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Arizona republican., 1910-07-23
FINANCE AND COMMERCE

New York, July 22.-The bear party was not much molested in its opera tions in stocks today The decline in prices encountered little effective re- sistance in the form of buying orders except such as the bears themselves supplied when they covered. The op
 erations congested largely in a few speculative stocks. But price conces
 sions applied to the whole list Bear
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was detached 20 take charge OF the
masonry wori. in the building OF tho
houTc annex. and was later appointed 10
manage tho buidmg-that is to say, 10
congress. II IS worth explaining. incl
dentally. that both apartment houses are
under the control of the respective COM
miitccS Of senate and house.
Restaurant in Each Annex.
Each OF the two great ast houses has
restaurant Of it's own. That of the
house is under The samc management
as the eating Establishment at the house
end OF tho capitol. Probably tho arrange
meut in the s"naie annex viii he the
saine. In the basement oi each annex Ia
a Kitchen. larger aud with q greater
cooking capacity. 50 TO speak. than that
together could prepare supper for 5000
people IL goes without saving that all
most up-to-datc description. In each
/ Kitchen thor" is n range ihlr;y-fivc feet
long. The white enamel lee boxes arc
enormous in size. aud the huge Ice cream
! free1crs are run 10y electricity. -
! The. kitchen arrangements are Substan-
| ti1ly tho same Tor both ;bcSc congress
sional hotels. Their dining rooms are
equally spacious But the senate dining
room has white marble floor. plaSter1
| of Vermont marble. and chandeliers OK
porn silver. whereas. IN the house annex
! both floor and walls arc Of cement and
J the light fixtures OF bronze.
Elevators in Plenty.
In each annex there are thirteen clc-
! vatorE. but those i'm the house building
! are Of iron. while the senate cleVa lora
arc OF polished bronzc-probably the most
beautiful in the world. Everywhere In
! the senate wing iron Is replaced by
bronze tas. Tor eXgrIplc. In the stair
raIlSi, and marble takes tho place ri !ha
| plaster with which Representa- tiycS must
u" s9tigiicJ. on each floor of tho SELL
ate annex. also. stands a chemical fro
engine and vacuum carpet cleaner
/ luxuI'lcs TO which the house office build
Ing is u stranger.
! Many years ago tn" senate rcsnrtcd to
the cXpodi"nt nf making each Of it3
members the chairman OF some commit :
toe. partly in order that hc might baNo
the exclusive use OF room attached
To tho comnIttc" room. and II clerk and
messenger II WAS not possible 10 mak0
any such provision for representatives.
because OF their number. But il WAS tho
opinion OF many representatives.. never
n room ihat he could call his own
whence the building OF the house annex.
| which was finished year ago. Tho scn-
ate was willing to assent To the appro-
pTiatiou OF tho requisite money If it
could have building for Its own use.
| Thus il comes about that. at a cost OF
$1,000 900 for tho two structures, both
branches OF congress find themselves to-
day provided with tho most luxurious
qnarters OF n qua -domiciliarY charac-
ter enjoyed by any body OF legislators
in the world.
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much Of the land there is good for agri-
cultural purposes and we need the new
settlers TO develop the country. There
fore the people here arc against th pro-
posed reserve.
What Game Warden Wants.
In speaking in favor of the proposed
winter range for elk, State Game War
den NOwip says;
Rffcrripg 10 petitions from jack
son s Hole. concerning game refuge aud
feed for elk. ] am very much afraid
the people there are making Il serious
mistake. They arc not only protesting
against the proposed winter refuge on
Gros Ncnlre (Which We hoped 10 get as
- present from Uncle SAM. but havo
sent In petitions asking Congress 10
appropriate. money 10 buy hay FOR our
elk. and casting reflections upon the last
legislature for making an inadequate
appropriation. Now everybody knows the
appropriation was ample. and after buy
ing Ill available nav and spending
much money for labor in feeding it.,
there Is still a considerable surplus left
and available for emergencies, besides
nc $1,000 of The game appropriation,
The lncXplicable opposition by The set
;lers of the lower valley 10 the winter
refuge (neYcr heard of until hay was
bought there last winter) coupled with
their frenzied appeal 10 the national CON
gross for funds. tends to create a
suspicion in the minds of many other,
citizens who are interested in game
preservation that the petitioners of
Jackson s Hole are either very inconsis-
tent or very anxious to make sure of r
large annual disbursement Of funds in
their immediate ncighborhood. with the
permanent welfare of the elk as n see
ondary consideration. | earnestly trust
that no Unwise action will lessen the
general interest in our magnificent
bands of elk, or cause any cessation of
efforts TO provide them with winter sus-
tcnancc.
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and the ship regained an even keel, VIC
discovered that the cable which had been
attached to the foe berg at the stern had
become Ieptangled with the propeller.
1t was time for lightning thought
and action; but by attaching heavier
cable to the parted ono and taking n
hitch round the steam capstan, we final
ly disentangled II.
'rhis excitement was no sooner over
than great berg that was passing near
us split in two of its own accord. a
cube of some twcuty-fe or thirty feet
across dropping toward the ship, and
Just missing our quarter by only foot
or two. 'Bcrgs to the right Of them.
bergs To the left of them, bergs on top
OF them, heard somebody say. as we
caught our brcaths at this miraculous
escape.
''rhc ship was now quito at The
mercy Of the drifting ice, aud with the
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which no hunter is allowed TO trcspass.
aud which may moi be homcSteadcd and
improved as other public land
Elk Become a Menace,
For thc first timc in the history of
Wyoming The last state Legislature faced
request for the appropriation OF $4,000
10 feed these elk which were. during
the latter part OF last winter, and are
even now, in imminent danger of being
very largely wiped ont of existence by
starvation Thcu. too. there were other
reasons WHY hay should be purchased
for these elk. which undoubtedly form
the largest living band of elk IN The
world They were becoming menace
TO the safety and prosperity of the
farmers in the Jackson Hole valley.
Sweeping Down Valley.
Driven down hv deep snow from their
mountain Businesses whore they fed IN
summer and fall, these fifty thousand
live elk swept down into the jackson 5
hole last month like an army of invaders
and thcV lowered about the ranches IN
tho valley and ate up almost every yes
tigc Of grass before the winter was well
advanced Then they were forced bv
the, pangs of hunger 10 dcvour The brush
and even the bark from the young trees,
and by united efforts Of their vast mum
bcrs they broke through barbed wire
and rail fences and dcvourcd the hay
stacks of the settlers. leaving the ranch
men without food for their stock. The
SHOWS by last February, 1909, had
reached a depth Of ten 80 twelve feet
in tho mountains. and from three TO
four feet in tho valley, and with hard
frozen crust on The surface, there was
absolutely no chance foPthc elk to get
nourishmont from the grass. The same
condition is now beginning 10 face the
elk IN western Wyoming at this time
Mass Meetings Held,
The seitlers~in The Jackson = hole got
tocethe ard held mass meetings to pro-
vide some means 10 uro,cci their farms
! and 10 save the elk from Starvation
TheA. were prohibited hv law from shoot
ing at the elk. and II was found Dcccs-
! sarv by MANY of those ranchmen who
depended on thclr bay 10 save their do
nestle stock 30 keep night and day
guards about their hay stacks, AZ the
mass meetings large private donations
Of cash were made and men wcrc hired
TO purchase hay al 50 n ton "a very
cheap figure at that timc) and 10 dis
tribute this feed among the starving
elk.
Legislature Appealed to for Aid.
| Delegations were appointed 10 await
upon the legislature, which was then IN
! session, and the appeals which were
made TO the lawmakers for nu lmmedl-
ate appropriation Of funds to BUY nay
for the elk were seconded by kilograms
from the ranchmen. whose nay STAG rs
were endangered The law makers first
consideration was for the elk, not only
on account of their deplorablc plight,
but because the Legislators recognized
in them one of the state s most ValD'
able resources Their value. figured only
at the market prices Of beef steers. they
were worth over S2,000,O00 to the state
but as these elk have been an attrac.
tion which annually brings hundreds of
hunters and wealthy pleasure-seekers 10
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this state and brings in an income Of
thousands of dollars III the sale of game
licenses alone, their yaluc is much great.
err Some of the Legislators said they
were worth more TO the state than the
sheep which annually produce over $40.
000, coo i'm wool. At any rate, they had
10 be protected, and the ranchmcu g
hav-stacks had 20 be taken into consid-
GRAFTON.
Appropriation Is Made.
4 bill for the appropriation Of $4,000
was hurricdIy drawn and rushed through
the legislature under suspension OF the
rules, State Game Warden ID. G.. Now
lin was detailed TO the Jackson hole
country with the money and with in
strUctiOns 10 use every means for tho
relief Of the starving, elk. In going
from Cheyenne, the state capital 10 the
jackson s hole, which is surrounded by
au almost impossible circle of noun"
tains, through which no railroad has as
vet penetrated, the stHtc game warden
had TO travel over 600 miles; first by
rail far up to ST, Anthony, Ida, and
sleigh through the Teton pass, where
for fifteen miles hc went over six feet
of snow, and where frequent snow
slides cut of his progress
Settlers Help Warden.
Once within the fertile valley. where
tbe elk far out numbered the settlers.
and perhaps the cattle also, the state
game warden at once started syste.
of available hay was purchased at the
same price charged the relief commit
tee of the settlers, and ranchmen gave
thn state IS agent every DOsSible assist
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GEEO/~G

fore seen in the valley They soon
learned the location of the feeding
places. They became as tame as cat
tie. and followed the hay loads. often
eating the hay before it was thrown
from the sleighs. The hay crop was
exhausted before the appropriation rau
out, and considerable money is still
available for feeding the elk this win
ter. Warm winds began 10 open mp the
range III the spring. and the elk soon
worked back up into tho mountains.
only to return again this winter, and
with the same situation facing the set
tiers and state agents as they cncoun-
tered last spring.
The state game warden reports that
about 90 600 of the 10000 live elk We're
fed, and that about 5000 werc saved
from starvation. Even with the assist.
ancc given by the state the mortality
among the elk was severe. Several hun
dred died from cold and starvation, and
many of the weakened animals fell easy
prcy to coyotes. wolves and mountain
lions. which thrived and grew bold OF
the rich, wild meat so easily procured.
Few Bucks Killed.
Hunters turned out early this last fall
when the game season opened MP on Sep.
tcmbcr %. but while they saw plenty
of does and Young bucks, few of the
large antlered bucks were reported
killed. it has been estimated that from
$500 TO 5000 elk were killed by hunters
this last fall, Il small number when the
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Dynamite Helped Peary to Pole

game began about 4 clock in the
morning / was in my cabin trying to
get a little sleep with my clothes on
for / had not dared to remove them for
n week My rest was cut short by a
shock so violent that, before L realized
that ANYTHING had happened, ! found
starboard some twelve or fifteen degrees.
I ran. or rather climbed the deck TO
the port side. and saw what had hap
pcncd A big foe rushing past with
the current had picked up tho grounded
berg TO which we were attached by the
hawscrs, aud dashd it against the Roose.
that thousand ton berg had been a toy.
The berg brought up against another one
lust aft Of us. and the Roosevelt slipped
from between the two like creased
q AS soon as the pressure was relaxed
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When Arctic Ice Became
too Thick He Bias ted 1t

specially for this purpose. A wire from
the battery had of course. been con.
nected with ono of the primers buried
in the dynamite, Pole, wire, and dyna.
mite were thrust down through n crack
IN the ice at several places in the ad-
iacent foe. The other end Of each
wire was then connected with the bat
terry, everyone got away TO 4 respectful
distuncc on the far side Of the deck,
and a quick. sharp push on the plunger
of the battery sent the electric current
along the wires.
Rip bang! boom! Tho ship shook
like a dish of Jelly and column OF
water and pieces of ice went flying u
hundred feet into The air. gcyscr fnsh,
ion. The pressure of the ice against
the ship being thus removed. she right.
cd herself and lay quietly ON her cush-
ION of crushed icc-waitiug for what
ever might happon next -
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To any prospective pole-hunter who
imapines nc need simply charter a ship
and sail pleasantly away TO So degrees
north latitude he IS advised to read
Pcary's article in tho forthcoming
March Hampton's magazine, wherein
for over dozen pages he describes the
terrific, crve.straining, sleep-prohibit-
ing fipht Of the stout little Roosevelt
against a sea packed with maverick
bcrns and ice foes run amuck- In one
case il was even necessary 10 qyhaesnI 20
being crushed.
~ think that none of tho. members
SOth of August says Pcary. 1.-The
Roosevelt was kicked about, the foes Hoe
as if she had been a football. Ihc
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Few Bucks Killed.

pressure from tho outer pack til
Roosevelt again carecned to starbonrd,
/ knew that if she were drivon any
higher onto tho shore, we would have
to discharge large part Of the coal
get her off again. So 7 decided to
dynamite the ice,
'"'l told Bartlett TO get out his bat
terjes and dynamite, and TO smash the
ice between the Roosevelt and the
heavy foes outside, making soft
cushion for tho ship TO rest ON, The
batteries wero brought up from the
lazaret, one OF the dynamite boxes lift.
ed out with caution, and BARTLETT and
] looked for the best places i'll the ice
for the charges.
"Sevcral sticks of dynamite were
wrapped in pieces of old bagging and
fastened on the ond of long spruce
poles, which wo had brought along
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d fifty thousand live wild
;uula You do with them !
1uesHon which is bothcriDg
l Of Wyoming. IL may be
b Salt Lake City and Utah
know that such a large
B elk may he found IN The
b country and in the
nges OF tRe Tetons, Gros
Wind RivG mountains in
part Of Wyoming, only
|||fs north. and a little east
N City. Cut off from The
listed districts which sur
impregnablc mountain
'lk have. during the last
Ven SO well protected by
~. and with ample feco
arm seasons have increased
tent that thoy now become
b the state. Wyoming is
= double duty; first Of pro
elk from the ravagcs OF
1tsrs and pot-hunters. auc
"a from starvation during
E1nters; and second, TO pro
l9ate feeding ground where
|rhs OF the forest may in
-e have n reservation upon
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10 say, 10 the Office OF the building.
which Is on the first noor. just inside
the main entrance. There arc twelve
messengers and laborcrs always on duty
In ule daytime. and they are at the scrv-
Ice oI the occupants OF the legislative
,i,ius; ,ats; NO women arc employed in the
DullGins' save only three. OF colored per-
suasiou. who have charge of retiring
rooms for lady visitors.
Hotcl-keeper From Idaho.
Tic housekeeping OF the Senatorial
i'at costs 100000 "a year This. OF
course does not include fuel or light.
There are thirteen elevators. which are
run from =. IN, 10 l. midnight every
days lncludcd-each of them. OF course
requiring an attendant. Towels and such
other toilet ncccsssijcs as brushes apd
combs are supplied from tho office The
building is under the charge of an offl-
cial custodian Mr. al. Werner Mr.
Werner. vino keeps the botcl for sem
younger He halls from Idaho. and his
beginning Ia He was made as clerk I'm
drug stcra, which was owned by his
mother, at = salary Of So a week. For
II whil" he did engineering work on the
Nortpcrn Pacific railroad in Montana. and
nc MAS also been in tho real estate busi-
ness lto was member OF the Idaho
lcgisla turc whcu that body elected Sen
ator Borah. II was through Borah that
hc came 90 Washington and, after s"~
ing FOR som" time AS assistant TO Elliott
waS made custodian OF tho senate 0atS.
Werner is tall dark. slender and much
likcd by everybody.
Controls Congress Flats,
II is Elliot, Woods who, incidentally
to his duties as superintendent OF the
capitol. controls both the senate fats
aud the house ilats He Is n most re-
marlS5hc man. Twenty years ago. or
thcrcaboutS. he driftcd la Washington
from Indiana and obtoincd employment
as foreman ot laborcrs on the capitol
grounds gIis manifest ability caused
EDWARD Clark. the architect OF tho capt
tol. 10 promor" him to The position of an
assistant in his Office. ana. when Clark
died, half dozen years since, he sue
ceedcd 20 The main ioh~ being recon-
Incndcd Tor the place TO Mr.. Roosevelt by
every member OF the senate. including
both Republicans and Democrats, Be
cause Woods was not an architect, the
title OF the manager Of the capitol was
altered. for his benefit. To supcrintcnd
ent He is not in fact. even > bsildcr.
yet il was he who put up The two great
Office buildings. otherwise known an
neNcs. which. as they stand today. rep
resent his ideas throughout. even to the
smallest details. Incidentally. hc is a
wonderful musician, playing tho violin.
the piano aud the old-iaslioncd musical
glasses He can give whole evening
rawing room entertainment all by HIM
self. \ wizard at electricity, he WAS one
of tho first men i'm this country 10 take
up experiments with the X-rays. and at
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Palmo Tablets

transform weak, broken.down nervous
wrecks into magnificent types OF pbysi-
cal perfection. They restore tho nerves
and kidneys to their normal conditions
and make YOU look aud feel years
younger Guaranteed. 80 cents. Book
Free. The s. II. Fell Co. Cleveland, O.
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IAN the wonderful new
.hi,sy,cd by congress, four
sstbe capitol, will be start
Nth light and heat not
,G,oI G itself. but also the two
',adines OF house and sem
a.tlonal library 1t is n
|',;us engineering enterprise
,ssnItol Hill having been 1T
.d with burrows 10 carry
~',ros for the purpose.
thero will be no separate
,,,c OF illumination In any
-,surioned buildings, all OF
s,pcud for light and warmth m,
,r plant in question. The
.o,,d by Il ccmcnt-lined
r,,oush for man TO walk
.no system OF tunnels new
which Joins the library
tnc capitol and the two
y e.h,c anncXcs. Sll OF the
nnd Is subterranean. not i
ncsrIng above ground
|dccnt Office Building.
40 nj the power plant Is
ci3ent with the completion
nrncx which, about a year
o,,rs aunex In its c6ns,ruc-
;,si received its finishing
,snds today. however, be-
Ian the handsomest and
sniiy equipped office build
"a To ell inlonts and pur-
;mmensc hotel, and Is con-
bnsIs seve Only for tue
c.,aIns no bedrooms. il is
.so only. and nobody sleeps
Ia snltes of rooms, All of
rfifully furnished, and they
I'M Of desirablenesS only
III that some Of them com
coms while others have bnt
cnYtor has u suite for b1s
Z orcupancy, and tn every
snaylmcnt Is connected with
nam Of a committee over
fnntor himself prcsides 'aS
rhrse committee rooms. by
eupcrbly fitted up. the great
Tbich the members SIT on
a chaii's being of massive
No Char,Woman.
Ia a good 1lcal about this
.af pelacc thht is out Of the
of ono thing, there are no
~ XII of the cleaning and
Il done by the might mon,
n number. come on duty at
10 OF al s o'clock In the
o,,s the senator. when Inc
roems. finds them in perfect
rot bothered by intrusions
pi,rposes, and never even
III Who does the work.
.npfor wants anything. ne
II 'lpaid by the sovernmenD
"a the hotel oftice--that Is
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nnce Sleds equipped with hay racks
were procured, and men were hired at
twenty cents an hour to haul the hay
out over the snow and throw it of where
the elk were punched together.
AS Tame as Cattle.
The elk came down from the hills IN
nnmhcrs far greater than were ever be.
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total number and their annual increase
is considered. Hunters found that the
snow being late this fall, tho old bucks
did not como down so carly. and it was
only toward the close Of the season on
November 30. that the weather turned
cold and snow began 10 drive the elk
down to wharc they can be reached by
the hunter, the younger elk being thc
first 10 get down INTO the valleys. and
the first TO be met with by the hunters.
Tusk Hunters at Work
The elk arc now endangered by ruth;
less slaughter by the men who make IA
business of slaughtcrmg them ior th"'r
teeth only. Deputy State Game Warden
Sorcnscn reports that fusi, hunter. -"
again AT work in tho north cocn;tE ~ {
thnt they have slaughtered Il consider
able number of elk for their teeth. They
leave the carcasses TO rot, and be re-
Gently found the carcasscs of nine piled
in ono bunch. Only the tusks nad pecn
removed This is the first time that
tusk hunters have given much trouble
since the famous Isobcl gang were
broken M about five years ago,
Formed Vigilant Committee.
"About three years ago the country
was infested with band of tusk hunt.
ers. saws the jackson 5 Hole Courier,
of the game laws ana deputy game
wardens. The game wardcus came 10
the settlers and openly admitted their
inability to cope with the poachcrs.
Thercupon the settlers held little
meeting and appointed a committee to
wait upon the poachcrs and gently
break the news 10 them that. while this
was considered one OF the hcalthlost
spots on earth. their presence was un-
desirable and that il they didn I move
10 some moro congcnial cline in less
than forty-cight hours. they would be
sent on journey TO n world. regarding
which climatic reports are very uucor-
tain-but is usually considered uucom"
foriably warm. The poacherS left, con.
sidcrably in advance of the time limit
set by the committee.
Winter Range Proposed.
The last legislature. after appropri
ating funds for the feeding OF elk, went
further, and passed Il resolution 10 con.
grcSs. requesting that u tract of noun
famous country of about 100000 acres
in the central part ot Uinta county be
sci aside rs Il game reserve. ana pcrma-
ncnt winter feeding ground for elk. This
measure is now before congress. New
difficulties have sprung up recently in
the passage of tbls measure which Is be-
ing opposed by the residents of Jack
son S Hole, and n number of rcsolu
tions have been drawn up and sent TO
congress in opposition 10 the winter
feeding ground These settlers declare
that the people Of Jackson 5 hole do not
want the Gros Vcutrc winter game re-
serve for several reasons. The country
rs not their natural winter range; the
elk could not subSist there during Sc
we're winter. nor could the necessary
feed be taken there for them. They
could not possibly he kept there and
would continue TO make the lower end
of the valley their feeding ground and
the settlers would still have 10 fence
and might herd their nav stacks: