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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-12-27

GREEN BAY-Two railroad men
members of the train crew, were
killed and several passengers were
slightly injured when train No. on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad crashed head-on into a
freight at Kiel, town near here.
The dead men are: Antoine Schemick,
twenty-e eight years old, passenger fire
man, Green Bay; Matthew Foley,
fifty years old, passenger engineer,
Milwaukee.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

measure No. 3o2 against referen-
dunn measure No. $685. and so
oh.
What the reason for this is no
one seems to know, but it is the
law. The only thing to do, then.
is to pay no attention whatever
to the difference IN numbers. II
you want to vote for the measure
put cross in the upper square; if
you want to vote against it, put a
cross in the lower square.
Mr.. Lentz pointed out another
thing which is apt to confuse the
voter. In the negative argument
written by the state federation Of
labor and attached to referendum
bill on the militia the line above
the sample ballot reads, "Vote yes
or no. Below is the regulation
ballot. This is mistake. The
voter is not intended TO yes or no,
he should vote with a cross as in
any other ballot. If he wishes to
vote for the measure be should
place a cross opposite the line
reading, For referendum measure
No. 3oo." It he wishes to vote
against it he should place a cross
in the square opposite the line,
Against referendum 3o1."
A copy of these bills is now
III the hands of every voter in the
county. They should be carefully
read aud gone over. They are of
the greatest importance to the
state aud unless everyone
thoroughly understands them a lot
of good work will! be lost,
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
Realty Transfers in County.

List of transfers for the week ending
Aug. 9, 1912, as prepared by the Lincoln
County Abstract company:
Arthur T. Purday to Geo II. Mite hell,
W to 4 acres in ne corner of Sc or sw or
19-36-7o, 81.
l.. H. Faust and wife to Eloise Mac
G'nniss, " d to sw ar Sc ar, hf Sc or
ID, NV or NV ar 10, Sc or NV or aud sw
ar ne ar I3-7o-32, 81. 49,
George Gladwyn and wife to Waylord
Sloan ct al, W d to W hf ne or, NV or Sc
or and Sc or ne or t32-3o 80, 500.
J. J.. Hibbard to F. M. Plummer, d
70 the 'P. NJ quartz lode mining claim
and Gold Bug placer claim. 81.
Eugene Gougon and wife to G. NJ.
blackwell ct al wd to he or NV or and
lot except acres in 17-3o-a9, 81 900.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
NEWS OF l6 YEARS AGO

(Items culled from old Troy Times
w. A. Hills and Miss Mae
Johnston, both of Libby, were
married at Swan Lake on Monday,
August 10.
AT the populist primary for Troy
preeinct NJ. Downey, Geo. Moore
Ed Riley and Thos. Baggs were
elected delegates to the county con-
vention at Kalispell on the 18th.
The county tax levy was 1o
mills.
The notice protest Of the North
crn Pacific against the mineral
land classifcations was set for
Aug. "a, before L. 5, Court Com
missioner Van Wyck at Libby.
A long list of quartz claims placed
on record was published, and
among them we notice one by three
old timers of Troy, who got in the
ground floor with the Bob Tail
claim near Yaak bridge. They
were Jim Stonechest, Jim Freeman
and Hi Cartwright. From the
prese mt day observation it was
"bobtail' they drew all right.
:, John Kearney sold to John Fred
ricks u interest in the Libby
quartz claim, West Fisher, for
$50.
c. H. Bartlett sold to F. f.
L lbenow IS interest in the Ever
green placer on the Yaak river for
$500.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
CALL
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The republican county central
committee did some hard scratch
ing last Saturday to get enough of
the old guard together to call the
primaries and county convention
to send delegates to the state CON
vention at Great Falls The Bull
Moosers sc -m to have taken b sails
out of the regular organization iu
this county, and we would not be
a bit surprised to see the once graz d
old party take rank with the
socialist and other has beens.
The five precinct central COM
mltteemen OF the 26 precincts, who
gathered here in such force and
with such enthusiasm Saturday,
succeeded in rounding up an equal
number of proxies, aud by
peculiar process of elimination
voted a quorum and proceeded to
do business.
The primaries are called for Aug.
FL aud the county convention for
Aug. "a.
The unanimous silence of the
entire north end Of the county in
the matter of representation is look
ed upon with considerable sus-
picion and the local situation, form
the stand point of the grand old
party, is decidedly up in the air
What are the Bull Moosers going
to do? seems to be standing in
qury.
However, as it is none of our
furneral, we give it up.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
County Correspondence

time the prize sheaf of oats grown ir
Montana in the year 1910, according to
the pronouncement of Great Northern
experts, the sheaf being collection OF
exhibits from the farms of c. A. Hamann
and A. +. Purdy.
Mr. Boyle's recital of the work Of the
state bureau of publicity gave good idea
of the scope of this invaluable department
and showed the wisdom of the law that
brought it into being. No efforts are
spared to make it completely fulfil its
mission, no stone is left unturned when
by its turning any possible benefit to the
Treasure state may accrue.
Only since the year 1909 has Mon
tana's publicity department been oper-
ating, yet the demand for its first pub
llshed work upon the state and its re-
sources was greater than the bureau
could meet, and the work passed out of
print while the demand for it continued
The volume sets forth the greatness Of
tue state IN area, III achievements ana IN
possibilities; but show nevertheless,
that only beginning has been made in
the development of the marvellous re
sources Of this commonwealth. The book
has been freely drawn upon for data by
writer's of newspaper and magazine art-
cles and of publicity pamphlets, and in
this way its usefulness has been multi
piled. In addition to this, MIR. Boyle
stated that his bureau maintains sup
ply of free literature relative to all sec.
tons Of the state, and copies can be OBJ
tanned by writing J, H. Hall, commits
s'oner of agriculture. Helena.
There is no doubt but that great good
to Tobacco valley will result from the
visit of this party, for the reciprocal re-
lations that have heretofore existed be.
tween the state bureau of publicity and
the valleys commercial bodies were ad-
strengthened.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
MISUNDERSTANDING
ON PROPOSED LAWS,

Not little misunderstanding
has resulted from from the manner
in which the ballot for the initia-
tive and referendum bills, to be
submitted to the voters at the No.
venber election, are printed. For
instance, the referendum ballot for
house bill No. 22o, calling for a
revision of the militia laws, will be
printed as follows:
For Referendum Measure No.
800.
Against Referendum Measure
No. sol.
The ballot for the initiave meas
ures are printed in the same way,
that for the direct election of sena-
tors, for instance, reading:
Eor Initiative Measure No. 3o6
Against Initiative Measure No.
3o7.
A number of people, on reading
this ballot over, thought at first
that it was misprint, or failed to
understand which was the afirma.
tive and which the negative vote.
The law, however, calls for this
arrangement. The clause relating
to the ballots for these measures
says that the first referendum ballot
prepared shall read ''for referen.
dunn measure No. 800, against ref
erendum measure No. 3o1." The
second shall! read. 'for referendum
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Road, 3 mills.
Bridge, l mill.
General school, 4 mills.
Bond interest, I mill.
Total. IS mills.
The state levy is as follows
State, IN mills.
Int. on sinking fund, h mill.
Stock indemnity, II mill.
Bounty, 81 mills.
Total, 6A mills.
The school districts of the coun-
ty have made the following special
1evies IL, mills
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
EUREKA NEWS NOTES.

Rev. c. +. Cobbey of the Christian
church has gone to Nebraska, where h.
will pass leave Of absence in evangelis
tic work, returning about the middle o.
November.
VIM. Ellis, Freeman Grow, Delber,
and G. II. Harvey and Jess Wetzell who
were at home for few days, have re-
turned 10 their work of constructing cot
tages at Glacier National park.
Rev. Father Van AIKEN, accompanied
by friend, ,notored down from White.
fish in the formers Buick Tuesday.
]. J. Tetrault has been entertaining his
two brothers from the Flathead. They
came up in their Ford Friday, returning
Sunday.
Huckleberries have been especially
plentiful on the Roosville bench lands
this season, and in addition to numerous
white families picking there, the Koote.
nay Indians have laid by generous
supply. This fruit is also larger than
common this year. owing to exception
ally favorable conditions for growth.
Ed McCoubrey of Spirit Lake, Ida, is
visiting friends for few days
During the week Tobacco valley has
been host to party of distinguished
visitors in the persons Of Watson Boyle,
of the state bureau of agriculture, labor,
industry aud publicity, S. p. Ralston,
deputy state game warden. and Thos.
Dignan, attorney of Glasgow, Montana.
They came with view toward gathering
material for the next issue Of the state
publicity departments book OH Mon
tana, magnificent work full to over.
flowing with facts in relation to the won.
derful growth of the Treasure state, aud
replete with valuable statistics of her
many resources.
In his new Chalmers auto Mayor Ha-
mann took the party out to the Tobacco
valley bench lands, which are rapidly
becoming at once the wonder and the
admiration of the whole northwest.
There they found orchard and small
fruits, grains, grasses and vegetables
representing the very acme of vdvanced
productivity they found a rich, black
loan soil, the quality of which is no.
where exeelled ; they found shady wood
lands hosts to scores Of pure, sparkling
mountain streams. 1t was indeed rev.
elation, and the visitors declared that i'll
view of such showing nature had, in
deed, been kind to the dweller in the
Tobacco valley foothills.
Upon returning to Eureka the party
were guests OF the Tobacco Valley De-
velopment association at their exhibit
rooms, aud there they saw for the first
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

17N'oN '''. ''''.''.'To o ~
BOOK 2...............IS 80
Book 3..................24 40
Book 4"........ .........,3o 80
Teachers manual. go
Phonic charts and letters,
squares, per set......................I2 20
For reading in the grammar
school grades are the Elson readers
with prices as follows
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

w. T.. Harmon, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, has
Sent out list of the text books
adopted by the state text book
commission for use in the public
schools Of the state during the
coming year. Most of the books
are new to Montana schools. MANY
Of the books used in the past have
been placed on the supplementary
list. This wear follows
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
COUNTY DADS AT
TWO MEETINGS
Funds Up for County Fair at Eureka deputy Sheriff
Office at Troy Abolished County Tax Levy
Same as Last Year, 18 Mills.

AT special meeting of the board
of county commissioners last Fri.
day the contract was awarded for a
steel bridge across Tobacco river,
between Rexford and Eureka, for
$4,000. There were three bids,
the Coast Bridge company being
the lowest and successful bidder.
The following unclaimed war
rants were ordered Cancelled unless
claimed by Sept. "a next:
J. S. Masters, 81
Alec Vickeroff, $1.5o.
Harry Hamilton, $1.5o.
Elmer Harvey, $2.1o.
M. A. Campbell, $1.5o.
Sing Bing, $1.5o.
The office of deputy sheriff at
Troy was ordered abolished.
The clerk was instructed to make
application to the board of state
bureau commissioners for convict
labor for use on public roads of
the county.
The county treasurer having re-
ceived $500 from Eureka citizens,
the board ordered an equal sum to
be appropriated from the general
fund for the purchase of land near
Eureka and the erection of suitable
buildings for county fair purposes
Application of H. c. Johnson &
Co., Rexford, for saloon license,
was set for hearing on Sept. 3.
At Mondays session the tax levy
for the year was made, the county
levy being the same as last year, 18
mills. This includes the bond in
terest on roads and bridges, which
disproves the claim set up by some
obiectors to the bond issue that it
would be a heavy burden to tax
payers. The levy in the different
funds is as follows:
General, 3 mills.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

The county highway between
Libby and Kalispell will be com.
pleted within three weeks. A
gap in the territory near the Sclik
place is now being worked upon
which will make through road in
short time between the two couu-
ty seats, Flathead aud Lincoln
counties.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15
YEARS TEXTBOOKS
ARE ANNOUNCED
State Superintendent Harmon Gives Out List Of Books for
Public Schools, Also the Exchange Prices
and Retail Prices for Same.

York. They are
The Palmer Method of Busi-
ness Writing ......... rs
Primary cards, each 10
Primary practice tablets, each .o5
Row, Peterson & Co., Chicago,
are the publishers of the language
and grammar books to be used.
The books are the Essential Stud
les of English series and sell as
follows
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

There will be only one spelling
book, the Lyons Graded Speller.
1t will exchange at 15c and sell at
csc.
The texts in writing will be fur
nished by A. N, Palmer of New
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

Tarr & McMurray's new geogra-
ply will be used as the primary
book in this subject. The ex-
change price is SOC and the retail
price CSC. In the grammar grades
The Natural School Geography
will be used. The exchange price
is 75c, retail price $I.I5.
The indiana edition of Gordy's
United States history will be used
as the text in history in the higher
grades. The retail price of this
book is ooc. Mace's Primary His
tory Stories of Heroism will be
used as the primary text. The ex-
change price Of the book is ,33c, re-
tail Csc.
Conns Elementary Physiology
and Hygiene and Tuttle's Princi-
pies of Public Health are the text
books in physiology. The former
exchanges at ,36c and retails at 6oc.
The latter retails at soc.
Reinsch's Civil Government, with
a Montana supplement, will be the
text in civics. 1t retails at 65c
and exchanges at 33c.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-15

These books are printed by
Houghton- M1fflin company of Bos
ton. They are known as the Riv,
erside readers. In addition to
these are the Gordon readers, pub
lished by ID. c. Heath & Co., Chi
cago. They are priced as follows :
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canoes. by which much OF their trans
portation Is accomplished.
The remaining portion Of the collection
IL from the Quaint Indian tribe and Is
somewhat different in its character.
LAS far as clothing is concerned. tho
Quaint tribe is more civilized than the
Choco." said Mr.. Pittier. The women
are more fond of adornment and are
quite proficient in the preparation of
sort Of bark cloth. Many of them wear
long strips of calico cloth purchased from
the more civilized world and the men
wear a sort of straw hat made by them.
A sample of this rather shapeless head
gear may be found in the collection. They
are clever in the weaving of imported
wool, and sample OF a many-colored
gala bag once belonging to a prominent
member of the tribe is soon to find its
place in the museum.
Just a little might here be told about
Encarnacm. a member of the tribe, who
was once the possessor of the gala bag.
l stopped for several days at his house
and was treated most Hospitality. En-
carnacim's faith resembled that Of the
Mormon somewhat, for his home was
decorated by three wives. The latest
and youngest OF these had hair cropped
close TO her head. The reason for this
was given thorough explanation OF
custom common to the tribe. Only the
married women were allowed to let their
hair grow. and Envarnacim's bride had
not yet had the opportunity TO allow her
hair to grow the length that marked the
dignity Of the married state. A bead
necklace belonging to one Of Encarna-
Gins wives and made by himself is in
the collection"
Several Implements. such as q hammer
or beater, used In the preparation of bark
CLOTH and remnants of the stone age
used to pick and fatten their grinding
stones are among Mr.. Pittiers collec-
ton. half-worked-up piece Of ticus
bark and shell hammer, used to give
the last. softening beating, show some
thing of the process of preparing the
bark cloth. The only musical instruments
in the assortment OF articles brought
from this tribe are two four-holed flutes
made OF reed or bamboo.
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the way OF making a rock-bottom. out
and-out comparison of prices at the
same time showing figures to back IN
statements made. In the first Mace
prices In Washington change continually
so That today's prices may not be more
lnan approximately correct for tomor-
rows market, although as a matter of
TACT the retail prices on meats rarely
cnanse very materially within the space
of seven days.
y
For instance. prices quoted In this arti-
Gle were OF necessity gathered early in
the week. but even If there should be any
differences on account of changes that
are at best very slight, the ratio and COM
PARSONS given are none the less accurate
and correct. Another difficulty found in
the way of laying down exact prices is in
expressing the comparison of prices here
and In the outlying districts on pre-
cisely the same kinds of meat. The COM
PARSONS as set forth are upon first-class
freshly killed country stock, not corn fed.
The prices quoted in comparison are COM
puted on retail figures at the Center and
other Washington markets. The quality
of meats Is exactly parallel, and as far
ally made In Washington are concerned
they are the same. 1t is good meat in
both instances, slightly inferior to be sure
to the stall-fed meats offered at top f1g-
ures in Washington, whether local or
western killed.
In the discussion OF prices the extra fine
qualities OF beef are not counted at all,
They range in price from cents to 10
cents per pound more. with quotations
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asked regarding the quality Of the meat
dispensed from the wagons. prior to
our coming here we lived for some time
in Washington. and I am well acquainted
with the markets there and with the
kind of meat to be had. To be sure We
do occasionally get tough beef here, but I
have yet to see a dealer anywhere who
does not occasionally sell tough meat,
unless he deals only In the highest priced
corn-fed qualities. and even then he
sometimes gets meat on hand that Is far
from being up to standard.
Veal gotten from the wagons Is OF the
very best. Any one can see for himself
the difference in the prices here and in
from cents to 10 cents less the year
round. And this makes quite difference
In the living expenses OF a family OF ave.
There is little fresh pork handled from
the wagons at this time Of the year, but
during cooler weather we get splendid
cuts OF pork at very moderate prices. IN
general 1 should say that we save ABOUT
a third in our meat bill, and that at the
good as we would get in the city for a
third more money"
The wagon men deal heavily in pork
during the winter, many Of them carry
ing little else then. The season for pork
closed several weeks ago, however, and
the country meat men are reticent about
pricing pork products. The few of them
who do carry that kind OF meat. now
ask approximately cents per pOund less
for it than do the dealers here.
Lamb products are a favorite with the
country dealers. Lambs are scarce in
the neighboring parts OF the states at
this time SO that not all OF them are
able to supply the demand for this kind
of meat. Many fall lambs were rushed
into Washington from surrounding terri
tory during the record prices for both
fall and spring lambs during the last
few weeks. and the result has been that
the country has been pretty well cleared
of this kind of stock. Complaints OF the
shortage Of lambs have been heard
among the commission dealers here for
some time, while local meat dealers have
been compelled to depend almost en-
tirely upon the supply from western
packing houses.
Veal is fairly plentiful this spring. al
though the supply is rather short OF last
years. The price Of veal has been kept
in the neighborhood of s cents on foot
partially on account Of the skyrocket
prices asked for other kinds OF meat
The country dealer has decided ad-
vantage over the Washington dealer who
kills his own veal He gets the first
chance at the young stock for sale by
the farmers, and. as he invariably pays
the prevailing market price, he gets them
for his use IL there are any to be had.
Also, when the supply becomes short the
country dealer is in better position to
locate the few that are for sale.
An interesting view Of the effect the
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cent for tribute" They answered tho
land across the Atlantic, and at the sams
time created a Navy Department and
manned our ships with volunteers ready
to give that defense to the nation so thai
she should pay no tribute.
EVERY veteran OF that conflict built his
own monument to be carved with the ever
living sentiment for which he fought
But more than that, the victory gained
inspired Joseph Hopkinson to write the
words OF national song Hail Column
bia," as tribute to the heroes of the
time.
Not many years later. for it was during
the war of 1912, the men of our navy re-
ce1ved their first distinctive motto The
slogan was first voiced by Capt Law
renee. who. though dying. gave his last
feeble but heroic order, Don't give up
the ship" It's force was felt immediately
for soon after Perry on Lake Erie flung
his banner to the breeze and on 1t was in
scr1bed the same message to his men,
AS time goes on the war In Cuba and
the Philippines sinks farther and farther
away. Future generations will continue
to honor the veterans Of these conflicts
as avengers OF a treachery practiced
against our nation. Their many deeds OF
heroism win be reoounted. the WILLINGNESS
with which they gave their, lives will be
sung in praise. II motto is to arise :
their memorial no new one need be in
vented. The epitaph which they wrote
themselves will suffice to declare to the
world that they died to ayenge their
country when one reads the simple mot
to, Remember the Maine.''
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tlonS IN the outlying regions VI virginia
and Maryland. There the prices OF coun-
try meats. slaughtered daily under sani-
tary conditions have suffered no increase
for months. There even the poor man
may still have his meat as daily food II
he wishes without having to skimp on
some other necessity.
Even a cursory observation Of the
prices. as one passes through the nearby
counties. shows at once that the country
dweler can have an abundance of whole
some meats at considerably less than the
city brother has to pay for food of the
same kind and quality. A more careful
scrutiny shows a very marked discrep-
ancy. breach in the prices SO great
that II amounts to at least q per cent
OF the entire funds expended by the aver
age family for the purchasing Of beef
and veal
The observer has decided difficulties in