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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
GUARD SHOOTS CONVICT
OFFICER RUSSELL FALLS DEAD
AS HE SHOOTS.
conIey Baldwin, One Of the La veta
Band of Bandits, Stays Prison
official to Escape Capture.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
La Veta, Colo-Shot through the
heart by bullet from the revolver OF
Conley Baldwin. escaped convict and
member of the notorious Baldwin gang
of this district, John B. Russell, night
captain of the guards at Canon City
penitentiary, before he fell dead, sent
two bullets into Baldwin's body. Bald
win died at $50 o'clock.
The duel occurred at the Baldwin
home at dawn. Russell, with Sheriff
Hartman of La Veta and Deputies
Hartman, r. B. Cutler, Ellis McDon-
aid and Alexander Young. surrounded
the Baldwin house and ordered Bald
win to open the door. Receiving no
answer, they kicked the door open
and Russell and Sheriff Hartman en-
tered. They were met by Juanita Bald
win, Mexican wife of the outlaw, who
attempted to stop them. Thrusting
her out of the way, they began to
search the house.
The two rooms of the hovel are
Joined by an open door concealed be-
hind heavy curtains. Hartman pushed
the curtains aside with his rifle and
Russell entered.
There was a flash in the darkness
and Russells knees sagged for an in
stant Then his left arm went around
Harriman's shoulders and he pulled
the trigger of his revolver twice. fir
ing in the direction of the flash from
the bandits gun.
81 guess I'm done for" Russell said.
and fell dead at Harriman's feet.
Baldwin staggered out into the light.
"For Gods sake don't shoot again;
you have blown me in two" he
screamed, and fell by the officers
side.
Conley Is one of four brothers
Conley. Robert. Willard and Harold.
who, headed by their father. Peg
Leg" Baldwin, have terrorized Huer-
fano county for a number OF years.
The father and four sons were arrest
ed In La, Veta in January, 1912,
charged with robbing freight cars.
Two weeks later the entire family was
found guilty and sentenced. Conley
Baldwin was working with the road
gang when he escaped last summer.
According to the 92-year-old grand
mother of Conley Baldwin, he has WIS.,
tied La Veta several times. walking
through the streets at night in wom-
ems clothes.
Russell went to Canon City four
years ago with Warden lyman. His
home was In Lamar. where he was city
marshal. Two months ago he married
Miss Anna Cooper Of Canon City. They
had returned from their honeymoon
but q short time ago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
MIDWEST WINS
OIL LAND CASE
JUDGE RINER HOLDS REED IN.
TEREsTs ARE ENTITLED
TO HOLDINGS.
LARGE SUM INVOLVED
LAND WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY
AFTER CONCERN FILED AND
STARTED TO WORK.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-The Midwest Oil
Company won an important victory in
the United States Court here when
Judge John A Riner sustained the
motion of the company for the dis
missal of the federal governments
bill of complaint through which 1t
was sought to compel the company to
relinquish possession of the northeast
quarter of section IL, township
north, range 10 west, in the Salt
Creek oil fields.
In dismissing the complaint Riner
ruled that the secretary of the interior
and the President prior to June &c.
1910. had not the authority to with
draw petroleum land from entry.
The case is test one and involves
the title to about 1000 acres of the
most valuable oil lands in Salt Creek
basin. which was prospected and en-
tered by the Midwest company and
frcm which the government has been
attempting to oust the company.
The United States Attorney General
will appeal the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States. The quar-
ter section involved in the decision Is
valued at $3.50. 900 and the entire tract
which is claimed by the company Is
valued at millions of dollars.
The land was originally withdrawn
from entry by President Roosevelt by
q department order. When President
Taft came into office he doubted the
legality of the withdrawal and re-
stored the land to the public domain
until the authority Of Congress could
be obtained for the withdrawal. In
the meantime the company entered
upon the land. sunk wells. discovered
oil and claimed title under such dis
covery.
Congress subsequently authorized
the Withdrawals and attempted to le-
xAlize the original Withdrawals by
Roosevelt. II was over this attempt
to make the law retroactive that the
suit followed.
Arguments were had at Cheyenne
several weeks ago, Ernest Knaebel,
assistant United States Attorney.
coming out from Washington for the
purpose Of appearing in the case.
The Midwest company is Colorado
corporation with headquarters at Colo
RADIO Springs. o. H. Shoup is presi-
dent and X. c. Schuyler of Denver
vice president and counsel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Pueblo viii Rush improvement. Work

Pueblo.-As the result OF the Su-
preme Courts decision validating the
commission form OF government. many
public improvements which have been
held up pending a final verdict will be
started at once. Among them will be
the immediate construction OF three
miles OF new paving in the North Side
residence district. All preliminary
steps have been taken and petitions
will be started asking for permanent
paving for all OF Dundee between
Tenth and Twenty-fourth streets. Ad-
ditions to the elaborate park system
already are contemplated. while the
refunding of the city's warrant indebt-
edness. amounting to 100000, will be
started at once. Interest amounting
to $4,000 will be saved by reduc-
ton of the interest rate. The news
of the decision was received with re-
joicing in Pueblo. where the commits
sion government has found great IA
yOr
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
BOILED EGGS BETRAY THEM
Nationality Of plners 10 Shown In
Their Various Method Of
Eating.

Sherlock Holmes might have figured
this out, but he did not!
The average Englishman will al
ways demand his egg boiled just
three minutes. then he places it in an
egg cup, Just large enough to have
the egg At it, taps the top OF the
SHE'LL and removes the broken shell
with his fingers. The egg is eaten a
spoonful at a time.
A Frenchman, much like the Eng
lishman, likes his eggs of three min
utes. exactly. He then ''peels" them,
places them In a glass, stirs and
mixes well together with salt. pepper
and butter. He makes a practice OF
dipping bread into the mixture. and
eating 1t along with the eggs.
A Spaniard wouldn't think of letting
his egg boil more than one minute.
He then breaks 1t. and lets the con-
tents run into a glass, and consumes
1t as II he were drinking = glass OF
wine.
An egg is only fit in an Italians
estimation when 1t has been placed
in cold water. and removed just as
the water beings to boil. He then
breaks it, pours 1t on a plate, and
proceeds to sop 1t up with bread.
The German. like tho Italian. de-
mands his eggs as near tho liquid
state as possible. He breaks his eggs
in an unsightly cup. and scoops the
liquid out as II 1t were soup.
The American is about the only one
who prefers his eggs boiled hard.
When they are served up to him, he
knifes them In half removes the con-
tents into glass, after which he
adds a plentiful supply Of pepper. but
ter and salt. He then minces the
eggs fine, mixing them we'll with the
spices. and eats them with his toast.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Unique Suicide.

ed Jacob Rabinowitz. fifty-four years
old. of Philadelphia. Penn. to COM
NIT suicide. few days ago. FIRST he
lacked up an 800 pound safe with a
block of wood. Placing his head be-
meath 1t he drew a strap as tightly as
he could around his neck. Then he
knocked the block from under the
safe and the heavy weight fell upon
his head. He was found by his wife.
but died before a physician arrived.
He had been respondent for several
weeks because he lost a lawsuit.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
National press Association Meets.

Colorado Springs.-Editors from all
sections OF the country met In Colo
RADIO Springs for the annual conven-
ton of the National Press Association
of America June 18th. program OF
unusual interest had been prepared,
and plans for the annual outing includ-
ed visits to the many points of inter-
est in the Pixies Peak region and
general tour of the State of Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Pastor oueIl. Rio. by Cowboys.

De Beque.-Dropping his work OF
preparing a sermon on the conflict be-
tween David and Goliath, the Rev. A.
F. Glover, the young pastor of the
First Methodist church. seized an au-
tomato revolver and rushed to Main
street, where he quelled riot partici-
pated in by dozen drunken cowboys,
whom he jailed at the point of his re-
volver.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
EnoIand's Oldest Bowling Green.

Enpland's Oldest Bowling Green.
Which is our Oldest recreation?
There are not wanting archeoligists
who profess to be able to trace refer
ences to football and baseball on
Egyptian moral tablets. However
when 1t comes to actual records. the
fine old English game Of bowls would
appear to be as old as any.
Southampton. Eng. has records
showing that one OF the local bowling
green's was In existence in 1893.
Many interesting customs are asso-
ciated with the game on this historic
green. Every summer fire jack
competition is held. and an order OF
knighthood is conferred on the win
ner, who kneels In the center OF the
green while the other players gather
round him and the master touches
him with a sword and dubs him sir"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Senator Offered $1,000 srib. for Job

Santa Barbara. Cal.--C. Ercanbrach
was arrested by deputy United
States marshal on a federal indictment
charging him with an attempt to bribe
United States Senator John ID. Works.
Ercanbrach wanted the appointment
of postmaster here and Is accused OF
sending a letter to Senator Works Of
fering $1,000 il the appointment was
given him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
swallowed mlnnow.; Cough. up Fish.

Benton Harbor. Mich.-Paul Nickois
of Sodus township. farmer, is hu'
man aquarium. For weeks he mas
been suffering from stomach COM
plaint. Recently he was seized WIN
a violent coughing spell and emitted
four inch fish. Other coughing
spells have been attended with IKE
results. Attending physicians say
Nickols swallowed tinny minnows
which developed and grew in his
stomach. The sufferer is rapidly re-
covering.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
American. Retain Polo Champ ionship.

Meadowbrook Club, Westbury. l.. l.
BY the narrow margin OF one-quar-
ter Of goal the American polo team
won the second and deciding game OF
the international cup series at the
Meadowbrook club and thereby re-
tains the trophy for at least another
year. The score was Az to AZ.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Cut, His Throat, Then Hangs seIf.

Pueblo.-Because he had quarreled
with his wife, bride of few months,
Edward George. %. cut his throat
with razor and after he had been
disarmed hung himself with some bal
ing wire on a rafter in the barn.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Elk, Lodge to Bury Captain Russell.

Canon City,-The body of John B.
Russell. night captain at the peniten-
tiary. who was killed at La Veta by
Conley Baldwin. an escaped convict,
was brought to Canon City, and the
funeral will be in charge of the Elks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
NEW CABINET FOR SPAIN.
Count de Romanones Distributes Port
foIios to Colleagues.

folios to Colleagues
Madrid, Spain.-Count Alvaro de Ro-
manones formed new Spanish cab
met in which the portfolios we're dis
tributed as follows: Premier, Count
Alvaro de Romanones; minister OF
foreign affairs, Lopez Munez; minis
ter of the interior. Duke of Alba; Min
lister of finance. Suarez Inclan; minis
ter of war. General de Luque; minis
ter OF marine, Amalie Jimeno; minis
ter OF public works, Rafael Gasset;
minister of public instruction, Pedro
Rodriguez de la Borbella; minister OF
Justice. Ruiz Jimenez.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Mrs. sprinse-'s Story viii Be Read.

Denver, June 16. - Declarations OF
Mrs. Isabel Patterson Springer. Cora
Carpenter and Thomas Lepper, made
under oath at the former trial of Har-
old Frank Henwood for the killing OF
George Z. Copeland were ordered
read to the jury.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Hold. up Wage Scale Commission.

Denver.-Governor Ammons has
announced that he would not appoint
the members of the minimum wage
scale until week before the law goes
into effect, which is on July IA.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19

Woman Horse Thief Gets Years.
Parsons, Kan.-Mrs. Mario Pollard
was sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary for horse stealing. Sam
uel Parks, her companion. also was
sentenced to seven years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
Plea Of ous.ed Officials Rejected.

Denver-The Supreme Court re-
fused to take original Jurisdiction In
the quo warranto proceedings filed in
behalf of Arnold. Stocker and Sullivan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19
New YORK. New Po.totiee.

New York's new 36,O0O,000 post
office building. massive pile OF pink
granite five stories in height and two
blocks long. facing the rear Of the
Pennsylvania station. is the greatest
building OF its kind in the world. From
the curb to the topmost piece of
granite is 101 feet There are 1885,
600 cubic feet of granite. $4,000 tons
of steel, 100000 bricks and 100000
square feet of glass in the building.
The main corridor. corresponding in
length to the outside colonnade, is a
combination Of bun marble. white
plaster and glass, two stories high, 29
feet wide and $50 feet long. There
are 100000 square feet of working
space within the building.-Popular
Mechanics.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19

The man who depends entirely on
the push of those who are back of him
will seldom get to the front
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19

No Chance for an Argument.
Waiter. how do / know that isn't
horse meat instead of beef?'
You probably don't, sir; all kinds
of people come here to eat"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-19

shington.-President Wilson mas
signed proclamation eliminating
seO acres from the Gunnison national
forest. An examination of the land
revealed that it had no value ior
forest or watershed protection. IT Will
he restored to settlement and entry.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
SMITH GETS PROMOTION

After 7 years service as supe, in
tendent of the Kalispell division of
the G.. N, Ry., having sueprvisi' n
from Cut Bank to Troy, 275 miles,
and of the Fernie line, w. X.
Smith has been promoted to the
Cascade division, headquarters a,
Everett, and will be relieved Jul>
22 by John Sesser, from an eastern
division. Mr.. Smith had 2,oIs
men on the payroll last month and
every personal acquaintance is a
friend. The same may be said of
the citizens and business men of
all the towns along this division,
who agree that Bill Smith is always
all right and that he gave the
square deal. Going to Everett is
promotion and we are all glad of
that, but sorry to lose our much es-
teemed friend -Kalispell Times.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
IN THE SWELTERlNC HEAT

The ball game scheduled for
Sunday Afternoon between Troy
and Libby was pulled off alright
but it resembled a game of marbles
more than ball game. Troy won
the riot bya score of steenumph to
nmphsteen runs. The thermome-
ter registered 100 in the shade and
1t was SO awfully hot that none of
the players could stand to exert
themselves, and about three fourths
were wilted completely. The game
has no right to be called ball game
or to go down in history as such.
This exhibition, after the air
tight brand of ball the Libby boys
have been putting up, sure looked
raw, but the boys should not be
blamed one little bit. Physical en-
durance simply could not stand the
heat. Most of the boys work in
doors aud are not used to the hot
sun. The Troy boys Jared better,
since ma ajority of then, work out
Of doors and are in the sun when
ever il shines.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
BUYS STUDEBAKER AUTO

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul D. Pratt pur
chased Studebaker 1852 while
in Kallspell last week and drove
through oven the new road. Mr..
and Mrs Pratt rode through to the
convention horseback and figured
on coming home by the same mode
of travel but according to the Kali
ispell Bee, when part way home
and while stopping for lunch the
horses bolted, leaving them on
foot. They walked back to the
Porter ranch and were hauled back
to Kalispell from there in an auto.
AS the story goes. they liked the
auto ride so well that they went
and purchased one. -..
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
ALL ROAD WORK STOPPED

All road work in Lincoln county,
except possibly the contract work
has been stopped for this year.
Owing to the poor financial con-
dition of the county this move was
made necessary. The county has
about reached its limit and will
have to stop spending money until
after the taxes come in next fall
1t is to be deplored that the con
struction of roads in this county
must be stopped, even for a short
length of time, but it is not good
policy to spend money you haven t
got and very few of the workers
can afford to wait six months for
their pay.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25

he gave his age as 78 years only
old timers here say they knew him
in the Black hills in 1876 as "old
man Teeters' when he ran some
kind of station on Whitewood
creek between Deadwood and Gus
ter. He was an Indian fighter and
scout of note and he took part in
almost all the battles in the state.
He was also great trapper and
bear hunter and had the reputation
of capturing more bear than an y
man iu this Part of M mana.
From information given out by
Coroner Gompf. Jacob Teeters was
born in Ithaca, N. Y, and has a
niece living in Lansing, Michiga IL,
also nephew living in Alaska.
The remains were brought to Lib
by Sunday morning and placed in
the undertaking parlors.
The funeral was held from the
undertaking parlors on Thursday
morning at ten o'clock, and burial
was made in the Libby cemetery,
Rev. d. G. McColm conducting
the services.
Miss O'Dea of South Bend, Ind. ,
distant relative, arrived Wedues.
day afternoon to attend the funeral.
The people of Libby respected
Jake Teeters aud were proud of
him. 1t is rumored that a monu-
ment will be erected to his memory
by the citizens of the town.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
COUNTY BOARD MEETING

The board of county commission
ers met in special session Monday
Those present were commissioners
Pratt, Carey and Bartlett, with
county clerk Carpenter.
The board met on this occasion
to sit as a board of equalization.
Chester A. Adams appeared before
the board on behalf of the stock.
holders of the First National Bank
and asked that the assessment Of
this institution be lowered. The
commissioners figured that they did
not wish to meddle with this and
that they would let the state board
of equalization handle it.
The assessment of Frank Cay
nor was reduced from $1,35 to
$40. The stock of the Libby Jew.
elry Co. was assessed at 5000, but
on protest Of Attorney Adams this
was reduced to $500.
The bonds of Val F. Kordus as
]. P. and George S. Gilbert rs
road supervisor were approved aud
accepted.
The bond of Stonechest and Ben
ming was approved and accepted.
The board will meet again July
80, at 10 in the morning.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
NEWS NOTES FROM URAL

Hale Steenerson and l.. F. Sch
rubbe are cutting a forest service
trail on Big creek.
Oscar Gib,er has about fuistt d
putting up his crop of clover hay.
S. F. Stansel section foreman at
Baynes B. c. visited his Ural
friends from Wednesday to Sun
day.
The neighbors enjoyed a social
and dance at the home of Mr.. and
Kimball Saturday night.
Major Allen enjoyed a visit from
his daughter who came this way
to visit her father, on her way
from Mexico to California.
Beatrice Dickerhoof returned
home Wednesday after a weeks
visit with friends at Tweed.
Martin Moe has gone to the
North Dakota harvest fields.
G. r. Fox has finished hayiug.
S. F. Stansel returned to Baynes
Sunday on No. "a.
John Mccarthy has gone to
Kalispell to work.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
AN AGED PIONEER DROPS DEAD

Jacob TeeterS, constable for Lib
by township, and one of he old pi
oneers OF Lincoln county, dropped
dead On the banks Of the Koot enai
river near Stonehi!l last Saturda =
afternoon. J. M. Kennedy and
John Ku!slinski were erecting i1ou-
ses on their claims, across the river
from Stonehill on Deep creek, and
Teeters was working for them as
cook and pack man.
At the time Of his death he was
packing provisions into Senator
Kennedy's homestead across the
river. Saturday afternoon when
he went to get his boat to take an
other load across, he saw man ia
it pulling across the stream. The
old man followed the boat upstream
for a short way, berating the fellow,
and on his return to camp began
telling couple of the men, in an
excited way, of the incident, when
he keeled over dead.
Jake Teeters often made the re-.
mark that his father lived to be over
100 years of age and had dropped
dead, and he felt sure he would 60
in the same way.
"Old Jake, as he was common
ly called, was one of the widest
known characters in this part of
the state, coming to Libby from
Thompson Falls in 1893. Though
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
TO START WORK ON SEWER

II present plans are not altered
work will be resumed OH the sewer
system some time next week. The
water has almost all disappeared
and it is about dry enough to re-
sumo operations. If the work is
rushed and the contractor encoun-
ters no more bad luck, it will not
be long until residents of louisa
ma avenue can have sewer service.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1913-07-25
PARCEL POST SYSTEM ENLARGED

led within the proposed first and
second zones, and the postmaster
general believes the increase in
the weight limit and the reduction
of rates of postage in the first and
second zones as proposed will bene-
fit more than one-third of the pub
lie, and that the producer, consunl-
er and local merchants will profit
materially by the change. He al
so points out that the farmers. who
were led to anticipate much benefit
from the parcel post service, will
be afforded cheap means of trans
porting their products directly to
the consumer, and that the local
merchants whose trade does not
justify the employment of exten-
sive delivery service will also be
benefited, as the system will put
him IN close touch with his custom
ers.
DISCARD POST MAP
The rate sheet which is to be
used as substitute for the parcel
post map will be prepared as soon
as practicable and attached to the
parcel post guide.
Postal experts estimate that with
the proposed changes in the parcel
post system in operation the reven-
ues of the postofice department
will be so increased as to show a
substantial surplus at the end of
the current fiscal year.