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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

the question to he handled by the lega
I department of the state.
Some seven OR eight contracts fol
public land surveys in Montana have
| been made, and the surveyors viii
soon take the field Bids for other
surveys have been received aad for
warded to Washington, and other con-
tracts will be let.
A strike of BRICK makers at toe
Kessler brickyard at Helena this
week lasted just one day, when the
demands of the employees fer higher
Ewages were granted and the trouble
|eended
Beginning this aaonth the threa
days practice march will te taken
up by the soldiers of the regular army
in Montana. A similar march will be
taken up each month. The soldiers
will so in heavy marking order, and
"1A& PAIN LACAA suns, ha+tAL1tAoiAs DCu-
ding, and rations
When the news of the smelter en-
ployes strike at Great Falls and the
consequent shut down of the Boston
&c Montana mines reached Butte a
committee including the president CT
the miners union, tae eXecu i've
boards of the western federation Gf
mienrs and of the miners union,
started the same night for Great Falls
After a stormy meeting Of the three
unions in Great Falls involved in tie
strike, the men agreed to go to work
again, pending an interview with John
D. Ryan, managing director off the
Mining company, 10 be
held Thursday. and the plant and the
Butte mines have resumed work. This
action is only that which the manage
ment of the smelter asked the men
TO take in the first place, but which
a few hot heads prevented
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DEATH OF
LOVED ONE

Rhe following account of the death
and funeral of Mrs. John Evans, sis
ter to our townsmen Thos W. and
Al West, was given by the Aurora
Daily Beacon of Friday, March 10th
although aware of her illness, the
community was shocked today tc
learn OF the death of Mrs John
Evans OF Sugar Grove which occurred
at her home near that place at eleven
o'clock last night. The many
friends of the bereaved family will
extend their heartfelt sympathy tc
them IN their hour of affliction.
The deceased was taken i'll about
month ago but was able to be up
and sabout the house. Two weeks
ago she took to her bed with an at
tack of typhoid fever. Since that
time she has been very sick woman.
Yesterday she did not improve and
about nine o'clock last night she suf-
fered a hemmorhage. Two hours la
ter she passed away surrounded by
the members of the family.
Nellie M. West was born in Kent,
England, just twentyAseven : years
ago "wednesday. She was the daugh-
ter roof Mr.. and Mus William West,
who came to Sugar Grove twenty two
years ago. The deceased has lived
in the vicinity Of Sugar Grove ever
since. September 81, 1896, she was
married to John Evans and they have
lived upon farm in that vicinity
since their marriage. One child was
born to them, a son, Francis, s2aged
nine years. The husband, child and
parents survive beside these brothers
and: sisters: Thomas and Alfred West,
Hayre, Montana; Edgar West, Du-
buque, Iowa; and Mesdames Glen
Booth of Big Rock and Kate Lorah
of Sugar Grove.
The deceased was member OF
the Royal Neighbors and had been
active in the work Of the camp at
Sugar Grove. She was very well
knewn in this city, where the family
hasa host Of friends who will mourn
her suntimely saeath.
The funeral will be held Monday
morning at ten o'clock at the home
and7at eleven o'clock at the Baptist
church in Big Rock. Rev Ernest
Wrsy Oneal, pastor eof the First
Methodist church of Chicago, will
conduct the services. The linterment
will he in the Welsh cemetery south
of Rig Rock.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

mocrat, and this without hope of re-
ward.
1t may be of interest to jefferson
county readers to recall that when
Henry G. Rickerts of this county was
nominated at Anaconda in 1898 for
clerk of the state supreme court, Mt.
Meili was his opponent and that be
gave Mr.. Rickerts the race Of his
life
Judge Meili was the choice of his
party for state senator last fall, and
although perfidy among the democrats
Of that county hurt his candidacy, he
received handsome vote"
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
HELENA EAGLES
ARE COMING

Helena, April S-The Helena Eagles
are already ,agitating for big dele
cation to attend the annual convent
ion to be held at Havre next June.
They expect to have over 500 men in
the parade, all dressed alike, and ;ac-
companied by band.
The Montana board of railroad COM
missioners will go to Olympia, Wash
ington, to meet the commissions of
Oregon and Washington April 11tb,
for the purpose of discussing the
northwestern situation generally.
Persons who have been looking over
some of the laws passed at the recent
session state that many errors have
been found which. in some cases, may
invalidate the measures. Prominent
among these is the new school law
which places several of our large cit
les of the state in districts CT the first
class. According to the wording of
this law, as enrolled, it provided for
the trustees to take office the first
Monday in April, 1907, and so serve
until the first Monday in April, 1899.
Other laws as enrolled, show glaring
errors and it is declared some CT them
were in the bills as introduced. while
others were mistakes in enrcliLg.
William Wallace, Jr., division eoun-
sci of the Northern Pacific for Mont
ana, has notified the safe railroad
commission that the railway company
intends to test the validity of the bill
passed by the recent iegislature limit
ing the hours of the trainmen and
teiegraphers AS the law is one en-
tireIy separate from the one creating
the railroad commission. that body
will not take any action on Mr.. Wal
lace's announcement, but will leave
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

the seam the coal was five feet thick
and not Of as regular or as good qua
lity, as is natural, ,as that secured
from the areas free from the effects
Of elements; but in the present area
of development, where there is over a
half million tons Of coal opened and in
readiness for extraction, the coal has
developed into the most desirable qua
lity and the seam has widened into a
steady variation between six and
seven-feet in thickness, yielding be-
tween eight and nine-thousand tons
OF coaa to the acre. and making the
coal content of the land holdings OF
the company over six million tons.
The quality of the coal is demons
trateC by the analysis, which shows
over forty per cent volatile combust-
able matter, over forty-two per cent
fixed carbon, less than eight per cent
of ash, and less than ten per cent Of
moisture This makes clean, quick
burning coal that is easy to light, that
lasts we'll and does not c1inker and
|1eaves but a small percentage of ash.
A visit to the mines was surprise,
as the Herald was not aware Of or
did not appreciate the great amount
of development and. improvement that
had been going on under the manage
ment tof the present oWners The sur
face equipment at the mines now con-
sists of two bunk houses, boarding
house and stable; a tipple with stor-
equipped with scales and automatic
screens; steam hoist with 75-h. p.
boiler capacity and steel cable that
runs over the tipple and down the
haulage incline to the center of the
mine workings; and twenty live mine
cars, and all the sundry supplies ne
eessary to the operation of the mines.
There are three entryways and a
shaft that penetrate the workings OF
tine mine, providing an abundant sup
ply Of fresh air to the remotest OPEN
5ings that have been extended in the
coal seam The entrees, commencing
on the hillside at the coal blossom,
follow the coal seam in and at slight
incline for several hundred feet, where
lthe seam assumes an almost perfectly
horizontal position, and which will
evidently be maintained throughout
the entire tract The main haulage-
way is an incline driven through the
country rock, affording a passage for
the traffic of the mines that can not
be disturbed or mterfered with by
the activities of the mine workings.
In the coal seam entryways,A rooms
and crosscuts have been run in vari-
'ous directions that aggregate length
of two miles and opening out and
placing in readiness for immediate
over half million tons of
coal. These entryways and rooms are
SO located as to afford abundant work.
ing room for the number of men re-
quired to produce five hundred tons
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

vi coai per day, the tonnage 1t is eX-
pected the mines will be producing
couple of months from now.
While the Herald representative is
not coal or mine expert, the acres
and acres of bright, black, clean coal
standing exposed in the mine work
lngs, showing a thickness in the older
workings Of five feet and in the new
er workings a thickness of from six
to seven feet, is satisfactory proof that
Havre has coal mine that can easi-
~ be made one of the greatest in
dustries of the northern part CT the
state. The chief drawback to a larg
Ell production is the team haul Of two
miles from the mine to the railway
III town and the lack of proper power
gravity loading facilities at this end
The Havre Fuel company is priv
ate co-partnership, the membership be,
ing Mr.. G. J. Ayars, Mr.. J. Strain and
Mr.. Frank f. Bossuot, all we'll known
citizens of this city. These men have
been doing their part in the develop
ment at least of, this resource, and
having proved their mine by placing
d great amount Of coal in readiness
for mining, and with the work proved
that the same seam of the most eX-
cellent coal underlies their entire
lands, have decided to place the prop
erty in position to produce at least
five hundred tons daily and to place
it On THE cars for shipment in the
condition demanded by the market ant
at the minimum cost, alG to this end
are incorporating under the laws Of
the state, making tie capitalization
the nominal amount Of 25O,000, and
will place small amount Of guaran-
teed interest stock on sale for the
purpose of securing tthe money ne
cessary to the establishment of the
desired improvements. AS the COM
pany has been making money operat-
ing in the past, it is certain that with
the improvements installed, which
will reduce the cost Of production and
delivery at the railway $3.50 per ton,
and the daily production increased
six or seven times, the mines will turn
out some handsome monthly profits,
and that these, with the developed
coal in the mine, the mines great
coal reserve, the present and the ad-
ded equipmnt, behind the small capt.
alization, will make the company
stocks gilt-edge securities.
The company that is being incor-
porated by the owners of the Havre
Fuel company, will be styled the
Havre Coal Mining Company, and it
intends to construct narrow gauge
railway or steam tramWay that will
connect the mines with a modern
tipple to. be erected at its
Great Northern side tracks in this
city, and to install machines for min
ing and equip the railway with 2-ton
cars that will be loaded in the rooms
where the coal is mined and be taken
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
PIONEER
At RES

The following account of the death
of Martin Holland, father of our
toWnsman James G., appeared in The
Friend Telegram Of Friday, April 5:
Martin Holland died Saturday even
ing, March 30th, 1907, at $50 o'cIo ek.
Mr.. Holland was born in County
Monrahan, Ireland, in October, 1882.
lie was married at Jersey City, N. r.,
July 18th, 1858, to Miss Margaret Me
Mahon. They moved to Chicago. ILL.,.
about 1860, where he engaged in The
lumber business, later they resided
at Pontiac, Ill, from which place ley
came to this state in 1878 and settled
on the farm now owned by Jake Min
lch, afterwards engaging in the lu M
Der business in Friend, which he gave
up on account of i'll health and old
age.
he leaves three sons and three
daughters: James of Havre, Mont,
John J. of Belfey, Mont, and Martin
or Orleans, Neb, and Mrs. M. J. Roche
OF Ord, Neb., Mrs ]. w. Ferrell of
Joliet, Mont, and Mrs. p. J. Sulliy-
an of Wray, Colo, all CT whom w ere
home.
The funeral was held from the Ca
tholic church of this city ON Monday.
or which he was a leading member.
Rev. j. w. Grove officiating and who
In a neat sermon paid the deceased
very glowing compliment from a
christian standpoint. All business
houses were closed during the funern al.
Martin Holland was we'll known a.
mong the people Of this city. He had
many friends and during his lifetime
always had a pleasant word for aIl
whom he chanced to meet.
The aged and bereaved wife goes
with Mrs. Farrell Of Joliet, Mont,
where she will for a time at least
make her home. The hcme in Friend
will not be broken up, but will remain
closed for the present.
Out of The chill and the shadow
Into the thrill and the shine;
Out of the dearth and the famine
Into the fulness divine.
Up from the strife and the battle
loft with the shameful defeat),
Up to the palm and the laurel,
Oh! but the rest will be sweet.
Leaving the cloud and the tempest,
Reaching the balm and the cheer,
Finding the end of our sorrow,
Finding the end Of our fear,
Seeing the face of the master
Yearned for in distance and dream
Oh! for that rapture of gladness.
Oh, for that vision supreme!
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

~ is &cNaueuG LnaL INC influence tlSiL
makes things move, is the newspaper.
In the 3ast issue of the Herald, Havre
pace and to take up tio natural re-
sources that surround it and secure
their development in such magnitude
as to not only rebound 70 the reputa-
tion of the city, but to add to its
material and permanent prosperity, an
already it would seem that the ad-
vocacy is bearing fruit, as the sug-
gestion that one Of the resources that
should be developed into an important
industry is the coal measure north of
town, is taking shape in a way that
promises the most speedy material
jZation.
This coal deposit has been gouged
at, more or less regularly for a good
many years, but no Intelligent devel-
opment OFF working was undertaken
until the property was taken over "a
bout year ago by the Havre Fuel
company, which has prosecuted ex-
tensive and systematic development,
and at the same time has been and
is producing an average output of
seventy-five tons per day. This
amount, however, seemed about the
limit Of it's capacity, as the coal had
to be hauled from the mines to town,
a distance of two miles, entailing an
item of expense entirely unwarranted
by the gross material produced, and
seldom warranted by even the better
grades of metalliferous ores. The
members OF the operating firm, how
ever, have had ample faith in their
coal property and have persisted in
the development until they have ex-
posed the measure through many en-
tryways tar ahead of the area of act
i've extraction, and have proved that
they have one of the most persistant
and thickest veins Of ffine domestic
coal yet discovered in the state, or for
that matter in any Of the coal zones
Of the Rocky mountain region; and
while they have been accomplishing
this work, they have been extracting
coal, marketing it and making money.
The coal lands Of the company com
prise one thousand acres lying north
of the city and commencing just back
of the banks eof the bench and ex-
tending north over the Level area,
which it has been proved by the de-
velopment, is entirely underlain with
a coal seam running from six to
seven fact in thickness. The country
formation is shale and sandstone, the
former forming the roof and the lat
ter the floor, or, as the quartz miner
would say, the hanging and the foot
wall, hut the former designation
seems the more proper, as the seam
lies perfectly flat in all the area Of the
later workings, and which is un-
doubtedIy characteristic of the whole
ground after the:surface has been pas
sed. In the shallower openings of
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
SURE TO DEVELOP into BIG PRODUCER

directly TO the tipple at the town
terminals. This equipment will con-
sist of 100 tons of 30-pound rails, r
thousand pounds of spikes, S-hundred
splice joints, 6-thousand ties, 1-hund-
red 2-ton mine-railway cars, a loco
motive, the construction of the rail-
way and terminals, and the construct
ion of tipple that will have con-
siderable storage capacity and will
be equipped with top scales for weigh
ing the loaded mine cars and also for
weighing the loaded railway cars,
with automatic sorting screens that
will separate the mine-run into lump,
crate, egg, nut, pea and slack Goals,
making it ready for the varied de-
mands of an extensive market, auto
matte leaders, etc. This equipment
will place the property in shape to
produce almost any daily tonnage,
but for the present it is intended,
when running under the new con-
ditions, to produce five hundred tons
per day, for which amount there is
now an assured market. This mark
ct, reaching from Spokane to Glasgow
have been proved by the placing of
experimental shipments that have
found the readiest sale and the quality
of the coal has received the most un-
stinted praise,
| AS the narrow gauge railway be-
tween the city and the mines will be
in constant operation, it will not be
necessary to maintain either lodging
or boarding houses at the mines for
the men employed, as they can live
in town and go in and out on the
mine cars. With the mine produc-
ing the daily output of five hundred
tons, the men engaged in and about
the property, as they work in coal
mining, will add fully one thousand
to the population of the city, and this
will mean many additional residences
and very considerable patronage to
every line of retail and professional
business. In the past the company
has had a payroll of something over
$4,000 per month, but with the in
creased production the payroll will be
fully $20,000 per month, or approx
imately quarter of million dollars
per annum.
The articles of incorporation Of the
Havre Coal Mining company name
Havre as the head office quarters.
That the improvements of the coal
mines and their speedy development
into a great industry is assured, may
be taken from the fact of the great
property in sight, the Well-knoWn pro-
fitableness of the business, and the
conservative and capable management
of the corporation, it being certain
that the small amount of stock offered
for sale will be quickly taken by the
citizens of Havre alone, not allowing
any of it to go away from home.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

Mayor McGinniss Of Butte has been
invited by Mayor Mcclellan Off New
York and Andrew Carnegie to ad-
dress the national arbitration : and
peace congress to be held ii New
York April IA to II. The congress
will be attended By President Rcose-
welt and all the big men eff America
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

The Snowstorm mine n the Ceour
d'Alene country, and largely owned
by Missoula parties, will soon 6e-
clare another dividend of $45, ,00e#
making the total dividends to date
$225, 600.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

John O'Rourke, a pioneer placer
miner of the state, and large Drop
erty owner in Butte, died last Tues
day at Fresno. California.
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Clifford Kay, Hayes Matson, Kyle
Trondale.
Washington-Nettie Stephens. Reka
Can Braak, Morris Whitmeyer, Howard
Malone, Harry Nasfell, Frances Olsen,
Glen Herdi.
Dee-Earl Stewart. Hilma Fromberg.
Hazel Tribe, Leslie II Van Dyke, Mary
Rowland, Leslie G, West, Esther Shurt-
lift, William Kihlstrom.
Mound Fort-Byron Dee, Oril Shaw.
Florence Young, Bertha Stone, Wallace
Moore, Winnie Price, Edith Harrop,
George Malmin, Clyde Woodcock. Hell
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Clark, Daisy Thorstead, Florence YER
ger.
DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST OGDEN.
Ogden City has been made defend
ant in damage suit for $500, brought
by Michael Schaughnessy, The COM
plant alleges that Schaughnessy is
owner OF n piece of land situated just
west of the deaf and dumb school,
from which the city has been taking
gravel and sand for long time, and
has thus dug out the property until 1t
is rendered practically useless, all TO
his damage in the sum mentioned.
DIVORCE SUIT.
Myrtle Bushnell has commenced di-
vorce proceedings against George II.
Bushnell. The complaint sets forth
that they We're married at Woodville,
North Carolina. March %, 1893, and
that one child is living as issue of
said marriage; that over a year ago
defendant deserted his family and has
since failed to provide for them. Plain
tiff asks for a decree OF divorce, Gus
tody of the child, and $40 per month
alimony.
Judge Howell reappointed F. A.
Whalen. Archibald Mcfarland and A.
D. Shurtliff appraisers of all properties
that come under the inheritance tax,
and their bonds were approved.
BIDDLE-ANDERsoN NUPTIALs.
quiet but pretty home wedding
TOOK place at noon yesterday, at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Bid
die, 12S Thirtieth street. when their
daughter, Miss Ruby Biddle was mar
ried to George Il. Anderson, Bishop
ID. III. Ensign officiating. The bride
and groom were attended by Mrs War
rem Williams and Will Biddle. brother
and sister of the bride. There were
present only the immediate relatives
OF the contracting parties. A dainty
repast was served.
The young man Is a popular fireman
on the Southern Pacific. the son of ].
X. Anderson, a contractor OF Holton,
Kansas.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
George Messerley is again in the tolls
of the police on the charge OF cruel
treatment of his young wife. A state
charge may be made against him, as 1t
is claimed he threatened her life.
Albert Scowcroft left today for New
York on business for the firm.
Judge Howell held session of the
district court at Pennington yester-
day.
Tonight the Congregational church
members will hold meeting for tho
election of officers for this year
Tho date of trial of Maurice Thomp-
son and John Thompson, charged by
Rev. Elderkin with prize lighting, has
been sci for Feb. II.