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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26

down with that car, shut the door
of it and gave up my job. l kne"
the name of Whitfeld's lawyer, so I
went up to his office as fast as my
legs could carry me. He knew me
right off, for he'd seen me on the
witness stand, and the first thing he
done was to take me into his private
office.
" What's the matter, Blake?' says
he.
q want to get a letter to Mrs.
Whitfield says l.. She's haunting
my elevator every day like a COST.
Now you know | never would have
harmed her husband. She amt doing
any good in my elevator and she amt
got any business in the Century Build
ing. But she got me ratified. |
amt fit for work unless she stops.
coming. She's going to cost me my
job. | want to ask her what She
" My good fellow says the lawyer
and | noticed his eyes swelling up as
he said it; my good fellow, don't you
know that Mrs. Whitfield is dead?
She died within a week after he was
killed. The shock was too much for
-
well, sir, | sneaked Il OF that Of
flee like a chicken thief. Explain it?
No, / can't explain anything. don't
believe in costs. But some day. when
my nerve ONE back I'm going over
to the Century Building and gel my
old car. If she m again I'll quit
again. I'm down at the Montezuma
Building now and I'm the slowest and
cautiousest nan in the cages. No
more tragedies for me. Anyhow, the
elevators down there are the old style
hydraulics"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26

In the face of facts like these
there al be no disagreement as
to what the negro has done and
is doing.
The disagreement, if any, must
arise over the question. What is
a negro? In the south where
negroes live in daily peril of muir
der it is said that they are only
fit TO be servants.
For the sake OF argument let it
be admitted that these charges are
true with regard to some negroes.
1t is unfair to indict a race for the
acts Of a few of its individuals.
The keynote OF { is i'll
this commercial age the power of
gold. When we learn to love it
as does the Jew and accumulate
it, then our real power as a nation
will be felt.
The persucation OF the Jew the
world furnishes a fair example of
a much hatred people. Now that
they control the money markets
of the world theirs is a much hap
pier lot.
In every walk of life they are
forging to the front.
What then shall be said OF a
people who were a proud race
before the prymaids were built
and time with its changes has
not worn out who stands fast on
their adopted soil and will Yield
neither to the knout or the sword /;
who outnumbered 10 to | yet fur
nish leaders and followers for
every movement that is launched
against the wrongful Use of gov
ernment authority?
70 all these titles OF nobility the
negro can lay claim, for they are
rightfully his.
FRED +. SPEARMAN
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26
A PASSENGER FOR THE TENTH
FLOOR
By John H. Raftery

I've been running elevators ever
since they first put the old hydraulics
into office buildings, and before that
| run a lift in a factory said the
elevator boy, whose hair was gray
above his ears, but whose alert bear
ing, quick eye and nervous manner
showed that he was yet equal to the
work" | don't deny that a few people
was killed in my shaft, but there's
some people that'd get drowned on
top Of a mountain or struck by light
min in a snowstorm. Don't talk to
me about the progress of human in
telligence an all that kind O CUFF. If
you want to get dead next to the
stupidity, all-round cussedness and an
civilized condition OF your fellow crea-
lures, hire out as a chauffeur of an
elevator. But anyway that amt what
| started to tell about.
I'D been runnin' No. 4 in the Cen
fury Office Building for about three
months, when | began to notice a man
and a woman that got off at ten. He
was a big, quiet, good-lookin' fellow,
and she was a little, ~fair-haired wom-
an, with big, gray eyes and a nice way.
She always called out the floor, and
when we'd get to ten she'd say, come
on, Charley, and he'd follow her out
O. the car. | think that's what first
got me to noticing them. ! used to
get them two or three times a week,
and pretty soon ] knew where they
wanted to stop as well as they did.
They amt no use OF goin' into
particulars about how he got killed,
because the damage suit is still goin'
on and I'm a witness 1t was IN my
car all right, and / don't mind saying
that it was the only time he ever got
in without the little woman with the
big gray eyes. The cage was full, and
two O. them called tenth floor"
stopped there good and proper, and
was about - slam the door shut and
shoot for twelve when he jumped.
didn't know he was blind then. 1t
an come out at the inquest, but the
fact is he jumped after the car started
and after / had set the door to Slam
ming. OF course he got caught. One
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26

Whitfield off at ten. | was just top
ping eleven when | thought of her.
You see, | was dead anxious to please
her, for besides my connection with
the accident, she was such a quiet, un-
complaining little woman that | was
more than willing to do what | could
for her. So, just as l was topping
eleven I thought of her, reversed the
lever and looked around expecting to
hear her make a ladylike kick
But she didn't. Fact is she wasn't
in the car. You could have knocked
me over with a feather. I stopped at
ten and said Tenth floor Mrs. Whit
field, but no~body~moved. Then |
began to get the shivers. She was
there sure as fate when I left eight. |
didn't stop till eleven. I hadn't opened
the gates, but backed to ten. Then
when | looked for her she wasn't
among those present. / ran my car to
the top and as the last man got out |
laid my hand on his arm and says:
Did you notice that woman with the
brown fur coat as we come up He
said no, but seemed interested.
asked him if he hadn't seen a little
woman standing just back Of me with
a big gray hat and a veil, and where
she had left the car. but he swore
there had been no such person in the
car.
Now you can't blame me for what
did next" said the elevator boy
looking behind him. Fact is l went
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26
THE G A WORLD
R

In the folk lore or history OF all
ihe people on earth, none present
pne more fascinating than hiatt OF
fhe negro.
There is that something indie
Enable about him that can be ges-
fed at but not explained. 1t IS
eternal, so to speak.
He is a mighty force in the
worlds affairs today and each day
prlngS on more clamoring as to
his disposal.
50 it was yesterday-that long
yesterday, that stretches back to
Pc gray dawn of humanity, and
II will he apparently be tomor-
1pw the tomorrow that will fade
pto twilight only when the race
man is being prepared for its
snd.
The reasons for which r plain
3tudy his character, and the ele-
Pents that have made and are
Haking for his eternality are
anickly apparent.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26

The colored business me not
Helena should remember that
they have the Plaindealer as their
They should not too soon
that we are greatly de-
pendent on the other, and that the
business men of other races enjoy
|all the advantages of civilization,
and the benefit of long and vast
Experience over them. This
however need not deter their ard
ent spirit. Let them keep the
things in stock the race needs,
and the Negro will awake some
day and practice better principles,
1t would not be a bad policy to
parry a couple of jack screws on
pur street railway cars.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26

1t is never a good principle to
NEEDLE in anything and besides
lit shows a very tough disposition
even, alto it may be garnished
and tinsled.
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Remember it is the church and
1.-The doctrines for which it stands
that CONDEMNED us to adecent re-
succeed us in another century OF
vast changes.
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Republicanism means oppor-
.tunity to a great many OF us, de-
mocracy fallacies mean destruct-
ion TO the entire country.
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will not be denied. His longing
Tor an individual free field and a
fair fight has become as much a
part of him as his religion.
His thirst for knowledge can be
likened only to a desert wanderer
thirst for water.
And his steadfastness of pur-
pose is equal to the volumnc OF
his desires. He will not finch.
He will not quit. That which he
fights for today and fails to get,
he wi. fight for again tomorrow.
For collectively the negro knows
not what it is to surrender. He
knows only what it is to be de
feated today and to be victorious
tomorrow. For he never stops
trying until he succeeds.
Otherwise, the negra would
long ago have disappeared from
the earth. Lacking these qualities
he would have gone down before
the onslaughters that have been
made against him. He has lived
only because he has earned it in
that fierce arena of struggle and
strife from which no one energies
alive but the victor.
And the negro is the mighty
force he is in the world today
onyl because he has demonstrated
in competitive struggle, that he
possesses power.
He has had his seat at the cOun-
Gil table because he fought his
way into the house. We accept
no other certificate Of election to
a seat at this table. We respect
no mans views who has not made
his views worthy of respect.
Therefore we have in this coun-
try as factors in its multiplicative
of affairs negroes like Booker T..
Washington, w. II. Concille, w.
S. Vernon, ]. w. Lyons, Chas. w
Anderson, w. Z. b. DeBois. Ed.
Morris, John G. Jones. Thos.
Fortman and the late lamented
Dunbar.
B. T Washington is best known
as a man in whose ability and
fidelity are SO blended that the
whole world has united in one
accord and called him Leader
Foremost in matters of education
at, that which effects us most, he
has also been the race councillor
in all matters as related to the
other race.
Capacity for public service link
ed with dog-like fidility to a trust
has made the negro a prime favor
ite although prejudice has remov-
ed countless numbers in recent
years.
OF another kind of public ser
vice, Lyons and Vernon are the
examplers. We have them in
countless numbers ar well as the
public service.
In the field OF financ ethe negor
has just begun t omake himself
felt. We have no less than hall
a dozen banks owned and con-
trolled exclusively by negroes.
In executive and Legislative bran
ches we have had one Governor OF
a State no less than ; L. 5. Sena-
a
tors and an endless number OF
Representatives Robt Tenell is
a Judge in the District court OF
our National capital and Boston
boasts of her talented negro judge
Sc we might go on almost in
definitely enumerating negroes
who hold places in America.
Even when he is a climber. To
see a peak is with him to conceive
a desire to conquer it. Sometimes
it is gold that allures him. some
times il isn't. In many instances
if is that stamp Of all infinite that
lifts all men above the common
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-26
The New York
Dry Goods Store.
Helena, Mont.
White Goods Department.
Colossal Purchase of Exquisite
White Goods

The New York Store acquiring thousands dollars worth Of sWat ddnha and most beautiful dpOS
English white fabrics in charming tS and patterns
~ t-2c English Checked Nainsook por yard =. sIse
2oc India Linen, per yard ISe
Acc Persian Lawn, per yard . =. =. =. =. =. 3oe
Toe P.rsau Swiss, with satin stripes for waists or dresseper var socf
zoe MANCHESTER Embroidery BAuste, in checks and strpesp Per yard. ? o6c
zoe French Dimity, in stripes o n checks. peryard 10
sc Dotted SWISS FOL dresses and waists, Der yTd =. +. 2Sc
SOC French Dimity. in stripes Or checks, per yard " ID
s5c Beverly Bauste. in plaids Or sutpes, per yard 2oc
3c Crescent Embroidered Baisse, per yard =. .....s.
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ANYHOW it is better to mind
vour own business, love your
fellowmen, and cease transgress-
ing.
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eA,~iotion S2.oo per year, Strictly in Ad-
Advertising Rates on Application.
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IN Union THERE IS
STRENGTH.
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PEACE

PROSPERITY II
UNIONll!
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Territory of Arizona; County of Co chise, ss:
 To the creditGrs of Abe Goodwin:
 You are hereby notified that Abe Goodwin, lately conducting a clotE business at Bisbee, Arizona, on the 22nd day of April 1908, executed .. deed of assignment. conveying to the undersigned al of his property for the benefit of such of his credi6cr as will consent to accept their pro portional share of said estate and discharge him from theif respective claims. and that the undersigned - cepted said trust, and has duly quail fled as required bv law. All creditors consenting to said assignment must within four months after the pu ton of this notice make known to tht assignee their consent iu writing and within six months from the dat. Of this notice file their claims as pre- scribed by law. with the undersigned who resides at Bisbee, Cochise coun- ty, Arizona, which is also his post office address.
 Witness my lan! this 8th day of May, 1908.
 9S2 NJ. NEWMAN. Assignee.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
4 BIG MINING SUIT
 ON TRIAL AT TUCSON
In the Action There Is Involved
 $185,00G.

A suit in which approximately S1S5.000 is involved is now being tried in the district court in Tucson. The rlaintiff in tho action is the Worlds Fair Mini- company. while the dc frndant is Frank Powers owner of tNe big mine. The leading counsel for tNe plaintiff Is Hon. Frank H. Hereford while Ton E. S. Ives rep reTe7ts the def ndant
 There has been considerable lif'Ga- ton about the matter and tSe pres ent case Is being hard fought and it will probably requ'Tr two day or longer before all of the evidence is rroeented to the jury.
 The suit is the out@rowth Of franeactioN Cve- tNe Worlds Fair -n'ne Tn Santa Cruz county. This Is without queistion the richeTt nrOrnsi- tion in that county in a mining way It was located by Powers and has boo" rtoaS.- rrvor d~al vas made by which it was acquired by the
 ~'''R Fair Niring company. It was alleged by the defendant, however. lat tNr cOmra1v did not carry cut the terms of the contract aud a d's- agreement reeultod. wNicH was fol lowed by the present big suit.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Nick I. Medigovich, plaintiff,

Nick l. Medigovich, plaintiff,
 ys.
 Pavle Vukosavovich, M. Enrich and J. Vukosaoyich, defendants.
 Under and by virtue of an order of sale issued out ol Che district court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and For tle County of Cochise, on the 14th day of May, 1908, in the above entitled ac- tiOn, wherein Nick I. Medigovich, the above named plaintiff, obtained a judgment against Payle Vukosavo- vich. NJ. Enrich and J. VukosavovIcn defendants, on the 14th day of May, 1908. for the sum of Six Hundred Sixty Three and 70-100 (S663.70) dol lars. besides costs, interest and ao. cruing costs. I am commanded to sell that certain property described as Iu,- lows, to-wit:
 The month to month lease inter oct to all If Lots Fifty-oue (5D md Fffty-two (52l according to the map and survey made by the Copper of Chihuahua HilI together with one frame building thereon of ten rooms known as the ''Servian A't1tNSi v dAI SANAdICu tA lnt NlLy Oi Bisbee. County of Cochise, Territory of Arizona"
 Public notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1908, at 2 o'clock D. m., of that day, in front of the Court House duUr u the County of Cochise, I will in obedience to said order Of sale. sell the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said judgment, with interest. costs, etc, to the highest and best bidder for cash.
 Dated at Tombstone, Arizona, this 14th day of May, 1908.
 JOHN F. WHITE, Sheriff, 1sS By A. A. Hopkins. Deputy Sher1u.
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Fully equipped to do anything in the Banking line

capital stock, or any part thereof, ! to be sub scribed or paid for in cash 1 in purchase or exchange or transieT of real or personal property, or for ! services rendered, and shall have l power to issue, or cause to be issued any part Of the capital stock as re quired at any time, or from time td time, and when so issued II shall b. , fully pa and uon-assessable, and il the absence Cf fraud in any transac ton, the judgment of the Board of Directors a. to value of the pIUpel ty purchased or transferred, Or eX- cBanged, or services rendered, shall be conclusive. Shares of stock may be voted by proxy at all stockholders meetings.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date o filing of the certified copy of tn articles of incorporation in the oTiic of the Territorial auditor of Arizona and the termi nation thereof shall be Twenty-Five C25) years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a bOaru Oi three directors, who shall be elected annually, by the incorporatOrs at their first meeting and thereafter by stockholders at each succeeding meeting. to be held at the office of the company. at Bisbee, Arizona, on| the second Tuesday in January O each year.
 The Board of Directors, sbal! hayeI the power to adopt bylaws Tor theI government of the corporation. and amend or to alter the same, as ,ur. shall deem best. The officers of thel corporation shall be, president. sec retary and treasurer, and such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time deem pece Ssary and shall hold their office until thel next annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS, and until their successor shall be cnosen and qualified.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebted ness or liability, direct or contingen 10 which this corporation is at any time subject shall be. Sixteen Thou sand. Six Hundred. Sixty-six Dollars (s16,666).
 ARTICLE K.
 The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall De, exempt from liability for corporate debts of any kind whatever.
 h witness whereof, We nave 4t,., unto set our haIds and St als, this 29th day of February. A. D., 1908.
 CHARLES w. HICKS, LSD
 WILLIAM E. TESTER. LSl
 HUGH P. HUDDLESTON, (LS-J
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
MINING LAW CHANGES
 AGREED ON IN MEXICO
Will Not Become Effective Un-
 til Next Congress.

According to reliable information which has been received at Mexico Citv fHe HNra1d ravs f. fs not at all probable that the federal mining laws will be modified during the present session of congress. The matter has
 ~ r+'07 CF ne deDart- ment of fomento for many months. and it is said that after diligent re search and investigation Q conclusion was reached by those who had the eubiect in Taud. The result of their labors had been to change not mate rially. but in detail. certain parts of tha e~is+'n0 law. This dacfrion was not reached until a few days ago and the work Is now in the hands C. ''sA printer. It is not believed that the
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
ARTICLES O. INCORPORATION
 OF TESTER & HICKS.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the under signed, have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the law of the Territory of Arizona. and for that purpose do adopt he f"il"w ing charter:
 ARTICLE I.
 Tho name of the corporation Sa2ll be T"steI & HjcL~ Inc
 ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators are Charles W. Hicks, William E. Tester and Hugh P. HuddlCstou.
 ARTICLT III
 The principal place in which the business q the corporation within the Territory of Arizona Is to be conducted Is Bisbee, Cochise county, Nrizcna. The name of the Agent h. harge of and upon whom process may be served in any action. suit or "roce edings that may be had or brought against the company in any rf the courts of Arizona, Is Charles ". Hicks, residing in the said city )f BiShee. County of Cochjse. Terri tory ,f .AT.zorq
 AhllN'lsE lN-
 The general nature of the business In which this corporation shall en- gage and the purposes for which this corporation is organized are as fnL lows, towit To carr on a general brok- craze buviness, buying and selling stocks, bonds. securities, mortgages and negotiable instruments; buying and selling agricultural, mineral and oil lands, to purchase and to beco.uU the oTner thereT to hypofnecate. mnrtEaee or buy and sell other prop ertv and effects which the corpora ton may think proper from time to lime to scqu're for any of Its pur noses. To subscribe for, buy. sell ol otherwise dispose of the capital stocl ur shares of the capital stock of thi or any other corDoTation, and geueI ally 10 do any ard all acts and things and to do and transact any or all hl ;'nees incidental to the purposes aforeeaid and not conflicting with the laws of the Territory of An zoua
 ARTICLE V.
 TNe authorized capital stock of this corporst'on sSali be Twentv-FfYe Thoueard Oo'lars (s2S .0O0,D divided into (e5o Two Hundred and FRty shares. of the par value of One Hun dred Dollars (s100) each. The Poard of Directors may cause said
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29

European. Fiftn and Olive Streets adjoining Temple Auditorium. Strictly modern Prices reasonable, 100 rooms. near park all cafes and theaters. Postoflce blocks. A quiet spot in the very heart of LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
L-GAL NUIICES.
NOTICE TO LOT CLAIMANTS

Notice is hereby given, that all claimants of Jt3 on that CLftain triangular rract of land within the corporate limits of the City Of Bis bee, and for which the receivers final receipt for United States patent a. an addition to the original tOwnsit, haG been obtained by the mayor of said ci y. said triangular tract ueinh bounded on oue side 5y the COpp' Prince Mining Claim. on another b. the Molvina Mining Claim, and on the third side by a line or the orig inal townsite of said city, the Elk's Club building and par of the John sor house being On the same, ant the said tract of land coDtainin., I 01 acres according to the plat of the said tract made by the Surveyor General and by him filed iu thy United SIates land office. are required to file their cIaims for their lots Tn the office of the mayor of the said city of Bisbee on or before the I"t' day of July. 1908. in order that the mayor as trustee may issue deeds 10 the owners and claimants of said lots.
 The map and plat of said triangulai tract of ground may ue seen in She office of the mayor. the city clerk or in the office q the city engineer.
 Dated Bisbee, Arizona. April 1908.
 c. L. CAyEN Mayor of the City of Bisbee and
 Trustee fol the use and benefit
 of the occupants of the Risbee
 Towusite. 652
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decision of the department of fomento will be reac'ed il time tc pre- ent the modified proposals to congress for edoption, in whica case the present laws win remain in force until the next meeting of the national con gress.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
TERRITORY of ARIZONA,

COUNTY OF COCHISE-ss.
 On this the 29th day of FebruaI y, 1908, before me, a Justice Of the Peace, in and for the County ana Territory aforesaid, residing therein. duly commissioned and Sworn, per sonally appeared Charles ". Hicks William F.. Tester and Hugh P Hud- dleston, known to me to oe the per sons described in and whose nausa are subscribed to the foregoing in- strument, and they acknowledge to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration there n expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have Nereuuto set my hand and affixed ny offcial seal at my office in the said Territory and County, the day and year last above written.
 T. D. BURDICK, Justice of the Peace Cochise County Territory of Arizona.