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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-16
Irritation Outlook.

For years there have been num-
Der of small irrigated farms on this
section lying close to the streams
where primitive systems Of irriga
ton have been followed. Their linn
itatinns of water and their isolation
have kept them from being desirable
homes and no real development of the
country was possible. until in a large
way, the government segregated such
lands as could be watered and under
the Carey act. opened them up for
settlement. The crops grown on the
little. yest-pocket ranches are almost
miraculous in their productivity.
Wheat often runs as high as 60 bush
els and oats 125 bushels per acre. AL
falfa is sure winner under irriga-
ton in Montana and immense yields of
barley, rye, potatoes and other crops
are grown wherever the magic touch
Of water is applied. 1t is hard for
farmers in the east to comprehend
these big yields. They do not appre-
ciate that these inter-mountain soils
are often 100 feet deep. waiting for
centuries. untouched in their virginity.
for modern irrigation methods to I'M
lock the treasure house of their
wealth. If the average New England
er or corn belt farmer were to visit
some of these places. he would never
60 back to the old. inhospitable con-
d.tions If they would apply here the
same careful and painstaking meth
nds. they would become little kings of
the soil. Instead Of working like "A
drudge six months out Of the year in
order to struggle through the other
six months. they would see the actual
aXemplification Of the saying: Tickle
the soil with pillow and it will laugh
"A harvest" Instead Of conserving the
soil and spending profits on fertilizers
they would find these irrigated soils
of the inter mountain region mex
haustible.
Another peculiar fact. which east
crners unacquainted with western life
can not understand. is that western
agricultural products need not be
shipped Ia the great commercial mar
kets of the east and middle west in
, order to find a market. In the state
OF Montana are populous cities of
non-producers such as Butte. the
greatest mining camp in the world
Helena, Great Falls and other points
are demanding food stuffs which their
immediate loca Titles can not furnish
One farmer sold $500 worth of butter
year from six Hereford Shorthorn
COWS with udders about the size of a
quart cup. Poultry. eggs. milk. hay
grains. potatoes and every garden veg
estahle grown north of Mason and
DiNon's line can he grown with profit
and the local demand Is away out oil
proportion To the supply.
Good bye, Cowboy.
Several thousand head of cattle have
already been shipped out of Waller
and shipping will continue until all tht
range cattle Of this district are
freighted to market. Range stock has
fattened on the heavy grass and the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-16

tltfk or StnnUi District NO. 1.
Missoula County. Montana.
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
WOODMEN Or THE WORLD,
CAMP NO. %. meets every second and
fourth Thursday of each month. odd
Fellows han annex.
]. A. JOHNSON. c. c.
r. r. WILBUR. Clerk.
UNIVERSITY CITY HIVE NO. 81.
LADIES OF THE MACCABEES meets
second and fourth Thursdays of each
month at : 80 p. m. in odd Fellows
annex hall.
MRS. PHEBE KENDALL. L. C.
MRS. II. r. MURRAY, r. X.
ii9 Alder street.
SOCIETE ST. JEAN BAPTISTE,
Missnula. Mont. Meets every first and
third Wednesday of each month at
the Fireman's hall. West Main street,
J. T. LACAsSE. President.
F.. LACASSE. Sect >tary.
KNIGHTS or PYTHfAS. LAUREL
LODGE NO. i1-Meots every Wednes-
day evening at Eagles hall at S
O'Clock II. l.. RAVES, c. 4.
JOHN l. MALONEY, X of r. x 8.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. MIS-
SOrLA COUNCIL NJ. 1921. meets In
odd Fellows hall first and third
Thursday evening each month.
w. L. KELLEY. Grand knight
CHARLES DAWSON. Fin. Sec.
MISSOELA LODGE NO I. SCAN
DISAVIAN BROTHERHOOD OF
AMERICA. meets every second and
fourth Friday evening at Eagles hall.
West Main street.
ALEX BENSON. Pres.
LEFT FREDERICKS. Sec.
MISSOrLA AERIE NO. g. F. Q. e.
meets first and third Tuesdays of
each month at 1880 y. M. at Eagle
hall, West Main.
f. c. MULRONEY. w. Pres.
W S. H0RD. Sec.
WESTERN Sun CHAPTER NO. II.
r. 4. NJ, meets first and third Fri
days of each month in Odd Fellows
hall.
CHAs. ] BLOOMQUIST. H. P.
S. II. McALL, Sec.
MISSOrLA LODGE No 10. A. F. 4
A. NJ. meets first and third Tuesdays.
regular meetings.
r II. KSISLEY. W. NJ.
A. ]. RREITENSTEIN. Sec
SCHILLER LODGE NO. 4. SONS
OF HERMANN. meets In the HarnnfS
theater first Sunday of each month at
s O'Clock =. m.
WILLIAM HERWIG, Pres.
JOSEPH WAGNER. Sec.
BARTENDERS' UNION. LOCAL.
NO. SIT. meets first and third Tues
days of each month IT Union hall at
> u. III.
JOHN F. PLUMMER. Pres.
JOHN \. FRANCIS. Sec.
MissOULA CAMP NO. 53as. NJ. W
A. meets first and third Thursdays
Of each month. Eiks' hail.
c. Fl. ELLIOT, V c.
q. n. ELTON. Clerk. 156 Higgins
avenue.
UNITED ARTISANS. meets every
nrst and third Tuesday at Odd Eel
lows hall annex at S 81 p III
f. ]. WIGHTAAS. NJ. A
S l. DrNHAM. Sec.
SHERIDAN CIRCLE No 1. L. OF
G. \. R.-Aeets second and fourth
Saturdays of each month at 40 p. IN.
in odd Fellows annex. 4 hearty wei
come is extended 10 all comrades If
the Grand Army and sons of comrades
PERSIcE FRANKLIN, Pres.
- II IN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
FOREST
FIRES BY WIRELESS

Seattle Wash.-Protecting the tim
Der of the west from forest fires, by
| means of the wireless telegraph, is
the plan of r. II. Armstrong, Pacific
coast manager of the United Wire
less Telegraph company, with head
quarters in Seattle. The wireless
man believes he has a solution for
preventing the disastrous fires that
sweep through the forests of Wash
ington, Oregon, California and Brit
ish Columbia every summer.
Armstrong says the chief reason
for the big conflagrations is that
after a small fire is discovered a long
time elapses before the alarm can
he sounded and aid summoned to
fight the flames. Many of the large
lumber concerns of the west have
considered using telephone lines for
connecting camps of forest rangers
But this plan has been given up be
cause it was pointed out that the fires
would burn down the poles or the
wind would blow them down so often
that they would be useless when most
needed. Then, too, it was found that
IN many of the timber tracts the coun-
try is so rugged and the standing tim
Der so heavy it would be almost i'm
possible to stretch a telephone line.
Immense Loss Annually.
Almost 1000 acres of virgin tim
ber was destroyed by forest fires in
the western part of Washington la t
year. and I am told that season was
comparatively light year for fire
losses" said Armstrong, yesterday, in
speaking of the plan to protect the
forests, This enormous loss of
property, and sometimes of life. can
be prevented to large extent, If the
fires are discovered and reported
soon after they start. BY means of
the wireless telegraph, we purpose to
show how this gigantic yearly loss
can be cut down to the lowest point.
every year since 1870, an aver
age of so persons have been burned
to death in the United States in for
est fires. This makes a total of 1000
innocent persons tortured to death
by flames that might have been pre-
vented. Added to this is the enor-
nous value of the timber destroyed.
ITO construct telephone lines
through this virgin timber would en-
tail enormous expense. Then, too,
fire would be burning the poles con-
tinually and wind would be blowing
trees across the wires. But with the
wireless telegraph in use, all these
difficulties would be overcome. The
forest rangers could easily master
the Morse code or system Of wire
less alarm boxes could be established
that would tell Immediately the To-
cation of the blaze and all hands
could be summoned quickly and the
fire controlled"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
at a valuation of Al cents and is sold
for $3.50.
Story of the Razor.

Smoot trailed in with the sad story
of the razor. The manufacturer sells
1t at 1895 a dozen, the wholesale
dealer at 80 and the retailer at 50
apiece, or $24 a dozen. Ladies gloves
averred the Utah statesman, cost the
dealer $40 a dozen and are sold to
feminine bargain hunters at 50 per
pair or $24 a dozen. Then there is
the history of the little pane of glass.
Smoot had 1t looked up in New York.
The pane costs the importer 4 cents,
duty paid; the picture frame man
charges 20 cents.
Tillman had devoted considerable
time to research in the realm of cof-
fee which is on the free list. When
It comes in it costs from to cents
pound and when II has been roasted
and passed to the consumer it has
trebled in value.
The question whether these appar-
entity exorbtant profits are what they
seem promises to be the subject of
much discussion hereafter.
Senators Gore and McLaurin, among
others, have already made vigorous
defense of the retailers, declaring that
they are being used by the trusts as a
shield to ward off public condemna-
ton and that, all expenses consider
ed, the profits of the little dealers are
not excessive.
Meantime, Newlands has come in
with the suggestion that a govern
ment tribunal be created to keep the
people posted on all prices, manufac-
turing, wholesale and retail
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
WHO MAKES
HIGH PRICES?
SOME ATTEMPT TO SHIFT
IT FROM THE TARIFF
Congressman Say That High Prices
Are Caused by Wholesalers and Re-
tailcrs Rather Than Tariff - Rea-
sonlng Is Discovered by the Advo-
Gates of Protection for Lumber -
Arguments from Both Sides.

Washington.-A novel feature of
the senate debate on the Aldrich bill
is the effort made to shift the blame
for high prices from the mueh-abus-
cd tariff to the wholesalers and re-
tailers
Tho advocates of protected lumber
were the dlscoverers of that line of
reasoning. They found that associa-
tions of retail lumber dealers in wide
ly separated states sold lumber at
prices fixed by schedules that were
alike in every detail. 1t made no diff
ference whether the Wholesale price
of lumber rose or fell, the retail prices
were unmovable as Gibraltar. The
point in this argument was that the
amount Of the duty made no differ
ence to the consumer. The tariff was
swallowed up in the profits of the
mlddlemen, and the unfortunate con-
sumer would pay the same under a
high or lower tariff But low tariff,
It was claimed, would put the manu-
facturer out of business.
Along, then, came Senator Scott
with his Industrial exhibit This glass
pitcher, fellow Senator's" he said, "is
sold by the manufacturer at 90 cents
n dozen. The retailer sells 1t at 40
to 50cents for single pitcher"
Hugh Profits of Dealers.
Somebody with a mathematical
mind figured that in changing hands
the pitchers rose from 90 cents to
$3.50 a dozen and that the tariff on
glass pitchers was a fly speck COM
pared with the huge profits of the
dealers.
Lodge then called attention to the
fact that tea, which is on the free list
jumped mysterlously from a cost of
price of 16 cents to the jobber in
New York to so cents a pound when
Mr.. Householder desires to take a
little of 1t home to the family. The
self-same tea is sold in Canada at
40 cents a pound, which ciphers out
that the American consumer is stung
so per cent worse than his Canadian
brother.
Flint next contributed the 100-piece
French dinner set that costs the i'm
porter, duty paid, s10.S9 and is sold
to the guileless ultimate consumer in
Washington for $36. Also the cute
little Japanese tea set that comes in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
Bore for Oil in Linn.

Portland.-The Cascade PETROLEUM
company, with a capital of $3.50, 900,
has been organized for the purpose of
developing the oil and gas recources
of Linn county, in the neighborhood
of Lebanon, where the indications are
promising. The company expects to
have its machinery on the ground
and in operation within the next 80
days. Some OF the members of the
company are interested in the william
ette valley oil company, now drilling
for oil at Pratum, east of Salem. The
indications at Pratum are excellent
and this company expects to bring in
flowing well within the next two
or three weeks. The company has
several thousand acres under lease be-
tween Lebanon and Crabtree.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
state Of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas coun

", sS,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm Of #. ]. Che.
ney & Co., doing business In the City OF
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me aud subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day of December, A.
d. 1885,
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Send for testlmo-
mails free.
Sold by all Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constIpa-
tion,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
a Suggestion on Eczema.

1t is suggested that eczema suf-
ferers ask Druggist McAllister of this
city what reports he is getting from
the patients who have used the oil
of wintergreen liquid compound, d,
D. d. Prescription.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29
SlabWood,

We want to dispose Of several cars
in 4 #. lengths. Ask us for price in
any quantity.
OREGON LUMBER YARD.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-29

More moving pictures shown than
any other theatre in the city-the
Pastime.
Evening star., 1909-05-29

in the northwest section viz: the Mcclellan
statue, the Sheridan statue, the LOngfei-
low statue and the Shepherd statue, that
1t Is time that this neglected portion OF
the city receive proper consideration.
Improvement Of i'Enfant Circle.
Therefore the beautifying of the end Of
Pennsylvania avenue that terminates
within the city limits at the Pennsylvania
Avenue bridge, that Is known as the
l. Enfant Circle (one-half of said circle
being located on the west end of said
bridge and the other half on the east
end), said circle being of generous size
and such that will permit of fine effects
In Improvement that steps be immediate
ly taken to improve said circle and the
adjacent streets and avenues. and to
erect at that place a triumphal arch or
othre memorial worthy of the great man
whose memory is at this time SO fresh in
the hearts and minds of the citizens of
the District Of Columbia. The fact that
said circle is located in the southeastern
section of the city should not deter the
Commissioners from placing the memorial
in the plot of ground that has so long
borne the name of l. Enfant, and in 50
much as the scarcity of such embellish-
ment is apparent the opportunity now
presents itself to make grand arch
without peer in any other part of the
city. and thus at one stroke express the
city's admiration of the great man, raise
dence section Of the city by beautifying 1t
and afford park for the people. 1t is
due the great man and 1t Is due the
southeast section (both all too tardy)."
A recommendation of the committee on
streets, alleys, buildings and parks that
Evening star., 1909-05-29
ALL-NIGHT BAKERIES.
Where Customers Can Have Wants
Supplied at Any Hour.

From the New York Sun.
Among the many places of business of
one and another sort that in a great city
are kept open all nigIt are bakeries.
The bakery Ms a peculiarly domestic
business establishment, supplying mostly
home wants, and, as most people work
days and sleep nights, IL might be sup
posed that there would be no occasion 10
keep bakeries open nights, but here.
where with the city's manifold industries
there must be large number of people
working at all times to keep things go
ing, there are bakeries that do keep open
and find trade at all hours.
Some of these all-night bakeries have
lunchroom attachments, where people
stop in TO eat going to or from work,
while others do a bakery business only.
At either customers come in at all hours
Q fthe night to buy things 10 carry away.
just as people do at any hour of the
day, for the people who go TO work al
midnight Or at /. > or j O'Clock in the
morning want bread and bakery stun
before they go, just the same as do those
who begin their labors at Z, or .. and
there is likely to be in their neighbor
hood an all-night open bakery. where
they can regularly supply their wants.
From to D am. are the hours that
mark low ebb in the all-night bakery
trade. but customers are dropping in all
night long.
Evening star., 1909-05-29
AID FOR SOUTHEAST SECTION
LINCOLN PARK CITIZENS ASK
FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Members Of Association Adopt Res
olutions Pointing Out Needs.
Mention Of L'Enfant Circle.

At recent meeting Of the Lincoln Park
Citizens Association resolutions were
adopted advocating the improvement OF
existing parks in the southeast section
of the city and the establishment of new
ones.
The resolutions, which were introduced
by a committee of which George H. Judd
is chairman, set forth that the south
eastern portion of the city has less park
area than either of the other three sec
tions: and 1t has recently been deprived
of one of it's largest parks by the railroad
Improvement and the further use of Gar
field Park as the location OF a heating
plant for the various government build
ings on Capitol Hill; the southeastern Sec
tion is devoid of establishment in the
way of statuary or monuments with he
exception of the statue in Lincoln Park,
and that In SO much as the present fiscal
year will show the location OF four statues
Evening star., 1909-05-29

he had under consideration plans for the
erection OF a hotel building covering the
entire site. 1t is probable such scheme
has not been given up and that the I'm
provement will be made.
In the Residence Section.
Those mentioned are downtown hotels
or propositions. but 1t is not meant to be
inferred that no consideration has been
given to uptown localities. and especially
sites in what are regarded as rather dis
tant residence localities. Connecticut
avenue south of Dupont Circle has come
In for share of attention from those
interested in such project. and il has been
rumored more than once that a large site
uptown was sold about TO be sold for
such use. The enlargement of the Graf
ton Hotel, on Connecticut avenue, during
the current season no doubt serves to
stimulate the interest I'm the subject. for
in that line. as well as in all others, sue
cess is sure to attract =
In fact it is the belief. and also the
knowledge. that the hotel business in this
city is a growing one that has been the
main element in the situation. and II is
probable that if the latter was less at
tractive there would not be as much
just now. Both the Willard and the
Raleigh were more or less of experiments
as types of the skyscraper freproof struc
ture which has of late years been adopted
In American cities for the hotel business.
No Longer an Experiment.
The experimental stage In the hotel
business in this city has long since
passed, and il has come to be recognized
that, with the exception of the summer
season. whether Congress is In session or
not, there is lucrative patronage here.
In fact, as center Of travel there are
only two cities in the country that rank
Washington. and those are said to he
New York and Chicago. This is due to
several main causes. not the least being
the attractions which the city possesses
in the way OF beauty
Evening star., 1909-05-29

CAPITAL EXPANDS EASTWARD
BEYOND EASTERN BRANCH
Growth on Far Side of Eastern Branch Described
as Strong and Substantial = Communities of
Home Owners Beautiful View of the City.

two dwellings on Nichols avenue for Mr..
Farrell and two dwellings Raleigh
street for Charles o. IIohr. A resitente on
Nichols avenue has just been completed
for Mrs Lucy Fletcher
In the near future twelve dwellings and
a store will be erected at Hillbrook.
Improving Minnesota Avenue.
Out Benning way the people are rejoic-
ing over the prospective Improvement Of
Minnesota avenue. Congress appropriate
ed $4,000 for the work, which will be-
gin soon af;e. June 30. The avenue will
be extended from the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. bridge through Benning to Sheriff
road, making fine driveway through a
picturesque section of the country. The
road is to be 120 feet wide.
The old Anacosta road is an attractive
drive for automobiles and teams. espe-
cially at this season. when the foliage Is
In full bloom and the atmosphere is fra
grant with the odor OF -honeysuckle and
other wild flowers growing in the hedges
and fields along the highway.
Evening star., 1909-05-29
The Decadence of Cooks.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal.
New York's commissioner of licenses re-.
ports that tine number of cooks engaged
during the past year is 81 per cent less
than the year before. reduction which he
explains by the increasing number of fam
lilies residing i'm apartment hotels. There
Is no doubt that the hotel habit has large
ly reduced the number of culinary jobs
in our big cities, nor is there room for
doubt that the general standard of cook
cry has been improved. by the reduction.
The apartment hotel chef feeds his
guests on the average much better than
they Jared in their own houses. But tho
gastronomic uplift is more than counter
balanced, as Archbishop Glennon of st.
Louis very truly remarks. by the selfish
ness idleness and responsibility of wom-
en- who have no household duties and use
up their vacant hours In vacant deeds.
Evening star., 1909-05-29

the Commissioners provide for the i'm
tween L'Enfant Circle and E street was
also adopted.
Other Beterment Mentioned.
THE committee recommends to the Com
missioners of the District Of Columbia, !"
the report sets forth, "the grading, ma
cadamizing and laying of sidewalks.
curbs, etc, on 18th street southeast.
from L'Enfant Circle to y street south
east. to better accommodate the thou
sands that are called upon to attend the
burial place of their dead in Congress
sional cemetery. The Capital Traction
Company's cars run nearest the cemetery
at present and the only walk way is by
path over commons and a place used at
present for dumping dirt, trash. etc. In
the course of single week hundreds and
hundreds of people are forced to pass
over a walk the like of which does not
exist elsewhere in the District, the pur-
pose of their visits and the nature of
the same being considered.
When the fact is considered that in
the northwest, say 14th street extended,
that year or two ago was the habitation
of song birds and rabbits, that now has
square upon square. complete with pub
lie comfort and convenences, 1t is hard
10 explain why this important work has
been neglected all these years.
I'VE therefore recommend the above
Improvement as one vital in that it affects
so large number of citizens from all
parts of the city.
Evening star., 1909-05-29
The Reason.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Its so sweet of him to have miniatures
and portraits Of his wife instead of mere
photographs tE esE-
Yes. indeed. The camera is 50 exacA
you know
Evening star., 1909-05-29
A Sisterly Shot.

From Home Reading.
Mrs. Hoyle-My husband always smokes
after a good meal
Mrs. Doyle-Doesn't he ever smoke at
home?
Evening star., 1909-05-29

The applications under England.
old age pension law now amount t
half a million.