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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
On
Irrigation Congress Still Con-
tinues as an Interest
ing Session
Men Prominent in the Work
Made Several Able
Addresses
Matter Of Saving and Pro.
tecting Forests Is Also
Considered

Sacramento, Cal. Sept This.
was irrigation and conservation day
at the National Irrigation Congress.
Men prominent in the great work
of the congress were the speakers.
United States Senator Francis g.
Newlands Of Nevada, a member of
the Inland Waterways Commission,
delivered an interesting address, and
an address on the conservation of
resources was delivered by Clifford
Pinchot, United States Forester.
Following the address of Mr.. Pin
chot, Judge John e. Baker moved
that it be the sense of the gather
ing that all duties on timber be re-
pealed and that the timber of this
country be preserved to the largest
extent possible by allowing other
countries TO ship their lumber in
under the rule adopted early in the
session This motion was sent direct
to the committee on resolutions with
out discussion. ssg ID
@ Diseordant notes rang through the
proceedings of the national irriga-
ton congress tod y. The break
came after Clifford Pinchot, govern
ment forester and personal repre-
sentative Of President Roosevelt, had
delivered an address m which he
said that The lumber supply OF the
country would be exhausted inside
Of 90 years If nothing were done to
protect forests. A delegate moved
that in view Of this statement it be
the sense of the congress that ali du-
ties on tin1be be removed. Pinchot
& was asked II he favored the sugges-
tion: He replied should the forestry
service favor such q change it would
lose the support of the lumber in
terests. Delegate White Smith 81
California, referring to Pinchot,.s re.
ply said that the United States gov
eminent was evidently afraid to
stand in the interests Of the poorer
class. Jet the people know their
rights, ne said, ssand not be gov
erned by one mans will though he
be president of the United States
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
WIFE B|E|:'.A||'TER
IS WHIPPED
Willow City Residents Get
Rid of Undesirable
Citizen Quickly

Joe Qua, a half-breed Indian, who
has been a public nuisance about
Willow City the past few years, was
taken from the city jail there by a
crowd of masked men, severely
horse-whipped, and then chased out
Of the city with orders to keep clear
of the city forevermore.
q Qua was in Jail on a charge of
beating his wife and Mrs. Dan Scott,
the latter Of whom he demanded
money and was refused. He is al
legged to have used pump handle
with which to beat the woman, and
this action thoroughly infuriated a
number Of the citizens.
Qua has served time off and on
In the Bottineau county iail the past
few years. charges varying from wife
beating to larceny. Some time ago
Qua headed q chivarie party, but dur
ing the course Of the FUN Joe got
"a charge Of buckshot in his leg. Some
time later he mixed things up with a
tramp, and as result OF the encoun-
ter had his arm plugged with a bull
let.
In arresting Qua for his latest Of
Tense, oficer Thorson had consider
able trouble. The fellow put up a
big fight, and It was not until the
man was BEATEN into submission that
he could be taken 10 the station.
While the mob law Is not favored
By Willow City residents as a whole
IT was figured that The case just dis.
posed of offered no other course.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Old Time Railroad Man.

Lincoln, Neb.. Sept 3.Joel w. De
weese, solicitor OF the Burlington rail-
road company for lines west OF the
Missouri river, died at his home here
today after a brief illness, aged 81
years,
He was a veteran of the civil war.
Mr.. Deweese's service as attorney for
the Burlington probably antedated
that Of any other man Id the LEGAL de-
paftment OF the road. Il
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
TORNADO
PEACEFUL SOUTHERN TOWN is
a. TORN UP BY A TORNADO
e. WIRES DOWN. #

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. SIT is re
ported here that a tornado struck Fort
Gaines, a Georgia town of 1000 people
one hundred miles southeast of Mont
gomery, tonight. All communication
BY wire with that section of the state
has been cut Off Railroad operators
report that all telegraph wires east OF
Union Springs are down.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Quakes Spreading.

Constantine, Algeria, Sept 8 -
Slight earthqu akes are reported from
the villages Of Melonga Kessabia and
Benihimsne Several houses and
mosques were either damaged or col
lapsed One man was killed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
Vice President at frisco.

San francisco, Cal. Sept, 5. Vice.
President Fairbanks arrived In the
city today This evening lie was the
gsiest Of tIle Union League club at a.
reception and tomorrow he win visit
Stanford university
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
SCATTERED
MooRlsEi COLUMN HAS BEEN
DISPERSED BY Al FRENCH
ATTAcHMEN

Casablanca, Monday II is reported
chat a Moorish column at Taddert has
been dispersed by French detacll-
ment. Tedela, which the French
cruiser Gueyedon bornbarded, was
used as supply center by the Moors.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
WON GOOD MONEY.

St Paul, Mimi, Sept. STERLING
Mckinney, owned and driven by ". L. Z
Schulor of indianapolis, won $4,000
purse in the 2:21 trot on the Hamline
track, crossing the wire in 2:o91A
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-04
ANOTHER SHAKE.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 3. The seismo-,
graph at Dominion observatory at
1915 p. m. yesterday recorded a more
severe earthquake movement than it
did of the Jamaica earthquake of last
year. I'll z3 ,s. i &52l e .
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

the state treasurer 81 on each 500 OF
premiums collected. The fund 80 ere.
ated is to go TO the flremen's relief
boards In these several towns, which
are to be named by the mayors, aoJ
be distributed by such boards for the
benefit Of fremen disabled by sickness
or to their dependents in case OF his
death while In service. FIremen who
have served ten years continuously
are also to be beneiciaries OF the fund
so created.
The house passed the following bills
Monday afternoon, there being no
fight on any Of them but the one
which provided that any five citizens
might employ associate counsel for
the prosecution In a criminal case,
and that the prosecuting attorney
should not be permitted to enter a
nolle except with the consent Of the
associate counsel. The bill received
only the constitutional vote required
to pass the house. The ether bills
passed we're: Sewer districts in cit.
les of the third class; providing pun
ishment for turning false alarm OF
fire; changing boundary lines in vii.
lage school districts, making effective
orders OF board of railroad and ware
house commissioners from their pro-
mitigation until overruled or set aside
by the courts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
HOUSE.

The house Thursday passed, without
debate, the committee substitute for
the Walmsley game law, the vote be-
ing 104 to q, and the emergency
clause vas also adopted. Section s
Of the substitute provides that: mo
person or persons shall inju~e, kill or
destroy, by any means whatever, the
following named game birds, except
between the following named dates:
Wild turkey, from January / to Feb
ruary l and from December 1 to De-
cember 81 of each year; quail, from
November Is to December 81; pin
mated grouse shall not be killed prior
to 1910; after that year the open sea
son shall be from November Is to
December Is; ducks and geese, jan
uary 1 to April 80 and September Is to
December 81; snipe, January 1 to April
80 and September Is to December 81;
plover, woodcock and dove, August 1
to December 81"
BY a change of one vote on the roll
call, the bill making county school SUI
pervision general instead Of optional,
DIS IL mas Dccu SluCC 1000, oCCulCu JUST
votes enough to pass the house Thurs
day afternoon. An earnest fight was
made on both sides, the discussion con
tinuing a couple Of hours or longer,
and Representative Swiers, n of the
friends of the bill, said its opponents
were j~ustifying their opposition be-
cause there was a local option super.
vision law now, and that they were
USING this local option feature to pave
the way for securing a local option
vote on Sunday opening Of saloons in
st. Louis.
Tie house Thursday passed, with
out debate, the Simmons primary cleo
ton bill, the affirmative vote being
"a, with 81 in opposition. This shows
eight democrats and three republicans
either absent or not voting. 1t was,
however, a strict party vote, all those
supporting It being democrats. The
democratic absentees were Represent
atives Botsford, Conran, Embry, Grit
nth, Huck, Organ, Sosey and Lucks.
The republican absentees were Repre-
sentatives Hill, Phillips of st. Louis
and Mahan.
Only four bills were introduced In
the house Thursday, bringing the
number up to S64. One of these, Of
fered by Representative Roseberry.
provides that every insurance COM
pany doing business in an i%ncorpor-
ated town In this state, which has an
organized fire department under city
control. whose equipment is valued at
$1,000 or more, shall annually pay to
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Nearly $3.50, 600, 900 we're expended

Nearly S3s0,0O0, 900 were expended
last year upon the railroads Of the
United States in expansion and i'm
provement. One railroad company
alone is at work on improvements
which will cost 5000, OOO, 900 when com.
pleted. Not many years ago. says the
Youths Companion, the total annual
revenue of the government were less
than the amount expended on railroad
improvement last year. 1t does not
look as If the capitalists think that
flying machines will take the place
of freight and passenger cars in the
near future.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

The house Wednesday passed the
senate bill to prohibit a greater charge
for transporting passengers in cars
across bridges forming a part Of the
railroad track than Is charged for car.
'rying passengers the same distance on
other parts Of the road.
Mr.. Humphreys bill providing for a
separation of the state grain inspec.
ton department from the board of
railway and warehouse commissioners
did not meet with the favor Of the
senate committee on agriculture and
was reported from that committee
with an adverse recommendation.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Missouri
Legislature
LEGISLATIVE T

The page who took to the clerks
desk In the house the "lid-lifting' Pc
titlon was unable to raise Il to the top
OF the desk. There are $4,000 sigma
tuses to the petition. 1t was referred
TO the committee on criminal jurispru-
dence.
The anticigarette law passed In the
house met its death in the senate
when the committee on criminal juris-
prudence reported 1t back to that body
with a recommendation that 1t be not
passed.
The total number of bills introduced
In the house now reaches 859. One of
these provides that all railroad com.
panies should run at least one train
each way daily over the lines. An.
other was to prevent discrimination
In the selling price of oil In one section
Of the state against another. There
was one, introduced by Representative
Muir, which provided that the sheriff
or a county take into custody all per-
sons habitually using ~intoxicants to
excess for examination by the county
court, and II the court find such per-
sons to be habitually intoxicated that
they be sent to the colony for the fee
ble-minded.
The senate bill in relation to an
amendment concerning changes of
venue was defeated in the house.
Gov. Folk issued a proclamation Mon
day Offering a reward of 5000 for Tho
apprehension of Henry Boston, alias
Henry B%irdsong. charged with killing
his wife in Polk county in June, 1903,
and who has been a fugitive from jus.
tice ever since. The reward is good
for a period Of one year..
Representatives of express COM
panies doing business in Missouri ap-
peared before the railroad and ware
house commissioners Monday, hav-
Ing been cited to show cause why
their rates should not be reduced.
They asked for a postponement for 80
days, which the commissioners re-
fused, stating that but Is days more
time would be allowed. The attorneys
for the companies refused to accept
the ruling Of the commissioners, and
all left in a body, Blowing themselves
out of court" as Chairman Knott of
the railruoad bureau expressed it, and
no further hearing will be held.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
State Happenings.
Lived Al, HI. Life In Missouri.

st. Joseph-Johh Z. Spr1tt, father of
William E. Spratt, mayor OF st. Jo-
seph, died OF a complication of dis.
eases. at the home OF his son. He
was 60 years old the day before his
death, and had been falling rapidly for
several months. His daughter, Mrs.
Jennie Taylor, and his son we're at the
bedside when the end came. John +.
spratt was born in Lexington, Mo,
and lived in this state all his life. He
was married at Lexington while en-
ployed in a general store. Three chill
dren were born to this Union. They
are Mrs. Taylor, st. Joseph's mayor
and Newton Spratt, who lives in Cali
fornia.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Every year the statlstician of a Chi
cago newspaper adds up all gifts and
requests to charity in this country
for the preceding ~ months. Only
sums of a thousand dollars or more
are counted, and only those gifts that
have been announced in the newspa-
pers. The total for 1906 Is a hundred
and six million dollars. This is the
highest since 1901, when the total was
a hundred and t~wenty-three millions.
In these big figures, says the Youths
Companion, no reckoning is made of
the humber gifts which those who
are not rich have been privileged to
make.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22


To the modern world a calendar"
is merely a harmless necessary re.
minder of weeks and days, to be hung
Up on New Years day, and consulted
in dating letters throughout the year
1t has no such mournful sound as
''calendarium" had for the ancient
Romans. The original calendar" OF
their time was the money lenders &C.
count book, so-called because interest
was due from the debtor on the cal
ends, or first day of each month.
That Is why Senecaespeaks Of "calen.
dar" as a word invented outside the
curse Of nature on account of hui.
man greed. 1t is a word which may
help to persuade us that the world
has grown kindlier.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Editor Secures a Prize.

st. Joseph-Miss Lillian Ogden
Tootle and George H.. Larke, one of
the managing owners of the st. Jo-
seph Gazette, were married here at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry McCord Tootle. Mr..
and Mrs. Larke left the city immedi.
ately after the ceremony for a trip to
Florida and Cuba.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

English manufacturers Of shoes
have begun to make larger sizes for
women, and now a number eight Is
advertised, not by the vigorous ath-
letic young women who wear that
number, but by the merchants who
know that the girls feet are big
enough to fill such a shoe. Small feet,
as well as a gentle voice, are admira-
BILE things in women, but a more ad-
mirable thing is a shoe that does not
pinch,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Gov. Folk sent to the senate for
confirmation the names of b. F. Muir
dock of Platte City and ]. P. Wood
sides of Alton, Orange county, as
members of the board Of managers OF
the confederate home at Higginsville.
Following the introduction of a
bill providing for the abolition of his
office, there was introduced in the
house i..onday afternoon a resolution
c~ensuring Supervisor Of Building and
Loan Associations Watkins. whose
newspaper has harshly criticised mem
hers who voted against measures faS.
ored by the governor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

One of the great advantages Of golf
is it's suitability as a recreation for
the middle-aged and the old. A -four
some was played lately on an Eng
iish golf course in which the aggre-
gate age of the four players was 331
years. The competitors on n side
we're Sc and 80 years old, and on the
other side "a and 81. The putting
green makes a green old age.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Man Hurt Durina Dream Dies.

st. Louis. w. Hatcher, a printer.
Jumped from a second-story window
at his home. 1908 Washington avenue
when he dreamed that a woman with
a pistol in each hand was seeking his
life and died at the city hospital. His
thigh was fractured and he was in.
jured internally. Hatcher was 3S
years old.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Cleared of wife's CHARGES.

st Louls-Charles II. Mccarthy,
aged 20, will not be prosecuted for
wife abandonment. A few weeks ago
McCarty was arrested on the charge
of abandoning his wife and infant son.
He told the judge that he was not
able to work; that he was Ill. The
other day the judge was notified that
the young man was dead and the case
was nolle prosecuted.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Introduced the Self.Binder.

Mokane-David Jones. a pioneer cit.
lien of this Galloway county, died
c his home in this city, aged so years.
Mr.. Jones had the distinction Of intro.
ducing the self-binder into central Mis-.
souri,, the machine which he first
brought here and placed in operation
being threatened with destruction by
those who saw it as a menace to day
laborers.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
st. Louis Bakery Trust.

A merger Of seven OF the largest
wholesale bakeries Of the city mas
been completed by the formation of
the American Bakery Co., with a cap
ital stock of $3,0O0,OO0, fully paid up.
The bulk of the stock is held by Max
Oscher, of New York, the outside pro.
moter of the merger. He holds 10, 900
shares of common stock and $4,000
of preferred.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Sentenced to Penitentiarx.

Trenton-Before adjourning the Jan.
uary term of the Grundy circuit court
Judge Wannamaker sentenced R. J..
Clark, convicted of robbery in the
first degree, to sever years in the pen
%itentiary, and Roy Mullicah, convicted
of forgery, to two years.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

A mar in Brooklyn has applied to
have his marriage annulled on the
ground that he did not know at the
time of the ceremony that he was get
ting married. Perhaps he thought 1t
some kind of an initiation hazing.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

In the Lancashire (England) cot
ton manufacturing district there were
In operation at the beginning Of the
current year 4S,322,6S4 cotton spindles
and 6S4.S11 looms. This is about 30
per cent. of the total Of British
upindles and looms.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Nepotism is one of the things that
China will not stand. 1t wants to
turn out a minister of customs be
cause he gave a nephew a government
office. The celestial kingdom Is old.
fashioned, but still there are some
of its ways that the United States
might advantageously initiate.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

A London physician says people
would be healthier il they ate less.
Under the present schedule of prices
they would also be much richer.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Death Of a Blind Journalist.

st. Louis-Ernst d. Kargan, well
known German newspaper man, cor.
respondent and author. died from
blood poisoning in st. Louis. He had
been blind for many years.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Italian and Japanese coral are man.
ufactured in the provinces of Genoa,
Leghorn and Naples. Italian coal is
found at Sciacca, in the province OF
Girgenti, Sicily and the Island Of Sar.
DINA.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Couldn't Show Missourians.

Springfield-A stranger giving the
name of John p. Lenster, and who
says he recently came to Missouri
from Peoria, ILL.,, is in Jail here on the
charge of passing worthless checks,
drawn on the First National bank of
West Plains, Mo.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
SAYS II win Take a Million.

st. Louis-Young Mems Christian
association of st. Louis decides ST..
100000 is needed for equipment to
prosecute work.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

A Massachusetts man says that pea
soup is the elixir of life. We have
seen some pretty bad whisky, but
never any that resembled pea soup.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

What's in a name? Down near
Washington a woman named Bowie
shot a man, instead Of slashing him
with a knife, as would be expected.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Died From EATING ovsters.

Kansas City-Bradford Hubbard
Cox, a Sunday school -.,orker and an
evangelist with a national reputation,
died here as the result of ptomaine
poisoning from eating oysters.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

In default of adequate theories as
to the footpad who held up a reporter,
how would insanity do?
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
ALLEY FORGET

L FORGEi
Perhaps no spot in
all America has a sig
nifcance to Americans
such as attaches to that
little vale In the hills
of Chester county y,
Pen n ~sylvania. Ply
Rock has its halo
of history, but without
Valley Forge the land
ing of the Pilgrims
have been a for
gotten incident. 1t was
at Valley Forge that the
Young nation was tried
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

A Los Angeles woman carries the
ashes Of her husband around with her
In a bag, thus being always able to
know where he is nights.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Swettenham is pronounced "Swet-
num-" but IT doesn't matter. You will
never have to pronounce it again.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

The p~ity-spillers have had a hard
time thus far in the Thaw trial, but
by this time next week the country
will be knee-deep in sympathy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
May Be an Extra Session.

Jefferson City-Extra session OF
Missouri legislature is not improbable.
Gov. Folk likely to favor 1t unless
work is accomplished.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Ten million American women do
their own homework and the rest Of
them are looking for a girl.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Judge w. 3. Teasdaie Dead.

Kansas City-Judge William B.
Teasdale, of the circuit court, died
recently, aged 81. He was born in
Potosi. Mo. Served term in state sen.
ate.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

1t is the glory of poverty to con.
luer its environments.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Disease is the rebellious child Of
over-fed Nature.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22

Contemplation and moderation are
twins of consolation.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Died Of Heart Failure.

Potosi-Benjamin Davidson died a
few days ago of heart failure. He was
~.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-22
Fainter Falls Seven storiea.

st. Louis-Floyd Monohan. a paint
er, fell seven stories and was picked
up dead. He slipped from a window
ledge.