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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-25
THINGS TO BE RECOGNIZED

details is a necessary cOnse-
guent, owing to differences of
mind. no matter what project
may be under consideration, and
it is no more than should be
expected that such should be
the case in regard to the bond
issue. But the large fact of the
imperative necessity for carry
ing the bond issue should not be
lost sight of in these differences,
and individuals Notwithstanding
they believe a better course
might be pursued than the one
adopted, should nevertheless
recognize the fact that those
acting in the matter are equally
DESTROYS of subscribing the
public good and taking care of
the city's interests.
And if a community is to stand
united, if a town is to grow and
prosper. this recognition of
honest motives and loyal citizen
ship is a first consideration, and
equally necessary is yielding
our opinions for the sake of
harmony and united action.
1t is true that in some cases
there may be an extra cost; it is
not at all unreasonable to sup
pose that occasionally in public
movements a few dollars, posi-
bly, a good many dollars, may be
spent that could have been
saved. But let us remember,
that had insistenceOf individual
opinions been made, the move
ment would certainly have been
blocked re sulting in a loss not
alone of the benefits of the i'm
prOvements but of that united
action and allegiance to the pro-
gressive ideas that many. times
Offsets the dollars saved.
A case in point. A number of
years ago Shreveport was prac-
tically dead. The promoters of
the Kansas City Southern rail
road demanded a bonus to build
to the town. A few public
spirited citizens took upon them
selves to offer for the city two
hundred thousand dollars if they
4. would agree to put the shops at
Shreveport.
We're there any people in that
city who thought it too much?
We're there any who thought
that one hundred and fifty
thousand would have done Just
as well? Most assuredly. And
they Knocked" knocked"
good and plenty. But there
were others, in the majority
fortunately, who didn't juggle
with the dollar part. They said,
st comes high, but we must
have it," and voted that way.
The people of Shreveport will
tell you to-day that the K. C. S.
was the absolute salvation of
their city, and that two hundred
thousand dollars was cheap for
what they realized,
And so with Lafayette. We
believe that the school PROPOSE
ton before us is of immense i'm
portance, and it's defeat would
be a calamity, for it represents
progress along the only line at
present open to US. and that is
educationally. We are not
situated to become an Industrial
center, for we lack both rail-
roads and geographical location,
but we can become an educational
center and this should be our
first achievement.
The submission of this bond
rvonocif;op &c a - offor< olopr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Paradise of the Rockies.

The Kalispell people call this region the
paradise of the Rockies. According to
them it is the Garden of Eden. where the
sun always shines, the crops never fail,
and apples superior to that of which Eve
gave Adam the core can be grown by
sticking a twig in the ground. They laugh
at the idea Of the F1athead lands being
worth only s25 an acre, and say they will
bring $50 and upward, which is the price
of good farm lands around here.
And, indeed, Flathead county is rich. 1
have driven for miles up and down the
valley through the farms all the way.
There are big barns and comfortable
homes. The land is well fenced and some
OF the fields contain a hundred acres or
more. The soil is a black loan from one
to eight feet deep, resting on a subsoi OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Indian AiIotments.

The Indians are to have the first pick at
the lands, and they will have some of the
best. Many OF them, however, already have
farms which are fenced and improved; and
it is hardly possible that they will give
these up to take other tracts. The Indians
likewise prefer, lands with some timber
upon them, and they will pass much OF the
black prairie by and. choose farms near the
foot hills After the reservation has been
opened they will have the right to lease
their lands, to the whites. and will probably
rent them out on twenty-one-year con-
tracts. After that time they can sell; and
eventually all the lands will belong to the
whites.
One advantage that the settlers here will
have over those of other new regions will
bepthe markets of Montana. This state 10
largely devoted to mining and there is
strong demand for all kinds of food crops
at high prices. Timothy hay, for instance,
is now selling hefe at SIS or SIG a ton, and
cats bring a cent a pound. Wheat sells
at extraordinary prices to the local mills
and the most of that raised is made into
flour to home consumption. The re-
nainder goes to the Pacific coast, where 1t
is especially priced for making crackers
and pastry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
On the Reservation.

The Flathead lands are said to be espe-
oially fine They are we'll watered, and
there are parts Of them where irrigation
is possible. Flathead lake, ono-half of
which lies in the reservation, is about
thirty miles long and from eight to sixteen
miles VIDE. 1t now has a steamer upon It,
and one can go by the Great Northern
railroad to Somers and thence by boat the
full length of the lake to Poison, where
stage line will take him down through
the reservation to Ravallt, on the North
ern Pacific. The lake is noted for its pure.
Icy nold water. 1t is full Of fish, and so
clear that the speckled beauties can be
seer swimming scores Of feet below the
surface. The Pend D'Orielle river which
drains the lake, pours out over success
sion of rapids and falls, four miles in
length, furnishing an immense water
power. The valley of the river is about
thirty miles long and ten miles in width.
1t is a level prairie, intercepted by four
clear streams, fed by the Mission noun
tain range. The land is treeless, although
the mountains are covered with timber.
Below the river, in the southern part OF
the reservation, some - the country is
seml-arid, but 1t can be used for grazing.
The slope of the country is such that the
waters Of the Flathead river could be con-
Quoted over 1t. making 1t one Of the most
valuable parts of the reservation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Uncle sam. mig Lottery.

the names will be set down in the order
OF their registration and each person will
be given a number. At the end all the
numbers will be put IN a wheel and Uncle
Sans officials will run the lottery. Those
whose numbers are first drawn will have
the first chance to pick their land and
the lottery will go on until all the tracts
are disposed of. Everyone will have an
even chance at the drawing and the last
man registered may get the first prize.
This will be far better than the arrange
ments which prevailed at Oklahoma,
where the man with the fast horse and the
bully with the big gun were able to out
distance or force their ways into the best
lands.
There will be 5000 big prizes in the lot
terry. The farms given to the settlers will
comprise about 10000 acres, and there
will be altogether about 5000 quarter sec
tons. For these the government will
charge a nominal price, and 1t is safe to
say as soon as the land is allotted it will
be worth SIS per acre above Uncle Sans
charges. This will give each farm value
of $4,000 or a total of 100000. Did you
ever hear of such lottery, with such
priest There is nothing like II on record.
In addition to this there will be other
lands less valuable. The reservation alto
gether contains 100000 acres, but about
100000 Of these are to be given to the In
dams, and there are in addition about &c.,
900 acres covered with timber. There are
also mineral regions and hot springs, about
which will grow up health resort; and
the Pend D'Oreille river, which drains
F1athead lake, has an enormous fall
which will be available for the generation
of power of all kinds.
The lands are to be divided up into five
classes-first and second class agricultural
lands, grazing lands, mineral lands and
timber lands. The timber lands are of
enormous value. and they will probably
be sold at auction in forty-acre tracts to
the highest bidders, ana the money held
In trust for the Indians. The mineral
lands will be subject to the same regula-
lions as in other parts of the country, and
the agricultural lands will probably be ap-
praised at about IS per acre, which was
the appraisement as to the Rosebud reser-
walton, open to settlement year or two
ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Flaead Indian Reservation Soon Be Opened for Seemen
Copyright. 1906. by Frank @. Carpenterl

Copyright. 1906. by Frank @. Carpenterl
Mont. June 7.-(Spe-
N cial Correspondence OF The Bee.)
- Il have come to Kalispell ID tell
you something about the Land OF
- the Flatheads This great Indian
reservation, one Of the most valuable left
in the United States. has just been surveyed
by Uncle Sans land officers and the plats
are now in Washington to be passed upon
by the government. After they are ap-.
proved the Indian commissioner will ar
range as 20 the allotment Of certain lands
TO the Indians and a commission will be
appointed to classify the balance after
which they will be thrown open to settlers.
1.-THE work will be done rapidly, but It is
safe to say that It will be a year from
now before the great rush to this country
begins.
When the lands are opened applicants
VIII register at the two chief land offices
near the reservation. One Of these is az
Missoula, on the Northern Pacific railwa,.
at the far south, and the other is here al
Kalispell, on the Great Northern railroad
within a short distance from Flathead lake
and close to the upper part of the reserva-
ton. which. am told. contains by far the
best lands. The Great Northern railroad al
ready runs from here to the head of Flat
head lake, and 1t has secured the right-of-
way for an extension of seventy miles
slkirting the eastern shores Of that lake
and running between It and the Mission
mountains. 80 as TO connect with the
station OF Dixon on the Northern Pacific
on the south. This road will open up the
whole eastern part OF the reservation and
will make Kalispell the natural entrance to
It. It will cause most Of the homeseekers
to come here to register, and the prospects
are that there will be between 5000 and
10000 here at that time. The laws pro-
vide that would-be settlers must come to
the nearest land Office in person and file
their claims.
Registration may be made within sixty
days from the date OF opening and as soon
as President Roosevelt announces the time
the rush will begin.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

come to this place without revolvers or
bowie knives and they win be as safe as in
any New England town. where the curfew
is cried every night. This valley is largely
settled with eastern people, and Kalispell
is as quiet and orderly as any place OF its
size in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. II Is a
thriving town OF 5000 souls, with good
stores. fine homes and paved streets. 1t
has a public library, a theater, churches
and schools. 1t has electric lights and
water works. as we'll as an enterprising
board Of trade and a lot OF real estate
agents who regret that the dictionary has
not bigger words to express the real glories
of their country and its resources.
Indeed times have changed here since
the rush which took place fifteen years
ago. when the Great Northern came in. At
that period the chief town was at the
ersville, and It boosted about 1000 popula-
ton and seventy-three saloons. Gambling
was common and there were all sorts OF
sharpers. Among the latter was a justice
of the peace whom 1 shall call Smith.
Judge Smith was fond Of the bottle and
the dollar and he made no bones OF taking
both on every occasion and on any pre-
tense. At one time a stranger was shot BY
mistake while walking the streets and Jus
tice Smith was called in. The body was
still warm, but Smith at once began to go
through the pockets. In one OF them he
found a knife, bunch Of keys and $40
gold piece, and in another a pistol. As he
raised the latter he Strengthened up and
exclaimed:
why, what is this2 Carrying concealed
weapons That is contrary to law. As
justice Of the peace I fine this man 500"
And he thereupon put the coin in his
pocket. FRANK @. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

culture is respected. His years of service
in the cause of the farmers of Kansas in
particular and the world in general have
been busy and fruitful. He has become
an authority on all matters pertaining to
the farm In its every avenue, and espe-
cially with regard to accurate reports of
yields of different grains, the value Of farm
stock and other factors His personal rep
utation in this line exceeds that of any
man in this country. and he is held in all
but reverence by the farmers Of the west
for his ability and achievements.
Foster Dwight Coburn was born in JEFF
ferson county Wisconsin, May 6, 1876. His
education was obtained in the common
schools and he served in the civil war, en-
listing in the One Hundred and Thirty
fifth and later in the Sixty-second Illinois
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

infantry. He removed TO Kansas in 1867
and engaged in farming and stock raising.
In 1882 he was appointed secretary of the
State Board Of Agriculture. He resigned
this position to become editor of the Live
Stock Indicator. published at Kansas City.
and was again appointed secretary to the
Board Of Agriculture in 1894. Since that
time he has held this position by common
consent. He has also been a member Of
the board of regents of the State Agri-
cultural college, and has published several
standard books on live stock and agri-
cultural topics. In 1904 he was loaned"
by the state of Kansas to the Worlds
Columbian exposition at St. Louis, where
he planned and organized the greatest live
stock show ever held.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Two More Army omcers from Nebraska

way of example to the youngsters. His
motto has ever been, Never hone what
you can bugle," and he has consistently
lived up to II. He prepared at Lieutenant
Braden's and the University of Nebraska.
WARING, Roy F., Nuts" "B. T."
Omaha, Neb.; corporal, acting sergeant
A. b.; outdoor meet (3). our armies in
Toby, but never aught like this T"
Spent his early life trying to outyell all
the Indians west of the Missouri river and
We are inclined to believe he succeeded.
Almost any day ne may be seen executing
his quaint antics across the area. with
some one in hot pursuit. Nuts" has defied
all efforts at tanning. and, though he says
his p. c. S. is a railroad magnate, we have
our doubts as to whether his administra-
tive experience ever saw him higher than
an Office boy. While preparing at Dennas
academy he was known as the village bad
man. and was under bonds to keep the
peace. He was voted the noisiest man In
the class by unanimous ballot.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

shoe laces." she said. 1T was really very
trying. But 1 did not mind that so much
as to be spanked. When he would see me
sitting at the window he would come up
and putting me over his knee give me such
spanking I never got before. Now 1
want him to stop it,"
The magistrate said he would hold the
baron under 500 bond to behave himself
for six months. AS he was about TO be
taken back to cell, in default OF bail,
the baroness became remorseful.
III he'll be good boy I'll take him
back" she said.
The baron stopped and with fine ges
ture exclaimed rapturously: My dear bar
oness, I'll never do 1t again."
Discharged" said the Judge
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Hot Springs Region.

This fatbead country is already health
resort. II is visited by tourists during the
simmer and there are farmers who are
settling here on account Of the climate.
The reservation has eight hot springs,
which have been used by the Indians for
generations to cure various diseases As it
is now. hundreds of white people visit them
for their health. They camp out in tents,
drinking the water and bathing in IL. Some
of the springs are too hot for this pur-
pose. others are heavily impregnated with
sulphur and other minerals, and some are
springs of boiling mud, which are said to
be good for skin diseases. 1t is not known
just how these springs will be treated In
the allotment. They will probably he re-
served by the government, and may be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Rai.ins puna.oes for Pront.

Raising buHnROeB TOT 'FRONT.'
The men who have this herd have gone
into a regular business of breeding buffa-
loes for profit, and 1 am told that 1t pays
very well. The animals are wanted for the
various geological gardens and also for city
parks, and good sized ones will bring from
$3.50 to $500 apiece. The animals are brought
to Kaispell for shipment and sent out
by express in crates, just as prize sheep are
Grated for the same purpose. The Conrad
estate has about sixty buffaloes, which 1t
keeps inside fences, handling them like do
nestle cattle. The animals are quiet and
safe enough II one does not venture near
them on foot
From these two herds Kalispell now and
then gets a feast of buffalo meat. This is
usually the case at Christmas, when the To-
cal butchers will buy a buffalo to kill, re-
failing the meat at so cents a pound. The
meat has all the tenderness and juiciness
Of a we'll bred shorthorn. and at the same
time the flavor of the wild deer of the
Rockies. In addition. the hide brings in at
least 500. and the buffalo head sells for $50
or SIS, so that a single animal thus killed
pays very well.
have been told that these people arc
crossing the buffalo with domestic cattle.
have not seen the results and give the
story as told to me. The favorite breeds for
crossing are the Aberdeen-Angus and Gal
loway, and the results are animals much
like the buffaloes, with a rich. velvety
black or brown fur. The skins are said
TO make beautiful coats, but the heads are
not as valuable as those of the pure buff
faloes.
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Artistic

temperament. But when the baron took her
across his knee and spanked her she con-
cluded his artistic temperament went too
far. So she had the baron pulled into
court, where she told her troubles.
Thirty-elght and attractive. the baroness
said she is the daughter OF a South Amer
lean Indian chief and bore the title Of prin-
cess there. The baron, she said, is her
third husband. A year ago. finding herself
in great financial embarrassment. she
opened a boarding house.
took a room. He told her that he was
singer with the Metropolitan opera forces
and an Austrian nobleman. who had been
. Judge at Buda-Pesth. The ex-princess fell
In love with him and they were married on
April II last.
The baron. she said. soon began 70 show
morbid symptoms Of jealousy when she
looked at any OF the other boarders and
At length she had to give up the boarding
house. They moved, but the barons jeal-
Ousy continued. Whenever the baroness
would 50 shopping the baron always in
sisted on going along To keep her In he
used to tie GoTdian knots. not alone In
her corssts but In her shoe strings
He ruined ever 20 many Oorssts ana
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10


Lively Church Social.
waist measure social threatens to dis
rupt the Wesleyan church of Wilmerding,
Pa. and all Local society. The social was
held last weel; by the Wilmerding Wes-
leyan society to raise funds for church
work Admission was 1 cent Cor every inch
OF girth showed by the tape measure. Re-
freshments we're furnished free.
The social was a great success among
the younger people, but elder members Of
the Wesleyan community are raising a hue
and cry. They declare that it has made
the church ridiculous; that It savors Of
fippancy. and that the size OF ones waist
has nothing TO do with the size OF ones
soul. A church trial for those who orig
mated the social is threatened by some
OF the more radical Of the conservative
church members.
Nothing else has been talked Of since
the social All the fat girls. it is alleged,
pulled their corset strings a trihe tighter,
to save money, and there are charges that
a number OF thin ones .et theirs out and
consumed dried apples and water imme-
diately before leaving home The young
man who handled the tape measure IL ac-
eused OF unnecessary slOwness as he passed
Il around certain Of the more beautiful
forms.
All the young people have taken up arms
IN defense OF the social The war threat
ems % Be something hsroG
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Train Passes over a Chnd.

Lie down, lie down" screamed Fireman
Harry Hoover, from the pilot OF his fast
flying locomotive at Lock Haven. Pa, to
little tot standing on the rails in front
OF the { n. and the little one fell like a
small log and laid stu while the entire
Beech Creek accommodation swept over
her and came to a stop three train lengths
beyond. II was one OF the most remark
able escapes from death ever known In the
vicinity.
Hoover was on the locomotive before Il
had passed clear over the child. and he
was on the tracks as the last car swept
by. tearing the little child from between
the tisA- rhsrs the passengers and sngi.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

Visitor-well, my little man, I suppose
you take after your father. do you not9
Little Man (aged 5)-No. sir; but he takes
after me With a stick sometimes
"Herei here" cried the Rev. Mr.. Good
ley. happening upon a gang Of bad boys
playing craps, what are you playing that
game on the Sabbath for7"
why, fur keeps" replied one OF them.
''wat'd yer 'sposer'
httle Elmer-My mamma can tell things
by lookin' at peoples hands. -
Visitor-Indeedl Is she palmist7
Little Elmer-I dunno; every time she
looks at my hands she tells me to 60 and
wash 'em.
Tommy" said Mr.. Tucker. laying him
across his knee and vigorously applying a
large and muscular paternal hand. at al
most breaks my heart to do this"
Then why don't you let nav do it7''
yelled Tommy.
Now" said willie's mother, 1T hope
you'll profit by that spanking and not be
such little savage hereafter"
Boo! Boo" sobbed Willie. II wisht
was a little savage"
You do?"
''Yes'm. Little savages' mammas don't
wear slippers"
On recent Monday morning the pastor
of church in Virginia, according to Har-
pers Weekly. was the recipient of a basket
of strawberries brought to him by little
girl of the parish.
Thank you very much, my dear" said
the minister These berries are as fine as
any I've ever seen. hope. however that
you did not gather them yesterday-the
Sabbath"
mo. SIR" replied the child, 'T pulled
'em early this mornin'. but they was
a-growin' all day yesterday"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

tory. and then the state, has not diminished
with the passage OF time but the enthusiasts
tic zeal of the people down there seems to
have increased. Each year a new and pic
turesque figure is given to the national
galaxy of statesmen and lawmakers, and
for 1905 the offering is Foster Dwight Co
burn, who has been appointed United
States senator by Governor Hoch to
fill the unexpired portion of the
term of Joseph Ralph Burton, who has
resigned to escape expulsion from that
august body. Coburn is hardly known to
politics, but he is known wherever agri-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

stock, and there are several who are now
raising buffaloes and cross-breedng them.
There is an island in Flathead lake known
as the Wild Horse island. This is a great
grazing ground for the buffalo herds. The
animals are taken to 1t on steamers. They
are loaded by means of a windlass, which
gradually drags them up the gangway and
onto the deck. This is no easy matter. for
buffaloes are wonderfully strong. as is
shown by a bull which recently thrust It's
horn through a 6x6 inch guard rail while
loading.
One of the largest herds of buffaloes here
is owned by a man named Pablo and the
heirs of a half-breed Indian named Allard.
1t contains 800 bufraloes and it is said to
be the largest in the United States, 1t
was started with six calves, which were
brought across the Rockies and added to
from time to time.