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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07

Failure to pay 1908 poll taxes before
February 1. 1908. will prevent many OF
the citizens of Alabama from voting In
the election on the prohibition consti-
tutional amendment In November, ac-
cordfng to an unoficial opinfon rem
dered yesterday by Attorey General
CARRIER.
Under authority of q ruling OF the
Alabama Supreme Court. handed down
recently by Judge Sa, re In the case OF
Finkiea VS.. Parrish, Colonel CARRIER has
decided that those from whom poll
tax was due and payable on october j.
1908, have, by reason Of failure to pay
1t by February /. 1909. become delin-
quent on that date and will not be
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07
Failure to Pay Poll Tax viii Bar
Many from Voting on Amendment

qualified to vote In any election this
year subsequent to the date Of delin-
quency.
Tho case from which the unofacial
opinion was drawn 10 that Of q con-
tested election In Meuroe County In
which the county ofilcer elected was
declared not qualified to be q candidate
by virtue Of his failure to pay poll tax
on Q certain date. but be was not GUST
cd, because the man who contested his
election had also failed to pay poll tax.
and therefore was not qualified to en-
ter a contest as an el6ctor.
The ruling of the Supreme Court,
handed down last spring, enhanced the
Importance of the payment Of poll tax.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07
JOKER Is DROWNED.
A. II, Peterson "Cried sWolpS Too
Many Times.

A. II. Peterson "Cried wolf" Too
Many Times.
Seattle. Sept. ga. T. Peterson,
aged 80 years. was drowned in Lake
Washington. near Fol- tuna PARK, yes
terdav while the people on shore re-
fused to go to his aid thinking that
his calls for help were uttered to
brighten them.
Peterson had been in the water for
some time and had frequently brought
people to his aid by. calling Tor help.
onlv to tell them when they reached
him that 1t was joke. A policeman
warned him to get out Of the water,
but instead Of obeying Peterson swan
out into the deep water and again be-
gan calling for aid. No one paid any
attention to him.
1T mean Il this time, am sinking"
shouted Peterson, and with these
words he sank and did not rise again.
The body was recovered.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07

George T. Hail. who was some time
ago appointed to I'LL out two months
of the unexpired term OF the late d. s.
Bethune. has been appointed by the
Education apartment Superintendent
of Education OF Bullock County for the
full term. Mr.. Hall 10 q citizen Of Mid.
way, Bullock County.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07
SOILS IMPROVING.

Bulletin Issued by Agricultural Depart
ment.
Washington. Sept. 6.--Soils OF the
United States are not wearing out and
the crop yields are rather increasing
than decreasing.
These facts are demonstrated in a
bulletin shortly to be issued by the
Bureau of Soils OF the Agricultural
Department prepared by Professor
Miyton Whitney, Chief Of the Bureau.
The bulletin deals exhaustive1y with
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07
Iaoaa's Business Good.

j. r. Billups. General Passenger
Agent of the Atlanta and West Point
Route and the Western Railway of
Alabama. spent yesterday in Montgom-
cry. Mr.. Billups says that his road has
enjoyed an unusually good summer
bu siness and the present indications
point to a heavy fall and winter traf-
hc
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07

Washington, Sept. 6.-(SpeciaL)--
Approximately 5000 temporary clerks
will be appointed in the Census Blu
reau for the thirteenth decennial United
States census. and the date OF the first
examination will be Oct. 20. next,
throughout the United States, at vari-
Gus cities, according to a circular an
nouncement. relative to the examina-
lions and appointments. which will be
issued jointly by the Department Of
Commerce and Labor and the United
States Civil Service Commission.
Blank application forms and the cir
cular of instructions may be obtained
after Sept. 10, by addressing the Civil
Service Commission. Washington. D. c.,
the Bureau of the Census. Washington,
D. c., or the Secretary of the Board
OF Examiners at the following-named
places: Postofice, Boston, Mass. Phil
adelphia, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Cincinnati.
o.. Chicago. ILL.,, st. Paul, MIMI, Den
yer, Colo. San Francisco. Cal. custom
house New York. New Orleans. La, old
custom house. St. Louis, Mo.
Very few appointments from the &c"
tobev~examination will be made be-
fore Jan. /, next, and not many will
be made until April, 1910. The maxi
mum force will be drawn August. next
year.
Three thousand appointees will be
given salaries OF $500 per annum al
the beginning, but promotions to 5000
per annum. at least. will be reasonably
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07

We Again Remind You
OUR BRAG WHTSKEY
Full Au0ft8.s V&sOV
Express Paid.
GREIL TRADING CO, Pensacola, Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-07

The work required OF these employees
win be chiefly Of four classes:
ta) Operation OF card-punching and
card-tabulating machines.
(b) Operation of typewriters. adding
machines. or combined typewriter adj
ding machines.
(c) Manuscript tabuiation and other
(d) Subclerical work. such a. that of
messengers. messenger boys. watch
men, and laborsrs.
No one will be appointed who is I'M
willing to be assigned to punching
cards or tabulating cards on machines,
or to be compensated therefor on the
piece-price basis.
1t is expected that the additional po-
sitions with salaries OF $1,000 and
above provided for by the Thirteenth
Census Act will be filled for the most
part by transfer Of persons already
in the permanent census force.
The entrance salary for classes (a).
Oh: and (c). Gas specified In para
graph 81 will be at the ate OF $500 per
annum. and promotion to at least 5000
per annum will be reasonably rapid
for those who render satisfactory ser
vice. The minimum OF $500 per annum
will also apply to employees paid on the
piece-price basis.
The salaries OF subclerical POSITIONS
will be as follows: Messengers, $40;
assistant messengers. $3.50; messenger
boys, $3.50: watchmen, 500; laborers,
$3.50: charwomen, $40.
All appointments will be on proba-
ton, and IL the service Is unsatisfac-
tory may be terminated at the end OF
one month or at any later period.
All appointments will be temporary
and subject to termination as the ext
gencies Of the service may require. In
no case will appointments from this
examination extend beyond June 80.
1912. The length of service Of salts
factory employees will range usually
from six months to two years and will
average probably about one year.
It Is expected that no appointments
from this examination will be neces-
sary before Jan. 1. 1910. and but few
will be made until April, 1910. The
maximum force will be employed about
August, 1910.
Applicants must be between the ages
of IS and so years. except that persons
entitled to preference under Section
1854 of the Revised Statues may be ex-
amined without regard to age. and ex-
cept that boys who have reached the
age of ls years and have not reached
the age OF IS years, will be permitted
to take examination. and IL passed will
be eligible for appointment as messen-
ger boys only.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
HtAVI hA|Ii TALL
The Wind and Rain Storm Tues
day Was Disastrous to Build
ings and Crops.

A severe storm of wind and rain
swept over the southern part of
Fergus County Tuesday. \ very
heavy rain accompanied by a rather
high wind fell in Roundup for about
three hours during the afternoon,
and to the north the storm was far
more heavy.
Through the Lake Basin there
was some hail, damaging crops
somewhat, and in few cases al
most entirely. Further to the north
there was little hail, but the rain
amounted almost to cloudburst.
Dry gullies ran like rivers, and some
of the few small bridges the county
commissioners have bestowed upon
this part Of the country went down
the stream. The hay of JOS. As.
bridge and Rufus B. Thompso on,
especially the alfalfa, was severly
damaged, and probably that oi
others not yet reported.
Further to the north the rain seems
to have been heavier. Herman
Gorzig, up in 11-12, and "zwanzig''
mont in dis country" said he had
a big water yesterday biggest evel
see.
The Main High Editor of this
paper is up in the mountains, and
one fellow in this town says he
thinks God was trying to drown
him.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
SLELIF7S 7SUSTTA AIMING FERGUS
COUNT Y

KF Fergus county were entirely cut off from all the
world. she could still proved her people with all
the necessities Of life, together with many Of its
luxuries. Her mines would provide gold and
silver. for money; her sheep mutton and wool;
her cattle beef and eather her coal mines fue the richest
sapphire mine in the world rich gems; her wooded noun.
tain slopes lumber her quares for building;
her kns lime for masonry; her wheat fields bread her
vegetables. and her orchards, fruits. Aside from the
cattle and sheep industries every mentioned is
just in infancy Of its development Think of a county with
resources ample enough to support hall million people
and with population Of only 25OOOl
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
RINK BURNS.
Skating Rink and Two Sheds Destroy
ed by Fire Early Monday
Morning.

mass of ruins. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
This was Roundup's second fire,
and it was lucky for her that in
each case there was hardly any wind.
It is almost certain that had there
been a heavy wind blowing the
greater portion Of Roundup would
now probably be in ruins. Bruckert's
livery barn and the residence be-
longing to VIM. O'Donnall which
are only about IS feet from the rink
had a narrow escape. A garden
hose attached to a gasoline pump
was effectively used in saving the
barn. All of the stock in the barn
had been turned lose.
The skating rink was insure for
$4,000. Cal Millard, who was
manager of the rink, has not yet
decided whether another building
will be put up or not.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23

tains, and which is all strictly
Roundup territory. there are scores
OF quarters taken up. There are
little valleys watered by beautiful
mountain streams, the bottom lands
Of which are sown to forage crops
and grain. There is also some cul-
tivation Of the higher levels toward
the summit Of the spur. Crops are
more backward at that high alti-
tude than down near the Mussel-
shell, but the abundant rainfall and
fertil soil assure abundant yields.
The total acreage in crop this
year is not very large, but it is
scattered all over, and in every case
is in magnificent condition. Jasper
Bricker and John Wisner, six miles
northwest, have $50 acres which
promise record breaking yield.
M. NJ. Klein has IA field of winter
wheat up on Half Breek Creek
which looks like about fifty bushels
to the acre. On the land of Jens-
void Brothers, where the State Ex-
pertinent Station is being installed,
there is about so acres in crop. all
in good shape except some winter
wheat which was planted too late
last fall. and may not go over 20 to
25 bushels. Jack Ryan has thirty
acres this side of Jensvolds. The
homesteads which were taken up as
far back as last fall will average
about five acres.
This years success will inspire
the settlers to devclope their land
more rapidly than before. The
croaking OF some of the old stock
men, and the generally dry appear
ance which this country can put on
three days after a heavy rain, have
kept them about half out of conf
dcnce, and they have not as rule
gotten the horses and machinery
to farm the land right The world
looks different to them now they
can see the crops.
In two years time there will be
ten to fifteen hundred quarters OF
land more or less under successful
cultivation in the country which is
now tributary to Roundup.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
wAT[Q COMPANY INCORPORATED
Roundup Will Have Water Power
Facilities-Company Capital.
lied at $4,000.

Yesterday articles Of incorpora-
ton We're filed in the county clerk
and recorders Office by the Round
up Water Company capitalization
of $4,000. The purpose of the
company will be to furnish power
and water to Roundup and sur
rounding country for domestic, busi-
ness and irrigation purposes, and
the erection of power plant will
be undertaken soon.
There are but five men interested
in the organization and financing
of the company, each holding a por-
ton of the stock and acting as
directors for the first three months.
The members of the company, with
their reprective holdings of stock,
are: J. U. Gridley, Sheridan, Wyo.,
$4,000; N. ]. Littlejohn. Lewis
town, $4,000; J. f. Lane, Lewis
twon, $4,000; J. E. Woodard
Roundup, $4,000 and R. A. Keen
an, Dietz, Wyo., 500.
Mr.. Gridley is the we'll known
engineer and electrician who has
been interested in the electric power
plant which recently secured a
franchise in Roundup and is a man
Of wide experience in this line Of
work.
r. A. Keenan, will probably be
placed in charge Of the companies
affairs with regard to the work to
be done in Roundup and territory.
The articles of incorporation have
been made to hold for forty years.
The organization of the company
was really effected on July Is, but
was not brought to completion un-
til yesterday.
There is a great field for the water
company in Roundup, as grow
ing city is as yet without an ade-
quate water supply, and it is the
intention OF the company to lay
pipe lines throughout the city as
soon as franchise can be secured,
as well as to supply water for ir.
rigation purposes over the farming
sections on the benchlands.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23

Two storage sheds, owned by w.
A. Keene, and the skating rink,
owned by NJ. NJ. Klein, located on
the corner of Second street east and
Second avenue, were totally des-
troyed by fire, the loss being ap-
proximately $3,5 500, partially COW
cred by insurance. The fire, which
originated in the barn between the
rink and the shed on the corner,
was first discovered about 2:3O
O'Clock, and at that time could
have been easily extinguished il
proper facilities had been at hand.
An alarm was turned in, but before
enough men got around to assist in
fighting the flames, the fire had
gained headway that it was pract-
ically beyond control. The fire
soon communicated to the adjacent
buildings, and within two hours
after it started everything was 9
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
pRtJDth1 TAFT WILL VISIT bU1It
Butte Merchants Association Will
Make Plans to Entertain the
Noted Guest.

President Taft is coming to Butte.
This has been definitely determin-
ed and now the Butte Merchants
association through whose efforts
the chief executive was persuaded
to visit the city, is making big
preparations to give him a welcome
the equal Of which was never before
accorded a guest.
The decision of the president to
stop over here while en- route to the
exposition in Seattle during his tour
of the west was wired to Postmaster
ellis early last night byPostmaster-
Gel.t4al Hitchcock. Immediately
on receipt of the news Mr.. Gillis
communicated Wit h President
Charles Virden Of the Merchants
association, who has telegraphed for
more details of the presidents S
proposed visit.
Just when president Taft will
arrive in Butte is matter of
conjecture. but it is known that he
will address the members of the G.
A. r. who assemble for reunion
in Salt Lake City Aug. IL, and in
all probability he will come to Butte
soon thereafter, although there is a
chance that he will make tour Of
the Yellowstone National park first.
An invitation was extended the
president to visit Butte on his
western trip more than two months
ago by the Merchants association.
Since then the secretary of the
association has urged him to come
this way and assured him of a
hearty welcome. Yesterday letter
was received from the presidents Z
private secretary stating that the
invitation was being considered.
This led the members to hope that
the president would accept, and the
RECEIPT of the telegram by postmaster
Gillis last night marked the realiza
ton Of their hopes.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
viii He Make the Old Champion prepi

T. B. Windross. The contracting
parties were accompanied b. Mr..
and Mrs Robert Brandon, Miss
Mabel Rumble, and Mr.. Joseph
Hunter and partook of light refresh
ments before driving to their home
at No. 2 mine. The pleasantness
of the occasion and the happiness
Of the bride and bridegroom augers
well for the future, and the Record
extends hearty congratulations to
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Brandon.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
MANY FILINGS
Settlers are Rapidly Filling this Section
Of the State-Prospects for a
I'll Big Crop.

How many people in Roundup
have any idea of the rate at which
the vacant land is being taken up?
In twenty.seven townships sur.
rounding Roundup there are five
hundred and thirty quarter sections
taken up in some way or another,
mostly homesteads. some stone and
timber claims, and a few coal filings.
Land is being taken before U. S.
Commissioner Cook at the rate of
one to two thousand acres week,
and among the homesteaders are a
far larger percentage of practical
farmers than formerly.
Very few of the dwellers in Round
up have seen anything of the coun-
try except between town and No. 2
mine. If they hear of homestead
filing they imagine it to be some
where near Lake Mason. AS a
matter Of fact the Lake Basin re-
presents a small portion of the
country which is being developed
into farms. An cxpanse Of level
bench land lying between Willow
and Flatwillow creeks begins about
six miles northeast from Roundup.
and extends for a greater or less
width for more than thirty miles.
There are more homesteads on it
now than on the lower lands along
Willow Creek, and it is not yet all
taken up. The bench land is the
best. The soil contains more lime
stone, which is the principal wheat
producing element, and the higher
levels in this country catch the
most rain
Over west, near Woman's Pocket
Horse Thief, and Pole Creeks, there
are IA lot of homesteads. The coun-
try is more broken, and contains
some timber here but there are
some very fine stretches of slightly
rooling land. Clear over in S-27
twelve to fiftenn miles southwest
from town, there are thirty-eight
homesteads taken up.
Up in the Little Snowies, or in
other words the long spur which ex-
tends east from the Snowy Noun
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23

week:
l. Give the miners name and
technical name of the principal
gases found in coal mines?
2. Where would you expect to
find Marsh gas in the coal mines?
How would you detect it and how
would you determine the amount
present; how would you remove it?
3 When and where is Carbonic
Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, or White
damp co found in the coal mines
and under what circumstances; how
is it detected? Name every method
you know to have been tried for it's
detection? Would you depend upon
safety lamp to discover its pre-
sence?
4 Carbonic acid gass, black damp
co 2, where and under what cir
cumstances is this gas found in
coal mines, how detected; is there
any color taste or smell to it and
what is its effect on life? What are
the difficulties of ventilating mine
where considerable of this gas is
generated?
5 Hydrogen Sulphide, HIS, Stone
damp; where is this gas found in
coal mines; how producted; what is
its effect on life? Why is this gas so
dangerous?
6 What is the name of q non
combustible gas usually present in
fire damp that will, when present,
in certain per cent, prevent an
explosion; what is that percentagef
Z By volumes each of Marsh gas
and air, when does it begin to burn
or explode? What is the maximum
explosive mixture(true explosion)?
What mixture Of air and Marsh gas
Continued on Page 81
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
M5Ull5 o. EXAMINATIONS
Board Of Examiners Issues Certi.
6cates to Mine Foremen.

The board of examiners of appli-
cants for certificates of competency
as mine forman, fire boss and mine
examiner, adjourned Saturday after
being in session three days. The
following named persons were grant,
ed certificates by the board, having
successfully passed the examination
by answering the written and oral
questions submitted:
Archie Anderson
John Bailey
William Dugan
r. f. Davis
Charles Yost
Nathan Smithurst
John Dunn.
The following were granted GER
tifcates by reason Of holding SINH
lar certificates issued by the state
Of Wyoming:
Geo. N. Griffin, John S. Davis,
Michael Finnan and Richard
Richards.
Charles Cornish and N. H. Flet-
cher were granted certificates for
having served in the capacity Of
mine foreman continually for a
period Of one year for the Republic
Coal Co., in accordance with the
law.
The following is a list Of the
questions asked in the examination
Of coal miners for certificates of com.
potency AZ mine foreman, fire boss
and mine examiner held here last
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-07-23
An ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION
No Decision Ever Rendered Pre-
venting Homesteaders from
Deciding Before Patent.
From Lewistown Democrat:

From Lewistown Democrat:
A number OF western papers, IN
Guiding, we believe, one or two IN
Fergus county, have recently pub
lished an article stating that the
Supreme court of the United States
has rendered decision which de-
clares it unlawful for homesteaders
who have their final patents from
giving deed or. by inference,
mortgaging their claims.
No one appears to know just how
this report got started but it has
caused great deal of uneasiness
among Fergus county settlers and
many inquiries have been received
at the local bank as to the truth OF
the statement. Such decision
would have worked much inconven-
ience and, in many cases, hardships
with hundred new settlers, a large
number of whom depend upon rails
ing money for needed improvements
after getting their final receipt by
selling a portion Of their claim or
mortgaging it.
In order to be in position to ad-
wise their customers, the First Ma
tional Bank, through Assistant CASH
ier Y Jaeger. wrote to their attorneys in
Washington and the following letter
which is fully explanatory, was re-
ceived in reply:
July 8, 1909.
Mr.. H. Yaeger, Assistant Cashier
First National Bank, Lewistown,
Mont.
Dear Sir:
We duly received your favor OF
the 28th ult, and referred same to
our attorneys who look after land
office matters for us, and they write
us as follows in regard to the inquiry
you make:
Upon inquiry at the office of the
Clerk of the Supreme Court OF the
United States. we are informed that
they know of no decision rendered
by the Court covering the point re.
ferred to in said letter. 1t seems
that in some way or another, some
Of the western papers published a
statement to the effect that decis'
ion of that character had been
handed down, and numerous in
quiries have been made at tht
Clerks office with respect to same
The answer has been made to eacf
Of such inquiries that the Clerk
Office know of no decision or opin
ion Of that nature"
Awaiting your future pleasure, VI
beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
A. 8. PRATT 4 SONS.
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CONTINUED on Page 81
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4 QUIT vtDD|||6
Bride Married Immediatly Upon
Arrival From Scotland.

There was a pretty wedding at the
parsonage Of the Congregational
Charch last evening when Archie
Brandon Of No.2 Mine Roundup,
and Miss Ellen Mckay Of Burbank,
Scotland were married by the Rev