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\ î ; --- ’*\'7\—V “ _ - ^ ..i ----- '■->— ■*- --- -- ---- ___________ ; \ YOL, 2. NO. 19 7 : : ? ZORTMAN, OHOÜTEÀU.;:- COIJNTÏ, - MONTANA, SATURDAY, NOV 2L *908. $2.00 FEE ANNUM. How They Qot The Goin <‘ J ;* Hgtf. dtd^tUe’jictivmjgploii^Montapa^a, :ca\pi ctty make tHeir 7 money?'Tliore’s * a question that-ne ver fails '’to ... interest /respecting the fortune ’holders of ; any community, says the Montana Outlook. Helena' has- two' or tb r.eo multi-million- , nircs and a score pr ittore whose\wealth . ranges from a qi/arter of a mtllibij’to a million 'dollars';,'Their histpry /have ' been‘much exploited in various articles and\publicailons and ¿till there are al- way’s new particulars and views' ot their r- uchievedents/to ■be' ‘-.ascertained 'and . fresh mterest'is feltin' the exact raetli-. ods they used to gain their- fortunes, '.'/ the exertions they inadej.the character ’ they ^displayed)- the' circumstances that . favored .thep and' the ’.conditions by, ,’which/hey'were,limited,, AmongYHel eua’s rich meu thero may safely-be in i’ eluded 1 the following gentlemen ;': \V^ G. ;T Conrad; T/C rPow e iy Thomas Cruse, _ A._M.JJplter, A .CiJolrasou, Charles W. Cannonj Henry-;; Cannon', - S. T)' Hauser, Henry Sleben,’A. K; Prescott, Charles B. Power, ®. S. Hale, * Henry M. Parohe*t, T. A, Marloty/A; P. Cur- . tin, Frederick E.'Kessler,. Charles -N. Kessler, Norman-D- Holterj R.'O. Wal lace,’ Richard L'ockey, D., A. G. Flow- er‘ree,'Benjamin'D; Phillips, John T* Murphy^ T. J; .Walsh, Conrad Kohrs, Louis Stadler,.Louis E.’ Kaufmaq, -Hi : - B. .Palmer, M. S. Gunn and R. A. Har- low.'. . Some of.- the gentlemen here enumerated can mot reach the quarter million mark, but even the, fevy ..ho ^t'all below it are'so comfortably provid- , nd and so advantageously placed in the .. Inaterjal arena;that they may be Right fully included in the Helena roster of the rich. •\ - * —. , The three wealthiest men In the Community doubtless axe W. G. CosP \ tad, Thomas Cruse and T. GV Power* These are multi-millionaires. A. M. , Holtei’j wha is worth a 1 million or more doubtless is close to this’ trio. • Con rad „ Kohrs is not farfrom being a million- ’ aire, and Bed D* .Phillips may be mure „than a_ millionaire,-according- 10 - how turnedhisattcntiou-rabrefully—to t h a land, cattle and banking business, and iiasjpade monbyrfrom-thbm/— He-bas also pngaged in:m_iniug„^ able succéss. ‘Undoubtedly bis fortune was founded in-a business,,which at the time he engaged Jin iC-was:tremeudoiiS- ly profitable, and. also unquestionably he was so placedjn the state at the'time he entefed it tliat he had-aclyanfageous opportunities in the land and cattle bhs iness; ;which, - wipTtli^vdgbrousactiy ity he displayed, accounts\ for ‘ Ins success and Ills fortune. \ V i Tlie history of Senator Powers’ mon ey making, resembles that of Mr. Gbn. rad; iBehind him is an active,- enter prising life. He made liis' fortune out of' steamboat iranspbrlation,'- oyeiland' wagon freighting, laud, cattle, sheep. He came into the transportation bus iness later tUau Coiirad' and yet early enough to enjoy the -advantages: of a the Buby mine turnns out.. In glauc- ing over the. histories of the rich, men bf Helena one important, fact stands but impressively. . Transportation of Passengers and freight/' minin g / nn»r. antilefturouitA\and. 8 touk-rihdu 8 try >. >.ere. the.four..great -sources of their ; Wealth. Realty wa s fifth source ai- 7 most as nuiùiÜicént. Everyone of these s five origins of .wealth contained great 77 ^idvantage 8 laTgelyenjoyedby\thewen v Who gamed weallh from - thcna. - T he v * \eniui of -; the - irien ii - another. factor; w h ichistakenfor granted there -are few' among them who did not côntnb-; | bte a corresponding effort/and intelli- £ence necessary to profit by their ad- I vantageous opportunities. ; , W. G. Conrad made tiis raillions from'' ; ’ freighting} cattle,' banking, and. land. [ ' .The freighting and transportation bus- inesrwas one of great ’prbfit“.ih~early day®- - F ort Benton .was the centér o f’ the business iü Montana; Mr. Conrad . hnd his brother Charles succeeded one, bf the early transportation and freight ing çompaules that operated-, on the _ Missouri RiVer and throughout the - aorthwe 8 t territory} I. G> Baker. & Co:- i Viind the foundation aud à large pai,i_of ^ieRivsaith-WerlFsecUredairFhis-activtty -it has-been said tliat the,Conradbroih- ;.brs at one tidie hiul iheT large%t/ bu8 i- * tie«8';bf th/s kind ever Carried on in ■ this, country, its holding in steaniboats , .earns.-, wagons, st'ores and storehouses , ieing Worth a fortune alone*^. I n .the i^atter p a rt of the transportation-period ■’they had atgdng.the competitors T. C / Power, Paris Gibsofij C. A. Broadwat- . or and.others, and.it has been'said the i ' '1 inost profitable p a tt of. their business ;u \ was that of ..freighting between. Fort £ Benton add the Canadian posts atross ihe line. They ¿eld almost /a nionop'- |/-l>ly of - this branch-bf^the-in dustry.—Aif- ! ter til e introduction of railroads and til e greater settienlent bf Modtdna and the very profitable period. ’ A glance ovei; his-Iife shows that he had.’pleñty’bf in itiative,: rapidly ajldinglone activity to another,’ and>that;he.ha&' been a money ruaker and successful all the time. Tie came tb'Montana in 1864, and shipped itf'goods from Omaha In- the 60s. He built boats for the Missouri,river trade anil big buildings for the Helena bank ing and- office business. He, made hU' fortune not only out of the’ big oppor tunities offered during forty years of settlement and development of a tfew and rich section.of the qorthwest,, but out of his own shrewdness.and energy. He haS been a big, business force in a fertile field and-his fortune is the result Thomas Cruse 1 got his wealth, th' bulk-of-dt—f.rom—theJDxutii—Lumuion- raine, but there were two other power ful factors. The “ open range” ‘-free grass” was the touchstone of riches to many of fhe millionaire .stockmen yf Montana. Mr. Cruse was a beneficirry of this great advantage, aud it-vyas in strumental in founding his foitune.r Li„e the other gentlemen named he was here and beguu to build his fortune :u a very pearly pay. He has been a banker fbi 20 years) and a shrewd'and carefuL-oaeu The Drum Lummoii-was carefiiL-oae^ UiS/Tucky strike: JLt was sold LO an Eng. lisu syndicate loi’ $1,500.000. There may have ludky strikes in i,he construc tions 'of the fortunes of ail the Helena ribh lnen/but they ao not, stand out in .state-tribunal appbintcd-Ro canyas-thc vote, shall be received—r-that is,' it is left to the sia t e ^ ^ li q n iie ^ ^ ^ ^ c id e . Whether the^clC’crbaii vbto is cast by electors duly chosen. Each state bus 'as many electoral -Votes..as_it'has-senatqrs and congress men,yand. the manner of their selection is left to the States. ' . /; The electors ard generally voted for on:a general.ticket, but the legislature 'mayprovide^diffeTcntly;—In—1870-th o~ Colorado. legislature chose the electors, and untier'the present law of Georgia, if-no’\tickct should receive a majority' the choice would fall upon;the legisla ture. In ’92 Michigan the-' electors were chosen .by’congressional districts. The vote of. a state is 'often divided' between the parties, due to mistakes’ or design on, the part of , voters. The vote pf Maryland will \be split in the present e l e c t i o n . ............. —Tli e-d ate-r-fo r-41 lc^-oati o was fixed bv congress in 1845 for tliif “ first Tuesday after tlie- first Monday in Ff°verhber.” , Before that time there 'was uo uniformity in'tlie date. 1 To secure, ah'election a candidate must have a majority of all -the votes cast; a plurality not being sufficient, and in caseno candidate has a majority tile election is thrown into the house of representatives, only the three high* est candidates being ballolted for. The vote in -„he house is bv states, a ^majority of tho members from*each state casting its vote. On-two occas-* ions the election has beeu throwu into the house-in 1800 when Jeffersoti was elected, and in 1824 wheu John Quid, ey Adams became presiihiifT, A president may be elected- wiliTa\ minority vote, thus ‘in 1824 ' Andrew Jackson had a plurality of fifty thous and over J . ‘ Q. Adams, and iu 1888 Grover Cleveland had a plurality of nearly o.tie hundred thousand over Bed Harrison ‘ • -Tbe justification for tho system of election by states rather -than by popu lar vote} lies ,in the fact, that i£ is pro|)<- ably the fairest method that: dan be Uc* vised...Qtherwise-sdme-Wctious—of-the~ •nilntry would acquiie Undue influence mouWealth-àS-dòe 8 -this- How P resident is Elected over others. ThuSUhe manufacturing state of Pennsylvania may give as huge -a republican Vote as i t ’ may, but it can ieliver only 34 electoral votes. Under jhe^Feseutrjyàtenóioj sen president, who has .not supporters iu about hall the states ofthe union! f c , surrounding territory had largely de stroyed ‘ this -'btisiucSs;-. Mr. (Jot.rad that those. bearing , 'tyas . the . president of , the; United States’elected. on; Hoy;' 3d? .,. 'V-V V:He/^as/not..>.The._people'Lihl'each state merely chose a set of electors of many of whom they had- never' heard, Theso electors • will assemble at;their respectiye state capitals on the' sCcond Monday iu January, audrthere-ballot- (or president and vice-president. Each of these assemblies is called an elector al ,college._There are as many electoral' colleges aS there • are states; )The ture ritories aud the District of Golumbia have uo vote. ' Should a candidate die between tbe date of the election and the assembling of—the-electoral college,—the electors would probably receive ^instructions from a national conveuliou or from vecoguized—-party—leadomTp—lTi—i&Ti 1 when (Greeley; the miuorityy candidal*. d iedaf ter; tli e 7 electionV*bi 3 '_yoiesT were; scattered’. Six^Gdorgia voles; for in stance; were divided betweed B. Gratz ;Browu and-Greeley, aud Rllos'e for Mr. Greeley were rejected bv congress, and were then divided between Thomas* A. Heuncks and Brown. f After tbe electors'meet and.vote, a certified copy of tlie' result is sent by special messenger, (usually-one of ihe electors) to .Wasbingtoni On t i e Sec ond Wednesday in February congress meets to couut^ the’ votes and to. an nounce the election. -— 1 — , — , — _ If there is a jlispiile over the elector al vote of certain states'; as there was id 1876; the law of congress provides S a int M a rtin’s Day X . This is’St.’ Martin’s d’ay‘ a day when «sirbn-^'G rQufacUiog .'flay,’i- thc /official weather \forecaster is obliged to fake. a. bapk spat. If Hov. 11 th is cold and clear, Then the winter will jje severe: But if that day be stormy, child, . The next four mouths will all be miid. So ruus tbe old saw in: which is em bodied tbe=populax_^p_erstitiqn 8 T;ofzS_U- Martiil’s influence oyer the weather, Fleeted to the Seii of Tours in 374, St. Martin converted his whole di.cese to Christianity, from paganism. .He died »Nov. 11th, 397, and in accordance with old church customs, Ins day .is ¡celebrat ed by ritualistic churches the World over-bu the .anniversary, of hiS-dteath.- ;• Sale of Timber. Washington, D- C., October 3 tst, .1908. ^¿/Sealed bids marked \outside; * ‘Bid, Timber Sgle Application SeptemBef i,' 1908; Jeffers 6 n’’-and addressed to the Fores ter. Forest Service, Washington, ;D r C*., w ill- be received up to and includ- ing the 21 st day of December, 1908 , for all the merchantable dead timber, stand ing or down, and the live timber mark ed for cutting by the forest officers, lo cated on an area t<Tbe~definitely~desig- nated by the forest officer before cutting begins, of about 62 acres in -Beaver creek, approximately in unsurveyed Secs '3 and 4 , T 2 ^ n, R 25 E., M. P. M-,- Within the Jefferson national forest, Montana; estimated to be 3005000 ft. B. M.,’ of yellow pine and Douglas fir, and 160 .cords of wood, more'or less* no bid of less than g47per thousand feet B; M. for saw timber afid 60 cents' per coi’d for cordwood will be cousidered, nd-a-ihqjosii-bf-^OO-rausty-be-^soot—tn H.; B. Cramer, Fiscal Agent, ForeRt Service, Washington; D. C., for each bid 8 ubmitted\to the Forester. Timber upon valid, claims is exempted from sale.’ The right' to reject any and all bids is reserved. For furthei informa tion and regulations governing- sales, address 4r. R. W. Stuart}'Forest Sup ervisor, Great Falls, Montana.-' B aulk H. C lapp , Acting Forester. FORFEITURE NOTICE To Abram D. Gill, his ljeirs, executors, ad- ldinistcitiM or m igm : You are hereby notified that I liayo ex pended during the year 1!)07, tho sum of one hundred dollars on each, or two hund red duliais on the two, in labor and im provements upon tbe mining locations .kno.wmjwAhaJLlawJcJSyjQ_and_JEagLo_Bxe- lode, mining claims, to wit: ono' hundred dollars iu labor and improvomonts on’tlio Hawk Bye, and ono hundred dollars in la bor and improvements on tho Eaglo Eye, said lbdo mining claims being situated in the Little Rockies (unorganized) mining district, in Chouteau county, Montana, 01 Which said claims the location certificates are of record in tho oifice of the clerk and recorder of said county, in order to hold, said .olnims'undor the provisions of Section 2S24, Revised Statutes of tho United States and -the amendments thereto ,J approved JanUtir.t22iKl,J.S80,-concernihg-annuaMa- bor upon mining claims* boing tlie amount qu.y-cd to holu said claims for tho period iding jiecembersist, iuu/i re eni Anii'if within tK) days after the publica tio n ^ this' notice, yon fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expond- ■ituro as a co-oWnor, your interest in .the a'aid^claims_WJll_become thp^prpperty of t lrcHubscrlbof, RmVrco-mvnerr-wid-inado- the required expenditure, by tlio terms of said'scction.' Dated at Zortman/Moritanay this 10 th. day of August 1008.’ ^ A ndrew N ewman . rat publication Aug22d, 1908„ A' We are riow ready to make delivery of the best grade of Lignite Coal in the country, in any quantity/ at $12 per ton, at Zortman. < *. = ----- HAGAN & ROWLEY. SELLSEVERYTHINGIN BOOTS, S^IOES, CLOTHING, NOTIONS; DRY GOODS HARDWARE, QUNS, AMMUNITION,„SASA; DOORS DAVID CLINE ZORTMAN, MONTANA. Dodson and Little Rockies Stage Co. DAILY FROM EACH END,; First-clasi Concord Coachcs drawn by fo.ur good horse« mako the trip daily ----- — Z ,—1——.—— •• . *. . \■“Y’— 1 - ^. ji . • _ 1 . each way} in two hour» lesi time between Zortman and Doidatmjrtfaan-tM-made; by_any_other:line“ranning-into-thc^Little-Rockic«i— FifteenmileBtho-ahortes»» H . E. W a rren, M a n a g e r. over all the tiohSes. praying wheels, praying mills'and the universal prayer, “ Om maul pad ine haun” is never out bt their mouths. > — The laild office officials at Miles City hnvo-nsked-fdf - iii 8 tructions_-riegrtrding- an-island Containing>-oQ- acres -iu the which certificate of a NorFh Caroltua lias tlie greatest Out 11 'Yello.wstone river, upon pul and variety of precious Stores. _____ Gibsou .dcslr.es to makc-jaitHy Ari electric coiu counter is ji recent Invention iu Englarkl. It sifts coins on a metal plate and stacks those Of each denomination iu paper tubes. Bulgarians use sour milk made into what they call zoghurt as. a principal article,of dict/and live to a ripe old age and. are able to raise the averagb amount of disturbance. It Is said that the tomb df Moham- meli is tne qostliest in existence; ahd that § 10 , 000,005 worth of diamonds add rubies, were used-iu the decotation of it. The. Tibetans are the nlost prey eminently prayiiig'people on the face of tha earth. They have praying stones praying pyramids, playing flags: flying IT T Theiisç land is not marked on any map. 7 A Texas philosophero-ises-^o the .oc casion like, a trout to a fly and/remarks “ When a Woman who trots - around all dsty marries a man who runs t around all night; it is only a qiieStlon of lime until one or the other dfjhetii ekcecds the speed limit.” v* The Pablo herd of bhifald number ing some tWo dr* three huudred bead; vyhich had been rounded ujJ apd cor ralled preparatory to shipment to Can- aua^inadd'tirelr escape and went back to their bap^y honle ott tUe high lope; and owing td tbe ldteness of tbe season will not.agalu be. disturbed this year. Thcbunbh iS extremely'wild and soy. ED. POWELL ~ ............ I D 'e a lefi''' .Vr'1 ; h —*— ; Wines, Liquors and Cigars* Goods in Case Bottled Beer - , f Imported and Domestic Cigars Lower Main! St. Zotttnan* Montana. ZORTMAN*WILDER STAGE LINE ------------- G a r r y i n g y r S . z M a i l r P a s s e n g e r s a n d E x p r e s s . 7 ^ - Leaves Zortman feuaday an5~W^ne8dayrYttig)~Ttj ui, arriving atW ilderandM issouriRiver-pointsat^pm .retuiningth'ij following days. C. B. S îü À man Prop, . j- THE EAGLE SALOON KELLERMÂN & DâNIFF, Prop’rs. Zortman, Montana; -R e L lìl DEA lbr 11 »— Gibson, Hoosier\ Bard and other brands of^Imported aijd Doniestic Cigars, SOCIAL CLUB Whiskey. HAMM BREWING CO’S BEER - ^ ;I*Ü\ tiíe* Íu¿Í0r^*'.óf Little- jEtôëÜieè.'kaS stick 4 Stòck òf GENERAL ÂtËÊCHANÔÎSÈ.ever teeü.sköjW ás now óñ taß át «! T V - Bb J ■ X. ■ ■ __ - • •• -r _/• __ i _________ ■ ~r • . __ - ’* ^ ______ __________ . ______ !■» J - -• - __ 2_\. ' . •’ - . _ * / ■ ’ . ' \ A' i * ' - \ ” ^ 7 -s ’ ^ ** ''■'/J'*’ --- “ '•**-’ ^ », /' — ■- - - ~ .r -*•- - r ________ ,J ^ __ *' , j- } J ; -V - they were bought ih car flot's and at the Rateá ánd Discoún usúaíly giveñ iñ dëàlè o f such si¿e*. 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