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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-15
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
FINED ALL LAW ALLOWS
RockefelIer's Company Assessed Heav'
lest Fine Of Record, Judge Lands
Fixing the Sum at s2s,24o,ooo.

Chicago.-Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands
on Saturday in the United States
district court fined the Standard Oil
company OF Indiana $29,240,000 for
violations of the law against accept
ing rebates from railroads. The fine
is the largest ever assessed against any
individual or any corporation in the
history OF American Jurisprudence. and
is slightly more than 131 times as
great as the amount received by the
company through its rebating opera
tons TJe case will be carried to
the higher courts by the defendant
company.
. The penalty imposed on the company
f. the maximum permitted under the
law, and 1t was announced at the end
CT a long opinion In which the methods
and practices of tie Standard Oil
company were mercilessly scored. The
juaGe, in fact, declared in his opin-
ion 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
cGunterfeiters and thieves.
Under the seven indictments still
pending against the Standard Oil COM
pany. an additional fine amounting to
sSS,440. 900 may be levied against the
company If it Is found guilty on trial.
There are in these seven indictments
a total Of APP counts and the maxi
mum fine Oh each count would be
100000.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-15
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-15

Riverside. Calm an address de-
llvered before the chamber of COM
meree, James X. Garfield. secretary
of the interior, alluded to the fine i'm
posed upon the Standard Oil company
at Chicago. In the course of his
speech he said:
The decision and fine are the end
of long fight and will teach people
OF this country that no man, big or
little, is above the law, The Stand
ard Oil company and others like that
great corporation, have gone ahead on
the theory that they we're so powerful
that they could do things the ordinary
citizen could not. We are showing
them that they cannot"
Asked If the prosecution could col
lect the fine, Secretary Garfield re-
piled:
You may be assured we can. There
are 10000 more counts hanging over
them in which similar fines can be
levied
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-15
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Tomahawk,
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States Leather "a
night, laid The 8
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plant will be y
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plant was one II
sorbed by the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

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States rights. 1t was because the States
were culpably negligent and inactive, II
thero Is Il fire smoking In tho hold of all
ocean steamer and the captain and crew
fold their arms III complaccnt inactlvcity,
hoping tho fire will do out, It is tho.
duty Of the passengers or any OF them to
head and organize q bucket corps to
!stille tho flames But when 1t is all over
and tho captain and crew Wnken to tho
realization OF their dereiction and learn
their lesson they would be foolish to lot
this emergency corps run tho ship Have
tho States learned their lesson and
awakened to their duty or will they con-
stinue to let Capitalization govern tho slip
of States? 5 III
The trusts for years had been grow
ing more colossal, aggressive and law
defying, The press Of tho nation chroni-
cled the details, kept hammering at the
subject, seeking to arouse legislation.
The people talked of 1T with a sense OF
abiect hopele ssnesa as e an earthquake
were coming and they saw. no escape,
,rhere was amending talk, as nnnotonolis
as q photograph. with practically as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

ID e L H. I a4 Il < "
to the fullest safety OF tha Union.
before we hopelessly accept as a final
.ity the imputation that the States are
no longer At for self government? Sec
rotary Root not only says that these
things the States no longer do ade-.
iquately," but also that they (the!
States) are no longer capable Of ado-
lquately performing" The honorable
secretary conjugates the impotence OF
tho States In, tho present and future
tense. III
There does seem to BIO ono simple,
practicable method vet untried which
tho writer desires here to propose-one
that Is In such perfect harmony with
tho letter and tho spirit Of tho Con-
stitution that 1t would require no con-.
stitutional amendments: ono thar might
not even require (for an Initial trial,
ut least Legislative actlon}in any State;
one that9upsets no established order In
the conduct of the nation; ono that
would bring tho States Unto closer
unity and harmony without lassenins
In any degree loyalty ana allegiance
tc tho Federal government--in short,
n plan that II worked ont successfully
In practice would put tho rights OF
the States on q firm, recognized basis
and mako Capitalization fnravor an Inn
possibility In the American republic.
The plan, which I wlal, here humbly
and respectfully to present to tho leads
ers In the political activities OF the
country, to our Governors and legisln-
tors, and to the American press and
lublic, is the organization OF
The House Of Governors.
| 1t IL proposed that the Governors al
| the forty-flye States meet annually 10,
a session of two to three weeks to dis.
cuss, consult and confer on vital CUES
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little results The States as whole did
little Or nothing. Then the government
passed the anti-trust law, the thin edge
of the wedge of broadening legislation.
The ubiquitous rebates of the railroads,
that forced thousands of small! dealers
into bankruptcy and restrained commerce
and the natural development Of individ-
ual interests, continued for decades prac-i
tlcally, II not actually untouched by the
hand Of State law. The States could
have met the evil. partially ut least. but
they did nothing. Then the government
passed tho ratio bill.
Grasping capital, holding nothing sn-
cred, not oven tho food of babes, car
.rlcd adulteration and food poisoning to
ia point where 1t seemed that the only
way to 1.-Two was to give UP eating. The
newspapers exposed 1t. tho magazines ex-
plotted it. scicntists lectured on 1t, So
cieties wero formed to fight It. but the
States waited--for the Federal governs
me,it to pass the pnre-food law. E
The President ana the Secretary of
State have declared repeatedly that the
States nre not able to unite IN the max
ing of laws on questions or national im-
portnnce and that therefore tho power
Ia make these laws must become vest
cd In tho Federal government. FE'
WllH III ltuHo 'NAS' 1880 - y : : r., ,
may it not be asked whether tho fall
ure of tho States to make uniform
Legislation has not been duo to the
lack OF any method of tho States 70
get together In conference MS States!
Mere this provided. wherein Is It I'M
possible for the States themselves to
handle this leglslatlon2 That there
arc difflcultles Is self-evident; thai
these dIhiculties are insurmountable i
open to question. Should not plal
that has withinHit8a germ Of hone b'
ltrlcd, If the trying imply no danger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

disuse-through lack of proper exer-
else. The States themselves have been
to blame. Unless they rouse them-
selves to Immediate action the condi-
tion may become irremedable. and
America will then be but an autocracy
under the false guise of a democracy.
Reference to the constitution will
show the privileges tho people have
been, perhaps unconscously,. surren-5
ddering. Tho constitution clearly de-4
tines tho powers Of tho federal gov
ernment8in all Its branches Tho ninth
amendment says:-'"rlie enumeration
IN the constitution Of certain rights
shall not be construed to deny or dis
Sparage others3retnined by the PEG pie"
powers not delegated to tho United
States by tho constitution nor prohib-
Tited by3it to tho States are reserved to
the States respectively or to the peo-
pie"
Here was tho States warrant for ac-
t1on,y corruptionand acknowledgement
had grown brazer, graft fourlshed, arrog-;
ant nominations of trusts became moro
reckless, Illegal aggrcgations OF wealth
lowered higher In their insolence, bribing
of legislators grew more Migrant, patriot-.
Ism and loyalty We're continuously sacr-i
| feed on tho alter of politics--thcse and a
dozen similar evils, sapping tho life Of
the Republic. We're not met by the States
when they had the opportunity in their
| hands. y M M e n.
a few States really did show vitality
and Viriity and earnestly sought to meet
! tho evils, falling tea degree In their eff
forts by the slargcness Of their task anu
1 tho lack Of cn-operatlon from their sister
States Tho situation grew desperate.
4 then came ~ federal administration with
II nerve courage s3 and resolutenessH and
sought seriously to heginat to solve I ii, pro-
4 blems--to5 save the situation
Is tho admins tra ton went hey End Its
/ tights, Y its for q time tyespassed on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

ny WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN.
HE atmosphere OF political
thought In the nation to-day
81 lis permeated with restless re-
bellion of protest against the
s$s -1 growing Capitalization at
Ma shington. Rumblings, OF revolt in
the public press are becoming louder
and more unmistakable, and political
leaders are furnishing the dingysarmor
of States rights in preparation for,
battle. Tho usurping by the govern
,nent OF tho lawlnaking power of the
States Is declared to be a forsaking
of the great principle of democracy,
the rock upon which the fathers found
led the repuhlic.s St5
q d Tho Federal government, following
Sthe spirit8of tile ;,ge, is Itself becom-s
ling "a trust---a great governing trust,
acrowding out and threatening openly
still further to crowd out the States.
the small jobbers In legislation, AZ
the wealth Of the nation ais concentrat-5
ing In tho hands OF tho few, so is
&th ,,guidance OF tho destinies of the
M ricnn people becoming vested in
lrm, tcnse fingers Of IL small legis-
IA Q syndicate. Tho#nation soon will
81 llongeru solid, impragnable pyra-
S .standing on the broad, firm safe
& OF the united action OF IA united
" slple, but q pyramid dangerously hal
#anccd on Its apex-the Uncertain Wis
siIon5of q few. 3fl
H There is y growing req lsatlon per-
Stcolating through the vaEied strata OF
l;politics down to tho5malf in the street
Il that the new CONTEMPLATION is n mon
slyace, It sisSa menace. 1T Is not in har-
u ,nony With the spirit Of the Constitu-
IL tion, its Very essence, though it may
(, he In no technical disaccord with its
4 letter. Had the Invasion Of the self.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

governing rights Of tho States been
manifested in evil laws forced into
being through a dominated Congress-,
tho whole country would have risen to
meet tho issue at once: but 1t has
come With needed Legislation, wise
provisions and vital issues, and be-g
cause of !. this guise it Is all the moro
dangerous because more insidious, The
government OF the founders was fra-
|yternal; the new. government is pa
lternal.
We're the dictates Of any centralized
| administration inspired with tho alb
| solute wisdom of omnlscience and ex-S
ccuted with the relentless certainty Of
omnipotence, with every microscopic
! phaseso of every. act consecratcd to tho
best and highest good OF the whole
| country, 1T would still DO n monaco. !
| Is establishing n 5dangerous precedent
lit Is placing the self-goyerninE pow
or of the State in pawn with tho fed
| cral government With the chances of.
! the ticket becoming lost or the lnter-.
est inte being raised or, some other
ltochnicality occurring that might make
/ redemption difilcult or9eyen Impossible.
| Tho mantle Of. infallibility Ozone adj
i ministration may not drop serenelyg on
4 the shoulders of Its successor--wis-
dom. exalted ideals, and broad. unsel-
Il 5f,Sil q Craftsmanship arc not always
Hereditary in office. "a
1 This centrallxation has not been tho
work Of ono administrations. IT has
been evolving for years. During the
\ present term it has merely assumed "a
moro vivid, picturesque, startling
phase sufficiently distinct to BIO pnr-
a ltentous, hut this cen trial Eat ION tsE nat
\ ural and under past conditions Sinevit-
a able. If there Is to-day federal uslir-
"A patton of States rights it u is so 4nere-
I 5ly because the States rig hts have lar
u gely abrogated their rights through,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

lions affecting the Nv,
the unifying Of ate
unity of the Statexi
House Of GoYerno'rs
making power. noFs
lpire to such pow eg
in Initiative. inginst
gence. n The GovegHt'
unite on a generSl9
great questions tQS1
Legislatures Of tf,.,
tho Governors me- -
that an august. a
ilvo Governors. r6pE
with the law-mak6A
Legislatures. behin
become an inher
Idea Of self-goVerJ
factor for good 5an
This brief stats
lines of the sugSefy0
consideration inS 60nA
tpllhcatlon and detllls|
follows this outliA
In the CongrlNas 4
the Senators. cha \
State LegislatN a
their States. batsAs
States. for the
In their select iNl n!
House OF Reptes m
sent their Stat ia
their States,
uents and With Sll
them they may nv II
est Of the entt1
paramount Imp IN.
hut In fact taX !
tlnality ofgyaiR1s nfe
trict. Tho GOV ~ ,e
ever, Is elect ii
responsible 8
slant touch I
| fingers clos j.
4 !
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The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27

lake ranche." The winter was one
of the severest and as result most
Of the cattle In the vicinity were
frozen to death. In the spring of
1864 he came up the river to q point
at the fort at Platteville. remain
ing there q while then somewhat
later went to point up the Platte
river just below Fort Lupton and
there took up claim but because Of
the ravages Of the Indians, the kill
ing of Mr.. Whitcomb and the steal
ing of his horses, he was forced to
abandon the claim which was later
jumped by others. He next settled
on the st. Vrain creek one mile west
Of old Burlingtona nd spent o couple
of years farming and fighting grass
hoppers. In 1867 he moved to
Jamestown, gold camp, but his ex-
periences as miner were unsuccess-
full, and again being without money,
he turned his hand to freighting for
a time from the end of the U. P.
railroad at Cheyenne to Denver
This was in 1868. In 1859, 1870 and
1871 he rented and farmed one of
Is ]. Plumb's ranches on Boulder
creek just below the mouth of Coal
creek. In 1872 he took up claim of
Uncle Sans two miles south of
mouth Of Boulder creek which he
held onto this time aud there he
Dtinood to 1.-Two orI xyorl, NTH
Henry's father, In fencing their
respective frontier farms and in the
building alone Of ten miles of
bitches, the first In that portion of
the county. In 1890 Mr.. Wright
moved to Denver as he had traded
his farms for Denver property, where
be has remained for seventeen years.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Regular Land Rush.

An old fashioned land rush took
place in northern Colorado last
Thursday, the objective point being
the Grow Creek country northeast Of
Greeley. A report that the irriga-
tion scheme talked of a. an extension
to the Poudre Valley reservoir sys-
tenn was a sure 60 caused the STAN
pede. There were wagon and auto
mobile loads of land seekers from
nearly all Of the northern Colorado
towns. There Is considerable good
land in the country where the canal
will end but 1t must either be
bought or contested for as there Is
hothing left open to homestead or
desert land entry.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Building Now Assured.

The visit Of Senator Guggenheim
to Greeley about ten days ago has
born fruit along the lines suggested
In last week s sTribune. He will
present fine building to the State
Normal scloul.
1t was announced by DIR. Q. X.
Snyder to the summer school Friday
that prominent citizen Of Colorado
had presented the Institution with
fine new building that would be
erected in the very near future.
The amount to be expended will be
not less than 100000. While DR..
Snyder stated he was not at liberty
to give the name Of the benefactor
Of the institution as vet, nobody
doubts at this time that 1t Is Senator
Guggenheim.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Crowd at Concert.

Perhaps not less than 1000 people
were out last Thursday to listen to
the open air concert by the Greeley
band. The weather was ideal and
the music good. The citizens OF
Greeley have subscribed literally for
band concerts and for the purchase OF
several new and high priced instru-
ments. The members Of the band
have also been working hard for the
past month or so under the direction
of Prof. G. r.. Miller of the State
Normal school and their work has
resulted in high grade OF music.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
PLANT NOW RUNNING
Northern Colorado Power Com
pany Starts Machinery

The Northern Colorado Power
company has commenced supplying
electricity to Boulder and it ~ill bs
but short time until the plant IL
supplying power to the entire north
ern part Of the state, when the small
plants now in operation at Boulder,
Louisville, Longmont, Berthoud,
Loveland, Fort Collins and Greeley
will be dismantled.
N. A. Carle, vice president and
general manager Of the company,
says that test Of the power line
between the new plant at Lafayette
and Boulder was made last Wednes-
day and that not single insulator
was lost. There we're IL, 500 volts
turned on. The line was run half
an hour and was then shut of until
Sunday. The south side of Boulder
was cut in Sunday, and Monday the
rest of Boulder was included.
Mr.. Carle says that as soon as the
40. OOO-v volt power line is completed
to Greeley, by way of Fort Collins,
that the company will supply power
to farmers for pumping processes.
He says that this power will be sup
piled at a comparatively small cost,
and will assist in reclaiming much
land northeast Of Denver.
Longmont will be the first town
on the 40,000-volt power line to be
supplied with power. The voltage
on the line to Boulder will not be
higher than 1880 volts. After
Longmont..is is supplied, the 40, ,ooo-volt
line will be opened to Berthe nd,
Loveland, Fort Collins and the othe
| towns.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Almost a Cyclone.

A storm that almost turned out to
be q cyclone passed over the country
in the vicinity Of the Latham reser-
voir last Sunday afternoon. 1t only
lasted for few minutes but 1t made
everybody who could get there hike
for shelter. A field Of plowed
ground WAS swept almost bare Of the
loose dirt and small water spouts
were started on the lake. No serious
damage was done. however. This is
the nearest approach to cyclone
that has visited this section for sew
eral years.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
China Plate Shower.

Mrs. Harry Thompson and Miss
Zoe Moore were the hostesses of =
plate shower Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Ella Milford, who was
yesterday married to Duane Devote.
The party was held at ssthe home of
Mrs. Thompson and was complete
surprise to the bride-elect.
About fifteen young ladies were
present and they brought beautiful
collection Of china plates. The hos
tesses served refreshments during the
evening.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Reception at Normal.

The faculty of the summer school
gave reception to the students last
Friday evening In the gymnasium at
the Normal.
In the receiving line we're DR..
Snyder, Prof. and Mrs. F. L. Abbott
and Miss A. Parker.
A short musical program was rend-
cred, which. consisted of music BY
the Kendel orchestra, solos by Misses
Vivian Abbott and Mary Kendel and
a violin solo by ]. G. Kendel.
Punch and ice cream we're served
during the evening. There were
about 25O present.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Thief Was Caught.

All records for quick retribution
to = bicycle thief were broken last
Thursday morning when fellow
giving his name as George johnson
stole wheel from in front Of the
Tribune offlce. He took it to Lest
e-'s bicycle shop and offered 1t for
sale. Lester recognized the wheel
and quietly sent out for the owner
while he was dickering with the fell
low on price. The result was that
In about two minutes Johnson was in
Marshal Williams automobile on his
way to the Jail.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
Finest Beets.

Over in East Hillsboro country
through small strip of the valley
a dozen farms there are
$50 acres of beets and scarcely any
potatoes. G. NJ. Williams probably
has the only tract of potatoes Of any
size. And this territory last year
had . record Of twenty-seven tons Of
beets to the acre in some instances.
The baets this year are ahead Of
those in almost any other section in
point of growth. They are practi-
cally q perfect stand.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27

tion. When Snow happened to turn
his back on the stranger the fellow
suddenly commanded the farmer to
throw up his bands. Instead Of
complying with the command Snow
wheeled about quickly and struck
the fellow blow on the head with
an irrigating shovel. The man was
knocked down by the blow but was
up and away before he could be Sc
cured.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-27
A Good Rain.

The rain last Friday did thousands
of dollars worth of good to the grow
ing crops, especially in the dry farm
ing regions, although it reached but
a small acreage In the sections where
that form of farming Is carried on.
There was some alfalfa lying on the
ground but it was not damaged
much.
During the storm the lightning
struck tha Baptist church, right next
to the court house, but with the ex-
ception OF tearing off few shingles
did no damage.