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clerk of court for the defense this
morning, and for a time 1t looked as
though the trial might be dragged out
longer than expected. VIM. Marshall.
Mrs. ]. II. Spfcer, r. M. Carter, Henry
| White and Alex Howard, all colored.
were wanted. Mrs. Spicer and Carter
could not be found, having left the
city. N. A. Naftalin and A. SeigeI,
lpawnbrokers, were also subpoenaed
for the defense.
Yesterday Afternoon.
More progress was made yesterday
afternoon than at any former session
OF the trial, eight witnesses being ex-
amined and cross examined. Richard
Burns, John Smith and VIM. Butler,
all colored, were eye witnesses to the
shooting at the Eureka restaurant
where they were lounging at the time
the trouble occurred.
The stories of the three agree on
every essential point. They told how
Clarke and Simpson had trouble early
in the evening; that Simpson was or
dered from the place for using obscene
language; that he afterwards returned
when he got in the deadly work.
Cassius Marcus, in the secondhand
business on Front street, who sold
Simpson the gun which was used to
kill Clarke, testified that the colored
man came into his place OF business
about s o'clock in the evening and
asked for a gun. After selecting a
firearm, he offered in payment an
order from the clerk of court which he
had received as witness fees for the
| time that he was held in the county
Jail against Dean. While Marcus was
inquiring about the paper TO see that
1t was o. k, Simpson waited in the
store, staying there about forty FIVE
minutes or an hour. A few minutes
after leaving the place, Marcus heard
the shots fired, indicating that Simp-
son went directly to the Clarke place
Gus Smith, colored, testified that he
picked up five empty shells on the
| floor Of the Eureka restaurant after
the shooting occurred.
! Officers Pickering and Mclean tes-
tilted as to the arrest OF Simpson after
the shooting.
States Star Witness.
That the state played rts trump
card last, was evidenced when Mrs.
Estella Miller. colored, an employe at
the Eureka restaurant, who stated
when asked If she was the head cook;
II guess I was, / was the only one
there" told the story Of the crime.
Confining her answers to the ques-
tions put, she told the story I'm very
impressive manner. The woman was
in the rear of the place when the
trouble started. Shots were fired in
the front which she did not see.
She told how Clarke ran back to
the door of her bedroom where he
fell prostrated, exclaiming. He's shot
me-" These are believed to be the
last words of the man on earth. 1t
was then that Simpson rushed back,
after having having reloaded his re-
volver and shot twice more into the
PROSTATE body of tn victim. 1t is this
that the state values the most. Shoot
ing the man after he was down and
out; after one load of cartridges haT
been used and after Clarke had sought
refuge in the back Of his place, these
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
Walter {. Clark and view of sit<a,
Alaska, from the sea.

washington, May 27.-Walter T.
Clark OF Connecticut has been appoint
ed governor of Alaska. His appoint
menf will become effective Oct. next
Mr. Clark has come into political
prominence through his work as q
newspaper man at the national capt.
toll He represented The New York
Sun and The Seattle Post Intelligencer
and other papers. EIe ID young man
with future. Those who have watch
ed him In his career predict that this ID
only a starting point for one OF Amer
ica's great men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
FROM CANAL BOY

to president, the story Of Garfeld's
remarkable career, exemplifies what
can be done in this land of great OPP
|portunities. Aaker's Business college
opens the door and paves the way to
great success in life. Ask us to prove
this to you by numerous examples.
Hundreds of A. b. c. graduates are
holding down important positions.
What has been done for others, may
be done for you.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
HILL TELLS OF CHANGES.
Railroad Magnate Says Methods of 20
Years Ago Are Gone.

st. Paul, May 27.-'Railroad methods
in vogue twenty years ago would bank
rupt the road If employed at the pres
ent time" said J. ]. Hill, chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern railway at the rate hearing
case this morning. Mr. Hill was on the
stand and told of the methods used at
that time, and referred to the views
of F. s. Merrill leading railroad man
of two decades ago, in which Mr.. Mer-
rill tried to impress on Mr. Hills mind
that the rate on grain would never be
less than cent mile and that freight
cars would never carry more than
10000 pounds.
IF Mr.. Merrill were to come on earth
and still hold those views he would not
be worth $4,000 a year to any rail-
road" Mr.. Hill explained.
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facts found place with the jury.
With the completion of the testi-
mony of Mrs. Miller at 4:3o yesterday
afternoon, States Attorney Fowler
rested. On motion Of Atty. T. II. Nc
Enroe, for the defense, an adjourn
ment was taken to his morning at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
J.J. HILL CHIEF ORATOR.

Principal Opening Address at Seattle
Exposition by Empire Builder.
st. Paul. May 27-James J. Hill will
represent Minnesota and the north
west at the opening exercises Of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in
Seattle pext Tuesday. He will de-
liver an address in which particular
stress will be paid to the great ad-
vancement OF the northwest in the past
gensfatiori,I Sr
The formal exercises will be follow
ed by the pressing OF a golden key by
President Taft in the White House,
which wiia set the wheels in motion
on the fair grounds. The presidents
part will be performed at 1928 o'clock
In the afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
CAPITOL NEARING COMPLETION
Work on South Dakota State House Is
Being Pushed by Contractor.

Pierre, S. D., May 27.---Marble work
on the floors Of the corridors Of the
new capitol is under way; the orna
mental plaster work is being saped
up; the dome is practically ready for
the steel work and Contractor Olsen
Is pushing everything as rapidly as
possible, with the beside to get his
possible, with the desire to get his
cold weather again sets in.
The exterior of the building will
probably be finished by September and
by the same time large amount OF
the interior work will be out of the
way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
BURIED AS A PAuPER.
Mystery in Disappearance of Butte
Man Is Cleared Away.

WysteFy IN UISappearance OF Butte
Man Is Cleared Away.
Butte, Mont, May 27.-Charles
O'Connell, who had been missing for
some time, was found to have been
killed near Boulder and buried In an
unknown grave. in the paupers' field.
He fell from train and not scrap
of paper was found on his pody with
which to identify it. Friends called
his family's attention to newspaper
item telling OF the burial Of an uniden-
titled man and an investigation re-
suited.
Charles A. Gilmore, foreman OF the
Raven Mining Co.. drank wood alcohol
by mistake and died in haff an hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
New session naws l1era.

supply of the popuHar edition of
the 1903 session laws has been received
and copies may be had at The Forum
office at 81 per copy. orders by. mail
will be given prompt attention.
The Forum Printing Co., Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
For Friday and saturdax.

AT Howard Moody's May sale in
Moorhead, you will get extra good
bargains. You are never disappointed
at his sales. The best bargains, al
ways.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27

d. ID. Sullivan, the optical specialist
of Fargo, will be in Arthur Monday,
May 81, Hunter Tuesday, June l and
Blanchard Wednesday, June 2. Mr..
Sullivan will examine eyes and fit
glasses. Office at hotel
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27

Phone us your orders for office sta
tionery. We make deliveries. knight
Printing Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27
Men Wanted.

Men for country wanted; good
wages. See Il. Hotop. II Broadway.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27

Have you inspected the knight
Printing Co.'s stationery Department.
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EARLY IDAHO HISTORY

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law on our hands. The successful
prosecutor OF our law suit for the
retention of the capital at Lewiston
seemed to demand the arrest of the
governor. but to arrest that dignitary
meant in the first place to catch
him"
(Here follows the account OF Gov
ernor Lyons escape.)
Continuing, Mr.. Goulder says:
Our contention was that the al
legged second session of the legisla-
ture was illegal and invalid alb initio.
and that onthing that as done at that
session could have the force of law.
We claimed that the session com
menced on a day other than that
fixed by law, and that many other
Irregularities in the proceedings
could be made evident to the salts
faction of any court in the land
This law suit, like other sublimary
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carry this water in the desired direc-
ton, therefore-to divert its natural
drainage-it is necessary to begin
the construction of canals high up
in those hills and to build them
around eminence after eminence, one
horseshore following another, miles
being taken up in construction to
cover comparatively short distances
as the crow flies.
is it any wonder, then, that such
WORK appeals strongly to the inves-
tigator win respect to the engineer
ing problems involved and with re-
sDect to the large sum OF money re-
quired-fortunes expended in order
that the precious water that flows
from the snow banks of the noun
tains shall be maze TO serve man in
the level territory far below?
In time we reach Dixie. 1t is not
the Dixie of the Sunny South of
which we sing, although it is sunny
enough and hot enough in the sum-
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things, came to an end when Judge
Aleck Smith handed down a decision
which was a remarkable document.
1t was lengthy, elaborate, complex
and involved, but there was one
sentence that stood out in luminous
distinctness. That sentence was this,
The capital is still at Lewiston.
With this decision in our favor,
with the secretary Of state a closely
guarded prisoner, and the archives
and the great seal of the territory
in our possession, we felt that we
could safely rest spon our oars and
calmly await results. / think that
decision still stands, clothed with all
its legal force that a court of justice
could give it, In spite of all that
was afterwards said or done. | yet
believe, my good friend, Aleck
Smith. that the capital of Idaho is
still at Lewiston.
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tain Home. The drainage from this
basin runs off from Mountain Home
and empties into the Snake river,
and tn conduct and drain the waters
OF the gong Tom into the Mountain
Home reservoir requires a canal over
five miles in length. which cost more
than $4,000 per mile 10 construct.
The Long Tom reservoir mas stor-
age capacity of $4,000 acre feet of
water and cost about 100000
The traveller has thus far been
given peeps of two of the smaller
reservoirs forming the chain that
connects the streams of the noun
tains with the farms of the plains
the Mountain Home, which cost
$4,000, with its dam so feet high,
forming a lake over six miles around
at the water level, or contour line,
and the Long Tom reservoir, its i'm
mediate feeder Already the pro-
iect looms exceedingly large
We have commenced to wind
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mer time to fill the bill respecting
temperature. But things equalize
themselves refreshingly in Dixie. In
the winter time the temperature falls
low and the snow piles up high-the
beautiful. beautiful snow that man
ties the nearby hills and those far
Their back and fills the canals and
reservoirs in the good old summer
time. Dixie would hardly be selected
as one of the central points of a vast
irrigation system, but such it is to-
day insofar as the mountain part of
the system is concerned. The idea
was to get water and lots of it onto
the lands in the vicinity of Noun
tain Home. and had it been necessary
it is quite likely they would have
turned some of Gods handiwork up
side down and inside out in order
J to accomplish the great end in view.
( Dixie nestles in a depression. On
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clustering. 1t was pushed rapidly
through and was soon among the
finished products. And only the for
lorn hope that possibly the governor
would veto it. But Caleb was no
worshiper of the setting sun. He
had seen southern Idaho, he had
seen Boise and had been seen by the
people who knew how to see him.
He signed the bill without the ap-
parent scruple or regard for conse-
quences, an dthen-Lewiston went
up into the air. Desperate and hope
less as the case looked, we still
thought something might be done
Leland and other legal lights of the
town counselled immediate action.
A writ of me exeat' was sued out
of the probate court of Nez Perez
county, ne exeat' meaning, when
interpreted, Don't let him go.
This involve the immediate arrest
and detention of the governor and the
detention OF the archives in Lewis
ton until the case could be judicious-
ly settled. Then we had q case Of
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all sides are hills, around which runs
the canal for all the world like a
snake.
Little Camas Reservoir.
In order to gain a comprehensive
idea of the works. it is wise to go.
from Dixie to Little Camas prairie.
distance of about two miles. This
prairie is bounded by high, steep
hills on all sides, with a narrow neck
at the lower end If there is
natural reservoir site in the west, it
is Camas prairie. It drains a large
territory and into it flows Camas,
Cat and other creeks. All the Noun
tain Home company had to do was
to purchase the prairie and throw a
dam across the lower end of it. That
sounds easy and inexpensive. but
when you see the character of the
dam already in, when you are told
that just for one of the farms on
the prairie $4,000 was paid in order
to merge it into the great lake, when
you realize that the water in this
reservoir will stand to the caves of
a two-story house-then you will un-
derstand something of the labor and
expense incident to this part of the
big enterprise
Camas prairie is seven miles long
and from a mile and half to two
miles wide. The road to the Rocky
Bar country and to Wood river runs
across it and half way stands the
home of Senator Bailey, one of the
states well known pioneers. The
frame house is known to many trav-
elers. If it could be nailed down at
the spot where it now stands the
water would run into the dormer
windows and there wouldn't be en-
ough room left on the roof to play
4-handed game of "seven-up" The
others who own farms on Camas
prairie will have to move, too. They
will probably go down around
Mountain Home and irrigate with
water from their former home
steads. The road will be changed
to run around instead of through the
prairie and what was once Little
Camas will be a vast lake on which
very good sized steamer could be
navigated.
The canal starts at the dam, it's
first circle carrying it around hill
side that overlooks the South Boise.
For Is miles this canal extends.
Most of the work is now completed.
Sources Of Water Supply.
Having gone over the reservoirs
and canals and gained a general
idea Of the lay Of the land, the ques-
ton arises. will the sources of water
supply be ample to meet the demands
/ of the tract to be reclaimed? Onicial
reports all answer afirmatively, and
the reply is echoed by hundreds who
have lived in that section for years
and have closely observed conditions
during all seasons.
While the project was in its in
known engineers in the, west
best-known engineers in the west,
made a report in which he dwelt at
some length on the drainage area.
discharges of streams and duty Of
water. Some of his observations as
the result of his investigation may
econ+in,ad on poao "a,
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Account of HistorIan GouIder.

The gossipy account of this inter-
esting bit of Idaho history in the
"Reminiscences of a Pioneer" from
the pen of that fascinating old writer.
William A. Goulder. wiz be read
with pleasure by all those who are
interested in the stories of Idaho. He
says:
1T pains me more than I can tell
to note here that our beloved Idaho
historians have given scant space
and scanter courtesy to their &C
counts of what took place during the
first and second sessions Of the Idaho
territorial legislature. Indeed, they
have treated the whole subject mat
ter OF what happened in northern
Idaho during those early days rather
cavalierly. to say the least about It"
ITO use the classic French phrase.
the piece de resistance of the Sec
ond session was the bill providing
for the removal of the capital of the
territory from Lewiston to Boise. -
ed note-Mr Goulder was a Lew
iston man and makes the same mis-
take in designating Lewiston as the
first capital that all other northern
men of that time did,
THE bill was introduced early in
the second session and had nearly
40 days before it, which left nothing
to fear from the worst kind of fiji
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around the hills, up, up, always up.
The situation hardly appeals to us
as one dealing with irrigation. We
had been accustomed to irrigation
canals built in valleys and reaching
only low mesas. at no time attain
ing an altitude above their source
that would be regarded as abnormal.
But here we are climbing up into
the very mountains to reach a sys-
tenn of canalsl 1t is difficult to
reconcile the conditions. Nothing
like it anywhere in Idaho; probably
nothing like it anywhere else. 1t is
really unique.
We hardly understand how it can
be done, still we know why it must
be done. The drainage of the noun
tains ahead runs in diverse direc-
tions. in some instances almost
away from the land to be irrigated
by that same water. In order to
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the work of the pioneers. This res
ervoir is the feeder for the canals
that supply the land already under
cultivation around Mountain Home.
and which have always produced
bumper crops.
Just before striking into the hills
the driver will point out the site OF
the Long Tom reservoir-our old
friend Long Tom-which has become
familiar to all who have read OF ir-
rigation development in that section.
This reservoir, it might be said.
saved the day for the Mountain
Home section. While small in COM
parison to the greater project. of
which it is now a part, at the same
time when it was built it was hailed
as a giant.
The reservoir is located at the eX-
IRENE end of Long Tom basin. and
about Is miles northeast of Noun
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Governor Lyon, in company with
the late Sol Hasbrouck, then a MEM
Der of the house from Owyhee coun-
ty, planned a duck hunting trip down
Snake river few days after this in
junction had been issued and land
ing on the Washington side, thus
evaded the officers. From the land
ing place the governor walked six
miles TO the lower ferry and there
met conveyance from Fort Lapwai,
previously arranged for, and drove to
Walla Walla and later came to Boise.
The secretary Of state resigned, in
the meantime.
This restraining order remained in
force until October, 1864, when the
matter came to the attention of the
attorney general of the United
States and he directed the United
States marshal of Idaho to proceed
to Lewiston, secure the records and
carry them to Boise City, the seat of
government of the territory of Ida
no. The marshal proceeded to ex-
ecute this order He met with the
only formal opposition. and the
sweeping injunction of the probate
judge was allowed to die a natural
death.
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Continued from Page g.
seal of the state but to enjoin the
governor and secretary of state from
leaving the city with the records.
Petition was made to the probate
judge, Alex Smith, to this end, and
in the flush of his newborn dignity
and judicial power. this inferior court
actually issued an order restraining
the removal Of the territorial records
and also enjoining the governor and
secretary of state from departing
from the city.
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La Junta tribune., 1909-07-31
Local and Personal Items

DR.. o. ]. Whitcomb went to Denver
last Wednesday for few days Wis.
It on business.
Mrs. Carrie T.. Money writes To
change the address OF the Tribune
from Colorado Springs. to Greeley,
Colorado.
Harold weatherby. OF Pasadena,
Calf. Is visiting his brother.in.law
c. f. Burke. OF Star Valley
Rocky Ford Enterprise.
Business has picked up at the City
Hospital during the present month.
there being twenty patients 1t that
institution at the present time.
Mrs. J. n. Lamb. accompanied by
her sister. Miss Maud Beck. spent
last Wednesday viewing the sights OF
the Royal Gorge. near Canon City.
Mrs. c. c. wcatherby writes to
change the address OF the Tribune
from Pasadena. Calf. to Rocky Ford.
where the family Is at present visit.
Ing.
Miss Frances Robinson left last
Tuesday night on No. for Stating.
ton. Calf. where she will make an
extended visit with her sister. Mrs.
W. II. Lockhart.
Mrs. Bert Phares and children
leave tomorrow for Roscndaie. Mo.
to make an extended visit with the
parents Of Mrs. Pharcs. They expect
to b. absent about three months.
B. =. Cieasman. Of the Holbrook
country. who has been In the City
Hospital for several weeks. IL report.
ID 70 b In . very serious condition
With very little hopes oe his recovery.
Nr. and Mrs. r. c. TODD LETT Be.
attic last Wednesday on the home.
ward beuad trip for Ia Junta. and
tAs county clerk viii probably b.
on duty q the court house early next
week
Work was resumed on the new
yards Of tho Santa Re east Of town
this week. which does not look ~
though the railroad company had
much intention Of making . flag sta.
tlon out Of this burg.
During the past month tho people
Of Ia Junta seem 70 have acquired
the spud habit. George barr Informs
" that be unloAdod four carloads Of
spuds In thls burg during July. why
not raise spuds instsa1 Of buying
abeoaA?