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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-16
Pope Better.

Rome, Aug. 16.-The pope Is much
better today. He received a few cal
lers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-16
BRITISH CAb|NEI TAKES HAND
IN INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE
ROYAL ENGINEERS WILL OPERATE RAILROADS
Liverpool Rioters Charged by Cavalry and Fired by In
fan,ry Before Forced to Dsperse Two Members Of
Mob Killed, Many Hurt.

London, Eng, Aug. 16.-Complying
with a request which was made by the
board of trade, Premier Asqulth to-
day convened the cabinet in extra
ordinary session for the purpose of
discussing the labor war which Is
rackingN all England.
1t was unofficially stated this
morning that the imperial govern
ment VIII summon the Royal engi-
neers for the purpose of operating the
railroad systems, under government
supervision, If the efforts of the cab
met to avert a general strike of labor
ing men are not Immediately success
full.
The British war office Is also pre-
pairing to take vigorous action in
bringing about an end of the trou-
BILE, which has caused much suffer-
ing among all classes of people and
losses of millions of dollars to busi
ness.
strike of the Amagamated Rail-
way employees 1t Is declared, will be
called tonight. This will tie up all
railroads. in Engand and will make
complete the paralysis of commerce
throughout the country.
In the various strikes, which are
now under way, more than two hun
dred thousand men are out in the sew
eral cities and commercial centers.
Authoritative statements were
made that the cabinet decided to Wig
orously repress further rioting. The
decision is taken to mean that the
employers and employees have failed
to agree and that n general labor
war all over England is about to be-
gin.
Troops Kill Rioters.
Liverpool Aug. 16.-Today brought
no cessation OF the strike trouble
here and riotlng has continued at in
tervals throughout the day.
one outbreak assumed serious pro-
portions, and order was only tempo
raryily restored by the troops, who
resorted to the use of fire arms. The
infantry troops fired several volleys
into the ranks of the rioters and the
cavalry made a spectacular charge.
Two members OF the mob were kill
ed and large number injured before
the mob dispersed.
Thousands of freight handlers are
merely awaiting a signal from their
leaders to go. out on strike, which
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-16
Troops Kill Rioters.

CONTINUED on page eighty }
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
EFFECT ORGANIZATION
OF AUTOMOBILE CLUB
LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS
HOLD MEETING AT
JUDITH CLUB.

Some thirty or forty owners of
automobiles met last evening at the
Judith Club rooms and perfected the
organization of an automobile club.
The name OF the organization will not
be decided upon until the next meet
ing, when the constitution and by
laws are presented by the officers
The following officers were chosen:
r. W. Reynolds, president; ]. F.
Lane, vice-president; G. E. Mathews,
secretary; w. D. Symmes, treasurer.
The members of the board OF gov
ernors are w. ]. Johnson, ]. D. Waite,
Doctor +. F. Attix, Harry Brown and
Frank Doran.
AS stated by those present, the pur-
poses of the club are to work for bet
ter roads, assist in the regulation of
automobile traffic in the city. urge the
setting up OF sign posts on the county
roads and promote social features of
enjoyment to the members.
It is expected that practically all
Of the auto owners in the county will
become members of the club, about
one hundred already having signihed
their intention OF joining when the
seeular membership list is passed
around
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30

waterworks contractor. MIR. LittleJohn
is also an experienced mining man,
having spent something like 20 years
at the business, and while waiting
tor materials to arrive, he has made
trips to some OF the mines, and eN-
pressed himself as being greatly I'M
pressed With what he has seem
Il have heard considerable about
the Libby district" he remarked, after
a recent trip to some of the prop
critics. but | had no idea that the
country could make any such show
ing as | have seen. | am convinced
that there will be some great mines
developed i'll this district, and it is
strange that this development has
been retarded for SO long The show
ings are remarkable and there should
be no trouble in interesting capital in
such properties if the holders are rea-
sonable in their demands.
The mineral resources here are
quite extraordinary, and when once
they are opened up and operated, to-
gether with the great agricultural
area Of this locality and the immense
bodies Of merchantable timber, Libby
is sure to make a city Of large size
These are the sort Of resources upon
which cities are built.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Last Look at HALEY.

San Jose, Calf, May 28.-Director
w. w. Campbell Of Lick observa-
tory, last night issued the following
report on Halley's comet:
"Halley's comet, which was nearest
to the sun and to the earth and at its
greatest brilliancy more than a year
ago, has been followed on its journey
into distant space with the telescopes
Of the Lick observatory. The comet
is now a little farther than Jupiter is
from the sun; that is, about 5OO,OOO,OOO
miles, but Astronomer Curtis has
photographed it with the Crossley re
tlector on two nights this week, exact
ly i'll the predicted positions Even
with the powerful Photographic tcle-
scope, the image of the comet is sex-
tremely faint on the plates, and it
would no doubt be invisible in the
most powerful telescopes if looked at
usually The comet is now 90 per
cent farther from the sun than it was
when its approach to the sun was dis
covered photographically in Septem-
| Der, 1907
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
LITTLEJOHN PUTTINGIN
LIBBY LIGHTING PLANT
LEWISTOWN CAPITAL IS I'M
PROVING GROWING WEST
ERN MONTANA CITY.

Western News, Libby, Mont: N. ].
Littlejohn, who is experimenting the
work OF installing the water and light
systems in Libby, has had force of
20 men at work for the past week at
the dam in Flower creek and on the
ditch leading to the reservoir, which
has been put in shape for the laying
of the big intake pipe The work of
laying this pipe is now in progress
and will furnish employment to a
crew of men for several weeks.
The work on the two systems is
proceeding slowly, for the reason that
the supplies which will be needed first
are slow in arriving. although they
have been on the road for some time.
Some of the material has arrived, but
there has been delay in getting the
supplies that are needed right now.
The first shipment OF the iron pipe
for the town mains has been made
and will probably arrive within few
days.
In addition to being an expert
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriate Services Being Held This
Afternoon at Culver's Hall and
at the Cemeteries.
REV. E. |. White SPEAKS
Local Divine Delivers Address Of the
Day-Company D, Montana Ma
tional Guard, Participate.

This day is sacred to the great
heroic host who kept this flag
above our heads, sacred to the liv-
ing and the dead sacred to the
Scared and manned, sacred to the
wives who gave their husbands, to
the mothers who gave their sons.
Here in this peaceful land Of ours
here where the sun shines, where
flowers grow, where children play,
millions Of armed men battled for
the right and breasted on thou
sand fields the iron storms Of war.
These brave, these incompatible,
men founded the first Republic.
They fulfilled the prophecies, they
brought to pass the dreams, they
realized the hopes, that all the
great and good and wise and just
have made and had since man was
man. But what of those who fell?
There is no language to express
the debt we owe, the love we bear,
to all the dead who died for us.
Words are but barren sounds. We
can but stand beside their graves
and in the hush and silence feel
what speech has never told.-From
the Memorial Day Address, New
York, 1882, by Robert L. lngersoll.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Tornado Kills Two.

Peoria, Ill, May ga tornado
struck Pekin, ILL.,, 10 miles south Of
here, at loo o'clock this afternoon,
killing two persons and causing prop
erty damage that will amount to thou
sands. The dead: Clyke Sakers,
aged Il, and Frank Woodley, aged Is.
The storm came from the south
west, demoishing the pumping sta
ton on the opposite bank Of the Hi
nois river. 1t then jumped across the
Illinois river, and the plants Of the
hcley Ice company were completely
destroyed. The residence portion OF
the city escaped. Wire communica-
ton Of all kinds was demolished
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
CITY COUNCIL FIXES
MUNICIPAL PAY ROLL
FEW CHANGES MADE, THE DE-
CREASES OFFSETTING
THE INCREASES.

Another special meeting OF the
city council was held last night, at
which the municipal payroll was
fixed for the coming year, as follows:
Engineer. 81 per day for 80 days
each month
Mayor, SIS per month.
Aldermen, So per meeting for not
to exceed four meetings per month
Clerk, SIPS per month.
Treasurer, police magistrate and
librarian, each $50 per month.
Health officer, $50 per month.
Assistant fire chief, SlO5 per month
Electrician, SIS per month.
Chief OF police and street commits
sioner, each SIPS per month.
This is an increase OF SIS per month
for the clerk, $40 per month for the
electrician and a decrease OF $1O0 per
month for the health officer. Hither-
to. the aldermen have been paid for
not to exceed two meetings per
month.
The petition OF H. J. Kelly, ct al,
for street lights on the corner OF Fifth
avenue and Virginia and of Erie and
Fifth avenue, were granted, as was
the petition OF ]. E. Pinkley, ct al, for
a street light on the corner of Secono
avenue and Water street.
John F. Abel presented easements
across all of the property through
which it would be necessary to put
the sewer to his residence except that
of Frank Degner, and the matter went
over to future meeting
The city attorney reported that the
Chicago attorneys for the Empire
Bank and Trust company. who pur-
chased the waterworks bonds. desire
copy of the plans and specifications
of the proposed system and these will
be furnished by the clerk and engi-
neer.
n. J. Littlejohn was awarded the
contract for the construction OF the
| Cunningham sewer. his bid being 5000
A. A. Stapleton was the only other
bidder. his price being Sl,0l0.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30

The people Of Lewistown are this
afternoon holding appropriate ser
vices in observance Of the day set
aside out of respect for, and i'll honor
Of, our country's defenders, the
soldier boys. The places OF business
are closed, business men, clerks and
laborers have ceased their toll for a
few hours while solemn and impress
sive tribute is paid to those who barred
their breasts to hostile bullets when
danger threatened the existence oil
the nation.
Abandon the Parade.
Owing to the muddy streets, the
parade has been abandoned, but all
other features of the program will be
carried out as originally planned, The
opera house, where the literary exer-
cises will be held, has been ap-
propriately decorated for the occasion
by a special committee from Com
pany D.
Following the exercises at the hall
there will be the usual services al
the cemeteries. The program Of the
day is as follows:
The Exercises.
election-March, Silent Heroes,
Bidgood, Bijou Band
Invocation--Rev L, w Wright
Selection-"The Charge Ncvin
Mems Chorus
Reading = Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address. John Grove
Vocal solo-Selected, Ruth Waite
Address-Rev T. L. White.
Selection-"T "Tenting on the Oh
Camp Ground Kittridge, Mems
Chorus
Selection-"Exit March, Bijo'
Band
Benediction-Rev. L. w. Wright
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
new SCHEDULE GOES
into EFFECT today
TWO TRAINS EACH WAY OVER
MILWAUKEE-THE
LOCAL SERVICE.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
started out their fine new steel pas
senger trains from Seattle and Chi
cago last Sunday and the first OF
them passed through Harlowton yes
tefday. There will be two through
trains each way daily, one fast train
which stops only at division points
and important cities, and the other a
local train.
The new schedule over the Lewis
town branch is in effect today for the
first time
Train No. ll6 will leave Lewistown
at GAS a. m. 1t will arrive at Har-
loWton at l2.14 p. IN. to make CON
nectlons with the Columbian flyer,
both east and west, direct connec-
tions being made for the west The
Columbian goes east at Harlowton at
4:32 p. m. and west at 1880 p. m.
The train going west is No. Is, ar
irving at Butte at 7:25 p. m. No.
10 goes east.
This train returning from Harlow
ton, known as No. lis, will leave
the Meagher town at 4:45 p. M, arriv-
ing at Lewistown at 7:l5 p. m Main
line trains leave Butte at 9:44 and
$40 a m.
No ll8 leaves Lcwistown at II 80
p m. arriving at Harlowton at 2 a.
M. Connections are made with the
Columbian. this train going west from
| Harlowton at 2:53 a. m. and east at
3:25 a. m. Going to Butte on this
train, one arrives in the copper city
at o:52 a. m.
Returning as No III, Harlowton
is left at a. m the train arriving
at Lewistown at $50 a. m This
train makes connections from Har-
lowton with both east and west bound
main line trains.
All of these trains will carry mail,
but No. lis. which arrives here in the
evening, will bring the bulk of both
| western and eastern mail. Post
master Pfaus announces that mail will
be distributed up as late as 9 O'Clock,
| which will permit the patrons to get
their letters and daily papers from
! Helena and Butte.
The outgoing morning train will
| make close connections at Judith
Cap with locals to Billings and Great
Falls
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Wasmansdorff & Eastman's Plans
for New Central School Build
ing Accepted by Board.
BOND ELECTION june |
Voters of District to Decide Ques-
ton of Bond Issue-High School
Board Meeting Held.

At a special meeting OF the board
OF trustees of the school district No.
l, held last Friday evening at the Of
flee OF Clerk H. B. Cutler, the con
tract for drawing the plans and
specifications for the new school
building to be erected within the next
year, and to cost, when completed.
between sixty and seventy thousand
dollars, was awarded to Wasmans-
dcrff & Eastman, the well-known firm
of local architects.
Several plans wefe submitted and
a number OF meetings were held, at
which the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed. 1t is to the credit OF the local
hrm that it was able to land the con-
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
light PLANT
SOLD AGAIN
Interests Allied With the Butte Elec-
trio & Power Company Take Over
Big Local Properties.
PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
Contemplate Construction of Hand
some Business Block-No Change
in the Present Management.

A deal was consummated last We'd
nesday whereby interests allied with
the Butte Electric & Power company
purchased the properties Of the Cit
liens Electric company Of this city
and leased the control Of the prop
critics Of the Lewistown Coal, Gas &
Light company.
The properties purchased include
the big, modern waterpoWer plant
about five miles south Of the city on
Spring creek, the old plant just at
the edge Of the city, the Mcdonnell
power site several miles below the
city, and all OF the business, lines and
other assets owned by the Citizens
company. The leased properties in
clude the Gebo or Spring Creek coal
mine, two miles from the city, the
power plant which is running in con-
nection with the mine and the various
lines and relay stations constructed
within the past two years,
Two Hundred Thousand Involved.
The deal involved about 100000 in
money and was negotiated on the part
Of the Butte parties by NJ. Hebgen,
general manager Of the Butte Elec-
trio & Power company, and Con i.
Kelly, chief counsel for the Amalga-
mated Copper Mining company and
lalso for the Butte Electric company
| Investigations were pursued by ex-
perts for several weeks prior to the
actual consummation Of the deal and
the purchasers feel that they have
made a most valuable addition to theil
already extensive holdings Of cleo
trical plants and waterpoWer sites II
Montana. AS is very generally un-
derstood, the Butte Electric & Power
company is subsidiary company o
the Amalgamated Copper Mining
company, which also holds con
trolling interest in the companies
Operating the big power plants 10
Gated on the Missouri river near Hell
ena, at Great Falls and the Livingston
and Billings plants on the Yellow
stone.
Management the Same.
There will be no change in TIL
present management OF the propertie
here. Nat G. Carwile will continu
as manager, c. L. Belden as superin
tendent, and the office force, linemel
and station men will continue as a
present.
Improvements Will Be Made.
Plans are already under way TO
the improvement OF the several plants
with the view of increasing the powe
capacity, which will enable the com
pany to take care OF many importan
industries for which LeWistown offer
an exceptionally favorable location
: It is contemplated, as soon as pos
sible, to construct a high tension lin
between Great Falls and Billing:
The purchasers have practically III
limited means and feel that Lewis
town and the Judith Basin afford III
usual opportunities for the prohtabl
investment OF capital.
Will Construct Building.
1t is rumored that the new owner
of the power companies here wi
erect modern business block in til
city just as quickly as a desirable sit
can be secured and the other nece:
sary arrangements completed
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30

tract in the face OF stiff competition
from some OF the best architects OF
the state. Their plan contemplates a
building llON72 feet i'll size, two full
stories above the basement, which is
itself one floor SO far as room and
equipment Is concerned, and con-
structed Of native stone and brick.
1t will face Sixth avenue and occupy
the block now owned by the district
and upon which the old brick build
ing is located. The structure will in
clude all OF the modern school build
ing features, especially with reference
TO light, heat and ventilation 1t will
accommodate about $50 students and
it is the intention Of the board to
equip most thoroughly.
Bond Election Thursday.
The construction Of the building
will, however, depend entirely upon
the outcome OF the special bond cleo
ton, which will be held next Thurs
day afternoon at the Hawthorne
building, i'll the lower end OF the city
Little, if any, opposition has de-
veloped thus far to the bond issue,
as the crowded condition OF the
schools at the present time has
brought home to all patrons the
urgent necessity Of securing more
room as quickly as possible.
High School Board Meets.
The board Of trustees Of the Fer
gus county free high school met last
Saturday evening at the Empire Bank
offices and transacted great deal o.
important business.
! Miss Jessie llanon, now at TIL,
elected to the position Of teacher o
Latin. Miss Hanon has a B. l.. de
gree from Underwood College, Mis-
souri,, and a B. A. degree from the
university Of Montana She was
principal OF the high school at Flora
Illinois, for three years. this being ;
school NJ $50 students. In addition tc
her accomplishments as a Eatl
scholar, Miss Hanon is fine mu
sic1an, having specialized on the violin
She comes highly recommended b,
President G. a. Duniway of the Stat,
University
Miss Reuckcrt will again hay,
charge Of the departments of musi
diiu bel Illdll, ana MISS Aaf1llCllae
will divide her time between the cit,
grammar schools and the high schoo
IN domestic science.
The plans Of Wasmansdorff & East
man were accepted for the new do
mestic science and manual training
rooms and call for bids for the per
formance Of the work will be mad
this week, The architects were re
Equested to prepare specifications 70
the new heating plant, which tn
board will install during the vacati6
period and for which bids will i
asked within short while.
The high school faculty is no,
complete and the board is lookin
forward to another year Of growt
and satisfactory progress i'll that IL
stitution.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Indications Point to Early Resump-
ton of Work by the Milwaukee
in This Section of the State.
Will ELECTRIFY ROAD
Experiment to Be Tried on Line Be-
tween Lewistown and Great Falls
According to Dispatch.

The Democrat IS informed that q
meeting Of the officials Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railroad
company is being held today in
Seattle and that some important an
nounccments with reference TO the
plans OF the company concerning the
resumption OF active building opera
tions i'll this county will likely be
forthcoming before the end oi the
week.
Want Right Of Way.
That the Milwaukee is getting
everything i'll readiness for construc-
ton work eastward from LcWistown
is shown by their application to the
state land board at Helena last week
for right-ot-Way over state lands
along Mcdonald creek The neces-
sary right way was purchased from
individual property owners last year,
several hundred thousand dollars hav-
ing been paid out at that time.
Year Ends June 3Oth.
June 3Oth marks the end Of the Mil
waukccs fiscal year and at that time
| the annual meetings OF the stockhold-
ers and directors are held i'll New
York City II has been generally un-
dcrstood that no positive announce
ment Of future plans concerning new
construction work would be made un-
til those meetings are held. However,
the Seattle meeting may bring forth a
hint or the corporations intentions.
Plan Big Experiment.
A dispatch from Helena says:
| When the fifteen million dollar
mortgage given by the Great Falls
Power & Townsite company to the
Bankers Trust company Of New
! York was filed last week with Clerk
and Recorder Martin Doty, consider
able speculation as to what the Great
Falls concern was going to do with
the fifteen millions was indulged i'll.
An article purportlng to give the
eompany's intentions appeared Sun
day in ST Paul paper. According to
this account $4,OOO,OOO will be used
to cover the bonds issued for the de-
vclopmcnt OF the Rainbow power site,
$40OO,OO0 more will be used to con-
struct power plant at the Great
Falls OF the Missouri and the bal
dice 0l WptODD VIII De USED TO
electriiy the Puget Sound railroad be-
tween Icwistown and Great Falls.
According TO this account, arrange
mcnts have been made between Presi-
dent iarling OF the Puget Sound, and
the president OF the General Electric
company, the holding corporation OF
the Great Falls Power & Townsite
company, for the clcctrification Of the
( line from Lewistown 10 the Falls as
soon as it is built If electrical opera
ton Of this stretch &C road proves
successful electricity. it is said, will
supplant steam as the motive power
5 on the entire system through the
| mountainous region.
Old Rumor Revived.
Within the last two weeks there
} Continued on page ~
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Gus Runzler a Visitor.

Gus Runzler, for many years resi-
dent of Lewistown, but now the
proprietor of drug store in Butte,
is spending the day here renewing his
acquaintance with numerous old
friends. Gus was on his way home
from an eastern trip, and when he
got to Harlowton, could not resist
the temptation to drop down across
the Basin
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Train Derailed.

Detroit, May ga warped rail,
the result of the intense heat, was re-
sponsible for the derailment of two
cars of Cincinnati, Hamiltos & Day
ton passenger train near Erie, Mich,
late today. Two trainmen and sew
eral passengers received injuries, but
no one was seriously hurt.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-30
Motorcyclist Killed.

Chicago, May 28.-Speeding at 60
miles an hour, four motorcycle riders
collided in front of the grandstand,
packed with thousands, at Hawthorne
race track this afternoon, resulting in
the death of Lafe Nixon, of Dayton,
and injuring three others, one per-
haps fatally.