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r ONDON, February S.--tSpecial)- y
With an income of So, $4,000 year,
- King George OF England is so poor
that he has been compelled to cut down
his own food and to limit the number oi
courses that are served to his head SER
wants lie will no longer travel knowing
that sumptuous private car accommo-
dates the great staff Of attendants vino
accompany him and his family from pal-
acc to palace. but will have' to let ms
court tourney in ordinary first class rail
way carriages. And finally the King and
Queen henceforth will strictly limit the
presents which they have been In the habit
Ct making their hosts and hostesses anu,
in the majority of cases, Will give only
signed photograph. as was the custom
az the late Queen Victoria.
The secret of all these economies just
has been revealed to the writer by MN
Der of the royal household, King George
has determined to save s25ol,0oo in the
Lcxt 10 years. Up to the present time
he has not saved penny piece, but there
are excellent paternal reasons why ne
should reform. The S2,500,000. safely i'll
vested, would yield an income large
enough to supplement the annual allow
1nce made TO his sons and daughter by
tire British parliament. so that each VIII
be in receipt Of $4,000 year upon mar
riage The mere Ss0.0D0 a year which the
British legislators think amply sufficient
for the daughter or younger sons OF the
monarch, King George believes Is too
small to permit the comfort he wishes his
offspring to enjoy.
His majesty has, besides the Prince OF
4 In araYf.f A hnl
a provision for his eldest son, King
George need not trouble his head. The
revenues from the Duchy of Cornwall
amounting to about 5000 per annum, are
settied on the prince, and parliament OF
the Kings accession, voted sum OF SSou,-
100 year for the maintenance or the heir
apparent, which viii be increased by an
other sl5o.Oo0 a year when he narries
The provision made by the state tor
the younger royal children. amounts to
$4,000 per annum each, to be increased to
$4,000 on their marriage. The King is
quite satisfied that $1,000 a year is tine
minimum figure upon which Prince At
bert, Prince Henry or any of the young
er sons of King George could afford 70
marry on, and even at that they would
lave TO be content with an Infinitely
smaller establishment than their eldest
brother, with his 81 100000 "a year.
About provision for the Princess Mar.
however there is not the same need OF
anxiety. Her royal highneSs will prob
ably marry the heir TO some European
throne, and in such a ease the s5QoD
year that the English nation would give
her would be a sufficient dowry. On the
other hand. If she marries 4 minor fol-
eign royalty, her expenses as the consort
cf such would be comparatively small,
and she could live comfortably, as many
minor royalties do, on her own dowry,
even supposing her husband had nothing
NJ all
His majesty. for the past year, has been
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Mexico We send 10000 Americans to
Europe, every year, and they spend an
average of a thousand dollars apiece,
or a total of s15o,0OOcO0. They tramp
themselves tired in the galleries, and
scratch Holland. France, Germany and
Italy as with a fine tooth comb for
strange customs and costumes. They do
not find them. The truth is the Europe
of today is all one 1t is practically the
same as the United States, and If one
would see the big things of travel he had
better go to the lower part of our own
continent.
This Mexico is a world in itself, and II
is a world of strange sights and strange
people. IL has population of more than
fifteen million, and of these at least
twelve millions are Indians, the descend
ants of the Aztecs They cannot read or
write. and In many respects are about
the same as the Aztecs of the Montezu-
mas. The other three million Mexicans
are the descendants of the Spaniards or
of those with a large admixture of In
dian blood. They also have their queer
costumes, and as one rides through the
country he sees new picture at every
turn of the eye.
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Coming here from the Rio Grande. 1
saw lusty, brigandlike men wearing
great sombreros, the crowns of which
rose a foot above their heads and whose
brims were a foot wide all the way
around. Some of these hats had hoops
of silver about them thick as your
wrist and gorgeous in trimmings of
silver and gold. Not a few wore coats
or short jackets, ornamented with
bright silver buttons. The trousers of
some of the men were striped with sill
yer braid while not a few had silver
mounted revolvers hung to their hips.
AT some of the stations men so dressed
galloped up on horses, also gayly ap-
pareled, and, looking across the coun-
try we now and then saw troops OF
cavalry dashing over the fields.
The lower classes were even more
picturesque. The indians wore high
hats of straw and blankets or serapes
of all colors of the rainbow, and the
women had dark blue cotton shawls
over their heads, Sc draped that only
the upper half of the face showed. Not
a few had bright rec skirts and bright
waists, and some We're barefooted,
showing a little more of the ankle than
the prudes of America allow
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be well done for about $4,000 per
annum.
This estimate was worked out as fol-
lows by the day;
Expense of the royal table. 81 0
uousehold table for IA ladies and
gentlemen resident in the house
hold .............. lao
Servants table for so of the upper
servants ...s...e......'......... ......... -
Total ................ ..... 1890
(The remainder, numbering about $50,
are on board wages.)
This estimate was equal to an al
lowance OF s140.000 odd per annum for
the whole of the catering expenses. and
Lord Farouhar, when he resigned his
uosition as master of the household.
told King Edward that the catering ar
rangements could be done as well as
they are in any first rate big royal
establishment on his figures His lord
ship allowed an additional Sl75,00o per
annum for state banquets and the en-
tertainment of royal VISITORS. Wnlch mas
not been exceeded.
But year after Lord Farquhar re-
linauished. control of the affairs of the
royal household, the catering bills had
risen to $175,O00 a year, and they have
risen. to 100000 a year since King
George came to the throne. But this
rise is due, not to any increased ex-
travagance. but to the fact that there
are several strong. healthy and hungry
young princes and a princess to be
fed, waited on. and generally looked
after.
King George, after going very care
fully into the household accounts, has
arrived at the perfectly sensible con-
clusion that almost without percepu-
sbly decreasing the quality or quantity
Of the food provided at the various
tables in the royal establishments the
catering expenses might be reduced e
Lord FarQuhar's original estimate Of
$t40, ,000, which would enable his majes-
~ to save 100000 year on this head
Part of this can be saved'in checking
waste. and part in putting stop ia
needless luxuries and extravagancies
The servants table is especially ex-
trayagant--the upper servants have a
late dinner at at which never less
than five courses are served and in
addition a quart Of whisky. fouI
syphons of soda water and three bot
tiles of port wine are sent up to the
servants mess room every evening
At the servants dinner some of the
most costly dishes, such as roast ortae-
ans, arc frequently served and so pam
pered are these servitors of royalty
tHaAs ~ NiiCe NACAi AlPSeattcs o44ct i,
and bitters are now served to them be-
fore dinner 1t is proposed to cut down
the servants dinner to n good, plain
three course meal and to allow each
l. cents a night for beer OF whisky
or whatever liquid they wish to drink
which they must supply to themselves
The waste that goes on in the roya
establishment is enormous Every nigh
Joints of beef and mutton and chick
ems. pheasants and other birds thai
have scarcely been tasted leave botl
the households and royal tables to ap
pear bur once again in the form q
Geld side dishes At lunch. They the,
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vas so worded that the more money
they spent the better the bargain, and I
am told that the improvements were
made regardless of cost. The money was
borrowed in England at low rates Of In
terest, and remittance men and other Sec
ord sons of the lenders were sent over
and given fat Jobs. Not a few of these
hired men lived in state, having their
own saddle horses, and among the crowd
rromenading the plaza at night could be
seen these men stridinE about in their
riding clothes and puttees.
Mckenzie & Mann also planned the
building of big hotel at the Topo Chico
Springs. near here, and they have also
a farm of over 1000 acres which they are
fertilizing with the city sewage. 1 under
stand that they are experimenting with
Egyptian cotton, and that the estate
promises to be valuable one.
As to the debt incurred for these pub
lie works. Monterey will be loaded with
this interest for a long time to come.
and whether 1t will be able to pay the
principal remains to be seen.
Americans in Mexico
There are several thousand Ameri
cans here in Monterey. They are in
terested in the stores. in plantations
and in other businesses. There is a
newspaper puDllSHed III EnBllSn anu
Spanish, and a number of our citizens
have bought lands along the road from
here to Tampico. / had a talk with
Consul General Philip c. Hanna. who
has had charge of our foreign bust
ness in northern Mexico for the past
13 years. He has his office in this city
and has IL consuls under him, sta
toned in different parts of the north
ern half of the republic, from whom
he receives frequent reports. He tells
me that Mexico was on the edge of
a boom at the time the revolution broke
out and that the republic had then at
least $4,000 Americans who were en-
gagged in business of one kind an
other There were 10000 or 10000 in
northern Mexico and little colonies in
every city of size. Since the revolution
some of these people have left but the
exodus was composed chiefly of the
wives and children of those Americans
who lived in out-of-the-way districts
and of Americans who have gone away
on account of the depressed business
state which the unsettled conditions
have caused. There are still many
American business men scattered all
over Mexico. General Hanna thinks the
number is perhaps so per cent of that
before the revolution began. He tells
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disappear. A certain amount of this
food is given away to the very poor.
but the greater part of it is sold and
the proceeds pooled among the upper
servants.
Economies are also to be effected in
the present heavy annual sums that
King George and Queen Mary spend in
travelling. Roughly speaking the trav-
cling expenses of the royal family and
household amount in the year to about
s125. 900 So simple and short journey
as move of the court from Buck
ingham palace TO York cottage-a
railway journey Of but 102 miles-sel-
dom costs less than S100.
A special train Is usually ordered.
but the cost of this would be greatly
Iessencd If the crowd of servants that
usually move with the court were re-
duced At present some go servants
move with the court, necessitating the
chartering of two railway coaches In
addition to the royal saloon--in which
the King and Queen and members Of
the household trayel--and then there
are always at least three luggage vans
chartered.
In future. when the court moves be-
tween London and York cottage or
Windsor castle. the journey Will be
made by ordinary trains unless On
special occasions, the royal saloon be-
ing, of course provided Tor the King
and Queen But the number of SER
wants that will move with the court
and the quantity CT luggage taken will
be greatly reduced and by this econ
omy the King will save at least $3.50
every journey. which viii amount to a
gross total saving Of not less than
$4,000 in the year. The cost of all the
royal journeys about England and
abroad win be cut proportionately. and
1t is hoped this viii result in total
saving of about $4,000 year.
His reduced expenditure on gifts NAV
save the King ANYTHING from $4,000
TO 100000 a year IN various household
contracts. such as those for laundry
work, which last year cost s3IJ 2. and
lighting and coal. another s10,0V0 may
be saved. one way and another the
new economies, on paper at all events.
Will save King George $15o,0oo year.
queen Victoria saved a considerable
fortune out of the royal maintenance
allowance which. in her reign, was
many thousands less than ii is today.
hut King Edward always declared no
English sovereign would ever again be
able TO save a penny out of the main
fxt4 .ra... all rl
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-
King Edward.
and intimate frie
in whose hands hf
his private investl
was about s750.t
died than when ht
King George n;
mites for making
hardly troubles t.
and contempt for
IIauter finance VI
with and useful q
vide $500. .o0o 70
dren King George
TO save II. or find
estates. which wl
sible and If atten'
cause n great dea
sension in the ro1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

This Is one of the human phases OF TINS
world of Mexico, a world which was born
when the Spaniards began to marry the
Aztecs in the days of the Montezuinas.
Physically there is no fasrer world IN THIS
universe of matter, and in natural re-
sources there is none richer Let me
give you some idea of its extent There
are only four other republics on this hem
isphere which have as much land. Mex
leo is equal to the whole United states
east of the Mississippi river, and ITS
coast line on the Atlantic and the Pa
olfic is so great that If it could be joined
il would extend from San Francisco To
London and leave some to spare. 1t would
more than reach from Los Angeles to Ma
ula In the Philippine islands The coun-
try Is about as long as from New YORK
10 Salt Lake City, and its breadth at the
top Is as great as the distance between
Philadelphia and Indianapolis. The lanel
is shaped like a great horn, the roots of
which are fastened to the United States.
end the tip of which is Yucatan. Ii
slopes from both sides to the top, and
there are ridges with great mountains up
holding a vast rolling tableland, the most
of which is a mile above the sea. The
mountains comprise some of the highest
Of the Rocky mountain system, Mount
Orizaba being over 1900 feet high, and
Popocatepetl only few hundred feet
lower Mexico has volcanoes as high as
Fixes Peak, the names of which VIC
hardly know, and it has more than l.
which range from two miles to three and
cne-half miles in altitude
Crops All the Year Round
This land is one of many climates, and
of almost every crop desired by man. In
the low coast lands are all the fruits OF
the tropics, and American companies are
now setting out banana plantations not
far from the Mexican gulf. A little higher
up coffee grows, and in other sections
rubber can be proftably raised.
Here on the plateau the climate is like
an Ohio June all the year round. The
air is pure as the winter winds which
sweep over Egypt from the Iibyan desert
ard Greece can furnish no more beautiful
skies.
Where | am now writing is only about
1900 feet above sea level, but in the pas
I have travelled over the whole of this
Mexican plateau, and l doubt whether
there is a more healthful country any
where upon earth. The air is so rare that
one can see many miles farther than III
the eastern parts of the United States
ard il is so filed with ozone that you
seem to be breathing champagne. Tht
skies seem closer to the earth than a'
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1far had close
)gh finance
direction a
a result ho
when he
the throne.
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his dislike
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
INDICATIONS FAVORABLE
FOR BITTER ROOT ROAD

Fl. M. Sloan, president of the Bitter
Root Valley Irrigation company. stop
ped in MissOula last night on his way
home from Helena where he has been
on business for several days. When
asked for anything OF interest con-
corning the prospects of the building
of the Decentralization railway, MI.
Sloan stated that he could say but
little that is of interest. Il only know
What | have been tOld.' said he. Our
instructions have been to close up the
rlght-of-WaN as fast as possible and
this, as you know, we are doing. It
Will not take long now to complete
the transactions necessary to have
secured the whole strip of ground
through the valley that we need. 1t
is understood that this is all that
stands in the way of beginning actual
construction although no definite word
to this effect has been received
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR SALES
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR
OVER TWELVE BILLION FEET
OF TIMBER.

Within the last few days the timber
sales business of the forest service
has leaped forward with a mighty
bound. Last Sunday The Muscular
reported that applications We're on
hand in the office of the district for
ester here for more than seven billion
feet of timber of his district. Yester-
day District Forester Silcox reported
that applications had been received to
bring the total mount applied for to
about twelve billion feet. The COM
Jig season promises to be rich in
timber sales said the district for
ester" We are getting things lined
up now so definite figures can be
given on the tracts applied for with
but short notice and from the de-
mand it appears that the purchasers
mean business. Every effort is being
made to handl these applications as
speedily a possible. The forest SER
vice is just as anxious to sell timber
and make a showing in these sales as
the lumbermen are to purchase
Receipts from timber sales for this
district for the month of January
was about $4,000. This is more than
twice as much as the receipts for the
same month of 1912.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
EXCHANGE Of LANDS
MOVING ALONG
MONTANA'S SWAT WITH THE Gov
EMINENT TO BE FINISHED
THIS SUMNER.

Matters are progressing very fav-
orably in connection with the proposed
exchange of lands between the govern
ment and the state of Montana said
District Forester F. A. Silcox yester-
day. The general agreement, of
course. is all settled. What remains
to be done now is the examination
and classification of the lands included
in the areas to be transferred and this
work can not proceed until the neces-
saly funds are available. The state
had provided $4,000 as it's share of
this expense and when a like amount
is made available for the use of the
forest service, which will probably be
lone soon, we can proceed. Crews
will be organized then and the work
will be done under the supervision OF
forest officers but with the state. rep
resented on each crew. We have
been working a long time on this
scheme and the work will be pushed
as fast as possible once we get started.
1t should be finished BY the end of the
summer
Mr.. Silcox spent several days the
first part Of the week with the sup
erviSOr of the Jefferson forest at Great
Falls. Returning he stopped in Hell
ena to discuss the land exchange with
members of the state. land department.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
HEYFRCN IS HOME
WITH PRISONER
GEORGE MYERS, WANTED FOR
WHITE SLAVERY, BROUGHT
FROM LOS ANGELES.

Gilbert j. Heyfron, appointed a spe-
cial deputy sheriff to make the trip to
Los Angeles after George Myers,
wanted here on a charge of white
with his prisoner, after having enjoyed
a splendid trip. Myers was arrested
here some months and gained his
liberty to await trial on bonds. of
$1,000. He jumped his bail and dis
appeared. About 10 days ago Sheriff
Kelley got word of his arrest by i'm
migration Officers in Los Angeles and
Mr.. Heyfron was deputized to make
the trip because, as assistant county
attorney, he could make an investiga-
ton CT the case in Los Angeles and
bring home some good evidence to be
used in the trial.
II had a fine trip" said Mr.. Hey
from last night. Il came home in slow
stag s, travelling only in the daytime,
taking no chances with my prisoner.
! met Governor Johnson in Sacra-
mento, where | went for ~extradition
papers | spent three days in Los
Angeles looking up evidence in the
case and n day spent some time
With Missoula people there. Among
these We're D.. r. Beck and family, p.
j. Kline and wife, Mrs. Forbis, Tug
Wilson and a number of Others / met
and shook hands with Attorney CAR
ence DarroW and also Mayor Alex
ander of Los Angeles. Or my way
home / stopped at San Francisco and
had a short visit with my cousin, Mrs.
Dan Morrison, formerly Miss Lilly
B~eauchaine of Missoula. | saw G. f.
Woodwork there, TOO, and had unch
With Leonard Hammond. On the way
to Portland | stopped at salem and
should bob up at the station but
a. j. Breitenstein. One day was spent
in Portland and happened to butt"
into a Michigan luncheon there, to be
happily surprised at meeting four men
from my division of the law school.
/ certainly enjoyed that visit. Alto
gether my trip was most enjoyable"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-08
AN |NF0MAL Dinner
FOR DR.. WILEY
MEDICAL SOCIETY ARRANGES
PLEASANT GATHERING WITH
HONORED GUEST.

After the lecture last evening the
Missoula County Medical society gave
an informal dinner at the Palace
hotel in honor of DR.. Wiley. Presi-
dent C%raighead paid DR.. Wiley a very
high compliment for his distinguished
service to the country and humanity,
and expressed the great appreciation
Of the physicians and citizens GEN.
orally for the privilege of hearing him
speak and of having the honor of his
visit to the city.
DIR. Wiley Responded in a happy
vein, contrasting the work of the
physician of today with that of days
gone by. He eulogiZed the medical
fraternity as a body Of philanthropists
without equal. who you'd prolong
life, Danish disease. and thus befriend
humanity, though by so doing they
reduce their own profit and make
their business and emoluments less.
He spoke hopefully of the future, and
believes the time will speedily come
when human life will be still longer.
In his span it has risen an average
of four years. He believes he will
live to see human life conserved as it
should be, n expressed his salts
faction with the hopeful progress
made.
DR.. Farnsworth, president Of the
medical society, presided and told of
the pleasure he and his associates had
in thus showing DR.. Wiley their APP
probation Of his work in behalf of
humanity.
The following were present: From
the ,1niversity-President Craighead
M Faculty members Kemp, Elrod
and Whitlock. Dentists-Drs. Nc
Comb, Rider, Ellis and Lohnbakken.
Physicians-Drs. Farnsworth, Dodds,
Rordeau, Mills, Buckley, Mccullough,
Fitzgerald, Smith, Fuller, Whiting and
Mccall; Mr.. Hit Of the bureau of
statistics of the department of agri-
culture for Montana and Idaho.