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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15
COAL NEEDED THERE.


Superintendent of Indian School Ap.
peals to Interstate Commission.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Acting Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Layabee to
day received the following telegram
from Superintendent Ziebach of the
Fort Totten Indian school, North Da
kota:
81 request your Office to urge inter
state commerce commission to send
telegram to the Great Northern rail
road to use every effort to open the
blockade and to get coal here"
Three hundred pupils are at the
school.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15
President Hill on Railroad Problem
and Its Solution.
RAP AT POPULAR AGITATION
Decline in Railroad Building Not the Re-
suit of Accident.

then keep moving it in harmonious
and useful way.
"The problem and necessity are
enormous. At lao tons to the mile
it would require two million tons OF
steel rails every year to furnish the
1900 miles Of track required. This
is nearly two-thirds Of the product Of
all the rolling mills in the United
States. It would call for the labor Of
100000 men in grading, beside track
layers, bridge builders and others
Labor even for such ordinary exten.
sions and improvements now being
made is not to be had in the country
And it demands, as has been seen, the
investment in permanent railroad
plants of $1,1OO,0OO year for five
years to provide the railroads Of the
country with means to handle properly
the business already in sight, not al
lowing for future growth. This is the
real railroad problem of the United
States.
1.-TWO remedies must be found. The
prohibitory expenses now attached to
enlargement Of terminals at many
points and the absolute lack of avail.
able space at any price may be met
by decentralization Of traffic. A 15-
foot canal or channel from ST. Louis
to New Orleans would so further tc
relieve the entire middle west and
southwest than any other work thas
could be undertaken. With such
depth of water single powerful tow
boat would carry from 80 to 40 train
loads. Terminals to admit Of q more
general diffusion Of business, permit
Ting the transfers to take place ana
forwarding to be done where lan7
can be secured in adequate quantities
and at more reasonable prices. TO
this the traffic systems of the coun-
try must be adjusted. The heavy
transfers must be made away from
the larger cities.
1T is not by accident that railroad
building has declined to its lowest
within generation, at the very time
when all other forms of activity have
ben growing most rapidly. The In
vestor declines to put his money into
enterprises under the ban Of unpop-
ularity and even threatened by lndt-
viduals and political parties with
confiscation or transfer to the state.
This feeling must be removed ana
greater confidence be mutually estal-
lished, If any considerable portion Of
the vast sum necessary is TO be avail
able for the work.
''1here must be realization by the
country of the embargo on business
and Of the fact tht the cause is in
sufficient railroad trackage. It viii
require the hest thought and the best
effort of this generation to avert the
evil that now casts it's shadow on
farmer, manufacturer and machinist.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15
SYSTEM BLOCKED BY SNOW
No Trains Running on Great Northern
Stock Loss is Large. ;.a 11I::.a1

himself one Of the 400 passengers tied
up at Havre, who says:
There is bare possibility that we
may be able to get train started for
Spokane in "a hours. However, In the
condition and prospective weather, we
are not in a position to give any as
surance."
For those who are snowbound in
eastern Montana and North Dakota,
Mr.. Hill has no word OF the slightest
consolation to offer them In their pre-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 14.-Governo,
Johnson today received long letter
from j. j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, in which he deals
exclusively with the various phases
of the railroad problem.
Mr.. Hill sets out at length what in
his opinion is responsible for the ex
listing situation and what should ne
done to remedy it. The western coun-
try has grown SO fast that the rail
roads have been unable to keep pace
with it, Mr.. Hill says, and he believes
the building of additional track is the
best solution of the problem.
He says it will require permanent
investment Of $1,500,OO0,0O0 a year for
five years to provide the railroads
with means to handle properly the
business already in sight, and not al
lowing for future growth.
Mr.. FILLS letter follows in part:
During recent years the volume II
business has increased and is in
creasing with extraordinary rapidity,
while the necessary additional tracK-
age and terminals have not been equal
to the demands upon them. The re-
sulting situation is a freight blockade
of enormous proportions, especially at
all terminal points. How to remedy
this is problem, mechanical and
physical. No time should be lost iii.
applying such measures of remedy as
may be possible.
'sThe limit of service Of a common
carrier has been reached when 1t has
been moving at all times over its syis-
tenn as many cars as can be run on
its tracks with safety and transferred
and dispatched from its terminals and
junction points without unreasonable
delay. Beyond that point increase CT
business cannot be handled by in
creasing cars and engines.
Investigations show that the rail-
roads of the country have been en-
deavoring to meet the growing de-
mand on them Not only were there
IS percent more locomotives and 45
percent more cars in service in 1905
than in 1895, but each engine and car
did much more work. Trains run
faster, cars are larger, locomotives
are more powerful and the methods
Of handling the business have been &C
improved as to increase the general
efficiency.
"The number of passenger miles
travelled in this country for each mile
of railroad in it has increased 80 pe--
cent in the last five years and the
number Of ton-miles for each mile Of
track has grown 18 percent. The
highest direction and the best econ
ony is to have the trackage equip
ment and other facilities properly adj
justed to the volume of business, ana
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15
ARGUING SHEA CASE.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-Arguments were
commenced today in the Shea trial.
Assistant stats's Attorney Holt open.
ing for the state. He denounced Pres.
ident Shea Of the Teamsters' union
as the 'leader Of a disruptable Gle
ment In labor ranks"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15

(con&dnnsd On D,ahsaA Pa)
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
From Saturdays Bu1 Q tin.

The Japanese poachers, crew of the schooner Nito, left for the westward on the Santa Clara yesterday afternoon. TheJ will take the Dora at Seward and join their own boat at Unalaska.
 John E. Barrett and Denis Donohs SC. came in yesterday from Kennicot They made the trip from their cabin near McCartiIy creek to Eyak in a small boat, going down Copper river to the mouth and then sailing around Cape Whiteshed
 1t is reported that there is Co be a wedding in Valdez tomorrow Two of the we'll known young people oe town are contemplating uniting their for tunes, and the band Is practicing up for serenade tomorrow evening.
 The latest news from the canyon is that all is quiet in the Guggenheim and Alaska Home camps. and there is little danger of any further disturb anCes.
 The Alaska Home company has q large mum Der of surveyors workiap in the canyon, as we'll as camp for tEeir laborers established. They will pro- ceed as rapidly as conditions will al- low to prepare for running a line through to Dutch Flats
 1t is probable that the preliminary bearings of Hasey and Dickson will be held early next week Other warrants may be issued by that time but at present the two deputies aIe the only ones in custody.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
GREELY FAvORs CANTEENs.

Vancouver,-Gen.A A. w. Greedy. com. mander of the department of Colum- bla. has returned from Alaska, where he went to inspect military posts Gen. Greedy found the posts generally in good condition "There is one thing. however, we should have in the army. and that is the canteen in every post 1t Is absolutely impossible to compel the men to abstain from the use of liquor, and as they will have it, inf. nitely better it should be told in post under proper regulation "
 Forty five telegraph offices and ten cable offices are maintained III Alaska by the Signal Corps. The line receipts for the year ended June Seth amounted to nearly quarter of million dollars
 The Nome News estimates that labor strikes have reduced the possible out put of that section by two million dol lars
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin

Following is list of arrivals on the Santa Clara this morning: A Stull, Edna Boldorf, Sandy McGregor, A Blockson, A Krogtort, FJ Martin, E Falkenberg, J M Cornell, l. Bates, A Carlson, l. Sweet and wife, k A Sweet, from Seattle N Ii Thompson, A R Butler, w A Eberly, from Katalla
 The fines of the crew of the Japanese schooner Nito were paid yesterday. An allowance was made for the time they were imprisoned, making the fine for each of the crew $40 and for the cap tain $40.
 The Latouche Mining Co.,, Ltd now has about 800 sacks of ore ready for shipment, and will probably send it to the shelter on the Bertha. Mir. Murphy superintendent of the mine, was in town for a few days this week, on busi- ness, but returned to the island yester- day.
 The victims of the shooting at the canyon are resting easily at thelhospi- tai and everything that can be done for them by the Alaska Home people is being done.
 J. C. Williams, of Cordova. who was brought here suffering from cancer. died yesterday at the Valdez hospital He was brought to town Sep Is and has been failing rapidly ever since. The people of Williams are residents of San Diego.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

The regular and i'm partial readers of the katalla Herald. must certainly smile, when they read the following finale of an editorial, headed "The Quality of Knocking" realizing that as a usual thing sixteen pound hammers are used in the Herald office even for for paper weights:
 As matter of fact the knocking spirit is essentially provincial No broad mlnded people really can give countenance to it It is small and jo noble, and it is the very antitbesis of the quality of mercy, which is not strained and which blesseth him that gives and him that takes"
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
Emerald Group Bonded

The Emerald group of copper claims. situated along Eyak lake, near Cord ova has been bonded by Earnest King for 955,OOO This group, which consists of eleven claims, has good showing of native copper in the ore.
 Mir. Robt. Ferguson, vice president of of the v. B. $ M. Co.,, returned on the Santa Barbara, from an extended visit to Missouri
 Full outfits for babies at the Ladies Bazaar
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
ENLARGE SHELTER

Tacoma,-To keep pace with the growing copper industry of the Pacific coast. and especially to te able to handle the output of the new copper districts of Alaska, to which properties railroads are being constructed. New buildings will be constructed at the Tacoma smelter and the capacity of the plant greatly enlarged.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

trouble. Deputy Marshal Dooley anc another deputy went to the scene o the trouble yesterday and conbscatet all arms and ammunition in the pos session of any parties around the can yon. conference was then held be- tween the foreman of the Guggenheim party, Engineer Stevens and Geo Dooiey, with the result that no opposi- ton was offered to Stevens puttins surveyors at work in the canyon, and two crews are now working.
 Marshal Vibrant and two more mer left this orning for the canyon and will probably remain there to see that order is preserved.
 Representatives of the Guggenhaims have filed two applications with the district attorney asking that troops be called out and sent to the canyon. |, Is not believed that this request will he granted as 1t is evident that there is HOW no nece :sity for soldiers. Officers of the Home Railway say that they will create no disorder at the canyon, and
 
 speak of the request for troops as mere a snbterfuge on tbe part of the Guggen helms to cause delay.
 The people of Valdez vii; be pained to learn that Fred Rinehardt, who was among the number shot at the Canyon was obliged to suffer the amputatation of leg Saturday afternoon, the mem OCT being taken off about half way be- tween the thigh and knee. Yesterday his condition was very low, but this morning he is slightly improved.
 Owing to a misunderstandiAg be- tween the insurance company, aud inc Alaska Coast Company, due to the going ashore of the Santa Barbara. nd the attendant expenses, the laitei dc not desire to discharge her full car&, until settlement has been made which will probao oly be tomorrow.
 Press dispatches and wires iron Mir. Ii D. Reynolds, bring the highly satisfactory news that the Tacoma business interests have subscribed Sl5O,0O0 to the Alaska Home Railway
 The Boxing Contest Saturday night was probably the best event of the kind ever pulled off in the town and as deserving of large attendance. In Jhe preliminary bout young Frisco was given decision over Kid Latham after three spirited rounds.
 The main event between Ben Price of Frisco and Logan Wilson of Valdez was well fought from start to finish While Wilson was the more aggressive Price. with his superior height anC longer reach, kept his opponent from lnflicting any serious damage. The honors. were so evenly divided that there could te but one decision, a draw which the referee promptly rendered
 The Esterly pack train came in last night from Taznuna with the remainder of the men who had been working al Nizina. They came down Copper river and Chittyna in small boat aDd were picked up by the pack tram at Taznuna
 c. N. Crary, who has been in Nizina all summer, returned to town yester- day evening.
 An emissary of the Guggenheims while endeavoring to get some of the Alaska Home employees to quit work A.I-
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
From Mondays Bulletin

An offer of s200,OO0 has been refused for mining property on Popoff island, one of the Shumagin group.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
Mason City Relatives of Will
lam Boutin, Fear He Has
Committed Suicide
sRooDED OVER HIS TROUBLES
Boutin, Who Was Employed as Jew'
eIer in Waltham, Mass, Was Sep
arated From His Wife, a Mason City
Girl, and Had Been Low Spirited for
Some Time.
to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, March 26.-The myster-
ious disappearance of William Boutin,
former resident of this city, from his
present home at Waltham, Mass, and
the subsequent report that he had COM
mitted suicide, is causing considerable
worry and anxiety among his relatives
and friends in this city. Information
received from Waltham is to the eff
feet that he left his boarding place on
March 10, leaving behind his extra
his wages UP to that date which makes
the mystery all the more troublesome
for those interested in his whereabouts
Boutin's mother is still a Mason City
resident. He is jeweler by trade,
having worked here for some time, la
ter in Davenport, then in the Elgin
watch factory, Elgin, ILL.,, and later in
Waltham, Mass He was married to a
Mason City girl and it is said that his
married life had not been a happy, one.
at least he and his wife have not been
living together for some time He has
been low spirited over this fact, and
this has given rise to fears that he has
made away with himself. A brother of
the lost man, Charles Boutin, left this
morning for Waltham in search of his
brother. Another brother Frank is a
travelling salesman for biscuit firm in
Cedar Rapids. The parents Of both
young Boutin and his wife reside here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
SERIOUS JOKE on HUNTER.
Charles Pattee, Of Poeahontas, Finds
Pair of Old Shoes in Lunch Box.

Charles Pattee, Of Pocahontas, Finds
Pair Of Old Shoes in Lunch Box.
Special to Times Republican.
Pocahontas, March 26.-John Lampe
sold his S0-acre farm north of town at
$3.50 per acre.
Charles Pattee is still debating in his
mind whether one pair Of old shoes is
good dinner for hungry duck hunt
er, or not When Mr.. Pattee, together
with some<of his friends, went out to
Devils island, he was handed his lunch
in shoe box, which he put in the bug
gy. However, his comrades on the
hunt Che ceased for the time being to
call them friends), having had previous
experience Of the culinary arts of Mrs.
Pattee, and becoming hungry before
the appointed lunch time, devoured the
contents Of the shoebox and placed
therein an old pair of shoes. When,
on his return to the buggy, he found
the shoes, he raised remonstrance
in favor of his hungry system, but was
told by the marauders to go to the poor
farm, which was about two miles away
from the camping place. Pattee told
them that it was good thing that he
changed his position the first of last
January from the sheriff's office to the
county auditors, or else he would have
them eating old shoes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
story city Items.

Special to TimeS-Republ1can.
Story City. March 26.-One Of our
restaurant men was bitten by some
kind of bug in a bunch of bananas
last Sunday and it created quite q
furore until it was found to be only a
beetle, instead of a tarantula.
Our city schools have vacation this
week, and the nonresident teachers
have gone to their respective homes.
Leo and Edwin Devendorf have gone
to Union and Eldora to visit relatives
DR.. Getz was called to Marshalltown
yesterday to assist in an operation.
Several of our town people are in
Nevada this week. some as Jurors and
others as witnesses in the district court
which is now in session.
w. r. Boggs, the hardware man, was
called to Nebraska last week on ac-
count of the serious Hines Of his ia
Their, who resides at Plainview, Pierce
county, that state.
Mrs. John Gier is visiting friends and
relatives in Grinnell and Union.
Our postmaster, A. M. Henderson
made business trip to Des Moines las;
Saturday.
o. B. Peterson, former county aud
itor, has moved back here, where he
lived before he was elected.
At sale near here lately, which
amounted to $500, and where time was
given if desired. it was all paid in cash
except about 5000.
Theodore Switzer will give up his
lease on the feed shed April and &c
back to the life of the farm.
Rev. Peterson, of Des Moines, Is
conducting a series OF meetings in the
Evangelical church.
Mrs. A. H. Schmidt, who has been
seriously i'll for the past two months
is slowly recovering.
The Farmers Grain Company, or
ganized here eight months ago. held
their annual meeting lately. and de-
clared dividend Of SO per cent, be-
sides getting better prices for their
grain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
In a Former Iowa Boy the Kid
mapped Sioux City Lad Has
a Counterpart
PARENTS ARE ARRESTED
New York Detectives Recently Thought
They Had Captured People Who
Stole Marvin Boy - Only Difference
i. in Color Of Eye. - Error in lden-
tity Easily Made.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to TfmeS-Republ1can.
Waterloo March ga peculiar case
Of mistaken identity has arisen as a
result of the kidnapping of the Marvin
boy near Dover, Del. a coincidence be-
ing in the fact that the stolen boy re-
double" was until recently a resident
of this state, both having once re-
sided in Sioux City.
Because their son happens to bear
an exact resemblance to the kidnapped
child of DR.. Marvin, the family of
Louis Vogt is having no end of trouble
and annoyance at their new home in
New York City. The story is of much
interest in Iowa inasmuch as the Vogts
recently made visit here with a Sis
ter, Mrs. Louis Stolte.
Mr.. Nogt, father of the boy that
looks like the missing lad, is govern
ment meat inspector, who formerly
made his home in Dubuque, but more
recently was in charge Of plant at
Sioux City. About three months ago
he was transferred to New York, but
his family did not follow until cou-
pie of weeks ago. While Mr.. Vogt was
arranging the new home, Mrs. Vogt
and their 3-year-old son visited in
Waterloo with relatives and friends.
One afternoon shortly after their
arrival in New York. the family went
to theater. In the midst of the play.
detectives swooped down on the Vogts
and charged the parents with being
the kidnapers of DR.. Marvin's son,
who disappeared from Dover Del,
about three weeks ago.
The child was taken to an ante-room
for examination. His description tall
lied exactly with that of the missing
youngster with the exception OF the
eyes. The Vogt child has brown eyes
while the other has blue. In every
other respect the identification marks
were identical, even to birth MARKS
manner of speech. etc.
1t would be difficult to find two chill
dren not related who are more alike.
One of the characteristics Of the Mar
vim child is that he talks great deal.
The Vogt boy is also talkatice. One
of the detectives spotted the child as
lie GulStGQ luS OpGAd AOu~'S elAN
secured a seat Immediately behind the
family where he could overhear the
conversation. The child was inquisi-
tive and asked many questions about
the performers, etc. This convinced
the officer that he was on track or the
right parties and at an opportune mo-
ment he placed the trio under arrest.
The color of the eyes was all that
saved the vogt boy from being taken
away and the parents cast into Jail.
One of the detectives averred the col
or Of the eyes could be changed by
feeding the child certain drugs. DR..
Marvin was telegraphed to go to New
York at once, and the Vogt home was
Swallowed until the identity of the
child was thoroughly established.
K Mrs. Stolt Of this city was shown
a newspaper picture OF the missing
Marvin child. and says she could cas-
lily mistake it for the son of her sis
tor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
PHOTOS HETRAY THEE.
One Was Lost in Neighbours Heneoop
and Another in Coal Bin,

One was Lost IN NeIghbor's Hencoop,
and Another in Coal Bin.
Special to Times-Republican.
Mason City, March 2s.-That the
carrying of pictures of members Of the
family is dangerous sentiment, was
demonstrated this morning when T. A.
Benton found in his coal bin a group
picture of woman and children, and
at once recognized them as the family
Of resident Of this city. The stamp
Of the photographer was on the pic
lures and they were further identified
by visit to the photograp piers gall
lery, where the pictures had been taxi
en-. They were of the 25-cents per
dozen variety, but served to tell the
story Of the disappearance of coal az
frequent intervals of late. A few days
ago H. L. Finnegan found medallion
picture Of his neighbours wife in his
hencoop, which resulted in the immed-
late return of his stolen fowls. The
discovery Of the photos however. did
not bring back the coal for Mr.. Ben
ton, but he received certain sum of
money instead.