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The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11

.T1at country town with all
its faults is the best governed,
most enlightened, most NOR
al, and happiest spot in Amer
lean civilization. 1t Is a Y BOD
place. Not ton swift, nor
yet too slow. In touch
with the current of progress,
but not racing with greed.
The place from which come
nearly all the great business
men. lawyers, scholars,
preachers, physicians. The
place where men are neigh
borly and helpful.
This town, my farmer
friend is yours. But the city
belongs To the mail order
house and the devil. With
its corrupt government, its
overflow OF population, and its
vice, the great city is the
meDace.of our morals and our
liberties.
The city like the dragon
swallows the vast tbrongs of
country boys and girls that
flock into IL. and bye and bye
when health, and virtue and
hope are gone, spews then ont
To die in want, or wander as
derdlicts over the face Of the
eartn.
And don't you see, my
friend, that when you take
the money from then country
town, you destroy the chance
Il success there, and the boys
md girls will follow where
;ou have sent the money?
This town of yours was
founded on faith, on the faith
IN the customs Of men for
hundreds Of years to trade at
the nearest town. These
mel chants and carpenters,
nasons and editors are your
ieighbors. They have grown
up amongst others like you.
They have put their all in u
little business, money. time
md hope. Around the corr
Ter there Is "A little cottage,
and the wife and the baby-it
may be your grand baby
wait; and there is a smile OF
happiness when business
is good" but the troubled
look comes when business Is
poor.
They are struggling to live,
and pay for the little home.
and bye and bye educate the
children. They are your
neighbors and friends, not
your enemies. They work
hard you scarcely realize
how hard-and are not living
high. They have pinned their
faith to the tOwn-your town.
Their success or failure is
In your hands. For your
trade they will give you good
returns, aud all will prosper
together. Ii you Withdraw
your trade failure must fol-
low. Some poor struggler
must go down facing bank
ruptcy. The light must go
out of some woman's eye. and
hardship be laid up for the
, child.
!. Even II you could save a
little by sending your patron
70 the city don't you not think
it the fair thing, the just
/ thing, the right thing, TO trade
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11

The Earth Rocked IL.
De Styles suppose Snooz-
er ~grumbled when the earth
quake visited his town.
Gumbusta oh, no; he said
he didn't have "a get up that
night and rock the baby.
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11

CiedTeu ten tOOuSdnu usbtdfs \
in the past ten years. That
is n tnuusand dollars a year
for time and interest on capi-
tai. You can count five or
six others who have failed
dnring that time, lost every
thing. The January invoice
will not show a net gain Of
five hundred dollars per bust
ness man. That means the
ordinary merchant and his
capital are not clearing fifty
dollars "A month. This does
not indicate an unreasonable
profit on goods sold.
Social Obligations.
II is right for the country
To spend its money with the
home town because Of social
obligations between them.
The town is the center of
your community. From it
radia'es your rural mail SER
vice; in IL center your tele-
phone systems. On the
streets of the town you meet
your neighbors Saturdayafter-
Moons and exchange news and
experience. You 60 to il for
A day of recreation when the
snow comes, the fair, or on
holiday.
There during the winter
lecture course you hear great
brators and excellent music.
,ans. The political rallies.
the church conferences OF
association are held there.
Bye and bye in the prett,
little village church, who's,
,pire you can see from YOU
farm, your son will p"eaci
the gospel. In the brick
building two doors from the
corner, u farmer boy vii
open "a law Office, and in the
little frame two blocks ava,
another son OF the soil, JUS
back from college. will begiI
the practice Of medicine.
There is the high school u
which you send your children
and there after awhile you
daughter will teach.
, And some day when yo'
find the farm work too beav.
; for your age. and want to ge
near the children, you will
build on that grassy corne
lot two doors from the Meth
odist church and move I,
] town.
Yes, the town is "a might,
J good thing 10 have, IA pleas
ant thing; and the more yo'
e put into II TIE more YOU ge
out of it. For it grows nc
cording " the trade IT get
and the more it grows Tn
J. more it can buy aud the higI
: er will 60 your land.
A god town, you know
:, where there is plenty of wor
for carpenters aud bricklay
ers, aud masons ind smiths
; work for everybody at goo
" wages, is worth ten times "A
: much to the surroundin
! country as the little sunburi
ed village where the carpenl
'er and the ''storekvepel
y play marbles in the streets.
y The Moral Obligation.
But the last aud stronges
!, reason why it is right that th
j, countLy people spend thei
q money ~ home is the mors
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11
A Token.

A Token.
The Millionaire's Wife IN
bet you didn't pay over $4,000
for those diamonds.
The millionaire--No don't
be cross, dear, | thought ]
ougut TO bring you home some
thing for Christmas.
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11

Not Family Affair.
Geraldinc-''If you kiss me,
III call my mother"
Gerald-''That's all thegood
it will do her; I'm no Hob
son."
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11
IIUM OROUS.
\ Holiday Reflection.

\ Holiday Reflection.
~ christmas tree is Il good
deal lIkea wife"
''llow's that:"
Its the trimmings that
cost.
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11
..IIusb.' -

Mamma" queried little
Willie, what is hush"
why do you ask. dear?''
Because said Willie.
when ! asked sister what
made her hair all mussed
after her beau wa, here this
afternoon 81" SAID hash. y
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11
County News
From Our Exchanges

X. y. Ayres spent Christ.
mas week ~ Hobart. Okla
bona. with hi, daughter. Mrs.
John Morrison. lie return.
ed home Sunday and was more
than pleased with Oklahoma.
Mrs. ". G.. Fisher was
down from Marshall during
the holidays visiting her sis.
tiers, Mrs. Laura Benbow and
Mrs. +. II. Cheatham.
w. X. Shaifer informs u
that he paid out for the year
1906 for poultry. eggs and
juAk 81 .93i.72. lie expects
u do a much larger business
this year anu wants his friends
10 remember him. Will ~ A.
regular IN his trios as tie tick
Of a clock and he faces al
kinds of weather. THE Gil.
liam Globe.
w. w. aims, Charley
Niemier and others left tn.
first III the year for Texas u
look for land Bargains
Another change was made in
one Of our business firms the
first IL the year. X. &. Potter
having sold his interest IN the
furniture store Ia his part.
ner X. II. Watts. Mr.. Watts
Will continue business at the
old stand aud Mr.. Potter, for
IN" present, will join the re-.
tired list IN fact IL j. already
some u bile Ia tell him from
the rest Of the capitalists --
Died Will Casey died at the
home Of his father near Harde-
man Thursday morning. Jan.
nary 3, 1907 after lingering
illness Of many months. -Ar
row Rock Statesman.
Sue Stevenson, wife of Hen.
~ Stevenson. colored, died
at her home in east Miami
Thursday December ~. at
consumption. --S.O Grady's
children have about recover
ed from their sickness with
scarlet fever. Johnnie Han
MA, of Marshall, is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. X. j.
Burns this week. Miami
Weekly News.
Dey-Mann
The Marshall republican., 1907-01-11

OF Unrest u Stockholders.
Jasper hear that. Santa
Claus has given up his yearly
rounds.
Jumpuppe-YOu don't tell
me.
Jasper-Ies. He has ac'
'cepted n regular position on
the Salaries. Committees oi
various big corporations.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-11-15
Washington State Highways.

0tcNN
State Highway Commissioner Joseph
M. Snow, in addressing the King Coun-
ty Good Roads Association last
week, outlined a public highway
from Seattle almost directly eastward
across the Cascades through Water
vile and Spokane, which he pro-
nounced to be the ideal thoroughfare
connecting the two sections OF the
state. He said that the Snoqualmie
Pass road now under construction
through the Cascades from North
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-11-15

rectly east of Seattle crosses the
mountains at a summit elevation 1,1OO
feet lower than the next best pass,
and by being continued in northeast
direction across the Wenatchee river
to Waterville could very easily be ex-
tended eastward to Spokane and
thence to the Idaho line. Commits
sioner Snow stated that the road
across the Cascades is the most i'm
portant trans-mountain road now I'M
der construction. The maximum grade
on the eastern side of the Cascades
will be per cent, and on the west
slope 7 per cent, whereas the grades
on the road in use at the present are
from Is to 20 per cent. Furthermore
no portion of the road will be subject
to snowslides, and it can be travelled
at all seasons of the year either by
wheeled vehicles or sleighs.
In describing the present condition
of the state highways, Snow said IN
part:
estate roads being located in the
sparsely settled and mountainous dis
tricts, are built entirely at the eX-
pense of the state. Of this class Of
roads we have at the present time
thirteen, twelve of which were deh-
nitelv described and established by
the last legislature:
The roads that are of special inter-
est to our farmers are:
estate road No. 3, which begins at
a point thirteen miles north OF LeaV-
enworth in the country road in Chelan
county, extends northwesterly up the
ChiWaWa creek to the summit OF the
Cascades at Buck Creek pass; thence
descending the western slope of the
Cascades along Suiattle creek to the
Sank river in Skagit county, where 7.
intersects the county road. The PROB
able cost of opening the entire road is
estimated at $250,000.
estate road No. 7, otherwise known
as the Snoqualmie Pass road, begin
ming at North Bend in King county
and extending across the Cascade
summit to Easton in Kittitas county,
is the most important transmountain
road now under construction. Sur
veys on the eastern slope of the Cas-
cades were completed year ago. Inc
county commissioners of King county
refused to take up the matter OF the
survey on the west side of the noun
tains under the former law, and it
was only late in the season this year
that the highway board was able to
reach this work. The cost of com
pleting this road including bridges,
will approximate 100000.
estate road No. 10, beginning at ynG
town of Wenatchee, extends northerly
along the Columbia river through the
town of Chelan, crossing the Methow
at it's mouth and extending northerly
to and along the valley of the Okano-
gan to Tonasket in OkanOgan county
where it swings northeasterly, passing
through Chesaw, reaching the British
line at a point about One-quarter miles
from the station of Myncaster on the
Washington e Great Northern rail-.
way. Forty-eight miles of this road
were built by commission appointed
under the laws of 1897, and have been
is use for nearly ten years. The
greater portion of the remaining III
miles is along and over existing roads
which are in fairly good condition
The estimated cost of repairing and
building new stretches of road, and
the bridges mentioned, will be about
800 900, the total length OF the road
being 1873 miles"
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
M()|RHE:|A[)
IS UE:RVY

The details Of the wreck on the
Montana Central Monday morn 3
caused bJ' a landslide near Berb ar
develop that at least one of the pop
ular engineers on the Monkey Cent
rail- l,as nerve and can keep his head
under nIcst trying circumstances. In
fact, it is generally conceded that NJ.
Muirhead had most wunde. ful es-
cape and that his coolness sav,d him
from more serious injury than that
which he sustained
When the big engine turned over at
the time the land slide struck the
train, Muirhead was caught and held
pinned IN his cab, the lever Of the
throttle pressing across his breast
and becoming caught in some manner
in his clothing. His head was pres
sed close against the luDri3ator and
In this position, with every possible
ty of the pipes being burt,ed by
the strain and scalding steam show
cred over his helpless person, he di-
rected his fireman as to what steps
to take and kept his head, though suf-
ering from the heat and severe bruis-
es received when the smash came.
Fireman Young, who was unhurt,
went to the assistance Of his COM
rade as soon as possible, and, di-
rected by him, turned off the steam
in order to avoid the chances for the
! explosion of the steam pipes. Hur-
, rying back to his superior, he found
that Muirhead, though badly cramped
and III q mighty precarious position,
had succeeded in getting his pocket
knife out and was laboriously cut
ting away at his overalls in an eff0rt
to free himself from his dangerous
and decidedly warm position. With the
aid VI Young this was finally ac-
complishcd, but not until after he had
been seriously burned by contact with
the hot pipes and had been severely
strained by the cramped position he
had been In. for some moments. The
injured engineer is still at Great Falls
where his bruises and a severe bu n
to one limb are being nursed and
when he comes back to Havre on his
next run it is a certainty that he
will receive the congratulations Of the
boys on the line and a score Of
friends in railroad circles here who
rejoice at his escape and admire his
GOODNESS.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
BUTTE MINERS
VOTE FOR RAISE {
Month Of March for 26 Years.
TEMPERATURES.

Shortly following the news of the
strike among the newspaper employ
ees Of Butte came the announcement
that lhe Butte Mines IN on ne e
increase in wages. Follow ng cane
the announcement form Jon ID. Ry-
an, managing director Of the Am l.
gamated Copper Co., that If the min
ers voted for the raise, they need not
apply for work Tuesday mo nj
The vote was taken Monday and the
official count Of the ballots was not
completed until II o'clock at night,
and is as follows
For raise in the ordinary miners
wages from $35 to 81 a day, 2349;
against the raise, 1908; for tie raj e
for contractors doing shaft wo IN
81 to "a so, 2,1S2; against, 1000.
On both resolution5 tn vo IS
slightly more than tWo-thi ds il the
amendment However, the report that
two-thirds vote was re iui: el was
mistake. At recent n e ing Of the
union a resolution wa pu til 'Oug %
that only a majority vote IS neces ary
to amend the constitution ins cead OF
a two third vote, as formerly pre-
vailed.
Reports from Butte Tuesday morn
ing were more reassuring, being TO the
effect that the company would not
order the shut down as inti mated.
No ordHr was issued Tuesday AMI 1t
is believed that 10 ton vii taken
to that end until after smelters' unions
of Butte and Anaconda have off CT lly
passed upon their intended demahd tor
the fifty-cent raise which is up to-
day, If then.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
He GATHERED
SOME NUGGETS

James Trumbull, representing the L..
K Patrick company of Du4uth, WIS
Hayre visitor "Wednesday, coming
here from Chinook where he called
on the trade and incidentally made
tour of inspection of the copp~r find
country III the Bear Paws near tIat
city and of which SO much has been
written and told lately.
Mr.. Trumbull, who halls from the
copper range of Minnesota hlmsalf,
and is a young man with an eye
open for opportunities, displayed to
his friends here some nugg is Whl n
he picked up at the mines and states
that they are the''real thing and no
mistake In fact, he seemed We y
enthuyed with the situation and the
nrosnycts for TIE Bear Paw lode and
helievas that those who have be % ne
Interested in TIE same are chas ng
no will -of-the-wisp but reality III
the silaDc of Dame Fortune which vii
N.6lu RGdtlI W tlAC ia ~N-
get in ca the ground floor. There is
but little snow in the vicinity of the
mines At present and the travelling
man went out with party of Chi
nook enthusiasts to the p e, poked
about to his hearts content and came
away with some good specimens f
ore TO prove to his friends ba N
Minnesota that he has not been
"sEloking' when he tells them Of
the Eear Paws and the prospects,
which seem to be there.
Chinook people are not making much
noise about the mines, bat il is re-
ported shat five Or six S ats nave
been dug and that several men are
steadily at work there Il is WIN +. t
looks as though there might he qli
boom in tha: section i'll the spring,
judging from reports which leak out
now and then and from the sul,s
which have already been obta ned by
tests of the ore.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
CENTRAL. TRAIN
STRIKES SLIDE:

Railroading on the Montana Cent al
division Of the Great Northern las
not been as strenuous as on the OF er
divisions running out of this city
the gooG fortune was abruptly inter
ruptad Monday morning early when
the east-bound passenger t. aiu struck
a heavy earthslide about one mi e
west of Berber, midway betWe n Fo t
Benton and Big Sandy, The engine
was 0, erturned, while the baggage
car lsu up the bank and only the
front trucks of the following a | IT
the track. That the wreck was not
greatly worse and that there was no
life lost was due to the fact that the
train was moving slowly in anticipa-
ton Of trouble.
None CT the passengers were injured
and the only tralnman who sufre ed
any il. the wreck was the engineer,
Charles Muirhead, of Great Falls, who
sustained a few bruises and had one
Of his feet slightly scalded.
The slide occurred at a point whore
there has been a deep cut maze
along the river and a great amount
of earth and rock was prec'pi'a'ed
upon the track, burying 1t for a dist
ance Of about $50 feet to a depth of
nearly 20 fet
WrecEing trains were disnatched to
the scene, but the work of clearing
up the track was slow. the earth had
been frozen and then thawe1 during
the recent warm spell and after st"ik
ing the track Immediately froze, max
ing it almost as solid as rock. Traf-
fic WAS continued by transferring a
lounc the slide for two days.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
T 7
INCREASING

Speclu Correspondence to The Herald
Seattle, Wash, March Much in
terest is displayed in Seattle at the
present time in regard to the action
the Montana State legislature will take
toward pssing the bill introduced ap-
proprinting $4,000 for a building and
an exhibit at the Alaska Yukon -Paci-
fic exposition which will be held in
1909.
George E. Boos, of Seattle, special
commissioner to Montana is working
in the state in the interest Of the
exposition. It is the hope of the eX-
poslti N management and the people
Of Seattle that Montana will take full
advantage of the opportunity that the
exposition offers to exploit her re-
sources and advantages, and make
a liberal appropriation for her partici-
patton.
The exposition, which will be held
primarily to exploit Alaska, Yukon
and the countries bordering upon the
Pacific ocean, will confer everlasting
benefits on Montana. The several
million persons who visit the expo
sition will gain much knowledge of
Montaua's resources and advantages
through the exhibits of the state It
is estimated that at least $50 900 pers-
Ohs from the east will visit the ex-
position, and taking the Lewis and
Clark exposition as a criterion, a
large percentage of these will visit
the )ther states in the Pacific North
west to investigate possibilities and
see the wonders they offer.
1t IS predicted that the exposition
will do more than any other agency
could possibly do toward developing
and settling the Northland, and Civ
ing the world proper conception of
the 1ast1.ess Of the opportunity for
great increase in the present COM
merce Of the Pacific ocean. This
will open up new markets for America
in general and the Pacific West states
i'll particular, and Montana will come
| In for her full share Of the reward.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
EAGLES WILL
SOAR Up HIGH

HaVrc Aerie, No. 1866, Fraternal Ord
er of Eagles, held special meeting
last Sunday afternoon at which the
active work of preparing for the hold
ing Of the state aerie in this city
next 3une was started OF course, this
work has been going on for seJeral
months under special committees Of
the lodge, appointed for the pu pose
at this meeting the work Of organic
ing for the occasion was completed by
the selection of an executive COM
mittee. Tbs committee is to have
compl4te control Of all the arrange-
ments for the convention. President
James Holland appointed the follow
ing a. members: H. j. Meili, w. B.
Pyper, Eddie Filler, Thos. w We It
and VIM. Smith. Then the committee
was authorized 10 select two ad i n II
members and Dr. D. S. Mckenz and
Prof. T. J. Troy were named.
The committee has organized by the
naming OF the following of i"crs: II.
J. Mei'i, chairman; w. B. Pyper, sec
retary; Dr. Mckenzie, treasurer. The
first meeting Of the committee was
held il the office of Judge Pyper,
Wednesday eyenil & an1 much p e.
limiuary work was done.
A. al evidence If the gener"l int r
est bzirg taken in the Eag,ei, thee
is a cl1s& of about fifty 70 b. rut
through thi7 e, ing md it is o.
fidently expected By the time of
the grard aerie meeting here on June
%, Z6 and 27, that eve bu mess m
in the city will have be ONE memb-
er.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-01
7 To WORK
By SHIFTS 7

Supervising Engineer H. N. Savage
and c. G. Babb, project engineer. were
in consultation in Great Falls this
week going over the various govern
ment irrigation projects located in this
state ..-ua.
Mr. Babb in an interview given to
the papers of the Falls city intimated
that the work on the St. Ma:y's pro-
ject was t. be resumed about the first
Of April and that it would be pushed
rapidly, saying that two shifts were
to be employed and that ele otricity
would be used to furnish light for the
night shift.
1--WE have been frozen up all winter,
but we are now going ahead with the
work." said Mr.. Babb, in speaking
of the st. Mary's project We are II w
bridging the st. Mary's river opposite
our headquarters in order to bring
over steam shovels and other mackin-
cry. We were fortunate in striking a
good vein of coal, an exceptionally
good blacksmithing coal, and have a
tunnel run in to a distance of 20A ct.
when work opens up in the spring,
we will operate a steam shovel and an
excavaIor and will probably have be-
tween 300 and 400 men employ d.
Work will probably open up about
April /. Following the plan of last
fall, we shall put Indians to work a.
gain, operating them in one division.
We Will run two and possibly three
shifts, by the aid of an electric AIT,
being able to work both night and
day.
'"The work that we have on hand
now is on the St. Mary's canal. Some
time this season the government will
call fol bids for a tunnel at the head
of the canal, including head-gates,
etc., and large amount of concr to
work which will be involved: There
will also be temporary dam con-
structed, as it will not be necessary to
build the large 40-fcot storage cam
for several years. During the past
few months we have been doing main
ly carpenter work, in connection with
the erection of buildings at headquart-
ers.'