Iditarod pioneer., 1914-11-14
ENDING OF A METEORIC CAREER

There died Syracuse N Y last week when he should have been the enjoyment of physical maturity and the fruits o M remarkable mental pmen man to whom future hstoFan H refer to pont moral and adorn tale. Having dSspaed F splendid powers both physical and mental during his brief but darng career after having demonstrated remarkable ability s chosen profession his end came under the shadow o the Nemesis Of the a and with the indications pointing to sulcldes death
 decade ago the of Montana with the praises ot young who had appeared the of political and corporation cor rupon which peeaed that state and he hailed as Moses "o would lead the people of the wilderness ot corporation control
 The great Amaganaed Copper Company adjunct of the Standard Oil Company rapidly possession ot the rich resources o the Treasure State only mining but in all branches ot human endeavor To accomplish bae purposes legislatures were
 oed dictated and public officials generally were under the thumb of the gigantic corporation which, like the octopus to winch
 had been compared gradually but surely enVmng its tenae around young commonwealth and absorbing its lite blood 10 give battle this gigantic opponent Augustus fenze young mining engineer daring energetic master o s potesslon and possessed of personality which him friends by the thousands
 He received with by the people, who showed helr con- hdence him every possible and not too much say that he could have had political honor the gt o the people of Montana few short later m name was exc crated every of the whose people he had hood and whose confidence he had betrayed his selfish ends The of Heinz if written the form of would provide work worthy of the elder Dumas
 Henze spenddy equipped for his chosen profession mining engineer made his appearance Bue the wonderful copper Montana shortly after having achieved great lures the then mining regions of British Columbia Bemg ay we'll provided with money he entered the Butte field and acquired apparently worthless property Subsequent proved that he had unann knowledge o the ore bodies of the district and also of the o titles properties The Amagamaed at th tune endeaVomg to all of the mines the Butte district and with few exceptions had succeeded gaining possession of all those located the famous Anaconda h the richest hill the world the Montana news papers delighted to call it.
 enze commenced operations claim entirely surrounded by Anal gamaed properties and engaged extracting the rich ore but conflict with the big corporation the right to mine bodies The taken into the couts and developed of the most famous litigation the hs tory of the Vest In the meantime court orders beng violated by both parties the controversy fights between rival cured the workings thousands of feet below the surface o the ground which workmen killed and property destroyed and the whole community ferment the struggle The people almost unanimously with enze the controversy and the game of politics reored gain advantage Legislatures elected pass his favor and judges created who would pass avoraby upon his He became political boss supreme and such his position that he able to have the lower pass avoab upon his and the supreme confirm the judgments Thus being the famous apex desion which has become generally recognized law He most hb era boss and besides spending money freely among hencmen he had enacted eghour law for and metermen and other
 legislation favorable the workngmen that they almost ldozed him. All this the Anal gamaed had been trying purchase his and get rid of troublesome opponent enze, clever political speaker well manpuator constantly that he would sell the big company contingency which the wongmen feared which shared also by the small business and others This the of continuing hm power and such pass that the Amalgamated