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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22

Aviation disasters have begun with the
season Lightning struck a balloon IN Sax.
ony and the crew oi four men were killed.
LOU. Breguet. a French aeroplanist, fell
70 feet and had his skull fractured.
The pope has struck off the list Of can
dhatcs Tor the new cardinaate the names
oi all Americans. The abbot who visited
Roosevelt in Rome. 20 express his appre'
riation, has resigned his place without ex-
planation.
Two sisters of the name Of Black
who are Joined together like the Siamcse
twins. entered a hospital at Prague
Bohemia. q few davs ago. One OF them
Rosa. was delivered of son. The in.
separablc sister. Josephine, expressed
great surprise at the unaccountable oc'
currence which made her an aunt.
Two masked men held mp a mail train
ON the southern Pacific near Benlcla. Cal,
sunday and secured nine mail pouches
which they opened. They cut the engine
loose and started it full speed toward a
coming passenger train. but a telegraph
operator threw il onto a siding and ditch
ed il. avoiding collision.
Governor Patterson OF Tennessee last
week pardoned Col Duncan B. Cooper.
who was convicted, with his son. Robin
Cooper of numbering former Senator Car
mack as the result of a political feud The
supreme court has also ordered a retrial
for Robin. Popular disapproval Of the
governors pardon was manifested by
burning the governor IN efhgy.
Following Judge Lawton's decision in
the Russell will case of Melrose, Mass,
popular demonstrations of disfavor oc-
Cured. The Judge was burnt in effigy.
William C. Russell the Merose brother,
has formally accepted Fresno Dan as his
long lost brother and offered to share the
estate with him. Meanwhile Dakota Dan
will keep up the fight for what he claims
as his patrmony.
Two of Americas wealthiest families
were Joined Tuesday when Marjorie
Gwynne Gould, eldest daughter of George
]. Could and Anthony j. Drexel, jr, of
Philadelphia. were married at New York.
So anxious were women to witness the
nuptials that many attended a funeral
held before the wedding in st. Bartholo-
news church and waited. Some refused
to leave on invitation and were ejeeted.
The event was of the elaborate nature
common among the very wealthy. De-
tectives stood guard over the S2000,000
worth of wedding gifts.
A bill to compel the safe Of eggs by
weight instead of by number, as now, has
been introduced in the house of repre-
sentatives by Congressman Alexander of
New York. Eggs to he used for Matching
are declared exempt. A fine
of IS for each violation Of the weight
provision is proposed by the bill. Rep
resentative Alexander does not believe
that a dozen small eggs ought to cost the
same as dozen large ones. Some men,
bers of the house found amusement in
the fact that the Alexander measure was
referred to the committee on coinage,
weights, and measures.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22

The Harvard varsity crew defeated the
Navy yesterday by two lengths in two
mile race on the Severn river at Annapo-
lis.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark
Twain died last evening at his home in
Redding, Conn. As humorist and man
Of letters he had made an enduring part
of American literature, He was "A years
old
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22
RENFREW & GIBSON
Nest Rrattleboro

Successors to E. A. Knight, are now
ready to supply customers with all
kinds of grain, feed and fertilizer. Mill
open every evening. 1918
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22

A man in Los Angeles recently had
knife blade nine inches long removed
from his abdomen. As yet he has not
been arrested for carrying concealed
weapons.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
A WISE LEGACY.
tLayman-Printer.)

/ The testator of this will. an inmat,
| of the Cook county asuium at Dun
ming, ILL.,. was said to be insane, but
in reading this posthumous document
| 1t will occur to most people that hi
was violently sane.
| l, Charles Lounsburg. being of sound
mind and disposing memory. do here
by make and publish this, my last will
| and testament. in order as justly as
may be, to distribute my interest in
! the world among succeeding men.
That part of my interest which is
known in law and recognized in the
sheep bound volumes as my property
being inconsiderabie and of no ac-
count. | make no disposal of in this
my will.
My right to live. being but life
estate. is not at my disposal, but these
things excepted all else i'm the world
| now proceed to devise and beaneath:
Item: l give to good fathers and
mothers. in trust for their children. all
good little words of praise, and en-
couragement. and all quaint pet names
and endearments. and l charge said
parents to use them justly and gen.
erously. as the needs of their children
my require.
Item: l leave to children. inclusive
ly. but only for the term of their child
hood. all and every. the flowers of the
fields, and the blossoms of the woods.
with the right to play among them
freely. according to customs of chill
dren. warning them at the same time
against thistles and thorns. And l de-
wise to children, the banks Of the
brooks. and the golden sands beneath
the waters thereof and the odors of
the willows that dip therein, and the
white clouds that float high over the
giant trees. And l leave the children
the long. long days to be merry in, i'm
a thousand ways, and the night and
the moon and the train of the milky
way to wonder at. but subject. never
theless. to the rights hereinafter given
to lovers.
Item: ! devise to boys. jointly. all
the useful idle fields and commons
where ball may be played: all pleasant
waters where one may swim: all
snow-clad hills where one may coast
and all streams and ponds where one
may fish. or where when grim winter
comes. one may skate: To have and 10
hold the same for the period of their
boyhood. And all meadows with the
clover blossoms and butterflies there I
Of: the woods and the appurtenances: /
the squirrels and birds. and echoes and /.
strange noises. and all distant places \
which may be visited. together with 4
the adventures there found. And give
10 said boys each his own place at the .
fireside at night with all pictures I
that may be in the burning wood. 4
10 enjoy without let or hinderance /
and without any incumbrance of care. 4
Item: To lovers. ! devise their i'm 4
aginary world with whatever they may 4
need. as the stars of the sky: the red
roses by the wall. the bloom of the
hawthorn; the sweet strains OF music
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

and aught else they may desire to fig
ure to each other: the lastingness and
beauty of love.
Item: To young men. jointly. | de-
wise and bequeath all boisterous, in
spring sports of rivalry. and I give
To them the disdain of weakness and
nndaunted confidence in their own
strength. Though they are rude. I
give to them the power To make last
ing friendships. and of possessing
companions. and tn them exclusively
| give all merry songs and brave
charuses. To sing with lusty voices
Item: And to those who are no
longer children or youths or lovers.
leave memory, and l bequeath to them
the volumes of the poems of Burns
and Shakespeare and of other poets,
If there be others. To the end that
they may live over the old days again,
freely and fully. without 1.-THE or di-
minution.
Item: To our loved ones with
snowy crowns | hegueath the happi-
ness OF old age, the love and graft
tnde Of their children until they fail
asleep.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

seasonalie tinge to the weather. II
was fire start for the year; there il
"A good deal Of unfinished business. in
the line OF snow. on the docket of the
new year: the first weeks of winter
were so mild that there has not been
the usual qtantity Of future water
supply Piled up in the mountains: how
ever. with the start that was made yes
terday. there is hope that 1910 will ge.
busy and maintain the average East
OF US and west of us and north of us
and south OF US there has been winter
for weeks; We have been immune but
we may expect enough winter during
the next eight weeks to make thu. rec.
ord good. The New Years snowfall
was heavier ir southern California yes
terday than IL was in Missouia. L..
Fresro. the press dispatches say. snow
fell for the first time IN fifteen years
and the fruit trees were bent low with
its weight. Down there they are worse
off than we are: we have not had To go
without srow for fifteen years Reports
from everywhere tell us that we are
better off than everybody else. Henc,
this happy New Year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

eating committee today in addition to
corroborating the stories IF cruelty To
prisoners and OF flshy and unsanitary
conditions. declared that the f"od
served the prisoners WAS unit even
for the lowest kind OF animals. Pris-
,ners frequently showed bread can-
tanning flies. he sad. and one man
brought him a piece of bread contain
ing spide" He declared the pace
vas ovcrrun with yc"f.'ia,
Pearl Bryan. one OF the three White
women VINO Were hung up ny rings
while at the st ,ciSinic, said she WIS
strung an nearly j. minutes ana WAS
only taken down when they saw hlood
running Gown her 'tras
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
FIoATING sooZE-Thc,


booze fighters and there are booze
fighters; the one class seeks to put
down booze by pouring IL down its
throat; the other endeavors to put Il
down by restricting the traffic. This
first of January marks some significan,
gains by the latter class: there have
been several decisive defeats of tn.
straight prohibition movement re,
Gently but these have not signified any
loss of strength to the movement 70,
the correction OF conditions which pro-
auce drunkenness: rather they have in
dicated emphatically the lack of prac-
ticability that lies in the plan to pre-.
vent the sale of liquor as long as liquor
Is manufactured. More and more il
becomes apparent that strict regulation
with high license is the best means o,
controlling the traffic in whisky. The
defeat of the prohibition amendment in
Alabama was the result of the failure
of the prohibition laws to accomplish
the purpose sought: last month the city
of Worcester, which has had been the
States, voted the other way. several
years of no-lieense having proved the
hand, the news from Omaha this morn
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Spokane. Jan. -Four hundred and
four million dollars is the value Of
the product of 2I1.Ooo farms in WASH
ington. Oregon. Idaho and Montana
1900. The assets of the farmers are
practically double those of 1904. their
debts are considerably less. while the
surplus is larger than ever before in
the history of the country. The num-
Der of farms ana the wealth produc-
ton in the four states are approx
mately as follows.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The foregoing figures show there is
need for more farmers in the North
western states and that millions of
acres of land. now idle. could be put
under cultivation on a substantial rev
cnue- paying basis. There are many
who believe that the days of the boz
nanza farms are numbered. which
means that with smaller holdings
there viii be more intensive farming
and. as consequence. larger acre
crops.
The farm products of 1909 in the
Inland Empire. taking in Eastern
Washington and Oregon. north and
central Idaho and Western Montana.
are valued at $40, ZOO. 600 \ normal
apple crop at present prices. instead
of yield ranging from 81 To 40 per
cent. would have placed the figures
at approximately Sill. 000. 900, as against
about $sO.000.0O0 In 1908.
Wheat. of course. was the big factor.
the four states producing, more than
5000, 900 bushels. of which 30, $50. 900
bushels Is credited to Washington.
16,377.000 bushels for Oregon. II. 465. 900
bushels for Idaho and the rest for
Montana. The other farm products
entering into the computation are
fruit. oats. barley. rye. hay. sugar
beets, potatoes. garden products. live
stock, dairy products and poultry and
eggs.
The foregoing figures become impor-
tant IN the development of the west
ern country when it is known that in
many instances the products of the
older farming states are not as val
liable as those In the quartet men,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

THE NEW LEAF-The turning Of
the new leaf is radical In some parts
of the country: nowhere does IL mark
a greater change than in New York,
where the control of the great city
passed yesterday out of the hands Of
Tammany. The new administration Of
the metropolis has a great opportunity:
at its head is Mayor Gaynor: although
elected on a Tammany ticket. his sue
cess was rather in spite of Tamman,
than because of that organization: the
new mayor is credited with a desire to
give the big city a good administra-
ton: his long experience qualities him
for the successful performance of his
duties: he will be backed by officers
who are avowedly anti Tammany and
the smashing of the ring. as il appears
on the surface. Is complete. There are
great hopes entertained for the sue
cess of the new administration: n.
four years muc.l may be accomplished,
even though Tammany has SO firmly
established her henchmen in whatever
places afford revenue. The entire coun-
try win watch New York more inter-
estedly than ever now: to see the grea.
city well governed has been long
cherished hope.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

luticns-that there are people who
make them who never make any 9TH
ers. Sometimes. as is the case In vac
cination. New Years resolutions take
they don't take. there is no particr lar
disadvantage except that the euaran-
tine does not apply to booze any more
than il does To smallpox and In the
event of the failure of the preventa-
tive almost anything Is apt to happen
to the man who tries and falls But il
is certainly better to resolve and fail
than never To resolve al ali. IL Is
good praaice and il may lead TO de-
velopment that viii! bring about the
signing of a resolution that viii hold.
There are good many personal reso-
lutioas which can be made TO good
advantage: each man is the best judge
of what should be done in his own
case. There are. also. good many
general resolutions which we can al
lHdhe anu WHICH HlIett the general
welfare. We can. for instance. agree
that we will unite in movement for
the permanent and systematic beauti-
flying of Missouia: we can agree that
each man will do his share on his own
street. that VIII insure the accom-
p!ishment of the work. We can agree
that each of us will lend his aid and
Influence in the carrying gu, or the
pans for municipal improvement
which the city administration has an
not need. through the mayor We can
join the chamber OF commerce and
can. i'm that way. help along the gem
eral work OF promotion. If these res
olutions were not made yesterday.
there Is yet time: today is the second
New Years: 1t Is not too late.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
NOW FOR UsiNEss-Th,

T. NOW FOR .USlNESS-The holiday
recess over. congress will this week get
down to business. Montana's iegisla-
ture adjourned just in time to keep the
record of 1910 clear of local legislation;
there is not much prospect of a special
session this year. This leaves us free
to give to congress our undivided at
tention and the benefit Of all of our
advice: ii would have been embarrass
ing to divide our time and energy be-
tween two great lawmaking bodies.
Also. II would have torn the Butt,
Miner in twain had il been necessary
10 burden II with the regulation of a
legislature and congress at the same
avoided. And congress. having enjoyed
its holidays variously but. presumably.
thoroughly, is now free to take up the
consideration of public business The,
prelimlnar.ss Of the session were well
disposed of before the recess: the spe-
cial messages Of the president are
scheduled for this week: the members
of the two branches are strong and
refreshed: all conditions are present
that make for business session and
for tn. accomplishment of actual legis-
lation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
NO ONE LOST.

St Louis. Jan ALL of the 80
worknen who We're mperiled when
the falsework of the Mckinley bridge
across the Mississippi river collapsed
late yesterday. have been accounted
Cor The falseWork was torn away
by ice floes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

TtMELY-Tiere was an cmin.n,
actor in Missouia last week At his
own request. his name will not be
mentioned In this story, although The
Muscular would like to print the
name In large type. This eminent
actor-who is more eminent as an an-
thor and a dancer than as an actor.
but concerning whose en- hence there
Is no auestion-read the story Of Mae
Durfee while he was here. He became
at once interested In the case and
asked for some details that had no,
been given In the printed story. He
was furnished with everything he
wanted in the way of information.
Charlie Harnois was able To tel h m
parts of the story that added to the
awfulness of it all. When he had heard
II all. this eminent actor was as angry
as every decent man Is over the sor-
rowful tale. lie looked at the list of
subscriptions which had been made to
the fund for monument to mark the
grave of Mae Durfee and then he is
sued instructions to have monument
made and placed. the bill for il all to
be sent TO him: the other money raised
lis to be used for the purchase Of a 10,
in the Missoula cemetery. where vii,
be placed the body of tn. poor girl
who was laid away. years ago. in the
potter's field. This. we think. is a good
New Year story; We wish the eminent
actor had not enjoined secrecy as /.
the use of his name in the matter: il
would be a pleasure to tell II. Perhaps
Missouia people will be able to guess
who the man Is If they look back oven
Their datebooks and see who was here
last week He is entitled To Il lot o,
credit and we hope there will be some
folks who will correctly guess his
name.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

ing is that nearly one-fifth of the sa
looms of that city closed yesterday as
a resul, Of the operation OF the Ne
braska law which requires all saloons
to close at O'Clock. This law has bee.,
in force for six months and has proved
disa strous. it is sad. to a ma jority OF
the saloons in the state. Where high
license and strict control have been
tried. they have been found more er-
fective than the attempt to prohibit:
the learning Of this lesson is gradual,
but this year starts off with some i'm
portant communities in possession OF
the knowledge and ii may be said that
there have been decided gains in the
control and regulation of the liquor
traffic.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Peter Newell. in his new calendar
says of January:
Resolutions are for sale
In old January's shop:
New or threadbare. fresh or stale.
Or revamped from last years crop
Habits. whims and sins galore
May be checked outside the door"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

President Taft might accept as Of
fetal the definition of whisky that
goes in the Blackfoot country: 1T
burns from the lips down and 1t makes
the glad come"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

We would resolve not to speak
harshly about anybody IL one or two
fellows would move out of town. but
under present circumstances we can't
do IL.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
PASSING EVENTS

As with Christmas. so with New
Years. we have two Of then. this
time. This fact may. possibly. add
force and lasting qualities to the
resolutions of 1910: with two days
instead of one In which to make these
firm resolutions. there should /,
greater permanence to their provisions
and the annual tour Of the water
wagon should be longer than usual
this year. With two days In which
TO get firmly seated, one should not
hiclc. Moreover, 1910 should be hap
pier than most years; two days of the
concentrated happiness of the opening
should permcate the other days SO
thoroughly that the joyousness should
endure for all the twelve months. 1t
is fine thing to be happy on New
Years. but there is absolutely no rea
son why man in Missoula should
not be happy every day: there Is ev-
erything in present conditions to make
him happy and there Is everything in
future prospects to make him happier.
But New Years affords him an oppor-
tunity to take day off and devote
Ii exclusively to the consideration Of
his happy lot; when there are two of
these days. II is all the easier to dis
cover the happiness and its cause.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

We wouldn't mind the north wind.
as we sit in the firelight's glow. If
we could only succeed in forgetting
how IL makes the coal bill grow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The advantage in a double-headel
is that If you didn't swear off yes
terdas, you can today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The office will be closed today. but
tomorrow you can join the chamber
of commerce If you have not already
done So
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Oklahoma closed the year in char
acteristic style. with bank robberies
and street battle as the chief fea-
lures
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Football. modified to the extent de-
sired by some of the reformers. would
attract about as much attention as
game of croQuet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Comes now the morning after: it's
dawn is not as gray as II we'd not
been granted double New Years
uay
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Among the noteworthy New Years
calls was the visit of Charles w.
Morse with the warden of the Allan
ia federal prison.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

If you're inclined to complain abou
the chill wind. think how much wors
off some people are.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

II every miser left as generous a
widow as did Russell Sage. we could
easily forgive his parsimony while
living.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
DAMAGED BY FIRE.

Bellinshan, Wash, Jan. bay
view. ON the coast near here, was
almost completely destroyed BY fire
today. The loss is estimated at
So. unG
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The turning of the new leaf doesn't
signify as much as does what You
write Oh IL after 1t Is turned.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

During 1910 there will. however. be
no repeal of the law that those who
dance must compensate the violinist.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02
FOOD UNFIT FOR DOGS.

Atlanta. Ga, jar. 1-Joha podd.
former orerseer "a the city prison,
testifying before tie cuurcil investi-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Moreover. 1910 has an opportunity Z
clear up the labor strife ON the rail
ways.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The textile workers of the depart
ment OF the north. in France. have re-
Gently gone on u strike for higher
wages. which il said Ia h. practically
general
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The new Nicaraguan president needs
a loan. He'd better call upon Zeiaya:
he's fat.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

As sensation center. Oklahoma
has Kansas backed off the boards.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

The tinkle of the ice is the sweet
music of the morning after.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

At last the girl is happy who hal
furs as Christmas present.