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A full low of ceArtbEle Alen GeeAss s s:teies In st•ek. • Sixty 'different Patterns of Ia Zs 1 2 \ Z e In stork, whieh will be Sold at Irelena prices. ('all and see the latest design... PARCIIEN & MORRIE. Psorairrosa • elAIRRIAGE Ser Mire; I L ) J. R. WARREN la now ing a 11all1WalaP ter- ringe to tile traina fur the Grand Central hotel mot when not in use fur that puraus• it bi at the ...nice of the politic for trips to the liai Springy; orelsewhere. THE AGE - - - BOULDER, MONT. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1888. • - .e United States Postuade of Boulder -• • -.15 mail 4 , 05 WHO KILLED Cock Robin? seems to be the topi e of vital interest in Helena at present. MISSOULA COUNTY is the first in the field with political announcements; there being two Republican candidates for Sheriff out with anneuncements in the Gazette, the Democratic organ. MINERAL. LAND LOCATIONS. good, that, well -fixed as he seems to be financially, he is not able to develop With the assistance of the Heels any one of them. He is so greedy Independent Mr. Thomas G. Mereill, of that he would rather remain poor or Helena, has managed to Misconstrue in moderate circumstances all his life, the article in last week's issue of Tux holding these numerous claims for AGE on mineral land locations into a himself, than become a millionaire by personal attack ripen himself. Mr. devoting his attention to one or two of Merrill ought to know better. He the best claims and letting somebody knows that the editor of Tits AGE else have a chance at the others. practically logt a very good editorial Mr. Merrill says he has spint a very position through his efforts to assist and considerable some of money in. the encourage Mr. Merrill in the latter's development of his claims, amounting work of arousing the people of Montana huit year alone e 84,200. As he says to the great danger which threatened he has not done enough work on any the mineral lauds within the Northern of his claims to show which to hold Pacific land grant. Certainly that in- • and which to drop, it may reasonably dieates no hostility to the gentleman, be supposed that most of this 84,200 and he should not have allowed his was spent in representation work. At enemies to work on his prejudices in $100 tothe claim this would give him the way' they did. forty-two locations. But grant that THE AGE freely admita that accord- he spent $2,300 in developing one ing to the technical construction of Prospect and only 111,800 in represent- ing, he would still have twenty claims. the laws relating to the location of The records of Jefferson' county show mineral lands, Mr. Merrill or any that on the 1st of January, 1888, Mr. other man has the right to take up all Merrill located twelve quartz claims the claims for which he can pay the in this county. It is fair to presüme recor di ng f ees. s o t h e N ort h ern p a _ that these are simply relocations of cille technically may have the right to claim upon which no representation work had been done. Mr. Merrill all the land within its grant which is must therefore have been holding at not specifically declared and proven one time in Jefferson county thirty - to be mineral land. This very right, two quartz claims, most of them good however, Mr. Merrill is trying to take according to . his own statement and away from the Northern Pacific cont.. which he was too poor to develop. As I a matter of fact he was holding more pany, and in this good work he has than thirty-two claims. It is no the intention of THE AGE to show that Mr. Merrill is doing what. bring about the desired end. But THE other men would not de or that he is doing what he has no right to do. All AGE does not pro to make 'fish a men may be considered as more or one man and flesh of another, and if lees greeily, though few will confess it Mr. Merrill is violating.fhe spirit of with the ingenuousness which he has the law in the ;ante Way that the exhibited in the matter. All Amer - Northern Pacific is trying to do, THE ican citizens have the technical right Aos will try either,to stop him or to, change the law SO that its itteirit ketait: not be destroyed through technicali- ties. It is much easier to wake a point clear by presenting a specific èase instead of dealing in abstract generalities. The case of „Mr.Mcmli came aptly to hand. and it presented lhe inalr more forcibly from - the - very prominent position that the gen- tleman had taken in the struggle with the Northern Pacific. So all talk in- dicating that it is a personal matter amounts to nothing. The homestead and prealption itted those rights to be used but once by each persœ — t -- TliFrulings- of the Interior Department limited the privilege of filing even to one time. The theory ef the system Was that every mail should have a right to a home but that the privilege should not be abused. In the early days of mining, whea « the miners made their own laws, they appreciated the justice of giving every man a chance and liinited the size and number of claims which a Man could hold. Congress, when asked to pass mining laws, of the specific character of which most of the members could know; but little, adopted the policy of the miners in limiting at least the size of claims and in,the numerous changes in the laws perhaps overlooked . the necessity for limiting the number to be held by one 'person. But that the intention was to limit the quantity of mineral land which one man could hold is proven by the very limitation of size of claims 'which would otherwise be of Meterce. So closely, indeed, did Congress agree to the wishes of the great body of miners, that it would not surprise THE AGE if each organized mining district, and it would not be a very - difficult matter to organize unorganized dis- tricts, had the right to limit theenum- ber of claims which one individual could hold with the limits of the dis- trict. That thé limitation in the size and number of claims a man can hold is a wise polidy is proven by Mr. Merrill's - own word s» the Independent reporter. He said: \I> bave prispected my claims and located them and spent 8r,000 on them, including 4,200 whichi spent last summer, and I did this in Jefferson county. * * * * It would, perhaps. be better for me to work only a few, but they are nearly all good daims and I don't know which to let go until I develop farther.\ In other words he basso many claims, nearly all otthem the hearty endorsement of THE Aos, which will do anything in its power to THE REPUBLICAN primaries' of Jef- ferson county are called to meet in the several precincts next Saturday, and the county convention will meet in Boulder next Monday.. There are no indications that the Republican's of the county are determined in their choice of any particular man for Pres- ident. Is ANOTHER COLUMN ilS a communi- cation from Rev. T. A. Wick ee in re- ply to an article in last week's AGE criticising the Prohibition party as a political party. The communication is too lengthy to review in this issue but will be considered fully hereafter. Tax Aos will confess that perhaps its - ideals were most too etrengly-expressed in the, article last Week, but the feeling that caused this vigorous expression is a result, of the almost universal assumption on the Peet of the Prohibitionista that all temperance and all morality is within the ranks of the Prohibition party, a spirit to a certain extènt manifested even in Mr. Wickes's very moderate article. - As to the report that Boulder was not represented at the convention, THE Mac relied upon the list , of delegates in 'attendance as given by the Helena Independent. It has since learned to the contrary, but it has also learned that there is not that sweet consistency -of views between the official delegate of B,otilder Star Lodge es%d Mr. Wickes, AR expressed in his communication, as seems desirable, in two such eminent nienhemof LW\ party._ to take alle - the mineral claims they eau get hold of. THE Ao £ simply uses Mr. Merrill's bright and shining ex- ample to illustrate the necessity for a change in the law covering the loca- tion of mineral lands. The necessity for the change becomes more apparent the more the matter is discussed and the more the big holderé present their objections. • PERSONAL. Elmer Douglass is going to Como, Missoula county, to locate. , E. J. Knight, of Elkhorn, has turned from an extended visit to Cal- ifornia. Mr. Leopold Schmidt, of Butte, is in town looking after his business inter- - .sibs Borrider. ---- s . Thomas Spraggins has returned from a trip to Medical Lake, Wash- ington Territory. O'Neil, a popular saloon man of Basin, came dowe the creek to the county -seat yesterday. M. II. Parker, Esq., made a flying visit to Helena Saturday afternoon, returning home next morning. Geo. F. Cowan, Esq., took ,a trip to Radersburg and Bedford the past few days, returning home yesterday. W. H. Pierce's father and brother arrived from Sterling, Ill., last week, and will spend the summer in Mon- tana. Supt. Walsh, of the Penn Placer Company, Basin, has recovered from his severe sickness and retnrned to his mine. H. M. Parchen, of Helena, was in town yesterday perfecting the con- tracts for the new ,Parchen it Morris block. Hon. J. W. 'Buskett has recovered his health sufficiently to be able to go to Helena, where lie has been since last week. Matthew Quigley, of the Lower Boulder, has returned home from a three months' visit to friends in Yel- lovotone county. John Sloan, of the Madison, is vis- iting his parents near Boulder. He brought up some fat beef cattle which were bought by Quainta'nce & Leigh- ton. • J. L. Picket, late of California and an obl-timer of Montana, is making the Boulder Hot Springs his home. He says this country is good enough for him. Among the guests registered at the Windeor hotel the past week were M. W. Weber, Weber Wm. Winters, Butte; Wm. Richardson, Radersburg; D. J. McNally. Helena; C. E. Fair- child, Calvin. thoughtlessly, as it was not in accord- ance with the idea advanced in the first issue that THE AGE would not be a partisan paper but was designed for the gtneral interest and benefit of the county at large. As the article in question differed widely from the opinion of many of its' readers, I would consider it a favor if you would publish this reply to it. From the paper in question one would be led to think the Prohibiton party was inconsistent as regards true reform; that it attempts coercion to- wards those inclined to be friendly to the cause of temperance, by going over to the enemy; and that it supported a man for President who was a humbug, simply to defeat the Republican party. In fact, Prohibitionists would appear to be traders and tricksters and not reformers at all. It would be difficult to conceive of a more severe array of charges against any organization of men. When it is remembered that the controlling spirits in the Prohibition party are our college presidenta and professors, our Christian ministry, and many 1. • . s business men of spotless reputati a, would seem strange, to say the leas that they should lend themselves to perpetuate a gigantic fraud upon con- fiding followers. There was not a sin- gle incident cited 4o prove the state- ment; simply a wholesale charge was made, such as newspapers which are party organs make upon one another for political purpóses, and which from their generalities can not easily dis- proved. It is admitted that in years gone by prohibitionists were willing to support the candidates of either party that would promise to pass and put into effect desired temperance measures, but -when nothing was accomplished by this, they as a national party de- clared openly against all compromises with either of the leading parties, and have for several years, through the elbiiins of the New York Voice, chal- lenged any to prove connivance with either party for the defeat of the other. No one, as yet,lusepeoven the oft -re- peated charge so lately reiterated by THE AGE. Moist of these accusations of fraud arte' - made promiscuotedy against Prohlbitiouists, so that some of the best and purest men of Am - er- ica, have been made to suffer thereby. It was accepted as a matter of course that the Herald as a party organ should accuse Massena Bullard, Esq., - with just this kind, of trickery and fraud (a running on a temperance is- sue in a municipal election simply to defeat the Republican party), because its a political organ it felt at liberty, within bounds, to say what it pleased, of lacte, to make political capital; but it is a matter of surprise that our county paper should be called upon to repeat such a personal attack without proofs or for no political pur- poses. Mr. Bullard is held in the highest regard by the temperance peo- ple throughout the Territory, and et - pecially by the order of Good Tem - piers, which has kept him in offiee for years and steadily refused to listen to a resignation. There ir a very large temperance element in Boulder and throughout the county that will feel pained, if nothing more, by the harsh treatment of the tem- perance party and its moat prominent worker and leader, in the Good Teni- plairianks in the columns of your eaccilArrem, BOULDER. MONTA NA MEMORY. Schmidt & Pfaff, Proprietor*. Witotzeatz AND RETAIL Dame» ix i.eiC>ZY\CsRJES AGENTS FOR Cents -n.1..1 Brewery & Montana Bottling Co. Keep constantly on hand • ‚apply of KEG YID 'BOTTLE BEER, CHAMPAGNE Amp SWEET CIDER, GINGER ALE Asp BUFFALO READ, Dingo lenosado, Root and lirai Ur, ALI, KINDS Or Syrup. Soda and Cream, Soda Nato, SaniapanDa oto, 811.0011, BOTH, LID MILT TRAIl SOLICITED. AGENTS POR COMPRESSION PUMPS. ICI CHESTS, AND Baia %Me» LUMBER MERCHANTS. J UST RECEIVED sad Arm Routes Car Load Cedar 151-1 ies„ Car Load Flooring, Car/Load Pine Boards, Car Load Finishing, Car Load Dimension. Plato', and Tar Papers, Lath, Moulding' , Doors, Window% ate, Kept Constantly on Hand at Helena Priciest Freight Added. paper. In a former issue you stated that there was not representation from Boulder at the Prohibition convention held in Helena. As a strangeeemong us you had not inquired of the right persons to give you the information that one of our leading citizens was the delegate from Boulder Star Lodge, I. O. G. T., and an honored ranchman his alternate. Joseph Trudigan, of Wickes, was also at the convention. All three of these gentlemen speak in glowing. terms of the eloquence and convincing arguments of the talented speaker of the occasion, Walter Mills, but had we quietly accepted the re- porte of the Helena Herald we should have regarded the speaker and the convention as disgraceful failures. A party organ is to a certain extent responsible to the party It eprésente; but a county paper, put forth to rep- resent the interest of the people, has far greater liberty; it can call any party to account for its shortcomings or infringement of the rights of the people. Still, it scarcely seems to be its province, or te' be warranted by either courtesy or policy, to question the 'right of existence to any party the people feel called upon to organ- ize; still leas does it seem kind, in its A PROIElIBItIONIST'S REPLY. day of small beginnings and inability to elect its representatives, to regard it simply as a cat's-paw to rake bene- fits out of political fires for the benefit of any, other party. we feel sure VIRS written hurriedly or T. A. WICKES. . . Yard on SAMPLING WORKS Side Track. PERSONS t r ANYING BUILDING MATERIAL CAN SAYE , TRANSFER CHARGES BY BUYING Hiss. To the Editor of Tun AGE. 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