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VOL. 1, KO. 43 ZOETMAN, OJŒOUTEÀU COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908. $2.00 PER ANNUM. A Great Contrast A Helena mau is on trial in the fed eral court for fencing fifty-nine thou sand acres of the public domain. He is using it to pasture Ins fiocks and herds, iu apparent disregard of the federal statutes, says the Butte even, lug New?. _ In Chicago, Philadelphia and other eastern cities, organizations are touay being formed to permit the un imi plow ed to cultivate vacant lots—after the Pingree potato-patch plan. Each lot constitutes but a very small fraction of. an acre, yet by economical gardening It will keep a little family from actual hunger for several months. What a striking object-lesson iu the Uuequal distribution of our population these two incidents afford 1 It is true much of thè 59,000-acre tract is npt arable land, but it is safe to estimate that it is of- such a eharae- — leiMis-to-aiford-a,hA4ihood-to-humkeds- 4o-saMy, and-1 Ims-faL-hnt one enne of of those unfortunates who swarm iu the cities to eke out a wretched, half- starved existence in the stifling sweat shop and the 'ijTy-ventilated, noisome tenement houses of the poorer quarter. Some day mere will-he a great move- — innnfc-hack-t.o-l-he-land-,-awiiy from the pestilential slums of the city, to where ^ -GodlS-granilmnshlM fij 1 tile weary one The alarm was raised and the fifty with inspiration ami ambition for a cleaner, higher, more ennobling life. It may take years and the expendi ture of a vast sum- of -the government In reclamation projects, bui he needs ho prophetic vision, who cau see fifty years hence the now uninhabited plains of Montana teeming wiih an iiiuusiri- Ous and prosperous and happy people. Stockholders* Rights organised to exam Every stockholder in an hiiuiug company has a right Inc the records oi the company at aiiy reasonable time, whether he owns a controling iuterest or is only one of lb*, minority shareholders. Under the laws of Montana every copomuou liras., keep books or recbrd tlnrihxiclFelllngs the management òf~Tlìé\'compSny in which he is interested his first step is to inspect the books aud ascertain where the supposed mismanagement lies, but one should be thoroughly sat isfied as to wrongdoing before he kiiucks the management. Big Dam Goes Out With little preliminary warning, the big dam on the Missouri river at Haus er Lake, twenty miles north of Helena .went Out on Tuesday afternoon of last week', and turned looso a flood of wa ter such as is seen but seldom on this earth, its' solid wall being not less than seventy feet in height and carrying everything befoie it, and forced on ward bv the Immense storage of water extending for twenty miles up the riv er. Telephone service quickly notified the people living below and they were enabled to flee to higher ground and drowning is reported, but the loss in livestack and damage to railway and private property .is said to exceed half a million dollars, while the loss to the power company will be fully*as great. It was between 2 and 3 o’clock that a-s trait i ing-n o is e-was-h e,a rd-a n d—wate i- was seen seeping through the dam. Of all tho meeliugs and all transactions of the company, together with trans fer hooks containing the names of all Stockholders ¿8 shown by the certifi- CKte8rissued\or-trafisferredy-«ud-^th'ese-|-long^8cvcnty‘-fect—high-nnd—wns-eon hooks and records must be kept, open to tho inspection of any stockholder, member or creditor- of the corporation at all reasonable hours. The statute of Montana otily affirm? the common law in this respect aud nu merous decisions of. supreiue courts hold that the right of a stockholder to bxamino tho books of the company in Which he is interested is an absolute and not a qualified right aud carries with it the right of tile stockholder to have the books and records examined in his behalf by au agent, attorney or Export accouutaut. Iu the examina- tion notes can be .made _aud extracts taken from thaJjQoks. . Under the statutes and decisions the Widest authority is given stobkliolders lo make examinations and inspections and there is no reason why every per son interested in a mining company Jshould not keep posted as to the de tailed operation and conditions as shown by the books aud records. Iu bases where stockholders are not satis fied with company affairs it is much better to ask for an examination of the hooks than it is to begin knocking the lnauagement. Any company^--whose Affairs are bouestly conducted will not Vefuse a stockholder to examine the bocks, records, stock transfer books and other documents containing an ao- ’couut of the business, provide the ex amination is asked for in good faith and-for'a legitimate purposes Occnsiou- Yiliy a request is made to examine the books for an ulterior purpose and the Request is refused, bût au houest effort to learn the business conditions of a company bv one of the shareholders is seldom resisted by reputable companies [f a stockholder iè not satisfied with employes rushed lo tho high ground Within five minutes a deafening' roar was heard and for * space of 300 feet tlie huge mass writhed and squirmed like a live thing. The crash of limber followed the grinding of steel, and the impounded waters snot the debni many feet do .u stream in all directions. On its breast pieces, of steel weighing tons floated like corks for a quarter of a mile down stream. The I-lauser lake dam, which was one of the finest structures of its kind in. the world, was completed last year at a cost of more than $2,000,000, and dcvelopecnrhorsepower of 25,000, an I was utilized in operating the various power plauls iu Helena, the Butte mines and the Amalgamated smelter at Anaconda. The break will not in- teffere with the operation jnf these as the power is now being tu n a s tied from (lie Canyon Ferry dam and the corapa- sUh statiou at Hutte. The Hauser lake^ dam was 490 feet structed of masoury and steel The con struction of the dam created a lake covering twenty square rtiiles. The towns aloilg the river as far down as great-Fails were in a state of panic When the first news of the break reached them and imagined all sorto of dire disastel* to follow in the wake of tile flood, and that they stood the highest sort oï a chance to be wiped off the face of the earth, but after pass ing Bear Tooth canyon, the water spread ottt over the surrounding coun try until there was very little rise be low Craig, whiph Was practically wip- eiLoff the_nlap 4 _.tlie_ lasts. iutiiig_placcd. at about $50,000. Many miles of rail way track are gone and it “maylie ten days yet before traius can run between Ilelena dud Great Falls. At Great Falls thé river rose but three and one- half feet, and Was a disappointment to those who had taken to the hills. The company ‘ wTlUrabtriltrille- datn at once and expects to have everything in operation again within six mouths. with some naked facts. What itnall means is that when mou go out\into the world to wrestle for a place, homo or a fortune, the field must be open to all alike; no restrictions must ho placed upon the one that arc not upon the other. If one boy’s father bears an ex alted name and another hoy’s father’s name bears the brand of shame; that is not nature’s fault, it comes from the virtues and the yices of another gener ation, hut it means that under (lie law botlrshalHiave the-same-opportnnities- Tliat they do not have the same chance is. not the fault of- the law, but of the likes or prejudices of men for the law cannot reach tho prejudices of men. Tho author of those words was hot, iu preparing than, writing a treat ise on morality, but rule qf action for a young nation. W. P. Turner, a prominent stock- man whose ranch was about twelve miles south of Galata, was shot in the abdomen, on the 15th, by Fred Lari- tnore, and (lied the following day. The mon\quarTe1lTul over a mu wages. Lariiuore is in jail at Hentoti having gone in and surren lered. So when a rich and a poor man’s son start alike iu life, both the same physically and mentally, with «Very oportunity open ail .e to each, they are -for-lhe base blood iu his veins and the squalor in which he was born aud roar ed.—Ubodwin’s weekly. . The house committee on mines and mining agreed to recommend the pas sage of a bill, drawn by a sub-commit tee for the establishment of a bureau of mines in the department of the in terior. By the terms oi this hill it shall he the province and duty of the new bureau “ to foster, promote ntid develope the mining industry of the United HiaVcs^RMiTalardlllgent inves tigation of tho methods of mining, the safety of the mines, llve.po sible im provements of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores, the use of explosives and eleia i icily, the prevention of ac cidents. the value of mineral products and the markets for tho same, and of other matters pertinent lo said indus tries, and from timc7o_ Iimo \To make such public reports as the secretary of the interior may direct for the work, Uvest bullions and informations obtain ed, wffTi ihe recommendation of s bureau.i revision is made for g. vern ment of the bureau undei the seereta- y of the interior by a commissioner, to be appointed by the president, at an annual s dary of 86,000. not alike, even though flic law draws equal protection around both. Say at first cnclfcan cariTSlOO per inohrjr, Each can save say §50 per month. Under normal conditions each would have $600 at the end of the year. IJut one has had $20,000 drawing 4 put. cent all (lie time, so the year's tiei earning of the one is $600 of the other $1,609 and with each year the discrep- eticy between Ihu two increases. In effect one has his own earnings, the other his own and the earnings of two other men. That is, tho monied re sult of two other men’s earnings. The reason wo state these elementa ry facts is because’, plain as they arc, there arirlhousaitda ot people who de- clare that it is unjust to compel mm to compete with their earnings against the earnings against the earnings of a dead and soulless thing like money. But money is the measure of values. tii-an o* riginal earning capacity which cannot be denied, when it enters into the bus iness of the world. Let a man, by his .toll.accumulate $500, lie puts it out upon a mortgage at 7 per cent, aud. draws from it $35 per annum; Were any one to growl at this he woqld be come indignant and say: earned that mouev by the sweat of my face, why should I not obtain little revenue from it? But the chauees are teu to one'that when he reads that a daughter of the Vanderbilts has a doweryof $15 1)60^)00, he declares thill' lt~ Ranchers and Farmers will save time and money when“ ever they are in need of Supplies, to come to Zortman, and inspect our lines of BOOTS and SHOES, SADDLERY and HARDWARE, CLOTHING and DRY GOODS, rj Otir GROCERIES are thehighest in Quality, and Chase & Sanborn Teas and Coffees have no equal. W ant Stage to Zortman this get There arc a number of things town needs just ¡is soon ns it can them. G >d made I he country, anil it is good; mit man m ikes the town. Standing at the depot when the train name iu Irmn the west one morning the first of tlm week, wc saw a man jump liurridly from the train and asked the first man he saw when the stage left for Zortman Alasl no stage leaves the enterprising village of Harlem for (he big little mining town of the Little Rockies, a town that l.tu no railroad but a lu idsoinc pay roll, and which ~l OWIT.'lfTfl 'pay roll can be reached, wc are told, as easily from this point ns from any town on the Great Nolhern. Dodson, a little place east from here has seen the value of such a stags line, and has one running. There have been- ,ew onlil strikes in the Li I tie is wrong. That God is not just to permit such a thing, But that lady’« great grand father started by towing passengers across North river at 50 cents a head. As his fortune increased he invested it iu property which his discerning brain sawwoiild'euable lum Co make all peo ple who traveled pay him. tribute., un til at last the rolling snowball of his wealth became ail avalanche. Again if the poor men, instead of putting his money out on a mortgage had bought Crown Point at 60 cents per share aud urfour mouths had sold Equal under lavv only A good mau said: “ Do you know that tile few words iu tho Declaration that men most prate about, the words! “ all men arc created equal,” are a sor ry fraud? Look about you. • No two are equal, tlo two have the same chance I know What you will say: “ all have like opportunities,” but if that is true, then the preceding words that ‘-all men are endowed with ccrtaiu inalienable rights,” are not true, for they apply no more to men than they do to the hawk and the lark.” But our friend confuses a principle it for $1,800 per share, as he gathered itt his $1,800*000, had he been told that it was not just that he should ' draw such a sum for so trifling an in vestment, his ready answer would have been: “ I risked all Unit I had. I f l had lost it all, how much would you have contributed to make up my loss.” The law holds that all men are equal but it cannot provide against remote, imprudent, ill-mated marriages, the differences in the fibre and brains of men, or men’s environments. Above all it cannot prevent one man havitg such a lust for money that lie is neces sarily a thief and liar; and goes out iu. to the world siniplv as does .the beast or bird of prey, and no principle can keep him all his life from executing revenge upon innodent people, topiy Rockies, the state papers are all talking about it, and for the month of March Chouteau was the second largest gold producing county in Montana. PllToTnnlaily^tngirime-to-Zorttmtn- GeTlhisy. Lot it he kno\\n that Har lem i? the place to leave the railroad for the mines of the Little Rockies. Let the Zortman people get to the outside world by way of Harlem. Roth coming and going, it will mean busi ness1 Tor every interest in this town.—* Milk lliver Valley News. Provisions Tor- |an enlarged home- stead in semiarid states was made by passage of tho Smoot bill iu the senate Amendments were adopted by which the bill applies only to Colorado, Mon tana. Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon^ Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona ami New Mcxici). It autliOTL.es tile taking itp of homesteads of 320 acres of “ and,” non-mineral, non-iirigablc The Big Timber fire having start id from a spark from a Nolhern Pacific engine, the company has announced its readiness to pay one half of all losses. The Little Rockies Muter, With all mining news, Kockies Miner, $ 2.00 per ttìar. Truancy Notice.—At a special meeting of tlie board of trustees of the Zm tinan School district, held jirll (itli, the Consta ble of Zortmuil precinct \vasjdio.semiH tru- ant olliecr. Any childUnjFd loitering op tho streets during seliUTTlliours, without an excuse from his teacher, will he taken iuto custody by the said oflleor. Parents, piease abide by the commuii school law's and avoid trouble for all. 48 L>; A. C ubdaok , Clerk of Board. . DAVID CLINE S E L L S EVERYTHING IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE OUI David Cline, M e rchant Zortman, Mont. Stevens & rI urton General Merchandise Dodson Montana. Dodson and Little Rockies Stage Co. Wednesday and Friday. Leave Zortman Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. The eBbortost and quickest route to aud from Zortman --------- HT~Fr~Wnrren^Ma nager^ HS m e t s ED. POWELL — Retail, Dealers— ------ Wines/ Liquors and Cigars. Goods in Case Bottled Beer Imported and Domestic Cigars Lower Main St. Zortman, Montana. ZORTMAN-WILDER STAGE LINE Carrying U. S* Mail, Passengers and Express. Leaves Zortman Sunday and Wednesday at 6 a m, arriving at Wilder and Missouri River points at 2 p m, retui ning tlu following days. C. B. S toeman Prop, Application for Grazing Permits. No tice is hereby given that all applications for permits to graze cattle, horses and sheep within the Little Kockies National Forest during the season of 11108, must ho filed in my oiHco at Highwood, Montana, on or before day 10th, 1008. Full informa tion in regard to grazing fees to bo charged and blank forms to be used in making ap- plication.w lll he furnished upon request. 45 J. G. T h A tn , Supervisor. THE EAGLE SALOON ’ M» G. Cassidy, Prop. Zortman, Montana» — R etail D ealer in — Gibson, Hoosier Bard and other brands of Imported and Domestic Cigars, SOCIAL CLUB Whiskey» HAMM BREWING CO’S BEER Buy Gent’s Farnlshings UNION MADE ♦»- at - - ♦ s ' LADIES’SKIRTS, SillKTWAlSTS. SHOES. JUST ftECfelVËD _ Hardware, Drugs, D ry G'oods-, Groceries-, EWinUell & W right Coffee, Roofing, Furniture, Bedding. ... BUY A PAIR OF SHAROOD’S UNION-MADE SHQES--,-.. Heath, The Men ■ u ORDERS TAKEN FOR LADIES’ & GENT’S TAILOR I SUITS.
