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The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-01-02
Announcement.

The new law which goes into
effect January /, regulating the
subscriptions. of newspapers
and all periodicals which are al
lowed access to the United States
mails at pound rates, makes it a
misdemeanor for the publisher
of a paper to misrepresent the
same to a postal inspector, if
called on for information, and if
guilty of such misrepresenta-'
tion, he fprfeits~ali right to the
use of the mails at, other than the
fourth class rate-.-sixteen- cents
per pound. This rate would be
prohibitcry at the present price
of newspapers, and as a conse-
quence the publishers of the
country will be compelled to re-
quire their subscribers to pay
before the end of the year or lose
their paper, if they are residents
| OF the.state, and if living in a
foreign country, the time of
delinquency is shortened to three
months. While this may be the
means of cutting down the lists
Of newspapers numerically it will
be the means Of the publisher
collecting more money for his
paper, as most subscribers are
over one year in arrears simply
because they forget the matter
and the publisher hesitates 60
send a statement as SO many
readers do not look at it from a
business viewpoint, but take it
that the editor is afraid of get
ting his money aud is sending
them "dunner. Under the
law referred to the pub'isher
must call the attention Of his
subscribers to the fact that their
So description is running out or
cut them off without notice,
which wonld be as unfair to the
subscriber as to the publisher.
Subscribers should look this up
and get their names and expira-
ton dates "right" before the law
takes effect, that there may be no
break in the con tinuation of their
paper, or, if they wish the paper
discontinued, they should pay up
to date and tell the publishers to
stop sending it.
In conformity with the new
law we may be compelled to
strike the names of some from
our lists which we would be very
10th to do as among the delin-
quent are many who have had
the r e pu blican as weekly
visitor for several years. How
ever we must conform with the
postal regulations and ask all who
owe to send in the amounts.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-01-02
Local Happenings ef the Week.

ouboSA mn INV YAsOO RNA y SSAA
Get your carbon paper at the
Pioneer Office.
Leave your orders for. seed oats
at the Wibaux elevator.
G. B. Pope was down from
Glendive on business, Friday.
Henry Mullendore was a busi-
ness visitor in Medora, Friday.
School will be called again on
Monday, January 6, after a two
weeks holiday vacation.
Boost for Wibaux-the best
town in the best county in the
best tate on the map.
Listen next Monday morning
when the school bell rings for it's
first time in the year Of 1908.
H. D. Dennis came in from the
ranch, near Preston, Sunday and
went to Glendive on business.
Pope & Howard shipped a car
load Of sheep to the Chicago mar
ket from Wibaux last Tuesday.
Preaching service will be held
in the Congregational church at
7:3O next Sunday evening, Jan. s.
E. B. Clark, president and man
ager Of the Midland Coal & Lum-
Der Co., was a business visitor in
Wibaux the first Of the week.
When you make up your mind
to "get in the game" and boost
for Wibaux, remember it is nee
essary to read your home paper.
Don't miss the opportunity Of
having your picture taken while
the photographer is in town, as
he is here for short time only.
Office over First National Bank.
The parties who have removed
articles belonging to the w. H.
Freeman shearing plant are here
by requested to return same and
save further trouble. W. II.
Terrell.
Messrs. C. B. and Everett, and
Mrs. ]. M. Calvin returned to
their home at Miles City after a
visit Of several days at the w.
Bar ranch, Of which James Cal
vim is manager.
Any one wishing to have watch
or jewelry repairing of any kind
done may leave same at my store
as | have made arrangements
with J. H. Miskimen, the we'll
known Glendive jeweler, to take
orders, which will receive prompt
attention. All work guaranteed.
G. NJ. Allen. Wibaux. Mont.
Mrs. Irene Clark James is the
guest Of her sisters Mrs. E. B
Clark and Miss Annielaurie Clark.
Mr.. James is manager Of the Mid
land Coal & Lumber yards at Wi
baux, where they now reside hav-
ing recently removed from Rich
land Center, Wis. They are de-
lighted with their new home and
business prospects. Miles City
Journal.
Chas. L. Working, of Valley
City, N. D., formerly of St. Paul,
was. in Wibaux this week and has
decided to locate here in the
jeWelry business. He will be
Temporarily located in F. J. Stip-
ek's harness shop, and for the
present time he will do repai,
work only, but later on when a
larger store room can be had he
expects to put in a full line of
jewelry. There will no doubt be
a nice business here in the jewel
ry line.
Through an oversight last week
we omitted mention of the fact
that the Christmas tree and ex-
ercises which were held in the
hall at this place on Christmas
IN
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-01-02

For quick results, advertise in
the Pioneer.
H. K. Schuster is down from
Glendive on business, today.
C. W. Hooker was in from the
ranch for a load of supplies on
Thursday.
Are you looking for corn? We
have it for sale in any quantity
at the Wibaux elevator.
S. P. Bakken came in from the
ranch on Thursday evening and
went to Glendive on business.
M. D. Rife, M. j. Ryan and
Mike Gallagher were among those
from here who attended the dance
at Beach on Tuesday evening.
E. W. Beedle, publisher of the
Yellowstone Monthly, at Billings,
was a business visitor in Wibaux
on Saturday, and incidentally
made this office a pleasant call.
Alice Gertenson entertained a
number of young lady friends at
her home on Tuesday evening in
honor of her tenth birthday. The
guests were served a dainty re-
past, and Miss Alice received a
number of nice birthday gifts.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-01-02

DR., E: E. Gaines spent the New
Year holiday in Glendive.
j. G. Kinney. and son, Harris,
are Glendive visitors, today.
Jerome Wolfe was business
visitor in Beach on Monday.
E. H. Hall was up from Beach
on Thursday to attend the dance.
j. H. Carlson was a business
visitor in Sentinel Butte, Thurs.
day.
Jeweler Larson, Of Beach, was
a business visitor in Wibaux on
Thursday.
C. H. Moulton and l. S. Bisp-
ham were brief callers here from
Beach on Saturday.
| have some furniture and one
heater that / will sell cheap if
taken soon. Mary Brophy.
The elevator at this place can
now supply your demand for oats,
whether it be large or small.
Mr.. and Mrs, AL Davis depart
ed last week for an extended Wis
it in Erie, Pa, and will also visit
Florida before their return.
There will be services in the
st. Thomas church (EpiscopaD
next Tuesday evening, Jan. z, at
7:3O. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. w. w. Lathom returned
Thursday from Glendive, where
she has been taking treatment
and is reported to be very i'll at
this writing.
H. ], Darby returned last week
from the Davis ranch where he
is engaged in the erection of a
good 16x24 house for D. l.. Smith
on his fine Beaver valley home
stead.
The New Years dance which
was given by the members of the
|. 0. O. F. lodge, in their hall at
this place, proved a very success
full one. The proceeds are for
the benefit Of the old members
in the I. O. @. F. home.
The annual meeting of the
Volunteer Fire Department was
held in the fire house last Satur-
day evening and officers were ap-
pointed for the ensueing year.
The department. has taken steps
toward buying a $4,000 engine,
and the question is left to the
committee.
On Christmas Eve there was a
very enjoyable dance and Christ
mas tree at E. O. Holmquist' S
farm twelve miles south of town.
There were about thirty people
present and everybody had good
time. They served a very palat-
able supper and danced until
morning. All the children re-
ceived presents from Santa Claus
and wished that Christmas would
come more often. All the guests
got Japanese doll, in memory of
the occasion, and one that would
take the cake" at any doll show.
Contributed.
Once before now the Pioneer
has confidently informed the pub
lie that an attorney was about to
locate here-but he didn't come
so now that another lawyer,
Mr.. Edward F. Fisher, of White
Earth, North Dakota, has been
here, become enamored of our
hustling little city, rented office
rooms in the First National Bank
building and made all other nee
essary arrangements to locate
here. We hardly feel like saying
much about it. However, the
fact remains that Mr.. Fisher is
a highly recommended young
man who says he will be here
oho,,% Jo~,,o~.,, OO4L - 4o1xo -, IL, .
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-01-02
Card Of Thanks.

Through the columns of this
paper we wish to extend our sin
cere thanks to our friends and
patrons who so kindly assisted
us during our late bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Meyers.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
OREGON SQUIBS,

Her hand pricked by rose thorn,
Mrs. Rose Bernstein, Portland, con-
tracted blood poisoning after two
weeks and despite skilful treatment
she died.
Prineville was cut off from tele-
phone and telegraph connection with
the outside world recently for several
days, owing to severe thunder squalls.
Four persons were arrested in what
the police term a society hop joint"
at Portland, which was raided by the
police recently. A complete opium
smoking outfit was captured in the
building, which was filed with the
fumes of opium smoke.
The contract for the new $4,000
Eaton building, to be erected upon the
Willamette university campus this
fall, has been awarded by A. E. Eaton
of Union, Ore, the donor, to Shook &
Trover of Salem city for $4,000. The
plumbing will cost $3.50.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
Stock Exhibit at Spokane.

1t has been the constant effort of
the management of the Spokane fair
to popularize the stock exhibits and
to give all visitors at the fair an op-
portunity of seeing the judging of the
live stock. With this end in view a
mammoth tent arena with a seating
capacity Of over two thousand was
provided for the 1907 fair, and the
same arrangement will be made this
year.
Beginning on Tuesday morning, Oc-
tober 6, stock will be exhibited and
judged in this tent twice daily. The
following program will be followed as
closely as possible:
Tuesday, October 6-Judging beef
and dairy cattle.
Wednesday, October Judging
draft and standard bred horses.
Thursday, October S-Judging cattle
and horse sweepstakes.
Friday, October 9-Judging sheep
and hogs.
Saturday, October 10-Exhibits of
prize winning animals in all classes.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
FIRE WAS
LARGE ONE
NEW ORLEANS CENTER
SUNDAY. AFTERNOON.
FIREMEN WERE AMIDST THEIR
ANNUAL PICNIC AND FIRE
GOT GOOD START.

New Orleans, Aug. 31-Fire that
broke out in the center of the COM
mercial district Sunday afternoon
swept over portions of three blocks,
destroying large number of whole
sale houses, manufacturing plants and
stores. Originating at Beinville and
Chartres streets, the flames worked
their way north as far as Cont street
and west to Royal street, with a loss
of between $1,0O0,000 and 100000
before the flames were finally subdued.
At the time the alarm was turned in,
shortly before o'clock, the New Or
leans firemen were in the midst of
their annual picnic at a suburban
park and the engines and patrols re-
sponded with mere handful of men,
1t was fully an hour before the de-
partment was in a position to make
anything like successful fight against
the fire, and even then the handicap
against it was added to by an made
quate supply of water.
The fire was one of the most spec
tacular that has occurred in New Or
leans during recent years.
Two warehouses filed with wines
and liquors were among the buildings
destroyed. Barrels of whisky and
brandy exploded with thunderous
roars which could be heard for blocks
and which shook the walls of adjoin-
ing buildings and endangered the lives
of firemen engaged in fighting the
flames. 1t was not until several hours
had elapsed that the fire was gotten
under control, and even then it con-
tinued to burn well into the night.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
GEO. A. P. STEWART DEAD,
One of the Two Last Surviving Gen.
erals Of the "Lost Cause"

Biloxi, Miss, Sept. 1. - General
Alexander P. Stewart, one of the two
last surviving lieutenant generals of
the Confederate army, died at his
home here in his 87th year.
General Stewart was born in Ten
nessee and was appointed to West
Point from that state. After gradual
ing from the academy with high hon.
ors in 1912, he resigned three years
later to become a professor at the
Cumberland university in Maryland.
At the opening of the civil war he
was commissioned brigadier general
in the Confederate army In 1868 he
was made major general and his ap.
pointment as lieutenant general fol-
lowed one year later. He was in COM
mand of the army of the Tennessee
when the war closed. From 1874 to
1886 General Stewart was chancellor
of the University of Mississippi. He
occupied the last years of his life with
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
FOLSOM
FLOOD
FIERCE STORM IN NEW
MEXICO.
LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS
DROWNED AND HUNDREDS
ARE NOW HOMELESS.

East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 81
AS darkness fell on Folsom, N. NJ, to-
night it marked the end of a day of
intense suffering due to the terrific
hailstorm that has ragged with deadly
effect for II hours and the beginning
of a night of terror unequaled in the
history of this part of the country.
Huddled together on the hillsides,
without food or shelter, and many of
them with scant clothing, the hundreds
of residents of Folsom who were
driven from their homes by the recent
cloudburst spent the sleepless night in
anguish. Many of them having lost
their homes and personal belongings
in the flood, separated from their
friends and relatives, and then at
tackled later by hailstones as large as
mothballs, the refugees are in frame
of mind bordering on insanity. Some
of the refugees have been without
food for 48 hours and there is no tell
ing how much longer they must go
hungry.
The hailstones have done great dam
age in the farming sections. 1t is even
reported that some of them killed
sheep. Following the cloudburst so
closely, the storm completed the work
of destruction, and tonight hundreds
of acres of farm lands are inundated,
creeks are overlooking and thousands
of head of cattle have already been
drowned.
Food and clothing are ready to be
rushed to the suffering people on the
hillsides as soon as there is any pos
sible chance of rescuers reaching them
without losing their lives in the rush.
ing waters.
The horror of the Folsom flood
grows with each telegram from the
south. The stories of the survivors
are beginning to drift in. The magni-
tude of the disaster is just beginning
to make itself known.
The work of recovering the bodies
goes forward under the greatest diff
culties. There were many strangers in
the town on the night of the disaster
who did not know which way to turn
when the flood swept through the mar
row streets, and there is no means of
telling how many of these were car
ried away by the 30-foot wall of water
which rushed down the narrow can
yon.
The town of Folsom is built in a
narrow canyon-a death trap if ever
there was one. All Thursday after
noon the rain fell in torrents and the
downfall continued after night settled
down on the doomed town. No such
rainfall had ever been known in the
section, but the residents of Folsom
went to bed as usual unconscious of
the great wall of water which was
gathering above the town.
Over 20 persons are reported to
have lost their lives.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
Labor Notes.

England's old age pension bill, en-
failing payments of $3O,OOO,O00 a year,
becomes operative on January 1.
Last year 5000 men lost their lives.
in the coal mines of the United States,
an increase of 1900 over the previous
year.
The recent Scottish trades union
congress passed resolutions in favor of
old age pensions and in favor of COM
pulsory Intervention in labor disputes.
Brockton, Mass, has 35 shoe fac
tories, with total floor area of over
100000 square feet, in which upward
of $4,000 skilled operatives are en-
ployed.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
New Seattle Firm,

new agency for the sale of the
standard makes of American watches
has been established in Seattle by the
Seattle Watch Co. The direct sale of
watches through advertising is the
method of this concern. Mr.. A. B.
Jones, manager of the Seattle house,
is watch specialist and man of long
experience in the business. He be.
lieves that the development of the
business in the northwest is simply a
matter of letting the people know of
the advantages of buying watches in
tits way. American watches are not
excelled for reliability and time keep
ing qualities.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04

farther sotith, as contemplated. Grad
ing for station grounds is now in
progress at Vollmer.
While Mary Types 2 year old son
was playing with matches near
Spaulding he set his clothes on fire
and they burned from his body. Mary
is a full-blood Nez Perez Indian and
can not speak English.
Milton s. Croft, the railway mail
clerk from Pennsylvania, who was
charged with arson for setting the
four woodhouses on fire in the west
ern part of Moscow recently, was or.
dered committed to the asylum at
Orofino.
]. T. Barber and 8. G. Moon, lum-
bermen of Winona, Mich, were ar
rested recently under federal indict-
ment charging conspiracy in connec-
ton with the Idaho land cases. The
indictment was returned April IA,
1908. Both men gave bail in $1,000.
The hearing was set for September 8.
James A. Ford, who has been editor
Of the Wallace Daily Times since it's
first issue, two years ago, has resigned
and will engage in the mining broker
age business with his father in Spo-
kane. Frank Farrar of Denver, for
merly with the Rocky Mountain News,
will succeed Mr.. Ford on the Times.
P. H. Wall, president and general
manager of the Lane Lumber COM
pany, whose mill and lumber were
burned at Lane recently, states that
the work of rebuilding the mill will
be commenced just as soon as the
grounds can be cleaned up and the
lumber brought in. With the lath
mill, office, lumber shed and dry
kilns the property was valued at $780,
900. The lumber burned was worth
In the neighborhood of $4,000. The
entire property was insured for $780,
300,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
JAPs SHORT OF MONEY.
Have Postponed Their Exposition "a
1917,


The governments financial policv
decided upon by the cabinet, involves
the curtailment of expenditures nv
$1OO,00O,0OO, of which 80 per cent will,
be taken from the army budget and
10 per cent from that of the navy.
The postponement of the exposition
Premier Kaysura says, is not purely.
due to financial reasons, but is owing
to the fact that the work of prepara-.
ton has been insufficient and it will
be quite impossible to make a credit
able exposition within three years on
an appropriation of five millions.
Therefore, as the necessary appro.
priation would be inconsistent with
the economical plans of the cabinet for
the next five years, it is wiser for the
government to admit that fact than to
fail in making complete success of
the exposition which it has been de-
cided will be held in 1917, the ami
versaly of the accession of the en-
peror.
In this manner Japan. admits her
financial stringency, but insists on the
utmost economy and depends on for
eign countries accepting the situation
as an act of wise economy on the part
of the nation.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
Jailed Negroes for Assault.

Shawnee, Okla, Aug. 31.-Seventy-
hive negroes are under arrest here,
and lynching is threatened as the
result of brutal assault with a re-
volver on Miss Kate Kane here by n
negro, inflicting serious wounds. The
girl was unconscious when found two
hours later The police raided the
negro quarter and arrested rs blacks.
Feeling against the colored men runs
high.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
MONTANA ITEMS,

The barracks of Company I, United
States infantry, at Fort Assiniboine,
were destroyed by fire, causing loss
of $4,000.
e. H. Becker one of the best
known civil and construction engi-
neers in the United States, dropped
dead at Missoula at the west tunnel
camp of the st. Pau pass.
Governor Norris ,has begun the dis
tribution of $4,000 to the members
of the volunteer troops of the Span
ish-American war of Montana. The
money was secured from the govern
ment.
Eugene w. Chain, prohibition can
didate for president, delivered two ad-
dresses in Missoula Sunday. In the
morning he filled the pulpit of the
First M. e. church and in the evening
spoke to large audience in the Union
opera house. Neither of the addresses
touched on political matters.
T. e. Collins ST., state examiner of
banks of Montana, died Sunday after
noon at his home in Great Falls of
paralysis. He is survived by a wife,
two daughters, two sons and brother.
Mr. Collins was formerly state treas
urer and for the past rs years had
been actively associated with the in
terests of the state. He was Ga years
IF age.
Sheriff Ward of Ravalli county has
captured Charles c. Dunn, notorious
horse thief, at the foot of Big Hole
mountain, Montana. Dunn was sur
prised by the sheriff while asleep with
two automatic pistols by his side. He
stole horse belonging to Wesley
Swayze of Hamilton, August g. and
was tracked all over the Big Hole
country by Sheriff Ward.
Fire Saturday almost completely de-
stroyed Darby, town of about 1000
inhabitants, in the Bitter Root valley.
The town had no fire department and
the conflagration, which started in the
Tanner hotel, ragged for four hours
without interruption. The use of dyna-
mite is all that saved the three re-
naming buildings of Darby. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, with compare
lively no insurance.
In the furtherance of the plan for
the conservation of the resources of
the nation as outlined at the White
House conference, Governor Norris
has appointed a second commission,
this being on land, which he regards
the most important of all. David Hill,
ger, Charles 9. Hartman and B. F.
White are named, and are directed to
prepare recommendations for the next
legislature whereby the defects of the
present laws may be eliminated and
actual settlers get the benefits.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
JESSE JAMES OUTCOME.
Five Bandits Hold Posse and Rob
Bank Of $4,000.

Montreal.-Five masked men rob-
bed the Provincial Bank of Steustache,
10 miles distant, in broad daylight
Saturday. While two of the robbers
held a posse back with revolvers and
rifles, three robbed the vaults, taking
$4,000 in gold, and escaped.
The robbers overpowered the
night Waterman and gained an en-
trance. They were tampering with
the vault when they set off burglar
alarm in the sheriff's office.
The bandits waited for the officers,
told them the first one who made an
attempt to enter would be killed, and
worked calmly at the safe. Then they
rode away. 1t was daylight when
they finished.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
Open Alberta Lands Monday.

Winnipeg, Man., Sept. LIN the
provinces of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan there was great rush for land
Monday. All the Doukhabor land on
which these foreigners refused to per-
form homestead duties, thousands Of
acres in extent, was thrown open to
settlement, besides which the new
presumption law passed at the last ses-
sion Of parliament went into effect.
This gives the privilege to all settlers
to enter for a second homestead. Bar
ricades have been erected around the
land Office to prevent rush. Already
many applicants are standing in line.