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The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-07
AVIATION

The attention of the world will be
directed next Monday upon field
near Chicago, where opens then a
Great international aviation contest,
beginning with the race for the Cor
don Bennett cup. Six countries, the
United States, England France, Bel
gium, Holland and Switzerland, have
entered their speediest flying ma
chimes and their most noted aviators
III this race This country will be rep
resented by new marvel of the air.
machine capable of one hundred and
twenty-five miles an hour. The ad-
vance notices specify much of spec
tacular nature. This means, un-
doubtedly, that there will be the usual
number of accidents, as many horri-
bic scenes as the public has learned
to expect at aviation meets 1t is evil
dent that the lessons of the few wears
il which flying has been possible to
men have not been accepted. Nav the
day come when human beings will tire
of seeing their fellow men risk life and
limb and call it amusement.
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A COMMUNICATION
To the Editor of The Missoulian:

To the Editor of The Missoulian:
Dear Sir:-In common with many
other citizens of Missoula, l attended
the meeting at the opera house Thurs
day evening to hear Senator Dixons
statement giving his reasons for aban-
doning the republican party and tax
ing active interest and leadership in
the progressive or so-called bull moose
movement.
Everyone will concede. to Senator
Dixon or any other citizen the in
herent right to give punlic expression
to the faith they maintain concerning
the political life of thci. city, state
or nation, but | think | voice the feel
ing of a majority of people when
say that 1t is to be deeply regretted
that the issue of grave public ques-
tions is SO often lost sight of in
fierce personal recriminations and as
saults that do not concern public well
fare. but leave only heart burnings
and animosities that a lifetime does
not heal.
The senator read a list of counties
in which the Anaconda Copper Mining
company owns property and made the
statement that they paid taxes on only
| one eighteenth of the actual value OF
such property in these counties. This
is so ridiculously far from the truth
that l think the senator would not
have made such a statement had he
been fully Informed as to the facts,
and ! feel that in justice to myself,
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considered the future with any degree
CT intentness. 1t is the present that
counts. We have today and today we
must fight today's battles. We have
the good of the hour; the next hour
may find us gone.
Still, the Adventist has his ad-
vantage. He is certain that there is
no future mad he does not try to pro-
vide for it. We believe that there are
still many, many lives to be lived,
many, many wars to be fought, many,
many evils to be done away with,
many, many reforms to be- instituted
So we struggle and we plan, but the
Adventist does not need to. But we
have the present, all of us, and we
need not worry about the future.
The future, which lis not and may
not be-" is the thing that is killing
our bodies and our souls It is best
let alone. The present is good or bad,
as we make. it, and the future is not
under our control. We may remem-
,ber that the end of the world is for
none of us more than a few decades
away. The church says that there is
life everlasting and that is the future
of which we should think The tenn
poral future is too uncertain.
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Science can see no reason why this
Old world of ours shouldn't last many
hundreds of years, hut the Adventists
believe that it will end in 1929. What
is the difference between ten years
and possible or probable cons? If the
world comes to Its end in ten years
we shall all pass out together. If not,
we shall leave separately, as indi-
vidual fate dictates. One thing is
sure, we shall go. Little does it mat
ter when we go, but of great i'm
portance is it how we go. We have
nothing but the present, for the fu-
Nas never religious teacher who
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PRISONS.

1t would appear that the men who
are trying to reform prisons and max ke
better the lives of prisoners are not
receiving the best sort of support at
the hands of the men who are behind
the tars. Within a short time there
has been a series of disturbances,
nlutinies. riots within several Ameri-
can penitentiaries. The reformers, the
humanitarians, are not receiving the
help they should from the prisoners.
Honor systems, paroles, merit marks
all these things were thought to be
working for the reform of the people
society has put away for its own good.
The Review fears that re-
form has been overdone. This is what
it says:
One is tempted to fear that the
temper of humaneness that now rules
the administration of prisons is in
danger of being overdone by the au-
thorities. Sentimentality seems to
have palsied the hands and blinded
the eyes of some of them. They fail
apparently to realize fully what man
ner of beings they are dealing with.
Not less humanity, but more firmness
is required.
Many convicts are self confessed
criminals who 6 lory in defying the
law and committing crime. Such
hardened convicts are less men than
they are wolves and tigers They
may be minority among the deni-
zens of Prisons, but they are a class
that has to be watched and held all
the time and makes kind severity
needful with those who are not de-
praved. 1t is time to have done with
sentimentality that snivels over exc
cuted murderers, but has no sympathy
for their victims and the laws as
sailed.
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the different county commissioners
and assessors, and the taxpayers at
large, it being a public concern, IT Is
due to the public that l make through
the medium of your paper a state
ment of the exact facts in the case.
know nothing about taxes paid In any
department of the company other than
the lumber interests of which am In
charge.
The company owns timber land In
eight counties in the state, to-Wlt
Missoula, Flathead sanders, Powell,
Lewis and Clark, Ravalli, and Lincoln,
and, so far as l can recall, own no
other property there aside from their
mills and yards. For II years | have
had charge of the property, and on my
have made return to the different
county officers for taxation purposes.
During these IL years no officer, di-
rector, or stockholder Of the company
has made to ME any request or sus-
gestion as to the values | should pace
on this property for taxation purposes
so that If the company has not paid
its proper and lawful share OF the
taxes l alone am responsible.
Now am going to make and prove
the assertion that not only do We,
and other lumber companies as well,
pay as high rate of taxes as any
property owner in these counties, but
more than that, we pay the highess
rate of taxes of any person. co-pare-
nership or corporation owning property
in these counties
Here are the facts, which are a
or the county assessors of the state,
held in Missoula last winter, 1t was
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The, Missoulian may be found on
sale at the following newstands out
side of Montana:
Chicago-Chicago Newspaper Agen-
.cy N. E. corner Clark and Madison
streets
Minneapolis-World News Co., 219
North Fourth street.
Salt Lake City MacGillis & Lud-
wig.
San Francisco-United News Agents.
Portland-Consolidat News Co
Seventh and washington.
Seattle - Eckart's News Agency,
First avenue and Washington; w. o.
Whitney.
Standardization News Co.
Tacoma-Trego News Co., Ninth
and Pacific.
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decided to assess rough lumber in tn

decided to assess rough lumber i'll the
ple at 80 per lnousaAu Ieet, and clear
.ullloer SAv per tnousanu 1ev.,
llldklIS an average assessed price lOi
lnlu run IN the plIe OF $3.50 per thou
sand teet. During the year l3ll the
company sou 800. .l,VUu Let OF ium
Der, at an average price Oh $lo.3o per
thousand feet; lhis alter tne lunper
mad been put through tine p.anlng
mil ana loaued on cars, SO the hlgn-
est average price at Wn4cn rougn luln-
ber in the pile could be solu during
the past several years was $14 per
thousand feet. we have purchased
several miluon feet from small mills
and others during the past year as
from $40 to $l2 per thousand feet. AS
suming, then, that the maximum price
tor rough lumber in the pile is $14
per thousand teet we are assessed on
1t at 1925 per thousand feet, or 81 per
cent of it's actual value.
Senator Dixon stated, and it is true,
that the basis of assessment for tax
alton purposes was one-third, or 1914
per cent, of the actual value of prop
erty. So the lumber companies are
paying, instead of at the rate of 33 A
per cent, sc per cent or over. Are
any other taxpayers paying that hign
a rate? None that know of.
Now, as to the taxes on standing
timber. At the assessors meeting II
was decided to assess timber land In
the state as follows: 16O acres having
100000 feet or over, 50 per acre; 100
acres having 100000 to 1,25O,0O0 feet, ..
an average of 100000 feet, Sc per
acre; 100 acres having 100000 to $780,
900 feet, or an average of $4,000 feet.
Sd per acre. Taking an average rate
of one third of value as basis for as
sessment this makes an average vaiue
of So per thousand feet for standing
timber on which the lumber. companies
are assessed and pay taxes. Is it
worth that price? Let us see. Prop
erty is worth what it would bring in
the open market. During the last
month | have been offering severa.
hundred million feet of the best TIM
ber in Montana for 81 per thousant.
| feet and think it can be purchased
| for $3.50 per thousand feet. Taking
the standing timber, good and poor,
adjacent and remote from transporta-
tion. it Is worth about $3.50 per thou
sand feet. Yet the lumber companies
are compelled to pay taxes at valua-
ton of SO per thousand feet, or they
are assessed, not at the rate of one
third, or 1914 per cent, but at the rate
of two-thirds. or Sc 2-3 per cent of
| the actual value of their timber holu-
ings. Are any other property owners
paying so high rate? I know of
none.
! In making returns to the assessors
of the stocks of lumber on hand the
| first of each month of March, every
board and piece of lumber Is counted
and turned in; not an item Is with
held. Do all business men and mer-
chants give the assessors complete
inventory of every item in their stocks
and business? l do not know; only
know that the lumber companies arc
paying the highest rate of taxes ol
any property owners in the counties
above named.
Truly yours,
JOHN R. ToeLE
Sept 6, 1912.
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In these days of large campaign
expenses it behooves the newspaper
compositors to be extremely careful,
according to a story printed by the
Christian Register, which says: "One
of the Boston dailies informs us that
in certain state primary a candidate
polled some $4,000 votes"
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The bull-mooSe convention is not
attended by many Amalgalnated
agents, which Will be a handicap If
The progressives try to get up any Inn
promptu parades.
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A clean lot of men are the pro-
gressive candidates in Missoula coun-
ty. There are good men on the other
tickets, men VINO are good enough,
personally, but the string OF the boss
and of the corporation can make the n
dance. The bull moosers are their
own bosses.
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HUNTING AND FISHING PRO
HlBlTEp.

All trespasses on the Deschamps
property In Grass Valley by hunters
and fishermen will be prosecuted to
tho full extent of the law.
GASPARD DESCHAMPS.
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only soft drinks in Salmon, says
a headline. Well, there was man
who claimed tnat any drink into which
one could put ones finger is soft
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-07

Ed Cooney didn't have any new
half-tone portrait made. He used an
old one, which puts him much ahead
and shows that he is wiser than he.
looks.
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The temperature in the east is now
from forty to fifty degrees higher than
the daily records in Missoula show. Al
tnat, it isn't cold here.
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Just the same, it's the political flu
ture that's worrying d lot of folks
not to mention the political present.
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Great Falls has seen some wonderful
things in a political way of late.
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The man who hctrays his friend is
pretty poor sort of man. We can
all agree on that
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Equitable Life of N. Y. pays large
yearly dividends, reducing net cost Mrs.
N. p, Warner, agent. Phone $50 black.
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1t is still true that no offender ever
felt the halter draw with good opin-
ion of the law"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-07

Johnny is beginning to become ac-
customed to the school bells sound.
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The present, however, appears to be
a pretty good sort of time, just the
same.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-07

Well, Missoula is for the forest
service and will welcome MIR. Graves.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-07

There are still few of us foolish
enough to believe that right makes
might.
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suBscRleERs, PAPERs.

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the best carrier service; therefore, sub
scrbers are requested to report faulty
delivery at once. In ordering paper
changed to new address, please give
old address also. Money orders and
checks should be made payable to
The Missouiian Publishing Company.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13
AN UNEXPECTED REWARD.
Tho disappointment Of the Two Boys
Who Assisted the Old Lady.

Some people never perform an act Of
kindness without hoping to receive u
reward. Often such people are disap-
pointed. much after the fashion>o the
two boys In the following story: An
old lady was counting her money and
while doing so dropped a coin. 1t fell
into wood box full of wood and shaw
ings. She was almost frantic at her
loss, being a miserly woman. Seeing
two boys playing near her home, she
called to them.
IF you find my piece Of money will
give you cent"
The boys began hunting eagerly for
the lost coin. At the end of an hour
they gave shout of delight, for the
piece of money had been discovered.
The old lady grasped her precious coin
and, saying that they had earned their
reward, went to a shelf, took down n
bottle which had contained some per-
fume and gave each boy scent o: the
lingering odor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13

driver. "'Old II. and r. makes you in
sure your life before you can work for
the company. That isn't all OF 1t ell
Their. Away back In Series ID, No. 439.
dated June ], 1893, l found para
graph advising employees TO marry"
Funny you'd stumble on to that,
hey, Bobby queried Booth, with a
grin and wink at Hornbeck. where
upon Bobby. blushing like a schoolgirl.
fastened back TO his wagon.
Bobby was the best driver the Nor
gantown office had. He did oceans OF
work every day collecting parcels and
making deliveries. Besides, there were
four round trips between the office and
Morgan junction, a mile away. The
railroads got no nearer town than the
junction. lie did all this and hankered
for more, anxious for promotion, for
promotion meant more money, and
more money spelled matrimony. Bob
by and Marion Hackett had II all ar
ranged. When his salary touched $50
month-a driver gets $45-or when
he had $500 saved, then they would
adventure down life's stream together.
"For, you see, Marion. $45 a month
isn't much, although 1t would buy coal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13
For Our Women Readers
:, THE COOKING SCHOOL.

Ham Baked In Milk.-Two pounds
OF ham sliced thick. milk, -four, pepper
and one tablespoonful Of butter Soak
place In baking pan, sprinkle thickly
with -four, season with pepper, cover
with milk and put butter in bits on the
top. Bake until the ham is tender,
about forty minutes. Serve for break
fast or luncheon.
Sweet potatoes can be dried Slice
thin and put on board in the sun to
dry, When dry put away. When
wanted for use soak them few hours
In cool water. When taken out OF wa
ter fry In lard and butter until soft
and brown.
Chicken Livers en- Brochette. = Cut
the livers each in four pieces. Alter
nate pieces Of liver and pieces Of thin
ly sliced bacon on skewers, allowing
one liver and five pieces Of bacon for
each skewer. Balance skewers in up
right positions on rack in dripping pan.
Bake until bacon Is crisp in hot oven.
Serve with garnish Of watercress.
Cooking vegetables which disagree
ably scent the entire house becomes an
undesirable necessity at times. If q
pan containing vinegar and spices Gin
namon and cloves Is placed on the
stove to boil while the food is cooking
the odor will be absorbed by the vine
gar and spices.
Mock Indian Pudding.-Three cup
fuls Of breadcrumbs, one-half cupful of
sugar, one quart Of milk, three table
spoonfuls Of molasses, one-quarter cup
full of melted butter, one-half teaspoon
full of salt, one-quarter teaspoonful Of
cloves, one-half teaspoonful of ginger
and one half teaspoonful Of cinnamon.
Let the crumbs soak in the milk TWEEN
ty minutes. Scald them and add other
ingredients. Put I'm buttered pudding
dish and bake one and II half hours In
a slow oven, adding milk from time to
time IL it evaporates too quickly. Serve
with brown sugar or molasses sauce or
milk and sugar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13
Rules and Regulations
By CLARENCE p. HURLEY

The Continental Express company is
great institution. 1t does business In
every state between the seaboards, and
its employees, who are messengers on
trains, local agents, route agents, ONCE
men and drivers, number thousands.
The Continental continues to be great
and to pay dividends because 1t takes
particular interest I'm the goings In
and comings out. of each OF its en-
ployeeS. Ii demands services OF them
and loads responsibilities upon themAt
which bank presidents would shudder,
The company's motto, IL thing so
thoroughly useless were ever an mp
pendage of an enterprise so utilitarian.
would be, "The Continental expects ev-
cry man to do his duty"
The corporation comes nearer to rep
resenting abstract justice than the So
preme court. Good men are advanced
in precisely the degree they deserve
advancement. Bad men are punished.
The Continental stands ready to spend
5000 in convlcting the man who steals
a hundred. Employees who have CIV
en- the best years of their life to Its
service are pensi6ned. The only touch
OF human nature about it Is the pres
ent of five dollar bill, which, with
formal and frosty little letter, is sent
each Christmas to every employee who
has worked for the Continental year
or more.
The spirit and essence of the Cont
mental is its book Of '.Rules and Regu-
lations." The tome Is n ponderous
mass OF bound circulars a foot thick.
yellow folder is issued, bringing the
express world up to date, and this is
duly read by agent or messenger and
fastened into the covers.
Somewhere in the musty depths OF
the "Rules and Regulations" are In
structions covering every possible con-
tingency, from handling Egyptian
mummies to the feeding of live stock
In transit. No matter how absurd an
employees procedure in an emergency,
when viewed in the light OF common
sense he has only TO quote RULES and
Regulations" correctly. He is sure OF
forgiveness. And the man who Is
yersed in "Old Il. and r." as the book
Is called, is held by his colleagues In
much the same half envious regard
with which ministers look upon n
brother who knows his Bible exceed
ingly well.
Booth. money clerk at Morgantown.
had a special name for the canvas COW
cred yolume-"The Book Of Revela-
ton" The agent, Hornbeck, who had
grown gray in the Continental's sery-
ice, chided him one day for his flip
pancy.
II tell you, Bill" he said seriously,
"'Old Il. and r. can't take you far
astray any turn Of the road. You could
use it as a guide and be pretty good
Christian. Doesn't it tell you to be
strictly honest, to be temperate and
keep good hours. to affiliate yourself
with some church and attend divine
services on Sunday, to dress neatly and
as well as your income will permit, to
treat everybody with politeness, for
we must depend on rich and poor,
white and black, for our business?"
That's true. all right" replied Bill,
impressed. II never looked at 1t that
way before"
and" chimed In Bobby Taylor, the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13
!, PARAGRAPHS ON STYLE.

SLIPPERS in rich shades Of dark red
blue and violet combined with gold
and silver are worn with gowns intro
ducing those tones.
JAUNTY tailored suits in serge and
in worsted show the plated skirt
falling from deep yoke, over which is
a sort of tunic blouse.
NECK fxings combine fine Irish lace
and velvet in all sorts of ways
bows, balls, dangling ends, loops and
wee roses all playing their parts.
4 NOVELTY in millinery this season
is the crown Of one color and the
brim of another.
EALL suits, according to a report
from Paris, will require at least
half yard more material than those
now fashionable, which means wider
skirts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-13

and something to eat" Bobby would
explain. But, darling, / don't want
you regretting having married me
right at the start. I'm going to have
enough so well be comfortable" u.
And Marion, with fond belief In Bob
by's financial acumen. would lay her
curly head on his shoulder and agree,
satisfied this was right. for hadn't Bob
by said SO?
Bobby was thinking up ways and
means one winters night as he turned
his horses head homeward with the
load OF freight from the eastbound
train. The first quarter mile Of the
journey, between solid rows Of lumber
piles and lighted by single arc light,
was lonesome. Bobby often thought
that IL holdup for the valuable mon
ey packages he carried were ever at
tempted 1t would be on this stretch Of
narrow, deserted street.
The possibility Of such an occurrence
was always present. Tonight 1t be-
came reality. A man, dark cloth
tied over his face, suddenly sprang out
Of the shadow and seized plodding old
Dick by the bit. Something glittered
in the hand which he pointed at Bob
by. Throw down that sack!" he COM
manded hoarsely. 1.-THE red waybill
stuff" as the valuable packages are
called, was in sack swung over the
drivers shoulder.
Bobby's reply was to reach for the
Colts 3S which the drivers of the
Continental carry. The stranger fired.
and Bobby felt the crease as of hot
iron right above his right ear. The bull
llet had barely missed him. The holdup
man went down next instead, bullet
from the Colts In his shoulder. He lay
helpless on the soggy snow until the
police came and took him away.
A route agent came to Morgantown
next morning. talked with Hornbeck
and went away. Route agents are a
power, and Bobby was impressed and
fiattered when this particular member
called him "Deadwood Dick"
A week later the sequel of the at
tempted holdup was written. A red
wayblll package. containing five 500
bills. came for Bobby from Continental
headquarters. A commendatory letter
which accompanied II quoted n certain
ancient circular for back In cold Il.
and r." which provides that the Con-
tinental employee who captures unin-
jured the criminal that attempts rob
berry shall receive 800; the sum shall
he $500 IL the thief is wounded and
captured.
Hornbeck says that letter, which Mr..
and Mrs Taylor prize most highly, Is
the first ever sent out from headquar-
ters consciously or unconsciously hu-
morous. ''Old II. and r." makes no al
Iowance for humor. but the epistle adj
vised Bobby, among, other things. to
get married. And Bobby was planning
the honeymoon while he read II.