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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28
BOUnl(U|k FA|LST0 WAKE
REPUBLICANS
ELOQUENT BUTTE JURIST ROASTS
HARTMAN, TALKS TARIFF AND
URGES TO VOTE STRAIGHT.

Those who wandered into the Lucas
opera house Wednesday night, attract
ed first by the big bonfire and led by
the band began to wonder again
shortly after the ball opened. John
Mclaughlin, the preacher blacksmith
of Stevensville, and republican nomi-
nee fer the legislature, was eXpound-
ing republican doctrine of the Lin
coin period and on the whole it lis
tened like a good, old Methodist camp
meeting in full blast.
But the illusion was quickly dissi-
pated when Judge George M. Bourquin
of Butte, the star speaker of the even
ing, took the floor. After paying his
respects to Mr. Hartman Judge Bour-
'quin launched into defense of the
Aldrich~Payne tariff law. He talked
tariff as republican spellbinders were
wont to do so some 20 years ago
long before the republican party was
hopelessly split into "stand-pat" and
"insurgent' factions by this selfsame
issue.
After handing the Bitter Root valley
a bouquet by stating that when, upon
his first visit it had burst upon him
as an enhancing picture of beauty and
fertility that led him to conclude that
this was in deed the land of promise"
for republicans, the judge said in part:
eve are facing a serious and pecu-
liar campaign. The gentleman from
Bozeman was the only man that the
democrats could resort to, and he is
now attacking the party with which
he was once affiliated. But Hartman
is not an issue. The year 1910 is going
to be famous for the men woh failed
to "come back" The distinguished
citizens James ]. Jeffries and Charles
S. Hartman will be in the same class.
"There must be an issue in this cam
paigil," continued the speaker land
that issue is the tariff. / make the
prediction, too, that it will be an is
sue two years hence in the national
fight. Everything in the country, we
confess, is not what it might be, but
our democratic friends ought not to
blame conditions on the government.
There is 10 royal road to prosperity
and wealth.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28
FORAKER WITHDRAWS
FROM STUMP In OHIO

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 27-Declining
to accede to an alleged request Of the
state executive committee
to modify his speeches, former Sen
ator Foraker has withdrawn from par
ticipation in the Ohio state campaign
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28

Corvallis, Oct 27.-About forty men
employed by the Missoula Light &,
Water company are stationed at
Woodside, from whence they will ex-
tend the electric power line to Hamil-
ton and Corvallis. Corvallis is al
ready being lighted by electricity from
Bonner, transmitted from the main
line at Victor by way of an old branch
line
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28
The Tariff.

Judge RCurCuin here gave a concise
explanation of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law, declaring that it is not "an
iniuuito1s measure" The high cost of
Twins is not due to it. We have be-
come an eXtravagant people and have
a right to be. We have right to live
on a higher scale than did our fore
fathers. Samuel Gompers made a
STUDY Of this subject in many of the
European countries, but discovered to
his diemay that conditions are worse
thar in the United States. The China
man lays the high price of rats and
rice on the missionaries and here the
dem0crat5 lay it on the protective
tariff and the republicans. There is
not much difference in the two
heathens. You could follow Mr. Hart
man over the state by the tears he is
shedding over the high price of
hosiery, and yet only recently l made
a purchase OF a pair of this article for
7 cents in Butte. OF course there are
some isolated defects in the tariff bill,
but as a rule the actual necessities of
life have not suffered. For instance,
the tariff on opium is high and on
meat low. Still the democrats harp on
the aWfulness of the schedule on
opium. 1t is just another one of their
pipe dreams. President Taft was not
at al wrong when he said we have the
best tariff law to date"
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28
" Price of Wool.

The speaker recalled the condition
of tn sheep industry under the Cleve-
land administration, when prices went
so low that democrat couldn't look
a sheen IN the face The price of
woe w ant from Is to cents and the
price Of sheep from SO and 81 to ST.
Judge Bourquin argued that the re-
publican party deserves all the credit
for regulating the trusts. He favored
most heartily the railroad bill, which
the democrats voted against and which
they are now clamoring for. The
long-a1d-short-ha provision is one
of the best measures ever passed, and
the postal savings bank bill will al
ways stand as a monument to Senator
Garter
An earnest appeal to the people to
send solid republican delegation to
the next legislature was made by the
speaker in concluding. "There is
much of Importance to be done, and
you must not fail to support that party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
A Banner Year

Alabama's cotton Is improving every day. and a conservative estimate now places the crop in this state at 1,SOo,Oco bales. which would be nearly up to the big crop of 1908. Two or three weeks ago 8 conservative estimate called for but 100000 bales, and in July, when it was thought that Alabama cotton was all but ruined, the talk was of a LoOo,ooO-bale crop.
 The souths cotton crop this year will probably not exceed 12,O0O0O0 bales, and Alabama with 100000 bales will make relatively bettep showing than any oth- CT cotton state. It is a noteworthy fact that large percentage of Alabama s eotton-some farmers and statistics say between B to 40 per eent-is made after september 1. The weather conditions are now altogether favorable and it need not be surprise if this states total yield goes considerably above ,3O0,o0o bales.
 Before Alabama came to be corn state a cotton crop such as it now prom ised promoted optimism, and if such was the case in former years how much greater is the ground for optimism today when along with an immense cotton crop we have produced 7O,OOO,ooO bushels of corn, and other crops in abundance. Verify 1910 is a banner year in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The south,s Agriculture

We have been long used to hearing Of the west as the great agricultural sec ton or this country. and in. view of the enormous crops produced in the west and northwest it is gratifying and highly en- couraging 10 find the older southern states making strides in agriculture,' said an observer.
 The Baltimore Manufacturers Record in it's last issue prints a letter from the governor of Virginia in which he sets forth interesting statistics of his state. In 1900 the value of Vrginias argricul- trra1 products was sS7, ,3O4.00o This year conservative estimate shows the valua- ton of Virginia crops to be about $2O0- OOO000. Those of us who thought that Virginia lands were not what they used to be are glad to be informed to the contrary. Virginia still raises good deal of wheat; this year something like a sl20o0,000 crop. Virginia's tobacco crop is estimated at s1OOoO,O O0o, its truck crops at S14,0o0 GOO, and its orchard crops at $6,- 50C, GOO.
 Alabama, like Virginia, is coming for ward fast in the trucking industry and in fruit culture. This state will advance even faster in the fruit industry when our prohibition laws are modified so as to allow grape growers to make and sell tViua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
LEpRosY AND ITS CURE

From the Washington Post
 Leprosy has been looked upon as an incurable plague, communicated only by inheritance, and not classed among the highly contagious diseases. It's loath- someness and incurability have inspired a great fear regarding it.
 The treatment so far has been pallia- tive, and isolation has been rigidly in- sisted upon. So there is a colonly of lep- CTS in the Hawaiian Islands and another New Brunswick, which is known as the Tracadie lazaretto. The latter has been for many years the home of the. French Canadian lepers, where they are cared for by the noble self-sacrifice of Sisters of Charity. under the direction of the Canadian government.
 From the colony at Hawaii comes the good news that American physicians have succeeded after patient efforts, in secur- ing culture of the germ that causes the disease, and that this the first step in like antitoxin in diphtheria, will render persons treated with it immune, cure the disease, and prevent it's spread. Few in number though the cases be. the gla6 tidings will come to the plague-stricker as a God-sent deliverance from the men tai horror which far exceeds the physca suffering from this affliction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
Dog AS Chicken Pilot

q saw the most wonderful trained dog yesterday that I have ever known or heard of" said a resident of Nor wood. T was walking along the street with a friend and we were discussing dogs. He told me of a chicken pilot dog which he said was a most won derful creature. Although the powers of the dog were described at length was somewhat of doubting mind and when my friend saw my attitude he carried me to the home of the dogs owner.
 Upon our explaining the mission upon which we were bent the owner smiled in, superior sort of way and said that his dog was better at hand ling chickens than any shephard was in attending sheep. For demon stration the dog was called. A few chickens were in the road pecking about and the name of each was called to the dog. He was instructed to go after one and pilot the fowl inside the chicken house. The dog started off. I was still doubting. But instead of the flock getting panicky, as Is usual in such cases, they gazed at the dog in a most friendly fashion. The dog nosed one from the bunch and the chicken started to the house like truant school boy. After escorting the chicke en to the point indicated the dog was recalled and was dispatched to bring in another. He performed the same act four or five times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
Second National Conservation Congress

The St. Paul congress grew out of the governors conference called by Presi- dent Roosevelt in May, 1908. The dele gates at St. Paul consist of men appoint ed by the governor of each state, and of men named by the mayors of cities and bv commercial bodies throughout the country.
 The subjects that have been and will he discussed al the congress embrace every phase of the conservation move ment. All except the extremely selfish Lve accepted conservation in general way. and yet few, comparatively speak ing. understand the scope and details of this far-reaching policy. The St. Paul meeting. will, no doubt, largely add to the education of the people on this sub iect. President Taft has already ad- dressed the convention. and gone bacl home and ex-President Roosevelt yes terday spoke before the assembled dele gates.
 Tn the far west the federal govern ment still retains public lands, forests mineral resources and waterpower sites and a sentiment has arisen that these should be turned over to the states 1T which they respectively lie. President Taft did not attempt to solve this fea ture of the subject in his address.
 MT. Pinchot is opposed to the claims of the states. The solution of the water power proposition is most difficult. I may involve interstate rivers. If it re lates to navigable rivers it must almos necessarily remain in federal hands A: rule the capitalistic people favor state control. If a solution of the problem can be found at St. Paul the second Acongress will not have met in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
He hath n daily beauty in his life. z -OthelIo.
ConyiCtS Become Road Builders

In every. part of Georgia-almost in every county-the eonvicts, both state and county, are used in the making of better roads This was one of the best reforms of Gov. IIoke Smiths term. and II is reasonable to say it stands approved by the people of the state Georgia will soon have good hard roads as result of the transfer of the convicts from the hands of contractors to the counties. The bless ings of hard roads were brought within reach. There is not and has not been during Governor Browns term any de- sire expressed in Georgia to return to the old system.
 Ftr county has from 25 to 40 county
 Id instead of turning them over 9 eaf it keeps them employed in ess-g system of public roads. Pro 1He .i1s Penn of Etowah recently ex- The Age-Herald the pay-as- au - a of Etowah county. The sue aess taf plan is attested by the in- fs Hiees of farm lands. There has
 -..l advance in these prices wfer- ever in the county a well-drained road with solid foundation has been built. Judge Penn is confident Etowah will have  fin few years the best and cheapest sys- tenn of roads in the state. A road tax Of s120oo and the county convicts-no bonds-is the entire expense. The county pays as it goes. and it already has 165 miles of good roads that are kept in re- pair by eight men-one to every 20 miles
 The story of Etowah should be studied in every part of this state. What Eto- wah is doing can readily be done in every other county. Good roads without the is surance of nterest-bearing bonds is the substance of the Etowah plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
HIS BLACK EYE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Gracious! That's a peach of a black eye. Where did you get it?
 "Got it on the left side of my nose. Where did you think I got it-over my ankle bone?"
 Don't get heated. How did it all happen {"
 That's different. It was all a piece of my confounded luck. I was up on the Blue Cliff road looking at a piece of real estate when along came a coat less and bareheaded fellow running for dear life with lot of panting pursuers stretching in a long line behind him. I joined in the chase. Being fresh, rapidly overhauled the fugitive I had nearly collered him when a big ruffian grabbed me and profanely told me to clear out I spoke rudely to him and kept on running and he suddenly reached out a fist like a ham and knocked me into ditch. And what do you suppose it all was?" Give 1t up
 Tt was a rehearsal for moving pic. ture film, and now my portrait will gc all over the country and be seen ir thousands of theatres as a bruised and battered butter-in who got just what was coming to him!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
HoKE SMITHS VICTORY

From the Washington Post
 'Hoke Smiths victory in winning the gubernatorial nomination in Georgia is only a straw which shows the way the wind is blowing in national politics, s,' said T. C. Wellborn of Augusta, Ga, at the Arlington.
 Smith ran on practically the same platform regarding railroads and corpor- ation control that former President Roosevelt has been advocating. Gov ernor Brown, the present executive, who was defeated, represented the conserva- tive element in Georgia politics. He won on that platform before beating Smith for the nomination two years ago, but the result this time shows that radical ism in Georgia is certainly on top
 When Hoke Smith first contested the nomination with Brown his platform was too radical, and the progressive wave had not yet reached Georgia. Smiths nomination may be taken as a good indication of how the whole south feels about the new political movement, which is really expressed by the insur- gent republicans. e.e Smith made an excellent governor, and he will repeat. He has the largest law practice in Atlanta, and giving ur that for his two years as governor will mean a heavy financial loss for him There is not the slightest doubt that he will be a candidate for the United | States Senate against Senator Bacon
 whose term expires in 1913. Smith, ir my opinion. will have a good chance to | win the senatorship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
Freight Rate Hearings In Chicago

Before an examiner for the interstate commerce commission hearings are go- ing on from day to day, from week to week, concerning the higher rates filed last June by the western railroads. These of articles, but all feel that the determi- nation of the rates in question will de- termne all other higher rates that may hereafter be fled The rates filed by the western railroads are to be approved or disapproved on the hearings now pro- gressing in Chicago.
 Thus far only the railroads have been heard and President Ripley of the At chison railroad was last week the star witness. In substance he testified as follows: ''The railroads need more money. Commodity rates should be advanced be- cause they are too low. Earnings should be sufficient, in lean as well as in good years, to protect the railroads. The pro- posed increases would be a negligible factor in the consumers business. Fully 70 per cent of the increase in rates asked for would go back to the public in wages and in material bought. Non-prosperity of the railroads will hurt the country more than any other factor. Reasonable rates are all that the traffic will bear. Value of the service to the shipper is the important factor to be considered in rate making. Increases in wages are not to be considered in determining reasonable rates. Posterity should not be burdened with the cost of the present-day vanities of communities, as in terminals, and earnings should pay for all non-produc- tive investments.''
 Until the shippers side of the conten- ton is presented no one can predict the outcome. Nearly all of President Rip leys positions will be challenged. and some of them no doubt successfully. His claim that reasonable rates are all that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
Alabama'S Educational Needs

The people of Alabama will soon be re- shocked by census figures showing high percentage of iliteracy in all parts of this state Against this state of things Sydney J. Bowie and Superintendent of Education Gunnels and many others have earnestly striven. but they have been met by opposing interests that desire to ma nipulate the largest possible state ap- propriation. The good seed that superin- tendent Gunnels and the Alabama educa- tional committee have scattered over the state will yet, however, take root, bring ing in the shape of constitutional amend ments and legislation results that will reduce the distressing illiteracy of the state.
 Alabama is actually in danger of be- union as things stand.
 The remedies advocated by the best friends of the public schools are three in number. as follows
 Local or district taxation for school purposes. This involves a constitutional amendment How any intelligent citizen ean say a district shall not possess the power to supplement by taxation the ptate appropriation is beyond reason. Ala hama today says a district cannot have | good public school no matter how much it may desire to have such school. This eighteenth century policy should be changed and every district should be left free to have as good a school as it is willing to pay for above the state ap- propriation. It is safe to say that scarce u another state in the union forbds local taxation for school purposes.
 The supervision of public schools should 4s-@ -A rom the hands of the politicians
 l ,unty superintendents should
 
 SnS 5rn teacher in the previous year. f,e nne should be eligible except teach r
 Arf isstg, Alabama needs compulsory Ati eaneggat the public schools. The ] lseirar1ed reform would logically follow in3 shsf wo.
 H ts e propositions are readily at sAin1fir he more advanced states. But h lature next winter they will 3tsCc4nt pposition. The counties that ' uo not divide their. school moneys even Iy and justly between the two races will oppose local taxation. The courthouse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
NO INSULT INTENDED

From the Chicago Daily News.
 Haven't we met before?" inquired the inquisitive, bent-nosed man in the day coach.
 q hope not" replied the short haired man, who was sharing his seat
 You hope not" ejaculatorily repeat ed the first speaker. Do you mean that, sir, for an insult?'
 q intend it for just the reverse of an insult. my friend" responded the man with the cropped hair, and l think you will appreciate my senti- ment and feel like thanking me for giving it expression when I tell you that this is the first day in 30 years that I have been out of the states prison."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

rings will oppose the selection of non political county superintendents, and In every county will arise opposition to the great changes involved in compulsory education.
 But If the illiteraey of the state is to be reduced and intelligence made statewide all three of the reforms named will have to be adopted. The experience in other states has demonstrated this, and Ala bsma will find that she must keep step with approved educational progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
Talks Of New Oil Company

R. G. Riley, one of the officers of the Planters Oil company, which is erect ing a $100,000 oil mill near the stan dard oil company, and prominent cit izen of Albany, Ga, was in Birming- ham yesterday He is here to look into the progress being made on the new plant which he says is very sat isfactory.
 We have been working like Trojans to get the oil mill into operating or der and we have been doing finely, said MT. Riley. "The first story is about completed and we will start the In stallation of the mach inery soon. Our progress is good and the indications are that we will finish ahead of our ex- pectations. We look for magnificent patronage in this enterprise this fall and feel sure 1t will be accorded us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

little lame from fracture of the foot he sustained some time ago when he was thrown from his horse.
 W N. Jacobs of Hartford Conn.,, pres ident of the Shelby Iron company, ar rived in Birmingham last night to make an inspection of the company proper ties He succeeded the late Col. T. G. Bush as president of the Shelby com pany Mr. Jacobs while here will visit Shelby to inspect the furnace at that place? He will also be in consultation with Hammond Byrd x O., the iron brokers. who are closely connected with the companys affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

at the college next term: Dear Sir Receiving a copy of oatalog and the full information of your college. I heartily beg to thank you for your kindness. AS you may be known, I have become to receive an education with a great pleas ure under your college from Septem- Der have heen so anxious to get ones working place. But by the exertion of MT. Hacho and MT. Fuji, I had a most desirable place for work; that is the family of Doctor Bagby, I am really glad from my bosom to cultivate my dissat- isfled character. and to get a f1rst-class education at your college and on the other to study the most respectful re- llgions think l shall leave here on the 2d of September for the Old Hill. Yours respectfully, Heit Takahasi."
 Liberty, Mo, Advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
A. SWEET REVENGE
m the Cleveland Leader.

A large and pompous person wear ing a high hat, a long coat. yellow spats and a congenial sheer, for sev- eral days made himself obnoxious
 He announced he was from New York, nagged the bellboys jawed the clerks, cussed the service, roared at the- food, complained about his room and the elevator. and the telephones and the bar. and everything else.
 One afternoon he walked over to the porter and said: Here, you, I'm go-