davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
TO LET THE PUBLIC SEE
THE BEST OF ROUNDUP
Petition Being Circulated Asking the
City Council to Grade Down Foot
OF Main Street.

Again the matter of grading down
the cut bank at the foot Of Main street
so as to permit an unobstrucetd view
from passing trains of the principal
business street of the city of Round.
up occupies public attention. This
week petition has been in circula.
tion asking the city council to take
steps toward that end. The question
has been brought up a number of
times and once the city was in a fare
way OF having the work done by the
railroad company but something inter.
vened and spoiled the whole thing.
The petition will be presented at the
regular meeting of the city council
Monday night and the matter will
then no doubt be referred to the street
and alley committee Alderman Earl
Reid as chairman of that committees.
who has been carving a name for him.
self In that capacity. doubtless will
see that the matter will not be allowed
to die but that the desired end win be
accomplished.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
EFCETSBLACk
HAND M|SSIvE
ANONYMOUS WRITER SAYS HE'S
GOING TO "PUT BULLET THRU
HIS BLACK HEART"

The Black Hand society, the insig-
MIA of which brings terror to the
hearts Of brave men, Is active in
Roundup. The first person to receive
warning that he is marked man is
Chief of Police r. J. Brennan. It
was with considerable fear and trem.
bling that the chief perused the
threatening missive which arrived
thru the mails one day last week.
Yesterday he permitted representa-.
tive OF The Record to take look at
the message of death and We cannot
yet understand what prevented Chief
Bremen from Immediately transform
ing his Ford runabOut into an armored
cruiser with a coming tower before
venturing out in public again. The
sruesome letter charges him with
everything under the sun, some nasty
names being used in conveying the
meaning of the Black Handler. It
closes with IA direct and terrible threat
that If Mr. Chief does not Immediately
come over to their side and be good
they will put bullet through his
black heart" these last being the very
words used. The letter is signed, "A
Citizen of Roundup"
The letter was written on an Oliver
typewriter and by the process of elimi.
nation the circle Of possible guilty
ones has been cut down to two. No
names have been given out by the
authorities. The letter will probably
be referred to the postoffice depart
ment, and if the federal government
takes any action it may go hard with
the Black Handler.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
SEWER QUESTION
TO Be SUBMITTED
PROPOSITION TO be PLACED ee.
FORE PEOPLE IF COIN.
GIL APPROVES.
Septic Tank Site Secured
Committee viii Report at Mondays
Regular Meeting Of the Council That
site for Septic Tank May Be s.cur.
cd from J. w. Newton-Special Elec.
t'on May BE Called to Decide Mat.
ter OF Bonding City for Sewer sys.
tern.

The committee of the city council
on health and public improvements to
which several weeks ago the matter
OF securing a site for septic tank for
the disposal of sewage was referred
VIII report to the council at the regu.
lar meeting next Monday evening that
. suitable site may be secured from
). w. Newton. The ground is located
some distance east OF the stock wards
and may be purchased at a reasonable
| figure.
1t is generally conceded that the
TACT that the city did not hold a deed
to the proposed site for the septic tank
defeated the sewer proposition when
1t was voted upon last year. The site
then chosen was on railroad ground the
company agreeing to give the city the
use of the ground under certain con.
ditions which many taxpayers of the
city thought were not definite enough
to warrant going ahead with the In
stallation Of a sewer system at that
time. HOWEVER, with this question
eliminated It is thought the proposi-
ton easily will carry in an election.
The plans and specifications for a
sewer system adopted by the old
council. 1t has been discovered since.
will have to undergo some radical re.
visions. The principal change will
be In the sizes of the main trunk and
lateral sewers. which according to the
specifications now on file In the city
clerks Office are conidered altogeth.
er too small,
Alderman J. II. Grant of the first
ward Is pushing the sewer proposition
and Is In hopes that as soon as all
details can be Strengthened out a spe.
cial election will be called and the
people given another opportunity to
say whether they want to have a
sewer system or not. Many are of
the opinion that il the question re-
solves itself into whether the city
should buy the water plant at this
time or put in sewer system, the lat
ter is the only logical course for the
city to pursue. Roundup Is in imper-
ative need of sewer system and 1t
should mo longer be delayed.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
n. P. TO BUILD 5
LINES IN STATE
ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN
PERFECTED FOR coNSTRuc.
TlON THIS YEAR.
OTHER ROADS THREATEN
endive-Helena Cutoff Piercing Mus.
seishe'I County Is One Of the Lines
to BE euiIt-Northern Pacific Is
Forced to Build Branches and Ex.
tensions to Protect Its Territory.

HELENA. MONTANA, May "a
All arrangements have been perfected
by the Northern Pacific for the build
ing of fiye~new lines in Montana this
year.
This information has been obtained
from an authoritative source.
-Four OF the lines are as follows:
Glendive-Helena cutoff from Glen
dive westerly at least to the Mussel
shell-Meagher county boundary line
Branch from point near Laurel
northwesterly as far as Melville.
Eventually this line will be extended
to connect with Shields River line.
Branch northward from point on
the main line in Sanders county to tap
the Flathead reservation.
Extension of the present line at
Bridger southerly to tap the Bear
Greek coal fields.
Where the fifth line will be built
is not known. The surmise has been
advanced that possibly it will be to
change it's main line over the main
range west of Helena by running past
the BrOadwater up Ten-Mile and
Priests pass. This line has been sur
Veye0 Tor several years.
This extensive building program
has virtually been forced upon the
Northern Pacific, it is said, and by ad-
herring to it, is the only way in which
it can protect its territory.
The eastern end of the Glendive-
Helena cutoff is to be built to keep the
500 from the field, the Laurel branch
to keep out the Milwaukee, and the
Flathead line to regain a traffic that
heretofore has been hauled to Poison,
carried across the lake, and then ship
ped out on the Great Northern.
The Yellowstone Park railroad has q
line from Bridger to Bear Creek,
which the Northern Pacific has been
trying to buy, but SO far has not sue
ceeded.
For several years the Northern Pa
cific has been planning to rebuild over
the range west of Helena because by
SO doing it will not only save few
miles. but will secure a much better
grade than it now has on the Mullan
tunnel line.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
WOOL SANDWICHES SAVE
LITTLE BABY'S LIFE
Fourteen M onths. old Little Girl Swai-
lows Safety Pin-Ooetor Employs
Unique Method to Recover Pin

Leila Grobe, the fourteen-mOnths-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. GrObe
Of this city went thru an experience
this week that the little one will pro-
bably recollect vividly for many years
to come. The little girl swallowed a
good sized safety pin Wednesday
morning. which after it became known.
threw the neighborhood into a high
stage of excitement. DIR. Frank Lack.
ner was hurriedly summoned and he
Immediately started the patient on a
strict diet of wool sandwiches. The
unique course of treatment proved de-
cidedly effective, the safety pin being
recovered yesterday morning exactly
twenty.four hours after it was swal.
lowed. The little girl is now as we'll
rs ever much to the delight of its
happy parents.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
EDMlNSTON RANCH
SOLD FOR $4,000. 90
Eleven Hundred Acre Ranch Near
Gage Is Sold to William c. East
Of Billings for Large Sum.

The EdminstOn ranch consisting OF
about eleven hundred acres of land
located near Gage was sold last week
to William c. East of Billings for the
sum of $10,OOO.OO. The ranch was
owned by Mrs. Kate Edminston also
of Billings who has conducted the
place for the past four or five years.
The property is described as follows:
NhNEA, SWANEA. NWH SEA
Section "a, Township 8. Range 26;
NWASWA. Section 20, Townsip 8,
Range q; SEASWA and Lots 2, 3
and I. Section Is, Township 8. Range
q: ShNEA. SEANWA, NEASWH.
Section Is. Township 8, Range q: and
all OF Section Z, Township 8. Range 27.
Mr.. East the new owner of the
ranch. will make his home there, ex.
pecting to move out from Billings with
his family in short time.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
CAN MONTANA MAYOR
REDUCE POLICEMAN?

BUTTE, MONTANA, May 28.-
Whether or not the mayor of a Mon.
tana city has the right to reduce a
police lieutenant in rank is to be de.
cided here this week, when the court
passes on the application for a writ
OF mandate of Mike Dwyer, directed
against Mayor Duncan, for restora-
ton of his job as lieutenant of police.
Hearing on the writ started today.
Dwyer was removed by the Mayor
May 81. 1911, when the council author
lied big cut in the police force. No
charges were preferred against him
he was simply arbitrarily removed.
The following August he was offered a
job as patrolman but refused it..
Dwyer contends his removal was lille.
gal.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
PYLES WINS FIRST
ROUND IN SUIT
JURY DECIDES IN FAVOR OF
FORMER CHIEF ON CUES.
TloN OF FACT.
Case Not Yet Decided
Roundup's Chief Of Police Middle oc.
cup'es District Court Yesterday
Judge Calls Jury In Advisory Cana.
city to Decide Question Of Fact
Questions Of Law Will BE Araued
eetore Judge and Case May ee Con.
cIuded Tomorrow.

The question, who is the chief of
police of Roundup?" was the one for
which a solution was sought in dist.
rict court yesterday when the case of
State of Montana ex rel j. M. Pyles.
relator. VS.. r. j. Brennan came up for
trial. The case involves Roundup's
dual chief of police system which has
been in effect ever since the Marshall
administration went into power about
year ago. A decision in the matter
will not be reached until tomorrow. al.
tho the relatOr won the first round
wnen the jury yesterday decided a
Quetlon OF fact favorable to him.
AS Is enerally know n
Roundup has had two chiefs
OF police ever since Mayor
Marshall appointed R. ]. Brennan to
that capacity. J. NJ. Pyles, the former
cnler under the F. NJ. Wall regime
refusing to relinquish his office upon
the appointment of the new chief.
Mr. Pyles contended that under the
metropolitan police law he could not
be deposed without charges that the
new appointee, R. ]. Brennan. had not
been a resident of the city of Round
up for two years Immediately preced-
Ing his appointment, this being one
OF the qualifications required by the
law 1t was to decide this latter ques-
ton of fact that Judge Crum yester-
day called jury, the verdict returned
by the jury last evening being against
the defendant. The whole day was
taken up by the trial.
The following witnesses testified:
City Clerk VIM. J. Jameson, Orin
Beall, Frank Brown, C. H. Tyler, May
or II. F.. Marshall, A. A. Morris, E. E.
Coasdon. F. NJ. Wall. Both the rela-
tor and defendant also took the stand
in their own behalf.
One of the legal points involved in
the case which are to be argued before
the judge tomorrow is whether or not
the appointment and confirmation of
X. J. Brennan was legally made. In
confirming the mayors appointment
the vote of the city concil resulted in
tie. whereupon Mayor Marshall cast
the deciding vote. The attorneys for
the relator contend that Mayor Mar
shall did not have the legal right to
cast the deciding vote in confirming
an appointment Of this nature, |
Another legal point has been raised as
to the definition of the word residence.
Mathews and Thompson are acting
as attorneys for the relator, while |
Boarman and Boarman are looking
after the interests of the defendant.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
POOR LANDING SEASON
Archie Elliott, Well Known Snowy
Mountain Sheepman. Reports
Heavy Loss.

That the lambing season this year
was one OF the worst ever experienced
by dOckmasters in the Snowy Noun.
tain region is reported by Archie F.
Elliot of Clara who was In the city
several days this week. The unfavor-
able weather and severe storms which
were prevalent about the middle -oe
May when lambing was In full blast
caused heavy losses. Mr.. Elliot es-
Inmates his loss at about 20 per cent
which is heavier than he has ever
known 1t to be. Shearing will com.
mence about June 18th.
Mr.. Elliot had been drawn az q
juror for the present term OF the dist.
rtct court. but on account Of Mrs.
Elliot being severely Ill he was ex-
cused from duty by Judge Crum.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30

HELENA BRIDE OF FIVE
MONTHS SHOT

HELENA, MONT, May 2s.-
Mrs. Ruth Meyer, a bride Of
i've months, was shot down in
the street in front of the fed
eral building at 1000 o'clock
tonight by her husband, Chas.
Meyer. She may die.
Mr.. Meyer is in Jail,
Following a quarrel in their
home, Meyer, gun in hand,
drove her from the house, fir
ing as she ran about five yards
ahead of him. With the fourth
shot she fell screaming into the
muddy gutter.
George L. Peterson, a book
keeper In a local bank, coming
from the postoffice, attempted
to overpower Meyer, but Meyer
broke away and shot at Peter
son, who ran, pursued by the
husband. Opposite his home
Meyer darted in, where he was
arrested by the policemen, af-
ter Meyer leveled his gun at
the officers. but the weapon
missed fire.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
PERSONAL TAXES
ARE NOW PAYABLE
TAXES WHICH ARE NOT LIEN ON
REAL PROPERTY MUST BE
COLLECTED NOW.

County Treasurer Elmer B, Carter
has been advised by letter from State
Tax Commissioner G. NJ. Houtz of
Helena that section 10 CT chapter rs
OF the session laws of the last legisla.
tive assembly gives the state tax com.
missioner general supervision over the
system of taxation and the collection
OF taxes and revenues throughout the
state. The commissioner urges the
treasurer to make every possible eff.
tort to collect all personal property
taxes, even tho he has to seize and sell,
ana states that treasurers are entirely
helpless in the way of extending ia
vors IN this matter, as under the law
they and their sureties are liable on
their official bonds for all taxes on per-
sonal property within the county,
which. thru wilful failure or neglect,
remain uncOllected.
Continuing, the commissioner saws:
I'm line with this provision of the
law we desire to call the attention of
the county treasurers of the state to
section 1884 of the code which defines
the duty of the treasurer in regard to
the collection of taxes on personal
property which are not a lien upon
real property. This section provides
that the treasurer shall Immediately
upon receipt Of reports from the coun.
ty assessor notify the persons against
whom the tax is assessed that the
amount Of such tayes is due and pay.
able At this Office. This section fur.
ther provides that the treasurer may
collect this tax at any time before
Nov. !, and may seize and sell any
personal property Of the party assess.
ed to secure the amount Of such tax.
Section 1856 provides how the treasur-
er shall be governed rs to the rate of
taxation. Sections 1865 and 1868 pro.
vtdes the method Of seizure and sale"
Notices Of the amount Of personal
taxes due as well ~ . circular letter
explaining the new regulations were
sent out by Mr.. Carter this week,
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30

SOMETHING TO DO FOR
LAZY HUSBANDS

SEATTLE. WASH. Nav "a.
Preparatory to enforcing
the Lazy Husband law, which
goes into effect June 6 ana
which provides that husbands
who do not provide for their
families shall be sentenced to
hard Nabor the proceeds of
their work to be given to their
wives. Sheriff Edward Cudihee
and the board of county COM
missioners have begun to make
plans for the erection of
county stockade ON 63 acres of
logged off land belonging to
King county. The land is COW
cred with small timber and
large stumps and Sheriff Cudi-
hee believes a large gang of
lazy husbands can be kent
busy several months clearing
the grounds.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, May o.
Gray.garbed veterans of the southern
confederacy held their annual parade
here today-the climax of their 23rd
reunion. The reunion will come to a
close tonight with a ball In honor
Of the sons Of the Confederate veter-
ans.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30
LEw'srowN. IDAHO, FLOODED

LEWIsTOWN. IDAHO. May 2s.-
The st. Joe river. the highest navi.
gable stream In the United States 4.
above the focd stage and houses we're
noated from their foundations. The
telephone service into the town has
been discontinued. The boats are NOV
landing their passengers at the rail-.
road station.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30

Sarah Bernhard says she will live
to be hundred and fifty. Excuse our
rudeness. but isn't she:
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1913-05-30

Montenegro lighting ability 10 a
slap at the drill masters. The Monte.
negrins do lots Of their drilling with.
out masters.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
The "Show" on the Treasury Steps.

An essential part of the woman's
pageant on March 3 has just been an
nounced at the inaugural headquarters
here as technically being an allegory,
while the rest of the demonstration is
Technically called a pageant pro-
cession.' The story told in the pro-
CesSion itself is to show the actualitieS
OF much that women have struggled to
achieve while the ceremonies on the
southern steps of the Treasury Build
ing are to symbolic the ideals toward
which both men and women have been
struggling,
Several figures stand out prominently
in this ceremonial. Columbia, Charity.
Justice, Liberty, and Hope At the
Sound of the trumpets, when the great
pageant starts at the Peace Monument.
at the foot of Capitol Hill, Columbia
appears from the shadow of the mas
sne columns on the portico, slowly de-
scending and taking her stand on the
plaza below. Next. Justice and her at
tcndants appear. followed by Charity,
Liberty, and beautiful figure in white
and blue, holding in her hands the
''doyc of peace" Hope concludes the
allcgorical representations, the figures
all being surrounded by maze of girls
in appropriate dress.
We cannot say that VIC have been
very much impressed with woman's
pageant in the inaugural parade. 1t
appeared as something that smacked
after the sensational. novelty brought
about by the action OF the woman suf-
fragists of old England. But we
heartily approve OF the allegory as sug-
gestcd. 1t will be worth seeing as
"show," and an occult lesson of what
land OF the free should be- The only
thing to be regretted in connection with
it is that it will have to be stationary,
and therefore will not be seen by as
many as would be delighted to admire
the picturesque production.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
CHARGES BRIBERY.
President Groves Declares Rival
shipping Concerns interruptions.

+. :. Groves. president Of the Phila-
Gelphia and Gulf Transportation Com
pany. told the House Committee inves-
tigatiHg the Shipping Trust to-day that
rival shipping concerns resorted TO bribery
or his employees in conducting a CONNER
Cial warfare against him.
He showed the committee s. and so
bills. which. he said, a detective told him
We're offered TO his employees by the
Philadelphia agent Of the Southern Pa
cltic Steamship Company 10 obtain copies
of his msnifests and bills OF ladinS. lie
said that he had attempted to buy old
steamships from the Ward Line. but
President Mallory. OF that line, had re-
fused to sell to him.
Groves declared the railroads had con-
troll OF all the canals. and he adds that
excessive rates were being charged by
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to
make up for a defalcation by an employe
Ci the company several years ago. Com
planning OF the general condition in the
shipping business, he asserted that the
inability of American capitalists to pur-
chase foreign ships at fair prices and
use them in the American COastWise
trade, was the greatest obstacle in the
way of the development OF the American
merchant marine
The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
As to Bank Reserves.

The proposition which has been sug-
gested to the Banking and Currency
Committee, now trying to frame new
banking law which urges that the
percentage of reserves required to he
kept by country banks and banks in
reserve cities be reduced. but that they
be required to keep in their own vaults
all their reserves, is not a new one. In
fact, several years ago the president
OF one OF New Iork's great financial
institutions recommended the very
same thing. but then to no purpose.
Now. there is this to be considered
in connection herewith. If country
banks were not permitted to count as
part OF their legal reserve funds kept
in banks in reserve cities, many OF them
still would keep balances TO their credit
in the large finance centers. but per
haps they would not keep the same
amount, and, if the legal minimum of
reserves remained unchanged, they
would have to keep larger amounts in
their own vaults. This would strength
en- their own position, and there would
not be 50 much accumulation of funds
in tho larger cities.
\ reserve. OF course. is designed to
be used in an emergency. II it cannot
be so used. what is the use in having
it? When bankers say that the pres
ent law forbids the Use of the reserve,
they do not stick to the truth alto
gether. The law directs the banks to
keep a certain amount as reserve. but
there is no penalty for allowing it to
fall below that sum, except that if the
reserve is below the legal minimum for
a certain length of time, the Comp
troller of the Currency, with the con-
sent of the Secretary of the Treasury.
may proceed. This implies plainly
that the reserve may be depleted for a
short time without paying a penalty.
If the period is extended, even then it
is in the discretion of two men high in
authority as TO whether to proceed
against the violating bank. 1t is we'll
known that, where such a depletion
was due to the financial condition of
the country, no steps ever were taken
by the Treasury officials.
Still, when all is said, it would bet
ter our financial stability if new law
would state the conditions more plainly |
under which the reserve obligations
may be relaxed
The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
What Washington Firms Can Do.

Ample demonstration has recently
been afforded Of what a Washington
business firm can do in the way of
fulfilling successfully a large contract
This evidence OF capacity and enter
prise is, happily, not confined to sim
gle institution. The fact is that the
business men of Washington are not
given the credit which they deserve.
The impression is only too general that
Washington is not business city, and
that its chief industry is purely gov
ernmental On the contrary, the census
statistics show that the commercial side
of the Capital is constantly develop
ing The business men of Washington
arc alert, energetic, and progressive.
They are keeping pace with the in
creasing growth of the city.
In other cities the men who conduct
business arc properly regarded with
high favor. They are the foundation
upon which the social and material
structure 'rcstS. In Washington the
business men who manage large enter
priscs. give employment to thousands
OF people. and who contribute by their
ability and experience 10 the city's
progress. are equally entitled to dis
tinction
Washington is growing, growing,
growing And the great factors in this
growth are the men whose business
talent is being demonstrated every day.