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The Western news., 1908-09-30
COMMISSIONERS APPOINT ENGI-
NEERS TO OVERSEE WORK.
THE COMPANY PAYS EXPENSE
State Engineer Wade and Engineers Viii.
son and Pratt Compose the Commits
sion---Measure of Precaution.

The board of county commissioners
met pursuant to a signed call, at 1000
O'Clock d. M. for the purpose of ap-
pointing a board of experts as provid-
ed by the civil code of Montana to
superinteud the construction of the
dam now being built at Lake Como by
the Bitter Root Valley Irrigatio n
Company. Present, Jos. Appolonio,
chairman, John S. Treese, commits
,soner and Geo. A. Reese, clerk.
On motion of Commissioner Treece,
seconded by Commissioner Appolonio,
State Engineer Jno. w. Wade, E. H.
Wilson, member of the Montana
'Society of Engineers and A. C. Pratt,
of the Missouri River Power Company,
were appointed as experts to examine
and superintend the construction of
the dam at Lake Como.
The compensation for said experts
was fixed at $500 per day and ex-
penses while actually engaged in
supervising the construction of said
dam, and in going to and from the
said works or an appointed meeting
place of said board of experts.
All claims of said board of experts
to be presented monthly and paid by
the Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Co.
On motion the board adjourned.
Approved, JOSEPH APPOLONIO
Attest: Chairman.
GEO. A. REESE.
Clerk of Board.
Hamilton, Mont, Sept %, 1908.
The Western news., 1908-09-30
Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartf II
thanks to our friends and neighb ors
who so kindly assisted us during the
sickness and at the funeral of our be-
loved baby. Also the kindness sho wn
Mr.. Taylor, who is still very i'll with
typhoid.
MR.. and MRS. J. B. TAYLOR
The Western news., 1908-09-30

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Hamilton, Mont, Sept. %, 1908.
The Western news., 1908-09-30
Stray.

Lost, strayed or stolen, eleven head
of cows and heifers, branded H with
bar beneath) on right ribs. Left ear
cropped and split. Please notify w.
H. Thorning, Corvallis, r. F. D. 49-4t
The Western news., 1908-09-30

Wanted-We want you in our night
school; we teach just what you want.
Individual instruction $40 a month.
Hamilton Business College. 1t
The Western news., 1908-09-30
Announcement

hereby announce myself an indie
pendent candidate for the office of
assessor and respectfully solicit the
support of the electors of Ravalli
county.
T, B. TANNER,
The Western news., 1908-09-30

Advertise the Bitter Root by having
Mcintosh Red apples printed or yong
stationery.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

est man Of letters that Missouri had ever
produced.
Accepting Mr. walkers explanation,
the action OF the Springfield conven-
ton is stiIl a rebuke to Mr.. Bryan and
those eastern democrats who labored
under the delusion that Missourians
are not up to snuff on literature. 1t
was fatal mistake for the Bryan man
ayers to attempt to offer a proposition
to the Missourians that they would not
think OF making to an Indiana con-
vention where the reverence for letters
is so we'll known. The Missourians
may have somewhat hazy ideas on
some of the political questions of the
day. but they know where they stand
on the question whether Gus Thomas
is a greater literary genius than was
Gene Field. On that rock of opinion
outside sentiment may split to froth
and foam without disturbance the
serenity of the Missourians in the
least. They know literature when they
meet 1t and it is the one subject on
which they refuse to be shown.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
4 BOTTLED SPEECH.

Missouri democrats are for Bryan,
all right, but they have made 1t plain
that even Colonel Bryan cannot show
them anything new in the culture line
or teach them much about the merits of
poets and authors. The Missourians
have bottled a speech which Augustus
Thomas, the playwright, had prepared
for delivery at the democratic conven-
tion in Denver. This action was taken
by the Missourians In the face Of a per-
sonal request that Mr.. Thomas be
elected as an alternate to the Denver
convention from Missouri.
Mr.. Thomas is one of the original
admirers OF Colonel Bryan. 1t is gem
orally understood that Mr., Bryan
wanted to be placed in nomination by
Mr.. Thomas at Denver, but there were
obstacles in the way. Mr.. Thomas
lives IN New Rochelle, N. Y, where the
anti-Bryan forces are In control, and
he had no chance of being elected as a
delegate there. so, II Is alleged, Mr..
Bryan requested that he be sent as an
alternate by the democratic county
convention at Springfield. NO., Mr..
Thomas birthplace. The democrats at
Springfield turned the request down.
Harry w. Walker, Mr.. Bryans un-
official spokesman in New York, ex-
plains the situation this way:
Mr.. Bryan's request about Augustus
Thomas was not turned down, The reso-
luton to send Thomas TO Denver was
worded in such way that the Missouri
democrats regarded Il as reflection upon
tie late EuEene Field, the poet The reso-
luton stated that. aside from samuel /.
Clemens. Augustus Thomas was the great
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
Personal NOTES.

Wyoming grants to women every privi-
lege that men have. Hence the fact that
one woman has fenced in 1000 acres of
public land is not surprising.
Pennsylvania court recently decided
that woman who keeps the ashes of her
second husband in the same room occupied
by her third husband is not necessarily in
sane.
Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado,
IL years of age, is said to be the only
United States senator whose feet do not
touch the floor when seated in his chair.
The announcement that Senor Pedro
Alvarado, the Mexican millionaire land
owner, has given 100000 for the purpose
Of aiding poor Mexicans recalls the fact
that he started life as a day laborer on a
ranch.
Miss Della Colvin of Pontiac, Mich, a
senior in the State Normal college, estab-
lished a worlds record of 4 feet So inches
for the running high jump for girls in a
contest with Miss Emily Stark, a medical
student in the University of Michigan,
A tablet commemorating the life and pub
lie service Of the late George S. Boutwell,,
former governor of Massachusetts,, con-
gresham, senator and secretary of the
treasury, was dedicated at the Groton
cemetery with simple exercises. The me-
mortal is the gift of Andrew Carnegie,
General w. A. Bancroft Moorefeld Storey.
Albert S. Parsons and John Richie.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
oULD BARNEY TO The Y.

t. A. Daily in Catholic Standard and
Arrahl Barney ma bouchal, tbs courtin'
An you but out of your dressesl
'Tis the light in your eye, like a new
risen star,
Now you're off to the town,
For the sum has gone down,
An the spell o. the gloamin is DER ye.
Faith yere started like me,
But it's lucky ven be
If ye end like yer father before ye.
Oh, the glamour O. night
Breeds a passion too light
For a dacint long life-tmes adornin',
But the blessing that cheers
All the slow-wheelin' years
Is the love that blooms warm In thI
mornin'.
Arrah! Barney ma bouchal, when was
lad
courted one lass an another.
But the sorra bit comfort from amy
Til I came on the heart o. your
mother.
Oh her charms they were rare
In the dusk, at the fair
At the dance, in the house she was
But her heart it was found
When 1 happened around
Where she sang at her work In the
mOrnin',
Oh, the glamour o. night
Breeds a passion too light
For a daclnt long life-time's adornin',
But the blessin' that cheers -
All the slow-wheelin' years u
is the love that blooms warm in an
mornin'.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
THE NATIONAL AsHHEAp,

While the governors of the differ
ent states we're in session at the White
House quoting figures to show how
the natural resources of the nation are
being wasted each year, the National
Board of Fire Underwriters was in
session in New York, calling attention
to another source of waste which
causes an annual drain that would
bankrupt any other nation in the
world. Statistics were presented show
ing that the loss by fire in the United
States amounts to about 5000, 900
daily, total of more than $500, ,OO0,-
600 annually. This amount of prop
erty is wiped out of existence every
year. 1t means complete waste, for
which there is no compensation. Pres
ident Burchell of the underwriters
stated that the fire loss In this coun-
try for the last FIVE years aggregated
$1,257 7955, 900. or more than enough
to pay off the national debt.
Great as the average from fire
losses has been for the last five years,
this year promises to break the
record. The New York Journal of
Commerce has prepared the following
table showing the loss for the first
four months of the year, as compared
with the same period in 1906 and
! 1907:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
REPUBLICAN KEYNOTE AT CHICAGO


Republican reactionaries and their
enthusiastic democratic allies who are
trying to conjure an anti-Taft move
ment out of the selection of United
States Senator julius @. Burrows of
Michigan to be the temporary chair
man of the republican national conven-
tion, and thereby charged with the
duty of delivering the keynote address,
are simply sowing for another harvest
of disappointment. While, at first
flush, some of the enthusiastic support
ers Of Mr. Taft and the administration
may be disappointed at the selection OF
Senator Burrows, results promise to
fully justify the wisdom of Chairman
News choice.
1t Is the province and custom of the
temporary chairman of national con-
vention to make the keynote speech OF
the campaign. For that reason he is
usually chosen because of his thorough
sympathy with the predominant senti-
ment of his party and eager to pro-
to be the rallying points of the cam
paign. Those who are trying to dis
cover particular significance in the Sc
lection of Senator Burrows intimate
that he has not been an ardent Roose-
velt supporter, and fear that he
will not be properly enthusias-
tic in proclaiming the Taft policies.
Senator Burrows, when asked If his
speech would be Roosevelt or an
anti-Roosevelt speech, promptly re-
Piled: Neither. 1t will be a repub-
lican address" The answer contains
satisfying assurance that Senator Bur-
casion and will perform them credita-
bly,.
The convention will be a republican
convention. Mr. Roosevelt's personal
ity will not be an issue before it, al
though his policies and the party's
policies will be the subjects of most
attention and concern. Senator Bev-
eridge is said to have been President
man of the convention, while Senator
Dolliver is said to have been Mr.. Taft's
choice. There are tactical reasons
against the selection of either. Sena-
tor Beveridge comes from a state which
has a favoTite son candidate in the
field for the presidential nomination.
Senator Dolliver is involved in the fac
tional fight in his party in Iowa and
the national chairman wisely decided
; to take no sides in that controversy
Senator Burrows, on the other hand
comes from a "house in order" state
; and comes as a republican without
pronounced prejudices for or against
any candidate whose name will be con
sidered by the convention. The sena
tor is an orator of rare ability, has
% been intimately associated with tn,
9 management of the republican part,
0 for over forty years and may be relied
n upon to make a keynote speech tina
o will have the true republican ring
s without reference to the individua
e who may be chosen by the convention
h He has a full appreciation of the pre-
o vailing sentiment of his party towar,
e public questions and the ability t.
= state this attitude, in his keynot
Il speech, in a way to attract the atten
q tion of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Pacific Railroads stick TO Established
Dividend Rate.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
Mr. Hartman is the most audacious of
all our great railroad managers, and to
find the Hartman Pacific roads defyihg
the effects of hard times in maintaining
the, former dividend rates clear into the
thick Of the business depression Is among
the things which had been expected. The
10 per cent rate paid by the Union Pa
cific is uniquely high among the larger
railroad systems of the country, even in
good times, and the present continuance
of the rate under such adverse conditions
as have swept like a tornado through the
traffic earnings of American railroads is
something to arrest attention. Yet this
rate seems to have been amply earned, as
we'll as the per cent on Southern Pacific
These roads have not suffered so severely
from the panic and its aftermath as most
of the eastern roads have. Indeed, the
Southern Pacific, after several months de-
clining net earnings, was able to report
an increase for March, while the Union
Paclfic's losses in net were not large. AS
for the Union Pacific's new bond issue,
nothing is said beyond the fact that flota-
ton arrangements have not been com
pleted. There is a hitch Somewhere, but it
is reported to be over the price and not
over any fundamental difficulty in dis
posing of the securities. Mr.. Hartman is
said to stick for 90 from the bankers, who
gave only about SO for the recent Pennsyl-
Vania bond issue,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
EARLY SIGNS OF GREATNESS.
A Leaf fronl Taft's Career Neglected
by BiORraphers.
washington Herald.

washington Herald.
Now that the William Howard Taft boom
appears almost, If not quite, to have
squelehed all other republican booms into
zero-like proportions, 1t is interesting 10
study this genial neutrality-suspicious. our
next presldent-from an entirely human
point of view, and subject to our minds
solemn contemplation such incidents and
matters along his former lifes pathway as
may have bearing on the supreme future
greatness mayhap IN store for the ohiosn.
1t IS pleasant 10 learn, for instance. that
the big secretary was a promising person.
ality from the very start; and TO this the
Ladies' Monitor bears abundant witness in
the following words:
A sweeter baby never lived than Secretary
Taft when he was little, and every woman
who remembers his early years watches his
race for the presidency with admiring in
terest Although not a pretty baby, Willie
was exceedingly bright At 3 months he
could call his nurse, at 5 he played with a
box OF tin soldiers. at he addressed his
father as dada" and at he posed for
his photograph without moving a muscle
Being a very large child. he did not walk
until IA months old. and his family sur
fered great anxiety as TO his perfectness.
But when, al the age OF 1 year and
months he deliberately weaned himself
from his bottle. his elders felt more than
reassured that iE Willie they possessed a
baby with future
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
"Let Us Alone" wOn't DO.

The anti Roosevelt newspapers are max
ing a great ado over the little platform
plank, LET us alone" This has a rather
smart and catchy ring to II, but is II rightY
II let alone means the absence Of need
less agitation OF whatever description q is
we'll enough But IL 1t means the oondone-
ment OF offenses OF any character whatso-
ever It Is all wrong. The people don't
want things let alone. unless conditions
are straight and honest.
The correction of Ills Is not pleasant
task, but Il 10 towards work 10 avoid IL
Just for that reason. The things the light
reveals when turned on may not be beau
tiful 20 behold, but that is no reason for
continuing in darkness
The let US alone platform won't do. Il
won't do as applied TO our currency, our
tariff ana our corporation laws, all OF
which are great issues and cannot be let
alone.
The party that simply lets things alone
whl so out OF business
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
VIEW otrrzrnsHrp LAWS.


Good citizens generally win approve
the decision and announcement Of the
attorney general at Washington that
the new naturalization laws passed by
the last congress are to be most rigidly
enforced. The attorney general has
held a conference with the special at
torneys OF the Department of Justice
charged with the enforcement of the
new law and plans and provisions for
taking up the work have been decided
upon.
No argument is needed to support
the merits Of the rather stringent pro-
visions of the new law. This nation
has too long granted the privilege OF
citizenship and protection to aliens
without asking anything in return.
Foreigners coming to this country
have been rushed through the natu-
ralization mill by the agents Of all
political parties and allowed to exer-
else the right of franchise when they
had but the vaguest ideas whether the
country was a monarchy or republic
and no intelligent conception of the
genius of American institutions.
Happily, all this is to be stopped and
hereafter the foreigner seeking to
make his home in this country will
have the boon of full-fedged citizen
ship bestowed upon him only when he
has demonstrated his worthiness.
Under the new law an alien must
make application for citizenship, send
ing in duplicate petitions in his own
handwriting. One petition is filed
with the clerk of the court and the
other is sent to Washington. The petit
tions can not be heard before ninety
days, and then are considered on spe-
cial days fixed by the court. The gov
ernment may be represented at the
hearing to question the applicant OIL
his witnesses and a force of examiners
is provided to investigate the petitions
and to take steps for the prosecution
of any frauds sought to be practiced
in securing citizenship papers.
The law places the government In
position to withhold its protection ant
immunity from those unworthy to re
ceive them and is designed to shut out
undesirable aliens. The new laws dc
not restrict the right of suffrage ii
those states where full citizenship II
not a requisite, but withholds full citi
zenship from those incapable of appre
ciatlng the value of the nations pro
lection and guardianship.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Pennsylvania democrats refused to
instruct for Colonel Bryan, but the
fact is not significant from a political
standpoint. Pennsylvania democrats
have long taken their orders from a
boss who carries the organization in
his vest pocket. 1t is his by right of
purchase aud he uses It as he pleases.
He is a Bryan democrat, except that
he believes in sound money, high pro-
tective tariff and is strongly opposed to
the initiative and referendum.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

The vice president of the Chicago &
Alton, in an interview in the Wall
Street Journal, says:
The railroads have spent lots Of money
getting evidence that the 2-cent fare is
confiscatory, but they cannot prove it.
They may prove that 1t is unfair but l
doubt the wisdom of inviting adverse pub
lie sentiment by making any big fuss about
It.
1t is encouraging to the public to
find railroad managers looking for a
legitimate excuse for opposing railway
rate regulation instead of following
the old plan of opposing it on general
principles.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

''Littlefeld is driven out Of congress
by the speakers gavel and the commit
tee on rules" says the st. Louis Re
public. Mr., Littlefeid is fighter and
not in the least afraid of the speaker.
He has not been driven out Of con-
gress, but has been coa1ed out by &
fancy salary offer from big corpora
ton that manufactures Breakfast Food
and hates Samuel Gompers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Railroad men are offering many
reasons to the state commission why
rates in Nebraska should not be re-
duced, but have advanced nothing new.
Whatever action the commission may
take, its decision will be based on full
information.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Two thousand Nebraska farmers
are raising corn for the Omaha Corn
show. All of which means that the
plans drawn for the exhibition space
do not contemplate any too much
room. The Corn show is following in
the wake of the Omaha exposition and
getting bigger every day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

A prisoner in a Nebraska jail COM
plains of the sanitary condition Of his
quarters. He should have given some
thought TO this before he committed
the murder for which he Is to be tried
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

sition than in anything lately brought
forward in the council. The condition
of the pavement in Omaha is largely
due to the neglect of property owners
in this respect and any law that will
aid in remedying the matter will be of
service
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
Totals. .Ss47, ,e03 $50 sse an loo sq1 464 6O

IotaIs...U .$341, ,H4U5O SB,42f 100 81, ,464, 600
The heavy loss in 1906 was due to
the disaster at San Francisco and is
exceptional, but at the present rate
the loss for 1908 promises to reach
$270, 100000. In view of these
enormous losses, the appeal of the fire
underwriters for the adoption and Wig
orous enforcement OF more stringent
building laws should meet responsive
action by municipal authorities every
where.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Some time ago" says Morris Demor-
atsky. the well-known ana popular sales
man at the McVittie Cigar Store, i02 South
Fifteenth Street, Il noticed I'm the papers
an endorsement OF Cooper's New Dis
eovery medicine for stomach trouble by
Mr.. W. J. Grant, who Is engaged In the
same business as myself at b0S South Six
teenth Street. l asked Mr. Grant II what
the papers said was true, and he assured
me that 1t was
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
Mr.. CIeveIand,s ReeoverY.
Philadelphia Record.

There will be universal satisfaction over
the announcement that Mr.. Cleveland has
SO far recovered that the doctors DO not
regard him in danger and will cease their
regular visits to Lakewood, leaving him
TO the care OF Mrs. Cleveland and only oc-
casionally running down from New York
to assure themselves that his improve
ment continues. Mr., Cleveland Is getting
into years now, but the country cannot
spare him for a long time yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

The railroads insist that they must
raise rates or reduce wages and are
afraid If they, reduce wages the en-
ployes will strike. All of which goes
TO show that the consumer has no
friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

"Mr. Bryan is better known and
better understood than he ever was
BEFORE" says Governor Folk of Mis-
souri,. Perhaps that explains why
there is so much opposition to Bryan
in states that used to be 30 en-
Enthusiastically for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

The Pittsburg & Lake Erie road,
one of the big coal-carrying lines, has
placed rush order for 1000 steel
coal cars and declares that the greatest
rush known to business In years will
be on before the cars can be placed on
the rails. The panic is becoming a
reminiscence.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

David Bennett Hill is going abroad
for the first time, although he has
practically been out of the country
since that warm day in Chicago, twelve
years ago, when the democratic party
fell under the Bryan SPELL
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Iceland is going to make fight for
home rule, convinced that it has been
getting a cold deal. instead of a square
deal, from Denmark.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

An Indiana woman who shot and
killed man was acquitted On the
ground that she mistook him for her
husband. After an experience of that
kind she doubtless will be more care
full the next time she wants to shoot
her husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Claude Monet, the French artist, is
said to have destroyed paintings
valued at 100000 because they did
not come up to his artistic ideals. He
might have done better by adopting
the popoular custom of Partisan ar
lists by discovering that they were
genuine Van Dykes and unloading
them on American connoisseurs.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Senator Jen Davis OF Arkansas is
planning for a busy summer on the
Chautauqua circuit. That sounds like
open defiance of the Society for the
Suppression of Unnecessary Noises"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Secretary Metcalf declares that the
battleships are in better condition
than when they started on their long
cruise. The trip appears to have i'm
proved everything except the livers of
the navy critics.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Congressman John Wesley Gaines
OF Tennessee has offered a bill to re-
duce the congressional mileage fee
from 30 cents mile to 7 cents mile,
The bill will have the enthusiastic sup
port of-Congressman Gaines.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

The senate has passed a bill appro-
priating S5.OO0.OO for forest re-
serve in tho Appalachian range.
Speaker Cannon win defeat the meas
ure in the house. but It is hint Of the
growing sentiment for forest preserva-