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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
BUCHANAN HAS BILL
ON forest RESERVE
Congressman's Measure Is the Elk
treme Opposite Of the Taw-
ney Measure.
BY NJ W Iarr..


washington, Feb. 3.-Representative
buckman has prepared a bill to be
presented Monday, covering his views
OF the necessary legislation relative to
the Minnesota forest reserve, which
embodies the extreme opposite Of the
provisions of the bill introduced by
Mr. Tawney early in the week, at the
request Of the forest service.
The Buchanan bill re-enacts the Nor
r RI act with the exception of that Sec
tlon relating to the forest reserve. AS
TO that, it provides that all lands Sc
llected for forestry purposes under the
terms OF the Morris act are nhereby
restored and such selections cancelled,
and said lands shall be disposed of as
other lands under acts hereby amend
cd, except that the timber left for
section lands already cut over shall
DC reserved and sold as expeditiously
as possible, under such regulations and
II Tor such prices as may be prescribed
by the secretary of the Interior
Homestead entrymen are given a
preference right to purchase section
timber, and in cases where contractors
have not yet cut the 95 per cent of
timber in the forest reserve, shall be
permitted to cut the other S per cent
paying the price agreed upon for the
major portion. ~ - -.,r=1 u =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
.BURL ING TON BUIEDs
MONTANA EXTENSION
Contract Awarded to Garry Out
Hills Great Northern Con-
Meeting Scheme.

Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont, Feb. Sit was an.
nounced in railroad circles here today
that the Burlington road has awarded
a contract for the building of 235
miles of new road in Montana. The
road will be extended from Billings, its
present terminal, to Great Falls, and
will tap one of the richest and almost
untouched portions of central Montana.
The Burlington will open large
coal country east of Great Falls and
good mining country in the noun
tains. Large tracts of most valuable
coal lands in the state have been ac-
quired by the Burlington company and
branches from the main line will be
built into these coal deposits. Several
branches to take in mining districts
are contemplated. The contract for
building the new road has been award
ed to Guthrie & Co. of st. Paul.
Several Salt Lake contractors have
made bids for subcontracts to build
portions of the road. The awarding of
this contract means that Montana is
to be the scene of the greatest rail-
road activity in the United States dur
ing the next few years. .-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
DYING, RUNG DINNER BELL
Lay Dead on Floor When Neighbor
Ran in, Replying to Summons.

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 3.-Andrew
Leayenworth, of Stephney, felt an ill
ness coming on while alone In his
house last night. He was in the
pantry at the time with a lamp in his
hand. The lamp fell from his hands
and wis shattered, scattering burning
Gil over the pantry. Leavenworth
seized a big dinner bell from the shelf
and rang it violently.
A neighbor named Hubbell, living
upstairs, hearing the bell, hastsned
down and found Leavenworth dead
on the floor. Hubbell extinguished the
flames. Leavenworth died Of ,valvular
disease Of the heart.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
ARMY OFFICER DISMISSED.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The president
has confirmed the sentence in the case
of First Lieutenant Richard W. Buchan-
an, Twenty third infantry, who was
tried by courtmartial in New York city
and found guilty of charges of violat-
ing his pledge to abstain from the use
of intoxicating liquors and drunken
ness on duty, and sentenced to be dis
missed. III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
PLEDGES IT'S SUPPORT

Meat Producers Association Endorses
Presidents Rate Regulation Policy.
Special to The journal.
Webster City, Iowa, Feb. 3.-The Ham
1iton county branch Of the Iowa Corn
Belt Meat Producers association, selected
five delegates today to attend the state
meeting in Des Moines next week. A
resolution was unanimously adopted en-
dorsing President Roosevelt in his rate
regulation campaign and Governor Cum
minis for his bold stand against the rail-
roads and other corporations in Iowa.
The association unreservedly pledged
Itself to stand by the governor. The
meeting was the largest held here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
TALK OF AND
MOVING TO CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles People Hear Ex-president
Contemplates Residing There.

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Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 3.-Letters
from the East say that ex-president
Cleveland contemplates making his
home in California, at least during q
part Of each year. Los Angeles news
papers are now urging that he do SO,
and suggesting that commercial bodies
make the welcome formal.
It is said that Mr.. Cleveland favors
the Los Angeles neighborhood. Local
bodies will in few days take formal
action, declaring that he will be wei.
como not only by the Los Angeles
people but by those of the entire state
It is believed that if the ex-presi-
dent were to make his home here more
recognition would be given this
country by those tourists who now GO
abroad for sightseeing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
AS Buchanan Sees It,

Discussing the proposition today,
Buchanan said: "With my bill and
the Tawney bill for discussion, I be-
ieve that some legislation can be en-
acted which will be satisfactory to
all parties to the pending controversy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

Special TO The Journal
New York, Feb. 3.-Whether District
Attorney Jerome is to prosecute insur-
ance men criminally is to be disclosed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

81 -
ISOLATION will next week offer in the
New York legislature resolution pray
Ing the president to exercise his con-
stltutional functions, as part of the
treaty making power, for the effective
protection Of Niagara. 81
A memorial will also be prepared re-
citing the devastation of the falls by
power companies and praying for ex-
ecutive action. This memorial will be
signed by many prominent men in the
United States.
A suit for the recovery Of 81, O05 900
has just been begun in the supreme
court Of Nassau county at Mineola.
L. J., against
SHIP Trust Suit J M 9 H az n
Hyde, former
Against vicepresident o f
the Equitable So
V1olets' Hyde ciety; James w.
Alexand e r, It's
former president; Gage E. Tarbell,
Charles B. Alexander, Daniel Leroy
Dresser, Stuyvesant Fish, George G.
Boldt, Perry Belmont, George J. Gould
and a number of other prominent men,
stockholders Of the Commonwealth
Trust company, and the North Ameri-
can company, who financed the United
States Shipbuilding trust in 1902.
James w. Mayer, the plaintiff
alleged that he lost the amount nameS
in connection with the fotation of the
United States Shipbuilding company
thru the unlawful acts Of trust com.
panies and other defendants named and
asks the court to compel them to make
good his loss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

A messenger from local express
company that delivers pay-checks for
City Paymaster Zimmerman has disap-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

alton that we have been paying in
the last few years, the debt has been
paid off at the rate OF about 5000
per year. So it looks to me as though
when it could be done so easily, and
it is no use to build in Montesano if
the fellows ON the Harbor are going
to keep harping till they get it. Our
taxes need not be raised a cent, in
fact they could be cut little, and
we could build a court house good
for so years right now. Besides this
we ought to build before the y. p.
Ry. Co. and the Warehouse Timber
Co. sell their large holdings to some
CT our mill men, or dispose of them
to other resident owners, or until
the timber is cut.
6. Now | have heard lot of peo-
pie kick because the building was to
be put in the mud hole, but | can
say that | have been all over that
ground many years, and it seems to
me to be the same kind of fOunda-
ton that Aberdeen and Hoquiam
have in their business districts, and
do not see anything wrong with
that kind of land when it is cleared
and gravelled. Some people want a
cheap building erected, but | say give
us court house worth about $780,
900, that will last us so years. !
guess perhaps | am paying my share
of the taxes up this way and | feel
that good building would be the
best thing.
In summing up would say that
believe the right thing to do is to
move that court house this fall, and
build right now, as the most econO-
mical thing we can do. | read Sim
pie Simon Veysey's little piece in the
Vidette, and might add that that on
ly shows his true character, always
kicking against his own interests and
his own helpers. Perhaps he is re-
|taliating against the voters in his
own precinct down there for not CIV
ing him vote or two for senator.
Yours very truly,
TAXPAYER.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

scratch, for that will interest no per-
son more than myself, and here is
my view of the county seat removal:
/. l have been in and about the
building in Montesano where the
county does it's business, and by care
full examination have concluded that
the sooner the county records are
moved to a safer place the better for
the taxpayer. If the books in one OF
them Offices would get afire and burn
it would mean good deal of taxes
for years to come to replace them,
and although | am not bricklayer
do think that the big safes in those
fire. The chimneys leak and spoil
the looks of the walls and the car
pets, and even soil the records, and
the whole structure is poor bit of
shell that would burn very easily if
fire got into it; and it does look to
me as if some of the Offices were aw-
Iully CROWDED.
g We all know that the popula
ton in the lower end of the county,
that is on the Harbor, has enlarged
much quicker, and will continue to
Increase faster than in the upper
country, and we can rest assured
that if the present effort to get the
county seat removed would not be
successful, that those fellows down
there would not be satisfied until
they did get it, and that perhaps thu
very next time.
3. Now, for my part, while like
Montesano, and would do anything
for that little town, for it is not far
from my place, l do not believe that
il is any more entitled to be the
county seat of this county than Puy-
allup is of Pierce county, or Kent of
King county, for such place surely
ought to be where the bulk of peo-
PIE is.
4. If the county court house is
! not moved this fall, all the improve
ments and expenses and expenditures
in fixing up the old building will be
an unwarranted tax, if it transpires
that at the very next election, if pos
sble the question is brought up
again, and by an increase of voters
the county seat is then changed. All
that money will be lost, simply lost.
5. l do not feel afraid of an in
crease of taxes for a new building at
this time, for the simple reason that
there is in the county treasury at
this time, so am told, about $685.
900 for such purpose, and the peo-
pie of Hoquiam are giving about
10000, and the block of land here
in Montesano ought to be worth a
few hundred; and at the rate of tax
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

TIE vain hope OF creating discord
that would divide those whose in
terests lie in the removal. To the
average citizen OF Aberdeen, who has
knowledge OF the conditions THIS
would not appeal. But. the suppo-
s.,i5n has been given out TO carcn
the uawary voter, so that the ci,i-
z.ns OF Hoquiam-any one OF whom
will size up favorably with their de-
tractors-have seen fit TO PUT them
selves on record in this matter, IS
will be seen by she following:
HoquIam. Sept. IL, 1905.
Whereas. a. the next regular cleo
ton in ChehaliS county, Washing
ton, there will be submitted 70 the
voters the proposition as to whether
or nor the County Seat shall he .e-
moved from Montesano to IIoQuiam,
in said County,
And whereas. in anticipation Of
the said removal representative COM
mittees of the citizens OF Aberdeen
and HoQuiam in said County have
selected as 4 site for the said Court
House, in the event it should be re-
moved, the following tract OF land.
tc-wit:-
That certain tract or parce, OF land
located in the Southeast quarter OF
the Northwest quarter (SE. i OF
the NV. l. OF Section Seven 90
il Township Seventeen 40 North
of Range Nine 90 West, W.M.. sit
uated in the City OF HoQuiam, and
especially described as follows: Be-
ginning At point thirty (S0l feet
West from the intersection OF the
quarter section liae with the South
line Of simpson Avenue in Ontario
Addition extended in 4 straight line
East TO intersect said quarter Sec
ton line. said point OF beginning
being thirty feet West from the
boundary line between the City OF
Hoquiam and the City OF Aberdeen;
thence South parallel with said quar-
ter section line or boundary line be-
tween said cities and thirty feet dis
tant therefrom two hundred and
seventytwo (972 feet: thence
West parallel with the said South
line OF said Simpson Avenue extend
ed, four hundred fifty (45o) feet;
thence North two hundred and
seyentytwo t972) feet; thence east
on said extended South line OF Simp-
sen Avenue four hundred and fifty
(450) feet 10 the place OF begin
ming.
Now. therefore. we. the under
signed citizens and residents OF the
City OF HoQuiam as aforesaid, real
izing that in the event that the
County Seat should be removed. the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

ditte are SO far from fair as to be
amusing.
Particular stress has been laid by
the Vidette upon the fact that the
trolley line will reap some business
from the change. The following is
sample spasm along this line:
out of every dollar that will have
| to be expended to enable the official
business OF the county to be carried
on, should its headquarters be
moved to the Heermans tract, a gen
erous portion will go to enrich the
corporations and spectators who
have been mainly instrumental in
agitating a change OF base for the
county.
Every intelligent man in Chehalis
county knows that all the material
to be used in the construction OF
new county buildings upon the don
ated site will be carried by the
Grays Harbor Electric company, and
at such rates as it may choose to
make. Every workman employed
upon these necessary buildings will
have to pay tribute of ten cents
or more each day to this same cor
poration for the privilege of going to
and from his work, and for years to
come, every person in the county
httc af
house, as we'll as every county en-
ployee, will be required to surrend-
er his daily dime that this sO-called
public benefactor and champion of
public convenience may be enriched
at public expense"
This sort of argument betrays it.
self. If there is going to be such a
rush of traffic from Aberdeen and
Hoquiam to the new court house as
is here inferred, those cities are
clearly entitled to have the say as to
the location of court house at
which they have so much business.
That the electric company will
have a monopoly of carrying mater
ial to the new building is SO palpab-
ly untrue as to lead to the belief
that the Vidette was misinformed-
any other construction would pos
sibly be unfair. The fact is that the
new court house will be located one
block each way from the electric
line and the Northern Pacific rail-
way, so that we will have competing
lines of transportation to the court
house. But, while on this subject,
it may be remarked that the Grays
Harbor Railway & Light company
seems to be selected by the oppon-
erts of removal as target for their
abuse, and it may not be amiss to
inform the county at large of the
standing of this company here on
Grays Harbor. Not as a defense of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

that company, for the very simple
reason that so far its management
has required no defense The peo-
pie of Aberdeen, Hoquiam ana Cos
mopolis recognize the benefits they
derive from any and all industries
that assist in the Development OF The
county In fact we have in years
gone by subscribed large sums and
donated free sites TO encourage such
industries. The electric car line be-
tween Cosmopolis and Hoquiam has
done more-and is DOING moye-Jo
assist in the desired development
than any other single industry OF
Grays Harbor, and in so doing has
asked no bonus or subsidy. II has
invested large capital on Grays Ha--
Tor as business proposition, Just as
saw mill men or logging concerns
invest, and it is the chief glory OF
the Grays Harbor country that the
investors there are all making
money, if they handle their business
judiciousy, from a peanut stand 10
saw mill. Just why this company
should be roasted by the opposi-
ton press is not clear, unless it be
accounted for by the fact that, being
short on argument, they strive -
strike a popular chord by jumping.
some corporation. The absurdity OF
it is considered that this company
and it's works are appreciated here
where they operate, still, for the in
formation of those unfamiliar with
the facts, that the assessed valua-
ton of this company for this year is
$SO,537.00, and the total assessed
value of the city of Montesano is
$274, 261.00, will afford food for
thought for those who are accustom-
ed to hear Montesano bowling
against a public service concern on
Grays Harbor. This company alone
pays about 80 per cent as much
taxes into the county treasury as
does the entire city of Montesano,
from whence the chief howl comes.
Bad Faith Alleged.
AS the question of removal as
submitted to the voters calls for the
new location to be at the City of Ho-
quiam, some opponents seek to give
out the impression that there is a
danger that Hoquiam will not keep
faith with Aberdeen, and locate the
court house on the site selected, on
the boundary line between the two
cities, but will endeavor to place it
in central place in that city. This
is pure suspicion only engendered
by a disposition to disturb the feel
ing Of amity now existing between
the Twin Cities of Grays Harbor, in
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

Those who object to the removal
OF the county seat may be properly
divided into three classes. Those
who honestly believe the movement
to be opposed to the best interests
Of the county; those who honestly
think that the proposed site is not
suitable; and the few whose inter-
ests in Montesano may be affected.
OF course, the storm center OF the
opposition is at Montesano, and some
of the objections raised by the vi
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15
court house that will be conven-

. court house that will be conven-
.nt.
That the present court house is
tuadequa f and unsafe is evident to
II who nave any knowledge of it,
nd il is Submitted that it would~be
.nwisc and poor business to expend
4 lot of money in repairing and en-
Urging it, when the centerS of bust
ess and population have been shift
d.
The most ardent advocate of re-
.cntion Will admit that four years
ence it may be necessary to remove
he county seat. and we submit that
.'ue economy will be served by max
ag the removal now, before any
ioney is wasted on the present court
..ouse, and when free site and
100000 in cash is offered the county.
The accessibility of the proposed
lite could not be improved upon at
ny point in the county. Within a
Aine-tenths of the population of the
-ounty, with boat and rail connec-
ions. \ fve-cent fare from either
aberdeen or IIoquiam will carry
one to the new court house. The
.srOwth of the Grays HarbOr cities
as provided market for all the
productions of the county, from eggs
% saw logs, and here it is that those
products are sold. 1t is while here
lent of the eastern part of the coun-
v can transact his county business
without loss of time or extra eX-
.lcnse.
The following letter from a prom
inent resident of the eastern part of
he county illustrates the sentiment
up that way of those who have not
u personal interest in retaining the
county seat at Montesano, but desire
to do what is best for the interests
Of the county:
Editor Herald
A great deal IS being said about
rowing the court house to the Har-
Dor towns, both for and against, and
Tor my part | think every intelligent
voter should think hard before cleo
ton on this proposition.
l have been reading everything
the papers have been saying, both the
Vidette and the papers from Aber-
ieen and IIoQuiam, and from what
read in both papers, and from what
| learn and can see for myself with
out being shown, l have pretty near
ly made up my mind.
The first thing I think OF is the
cost of the proposition, and how
much it will increase the taxes of us
lcor fellows that have to dig and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-10-15

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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-02-09
District Court
county

As stated last week the John
Eoff murder case concluded the
trials for this term
The jury in this case was COM
posed of L. S. Garter, W. F.
Taylor, ". H. Black, j. l..
Howell, Geo. Reynolds, W r.
Farr, L. y. Lochridge. II, w.
Key, ]. l., Prichard, J. A Will
son, Pete Jones and c. T. Word.
The evidence and argument wa
concluded Saturday evening
and the jury was given the case
under charge of the court after
supper That night, Saturday,
and from then on TO Wednes.
day evening the jury deliberat-
ed and falling TO agree upon a
verdict, was discharged by the
court. " hen discharged they
were as at the beginning, seven
Tor acquittal and five for con
vlCtion.
The News man eudeavored to
ind out just how they stood,
but it seems they had entered
into an agreement not TO tell
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-02-09
FROM CETA.
Editor News

Your correspondent desires
to say that the position of The
News on the puddle road ques-
tion is hereby Endorsed
County roads are needed now
and the need will be far greater
than it is as the country settles
MP and now before land ad-
vanceS more in price is the time
to get them. Most all the old
settlers will give room for roads
on section (640 acres lines.
Heretofore it has been diff
cult to get public roads through
pastures containing two or more
sections but then they have not
been so badly needed because
the travel has been permitted to
go through them but now many
of these lands are changing
hands and this travel is being
shut out
We need county roads our
selves but if we desire to devel-
OPP the county by getting farm
ers to settle among US, We must
give them what they have where
they came from-good open
roads TO their county seat and
trading point
Now in regard to damages.
/ If man who owns but one sec
ton were to ask damages for a
county road on his section line,
be would only be laughed at and
we cannot help but think that he
who owns two or more sections
ought to have TO give roads,
where required on section lines,
/ Just the same as the one section
man.
We say ''have to" because his
obligations to the government
are Just as great and the chances
also are that be is better able
to give. The fact is, that if all
section lines, as in some OF the
old states, were declared by
law to be public roads, it would
aid materially in the settlement
OF our beloved Plains County.
Next to railroads, good open
public roads are required by
farmers and these and not spec
ulators are the people we want
TO come here
Next to roads on every sec
ton line, your correspondent
would favor law requiring
gates every mile in large pas
/ lures.
Roads We must have and the
sooner the better both for peo-
pie already here and those to
come and we might say for the
Plains country generally.
OLD TIMER