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The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1911-03-24
Fire Measure
Now a Law
Fires must be Investi-
gated and Reported
to State Fire Marshal

igin and circumstances connected
with each and every fire which oc-
ours in any city, town, village or
organized townships of Montana
must be thoroughly investigated.
and such investigation shall start
within two days, Sundays except
ed from the time the fire occurred.
1t is the duty Of the fire chief to
conduct the examination, but in
towns or villages where no depart
ment is maintained, it devolves up
on the mayor, while in townships
justice of the peace shall attend
to it, and in case any of these off
cials fail to perform their duty in
this regard they are liable to fine
Of not less than $25 nor more than
5000.
This new law which originated
as House Bill No. 7, has just been
approved by Governor Norris, and
the state fire marshal, who is
clothed with ample authority to see
that it's provisions are observed,
may conduct all Investigations if
he deems it necessary.
At the conclusion of an INJURY,
and within one week from the time
the fire occurred, the officers who
conduct the examination shall sub
nit written statement of all of
the facts relating to the cause, to-
gether with attending circumstan-
ces, tn the fire marshal, and if he
believes further investigation is
necessary he shall either take
charge OF it himself or order it at
tended to by the proper officer.
He has power to summon as wit
nesses all persons who possess any
knowledge Of the cause, and if in
his opinion there is sufficient evi-
dence he may charge person with
arson and cause his immediate ar
rest.
Not only cen the marshal COM
pei the attendance of witnesses,
but he may order produced at the
investigation, any book, paper, rec
ord or document supposed to throw
any light on the subject, and fail
ure to produce these at the order
of The officer places the person who
fails or refuses to submit them in
aontempt, and liable to arrest and
punishment. The investigation
may be private and, if believed nec-
essary, the witnesses may be kept
apart until they have testified.
1t is further provided that in the
performance of the duties imposed
by the provisions of the act, the
state fire marshall and each of his
suEordinates, at all times of day or
night, may enter upon and exam
inc any building or premises where
fire has occurred and other build
ings and premises adjoining or
near thereto.
Further, the state fire marshal,
his deputies and snbordinates, the
chief of the fire department of each
city o. village where a fire depart
ment is established, or the mayor
of city or village where no fire
department exists, or the justice of
the peace Of township in territory
without the limits of a city or vii
lage, at any and all times may en-
ter all buildings and upon all prem
ises within their jurisdiction for
the purpose of examination.
If an officer finds a building or
other structure for any cause espe.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1911-03-24
DeeStriCk Skule
Made a Hit
AS Seen and Appreci-
ated by our Friend
Mr.. BackwOods
Deer Mr.. Editur, Sur:

Bein as me an Bill wuz in town
Munday mite, an wanted to take in
all the shoos Of this Eastern Men
TAME capital, we went to Rucker's s
Haul to see the ''Deestrick Skule,"
an | thot you, Mr.. Editur, Sur,
wud like to have our impreshuns
Of this shoe, as bein livin back in
the countri an stranger like. |
haint awful good in spellin but as
Bill ull rite this fur me CESS it ull
go alrite. He nose how to spell an
rite good.
But now, the skule. it wuz Jim
dandee, shur enuf Them fiftee
yeer bois an gurls, yu bet tina wuz
peech, the hole bunch an tha
noe such lots an tha wuz 50 pref
tt like, an regular littel ladiz an
gents an such varieti in luks an
tixins. Bill he just fel he'd over
eers in luv with them ii mean the
gals an Just KEEP me from heerin
awl the wurds by tellin me his i'm.
preshuns awl the evenin. He
seemd to hay hurd about 'em tn,
an deskribd 'em tn me. Now ther
wuz wnn jolli fine gal ii don't no
her name) she sat by Pricilla Pick
ell, she ansurd SO up an cute like,
an nod SO mutch. Bill, he sed,
sez he TO me. Jake she's a sumner
amt she, heers that gals booked
fur the nobiliti sum day fur hurd
as how a PEARS son is struck on
hur an CESS tha'll be marrid sum
da. An Pricilla, didn't she du Eur
stunt tho, with hur brite is an
LONG har. She wuz just pick
Ell, you bet. An mex tu hur sat
Susie Simpkins, perfect dazi with
hur ravin black har an witcin kurl.
[ jus see her STILL a hauntin of
me. An then Elizabeth Jane Hop
kins, she wuz in that bunch, but
say, wuzn't her cumplexun wurth
cumin twenti mile to see, an hur
lernin, whi it lukt as if she nod al
the lernin of the Smithsonian in
stitut Bill an saw in Neu York
when we first landid from the old
coun tri an did York.
Experience Salvation Bradford,
he wuz kind of bashful like, but he
nod lots, all about the hen an ev-
rything. He just PEARS one who
is what they call edicated. I CESS
he is alrite.
John Peter st. John he up an
anserd good, tho he didn' tt seem no
saint, but you see that wuz his
fathers name-they only called
him plane John, SO spect he did
mt inherit the saint, only skuleboy
pranks. But he can sing, U bet,
he beets the InJEN sENGErs alrite
Tommy Truck, he wuz a perplex-
ity to his teacher; what with his
trix an luvin his teacher an all the
time maxim goo-goo Is at Martha
Eliza Todd who maid them bac at
him. It lukea like a CLEAR case
MAN AND WIFE sum da-U bet.
Mike O'Flynn. what nd you ex-
pee but jolly Irishman, what he
is, but it is dangerous, them irish
fun, he nj got LYNcHed fore the
mite wuz over.
Sam Randall, his taukin ma
sheenry wuz on the slo but shur
principle like it wuz FRIEzN up Err
suthin an needid thawin out, but
when he got it out it wuz sens al
rite but it came nifty slo like an
hard, but he gets thar al the same
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When man Is fitting between in
difference and love for woman he
may be easily unbalanced on the side
of love by one of those little globules
At any rate, lost my balance con-
fessed to have lost her manuscript,
but told her not to mind little thing
like that since | loved her and had
quite enough for both of US. If she
would marry me it would be all right
I kissed away the tear, and her smile
was like the sun peeping from the
other side Of an April cloud.
From that moment | heard no more
of the missing manuscript. After a
few months engagement we were mar.
ried and after a brief wedding trip
settled down to the bumdrum Of life.
One evening when | went home my
wife told me that she had received
first night tickets to new play
that was 10 be put on the boards and
asked me TO 20 with her to see the
performance. tried to beg off, saying
that / was needed Mt my own theater.
but she insisted, and | yielded.
Our seats were a prosrenium box on
level with the stage, Ny wife pulled
n curtain before her SO that she could
not be seen except from the stage.
The play opened so well that ! ex-
claimed. by Joye. why didn't | get
hold Of this?" AS the performance pro-
ceeded it was evident that hit was
being made, ] ground my teeth in
vexation at having missed getting on
what promised to be money maker
At the climax in the third oct the
audience came down In thunder Of
applause, Calls were made for the
author. but the author did not appear
The manager came before the curtain
and announced that he would appear
Mt the end Of the play This satisfied
them, and the performance went on.
When the curtain went down on the
last act not one Of the audience rose
to go. The manager came to our box
and, Offering his hand to my wife, as.
sisted her on to the stage and placed
her before the footlights. where she
stood bowling till the applause sub.
sided, when she made very graceful
little speech,
What the dickens is the meaning of
all thisT | asked when she returned.
"Oh. this is the play you lost. You
left the manuscript in the cab, and, my
address being on it, the finder kindly
sent 1t to me the next day"
well, I'll be hanged"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-25
WORTH KNOWING
Hunting in Africa.

The rhinoceros is unable to SEA
beyond few feet, but is compensated
for this defect by an ear Of remark.
able acuteness and an unerring sense
OF smell Besides, its haunts ean
never be anticipated by the most eX-
perienced hunter and the only rule
appears to be that it will break cover
In the most unlocked for places. Pro.
tected by plates like a battleship and
always turning up at time when
least expected, the rush of this ami
NAL Is like the ram of the Monitor
or Merrimac. Nothing can stand be-
fore it. The buffalo Is dreaded for
different reason--its strategy. OF all
game 1t Is perhaps the most cunnlns
1t pretends flight, lures the unwary
into the jungle and then by doubling
on Its tracks comes suddenly upon
the hunter from the rear. Its lunge
IS nearly always fatal. Having not
arm0r plate like the 'rhlno,v 1t seems
to know 1t must make up for this
disadvantage by trickery and dipl.
macy. Either animal is far more for
midable as a foe than the much.vaunt.
ed lion of Africa.
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Thos. ]. Balm
Real Estate
Sales and Collection A, ency.
PA Seventh ST., cAIR ILL
J. A. MILLER & SON
Contractors
and Builders
2lnn WaShin ufAn a Va
Buried In Secret.
zlVV " ashington Ave,

Two ancient kings were buries In Sc.
fret. Attila. king of the Huns. after
bis siege OF Rome, died in Hungar-
A. D. 453. His soldiers. DESTROYS o.
giving their great leader n right royal
burial, inclosed his body first in &.
casket of gold. this In one of silver and
this In one Of lead. and transported l.;
into a desert. There slaves were Sc.
Iected ard under the direction Of mer
who were sworn to secrecy they dug
the grave of the dead monarch. Whei,
this was accomplished no traces of tho
spot were left. The slaves were all
cruelty slain.
Alaric. king Of the Goths, the cele.
brated conqlieror of Rome, died when
with his urmy at Cozenza. south Italy.
His men turned the course Of river.
Inferred the body of their sovereign.
with much treasure, In its bed and
restored the stream to It's channel.
No man has ever lighted on the rest
Ing place of either of these kings. who
In this respect resemble Moses. O..
whom 1t is written, mo man knowetL
OF his sepulcher unto this day" y
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Going Back q LONG Way.

Pick up ans peerage book ana yor
will find 1t bristling with ancestral
names whose presence Is much more
difficult to explain than that Of the fly
In the amber. And as you descend In
the social scale the actions multiply
from the pedigrees Of the landed gentry
to the family trees proudly cherished In.
hundreds of middle class homes. Butt
these lineages, aspiring as they are,
are of mushroom growth compare6y
With many that are claimed with seem
ing honesty. AT Mostyn hall you may
see velum roll, seven yards long
headed by no less famous an ancestor
than Adam. son Of God" Another
pedigree at the college Of heralds
starts thus modesty with Adam and
the garden Of Eden. and Wales has
many family tree which traces de
scent with unerring harGi from the
same remote origin.
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Died From Bad WRITING.

German handwriting attains de.
gree of tllegibility unknown In Eatin
script. A tragic instance Of this fact
was afforded by the death of johann.
Bacher, an Austrian musician of the
last century Bacher spent most OF,
his leisure for fifteen years In compil-
ing history of the viennese opera.
When the manuscript was completed
he submitted 1t to the Imperial acad..
envy. which had promised to publish it
In three months 1t was returned with.
a statement that no member of the
academy could decipher it. Bacher
then sought to have 1t copied. but no
copyist capable of deciphering It was
TO lie found. As last resource he de-
tcrmined to dictate his work to an
nmanuensis only to discover that the
greater part Of the manuscript was
illegible even to himself. The thought
Of his wasted years Of labor unhinged
his brain. and In fit of depression he
committed suicide.
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PEACE CONFERENCE
CALLED BY MADERO IN Ell PASo
ALL REBEL LEADERS IN
WTED TO ATTEND.
To Discuss Terms For Cessation OF
Hostilities-Diaz Tells French
Newspaper Permanent
Peace is Certain.

I'll Paso, Texas, April 24.--General
francisco |. Madero, who desires
mat the tranquility which seems to
be restored to the district between
Chihuahua and Jaurez shall extend
over the entire country where there
nave been outbreaks, has invited the
independent leaders to FL Paso to
participate in the impending discus.
sion of peace terms.
The telegraph, the mail and in
some instances couriers were used
by the insurrecto general to send tho
call.
Among those to whom he has sent
word are: Jose NJ. p. Saurez, a
lawyer, who was appointed provis.
lonal governor of Yucatan by the
rebels, and who is now at New Or.
leans. Guadalupe Gonzales, proyis-
lonal governor Zacatecas. now at OIL.
maya. Abraham Gonzales, provisional
governor OF Chihuahua. These OFF.
cials are in military as well as cIyn
command of the rebel activities. DR..
Gomez, insurrecto diplomat at Wash
inston, also will come.
General Madero set at rest reports
mat ne would succeed Raymond Cor,
raj as vice president. Il will accent
no ofiice not given me by the people
az an honest election" he declared.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-25
A City Within a CITY.

In Augsburg, Germany. there Is a
little city in the heart of the city shut
In all by itself with two gates and
named the ''Fugeerei." 1t Is 50 called
because the l06 houses within 1t were
built with money left by Fuggcr, the
wealthy sixteenth century banker.
When he died he directed that these
houses should be built and then given
to the poor aged families for 4 marks
and II pfennigs rental year, which IL
exactly one American dollar They
have four rooms and kitchen. with
little front garden aud a little garden
behind.
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NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

: IS
The president of the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad company has written
Mayor Parsons that he has given or.
ders TO have the subway track
raised in order to permit the i'm
proyement of Sycamore street at a
proper grade. 1t is very prompt
compliance by tine railroad company
with an urgent request by the mayor,
in matter that is of importance Is
the city. The Improvement soon to
be made BY this company In its
freight terminals here, involving the
building OF new freight house and
other work, calling for an expendi-
ture OF over 100000, win also be
much appreciated, especially by the
shipping interests, which have felt
the need Of this for many years. ii
will greatly facilitate the handling
OF freight, which is very heavy all
the year round
Another important matter which
probably VIII soon be satisfactorily
settled Is the Big Four subway mat
ter on Sycamore street. AT last ac
counts 1t was understood that the
railway officials were inclined to
conceie what is manifestly a press
ing necessity for the mutual benefit
OF all parties commemorative safety
of the public and the security of the
railroad company from accidents.
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Rings on Her Finger.

A clerk In downtown jewelry store
was being instructed by his new EN-.
ployer. When man comes In to buy
a wedding ring always ask him II an
engagement ring will be worn with II
ana what carat It Is. The two should
be the same IL the engagement ring
Is eighteen carats. say. and the wed
ding ring is fourteen. MS they rub TO-
gether the softer ring will show the
wear and usually just under the stone,
which becomes loosened We have
had TO reset hundreds Of diamonds for
this very reason New York Sun.
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HABEAs CORPUS WRIT.
Arguments Begun on Application Of
DR.. Hyde Under Life Sentence
For Murder of Col. SWope.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aplil 24.--Argu-
ments or the application for a writ of
habeas corpus for DR.. B. lC. Hyde I'm.
der a life sentence for The murder of
Col. Thomas H. Swope were begun
before Judge James Slower of the cir.
cult court here today.
DIR. Hyde was in the court room it
being the first time he has been al
lowed to leave the county jail since
the birth of his son last September.
The petition for the release sets
forth two reasons why he should he
given his liberty on bond. First that
the proof was not evidence and The
resumption not great that the physi
clan was guilty of murder In the first
degree. Second that he is not guilty
Attorney Frank P. Walsh made the
principal argument for the prisoner
and County Prosecutor Virgil Conk
ling represented the state.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-25
Lincoln's Comparison.

"Lincoln's very best story said n
Washington correspondent, concerned
the office seekers and the distribution
OF patronage that continually bothered
him at the White House during the
war One day, at the height of the
war, Lincoln paused in the midst of d
cabinet wrangle over certain political
jobs and said.
Gentlemen. do you know what we
are Ike? We are like the man vino
wcS blsy letting cheap rooms ut the
back of his h0aSe while the front was
on fire"
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commerce. This fiber is derived from
a gland in the body of the caterpillar
and issues from a spinneret on the
lower side near the mouth as a liquid
like milk which, however, turns hard
or solid in the air. In the culture of
silk the coeoons are collected and the
worms killed The fiber is then lato.
riously unrayeled and reeled into
skeins, spun into thread and woven
into cloth. Eggs and coeoons may be
gotten for the asking from the En-
tomology Department of Agriculture
at Washington. D. C.
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LEGAL DECISIONS
Nose-Hitins is Maiming-One Ca

Nose-6itins is Maiming-One Ca.
sanpas and John Proper disagreed
and fight followed. During the flsti.
cuff the former, in an ungentIemanly
manner, bit the latter's nose off, ey.
claiming. There, have done some.
thing to you now, Joe, that you viii.
never get back in one hundred thous,
and years" Joe" thought so, too
so he had his assailant prosecuted
and he was convicted of manning. He
appealed, and the Supreme Court OF
Washington, in State V. Catsampas
liz Pacific Reporter, 1l16, holds inat
one who wilfully bites off another's
nose with intent to disfigure him vic,
lates the statute against manning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-25
Pauper3 In Finland.

According Ia the account Of Il st.
petersburg newspaper, the Finnish
poor law system puts up abebodied
paupers at auction. displa! me thera in
the market place, whore they are ex-
amined by employers Of labor DESTROYS
of finding cheap workmcn. Tie bid
ding works downward. the authorities
handing over to the lowest bidder the
chosen pauper, for the person arauir-
ing the right to his labor receives an
allowance from the authorities for Ills
upkeep, the amount being that u tie
lowest tender"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-25
Catching CuttIefish.

Cuttleflsh require deft handling. The
bait. which consists Of rough chunk
OF fish fastened 10 II hook or even tied
to a string. is not dropped over the
side to be swallowed. but to excite the
gustatory organs Of the cuttles and to
be slowly pulled up until those mol
lusks have reached the surface in a
vain attempt to embrace 1t with their
long arms. Then In moment gaff
Is plunged into the leathery mantle OF
the would be diner, and the creature
Is unceremoniously flung into the boat.
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A LOST
MANUSCRIPT
BY JOHN Y. LARNED
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

I became theatrical manager when
/ was still very young. | was not at
all systematic and was consequently
always in trouble. finally received a
lesson that made me change my habits.
One day l left the theater and had
entered cab just about to start away
when a girls face appeared at the
window
BEG pardon for stopping you," she
said. "Are you Mr.. Closer, the man
ager|
81 am"
would you be so kind as to read a
play foe me?"
| had more plays than I could put
on the boards for two years, but the
girl had such a winning smile that |
consented | took a roll of manuscript
from her; told her to call at my office
In week and | would give her an
answer
In a week she called
Have you read my play?" she asked.
with that same winning smile l had
seen before,
No; have been very busy. I'm
sorry. Could you give me another
week."
Certainly. I'm in no great hurry"
swell. come on this day week"
l went to my rooms and ransacked
every corner for that manuscript 1t
was nowhere to be found i must
have left it in the cab. But | had
picked the cab up on the street and
couldn't possibly know 1t from other
cabs. should have admitted the loss
and taken the consequences. But
was young and prided myself on my
ability to get out of such scrapes, 1
would first win the girls good will,
then confess and compromise the mat
ter as best | could.
When she called again put her Off
by offering her two excellent seats for
the evenings performance. She said
they would be of no use to her since
she had no escort. She smiled at me
so sweetly when she said this that l
told her / would escort her myself.
not only did SO, but said several nice
things to her about the opening OF
her play, a few passages of which
professed to have read regretted
doing SO, however, because she asked
me lot of questions about 1t which
couldn't answer got all mixed up
over 1t and was obliged to tell her
that thought ] had got hold or the
wrong manuscript When left her
told her that three days should not
elapse before had read the play, and
! would be sure that it was her play
and not some other authors play.
put the poor girl Off for three
months. She was very nice to me
about 1t all this time, but the further
/ proceeded with my deception the
further sank in the mire. The worst
part Of the matter was that when a
week passed without my seeing her !
found myself like topper without his
glass of grog.
One day the girl came into my office
and told me that she had given the
scenario of her play dts skeleton) TO
rival manager, and he had assured her
that il the dialogue was filed In effec-
lively he would put 1t on the boards at
once. When | tried to put her on
some more beautiful bright tear
stood IN haS aIa -..- -.
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A Thrifty Germ an City.

Hamburg carts some of its garbage
and house refuse into the outlying dis
tricts. where the stuff is plowed under
the fields as fertiIlzing matprlnl. The
rest OF it is incinerated. The product
Of the incinerating furnaces goes upon
the market. The iron il sold mt public
auction, and the Stag is disposed of.
The fine cinders so as top dressing
on the prOmenades. other sizes as n
top dressing on roadS. the largest into
road foundations. 1t is also used in
concrete Another use is for filling
material between floors and ceilings.
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UNCLE WALT


Spring! a precious boon-good old April MAY and June
hahn
days mild and swee: S a treat And the
AS flies ard
SPRING the frogs don't
walk with sprngy tread thankful are not dead
the springs boom truth! vanished Youth
and palsd feel like threeyearods
watched they hope with widows
their charm with their
when the old than dead
the ioyos snrinp n como Won
are feeling dour and sum ANY
who isn't dead feels inclined to whoop and
like punching gladstone
spring here!
'ssEss: zee MaaA77ls4o,>
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Too Sensitive.

1t was the first night after the show.
The leading woman's mother was
duwncast.
whats the trouble. dearf" asked
the leading woman In surprise. Il
made brilliant hit tonight
The old Indy wiis s,lrprised.
Did you. Sophie? ] heard the audi
ence shouting Play right! Play right"
and thought you had falled."
And the leading woman laughed In
amusement
"Why. my dear. they were shouting
Playwright! Playwright" - Chicago
Tribune.
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TO HAVE LOCAL OPTION
IN BOXING CONTESTS

Chicago, April 24-Local option in
boxing contests may be brought
about in Illinois, The Carroll box.
ing bill which leganzes six round
bouts. was defeated by the senate
last week, will be reconsidered We'd
nesday. To overcome objections
raised by the senate leaders, Sena-
tor Carroll will offer an amendment
to the bill which will leave 1t OPP
tional with city councils whether box
ing may be prohibited. with such
an amendment friends Of the bill say
ii will have fair chance of sue
cess.