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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
sburg shut out Cincinnati In the morn
by a BOOZE Of 2 TO 0 Snora:
CINCINNATI.
PITTSBURG.

'Batted Tor McLean In eighth.
Slated for Gaspsr In eighth.
P%ittsburg .............0 o 0 80
Cincinnati ...........O o o 10000 90
Hits: Off Gaspar, 6 in seven INNINGS:
off Rowan, l in one inning. Stolen bases:
Barbeau ~, Clark. Double play-Gaspar
and Lobert. Left on bases: P%ittsburg, 10;
Cincinnati, 8. Base on calls: Off Maddox,
pitched ball: Miller by Gaspar. Time: 1850.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
DELEGATION
GOES TO HELENA
Will Convince Solons or
NeceCIity of the
New Couny
BILL UP IN LOWER HOUSE
Representative Burke of Deer
Representative Burke of Deer
Lodge Introduces Bill in
House Monday.

A delegation Of citizens and bus
mess men of Roundup left here
Tuesday for Helena, their object
being to impress the members Of
the state legislature, which is now
in session in that city, Of the neces-
sity of the passage of the county
division bill providing for the crea-
ton Of the new county Of Mussel-
shell. The party consisted of S. NJ.
johnson, J. w. Newton, M. NJ.
Klein, H. B. Thompson, E. w. Ray,
w. R. Smith and G. F. Richardon.
This bunch with w. X. Quarles.
L. r. Carroll and NJ. II. Wall who
have been at the capital for several
weeks, will make formidable lob
by, and undoubtedly will be pro-
ductive of a world of good. The
delegation will remain in Helena
the remainder of the week.
The latest advices from the cap
ital relative to the bill are very OPP
timistic over it's passage. The bill
was introduced in the lower house
Monday by Rep. Burke of Deer
Lodge. Burke is the acknowledged
Democratic floor leader of the house
Of representatives, and was a strong
candidate for the speakership Of
that body. The house is Democrat
by a small majority.
After it's initial introduction the
bill was referred to the committee
on &C unties and municipal corpora
tions where it is now under consid-
Grafton. The welfare of the bill in
the house depends in greater
measure upon favorable report
of the committee, but up to this
time it is not known what dispcsi-
ton the committee has made of it.
l.. r. Carroll, representing the pro-
posed county, was given a healing be-
fore this committee Wednesday.
Rep. r. B. Thompson Of this county
is member of this committee.
In case Of it's failure in the house
Senator Edwards of Rose Bud and
Tooley of Meagher have promised
to see that it shall be given fair
hearing in the upper house.
Support for the bill is growing
stronger every day, and the pros
poets for its passage are very bright
Besides the names of the first
set of officers as stated in last week S
issue of The Record, that Of Lew
Fisco for sheriff has been added.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29

last Friday evening for the purpose
of organizing volunteer fire de-
partment. AL Shaw. who has been
an active member of the fire com
mittee appointed by the CONNER
cial club was chosen as fire chief
with instructions to appoint assist
ants and to apportion each member
his duty.
A shed has been built in the rear
of the Citizens State Bank to house
the fire engine, and on Wednesday
the engine was taken out of the
depot, loaded up and is now ready
for any emergency.
Fire Chief Shaw has made arrange
ments with the Republic Coal Co.,
to connect siren fire whistle te
their boiler at mine No. /. An elec,
trio fire alarm with three or foul
stations distributed around town
will be connected with the engine
room at the mine.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
Was Here This Week
on Tour of In
specfion.
LOYAL ROUNDUP BOOSTER
Goes to Helena to Lobby For
Proposed New Mussel-
shell County.

w. w. Taylor, general superinten-
dent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee q
| st. P.'s coal mine at this place and
in Illinois, arrived here Tuesday to
look after the work at the mines
here for a few days. The develop
mcnt work at Mine No. 2 is pro-
crossing rapidly and will be in the
producing stage in a short time.
Several improvements are also be-
ing made at the No. | mine, chief
among these being the changing
of the coal chutes and the putting
in Of screen. The mine closed
down yesterday to admit OF the
change being made.
Mr.. Taylor is, and always has
been, an ardent and loyal booster
of Roundup, and anyone who has
doubts as to his sincerity in work
ing SO effectively in behalf OF this
city, would have those doubts
quickly despclled after a few min
ntes talk with the big-hearted coal
operator. He calls Roundup his
! baby and it is his aim and desire to
make it one of the best towns along
the line. His efforts for the welfare
of the city have, perhaps, not been
appreciated at their real worth, but
true it is that he has been instru-
mental in bringing about several
things that are of inestimable value
to Roundup. Aside from the fact
that the mines form the basis OF
Roundup, it is thru Mr.. Taylor that
the G. M. d st. p. agreed to grade
and macadamize Front avenue
and Main street which will add
greatly to theappcarance OF the city,
besides being great saving to the
people. He informs The Record
(1,nt;nuol on laCt nova
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
RETAIL 0tRk5 0QQAh|lt
Form Local Union and Elect Off.
cers--.Will AAiliat e With
National Organization.

The clerks employed in the var
ious retail establishments in Round
up met Tuesday evening in
Schrump's store for the purpose of
organizing a local union. Those
present were all in favor of the
project and an organization was
perfected with the following officers:
Frank Philippe, president.
J. w. Beaver, first vice pres.
W. a. Lewis, second vice pres.
Cliff Simpson, rec. secretary.
Jay Webster, financial sec.
w. +. Patterson, treasurer.
The local union starts out with a
membership Of seventeen, and will
affiliate with the national olganiza-
ton Of retail clerks. Its president,
Frank Philippe, is the pioneer clerk
of Roundup, having been employed
in Schrump's store since that estab-
lishment opened its doors early last
year.
Alex Fairgrieye, president of the
Montana Federation of Labor, was
present to help in perfecting the
organization.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29

respectively of the Roundup Coal
Mining CO.. were in the city several
DAYS this week looking over their
property here. They found the
work at the mine in excellent con
dition, the daily output having
reached such figures that plans
were made for the marketing of
coal in the towns on this line of
road from the Missouri river west.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
(HAhQt DA1t Of ELECTION
Mistake in Notice Throws OF In
corporation Election Two
Weeks

The election to decide for or
against incorporation Of Roundup,
which had been set for the 9th of
February, has been postponed at
least two weeks bv mistake which
occurred in the election notice. The
notice as published in The Record
last week did not include all of the
territory desired to have in the
corporate limits, and as given in
the petition for incorporation. In
describing the limits the county
clerk and recorder simply gave the
boundries of the recorded plat of
the townsite Of Roundup and the
first addition, instead Of taking as
his authority the map of the pro-
posed incorporation prepared by
Engineer Pennell, and which in
cludes considerably more territory.
The error was not discovered until
after It's publication. and as the
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29

Up to this time almost the entire
output of the mine has been taken
by the c., NJ. 4 p. S.
In connection with their visit at
this time, the officials took a care
full survey Of the electric light pro-
position which they have now un-
der way, and decided to push the
plant to completion as rapidly as
possible. Part Of the plant. in
cluding the boilers. is already on
the ground, and what necessary
machinery has not yet been pur-
chased will be in the next few days.
Speaking of the matter in Ques-
ton with The Record reporter, Pres.
Megeath showed considerable en-
thusiasm oyer the proposition and
made it plain that the company
was acting in good faith in provid-
ing the city of Roundup with this
much needed improvement.
Notwithstanding the fact that
some Of the citizens OF Roundup
have been somewhat skeptical over
our Intentions said Mr.. Megeath,
the matter has been pushed as
rapidly as conditions warranted.
There will be no hitch now in get
ting the plant ready for operation,
with the possible exception of bad
weather, which, OF course, would
delay us. Most of the material has
already been purchased and actual
work on the plant will only be a
matter Of few days. A carload of
cement has been ordered, and up
| on it's arrival work on the founda-
tions will commence. Our head
electrician will be sent east as soon
as we return to Omaha to arrange
| for dynamo of sufficient voltage to
supply Roundup adequately for
some years to come. While here
we secured from Division Supt.
Spencer the privilege Of using the
| riuht Ofwav If the & NJ .G y =
for our poles from the mine to the
city. The citizens may gain some
idea ct the time it will take us to
install our plant from the record we
established in the opening of oul
mine here, with which they are al
ready acquainted.
The officials left for Omaha yes
terday morning
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29

election has to be advertised thirty
days another date will have to be
set.
A special meeting of the county
commissioners has been called for
next Monday at which time they
will take up the matter and appoint
a new election. This will bring
the election about March 18th.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
VOLUNTEER f|Rt DEPARTMENT
AL Shaw Elected Fire Chief
Chemical Engine Ready
For Use.

Coincident with the arrival OF the
chemical fire engine recently pur-
chased by the commercial club, a
meeting of the citizens was held
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29

The anti-pass law which Was re-
Gently introduced in the Montana
state senate. met it's death in a
committee room last week.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-29
PUSH ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT
All Necessary Machinery
to Be on Ground in
Short Time.
MINE OFFICIALS HERE
No Time Will Be Spared in
Getting Plant in Run
ming Order.

G. W. Megeath, J. U. Griedley
and II. y. Readinger Of Omaha,
president, secretary and treasurer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
Tinkering With Public Utility Bill

Senator Hamilton Is at work max
ing re-draft of the administration
public utility bill. The hearings be-
fore the senate committee brought out
so many defects that 1t was apparent
to Senator Hamilton, himself, that the
measure needed patching up in some
places.
Senator Hamilton will have to
change his bill materially in order to
secure a favorable report from the
committee. Several of the leading
members of that committee believe
that the law should be limited to the
big general utilities and to utilities
In first class cities only. In other
words, they believe that all utilities
In the small towns should be exempt
ed from the provisions of the law.
Governor Stubs is opposed to ex-
empting them. He says that is a dis
elimination against the big utilities
and the utilities in the big towns; that
the commission should have the same
control over small utilities as large
ones and that no effort should be
made to curry favor with the small
ones.
The house judiciary committee went
through the farce of giving hearings
on the bill. The plan of the house
committee, 1t is said, is to make only
a few minor changes in the bill and
check it up to the house itself, for
consideration. When the bill comes
In 1t will be made a special order and
probably railroaded through. Then
it will devolve upon the senate to give
the measure careful consideration.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

Jumps Of soft yellow gold. Barris
dropped this "moonshine gold" as we
had come to call it, into the pockets
of his shooting-coat, and withdrew to
question the prisoner. He came back
again in a few minutes and motioned
his mounted men to take the Skinner"
in charge. We watched them, rifle on
thigh, walking their horses slowly
away into the darkness, the Sinner"
tightly bound, shutting sullenly be-
tween them.
who is the Sinner" asked Pier
pont, slipping the revolver into his
pocket again.
"A moonshiner, counterfeiter, forger,
and highwayman, said Barris, land
probably a murderer. Drummond will
be glad to see him, and think it like
ly he will be persuaded to confess to
him what he refuses to confess to me-"
Wouldn't he TALK" asked.
Not syllable. Pierpont, there is
nothing more for you to do"
For me to do? Are you not coming
back with us, Barris?'
NO" said Barris.
We walked along the dark road in
silence for a while, l wondering what
Barris intended to do, but he said
nothing more until we reached our
own veranda. Here he held out his
hand, first to Pierpont, then to me,
saying good-by, as though he were 60
ing on long journey.
How soon will you be back?"
toward the gate. He came across the
lawn again and again took our hands
with a quiet affection that had never
imagined him capable of.
Y am going" he said, ito put an
end to his gold-making tonight.
know that you fellows never suspected
what was about on my little solitary
evening strolls after dinner. l will
tell you. Already l have unobtrusive-
ly killed four of these goldmakers-
my men put them under ground just
below the new wash-out at the four
mile stone. There are three left alive
the Sinner whom we have, another
criminal named Yellow or 'Yeller,'
in the vernacular and the third"
THE third" repeated Pierpont, ex-
citedly.
THE third l have never yet seen.
But l know who and what he isl
know; and If he is of human flesh and
blood, his blood viii flow tonight"
AS he spoke slight noise across the
turf attracted my attention. A mounted
man was advancing silently in the
starlight over the spongy meadowland.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
Economy From Now On.

From now on there is to be a gen.
eral onslaught on all bills in the leg
islature which create new positions
or provide for new employees or In
creased salaries. Many Of the mem
bers have begun to hear from home.
The man at the pillow handle has been
reading of the numerous bills to in
crease the number of state employees
and to increase salaries. He thinks
that taxes are high enough now; that
there is no necessity of provid-
ing places for any more statesmen
and intimates that possibly the men,
Der who votes to raise taxes may have
trouble being elected two years hence.
Enough information has drifted in
from the grass roots to scare the
members and many of them have Sc
cretly agreed to make fight on every
bill of that character.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
Skaters Another Reform.

The legislature has shattered an
other beautiful reform, suggested by
Cranston of Labette by killing his bill
giving the people a direct vote on
campaign issues.
Cranston's theory is that the people
have just as much right to vote direct
on issues as on candidates. So he
framed up a bill requiring all import
ant planks of a party platform to be
published on the official ballot so tina.
the people could vote for or against
them. Those issues which received a
majority of the vote should be enacted
into law.
Kansas will secure no legislation
this session to tax inheritances. The
house judiciary committee has re-
ported adversely the Mitchell bill on
that subject. This bill was patterned
after the Wisconsin law.
After a full hearing over the ma
jority and minority committee reports
In the legislative contest case from
Cheyenne county in which J. L. Fin
ley was the confession and Josiah Cros-
by was the contestee, the house
adopted the majority report by a vote
Of As to IS and seated Finley.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

The story opens in New York. Roy Car
denhue, the story teller, inspecting a
queer reptile owned by George Godfrey of
Tiffany's. Roy and Barrs and Pierpont,
two friends, depart on a hunting trip to
Cardinal Woods, rather obscure local
Joined the secret service for the purpose
of running down a gang of gold makers.
Prof. LAGRANGE, on discovering the
gangs formula, had been mysteriously
killed. Barris received a telegram of in
structions. He and Pierpont set out to
ported seeing queer Chinaman in the
supposedly untenanted woods Roy went
hunting. He fell asleep in a dell. On
awakening he beheld a beautiful girl at
small lake. birthmark resembling a
dragons claw, on Roy's forehead had
her name was Ysonde. Suddenly she dis
appeared. Fleeing in terror Roy beheld
a horrible Chinese visage peering at him
from the woods Barris and Pierpont re-
turned Barris exhibited a reptile, like
that owned by Godfrey. A ball of sup
posed gold. he held, suddenly became
alive. He told of the Kuen-Y YUM. a Chi
nese nation of sorcerers, numbering 1OO,
000, 900, and explained that the Moon Ma
ker, their ruler, whose crescent symbol
was a dragon claw was supposed to have
recently returned to earth. Barris Pier
pont and Roy failed to find Ysonde's dell.
Later, Roy, hunting. came to the beauti-
told him how her stepfather, evidently a
Chinaman, made gold and of his mysteri-
ous actions. Suddenly all turned black
and Roy awoke to find himself stunned
and bleeding on his own doorstep. Roy
recovered quickly Barris, under a mys-
Chinese sorcerers, his love there and its
false ending
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
CHAPTER Viii.

At nine o'clock that night we caught
one of the goldmakers. do not know
how Barris had laid his trap; all /
saw of the affair can be told in a
minute or two.
We we're posted on the Cardinal
road about a mile below the house,
Pierpont and l with drawn revolvers
on one side, under a butternut tree
Barris on the other, Winchester
across his knees.
I had Just asked Pierpont the hour,
and he was feeling for his watch
when far up the road we heard the
sound of a galloping horse, nearer,
nearer. Gathering, laundering past.
Then Barris' rife spat flame and the
dark mass, horse and rider, crashed
into the dust. Pierpont had the half
stunned horseman by the collar in a
second-the horse was stone dead
and. as we lighted pine knot to ex-
anime the fellow, Barris' two riders
ealloped up and drew bride beside us.
"Hm!" said Barris, with a scowl,
it's the Sinner or I'm a moon
sinner"
We crowded curiously around to see
the Skinner" He was red-headed, fat
and filthy. and his little red eyes
burned in his head like the eyes of
an angry pig.
Barris went through his pockets
methodically while Pierpont held him
and I held the torch. The Skinner
was a gold mine; pockets, shirt, boot
legs. hat. even his dirty fists, clutehed
light and bleeding, were bursting th
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
HIS TERRIFIC WASTE OF TIME.
Awful Shock to Man Who for Years
Had Written Extra Letter.

Perhaps as severe small shock
as l ever got" said a man who is
careful of his time, Struck me the
other day when l discovered that
for many years had been mis-
spelling a certain word by the In
PRODUCTION of an additional letter.
1t wasn't the misspelling Of the
word that disturbed me. 1t was the
fact that misspelling 1t as had done
| had wasted so much time in writing
1t. But now have begun to get back
the time lost.
81 have selected a word that find
frequently use, a word from which
one letter can be eliminated without
impairing its significance or its appeal
to the eye, and from that word in writ
ing l am now emitting that one let
ter.
"As figure 1t, in about II years. by
leaving out a letter from this word. l
shall gain about as much time as l
have lost by adding a letter to that
other word. | shall sqrIre the &C
count, and then shall feel easier.
Time is the most valuable thing
we have, and hate to waste It."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

When he came nearer Barris struck a
match, and we saw that he bore q
corpse across his saddle bow.
"'Yaller,' Col Barris," said the man,
touching his slouched hat in salute.
This grim introduction to the corpse
made me shudder, and, after mo-
ments examination of the stiff, wide
eyed dead man, drew back.
Identified" said Barris, take him
to the four-mile post and carry his
effects to Washington-under seal,
mind, tombstone"
Away cantered the rider with his
CHASTITY burden, and Barris took our
hands once more for the last time.
Then he went away, gayly, with a
jest on his lips, and Pierpont and l
turned back into the house.
For an hour we sat modify smoking
in the hall before the fire, saying little
until Pierpont burst out with: 81
wish Barris had taken one of us with
him tonight"
The same thought had been run
ming in my mind, but l said: "Barris
knows what he's about"
This observation neither comforted
us nor opened the lane to further con-
versation, and after n few minutes
Pierpont said goodnight and called for
Hewlett and hot water. When he had
been warmly tucked away by Hewlett,
l turned out all but one lamp, sent the
dogs away with David and dismissed
Hewlett for the night.
was not inclined to retire, for
knew l could not sleep. There was a
book lying open on the table beside
the fire and l opened 1t and read a
page or two, but my mind was fixed on
other things.
The window shades were raised and
[ looked out at the star-set armament.
There was no moon that night, but the
sky was busted all over with spar
king stars and pale radiance, bright
er even than moonlight, fell over
meadow and wood. Far away in the
forest l heard the voice OF the wind, a
soft warm wind that whispered a
name, Ysonde.
Listen" sighed the voice of the
wind, and listen" echoed the swaying
trees with every little leaf a-quiver.
listened.
Where the long grasses trembled
with the cricket's cadence / heard her
name, Ysonde; l heard 1t in the rus
Ting woodbine where gray moths
lowered; l heard it in the drip. drip Of
the dew from the porch. The silent
meadow brook whispered her name,
the ripping woodland streams re-
peated it. Ysonde. Ysonde, until all
earth and sky were filled with the
soft thrill. Ysonde, Ysonde. Ysonde.
A night-thrush sang in a thicket by
the porch and stole to the veranda
to listen. After a while Il began
again, a little further on ventured
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19
PROHIBITION TO BE
FULL and COMPLETE
SENATE PASSES MOST DRASTIC
PRoHlBIToRY LAW.
Prevents Use of Liquor for Any Pur'
post Whatever-Also Restores
the County Attorney In
QUESTION Law.

By vote of 33 to /, five senators
being absent, the senate passed the
most drastic prohibitory law that was
ever enacted in Kansas. 1t makes
prohibition absolutely complete. Ii
Quor cannot even be sold for medical,
scientific or mechanical purposes.
The only vote cast against the bill
was by Stillings of Leavenworth, who
has an unbroken record of voting
against every prohibitory bill that has
been considered since he became SEN
ator, six years ago.
The five absentees were: Ander-
son, Avery, Denton, Milton and Ganse.
Senator Ganse had been eXcuIed for
the afternoon to catch train.
The bill, as it now goes to the
house, not only provides for absolute
prohibition, cutting out all liquor per-
mits from drug stores, but also re-
stores and county attorneys inquisition
law.