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The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Absurd Run1or Exploded


and representatives OF the states in
which those projects are located. In
the main, however, government prof.
ects are not those that would attract
private capital; they are too extensive
and too costly.
Secretary Ballinger, as we'll as
western men in congress generally,
maintain that the reclamation service
should not be a competitor to private
enterprise, but should, in way, work
with private capital, each keeping to
it's only clearly defined field. There
is room enough and opportunities
enough for both for many years to
come, and just so long as the demand
for irrigated land continues, and SO
long as projects remain that can be
built, but which will not be built by
private means, just so long will the
reclamation service continue in exist
ence. That was the intent of congress
in creating the service; it was the
purpose of President Taft and Secre-
tary Ballinger And sane men all
agree that the reclamation service
will still be doing business when the
Taft administration has passed into
history, whether that administration
be of four or eight years duration.
In connection with this general sub
iect, attention should be called to
the fact that the reclamation service,
instead OF crowding out private en-
terprise, as has been alleged by some,
has in a number of instances taken
up projects attempted by private cap
, ital, but subsequently abandoned by
them, or else so complicated as to i'm
pair their effectualness. Instances OF
this are the Yakima project in Wash
ington, where private enterprise had
become hopelessly involved and de-
velopment brought to standstill be-
cause of the tangled condition of wa
ter rights; the Salt River project, Ari-
zona, where private enterprise had ut
terly failed, and where the city OF
Phoenix had a great irrigated coun-
try tributary to it was rapidly going
back to the desert; the Gunnison prof.
ect, where the state of Colorado made
failure, and the Carlsbad and Or
land projects where private capital,
after fruitless attempts, was forced
to withdraw.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

ceive fair consideration in congress,
bossism must be destroyed and the
minds of the members unfettered from
the gang and the machine.
II am in favor of carefully guarding
and preserving from monopoly the
public forests, coal and water; OF
progressive and liberal improvement
of waterway Improvement; of more
extensive government irrigation, with
more careful regard for the needs
and interests of those most directly
affected, namely, the water-users. T.
is undoubtedly true also that in the
administration of the forest laws more
attention should he paid to the rights
and interests of bona fide settlers ih
and about the reserves. / am in ia
vOr of more comprehensive laws for
the control of railroads, and that
stringent provisions should be enacted
to prevent favoritism and discrimina-
tion between shippers and between
localities"
Miles Poindexter was born in Mem
phis on April %, 1868 His parents
were Virginians and returned with
him to Virginia in 1871, and he was
reared in that state He was educated
pFluClpdlly dI PduCy Till dCdQ6Ly,
Virginia, and at Washington and Lee
university, Lexington, Va He took
the classical course at that university
from 1883 to 1885, and later returned
and took the law course, graduating
in June. 1891. He located in Walla
Wal1a, Wash, in October, 1891, and
began the practice of law, which he
has continued ever since, except when
on the bench.
He marriage Elizabeth Gale Page
of Walla Walla in 1892 and In the
same year was elected prosecuting at
torney of Walla Walla county, occu-
pying the office for two years. Dur
ing his term of office he instituted
prosecutions against the president of
the defunct Walla Walla Savings bank
and after several bitterly contested
trials succeeded in convicting the
banker of receiving deposits after he
knew the bank to be insolvent.
Mr. PoindeXter moved to Spokane
in 1897, continuing the practice of law
here. He served from 1899 to 1904
inclusive as deputy prosecuting at
torney of Spokane county; was elect
ed Judge of the superior court for SpO-
kane and Stevens counties in 1904;
served upon the bench from 1905 un-
til he received the Republican nom
ination for congress for the Third dis
trict of Washington, Sept. 6, 1906,
when he resigned, and was elected to
congress in November, 1908, by ma
jority of 1914
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
May Close Chicago
Hotels at One 4. M.
Action by Chief of Police
Steward Keenly Distressing
to HOtelkeepers.

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Much anxiety is
shown by Chicago hotel and cafe pro-
prietors over the report that Chief of
Police Steward is going to enforce the
/ o'clock closing law on New Years
eve
While reluctant to be quoted, Chief
Steward is emphatic in saying that he
stands absolutely for the | o'clock
closing law and says he is going to
enforce it 1865 days in the year.
What are we going to do?" asked
one hotel manager. I'VE have rented
all of our tables already, that is, re-
served them, and in nearly every in
stance have received a deposit. OF
course, most of our patrons under
stood when they reserved their tables
that it was going to be an all night
privilege. If we have to close up al
l O'Clock it will be disastrous"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Washington Bureau,
The Daily Gazette.

0~1O0~~'
Great sensation. The senate irri-
cation committee is going to recon-
mend the abolition of the federal rec
lamation service. Hereafter, settlers
desiring irrigated lands will be at the
mercy of the irrigation trust. One
more blow at conservation!
OF course it is not true; nothing of
the sort is in contemplation; no such
recommendation will be made by the
senate committee and no such propo-
sition will be considered by congress.
1t is just one more outpouring OF the
anti-administration newspaper corre-
spondents who are suffering from
''Pinchophobia extremis." Simply that
and nothing more.
Yet the discovery has been made
and proclaimed to the world, under
sensational headlines, and the good
and gullible people have been given
to understand that one more Roose-
Welt policy is to be crushed to earth.
According to the latest production Of
the unofficial Pinchot press bureau,
the reclamation service is marked for
the slaughter house, because private
capital, having no eye whatever to the
public good, is determined to form
still another trust, to work hand in
hand with the water power trust, and
"demnition" throughout the vast west.
There is just this much truth to the
reclamation story. The opinion is
held by Secretary Ballinger and by a
considerable number of western sena-
tors and representatives, regardless OF
party, that the reclamation service
should confine it's operations to large
or costly projects which are too ex-
pensive to be undertaken by private
capital, leaving to individual enter
prise the smaller projects that can
and will be developed without govern
ment aid. But as matter of fact,
that has always been the policy; it is
the present policy, and will continue
to he the policy. Perhaps very few
government projects are of type that
could have been built by private en-
terprise, but if so, they will be built
by the government in response to
overwhelming demands from senators
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
County Commissioners, Yellowstone
County, State of Montana, Regular
SessiOn-First Day.
Billings, Mont, Dec. 6, 1909.


The board met this day at 10 o'clock
a. m. in regular session,
There were present C. H. Newman,
chairman; M. w. Cramer and C. F..
Burla, commissioners, and A. B. Rem
wick, clerk.
The minutes of the last session were
read and approved.
The official bond of Frank Malone,
as supervisor of road district No. 16,
was presented to the board and ap-
proved
The resignation of R. ]. Bremen, as
justice Of the peace in and for Still
water township, was presented to the
board and accepted.
The county superintendent of
schools having notified the board in
writing, as required by law, of the
establishment of a new school dis
trict in the county, the board, upon
motion, ordered the name and boun-
daries of said district spread upon the
minutes, the same being named, num-
bered and described as follows, to-
wit:
Emerson School District No. IL.
Beginning at the northeast corner
of Section 1, Township North, of
Range % East NJ. P. NJ, thence west
on the First Standard Parallel to the
northwest corner of Section 6, Town
ship 4 North, of Range "a East NJ. P.
NJ, thence south on the range line
between Ranges "a and 23 East to the
southwest corner of Section 81, Town
ship North, of Range "a East NJ. P.
NJ, thence east on the township line
between Townships and North to
the southeast corner of Section So
Township 4 North, of Range 25 East
NJ. p NJ, thence north on the range
line between Ranges 25 and 26 east
to the place of beginning. The boun-
dares of such districts which are eff
fected by the creation of this district
are hereby changed to conform with
the above described boundaries.
Estimate No. 2 for $436.52 of Solso &
Brockway, contractors for the con-
struction of the Nutting drain, was
presented to the board, allowed and
warrant ordered drawn on the Nutting
drain fund in payment of same.
The sum of $500 was ordered
transferred from the general fund tc
the institute fund.
The following bills were presented
approved, and warrants ordered drawn
1
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

One of the busiest offices at the
national capital these days is that OF
the secretarys office of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress, which
holds it's sixth annual session in the
city of Washington Dec. s, and 10.
Cant. j. F. Ellison of Cincinnati,
who for a quarter of century has
been connected with the steamboat
service on the Ohio river as master
and owner and who is the secretary
of the National Rivers and Harbors
congress-, is enthusiastic over the
forthcoming convention, believing that
there will be upwards of 5000 &C
credited delegates in attendance.
President Taft, who has personally
inspected thousands of miles of water
ways in his recent 13,000-mile trip
through continental United States,
will open the convention with an ex-
haustive address upon the needs OF
waterway improvements and the nec-
essity for some fixed governmental
policy as to their development. In
addition to President Taft, the cabinet
will be represented by Secretaries
Dickinson and Nagel, who will deliver
addresses during the session of the
convention, which are to be held at
the New Willard A dozen or more
governors of states will be present,
heading their delegations, and many
of whom will speak to the convention.
Representative men of the nation in
terested in this great question Will be
present to add the weight OF their
influence to this movement.
The National Rivers and Harbors
congress stands for the general ap-
preparation of $50,000,0O0 year for
the internal development of the riv-
ers, harbors and canals of the United
States, to be distributed on the va
rious projects which have the ap-
proval of the engineer corps OF the
army. Should current revenues De
insufficient to make such an appro-
priation possible, then the congress
urges the authorization of $500 'OOo'ooU
of waterway bonds at low rate OF
interest, with the same conditions sur
rounding these bonds as surround the
panama canal bonds, said bonds, now
ever are not to be issued unless cur
rent revenues prove inadequate TO
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Le1Disto1un Coal Field

other factor which will add to the
local demand for coal is the depletion
of timber in the field. The Little
Belt, Judith and Moccasin mountains
are now almost bare. and the only
remaining sources of timber are the
Big Snowy mountains and the dis
trict in the vicinity of Rock Creek.
In regard to the possibility of flu
ture demands from outside the field
for coal, there is a rather important
factor which should be taken into con-
federation. The Great Falls and the
Lewistown fields are the only large
areas in the central part of the state
which contain bituminous coal. The
coal in the eastern part, of the Bull
is Ignite, and that of the Bull
mountain and other fields to the south
is probably 'sub-bituminous. This lat
ter class of coal, while it is a fair
grade of fuel for stationary engines,
is not so we'll adapted for locomotives
and in addition it does not stock we'll.
On the contrary, the coal of the Lew
istown field both stocks fairly well
and is an excellent locomotive fuel
Because of these qualities it seems
probable that if in the future an out.
let is furnished for the coal it will be
used to a greater degree by the rail,
roads of the state in preference tc
fuel of a lower grade"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Senatorial Candidate AbpeaLs

SPOKANE, Wash, Miles
Poindexter, a native of Tennessee,
now resident of Spokane and con-
gressional representative of the Third
district of Washington, will be a can
didate at the senatorial primaries next
September to succeed Senator Samuel
H. Piles of Seattle. He has the sup
port of his party in eastern Washing
ton, also that of the Progressive Re-
publican league, an organization COM
posed of editors and proprietors of
Republican newspapers in the state of
Washington, which is to become a ma
tional association.
Mr.. Poindexter will make a personal
canvass of the state on a platform for
independence and progress. He said
in discussing this phase of his pro-
gram:
81 deny the right of Speaker Can
non or of Senator Aldrich to dictate
the policies of the party or to fix the
standards of Republicanism. The trou-
BILE with congress at present is too
much Cannon and too much Aldrich.
The west is big enough to get along
without ia boss from Rhode Island or
one from Danville, Ill.
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Can
non declared against Mr. Roosevelt
and against his policies and against
his way of doing things. / prefer to
accept the judgment of the convention
and of the people at the polls rather
than the judgment of the interests
and the system who speak through
Mr. Aldrich and Mr.. Cannon.
cit would not the hurt the United
States senate if it were permeated by
little less tender solicitude for the
great moneyed interests and little
more care for the great people. 1t
is undoubtedly true that in the lead
ing committees of the senate and of
the house, and in the oligarchy which
controls them, the trusts, the monop-
olieS, the seekers of governmental
privilege have voice and an influ-
ence which the public has not. The
people are silent there, and they
should be represented by those who
are chosen for that purpose. But by
means of the primary election law the
people are at last beginning to have
voice; and a new, and freer, ant
more representative element has ap
peared and is increasing in the senate
| There is no doubt that in short time
| the castigation of public opinion will
! drive bosses out of power, and thai
the needs of the people will predom'
mate over the greed of the interests
81 am not in favor of radical meas
ures, but, on the contrary / am op'
posed to a radical reactionary policy
which has changed the house of repre-
sentatives into a system of packed
committees and arbitrary special or
ders. l state it as a fact of persona
observation that Senator Aldrich was
enabled to carry his tariff schedule
through the senate not by force of an!
reason which he presented, but be
cause opposition to the wishes of Sen
ator Aldrich in the senate was con
sidered irregular and bad party form
! Before the peoples measures can re
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Local and p rsonal

A. B. Mitchell and G. W. Sparr, busi-
ness men of Columbus, were in thu
city between trains yesterday.
C. D. Mitchell of Wilsey, Wyo., was
a business visitor in the city yester-
day.
John H. Schroeder, a leading stock
man of the Lake Basin country, was
business visitor in the city yesterday.
County Attorney Harry L. Wilson
has returned to this city after trip
to Park City on official business.
w. H. Skinner, rancher living in
the vicinity of Roberts, has returned
in this city.
F. E. Smith, merchant of From
berg, and Ben l.. Vogt, resident of
that city, are in Billings for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Newcomb left
Billings yesterday for Enid, Okla,
where they will spend the holidays
as the guests of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.. Howery of Wa
terloo, Iowa, arrived in Billings yes
terday and will be the guests of
friends in this city for few days.
Mrs. G. F. Knight left the city yes
terday for st. Paul where she will
spend the holidays as the guest of
relatievs
A. A. Paisley, postal inspector for
Montana with headquarters in Boze-
man. was in the city yesterday on Of
ficial business.
F. w, Hine, surveyor of Carbon
county, who has been in this city on
business for the past few days, re-
turned yesterday to his home in
Bridger.
Mrs. Belle Woodward and Miss Ada
Cabler, in charge of the Bell telephone
office at Laurel, have returned to Lau-
rel after spending day as the guest
of friends in this city,
Mr. and Mrs Charles A. Taylor,
who have been spending the past
month as the guests of relatives in
Mount Orab, Ohio. have returned to
their home in this city.
e. Deffenbach of Dickinson, N. d..
travelling freight agent of the Chicago
& Great Western, was in the city yes
terday looking after several shipment:
of stock from this territory.
! Bert r. Shorey of the Billings State
bank, left the city yesterday for st
Paul and will spend the coming week
in attending to business matters II
the east.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
STATE RESTS CASE.

OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec S.-The state
rested today in the case of Ortis Ham-
ilton, former adjutant general of
Washington. Tomorrow counsel for
the defense will offer a motion tp in
struct the jury to bring in a verdict
favorable to Hamilton on the ground
that the evidence has been insufficient
to prove larceny by embezzlement, the
charge upon which he is being tried.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

Bill No 1876 Of John Russett'
amounting to $500, for refund OF poor
tax, was disallowed.
A petition dated Nov. 19, 1905
signed by A. B. Tolley and others.
nraying as follows Lay out and
plat a county road as follows: Be
ginning at a point in the mid chan
mel of the Musselshell river on the
boundary line between Yellowstone
and Fergus counties, state of Mon
tana. in the northeast quarter OF the
southwest quarter of Section ), TWP
9. N, R. 30 F.; thence south through
Sections and II. Twp. N, r. 30 e.,
to the section line between Sections
II and 20; thence east on section line
tn the northwest corner of Section
81: thence in southeasterly direc-
tion across Sections 2l, % and ~ TO
the northwest corner of Section 30;
thence south on section line to the
northeast corner of Section 2, TWP.
g N. R. 30 E." was presented to the
board.
Acting on the foregoing petition the
board appointed as viewers B. c. LII
lis, county surveyor; William Taylor
| and George Handel, who shall meet
Dec. IA, 1909, view the route petit
toned for and report thereon in writ
ing not later than Jan. q, 1917.
! A petition dated Nov. 20, 1909
signed by w. ]. Scott and others,
praying as follows: Lay out and es-
tablish a public highway as follows:
) Beginning at the south projection OF
Center avenue in the Town of Hardin
Mont, thence due south about one"
/ half mile to the section line between
sections % and 26, thence west along
said section line to it's junction with
the Burlington right-of-Way, then par
allel said right-of-w to it's inter
section with the section line between
Sections 26 and 27, thence south along
the section line between Sections 70
27, 81 and 35. Twp. l S., X. SO Z.
Sections 2, 8, 10 and II, Twp. 5.
r., SO e. to a point where SAID sectlol
line touches the Big Horn river, tnel
meander said river to the intersectlor
of the section line between Sectlons
10 and Is, thence west along sectloI
line between Sections 10, Is, . and 10
Twp. 2 S. r.. 33 f. to point where
said section line crosses the Two Leg
gin canal, thence to take the mos
feasible and practical route TO tnt
headgate of OF the Two LeS6Ah S"n"
and the ford on the Big Horn river
was presented to the board
Acting on the foregoing petition TN
board appointed as viewers b. Z. LII
lis, county surveyor; James Curry AM
IJ. w. Johnston, who shall meet Dec
%. 1909, view the route petitioned To-
and report thereon in writing no
later than Jan. 6, 1910.
This being the day advertised 10
opening bids for county printing, car
of poor, medical attendance of poor
and burial of poor, the board pro
ceeded to open the following bids
Gazette Printing Co. and Columhu
News for county printing; Andrev
clark and Lillian c. Miller for medi
cal attendance of poor, and st. Vin
} cents hospital for care of poor. N
bids were submitted for burial OF pool
D The board, upon motion, took sam
under consideration. ~.
The board. upon motion, made Tn
D following order to Ira L. Whitney a
county treasurer: You are hereo
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

the institute 1unQ.
The following bills were presented,
approved, and warrants ordered drawn
in amounts named:
Claimant. Nature of Claim. Amt.
Mordo Smith, witness fees,
J. G. ................., Z'ou
First National Bank of Bill
ings, juror fees, ]. c., ac-
count assigned .......... 1.5O
w. d. Mowre, juror fees, J. c.,
account assigned ........ 1.50
w. A. Hansford, witness fees,
j. Z. ...............,.... o.lo
Billings State Bank, witness
fees, ]. c., account assigned 1.30
". d. Mowre, witness fees, j.
c., account assigned. ........ 24.50
w. D. Mowre, witness fees, J.
c., account assigned. ..... 11.50
w. d. MoWre, witness foes, j.
c., account assigned. ....... 1.50
w. D. Mowre, witness fees, j.
c., account assigned. ..... 1.5O
Billings State Bank, witness
fees, j. c., account assigned 1.50
w. D. Mowre, witness fees, j.
c., account assigned. 4.70
w. D. Mowre, witness fees, J.
c., account assigned. ...... $40
Billings State Bank, witness
| fees, J. c., account assigned 1.3O
| Billings State Bank, witness
fees, ]. c., account assigned 1.SO
Billings State Bank, witness
fees. J. c., account assigned l.SO
| Billings State Bank, witness
fees, j. c., account assigned 1.50
| Billings State Bank witness
fees. 7. c.. account assigned 1.50
! Billings State Bank witness
fees, J. c., account assigned 1.8O
Mrs. Margaret McVey, feeding
| prisoners ................. G.ou
S. w. Pickens, justice fees. 300
w. w. Woolverton, juror fees,
| j. &. .................. Lou
Frank Banderob, witness fees,
j. c. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l.i0
Mrs. Dan Sullivan, witness
! fees, J. &. ................ LOU
Edwin Keslar, witness fees.
j. &. .........,....... ISe
Solomon Smith, witness fees,
j. G. .................. lSa
Elijah Hyer, witness fees,
j. T.. .....,........... 1.4l
Q. c. Bundy, Juror fees, j. c.. 1.5(
J. C. Orrick mileage sheriff,
W. d. Mowre, juror fees, J. c.,
account assigned ......... 1l.6(
w. ID. Mowre, juror fees. s. c.
account assigned ........ 1.5(
w. d. Mowre, juror fees, j. c.,
account assigned ........ Lot
A. L. Drukemiller, juror fees.
j. G. ................ t'o'
Ben Trenholm, juror fees,
| j. 4. ................ I'0'
W. ID. Mowre, juror fees, J. c.,
account assigned ....... Lot
Goldie Loffer, witness fees,
j. G. ................. ON
Orville Clark, witness fees,
| j. L. .......s..g.. -'o'
A l.. Stewart, witness fees,
j. e.. .,............ 1.o'
Mrs. NJ. E. Loffer. witness
fees, j. &. .........,..... ON
w. r. Westbrook, witness
fees, j. u. ....,........' 1'o'
e. L. Marvin, witness fees,
j. 4. ............. .....o.'..' Lev
Billings State Bank, witness
: fees, ]. c., account assigned l.5
2 Billings State Bank, witness
fees. ]. c.. account assigned l.5
Ben Cruthers, witness fees.
1 j. q. A'o
: Mrs. Dan Sullivan, witness
r fees, ]. c. ................. 10
!, E. Glassner, witness fees,
!, J. c. .......,....-.... l.S
!. \. H. Stewart, witness fees,
= J. G. Observation-Disclosures. Z.U
| w. w. Wheatley, witness fees,
|. ]. G. .................. 1'e
s Ray Keslar, witness fees,
: &c l.9
e E. Hutchinson, coroners wit
: ness s............. 1.5
o o. r. McVay, coroner's juror. Ia
Vale 4 Potter, cOroner's juror,