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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
DE GUSTIBUS.

English people eat on the aver
age 10 pounds of butter a head
yearly. This is more than is eaten
per capita in any other nation.
Parsley was eaten by the ladies of
ancient Rome as a cleanser of the
breath, and honey boiled in anise
seed and wine was also used for
the same purpose.
The sources from which New
York city gets its celery supply
throughout a year is given as fol-
lows by one of the largest hand
lers: California sells on the New
York city market from early in De-
cember to about March Is. During
this period about 500 cars r re-
ceived. The Florida crop sup
plies the market until about the
middle of June. From June Is ia
about December 10 New York state
supplies the celery for New York
city. About $50 cars are shipped
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

am now satisfied that the effect Of
ny order was not to bar these men
from all civil employment under
the government, and that that por-
ton of the order is hereby revoked.
As to the rest of the order dis
missing the individuals without
homer, there is no question as to
my legal power. The order was
within my discretion, under the
constitution and laws, and can
not be reviewed or reversed ex-
cept by another executive order
Such action was imperative unless
l proved false to my sworn duty
If any OF these men can show he
is clear OF guilt, l will take what
action is warranted, but the cir
cumstanccs | have related certain
ly put upon such man the burden
of clearing himself
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

The January panel of the Han
cock county, Ohio, grand jury re-
turned 939 separate indictments
against the Standard Oil Co., of
New Jersey, the Standard Oil Co.,
of Ohio, the Ohio Oil Co., the
Buckeye Pipe Line Co., the Solar
Refinery Co., the Manhatton Oil
Co., John D. Rockefeller, H. H
Rodgers, Wesley Tilford, John D.
Archbold, Frank Q. Barstow, Will
liam Rockefeller and F. T. Cuth-
bert. They are charged with being
members of a trust for conspiracy
in restraint of trade. If Hancock
county, Ohio wins in each case
fines aggregating SOS, 900, 600 can
be assessed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

We have added four pages to
the regular size of the TRIBUNE
this week by means of what is
known in newspaper parlance as
a "patent inside" This much
needed improvement about doub-
les the cost of the paper required
to get out the TRIBUNE, so if
readers want to sbu " their ap-
probation of our efforts in a sub
stantial manner, Lothian come in
and set themselves right with the
printer. To those who are not
subscribers a receipt of a sample
copy is to be interpreted as an in
vitation to look it over and if you
think it worth the price, come il
and subscribe. We are making
an effort to swell the list of the
TRIBUNE but do not want an un-
willing reader if we know it. We
imagine most people know a good
thing when they e it.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
MILES UP IN A BALLOON.
Little Known Through Explorations
of the Upper Air.

To cross the Alps in the air, as
did the italian aeronauts on the
Milano, was a new feat in balloon
ing. The altitude attained by the
voyagers-2S,930 feet-falls consid-
erably short of being a record.
Two English a%eronauts, Messrs.
Coxwell and Glaisher, assembled 81
900 feet in 1862, about seven miles,
and in 1875 NJ. Tissandier, a
Frenchman, rose more than five
miles with a companion, who died
on the way. One of the English adj
venturers became unconscious at an
elevation of five and a half miles.
These figures Of height have been
equaled, if at all, only in the case
of a self-registering balloon which
was sent up from Paris in 1893,
and on examination after its de-
scent, appeared to have reached an
altitude of 52,490 feet, and was
thawed "higher up" by the SUMS
radiations. There is of course no
possible verifcation of any claims
concerning this balloon.
The voyagers with the Milano had
the advantage over the high sailers
of 1862 and 1875 of being equipped
with tubes Of oxygen for breathing
in the rarefed upper air. Modern
mountain climbers have found oxy-
gen of use, also, and the portable
gas-holders may serve some day to
help explorers to the summit of
earth's highest peak. At present
the climbers record for altitude
rests at 23,394 feet, almost 5000
feet short Of Mount Everest's sum-
init.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
HUSTLE Or TAKE A BACK SEAT"
FRIDAY, JANUARY is, 1907
CLARK COUNTY COMMENTS.

The edituf OF the TRIBUNE VAL
ues very highly the many COM
plimeutary notices which the press
has given him on his entering the
newspaper field in Montgomery
City. Not in a spirit CT vainglory
but with that r,o6csty ~ Which is
always beautiful and becoming
in a newspaper man, We append a
few of these comments as reflect
ing the estimation in which we are
held by members of the craft:
The Montgomery Tribune, published at
Montgomery City, Mo. by Ferd. Wahrcr, son
of Charles Wahrer living three miles south of
kalUka, is 1; new ana welcome vIsllC. 70 the
Courier's exchange table. Mr.. Wahrer, who
got his first insight into the pr!nth : business
In the Courier office eleven years ago, is an
excellent young man and Il fine printer. Also
has some ideas about things in general that
are worth while. II the people of Muntgom-
cry City and Montgomery county are wise,
they will give him u fair chance. for he will
do them good Kahoka, CMo) Courier.
The first issue of the Montgomery Tribune
published at Montgomery City. Mo, unoer the
ownership Of Ferd. Wahrer is upon our desk
1t is as we expected, neat. uewsy. AMI up-to-
date Both Mr.. Wahrer and the people of
Montgomery City are to be congratulated
If he would only run a Democratic paper
Ferd. is an old Clark county boy aud we lie
light to honor him and to note his progress =
Kahuka, (Mo.) Gazette-Hcrald
Our amiable friend, Ferd. Wahrer, has pur
chased the Montgomery City, (Mo.,) rribun {
and issued his initial number last week. IT
nice, neat and newsy and his readers may ex
pect n live. creditable paper,-The Della Sun
Alexandria, Mo.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
Cured of Lung Trouble.

"It is now eleven years since
1 had a narrow escape from Con-
sumption, writes G. o. Floyd, a
leading business man of Kershaw,
S. G.. 81 had run down in weight
to 1876 pounds, and coughing was
constant both by day and by
night. Finally l began taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery and
continued.this for about six months
when my cough and lung trouble
were. entirely gone and 1 was re-
stored to my normal weight, ITO
pounds" Thousands of persons
are healed every year. Guaran-
teed at Crump & KidwelPs drug
store. SOC and ST. Trial bottle
free.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
RI ALL
REPREHENSIBLE ?

hEI tLIiE4NtoIoLE &.
Governor Cummins of Iowa, de-
clares that the real remedy for
lobbying is to be found in the cleo
ton to Office of men who will not
be influenced by the desires of
lobbyists. The doctrine requires
some elucidation.
What is a lobbyist and is it abb
solutely certain that his desires
should always be thwarted?
A great many people attend the
sessions of state legislatures for
perfectly legitimate purposes.
Commercial and professional bod
les desire legislation and send
their representatives to the capital
to secure it's enactment. Educa-
tional interests and even religious
organizations frequently ask the
legislature for aid or relief by
statutory enactment. All this is
lobbying. Would Governor Cum.
minis inhibit it altogether because
certain corporate interests have on
occasions made themselves I'M
pleasantly active in advocacy of
legislation or in opposition to it?
1t is the right of every citizon to
attend the sessions of the legis-
lature and to exercise whatever in
f1uence he has to secure the pas
sage of laws that he believes to be
desirable. The fact that unscrup.
ulous men have abused the priv =
ilege does not invalidate it,
neither does it mean that every =
body who applies for Legislation
or who opposes it should sum-
marily be "turned down. by leg
islators.
The Legislature is the creature
of the people-their instrumen
and servant. If it does not re-
ceive it's inspiration from them il
is a nonrepresentative body and
the way it does receive its inspira-
ton is through citizens who OPP
pose or advocate legislation
otherwise lobbyists.
Governor Cummins will have to
separate the sheep from the goats
if he can before declaring wal up
on lobbyists.-Chicago Chronicle
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
Carrie Nation

certainly smashed a hole in the
barrooms q. Kansas, but Billiards.
Hourehound Syrup has smashed
all records as a cure for Coughs,
Bronchitis, Influenza, and all Pull
monary diseases. T. G. H.-Hoi-
ton, Kansas, writes IL nave never
found a medicine that would cure
q cough so quickly as Billiards.
Horehound Syrup. I have used il
for years." Sold by Crump &
Kidwell.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters tests-
mentary upon the estate of Henry ~Stiegmann
deceased, have been granted to'the UNDER
signed, by the Probate Court Of Montgomery
county, Missouri. bearing date the sth day of
December, 1906. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned for allowance, within
one year from the date of said letters or they
may be precluded from any benefit OF such
estate; and II said claim be not exhibited
within two years from the date OF the publ
cation OF this notice, they will be forever
barred. ANNIE NJ. s~rIEGMANN.
Admrx. with Will annexed. estate Henry
Stiegman, deceased. ltt.a i-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

WXNTED:-By Chicago whole-
sale and mail order house, assis-
tant manager imam or woman) for
this county and adjoining terri
tory. Salary, 500 and expenses
paid weekly; expense money adj
yanced. Work pleasant; position
permanent. No investment or ex-
penses required. Spare time val
liable. Write at once for full par
ticulars and enclose self addressed
envelope. Address, GENERAL
MANAGER, 1874 E. Lake St., Chi
cago.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
ROOSEVELT ON NEGRO TROOPS

ROOSEVELT ON NEGRO TROOPS.
Considerable agitation has been
caused by President Roosevelt's
action in discharging without
honor" three companies of regular
negro troops. The President sent
q special message to congress Civ
ing reports of the officers upon
which the dismissal was made.
President Roosevelt concludes his
message as follows: 81 have
gone carefully over every issue of
law and fact that is realized. l
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
How to Cure chllblalns.

"To enjoy freedom from chill
blains," writes John Kemp, East
Otisaeld, Mo-, 81 apply Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. Have also used It
for salt rheum with excellent re-
suits" Guaranteed to cure FOYER
sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns
wounds, frost bites and skin dis
eases .s25c at Crump & Kid
wells drug store.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

POLITICAL POINTS
Weekly Letter From The
National Capitol

1t is not often that Congress- and
a Cabinet officer get irrevocably
at loggerheads. but that is the sit
uation Just now between Secre-
terry Hitchcock of the Interior De-
partment and the special commit
tee of the Senate which is ques-
tioning his action in withdrawing
from settlement about 1000, 900
acres of the public land in Indian
Territory, where the Secretary of
Agriculture has recommended the
establishment of a big forest re-
serve. The committee held a
meeting this week and questioned
Secretary Hitchcock vigorously on
his right to defy the mandate of
Congress and withdrew the lands
in question from settlement. Now
Secretary Hitchcock is avery rude,
though not uncultured person, and
he would just as lief defy a Senate
committee, or the whole senate
for that matter, as he would sign
his name in the Office. He told
the committee that he had taken
legal advice on his right 10 with
draw the lands, and was per-
fectly willing to submit the mat
Ter to the senate when occasion
arose. He said further that he
had good reason to believe that
many of the entries made on the
land were not made by settlers in
good faith, but were for the bene-
fit of holding corporations which
wanted to acquire immense tracts
of land by fraud as had been done
in several other cases. The worst
OF this attitude came when Secre-
tary Hitchcock was asked whether
he would obey a mandate of Con-
gress setting aside his withdrawal
of the land question. He replied
coolly that he did not know wheth-
er he would or not, and then he
went home.
Sectary Hitchcock will leave the
interior department on the 4th OF
March, and he has a great deal to
do between now and then in pros
ecuting an immense number OF
frauds that have been unearthed
by the lank Offices, and coaching
his successor, MI. Garfield, on the
proper conduct of these cases. 1
is an immense work, and one thai
the Secretary has labored ovel
hard and honestly for many years
past. He Is not a likeable mar
from a newspaper standpoint, ano
it has been much against his vii
that many of the publication
showing what he was doing te
straighten out the land frauds have
found their way in print. But il
would be hard to question hi
honesty in this particular anc
while he will not leave many
sorrowing friends among thu
hosts of Washington correspon
dents, he will leave the memory
and example of an efficient homes
public servant.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Baptist Church, Montgom'
cry CITY, Mo.

Services Sunday evening at
1850 p. m.
Sunday School each Sunday
morning $3.50.
Prayer meeting each Wednes-
day evening at 1880.
Young Peoples meeting each
Sunday evening at 6 :45. d.
Ladies Missionary society last
week in each month.
Ladies' Aid society first Friday
in each month.
T. M. GREEN, Pastor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

OF course the bill for the reduce
ton of railway hours is not at all
to the liking Of the railroads. It
will mean that they will have to
employ more men and pay out
more money in wages. But by
the time tho Interstate Commerce
Commission gets through with
the investigation it is now making
of the block signal system the
railroads will have to pay out
much more money and in many
cases employ decidedly a higher
grade of help. One thing that has
been brought out by the Conn
mission in its Investigation of the
Terra Gotta wreck so far, has been
that many of the rail way telegraph
operators employed were woeful-
ly inexperienced and incompetent.
Now this may be news to the
general government, but it is an
old story to every n at all famil-
lar either with telegraphy or rail-
way work. There are thres grades
of telegraphers. The railway
operators, the men employed in
the commercial telegraph offices,
ana the operators assigned to
special duty by the Press Assn
and on press wires. One might
think from the relative Importance
of accuracy in the various services
that the railroad operators would
head the list, but this is not so.
They are boys and apprentices
almost without exception. The
highest wages paid to any of them
is $40 a month and from this down
to $50 and even SIS. The COM
mercial operators rank next in
skill, and the best men of the
whole lot are the newspaper oper-
ators, many OF whom are paid bet
ter wages than the most of the re-
porters and some editors. One
of the first things that the Com
mission will recommend in revis-
ing the railroad system will be
the employment of better men as
railway telegraphers, and the en-
4 anu of q atricf examination
for all railway operators. This
will have the effect of forcing the
boys and apprentices out of the
railway service.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

A vote will be taken this week
on Senator LaFollett's bill limit
ing the hours of labor for railway
employees. This bill has created
much talk, and has been the sub
ject of considerable misrepresen-
tation. 1t was said by the rail-
road interests that most of the
railway employers were against
it, but this matter was set at rest
this week by a letter received at
the White House from a joint COM
mittee representing the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood of Fireman., and
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, the Chairman of which COM
mittee by the way is none other
than E. E. Clarke, now a member
of the interstate Commerce Com
mission. The committee said that
all the men they represented were
thoroughly in favor ofthe bill and
they believed it necessary meas
ure for the protection of railway
passengers.
Nevertheless the bill stands very
small chance OF passing at the
present session. 1t has already
passed the House, and will now
be voted on in the Senate, be
amended and go back for confer
ence. But the House has taken
the abrupt step of making the
penal code revision bill the first
order of the day, after the appro-
priation bills have been disposed
of, and it will only be by unani-
nous consent that any other meas
ure can be taken up ahead of the
penal code bill, which is long
enough to occupy all the time OF
Congress remaining during the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

Editor Pearson who occasionally
blazes off a Chip along the jour-
nalistic path was good enough to
say last week:
To editor Wahrer of the Montgomery Tri-
bune: Welcome into the journalistic pas
ture. The grass is short, and is divided by
long division, but an eternal hustler can
manag to keep soul somewhere in his body.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

The road question is Missouri is
a big one, and if the Legislature at
Jefferson City so I've the problem
it will be doing more than some
of US expect. But let US hope that
something practical may be done
in this direction.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

Shelby M. Cullum was nonl.-
mated for the fifth time for United
States senator by the joint Repub-
lican causes of the Illinois legis-
Aature last Wednesday,.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18
IN THE SAME BOAT.

Sis (who Is keeping appOintment)-
Font you think you ought to go and
play cricket or something. Tommy?
Tommy--O, don't worry, Sis. old
girl; the fact Is, I'm hanging about
for q little party myself.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

Middletown Chips: "The Mont
gomery Tribune editors name
sounds rather Wahr like" Oh
no, we're harmless.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-18

present session. Therefore the
chances are that Senator LaFol-
lette's railroad bill will die an un-
timely death.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-20
Mlnaing our own RuaLnesa.

Paris Is the new headquarters Of the
guessers In diplomacy. Recently dis
patch printed there under st. Peters
burg date said that the car aud kaiser
wished 20 get together and EFFECT a
close understanding between Russia,
Germany and the United States. osten-
sibly to oppose the growing menace Of
Japan. but really to put an end to the
isolated position Of Germany In inter
national politics" On an average q
once a week the United States is made
the third party In some alliance which,
Il Is alleged, can maintain the peace Of
the world. Even Japan has been men
toned as one OF the powers with which
this country would act In world poll.
tics.
All Of this speculation Is interesting
In a way. Undoubtedly we are worthy
oe consideration In all matters affecting
the peace aud progress Of the world.
We control an empire Of vast proper
lions and Of many strategic advan-
tagea. Our resources, both as q peace
power aud a war power. are enormous.
We are a bidder for trade and a pro
Queer on large scale Of many OF the
necessities OF life. But such talk as
comes from Paris In the cEar and kali
ser story is baseless. Germany and
Russia have no plans this country
would abet to the exclusion OF other
nations. We have troubles Of our own,
but we stand for International peace
always and viii do our share In pre-
serving It. At the same time we shall
Be careful not to mix In some other Eel.
lows game.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-20

Steamboats, had been run successful
~ ON American waters before Robert
Fulton took the famous Clermont up
the Hudson 100 years ago. But some
how Il seemed to be the hour for steam
boating, and a new era in navigation
dates from Aug. II, 1907. There were
great discoveries in electricity before
Edison entered the field, but neverthe-
less Edison's name will always stand
at the head OF inventors who revolu-
tionlzed things. 1t requires certain
amount Of education for the world to
take up with startling innovations. Edi-
son found the way partly open, but yet
be worked many years before people
would believe what he demonstrated
before their eyes.
Fulton had himself advertised the
steamboating idea by his experiments
abroad before the successful trip Of the
Clermont. Twenty years before Fitch
had successfully operated a steam YES
sci ON the Delaware. 1t may be said
that steam was wanted when Fulton
got TO work, but that Fitch was ahead
OF his time. Buttons field was well
chosen. New York was great money
center and the Hudson river a magnih-
cent scene for a demonstration Tens
OF thousands Of people were compelled
to make the trip annually between New
York and Albany or some point on the
upper Hudson. So there was a paying
business awaiting Fulton's enterprise
Of 1907, and the innovation succeeded
quickly because It filed a want OF the
time.