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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

William Ferguson has resigned his
position as trustee on the school
Trumper has appointed in his place
DR.. H. E. Houston. fA
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

The ice crew working on lake
north of Spokane, where they were
planning on putting up $500 cars
OF ice, had to quit their work after
loading 1875 cars. on account OF the
soft weather. The ice will have to
be put up at some other location,
much of it at Little Bitter Root
lake on the Marion branch.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Arrangements are being made to
handle the work outlined to be done
on the Montana division the coming
summer. The line from Williston
to Havre is to be relaid with ninety
pound steel, and the line from Fra
zier to Wagner Is to be ballasted In
addition there will be some work on
the High Line. 1t is expected that it
will be a busy summer for this Sec
ton of the road, and after the ex-
IRENE quiet business of the past
eight months, it will be welcomed
by all the boys.-Havre Plaindealer.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15
RAILROAD CIRCLES

On last Friday night the railway
station at Fortine was robbed some
time during the night and the cash
drawer relieved of about $50 in
cash. The robbery was not discov-
cred until Saturday morning when
Mrs. E. L. Erb, who has charge of
the station at that place, went to
work. Entrance was gained by the
use of a switch key in the rear
door, which leads to the belief that
the guilty party was at one time in
the employ of the railway company
and knew that the funds were
kept there. A number Of checks al
SO in the drawer at that time were
thrown on the floor. Sheriff Baney
went down from here Saturday
morning and Investigated the mat
ter, finding only a pair of wooden
mittens as possible clew to the bur-
glar, and up to the present time
has been unable to locate the own
er.-Eureka Journal.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Next Tuesday night is the date
of the Volunteer Firemen's mas
Querade ball. The biggest event Of
the season.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Conductor Robert F. Speers re-
turned Sunday from North McGregol
Iowa, where he recently accompanie
the remains of his brother, Will,who
was killed in railway accident at
Avery, Montana. and has resumed
his run on the high line Havre
Plaindealer.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Fireman Clifford Hove, who had
his leg broken and hands frozen in
the rotary pillow accident several
weeks ago, is reported getting along
nicely at the hospital. His fingers
were badly frozen and the ends of
them will probably have to be am
putated.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Conductor l.. H. Bernard. VIII
has been at Rexford for the pas
year. has moved to this city an
taken a run on the main line.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

XNA.p y0OCVAV0y C0A0OI0V0U SA0 VA8A~A
anniversary Of his coming to White
fish. Jim came here when the town
was in an embryo state. the year
before the division point was moved
up from Kalispell. At that time
the town had all been laid out, but
was nothing but a construction camp
hewed out of the dense forest. The
bank and few other buildings, be-
sides a number of saloons, were
the only business houses at the time.
Jim struck the town on his "uppers,
it might be said, and by chance he
was given charge of a team of
horses to keep for the winter for
their feed. To make the team pay
for itself he did what little dray
work there was to be done, and this
was the nucleus for the fine livery
business that has sprung up since.
There are only few of the first
pioneers left from those days. The
rest have been scattered to other
parts of the country. Among those
that can be recalled living here now
are c. A. Matthews, ]. E. Skyles. ].
c. Little and Percy F. Dodds.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

o. O. Sletten, member OF the leg
islative board of the B. of L. F. and
E., will go to Springfield, ILL.,, the
26th of this month to meet with the
officials of the several railway or
ganization for the purpose OF
discussing ways and means OF
changing the sixteen-hour law, and
probably their support for some
candidate for the presidency of the
United States.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

Engineer John Mas returned
Friday from vacation trip to his
old home in Miles, Texas, where he
has been spending the past three
months. Mr.. Maes says that while
Texas Is considered one of the warm
states. the temperature got down be-
low the freezing point, and he felt
the cold more than he would here.
Texas is alright" he said, but
good old Montana for me. The peo-
pie have more of 'get-up' to them
and are more progressive. At the
prevailing low prices of cotton and
the high cost of other commodities
the planters do not feel at all salts
fled. and the majority Of them are
just making scanty living and have
to work hard every single day in the
year."
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-02-15

B. A. Hale, clerk in the superin-
tendent's office, has resigned his po-
sition and has moved with his fam
lily to Owatonna, Mimi, where he
has accepted the position as adver-
Using manager with one of the daily
papers of that city. According to q
clipping he was formerly connected
with the same publication. and they
were much pleased to again secure
his services, as he is a first-class
man in that line,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03

TT is a matter Of sound business
policy to require that all road
taxes be paid in cash. In the
past the collection Of labor for
road building has been compulsory
and the collection of money voluntary,
but experience has shown that this
system must be reversed. A tax which
Is levied for the purpose of developing
resources hitherto undeveloped, which
development would add to the peoples
wealth, cannot be considered burden
In any respect. 1t is an investment.
As to the methods Of raising money
for road building purposes, there are
two systems which have been employ
ed in different parts Of the country,
both with considerable success. One
plan may be called the pay as you 60
system. Under this plan a small an
nual tax is levied, the proceeds of
which may be used partly for the pur-
chase of equipment and partly for ac-
tual work on the roads. This tax may
be increased slightly at intervals, but
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03

It continues to be paid as an annual
tax, the proceeds OF which are an
nually expended for road building pur-
poses. This system has certain ad'
vantages. for example, In connection
with this expenditure of the annual
tax. While only limited amount of
work can be done each year, there Is
no opportunity for wasting large sums
The people of the county gradually
adapt themselves to the changed con
ditions, and the persons placed in
charge OF the road work have an op-
portunity Of becoming efficient by their
own experience before they come TO
handle larger sums Of money, and an
other thing which has considerable
weight with a large class of people is
that the county is kept out of debt.
Another advantage of this system is
that when county has a large taxable
wealth a small annual levy will yield
as large sum as can be wisely ex
pended.
The more enlightened and the more
commercial a people are the larger is
the application OF the credit system in
their business. In the early settle
ment OF this country the money for
development and business enterprises
was borrowed from Europe. Grad
ually the eastern states increased in
wealth to such an extent that they
not only paid their European debts.
but had money TO loan for the up
building Of their sister states In the
west. At the present time some Of
the western states are joining with
those In the east In lending money to
Europe During the past 100 years
on the system Of going into debt for
public Improvements" this country
has risen from a small dependent ma
ton TO the head OF the list
The disadvantages of the pay as
you go" system are that the work of
road building proceeds too slowly. In
a county which has 500 miles OF road.
100 miles OF which should be consld-
cred It's main thoroughfares, II II
raises a tax sufficient to build FIVE
miles OF good road each year twenty
years will be required to improve the
100 miles, and many OF the citizens
OF the county would continue to pay
taxes for years before they would re-
celve any benefit therefrom.
The system Of raising money for
road building by Issuing bonds is gen
orally unpopular, because people dread
the idea Of debt.
The great advantage In the system
OF borrowing money for road building
Is that by securing the larger sums Of
money for Immediate expenditure the
work can be pushed more rapidly, and
the roads which would otherwise re.
quire twenty or thirty years for their
Improvement can, under this system
he flushed In four or five years. The
people ~ the county begin to receive
benefits from the work more quickly
and the benefits are sufficiently great
TO enable them TO pay the interest on
the borrowed money and to provide a
sinking fund TO pay back that money
with more ease than they could pay
the annual taxes In advance OF the
completion OF the road.
Under the 'pay as you go" plan the
present generation builds the roads and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen
Counties of State


r. l.. Barrows has completed work
in the Fergennes Enterprise and Yer
monter Office and has taken the pos
ition of advertising solicitor on tie
Rutland Herald.
Karl Gray, the year old son Of
Mrs. Judson Greer, of Essex June
ton, who while firing an old musket
at the home OF his grandfather, NJ.
V 3. Hayden, iE Waterbury. April Q,
was shot in his left arm, necessita-
ting amputation of the arm at the
elbow, has returned TO Fellows Free
Academy at Fairfax. lie has been at
the home of his grandfather since the
accident
Rev. Luther V. Grice the pastor of
the Shady Rill Free viii Baptist
church is stlll in a serious nervous
state and fears are entertained that
he will be seriously i'll following his
recent attempt 10 enlist IN the navy
at Boston. Too hard application to
his theological studies, hard work on
the farm and loneliness due to being
ldi HUN uio hAft hNei y
wrecked the young minister's mental
equipment and il VIII REQUIRE weeks
of rest to restore him to health.
The Gordon farm in Grand Isle re-
Gently purchased by a syndicate, OF
which Clarence j. Ferguson Is treas
urer. is a scene OF great activity these
days. Since early in April, from %
to % men with half dozen teams
have been employed on the premises
setting out apple trees and preparing
the land for crops Thirty1ve hun
dred trees have been set, comprising
Greetings, Northern Spys, Macintosh
Red and other Varieties and Ill acres
of the farm have been put into crops
mostly on land where orchards have
been set out OF these 2o acres are
in potatoes, 25 in beans, Is in oats
Is in cabbage, 10 in corn, 1U in musk
melons, In Hubbard squash. In
onions, two in tomatoes, two in tur
nips, one in carrots and half acre
in water melons. These crops are
practically all in. Dynamite was
used effectively in digging holes &c
set the apple trees and modern ma
chinery is utilized in planting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
aews of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

tor DIZZY Nca1<1R
Stephen Hall and family have
moved from the Woodford road to
Gage street.
Miss Agnes Elmendorf is visiting
in town for a few days. She has
been teaching the past year at Raj.
eigh, N. c.
Tucker Genest, the former Pitts
field player now with the Springfield
club of the Connecticut league, has
been fined 500 for abusing an UNI
pire.
State Highway Commissioner c. w.
Gates of Franklin writes that he ex-
poets to be in Bennington within a
week or So He has just returned
from a trip to Oklahoma.
County Road Supervisor d. T.
Bates of Pownal is the owner of a
new automobile an Overland, and
hereafter will not be dependent on
the trains in visiting the several
towns of the county.
Leon Lamarre has returned from
a trip to Troy, Albany, New York and
COney Island, where he accompanied
his cousins, George Lamarre from
Vancouver, B. c., and Medard Lam
ARE of Montreal who passed a few
days in Bennington as his guests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
BUILDING ROADS UNDER A CASH SYSTEM
OF TAXATION.

BUILDING ROADS UNDER CASH SYSTEM
OF TAXATION.
extract is taken from letter written
by Hon. John l.. Young, county Judge
Of Dallas county, Tex, on June 81,
1911:
There is one very important Item in
connection with this county that I would
call your attention to. and that Is the re-
duction OF taxes for the past Ave years.
or, rather. since the building OF good
roads In this county. The value OF prop
erty has increased 10 such an extent that
the rate has been reduced from % cents In
1906 TO GO cents In 1910 or a reduction In
taxes Of - per cent. although we havo
issued bonds In the sum OF 81 10000 in tho
meantime.
There is one thing certain. and that
il that we must have money FOR road
building and that this money must be
raised by taxation. Whether we adopt
the pay us you 20" policy and build
the roads only as fast as the money
can be raised by taxation or issue
bonds and thus borrow money In large
quantities and build the roads now is
a question for each state, county or
township to decide for itself. In max
ing this decision that method should
be adopted which will give the quick
est and best results with the least bur-
den upon The individual taxpayer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
BLACKSMITHING

Horseshoeing aud general iobbing, forging
speciality. Lawn mowers IN .rpened and put In
first class condition All my work Is first class
and satisfaction guaranteed Reasonable prices
Also owner OF Moan Harris hub-box attach
ment-wOrn wagons made To run like new
Call ut the Farmers Sheds Blacksmith Shop ana
! will show you what they are.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
Helped to Keep Down Expenses

Mrs. j. Il. Henry, Akron, Mich,
tells how she did SO: 81 was bothered
with my kidneys and had to go near
ly double. tried sample Of Foley
Kidney pills and they did me so
much good that bought a bottle
aud they saved me big doctors
bill" For weak back, backache
rheumatism. urinary and kidney
troubles. use Foley Kidney pills
They help quickly. Coles Pharmacy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
NOTICE

There are about twenty strange
horses and a large number of cattle
on the Fillmore & Slade mountain
pasture known as the Harmon Hill
No party other than Fillmore 4
slade has the right TO turn cattle
on any of our lands and therefore
owners OF the horses and cattle are
hereby notified to take care Of theil
stock or they will be disposed OF AZ
the law directs.
Fillmore q slade.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
Frank A. Wahlquist
Shoe Repairing

People In Bennington and vicinity
know that |, the widow of the late
G. Himovltz of 1Oi Gage street, keep
the store for repairing shoes and try
TO make a living for my children, to
avoid charity. | ask all mothers and
fathers to sympathize with me and
70 give me work. | have very good
workman, as shoemaker. of New
York. who is ready to give all kinds
OF the best work In shoe repairing,
and the best goods will be furnished.
A free shine will be given with
every pair OF shoes repaired The
work Is done by hand, not by mach,
inery. so you shouldn't be afraid that
II will tear like that done by maohin
cry.
Mrs. Y. Himovitz
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03

r. l.. Barrows has completed work
in the Nergennes Enterprise and Yer
monter Office and has taken the pos
ition Of advertising solicitor on tie
Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03

Fillmore a Slade.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
ERRlNe COUPLE ARRESTED
More Than One Complaint Received
by Rutland States Attorney

Rutland, June 3.--Mrs. II. H. Mil
lard of Dandy and John Morgan of
Wallingford, both 20 years of age,
were arraigned before Judge i. G..
Swinnerton in city court Friday morn
ing on the charge OF adultery and
were bound over to the September
term of Rutland county court in the
sum of $500 bail. which they were
given "a hours to furnish The cou.
pie waived examination and pleaded
not guilty. c. V. Poulin appearing as
their attorney They were arrested
at the home Of a relative in Walling.
ford at one o'clock Thursday morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff A. A. Leonard
the officer breaking into the apart
ment to serve a warrant issued by
States Attorney b. L. Stafford who
had received more than one com.
plant about the couple. Mrs. Mil
lard. who has a FIVE year old child,
left her husband few days ago, ac-
cording to Mr.. Stafford Morgan is
not married.
There was considerable argument
between counsel for the respondents
and the states attorney as to the
amount Of the bail Mr. Stafford said
that there was no question that the
couple could be convicted under the
blanket act and he called the courts
attention to the fact that there was
nothing to anchor them in this vic
unity so that the bail must be sufllc
lent to insure their presence at court
He said that the woman had made
overtures to officer Leonard when he
caught them with a view to inducing
him to let them 20 and that the mar
had endeayored to prevail upon the
officers to allow them to escape.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-01
Important Court Decision.

Montrose.-Judge Shackleford of
the District Court in chambers at Del
Ia rendered one of the most important
decisions which has ever been handed
down affecting the L. S. Reclamation
Service. John a. Masters, who had
proved up on 100 acres of homestead
land in 1904, filed suit for an injunc-
ton to prevent the officers of the
Reclamation Service from construct
ing large canal through his land, be-
ing a part OF the west canal of the I'M
Compahgre Valley reclamation project.
1t was asserted by the plaintiff,
Masters, that the reclamation officials
had established a camp near his land
end had placed force of men at work
upon his property excavating for the
ditch and that it was proving very in
furious to his property. The Reclama-
ton Service took the ground that all
patents which had been issued by the
government since 1900 contained a
clause which reserved a right of way
through the land for ditch purposes,
and that the government had right
under that provision to enter on his
or any ether lands.
Judge Shackleford made the injunc-
ton permanent and held that the res
eryation in the patent was too indef-
mite to be of any purpose and that
the only way the government could
construct a ditch through the land
would be by due process OF law. Thus
work by the government on the West
canal must be stopped. The canal is
the uncompleted portion of the I'm
compahgre Valley project and was to
cost $4,000. The result may be that
the project viii be tied up for many
months. The case will probably go to
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The question affects every reclama
ton project in the West.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-01

DuraDgo.-A sugar beet contract
will be presented to farmers in this
district this year that will be new and
novel and will no doubt be known as
the Durango plan" 1t provides for
flat rate of So per ton and then, aft
err paying ten per cent. on the capital
invested to the factory or sugar COM
pany, the surplus is to be divided
equally between the company and the
farmers.
The proposition met with unanimous
favor and there will be no trouble on
this basis in securing 10000 to 10000
acres. with increase acreage every
year. 1t is believed by this method
the farmers will receive an average
of $3.50 per ton for beets and the COM
pany will make as much or more
money than heretofore. because the
acreage will always be increasing and
heavy expense of the sliding scale re-
duced. Capital for building the fac
tory is assured and canvass for acre
age will be started in few days.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-01
FOREIGN.

Thirty thousand bales of cotton
burned in one of the big warehouses
in Bombay.
Reports from San Jose, Costa Rica.
state that the earthquake reported has
been felt geneeally over the whole of
the high plateau but no serious dam
age has been done SO far.
The chamber of deputies at Rome
passed the bill for the annexation of
Tripoli by Italy by a vote OF 431 to
So, amid enthusiastic cheering from
the floor of the chamber and the pub
lie gallery.
While the memory of George Wash
ington was celebrated by Americans
throughout the civilized world, the
new Chinese republic took cogniZance
of the event and sent cablegram OF
greetings to the State Department at
Washington.
Jules Vedrines at Pau, France. broke
the speed record for monoplanes, fly.
ing sixty-two miles in thirty-seven
minutes and 124 miles in one hour and
fifteen minutes. The previous record
for sixty-two miles was made by Ba'
THAT at Douzy Jan. &c. when he Gov
cred the distance in forty-one minutes
and twenty-four seconds.
Believing that all the instructions
against the government are largely a
result of the publication of sensation
al news. President Madero and his
cabinet have appealed to the perma
nent committee in congress to sus
pend that article of the constitution
providing for a free press and have
been given a negative reply.
Two hundred Mexican revolution
ists were killed in an attack on Sar
Pedro, garrisoned by 200 federal troops
and 100 rurales. Four thousand peon:
surrounded the town. They attacked
a portion of the city left unguardet
by the defendants. All of the seventy
| rebels leading the attack fell at tn
! first fire. More than 100 who followed
were moved down with the seconC
/ volley The Vasquistas beat a retreat
! Two assaults were made on the town