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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
GIVES UP THE FIGHT

Mr.. Rockefellers troubles with his
Adirondack neighbors began soon
after he decided to establish a lodge
in the great North Woods. He first
acquired $4,000 acres by purchase
from Patrick Ducey, lumberman.
Subsequently he bought more land.
until his tract now comprises $4,000
acres. The woodsmen who had been
employed by Ducey were thrown out
of work through his selling his land,
but Mr.. Rockefeller found occupation
for many of them in improving the
property. He made it a rule, how
ever, that none of them should shoot
or fish on his land, and they were for
hidden to carry guns or fishing
tackle.
Soon the earlier settlers were figu-
ratively and literally lin arms" against
Mr. Rockefeller. They had shot and
fished on the land as far back as the
oldest inhabitant could remember, and
they saw no reason why the arrival
of Mr.. Rockefeller among them
should change their custom They
declared that Mr.. Rockefeller could
vate park law, as his 1000 acres of
wilderness, lakes and rivers. all pub
lie waters. were not really private
park. They held that wild deer could
not be bought with the land, nor could
Mr.. Rockefeller acquire the fish
which, at the expense of the state,
had been placed in the streams run
ming through his land
Mr. Rockefeller's agent had bought
the whole of the town of Brandon,
house by house and lot by lot-aIl ex-
cept the property of Oliver Lamora, a
French Canadian woodsman, who
stubbornly refused to sell. Mr.. Rock
efeller quickly wiped out the whole
town Of Brandon, even the post Office
being removed to Bay Pond, where
the Standard Oil man was supreme.
Lamora defed all attempts to keep
him from fishing in the headwaters
of the st. Regis river, which are a
part of the Rockefeller park, and
finally he was arrested.
Suits and counter suits followed.
first one side winning a point and
then the other. The feeling against
Mr.. Rockefeller grew intense, and
poachers and vandals got busy on
his estate. Mr.. Rockefeller hired a
large force of guards and armed
them with rifles
Every spring, when the ground is
covered with dry leaves and the for
est is infiammable, many fires on the
Rockefeller tract have originated I'M
der the most suspicious circum-
stances. Some of these were un-
doubtedly Of incendiary origin One
man familiar with the woods can ser
fires which in few hours are practi-
cally beyond control. 1t is seldom
possible to bring against him suffi-
cient evidence to convict.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
Marriage Laws.


There could hardly be more prof
htable undertaking for a young man
and young woman who contemplate
matrimony than study OF marriage
as a historic institution. 1t would
show them better than almost any
thing else could do their relations to
society and to the state, and would
give them a personal understanding
of what the minister means when, in
the beginning of the ceremony, he
says, mot by any to be entered into
unadvisedly or lightly" The laws of
marriage in all Christian countries,
says the Youths Companion, are de
rived from the canon law, that is, the
law established by the Christian
church in the middle ages. This law
was based upon the Roman civil law,
influenced to a considerable degree
by Teutonic ideas. Marriage laws are
also influenced, and in some countries
controlled, in respect of marriage
within certain degrees of relationship
or affinity, by the laws of Moses, con-
tanned in the book of Leviticus. Grad
ually some of these prohibitions have
been relaxed. In the recent case of
the deceased wife's sister act of Eng
land 1t was matter of controversy
whether the Mosaic law forbids such
marriages. The purpose of all statute
law, as applied to marriage, is now
and has always been primarily the
protection of the state, and secondar-
lily the safeguarding of the rights of
the contracting parties. The Roman
Catholic church regards marriage as
sacrament. The Protestant churches
of western Europe reject this theory,
and in order to lessen or prevent
secret marriages demand that the
consent of parents be obtained Even
in Roman Catholic countries to-day
marriage is governed by civil legisla-
ltion. The civil marriage has been
said, indeed to be the great innova-
ltion of the nineteenth century. In
most Catholic countries two services
are performed. The religious cere-
Imony complies with the theory that
marriage is a sacrament, the civil
ceremony with the theory that it is a
contract. In these countries the civil
ceremony alone makes the marriage
valid. The church ceremony alone
does not
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

Street names spelled out in bright
colors or figures and imbedded in ce.
ment walks are one of the most re-
cent innovations in American city
architecture. The plan has been tried
In Kansas City on all the large boule-
wards, the main idea being not to dis
figure the street and houses by the
usual printed signs that are placed on
the walls of corner houses or fastened
to the lamp posts at the intersections
of the streets. The name of each
boulevard is spelled out in letters
from six to eight inches high, formed
with stones about one-half inch
square laid in the cement sidewalk,
similar to the tile or ceramic mosaic
work which is now so frequently seen
in the vestibules of buildings.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

sleep. Along a passage, straight to
the nursery, where the baby daughter
of the house lay, the figure stole
Some minutes passed Outside the
door the detective waited expectantly.
Presently the door opened, and, bear
ing the baby, the white figure emerged
and made as If to descend the stairs.
But the detectives hand gently re-
strained the thief. 1t was Mrs. Man
ming herself who, afflicted suddenly
with sleep-walking, had during her
sleep purloined the silverware, rifled
her husbands pockets, and attempted
to kidnap her own baby.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

ern racial question, which affects Can.
ada as well as the United States,
raises the presumption that he is com
ing home for good
Bryce will be 70 May TO- This com
pulsory age retirement from the dip
lomatic service was insisted on by
the government in the cases of two
eminent British diplomatists, much
more accomplished and experienced
than Bryce, namely, the late MARQUIS
of Dufferin and Edmund Monson,
who were each obliged to retire from
the Paris embassy and the British
diplomatic service on reaching the
age limit.
1t Is scarcely conceivable that a
rule which was applied SO vigorously
against such men as these will be
relaxed in favor of Bryce, who was in
his sixty-ninth year when he was ap-
pointed to the diplomatic service.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
hn Alden House at Duxbury, Mas $.

John Alden House at Duxbury, Mass.
bury, was not built by John the Phi.
GRIM. A site east of the present house
is pointed out as having been the place
where John and Priscilla dwelt, and
it is commonly stated that the house
built by Johns own hands was de-
stroyed by fire, and the exact spot is
pointed out. John w. Alden, the tenth
in direct line of Johns and the Pill
grim forefather, and now occupant Of
the old homestead, says this story is
not correct. He declares that John
and Priscilla occupied a house pf
which the ell on the present house was
a part, and that timbers from the first
house are now in existence in the
present house.
The ELL which is a story and half
high, is undoubtedly older than the
main house, which is two and a half
stories, and has all the marks which
distinguished the old-time Plymouth
houses. There are the small diamond
PANIED windows; there are the BEAMS.
running across the low ceiling and
throughout the house; there are the
old-fashioned latches on the doors, the
step-up or step-down between connect
ing rooms, the large square chimney,
and many other old-fashioned and
quaint characteristics.
The tiny "set-in" cupboards, in all
the rooms, are things to make the
modern dweller full of envy; the low
ceilings make even a short person
reach to see if it is possible to touch
them.
A tiny bedroom on the ground floor
is shown to visitors as the room in
which Priscilla died. and it is COM
monty believed that John, too, died in,
the present house. The Alden story
is that the house was built by Jona-
than, the son of John and Priscilla.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
HAVE BOUGHT ALDEN HOUSE
Descendants Of John and Priscill. Ma,
Owners of Old Homestead.

Duxbury, Mass.-The Alden kindret
of America, which comprises descend,
ants of John and Priscilla Mullins
Alden of Duxbury, who are scattered
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean
from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico
have at last obtained possession Of tba
old Alden homestead here.
The house has nine rooms and q
number of acres of land about It II l.
near the railroad station. During tbe
254 years of existence of this pronertv
it has always been occupied, with one
exception, by person named Alden
The old homestead, according to the
story generally told to visitors in Dun.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

ton or two ago from the humblest of
families, and when many who can
barely afford dress suit or a low
neck frock spring from a long line
of ancestors, of whom they have every
right to feel proud. the matter Of
caste is purely artificial one; fam
lilies unheard of yesterday arrive" to-
day, and the poor man of to-day is the
father or grandfather of future mil
lionaires.
The truth of the matter is that the
American woman as a rule, no matter
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

what her position. dresses primarily to
please herself This Is not intelligent
dressing, and SO long as she overlooks
the essentials, that is, the fitness Of
the gown to the occasion, she will
never attain the dignity of being truly
well dressed, which means appropri-
ately and becomingly robed from the
top of her head to the tips of her fin
gers and toes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
THE SLEEP WALKER

a servant, heard door open stealthl-
". A white figure moved silently from
the Mannings bedroom. AS it stole
by him the detective became aware
that the figure was moving in its
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
BRYCE MAY RETIRE SOON.
British Ambassador, Reaching Age
Limit, May Not Return.

London.-The report that Bryce,
the British ambassador in Washing
ton, is coming home shortly to con
fer with the cabinet on the far east
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

Anna Gould will yet be obliged to
hire special secretary to deny mar
Rage rumors about her. She might
arrange with the newspapers to have
the rumor of her union with the
prince issued on Tuesdays and Fri
days, with her stereotyped denial, and
on Thursdays and Saturdays the ru-
NOR of Cancellation with her former
husband. That would leave her three
days to herself, which is little enough.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

Frank Vanderbilt declares that New
York is the nerve center of the United
States. However. he will have to adj
NIT that in response to demand few
not unimportant ganglia have devel.
oped in other portions of the United
States, particularly in the west.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
Least Erequented Of Her Haunts

Is7~''NSS1 " TIL TIduTlLS.
Fashionable Dame-That house we
just passed has strangely familiar
look. Have we ever been there
James?
Chauffeur-Yes, ma'am. You live
there, ma'a1n.-Baltimore American
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21

A New York cat saved the lives Of
two people by caterwauling and thus
waking them in time to escape from a
burning building. 1t will be the rank.
est ingratitude for them to ever throw
things at yowling cats after this.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-21
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER TO LET
WooDsMEN HUNT in PEACE.
Effort of the Brother of OIL klnq
to Stop Hunting and Fishing on
His Estate In the Adron-
daeks Falls.

1t was no use. The battle of mil
lions against the ingenuity and per-
sistency and desperation of the woods
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12
A SETTLEMENT
 WITH THE YAQuIs.

z
 The United States seems to bs pret ty well through with Indian wars. There have been occasional troubles of late years and there was serious fighting with the Indians of the LeechI Lake reservation in northern Minne- sota in 1898, but the long campaigns with their thrilling experiences belong to the past. The Indians are better treated and have less provocation for uprisings than formerly. and they are affected naturally by the increase In the white population and the recla- nation of the wilderness
 Mexico has had to face a somewhat similar problem in the Yaqui country. where there were fierce reyolts in 1896 and 1899. The Indians were un- der the influence of woman. re- HSlOub SnluueidSt WhOhA ShCJ ASboiANN as saint, and even when she had been expelled and taken refuge across the American border they still follow ed her bidding and kept up the fight until their chief was slain and they were thoroughly beaten.
 There was no final agreement with the government, however, and it is only during the last month or so, after many decades of strife, that permanent settlement of disputes has seemed probable. A conference was sought with representatives of the government in May by Bule. leader of the warlike element of the Yaquis, and it Is said that the terms of a settlement under which they will sub init to the authorities and deliver up their arms will be ratified June 15.
 Such reports, however. are likely to cause some misundesstan i:ng of the situation, since it is 3 mistake to sup pose that the YaGni nation is com posed entirely of war-loving savages. Only small per cent of Ihc Indians can be elassed as w;!d men Ihe great majority, and according to Csti- mates that We have seen thefs aie from twenty to thirty thousand of them, who are peaceful farmers. In physique they are likened to the iro- quois, but though they are thus raak.si with the strongest and most danger
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12
SPEAKER CANNON
 SHOULD BE RETIRED.

When a man loses the confidence of the people his days of usefulness are over. When the time comes that he has dropped behind in the march of progress and is out of sympathy with the program of his day. he can no longer have even the effectiveness Of brake.
 This Is the present position of Speaker Cannon. There is no. occa- sion to belittle him or abuse him It is in a man that makes him as well as that ails him. No man could reach his position without possessing great merit. and no man can reach his present unpopulsrity without cor responding failings. He has done his work and served his purpose. and he should either retire or be retired. To this every congressional candidate should be pledged. as, if he is to con tinue as speaker, there can be no hope of progressive legislation in the next congress.
 MT. Cannon's failing is a prodigious stubbornness, combined with an equal ly extensive satisfaction with his own opinions. No doubt he is honest in this, but he is wholly out of hinge with the convictions, the desires and the faith that today inspire the people and form the basis of their hopes.
 What they want done will never be done while he is speaker of the house, because he does not believe it should be done. The speaker should be a leader and in sympathy with public opinion. He should not be merely an obstruction, a stone wall, and have to be battered down before building can begin.
 Uncle Joe has been in congress over thirty years and in all that time he has never moved an inch that he has not been dragged or pushed. He is a unique and interesting piece of political statuary. He just stands un- til knocked over. He lacks initiative and is devoid of imagination and con structive powers. He is likable and in some ways admirable, but as speak CT he is the epitome of all the people
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12
DONATION A PRiNcELY ONE.

Dr. James Douglas. under whose fos- tering care the great mining interests of Phelps, Dodge & Co. have been built to such mammoth proportions, is well known to all old Arizonans, as largehearted. Iiberal-minded, public. spirited man. and his princely dona. ton to the mining and metalurgical department of the University of Ari- zona. although not expected, surprises no one. That it comes to the univer- sity at most opportune time makes it the more acceptable. The University of Arizona is rapidly growing into prominence and with the needed facili- ties at hand to accomplish the great work before it, will grow to national fame -.-..-. --.
 It is not alone the actual cash value of the donation that will be useful to the university, but the very fact that Dr. Douglas, known the world over from his connectjop with the great mining interests of Phelps, Dodge & Co, has given s1o,eee to the mining department of the University of Ari- zona, will be heraIded all over the country and attention drawn to our state school that vill be of incalcula- ble benefit to it Ii is an advertise ment that will reach far and wide and the character and standing of the university. through the character and standing of Dr. Douglas, will be called to the attention of students the world over. It is double-edged gift, in that it not only provides the univer- sity with the necessities for research, but it sdvertises the fact that there is such university and that it has the wherewih tc convey its knowledge to others.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12
LEGAL NOTICES. jN THE PROBATE COURT.
Of the. County Of coehise. Territory
 Of Arizona

Of the. County Of cochise, Territory
 Of Arizona.
 h the matter of the Estate or DOT ald McPhun. Deceased
 Notice Of sale of real estate at prf y2te sale Ta
 Notice is hereby given, That in pursuance of an order of the Probate Court in and for the County of Co chise. Territory of Arizona, made on 10th day of June, 1908. in the matter of the estate of. Donald McPhun. de cessed, the undersigned the adIninis- trators oI the estate of said deeedent win sell at private sale, to the high est bidder. subject to confirmation by said Probate Court. on Monday. the 22nd day of June. 1908, at 2soaciock D, r1., at the office of Strickler (. Stan ford. attorneys at law, in the city of Bisbee, in the said County of>Cochise. Territory of Arizona. the following described real property. to-wit;
 Lets 1. 2, and f in Book 16. of the BlszSee Townsite. Coehise County Territory Of Arizona.
 Bids must be in writing and may be left at the place designatss . tkis notice, delivered to the admfnis- trators personally. CT filed in the Of fsca of the Clerk or the Probate Cour; of said county.
 Terms of sale. Cash len per cent to accompany bid and balance to be oaid upon confirmation of sale by thss court
 c. E. RTNEHART & c. ". HICKS. Administrators of the estate of Don.
 aid McPhun. deceased.
 Dated June nth. 1908.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12
THE PLATFORM.

According to the forecast sent out from Washington of the republican platform, which is to be adopted at the Chicago convention next week, the greater part of the document is to be devoted 10 praise of President Roosevelt and my policies" The present national administration. ad mltted to be the most extravagant in the history of the country. is to be en' dorsed without equ'vocatior or reser- vation.
 According to the forecast a consid- erable portion of the platform is 10 be devoted to the tariff. Declaration will be made in favor of tariff revision. but the principle of protection is to be upheld in strong language. So long as tie republican party stands pat for protection there is little hope that revision will amount to any consider able relief to the people who are now being made to pay tribute to the trust manufactories which are enjoy ing the favor of protection.
 While the history of the republican party will be extolled generally il will be made plain th"t the republican party of today is centered in Roose- welt and controlled by the "big stick"
 The financial panic will be men toned, and its seriousness will not be denied, but all credit for prevent ing an even worse condition will be given to the action of the republican officials, but never a word will be said about Morgan. Hartman and other Wall street kings who induced the president to empty the treasury into their coffers as 1e best remed- iaI action
 The platform, iC is said, will favor the admission O. Arizona and New Mexico by the next session of con gress as separate states. For this We feel thankful, but in our opinion if the republicans hope to get credit for the admission of these new states in to the union they must do 1t before the end of the sixtieth congress, as the next will be controlled by demo- crats.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

Political conditions rn Arizona this year are not very different from the political conditions in the several states of the union. In Arizona the republican party was never before so iuharm0nious as now while the democratic party vas never so well agreed upon all matters likely to come up for consideration this year. In many states the republicans had d divided house in their state con yentions and two sets of delegates were named for the Chicago conyen- ton. The national committee Is set ting these contests according to the rules Of the presidential big stick. and this will not be conducive to fu- ture harmony after the convention isl over. On the other hand there is hardly a contest to be heazd fn. the national democratic convention. In every state comes the welcome news that harmony prevails in the demo cratic ranks and confidence ia the success of William Jennings BzFan at .ahe poiis in November is growing stronger as each day passes. The principles of the democratic party are eternal aud everlasting; they uDderiy the very foundation of all free aud independent government. where al u.en stand equal before the iaw and where no classes are fostered by spe- .ciaI Legislation in their benefit. Such principles must live forever and f. tnaily predominate over all opposition. The present year promises greater landslide to the democratic party than occurred when cIeyeland- was elected president the second time
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

John Hays Hammond has added a touch of humor to the coming Repub- lican national convention. He says the newspapers of the. west demand that he be a candidate for the vice presidential nomination with Secre- tary Taft
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

ous of Indian tribes farming has al ways been theirs occupation. Their superiority Is acknowledged not in war tribute. but in the higher wages they receive as laborers.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

The Democratic celebration was in keeping with their splendid victory. They are eager, too. for the fray in Cochise county next fall. and what happened last election day in Bisbee is a pretty accurate forecast of the result in November
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

The Foraker managers concluded that a half a loaf was better than none, so they took half vote fer the delegation from the senator's old home district in Ohio, graciously al lowed by the Taft managers of the national committee.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

There is a faint suspicion that Sem ator LaFollette was only getting his voice in trim fSr the lecture platform when he inaugurated his filibuster against the emergency currency bill
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

Fl Pzso is going to have a fair this year. There will be splendid ex- hfbit of the agricultural and industrial products of that section. fine min eraI exhibit a superb show of thor, oughbred cattle. four days racing. three nights horse show and-a base ball tournament It will be the be dnning of great annual international opposition.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-12

are struggling against. To re-elect
 him would be to give the lie to all party pretension. and 1t is the peo- ple's part to make his retirement an issue in every congressional district.