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Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23
l.oNGSH0REMEN IN SECRET
CONFERENCES IN PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Sept. 22.--Various long
shore workers organizations are in ses-
sion in this city today, delegates from
Grain Handlers union being present.
The sessions are secret and 1T IS de-
clared that the proceedings viii not be
made public IT is known among the
principal objects of the meeting is the
organization of a Pacific central body
composed of members from the sew
eral locals between San Diego and
Nome.
Il is said a proposition TO establish
stevedoring organizations at several
ports to be conducted by the union
who will take contracts to load and
unload ships, will be considered.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23

les Athletic club closed its buffet at 8
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and no
liquor was served or sold In the club
after that hour. Despite the clamor-
ings of many of the members that
liquor be sold them, Assistant Secre-
tary Henderson was firm sand would
not allow any sales. He claimed 1t
was for the best interest of the club
and was highly commended by many
of the cooler headed members for his
action. In all probability there will be
a meeting of the directors of the club
today and the question of keeping the
buffet closed will be taken into con-
sideration.
Clubs May Ask Damages
That the clubs desired to avert raids
by the prosecutor became evident yes
terday when Chief of Police Kern re-
ceived letter from Gibson, Trask,
Dunn & Crutcher, attorneys for the
California and Jonathan clubs, in
which letter the attorneys state their
willingness to furnish any evidence de-
sired regarding the sale, of liquors.
The letter follows:
We notice in the newspapers that Thomas
L. Woolwine as one of the prosecuting at
torneys of the police court, has called upon
tion looking to the immediate arrest and
conviction of the officers. agents and SER
wants of the social clubs. Representing the
California club and the Jonathan club we
have at all times been willing. Mr.. WOOL
wine is we'll aware. to stipulate fully 10
any and all acts of the officers, servants and
employees of said clubs as to the manner OF
the operation OF said clubs, and especially
with reference to the dispensing of liquors
at said clubs While stipulation of this
character may not be spectacular as
raids, seizures and the like, they are far
more effective for the purpose of, bringing
before the court the exact facts in conpec-
tion with the case, and are therefore ample
for any purpose for which Mr.. Woolwine
may require the services Of the police de-
partment, in connection with the proseeu-
tion of the clubs. We are therefore, in be-
half of said clubs, offering again to you and
to Mr.. woolwine to stipulate in any and
all cases which he may see At to bring, all
of the facts in connection with the dispens-
ing and serving of liquors by these clubs.
In the event therefore of Mr.. Woolwine
insisting upon raids being made upon the
premises of the clubs we represent. and the
seizure of their property and Thereafter
there is a reversal of the decision of judge
Ewing which we confidently expect, we VII
undertake in behalf Of said clubs, to recover
from the parties responsible therefor any
damages which the clubs may suffer By
reason of such raids and seizures. The Of
| acers servants and employees of these clubs
are at all times willing to furnish you with
| any information you may require as to tht
manner of conducting the affairs Of tht
clubs.
| It has already been held by Judge Rose
! of the police court, under full statement
| Of the facts. that the officers of the Cali
fornia club were not guilty of violating tn,
| ordinance in question, and II is proper u
/ add that the opinion of Judge Rose among
| lawyers is entitled to as much consideration
and respect as the opinion of Judge EWING
| OF Ventura.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23
LEADERS FEAR
TAFT'S ERRORS
Hitchcock Waits in Chicago to Hear
from Presidential Candidate
Before Venturing to
New York
rBy Associated Press.l

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Chairman Hitch
cock of the Republican national COM
mittee, who has just been severely dis
ciplined by the Republican leaders, TINS
afternoon changed his plan OF leaving
Chicago He decided to wait over here
in order to confer with Judge TAFT, VINO
will address an organization OF ran
road men here tomorrow night.
With the Foraker incident apparently
closed and arrangements completed for
Judge Tafts speaking tour which be-
gins tomorrow Chairman Hitchcock
had planned to spend the remainder OF
the week at the eastern headquarters
Judge Charles A. Nagel, member OF
the western executive committee, said
today concerning Judge Taft's speaking
trip:
"It cannot be denied that in every
campaign the chance of a blunder is
not to be overlooked
"A hasty speech may become a seri-
Gus, if not controlling factor.
Not Used to 1t
TT is, of course, to be remembered
that Mr. Taft is not really trained to
public speaking and therefore some ap-
prehenslon has been expressed by most
of the leaders that the campaign may
suffer through some inadvertent re-
mark.
I'm my judgment Mr. Taft is incap-
able of a really serious mistake. He
may be guilty of an error in tactics.
That is the common fate Of men like
Taft. who always refuse to be misun-
derstood by anyone on any subject. But
the American people don't measure men
by such errors The direct man, foi
himself and his fellowmhn, always
succeeds in having the true purpose OF
his convictions recognized"
, 1908-01-28
FARMERS ORGANIZE AN
INSURANCE COMPANY,

About thirty farmers met at the Ca,
rey hall last Tuesday and perfected the
organization of a Farmers Mutual In
%surance company for Laramie county,
says the Wheatland Times. About $24,-
ATS of insurance was pledged to start
with and it is expected that by the
time the organization is ready to do
business that amount will be more
than doubled. Many farmers have
their property insured in the old line
companies, and it is expected that as
soon as these policies expire they will
be renewed in the mutual company on
account of its cheapness. These COM
panies have been a great succs in
other localities and there is no reason
why they shouldn't be here. They are
like any other enterprise they must be
properly started and then not permit.
ted to lag. The Times heartily en-.
dorses the enterprise. The following
officers and directors were elected for
the first year: A. F. Kipfinger, presi-
dent; P. A. Akerbiade, vice president;
C. R. Clark, secretary; r. D. Phelps,
treasurer; J.. NJ. Stull, P. A. Shope, l..
B. Hoag, J. V. Wolfe, ]. S. Holmes, d.
rectors.
, 1908-01-28

from being driven to the wall We ali
know that this warfare for possession
of the range has been going on for
many years, and we all know that II
will continue until some arrangement
is made by the government to prevent
the encroachment of Il stockman on
the range of his ~neighbor, or neigh
bors. The conditions which exist in
other localities, as in Albany county,
for example, as set forth by The Lara
ME Republican of recent date, as to
the encroachments by large sheep COM
panies on the range of the small stock
men and homesteaders do not exist
in this part of Carbon county. But it
Is becoming very apparent that some
thing must be done If Wyoming is to
be settled up by ranchmen n farm.
ers, and, while there is danger that
1t may retard settlement on the public
land, it really seems to be the only
remedy against existing evils that pre-
sents itself at this time.-Saratoga
Sun.
, 1908-01-28
AN U DIVISION.

The Lander State Journal has six
teen interviews with stockmen relat'
ing TO range control. On'y three were
cattle men and they al expressed
themselves in the most positive and
~unreserved manner in favor of some
form of federal range control. Five
sheep men also favor some form OF
leasing. The remaining eight were
sheep men who oppose any form OF
leasing, making an equal division.
1t is notable that all the men inter,
viewed are among the well-to-do class,
men who perhaps already control
many thousands of acres of land each.
Mr.. r. II. Hall, who was a member
of the last Legislature and leader of
the democracy in that body, makes
forc:ble comment upon the subject, as
follows:
Il believe a reasonable lease law
would benefit the ranchman IL small
stockman, the kind of men that we
need to build up the country. l have
closed out all my cattle except such as
/ can run on the ranch for the reason
that the sheep man, who Is a migratory
bird, runs his iocks all around my
ranch and even eats the grass up under
my fence. There is nc outside range
for me and l have quit the cattle bus
mess after about thirty years active
experience. OF course all of them
claim to favor the homesteader and
the little fellow but | notice they eat
up his grass and leave him to rustic.
There are perhaps 10O, 1000 outside
sheep in this county now and more
coming in every year. l have several
hundred dollars worth of rough feed
every year that l could urn to good
account if | had stock to eat it up, but
l cannot keep enough stock on the
ranch in summer to do that. 1t is a
hard proposition n one that never
can be settled to the satisfaction of
all. President Roosevelts idea of the
greatest good to the greatest number
is all right, if the plan adopted win
work out that way in actual practice"
, 1908-01-28
A Word About NarroWness-

Senator Warren has done valiant
service to the cause of the fiockmas-
ter-no one has done more than he,
and it seems to this paper that ven
though the Wyoming wool growers felt
unwilling to commend his views on the
range control question, they might at
least have recognized his service in
his lifelong fight against free wool;
his assistance in securing federal aid
for the eradication of scabbies and his
many other services in the interest of
Mornings great industry.
The writer has no sympathy with
that narrowness of mind which attrib.
utes dishonest motives to every one
who differs from us in opinion. 1t be,
lieves that a man may be absolutely
honest and still be wrong; that one
honest mistake should not weigh
against years of faithful service. He
was, therefore, greatly pleased to note
DR.. j. NJ. Wilson's attitude toward Sen.
ator Warren, when he refused to &C,
cept the unanimous tender of the presi,
dency of the national association.-Co.
dy Stockgrower and Farmer.
, 1908-01-28
GOING AFTER GAMBLERS
AT HARTVILlE AND GUERNSEY.

Prosecuting Attorney Clyde NJ.
Watts and his assistant, ]. E. Dyer,
left Cheyenne this morning for Guern,
sey, Hartville and Fairbanks, where
they will personally attend to the con
~fiscation of all gambling paraphernalia,
which will be turned over to them by
the owners and burned, says the Chey,
enne Tribune. This will be done ac.
cording to a mutual agreement reach.
ed between the prosecuting attorney
and the gamblers, and is die same as
the method unanimously adopted by
him and the local citizens who were
indicted by the grand jury on charges
of gambling.
, 1908-01-28
Don't Take the Risk.

When you have a bad cough or cold
do not let it drag along until ii be.
comes chronic bronchitis or develops
into an attack Of pneumonia, but give
it the attention it deserves and get rid
OF it. Take Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy and you are sure of prompt relief.
From a small beginning the sale and
use OF this preparation has extended
to all parts Of the United States and to
many foreign countries. Its many re,
markable cures of coughs and colds
have won for it this wide reputation
n extensive use. Sold by all drug
gists.
, 1908-01-28
NOTES.

Clipped from the Centennial Post
Master Jerrold Reed went to Lara
mic Thursday afternoon, returning
with his mother Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson went
to Laramie over the Plains line Friday
afternoon, for medical treatment for
Mr.. Johnson, who has been suffering
with quinsy for some time, and may
have to submit to an operation to OBJ
tain relief.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Mason each con
tracted severe colds last week on their
trip to Cheyenne 20 attend the funeral
of Mrs. Mason's cousin, Mrs. Simmons.
Mrs. Mason's condition was such that
she and the children, Nellie and Les
ter, were taken to Laramie Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. NJ. F. Reed for medi'
cal treatment. 1t is hoped that all may
speedily recover from their severe at.
Fiction.
, 1908-01-28
THE ALDRIcH CURRENCY BILL

The Republican does not believe the
Aldrich currency bill will meet the
financial requirements Of this nation.
nor check in a material degree panics
that may hereafter come upon us. 1t
will not make dishonest bankers more
honorable. nor will II put sufficient
money in sound banks TO meet the
drains caused by heavy runs. 1t may
serve to relieve urgent demands for
currency at times, but when the entire
people become alarmed, as they did
during the recent furry, half a billion
dollars would lot prove adequate to
prevent banks from being drained, ev-
en- If 1t could all be placed in the banks
of the nation at once.
However, the thing that will make
our currency stable and adequate is
spreading like wildhre in the minds of
the people. Next month Oklahoma
state banks will be backed by the pow
er of the state and depositors who
place their money therein will be paid
losses, should any occur, by the state.
The Oklahoma state banks will be
state banks In fact as well as in name.
at least to the extent that depositors
will be guaranteed by the state that
their money shall be paid them,
Kansas bankers, and particularly
those near the Oklahoma line, are
clamoring for such a law, because they
are losing deposits to the Oklahoma
banks. And so are many of the bank
ers of Texas, Arkansas and Missouri.
OF course they are not feeling the
drain very much as yet, but after the law
actually takes effect there is no ques'
ton but that the people along the
borders of these states will favor the
guaranteed banks. II the states touch
ing Oklahoma follow suit n pass
such a law, then the whole nation
would soon follow and congress would
be forced to pass an act extending the
law to the national banks.
1t is not too much to predict that
in five years all the depositors of the
United States will be guaranteed by
either the state or national govern
mentS.
, 1908-01-28

VI 5eo''Soo "S'i-
The National Live Stock convention
at Denver has met and adjourned. 1t
has also taken the action anticipated
endorsed the administrations public
land policy. By an overwhelming vote
the Burkett measure is approved, with
suggestions for several amendments.
The OPPOSITION, so loudly heralded,
and the great strength it was claimed
to possess in the. convention, failed to
materialize.
The administration agents were not
in evidence as claimed they would be.
1t was simply a great big convention
of western business men, met for the
purpose Of discussing affairs pertain
ing to their business and making rec,
concentrations to representatives in
congress of what seems to be for the
advancement of their business. They
delivered no roasts to men who dis
agreed with them on matters of public
policy. The action of such a body is
bound to have weight with the men
who make the laws.
By the time the law-making body
reaches the public lands question all
sides to the argument will be accord.
ed respectful heating, and let us hope
that the result will be for the great
est good to the greatest number
Sheridan Post.
, 1908-01-28
RANGE Control Desirable

ne question Oh leasing the puDliC
lands seems to be the topic of absorb
ing interest if we may judge from the
tone Of our exchanges. To us, it looks
like a determined struggle on the part
of the big sheep men of the state to
maintain privileges enjoyed hitherto
and from which they have waxed fat.
What Wyoming wants is the settle
ment of her vacant lands by actual
farmers. The man who makes a home
is the valuable citizen and we want
him in as large numbers as may be.
But this is the plea made by both sides
and one argues that leasing the lands
will surely hinder the country's settle,
ment, while the other argues that the
free range has hitherto kept home
steaders away and will continue 10 do
so in the future. To subject these
lands to federal control will mean
many hardships to individuals and
much petty arbitrary interference on
the part of those in charge. On the
other hand, free range has always
meant, means now and always would
mean complete absorption by a mighty
few of what ought to belong to all.
There was a time in the infancy of the
stock industry when d man with a few
head of cattle or sheep could find un
di%sputable range and room to expand,
and as a result men grew rich in a few
years from very small beginnings. But
the past ten years has seen the evolu-
ton Of the cattle and sheep company
and the passing, comparatively speak
ing, of the man with a few head just
starting in the business. Those years
have seen many such a one driven
from what was as much his as the
next mans because his neighbor could
hire more men with guns or was more
INSCRIPTIONS in his methods. And SO
we find ourselves between the deep
sea of federal control and the devil OF
corporation rule, with the latter put,
ting up the fight of its life. There
are difficulties, face you which way You
will, but one thing is certain, the man
or the company controlling thousands
of head of stock and grazing huge
tracts of land will not jar loose from
any of his privileges until he be com
PEELED thereto, n the homesteader
will knock in vain for admission. We
all know wherein lies the proof of the
pudding and no one can look over the
past and still claim that a continuance
of these conditions would at all tend to
the settlement of our vacant lands.
That President Roosevelt is actual,
ed by the highest possible motives, in
this matter, we cannot doubt. He has
nothing to gain, directly or otherwise
from either system. That he may err
in judgment, we do not doubt, for he
is human. On the other hand, his pol
icies are opposed and himself traduced
by men whose pockets are influenced
and we can scarcely look for unbiased
action from such. Hence our IN
~clusion hat some system of range con,
troll be desirable and will tend to the
quicker development of the state.-En-
campment Herald H
, 1908-01-28
twenty Good Judges

The Evanston Press publishes a list
of twenty of the state newspapers
whose first choice for the presidential
nomination is William H. Taft, which
is conclusive evidence that at least
twenty editors seem to be qualified to
judge a man by his works, honor him
for his past deeds, and manifest a de-
sire to see him rewarded by advancing
him to the highest position within the
gift of the people.-Riverton Republi,
can.
, 1908-01-28
For the Lease Law

For the Lease Law
The Sun has hesitated about endors-
ing the leasing of the public range by
the government-in fact it has been.
up to this time, opposed to such a
course. But matters have recently
shaped themselves SO that it is simply
a question whether the range warfare.
which has held for so many years in
this western country with all its untold
horrors and bloodshed, shall continue,
or some means adopted that will save
the small stockman and homesteader
, 1908-01-28
STATE PRESS COMMENT
Doing Things All the Time

Doing Things All the Time
Possibly you may have noticed that
while some of the sheep men have
been de~nouncing Senator Warren for
his position on the lease proposition he
has gone right ahead looking after
their interests as usual. Last weeks
dispatches told Of his presentation of
their protest against any reduction in
the present tariff of II cents a pound
on wool and of another protest against
the adoption of the Burkett bill. War
rem has gotten into the habit of doing
things for his constituents and he
keeps at it right along whether they
appreciate his effective work or not
Lander State Journal.
, 1908-01-28

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money If 1.
fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. Csc. It's
, 1908-01-28
RESIGNS.
Custodian of PinedaIe Office Asks to
Be Relieved.

Pinedale, Wyo., Jan. CSC. w. Bran.
don has rendered his resignation a.
postmaster at this place, and a petition
asking for the appointment of Edna P,
Wells has been forwarded to Hon. f,
w. Mondell for action.
, 1908-01-28
Proposed Change Radical

Proposed Change Radical
A special dispatch from Washington
to the Tribune last week said:
In his annual report Land Commits
sioner Ballinger recommended the
abolition of the present system and
making public land surveys under the
contract system, and urged congress
to authorize the employment by the
government of competent surveyors,
whose sole duty shall be the survey
ing and r~esurveying of public lands,
Representative Mond"ll of Wyoming
chairman of the house committee on
public lands, introduced a bill in the
house giving the commissioner author
ity to employ such surveyors for the
purpose stated, but allowing him tc
use his discretion as to the advisable
ity of making a part of the surveys
under the old contract system"
Those in position to know say IL
the commissioners recommendation IL
chaSlSu ihIo ia" IL VIII pidSliSaliy
put the United States surveyors gen
eral out of business and throw hun
dreds of government employees out Of
work. BY far the largest part of the
work in the offices Of the United States
surveyors general has to do with gov
eminent surveys, contracts for which
under the present federal statute mus
be let through the offices of the United
States surveyors general.
Under the proposed law 1t would al
be done from washington, D. C.-Wyo
ming Tribune.
, 1908-01-28

For fine job printing, leave orders at
ne Republican Office.
, 1908-01-28

Old papers, rs cents a hundred, dt
The Republican Office.
, 1908-01-28

Enlarge the Homestead Unit
The second homestead bill Is all
right. 1t has been found advisable
, 1908-01-28

in the interest of honest settle
ment OF the Incorporated public do
main to restore the homestead rights
of those who have lost, forfeited or
abandoned their claims under certain
conditions previous to the passage OF
the act. But Secretary Garfeld's cp,
position to the Mondell 320-acre home
stead bill Is not well founded.
There is practically no land open to
homestead entry on which a mar car
make a great success of either farm
ing or stock raising under the present
homestead unit of 100 acres.
The Kincaid law, allowing 640-acre
~hamesteads. applied to Wyoming
would settle up the state while the
cattlemen and sheepmen are fighting
over the range.-Wyoming Tribune.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
ROADS TO MINING TOWNS.
Track Extensions Reaching from
Pittsburg Into West Virginia.

The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
announces that two railroad plans re-
Gently started in the southwestern part Of
Pennsylvania for the purpose Of reach
ing mining towns and coal mines in that
portion of the State also contemplate the
building Of extensions into West Yir-
ginia.
One of them Is the Brownsville. Mason
town and Smithfeld Railway Company.
which, it is reported. has begun work be-
tween Brownsville and DIasontown. Pa.
on an electric railway system, which will
ultimately be about 12O miles long end
will connect Morgantown, w. Va. which
is not far from the Pennsylvania bound
airy. with Pittsburg, Pa, and will also
reach twenty towns in Fayette, Greene
and Washington counties Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Construction Company
is doing the work, and w. J. Sheldon. OF
McKeesport, Pa, is president of the line.
Pittsburg is to be reached by connection
with the Charleroi line of the Pittsburg
Railways Company
The other railway enterprise is the
Youghiogheny and Cheat River Railway
Company, which. it is reported, will let a
contract shortly for building a line that
will extend into Monongahela and Preston
counties. West Virginia, from its starting
point at Ohiopyle, Pa, which is about
twenty-one miles from the Virginia
boundary. E. w. Nudge. of Pittsburg. is
president of the road. and among others
reported interested are J. V. Thompson. OF
Uniontown. Pa. A. L. Kiester and A..
Overholt Of Pittsburg. This road will
connect with the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Ohiopyle.