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The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30
Conner in Africa.

It is believed by some that the
greatest copper industry in the world
will be developed in the Tangany1ka
region, where the properties are Of
great potential value, and may prove
to be one of the greatest factors In
carrying civilization into the heart OF
Africa. Much time is required for de-
velopments. Because of the heavy
speculation in the shares these may
suffer much before the properties be-
come dividend earning. The Ben
gueles railway cannot well be com
pleted for five years or SO, ard even
the Rhodesia railways extensions are
now to require couple of years ere
they can reach the property. Robert
Williams is the pioneer and, in q
great measure, the organizer of this
vast undertaking, one of the most re-
markable of modern times.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30
FOR GOOD ROADS
Practical Work Being Done to
Mend the Highways in the
County of Stearns

The board of supervisors of the
town of Sauk Centre, in compliance
with recent legislation that went into
effect April 26th, appointed Henry W.
Botz, road inspector for the township
of Sauk Centre. Mr.. Botz is well fit.
ted for the position by reason of his
long service as member of the board
of supervisors and his willingness to
adopt the most approved methods of
road building.
The following was recently filed
with the Stearns county commission
ers:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners. Stearns county
Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
At meeting of the Tri-County
dent of the association was direct
ed to appoint committee to rec
ommend to your honorable board
the roads to be known and desig-
mated "A State Road" as suggest
ed by the State Highway Com
mission. The following were ap-
pointed: Chas. F.. Ladner, DR..
Geo. E. Sherwood and G. M.
Sprague.
This committee, acting for the
Tri-County Good Roads Association
most respectfully request your
honorable body to designate as a
state road the present laid out
roads which parallel the Great
Northern railroad track, cOmmenc-
ing at the city of ST. Cloud, run
ming through the town of st.
Cloud, the village and town of st.
Joseph, town of St. Wendell, viii
lage and town of Avon, village and
town of Albany, village of Free
port and town of Oak, town of
Millwood, the city and town of
Melrose, and the city and town
of Sank Centre to the north line
of Stearns county.
Recognizing the fact that fifty
miles of road cannot all be placed
in first class condition this year
with the money available we sug-
gest that beginning be made at
different points, under the super
vision of a. practical road engineer
which will serve as an object les
son to other road builders on
either side of the proposed desig-
mated state road in building the
lateral roads leading into the diff
ferent towns.
This in the opinion of the COM
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30
Forests Principle.

N R. Forrest: He was man Of
humble birth and little education, a
trader in slaves and mules, grave,
silent, unobtrusive, bat possessed of
military genius of high order. AS a
leader Of cavalry he was unequaled
and knew no fear. During his service
he was destined to take part in 129 ac-
tions, and to have ~ horses shot un-
der him. In one terse sentence he
summed Up his art OF war: TO git
thar first with the most men. From
the appeal to Arms and the CivN
War"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

mittee, is but the forerunner of the
good roads that will soon be con-
structed all over Stearns county
under the supervision of the
Board of County Commissioners
and their competent engineer.
The best one mile dirt road in the
county is the mile which the city
of St. Cloud built last year in the
city of St.Cloud at a cost of about
seventy-five dollars.
Hoping you will make the des-
ignation requested, we are,
Respectfully,
CHAS. F. LADNER,
GEO. E. SHERWOOD,
C. M. SPRAGUE,
Committee.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

"chapped" Hand Caused Death.
An inquest was held recently in
London ON woman who died from
blood poisoning caused by the infec.
ton of "chapped" hand.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

For Sale-PeopIe's Ice Plant. For
terms inquire of A. Salmond. 45 tt.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

5AUK CENTRE HERALD
AN IsDEpENDENT NEWSPAPER
A. M. WELLES.
EDITOR and Publisher
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Official Paper of the City of Sauk Centre
Price $l.50 Per Year
No Deviation from this Rate
Entered at the Postofice at Sauk Centre.
Minn.. as Second Glass Mail Matter
Shout for Sauk Centre.
Maui the mail order house.
Success to the sweet girl graduate.
Lots of good money goes to the bad
via the booze route.
Be good natured; or if you can't
be as good natured as you can.
Read The Herald and you'll have
"all the news all the time"
The desire to get something for
nothing leads good many people to
do lot of fool things
Don't be a dog in the manger. II
you don't care to gnaw the bone your
self, give the other fellow a chance
Possibly he can extract some nutri.
ment from it.
kiss causes divorce" announces
a newspaper headline. Osculatory
exercises are nice but unless judic-
iously INDUCED in are likely to make
trouble in several different languages.
With julius Schmahl busting the
lumber trust and Frank B. Kellogg
after what little scalp Standard Oil
Rockefeller has left, Minnesota is
likely to be the center of attraction for
awhile now.
Elsewhere The Herald reproduces
Gov. Johnsons speech at Vicksburg
delivered at the dedication of the
to the memory of Union
soldiers who fell there It is good
reading for this Memorial season.
Very few, if any, Sank Centre peo-
pie took advantage of the free fare"
bugaboo of the Minneapolis merch-
ants to spend thirty dollars in the
Flour city last week. They know
they can get better bargains at home.
Wheelock's Weekly is growing so
fast it has had to buy new press.
There's one thing the paper cannot
very well do, and that is to grow bet
ter. It stands pretty close to the top
of the heap. Harry is justly proud of
it and we're all proud of Harry.
Minnesota prohibitionists are going
to make Herculean effort to elect
members of the legislature next year.
A whole lot of fellows who claim to
the old parties cut mighty
little figure when it comes to repre-
senting the people. Some new blood
might help some.
Frank Day took business" trip
to the Pacific coast and came home
asserting that people out that way
are talking about Johnson for presi-
dent No sooner does Frank get home
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Entered at the Postoffice at Sauk Centre
Minn.. as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Frank Day took business" trip
to the Pacific coast and came home
asserting that people out that way
are talking about Johnson for presi-
dent. No sooner does Frank get home
than the governor starts for the
Sunny South to make some speeches
and size up the sitnation. The
Johnson press bureaus working all
right.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Subscription Price $l.50 Per Year
No Deviation from this Rate
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Very few, if any, Sauk Centre peo-
pie took advantage of the free fare"
bugaboo of the Minneapolis merch-
ants to spend thirty dollars in the
Flour city last week. They know
they can get better bargains at home.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Don't be dog in the manger. If
you don't care to gnaw the bone YOUR
self, give the other fellow a chance.
Possibly he can extract some nutri-
nent from it,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

The desire to get something for
nothing leads a good many people to
do a lot of fool things.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Elsewhere The Herald reproduces
Gov Johnson's speech at Vicksburg
delivered at the dedication of the
monument to the memory of Union
soldiers who fell there It is good
reading for this Memorial season
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Wheelock's Weekly is growing so
fast it has had to buy a new press.
There's one thing the paper cannot
very well do, and that is to grow bet
ter. It stands pretty close to the top
of the heap Harry is justly proud of
it and we're all proud of Harry.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Be good natured; or if you can't
be as good natured as you can.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

kiss causes a divorce" announces
a newspaper headline Osculatory
iously INDUCED in are likely to make
trouble in several different languages
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Minnesota prohibitionists are going
to make a Herculean effort to elect
members of the legislature next year.
A whole lot of fellows who claim to
represent the old parties cut mighty
little figure when it comes to repre-
senting the people. Some new blood
might help some.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Read The Herald and you'll have
"all the news all the time
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

With Julius Schmahl busting the
lumber trust and Frank B. Kellogg
after what little scalp Standard Oil
Rockefeller has left, Minnesota is
likely to be the center of attraction for
awhile now
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Official Paper of the City of Sauk Centre
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-30

Lots of good money goes to the bad
via the booze route.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15

dicament.
Mr.. Hill said:
at is phenomenal winter, the
worst in the history of the road; it is
terrible. Our management, however,
is doing everything within the power
of man to accomplish the first three
necessary movements in their order:
First, the. providing Of fuel in the snf-
fering districts; next, the movement &c
passengers, and following, the move
ment of perishable freight. We are
snowbound all along the line from
Grand Forks to the Cascades and all
freight trains have been pulled or the
main line, the locomotives being used
In bucking snow. Coal cars are be-
ing attached to passenger trains as 8
heroic measure of relief. The worst
tie-up reported to me is at Browning
station, on the Blackfoot reservation.
Nothing has been able to move either
way from this point for six days"
The declaration of Mr.. Hill that this
has SO far been the worst winter in
the history OF northern Montana is
thoroughly attested by the United
States weather bureau at Havre. the
northernmost station for 26 years.
There are now 10 inches Of snow on
the ground at Havre, and the total
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since the first fall OF the season has
approached three feet The fall for
both December, 1906, and for Janu-
ary up to this dates is unprecedented
in the records.
The official temperature was AZ be
low at a. m. today and at p. m. It
is 46 below and rapidly falling. Hayre,
however, has suffered less from cold
than any of the other observation
points on the Great Northern, the
snowfall being heaviest at Malta a
leading sheep growing center in Val
ley county, and lightest in the Bear
Paw mountains, where it was Satur-
day reported only normal The cold
has been most severe in the vicinity
of Chester, in Teton county.
Little definite can at this date be
told regarding stock losses. although
it is urged on all sides that the losses
must already be heavier 'than for
years. Stock, both sheep and cattle.
were reported dying on rapidly last
week during the blizzard when sew
eral sheep herders reached Havre.
after having lost track Of their bands.
Dillon reports telephone messages
from Polaris saying that theynionc,
ters there registered SIS and at Ban
mock SO below zero.
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fortune.
N. W. Durham, editor of the
Spokesman-Review, was put on the
stand to identify an interview which
he personally obtained from Mr.. Hill
in February, 1892, the proof of which
was submitted to Mr.. Hill and re.
ecived his approval before it was pub.
lished in the Review the following
morning.
In that interview Mr.. Hill said that
the policy of charging Spokane ship.
pers the through rate to the coast.
plus the local rate back to this city.
was illegal, and that jury of IL mon
could not be found to approve Of 1t.
He said that the people of Spokane,
who then had case before the inter-
state commerce commission, had
made mistake in going before that
tribunal; that they should have gone
direct to the United States court. IN
this interview Mr. Hill declared his
company was not afraid of water COM
petition, and IL canal 10 feet deep
were dug alongside the Great North
ern from St. Paul to the Puget sound,
his road would continue doing the
business.
w. S. Norman, one of the owners Of
the Spokane hotel, and w. A. Dolan!
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HILLS PERSONALITY MUCH in EVIDENCE
Great Railroad Man and His Promises to Spokane F@ure
Conspicuously in Spokane Inquiry.

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 14.-The per
sonality of James J. Hill figured CON
spicuously in the first days hearing Of
the Spokane freight rate case befo,e
the interstate commerce commission.
II. M. Stephens of Spokane and
Brooks Adams of Boston, counsel for
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce,
put number of witnesses on the
stand and read extensive extracts
from newspapers to prove that Mr..
Hill. when he obtained in February,
1899, a free right-of-way through the
city, valued at s1,oo0,000, promised
this city terminal rates Or better.
w. W. Cotton for the Hartman
lines, and Attorney Cannon, for the
Northern, Pacific protested against
their roads being bound by any prom
ises which Mr.. Hill might have made
at that time.
Commissioner Prouty said in reply
to these protests, that in hearing OF
this character the acts of one COM
pany could not we'll be disassociatcd
from others; if Mr. Hills company
should be required to reduce rates into
Spokane, the other companies would
necessarily have to meet the new
rates. That, he said, was their mis-
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Taft's Letter TO the President.
Following is the letter OF Secretary
Taft to the president, transmitting ad.
ditional testimony in the Brownsville
case:
"War Department, Washington, Jan.
10, 1907.
my Dear Mr.. President: On the
22d day of December, 1906, you direct
ed me to send Major Blocksom to
Brownsville and neighboring places to
procure sworn testimony reduced to
writing and signed by the witnesses,
with reference to the persons who
were the perpetrators of the outrage
committed at Brownsville, on the
night of August 13, and ordered the
assistant to the attorney general, Mr..
Purdy. to accompany Major Blocksom
to assist him In the examination Of
the witnesses.
81 have the honor now to transmit
to you copy OF all the testimony
taken and reduced 70 writing by Major
Blocksom, under Mr.. Purdy's exami-
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president of the Spokane Drug com
pany, testified that they had heard
Mr. Hill while in Spokane make re-
peated promises that when his road
should be built to this city he woul]
give Spokane terminal rates or bet,
ter" and rates which would enable
it to compete with any point to The
south or the west"
Characterization of these and
other witnesses by attorneys for the
railroads was along the line Of show.
ing that Spokane had enjoyed extra.
ordinary prosperity under ex1stina
rates and to show that under the pres
ent rates the jobbers of Spokane were
doing business in points half way be
tween Portland and the Puget sound
cities and Spokane. Mr., Doland testi
fed that his drug company broke even
with the coast cities at Wenathchee
on the Great Northern, Kennewick on
the Northern Pacific and Pendleton
on the 0. R. & NJ, although the
terminal carload rate on drug, was
so cents hundred less than tc spo
kane and the less than carload rate
was $1.S5 hundred less.
The large courtroom in the county
court house was filed to overfowire I
all day by interested spectators.
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MONTANA SOLONS ENTER ON SECOND WEEK
Speaker Announces Remainder of House Committees
Notices Of Bills Given-Wi Vote for Senator TODAY.

Whiteside, regulating and limiting
hours Of employment OF trainmen.
Moore, to revise and codify laws.
Golf, designating paper to print es
tray notices.
Wendell, authorizing cities and
towns to measure and to inspect gas
electrict light and power.
Brewster, to protect the owners Of
horses by systems Of inspection
Manchester, extending life Of mu
nicipal franchises.
Farmer, amending law relating tc
public highways.
Weed, for purchase of 500 maps fol
schools and public officers.
Cameron, to prevent livestock from
being at large on public roads.
Miller, relating to witnesses in
criminal actions.
BroWnlee, compelling railroads to
stop all regular passenger trains at
county seats.
Blewett, changing law for collect.
ing taxes and advertising delinquents
Bills introduced.
Bills were introduced by Blake, for
safekeeping and disposition Of pub
lie funds.
Whiteside, for hospital building at
soldiers home and central monument
in cemetery.
Brownlee, to prevent deduction Of
insurance loss.
McManus, changing law relative to
mine inspection.
Mcdonald, creating disability
fund in cities having paid fire depart
ments. .5
Corby, making initiative and refer
endum amendment effective.
Shaw, increasing power of state sup
entendent relative to diplomas.
Morris, house bill 25; requiring fire
escapes on hotels or lodging houses of
over two stories in height. Failure
to comply with the law constitutes a
misdemeanor punishable by fine of
from $100 to $1,000. The bill provides
that in every room above the first
floor rope not less than fve-eights of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-15

an inch in diameter, long enough tc
reach ground and capable OF support
ing 400 pounds must be provided and
placed in conspicuous place and fast
ened to joist next to window.
The committee on employees Of the
house reported in favor of allowing
IL clerks to different committees. In
many instances as many as three
committees must employ the same
clerk, a rule that is not popular.
Patten introduced joint memorial
No. for opening the Belknap reser
vation.
George E. Boos, special commits
sioner for Montana at the Alaska
Yukon exposition, to be held at Seattle
in 1909, sent communications to both
houses urging liberal appropriations
for a Montana display.
In the Senate.
Notices of bills in senate:
McCone, amending license law.
Truscott, changing law in regard to
recording brands and providing for
charge for the same.
Glidden, for an appropriation from
each county for display at the state
fair.
Donlan, amending the law creating
the bureau of child and animal pro-
lection, by providing for a deputy at
Butte at a salary of $1OO per month.
Miles, to validate acts of notaries.
Tooley, enlarging powers of state
superintendent Of public instruction.
Some bills previously announced in
the senate were introduced.
The senate adjourned until II a. m.
and the house until 10 a. M, Tuesday,
when both houses will ballot separate
ly for United States senator. Wednes-
day noon both houses will meet in
joint session to read and approve the
journals of the previous days session,
which will show the election of Jo-
seph M. Dixon to succeed w. A.
Clark
Mr.. Dixon's friends are planning to
give him a banquet at the Grandon
Wednesday evening.
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Especial to The Gazette.)

q
Helena, Mont, Jan. IA. Both
houses held short sessions this after
noon, at the beginning of the second
week Of the Tenth legislative session.
Nearly all the members who went
home over Sunday had returned.
Representative Longstaff of Deer
Lodge, who has been absent from the
session on account of sickness was
on hand and was sworn in. On mo-
tion Of Representative Bennett he was
allowed per diem from the beginning
Of the session.
Speaker King announced the
balance of his committees today.
These and chairmen are as follows:
Ways and Means, Allen; agriculture
and horticulture, Greene; military af-
fairs, Goff; appropriations, Bennett;
federal elections, Beckwith; internal
English; privileges and
elections, Blake; improvements and
manufacturing, Seidler; state lands,
Towers; state institutions, Tudor;
state boards and officers, Cameron;
labor, Ross; apportionment and rep
resentation, Morris; railroads and
transportation, Marshall; fish and
game, Logan; mileage and per diem,
Potter; immigration, Bennett; libra
ries, Cutler; highways, Boarman; fairs
and expositions, Hyndman; corpora
tions, other than municipal, Walker;
sanitary affairs, Barbour.
House Notices Of Bills.
Notices of bills were given in the
house Of follows:
Brewster, inspecting cattle to be
removed from the state.
MacCauley, requiring paddle wheels
or screens in bitches to protect fish.
Shaw, amending the state law in re-
gard to new trials, civil and criminal,
to conform to recent suggestions Of
the president to congress.
William, amending primary election
law q.
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the possibility of a doubt that some
individuals among the colored troops
/ have discharged committed these
outrages and that others had knowl-
edge Of the deeds and shielded the
guilty from the law"
The president dismisses as ridicu-
lous the charge that the Brownsville
citizens committed the outrage with
view of throwing odium on the ne
groes and obtaining their dismissal.
That the criminals were soldiers was
shown by the fact that reputable
whites saw their uniforms, heard their
voices, recognized them as negroes; !;
the fact that Springfield rifles were
used, no weapons Of that kind being in
the hands of the civilians, and an ex-
animation Of the shells and cartridges
showing that they could mot have been
fired from -Jorgensen or Win
chester rifles.
"The finding of this ammunition in
ITSELF" says the message, ESTABLISHES
the guilt Of the soldiers and would be
conclusive il the soldiers were either
heard or seen by Brownsville residents
on the night In question"
The evidence of IA reputable wit
nesses is submitted. These saw the
attack in its various features and sub
n,oS%&o7 e1xyrr,v, eAa +1oa, 900, ry1xyo.4xv -
other witnesses saw minor phases of
the affair and make statements ac-
cordingly.
From all this the president gathers
that 20 negro soldiers committed the
outrage and some of the shots we're
fired into the town from the fort.
'sThe shooting was done at midnight.
After the first volley the soldiers ad-
vanced upon the town, firing into resi-
dence with the results before mention
ed. Few soldiers in the fort, there
fore, could have been ignorant. In
deed, from this additional fact, it Is
probable that but few Of the soldiers
dismissed could have missed seeing
the attack.
Il have gone carefully over each is
sue of law and fact that has been
raised. I am not satisfied that the
effect of my order was not to bar these
men from all civil employment under
the government, therefore that part
of the order which consisted of dec
laration to this effect was lacking in
validity, and have directed that such
portion be revoked AS to the rest of
the order dismissing the individuals
without honor, there is no question as
to my legal power The order was
within my discretion, under the con-
stitution and laws and cannot be re-
voked or reversed, except by another
executive order. Such action was i'm
perative, unless I proved false to my
sworn duty If any of these men can
show me he is clear of guilt will take
what action is warranted, but the
circumstances 1 have related certainly
put upon every man the burden of
clearing himself.
(Signed).
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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Butte, Jan. 14.-A Miner special
from Havre, Mont, says: No trains
on the Great Northern railroad have
moved in or out Of Hayre for four
days. counting to p. m. today. A ray
of hope is given the belated travellers
all along the line from Grand Forks,
N. D., to Spokane, in which territories
trains are tied at every division point
and at some Of the stations, by the ex-
preston of First Wce-President Louis
w. Hill, Of the Great Northern, who Is