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The Monte Vista journal., 1910-05-07
MONTE VISTA STANDS HIGH

MONTE VISTA STANDS HIGH
Monte Vista High school is one
of twenty-one High schools.
This week word was received
that Monte Vista High school con-
tinues to be accredited in the North
Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary schools, which is
voluntary organization to bring
about a better quaintauce, a
keener sympathy and heartier
cooperation between colleges and
high schools of the Middle West;
secondly, to consider common edu-
cational problems and to devise
the best ways of solving them; and
thirdly, to promote the physical,
intellectual and moral well being
of students by urging proper sani-
tary conditions of school buildings,
adequate library and laboratory
facilities, and higher scholarship
Of teachers.
There are thirty lone schools &C
credited in Colorado and Monte
Vista is one of twenty-one which
escapes criticism by the Board of
Inspectors. The accredited schools
of the State are as follows: Aspen,
Boulder, Colorado State Prepara-
tory Canon City, Canon City
South, Colorado Springs, Cripple
Greek, Delta, Denver: East Side,
West Side, South Side, Nj nual
Training; Durango, Fort Collins,
Fort Morgan, Golden, Grand juno
ton, Greeley, Idaho Springs, La.
mar, Leadville, Longmont, Love
land, Monte Vista, La Junta (Otero
County,, Pueblo: District l, Dis
trict 20; Rocky Ford, Salida,
Trinidad and Victor.
The following letter from the
Inspector for Colorado will explain
our standing:
Boulder Colo,
April 20, 1910.
Supt. E. B. Gibbs,
Monte Vista, Colo.
DEAR Mr.. Gins:
Enclosed herewith find the list OF
schools accredited by the North Central
Association at that body's recent meet.
ing. Your school is on the list for
l910-l1. The Board OF Inspectors had
no criticism to offer. This statement
applies to twenty one Of the thirty -onc
retained on the list-a good showing.
Very truly yours
FRANK +. THOMPSON,
NC. A. Inspector for Colorado.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-05-07

Jerre Winchell, of Center, was
in town Tuesday. He says as
soon as he gets his crops seeded
he is going south and buy n peach
orchard.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-05-07
A PLUNDERED CRY

The Merriam investigation re-
veals disgraceful condition in civic
Observation-Disclosures Of sys-
tematic grating are food for seri.
ous reflection.
The really important feature of
current exposures is that they be-
tray q system of graft in account
keeping, of bribery of city officials,
Of deliberate frauds in city con-
tracts, and that the grafters be-
lieved themselves immune from
prosecution.
It seems to have been the cor
rect code to consider the city a big,
helpless concern with a bullying
treasury.
The filchers Of public funds
grew careless in covering their
tracks.-American.
Judge Elliott has decided that
the annual meeting Of the San
Juan Pioneer association will be
held at Del Norte, September Is
aud l6. Active preparations should
begin at once for the biggest crowd
that ever attended one OF these
meetings.
One thing detrimental TO the
prohibition movement IL, too many
babies are brought up on the bot
tie.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-05-07

A "bAR"-6AlN, MEANS A GAIN, FOR YOU.
YOU WANT TO BE SURE THOUGH THAT THINGS
THAT ARE CALLED BARGAINS ARE REAL
D BAR GAINS AND Not FAKE BARGAINS. WEDo
Not BELIEVE IN "bAMbooZLING," OR POOLING,
USE WHICH WORD YOU WILL, THE PEOPLE BY
THROUGH OUR BACK DOOR AT NIGHT AND
SENDING THEM OUT THE FRONT DOOR DURING
THE DAY. We Now OFFER YOU THESE
OAR GAlNS--6AlNS FOR YOU, FOR Two
WEEKS, BEGINNING MAY z, 1910
INDIA 11NON
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-09
Bureau OF Labor.

Bureaus Of Labor.
The commissioner OF labor has been
actively engaged In composing the diff
ferences between employers and en-
ployees engaged In Interstate trans
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-09

1871
Referring to the report of the COM
missioner of corporations, the presi-
dent says:
'"The commissioner finds a condi-
ton in the ownership of the standing
timber of the United States other
than the government timber that calls
for serious attention. The direct in
vestigation made by the commissioner
covered an area which contains 80
per cent. of the privately-owned tim
Der of the country.
His report shows that one half of
the timber in this area is owned by
200 individuals and corporations:
that IA per cent. is owned by these
corporations, and that there is very
extensive inter-ownership of stock,
as well as other circumstances, all
pointing to friendly relations among
those who own a majority of this tim
Der, a relationship which might lead
to a combination for the maintenance
of a price that would be very detri-
mental to the public interest, and
would create the necessity of remov-
ing all tariff obstacles to the free Inn
p~ortations Of lumber from other u
tries"
Bureau Of Labor.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-09

I'm my last annual message | in
vited the attention of congress to the
inadeauacy of the postal rate imposed
upon s~econd-class mail matter in so
far as that includes magazines, and
showed by figures prepared by experts
of the postoffice department that the
government was rendering a service
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-09

Panama canal will ind this the only
great commercial nation unable to
avail in international maritime bust
ness OF this great contribution to the
means of the worlds commercial in
tercourse"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
CARDINAL GIBBONS.

Head of the Catholic Church in
America, who received many congra-
tu1atory messages upon reaching his
seventy-sixth birthday
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
VIGOROUS PROTEST
MADE BY NICARAGUA
Representative of Dr.. Madriz
Presents Formal Statement
to United States.

WASHINGTON. - Protest against
the action Of the state department of
the United States in refusing to rec
ognize as binding under international
law, the order of DR.. Madriz, provi-
sional president of Nicaragua, declar-
ing Bluefe.ds a closed port, and in
refusing further to take seriously Nor
ways recognition of this order, was
made by Cory NJ. Stadden, counsel
Nicaragua. ~
The statement in part says:
King Haakon, having recognized
President MadriZ as the de jure, as
we'll as defacto government of Mica
ragua, as all other powers with the
exception Of the United States hav-
ing diplomatic relations with Mica
ragua have done, it was eminently
proper for him to recognize the de-
cree closing the port of Bluefields.
This action was based upon formal
protest that vessels flying. the Nor
wegian flag had committed hostile
acts toward friendly government"
Mr.. Stadden's statement concludes
with the observation tEat IF the state
department will diligently observe in
ternational obligations due to
friendly state, the Instruction will
soon be suppressed, with due care for
the preservation of American lives
and property"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
NORWAY MAKES. MISTAKE

CHRISTIANIA, Norway-The for
eign office states that the action of the
Norwegian government in regard to
the right of vessels flying the Nor
wegian flag. to enter the port of Blue
fields, declared under blockade, fol-
lowed the receipt Of a communication
from the .Nicaraguan government.
This communication, hich came TO
Norway through its legation at Ha-
vana, set forth that the port of Blue
fields had been closed to foreign COM
merce in consequence of the condi.
tions prevailing in that country; -
1t is intimated that the Norwegian
government acted under misappre-
hension as to the Nicaraguan situa-
ton, and hence the statement of the
foreign Office explaining. what it did
and how it came to do it.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Secretary of War Dickinson has ar
rived at Manila.
President Taft is suffering with
sprained ankle, sustained on the Kebo
golf links, at Bar Harbor.
The Western Federation OF Miners
passed resolution declaring that the
papers owned by William r. Hearst
were "unfriendly to organized labor"
Edwin H. Hartman was worth
$71,OOO.OO0 at the time Of his DEATH
according to the records OF the New
York state controllers office. into
which the Inheritance tax was paid.
Reiterating his declaration that ne
never would again re-enter the specu-
lative arena and declaring that In ais
opinion the crux of the financial SIT
uation lay with the grain crops, par
ticularly corn, James A. Patten. the
erstwhile cotton king" sailed LOT
Europe on the steamer Kroonland
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Cabinet Officers Mix in Politics.

VANCOUVER, B. Con- their way
to Alaska, where it is understood they
are going at the request of President
Taft to investigate and straighten DO
litical conditions in that territory, U.
S. Attorney Wickersham and Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor Nagel
arrived here from the East and took
up quarters at once on the steamer
Albatross on which they sailed Mon
day morning. Although Secretary
Nagel, speaking for Wickersham. who
felt indisposed, would not admit it
and steered around the subject, it is
intimated that the Alaskan political
situation needs smoothing out at once
in order that the party leaders can
give their attention to fighting the
growing insurgency, movement in
many OF the states.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
; GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Rains checked the forest fires which
have been threatening the destruction
OF many towns in Ontario and Mani
toba.
The graft investigation committee
OF the New York legislature, which
was appointed as result of the Aids
scandal to show up the activities of
certain state senator's and assembly
men who have used their official DO
sitions to fatten their bank accounts,
met Tuesday to begin its inquiry.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
selected Chicago as the place for the
holding of the next national conyen-
ton in 1912.
The fight between Tommy Burns
and Sam Langford, which was sched-
uled to take place before the Olym-
pic Athletic club of London during
the first week of September, has been
called off.
AdVlces from Alaska Indicate that
the salmon pack this year will fall
far below the normal.
Formal announcement has been
made by J. T. Templeton, secretary of
the Buck Stove & Range company. of
st. Louis. of the end of the fight with
organized labor. The employees of the
plant are to be organized.
To the failure of a safety nechan.
ism to operate when sudden and
powerful pull was given by an arti1.
ieryman in attaching the lanyard is
now laid the responsibility for the &C.
c1dent which cost the lives of II men
at Fortress Monroe in the battle prac~
tce.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
GRIMES AND MIsHAPs

harry K. Thaw is to make another
ngnt Tor his transfer from the Mat
teaWan state hospital for insane Grim.
inals.
Two persons drowned and 40 houses
swept away is the result OF disas.
trous flood in the vicinity Of B,sbaa
Arizona.
The second trial of Lee o'Ne,l
Browne. the Illinois legislator charged
win bribery in connection with the
election of William Lorimer to the
United States senate, began Monday
IN the criminal court in Chicago.
Five hundred dollars reward is Of.
Iered by the American league for evil
oence tending to show that any player
or club in the league is using or conn.
tenancing the tipping of signals Of an
opposing team. The player involved
VIII De olacklisted from organized
baseball for all time to come.
inspector Markowski, of the aren-
cy OF the Russo-Chinese bank from
which $4,000 in bonds were stolen
~ an omcial statement announced it
mad been definitely ascertained thar
inc inert OF the securities was com.
mltted by the cashier of the bank
The total loss by the forest fra. "a
BRUSH Columbia is officially estimat.
81 At $3.OOo.OOO. Practically all the
nres In the upper country have bee,
extinguished.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
RAILROADS WIN VICTORY
Interstate Commission Not Upheld In
Cutting Charges From Coast.


Cutting Charges From Coast.
ST. PAUL.-The railroads won a
substantial victory in the findings of
Frederick N. Dickson. master in chan
Gerry. These are the preliminary find
ings in the lumber rate suit institut.
ed in the fall of 1908 against the in
terstate commerce commission by the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific, and Burlington.
The railroads asked for rate of so
cents hundred on lumber shipped
from Portland, Or, to st. Paul, and
for 60 cents for Portland to Chicago.
The interstate commerce commission
cut this to As cents from Portland to
st. Paul and SIS cents from Portland
to Chicago. Mr.. Dickson upholds the
contentious of the railroads.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
indignant Women Parade.

LONDON.-The greatest suffrag-
cite parade that ever marched
through the streets of London was
seen Saturday when more than half a
million women showed their indigna-
ton at the shelving o. the Shackleton
bill giving the right of franchise to
women in parliamentary elections.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Chicago Builders Out.

CH1CAGO.-More than 1000 men
have struck on large buildings in the
course OF construction and before the
end OF the week it is predicted by Ia.
Dor leaders that more than 1000 men
OF all trades will have stopped work.
completely crippling all construction
work in the city.
The river press., 1910-11-23
A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE
Will Have Majority On Joint Ballot
In Twelfth Assembly.

HELENA, Nov. 16.-In the three
counties which have been watched with
great deal Of anxiety by those inter.
ested in the Legislature, the canvass OF
the votes has been made by the county
commissioners and the results an.
nounced. These three counties we're
Granite where the republicans claimed
the election of q senator and one rep.
resentative; and in Rosebud, where
the republicans claimed the election
OF one. representative, the sen ator not
being In question.
In all three Of these counties the can
vassing board returns favor the demo.
Gratis, with the result that on the face
Of the returns to date the Legislature
stands "a democrats to AZ republicans.
These canvassed results are exceed.
ingly close. In Granite the board
gives the democr attic senator the vic.
tory by four votes and the representa-
tive by ski votes. In Rosebud the
democrat is given the election by sew
en- votes and in Custer by seventeen.
With oil dispute ended 40 to the
membership from the various counties,
the final showing is as follows:
The river press., 1910-11-23
New York Bribery Scandal.

NEW YORK, Nov. l8.-A bribe of
$l00, 900 to vote against the anti-race
track betting bills in 1908 was offered
to State Sen ator Eugene NJ. Travis, of
Brookly, so he swore on the stand
today, testifying before the legislative
committee.
A mysterious little man whose name
he does not recall made the offer In
the lobby of the senate, he said. in
behalf of former Senator F. j. Gard.
ner. Gardner, he added, confirmed
it in subsequent telephone conver.
ton.
Gardner is now under Indictment,
charged with having attempted simi.
larly, though with smaller amount,
TO influence Otto G. Foelker, OF
Brooklyn, now a congressman, but
then q state sen stor. Foelker voted
for the bill, ss did Travis, and it was
passed, Notwithstanding the efforts o.
the race track interests and the slleg
ed use of fund which previous testi
mopy has placed at e5OO, 900.
The river press., 1910-11-23

lation we would place q primary elec-
tion law that will not only place the
selection of county, city and state OFF,
GERS more directly in the hands of the
voters, but which will also make it
necessary for csnd i'd ates for the place
OF United States senator to obtain q
majority vote of confidence from the
electors at the general election, aud
permit Of binding the candidates for
for the Legislature to vote for the per.
son receiving the majority vote re.
gardless OF his politics.
We believe such primary law az
this can be passed at the next legisls.
ture. The democrats are bound by .
decent respect for the declar ations of
their state platform to support such .
bill. A good many republicans also
favor it. Indeed, there is no reason
at oil Why this legislati should be
made q partisan issue.-Great Falls
Tribune.
The river press., 1910-11-23
Montana Oat Crop Is Large.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-In q spe-
cial report on oats, the department. of
agriculture states that it's production
reaches the highest development In
Montana, Idaho, Washington. in this
country, and in Canada, Norway,
Sweden, Germany and Great Britain.
The production in Montana of oats in
1909 was $3.50, 963 bushels, from 167.
l64 acres, the yield averaging 43.3 bu-
shels to the acre. The state ranks 18th
among the states in production.
In Montana the acreage devoted to
oats exceeds the combined acreage OF
both wheat and corn. Montana, w ash.
ington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada are
the states showing the highest yield 10
the acre. The leader in acre value
among the states in oat production ia
Washington, with sl9.S6, followed
closely by Utah, Idaho and Montana,
the latter having figure of slS.l4.
The river press., 1910-11-23
No Recount For Great Falls,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-Director of
Census Durand stated today that
Great Falls would not be given re-.
count of population even II q commit.
tee waited on him or representations
we're made by the Montana senators.
"There 10 absolutely no grounds
for recount" Durand said. "The
population as given out is fairly &C.
curate. We recounted all districts
where there Was fraud. The recount
was made by an official sent from here
together with the supervisor, and the
count verified here. We cannot give
Great Falls q recount"
The river press., 1910-11-23
May Abandon Fort Assinniboine,

''~b ~ ssNSSu''"SOUlVs
The rumor that the war department
contemplates the abandonment of Fort
Assinniboine is reiterated by newspa.
per correspondents, q special dispatch
to the Butte Miner being to this effect:
Orders were issued by the war de-.
partment today directing the aban.
donment of Fort Assinniboine March
next, on which date the present gar.
rison OF the Second infantry will de.
part for Hawaii. No other troops
will be ordered to this post, which ia
to be turned over to q caretaker until
disposed of by the war department..
This news is confirmed to some ex.
tent in q Washington news item which
does not imply abandonment of the
post, and which says:
Thousands Of troops will find thei,
stations changed as the result of al
order by the war department which
affects the soldiers in various partl
OF the country, who will 60 to Hawai-
and the Philippines to relieve those or
duty there now.
The changes are in conformity with
the governments settled policy ol
limiting to three years. where practi
cable, the tour of duty Of soldiers nov
serving in the Philippines and Hsw ali
Three garrisoned posts in the United
States will be turned over to csretsk
ers after the departure OF the troop,
now stationed In them. These arr
Fort Wingste, N. NJ; Fort Thomas
KY, and Fort Assinniboine, Mont.
The river press., 1910-11-23
WEDNESDAY, NOV. u, 1870.
BRAINS OR DOODLE

The news that the next legislative
assembly will be democratic on joint
ballot is followed by profound silence
among Montana democratic newspa.
pers regarding their party choice for
United States senator. 1t is assumed.
under the circumstances. that . demo.
csst will succeed Senator Carter, but
there appears to be reluctance or pru-
dent hesitation on the part Of demo.
cratic newspapers in regard to the
probabilities or certainties in this
connection. -.
In view Of what has happened on
former occasions, it is not surprising
that the senatorial question is tenn
porarily avoided by Montana demo.
cratic organe, as q political Issue that
deserves discussion. It is quite pos
sible that the controlling influence has
not yet expressed its choice In the
matter, and until its wishes are known
ii would be premature and futile for
others to designate their preference
for the bestowal Of senatorial honors.
Memories of what happened several
years ago, In connection with sens.
torial fghts in democratic legislative
assemblies. justify the suspicion that
similar proceedings may be witnessed
in the state Legislature soon after It
convenes in the state capitol next
January.
Will democra atie senatorial honors
be conferred upon brains or Doodle?
Partisan bias being laid aside, it is
admitted that the Montana democr attic
rganization includes several able
and estimsble citizens worthy OF the
highest political preferment their
party can bestow. It is also recog-
nized that there are others whose chief
claim to distinction is the possession
of wealth. From which class will the
democratic majority in the twelfth ss.
sembly choose United States senator
to represent Montana?
The uncertainty in this connection
is intensified by the fact that in the
democratic state convention held last
September, proposition to endorse
q senatorial candidate was voted
down. Had the names of sen natorial
candid ates been presented to the con.
veution, the delegates would have
been compelled to make q choice be.
tween brains and Doodle,
The citizens of Montana have had
more than suficiency of senatorial
scandals in their legislative assem-
blies, and hope to be saved from q
repetition of the disgrace.
The river press., 1910-11-23
FOR DIRECT PRIMARIES.

Since election returns have settled
themselves and things have quieted
down bit, politicians and those citi-
zens interested particularly in the
work OF the coming Legislature are
taking look ahead and specul ating
on the work that will be done by that
body. Seldom. indeed. has q Mon.
taua legislature been elected that had
. more important legislative program
demanding attention At its hauds than
will confront the present one.
While the legislative function that
chiefly attracts public atten ton ut this
time is the election OF q I n.ted States
senator. yet there will also come be.
fore it new propositions and old ones
in the way of legislative enactments
that are quite as important in many
ways 90 the election of q United States
senator. In some respects they are
indeed more important. One of the
chief reasons why many people favor
the passage of q primary election law
modelled after the Oregon plan, is
that 1t would remove the sen atorial
election fight from the Legislature, and
leave matters so that the members OF
legislature would merely carry out the
will OF the majority of the people as
the presidential electors now do in re.
lation to the selection of the nator
II we had the Oregon primary Law
as passed by q democra attic lowe,
house, and killed by the republican
senate two years ago, on the statut.
book prior to the late election, every
one would know by this time who th,
next United States senator from Mon
tsua would be, aud when the legisla
ture meets in Helena next January
the matter would be formally settlet
in the first days of the legisl ative ses
sion, and the rest of the 60 days. ses
sion could be devoted to the othe
business of the legislature. As
stands, there seems to be . good dea
of fear that the business OF electing
senator may drag out long, and eve,
result In deadlock unless Q caucu
can be secured. We hope that sucl
caucus will be secured 90 early as pos
sible and the business of electing ,
United States senator disposed of st
that needed legislations may get At
tention which it's Importance deserves
In the fore front rank of such leRis.
The river press., 1910-11-23
Sold a Mammoth Steer.

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 18.-The
champion Wyoming grace fed steer,
and probably the heaviest steer that
was ever shipped from the state, was
sold at South Omaha last week by the
American Sheep company OF this
place. The steer weighed 2,0lO pounds
and brought sl15.57. A half brother
of this steer topped the market a year
ago at 1850 pounds. The mother was
an ordinary range animal.