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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
A Clerk for the Speaker.

The employment of clerk for the
speaker of the House is, in the humble
opinion of the Standard, an unwarrant-
ed piece of extravaganza. If anyone
can point out wherein, after the speak
er has made up the House committees,
his duties are so arduous or in the
slightest degree make necessary the
employment of special secretary, we
will stand corrected. If any other
State than Vermont, it would be called
a bit of petty political graft. Enosburg
Standard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
Y. m. C. a. Notes.

The regular business meeting of the
association will be held Monday evening,
October "a, at 1880 o'clock, at the Y, NJ.
c. A. rooms. At s O'Clock, Prof. Ray
mond Mcfarland of the college will give
lecture on Camping and Canoing IL
Canada" Prof. McF arland had charge
of an exploring party in Canada this past
summer, and his lecture will deal with
the camp life and experiences of the
trip. A full attendance is desired. New
invited.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
Y. NJ. c. A. ORGANIZED.

Following the earnest efforts Of J.
Sterling Moran, Y. M. c. A. was organ
lied in Ripton on last Saturday evening
with an enthusiasm which we believe
promises success. The association fills,
a need among our young men for social
expression along clean legitimate lines,
and we hope to have the cooperation of
some of the older men. Plans will be
formed later for outdoor sports and ex-
cursions IN the country, and the meet
ings will give opportunity for the play
casional lecture and some definite form
of religious instruction. Mr.. Moran will
meet with us again on Saturday evening
to complete the organization.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks
to all the friends and neighbors who so
kindly assisted and spoke words of sy M
pathy at the death and burial of our
dear father, Oliver Clair; and the singers
and those who contributed flowers.
Mr.. AND MRS. LAWRENCE HOWE,
Lincoln. Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
Henry T. Kidder Co.

snow fell here on the 18th inst
A very strong rorth wind made things
uncomfortable on the 18th.
P. A. Campbell and Melvin Stone on
the 18th inst dug, picked up and drew to
the cellar one hundred bushels of pota-
toes.
The Pastor will preach a special SER
mon to the Sunday school on Sunday
afternoon, and in the evening we shall
have echoes from the Sunday school con-
vention.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
COUNTY NEWS.
BRANDON.

The house and one barn on the E. E.
Libby farm east of the village was de.
stroyed by fire Saturday morning.
Horace Moody Of West Rutland was
in town Monday.
Rev. w. F. Weeks of Shelhurne visit
ed in town this week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21

Sebring, Ohio, Oct. 14.-Charles AL
bright, manager of one of the Sebring
Brothers potteries here and brother
in-law of the Sebring Brothers, and Jo-
seph Smedecker, George Frederick and
John Derby, employees of the firm, who
were with him, were all instantly killed
today when a Stark Electric Company
freight car hit their automobile near
here. N. Y. Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-21
SAILS URY.

In the absence Of the pastor next Sun
day, County Y. NJ. C. A. Secretary Nor
an will speak at the morning service ON
"Our Responsibility to Help Encourage
and Save Our Young People" An I'M
usual effort will be made to get the
whole parish out, and is is expected to
give them something interesting.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
SPECIAL RATES
FOR SETTLERS

Beginning March 1st ans. effect.
i've until April 18th. the C. NJ. &
p. S. railway will make a special
colonist rate Of $25 from St.
Paul or $33 from Chicago to the
coast.
During the same period they
will also make g special settlers
fare of $3.50 to dup, SIS. 20
to Harlowtown, and $12.85 to
Lewistown and for IS additional
tickets will be sold from Chicago
to the above points. These
special settlers fars we'll be Cood
on Tuesdays only and will allow
stopovers at all points west of
Mobridge S. D.
The Milwaukee people are ex-
pecting a big influx of population
to Montana this season and these
special rates are made to foster
this growth.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
EXTENTION OF
TIME GRANTED

Of great interest to home
steaders in Montana and western
states is a bill which has been
favorably reported from the pub
lie lands committee Of the house
by Representative Volstead of
Minnesota. The bill provides
that all persons who made home
stead entries in Montana, North
and South Dakota, Idaho, Mn
nesota, Colorado, and Wyoming
where the period in which they
were required by law to make
entry under such declaratorv
statement or establish residence
expired after December l, 1899,
shall have until May Is, 1910,
within which to make such entry
or actual settlement and establish
residence. It is stipulated that
this extention shall not shorten
either the period Of communication
or actual residence under the
homestead law. The bill also
grants homestead settlers on
land in the states named leave
OF absence froya the land for a
period of three months from the
date of approval Of the proposed
law. This absence shall not be
deducted from the full time of
the residence require by law.
The reason for this legislation is
to relieve the entrymen of re-
on their claims during
the present severe winter.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS MEETING

The regular meeting of the
Commercial club to have been
held on Tuesday evening was
postponed until Wednesday eve
ming, at which time several
questions relative to the better
n1ei1t OF the town We're talked
over. A motion was passed to
to circulate a petition of remon-
STRANGE against the crea ting of a
new land Office at Marmarth
which petition has already re-
ceived many signers. Two new
members were admitted to the
club and several other prospects
considered. The fire engine pro-
position was talked over and re-
celved every encouragement.
After considering several minor
propositions the meeting ad-
journed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
w. H. PECK
GIVEN A SURPRISE

Tuesday evening over so of
W. H. Peck's friends gathered
at the l. O. O. F. hall where
they rendered him a surprise
party and farewell reception.
1t was known that Mr.. Peck
would leave on Thursday and
thinking that an event of this
kind was due to him, his many
friends, got togeather and ar
anged the excellent program.
After the crowd had all arrived
Mr.. Peck was called and not
until after hearing a few we'll
chosen remarks by Mrs. Clay W.
Taylor was he aware of the
purpose of the gathering. On
being informed that he had been
chosen their guest for the eveing
Mr.. Peck admitted the surprise
was on him and thanked them all
for the honor.
A program consisting of reci-
tatlons by Miss Lucy Markin,
Mrs. Robt. Yokley, Steve Brewer
a dialogue by Professors Funken-
bucsh and Yokley and progressive
whist etc. followed. After ex-
tending to "Biddie" their best
wishes for a pleasant and
benifcial trip and expressing re-
grets for his intended departure,
those present went home as
surred that due appreciation had
been shown him for his good,
noble and industrious work
in building up and bettering his
home oWn-Ekalaka. In the
words of James Munro, "We
are sorry to see you go Mr.. Peck
and will be glad to see YOU re-
turn.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
INSTALLATION
0F;..0FFlCERS

Saturday night. installation of
officers was held by Canton
Custer No. 6 P. M. The new
officers were installed by Capt.
Geo. Hcggen. as installing officer,
Scargent-Major M. H. Prell as
A. A. G. and Trumpeter S. w
Davidson as Aid. Those being
chosen and installed We're Capt.
W. Fl. Peck. Lieutenant Geo. S.
Boggs, Ensign. VIM. Mowbray
Clerk T. J. Martin, and Ac-
countant, Geo W. Crosby, The
Canton starts out the new year
with bright prospects end the
members rest assured Of a
better organization. They ex-
pect to add several new members
this spring and summer and have
also began making arrangements
for the state meeting of the
Cantons this year at Helena,
when the new Odd Fellows Home
will be dedicated.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
ALSO APPOSED
TO LAND OFFICE

The town Of Marmarth is AGAR
working on that new land dis
trlct scheme, which contemplates
taking a slice out of Harding
county, as we'll as a chunk Of
Montana, and the establishment
of the Office at Marmarth.
This display of enterprise on
the part of the North Dakota town
is commendable and indicates
that its citizens are eager to take
advantage of all opportunities.
But they should not overreach
themselves. There is such a
thing as being too ambitious.
Among other things it would
appear to be advisable to consult
the wishes of the people in all
parts OF the proposed new land
district as to the location of their
land Office instead of ATTEMPT
ing to quietly and surreptitiously
annex the comfy Of Harding to a
North Dakota district, and thus
place our citizens at a worse
disadvantage than they now
comfort, as far as communication
and transportation facilities with
a land Office are concerned.
The Bill now before the
United States senate provided
that all Of Harding county as far
south as the line between town.
ships II and Is shall be in
the proposed Marnarth land dis
trict.
The people of this county do
not propose to 81 supinely still
and allow themselves to be
appropriated to the uses and
benefits of every little aspiring
railroad town, especially enc as
remote and inaccessible as is
the town Of Marlnarjh. Range
Gazette.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
LOW RAILROAD RATES
Mileage Books Now interchangeable on West
ern Railroads. No Change Of Home
seekers Rates.

Railroad officials in Miles City
have received information to the
effect that responding to the
demands of the travelling public
that some arrangement be made
TOR freely interchangeable mil.
cage ticket fitted to present con.
dltions, the western railroads
have decided upon uniform
mileage book which will be
placed in use on March / to re-
placed all forms Of milage books
at present in use.
The books will be sold at a flat
rate of $40 to cover 1000 miles,
will be issued with slightly vary
ing conditions for the eastern
territory and the trans-Missourl
territory of the association.
One coupon will be taken for each
mile in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Kansas, Oklahoma, Northern
Michigan, minnesota, North
Dakota, Wisconsin and parts of
South Dakota. Five coupons for
four miles, or 2 1-2 cents per
mile. will be taken in Missouri,
Wyoming, Texas, Montana and
South Dakota west of the Mis-
souri, river. In New Mexico
three coupons for two miles will
be detached.
The special committee ap-
pointed for the purpose of con-
sidering reduced rates for 1910
held meeting last week. The
committee decided to report in
favor Of retaining the same rates
for homeseekers and tourists as
prevailed during 1909, but was
unable to arrive at an agreement
regarding reduced rates for
other purposes. The Trans-Con-
tinental Passenger association
meets on January %, and will
then consider the question of re-
duced rates. The committee
will attend that meeting and
following it will formulate a !
report to be made to the western
lines. Independent.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
LAND ACCEPTED
Several Choice Claims in This Vicinity Now
Open For Filing. Date Set For
Tuesday March 8, 1910.

The following notice of open
ing of certain lands in this section
was received from the register
Of the u. S. Land Office at Miles
City this week. The land that
will be opened for filing CON-
prises some Of the best farming
and agricultural land that the
country has and no doubt there
will be rush at the land office
on the date below mentioned.
The following is a copy of the
notice received:-
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office,
Miles City, Jan. %, 1910
Notice is hereby given that
plats Of the below mentioned
townships have been received at
this office, and will be opened
for entries on Tuesday, March 8,
1910:
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
GRAND BALL

Grand Ball Friday Feb. II at
|. 0. 0. F. hall given by the
Entertainment Committee Of
Beaver Lodge No. IS. Everyone
invited to attend. Good music
and a good time guaranteed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
STORIES ABOUT
THE TOWN

W. 3. Wear was in town Mon.
day from his ranch.
J. I. Smith was in town Tues
day from his ranch.
Chas. Atkinson was in town
Sunday from his ranch.
The forest estimators were So
Journing in town Tuesday eve-
ming.
Mrs. Robert Ridgeway of
Ewalt was visiting in town Sat-
urday.
Star Dickson and Frank Miller
were in town from O'Fal]on
Tuesday.
Pete c. Jensen of Powderville
was in town Tuesday on a busi-
ness trip.
R. M. Yates and A. L. Tubbs
are at Baker this week loading
out with freight.
Notice of the Masquerade Ball
on Feb. 22nd will be found else
where in this issue.
H. N. Nash, the travelling
machinery man, was in town the
tore part of the week.
James Hunter is down from
Miles City looking after his
stock and ranch interests.
J. F. Divine passed through
town this week enroute to
Marmarth from Camp Crook.
Miss Alice Newbary returned
Mon day after a short vacation
IRON her duties as Hello girp'
at the telephone Office.
II. D. KUettell left yesterday
for the Twin cities
where he will purchase supplies
and stock for The r. c.. Charters
90.
Rube Clark returned this week
rom Beach where he went about
:Wo weeks ago with bunch Of
horses. He expects to return in
short time.
c. K. Putnam went to Baker
o look up freight shipment for
The W. H. Peck Co. Tuesday.
5efore returning he will go to
Niles and by a stock of dry goods
or the company.
Senator Sykes and A. E.
Workman were in town Tuesday
rom Box Elder. Snow is said
o be plentiful on Box Elder flat.
ltho the cattle are looking fairly
cod.
&. S. Bradshaw was in town
tuesday, from his sheep ranch in
he Chalk Buttes. So far, his
heep have been getting along
4 good shape, and Mr.. Brad
haw like the rest is wishing for
he thaw.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07

A correspondent writes The Bee
protesting against our Jumping on
Governor Shallenberger for putting
his daughter on the pay roll, when
you know a lot Of republican office
holders have done the same thing. ."
We regret to have to admit that lot
Of republican ofice-holders have done
the same thing, even including repub-
lican governors, but that is not a good
excuse That is the same excuse Con-
gresham Hitchcock gives for sharing
in the BARLEY treasury shortage.
namely, that others also had some of
the loot, although none of the others
so far as disclosed pleaded the statute
of limitations after BARLEY had served
in the pen for stealing the /. money
loaned to them, When man is
driven to give as his only excuse that
Others do it" he confesses his guilt.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07
A Paramount Bryan Fallacy.

Was Mr.. Bryan ignoTantly or delib-
erately deceiving the people when in
his presidential campaigns he preached
the doctrine Of placing trust made
articles on the free list as the infallible
means of curing the trust evil? Did
he know what ne was talking about
or was he just guessing and making
this his campaign slogan because be
thought it sounded plausible and
would catch votes?
w. f. Andrews in his Hastings
speech most effectually points out the
amazing fallacy OF this Bryan theory
which Bryan and his partisans are still
advancing. With three articles, sugar
tea and coffee, he makes his illustra,
ton. But the new tariff law is full OF
similarly forcible illustrations. 1t shows
numbers Of articles that have advanced
in price in spite of being placed on
the free list and others that have gone
down, though the duty on them was
raised.
The democrats howl about sugar, or
which the consumer pays 1914 pei
cent advance on the import price, but
they say nothing of coffee and tea
which we're placed on the free list
Take coffee alone, the consumer pays
from 800 to 400 per cent advance OF
/ the import price Manifestly. then
placing coffee, which is handled by s
trust, on the free list did not produc,
more competition and bring down the
price to the consumer.
The fact OF the matter is that Mr.
Bryan, who was a student OF the tariff
before he went off with the free silve,
craze, knows better than most peopl,
1 to whom he breaches this fallacy tina
it is nothing but a trick to deceive tn,
unwary and make them believe the re
publican party is responsible for higl
prices The truth is so plain, though
that nobody who will take the tim
to think about it can be deceived b.
even so clever sophist as Mr.. Bryan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

AS in the cases of Grover Cleveland
Charles =. Hughes the father of G..
ernor Judson Harmon OF Ohio Va.
preacher.
Herbert W. Parsons and Speaker NaH..
worth are said 20 be candidates FOR scnH.
tor Dcpew's scat i'm the United Stsn#
senate. I'm case tho New York Legislature
remains under republican control.
Dr. Lydia De witt lie the first woman r
enter the employ Of the health depatmo.f
OF ST. Louis She has just been appointed
assistant city bactcriologist. Dr. pH VII.
was formerly instructor I'm pathology and
embryology at. the University OF Michigan.
Joseph sick OF Cherry Mills. Pa. a vet
eran OF the civil war, has In his possession
the key OF Libby prison. The key was
given to Mr.. Sick by a friend, who found
il among some junk. The key Is about six
inches long and is marked Libby Prison
In raised letters.
II is reported that a considerable part Of
tho biography OF Frederick the Great
which the kaiser is understood TO be writ
ing, is already completed. The kaiser is
credited with treating his subject with
strict lmparuality Notwithstanding his en-
thusiastic admiration FOR his ancestor.
Miss Mela Rybicka, hailing from the
Tyrol is the handsomest genuewomsn in
the Austrian empire. At least she was so
pronounced at the national beauty compet-
ton, at which she won the first prize
This competition was restricted TO women
OF title and the wives and daughters OF
military and professional men.
1t is reported that the late General sam
Houston, when dining with gentleman
whose table was more conventonally
furnished than that to which he was &c
customed, said TO his host. after partakinE
OF the champagne and olives: Il like your
cider, but confound your pickles" A. j..
Houston, the prohibition candidate for gov
ernor of Texas, is said to be a son OF the
general.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07
OUTPUT OF GoLD.
some Recent Calculations on the Cost
OF Production.


Wall street Journal
There is no question whatever that 10y
improved processes and machinery q larger
amount OF gold can be obtained from a
given quantity OF ore than was at all pos
slble twenty years ago We can, in fact
treat our tsilinEs until there IS nothing
left in them. But the cost Of producing
gold, according 70 the johannesburg cham
Der OF mines and most other authorities on
the question, is not declining by any means.
The cost Of producing the ore is steadily
advancing and this Is only a small part
Of the expense.
There is a distinguished mining engineer
in the United States today who has seri-
ously contended that so far as the nations
are concerned, the rewards in the search
for gold are utterly out Of proportion TO
the cost, He has even maintained that
when tho waste Of prospecting fruitess
experiment, deep level mining machinery
too expensive and too costly to run-when
these and a number OF other things are
considered that 1t probably costs the world
about s. in capital and effort to secure 81
worth of gold
OF course the successful gold mine real
ICES the dreams OF avarice, but people
who talk about the reduced cost OF produc-
ing gold conveniently ignore the failures.
We suspect that this IS one Of that string
OF fallacies more OF less related TO the I'M
sound cumulative theory Of money. which
Is not far from the root OF the wide pop
ular errors. As a country we are fond
Of our successes. our wonderful showing
OF the products OF the soil. the treasures
Of the mine. We say good deal less about
the capital we waste in abandoned enter
prses.
1t is interesting to note that there is a
slight falling off in the Alaskan gold out
put and the time cannot be far distant
when the Rand supply will fall off also
The decline in proportion will come mainly
because OF the steadily increasing cost
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07
Onlv One Answer

II Congressman Hitchcock, who al
first denied that he had had any deal
ings with BARLEY at all, would answer
truthfully these questions propounded
to him he could only say Yes 70
every one Of them
Did you, or did you not, Mr.. Hitch
cock, on December 2S, 1898, go TO G.
w. Wattles in the Union National
bank with a letter from BARLEY tell
ing wattles to give you $4,000 of his
CBartley'sD money?
Did you, or did you not, Mr.. Hitch
cock, on December %, 1898, get from
Mr.. wattles $4,000 on the strength OF
Bartley's letter to him?
Did you, or did you not, Mr.. Hitch
cock. on December 30, 1893, two days
later. write a letter in your own hand
addressed to Dear BARLEY" telling
him that you had used his letter and
gotten his money?
Did you, or did you not, Mr.. Hitch
cock, in that letter written on Deem
Der %. 1898, two years before the
worthless second mortgage was
thought Of say you had gotten this
money from Mr. Wattles, whom you
had not before met" solely on instruc-
tions given him by BARLEY to let you
have his CBartley's) money?
Did you. or did you not, Mr.. Hitch
cock. in that letter written two years
before the mortgaged property ever
came into your possession, say THANK
you" to BARLEY for accommodating
you with the loan?
Did you, or did you not, Mr. Hitch.
cock, when BARLEY demanded repay.
ment of this $4,000, grown with inter.
est to $4,000, tell him that the note
had outlawed while he (Bartley) was
in the penitentiary and plead the
statute of limitations and to this day
have still to put it back?'
With only one truthful answer to
these questions, and that answer
Yes" what right has any honest man
to vote a confessed partner in the
BARLEY shortage into the United
States senate?