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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24
Commissioner Downing Is
Demonstrating What
Should Always BE.
PLACING LAMPS, TOO
Work Will Continue Until
the Funds Have Be
come Exhausted.

That C. NJ. Downing, commissioner
Of streets and lighting. was in earnest
when he made the assertion a few
days ago that he was determined to
demonstrate during the remainder or
the present administration how n city
should be lighted and its streets kept
clean, is apparent from the fact that
there is more activity along these
lines than probably ever before in the
city's history.
New are lights are being placed
where they have been needed many
months. while the street flushing and
sweeping crews have been working
overtime in their efforts to trans
form Tulsa into "A spotless town. AL
though there may not be sufficient
funds to keep up this all-important
work until there is a change of ad-
ministratiou, 1t will be seen what is
possible when there are funds with
which to work.
Mr.. Downing's funds are subject
to call That is, a percentage Of the
lighting fund may be necessary to
stimulate the contingent and salaries
funds, both of which now are in bad
condition. Exactly how much will
he transferred is not known, but
whatever il Is, there In all probability
VIII ne enough Icit To make an eye
opening demonstration for the bene-
fit of the taxpayers.
If II Were Possible.
Commissioner Downing realizes
that Tulsa s streets should he kept
clean, as clean streets are among the
most valuable assets a city can have.
Unfortunately, however. he has been
without sufficient money TO employ
block men, Or even a man for two
or three blocks, let alone street
flushing and sweeping crews and the
laborcrs necessary to haul away ref
use which has been accumulated.
II the money i'm the street and light
ing funds had been previously used
as it now is being used the funds
would soon have become exhausted.
something which would have brought
about n condition of affairs dcplorahlc
10 an extreme. as then ii would have
been impossible TO give the streets
the occasional attention they received
through the expenditure Of compara-
lively small sums.
The spectacle Of liberal gangs Of
men securing the business streets is
some. hing new to the average resi-
dent of this city. but II is probable
% Will become commonplace before
the funds now NJ the disposal of Mr..
Downing have been exhausted.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24

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mo, mum; it crawlcd up ho'ind me
wen I wasn't lookin'--an' just hit me
like, In the lcgI gI'--Bystarder.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24
Navy Secrets to Be
Aired at Hearing Today

Continued from Page One.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-24

Something Worse, Maybe.
500 hCrC. I'm told You called mo a
.lIlthCriuc ltiot I did not Rith-
trrS : ar adjective I rcNcc use. --
sH mauENam Acc-lVrald
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

the allotment was made, all the men,
bers of the nationa. guard being then
in the service Of the United States.
Butte.-With the discovery of a
counterfeit $40 bank note by the as
sistant cashier of the Silver Bow Ma
tional bank, a letter has been received
from the treasury department at
Washington warning banks to be on
the lookout for the 'cleverest bit Of
forgery ever committed in the United
States" The forgery is of a fed
eral reserve note and several of the
counterfeits have been passed in
Butte.
Great Falls.-James +. Stanford,
president of the Conrad Banking COM
pany of Great Falls, and George H.
Stanton, president of the Stanton
Bank & Trust company, have institut-
ed proceedings in the district court for
the final settlement of the Conrad
Brothers. estate and for an allowance
for services as trustees, for which they
aver they have received nothing. They
allege that they have handled in excess
of $2.00O,0O0 in estate funds.
Helena commercial club has
decided that the Helena band must be
revived and has guaranteed to pro-
vide positions in the city for IL mu-
sicians who will be imported. The
organization disintegrated last spring
through the departure of number Of
musicians from the city to take jobs
elsewhere. Uniforms, a musical libra
ry and musical instruments remain on
hand in good measure. Only the men
are lacking.
Helena.-So far as the application
of the compensation law is concerned,
S. s. Brownson of the Bitter Root val
ley, is dead, although from his own
standpoint he is very much alive. An
order has been made bv the state in
dustrial accident board for Brownson
to receive payment for total perman-
ent disability, the payments being the
same that would 90 to his heirs had
he been killed. Brownson, who was
permanently injured in the Mountain
View mine, was paid originally for
partial disability. He claimed that he
never again be able to work and an
investigation corroborated this. He
will receive $3,116. the difference be-
tween the total to which he is entitled
and the sum already paid to him.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Vigilantes for participation in the
operations Of gang of robbers.
Plummer Chosen Sheriff
of Madison County.

The discovery Of gold lin Alder
gulch and the resultant stampede
made necessary some sort Of organiza-
tion there and an election was held
on June 8, the day the mining claims
were staked. The political division
in the name of which the election was
conducted was styled Fairweathar dis
trict. DR.. G. G. Bissel was chosen
judge of the miners court, Richard
Todd sheriff and Henry Edgar recor-
der.
j. B. Caven was chosen sheriff of
Madison county at an election held
Septebmer 3, 1868. Caven resigned
within few weeks and Henry Plum
mer, then sheriff of the Grasshopper
district but who was destined to be-
come chief of the "road agents."
was elected as his successor.
Interest in civic affairs was re-
vived somewhat with the establish
ment of Montana as a separate ter
ritory in 1864. At .he first election
held October "a, after the formation
of the territory, Madison county cast
5.2S6 votes, of which Virginia City
polled 2,31O and Nevada 1906. just
four years before, when the federal
census was taken, the population OF
the entire Montana area, exclusive OF
Indians, had been less than 300.
First Municipal Election
at Virginia City.
Virginia City was incorporated by
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Balloting Confined to
Single Sheet Of Paper.

Another election was held under
the laws of Washington TERRITORY July
IA, 1862, when polls were opened at
Hell's Gate, Jocko Agency, Fort
Owen; at Gold Creek, in what is now
Powell county, and in Deer Lodge
precinct on Pioneer creek, a quarter
Of mile from the present village
Deer Lodge. The only contest W.
for representative in the legislature.
l.. l.. Blake of Pioneer creek was
elected over c. T. Higgins, but he
never attended the sessions. James
Stuart was elected sheriff.
AS this was before the days of the
Australian ballot, it was the custom
in the Montana mining camps to con-
fine the proceedings in each precinct
to a single sheet of paper, which con-
tanned the names of all the voters.
The tally sheet of Deer Lodge pre-
cinct at this second election has been
preserved. 1t gives the name of 81
persons entitled to vote, but leaves
a blank opposite one showing that he
failed to exercise the franchise.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

the legislature Of Idaho January 30,
1864, and by the legislative assembly
Of Montana ON December 80 of that
year. Under the last act the first
municipal election IN Montana was
held in the spring cf 1865. Conven-
tions of the republican and democratic
parties met at Virginia City in 1864
and 1865 and nominated candidates
for territorial delegate to congress
and other offices.
The first election held in the pres
ent Lewis and Clark county was the
general election of October, 1864.
There were only two polling places in
the present limits Of the county, one
in Last Chance, now Helena, and the
other at Silver City. To jefferson
county, which included the later Lewis
and Clark, one member of the terri
torial council and three members of
the house were assigned. The entire
vote of Jefferson county was 630. At
Last Chance the election was held
in a saloon kept by E. S. Peck, itself
in the back part of the dwelling house
of Abraham Mast, close to the present
business center Of Helena.
Irregularity Noted by
Governor in Message.
The earliest elections in Montana
were highly informal and in many
cases the offices to which candidates
were elected had never been created
by law. An instance of the contempt
for the slowness Of regular Legislative
procedure is shown in the action OF
the Missoula county commissioners in
removing the county seat in 1866
from He'll Gate to Missoula, on its
own responsibility, later serving notice
of the change on the territorial gov
ernment.
That much of this irregularity per
sisted for years is evident from Cover
nor Ashley's message to the legisla
ture at the sixth session, in 1869, il
which he says:
"In canvassing the result of tn
late territorial election, the entire alb
sence of anything in the form of
certificate from one county, and tn
unformality of returns from others
impressed me with the necessity o
additional legislation, in order to Sc
cure in the future, election return
free from such irregularities. "
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

purposes and was allowed one repre-
sentative with Spokane.
The election called by the two COM
missioners was held in June or July
of that year. Polls were opened at
Fort Owen, near the site of the pres
ent Stevensville in what is now Ra-
valli county; at Jocko agency and at
Hell's Gate, near the present Mis-
soula. The entire poll Of IA went to
Lander for territorial delegate to con-
gress, although two others, Wallace
and Garfield, also ran. DR.. Bates of
Spokane county was chosen repre-
sentative.
Personnel of Earliest
Winning County Ticket.
The following county ticket was
elected:
Probate judge, Henry Cloren.
Treasurer, John Beadle.
Sheriff, William T. Hamilton.
Auditor, Frank H. Woody.
County commissioners, Granville
Stuart, c. P. Higgins and H. Van
Dorm.
Justice of the peace, Henry
Brooks.
"None of the officers qualified
except the county commissioners,
auditor and justice of the peace,'
says Judge Woody in sketch written
in 1876, "and as there was no bust
ness to transact, no records were kept.
The commissioners let once or twice
but had no business, no bills to audit
nor assessment rolls to correct. The
only business for county commission
ers and their clerks in those days was
to meet annually to canvass the votes
of the different precincts and serve
their constituents without reward.'
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Teachers Association to Meet.

The Montana State Teachers asso-
citation will convene at Missoula on
November 81, % and 20. Among the
distinguished speakers from outside
the state will be President Henry Suz-
zallo of the University of Washington,
and Miss Caroline Crawford of Teach
ers' College, Columbia university. Miss
Crawford, who is noted lecturer on
dramatic art, will speak on "Drama-
tization-The Principles That Every
Teacher Should Know
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Teachers Association to Meet.

The Montana State Teachers asso-
citation will convene at Missoula on
November 81, % and %. Among the
distinguished speakers from outside
the state will be President Henry Suz-
zallo of the University of Washing
ton. and Miss Caroline Crawford of
Teachers College. Columbia univer-
sity. Miss Crawford, who is a noted
lecturer on dramatic art, will sneak
on "Dramatization-The Principles
That Every Teacher Should Know"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
DAUGHTERS of the Revolution.

At the state conference of the Mon
tana Daughters Of the Revolution held
in Butte October 19, Mrs. Charles A.
Blackburn of Butte was elected state
regent; Mrs. M. w. Atwater Of Hell
ena, vice regent; Mrs. Charles S. Pass
more of Butte, secretary; Mrs. Hill of
Bozeman, registrar; Mrs. D. J. Fitz-
gerald of Livingston, treasurer; Mrs.
Virginia Wright Of Helena, historian.
The next annual conference will be
held in Livingston.
During the past year the organiza-
tion placed in memorial Continental
hall, Washington, D. c., a beautiful
silk state flag, the design being q
blue field with the seal of the state
of Montana wrought in gold and col
ors. They also contributed $50
scholarship to the Martha Berry
school in Georgia and sent more thar
$500 to the Belgium relief fund.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
MONTANA W@M]EM OM THE
NEWS OF THE WEEK

new monthly magazine financed, man
aged and edited by women lawyers Of
New York City. Its object is to draw
the attention of women to their legal
status in all states and open an in
quiry column wherein they may be ad-
vised in such matters free of charge.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

Virginia City was incorporated by
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

In Cuc pTcS1ucIllldl cltCt1ollS VI Alo
history, Montana has gone Demo-
cratic three times and three times Re-
publican. 1t has been with losers and
with winners. In the first election
following the grant Of statehood Mon
tana 8 electoral vote was cast for Ben
iamin Harrison, in 1896 and 1900 it
was given to William Jennings Bryan,
in 1904 it went to Theodore Roose-
welt, in 1908 to William H. Taft and
in 1912 to Woodrow Wilson. The
present state administration is demo-
cratic, with the exception of the SEN
ate, in which the republicans have a
majority.
Prior to the last census Montana
had only three electoral votes. Now
it has four. It is conceivable that
these four votes may decide whether
Wilson shall continue president of
the United States another four years
or Charles E. Hughes shall succeed
him.
With Montana properly classed as
a doubtful state in the light of pre-
vious elections, the difficulty Of pre-
dieting the outcome is vastly increased
this year by the addition of the vote
of the women, only recently granted
the suffrage in this state.
AS Many as 10000 Women
May Go to Polls.
"We believe the women s vote will
be somewhere in the neighborhood of
% kh, tO1 tn
says G. E. LaFollette, secretary of the
democratic state central committee.
Assuming that 100000 of the regis
tration will go to the polls, this would
make the number of women voting
SO,OOO-or 10000 if the total vote cast
is 175,0OO.
When the question was put to him
regarding the number of women who
will exercise their right of franchise
at the Forthcoming election, 0. M.
Harvey, chairman of the republican
state central committee, issued the
following statement:
eff the weather is fine on election
day, I predict that not far from TO-
900 Montana women will east their
votes. My basis for these figures is
the following:
"The total live registration is not
far from 100000, of which approx
mately forty per cent, or $4,000. are
women. I shall not be surprised if
fully IS DER cent of the registered
women appear at the polls.
"Of course, weather conditions may
make much difference in this vote.'
First Elections Held
West of Divide.
The first elections in Montana were
held west of the divide in what ther
was Missoula county of Washington
territory. The bill creating Missouli
county was passed in December, 1860
by the legislative assembly of Wash
ington territory. This bill appointed
C. P. Higgins, F. L. Worden and T
w. Harris county commissioners, NJ
w. Upton sheriff and H. NJ. Chas'
justice of the peace. Only two o
these officers qualified, Higgins ant
Harris, and the only business the'
did was to advertise an election il
1861 and canvass the votes. Th'
county was attached to Spokan
county for judicial and Legislative
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Girl Clerk Gets Big Farm.

Waterloo, Ia.-A 32O-acre farm has
been received by Miss Margaret Nor
gan, clerk in local department store,
from E. j. Muenich, formerly a Sioux
City auctioneer, in settlement Of a
$4,000 judgment obtained from Nue.
Mich in the districe court at Lemars,
following trial of her breach of prom
Use suit.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

Half the world doesn't stop to con-
slider that it is none of its business
how the other half lives.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
Yellowstone Women Voters.

Thirty-two per cent of the registered
voters of Yellowstone county are wo-
men.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03

A girl likes to listen to soft moth
ings-when they mean something.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-03
General Election Held for
Members of Legislature.

There were Is to 20 more men in
the camp, but some were immigrants
who had not been in the county
long enough to vote, while others
were foreigners who had not been
naturalized. The voting was done
in the log cabin of p. w. NJ. Meadow,
A. S. Blake and l.. l.. Blake, who
had been placer mining in Pioneer
creek. There were no political lines
in this election.
A general election was held in De-
tober, 1868. for members of the legis-
lature after the creation of the ter
ritory Of Idaho, which included Mon
tana. In the meantime throughout
the greater part of the new country
there were no officers of any kind
each mining district CONSTITUTING
virtually an independent republic
Local Officers, where there were any
for the most part considered thei,
positions honorary. excent in the not
able case of the sheriff of Madison
county who was executed by the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-02-03
Fl ere Girls
Is what
SIZE Wore

Mrs. Wilson followed the presi-
dent in getting off the train at the
Northwestern depot when they Wis
tied Milwaukee Monday. She wore
a sealskin coat, with wide band
OF sable fur at the bottom, with
cuffs end collar of the same. Her
black hat, which was of medium
size, was turned up at the left side.
and was trimmed with winged trim
ming. She carried no muff, but
ivory white kid gloves, and carried
modest black vanity bag. At her
neck, just little to the left of her
throat, she wore an exquisite Law
ender orchid. She smiled pleasant
ly at the crowd as she entered the
limousine.
Mrs. Wilson did not join in the
applause which greeted the presi-
dents remarks at the Auditorium
but smiled approvingly. She smiled
constantly at those in the au-
dience, who looked toward her
box. e Her gown of black velvet
chiffon had bodice of black tucked
chiffon with Alice blue trimming on
the front. She wore the exquisite
orchids given by the women of the
reception committee. Secret serv-
ice men and local detectives guard
ed the box and DR.. Grayson sat
close to her. Mrs. Wilson looked
tired and worn, but when she
smiled showing the rows of perfect
white teeth, the look of WEAKNESS
seemed to leave her face.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-02-03

On Saturday night about IL o'clock
the thread parted and the anxious hours
for Mrs. r. A. Cowan we're over About
5 o'clock the previous Saturday Mr..
Cowan. for many years superintendent
of the Madison division of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway, died
from an attack of the grip. being
Ill about three days. About week be-
fore his death Mrs. Cowan was taken
i'll with the dreaded complaint and al
though she was stronger during her
husbands last illness, grew worse at
the time of his departing, She was too
weak to attend the funeral of her hus-
band at the Presbyterian church on
Tuesday and not long after suffered a
stroke, Before becoming Unconscious
she fully realized her husband was gone
but for some time before her death
she was in comatose state and little
or no hope was entertained for her re-
cOvery. After the funeral of Mr.
COWan, relatives realized she was 30 i'll
they did not leave Baraboo. During the
last sad rites for Mr.. Cowan at the
Presbyterian church, w. w. Perry,
grand lecturer of the Masonic order,
spoke two or three times in such a way
that he seemed to realize the separation
of the devoted couple would not be for
many days.
R. A. Cowan and Miss Anna M. Will
lott were married May 4. 1869. She
was born in Boone county, Illinois,
sixty-six years ago.
They came to Baraboo in 1872, one
year after the advent of the Chicago &
Northwestern road. He was assistant
train dispatcher at that time and later
rose to the office of superintendent of
the division. They spent their married
life in Baraboo and became surrounded
by wide circle of relatives, neighbors
and friends who now mourn a place
made desolate. There are no children
so the home has been wiped out-a
home into which there had entered so
much of the kindliest esteem and out Of
which there had gone 80 much of the
richest abenevolence to all the world
about.
Mrs. Cowan leaves one brother and
one sister:
j. S. Willott. Capron, Ill.
Mrs. M. A. Warren. Bara boo.
Funeral Tuesday at 2:3O at the Pres
byterian church.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-02-03
+ I'm eral Of
Mrs. CoOQn
(From Tuesdays Dally.)

Just week after the funeral of her
husband, the last sad rites were said
this afternoon for Mrs. r. A. Cowan.
The services were at the same church,
at the same hour, by the same minister,
with the same singers, the same organ
list, the same songs being sung and with
the same scripture being read.
There was a large number of rela-
tives. friends and neighbors at the
Presbyterian church to attend the ser
vices conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.
c. Henke. The musical numbers were
given by Mrs.G W. Snyder and Miss
Olga Reinking, with Mrs. A. Oh. Reisz
at the organ. The numbers sang were
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "Some.
day Wen Understand.
The pastor read the same scripture
as the week before-those words in
which occur I'm My Fathers House
are Many Mansions. He spoke of her
home ofShospitality, her genuine friend
ship and other splendid attributes. 1t
was her wish that she early join her
husband in the beyond.
There were many beautiful flowers
from relatives and friends and sincere
regretssat this sad occasion.
The bearers were M. Riney, Fl. l..
Halsted, W. j. Power, J. w. Davis,
C. FL. Evenson Baraboo; and G. Fl
Tenney, Madison.
The following from out of town were
in attendance at the funeral:
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Willott.
Miss Lucille. Willott, Capron, Illinois
Joseph Willott, Manitowoc.
John P. Gething, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
Mrs. George Willott, Madison
Mrs. H. Ii. Noble, Chicago.
Mrs. Isabella Hoyt, Chicago.
Mrs. d. c. Cowan, Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Briggs, Chicago.
Frank Cowan, Chicago.
James Wright, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ball, Poplar
Grove, Illinois.
Mrs. w. Fl. Bloomer, st. Louis,
Missouri.
Carl FL. Tenney, Madison.
Robert Osborne, Madison.
Mrs. Cowan's cousin, John T.
Getting, formerly station agent at
Madison, her cousin, former Assembly
man Joseph Willott, Manitowoc and
others have been here since Mr.. Cowan
died.