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• THREKALAIEA - EAGLE ‘\. r • EXTRA MILLION STATE REVENUE ALL CORPORATIONS MUST PAY ONE PER CENT ON PROFITS EXCEEDING $10,000. Charles It. Leonard of Butte, Lind- say of Glendive and McNanutrnt of Helena, Named on Tax Commis - /don; Will Report at Next Rept- ' lar Seesion of Legislature. Legislative Bureau of the Montana Newspaper Association. Helena , All incorporated companies in '1% thlontana will in future pay into the state treasury a special tax of one , per cent of their net incomes. • The first $10,000 any corporation makes • is exempt from this tax, but all pro- fits above this figure will be mulcted to this extent. That, in.effect, is the -- Gould corporal:ion tax measure, which, after a tempestuoue career, and being the occasion of more in- door balloon aseensiens than any other measure that had been intro - ` 4 , duced in any previous legislative as- sembly, becttme a law in the closing hours of the Fifteenth legislative as- sembly. This law, and other minor revenue measures, will bring to the state treasury approximately $1,000,000 per year in excess of normal tax fe- ceipts. and should put the state in sound condition financially. Even its author Admits that it is a temporary expedient, and says that A . the big job of tax equalization will fall to the lot of the Sixteenth assem- bly which will come into being with the ffext general election, eighteen months{ away. , This( law, toiether with &perm/fed .powers of the state board of equal- .... ization, which is authorized to go Never the head of the county assess-, ore, and fix values arbitrarily, puts tax conditione in a much better situa- tion than they were. An -effort was made to fix' the levy at a higher figure, but_pn the con- tention that a higher figure would _ result in a surplus, and might lead to extravagance, it was fixed at one per cent. • • • Charles Leonard. the well known lawyer of Butte, who was formerly identified v.ith the Heinze interests; William Lindsay, Itheepman and capi- talist of Glendive. and C. B. McNa- marra, stockman and merchant of - Helena and 131g Sandy, will consti- tute' the tax commission, the commis- sioners having been named in the bill which became a law just before the session adjoUrned eine die. The bill carried with it an appropriation , of $26,000 to paY the expenses of thc i commission for the next twO years. The commission la authorized to em- ploy tax experts and go into every phase of the tax question, and on the , basis of its report tt is expected that — the Sixteenth legislative assembly will enact legislation which will set- tle tax differences for all time. The men comprising the commission are 4 of the highest type and good and per- manent results are expected from their work. B. C. White of Fergus county is the author of the bill cre- ating this commission • • 4, ' Travelers all over the country are thinking of erecting a monument to Representative Jones, through whose efforts station agents of all railroads must make accurate report on the , lateness of trains, so that those who I journey may not have to epend so many hours In the cheerless waiting rooms of railroads. There are many men by the name of Jones who have ,i) distinguished themselves, ut in the minds of the members of he United Commercial Travelers thi Jones is the greatest of them all. • • • Lewis of Chouteau is the reformer of the Fifteenth legislative assembly. He Is the author of a law which makes all buildings where gambling f games are indulged In a public nut - Live Man Wanted I IN EVERY COUNTY IN MONTANA TO REPRESENT US. BIG MpNEY. .kv•//i L i.k\ \ 'N: - ; 441 \ -7 :7 ** LIGHTING SYSTEM On the market. Sensa- tion of lighting world. No gasolin e or kero. acne. No pumping or generat ing. Approved by National Board of Fire Underwriters. • Wonderful Seller. Full particulars Montana VanGleckland.Co. 202 Ford Iluilding Great Falls - Mont. sance. Peace officerft are authorized to confiscate any furniture thund such buildings, and the courts have the poNyer to condemn such buildings to be cjosed for one ygar. In s.ddi- tion to these drastic penalties, the owners of the buildings, whether cognizant of conditIons or not, are li- able to punishment. Lewis' is also the author of a draetic law abolish- ing slot machines and gaines of cards for merchandise. • • • • The juror hereafter does not get a fee, but le on salary. He receives a stipend of $4 a,day, at which figure, it is exp'ected, much better talent may be obtained.• • • • County commissioners are author- ized to establish public markets in the larger towns, and thus permit the producing farmer to deal directly with the consumer, male more mon- ey' for the producer, Save some for the_ consumer, and at the same time bring down the high cost of living. The bill to close saloons on Sun- day was killed. The prohibition law stands just where it did .at the be- ginning of the session, and the aboli- tion Of the bar will come two years hence. While several measures were introduced shortening the time of grace 'allowed the liquor interests by the plebescite of laat fall, all failed of passage. lc * In future the roads of the state will be under the control of a state highway commission. The state will be divided into 12 districts with h commissioner for each district. The governor will appoint the commis- sioners. 1 Ir • * All feathered game, save ducks, are protected for tlic next two years, under the new game Mai.- The new law also shortens the deer hunting season. It is believed that this law will hap the effect et restocking the game preserves. • • • During. the closing hours of the session, Representative Joe Duffy Of Silver Bow,. poet laureate of the honse,•read' the following effusion of his own creation: The Muse Is still In session with the 'meeker in the chair, It dpena up each morning b the chaphsin with prayer; The roll im vatted, the ansente re noted by the clerk; .The speaker raps for order, then -we settle down to work. The delegations in the house from counties round the state • Sit back, look wime und light a \smoke and then we legislate. Some \guy\ givem. notice of •a bill and then he turns it In; lt), slipped to it committee anti its then slipped back again. It's placed OH \getters orders\ if it.hasn't paid death's toll; Then the bill's emasculated in \committee of the whole.\ The guy who introduced It tnen rises in him seat. Arid moves to pass the -- measure while Mending on him feet. The \gentleman f Flathead\ arises in a wrath.• Anti the bill thnt's had smooth Bailing. has IIOW a slippery path. •• \The gentleman.\ in speaking, Hayti \he's long opposed the bill, For the reason. If ICH Dammed, it will cer- tain interemts kill.\ Up jutups_a-ttstent.\ from Custer—the bill he would explain -- And when he gets through talking, he sitia right down again. From l'owell cosne protestants; fr - Prairie and from Park; And Gm chancem for the passage qf the bill grow rather dark. \This bill should PIM by all means,\ howls guy from Silver Bow; The howl meets WIth approval. but the Cascade bunch howls. \No!\ From Sweetgrass romes nu argument in favor of the bill, itut it -stets rr — solar plexua\ from the \gen- tleman frotn Then the \gentleman from Fergus\ who is rather long on laws, Slips in a motion to etrike out the bill's enacting clause, And so it meets an awful death; gootl talks have been in vain , Then eomen another \liouse bill.\ and the wrangle's on again. And so it goen from day to day—\the game of making lawn' Consists in slipping in a bill and picking out Be flaws. There's billa for hail insurance and bills for making rain, - There'', bills for killing livestock when they trample down our grain! There'e billa for feeding gophers Paris Green throughout the state. And bille,to pay our salaries, so we're not obliged to wait. There's billm for sanitation and a bill to race at fairs; And a bill to do away with some state boards and easy chairs. Bilis for new commission's, and bills to knock them out; And bills to license boxing when we want to have a bout. There are bilis to make lodge members kick in with more dues. And bilis for prohibition and bills that favor booze. There's bills for truing copper when the market prieem drop. And other billa keep pouring in with never ending stop. There's bilis dividing counties and bills to create sehools. Bills to amend. bIlis to suspend and bills to change the rules. There'e bilis for farms. for babes In arms. anti bills for 11111kIIIK Bills for wealth. for taxing wealth. each day the volume swells. The senate sends rs bunch of bills ench day to go the ront; Some get 'round the bases but at home they are put out. Some erente discussion, rind cliMeussion brings out facts; And whet, we're through diseussing some• times the-- get the axe. Bernard will stnrt an argument upon certnin bill. Ile prnimes it fel' passage or pans It for n \kill.\ •`' Baxter will oppose Win ifiche thinks the bill's not right. A few remarks from other guys and titen we have a fight. Higgins Jumps into the fray and Mason follow,/ •hint; Then Murmur peels his coat off and gets into the swim HAIL—FiRE HAIL—FIRE Insure your farm buildings against fire and youi• crops against hall in the RANCIIERW HAIL 41 FIRE INSURANCE CO. A mutual assessment company of Montana farmers that last fels7 .1 paid•to its tnembers 1116,664.111 in hail homes, which is One Hundred Cents 'on the Dollar. - Much chestier than -old Ilne and absolutely reliable: Use the name contract as lent' year. Other companies are either raining their rates or with- drawing frotn the slate. Insurance Is mold by the Ranchers' at absolute cost. Write ter particular/4 Bustling fire and hall Insurance agents wanted to write insurance In their own locality. Ranchers'Hail86Firelnsurance Co. (MEAT FALLS MONTANA MOTOR MAN FROM ivIONTAIM MEETS MASTER MEXICO Tom Penny of Bozeman, president of the Tom Penny Motor company, is the hero of this tale of woe. Pos- sibly - Penny Is not a hero at all, but merely resourceful, out he has been touting himself as a quick-thinker since the taking place of the events chronicled below. Recently, according to Penny's statement, which appears to be more or leas convincingly borne out by photographic _evidence herewith re- produced, Penny, together with E. C. Cirruth, a Havre realty king, and J. J. Blair, a banker of Havre, adven- tured along the Mexican border in Penny's automobile. At last, curi- ous to seeJeshat was happening on • the Kops person had' never crossed his trail. \Well said Penny, \Dr. Kops is a famous physician and a great admir- er of the noble soldier and patriot, Villa. Tell him ,so,\ and the inter- preter did BO. \Dr. Kops,\ continued Penny, \sent me down here with my attend- ants (indicating Carruth and Blair), with six bottles of the famous Kops Elixir with which to cure the wound- ed leg of the famous Mexican mili- tary genius. The ordinary price for these six bottles would be $6—Amer- lean coin—but I- was instructed to deliver them free and merely take a testimonial signed by the noted lead - The Kops Medical Company. • the other side of the line, they de- cided to cross into Mexico and des- cend_ south for a limited distance td obaerve for themselves. All three • were accompanied by their wives. But it befell that they traveled too far, and before they were aware of their danger, they found themselves surrounded by a patrol of Villa's sol- diers, who escorted them to the camp of the bandit chief. \Gringoes growled Villa. \Who are you?\ Here's where Charles Kops of Creat Falis, the well known and ju - st- ly popular piano man, breaks into our story, although he has never been nearer Mexico than Billings. Just why Penny should have theught of the name of his friend, Kops, is not clear, but he was reach- ing for a name and happened to grab this one. \Ask your noble chieftain if he ever heard of Dr. Kops of Montana,\ Penny directed the interpreter. Villa's -vicious growl signified that er. However, we were intercepted by Carranzista hOunds who took from us the precious elixir and drank it.\ Penny looked dejected at the meniory of the occurrence. \Say said Villa, dropping his pretense of the need of an interpret- er, \via do pretty well at throwing the bull—hey?\ \It is true, Senor,\ replied Penny. \that in connection with the sale of the famous Kops Elixir, it has been my custom to give public displays of physical 'strength. The little fellow, here (pointing at Blair), runs the bull around till he's tired out. Then I throw him—two shows a day—and we have been doing a big business.\ \Let me have what loose change you have and then beat it for Mon- tana,\ ordered Villa' gruffly. And the tourists did. All that remains to be said is that Penny, who has coziaiderable moving picture experience, nas reserved the scenario rights for the incident. MONTANA CAN FURNISH MATERIALS FOR WAR Should the United States become involved in actual warfare. Montana will be in a position to furnish more than men to help to do the 4ighting. The powder plant at Ramsay, a few miles west_of Butte, watt nut.= the Dti - Pont people, the largest - Mak- ers of explosives in the country, if riot in the world. The Ramsay plant was designed primarily for the mak- ing of high explosives, such as are used in mining operations. Enorm- ous quantitiee of such explosives are being used by the countries now at war. When President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with Germany, the Du Pont company at once placed its immense plants at the disposal of the government. Tbe largest of these plants is at C,arney's Point, k. J. When the war broke out about 30 months ago, the Carney plant em- ployed about 2,500 men. The big demand from Europe for ammunition has caused an increase in the force to about 20,000 men. Proportionate increases have been made at other plants of the country. Other sources of supply for the ne- cessities of the government in case of hostilities in which Montana would be able, to play a part is the furnishing of such military needs as clothing, blankets, shoes and the like by the work of the men who are doing time in state prisons. In the annual report of the state prison board of Montana, the recommenda- ion was made that greater facilities e provided at Deer Lodge for keep- ing the inmates of the prison him at some work that would produce things that could be utilized in other public institutions without competing with free labor. In some of the eastern communi- ties prison authorities are already anticipating a call -an their resources should things come to an open rup- •ture. Montana's state prison, it is said, could be put in shape to turn out a lqt of useful war material on short notice and at small expense, and the men there are always glad lo have eomething to employ their time. After a ,man has rosined around for a while he discovers that all of the bad actors are not on the stage. McMahon bows his back up and Blodgett he gels tough— \They're off\ with oratory nnd with pinin unvarnished guff. \Doe\ Utiliser he goes to the bat and Kelsoe has try To bring , a I ttttt se run tor his side—a vote of 'no\ 6r \nye.\ \geldin tioes mottle fancy ducks, and Dolt gets In the fight With Page s and Kelaev, fronsides, Work- ing. Cnr11 and White. It don't take long to figure what will happen to n bill When it goem through the 'workings of the legislative mill. If the im with you at the 'dart you'll win out in a walk. Unless the \guy\ ngninst von knows just how to fight and taut, But bills will come-nnd bills will go—hotel rind bar ineluded. But cabaret nod \chieken billa\ have wisely been excluded. OIL ON RESERVATION LIKELY, SAYS EXPERT CUSTER'S tiGIIT TOLD IN SIGNS The wide-spread_interez,t in the de- velopmnnt or the oil and gas re- sources of the country gives a forth- coming report on.a Montana area special value to oil prospectors in this state. --A -report on the Blackfeet reservation just issued by the geo- logical survey of the dep-rtment of the interior at Washington as a re- sult of field work first undertaken for the office of Indian affairs des- cribes the geology of the southward extension of the Calgsry field of Al- berta, Canada. The resorvation is underlaid by the same formations that have yielded smn11 quantities of oil and gas in the Calgary., field. Similarity Pointed Qut. The report points out the general similarity of the two regions and dis- cusses the geologic facts upon which an intelligent search for oil and gtts in the reservation must be based. To this end it describes In detsil shout 13 anticlines and itructural terraces. points out favorable or unfavorable features in each, and indicates the mbliradvantageous places for drilling and the depths at which the possibly productive sande may be reached. The sandstones in the lower part of the Colorado shale and the under- lying Kootenai formation are be- lieved to be the only sources of oil and gas in this region. Although there are no known surface indica- tione of oil and gas within the reser- vation, recent discoveries have dem- onstrated the presence of petroleum and petroleum residues in the lower part of the Colorado shale In an area adjoining the reservation on the south. It was found that a body of shale about 50 feet thick, in the low- er part of the Colorado. Is petroll- ferous over a considerable area. Small samples of this shale yielded on distillation about two gallona of oil to the ton. and thin beds of lime- stone intercalated la the shaie are impregnated with a soft tarry bitu- men. Caleful Drilling Advised. These fast's, together with the known occurrence of oil and gas in the Colorado shale in Alberta and of seeps from the game shale in north- ern Montana, lead \to the belief that oil and gah may occur in some of the: areas of most favorable structure in the 13Iackfeet Indian reeervation. Eugene Stebinger, the author - Of the report, believes that the chances for success in the reservation are suf- ficient to warrant careful and sys- tematic drilling. 4 . ` - Oh! Some comedians can make us laugh.\ But what we started to say was that Jack Cannot is the leading comedian at the Tivoli theater Syd- , ney, Australia. Advice. To all your trusts try to be true, Wnatever your position; Why try to climb at all, if you Can't get above suspicion. MASSACRE MADE_ ,KNOWN BY CROW WHO COULD SPEAK • NO ENGLISH. Art Which Wai Conunon Among Montana Pioneers, Brought Into Play by Curley in itelating How WhitetroWere Slain to Last Man by Overwhebning Force of Sioux. How the Indians of diverse tribes talk by signs is known to all readers oi povels of adventure, but there are not many perhaps who are aware that 'the greatest tragedy of • the United States army since the civil warthe Custer massacre --even in many of its startling details was first related in the Indian sign language. This means of intercourse, with which many of the Montana pioneers Were familiar, and in which the noted' ar- tist, Charles M. Russell, is an expert, was cultivated in particular by the Crows of southern Montana. and it was a Crow scout, Curley, wile knew not a word of English, who . carried the first word of the Custer fight to the confluence of the Big Horn and the Little Big Horn where i the steam- er Far West lay wafting with sup- plies. It is no unusual thing for a story of tragedy to be borne in upon a scene of tranquility and so it was with the news ofothe annihilation of the Custer force. The waters 'of the Big Horn teemed with pike, salmon and channel catfish. It was a Sun- day afternoon and th - ere was nothing for the crew of the boat and the soldiers of the escort to do • ex- cept to devote theniselves to the quiet sport of angling. It was a lit- tle after 10 o'clock in the morning that Captain Grant Marsh, the mas- Curley, the Crow Scout. WAR PREPARATION IS BEING RUSHED ter of the boat; the pilot and the en- gineer and two army officers, armed with willow poles and tackle, strolled to a point opposite the mouth of the Little Big Horn on the - island to which the Far West was tied. Naked Indian Appears. There was no fear in the hearts of any of these men but that Custer would be victorious over his Indian enemy. Smoke columns noticed along the southern horizon on two previous days had disappeared and this fact seemed to confirm the general belief that the Sioux had already had been encountered and overcome. Yet one of the men in the little fishing party remarked how close they were to the willows on the main shore and bow easy it would be for the Indians to creep up and fire on them. Scarcely had this observation been made when, Without the least warning, the thickets on the opposite bank parted and a mounted'Indian. naked, except for a breech -clout, burst through in- to,view and halted his sWeating pony at the water's edge. As the fisherman leapt to their feet they were reassured by the In- dian, who raised his carbine in token of peace. He was recognized by one of the party as Curley, the Crow scout, who had been'assigned to Cus- ter's column. This in itself was somewhat startling (or they had ex - %meted to hear from Terry and Gib- bon, not from Custer, who had been assigned to attack the Sioux from a point farther from the rendezvoue at the mouth of the Little I3ig Horn. Fords Stream to Steamer. Curley forded the stream to the boat, where all the fisherman quickly gathered. He was no ; loner aboard, than he gave way to violent demon- strations of grief. Joseph Mills IIanson, the biogra- pher of Captain Marsh, in his \Con- quest of the Missouri,\ describes 1.he revelation to the impatient officers, - soldiers and crew in the folldwing vivid passage: \Throwing himself down upon a medicine chest, Curley began rocking to and fro, groaning and crying. For some time it•was impossible to calm him, When at last he had to some ex- tent regained his self-control, the question arose as to how to commu- -nicate wtth - him - for IV ots -- board could understand the Crow language, while he spoke no English, so that all efforts at conversation failed. Fi- nally Captain Baker produced a piece of paper and a pencil and showed the Indian how to tole them. Draws Rude Diagram. \Curley. grasped the pencil firmly in his fist and, dropping flat on his stomach on the deck, began drawing a rude diagram. while about him the army and steamboat of (leers gathered closely, waiting in silent suspense for his disclosures. The Crow first drew a circle and then, outalde of it, an- other. Then between the Innei arid outer circles he began making num ORDERS BEING FILED FOR BIG GUNS AND FIELD ARTILLERY , FOR COAST DEFENSE. HtuTied Measures Being Taken to Protect New Yortc and Other Har- bors From Attack in' Case Hostli- ities Break. Out; Government Takes Over Many Munition Plante. The Associated Press, which serves Montana daily newspapers with tele- graph news, is giving the public little infonnation about what prellarations are being made against the day when this covintry may find itself at war 'with Germany, but it is a fact that every possible safeguard that can be - employed in a short period of- time is being rushed. Secretary of War Baker has sent orders to the Bethlchem steel works to cease work on mino'r orders for the war department and concentrate 'all available men immediately on the production of batteries of Cinch and 6 -inch guns -for the United States field artillery. These guns are being built from designs completed as the result of observation by our military officers in Europe. The Bethlehem plant has also be- gun'to turn out a 9 2 -10 -inch. gun for the war department, which, it is de, clared, will be a far more efficient weapon than the famous 42 -centi- meter gun of the German army. The new 4 -inch and 6-inth guns for field artillery are to be distributed as soon as they can be completed. Secretary Baker has taken eharge of the rushing of work on field pieces and munitions. •All plants now mak- ing rapid fire guns ter the army have been put on an otrertime basis. Midvale Steelsand Ordinance com- pany has a rush order at its Lynn, Mass., plant for high power flood lights to be used on fortifications in New York harbor. Each of these lamps has 2,0.00 -candle power. The three New England Westing- house plants manufacturing..muni- Mons for the Russian government have been taken over by khe United States government. Night and day shifts of 5,000 men will be inaugur- ated. One of the hurried measures to protect New - York harbor from sub- marines is the construction of a heavy wire net, to be extended two miles from Sandy Hook to Rockaway point. PRESIDENT WILSON TO ARM MERCHANT VESSELS Germany's plot to array Mex-• Ico and Japan againet the United States In war has obliterated po- litical lines in congress, raid put all patties solidly behind Presi-„ dent Wilson.. It now transpires that the president was. in possession of doctunentary proof of the in- trigue and knew of Germany's efforts at the time the German ambassador was assuring the state department of the friendli- ness of the German government tetrarch) :the - United State& - A bill authorizing the presi- dent to ann merchant vessels wae carried by an overwhelming vote, Mann, -the republican lead- er in the house, and Democratic Leader Kitchen, who haft stead- fastly opposed the president's preparedness policy, voting for it. erous-dots, repeating as he did so ia despairing accents: \ 'Sioux! Sioux!' . \When be had filled the interven- ing space with dots, he glanced up at the intent faces around him and then slowly commenced filling the interim' circle with similar marks, while his - volte rose tO a yet more dismal tone as he reiterated: mAttsaroka! Absaroka!' \ 'By Scott!' exclaimed . Captain Marsh,\that means soldiers.' \He was interrupted by Curley, who sprang to his feet and flung his arms wide. Then, swinging them back, he struck his breast repeatedly wtih his fingers, exclaiming at each blow, in imitation of rifle shots: \ 'Poof! Poof! Absaroka!' \The white men stood in tense sil- ence, searching. each other's faces. For a moment no one dared confess that he understood. Captain Baker. 4 'was the first to speak: lev to , -- \ 'We're whipped!' he said boars t ly. 'That's what's the matter.' 'All- . r%.• he turned away. \Curley continued hie pantomime by,. grasping his scalelock with one hand while with the other he des, cribed a circle around it, then made ae if to jerk it off and hang it at his belt, meantime executing a Sioux war nance. But his absorbed observers already realized that they were re- ceiving the first news of a great bat- tle, in which many soldiers had been surrounded, slain and scalped by the Sioux. Haviag learned so Inuch as a beginning, they were able to bring the sign language into use for ac- quiring further particulars.\ •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Quick Service Farm Loans Tbe farmer who wants to make a loan and who - *tints to make it quickly, ivithout any red tape or de- lay. should consider first The Bank- Ing',Corporation at Helena, Montana. They are the largest Win lonn con• cern hi the State nnd are equipped to glve proper service. See they lo- cal agent. or write to them direct for Information. ••••••••••••••••*******••• • •
