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The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02
PASSING EVENTS

These are not, it is true, spring days
but they contain the assurance that
spring is not far off. They bring a
taste of the joys which are ahead.
They furnish a hint of the blue skies
and the growing things which mean
spring in the Missoula country. All
through last month there was a sus-
picion of spring; there were flashes
of the vernal sky which strengthened
our hope; there were breaths of the
real fragrance of the earth which rises
like incense in response to the warmth
of the sun; our northern sun, too. rode
higher in the heavens: its stay be
came longer with each passing day.
The southern slopes emerged from
their white blankets and stretched
brown and warm in the lengthening
daylight; the grounding, prophetic In
his vision, looked forth and what he
saw was to his liking. Februarys
short span advanced us a long way
toward the enjoyment of the happiest
and most beautiful season in the
world. Nowhere else is there a season
as beautiful as the awakening season
in these mountain valleys; it Is so
beautiful that it is worth the waiting
of the winter months: it is a realiza-
ton of hope that is ample compensa-
tion for the long period during which
that hope must be INDUCED. The
mountains are companionablc asso-
ciates; they are comrades worth hay
ing; and they are never more delight
full in their panionship than they
are as winter merges into spring. So
these days are fraught with deep
pleasure for US whose home is here
1Afe is better worth living than it Is
almost anywhere else on earth.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

CHEERFULNESS - And cheerful
ness is more than half the battle
faultIindng is habit: there are a
good many bad habits but there is
none which is any worse than this
mere is no better springtime effort
than that which one puts forth to
shake off the habit of finding fault.
Those among your friends who are
most dear are the cheerful ones: those
whose companionship is most helpful
and most pleasing to you arc the ones
who smile; those whom you trust
nost confidently are the ones whose
habit is good cheer It is Just as easy
to be cheerful as it is to growl. Cir
cumstances and conditions have
mighty little to do with it; it is, as we
have said already, almost entirely a
matter of habit, A smile wins a way
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

he twirled his gun in the land of the
chaparral
There is speed in Montana wooing.
The same afternoon Joe talked the
matter over with Elizabeth and the
two loped down to the courthouse
for a license and later to Squire
Browns office.
Cowboy Joe started his correspond
ence Wooing through Mrs. Tomorszky.
He had read her advertisements in a
Cleveland paper that somehow had
drifted into the. bad lands" He had
written asking her for the name of a
girl willing to take cowboy as a
husband.
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Joe fell on Elizabeth Lenkeij, sitting
demurely in a corner.
Mrs. Tomorsky runs an employment
agency. Elizabeth had come to find
a job. She is short and plump, but
with pleasant, good -natured coun-
tenance.
Cupid must have given a gleam to
her eyes and a Winsomeness to her
countenancel Anyway, Cowboy Joe
paused and his heart jumped like a
broncho being broken.
He Finds His Mate,
You're the girl for me-" he blurted
tWlrling his cap in his right hand as
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week brought impressive illustration
Of this fact. One of the interesting
bits of news of the week was found
in a report of the lectures which are
being delivered in the east by Stefans-
son. the Arctic explorer. in the course
Of which he tells us that the Eskimos.
whom we regard as an unhappy, mo-
rose, miserable people, are really en-
titled to little of our pity-they do
not need pity and they do not deserve
II. Mr.. Stefansson states, rather
pungently. that "one who knows
where to look for misery in New York
can find more of want of food and
raiment, more of the evils resulting
from dirt and foul air. within fifteen
minutes walk of Broadway than he
can in fifteen hundred miles eastward
along the coast from Point Hope
Alaska" The explorer describes the
conditions which attend the life Of the
Eskimo and concludes: "The Eskimo
are the most contented and cheerful
people / know" Contrast with this
condition, the situation in Mexico,
where the natural environment il all
of beauty and charm. Unhappy and
wretched are the people there; their
life is filled with strife in the midst
of all the remarkable natural ad-
vantages which surround them The
week furnished ample evidence of
this. And the contrast makes all the
stronger the contention that cheerful
ness comes from within and not from
ExAMPLE-The force of example
is strong in this respect 1t is easier
to be cheerful with cheerful people
than it is with a lot of grouches. But
your own example of cheerfulness
may overcome the effect of the
grouches if you hold fast to it. And
the example of this season is a great
incentive to cheerfulness. 1t isn't
spring yet, but we are nearer to it
than we were a week ago, much
nearer than we were a month ago. We
snow spring is coming. We would
<now it If we had never seen it come
before. The promise Of the resurrec
ion is in every breath of air we
breathe these days; it is on the
slopes about US; it is in the
music of the streams as they break
Dut of their winter bondage. In that
promise, reiterated wherever we turn,
here is the strongest incentive for
good cheer. Now is the time to sub
scribe to the doctrine of good cheer.
Nobody can afford, these days, to
larbor a crouch.
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1t is a good thing to have the Of
ficial information that there is a
money trust Not that we needed It,
but just because it's good thing to
have.
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OPTiMlSM-It is easy to be opti-
mistic these days. With the earth
breaking through it's covering Of
snow with the sun unlocking the
streams from their winter prisons Of
ice: with the promise of new life and
verdure which we have in the occa-
sional breath of the chinool<-it is dit
ficult not to see the bright side of
things. Whether it is the depression
of bad times or the shackles of bad
habits that we long to break, there is
encouragement these days when the
life of the world is struggling against
the forces of nature for freedom. The
flowers always win; we know they are
going to win. we ought to be as per
severing as they; we ought to he as
responsive to the better influence as
they are to the call of the sun. Spring
is a cheerful season and we know that
ii is coming; we know that it will con-
quer because it always has done so.
We should know that We too, will win
out if we have faith and courage to
keep fighting, no matter what the
odds. 1t is bright and warm as these
lines are written. By the time they
are read, there may be gray skies and
chill winds. But we know the gray
and the chill are but temporary. Back
of the clouds the sun shines and il
Nill break through. The gray will
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

The appropriation of s275,00O for the
prosecution of the I'lathead irrigation
work is not as great as was wanted
but it is not as small as the democrats
wanted to make it.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Missoula sympathzes with st. Ig
natius in it's fire loss, but has conf
dence that the enterprise of the st.
Ignatius people will bring benefit out
of seeming disaster.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

221 Main Street Hamilton, Mont.
The Mssoulian 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.
eapoIis-World News Co, 219
North Fourth street.
Salt Lake City MacGinis & Lud-
wig.
San Francisco--United News Agents.
Portland-Consolida 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.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

yield to the blue of spring and the
Chill will vanish before the warmth,
In these days Of the annual struggle,
there is every induccmcnt to be right
and to do right TO be cheerful is as
natural as it is to breathe.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Phillips county is fitting monu-
ment for the reactionary alliance
which is now preparing it's own burial
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

1t was not really a. lion which March
brought nor was it altogether a lamb.
1t was not as bad as it might have
been, but there was a possibility of
something better. Yet we're not kick
ing.
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ENVlRONMENT-We repeat condi-
tions and circumstances have little to
do with optimism or with cheerful
ness. Each of these admirable Guali-
ties comes from within. Environ
ment cuts but little figure, Last
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Congressman Evans is learning the
ropes He has a lot of work ahead
and needs to know what's what.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Mexico, we imagine Texas will turr
out to man.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

1t is difficult matter to keep
cases, from day to day, upon which
are the federals and which the rev.
olutiOniStS in Mexico.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

He who delays his garden-seed cam
paign will find himself unprepared
when the time comes for planting.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Meanwhile, the wardance goes on at
Helena. Lots of noise in it, but the
r,otion is all in a circle,
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02
A SIGN OF SPRING.

f'rom Judge.)
'Oh, mother, spring is here!"
How do you know, Willie? Did you
see a robin?"
No; I saw a bunch of ball players
on their way to catch a train for the
SOUTH"
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The s125,0o0- addition to the federal
building will be something to start
1913s record.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Speaking of vocational schools, the
poolroom is a pretty good vocational
school for evil doing.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

We don't see why any one day
should be set aside as Child Welfare
day. Every day should be that.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

The addition to the federal build
ing will rank as another of "Dixon's s
atrocious acts"
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

The first robin begins to feel slight
ly encouraged.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

If the promises of the seed catalogue
all came true, what fine world this
would be.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

The senate alliance is playing ac-
cording to the dope.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

February wasn't very long. but II
was long enough.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Easter comes early this year, 30 the
Groundhog would better deliver the
goods.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

Sonora is veXing Huerta. And that's s
not all that's vexing him.
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kirschwing will win out in the
long run.
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SUBSCRIBERS PAPERS.

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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 Missoulian Publishing Company
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

1t seems reasonably certain that the
state fair will not be moved this year.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

little more lamb, please, Mr.
March,
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

All service ranks the Same with
Cod
With God, whose puppets, best or
worst,
Are we; there is no last or first,
. -Browninq.
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MISSOULA OFFICE.
129 and 131 West Main Street.
Hamilton Office

221 Main Street, Hamilton, Mont
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
SUPPLY OF WATER AMPLE
FOR THE PANAMA CANAL
Reports of Engineering Board Dis
count Stories Of Apprehension
Over Shortage.

The carefully compiled statistics of the
Panama canal engineers, upon which the
capacity Of Gatun lake was designed.
show that there will be an ample supply
of water for canal purposes, this being
based upon ten-year study of the
waterfall on the isthmus. The statement
that decreasing rainfall during the past
five years has shaken the confidence of
the engineers In their original calcula-
tons is positively denied at the offices of
the canal commission.
The reports of the engineering board are
based upon the lockage Of maximum of
forty -eight ships daily through the canal,
which, 1t is said. would meet the needs of
commerce for at least century to come
In the rainy season the daily flow of
the Chagres river is quite sufficient to
meet this demand and allows for a large
excess supply of water to be impounded
in Gatun lake for use during the three dry
months of the year. Indeed so great is
the surplus that there will be a heavy
flow of water over the spillways' into the
sea- after the lake is full to the top of
the dam.
But even If ii should develop that there
is a prospective scarcity of water during
the dry season the engineers have had in
reserve plan for the erection of another
dam at Alhajuela, which would impound
the waters of the Chagres above the
Gatun dam and lake and thus constitute
another reservoir which would empty its
waters into the lower reservoir of Gatun
lake in case of shortage there.
1t is said the reports show that there
will be no lack of water for such
purpose, but as the engineers are con-
fident of the soundness of their original
calculations there is no prospect that it
will be necessary oresort to such an adj
ditional reservoir for at least century
1t is said at the commission Offices that
there has been no report from any official
source disclosing apprehension of a water
shortage i'm the canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
|SPENCER'S CRIMES
LARGELY IN BRAIN
Police Oisprove Many of MUIR
ders Boosted by Mrs. Rex
roat'S Slayer.
MAY BE THE MAN WHO
MURDERED MRS. WIGHT
Was Serving Terms in Prison When
Some Of Alleged Victims
Were Killed.

. CHICAGO, October IA speedy trial
for the murderer of Mrs. Mildred Allison
Rexroat. September %, was today prom
ised Henry Spencer. whose confessions
| OF twenty murders woven by an opium
clouded brain dumfounded the police.
The authorities continue to investigate
his fantastic stories in the hope of es-
tablishing further facts. His admission
of the Rexroat crime is substantiated by
evidence. He is known to have commit
ted many of the large number Of bur-
glaries he has confessed. and there is a
possibility that he may have slain Mrs.
Annabel Wight last December. She was
beaten to death with hammer by a
man who had rented a room, and robbed.
Victim. of 'Prison Insanity"
The remainder of Spencer's twenty
murders are believed to be the dreams OF
known as stir simple" delusion de-
scribed as penitentiary insanity.
Four Of the murders he says, he COM
mitted were perpetrated while Spencer
was In the Illinois state penitentiary al
Joliet OF twelve of the alleged murders
the police in this and other cities have
no record. In one case described by Spen-
Gel PoASO IcSOIoo ShoW thdS DONJ was
recovered, but the detectives have as yet
established no connection between Spen-
Ger and the crime.
Except for possibly two murders, Spen-
GERS weird story OF killing people by ham
mering in their skulls and sinking their
bodies In lakes seems pure fabrication.
said Capt. Halpin His imagination,
stimulated by drugs, poured out one OF
the most fantastic tales of murder that
has ever come from a man whose mind
is given to dreams of crime"
Proof in Rexroat Case.
Capt. Halpin declared that he has
complete proof that Spencer murdered
Mrs. Rexroat and is almost equally con-
fident that he murdered Mrs. Annabol
Wight.
The body of Ida Oliver, recovered
from the drainage canal May 20. 1872.
may correspond to the foreign woman
whom Spencer lured along the canal
and trailed after. robbing her.
Spencer was in the penitentiary when
Policemen Pennell and Devine were
killed, August IL, 1902. He also was in
prison in 1908. when Fannie Thompson
was killed and when Emmett McChesney
was killed in September, 1911. Nc
Chesney was slain in the rear of 2600
State street, and the murderer was at
first thought to correspond to the man
whom Spencer said he killed under the
South Side elevated structure
DeniaIs were received today from po-
lice authorities in other cities mentioned
by Spencer that many of the boosted
crimes were committed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
COMMANDER OF C. AR.
NAMES INSPECTORS
Dates Of the Official Vista
tons to Posts Are Also
. Announced.

Announcement has been made of the
appointments by Thomas H. Mckee, COM
mander, Department of the Potomac, G.
A. r., of the following assistant in
spectors, upon the recommendation of De-
partment Inspector Henry L. Johnson:
John Finn. Post No. 1; George M. Rowe,
Post No. 3; c. M. Robinson, Post No. g.;
r. S. Copeland. Post No. 6; H. B. Sny-
der. Post No. 8: Stanton Weaver, Post
No. 10; j. f. Stone, Post No. 20; E. G.
Brooks, Post No. 81.
Annual Inspections.
The annual inspection of the various
posts of the Department of the Poto-
mac will be held as indicated by the
following assignments, and the depart
ment commander, accompanied by the
department officers and staff, will make
the annual visitations on the dates
specified:
John A. Rawlins, No. 1, Friday, Octo-
Der 10. H. B. Snyder. assistant inspector;
John Finn, assistant inspector; Lincoln.
No. g. Wednesday, October 10. Stanton
Weaver, assistant inspector; George G.
Meade, No. 5, Tuesday, October IA, H.
b. Snyder. assistant inspector; Phil Sheri-
dan, No. 6. Friday, October II, John Finn,
assistant inspector; James A. Garfield,
No. T., Wednesday, October Is, r. S.
Copeland, assistant Inspector: Burnside,
No. 8, Wednesday, October %, C. NJ. Rob-
inson, assistant inspector; Charles Sum-
ner, No. Q, Friday. October 81, E. G.
Brooks, assistant inspector; Farragut,
No. 10, Tuesday, October %, George M.
Rowe, assistant inspector: Potomac, No.
IL, Friday, October "a, G. M. Robinson,
assistant inspector: John A. Logan. No.
Ii, Wednesday, October %. ]. F. Stone,
assistant inspector; George H. Thomas.
No. Is, Friday, October IL, J. F. Stone,
assistant inspector; Henry Wilson, No.
II, Wednesday. October %. George NJ.
Rowe, assistant Inspector; La Fayette,
No. 20, Wednesday, October Is, Stanton
Weaver assistant inspector; Frederick
Douglass, No. 81, Thursday, October g.,
r. S. Copeland, assistant Inspector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
BANKS OPPOSE
CURRENCY REFORM BILL
Objections Cited at American
Association Sessions Con-
test for Next Convention.

BOSTON, October IA spirited con-
test is indicated over the next meeting
place of the American Bankers Associa-
ton. now in session here. Richmond, At
lanta and Atlantic City are seeking the
privilege of entertaining next years con-
vention.
Meetings of the various sections of the
association were held today. Before
the clearing house section. Carl Meyer of
Chicago discussed THE Legal Status of
the Clearing House"
Addresses were made at the state Sec
retaries' session by Andrew Smith. secre-
tary of the Indiana Bankers Association,
and George H. Richards. secretary Of the
Minnesota Bankers Association.
Currency Bill Opposed.
Opposition to certain features Of the
Glass bill which provides for reform
in the national currency and banking
system was voiced at a special confer
ence of more than seven hundred county
bankers last night. That a new banking
system was needed was admitted and the
administration was commended for try
ing to pass one.
In resolutions adopted almost unani.
IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
WORK FOR DET7ER|NG
LIVING CONDITIONS
Report Made to Commission
ers of the Condemnation of
Insanitary Dwellings.

Nearly 1000 citizens Of Washington
Were required to move into more sani-
tary dwellings as a result of the work
done by the board for the condemnation
of insanitary buildings during the fiscal
year that closed June 80. The exact num-
Der Of persons who were forced to obtain
new quarters is estimated at 96S, in the
annual report of the board, which was
submitted to the Commissioners today.
This agency for the improvement OF
living condition in Washington, the mem
bers of which are Capt. Julian Schley,
assistant engineer commissioner; DR..
William c.. Woodward, health officer, and
Morris Hacker, inspector of buildings, put
In an exceptionally busy year. the report
shows. Inspections were made of 215
buildings in alleys and 81 in streets, ISL
of the former being demolished. while 1874
structures in streets were required to be
removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
MUST SERVE JAIL TERM.
Official of Pacific Mail S. S. Company
Smuggler of Opium.

SAN FRANCISCO. October 7.-Robert
Donaldson. former superintendent of nav
tgation for the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. lost his appeal yesterday in
the United States circuit court of appeals
and must serve twelve months in the
Alameda county jail and pay a fine of
500 for smuggling opium.
Donaldson was convicted year ago on
q charge OF conspiracy to smuggle the
drug into this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
HEADQUARTERS CHOSEN.
I. G. Commission Names Cities for
PHYSICAL Valuation Of Roads.

The Interstate commerce commission an
nounced today that division headquarters
for the work of physical valuation OF
railways would be located at Washing
ton, d. c.; Chicago. Kansas City, Chat
tanooga and San Francisco.
In a statement the commission said
"These cities were selected as the most
logical and economical points for the
HEADQUARTERS; but as the work progresses
there is every probability that additional
Offices VIII be located in other cities, es-
pecially in the western and southwestern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
Left Nearly Half Million to Charity.

GALESBURG, ILL.,, October with the
filing of the will of Mrs. Mary Davis
Mcknight it became known that $435. 600
of her half-million-dollar estate had been
given to charity. Among the gifts are:
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 81. 900;
Chicago Tract Society, $4,000; American
Bible Society. $4,000: American board of
Congregational Foreign Missions $4,000;
American Missionary Association of the
Congregational Church. 100000. Mrs.
Mcknight died September %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
Secretary Due From West Friday.

Secretary Lane Of the Interior Depart
ment will arrive in Washington Friday
morning. according to a telegram re-
ceived at the department this morning.
The Secretary. according 10 the mes
sage, left Denver last night, and after
stopping day I'm Chicago will come
direct. to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
1nsanitary Stables Considered.

Consideration is being given by the
board to insanitary stables, both brick
and frame, which, by lack of proper
sewer connections and defective floor
paving, provide breeding places for flies
and rats. Proper repairs have been re-
quired or the buildings have been va
Gated or demolished, it is stated