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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

toms Of a common cause.-the increasing
autOcracy Of the Cabinet. the encrOaoh-
ment Of the executive upon the sphere
Of the legislature my purpose IL 10
show that while Il 10 true that ths second
chamber has lost all effective power OF
legislative initiation. it has surrendered it
not TO the Commons but 10 tho Cabinet.
The only advantage enjoyed by the Com
mons over the Lords il that Of a first taste
OF the legislative diahes served up by the
Ministerial chefs
Having done with England. Mr. Marriott
takes up the Senate Of the United States,
for which he shows great admiration.
1t has Soma claim 10 be regarded a. with
out exception the strongest and most
sfacosnt Second Chamber In the world
Attention ia arrested by two points:
the first IL that the Senate IL neither
hereditary. nor nominated. nor directly
elected. IL represents not the people but
the Legislatures Of the constituent States
Of the Union "A second point IL the
continuous existence Of the Senate. Sena-
tors change. the Senate IL permanent
His observations regarding II and the
Constitution and things American are
remarkably intelligent Next he takes
up the upper houses Of the European
declarations. the q rmA1 BundeSrath and
the Swiss StandeTath; he then Describes
the parliamentary machinery Of the
British self-governing colonies. Canada,
Australia and South Africa. and finally
explains the constitution Of the French
Senate and much more suOcinotly that Of
the other European countries. He barely
touches the South American republics,
and does not mention Japan. At the end
in a chapter Of comparisons and conclu-
sions' Mr. Marriott describes the various
plans for reforming the Lords and states
clearly the questions that have perplexed
Britain during the past months.
II IL an Illuminating and helpful book.
for which every British voter should feel
grateful II will give fully as much
comfort 90 all who wish TO follow intelli-
gently what IL going on now in England.
the most interesting constitutional stFig-
gle since the Reform bill
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

proper sense Of the term. and ls 10 not
worth Wills 20 enter In dstail into her
biography until 1881. 10 which data our
author carries his record He has -,
forth. a. clearly - % hbyTinthine q
mass Of facts permits. tho Internal and
external quAITels; the family Dimensions
Of the Bagioni. ~ well - their conflicts
with the Degh Odd: the changes Of ale
glance from PoDe 10 Emperor and back
again; and has added . long and numi-
mating chapter on -Tha MedieYl CIV
showing the social and domestic couad-
tons under which life had 10 be endured
in thOsa dAvG Every one IN power.
ecclesiAstics and lAymcn alike. ssSms -
have done little else than make sacred
compAots with no intention Of fulfilling
them. all being intent upon solf-ad-
vanoement and exercising 10 that cod
honorable haseness' - MachlAvelll
terms ia choice definition Of enduring
and far reaching application. An always
when reading MEDIEVAL history you
wonder for the thousAndth time 81 the
lightninglike rapidity with which the
raHed walls and buildings spTAng up again;
and men reached maturity 10 continue tho
quarrels Of those who had been slain
Wholesale; and fruit trees, vines and for
ests grew again after being sFadicaasd
with the sWiftness Of q Western boom
town. \ mushroom or q modern steel
frame skyscRpeF.
The book h written in On extremely
clear and interesting style. Copious foot
notes in Latin. Italian and Engfinh 10
fer the student 70 valuable sources Of In
formation. besideS filing out The tsxt and
there are numerous helpful illustrations.
taken from ancient charts and fresc0ss
a. well a. modern PerugiA.
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Of Mansasld with the lugubrious. murray,
tedious Henrik Ihsen-
Mansfield was very prosperous from
isoO 10 1904. He died In his fine home at
New London Ia the summer Of 1901.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-25
MASSEUR HAD TO GO.
Bristow Made a Fight on Senate Bath
Attendants.

washington, March 25.-The senate
nassed the bill making appropriations
for the support of the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial branches of the
government. The bill carries an ap-
nropriation of more than $S4 900.
THE only item in the bill which aroused
auv discussion was one appropriating
$500 for the payment of a masseur
to officiate in the marble bath room in
the new senate office building. AS the
committee on appropriations brought
in the bill, 1t provided force, clerical
and otherwise, for the care of the
building including masseur and other
attendants of the bath.
Senator Br1stow proposed to strike
out the entire provision but specihed
the baths in his remarks. He did not
know about the bath and he wanted
information
Senator Warren had reported the bill
but had never seen the bathing apart
ments.
Discussion developed the fact that
the bath rooms had been ordered
long time ago and the superintendent
of the building had provided attend
ants for them. Some senators spoke
of them as necessary. Mr.. Bailey nad
doubts as to whether the senator from
Kansas would have any need for them
Senator Sutherland said he did at nome
the little bathing he did and ne
thought that if there was to be
maSSeOr there also SnOuiO De q man
curist and valet. After much confer
encing and general debate, Mr.. Br1stow
changed his amendment SO as to cover
only the three attendants In charge OF
the bath room. ''Strike 'em all out,
he said. THAT will leave janitor in
charge and that's enough"
Three efforts were made at a vote.
The first was of the popular offhand
order. The chair was of the opinion
the noes had it. On a division, de-
manded by Mr.. BristOw, there were
ayes to 16 noes. Still dissatisfied, the
Kansas senator demanded the ayes
and noes, but there was no second and
he was compelled to surrender.
ATessrs Hale and Scott then put
their heads together and by COM
bined effort knocked out of the bill
the masseur with his $500 salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-25
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Items for the East Topeka column may
De telephoned 70 Ind Phone I751.l

Miss Dora Moffett has gone to Kan
sas City where she will make her flu
ture home
There will be a meeting of the choir
OF the Presbyterian church held to-
night for the purpose of practicing for
the Easter services.
Miss Grace Meyer of Russell will
come here Saturday to spend several
Gays visiting relatives and friends while
en- her way to Mt. Vernon, Ind, where
she will make her future home
The regular meeting of Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian church was
hele yesterday afternoon in the church.
MISS Mamie Bartel will come here to
spend Easter with her mother, Mrs.
Clarke of 1006 East Eighth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Leaf. of Klein
street, will go to Argentine Monday to
attend the Easter ball given by the c.
j. A. to B. of L. e
Miss Fern Bedford of Harrisburg, Pa,
1s expected to arrive here in a few days
10 spend a month with her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Holcomb and family.
Mrs Lima Stewart, of Caldwell, has
returned home after spending two
weeks here visiting relatives and
friends.
Elsie Buck is able to be at work
again after being off a week suffering
with an attack of the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Smith moved yes
terday from 706 Chandler street to 1O14
Lime street
two weeks vacation with relatives in
Dorrance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ash will go to
Argentine Monday to attend the Easter
ball. Mr.. and Mrs. William Sherman
and son William. Jr.. will also attend
the ball given by the engineers wives.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Baker of 707 Chandler street, is under
quarantine. Their two children are
sick with the measles.
Everett Morford is able to be in
school again after being sick with an
attack of the measles.
Mr.. Isaac Powell of Wakarusa, will
come here tomorrow to spend several
days visiting his sisters. Mrs. A Luthey
ard Mrs J. Oliver.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Anderson, of kan
sas City, have returned home after
spending a week here with her mother
Mrs. R. B. Weller of East Fourth street
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Adams have moved
into the Roe property on Davies street.
Mrs. A. A. Sullivan. of Weaver, and
Mrs. r. ]. Collins of Brookville, are
fere spending a few days the guests of
their sister. Mrs. L. K. Rodgers.
An Easter cantata will be given
Sunday evening at the Third Christian
church by the boys and girls of the
Sunday school. Mr.. and Mrs. T. F.
Dawdy and Misses Merriam and Margaret
Brentnal1 will assist with the program |
to which every one Is invited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-25
REGULARS "INSURGE. !"
Try TO Vote Down Adjustment of
Pension Agencies.

Washington, March 25.-The pen
sion bill carrying appropriations of
about $156, 100000 was passed by the
house. Nearly the entire session was
occupied by a contest, made chiefly
by Republicans against the provision
of the measure as reported from the
committee on pensions for the abol-
ishment of the Is pension agencies
now in operation throughout the
country. BY a vote of 76 to "a the
house refused to overrule the recon-
mendation of the committee. The
committee was sustained chiefly by
Democrat votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-25

Washington, March 25.-An in
crease of IL million in the population
of the United States during the past
10 years and a decrease of about 5
million in the number of available
food animals is the estimate made by
the bureau of statistics from reports
on these two subjects, made respec-
lively by the census bureau and the
department. of agriculture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-25
Pinchot May Sit With Taft.

New Haven. Conn, March 25.-Gif-
ford Pinchot has been nominated for
election to the Yale corporation to
succeed Henry E. Rowland of New
York. who declined reelection. The
other nominees for the place are Fred
erick W. Vanderbilt and Gen. W. w.
Skiddy of New York. President Taft
IS one of the members of the corpor-
alton
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02
CAMPERS MUST BE
CAREFUL OF FIRES

Supervisor J. b. Seeley Of the Lin
coin national forest reserve, is an
NiOus to call the attention of campers
and picnickers to the fact that care
must be taken in the matter of camp
fires in the forests. For many weeks
disastrous contlagratiOns have been
raging in many of the forests of west
ern and northwestern Montana and
many of them are said to be due to
the carelessness of the campers, who
do not take proper precautions to pre-
vent the spread of the fires necessary
for cooking and warmth.
There are state and federal laws re-
lating to the setting of fires in the for
ests. The law says that anybody who
maliciously sets fire to timber OH ma
tional forest reserves is subject to
two years Imprisonment or fine of
$1,000 or both. Those WHO are care
less and allow their camp fires 10 get
beyond their control are likewise sub
ject to the laws penalties. For care
lessness the statutes provide one year
in the state prison or Il fine of $1,000
or both.
SO it behooves every camper to use
precautions. Many people are public
spirited enough to live up faithfully
to the rules laid down. Rangers
on the Lincoln forest have been in
structed to take the names and adj.
dresses Of all campers on government
forest lands SO that in case of fire the
responsibility may be fixed.
Each year the forest service men
tack signs on trees and fences within
their jurisdiction telling campers how
to avoid fires. These suggestions are
meant to be Obeyed and rangers have
authority to arrest all who tlisobey
them. Fires should not be built in
leaves, rOtted wood or other intlam-
able substances which will give them
4 chance to spread. When the wind
is blowing the fire should be started
in pits which have been cleared Of
brush, leaves or fallen timber. One
danger that is overlooked by campers
IS that Of building fires against fallen
logs: this is a dangerous practice,
which is very much discouraged by
forestry men. The last hint is: ''Do
not go away and leave camp fires
burning. See that they are COM
pletely eNtinguished.
fully observed and followed danger
Of forests fires, which is to the inter-
est OF everyone to prevent, would be
reduced to Il minimum.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02

airy diseases, which cut into the profit
OF the eastern farmer, who tries to
branch out in poultry raising, and
vet, can not afford ''hospital'' atten-
tlon and expense. Roup and kindred
ailments are unknown in Montana.
Montana soil is deep. 1t is of vol
came origin and exceeds in depth
that OF any Of the middle or eastern
states.
The New Highlander knows only of
his rocky hills and thin soil, now we'll
nigh Impoverished by years of tillage.
The corn belt farmer is beginning to
learn that his soil-from few inches.
to few feet-needs scientific care
and rock phosphate and manuring to
keep it up to state Of profitable fer
tility. The hill farmer in North Car
DINA does not dream of soil so deep
that it is inexhaustible. He raises
wheat on little seven-acre patch OF
sterile ground with such pathetic
returns as to awake the pity and con-
tempt of the irrigation farmer who
grows crop on one acre worth many
acres of washed soil in the Blue Ridge
mountains.
The extremely deep inter-mOuntain
cou1hed up masses of material which
has washed down into the dishlike
valleys and lain there for countless
ages, waiting the magic touch of
mountain water running in man-made
bitches.
The family is the bulwark of So
ciety. Even more does the farm home
represent the nations safe guard for
progress and prosperity. With ex-
tenslve ranches at one extreme, and
specialties. like the mushrooms and
violets at the other. the typical Am
erican farm must always represent a
self-suDporting home where the fam
lily needs are produced, where econ
Omy dictates and where one or more
specialties are followed for the crea-
ton OF a money crop. Thus we nave
diversified farming as the character
istic and necessary thing. There are
many reasons why mixed farming is
desirable such as the necessity for ro-
tation, the preservation Of fertility by
keeping farm animals. etc. Certain it
is that the farm of this class will av-
er be the bone and sineW Of this ma
ton, and under this heap will be
found the independent farmer. While
there are ample opportunities for
specializing in various forms OF live
stock growing on irrigated tracts and
for other kinds of one-crop farming,
the best returns in all respects will
be made for mixed farming, and for
this purpose these sections are well
adapted. In variety of crops the ir-
rigated districts are uneXcelled.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02

and quality. There is some peculiar
magic in the virgin soil or sunshine,
or water or all three which makes
green stuff glad and fairly rioto,s in
it's growth.
Montana next beet factory will
very likely be erected at the new
town of Waller. The sugar contained
in the beets Of that section is very
high and the yield enormous.
While Montana is not Il corn state,
corn seven feet high with ears eight
inches long. yielding tifty-tfve bushels
per acre, was grown near the town of
Forsyth last year. With use of seed
specially adapted to the climate and
latitude, it is believed by men who
know whereof they speak, that corn
will become an important crop in the
Treasure State. Not that it is neces-
sary for the production of pork, for
instance, rs top notch hams and bac-
on are made out Of alfalfa and field
peas.
With hogs at S1l 80 a hundred, the
prospect of turning alfalfa into pork
is certainly alluring to the farmer
who lives to see his bank account
grow.
Just as grazing in the old days is
now succeeded by mixed farming
with small grain rs the main-stay for
the present, SO will intensive forms
of agriculture follow the present Gus
tom OF growing grain into the smaller
tracts until the twenty and even ten
acre farms will be common instead of
the quarter section. The justification
for this decrease in size is the fact
that more profit can be realized by
specialization on few acres.
Concentration counts and lairying,
poultry, fruit, livestock and sugar
beets will enable family to live
comfortably on fewer acres. There
is perhaps no better place in the
United States to start high class
poultry plant and always the farmer
who practices diversified farming will
find a ready and profitable market
for the products Of his feathered
tiOcks.
Montana has long been an importer
Of poultry and dairy products, and
there is no immediate prospect Of an
over-plns. Aside from the breeding
Of pure bred fouls for the fancier, the
greatest profit in this business is real
lied where the farmer grows his own
feed and gives his chickens, ducks,
geese or turkeys intelligent care.
The next requirement for success
fully conducting poultry business
Oh large scale, is a climate where
good health is insured. Montana, at
an elevation Of 1900 feet, there is
practically no danger from the ordin-
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02
justed as to operate equally
throughout the country,


In 10OO-as four years earlier-Mr.
Bryan and the Democrats were muc,
more interested in other subjects than
in the tariff: at Kansas City the
trumpet gave, if not an uncertain
sound, a rather squeaky sound. In
l0O4-the Roosevelt-l'arker year--in
their national convention at st. Louis
the Democrats harked back to one of
the anti-Bryan deliverances. owe
denounce protection rs Il robbery Of
t II many to enrich the few they
said in their platform. In l0OS-the
Taft Bryan year-they said in their
Denver platform that they were for
revising and reducing the tariff right
away, and for placing on the free list
all articles coming into competition
with trust-controllel products, and
for the immediat : repeal of the dut-
les OH pulp, print paper, lumber, tim
Der and logs. 1--WE demand the i'm
mediate re.)eal,' they said. How
Democratic senators from the south
voted at the extraordinary session of
1909, and what William j. Bryan said
about it, and how impentently JOS
eph Weldon Bailey talked back to the
peerless leader, the public does not
need reminding. 1t has not had time
to forget.
Yet Democratic papers chortle over
the fact that Republicans are not all
of one mind about last years revision.
If they would see a record of backing
and filling, whitfling and wabbling, OIL
the tariff question, let them look at
home. 1t is there and the threats and
cUntrollments interchanged last year
by Mr.. Bryan and the undismayed
Junior senator from Texas light it up
nicely,
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02
MONTANA===THE
REAL EMPIRE

Montana could build a Chinese wall
of exclusion along her borders with
less deprivation than any other state
in the Union. She is truly the Urea
sure State. With her minerals, her
forests, her vast fertility of soil, and
her fuel, and water power, this third
largest state of our national common
Wealths is in itself an industrial EN-
pre, saws j. IL. Hall, of the state bu-
reau Of agriculture.
The element now lacking to deyelop
these natural resources and turn them
into higher and more negotiable forms
OF wealth, is human energy. Men
and women, from thickly populated
states, where natural resources are
becoming scarce, are needed in IA re-
gion where people are scarce and the
raw materials of civilization are limit
ed in extent Of variety.
Nature was III Il most generous mood
when she made Montana. Not alone
is her 100000 square miles and her
Wonderous veins Of mineral wealth:
with lavish hand she spread out her
deep, rich soil in whose silent, wait
ing acres lie treasures more vast than
the mines of copper and gold in the
mountains.
Agricultural possibilities in Mon
tana know no bounds. There is no
limit to the variety of crops raised in
this state, and Montana IS head and
shoulders above any other state inthe
Union in itsaverage per acre soil pro-
duction. Not alone does it's rich soil
produce the finest grains, but in yield
they hold the top place in their profit
to the tiller Of the soil.
Montana as an agricultural state is
surprise to her own citizens, who
have regarded her as Il mining and
grazing country. AS a matter of fact,
she leads in farm products, not agge-
gate amount, but in amount per acre.
This is the only factor which really
counts with the producer. It is no
virtue for Il state to produce the larg-
esl quantity OF wheat. Tor that
means, as in Kansas. an average of
less than thirteen bushels per acre. IAN
Improbable weld certainly. II
Montana the average including dry
farming, which is yet in it's infancy,
is close to thirty bushels per acre.
Montana oats beat the world in
Weld per acre, quality and weight: as
high as l25 bushels an acre under irri-
CATION, and they weigh forty to FORTY
eight pounds per bushel. They conn
mand premium OH the Chicago
market of five to seven cents per cub
ic bushel, and are largely bought up
for the making of oatmeal for see.l
All other crops follow suit in yield
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-02
CONVICT LABOR ON ROADS.

Billings Journal: According to the
press dispatches, it is the intention of
the Montana state prison board not
only to employ inmates Of the peni-
tertiary on public roads, but to en-
gage in the manufacture Of binding
Irvine, and, perhaps, grain sacks in
the name of the state. This purpose,
announced at the Great Falls conven-
ton of the State Federation of Labor,
aroused considerable feeling i'm that
body if one is to be Judge from the
tenor of the discussion INDUCED in
by delegates. Wage Farmers of Mon
tana would not suffer in the least
from the employment Of convicts in
bodybuilding, and it is absurd to con-
tend to the contrary. If the work is
not done by the conyictS ii will not
be done at all, for the simple reason
that not enough money is raised by
road tax to carry it OH. The roads
can be built ii the state is not COM
PEELED to pay for the labor and to de-
ny the commonwealth this privilege
Will prevent IL much needed improve
ment without beneliting laboring men
in amy manner whatever.