davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
Chicago News Letter

most made up her mina to give up the
fight, move into town and keep n
boarding house. This idea was dis
tasteful to her. and her children OBJ
iected TO il too, Mrs. Ellsworth de-
cided to stay and 10 try a new plan.
She visited the tea gardens at Prince
hurst. and was shown the secrets of
tea raising by Or. Shepard. Then she
went home tn have it out with her
farm. For the first three years she
did not reduce her cotton crop, but
used only her surplus land for tea.
From the plants in the second year
she gathered and sold little more
than 10 pounds TO tine acra. she was
out of pocket but not at all dis
couragcd, for she knew the heaviest
expense had already been met in the
preparation of the ground. She per-
severed, and now has 10 acres in bear
ing tea plants. The plants become
more valuable each year, and require
less work. which makes the crop an
excellent ono for II woman to under
take; but. of course. necessity is
well drained land. rich soil. and eli
mate which does not fall below 20
degrees.
Women are going into farming as
never before. In the old way, ii was
the men who had tho rigor of the
game and the women who waited on
the men while they played II. The
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

Chicago, Sept. 10.-The 71G,055 girls
and women who have renowned hus-
bands for husbandry. already have
graspei Il big share 81 the s3,009.heC. 900
crop of the United States. According
tn Kate Crotchet. in the Woman's
World for September the woman farm
or now Is Il factor to be reckonel
with.
From what was Il broken down cot
ton farm during her husbands life
time one woman has made on tea
$500 an acre, she says. And in hun
dreds OF other instances women who
have begun to handle the business
end of Farming nre making 1T pay
marvelously. Many take MP other
specialties. such az violets. roses. or
fine vegetables for special markets.
Some have reony or carnation farms.
Then there are cattle ranches. hog
ranches, silk worm culture, chicken
farms. pigeon cotes. dog kennels. cat
teries--aa infinite number of good oe-
cupation. III which women may excel.
And on the women's farms there will
lie telephones. graphones. books,
bathtuhs and other mitigasions of the
isolated life.
Mrs. Clara Ellsworth of South
Carolina. was left few years ago,
q widow. with three children, she re-
iates. She had cotton farm. But
the profits were small, and she al
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

d'Alene. to Occur d'Alenc City, the
gateway to Spokane for the lake
travel, and the coming of the new road
is bound to bring an increased travel
to the river and make the name of the
highest navigable stream in the world
IA synonym for natural beauty.
All Of this can be reached by a days
travel over the new road. Probably no
railroad can offer as excellent an OPP
portdnity for sightseeing within so
short distance. and the travel which
is daily going over on the little local
train shows the appreciation of the
public of this fact. The presence of
this wonderful country will mean
much to Missoula and to the cities of
the state. and western Montana has
gained new and beautiful country
through the coming of the Puget
Sound. g. p. :.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

In cur proposition to sell the building
lots in Hammond Addition ut the prices
which prevailed year ago. You ale
buying this years improved prospects
at last years prices when YOU buy
ground in Hammond's Addition Right
at the outset you are adding to your in.
veStment; your lots are worth double
what you pay for them the minute Won
get the deed. That is quick action AMI
il sounds Incredible. but YOU will find
that it is the case if you investigate the
conditions which prevail in Missoula and
consider them in relation to this addi-
tion. Nowhere else will YOU find prop
osition So inviting or returns so abso-
lutely guaranteed by natural conditions.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

climb over the mountains has been
finished and the water level resained.
A Charming Place.
At Avery all is life and hustle. This
little town promises soon to become a
popular summer resort, and already
people are taking advantage of the
newncss OF the country and making
the best of the fishing in the streams
there. Here civilization makes itself
manifest once more and the country
loses its rough aspect. A pole boat
line is soon to be put in there. which
will take one down the st. Joe to the
head of steamboat navigation, and
with a modern hotel already there the
outlook for the town is promising.
From Avery tn st. Joe is bat a short
ride along the edge of the beautiful
st. Joe river, and after run of 80
miles the train enters the little town.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
Hammond Addition
MisSoula We Stand Pat
Missoula

Is making rapid strides i'll the develop
mcnt of her possibilities. The tributary
country that surrounds her is comm"
into a higher state of productiveness all
the time, and the population of the vast
area which centcrs in Missoula is be-
coming greater every week. The produce
of this great region is marketed through
Missoula, and the supplies for the entire
district are dsta ibuted through Mis-
soula. Railway development is rapidly
placing all parts of western Montana in
close touch with this central city. The
city's business is thriving and her bust
ness men are prosperous. Missoula'S
real estate is worth today twice what il
was Il year ago.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

st. Joe has been given n new inn
petus. The quaint little French town,
whose whole life has heretofore been
ceatered on the river traffic. has now
begun to turn toward the railroad for
new life. The Puget Sound has built
big lumber mill. which employs some
200 men. i'm the town, and already peo-
pie are beginning to realize tile posi-
bilitias which their location gives
them. a....-.~4
1t win be the river, however. which
will pcrpctuate the name of St. Joe.
Famed in story and description the
"Shadowy St Joe" is daily becoming
more important as an asset to the
tourist. one can ride over ii all day
and not tire of its ever-ehanging beau
ties and the marveIs OF its reflections.
1t is but II four-hours' ride over its
waters, and that of Lake Occur
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
also IS true in Italy. in France, in
Canada and in Great Rritafa-

Among Ghicag0'S zsss 500 men,
women and chilGrcn-arcordiu tn the
directory list of $4,000 nanes-there
are IL Angels. Demons. Hades and
S Heils. The solemn task of the Chi
yago directory company in compiling
the annual directory was enliverst1
also by the refreshing discovery of
Ale Beers. Iitters. Cham
pagnes. II Settlers. l Punch. Wines,
IL Ports. Sc Sherry. . Clarets, Gal
Ions. 1 Piats, al SteiES. . Gob.ets and
SO Classes. Moreover tht-s are pro-
vided, as for barbecue. IA Hogs. 81
Bulls, Calves, ; Chickens, IL Chicks,
- Lambs. 5 Kedhegtcrs. | Turkey,
Rams. 125 brakes and Ducks. Tn
der such circumstances the fact must
be noted that thee az, in the direc-
6s Farmers. J Thres hers and 3
Haymasers. mixed In with SIS Kings.
Io1 Princes. lis Knights. IS Lords. IL
Rarors. l Gear, S4ltans. 30 Dukes.
81 Earls. 50 Keisers . Queens. The
Johnsons have the Smiths effectuatls
beaten, 1.es1 to 5.15S. The shortest
names il the directory are four Of two
letters each-~Ax. Elk, Tx and tie. The
first name Is Aabcrg the last gv2ik
Then there are Joseph Buttinski. John
Fit. John Soup. Peter Ladder. "A firs
man; Anton Had and William Hadnot,
Emma kindling and +. F. Full, the
latter a saloon keeper
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

Desperate efforts to effcctnally
savings bank program will be
made in Chicago during the
meeting of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION, tho savings bank section of
which has been arrayed against the
pledge Or the administration to Great l.
postal banks. The plausible ple. will
be reiterated that the fmlfiliment of
the pledge to the people should be
referred To The monetary commission.
Tie real hope of the hostile banking
i1terest Is based on Senator Aldrich's
well known attitude on this and other
questions. What tn. monetary COM
mission as now constituted would do
10 the postal tank bill is easy to fore
see. President Taft has reiterated his
determination To accept no sonhlstry
and permit no further de.ay-the oh
stractive tactics of Speaker Cannon
and Tiers having been successful for
II years In preventing the enactment
pr measures to create postal banks
Notwithstanding the favorable reports
of senate and house committees and
admissions. Chairman George Ii.
turrier ~ the Postal Savings Bank
icasSe's executive committee has said
in Everyday Life" in which Chicago
magazine he has vigorously cham
rinned the measure. The merits of
tie measure long since were conceded.
The neon'e nj the United States are
arrayed against "A handful of canaons
and Ai9Tiehes and Weekses and bank
ers-those bankers vino are too narrow
To sec that such measure tn promote
savings and thrift Is measure that
inevitably win Increase commercial
bank deposits and the nations finan-
cfaI saundness and stability. In Aus
trta the banks gained when the people
were given such a system and tie
people gained tremendously This
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

Another blow at New York's dwin-
died exports of grain as the result Of
canada's new independence of the
ports and shipping Of the United
States and its prodigious annual in
crease of crop. is seen in the prepare
tions of the Chicago Board Of Trade
to entertain for the first time the
grain merchants and brokers of waist
ern Canada with those of the United
States. September II and Is. New
York. in its desperation at its loss of
grain exports. which has left whole
fleets of freighters idla while shipping
brokers of Montreal on the Atlantic
and Vancouver on the Pacific are
overwhelmed with business at double
the rates tn Liverpool that are offer, /
in New York. talk of taking their
plight to the interstate commerce CON-
mission. Even the big crop in the
United States now has less Importance
in the export prospects than that of
Western Canada, which this year viii
reach the enormous total of lao, 200, 900
bushels. according 10 estimates of the
Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk
Pacific. 4 large part nf this will be
exported as the domestic consumption
Is relatively loss than in the United
States where consumption and pr0duc-
ton are now running an even race.
The acreage and crop increase of Ca
madam provinces amount this year II
practically 20 per cent, as against an
increase of thu cora crop in the United
States Of ! per cent which lis regarded
as phenomenal
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

Chief Justice d. Z. Morgan of the
North Dakota supreme court is being
mentioned as possible candidate for
the United States senate IL succeed
Senator Peter ]. Mccumher, whose
term will expire in 1911.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

Ses, Of the life was for the men, and
the women patched their clothes and
wore their down-a the heel shoes.
and at night wrestled in prayer as to
whether they ought to ask pa for a
new calico frock. Now they are going
into business for themselves. 1t is
they who are playing the game. 1t is
they who have the responsibility
very entertaining thing, responsibility.
by the way: they who have the bills
reap the profits and spend the money
a. they please. Among the success
full coffee planters IL Mrs. Jane =.
Baird of Vera Cruz, Mex. 1t takes
five years to derive profit from cof-
fee raising, and this, Mrs. Baird says.
keeps many from going into the bust
ness, Mrs. Baird even places her cot
fee in the hands of woman middle
man. Among the stock raisers' of the
country is Mrs. Katherine Pearson of
Phoenix, AriZ. Her ostrich farm there
yields a net annual profit of $4,000,
and is the largest breeding ranch in
America. She has now started n farm
near Havana, Cuba.
1t Is quite common for women to
take up government claims, but of
the great company of those who have
essayed this, few equal in courage Or
initiative the three Creutz sisters of
Colorado. They lived down Lost creek
way and are orphans. When their
parents We're taken from them they
were mere children--the eldest not
sixteen. They We're all but destitute,
but they had love of adventure and
We're not afraid to test fortune. They
took UP lou acres and built ii shanty,
planted corn themselves and raised a
good crop. which they marketed and
by living In strict economy put up
three-room cottage. bought horse
and went on farming. At the end of
four years they have found themselves
able to buy an additional 100 acres
from the government, This Is partly
timherea and they get their fuel from
1t. They now have a home supplied
with the neeessaries, good farming
implements. horses. cattle. chickens
and other farm animals. and rank
among the leading farmers of the
community for industry, thrift, inge-
nuity and steadiness.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
WhyDon'tYou Gr0WWith Missoula?

to
o q oget
gtowar create
andle tter to get in
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

War between dairym'n and the milk
dealers of Chicago. which threatens an
advance of milk 10 s cents a quart and
which already has shaken the city
chemist out of his health department
job. now Is spreading to half dozen
states outside of tina normal milk zone
of the city. The big milk dealers arc
searching Iowa. Minnesota and South
Dakota for milk supplies and the milk
producers protective association is set
ting about organizing the counties not
already organized in the membership
of $500. Meanwhile the prospect of
goats butting into the warfare as the
one thing needfnl to save the consum-
ers. has backed out again all because
of a report started in salt Lake City
goats were subject to an infectious
fever that goes by the name of micro
cocus militeasis for short. This Is
said to be the smallest germ known to
nateria medica: it also is said that 10
per c.bst of goat milk contains n pure
culture of the diminutiye germs and
Health Commissioner Evans has de
elared that If he finds this germ he
will get its goat. Meanwhile the use
of goats milk continues for it is pre-
serihed for infants and inyaiids. 1t is
estimated at the stock yards, where
goats are sold, that there are about
1000 of them In Chicago. and that
goats milk Is extensively used. much
Of it being brought from outside
places.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12

The state totals Of fire waste that
make up the huga aggregate Of $780,
60e.00 for the United States during
tho last five years according to
compilation which has been made in
Chicago, put Tennessee in the lead
with the unenviab'" fire record for the
same period of s20.u0o. 600 The losses
in that state per $1,000 of insurance
have increased during the five year
period from SOLO Ia s10.4s, notwith-
standing the decrease in many other
states. i'm Connecticut from. s44o to
S3.1I and in Illinois from $50 tn s5.65
The failure of officials in the United
States to take, steps to prevent fires
although spending millions of dollars
in trying to put them aut-in Chicago
the fire department costs s2,s71,1o7 per
year-is given as the biggest reason
for the enormous fire waste which be-
comes tax upon evd'y property
r'"ner i'm the country. That the meth
DDS of European cities. where the
maxim. IAN ounce Of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" is the one fol-
lowed Is found in the per capita fire.
loss of 33 cents compared to which is
the figure of s3.02 per capita in the
United States. There are about
fires per 1000 of population in the
United States as compared to less
than one in Europe. Commenting on
the conclusions regarding Tennessee
an underwriting authority said: IF
the people of Tennessee had n,irer lost
a dollar by fire; If not one had been
rendered homeless and houseless: If
no lives had been lost: If none had
been ruined or his lifetime savings
swept away in IA single hour: II would
yet seem that the instincts of common
humanity and the dictates of a broad
patriotism would prompt every inteili
gent citizen of this fair state to unite in
some well organized movement for the
reduction of this immense fire waste
with all of it's attendant misery and
suffering" Reduction of the fire loss
proceeds but slowly in the United
States notwithstanding the tax that
falls upon business and home owners
as result of reckless disregard of pre-
ventive measures that are recon-
mended by underwriting experts.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-12
Across the Bitter Root Mountains
Continue dFrnmP one)

CONTINUED From Fage One.1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
DIFFERENT FROM
THE USUAL STORY
Witness in Calhoun Trial Who
May or Not Be Truthful
James.

San Francisco, June 4-Charging that
Patrick Calhoun was a party to a plot to
manufacture evidence favorable to Off
Gals of the United Railroads association.
Attorney Francis J. Heney introduced
into the trial of the United Railroads to-
day a new issue
Samuel F. Scott. during a period of
three years successfully employed by the
United Railroads, the Southern Pacific
and W. J. Burns, agent of the prOsecu-
ton in positions Of confidence. was the
witness who made the accusation. His
testimony although received by the de-
Tense with ridlCule and contempt. opened
up one of the bitterest controversies of
the long trial Scott, who admitted that
be had become an agent Of the pTOSeCu-
ton since the trial commenced. said he
had been approached by Joseph II. Hand
lon claims agent Of the United Railroads.
in 1907, and been requested to repeat be-
fore Mr.. Calhoun story manufactured
by Handlon.
Scott said that Handlon asked him TO
tell Calhoun that he (Scott) had once been
in the employ of Burns, that he had &C
cOmpanied Rudolph Spreckels and Fran
els J. Heney in an automobile ride to d
house, the location of which was not de-
lined, ana that Mr.. SpreCkels had
watched through a transom the conduct
of two men who entered an adjoining
room. The witness said he had been re-
qUested to tell Mr.. Calhoun that Mr.
Spreckels had subsequently Joined the
two men in the adjoining room and de-
parted in their company.
Stanley Moore, attorney for the defend
ant, who conducted the examinations, ad-
mitted that the story of the witness was
no surprise to the defense, but insinuated
by his questions that Scott had originated
to the defense, after which he entered the
employ Of the prosecution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
PHILADELPHIA STRIKE
HAS NOW BEEN SETTLED
Men to Get twenty-five Cents an
Hour and Ten Hours Will Be the
Working Day Hereafter.

Philadelphia, June 4.-"The strike has
been settled. The men will receive y
cents an hour, beginning tomorrow morn
ing, and ten hours will constitute a day s
work
This statement tonight from c. o.
Pratt, chairman of the executive COM
mittee O. tho Amalgamated Association
Of Street Railway Employees, followed by
the deportation of the 450 nOn-union
worllmen, marked the end of the strike
of employees Of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company. The trouble began
last Saturday.
The settlement was brought about pri-
maTiiy by State Senator James p. Nc
Nichol. Republican leader of this city.
at conferences yesterday with the trac-
ton officials and labor representative
These conferences were followed by
others today.
After being in session nearly all day
the men agreed to accept % cents an
hour. The old Swing system has been
abolished. ten hours viii constitute a
DAYS work; all employees viii be per
nitted TO purchase their uniforms in the
open market: all future differences are
to be adjusted between the company and
a grievance committee chosen by the en-
ployes.
If after an Investigation by the city
comptroller of the books of the company,
il can be shown that more than p cents
an noUr can be paid without gripping
the finances of the company. the men
will insist upon further advance in
wages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
CASE OF HEINzE
ON THE BOARDS
So Far the Copper Magnate
Has Held His Own in the
Federal Court.

New York. June 4.-In an effort to
subpoena new directors Of the United
Copper company whom T. Augustus
Heinze practically elected on Wednesday,
a squad of United States marshals re-
manned at the office of the company
nearly all day. understanding that there
was to be d meeting. Late in the after
noon it was learned that the directors
had met elsewhere.
Other developments included the ap-
pearance Of Sanford Robinson, q former
director, before the grand jury in order
to clear himself of contempt of court,
with which he was threatened for refus-
ing to reveal the whereabouts of the miss
ing books, the basis of all the present
trouble. When Robinson came from the
grand jury room it was understood that
he had purged himself. and District At
torney Wise expressed confidence that he
soon would have the books.
With the books I'm the hands of the fed
eral authorities, the inquiry into the at
fairs of the Mercantile National bank.
which failed in the panic of 1897 will be
gin, and the transactions Of f. Augustus
Heinze will be investigated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
NEVADA MINERS
ARE INDICTED
Charged With False Reports
to State Bullion Tax COL
leCtOrS.

GoIdfeld, New, June 4-Forty-six in
dictments were returned by the grand
jury today against officers of the Pitts
burg-Silver Peak and F'iorence-G Oldfield
Mining companies of this state, charging
that false reports had been made by them
to the state bullion tax collector in con
nection with the output Of properties.
The names of those indicted We're not
made public and Will De withheld until the
persons named are served to appear.
The action of the grand jury is viewed
with great interest, because of the fact
that many prominent men are connected
with the companies in official capacities.
United States Senator Oliver of Penn
svlvania and Senator William Flynn Of
Pittsburg are connected with the Silver
Peak mine. while A D. Parker, vice presi-
dent of the Colorado Southern railroad
and Thomas LOckhart, a millionaire of
Reno, New. are interested in the Cold
field-FlOrence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
KILLS HIMSELF IN
BUTTE LODGING HOUSE

Butte Mont, June Am unknown
man, a German and believed to have been
musician, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the temple in a South
Main street lodging house late this aft
ernOon after taking elaborate care to de-
stroy everything which might lead or af-
ford some inkling as TO his identity. He
removed his coat, sat In a chair, crossed
his legs and then fired the shot.
A Chinese youth, stricken by disease,
committed suicide today by swallowing
opium and shooting himself in the ear a
number of times with a small calibre re-
volver. He left a note explaining that he
left with best wishes