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rentals and wharfage are devoted TO the
building and maintaining or water
works and telephone systems. bridges.
parks, Improvement Of roads. and I'm
keeping up the schools. All Of the
improvements are carried on under
the direction Of trustees. who the citi-
zens themselves select
The land values are annually ad-
iusted by the executive council which
furnishes every lessee with a copy of
its appraisements on all property, af-
ter which a date is fixed for the hear
ing OF complaints. Then. after the list
of appraisements has been revised and
all errors corrected, il is subject to the
referendum Of the people. The most
important problem IS to secure 70 all
residents equality of opportunity in the
use of the lands.
The Fairhope colony stands for num-
erous reforms in which the inhabitants
of all parts of the United States are
more OF less interested Chief among
these are the initiative and referendum
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conda, Washoe, and Parrot COM
panies, to which he had absolutely
not a shadow of right, according
10 Amalgamated.
This was not the only occasion
upon which Heinze's terms of set
tlement are reported to have been
eXorbitant. At one time Henry
H Rogers invited him to a con-
ference in New York, which he ac-
cepted- Rogers advised the young
man that the Amalgamated would
undoubtedly win the case eventual
ly, but that the company would
prefer TO settle the matter at once.
and not air its affairs in the
courts. He asked Heinze upon
what basis he would reIinquish all
his claims. Heinze replied that he
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and municipal ownership. Inasmuch as
women are allowed equal right with
men to vote n all municipal affairs
the colony ms; also be said TO stand
for womens suffrage. PaTenthetiCally
1t may be stated. there is a national
organization known as the Women 5
Single Tax League and that this league
was the first single tax organization to
formally recognize the work Of the
Fairh0pe colony.
The elections at Fairhope are by
secret ballot, under the Australian plan
and, on petition OF ten per cent of the
coIonists. any measure which has either
been acted upon or proposed must be
submitted to the vote of the entire
membership The granting Of fran
Chises for public utilities to either cor
poTations or individuals is forbidden as
is also the issuing of bonds and the
paying Of interest. Fairhope is proud
of the fact that she has no especial use
for -ae rich. that she has no specula-
tors within her borders and that sht
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few weeks ago by the purchase OF
the Heinze interests did not come
as a great surprise to those who
had followed athe movements close
ly.
All Montana, and especially
Butte, is rejoicing over the final
settlement of the great battle. The
copper war damaged trade cOndi-
tions in the mining sections to the
extent of hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, and has caused hundreds
of men TO remain without employ
ment for months and even years
at a time. Further than this, the
warfare has brought the judiciary
and the Legislature of the State
to the point where but few persons
believe in the incorrupibility OF
either of the two branches of gov
eminent. The dark shadow of sus-
picion has fallen upon Legislators
and State senator's, and the mire OF
bribery has sullied the ermine Of
more than one judge.
The fierce controversy waged be-
tween Thomas ". Lawson and
Heinze in the columns of the press
resulted in a "sbow down" be-
fore the courts of Montana, for
after all things had been made
public property there was no longer
any necessity for secrecy. Perhaps
the public really profited by this
bitter personal feud, as it hasten
ed the final struggle.
AS TO the amount of the consid-
Grafton which HeinZe received for
his holdings in the Montana cop
per regions the public has not
been definitely informed-althOugh
ten millions is generally believed TO
be the fgure-but those who ara
familiar with his career from early
manhood to the present hour Che is
still quite young. being only thirty
four, are confident that he has
come off with flying colors and .
big fortune.
Whatever has been the outcome
TO the owners of the various prop
critics, the general public gives
sigh of relief, for il will mean the
wonderful development of latent
resources in the copper mines OF
the West.
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MONTANA'S

Continued from Page 5-This Section.)
ton of that gentleman and his
friends apparently amounted to but
little.
Meantime some acrimonious cor
respondence was exchanged be
tween f. Augustus Heinze and
Thomas ". Lawson. In paying
their mutual respects each writer
did not scruple to use the most
expressive language in the diction-
airy, and as a result of It all the
public learned some things with
respect to the negotiations between
Mr.. HeinZe and the Standard Oil
people that it would not otherwise
have known.
When matters had reached a
somewhat acUra stage in Butte,
Gov. Joseph K Toole was prevail
ed upon to call a special session
of the Montana Legislature Deem
Der /, 1908, for the purpose Of
enacting legislation that would
give the Amalgamated and its con-
stituent companies a change of
venue in respect 70 the still pend
ing suits and ceceivership pro-
ceedings Upon this understanding
the Amalgamated works were again
started I'D.
That was Fritz Augustus Heinze's
first important victory over Anal
gamated and Standard Oil. Rumors
soon came from various sources
that indicated a compromise be-
tween Amalgamated and Heinze
October 26. 1908, Heinze publicly
made a cOunter-proposition look
ing for the settlement of the liti-
CATION and controversy by arbitra-
ton. Amalgamateds comment on
the Heinze proposition was that It
was ridiculous, as il provided for
turning over TO Heinze the Nipper
mine and the ore bodies under half
a dozen mines owned by the Ana
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had been invited to a business con-
ference, and that he was prepared
to receive but not to make a prop
OsitiOn
Rogers thereupon said he would
pay the young man $250000 in
cash for ali his claims. Without a
quiveT of the eyelid, Heinze replied.
Tidiculing the idea. With an, ex-
clamatiOn of astonishment and
anger, Rogers asked how much
Heinze expected. When the latter
named his figure, forty times the
amount which Rogers had offered,
the interview ended abruptly.
March 80, 1904, Heinze was found
guilty of contempt of court by
Judge Beatty in the United States
Court at Butte, and was fined s20.-
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600 for violation of the order of
the Federal court enjoining Heinze
and the Amalgamated interests
from mining in the Michael Davitt
lodge claim. Heinze paid.
On June %, 1904, the Montana
supreme court handed down a de-
cision on the so-called fair trial or
change of venue law, holding it TO
be constitutional. The decision of
the supreme court was on every
question In favor of the AmaIga-
mated company ard against F. A.
Heinze, and had the effect of TAX
ing from Judges Clancy and Har-
ney, the two alleged Heinze judges.
all of the Amalgamated-Heinze lit
igation. 1t was considered at the
time as the most serious blow yet
dealt to the Heinze interests.
Late in the fall of 1904 there
were renewed negotiations between
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ness houses and industries. There are
1000 volumes upon the shelves Of her
library. She OWNS a wharf 1890 feet
long. Her waterworks system is free
Her official business Is transacted in
a town hall and she boasts OF a live
newspaper Fairhope is a postofFice
and money order Office. The school
curriculum includes French, Spanish,
German, shorthand writing, political
economy and many branches Of the
higher as well as elementary work
One OF the problems of Fairhope
has been the attitude that she should
maintain toward her neighbors who
remain outside the colony, but who
would like to share in its benefits
The association grants To both resi-
dents and non-residents the use Of its
library and the colony steamer has
benefited all the surrounding terri
tory However. the colonists do not
feel that they can extend the use OF
their schools, telephone system, baths
and other public enterprises to those
who do not reside on the colony lands
for the reason that all these land ben
eflts are reflected accurately in the
land values which are returned to the
association to be used again for
mutual benefit. sn extending these
privileges to their neighbOrs the
equivalent would not be returned and
the spirit of getting something for
nothing, against which the colonists
have long stood, would be fostered.
With the building Of bridges across
the picturesque gulleys and the es-
tsblishment of parks, the spirit OF civic
pride has kept apace. Flower garden
ing has been adopted and to this
both the climate and the natural
foliage has lent inspiration. Climbing
vines are TO be found on every hand
Dogwood blossoms are abundant
There is an endless variety Of trees
from the branches of which comes the
voice Of the mocking bird Wild tur-
KEYS and the foxes are 10 be seen
along the shores. oysters are plenu-
ful in Mobile bay.
At Fairhope Irish potatoes are plant
ed in January and are ready for ship
ment In April and a fall crop is often
uIanted in August. Strawberries Tipen
early in March. and are abundant
One tomato vine In the garden or a
coIonIst covered $50 square feet Of sur
face and supplied an entire family
throughout a season. POmegranates,
Isuauese persimmons- and nSS grow
bv the side Of peaches, pears, anu
srTapes The scene is one OF great 4u1NO-
rance.
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Heinze and Amalgamated for the
purchase of the formers holdings
in Montana, but they came to moth
ing.
Attorneys for Amalgamated stated
on October 81, 1904, that there
was then in existence, and had
been for months, a contract signed
by Heinze for the sale of his prop
critics to a syndicate headed by
John W. Gates and August Bel
mont. The contract, it was stated,
was in the nature of an option,
which would surely be taken up
before expiring. in January, 1905.
If there was such a contract. it
was never fulfilled.
On April 90, 1905. the Minnie
Healey mine case, which had been
carried to the Montana supreme
court, was again decided in favor
of Heinze and against Amalga-
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mated. The Minnie Healey mine
litigation had been in the courts
seven years. and had cost Amalga-
mated and Heinze each s1,000,000.
Then cane Amalgamated' turn
to win. The Montana supreme court
on July "a, 1905, reversing a rul-
ing by Judge Clancy which decided
that Heinze's Nipper company was
entitled to vast ore bodies valued
at many millions, upon which the
Anaconda. Washoe, and Parrot COM
panies Gall in the Amalgamatedl
had been mining. The supreme
court ordered the case to a new
trial
For the past six months there
has been but little litigation. Peace
negotiations have been carried on
by the "plenipotentiaries," Robert
J. Ryan and Thomas F. Cole. and
the settlement of the struggle a
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trict. At the west end of Lake
Nercer's ten miles of water is Ce-
lima, ST. Marys is at the east erd
Midway between the two is Monte
yuma. fighting hamlet on the
south shore.
Each points the finger of scorn
AT the other two. and says. If ask
ed, the toughest town In the
State"
The reservoir towns have a bad
name. All three. II can be safely
said. can produce men who laugh
at sheriff and gamekeepers and at
their own sweet will. Violate every
law I'm the Ohio statute books.
Ii may be this condition arises
from the fact that it is wonderfully
easy TO eYade the law, or at least,
its representatives.
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colony and not by the individuals By
purchasing and plotting the land as a
colony. this community has accumu-
lated the profits usually realized by q
promoter or land speculatOr as the re-
suit of the establishment of a new
town. The land was originally uIr-
chased at from one dollar and TWENTY
i've cents to six dollars an acre de-
pending upon its distance from the wa
ter front. With the establishment OF
shipping interests. business places. edu-
catiOnal facilities and public utiHt;es. II
has increased IN value with the usual
rapidity attendant upon such deveIop-
menU' and this TO the enriching OF the
many rather than the few.
The citizen pays no purchase price
for his land. Although he is practi-
cally the owner his contract takes the
form Of a ninety-nine years lease
which can be renewed at the end of
that period. The title of the land is
vested in the Fairhope Association.
but simply as q trustee for those who
reside thereon. The Fairhope Indus
trial Association is the incorporated
organization of single tax advocates
who inaugurated this colony. Member
snip IN this association costs $t00 pay
able. II desired. at the rate Of five dol
lars a month, and ali such sums are
continually applied TO the original p,r-
chase of additional land. Having no
purchase price TO pay for his lard.
the owner or. technically, the lessee.
eEPends his capital at once in improve
ments upon the land-the establishing
Of industries. homes. or places Of bust
ness. Instead of purchase price or
taxes he pays an annual rental to the
association, ranging from thirty-five
cents. TO tweuty-six dollars an acre.
depending upon the value OF his land.
II IN the business section, he paws
the maximum rental; If in the farm
ing territory farthest distant from the
WhaTVes, he pays the minimum. These
land rentals may increase as the prop
eTty each year increases in value.
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grants absolutely no special privileges.
Thus, Il is claimed, that labor is ex-
allied and public spirit and enterprise
stimulated
The Fairhope colony should not be
mistaken for a community Of socialists.
Neither are the members a Goddess
band. Many of them are regular at
tendants upon the village church and
the annual anniversary celebrations are
opened with prayer The eolonists are
strong believers ia individuality.
Stores. livery stables and mills are all
private enterprises and only those
values which the community creates
are retained for the community. The
colony confines itsef to the admins
tering of public business only and not
10 the direction of individual effort A
prominent single tax paper styles these
c0lonists the Pilgrim Fathers of the
twentieth century and the practical
representatives of the cause of eco
nomic liberty one Of the leading news
papers Of the city Of Mobile, in the
state in which the colony Is situated,
says that FaiThope is one of the
strongest arguments offered in support
of the praCticabnity OF the single tax
theory
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Henry Georges Theories Have Been Sue
cessfully Demonstrated at Fair Hope, Ala,
Which Has in Single Decade Become a
Wealthy Home Of NoR-WeaIhy Citizens.

T HE world first and only sin
gle tax settlement, ln Ala
bama. after eleven years
existence. has q population
OF over six hundred, and has
demonstrated to its own sat
isfaCtlOn that the theories of Henry
George Will work Encouraged py
this good report, another single tax
town is now planned for New York
State, although its exact location
has not yet been chosen. The eN-
pertinent Of the first colony has IN
Ierested students Of sociological and
economic problems, not a few OF whom
have jOurneyed 10 the little town on
Mobile bay TO study the results at close
range
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21
STUCK TO IT
For Years But Finally Had to Give
up Coffee.

Our habits of eating and drinking
stick to US like hungry pup to a bone.
Coffee does certainly hurt many per-
sons. and they know it. But 1t is one
thing to know it and another to devise
some way to change the habit and still
have warm beverage at meal time.
Thousands of persons all over the world
have found it easy TO quit coffee be-
cause they use Postum Food Coffee.
For years I've felt the harm of
drinking Coffee" writes an Iowa wo-
man, ''but liked il so well 1 stuck to it
until about two years ago I quit coffee,
and tea, too, and began to drink Pos
tum.
al made it, not like coffee, but boiled
it according to directions on the pack
age. and the first time we had it we all
liked it. We have it now. morning.
noon and night, and all feel healthier
and happier for the change.
81 never have heartburn nor indiges-
ton any more. though my husband and
used to suffer that way and with
nervous headache a great deal of the
time when we drank tea and coffee. We
can't say enough in praise for Postum.
and for the good it has done u.s." Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
Get the book. 1.-THE Road TO Well
VILE" from the package. There's a
reason"
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THE LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 1906

prisonment"
Mr.; Weirs testimony shows that he en-
tSfed INTO an unlawful agreement with
the salt Trust, and the fact that he did
sc is pertinent now, because he is cam
Iloate Tor congress, and if elected will
calculated to curb the power of the trusts.
IL appears that he has not hesitated to
recorne member Of a trust His acts
sleaK louder than words as to where his
sHnpath'es are, and with Howell sewed
~ IN one -sf the smoke bags of the smell
yer trust, and Weir preserved in the salt
pms pm, OF the Salt Trust IL ought TO aid in
psaign.
Weir and Howell Alike.
Mr.. Weir says: II don't think i; cuts
any figure what the statute is That has
De the trouble in this country The
lists aaFe not considered that the laws
E ;,1 any ugure- They have gone on violat-
and credit, be it said. President Roosevelt
mas brought some of the trusts and some
~ biz lhe trust masnates up TO the snub-
taught that lhe law cuts some figure
Inc great insurance companies were def
sht and thought that the law ''cut no
llsure. and the officials who were thus
Gellant have been bounded from power.
mere has been too much contempt for
lew There has been too much defiance
OF the law. and it is hardly a good rec
CiIiendation for a candidate for congress
mat he don't think that the laws passed
70 curb the power of the trusts ''cut any
IlSure But the attitude of Mr.. Weir
- IN great measure. the attitude of
the Republican party. Weir and Howell
are both Republicans. Not exactly OF the
same breed. out they are tarred with
tie same stick. and when ''Smootism"
snaii De eradicated. they will cuddie down
,oaether in the same political bed. The
republican party mas always favored
special interests, and the great trouble
WITH the party. with Howell and with
err, is the fact that in their opinion the
statutes don't cut any figure
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How all the people long for peace.
Through years of travail. Utah has wan
dered in the wilderness, until she cries TO
her children and asks them if she must
longer travel pathway of thorns. She
asks that the cross that she has borne
over hot and burning sands be lifted,
and that she be permitted TO stand up
right, no longer the bearer of oppressive
VIII you heed the cry of distress? Will
you sustain those who have cruelty
wronged her? Will YOU kiss the hand that
snites and bow 10 the yoke. when the
hour has struck and the time is here in
which 10 redeem the state?
Let tho members of the Democratic
no part in the quarrels which have rent
the Republican party. Let us do nothing
in spirit of anger. Let us do nothing
in spirit of vengeance, but in all that
We do. let us be fair and just, following
the spirit OF the Golden Rule. Let US re-
member, that men are mortal and that
principles are eternal and that the Spiris
OF Democracy viii live when men now
have differences. sink them in the in
terest of our party and our state and
Democracy win triumph in Utah
Judge King Speaks.
At the close of Judge Powers speech
w. ]. Newman, who acted as chairman
of the meeting, announced song by
the Democratic quartette. When the
song was finished, Judge King spoke
briefly. The speaker started out with
words of praise for the Democratic
state and county tickets. expressing the
belief that they should be elected.
You will be told" said he, that YOU
should not vote for Judge Powers be-
cause he was q member of the Liberal
party. Such an argument should carry
no weight with you. With the same
pTopriety it might be urged that Gen.
tiles should not support Mr.. Howell the
Republican nominee, because he was a
member of the Peoples party. / want
TO say to you here and now, to you
MormOns that. Mormon though l am,
Mormon though l have always been and
expect to be as long as life shall be
spared, that / will not be afraid to en-
trust to Judge Powers and other Cen
tiles as honorable as he my civil rights.
II do not believe that all the honor
able people in this world or in this state
are members of the faith to which I
belong. There is much that is good
among all churches and among all peo-
pies. 1 hope and trust the day may
come when there will be no talk of
Mormon and Gentle, no north or south,
when this state shall take its proper
place in the constellation of the nation,
and we shall all be working together
for the good of our country and our
commonwealth. 1 want my people TO
come out into the sunlight and battle
themselves in the radiance of truth"
Judge King declared that he had no
quarrel with Mr.. Howell personally, be-
cause, personally. he believed him to
be a good citizen. He did object to
the campaign that was being waged for.
by and on behalf of Mr.. Howell. the
Republican nominee for congress. He
did not believe that Mr.. Howell had
the capacity to represent the state in
congress as. it should be represented.
If he were looking for a good store
keeper he would pick Mr.. Howell, but
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Shoots Organ MaIiqns the Dead

And this utteraace OF the Official or
gan" is Smootism with a vengeance. To
gain votes. ii besmirches the dead. II
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Weir's Trust Record.


What is IL that has drawn Senator
Smoot and the Srnelter Trust into such
harmonious union? If he has the smell
something in return. Howell and Smoot
think alike and vote alike. and if Sena-
tor Smoot has joined hands with the
smelter trust, his candidate for congress.
II is fair to presume, has also joined
hands with the Smelter Trust. Evidently
the Republican candidate for congress
and the American candidate for con-
gress. Hon Thomas Weir, are OF the
same mind. and ought to flock together
ON the first day of November 1906. Mr.
Weir was a witness, and testified in his
own behalf in suit that the Western
Pacific Railway company brought against
him TO condemn some salt grounds that
he owned for railroad purposes. 1t ap-
pears that his plant had been shut down
for year and under oath he explained
that by saying that the Inland Crystal
Salt company, the Salt Trust, did not
an object for him to close down his works
His attention was called TO the Utah
statute against trust combinations and
he declared II don't think IL cuts any fig
IRE what the statute is.
Now the Utah statute jrovides that
whenever a person enters into any kind
~ an agreement. ito fix or limit the
amount or quantity of any article, com
modify or merchandise to be manufac-
tured, mined. produced or sold in this
state he shall be deemed and adjudged
guilty of conspiracy to defraud. and be
subject to punishment by fine of not
less than 500 and not more than s., 600
or confinement IN the county Jail for not
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smoot's Interference in 1905.

In our last municipal election Senator
Smoot inteTfered and by his interference
defeated both the Democratic and Repub-
ican parties. Ignoring the right Of the
people 90 order and control their donnes-
uc affairs. he threw his great personal
influence into the fight and elected the
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Continued on page 5.
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the fact that he has carried out his part
OF the bargain for the sale OF the vote of
q sovereign state