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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15

Eteven Fer Gent OF MS.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Concentration
of the control of the standing timber
In very few hands, vast speculative
holdings "far in advance of any use
thereof" an enormous increase in the
value of this diminishing natural re.
source, with great profits to it's own
ers," and, incidentally, "an equally sin.
lister land monopoly" and a closely
connected railroad domination"
are the findings reported to the presi.
dent by Herbert Knox Smith, commits
sioner of corporations. in the first in
stallment of his long awaited report
on the lumber industry in the United
States. The report was made public
by the presidents sending it to con
gress.
The report. which occupies a
pamphlet of thirty-eight pages of print
Is effectively summarized in the com
missioner's letter of submittal. His
conclusion, in forecast of the future
partakes of the sensational Commits
sioner Smiths report is summarized
as follows:
Forty years ago three-fourths of thu
standing timber in the United States
was publicly owned now four-fifths OF
1t is privately owned in very few
hands.
For much Of the immensely valuable
tracts now privately owned, the gov
ernment received from S1.25 to $3.50
an acre. One group of tracts is men
toned as having been worth $24O, 900,
600 at the time it was sold by the gov
ernment for $30,00o,000.
Concentration Continues.
Ownership of standing timber is be
Ing more and more concentrated iI
fewer hands and there is danger O!
'impregnable monopolistic conditions
The Southern Pacific, Weyerheaus.
ers and the Northern Pacific railroad
are stated to be the three largest own
ers of timber lands, owning 238,000,
100000 feet, or nearly IL per cent Of
all the privately owned timber land In
the country. The Weyerhaeusers
stand second in this list, owning SO,
000,00O,009 feet.
The largest holders are cutting lit
tie. reserving to themselves incalcul
able profits to accrue with the dimin
ishing timber supply.
Side by side with the timber lant
monopoly is what is termed "sinis
ter land concentration" involving grea
wealth in minerals on land from which
the timber has not yet been cut.
The public land policy of the United
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
Five Years for Stealing Candy.

Cleveland, Feb. 15.-Five years each
for stealing candy valued at IS cents
was the sentence imposed on Colin
Stevenson and Joseph Kleebau in
criminal court. The men, both of whom
have criminal records, were charged
with breaking into freight car Candy
was all they found. They filled their
pockets.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
PROTESTS ON POSTAL RATE
Members of Congress OeIueed With
Telegrams.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15--Members OF
congress are being deluged with tele-
FANS and letters protesting against
le increase in the postal rate on the
ivertising sections of the magazines
P cents a pound, as provided for In
ne amendment hitched onto the post
fffice appropriation bill. Senator
slapp of Minnesota said
'ln ten years experience | have
never encountered a measure that
seemed to me so unjust and so fraught
with the prospects of destruction as
this
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
Auto skids; One Person Killed.

Detroit, Mich, Feb 15.-One man
was instantly killed, one possibly IA
tally injured three men and two wom-
uninjured when touring car skidded
on the icy pavement and crashed into
q telephone rols q saGaxson avenue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
TO PROBE COPPER MERGER
Resolution by Clapp Questions Viola.
tions of Sherman Law.

Washington, Feb. 15-Investigation
Of the SO called copper trust is con-
templated in resolution introduced
by Senator Moses E. Clapp. The reso.
luton directs the attorney general ia
make inquiry concerning the relations
pany and the Amalgamated Copper
company and the Anaconda Copper
company with view to determining
whether the relation does not consti
tute an unlawful merger In violation
OF the Sherman antitrust law.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on the judiciary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
DYSPEPSIA

Having taken your wonderful Casca
rets' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
I think a word of praise is due tc
'Cascarets' for their wonderful compost
ton. i have taken numerous other so
called remedies but without avail, and
find that Cascarets relieve more in day
than all the others have taken would II
a year" James McGune,
Io8 Mercer St., Jersey City, N. J.
Pleasant PaIatable. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Grpe.
I0c, 2Sc Soc Never sold In bulk. The gen.
uine tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed TO
cure or your money back. 9l0
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
IOWA TOWN IS FLOODED
Many Residents of Waterloo Rescued
in Boats.

Waterloo. Ia, Feb. 15.-The failure
of culverts to carry drainage from the
heavy rain and melting snow caused
Virden creek, which runs through the
residence district, to overflow, caus,
ing at least $4,000 damage
Many people were rescued in boats
by police and f1remen. The street rail
way is operating line of boats across
the flooded district to convey passen
gers from one car to another.
Citizens affected hold the city re-
sponsible, saying the culverts were
made too small
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
English Princes Have Measles.

London, Feb. 15.--lt is officially ad
mitted that the Prince of Wales and
his brother, Prince Albert, are suf-
lering with German measles at the
naval training college ct Dartmouth.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
PLACES BLAME
ON LAND LAWS
b. Knox Smith Reports on
Timber Monopoly.
HELD FOR HIGHER PRICES

Commissioner of Corporations Asserts
That Four-fifths of the Standing Tim
ber of the United States Is Privately
Owned-Southern Pacific, Northern
Pacific and the Weyerhaeusers Own
Eleven Per Cent of This.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
Stories of Success
THOMAS F. RYAN

l. o s n & his
mother at the
tender age or
five years, Thos.
j.. Ryan's battle
with adversely
began in earn
est. Leaving his
ancestral home
in the south
made desolate
by the rebellion
at the age of IL,
penniless. but
too proud to
seek aid from
f IA M II " -
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
Who Owns Shetland islands?

1t Is not perhaps generally known
that an opinion expressed half humor-
ously, by Lord Salvesen at the open
ing of the Morse Gallery in the Scot
fish exhibition in Glasgow with re.
gard to the ownership of the Orkney
and Shetland islands is fortified by
very high authority. His lordship,
speaking as a lawyer" is not sure
whether the islands do not belong to
Norway still, and thinks that legally
the crown of Norway, if prepared to
pay the money for which they were
pledged, with interest "for three hun
dred years." would be entitled to re.
deem them. AS matter of fact, pleni
pOtentiaries assembled at Breda in
1866 "a couple of centuries after the
islands had come into the possession
of the Scottish CROWN decided not
only that the right of redemption had
not then been barred by the lapse of
time, but that 1t was imprescribable.
The islands were pledged in 1853, Sc
that interest is due for nearly fou1
and a half centuries.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
THE PROSPEROUS FARMER.

''The farmer, almost more than any
other individual, has benefited by the
Increase in the cost of living" writes
Isaac M. Marconnon in the Munsey
for November. Take, for instance
the product of an acre of corn. In
1899 this product was worth 1881 on
the farm; ten years later it was
worth $1520- an increase in farm
value amounting to 1876 per cent
In a similar way wheat has increased
in farm value ia per cent, cotton
65.6 per cent, and tobacco 56.2 per
cent.
1.-The department of agriculture has
figured out that the product of an
acre of corn ten years ago was worth
1.S barrels of flour; at the present
time it is worth 2O4 barrels of flour.
Ten years ago the same acreage would
buy 1882 yards of muslin; now it
would purchase 1863 yards.
''How has it all been accomplished?
Simply because farming has ceased
to be a haphazard and unintelligent
habit, and has become a science"
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
MOSQUITOES THAT EXPLODE.

From TarrytOwn, N. Y, comes a
pleasant tale of mosquitoes which get
on gasoline jags then explode, to the
terror of the inhabitants of larry,
town, and one James Brady is men
toned as having been badly burned
by a fire in his mattress started by
line, which came too near while Mr..
Brady was filling his pipe and eX-
ploded, says an eastern exchange.
This is about the meanest thing the
mosquito has done yet When We had
all thought We had discovered a sure
way to get rid of mosquitoes and ma
laria by using literally the product
of the Standard Oil company it ap-
pears that the mosquitoes are trying
to become immune by absorbing gaso-
line into their systems. This is go
ing to make it more difficult to
abate the mosquito pest, and in a
way it is a. blow at the presidential
aspirations of the Hon. Woodrow Viii,
son, who has been tainted with the
fact that while President Taft has
rid the Isthmus of Panama of mo-
squitoes, Governor Wilson ha. not
yet proven his ability to do the same
thing for New Jersey.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
THE EASY MARK.

The softest proposition of which
ancient or modern history makes any
record is the man who kisses a pros
porous business good-by and hooks
up with 81 500 office in the county
building, says an exchange After a
man has held a county office for two
years, he will be in just the frame
of mind to bite off stock in a prop
osition to dam the Mississippi river
with a few we'll chosen words. If he
refuses to head every subscription pa
per that floats into the village, an
outraged constituency will meet him
at the polls bright and early and
make him look like the by-product of
a corn shredder. By the time a sal
airy of 125 bones month has been
filtered through few tag days, thir-
ty or forty church supports, dozen
firemen's dances and a neat sprink-
ling of charity balls there won't be
enough left of it to flag a bottle of
condensed milk Whenever they want
to start anything in town, from a
circulating library to a scent barber
shop, an Open-faced committee will
head for the county building with a
fountain pen and a jolly that is cal
culated to be good for five bucks per
jOl. We have yet to hear the first
instance of a county official turning
down a sheet of fOOlscap headed 'fW
the undersigned, and escaping with
his life and his nomination papers.
He is the original easy mark.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
Dog That Guarded a Cat.

When my dog was a puppy l got a
little kitten to keep him company.
They got to be good friends, but as
they got older the cat seemed to think
she could take care of herself
When the cat climbed tree it
seemed to puzzle the dog. and he
would stand below the tree and look
up at the cat and then at me, as If
trying to understand how the cat
could get up into the tree while he
had to stay ON the ground.
When evening came the dog would
hunt up the cat and carry her to the
kennel where they slept at night The
dog kept one of his forelegs over the
cat, and there she had to stay unit;
morning At last the cat was killed
but have the dog yet.-Fur News.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
FUNCTION OF THE KNOcKER.

i. is a general truth that industries
like living creatures must fight for
existence. The law of "the survival
of the f.ttest" operates everywhere.
Fighting enemies gives strength; it
makes race strong and it makes in
dustries strong-for the reason that
the weak members are early forced
out of the race, giving way to the
strong. The industry that is able to
rise and develop in spite of adverse
conditions does so because of it's
demonstrated right to exist, says the
Mining World
One of the interesting features of
mining is the new camp When it
first comes into the lime light it
is usually over-advertised. We need
smoked glasses to dim the glare be-
fore We get a correct impression of
the camps true worth. In camp pro-
motion there is enthusiasm plus, but
sooner or later appear the knockers
With the wet blanket they do their
best to smother the enthusiasm of
the confident. If the facts determin-
ed from development bear otu
their discouraging contentious they
hasten the end of the camp, but if
they are disproved their knocking
may merely have the effect of slow
ing things down. More or less knock
ing may be good for a camp, but
there is a limit to it if it is not to
do real injury. If not overdone it
has the effect of making investors
cautiOus-sOmething there is always
need of. 1t retards to some extent
unhealthy mushroom growth and
tends to bring investment down to a
rational basis. The promotions that
are fit to survive will survive ar
the other kind sooner or later col
lapse
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
IRON WILL MAY FAIL
GREAT LEADER GETS HIS WAY
BY OTHER METHODS.
Followers Must Be Shown That They
All Gain Most by Yielding I'm
pIicit Obedience to the Con-
ductor's Orders.

They tell us an iron will Is very
fine thing. A great general rules his
forces by his will. A parliamentary
leader drives recalcitrant members in,
to the right lobby by his will, if he has
it. Napoleon, they say, controlled all
France by his will l have long had
doubts.
Napoleon never had to get an obsti-
nate donkey out of the way of an ex'
press train, for there were no express
trains, but had the task confronted
him | doubt whether the iron will that
conquered France would have moved
the donkey. Nay, do not doubt; am
certain it would not And since men
are great deal more stupid and more
obstinate than donkeys | am sure it
was not by an iron will alone that Ma
poleon ruled the French.
The iron will only served to rule
himself to keep him hard and inces-
sanity at the working out of his great
idea, the idea of convincing men that
he was the ablest among them, that
by following him they did best for
same; there is no iron will involved;
merely he shows his followers that
they all gain by going with him.
And the same rule holds true in the
case of band conductors. A military
conductor can get his way because the
men under him are punished unless
they obey him; an opera or concert
conductor may get his way because he
can throw out of employment the men
who do not obey him.
But the true born conductor, either
military or civil, gets his way and
fine results when his bandsmen know
that by paying close attention to him
and putting their backs into their
work they help to secure perform
ances of which they may all justly
feel proud.
When Nikisch first came here many
years ago we were told how on the
continent he was wont to magnetic
his men and make them insensibly
yield to his will 1t is likely enough
they did yield; they would have been
dismissed if they had not; but the
magnetism did not in the least work
In England. The men simply paid no
attention to it; there might as well
nave been no magnetism at all; twas
in vain Nikisch essayed to fix them
with the glittering eye of which we
had read so much; too much; the in
human rascals refused to be fixed; the
performances were poor and some one
must have lost a fair sum Of money
over the cO1coTts.T s.
See what happened when Nikisch
returned not as master but as servant
of the orchestra. The Symphony or
chestra engaged him; the glittering
eye nonsense and the iron will non
sense were dropped, and at once arts
tic results were got. One might disap-
prove of many things he did, and espe-
cially of his affected readings, but he
gained the effects he wanted, and
gained them in a legitimate manner,
through the faith the men had in him.
John F. Runciman, in the London
Saturday Review.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11

Subscribe for THE POST.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11

The Arizona Republican issued a
highly creditable special edition of
IA pages Monday. The number was
replete with information showing
Arizona's mexcelled resources, ex-
cept that it entirely overlooked
mentioning Parker While Parker
has not as yet arrived" it surely is
entitled to notice in a resource edi-
tion,'' such as the Republican pub
lished, for it's resources, though I'M
developed, are equal, if not greater,
than any other section of the
territory.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-11-11
Letter for $50 Years UndeIivered.

A letter written in December, 1860
to a prominent member of the Body
of Friends in Durham, England, has
Just been found in the Public Record
office, having been undelivered A
copy of the letter has been forwarded
to the descendants in the eighth gen
Grafton of those for whom it was in
tended. The letter Ia addressed: Fol
my Loving friend Richard Hickson, g
butcher in Durham, to bee delivered
to William Bywaters, Durham, paid
Cd" o..
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-20

honest opinions of those with whom
he has honest differences, but they
do not deter him from his course. An
example of this was his address at
Pocatello touching upon the peace
treaties which he is asking the senate
to ratify. In presenting his cause to
the people there was not semblance
of criticism of those who opposed rat
ification, but Straightforward state
ment of the reasons that prompted
their negotiations. His logic seemed
unanswerable, and one who heard
him could hardly imagine how any.
one could fail to agree with his views.
The blows he delivered were softened
by stray bits of humor, and his ever
engaging smile. Yet he was forcefu.
and brought lasting conviction to his
hearers.
That he is as big mentally as ply
sically is readily apparent. He is
eloquent only in the compelling force
of his logic. He has none of the
characteristics of the orator. On the
contrary, he seems to sit down with
his auditors and take them into his
confidence, telling his story in a way
that brings conviction. His earnest
ness inspires confidence, and before
one knows it, he finds himself admir-
ing Taft for his unassuming ways.
His popularity will increase in pro-
portion to the number of people he
meets, and it will be surprising if he
don't return from his trip more popu-
lar with the masses than he has ever
been.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-20
Items of Local Interest from the
Idaho Falls Times

Attorney w. A. Beakley, of Black
foot, was in the city several. days last
week in attendance at the district
court. While here Mr.. .Beakley was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. H. G.
Lyon.
John T.. Danilson was in the city
Tuesday from Blackfoot.
Byrd Trego came up from Black
foot Saturday evening to meet with
the cost committee of the Eastern
Idaho Press club, proceeding to st.
Anthony Sunday morning.
Sheriff DeKay of Bingham county
was in the city Tuesday on his way
home to Blackfoot from Boise, where
he has spent the last few days taking
the baths. .
Mrs. A. L. Pennington of Blackfoot
spent Sunday in the city, the guest of
friends.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-20

The Republican makes a. speciality
of sanitary butterwrappers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-20
FARM WOMEN OF COUNTRY ARE
IN CONFERENCE
Hundreds Of Delegates Meet at Colo
RADIO Springs to Consider Wo-
mans Work ON the Farm

Colorado Springs, Colo, Oct. IT,
Colorado Springs is today entertain
ing the first Worlds Congress OF
Farm Women ever held, the purpose
being to discuss better homes, santa,
,tion, higher standards of living, bus,-
ness management of farm homes, and
other matters having to do with the
improvement of conditions for rural
housewives. The conference, which
has attracted hundreds of delegates
from all over the United States and
from foreign lands, is an outgrowti
of the Roosevelt farm life commits
sion.
Mrs. William F. Slocum, last year
president of the National Young Wo-
mems Christian association, heads tbs
committee in charge of the confer.
ence. Mrs. James T. Burns of this
city is secretary, and Mrs. Charles A
Larry, wife of the president of the
Colorado state agricultural college,
is vice president.
The program covers discussions,
papers and addresses on the equip.
ment Of and beautifying Of farm
homes, food values, laws of physical:
life in relation to the family, conser-
walton of the time and strength of
rural housewives, labor-saving. de-
vices, hygiene, the economic value of
women and children on the farm, In
fluence of clubs, oranges and other
associations, care of infants, the rural
church, reorganization of rura;
schools and recreation in rural dis
tricts. There will also be scientific
demonstration of the menace of the
house fly.
1t is alleged that women have al
ways borne more than their just
share of the burdens of farm life,
and that while scientific machinery
and appliances have made life easy
for the menfolk, too little attention
has been paid to relieving. the wife
and mother of unnecessary toll.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-20
FAMILY OF FIVE IN KANSAS
MURDERED

Ellsworth, Kan. Oct. 17.-Slain as
they slept Sunday night, the bodies OF
Will Snowman, a Chauffeur, his wife
and three small children were discoy-
cred yesterday in the Snowman home
by a neighbor who CHANGED to cali
and who entered the house when no
one responded to her knocks.
The features of the victims were
battered beyond recognition by the
blows Of an axe which the slayer had
used. The youngest member of the
family, baby, had been beaten until
its head was severed from the body.
All three children were under fiva
years old. Although the crime was
committed Sunday night it was not
discovered until O'Clock Monday
evening. a
The authorities have failedv6 find
anything pointing to cause of the
crime or clue to the guilty person.
The Snowman home is a small two
room cottage in the outskirts of Els
worth, 800 or 400 yards from the
nearest house.
The bodies of the five victims were
found in one room. The father, mo.
Their and baby lay on one bed and the
two other children in a second bed.
In this room also was the bloody axe
which the murderer had used and
which he had left in his fight.
Sunday night all the members Of
the Snowman family visited at the
home Of Mrs. G. w. Shocks, friend
living several blocks away. They left
the Shook home about o'clock.
This was the last time any of them
were seen alive.
Mrs. Shook discovered the quin-
tuple killing. She called at the Show
man home a few minutes before 6
o'clock. Her knock was unanswered
so she opened the door and walked
into the house, entering the room in
which the bodies of the five victims
lay. She quickly gave the alarm. 1t
was then nearly dark and the officers
were unable to find anything which
would furnish clue to the slayer.