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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-20

by anything we saw on those 5000
miles. AS our highway systems are
completed, increasing thousands from
other parts of the nation will be COM
ing here to enjoy our unbelievably
beautiful country. Why wouldn't it be
better to SO build our highways that
they will match in attractiveness the
natural beauties of generous nature2
Is it necessary to strip the highways
of every vestige of verdure? Elsewhere
trees and bushes, flowers and shrubs
are allowed to grace the roadways,
right to the very edge of the pave
ments. And where they do not grow
naturally, they are being planted, in
the search for beauty and attractive
ness. We of the West should learn a
lesson from this practice and stop rob-
bing our highways of much of the
natural beauty nature has given them.
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PAYING DELINQUENT TAXES.

The last legislature passed two bills
with regard to payment of delinquent
taxes, says the Montana Taxpayer. One
was Senate Bill S. which is now Chap
So, Sess. Laws 1895 This law provides
that property may be redeemed from
delinquent taxes when the certificate
of tax sale is held by the county, by
payment of the original taxes without
penalty or interest, provided such pay
ment is made before December /, 1886
This act was attacked by suit brought
directly in the supreme court and that
court held the act to be constitutional
and valid SO that it is now in full force
and effect. This law does not permit the
payment of such delinquent taxes in
installments but requires that the full
amount of the delinquent taxes as orig
inally levied, without penalty or in
terest, must be paid in one payment.
The other bill was Substitute Senate
Bill Is, which now appears. as Chap.
lag Sess. Laws 1885. This law provides
for the payment of taxes, delinquent
prior to December |, 1884, in INSTALL
ments over a period of not exceeding
ten years. Under its provisions both
penalty and interest must be included
in the total amount to be paid and the
person desiring to pay such taxes must
enter into an agreement with the coun-
ty stating the total amount of taxes,
penalty and interest, and the number of
installments in which the amount shall
be paid The attorney general has rend-
cred an opinion holding that this act is
unconstitutional and therefore inopera-
tive
Taxpayers having property on which
taxes are delinquent cannot, under
such opinion of the attorney general,
redeem such property by entering into
an agreement for the payment Of such
taxes in installments, as was attempted
to be authorized by Chap 149, but, if
they desire to redeem such property,
they must pay the full amount of all
delinquent taxes, as originally levied,
without penalty or interest, as provided
by Chap. So.
BY the time the levies are fixed in
August, crop prospects will be pretty
definite With a crop in sight prospects
for heavy payment of delinquent taxes
will be excellent and should with safety
make lower levies possible.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of James E. Leary, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, the administrator of the estate
of James E. Leary, DECEASED, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary YOU
cheers, within four months after the
first publication of this notice to the
said administrator at Libby, Montana,
in the County of Lincoln, State of
Montana, the same being the place for
the transaction Of the business of said
estate.
JAMES ED LEARY,
Administrator of the Estate of said
Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this 18th
day of May, 1885.
BLACKBOARD & BLACKBOARD
Libby, Montana
Attorneys for Petitioner m30- j20-4t
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the District Court of the Eleventh
judicial District Of the State Of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Lincoln.
In the matter of the estate and
guardianship of Grover c. Bowen and
James Bowen, minors.
1t appearing to this court from the
petition heretofore presented and filed
by E. NJ Bitterman, the guardian of
the persons and estates of Grover c.
Bowen and James Bowen, minors,
praying for an order of sale of GER
tain real estate belonging to said wards
that it is necessary that such real
estate should be sold.
1T IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
next Of kin Of the said wards and all
persons interested in said estates ap-
pear before this court on Friday, the
9th day Of July, 1895, at 10 o'clock a.
m. IN the court room of this court at
the court house in the City of Libby,
Lincoln county, Montana, then and
there to show cause why an order
should not be made for the sale OF
said real estate.
And it is further ordered that a
copy Of this order be published at
least once a week for three consecu-
tive weeks IN the Western News, a
newspaper printed and published in
said Lincoln county.
Dated this dth day Of June, 1893, in
tire absence Of The Judge
fSEAL) FRET CLARK
lhzV= ll4-ot Clerk.
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WARRANT CALL

Upon presentation at office of Coun-
ty Treasurer, Libby, Montana, I will
pay the following registered Lincoln
County Warrants:
GENERAL F'UND-All registered
warrants,
ROAD DIST. No. ALI warrants
registered prior to February 7, 1885
except No. 1852.
BRIDGE FUND-All warrants regist-
cred prior to January IA, 1885, except
No. 6192
POOR FUND--All warrants regist-
cred prior to May Is, 1885
LIBRARY F'UND-All registered
warrants.
CO. HIGH sCHooL-All registered
warrants.
TROY HIGH sCHooL-All regist-
cred warrants.
FORTINE FIRE-All registered war
rants.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS-All regist-
cred warrants except Nos. ga and So
on School District No. a.
Interest ceases after this date, June
II, 1885.
VERNON BESSEY,
1t County Treasurer,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Great Falls, Montana,
May %, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that Harriet
H. Ralston, formerly Harriet H. Durfee,
of Libby, Montana, who, on July Is,
1882, made Homestead Entry serial No
O78545, for List 1-2971, or SWASWA-
SWASW4, S12NW14SWASE14, NE14-
SWl4SEA, E1aSW14SWASW14, SEA-
SW14SWA, S12NEASWASW14, SIP
N12SEASWl4, N1aSEASEA Section %
Township q NJ. Range 80 w. Prin.
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make three year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore J. w. Haigler, U. S. Commissioner,
at Libby, Montana, on the 9th day of
July, 1885.
Claimant names as witnesses. Mrs.
Lulu Lux, Mr.. George Wort, Mr.. r. O.
Burtch, Mr.. Bud Farrell all of Libby,
Montana
THOS. F. CORDIALLY,
j6-27-4t Register.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCK
HOLDERS MEETING.

To the Stockholders Of the Glacier
Silyer-Lead Mining Company.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that Special Meeting of the
stockholders Of the Glacier Silver-Lead
Mining Company will be held at the
Companys Mill, southeast of the town
Of Libby. in the County of Lincoln and
State Of Montana, on Saturday, the 9th
day of July, 1895, commencing at 2
D. m. Of said date.
The business to come before said
meeting is a proposal TO increase the
Capitalization of the Company from
Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars to
not to exceed One Million Dollars and
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Is YearsAkgo InLibby

(From the file OF the Western News
of June %, 1900
The main building of the John P.
dry goods and clothing departments,
was burned to the ground early Tues
day morning. the fire also burning the
adjoining building, owned by VIM.
Kienitz, in which Allen & Moorehouse
conducted a butcher shop. The fire
originated in the butcher shop but it
is not definitely known what started it,
The loss to the Wall stock of goods
and building is estimated at $4,000,
which is partially covered by insur-
ance.
There was nothing to it but Libby
in the baseball game Sunday between
Eureka and the local team. 1t was a
shut-out game for Eureka, not a man
on their team getting over the home
plate The score. Libby s. Eureka O.
The Dawson Lumber company's saw
mill was started up Friday, after hav-
ing, been closed down for about three
weeks while improvements were being
made. The capacity of the mill is to be
doubled through the improvements and
by the employment of two shifts of
workmen instead of one, as heretofore.
Leonia.-Once again over the hills
and valleys comes the glad echoing
sound of the Sylvante mill whistle,
for today the initial turn was made by
the new wheels of industry. The mill
was put in operation under happy
auspices and the experiment proved a
complete success.
The phyrotechnic end of Fourth of
July celebration would seem quite tame
to Libbyites after the dynamite bonn
bardment that has been in progress for
the past several weeks in blowing out
stumps on the TOWNSHIP
About 80 couples attended the whist
party given by the 'O6 club Tuesday
night, in the Lacharity building. Mrs
Thos. Switzer and John Weir won the
first prizes, Mrs. Ramsey Crotteau and
George Willis getting the consolation
prizes.
Capt A. J. McCorkle left Saturday
for Seattle and Tacoma on mining
business.
Elmer SWitzer came in last week
from Butte to visit relatives and friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. We'll Of Eureka
were spectators at the baseball game
Sunday
Attorney John CUTIE came in from
Eureka Saturday to attend the republi-
can meeting.
Frank Donovan went to Troy last
night, from which place he will 60 to
Nevada to see the big fight.
Mrs. NJ E. Jenkins, who has been
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. c. P.
Caring, for couple of weeks, returned
to her home in Spokane on Monday.
E. Austin, who came to Libby recent
~ from Missoula, has opened up a
carpenter shop and will remain here
permanently Mr.. Austin is also a cab
met maker
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Callow were in
town on Saturday and Sunday from
Troy. Mr.. Callow came as a committee
man to attend the republican meeting
Saturday night
John Albert Thorton, Il, and Miss
Josephine Baggs, 20, were granted a
marriage license in the clerk of district
courts office on June Is. Both of the
young people live in Troy
Mr.. Frank Mccarthy and Miss
Phoebe Gaslin were married last eve
ming at the E. w. Doe residence in
South Libby, he Rev. Henry M. Green,
pastor of the Episcopal church of Kali
ispell, performing the ceremony.
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SHOULD CONSERVE NATURAL
BEAUTY OF HIGHWAYS.

A traveller through the southern and
eastern sections of the United States
will be impressed by noticeable diff
ference between the highways of those
sections and the highways of the West.
In the South and East much time and
effort has been and is still being given
to identifying the highways. The re-
suit is most pleasing and III the years
to come will be increasingly so.
We were greatly impressed during
our recent auto tour through those
districts, by the very evident effort to
make the highways as appealing as
possible to passing tourists. 1t is a prac-
tice that should be followed more ex-
tensively in the West.
Frequently we ran onto sections of
highway where probably CCC men
had planted trees along the roadways,
there being young trees set out for
many miles on both sides of the pave
ment. We remember that in Louisiana
and Florida palm trees were frequently
to be found growing in rows on the
shoulders of the highways. There were
many instances at highway junction
points where the triangular patch of
ground enclosed by highways had been
parked and planted to trees. We also
remember crossing a beautiful bridge
over the Mississippi into Arkansas, On
the Arkansas side high and wide
earth fill had been built for a con-
siderable distance Along each side Of
this fill were the usual decorative rail-
ings for safety purposes. And spaced
at regular intervals along these rail-
ings there were rose bushes in full
bloom, with large beautiful blossoms.
Countless instances were noticed where
the sides Of cuts had been planted
either to grass or to decorative bushes.
This planting was probably for two
Pdi OSdulAiNdl1Dll vi IfiG
highway and to prevent erosion.
Throughout much of the district grass
grew right to the edge of the paved
highway.
Throughout much of the South and
from Florida north along the eastern
seaboard district into the New England
states, we drove through bowers of
green foliage for much of the distance.
Now and then the overlapping branches
Of the trees, meeting above us and
clothed in their fresh spring beauty,
provided veritable tunnel of foliage.
Through all this beauty the delighted
traveller passes, released from the glare
OF too potent sun and enjoying a cool
and pleasant shade from the heat Of
a midsummer day For many long
mile the highways are thus delight
fully marked in those sections.
In much of the West it is so different.
Here it seems to be the evident inten-
ton of the builders of highways TO
leave not even blade of grass on The
right Of way. All trees, bushes and
shrubs are religiously removed The
highway remains, thing perfect in
construction but occupying the center
of hundred feet Of desolation, onto
which the sun beats at MONDAY I'M
softened by a touch Of shade
After travelling for more than 5000
miles through the South and East, we
returned home more convinced than
ever that the West has an incompar-
able beauty, scenic lovliness I'M
matched in rugged strength and beauty
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NEW MYSTERY FILM LOADED
WITH SUSPENSE AND LAUGHS

A mystery story replete with sus-
pense. loaded with laughs and sprinkled
with a delightful romance marks Metro
Goidwyn- Mayors current comedy
drama. "One New York Night" which
shows at the Kootenai theatre, Thurs
day. Friday, Saturday.
Introducing new team to the public,
Franchot Tone, romantic leading man
and light comic. and Una Merkel,
pretty commedienne, are co-featured
in this film.
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to increase the capital stock of the
Company from Thirty-five Hundred
Thousand Shares to not to exceed Five
Million Shares, to be of the par value
of Twenty Cents each.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
F. W. KIESLING,
Secretary.
Dated this May 3Oth, 1895. m3O-i2O-4t
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largest Capitol Buildings

Next to the Capitol In Washington,
D. c., the Capitol building at Austin
Texas, Is the largest In the United
States
Evening star., 1935-12-15
japanese Colonization on Island of Mindanao
Threatens Ultimate Clash With Philippines
Land Lease Issue
Background for
Controversy.
Freedom. Seen Start
for Economic
Conquest.

suitcase 1t to Japanese, who would
furnish the capital and the labor and
develop it as a hemp or coconut
plantation. He would pay the Fill
pino 10 or IS per cent of the profits
and the Filipino would not have to
work.
Government Consented.
Although plainly in violation of the
Philippine land laws, the government
at Manila tacitly permitted, and Is
reported even to have encouraged the
development. Politicians, it is report
ed, would occasionally become exer-
cised over the situation, 90 down to
Davao and end up by taking out a
lease themselves and subletting it to
the industrious japanese. The prac-
tice was not confined to hemp lands,
but extended to forest lands, and the
Japanese have come into possession
of fine stands of timber which they
are cutting and shipping to Japan.
The majority of their hemp trade is
with the United States, and hemp
grown on their plantations. of the
highest quality, goes into the rope
used by the United States Navy. They
have acquired, according to figures
furnished me, IS per cent of Davao's
hemp production, which In turn
amounts to As or so per cent of the
Philippine Islands production, plac-
ing them in fair way to get
monopoly on the product when they
choose to do it.
In addition they have built rail-
roads for their lumber, roads for
their plantations which are more ex-
tenSive than Philippine built roads,
and their investment is placed at $25,-
0Q0, 900 to $50 0,000,0 900. about the size
of the Philippine national budget.
They have made this part of the
island prosperous and their Filipino
labor is well satisfied, preferring to
work for japanese. rather than Amer
leans or Europeans.
Last Fall the Philippine secretary
OF commerce and agriculture, Eulogio
Rodriguez. decided that the Japanese
holding illegal leases must be re-
moved. OF the estimated 100000
acres under control of the Japanese,
72,000 were said to be illegally held
A Filipino government agent came
to Davao and issued lease -cancella-
tion orders affecting some 1000 Jap
anese tenants, and the Filipino con-
stabulary officer, commanding a COM
pany of so constables at Davao, was
ordered to evict the japanese.
When was in Davao I asked the
constabulary officer why he didn't
carry out his orders. He shrugged his
shoulders expressively and asked what
Evening star., 1935-12-15

Japanese saw the opportunity and
made the best of it. which seems to
be in keeping with a national trait
of, character.
When the American troops finally
subdued the Moros on the island of
Mindanao the soldiers were encour-
aged to take out land through home
stead sites in this wonderfully rich
and promising country and to stay
there. They did not want to come in
contact with the Moros and they final
ly settled around the Gulf of Davao
in country that was wilderness, pop
ulated mainly by members of the
wild tribes" who lived chiefly on
fighting and fishing.
Americans Raised Abaca.
The Americans carved plantations
out of the wilderness and began rais-
ing abaca, or hemp, from which comes
the finest fiber for making rope-a
product, by the way. that apparently
grows better in the Philippine Islands
than anywhere else in the world. The
Americans were doing fairly well with
their plantations when the war sent
the price Of hemp to high levels, which
attracted the japanese to Davao.
They began coming in 1916 with ready
cash, which they spent in buying and
otherwise securing land from the
Americans. AS the Philippine land
laws prevent acquisition of public land
by individuals who are not FilipinoS
or Americans, or by corporations in
which the majority stock is not held
by Americans or Filipinos, the Japa-
nese began expanding their holdings
by subleasing land from Filipinos or
setting up corporations with dummy
directorS-Sometimes their Filipino
laborers-holding so per cent of the
stock. The leases on land would run
from 10 to Is years, at the end of
which time the land and all the i'm
provements would revert to the Fill
pino lessor, unless the japanese in the
meantime had acquired ownership
through marriage or some other
device.
The scheme proved mutually bene-
fetal to the Filipinos and to the Japa-
nese. The Filipino, for the cost of 70
centavos, could lease public land and
Evening star., 1935-12-15
BOOK REVIEW SERIES
PLANNED BY LIBRARY

A series Of book reviews will be
given in the community room Of the
Northeastern Branch OF the Public
Library at Seventh street and Mary
land avenue northeast, 1t was an
ncunced yesterday by DR.. George F.
Bowerman, librarian. The meetings,
free to the public, will be held on
alternate Fridays at 8 pm, begin
ming this week.
Miss Alethea T. Anderson, readers
adviser in fiction at the Central Lii
brary, will open the series Friday
with q discussion of Christmas sug-
gestions in fiction and poetry. Cecil
]. McHale, librarian of the Mount
Pleasant Branch, will discuss books
of adventure for men.
On January Miss Frances S. Os.
borne, librarian at the Southeastern
Branch. and Mrs. Catherine M. Houcl
of the circulation department at the
Central Library. will discuss trave
books of distinction.
The reviews will be continued BIZ
weekly throughout January anc
February, with various members oi
the library staff speaking.
Evening star., 1935-12-15

so constables could do against 1000
Japanese.
What did the Japanese say?" I
asked.
"They say they will die first," he
answered.
What happened when the eviction
was ordered, according to the story
given me in Davao, was that 1000 or
5000 Japanese marched to Davao and
held mass meeting, at which they
declared that if evicted from the land
only their dead bodies would be taken
of. The government agent took the
next boat home and the Japanese re-
manned.
The Manila government Is making
another investigation of the situation,
and Secretary Rodriguez in Manila
told me that he saw no alternative
to enforcing the law in Davao, unless
the Philippine Legislature chose to pass
law validating existing leases for
>the unexpired term and permitting no
new ones.
President Quezon says that he does
not know enough about the situation
to discuss it in detail, but the law will
be enforced and justice will be done to
both sides. But from what I could
learn in Davao, if any eviction is at
tempted there will be trouble. The
japanese consuls at Manila and Davao
have been vigorous in their assertions
that japanese rights must be pro-
tected
Americans in Mindanao with whom
1 talked were inclined to sympathize
with the Japanese, pointing out that
they had been permitted to take out
the leases and their labor and in
genuity had developed the land. The
American State Department, as far
as anybody knows, has kept hands
off, regarding the matter as purely
local between the Philippine govern
ment and individual Japanese who
may have circumvented the law. Pre-
c1pitate action by the Filipino off,
cials might involve the State Depart
ment quickly enough, however.
Japanese Occasionally Killed.
A possible source of trouble lies in
the fact that Japanese occasionally
meets death at the hands of a ma
tive who kills him with a spear and
disappears in the wilderness. Since the
colony began, Filipino official told
me. there have been about thousand
violent deaths among the japanese,
some of them resulting from trouble
with the natives. Such incidents still
occur. The Japanese government
could make an incident out of one
of them any time it chose, although
it has chosen to ignore the situation
SO far.
Americans who live in Mindanao
and feel that it is one of the rare
garden spots Of the whole world, with
its fine climate, rich soil and plenti-
full rainfall. regard it as inevitable
that when the American Flag is with
drawn. the japanese economic con-
quest of the island will begin in earn
est. I could get nothing definite as
Evening star., 1935-12-15

to whether the Japanese colony at
Davao is increasing. The American
consul at Negasaki, Japan said he had
been sending between $500 and 1000
Japanese a year to Davao, with about
the. same number going from Kobe,
but that the migration was net as
heavy as before and that many jap
anese we're coming home. From an
other source was told that the net
increase in Davao was about 200 a
year. But a second generation Of
Japanese is growing up in Davao.
Even in Northern Mindanao, in the
small villages and towns, the Amer
leans reported a slow but steady in
crease in the number of Japanese mer-
chants. And without being accused
of seeing things under the bed, 1t
may be stated on good authority that
every Japanese in a responsible posi-
ton in the Philippines is a reserve
officer; every japanese over Fl years
old who comes to the Philippines has
been trained as soldier.