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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-26
LEGISLATOR MAKES
CHARGES
NEVADAN SAYS SENATE COMMIT.
TEE FALSlFlED BANK INVES-
TiGATlON REPORT.

Reno, New, March 25.-Assembly-
man Giffer, late speaker of the Ne
vada legislature, made some startling
statements today in an impromptu
speech at a luncheon given by the
Commercial club. During the course
OF his remarks, which were mostly
confined to work done by the recent
legislature, he declared that but for
the 'whiteWashing and dilatorv tao
tics of the members of the senate
committee which investigated the
State Bank and Trust company, there
was no doubt in his mind but that GER
tain state officials would have been
indicted for crime in connection with
the affairs of the defunct bank. He
further said that the report of the
joint committee which investigated the
bank had been falsified by the senate
and the report as it now stands on
the record book of the senate is false
and fraudulent" 1t was made SO, he
said, by the senate members of the in
vestigating committee. who had the
report changed at the time it was
read to the senate on the ground that
the changes sought to be made were
errors made by the
in transcribing the re-
port.
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H. N. Savage Makes First Full Announcement
of Work on Flathead Reservation.
ARE READY TO START LARGE FORCE IMMEDIATELY
Plans of United States Reclamation Service for Redeemng
More Than One Hundred Thousand Acres Are
Explained--T Territory Will Be Divided
Into Three Units.

Fresh from the Flathead reserva-
tion, where he has just completed the
outline of the work, the United States
reclamation service plans to do there,
Supervising Engineer H. N. Savage
last evening gave out the first full
statement as to the project that will
redeem from one hundred to one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
acres. The work is to start i'm
mediately and will be well under way
by the time the weather of late
spring makes outdoor work even more
enjoyable than it is at present. The
most important thing in regard to the
reclamation work on the reservation
but, perhaps, it will be better to- let
Mr.. Savage tell the story:
To Start at Once.
I'VE have received the advertise
ments and as soon as / get back to
Helena contracts will be let for grad
ing outfits. We propose to start i'm
mediately to Jocko and st. Ignatius.
The headquarters camp will be at
st. Ignatius and the work will be dir
ected from there, while sub-head-
quarters will be established at Jocko
and Poison. The first work will be
done at Jocko. Our purchasing agent
is now picking up mules and horses
and, at first, will have rs large ami
mails for the heavy plowing and
scraper work. We will use Indian
teams on the scrapers and lighter
work. The Indians expect to put on
SO teams at first at Jocko.
Three Units.
I'VE will divide the work on the
reservation into three units, distribut-
ing them throughout it's whole ex-
panse, so that we may get some land
under irrigation in each district and
furnish work for the Indians as near
their homes as possible. The Jocko
unit, which will be the first to be
considered, will consist of about 5000
acres and the unit at the Mission, on
which work will be started at the
same time, will be of equal size. These
may be expected to expand ultimately
to at least 100000 acres. The water
supply for the Jocko and Mission
units will be the Jocko river. The
headworks will be about two miles
above the agency. The Mission unit
will get it's first supply from Mission
creek about one and one-half miles
above the Mission. Later on all water
discharged from the Mission range
into st. Mary's, Mission, Post, Grow,
Spring, Muddy and Deep creeks will
be stored in reservoirs, utilizing the
lakes and headwaters as much as
possible. The district is Topographic
cally most cxcellently adapted to
storing all of the flood waters.
"The first development at Poison
will be by pumping from the lake by
power, generated by means Of tunnel
across the arm in the river, whereby |
fall Of 81 feet can be made avail |
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The Supervising Engineer.

taph in this inscription, "Gone but not
forgotten, Frederick. Lebeau."
AS though some dark foreboding as
itself into his outward show ne non
chalance and cheerfulness the pris-
oner has intertwined. here and there,
few bits of black, but this somber
hue is offset by the bright glow Of a
dozen or more yellow oranges ar
ranged about the cell
If Lebeau faces death with more
than one regret, he has failed to men,
ton it-this one is that he will not
have time to complete the work on
some invention which he claims to
have conceived and would like to leave
to the world in a state of complete
ness, that his life might not have been
entirely fruitless. But indications
are that the prisoner is destined to
carry this regret to the grave with
him.
The prisoner has requested that
Sheriff O'Connell adjust the black cap
upon his head and spring the trap. He
has asked that the following men be
pallbearers: Thomas D. Long, Mr..
Baldwin, N. c. Arsenau, Ross Young,
Sidney M. Logan and Sheriff OCon-
nell.
Declaring that he acted in self de-
fense when the Yoakums were killed,
Lebeau expresses the hope that before
Hobbns, his alleged accomplice, dies,
his innocence will be made known.
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COAL RATE HEARING
TO BE HELD
SOON

Special to The Daily Missoullan.
Helena, March 25.-The state
board of railroad commissioners
announced today that early in April
it will hold a public hearing in
this city on the question of coal
rates, a subject on which it has had
no little communication with vari-
out shippers, producers and con-
sumers throughout the state The
exact date will be announced shortly.
but it may be stated that so soon
as the findings in the lime rock,
hay and wood rate cases can be
prepared the coal rate matter will
be next taken up.
The board has also served official
notice upon all common carriers in
the state as to the provisions of
substitute for House Bill 209, en-
acted by the recent legislative as
sembly and which has to do with
the reporting of delayed trains.
The new law requires a report five
hours in advance, SO soon as a
train enters the state or leaves a
terminal within the state.
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FACES DEATH
CHEERFULLY
CONDEMNED PRISONER HAS NO
FEAR, APPARENTLY. OF THE
GRIM REAPER.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

special 10 Inc bdlly MlSSoulldH
Kalispell, March 25.-Death, SEEM
ingly, has no terrors for Frederick
Lebeau.
Though the grim reaper sits waiting
at his cell door, the man condemned
to be hung on Friday morning, April
2, is cheerful. He laughs and con-
verses as though he had not a care
in the world. With smile he refers
to the fate that awaits him. No hag-
gard, haunted expression plows lines
on his face and no mournful sigh es-
capes his lips as he discusses the ar
rangements for his execution, entering
into the minutest details, expressing
his wishes as to who shall fit the black
cap over his head and spring the trig-
ger that will send him into eternity;
.who shall be his pallbearers and wha.
he wants to eat on the last morning
Of his life. The prisoner looks death
in the face and laughs. He declares
he will step upon the gallows with a
step as light, unaffected and firm as
he ever took in his life and will g)
into eternity with the knowledge that
he is innocent. All he asks is that he
have big funeral and lots of flowers
heaped upon his grave.
Lebeau has busted himself the past
two or three days decorating his cell
in a manner pleasing to his taste.
With quantities of red. white and blue
paper, the prisoner has covered the
entire interior so that no piece of iron
or brick wall is visible to recall the
forbidding aspects of a prison. All this
is hidden behind brilliant admixture
Of the national colors. The ceiling.
covered with blue paper and sprinkled
with white stars might represent eth
er the star spangled field of a big flag
or the armament studded with its
star-like points Of light. The prisoner
chooses to take this Interpretation of
his unique scheme Of decoration. Over
the door of the death cell the con-
demned man has written his own epi-
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CASTR0,|DET.E.RMINED
TO REGAIN LOST
PRESIDENCY
FORMER EXECUTIVE OF VENE-
ZUELA HINTS THAT HE WILL
START REVOLUTION.

Paris, March 25.-Cipriana Castro,
the former president of Venezuela, and
the members Of his party left this
city this morning for Brodeaux.
At the railroad station Senior Castro
confided to small party his inten-
tion of re-establishing his power in
Venezuela by a revolution After en-
tering the car, where he donned the
skull cap that has figured in every
description of Castro when he was an
occupant of the yellow house at Car
acas, the deposed president Of Ven
ezuela, leaned from a window and
spoke to his countrymen with an
earnestness and passion which left
no doubt in their minds that he was
convinced that he was another
Napolcan returning from Elba to re-
conquer his country.
Like Francis I, all is lost save
honor exPresident Castro declared.
Il am going back to Venezuela. My
country needs me and my mission"
Castro declared that his trip to
Europe had been misunderstood both
at home and abroad. He had come
to the continent not only because he
needed medical treatment, but also to
serve his country hv interesting
foreign capital in Venezuelan in
dustries. He spoke bitterly of the
treachery of Juan Vincente Gomez,
and predicted that those now in con-
troll of the state would drive the
country into bankruptcy.
In conclusion, Castro denounced as
lies the stories of his wealth and SAID
he was not even rich enough to re-
main in Europe, where Furthermore
life had no attractions for him.
As the train pulled out of the sta
ton, Castro's parting words were:
Il believe that God and destiny
call me back to Venezuela. I intend
to accomplish mission there, even
though it involves revolution
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS
SHOOTING
YOUNG HOMESTEADER is FOUND
DEAD IN HIS CABIN WITH
BULLET HOLE IN HEAD.
,pecial to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian
Glendive, March 25.-The local Of
ficers have a mystery on their hands
in the case of the death by shooting
of Bernard Kampshorer, a young man
who lived on a homestead about 20
miles down the valley from Glendive.
The body of the man was found with
bullet hole in his forehead. He was
lying on his back and a Winchester
rifle lay between his legs, as though
he had fired it himself for the COM
mission of suicide. This was the first
theory of the officers, but there are
rumors afloat that the case may de-
velop something more tragic still.
Kampshorer was only about 22 years
of age. He came here from Lacrosse,
Wis, about year ago and filed on a
homestead OF late he has been work.
ing as sheep herder and 1t is said
that he recently had trouble with GER
tain persons over the collection of
money. He had no relatives In this
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GASOLINE EXPLOSION
THREATENS PROPERTY
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Glendive, March 25.-A crowd that
gathered this afternoon to see the
Northern Pacific oil house burn re-
ceived a scare when an immense tank
of gasoline exploded, throwing the
flames high in the air. The wind car
ried a cloud of fire towards adjacent
buildings and over the heads of the
spectators, who ran for their lives.
But the vaporized explosive was dis
sipated in the air and failed to do any
harm. The yards of the Glendive
Horse Sales company were threatend
with destruction, but the buildings and
fences were kept drenched with water
and were saved
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-26
JURY is COMPLETED.

San Francisco, March 25.-For the
second time since the beginning of the
trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of
he United Railroads, on the indic.-
ment charging him with bribery, the
jury was completed today. Two men
were accepted Professionally with the
right of further interrogation reserved
by the prosecution, and the third is
subject only to peremptory challenge
The re-examination Of the two jur-
ors accepted Professionally will be
taken up tomorrow morning.
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WILL USE ASPHALT.

Wallace, Idaho. March 25.--After
discussing the matter for several years
and arriving at no solution, the city
council has finally decided to pave
the streets with asphalt. The paw
ing will have two inches of asphalt,
one inch of filler and four inches of
concrete base
City Engineer Lancaster is prepar-
ing specifications for the project,
which will be adopted at once and
contracts let for the work. Property
owners in general favor the plan and
Wallace will be a city in short order
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able. AS funds are available, the
power developed will be increased by
a dam. The river has fall of 25(
feet in the first six miles, with a dis
charge varying from about $500 cubic
perhaps 100000.
Camps Being Built.
Construction camps are now being
erected at the Jocko and Mission
units. 1t is the policy of the Indian
service to supply Indians working on
reclamation projects with forage for
their animals and subsistence for
themselves and families at practically
the cost of the articles This policy
will be followed on the F'lathead work.
THE reclamation service is adver-
tising for poles and wires with which
to extend a telephone line from Roman
to Poison, with connection to it's power
tunnel. This line will connect the
three unit projects and is necessary to
carry on the work.
&c. F. Tabor will be project engineer
while r. M. Smell will be engineer in
charge of construction at Jocko. Mr.
Tabor has been in the service for
six years and located and constructed
the canals on the Shoshone project.
Previously he was in Utah, to which
state he came from California, where
he had been in charge of irrigation
canal work. I consider him one of
the most competent canal engineers
in my territory and his supervision
is enough to insure for the Flathead
project the best of results.
"Mr. Smell has been in the service
four years, being in charge of con-
structiOn on one Of the Huntley pro-
jects in the Yellowstone valley and on
the Shoshone project, and has just
completed the construction Of the gov
ernment highway from the Shoshone
dam to the national park.
''The government in operating it's
reclamation work selects men who
have had long and successful eXper-
ience in irrigation work. Recently
thes ervice has secured Upwards of
Is men from Colorado as canal super
intendents, irrigation farmers and
ditch riders.~ These men can advise
the farmers, secure to them sure re-
suit and large crops and eliminate
failures
The Supervising Engineer.
Mr.. Savage, who delivered an ad-
dress at the Harnois last evening,
leaves today for Helena, where his
headquarters are. Under his super
vision are the reclamation services
projects in Montana, wyoming and
North Daota. The latest census of his
territory showed that 1876 engineers
and superintendent of construction,
II steam shovels and excavators,
2 900 animals and 1000 men were en-
ployed-a good-sized army for one man
to direct.
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TAKES A LITTLE LUNCHEON,

On Board Steamship Hamburg, at
Sea. Wednesday, March 24-(Via wire
less to Siasconsett, Mass, March 25).
The sea is rolling this afternoon to
a considerable swell and a number of
the passengers are seasick.
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THREE MEN KILLED.

Winnemucca, Nevada, March 25.-
Three men were killed and traffic
blocked for four hours by the ditch
ing OF 10 cars Of freight train today
near Los Graves, a flag station on the
Southern Pacific, -
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SPRING

Activity is heightened by use
OF The Missoulian class ad.
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But he said, holding up a COPY
of the measure, here is the little Joker
standing before me in all its wick
edness, ready to take at least s15,-
100000 out of the pockets of our peo-
pie and adding it to the vast profits
of the greatest trust on earth"
While asserting that he was not de-
Tending the Standard Oil company.
Mr.. Smith of California said 1t had
no advantage over others in the re-
fining Of oil. The trouble. he said,
was In the transportation of the oil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-27
How Billiards Originated.

It is a fact not generally known
that the game of billiards was invent,
ed by a pawnbroker, William Kew by
name, who 1ourished in London some
time in the sixteenth century.
This inventive a%vuncular relative
of the needy used to employ his leis-
ure hours in wet weather when trade
was dull by taking down the three
balls which were the insignia of his
profession and pushing them about
the counter of his shop with a yard
stick, after the n of the game as
at present played, and using boxes
fastened to the sides of his counter
for pockets.
Out of this was developed a table
with a fence of slight elevation about
it to keep the balls from rolling on
the floor and to enable the player to
make what have since become known
as cushion shots.
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For the SeaImstress.

One of the most difficult 2eats to
perform on a sewing machine is to
sew a straight line. Ordinarily any
little deviation is not noticeable, but
In the case of a hcm or tuck the
slightest irregularity is apparent.
At this point, a Philadelphia man
comes to the rescue with a device for
gauging the width of a hem or tuck
TO a nicely, and assuring two perfect
ty straight lines. This device consists
If a scale attachment which projects
across the bed plate for a sewing ma
chine and in the line Of feed. This at
tachment, which is In the form of a
thin bar divided into inches and frac-
ton thereof, has openings along it
for screws, by which it Is fastened to
the plate. When a half-inch hem is
needed. the bar is set to that distance
from the needle, and by keeping the
edge of the material to the mark on
the scale, the width Of the hem can
be kept consistent with the accuracy
which only a mechanical device as
;ures.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A girl likes a fellow with a go ia
him, if he takes her along.
Many a mar thinks the world is all
wrong when it's really his liver.
The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but truth doesn't always lie at
the bottom of the ink we'll.
Lots Of young girls know entirely
too much long before their educa.
lions are completed.
Life is a good bit like a hurdle race
il which we are constantly jumping
at conclusions.
AS q rule q man is only ready to
turn over a new leaf when the old one
Is full.
II the Lord can see all our faults, it
is hard to understand where He gets
all the angels
Many a fellow is willing to move
heaven and earth In his efforts to win
a girl when all that is necessary Is to
ask her to have him.
The average man wants his club to
have all the comforts Of home and
wants his home to have all the com.
forts Of a club.
Considering how small some NEE
are, it is wonderful how they can cor
tain such big opinions Of themselves.
Some OF those Tenderloin police.
men are so fat that it's a wonder how
they can manage to squeeze in the
side doors.
1t really makes little difference
whether the earth is fiat or round.
so long as we can make both ends
meet.
The girl who marries in haste and
repents at leisure shows true Chris.
tian spirit when she realizes that she
has probably saved some other girl
from experimentation the Gentle
Cynic," in the New York Times.
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&@- FsEHz.=1s=@
WAX THiNG NN
0(N SWEA2: @)
G1N&Aa-~

A rage for champagne color is on.
Gooseberry will be seen, particu~
larly in velvets.
On some Of the most fashionable
stockings lace monograms appear.
Emerald green is an exception to
the rule for tones that might be called
dull.
Dull, rusty-looking colors prevail,
with red as a brilliant exception to
the rule.
Browns on the khaki and leather
order have been promised us for sew
eral weeks.
A particularly cheerful tone is
known. as ripe, cherry, promising. a
big run for hats,
Colored shirt waists have a double
pleated frill made of two rows of
Valenciennes lace.
High tan shoes, the lower par.
made of ordinary tan leather, the up
pers of high brown suede. The shoes
are buttoned.
Little wraps that end in dainty
sash ends and front tabs and have
skeleton body parts are n Of the
seasons introductions.
Hats made Of fine bastiste, quite
simply arranged with a band of vel
vet ribbon aEound the crown, are en-.
soying a remarkable vogue.
Mourning ruching is made of three
Sows of pleated .tulle, two rows Of
white with q row Of black in be-
tween. 1t l. neat and crisp looking.
Black velvet hats are faced with
colored broadcloth to match the gown.
This foretells an e~xtravagant season,
since the tendency seems to be for a
hat to accompany every gown.
A shade Of red that will be fash.
ionable is terra Gotta. 1t requires
care in manipulation, of course. al
though an all terra Gotta hat. with a
black frock, would be charming.
On shoppers. rather than IN the
shops themselves, a noticeable num-
Der of flower trimmed hats. All sorts
and descriptions of flowers are. used.
and most of them are evidently new.
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meets the fastening at the shoulder.
philadelphia Ledger.
Old Enough to Marry.

When a girl has reached eighteen
she is old enough to marry, says DR..
Slaughter, chairman Of the council
of the London Eugenics Education
Society. Men and women Of the best
types should-for the good of the
race-marry early, though not too
early. The healthiest children are
those born when the mothers are be-
tween the ages OF twenty and thirty
The father should be a few years old
er than the mother.
The trouble with the race, DR..
Slaughter says, is that women don't
select their husbands with any
thought Of producing the best chill
dren. They are looking for money,
material comforts and all sorts of
artihcialities enter into the selection.
Rational choosing Of mates does
not exclude sentiment" he says, and
he adds that if mercenary motives are
eliminated the right sort Of man will
be chosen early in his twenties.
DR.. Slaughter doesn't address any
rebukes to the men who marry wom-
en- for a pretty face without stopping
to ask what is behind it. or to the
men-there may be a few-who are
looking out for the dot.-New York
Tribune.
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Multitude of Nantes.

This season is to be n of capes,
not coats. The old fashioned word
mantle Is revived. There is the cape
d'Espagnole, the Cavalier cape, the
Henry II. mantle and the Louis XIII.
mantle.
The latter is not a wrap, but q
drapery. 1t Is very artistic and pro-
vides a way to continue using the
ever graceful: scarf. Whether Mar
graine La Croix, of Paris, really or
iginated it or not, is hard to tell, but
her name was given to it at the races
not long ago.
1t is of gold or silver tissue, OF
chiffon or gauze, in any suitable color,
and may be bordered with a wealth
of decorous ornament. 1t is caught
on each shoulder at the back, drops
down into folds that reach the knees
and then goes up the fronts and