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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26

dence, Acting Secretary of the In
terror Thomas Ryan confirmed the de
cision of the Helena officials in tn,
following words:
at is sufficient to say Of the record
that, in the opinion of the department
the evidence submitted, which has
been carefully examined, fully sus
tains the findings and conclusions
reached by your office. The depart
ment, therefore, concurs in the rec
concentrations, and the approval OF
the classification is revoked accord
ingly." Mr.. Rowand obtained his pat
ent. No other conclusion from the
evidence could be reached by any hon
est and just tribunal.
The most significant testimony pro
duced at the hearing of that contest
was three letters dated respectively
April 20, 1906, May ID, 1906, and
June IA, 1906, written by Thomas
Cooper, the general land agent of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company
to John r. Toole, head manager OF
the Big Blackfoot Milling Company,
a huge lumber and timber concern
of Montana, in substance as follows:
"P1ease expedite the settlement of
this Rowand affair as speedily as
possible, as | am apprehensive as to
the effect the investigation might
have on the other classifications of
mineral land"
Well might the railway company be
"apprehensive" of the effect of such
an investigation, as it certainly was
pregnant with danger to the railway
companys interests in exposing that
glaringly sinister classification and
huge public swindle.
If the young, jealous and earnest
secretary of the interior in President
Roosevelt's cabinet is anxious to make
a name for himself in exposing and
Furnishing land frauds, he can find no
more promising field than Montana,
and no more unsatisfactory, crooked
and dishonest mess than the mineral
land classification of that state. This
gigantic piece of dishonest public land
is frank and smells to
Heaven" 1t meant millions of dollars
Of enrichment to the Northern Pa
cific Railroad and was unique and
daring in its sinister crookedness.
Governmental Indifference and neg
igence, coupled with corporate greed
and official rascality, enabled this
huge fraud to be perpetrated in Mon
ANA. Governmental diligence and
zeal should now rip up This fraudulent
classification, set aside the whole |
award and make an honest and Just |
and segregation of the
mineral land in the railroad grant.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26
Railroad Real Estate Deal Of Consequence Story Of Sinister
Financial Jobbery Excellent Field for Investigation

now concerned This great railwa
company was endowed by congress
with land sufficient to support a goot
sized kingdom.
To encourage the building of tina
great interstate highway from LAX
Superior to the Pacific coast, tina
railroad was granted every alternat
section of land in strip eighty mile
wide along its line,- through the terri
tories it traversed, forty miles wild
on each side of it's right of way
Where it failed to secure land within
its grant, on account of prior posses
sion, it was granted lieu lands in
stead, in another strip of land twent,
miles wide, along each side of its RICH
of way, Immediately outside of it!
previous grant.
| In the state of Montana the North
ern Pacific Railway traverses the
state from east to west. In its sinu
Gus course through that common
wealth, it's line is nearly eight hun
bred miles long. This obtained for
| it vast public domain in that state
alone, of about $4,000 square miles.
A great part of it's right of way
through Montana and of its grant
from the government consists of
mountainous, broken nd almost
worthless land.
In the grant of land to the railway,
mineral land was expressly excluded
and excepted. The mineral wealth of
that state is almost illimitable. 1t
consists of copper, gold, silver, coal,
iron, lead, gypsum and numerous 9th
er metals. A vast stretch of mineral
land was included in the Northern Pa
cific grant.
Soon after the advent of the North
ern Pacific Railroad into the state,
contests arose between the miners
and prospectors, against the railway
company, over mineral lands; notwith-
standing the exclusion of mineral
lands from the railroad grant. The
contests were one-sided, as but few
miners and prospectors could afford
the time, expense and delays incident
to protracted litigation; while the rail
way corporation, with it's paid legal
talent land agents and resources, was
enabled to fairly luxuriate in land con-
tests and litigation-with more or less
pull with courts, judges, justices, land
congressman, United States
senator's, jurors and legislators.
About the time Montana was adj
nitted to the Union as a state, in |
1889, an agitation sprang up in all the
regions of the state, |
o save the mineral lands of the COM
to and for the people |
Public meetings were held and news
papers were filled with the subject.
state convention, numerously at
ended, was held at Helena, at which +
lecisive steps were taken to secure
lction on behalf of the people. State
egislation was secured appointing a
tate mineral land agent at the ma
ional capital at Washington, at an ex-
'ense of $4,000 year. to obtain legis-
alton from congress setting apart the
mineral lands of Montana forever
rom railway claim and control, and
egregating them from the public
rant of lands to the Northern Pa
ific Railroad.
After several years of earnest work,
t much expense to the state, con-
ress finally enacted law complying
nth the demands of the people of
Iontana, and miners and prospectors
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26
By SECRETARY GARFIELD

Under President Theodore Roosevelt
The State of Montana Is situated IL
the far Northwest, remote from botf
ocean coasts and the busy centers o.
population and industry. 1t is a state
but little exploited in literature and
newspapers Things done there are
not bruited abroad as in many other
states 1t has been in the limelight
but little, and then not much to its
credit
1t has gained considerable notoriety
on account of senatorial scandals,
bought legislatures and copper wars,
but many of its most notable events
have been "unwritten, unhonored and
unsung" Some of the shrewdest,
smoothest and most adroit pieces of
political deviltry ever perpetrated by
rascals and financial sharpers have
had Montana for their stage and have
never been exploited in the newspa-
pers, nor caught he attention of the
Industrious and argus-eyed muckrak-
ers of the magazines.
But the mischief is there, the plots
have been worked out, and the har
vest garnered by the marplots and
grafters, nevertheless.
Does the American public know, or
did it ever hear that one Of the great
est real estate deals, with dishonest
profits of millions of dollars to the
perpetrators was Matched and prose-
cuted to finish by the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company, its employees,
agents, political heelers, and its
United States senators, right under
the governments very nose, by means
Of government officials? 1t was a
shrewd bit of rascality, of great mag
nitude, carried out under the guise
and cover of serving Montana and her
people.
Here is set forth the details in a
brief chronicle of events:
The mineral resources of Montana
are probably second only to those of
Pennsylvania in magnitude and value,
and, no doubt, even surpass those of |
the great eastern commonwealth |
This is a statement that may be |
somewhat startling to many, but it is
the truth. The mineral wealth of
Montana is but little known, with the
exception of copper, but it is hidden
in her innumerable hills and noun
tains, awaiting development and ex
ploitation A few millions have been
taken out, but untold millions await
the hands of industry to extract.
Nor are the agricultural resources
of the state of small consequence.
They are enormous and in the infancy
of exploitation and development. The
timber resources of the state are vast
and worth the ransom of an empire.
The population of the state is
sparse and clustered in small COM
munities in the valleys and near the
mines. The travellers through the
state can gain but little knowledge
of the wealth and value of its re-
sources and possibilities. They gain |
no true appreciation of the magnitude |
of mineral and agricultural wealth I
within the states borders. 1
A few huge corporations, that have S
exploited Montana, have a true con-
ception of her value. Among these c
are the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany, the Great Northern Railroad a
and the Northern Pacific Railway g
Company. Y
1t is with the latter that we are \
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26
BY LOWNDES MAURY

The Anaconda Company has so lone
fouled it's own nest that after frs
destroying Butte, it promises to virtu
ally move out. That is to say, reduce
metal production here to minimum
of higher grade deposits; by-passed
in the veins during war bonuses;
power shovel old .01 dumps and any
.00S surface country rock; undermine
any buildings above ore deposition in
the city, increase its production from
mining fields abroad developed with
old profits from Butte mines.
1t plans to become what is known
by lawyers as tramp" corporation,
holding a charter of a state where it
has insignificant property, roaming at
will to exploit peoples and properties
in other jurisdictions.
The most familiar example to us of
a tramp" corporation is the Montana
Power Company. 1t is organized I'M
der the law of New Jersey where it
has desk, filing case, perhaps
stenographer, an agent for service,
perhaps a post office box. Substan-
TALLY all of its property is in Mon
tana. This is claimed by it for tax
purposes to be worth about SO million
dollars, and for rate making purposes
to patrons, 104 million dollars.
The purpose of people doing bust
ness as tramp corporation is well
known to lawyers, obscure to laymen.
The federal courts have held that in
many respecs people of Montana (for
instance) doing business with tramp
corporation of New Jersey, are bound
by the laws of the tramp's original
ing state, it,, New Jersey. And it is
the judge made law mot statutory or
that no matter il every |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26

John A. Rowand, Contestee.
The evidence is all on file in the
Federal land office at Washington,
and a complete record thereof can
be found at such office, and, also, in
the land office at Helena, Montana.
The record furnishes most interesting
and instructive reading. 1t shows
that the railway company took a keen
and active hand in the work of CLASH
fication, and had its agents actively
engaged, at all times, in assisting
and advising" the commissioners.
1t also sayors strongly of perjury,
chicanery and knavery on the part of
the railway company and it's agents.
1t further reveals the fact that the
railway company stipulated to release
the land contested and dismiss its
contest, lest the whole classification
be ripped up as fraudulent and void
and the plant acts of the commits
eions concerning all the mineral land
in the railway grant in Montana be
nullified, whenever the searchiight Of
truth should be turned upon the dark
and devious ways the classification
had been brought about.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
LOUIS H. TODD
is COMMENDED
farsei.I NJ - cfti.en,

"a topeetal TO Ehe CfftxenD
ABOARD THE U.S.S. MASSA-
CHUSETTS, Aug. 28.--Louis H
Todd. signalman, first class,
UNR, whose wife, Mrs. Mary Eu-
genia Todd, lives, at 527 Division
fstreet, Key West, Fla, recently
was officially commended by
Captain John r. Redman, USN,
commanding officer of the U.S.S
Massachusetts.
I The commepdation, presented
tat special shipboard CEREMONY
Eknown as "meritorious mast" cit
led Todd for Soutstanddng per
kformance of the duties of his rat
ling, which materially contributed
to the fighting efficiency Of this
ship"
The report On. which the COM
tmendation was based declared
that Todd had displayed pro
ficiency. initiative and constant
devotion to duty as assistant to
the chief signalman in charge OF
the signal bridge during extend
ed operations in enemy waters,
and, it commented, "the manner
in which he has conducted him
self and performed his duties, un-
der enemy attack and otherwise,
has been at all times a fine ex-
ample to his shipmates, a credit
ITO the ship, and in keeping with
the highest traditions of the Ma
val service"
Todd became member of the
| crew,of the Massachusetts in jan
uary 1913. He has seen action
in alflgarts dtsthe Pacific, includ-
ing sush Operations as invasions
of the Gilbert and Marshall Is
lands, the Philippines, Iowa Jima
and Okinawa; air strikes against
Truk, the Tokyo area and the
China coast, and in the over
whelming defeat of the Jap fleet
during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
The Name Of Rover
Goes To The Dogs

AURORA, 1H.-Rover is losing
its punch as a name for dogs. a
survey of the city clerks records
shows. Only one Rover was found
among the $50 licensed dogs in
this community.
Most popular is Skippy, with
the variations of Skipper and
Skip, followed by the old and
enduring favorites Laddie, Spot
and Pal.
Other names, rejecting influ-
ence or inspiration of one sort OF
another. include Flicka,' Goofy,
Bambi, Dopey, Sarge. Captain
Navy. Pooch, Bum, Falla and
Hedy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28

tie, making sure it is on tight
to prevent evaporation. '
S. Keep bottles standing up
right SO polish won't leak out.
6. Use a chip check after
polish has been applied and file
nails in shallow, rather than
pointed ovals to prevent polish
chipping. y ~
7. Use a fast dry coat to speed
up drying and prevent smearing
of polish. '.s
8. Use fingers rather than
nails for grasping, lifting and
idiaJino! 'iF7ll e'TllEl n7fT
9. y Conserve" remover BY sat
uratine cotton and pressing II
against the nail three times be-
fore attempting to remove polish.
10. Select one of the neutral
shades of polish such as sea she'll,
which can be worn with many
of the new fall shades.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28

She started toward the eleva-
tors, Dickinson following her.
sHere. here, wait minute" Bill
exclaimed, catching Dickenson's
arm. You're just the man ] want
| to see" 90,
.Yeahs What's cookings"
"Plenty. Z Got a girl In my office
we caughtA shop-liftipgl in dress
goods bout an hour ago. Come on
in and see her. I can't make her
talk. You know how careful you
have to be with DANES. like this"
Dickinson grinned at Irene.
'Whatta life! Okay. I'll look her
over for you. S.
"And what about me?" Irene
screeched. Someone's gotta 60
down with me-.
Dickinson patted her shoulder
with a fatherly grin. Listen,
good looking. There's war on
or didn't you know. We're short
handed in my Office and Bill needs
me as much as you do. Now you
pipe down and keep that folding
money It'll get back. I won't be
long. I'll meet you at the elevator
in Is minutes, how's that"
Rotten" Irene answer e d
promptly. what about my date?"
She s1umped back of the counter
in utter detection as the two
men hurried away. Suddenly she
jerked up her head, her eyes snap
ping bright little sparks of light.
Say, Mrs. Blair, I'm sick of
sticking around here. Dickinson
viii be hours. Bills the biggest
|.gabber in the store once he starts
talking I'm going TO cork up and
I ssD0n Be SHY Irene Brenda
answered quickly, getting aEsifS
irritated herself 81 the ulnexpected
delay. "Dickenson wen'tsbe long. !"
IT OOK, Mrs. Blair. I just
- thought of something"
Irene's voice was Unexpectedly
conciliatory. eff you'll give me
permission to take this box down
alone, I'll be in the cashiers office
in Ave, minutes. Honestly, I'll miss
Joe if I don't get down to the
Grand Avenue entrance right
away. That fellow won't wait for
anyone-not even a top sergeant
OFF duty. He's awful punctual-."
t"No: you'll have to wait for
Dickinson" Brenda began. But
Irene cut her short in her eager
ness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
Chapter Is

b + d..
"T>ELEPHoNE for Dickinson
i she said finally. 'sThis lock is
broken. He'll have to go down
with you to the cashiers Office
You can't 60 alone with this money
in a box that can't be locked
Suddenly Brenda Strengthened
up and said slowly, II don't un.
derstand why we are having Sc
much trouble with our cash boxes
One was stolen the day came into
the office. Now this new lock has
been tempered with. It worked al
right yesterday. I'll have to gel
more plainclothesmen on the fool
for this sale"
"Dickenson isn't there Irene
walled as she slammed down the
telephone receiver.
"And here ] am, my little Gu
cumberl" A hearty voice inter
rupted her. "When you stop going
round and round like a cemen,
mixer, I'll take you down where
you can get rid Of that dough and
meet the date that's been waiting
for you'll saw him just a minute
ago" .,
"What! You saw Joel" Irene's
voice rose to a new sharp high
note and then cracked "Oh,
Dickinson, you're crazy -
"Sure saw him-a tall guy
with red hair and freckles-was
standing outside the cashiers of
fee and when he heard Jones tell
me to report on the fifth floor
furs, he stepped up and asked me
if knew you and when was you
coming down -.
"Oh-oho, oh. -" Irene croaked
in an anguished voice. "He won't
wait. He never does-oh, come on
let's GO"
! Dickinson, one of the store de-
tectives, was big man with a
booming voice and shoulders like
a prize fighter. He started behind
Irene around the end of her coun-
ter just as Bill Hanson came run
ming up, waving a check
"Hi, Irene! Have you lacked the
box yet? Here's another check.
Sorry, old grill"
SIN not taking any more checks
from you or anyone else tonight"
Irene sputtered. @HAnd I'm not
sticking around this joint any
longer either. You keep that check
It'll morning or turn it in yourself.
I'm on my way"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28

Continued from Page One)
cement manufacturing equipment
|. "A big Algerian wire cable factory
used by American signal corps
men during the Tunisian, Italian
and Southern France campaigns,
was closed for lack of ingots.
Politically Calm
The French expect no political
or racial disturbances and cite
the tranquility of the recent cleo
tions.
The Moslems still have caches
|of arms and ammunition picked
up during the Tunisian cam
Some Europeans fear uprisings.
remembering that the Koran,
by which Moslems live, says
"you shall consider Christians
and Jews your enemies"
But the French feel that IL ev-
eryone gets enough to eat there
will be no trouble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
The WEATHER
FORECAST

Key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy with scattered showers
and occasional thunderstorms this
afternoon, tonight and Wednes-
day; moderate easterly winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Wednes-
day with scattered afternoon and
evening showers and thunder
storms; scattered showers along
southeast coast tonight and We'd
nesday morning.
Jacksonville through Florida
Straits: Moderate easterly winds
this afternoon, tonight and We'd
nesday; partly cloudy weather
with scattered showers and &C.
easional thunderstorms, most
numerous over south portion.
East Gulf: Moderate east to
southeast winds this afternoon, to-
night and Wednesday; partly
cloudy weather with scattered
showers and thunderstorms, most
frequent during afternoons and
evenings.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
No small craft or storm warnings
have been issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28

But Mrs. Blair, there isn't q
rue IN TINS Stors aDout having 20
nave guaru Win you Wnen you
I Isse ;,s money .S.t uown 30. 70 sne casnaer
It's JUST ,nas we girls want one
most OF the lifetime time, but OF course !.
1on .r = uinersn.lL sant WaiI
<,r1al o.aisnS. y 1eSIosuay oMefen.
lneis - sr6a. usa. % money In
a snas ~ ssfua y0lCs was
iil :a to5 HuSs have DicAenson
WIN M YOU - -. $50,
On, DC a sport, 0oSS. irene
voice was pleading. eager-shak-
ing with suppressed excitement.
Brenda suddenly realized how
much this date evidently meant to
ner; SuA she hesltated:
Piease, Mrs. Blair. :.
brenda looked at her watch. y
was half past SIX Everyone had
ieft the section now but Irene and
herself. Irene was right. There
was no way Of knowing when, the
men would returns and 1t had been
a long hard day.
Nh, well, go ahead, she hnal-
~ ~ consented. But have
someone in the cashiers Office
telephone me the minute you get
there" 49, =
Irene started running toward
the elevators. As she reached the
long row of elevators that divided
the fur. section from The dress
goods, far down, the aisle she saw
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
|EDDERD TODD Is
BACK IN STATES
tspees.i 10, ne Caaise.,

.t0DeehoA 70 10 GltE8Snb
SECOND FOREIGN TRANS.
PORT GROUP. New Castle Army
Air Base, Wilmington, Del, Aug
28.-Pvt. Edderd w. Todd, Key
West, Fla, has arrived here from
Paris aboard a C-54 Skymaster
of the Second Foreign Transport
Group.
Pvt. Todd is one of thousands
of American soldiers flown home
TO America by the Crescent Cara
Van fleet Of the Ferrying Division
Air Transport Command.
sffNsakftsnss of the European War
board the huge four-engined
ifranspagtsl at Orly Field, Paris,
and the trip TO this port of aerial
debarkation is made in less than
30 hours.
Pvt. Todd served with the In
fantry while overseas. From
here he goes to amp Kilmer, N. j.,
and then on to Camp Blanding,
Fla, for further processing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
BUDGET TO THE FINGERTIPS

can become an expensive
item with only half or a third
the number of manicures
from a bottle if it is not cared
for properly.
Here are some tips for getting
the. maximum number of mani
cures from your bottle of polish:
1. Use a good base coat of
nail lacquer to prolong wear.
~. Drain brush against neck
of theabottle to avoid waste.
Z 3. When polish gets thick and
can't be applied soothly add d
small amount of polish remover
to thin it.
4. Before screwing cap back
on, clean outside neck of the bot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
BY BETTY CLARKE
Alp Newsfeaturesn Beauty Editc

AP Newsfeatures Beauty Editor
A high school or college
miss can find so many places
to use an allowance that she
must economize in the pur-
chase and use of luxury items
to acquire necessities needed
for campus glamor.
She can't afford : to- spill
face powder every time She
refills her compact, waste
nail polish by sloppy appli-
cations or use herslipstiek to
scrawl messages to e4laun-
dress or milk man.
Nail polish in particular
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28

srEcALs HAVE nor

Announcement has besn ln@sl
of the birth of D son 10 Mr.. u'ss|
Mrs. Nick Siegal al the Nas&'
Hospital ON August Is.
The new arrival has been CIV
en- the name of Nick Irwin siaEaA
Jr.
Mr.. Siegal. cM3e. ID connected
with the United States Navy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
TWO BILLIONS FROM
LIQUOR

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Public
revenue from alcoholic bever-
ages in 1914 hit the record total
of $2,703. $780, 900, according to the
Distilled Spirits Institute. This
was $708,0OO,00 higher than the
1943 figure, reflecting largely.
according to the Institute, the So
to So gallon liquor tax increase
which became effective on April
/, 1914.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
PoTATo-MESSAcE

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. - Last
February. when Farmer Henry
Mais sold some potatoes to the
Army. he wrote his name and
address on one potato, with the
notation: Whoever gets this,
write me.f Months LITER, the
same spud came back to him in
the mail, with the address in
iscription: March %, l945. Oahu
Island. Let me hear from you.
Corporal Clare Z. Pfeffer." b.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-28
RUSSIA-JAPAN

|, 'AtContinded from Page One)
the time and places Cor a military
stroke that would bring long
dreamed revenge for hunilia-
tons as numerous perhaps as any
great power had BEEN forced to
endure. She could end, with
surety the persistent Japanese
threat against one of her richest
domains.