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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21
Reviews the
Big Project
Engineer Savage Reviews
Work on Blackfeet
Reserve

"Cne of the largest pieces of con-
struction work in the northwest at
the present time is the construction
of irrigation works on the Blackfeet
Indian reservation service for the
bureau of Indian affairs. Approx
mately forty thousand acres of ir-
rigable land has been allotted in
severalty, and it is expected that
much more will be allotted. The
reclamation service is constructing
an irrigation system which when
completed will furnish an abundant
supply of water to all allotted lands.
The Blackfeet Indians. working
as laborers. and with their teams.
are ex~cavating the major part of
the canals under the supervision of
Mr.. r, N. Smell, project engineer.
In June n hundred and fifty-one
four horse Indian teams, working
with four-horse Fresno scrapers,
were employed on the works. Not
withstanding the popularibelief that
Indians wont work, the Blackfeet
are working, and the unit cost re-
ports show that they are working
in a relatively efficient manner.
The irrigation works are being con-
structed with the same care and per-
manency as are the works on the
reclamation service. All the prin-
cipal structures are of masonry.
The Indians, in addition to perform
ing the work are learning how to
work with their teams and are ac-
quiring a proficiency that will en-
able them to benefit from the agri-
cultural possibilities of their lands.
Construction work has begun on
a large storage dam at the outlet of
Two Medicine Lake in the Glacier
National park, the water to be di-
verified down the Two Medicine riv-
err for the irrigation of lands on the
Seville bench on the main line of
the Great Northern railway.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21
Publicity Campaign

Broadwater-P epin Trading Co.
the enterprising Browning mer-
chants, find the Pioneer Press a val
liable advertising medium and have
begun a vigorous fall publicity cam.
paign.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21
Tension High
On Fast Trains
Wonder is there Aren't
More Wrecks Says
a Veteran

BILE MOI superhuman,' said w. j.
Murphy of Washington, ID. g., yes
terday at the Nicolett, in discussion
of the latest horror in railroad cir
cles, the wreck of the Federal ex-
press a few days ago at Bridgeport,
Conn. Murphy is the kind of man
that can talk about these things
without contradiction, for he is a
postgraduate locomotive engineer OF
the Pennsylvania railroad system
off for a vacation with his wife.
Murphy has the look and manner
of the man that has held the desti-
nles of hundreds of human beings in
his hand day in and day out for
years. He is the type that can Sit
unconcernedly in a cab III a blind
ing snowstorm with the throttle
wide open and th" "averse lever
slide at
seventy miles an hour, with the con-
seriousness always in the back of his
h.ad t nat the failure Of a single one
of the cogs that make for safety on
"A great railroad system will send
him and half his tram to kingdom
come in the twinkle Of an eye. So,
when Murphy loosens up a bit and
talks railroading. he is II of the
sort that carries weight.
The Federal express" he said,
was like a hundred other wrecks
that have happened II time and
another in this country, and don't
think that | or any other railroad
mar can ever tell just what did hap
pen to that train or what caused it.
Now, if one is loafing along with
an accommodation train at twenty
tive or thirty miles an hour, any hay
seed a mile away can tell what aus
ed the trouble. But it's a different
proposition when one of the flyers
comes to grief, especially If 1t comes
eff at night. Nine times out of ten
there are only two men on the train
that could express an opinion that
void be worth anything, and they
are the engineer and fireman, and
they are about always killed. When
clipping off a mile every fifty Sec
onds, and anything happens up a
head, one can just gamble that when
the smoke clears away there isn't
much left of the railroad but the
right of way for half a mile, and it
would take a regular Sherlock
Holmes to guess at just what did
happen. There are so many, many
things that turn up for which nc
one is really responsible. For in
stance, the engine might drop one
of her driver brake shoes, and the
first blow on it by the big whee'
would crack the rail, and in two
seconds there is nothing left of the
engine or roadbed either for hun
dreds of yards. Sometimes a switch
is misplaced, but it is pretty rare
these DAYS, with all the interlockine
systems and signals for that to hap
pen. Very rarely is there an acct
dent due to negligence, certainly
not on the Pennsylvania, and | mus
say that all accidents are getting
less when one considers the vast a
mount of traffic hat is handled to
day and at a high rate of speed.
occasionally some poor over
worked devil goes asleep or make
a blunder, but it is the exception
All that human intelligence an
w%atchfulness can do is done by tn
railroads and the men that run them
but when a ten-car Pullman train
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21

Auditor Douglas of the Boorman
Lumber Co. is spending the week
here.
Clarinet to sell; or viii trade for a
guitar or mandolin. Inquire at the
Pioneer Press office.
Who'll win the Tea Set?
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21

The case against Perry Kennerly
charged with introducing liquor on
the Blackfeet Indian reservation,
which has been on trial in the fed
eral court the last two days, was
given to the jury Monday, Ken
nerly is a a graduate of Carlisle. He
has been in trouble a number of
times in the past, both in the state
and federal courts. Tuesday the
jury returned a verdict not guilty"
Sam Middle Calf changed his plea
to guilty when the case against him
on a charge of introducing liquor on
the Blackfeet reservation was called
for trial this afternoon. He was
represented by w. D.. Rankin and
A. Heidel. At the request of coun-
sci the passing of sentence was sus-
pended until August 81 to permit
! the defendant to cut and stack his
hay.
The trial of William Boy Chief,
charged with stealing a horse and
saddle On the Blackfeet reservation
last April, was begun Monday after
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-07-21

Ed. Davis has returned from
Whitetish hospital where he has
been confined since being injured,
about a month ago. His left foot
was amputated near the instep.
DIR. Hulbush drove out to the
Peter Larson home Monday to set
a broken arm for Peter Larson, who
was badly injured while trying to
control a mettlesome team. He was
thrown under his wagon and his
left arm broken in two places.
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.

Continued from Page Nine.)
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owen indicated that he would continue
obstruction tactics. AT his request
the post office bill was read, but when
his attention was taken up with con-
versation with one of his colleagues
he clerk managed to get through
about so pages in less than five min
utes. When Owen learned of this
rapid progress he looked skeptical. but
apparently he realized that objection
would be useless. II
When the reading of the post office an.
preparation bill was finished, Stone. who
has inquired in several fllibnsters. took the
floor. This caused Republican senators
unea siness. The amendment before the
Senate was to increase the number of
post office inspectors from 90 to 10. The
Missouri senator began to talk about the
Importance of the bill and assured the
Senate that no harm would come If il
Went over to the extra session.
Be> fridge asked if the senator intended
to defeat the bill
Stone replied that he did not intend 10
ohstruct the passage of the appropriation
bills he merely wanted TO assure Presi-
dent Taft that no great harm would come
10 the country if his big supply bills were
not rushed through hastily
owen followed stone. With the House
hearings on the bill before him in pranted
form, he proceeded 10 read and talk on
postal affairs and postal methods.
shortly before 10 O'Clock the Oklahoma
senator yielded the floor to Bankhead.
Ala, but he gave the Senate To under
stand that he would again be heard from
Eankhead charged that there was a
Joker" in the bill which would prac-
ticaly ruin the rural free delivery SER
vice.
This Joker" was the consolidation of
tie star route and rural delivery apprr
priations the senator said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-03
ROMANCE OF PARIS BOURSE.
Worlds Famous Financial institution
Dates Back to Fourteenth Century.

The Bourse OF Paris, as an institu-
ton. has a somewhat romantic history
which runs back 10 the beginning of
the fourteenth century; it grew out of
the Change de Paris. which was
founded in 1904. For long time the
Partisan stockholders operated in the
oiafashioned Rue Quincampoix, where
the visitor fond of medieval history.
may FOR ore minute muse in a Ruskin-
ian way. on the Stones of Paris. The
stockholders operated afterwards III
the Place Vendonc. near the Rue de
III PaiX and the famous Hotel Ritz.
whose highly polished clientele would
sertainly contrast with the rough
manners of business men bent on
money making. The next place was
the Hotel de scissors. on the site OF
which now stands the Bourse de Com
merCe or Partisan Produce Exchange.
The present stock exchange buildings
are located in the Place de la Bourse.
about midway between the Grands
Buulevards and the Banque de France
They were begun under the reign OF
Napoleon the First, who laid the cor
ner stone in 1908. but they were not
completed until 1896, under the reign
OF AndfIcS Tue lGItll, WIZ ofS'tS'
them. This palace--it Is indeed called
the palais dc ia Bourse-refiects the
mind OF the great emperor, who did
not like to build on small scale. The
Church of the Madeleine. the Arc de
Trionphe. the Palais Bourbon, as well
as the bourse will always attract the
visitors eyes They all of them We're
conceived in that broad Renaissance
style which Ruskin criticised as being
too magnificent and vain. The Palais
de n Rourse is surrounded by series
of 81 Corinthian columns. SO feet high
and 3 9 feet in diameter. IT is mod
,lcd ON the Temple of Vespasan in
rome The exterior length is about
o25 feet, the width 2l5. and the height
about 100. The large hall in which the
meetings are held Is los by 81 feet with
n wing on each side about 40 by GO feet
each i'm size The appearance of the
.palace is the finer because 1t stands in
a blocl, quite by itself with large
omen space or wide streets on all sides.
Marc ne yallette. in Moody's Maya
zine.
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doubtful tobacco shops of Hongkong
and other ports of the Far East. 1t is
the greatest enemy Of the cigarette,
for it is the one sort OF smoke" that
can compete against the clay Guilty"
and the paper and pack Of tobacco
that the poor man counts his friend.
At the time of year when the ducks
begin To so South and the first frost
whitens the pumpkins and chills the
fallen apples that lie on the orchard
grass. the famer goes into town and
buys for himself half dozen OF the
pipes that are carved from the corn
cobs of Old Missouri. Your agricuitur-
list does not smoke very much in the
hot weather or late in the summer.
when the fields are dry and there is
danger of a fire being startcd by Il
chance flung matcA or the rcd hot
"dottle" OF fire ard ashes knocked
from, a pipe into a bed OF leaves or a
tutt IF DRY grass. He waits until after
the fall rains aud the early frosts have
come and the very air seems damp.
Then his soul grows hungered for
smoke. Down in southern Missouri
and that romantic section of southern
illinois known as Little Egypt there
who set out their own tobacco patch
every year. This is cut and cured be-
fore the first frost comes along, and
when the first snow flies there is
whole lot of home-spun tobaocer"
waiting to be smoked in the meer-
schaum that is made in old Missouri
There is nothing that so stimulates
the flow OF philosophy in a country
store as the cob pip, clutched between
the teeth of the loungors. Filled With
"horncsrun" strong enough to make
the city cigar smoker Shrek in an
guish. the Missouri meerschaum' be-
comes n source Of keenest inspiration.
most forceful logic, and indisputable
argument. Without the "cob pipe
these forensic exercises would be tame
affairs. There is n democracy about
the humble "mccrschaum'' that fits
We'll with the doctrine that one man
Is as good as another. 1t makes pos
eible feeling Of fellowship that is im-
possible among cigar smokers or IN
halers of the weak and innocuous Gig
arctic. The man who can sit for hours
on n nail keg, a coil or rope, or a case
nj boots and smoke steadily at a con
nine filled with old hillside, "grang-
.r's delight" or the strong product or
The township fields must he man or
some endurance and force of charac-
rer Add to these powerful fumes the
smell Of drying garments. wet leather
herinniug 10 smoke at the big stove.
and scorching rubber boots, and you
have = symposium OF odors that only
etronp set of oltactc ries and stomach
of nroof can withstand.-St. Louis Re-
Olhlie.
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BABIES AS INVESTMENTS.
Opinions of a Statistician and OF Fond
Mothers Do Not Agree.

Some grabbed old bachelor on the
california board OF health has been
figuring on the commercial value OF
babies. ami concludes that babies are
mighty poor investments. This stats
tician. who probably has holes in his
stockings and lacks buttons on his
shirts. states that $4,000 is the average
cost of raising a California child freH!
birth to the age of % years, Whiie ms
or her average value at 90 years IS
S4.l5G. That is, papa and mamma are
only $50 To the good. The old bachelor
bases his figures On the net earning
c9pacitv Of the average citizen III all
the gainful occupations in Ca!iforhia'
capitalized at per cent interest.
He saws further that the average
value af ali the children in the tniteo
Stater. as reported by the national
conservation comr'ittee, Is ss's"''
Plainly. the disingtnuou3 Statlstclah
fears for his safety at the hands OF
california mothers, for re makes their
babies worth Sl.l"0 more each than
any other babies in this country.
But his rltsc OF hoisting the value OF
california babies viii rot preserve this
board Of health man from the i.lotherS
wrath. He should have proved his hg-
ureS. established their accuracy, before
he published them. 1t is not too lat'
now. Let him ask & few good inother3
Nlat j. the real, not the commercial
-.aluc To them Of their babies
Let him ask young mother the
value OF her tirstbCrn son Nesting in
her arms. Then h. will have chance
to do some iig'iring in billions. ior she
viii answer in effect:
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cONGR ESS.
Continued from Page one)

veterans OF the Civil war who served
90 days and have reached IN" age "
o. years.
Lodge saw trouble coming anu t"'ue
n point of order against the aihtH"-
ment on the ground that it was an at
tempt 10 put general legislation lii'o
an appropriation bill. While the poih'
was pending. Curtis pleaded FOR the
adoption of the amendment. lie sald
il was but an act of justice to the ola
,o,diorc and in a few years the extra
ovnenso would be entirely wiped out,
due 70 the high death rate among the
veterans.
Vice President sherman sustained
the point of order. and the regular APP
preparation bill passed.
On the disposition Of the pension
bill the Senate took up and quickis
disposcd of the diplomatic and consular
bill, carrying about $4,OOO,ooo ana III.
fertilization bill, carrying sa,O0o,ooo. IL
REQUIRED Just Is minutes to get tness
three supply measures out of the way
This was too rapid work TO sun
plans of owen. and when the Military
Academy appropriation bill carrying
, lie UV,b'u Was ldhCi W. ~ -
little fitibuster all his own. he INSIST
ed upon the formal reading OF the Dill
covering "a pages. A number OF SEN
ntors, both Democratic and Fepubll-
can, gathered about his desk ant
pleaded with him not to stand in tht
way of the supply bills
II want to force an extra session,
he told them. This Congress mas ne
moral right to pass these measures
Along toward 6 o'clock when II wa:
announced that "a recess until 81;
would be asked for, Owen said he
| would let the Military Academy bill
pass. But" he added. III these big
bills are to he hurried through in this
fashion, | shall insist that every item
in each bill he separately read an'
separately voted upon.
At clio the recess until S.1o was or
dered.
The post office appropriation bill
was taken up when the senate resum
ed business at S.l5 p. NJ Senator
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SPIRITS SENT TIP.
Oblieng Dentist Played Horse and
Patient Won $50

Nan Lloyd, who admits she is an
actress. just loves to go to the dentist
that is. she does now, but it was
not her state Of mind yesterday when
DR. Simons Of West one Hundred and
Ninth street after making a pre-
liminary examination. said: The job
will cost You just $40"
Let 'cr go. professor" said Miss
Lloyd despondently, as she wondered
just wherr the rent was To come from.
The dentist seized upon L monstrons
pair 81 twcezers and his patient shud
dcred with apprehension. hut before
he could apply them the. instrument
dropped out of his hand.
Wait" he said. Il must talk to the
spirits" and turning his back upon
her and leaving her speeches. be-
cause OF the number OF towels. wedges
and assorted implements of his art
which he had left in her mouth he
disappeared into a side room.
II was then that Miss Lloyd remem-
bered that the friend who had recon-
mendcd the dentist to her had ex-
planned that he was Il Spiritualist and
would leave his work the instant he
fancied he heard a call from the de-
married.. It vas over an hour before
he came back. and without looking at
his Holiness natient he began to nut
on his hat and coat.
In desueration Miss I.ovd made her
self heard.
.Where are Nou roineo'. sba said.
Dr Simmons looked arm,nd at her.
II have been talking 10 tn. suirits. I
always leave cver,thinr tn talk IN the
shirts They don't like il if Won keen
them waiting. They have lust told
me to play horse named Dell in the
l. second raco ot Iacl,sonvi,,a sim
nly have To do what the spirits tell
mo You sit nerfoctlv still until
cone hack and 7 viu fix you m right
away"
DO tho snirits ever Lose" She
| asked.
| "Hush,, said the doctor stornlv,
"Of course they never lose"
| ..WclI then" said Miss Jovd ~
don't hel;cvo !, gambling hut this
l,ooko like = sure thing Pm, down
Ovo for mo +" and shn reochcd in ber
nnrse ,nd bondoa over tho tivo
| II uas ,,,nost two bourc ,otor uhon
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Resolve in favor of Arlington ]. Day
Orders Of the Day.

ON motion Of Mr. Pattangall Of Wa
tcrSille, Bill. An Act for the creation
of water districts and the control and
regulation Of water storage and water
companies. was taken from the table.
and on further motion by the same
gentleman it was referred to the COM
mttee on legal affairs.
on motion of Mr.. Williamson OF
Augusta. Bill, An Act to amend Sec
ton ~ Of Chapter 6 of the Revised
Statutes relative to polling places, was
taken from the table. and on further
motion by the same gentleman it was
referred to the committee on Judiciary.
Today assigned: An Act to remove
the office Of the register of deeds for
the Northern Aroostook Registry Dis
triet from Madawaska to Van Buren,.
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TO THE PEOPLE.
Governor Plaisted Signs the Resub'
mission Resolve,

Governor Plaisted THURSDAY after
noon affixed his signature TO tlS. Re-
submission resolve. This resolve takes
the prohibitory amendment of the
Maine Constitution III" people And
provides for its being voted upon ~ Il
special election on tho second Monttiy
OF September, 1911.
This resolve was introduced by Ser
ator Staples OF Knox on the openin &
day of the session of the 18th Legis-
lature. received "a favorable report
from the committee" on temperance and
| received more than the two-thirds vote
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TERRIBLE TOLL.
Continued from Page One.)

sibility of neurishment. Those possessing
grain guard it night and day.
The missionaries who are distributing
relief tell OF many tragic Occurrences
man on his way to meet them dying or
the road; another falling by the waysde
as he was returning To his family with
a packet of rice. They describe the PEG
pie as horrible skeletons, some OF them
with limbs hideously swollen. From the
famine the death rate is several thousand
iaiIy
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PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL.

Continued from Page onc.)
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MISSOURI MEERScHAUM."
The Cob Pie Is Famous In the Show.
me State.

Missouri is the home of the cob
pipe" 1t can be bought anywhere in
the lands that touch upon the waters
of the Seven Seas but is native OF
the "Show-me' State. English navies
smoke it. and returned travellers de-
clare that II can he bought in the
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necessary for its passage in the Sem
ate and House both on its passage to-
be engrossed and final passage. One
Republican voted for il in the Senate
and II in the House upon the occasion
OF its passage to be engrosscd.