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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
AT VICTOR

Victor, IAN. 8.-(Special.)-W. T..
Edwards transacted business in Vic
tor and vicinity Monday.
Miss Bertha v. Tallman returned
Sunday froR Chicago.
Mr.. Stevens OF Missoula made q
business trip up the valley yesterday.
Richard and Walter Bates drove to
Hamilton yesterday afternoon.
Hugh Shields spent Sunday and
Monday in Hamilton.
Miss Grace Duffield, who has been
IL for several days. is improving.
Jack Boehme went to Missoula this
week. where he will undergo an oper-
alton at st. Patrick's hospital.
r. A. Mead spent a few days in
Missoula his week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fraser are
spending a few weeks in Washington
with Mr.. and Mrs. Severson.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
The Congressional Directory
BY Frederic j.. Haskin

The presses of the largest printing
establishment in the world are now is
suing a book that will have a ma
tional if not an international interest.
And yet it will never be sold in book
stores or advertised in the literary
journals of the country. 1t is the
biographical directory of all the men
who have served in congress from the
beginning of the government to the
end of the SiXty-first congress.
1t will not be a complete b~iographi-
cal encyclopedia Of American states
men, for while it will tell the life
story of Mckinley, it will not mem
tior Roosevelt or Taft. 1t is eNclu-
sively a congressional directory and
it will mention only those presidents
and other high officers who have at
some time in their career served in
the house of representatives or the
senate.
Aside from these biographies the
volume will contain a complete rec
ord of the personnel and organization
Of every congress from the First to
the Sixty-first, as we'll as of the cons
tinental congresses of revolutionary
anu hoHn' ~ ihi~
mense historical value and it's grca,
interest to the student of American
affairs are obvious.
The statesmen who AVE entered
upon the Legislative stage and passed
off again have been many. More than
20. 900 men have come to the senate
and house in the 1877 years since the
continental congress first began its
sessions. A great many of these have
come and stayed for one term and
then have passed out of national POI
litical life and the halls Of political
fame have known them ne more.
Then, again, there are others who
came to congress, dropped out again.
and ultimately rc-entered public life
in other capacities. Some have
| reached the prcsidency-as Mckinley
and Lincoln; some have reached the
supreme court, some the cabinet, and
some ~gubernatorial honors in their
states. But these, of course, have
been few. a greater proportion have
become lame ducks who could rely
on their friends who remained in
congress to provide them with
crutches in the shape of good cons
missionerships, and divers and sun
dry other places. The United States
and aAada might get into a boun>
dairy dispute; IA half dozen lame ducks
could he given commiSSionerShipS,
And some even have been content
after their districts would return them
no more, to return to Washington in
subordinate positions at the capitol
The doorkeepership, the superinten-
dency of the document room, a journal
clerkship, and many minor positions
have appealed to the men who lost
out.
Some of these things appear in the
big directory hat Is forthcoming, but
many of them do not. Yet there are
enough to make n statistical study Of
he careers of the 10000 men vino
have crossed the threshold Of con-
gress an exceedingly interesting thing.
Perhaps some patient statistician sill
have the time to sit down and figure
out now many. many of these 20. 900
statesmen n near-statesmen have
left congress as the. result of per-
sonal or party defeats, how many
a V resigned or declined recollection
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

how many lave come back in minor
positions, and the like. ~
1t may well he imagined that TO get
together the salient features of the
life histories of more than 10000 men
has been no insignificant job. OF
course, much work has been done
along This line in the past, but the
forthcoming volume is much more
ambitious than any of it's predecessors.
Senator Reed Smoot is the presiding
genius who directed the collection and
preparation of the material, he being
chairman of the joint committee on
printing. The immediate work of COM
piling, revising and editing the new
edition was entrusted to Henry M.
Rose, assistant secretary of the sem
ate, and Ansel Void, printing clerk OF
the senate With Il force of clerks
they have been busy for more than 10
months searching the journals, the
official records, and old manuscripts;
securing the country for information
bearing upon the personnel of the
congresses, following every avenue
that would lead to the fixing of an
important date, the revelation of a
given name, the correct spelling of a
~ ~ VIZ l'Sl'illNc SN CSSS vi IL
other fact of importance in the lives
and careers of the and ex-
members of all the congresses.
In their research work they have
appealed to the postmasters of the
country, to the families of deceased
members, to librarians and historical
associations everywhere, to historians
large II small. Indeed, they have
exhausted the literature of congress
Sional biography and resorted to every
original source aVailable in their eff
forts to record accurately and COM
pletely the salient features of the
lives of the 10000 lawmakers who have
come to the American congresses.
During the past half century a
Notwithstanding biography of the
congresses has been brought out about
every 10 years. The first of these was
a sort of ~vest-pocket affaiIr, but it has
grown and grown until how it is a
rival of an unabridged dictionary for
ponderosity. No effort was made to
prepare "A historytof congress sor a di-
rectory of it's members prior to 1920.
In that year appeared a Essnall vest
pocket pamphlet of AS pages, privately
printed and bearing the. imprint of
Daniel Rapine, Agent" 1t Is pre-
sumed that his revenue from it was
derived from the hoardinsSn6nse keeps
ers, whose establishments were promi-
nently played uT. Several. other pri-
Vate directories We're issued from time
to time, and it was not until 1865
that congress itself undertook the
work of keeping a directory of its
membership. Near the beginning OF
the second session Of The Thirtyeighth
congress a joint resolution was unani-
mously agreed to, ordering the com
pilation and publication of such a di-
rectory. under the direction of the
joint committee on public printing.
The committee held several sessions,
obtained and examined like publica-
tons of the Legislative bodies of other
nations and decided to model tho
American congressional directory after
the directory of the British house OF
commons. Ben Perley Poore was prac>
tically it's conpiler ana editor! nd the
directory was about the size Of a
school primer.
/. i vas not uittll 1869 taSl4he con.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
MISSOULA OFFICE
129 and 1871 West Main Street.
Hamilton Office
22l Main Street. Hamilton, Mont.

The Missoulian may be found on
sale at the following newstands out
side of Montana:
Chicago-Chicago Newspaper Agen-
cy, N. L. corner Clark and Madison
streets.
Minneapolis-World News Co., 21s
North Fourth street.
Salt Lake City-MacGillis & Lud-
wig.
a Francisco-United News Agents.
Observation-Disclosures News Co,
Seventh and Washington.
Seattle - Eckarts News Agency.
First avenue and Washington; w. o.
Whitney.
Standardization News. Co.
Tacoma-Trego News Co, Ninth
and Pacific.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
OFFERS WIFE AS HOSTAGE,

Marinette, Wis, Ian. S.-When An
tonic Mizhelow, an Italian, was bound
e to the circuit court yesterday on
a charge of blackmail, he proposed his
wife go to Jail as hostage for his APP
p%earancc. Mizhelow is charged with
attempting to extort $1,000 from d fell
low countryHan. One Italian witness
refused to be sworn, saying he did not
believe in God. He asserted. however
he would tell the truth and was per-
mitted to testify.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
THE HOUSE RECORD.

Sincerely 1t is to be hoped that in
experience is at the bottom of the
serious error in the house record of
the Thirteenth assembly, which gave
wrong totals in the statement of the
vote for speaker. IT is important that
the official record of the h0uSe-and
of the senate, too, for that matter-be
kept with eXactncss. II is a fact that
all of the newspapers Of the state
which had representatives in the
house when the vote was taken agreed
as to the figures of the vote for
speaker. The official record differs
and a V of the house shows that
the official record was wrong.
This Is not Il matter of great i'm
p~ortance in itself. 1t does not affect
the result of the election of speaker
But a difference Of two or three votes
may, any time. make a great change
The charitable view of the occurrence
is to assume that the error was The
result of ineXperience on the part u
the clerical force of the house. Blu
there have been ~precedents in Mon
tana legislation which have made tn
people suspicious. There have beer
alterations in bills, made in engross'
meat; there have been bills LOST il
transmission from one end of the cap
itnl to the other. And. always, tn
change In wording has been to defea
the tarse OF the people; always. too
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

tie lost bill has been one in which
the people were vitality interested.
The legislative agents of Montana
Big Business are adopts; they are
clever and they are INSCRIPTIONS.
Knowing this, the public has a right
to be suspicious.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

To him hat hath, it shall be given.
Thlnk of all the publicity William
Rock efeller got, when he didn't need
it, and how much good it would have
done a light-opera star.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

A n Of duty pursues US aver.
1t is omnipresent, like the Deity.
If we take to ourselves the wings
of the morning, and dwell in the
~uttermost parts of the sea, duty
performed or duty violated is still
will, us, for our happiness or our
misery. If we say the darkness
shall cover us, in the darkness as
in the light our obligations are yet
with us.-DanieI Webster.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Gladstone as "a man without M re-
decming vice. This is not fair. Wood
row should be given a chance. wait
tin he has been president a little while.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Chicago complains because, in the
light of Atlantic-coast storms. Phila-
delphia yet speaks of her as the Windy
city. But Chicago should consider the
quality of the wind and find satisfac-
ton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

If a committee on committees Is the
right thing in the democratic house in
Washington, it should be the right
thing in the democratic house in Hell
ena.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Consistency is a word which is not
In the vocabulary of a good many OF
l.. house democrats in Helena.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Having fought cold for a week, the
coast people Will now prepare to battle
with floods. Verify, it is just one--
thing after another.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Champ Clark has already broken
more gavcls as speaker tina Joe can
non evSr did. 1t must be tina he thinks
of Colonel Bryan too often.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The man who say coal is not :
perishable commodity never tried Il
run a furnace.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

With the development of aerial navi-
cation, that old joke about the Swiss
navy will lose much of its point.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Montana snffragists have proved that
IT is possible to get the ear of a gov
ernor without tramping across the
country.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The federal senate is likely to be shy
on ethics. And Senator Jeff Davis will
not be there to enjoy the shortage.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09
PAPERS.

The Muscular Is anxious to give
the best carrier service; therefore. sub
scribers are requested to report faulty
delivery at once. In ordering paper
change to new address, please give
old address also. Money orders and
checks should be made payable to
The Missoulian Publishing Company.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The progressive members of the leg
islaturc will leave a record oe come
thing doing all the while,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The classmates of Woodrow Wilson
are already more numerous than the
body-~servants of George Washington.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

AS chairman of the railroad commits
sion, Dan Boyle will be both orna-
mental and useful.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The weekend of a good many New
Year ~Solutio Is a weak end.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

China makes a poor SWap when she
trades the tight little shoe for the tight
little skirt.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Governor Stewart has the weight f.
enforce his demands, if he only has
the punch.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Yellowstone county is developing a
family of counties, all her own. n.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

The Missoulian class ad fuIfills it's
promises. You car rely upon it.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

One more new courtyard we had
just fought a new map of Montana.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

Yes, it's chilly-but the coal man has
to live. And, also, there is the plumber,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-09

William Rockefeller is not as artful
Il dodger as Brother John.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
ALASKANS HAVE LOVE
 FEAST AT CAPITAL

The Seattle Post lntelligencer's ac- count of the lovefeast participated in by various Alaskans at the national capital at which Delegate James Wickersham presided, and where he and other Alaskans broke bread to- gether. brief account of which ap- peared in the dispatches of the Elm pire, is as follows:
 "The National Press Club, of Wash ngton. was the scene tonight of gen uine Alaska love feast, at a dinner given by Alaskans now at the capital in honor of Ira E. Bennett, editor of the Washington Post, and Thomas F.. Logan. editorial writer for that publi- cation. in recognition of the splendid work they have done during the last few years in presenting questions to the public in their true light.
 "The dinner was presided over by Delegate Wickersham, of Alaska, and among those present, in addition to the guests of honor, were Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada; Charles G. Heif- ner. T. p. McDonald A. N. Brown, Casey Moran and J. E. Ballaine, of Seattle; Dudley P Harrison, of Nome; secretary to Senator Putnam; Donald Mckenzie, of Nelson; Dick Ryan, and Falcon Joslin. of Fairbanks.
 "The entire Alaska railroad situa- tion was discussed during the evening in a manner which led everyone to be- lieve that more genuine understand ing between the Alaskans holding diff ferent views had been arrived at than at any of the previous conferences on the topic. Senator Pittman took an extensive part in the discussion.
 "If you leave the construction of railroads in Alaska to private capital, said the senator Alaska will remain undeyeloped for a hundred years. l am in favor of immediate construc. ton by the government
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
BUREAU OFFERS
 MAPS TO CONGRESS

At the instance of the Alaska bu- reau authorization for reproduction of it's comprehensive book of maps was given by the new Seattle Cham Der of Commerce. These reproduc- tions will be offered to congress as an aid in dealing with Alaska mat ters. There is no collection of maps of Alaska containing as much valua' ble data as those in the Alaska bu- reau of the chamber.
 Captain R. H. Stretch, formerly civ il engineer with the Copper River & Northwestern and White Pass & Yu- kon railways, has been at work for many weeks completing the collection and there is no doubt they will prove a valuable mite of information to con gressmen studying Alaska matters Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
A QUESTION OF VIEWPOINT AND ITS LESSON.

GENTLEMAN who has been subscriber to The Empire "A for several months called at the office yesterday evening"
 and requested that his be stopped He assigned as the for his action that boosting the town too much Of there hesitation in taking his from the list although the Empire desires readers and patrons those that disagree with it's positions and policies well among those that agree with it. But that not the point.
 The fact of the matter iS The Empire has not been boom ing and booming" rather than boosting is prob ably the dSgrnted subscriber had in his mndso far boosting concerned just getting fairly started at that We been simply recording the has ranSpred day dayrecorng daily events the story of maturing plans of citizens and of the work that being done in the city, the result of this daily task of the newspaperman be construed into booming the city, Ju fortunate. It that things being done and planned that will make city here which will all be glad to live.
 And this the fact When considers all the big things that are being worked here it strange that here and there will be found that will look upon the telling about
 booming There is not city the whole Pacific Coast where the outlook bright and inspiring as is at Juneau place that offers inducements to investors better field to intelligent of enterprise
 In the meantime the Empire will not boom Juneau, but just watch booSt That next to the publication of the is what it is here for
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT

IVTALTER H. PAGE the ambassador to Great Britain, w spenddy qualified the duties that devove upon the
 important diplomatic official of the United States government the Secretary of State He is not only scholar and editor whose mind has been stored with general information such extent that it is comparable with an encyclopedia but he possesses practical knowledge of bus affairs gained through experience president of the cessfu publishing of the DoubedayPage Company He years but looks and continues to enjoy the buoyancy youth in remarkable degree He is native of North Carolina and member of old Southern family that has produced thinkers and writers and capable for ons He abored for in accomplishing results rather than accumuang wealth Therefore he is not rich man. as riches measured nowadays and will to London having to depend upon the salary that attaches his office to meet bis expenses rather than upon private income
 The appointment good that meausres up to the highest of the past in the selection of our diplomatic rep resentatives.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

TO L. A. Moore, Berta Jarmy and Fred Stevenson: You and each of you are hereby notified that you co-owner, the undersigned have performed all the necessary labor as required by Sec tion 2324 United States Revised Stat utes and the amendments thereto ap- proved January 22nd, 1880, concern. ing annual labor upon mining claims, upon the Sum Dunn group of placer claims and, upon the Duck creek group of placer claims, for the year ending of holding said claims;
 And unless you, within ninety days after the first publication of this no- tice, pay your proportion of the cost of said annual labor as required by law, and the cost of this notice, your interest in said group or groups of said claims will, in accordance with law, become the property of the un- dersigned; the proportion to be paid by l.. A. Moore, holding one eighth in- terest in each group is $25,6O, and the cost of this notice; the proportion to be paid by Berta Jarma is $12.7O, and the cost of this notice. holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dunn group; and the proportion to be paid by Fred Stevenson, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dunn group is $12.70, and the cost of this notice;
 Said claims being located in the Harris mining district. near Powers creek, and about six miles from the Postoffice at Sum Dunn, Territory of Alaska; and recorded in book eleven (XI0 on pages 51 and 52 of Placer records, on the 5th day of February, A. D., 1912. in the the office of the Ju- neau Recording District.
 First publication March 8, 1913, last publication June 8, 1913.
 ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
In the United States Commissioners Court for the District of Alaska,
 Div. No. i, Yakutat Precinct.
In Probate.

In the matter of the estate of Gus, tav Tesch, deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been by the United States Commissioner, Probate Judge of the above entitled court, by an or der duly made and entered, appoint ed administrator of the estate of Gus tav Tesch. deceased. All persons hay ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them, with the proper vouchers and in legal form, within six (6) months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, at his residence at Yakutat, Alaska.
 Dated this 5th day of April, 1913.
 FRANK R. BIGFORD
 Administrator.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
INGRAM MEMORIAL SHOULD PASS

THE Ingram educational memorial is movement along the l right lines. There should be uniform school system
 abolished in Alaska that development along modern lines work should be harmonious and effective Under conditions they exist the present time each school district
 territory practically unit in itself and independ every other unit The time has the development Alaskan civilization when there should be organized on in the development school system for the territory that will give those that growing into and in the North all the advantages that the youth of other sections of the enjoy There great work be performed in Alas ka much of will be left for the growing generation to do It will require well prepared and to do that work should be done
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15

burning question Seattle just to whether they will will aviation the "Poatch in July It seems to be largely matter of cost.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15

York Sun editors lightly to thoughts of anyhow with spring and Senator James Hamilton Lewis the time the inspiration is simply irresistible They just have to do it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
JUST A LITTLE ABOUT HISTORY.

WASHINGTON dispatch that has been printed in "A pers the West said that President Woodrow Wilson was
 the first President James Madison to read Congress- and the paragraph the statement that it years Some Washington paper Washington his crossed and the ee graph editors let his mistake by them The fact B James Madison did become President until 04 years and did until 96 years ago. John Adams retired from the Pres dency and succeeded by Thomas Jefferson 112 be- the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. Jefferson sent his messages Congress writing and all of his fol- lowed the precedent he established until Wilson broke 1t the day Washington Adams the elder and Wilson the Presidents that have appeared before Congress to deliver their messages orally.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15

DRESSMAKING and all kinds of sewing neatly done. On Gold, near Second st. o-lS'Im'
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15

anniner.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-15
Iewin is no Joke.

As matter of fact Jim Ham Lew is is no joke. He Is broad-minded, cultured gentleman. and his ability and eloQuence will be welcomed in the Senate. And his name is James Hamilton Lewis.-San Francisco Ex.