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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-20
MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF HORSES
Unusual Assemblage of Drafters Plan
ned at Madison Square Garden
Draw Heavily ON Western Stock.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Breeders
and raisers of fine horses throughout
the west will become an important
factor in the national horse show
here in December.
The National Horse Show associa-
ton, following the suggestion of AL
fred G. Vanderbilt, has offered $10,-
900 in prizes for the highest types of
Belgian, Percheron, Shires and
Clydesdales and as these draft horses
are bred almost exclusively in the
west, western interest in the show
will be great. Edward Morris of
Chicago, whose champion six-horse
team was big feature of the London
Olympic recently, will show in addi-
ton to his champion six, ten of the
best Clydesdales in Scotland, includ-
ing champions of the Highland show
which he purchased last week. 1t is
expected that at one time there will
be two hundred western draft horses
in the Madison Square Garden ring,
worth 81 .O00, 900.
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Must Gtue Care
to Released
Prisoners

G. EATTLE, Aug. 19.-The annual
meeting of the National Prison
association was held in the
Alaska -Yukon-Pacifi auditorium, and
at 6 o'clock the delegates were enter
tanned at an informal dinner in the
Washington state building by Cover
nor Hay. After the dinner the dele
gates met in final session.
The report on preventative and re-
formatory work was read by it's chair
man, Corwin S. Shank of Seattle.
The report of the committee on care
of released prisoners of which De-
catur Sawyer of New Jersey is chair
man, was read and discussed. The
report said:
On every side we see efforts being
made to keep people out of prison by
modifying the laws and providing for
release on parole, suspended SEN
tence, etc, but it seemed to me the
weak spot today everywhere is either
the utter absence of care by the state
of its discharged prisoners or the
half-hearted and inadequate care
which is given generally to men put
out on parole.
Great states spend endless effort to
reform men while they are within the
prison walls, and then let them come
out with all the temptation of life
around them and none but the most
perfunctory care at the time when
the most encouragement, reproof
warning and support are needed. 1t
must be individual treatment, the pa
rolled man must feel that he is some
thing more than number and there
is no wholesale way in which it can
be done.
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them. In time it will be shown
beyOnd a doubt that my course
has been absolutely right.
1T will be shown also when the
facts are made known that despite
the claims of the restoration of
power sites during this admins
tration that actually more sites
have been withdrawn during this
administration than under the
former and that none withdrawn
under the former administration
have been grabbed. A short time
ago there was a story sent out
from Helena, as malicious story
as was ever put before the public
as truth. 1t purported to be the
discovery of the filing ON an i'm
mense amount of land which was
to be turned over to the power
trust, according to the yarn. 1t
was made to appear also that this
had been a recent filing allowed
by the interior department.
II took the pains to have this
story investigated. [ found that
instead of being recent filing it
was an application for amend
ment and readjustment of filing
made ten years ago, and that in
stead Of $4,000 acres of land being
concerned, there were only $50
acres. The rest of the story [ dis
covered was also just as false.
''Now, that was malicious at
tack which gained wide circula-
tion, | suppose, and for which
there was not the slightest foun-
dation in truth,
"There was no controversy be-
tween Mr.. Pinchot and myself at
the meeting of the irrigation con-
gress in Spokane. I was invited
there to make an address on the
work of the interior department
as it affected matters in which the
irrigationists are interested. | de-
livered the address as requested
on the attitude of the administra-
tion toward the reclamation of the
arid lands of the west. | did not
enter into any defense of my
course as compared with that of
an official in another department.
Those who expected a controversy
were disappointed so far as | was
concerned"
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Further Concessions
to Importers Opposed
ns-Mississippi Congress on Re-
cord as Fauoring Protection to
Local Sugar Industry

ENVER, Aug. 19.-The southwest
had it's inning in the TRANSMITS
sissippi Commercial congress to-
day when the congress was appealed
to in aid of a movement to regulate
the coastwise traffic as we'll as to en-
large the present scope of gulf ship
ping.
After much discussion the friends
of beet sugar had adopted a resolu-
tion favoring the development of the
beet sugar industry and opposing fur
ther concessions to sugar coming
from present or future possessions of
the United States.
The southwest came to the fore
with several resolutions which were
not acted upon, asking that ships
carrying freight in the coastwise SER
vice be placed under the jurisdiction
of the interstate commerce commits
sion. Also that interstate railroad
rates shall not be raised unless by the
sanction of the commission. The beet
sugar men for the last two days have
been urging the aid of the congress
in recommending opposition to con-
cessions to imported sugar.
H. H. Hams of Galveston, present
ed the argument of the southwest as
we'll as of the Southwestern Ship
pers' association. This latter organi-
zation is attempting to obtain the ac-
tion of the congress to aid in con-
trolling the rates of coastwise steam
ers.
Arthur R. Briggs of San Francisco,
presented a paper on the merchant
marine, which had been prepared
jointly by himself and Edward w.
Dickie, also of San Francisco. John
d. Milliken of Denver, spoke of the
needs of the northwest.
San Antonio, Texas, was selected
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SO LONG AS THERE ARE PUBLIC
LANDS There WILL Be COMPL LAINTS
Many Settlers on Reclamation Projects Expected to Reap
Fortunes Without Necessity Of Understanding Ir.
rgatOn Says Secretary Of Interior

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 49,
Gas long as any public lands
% I" remain to be administered,
there will be complaints" declared
Secretary of the Interior Richard
A. Ballinger, here today, anent
the controversy at Spokane and
the complaints concerning the
reclamation service.
"No two people are constituted
alike, and there is always ample
opportunity for disagreement.
Some of the settlers on the recla-
nation projects were ignorant of
conditions which would confront
them and they settled on the land
in the expectation of reaping a
fortune without the necessity of
understanding irrigation methods.
They have been disillusioned and
now desire the government to re-
lease them from their contracts
and to reimburse them for their
expenditures.
"Such difficulties are to be ex-
pected when a new work is taken
up, and they should not be al
lowed to assume too much import
ance when the whole work is ta-
ken into consideration. Time and
experience will put the machine
running smoothly. No man can
compass the future Of irrigation in
the west. The government has
made a beginning, and pretty
good beginning, | believe. Fifty
million dollars has been invested
in these projects and it will be
turned back into the treasury as
quickly as can be done so with
out working a hardship on the
settlers, and will then be reinvest-
ed in new projects.
"Since I entered the office of
secretary of the interior I have
administered its affairs, not as
any extremists might dictate, but
as I understood my duties. That
will continue to be my policy.
"At the same time [ realize that
there are some things in the law
governing the disposition of pub
lie lands which ought to be modi-
fed and as soon as / shall have
] opportunity I shall suggest such
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too much for the friend of both who
had been called upon SO often to
face death in that manner.
Louis Chevrolet, the French driv-
er of the Buick team, was led into
the hospital almost blinded with the
tar and dust from the track shortly
after the two men had died. The
Frenchman, who had been leading
during the early part of the long
race, was forced to give up. He
gazed upon the bodies of his former
rivals, then overcome by emotion
staggered to chair. AS result of
the two deaths, the Knox company
has withdrawn all it's entries for the
next two days and it is said it will
probably never again enter it's cars in
a race.
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west inspecting the various govern
ment reclamation projects, reached
here early this morning and spent
the day in an inspection of the Prickly
Pear valley, the Missouri river dams
and Fort Harrison. They were re-
ceived at the state capitol and well
coined by Lieutenant Governor Allen.
Senator Carter, chairman of the COM
mittee, made the response. They were
dined at the Montana club, and de-
parted this afternoon for Great Falls.
All the members of the senate COM
mittee on irrigation who expressed
themselves on the subject were of
the opinion that the project now un-
der consideration to conduct the wa
ters of the Missouri river into the
Prickly Pear valley through Hauser
lake for purposes of irrigation is an
entirely practicable one and if car
ried out should be of untold benefit
to the capital city of Montana and
to the whole state, as there are about
10000 acres of farming land in the
valley which can be brought under
the project. Director F.. III. Newell
Of the reclamation service, was par
tlcularly emphatic on the subject.
Senator Thomas H. Carter of Mon
tana, briefly reviewed the history of
the government reclamation service
during the last seven years. He
dwelt upon the Importance of the
work it has undertaken and thought
that it is at least of equal moment
to the whole country as the building
of the Panama canal.
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PRINTER IS
FOUND DEAD
Believed Unfortunate
Man Fell From
a Train
Especial to The Gazette,

MISSOULA, Aug. 19.-W. S. Moore,
a linotype operator whose home is in
st. Joseph and who was recently en-
ployed on papers in Missoula and
Spokane, was found dead beside the
Northern Pacific tracks two miles
west of McQuerrys, early this morn
ing. The body lay with the head
resting against the rails and the en-
tire upper portion of the head was
crushed. Apparently the young man
who was about 26 years old, had at
tempted to ride No. out of Missoula
late last night and fell from the train.
Moore has a mother, Mrs. H. A.
Moore, living at st. Joseph.
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WORK COMMENCED ON
THE SECOND TRACK
Dirt Flying ON New R0adbed Which
Will Extend from This City
to Laurel.

A J. Sullivan of this city, who was
recently awarded the contract for the
laying of second track along the
Northern Pacific line from this city to
Laurel, began work yesterday morn
ing at the west end of the Billings
yards. Some rs teams are at work
on the job and Mr.. Sullivan says that
he will have the work completed long
before the time specified by the COM
pany. Additional men and teams will
be placed on the job soon and it is
likely that force of men will be sent
to Laurel to begin operations from
that end of the line.
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changes as appear to me to be
necessary, in a report to congress.
In the meantime the established
policy of the interior department
will continue.
"There have been gross misrep-
resentations sent out regarding
actions of the department in GER
tain matters. Criticisms have
been pretty severe from some
quarters but knowing that [ am
right in the position / have ia
ken, [ have paid no attention to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-20
Has a Clear Majority
as Democratic
Candidate
IS NOW DEMOCRAT
That Party Made No Nomination and
the Famous Graft Prosecutor Gets
Enough Scattered Votes to Land
NOminatiOn.-Fickert Gets Nomina-
tfOn of Republicans.
G AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 49, Com

AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 49, Com
plete returns of the primary
election held in this city Tuesday to
nominate candidates for the November
municipal election do not change the
results previously announced. The
candidates for mayor will be William
Crocker, Republican; T. w. B. Le-
land, Democrat; P. H. Mccarthy,
Union Labor, and William McDevitt,
Socialist.
The contest in which the most inter-
est was taken was that taken for dis
trict attorney. The only aspirants
for the office-whose names were
printed on the tickets-were Chas. Ms
Fickert, Republican, who was in
dorsed by the Union Labor committee,
the Democrats leaving the voters to
their own choice and N. G. Coghlan,
Independent Republican, who with
drew after the ballots had been dis
tributed. Many members of all par
ties, however, wrote in the name of
Francis j. Heney with the result that
although Fickert received the Repub-
lican and Union Labor nominations.
the famous graft prosecutor obtained
majority of 124 Democratic votes
and thus was made the nominee of
that party. Heney also received a
majority of the few votes cast by the
Independence League.
The vote of the three leading par
ties for district attorney was as fol-
lows:
Fickert, Republican, 11,658; Demo-
cratic, 1880; Union Labor, S,16S.
Heney, Republican, 4,364; Demo-
cratic, 1884; Union Labor, GAS.
Coghlan, Republican, 1871.
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RED LODGE GETS MONEY.
1snecial to The Gazette.l

BUTTE, Aug. 19.-Differences OF
opinion regarding a request from the
union at Red Lodge for loan of $10,-
600 to complete labor temple there.
conyulsed the United Mine Workers,
district %, this morning. The dele
gates were about evenly divided and
a sharp debate was indulged in. The
move for adjournment came without
decision.
Late this afternoon the unions de-
cided to lend the Red Lodge union the
SIC, 900 asked.
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TO ENTERTAIN ADVERTISERS.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 19.-An-
nouncement was made today that John
C. Shafer of Chicago, who recently
purchased the Louisville Herald, will
be the host of the Associated Adver-
tising Club of America which will
convene here next week at dinner at
the Gait house on August 26. United
States Senator Bradley of Kentucky
s. S. Mcclure of New York, James S.
Chermerhorn of Detroit, and ingalls,
Kimball of New York, will speak at
the dinner.
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PREsSMEN PURCHASE PROPERTY

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 19.-The
International Pressmen's union yes
terday afternoon purchased at chan
Gerry court sale the Pale Springs
property located in Hawkins county.
Tennessee, and about six miles east
of Knoxville 1t is the purpose of the
union to establish a national home
for aged and INDECENT and dis
abled pressmen and stereotypers.
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Armed Force to RepeZ Raids
of Marauding Kanuck Fishermen

BELLINGHAM, Wash, The govern
ment revenue cutter Arcatis is now
patroling the salmon banks and arm
ed patrols are being hurried to the
traps in expectation of more trouble
from maurauders which will probably
end in violence and bloodshed.
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END OF TROUBLE NEAR.

STOCKHOLM, Aug. l9.-The end OF
the labor troubles which became
acute in Stockholm the early part Of
this month is in sight. The leaders
of the various unions have opened
negotiations with the employers with
the object of having the men resume
work. Rioting occurred last night at
Fothenburg and mounted policemen
were called out to disperse the mob.
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Pope viii Retute Arguments
Contained in Eliot's Address

= CHICAGO, Aug. ia special from
Rome to the Tribune says:
The address delivered by Prof.
Charles Eliot before the Harvard
summer school has been translated
by the pope's order that he might
thoroughly comprehend it.
The translation was read with
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This is the report brought to this
city last night by D. N. Mcmillan,
trap superintendent of the Pacific
American Fisheries, the largest sal
mon canning company on the sound,
whose traps were raided Monday
night by 40 armed fishermen from
Canada. on the Frazer river.
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ROW iMIIRnERER.

NOAGLES, Ariz., Aug. 19.-Autro
Roderiuge, the 14-year-old boy, who
was stabbed Monday night by Enrique
Paredes also IA, during quarrel over
girl, died today. A coroner's jury
charged Paredes with murder.
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BANKER A FUGITIVE.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.Pres. Ed
ward Jones of the Bank of Paso Rob-
les, and an assistant, with A. e.
Warrington, in alleged mortgage
swindles in this city, is officially
branded as fugitive from justice.
His photograph is to be scattered
broadcast over the country. Jones
fled the city on the day of Warming
toms arrest.
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ANNOUNCEMENT SOON.

TOXIC, Aug. 19.-The announce
ment of an amicable settlement of all
pending questions, which have served
to disturb the friendly relations be-
tween Japan and China will be made
officially within a short time. Ar
rangements of the differences relat-
ing to the Antung- -Mukden railroad
probably will be contained in a note
to the powers.
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great care by his holiness who ex-
presses profound regret that man
of such authority and culture as DR..
Eliot should spread theories that,
he said, are not in fact the basis of
new religion of the future, but a
negation of the faith and principals
CONTINUED ON Page 3.
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SHIT ON NOTE.

C. A. Cahill VS.. C. B. and Fannie T..
Fogler is the title of a suit filed in
the office of the district court yester-
day for the recovery of 500 and in
terest loaned on a promissory note.
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Irrigation of Pnckly
Pear Valley Fauored
Members of Senatorial Committee
Believe Plan Is PracticabZe---
To Reclaim Large Tract

Especial to The Gazette.)
0 ELENA, Mont, Aug. 19.-The
III members of the senate COM
" mittee on irrigation, which
has been making a tour of the
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for the next years place Of meeting
and Col. Ike Pryor of San Antonio,
was chosen by the executive commit
tee as the only candidate for presi-
dent.
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TTCFNSED TO MARRY.

A license was issued by the clerk
of the district court yesterday for the
marriage of Luce D. Gokel and MISS
Blanche A. Creary, both OF Cody,
Wvo
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Continued ON Page X,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-07-10
Blind BOY ASSISTED
Another Sad Case Comes TO Attention
of the Fargo Charities-Lost
Sight in Mine.

Another especially sad case was
brought to the attention of Rev. o..
e. McCracken, superintendent of the
Fargo charities, yesterday afternoon.
A young man entirely blind In one eye
and able to see only dull blur with
the other, as the result of mine ex-
plosion, was picked up by some rail-
road men at Hawley. The young man
was an especially bright young fellow
about 20 years of age, but had been
rendered practically helpless.
He was an orphan his only living
relatives being a grandmother who
Is over so years Of age, who is living
at Harvey, N. d. She receives a PEN
sion from the government OF $12 a
month and out of her small pittance
she sent her grandson small sum,
but unscrupulous people with whom
the young man had dealings had taken
advantage of his condition and cheat
ed him. He became stranded at De-
troit, Mimi, but walked to Hawley
where he was picked up by railroad
men and brought to Fargo Rev. Nc
Cracken of the Fargo charities took
him In charge, secured transportation
for him to Harvey and sent him on his
way last evening. Colonel Morton also
became interested in the lad and per-
sonally gave him some financial as
sistance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-07-10
DEAD STATESMAN
TO HIS old HOME
FUNERAL PARTY ACCOMPANY.
ING THE REMAINS OF LATE
CONGRESSMAN cusHMAN PASS
ED THROUGH FARGO LAST
EVENING, FOR TACOMA.

A funeral party accompanying the
remains OF the late Congressman
Cushman OF Washington who died In
New York on Tuesday passed through
Fargo last evening on the Great
Northern Oriental limited. The party
was en- route from New York to the
congressman's home at Tacoma where
interment will be made,
The circumstances surroundinr Sba
death OF the congressman, who was a
general favorite at Washington. wera
especially pathetic Pneumonia set in
following very slight operation to
the throat, and in spite OF all that
could be done the congressman,s life
could not be saved. Mrs. Cushman
who was in New York when the oper-
alton was performed, left Immediately,
afterward for home, the operation be-
ing SO slight that no serious conse-
quences were even dreamed Of Pneu-
monia, however. set in by the time
Mrs. Cushman reached home and she
was unable to reach New York again
before her husband had died.
Mr.. Cushman was a man Of unusu-
ally pleasing personality and was not
ed as humorist. His hunor was
very much similar to that of Lincoln
being well illustrated and never nurt
the feelings of the one at whom tha
shaft was directed. Mr.. Cushman was
a member of the house for over eight
years, and last session was made i
member Of the ways and means COM
ittee. Owing to the fact that the tar
iff is engrossing the attention Of con-
gress, the congressional representation
In the funeral party was not all that
it would have been under ordinary
conditions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-07-10
BIKE Thieves ARE
BOLDER Than EVER
SCORES OF LOSSES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED BUT cULPRITs HAVE
STILL SUCCEEDED IN COVER
ING THEIR TRACKS FROM DE.
TEcTIoN.

That Fargo has a well organized
band of bicycle thieves, which has been
suspected for some time, is being
further substantiated every day from
the reports received at the police sta
tion OF losses from all sections OF the
city.
There are few bike riders who take
the precaution to lock their wheels
when they are left standing in front of
a place of business for a short time
but from present indications such will
be necessary. The police are exerting
every effort to catch the criminals, and
If they are successful it is likely 1t will
go hard with the offenders.
A clue was obtained last evening by
the department and 1t is likely that
there will be developments within a
short time.