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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06

PROSECUTION NAY FOLLOW
If COMMISSION DOESN'T ACT
OFFICES Must Also Be Opened In Laurel
and Newton and District Attorney
Eaton VIII Cooperate in Forcing
the Company to Time.

Az win be seen by reference to the
press reports in another column, Dis
trict Attorney D. G. McLaurin has de-
cided to take up the matter Of com
pelling the Postal Telegraph company
to open an Office in Hattiesburg and
will push 1t to finish.
When seen by a reporter for the
Daily News yesterday, Mr.. McLaurin
said that he proposed to do just what
he said In the letter to the railroad
commissioner and compel the Postal
Telegraph company to either put in
offices here in Hattiesburg, and at
Laurel and Newton, or get out of the
State.
Mr.. McLaurin said that he had the
matter up once before with the fco,n.
l1inslUa-. Int that 2 hing iadx come Of
it. but that this he proposed to
go into the matter thoroughly and that
be and District Attorney Barney
Eaton, of Laurel were going to see
that their constituents were no longer
discommoded and inconvenienced by
the Postal people.
5 Said Mr.. McLaurin: For four
years this company has had it's wires
strung through Hattiesburg, Laurel
and Newton, but has refused to put
in offices except for the railroads,
claiming and exercising the right Of
eminent domain all over the state,
and yet refusing to serve the people
even where it's lines have been estab-
lished for years.
Continuing, Mr.. McLaurin said
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad or any other one for that mat
ter has as much right to run through
this city and the others mentioned,
and refuse to accept passengers or
freight as the Postal Company has
to run its wives through these places
anu feluse % accep. business. MT.
a'n anu myself wiz JOIN nands IN
~. matter ana We propose 70 see
10. oul oons'lluenss ana tne people
senelaS see WHATS coming 70 them
:. Anow wny, because Il tne railroad
oonss,on ignores US ana leaves
matters ~ .ne'r present shape we m
.enu 20 .ake tne proposition to q
= srlDunai ',ui .nat WIZ sffalshten out the
= -
= % M e7e nSS tne people q
z q .nz ~ oene'eappeq contln-
~ eA y one must realise
.nas e snH 2 selegEAm e Mccallum,
lor instance which Is neanby town,
que y compeiied 70 give It to the
western Union and that company
senus ~ 70 jackson, thence to Atlanta
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
OLIVER AWARDED
PANAMA CONTRACT

Washington. September 8. The w.
Oliver Company, Of Knoxville,
pnn.. WAS today awarded the con-
Jet TO Furnish dump oars tor ths
lamf canal. The aggregate price
NJ oiIser ~ not the lowest bid.
hst. but ~ ewardsd 10 contract be-
s| s'|||;' &; '|'E 's's'
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
With CAMPAIGN CIRCULAR
Voted for Mr.. Noel, but Took No Part
in the oubernatoriai Campaign.
New Trustee for AIcorn a. { M.
College.
Daily News Special.

AohJ 4NCWo Special.
Jackson, September 5.-Governor
Vardaman has announced his intention
of alternating his journalistic work az.
ter retiring from office with occasion
al appearances on the lecture plat
form, and the subject of discussion
Will be the negro question.
Several lecture bureaus have sub
mitted offers to the Governor. but thus
far he has not entered into any con-
tracts. He has decided, however, to
invade the lecture field, either under
his own management, or under the di-
rection of lyceum bureau, devoting
only portion of his time to the edito-
rial management of "The ISSUE"
new daily paper to be established In
jackson, and the principal hackers
OF whicA are H. B. Blakeslee, Garrard
Harris ald ]. w. Church. Snhscrip-
tions to the capital stock Of this new
enterprise thus faa snaount TO about
$4,000. Z
The Governor states that he Rad
nothing whatever to do with the cir.
cular letter sent out by thaszar1 IS
Campaign Club d
eve of the second
Vardaman sympat A
Mr.. Noel, and that o< 81 :
knowledge of the maftcr - ~ hr
would not have besn Ii e<sued. - n
that he voted for \ 4 NceI. but Il
rot Ct ia take sa active 'Art Y y
Governor vardaman returned to the
capital yesterday from the meeting
OF the board of trustees Of the Alcorn
A. & M. College at Rodney. He hga(
announced the appointment Of Hon.
J. G. Spencer, of Port Gibson, as .
member Of the board of trustees OF
that institution to succeed Mr.. Garrard
Harris, of Jackson, resigned
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06

Carolina and a lively discussion fol-
lowed. 1t was finally settled by the
adoption of the motion of Mr.. Smith,
of North Carolina, to hold an open ses-
sion until such time as an executive
session be deemed expedient This
was adopted in spite of Captain Mar
ston's strong opposition.
1t was agreed that before the task
of fixing minimum price for the sea
sons crop that reports be heard from
all members present. furnishing es-
Inmates ~ the size r6f tiis cor. ~tblls
to be used 4 : yofhlne basis il liking
the price TAe reports were then sub,
mitted -21l being very brief, covering
Weather conditions. date of frost, and
Other contingencies likely to arise.
a recapitulation of the estimates
show that the members expect total
crop of 11,s61, 900 bales, apportioned
as follows:
Alabama ............. 100000
Arkansas as............. $4,000
Georgia 49,. ........ 1,670,OO0
Louis5 .6x..,... 100000
Miss s... 1870, ,QQQ.r,
Oklahoma y
South Carolina u &
Tennessee .... s. - ,VU0
Texas ........ j 900 900
Long Staple ]. 743,O00
Total ..... IL ,961 900
The discussions 6imum price
the q moon session.
agreement q bject will be
reached uni bw's session.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
They Escape Punishment.

BUTTE, April 25.-Another of the
criminal Eases based upon the footing
OF the county treasury OF $4,000 by
means of false warrants fizzled out at
the half-mile post this morning, for
the lack of evidence. 1t was the case
put on trial in the criminal division
Of the district court yesterday, in
which George V. H. Shaver, one of
the men who handled the bogus war;
rants issued by w. p. Farrell, was
charged with grand larceny. On the
motion of counsel for Shaver, the
court instructed >the jury to find the
defendan not guilty, when the state
had finished introducing its evidence.
Yesterday Judge B%ourquin dis
missed a case against George f. Dan.
ger, the other man charged with Grim
inally handling Farrell's fraudulen,
warrants, and it begins TO look pos.
sible that neither Farrell nor Dancer
nor Shaver will be punished for any
OF their acts in connection with the
false warrants.
While Farrell was convicted ia two
criminal cases, in which he was
charged with forgery, and was sen.
fenced to % years in the %penitentiary
if the decision of Judge Bourquin ir
Dancers case yesterday is upheld b,
the supreme court, he may 60 scot
free, too, and the only satisfaction
left for the county OF Silver Bow fol
the loss of its Sl4 600 will be the RICH
to bring civil suits to recover.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Shonkin Stock Association.

The annual meeting of the Shonkin
Stock association. held Saturday af-
ternoon and evening, ~ attended by
representatives of neighboring round
ups in addition to members of the as.
ISOLATION. The Norris outfit was rep
resented by Frank Milsap, while
Frank Stephens attended as q repre-.
sentative OF northern Fergus county
stockmen.
1t was arranged that the Norris
roundup shall begin work May l3, at
the 70 ranch. The outfits represented
by Mr.. Stephens will start their round.
up May Is, and the Shonkiu stockmen
will cooperate with them by furnish.
ing representation. They will work
the country between the Judith and
the Musselshell. Work on the Shon-
kin range will not begio until some
time ia August.
A board of directors of the as
ISOLATION was elected at the evening
session as follows: Malcolm Nor
row, John V. Carroll, C. H. Green,
Charles L-pley, j.. Q. Patterson, NJ.
Connolly. Geo. L. Oyerield, G.. W.
FrielGs, W. T. Morrow.
The directors elected the following
officers: Geo. L. Overfeld, president:
Malcolm Morrow, vice-president; I.
A. Cummings. secretary and treas
urer.
Executive committee: Malcolm Nor
row, Charles. Lepley and Charles H,
Green.
The mavericks we're sold to Martin
Connolly, at $ll.O0 per head.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Shipper Sues For Damages.
Chinook Opinion

Chinook Opinion.
One OF the largest damage suits for
losses on stock by reason of delay 10
furnishing Ear the Great Northern
has ever defended. has been brought
against them by c. V. NASSAU, who
purchased SO many sheep in northern
Montana last year. Mr.. NASSAU has
brought suit for ss5 900 damages for
losses incurred because of his i nabil-
ity to get airs when ordered. The
suit was brough; 10 Minnesota but as
considerable testimony by Montana
parties was desired, arrangements
were made for taking dispositions Of
witnesses residing in this section. a
party has been here this week from
ST. Paul, consisting OF Mr.. NASSAU
and his attorney and the railroad at.
torneys and stenographer. Testimony
bearing on the case has been taken
here for use 10 the trial on the big
case.
Mr.. Nassau came out here last sum.
mer and purchased large numbers OF
sheep at all the towns along the line.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Nichols Theis, Of Lloyd, has filed in
the county clerks Office location no.
tees for two quartz claims in the
Bear Paw mining district. F. D.
Roberts has recorded a new quartz
claim ia the Little Rockies.
Fred H. Scott, Of Clear Greek, is
attending court on probate business.
He has presented a petition for letters
Of administration in the estate of Andy
Wilson. a we'll known resident of
Clear Creek who died 4 few days ago.
Joseph 4. Baker and bride arrived
from the east this morning. on their
way 10 the Baker ranch uu Hiyhwood.
Their marriage took place Saturday
at La Crosse, Wis. tn. br,ae being
Miss Sara 3. Farnum. OF tina. city.
Relatives of Ira w. Hornbeck. the
former Milk river rauchman who was
killed several mouth, a." in northern
Alberta, claim his estate has practi.
cally been confscated by the Canadian
system OF administr alton. That is the
report made by Attorney John w.
Stanton, of Great Falls, who has been
investig ating the matter.
c. Il. Prall, of the United States
reclaim alton service, has been over
from Browning for the past IL days,
says the kalispell Inter Lake. buying
horses for the government, which are
to be used on the work that will begin
as Ooh as the frost is out Of the
ground. Mr.. Prall has bought q
good many heavy teams which will be
shipped TO Browning.
There are vacancies for teachers it
several Chouteau county school dis
tricts that will hold a GUNNER term, tc
commence as soon as possible. Re
quests for teachers have been received
by Miss Atkinson, county school sup
erintendent from Mark Cockrill, Ma
rias: w. I. Duncan, Harlem, A. H
Fox, West Butte: and Mrs Minnie
Ganaway, Harlem, each of whom viii.
receive applications.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

his being the scene Of his principal
operations. He planned 90 shipping
to eastern markets, grading the stock
purchased, selling large quantities
and feeding others through the winter.
He experienced great delay in getting
cars and finally sold large quantities
OF his purchases back to North Mon.
tana sheepmen late in the fall when it
seemed impossible to get cars. Some
shipments were made very late in the
season when the bad weather had be.
gun and some bands that could not
get away were wintered here aud at
Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
A Presidential Possibility.

A. reporter of the Washington Her.
aid suggests that Montana contains
available timber for the attic
presidential nomin alton. The April
23d issue of that newspaper contains
the following item of hotel gossip:
Mr.. w. G. Conrad, of Montana.
who Is at the New Willard, with HE
wife and daughter, has recently been
alluded to as a very available man
when the democrats get dow 10 the
work of selecting a stand ard bearer in
1908. He has had a career of wonder.
full success in a financial and business
way and his strength would be in his
capacity to give the country a good
business administration.
But MIR. Conrad has, in the opinion
of his friends, much TO commend
hiun than his prominence % y banker
and a great land and cattle owner.
He Is regarded as q man Of the broad.
est views and yet sound and conser.
vative by nature. His nomination to
the presidency should be very pleas.
ing to the south. He was born ia
Virginia, passed his young days
there, and still shows his love for the
Old Dominion by annual pilgrimages
to his fine farm in his native Clarke
county. When a young man he mi.
grated to the west and it " as moi many
years until he was one of the foremos,
citizens in Montana.
In that state be has held many i'm.
portant and honorable positions, and
1t one time, came within TWO votes OF
bei0g elected to the United States sen.
ate The story Of how he was de.
priVed OF that Office when he was al.
m0st the unanimous choice of the de-
mocra:y of the state is we'll known all
over the west. Mr.. Conrad's entire
career has been Of unspotted integrity
and among his W people his name
is a household word. He has Just re.
turned from Canada, where he has
been a breeder of cattle on a big scale
for many years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
JUDGE HEDGES IS DEAD.
Well Known Montana Pioneer Helped
To Make History.

Advices from Helena the
death OF Judge Cornelius Hedges, of
that city, at the age of Is years. The
cause of death was heart disease, with
an attack of which he had been i'll for
three weeks.
Judge Hedges was born in West.
field, Mass, October %, 1881. He got
his early education in Westield,
graduated from Yale in 1852, and later
read law in the law Office Of E. B.
Gillette, in Westtield. After practic-
ing for some time in Independence,
Iowa, he anne TO Montana afoot in
1864, and brought his family to Hell
ena in 1866.
Judge Hedges career vas one Of
public activity from the first. He was
appointed United States district attor.
ney iu 1865, and served FIVE years as
probate judge Of Lewis and Clark
county. When the territorial school
law vas adopted in 1872 he was ap.
pointed superintendent of public in.
struction and served in this Office for
six years. When Montana became q
state he was elected to the first legis-
lature and was a member Of the first
two general assemblies.
He was an active member OF the
Montana Historical society, and was
one of the founders of the Helena pub
lie library. He was employed for sew
eral years as one of the editorial staff
of the old Helena Record.
Judge Hedges was intimately con-
nected with the pioneer history of
Montana. He was a member of the
Washburn expedition to the upper
Yellowstone in 1870, and he it was
who first suggested the reservation of
that remarkable region as a national
park. He was the best known Mason
10 Montana, and as secretary of the
grand lodge of that order since its
organization he had written its cor
respondence reports which now form
part of the Masonic libraries in all
parts of the world. Judge Hedges
had more than an incidental knowl.
edge of the vigilantes Of the territory,
for. although he rarely talked of the
subject, his intimate friends knew that
he had assisted in the work of making
Montana a place where law was re.
spected.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Will Open HuntIey Project.

BILLINGS, April 25.-The remainder
Of the coded strip of the Crow Indian
reserv alton will be formally opened
to settlement by July 10, according to
q statement made by Chief Engineer
b. N. Savage of the federal reclama.
ton bureau. Secretary Of the Inter.
Tor Garfield will open the strip and
start the water in the irrigation
bitches. 1t is probable the lands will
be allotted by the drawing system, and
that lots in the nine townsites, includ.
ing those of Huntley and Osbourne,
will be sold at the opening.
Secretary Garfield will be in this
city the early part of the month o.
July and at that season water will be
first turned into the new bitches or
the governments reclamation project
at Huntley. All the main bitches will
then have been made, but the laterals
will not be done then. The water will
be turned in for a season in the fall
go the bitches will be ready for use
the following spring.
The land will be thrown open on the
same system that was used for the
Grow reservation. The tracts are A
acres in extent and are designed fol-
intensive farming. The government
will reserve two tracts Of 100 acres
each and establish q model farm there
and an experimental station.
Plans are on foot to get one OF tn,
best agriculturists in the country ant
put him in charge OF the place. L
will enable the farmers who are mex
%perienced in this kind of farming
chance to see how the crops are to b.
raised, and they can get a crop tn,
fret year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
May Kill Beaver Any Time.

GREAT FALLS, April 27.-Much to
their surprise, the district Judge, the
county attorney and the deputy state
game warden learned today for the
first time that there is 20 longer any
prohibition of the killing of beaver in
Montana, and the discovery prevented
h. r. Paynter, a local trapper, from
paying an unauthorized fine. Pay inter-
was arrested a few days ago on a
charge of killing a beaver on the 9th
of last month, the complaint being
made by Jack Hall, deputy state game
warden, who did not know tina. the
law had been amended at the recent
session of the Legislature.
Paynter was guilty and, without
consulting a lawyer, he went into the
district court yesterday and entered a
plea of guilty. He was to be sentenced
today, and when brought up for sen.
tence was agreebly surprised when the
county attorney moved for the dismis-
sal OF the case. The county attorney
stated that he had discovered tina; on
the last day of the session the legis-
lature repealed the law prohibiting
the killing of beaver, and that all
these animals in Montana may now
be slaughtered. The case was a, once
dismissed and Paynter was discharged
with advice TO employ a lawyer the
next time he thinks he is guilty of a
crime
While no harm has been done ia
Paynter's case, the officials are con
graduating themselves that they dis
covered the new law before sentence
had been passed. Had the man been
fined. the 6ne would have gone into
the hands of the state treasurer and
1t would only be by an act OF the leg
is!ature that the fine could be re.
mitted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
The May Weather Record.

Weather conditions for the month
Of May during the past thirty years
are given in a press bulletin issued
by Observer G. w Ling, of Havre,
who has compiled the data from the
government records.
The bulletin says the mean or nor
NAL temperature for May is SO de.
grees. The extremes OF May tempera.
ture have been So degrees in 1886, and
II degrees in 1899. The average date
of the last chilling" frost il May II.
The average precipitation for May
is l.9s inches. Occasionally it is q
dry month, but 10 1899 there was a
record precipitation Of 5.6S inches.
There was a SNOWFALL of % inches on
May l, 1893.
The average number OF clear DAYS
during May is eight: partly cloudy,
fifteen: cloudy days, eight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Easier To Obtain Divorces.

The tenth legislative assembly
passed q measure which makes it cas-
Ter to secure divorces II Montana.
The grounds for divorces have not
been extended, but q new and oil en-
bracing definition has been given the
term %''cruelty.' Under the old law,
the grounds for divorce or separation
we're adultery. extreme cruelty, will
full de-ertion, willful neglect. habitua
intemperance or conviction OF a fell
ony. Under court decisions it was
a!mos. Impossible to prove willful de.
sertion or willful neglect, and the
courts also held that cruelty, to con
stitut- cause for divorce. must en-
danger life.
The new iaw adds this to the detini-
tion OF ''cruelty'' as a ground for di.
vorce:
''Extrcme cruelty is the intlicti0n of
yrievous mental suffering upon the
other by q party to the marriage,
by d course of conduct toward or
treatment Of o party to the marriage
by The other, existing and persisted in
for a period Of one year Immediately
before the commencement of the action
for d divorce, which justly and rea.
sonabIy is of such a nature and char
ac,er a. to destroy the peace of mind
and happiness of the Injured party,
or entirely to defeat the proper and
legitimate objects OF marriage, or to
render the continuance OF the marriage
relation between the parties perpetu-
ally unreasonable and intolerable to
the injured party
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Glasgow News: While the towns OF
the Milk river valley have bean food
ed by the recent high water, gilbert.
son has been and is free from any
dagger OF this kind. 1t sometimes
happens tn at the Missouri river gets
out of its channel and strays up in
the vicinity of the stocky ards. but it
would take about q ten.foot raise
above the highest water mark 10 food
Culbertson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
$40 Reward,

Slrayed. from my ranch at Eagle Butte, one
brown horse branded on left thigh. The
above reward will be paid for the return
OF he horse to me.
THORE RITLAND, Fort Benton, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

BE NTON LODGE NO. 70, A. F. AND
W.. M.-Regular communications of the
~ above ma med odge Are held at Z 30 D. m.
~on the nrst and third Mondays Of each
month. Members of sister Lodges and sojournine
brethren are cor daily invited to attend.
j. W.. HAIGLER, w.. M.
wv. HARRISON, Sec'y.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Bulls for Sale.

For sale, two registered Galloway bulls, foul
and 1--WE years old: or will trade for bulls OF
equal breeding. Address
ALEXANDER ROSS, Ada, Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Red Poned Cattle.

Red polled cattle for sale. Large bulls . spe-
cialty. G. NJ. CHAMBERS,
Bartlett, low
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Ancient Order of United WOrkmen.
MONTANA LODGE No. 9.-Meets the second
and four Thursdays of each mont h at Masonic
ball. Visiting brethren cordially invited.
JERE SULLIVAN, NJ. W.
G. ". AYR.s. Recorder.