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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
Will Sink On War Eagle,

J. l.. Stuart and J. D. Burr, who
own the War Eagle property in the
Maiden district, have completed ar
rangements whereby they will sink
a big shaft 100 feet deep on their
claim. The shaft will be sunk from
the long tunnel which has been run
on the War Eagle and the 100 feet
will give them depth Of close to
800 feet on the vein. Messrs. Stuart
and Burr have done a great deal of
work on this property and have TAX
en- out enough high grade shipping
ore to more than pay the expenses
OF the development. They have a
vein twenty feet wide in the tunnel
and the rock carries good values in
gold, silver and lead Some we'll
known local mining men have made
a close examination of the proper
ty and consider it highly promising,
the big vein maving been traced for
several hundred feet across the claim
There is enough ore already opened
up by Stuart and Burr to more than
pay for a complete concentrating
plant and after the shaft is COM
pleted, it is highly probable that such
plant will be put up and the prop
erty developed on an extensive scale.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
WILL LET HIM ESCAPE.
New Orchard Story Sprung BY At
torney Peter Breen.

Butte, August 3.-Orchard will be
convicted of murder in the first de.
gree. The community will not stand
for anything else. But he will no,
hang, according to present plans
The plan is to have him sentenced
to hang. Then Governor Goodine
will commute his sentence to life
imprisonment Orchard, who is to be
provided with money from unknown
sources will then make his escape
from prison. Details include ticket
to England. No mention of the es-
cape is to be made for six weeks, so
that the fugitive will be safe from
pursuit
This is the statement of Attorney
Peter Breen of Haywood counsel,
made this afternoon on his return
from Boise. Mr. Breen does not give
the source of his information other
than to say that Orchard leaked
in the penitentiary to convicts who
were not in sympathy with him.
Attorney Breen says that rumor
has 1t that Attorney E. H. Richard
son will defend Harry Thaw.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
LET Contract FOR
One MORE bridge
SPRING CREEK MAY BE CROSS.
ED AT ALL PRINCIPAL
STREETS.

At the regular meeting of the city
council held last night, contract
was let to J. w. Wood for another
bridge across Spring creek This
bridge will span the creek on Water
street and Mr.. Woods bid for put
ting in the crossing was $3.50 There
were no other bids.
The report of the city water col
lector showed collections for the
month Of July of $6O820.
J. c. Miller, deputy county asses
sor, reported that the total assessed
valuation of the city of Lewistown
is Sl,S63, ,225.0O. This is a consider
able increase over the valuation last
year and will bring more money in
to the city treasury providing the
levy is the same
Mayor Pinkley appointed com
mittee of three to make an estimate
of the money required to run the city
for the next year and report on the
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
With THE Mines OF FERGUS
Deal for Mcdonald Creek Coal Mine Closed.
Track viii Be Constructed to This City,.
Mill Promised for Cone Butte District.

The big deal for the Black
Diamond coal mine on the Mcdonald
creek divide, has been closed up and
title has passed to the Central Mon
tana Coal company which was or
ganized about two weeks ago to
purchase the property from Gilkerson
and Stephens. An order has been
placed for machinery, rails and such
equipment as is necessary to build
and operate the narrow guage rail
road which is to be built to the prop
erty from this city, distance Of ten
miles. Machinery for the mine will
also be ordered at once All Of this
machinery will be straight from the
factory as the company have no in
tention Of experimenting with sec
ond hand material H. S. Clark, the
Butte capitalist who is largely in
terested in the project, is very en-
thusiastic over the outlook and says
that it will mean much to Lewis
town when they get everything in
running order.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
THEY GET THE MONEY.
Millions of Profits Made by United
States Steel Corporation.

New York, July 3O-All records
of the United States Steel corpora
ton in the manufacture of steel were
shown to have been broken when
the company's report for the quar-
ter ending June, 1907, was made pub
lie, after meeting of the board of
directors. The report shows that
total net earnings for the quarter
were $45, ,5O3,7O5, high water mark
record for any single quarter in the
companys history The record break
ing toaf is an increase of $5,378672
over the corresponding quarter last
year. The amount of untitled busi-
ness on hand on June 80 last was ST.
6O3,S7S tens, an increase of 7o4,7o4
tons over last years. The directors
said the amount of untitled business
on the companys books was baro-
metric indication of the total making
business.
The statement also shows that $l8,-
100000 was set aside, after all charges
and dividends were paid, for new
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
A Great Proposition.

What is considered by competen,
mining men as one Of the most
gigantic gold propositions in the EN-
tire country is the old Gies proper
ty now under bond to the Cone Butte
Mining company, of which Senator
Henry M. Rae is the president.
This group comprises ten claims
located about three miles northwest
Of old Fort Maginnis. Vince Gies
who has owned the property for
about ten years, has done thousands
of dollars worth of work on the
ground. About a year ago it was
bonded to the Cone Butte company
for $4,000 and while the time has not
yet expired it is positively announced
that the money will be paid and the
property developed on an extensive
scale.
The officers of the Cone Butte
Mining company are: H. M. Rae,
president; w. w. Badger, vice pres
ident; Harry Yaeger, secretary and
treasurer The directors are Henry
Rae, w. w. Badger, Robert Turn
Dull, John-A. Drake and George J.
Bach.
The work already done on the
ground consists of about 1000 feet
OF tunneling and three distinct veins
OF ore which averages So per ton
have been opened up. These hssure
veins have been clearly traced from
one end of the property to the 9TH
er, distance of over 5000 feet. A
depth of 25O feet has been attained
and the vein grows stronger and
more clearly defined as it goes
down.
OF the one million shares of stock
for which the company is capitalized,
100000 shares have been placed on
the market at low price, consider
ing the merit of the proposition and
every dollar secured through the
sale of this stock will be used in the
development of the mine and for the
erection of modern mill.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06

proper levy Aldermen Smith, Leach
and Sloan were appointed on this
committee
The report of Police Magistrate F.
i. MacGowan showed fines collected
during the month in the sum of
$197.5O
Mrs Sadie Hoffman was granted
permission to make an addition to
the Hoffman House.
A resolution was passed fixing the
assessments against property own
ers in the two sprinkling districts to
pay for the sprinkling. August l4th
was set as the date for hearing OBJ
jections to this assessment against
property owners. The meeting will
be held on the evening of that day.
City Clerk was ordered to order a
cabinet for the switch board in the
first department hall
In the matter of increasing the
salary of the fire chief, the proper
committee was ordered to lcok into
the matter Chief Re5h said that j.
will be impossible for him to con-
tinue to act as chief at the present
salary Of 500 per month There is
general feeling that this salary
should be boosted as Johnnie has
been exceptionally faithful in the
performance of the arduous duties
which devolve upon him as chief of
the department
The treasurer's report showed a
net balance on hand of $o,6l7.36.
The usual bills against the city
were allowed.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
IMPORTANT Land
Office DECISION
RELINQUISHED IMPROVE
MENTS COUNT ON LIEU
SELECTIONS.

The papers in the matter of the
Lieu Application of John w. Leslie,
involving D. L. E. No. 1910 have
been returned to the local land office.
The secretary of the interior has re-
versed the commissioner of the gen.
eral land office in the matter and to
Attorney E. G. Worden goes the
credit of having won a hard fought
case for his client, Mr.. Leslie.
After making final proof in
December, 1908, on some land which
was included in newly created
forest reserve, Leslie selected an
other tract. His final proof on the
land relinquished was accepted but
the general land office required that
he show that he had sufficient water
to reclaim his desert land lieu selec-
ton and that the usual requirements
for proving up on desert entry
had been complied with.
The interior department overruled
this requirement and laid down the
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
Lights at Harlowton.

John l.. Bright, of the Citizens
Electric Co, of Lewistown, was here
Tuesday. Mr.. Bright will start ir
at once to put in an electric ligh,
plant here, the poles for the same
will be shipped from Lewistown in
about week The. plant will be
situated on the fiat, near the railroad
yards, and the motive power will be
steam, until such time as more
economical power can be utilized
This will be another improvement
that Harlowton needs badly
MIR. Bright will have his plant in
operation inside of sixty days.
Musselshell News.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06

plants, additional property and in
struction. This is an increase of S.
100000 as compared with the ap-
preparation for the same quarter
ended June 80. 1906 The total of
the company's quarterly earnings of
S4o,oUS,Ioo exceeded the highest
earnings for any previous quarter by
S5,I5S,74l. The balance Of surplus
tor the quarter after all charges is
S3,491 ,OS0, decrease of $l.744,O26 as
compared to the same quarter last
year. The decrease in the balance
OF surplus is caused by the extra.
ordinary outlay from the earnings
tor new construction work. A quar-
terly dividend OF 3-4 per cent has
been declared on the preferred stock.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06

one-third of its net revenues accrued
during the period of violation falls
far short of the imposition Of an ex-
cessive fine and surely to do this
would not be the exercise Of as
much real power as is employed when
sentence is imposed taking from
human being one day Of his liberty.
The law prohibiting preferential
railroad rates was passed 20 years
ago. Its adoption was preceded by
vigorous opposition interposed by
those who had been the beneficaries
OF the vicious practices its enact
mcnt was designed to abolish. I'm
mediately thereafter these persons
set about to devise means for it's
evasion
The records Of the court and Of
the interstate commerce commission
show the employment Of large
variety Of schemes to accomplish
this result. During the period since
1887 congress has repeatedly endeav-
ored to effectively amend the law
with view to the accomplishment
Of its great object Finally in 1908,
the Elkins law was passed. The court
recalls that at that time, the earnest
hope was very generally entertained
that at last a means had been de-
vised that would put an end to pref
ercntIal railroad rates, and yet a few
months thereafter the Standard Oil
company procured 1000 carloads of
property to be shipped at an unlaw-
ful secret rate, and for this offense,
the Elkins law authorizes punishment
only by fine, an obvious defect,
remedied, however, by the present
law, which prescribes imprisonment
in the pcnitentiary for like of
fcnse. However, it is the business of
Judge to administer the law as he
finds it, rather than Of to expatiate
on the inadequacy Of punishment
authorized for its infraction. It is
the judgment and sentence of the
court, that the defendant, the Stan
dard Oil company, pay fine of $29-
100000.
"One thing remains. 1t must not
be assumed that in this jurisdiction
these laws may be ignored, they will
be enforced If they are not obey
ed, they will be enforced. The plain
demands Of justice require that the
facts disclosed in this proceeding be
to the grand jury, with a
view OF the consideration Of the con-
duct OF the other party to these
transactions. Let an order be enter
ed for a panel Of o. men returnable
at 10 o'clock on the morning of
August H. The United States dis
trict attorney is directed to proceed
accordingly"
Under the seven indictments still
pending against the Standard Oil
All additional fine amounting
to $88,44O,0O0 may be levied against
the company if it is found guilty on
trial. There are in these seven in
dictments a total of 4,422 counts, and
the maximum fine on each count
would be $4,000
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
GODFREY BOOSTS FERGUS.
Railroad Commissioner Says Inland
Empire Is All to the Good.

Railroad Commissioner Nathan
Godfrey, who has returned from
Lewistown. says that Fergus county
will harvest this year the greatest
grain crop in the history Of the
country. Over 65O,OOO bushels OF
grain will be shipped, but the only
tear OF the ranchers is that they may
not be able to secure enough cars
to transport their crops, says the III
dependent
The county has been benefited bv
lots OF moisture and the result is
this banner crop. Everything looks
prosperous in Fergus and Mr.. Cod
frey was surprised by the many in
dications of unusual prosperity visible
on every hand
If the railroads can transport the
output this year, the ranchers will
experience unheard of prosperity.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06
THIRTY MILLIONS IN fines
Judge Lands Of Chicago Lands Hard on Standard
O| 1rust--WII| Be Mu|Cted Of PrinCeIy Sum
for Many Violations Of Federal Statutes.

Chicago. Aug. 3.-Judge kenesaw
Al. Lands today in the United
States district court fined the Stan.
dard Oil company Of Indiana $2O,.
100000 for violations of the law
against accepting rebates from the
railroads. The fine is larger than a..
ST assessed against any individual o,
any corporation in the history OF
American Jurisprudence. The case
viii be carried to the higher courts
by the defendant company. The pen.
atty imposed on the company is the
maximum permitted under the law
and 1t was announced at the end OF
long opinion in which the methods
and practices of the Standard Oil
company were mercilessly scored
The Judge, i'll fact, declared, in his
opinion, that the officials Of the
Standard Oil company, who were
responsible for the practices of which
the corporation was found guilty
were no better than counterfeitcrs
and thieves, his exact language be-
ing:
we may as well look at this
situation squarely. The men who
thus deliberately violate the law
wound society more deeply than
those who counterfeit the coin or
steal letters from the mail. The
nominal defendant is the Standard
Oil company Of Indiana, million
dollar corporation The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, whose
capital is one hundred million is the
real defendant. If body of men
organize a large corporation under
the laws of one state for the pur-
pose OF carrying on business through
out the United States and for the ac-
complishment of that purpose abb
sorb the stock of other corporations.
such corporations cannot initiate or
execute any inherent business policy.
their elimination in this respect be-
ing prime object for their absorp-
ton. So when this process has talk
Ell place, crime is committed in the
name OF such smaller corporation.
the law will not consider that the
latter corporation is the real Offend
cr And where the only possible
motive Of the crime is the enhance
ment of dividends and the only pun
ishment authorized is a fine, great
caution must be executed by the
court, and the fixing OF small
amount encourage the defendant to
further violations by esteeming the
penalty to be in the nature Of
license.
The defendant argues that to hold
1t for ,462 offenses would be viola
ton OF the constitutional prohibi-
tion against the imposition Of ex-
cessive fines, and it is urged that
congress could never confer upon
court such power 1t is the view of
the court that for the law to take
from one of lis corporate creatures
as penalty for the commission of
a dividend producing crime less than
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-08-06

rule that entrymen shall be given
credit on his lieu selection for all the
work and Improvements made on his
relinquished entry
Mr.. Worden's brief was an excep-
tionally able argument and went In
to the law of the case most
thoroughly and effectively
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-07

their summer homes, says writer in fthe Hartford Courant. -.eiH
 These pussies all travel in little bags, gathered up at the top with drawing strings, and when kitty i: safely ensconced in the car seat the top of the bag is opened so that heI head can come out. The top of the bag is then gathered about her neck The bags are made of variously col. ored materials, the color doubtless being chosen with an eye to setting of each cats particular type ol beauty. The maltese with the flick. tering. gray-green eyes protrudes its head from pink or turkey-red bag while the yellow cat with golden. green eyes looks from bright blue bag.
 Some of the large, old family cats however, not endowed with beauty but expressive of, comfort, an open fire and cup of tea, travel in dur. able dark bags. One Is forced tc wonder in beholding all these differ. ent sorts of the genus cat. that thers exist SO many of differing appear. ance in the world. All the cats look. ing from their bags resemble pin cushions with cat heads for center ornaments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-07
STABLE TO BE HER STUDIO. Mrs Payne Whitney to Pursue Her
 Art In Macdougal Alley

Mrs Harry Payne Whitney IS to join the colony of artists in MaedOu- gal alley. For studio purposes she has acquired what is known as the Mont- gomery stable. No. 10 on the alley.
 In these quarters. when they are remodeled. the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt and wife of Harry Payne Whitney will pursue her chosen pro- fession, doing it is expected. the more serious work for which she has been fitting herself by study abroad.
 Mrs Whitney now has a magnif- cent home in Fifth avenue and a stu diO in West Fortieth street. It Is presumed the studio there is to be given up.
 The stable. which will be the work ing place of the young matron who is worth something in the neighbor- hood of s15!Ooo.0O in her own right. is to he rem0deled- Mrs Whit ney probably will oversee the remodel ing and prepare the plans for the dec oratiOns and the general outline. Ieav- ing that portion of it that deals win the more complicated work of con- struction to her arehiteet-NeF York American
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-07

The record contained in official re- ports to the government indicate that the work of illicit distilling practically is ended in the south. Curiously enough, in the end, which has come slowly. is not entirely due to the ac- tivities of the agents of the revenue service. but rather to the public opin- ion in the south. The belief is grow ing in that section of the country, whether right or wrong. that sol1- tion of the race question is dependent on the stamping out of the manufac- ture of whiskey. It is felt that, sc long as whiskey may be obtained cas- fly by the negroes. race trouble can not be eradicated. The result of this sentiment, which has permeated the south generally, is the enactment of the most stringent liquor laws by the legislatures, and in some instances, re- gently to be noted. the enactment of absolute prohibition laws. That those laws are to be enforced by the state authorities is evidenced by the attitude of the judges who hear liquor cases brought before them. One judge alone, in Georgia. has been occupied for nearly twenty years in disposing of cases of illicit dIstilling and it has been his duty to impose recently sen- tences on men whose grandfathers, years ago. he sent to prison for simi- lar offenses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-07
BROUGHT ROOSEVELT OUT,
Who Cares What the Lightning Rod
 Thinks About the Lightning.

"The Interpreter" tells the following story in the August American Maga- zine
 The inside story of the Philadel- phia convention of 1900 is u tale of the highest comedy. The other day Senator Platt, that aged political tiger whose teeth and claws the president has drawn, very truthfully remarked that his soul was sore within him at the recollection that he made Roose- welt president No one paid much attention to the lament. Who cares what the lightning rod thinks about the lightning?
 But it was true, Col Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. He proceeded promptly to make a nuis- ance of himself to this extent, that when the convention of 1900 gathered in Philadelphia Platt appealed to Sen atQr Hanna to accomplish his politi- cal destruction by making him vice. president. Hanna demurred. He didn't like Roosevelt. Platt pointed out that Roosevelt's continued exis- tence would be terrible in it's conse- quences to the New York political machine and indirectly to the nation- al organization. There was only one way to end it. The highest form of political poison in this country is the vice-presidency. Every man thinks he might survive it, but among the toxicologists in statemanship it mas ever been considered certain death. With many protests Hanna consented 10 administer the lethal dose
 Tt was necessary to win over Me Kinley. Mckinley objected strongly He didn't like Roosevelt either. They were at the telephone for the better part of the day. Finally insistence from Philadelphia wore out resistance al Washington. Meanwhile Platt had carefully prepared the victim by sending a deleagtion to him 10 voice a great public demand thst he accept the nomination.
 Il am much obliged to you, Sem tor said Platt at the end of the days work. That's all right said Hanna, but now that we've taken that fellow on your back what are you going to do for us A little more than year after this occurrence there stalked out of God knows where-out of the mys- terious jungle that has grown up just beyond the garden wall where civflI- zation has thrown its weeds and it's sins to nourish them withal-ihe monster who slew the gentle McKin- ley. Roosevelt became president of the United States and the scourge of the very men who had undertaken his overthrow"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-07

"The girl with the latch-key." de- clares Mrs Deland in the New York Post, ''is something more than a newspaper joke More, and evi- dently worse. She is "wilful. eager, restless, occupying herself with every thing except the things that used to occupy her"-meaning perhaps em- broidery and the MendeIssohn songs without words. And she Is surely changing the feminine ideal, making the new attack the old. '"The ideal of to-day Is marked by an increased individualism and an increased sense of social responsibility" The new woman wants to run things. She clamors for power, for the suffrage, for a part in legislation. She is out to solve the riddle of the universe ? Furthermore. she wants 10 do it right now. It takes courage to wait. "and the new woman does not know how to wait" In the pursuit of the new ideal Mrs Deland sees frequent lead- ing to the neglect of family responsi- bilities and peril to the permanence of marriage. The game, it appears, has risks further reaching than those of bridge whist or breaking the motor speed law.