib alip porfibtig. SIR 9eibenben, unb
ienoet erft nab elmer 8robe, bic gub P.
Neustaedter & Co.. Box 2416, New
York, amf gerlan9en f%Dftenfret suihiden
tperben, ehe ibr eineH 8orrat gu taufe1
braubt. Su alien renommierten Mpothes
Ten gu haben.
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W~eataelfM . lntBertfd3e st. Sphats.
He8 Nfrcae.

Ode Nueba. uno Slb-g refa.Strase.
81 on 1taa sthnIe: Seoen Sonntsa
Sormittae UNI 8 lbr.
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10 ltbr 8ormittags.
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senntaa nm s nbr Nbenbs.
Sober Sentlbe tit berslidb tpiItpmmen.
@otnuna S14 Gio.Preja,@ trase.
.. 6artmnun, CATER,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
SabmefteraS wifmht Ga6

Wenn Sbr gub irgenomu nieoers
laffen wcat. tbut es entlane Der ST.
ME Der
Can Mntpmto u Mramias
YaB Sahn.
i'm gartens0 iitritt oes Staates. Ies
lunobeit uno &linla uniibertrDHen.
8iaige 2dnoereien fir ben Sarmer,
Warftgdrtner, Obft> uuo Giebsiidter.
Weeer @inaelbeiten menoetguh on
@eo. s. 2upton, O. IS. a.,
@nn NntoniD. 9eras.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22

- RaIf. cement. Sanp. Sod.
iteine, feuerfefte Steine unb TbuAs
9beer uno Mspbaltpnpier, Dahpappes
2beer uno Nspbalt, Del, Terpentiu,
Sarben, @las &c. &c. fteta uprr6tbio
BET 5. 6. 7ielmann, 306 Oft.
@on1merce'S traBe. @ieoriee Breiie,
quite 8aare iumie quite nnb reele
8soienutg uerben earantirt. -
Eelep6un 41O.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22

Sur Grtnnerung an ots
9elbftebersGpi0emt in Nep Orleans
i'm Sabre 1905 bat cine bort lebenoe
Camille Ndmens @tIfon ibrem nab
reno Der f6peren 3ett seborenen
8t1oe ben gamen Stesombia Saciata
Ntlion gegeben, neil. na9 4nii9t Ser
9%eIe9rtsn, Der @elbfieberbaaiGus burd,
oen yStegotnpd fdctdta" >Mnstito Der
btettet pir6.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22
gdaltde xpurtfen saIatmaaru

Sa9lt9e SolIrtltetl S@latDagen
nab @%alifornien. ebenio nad ct.
Souls oia 9eraS & Bacific Babn
obne We6lel. Sbreibt an iroeno
einen 3iGet : &genten meaen oieles
l1euen 9ienites Doer an 6. IS. Sur.
aer. @eneral'& aiiagiersG sent, Dal.
fas, TeraS.
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i. geah ben Berihten bes fonb.

y{a@ Den Bertbten 6es lon6s
utrtibaftliden requirements fteGen
fih bic @rnten fir oieles Sabr in fol-.
GENDER 8eiie: Waistorn 2.707, $685..
$40 8uihel; Winter . Weisen 1885,
1852. 1874 8uibel; Semmer . @eisen
264 5l6.655 8uibel; Safer $685..
216,1H 8uihel; Sen 60, 53I, Gil
2onnen; Eabat 633, 033, 719 Bfuno.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22

nBorp . SormaIin'' (tStuer e.
MnssnS) }, lit als antiieptiibes Rabn.
uro Wturlomaiier untibertroHen. Ju
allen Wpptheten su haber.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-12-22

Ttnd's 5 Gents 5auana. giaurre
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15

present that make the people the
slave aud tools of certain officials.
A man at this time cannot be
free and independent, he must be,
against his will, affiliated with the
Republicans or the Democrats if
he has any aspiration for public
Office, and he must receive the
Suction of either party before he
is allowed to be placed on the Off
'cial ballot, and when he gets To
that point, he is generally, the
creation of clique who control
the party, and he ows alligience to
that clique and not to the people.
Secure first freedom for your
election. freedom for the people to
run on their own merit and of their
own free will, and free and fair
election, then you will be able, and
feel it duty to submit to the peo-
pie the election of all public Off
Gals.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
Elective Officers.

We have in this issue a commu.
nication from Citizen discussing
the present manner of appointing
the Police Officers and Secretary
and Treasurer of the town, he is
of opinion that these officials
should be elected by the people
instead Of by the Council.
We can see no serious objection
to the election of officers that are
created by the charter such as
chief of police and the secretary
treasurer, but the policemen could
not be elected for the reason that
the number of police may be in
creased or reduced at the will of
the council, as Emergency would
require.
To make the CHEF of police aud
secretary-treasurer elective, the
charter would have to be amended,
no resolution or ordinance of the
council would be legal.
These matters which are of pub
lie interest should be discussed by
the people and all measures that
concern or interest the people
should be made according to their
will, We are one who believe in the
people, when tho people can free
ly express their will; but have we
reached that condition? Are the
people of this town, this parish
or this state free to express their
will, aud that public will made to
prevail oyer tricks, rascality and
fraudl
We believe the first thing that
the people should consider, and |
is laws that would esta-
blish free government for free
people aud not laws as we have at
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
Financial Statement.

In last weeks Messenger W,
published for the first time, to oul
recollection, full and complete
statement of the Town of st. Mar.
tiuville, for the year ending June
Both 1905.
This statement shows that the
revenues of the Town were ST.
SOL 20, and gives in detail every
item of revenue and amount re-
ceived from that source. This
statement also shows that the ex-
penditures for the past year, which
are also given in detail, amounted
$S,976,42 leaving cash balance
on hand of S2.524,7S.
This is the way that public mo-
ney should be expended, and pub
lie statement made, showing to
the tax payers what use was made
of their money.
Any one of our tax payers can
take the statement and investigate
every item of revenue and each
item of expenditure, aud criticise
anything that in his judgment is
not right. This Council has done
its work right and is glad to rem
der an account of what they have
done, aud their work is submitted
to the tax payers.
The Board of Managers of the
Electric Light and Water Works
publish their annual statement in
this issue, shows the affairs of
this plant, which are in good.
healthy condition.
Let these statements be lessons
for others handling public moneys
to give an account, complete of
their administrator. =.
--~~->
-Mr. Maurice Patin, editor of
the Valley of the reche was atten-
ding to business here Monday.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15

Our young people gave ball
Tuesday night which was largely
attended, and which was brilliant
social affair. The young ladies
had decorated the hall, and had
displayed a great deal of taste and
skill in their decorations. Ferns,
moss and flowers were profusely
used and the intricate arrange
ments made the hall look like .
place where pleasure must reign
supreme. There was a u r ,e num-
Der OF friends from adjoining
towns who had come to add charm
and brilliancy to this most plea
SAINT dance.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
"A Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party may
be given to your stomach and liver,
by taking a medicine which will
relieve their pain aud discomfort,
viz: DIR. Kings New Life PilIs.
They are a most wonderful RENE
dy, affordisg sure relief aud cure,
for headache, dizziness and consti-
patton. 25c at L. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
only be done with dredye boat

only be done with a dredge boat
The time has come when thu
authorities and the people of this
parish mast solve the drainaQe
system, and the sooner will be thu
better, because what has happen
ed this year may happen ngaiu.
1t has brought ruin to many Of
our people, repetition of this
disastrous overflow would be felt
through out the parish.
The time to look into this drain
age matter is right now.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
The Need of Drainage.

The spell of wet weather, the
heavy rains we have had since the
last three weeks have been sc
abundant as to overflow several
hundred, perhaps thousands OF
acres of our low lands, which arc
fine lands and generally produce
abundant crops.
These low lands are conceded Ia
be the best lands in the country
and produce paying crops when
the seasons are favorable, when
the season is dry, but a surplus of
rainfall is always disastrous for
these low sections, and a spell of
wet weather as this year, complete
ly ruins the crops of these &c
tons, and brings want and hard
ship to the people where lands are
overhowed and whose crops are
lost.
This year the foods, which are
caused by the heavy rains mostly
are SD late, that when the water
recedes it will be too late to re-
plant any crop at all. and those of
the people who are not provided
with surplus funds for just such
calamities, will have to depend up
on the labor they can do else
where, and until they can arrange
their places and leave to seek work
elsewhere will probably have to
suffer considerably.
This last rainy weather has il.
Illustrated the necessity of more
and better drainage. the loss of the
crops of this year will amount to
probably more than it would cost
to perfect the drainage system of
the entire parish.
We have in st. Martin parish
natural drainage, bayous and cou-
lees are everywhere, but they have
been allowed to fill up with dirt
and drift and growth of small
trees that impede and in many
places completely obstruct the
drainage.
This parish needs a dredye boat
that would be owned and operated
by the parish, even if it would be
found necessary for the land ow- !
ners OF every section to lew a !
small special tax to operate the
ifedge boat, as every bayou and
every coulee of this parish needs
cleaning up, aud that work can
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
The Diamond Cure.

The latest news from Paris, is
that they have discovered dia.
mond cure for consumption. IL
you fear consumption or pneumo.
MIA, it will, however, be best fol
you to take that great remedy men.
toned 10y w. L. MCGEE, of Van.
leer, Tenn. IL had a cough, FOR
fourteen years. Nothing helped
me, until | took DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Colds
and Coughs, which gave instant
relief, and effected permanent
cure. "Unequalled quick cure,
for throat and long Troubles. At
L. }. Liable drug -store; price SOC
and 81 90, guaranteed. Trial bot
tie free.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
A Public r1arket.

We read in the proceedings of
the Town Council published last
week that a committee was ap-
pointed to see about building a
new market.
The idea is a good one, but we
believe III erecting any kind of
public buildings, that the best on
ly should be considered.
st. MartinvilIe needs a good
market, city hall aud town Jail,
but in this age of improvement
and progressiveness, the people
expect nothing but the best mo-
degn up-to-date construction.
We expect nothing but the very
best aud most modern city hall
and market, built of brick or CO.
ment, and the committee should
get their plans and specifications
from architects who have a repu-
1ation and not depend upon ordi-
nary carpenters or brick layers to
furnish plans without specitica-
lens.
We would suggest that the COM
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15

mlttee go to New Iberia, Opelou-
sas. Crowley and see the markets
of these towns.
Morgan City is now building a
city hall of hollow concrete blocks
which we understand will be a
pretty building, the committee
would do well to make trip to
Morgan City and see what they
are doing in that line.
A little money spent in investi-
eating will be money well invested.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15

FOR SALE Second hand and
new Pianos, before buying write
me for prices. Tuning and re-
pairing. all work guaranteed. Fred
W. Smidtb, Lafayette, La. Phone
pa July 8.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
SATURDAY, July IS, 1905.
ONE DOLLAR SAVED REPRESENTS
TEN DOLLARS EARNED.

Tho average man does not save TO ex-
ceed ten per cent Of his earnings. lie
must spend nine dollars in living ex-
penses for every dollar saved. That be-
ing the case he cannot be too careful
about unnecessary expenses. Very often
few cents properly invested. like buy
ing seeds for his garden. will save seve-
raj dollars outlay later on. IL is the
same in buying ChamberIain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. IL costs
but few cents, and bottle of it in the
hOnse often saves a doctors bill OF seve-
raj dollars. For sale at 7. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
Baseball Players and Foot Racersi

eD"I rtdycrS dnO FOOT KaCefSy
Louis }. Kruger, ex- champion long
distance foot racer Of Germany and Hob
'a'id. writes, Oct. 9th. 1901: During
my training of eight weeks feot races st
salt Lake City, in April last. used Bal
iard's Snow Imminent to my greatest So
tisiactlon. Therefore. highly recon-
mend Snow Liniment to all who are
Troubled with sprains. bruises or rheu-
matlsm." 25c, soc 800 bottle.
Sold by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15
CHaMBERLAIN'S Collie. CHOLERA Al
DIARRHOEA REMEDY-THE BEST
EXISTENCE

L. NJ. Wood. manager of the White
County News. Beebe, Ark. is a represen
tative southern business man. who does
not hesitate in expressing his good Opt
mon OF a well known remedy. He says,
1T gives me the pleasure TO recommend
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr-
'ioea Remedy. having used it mysslf and
IN my family with the best results. In
fact | believe it to be the best remedy of
the kind in existence" Sold at Labbe's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-07-15

-Mr. Maurice Patin, editor of
the Valley of the reche was atten-
ding to business here Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20

The hanging of Mrs. .Rog.
ers in Vermont made an or.
phan of a babe. Although
the governor of that state was
petitioned and beseeched by
thousands upon thousands Of
people of his own state as
well as people of other states,
to save the country from this
spectacle of barbarism and
commute the woman's sen.
tence to life Imprisonment,
he turned a deaf ear to it all
and the girl-wife was judici.
ally murdered with her babe
at her breast, figuratively
speaking. The governor of
Vermont has by this act pro.
claimed himself to the world
AS an unfeeling, stubborn
man whose heart knows not
the pulsations of sympathy
and who has not yet learned
the sacredness of maternal
love. In this he is far below
the brute creation and be
could learn a valuable lesson
from the beasts of the field.
For shame!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20

Editor Dingley of the Lewiston Jour.
nal tells the President that the exist.
Ing tariff law should not be disturbed
This is brotherly, at least.-Boston
Herald.
But 1t isn't brotherly. The late Mel.
OF Dingley did not write the present
tariff law as it stands. His schedule
was much more reasonable. He con-
sented to higher rates on many articles
solely because he was assured that the ga
high rates would be used for trading
purposes in negotiating reciprocity
treaties to he undertaken at once
President Mckinley had the same view
or the case, and he honestly tried to get
the treaties. some twenty of which were
negotiated, through the Senate. Bnt
every one failed, just as the tariff bar-
ons and their agents in the Senate
knew they would fail when they raised
the Dingley rates. No, the author of
the Dingley law was first deceived and
then betrayed, and ever since 1897 the
country has stood for this BETRAYAL
which has meant millions upon millions
or gain to the pampered trusts and
millions upon millions of loss to the
complacent consumers.-K. G. Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
TAKE THE HINT.

Two cattle barons charged with the
illegal fencing of 2l2 .000 acres of gov
eminent land in Sheridan county, Neb.,
pleaded guilty before the United States
court at Omaha and were sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 each, and to remain
for six hours in the custody of the Unit
ed States marshal. Referring to this
judgment and speaking to represent
alive of the Associated Press, S ecretary
of the Interior Hitchcock SAID:
"You can say that am surprised
and indignant. The punishment is
utterly inadequate. The indictment
was the result of four years of deter
mined effort and the expenditure Of
thousands of dollars by the department.
We had selected the largest operators
in the hope that the result would be a
warning to those engaged on smaller
scale. That the case was strong one
is evident by the fact that the men
pleaded guilty. The result is dscour-
aging but we shall not cease our efforts.
They have promised to tear down their
fences and if they do not keep the
promise they will be indicted again and
again until they learn that laws are
made to be obeyed. We will not let up. "
Those who have been tempted to give
their support to the plan of trusting
railway rate regulation with the life.
term judges may find in Secretary
Hitchcock'S comment valuable hint.
For four years the interior department
bad worked on these cases, and after all
of their efforts the result was a altry
fine and six hours in the company of
the marshal.
No wonder Secretary Hitchcock is
disguised. 1t will be strange, however,
if in the light of such experiences as
these the American people consent 10
an increase in the number of life-term
judges in vain effort to obtain relief
in the matter of railway rates.-Com.
mOner.