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4. Kendall, Montana, August 25, 1903 KENDALL CHRONICLE Published weekly where the big mines are situated. • SUBBOXITTION *ATMS One Year $2.00 Six Months ............... . Pay ln advance and avoid the disagreeable dunning letter. Panama Canal Treaty and the Co- lombian People. Everybody in the United States ex- cept stockholders in the trans -conti- nental railroads regret the delay in construction of the Panama canal, by reason of the Colombian government refusing to sign the pending treaty. That government believes the price the United States agrees to pay for the right of way and accompanying priv- ileges is not adequate; that $io,000,- 000 is, in fact, a bargain counter fig- ure. Then there are other reasons, too, why many Colombians object to the treaty and its terms. A writer in the North American Review makes these objections very clear, and as he presents the case, the Colombians are not altogether wrong in their conten- tions. The facts as they should be un- der , he says, may be stated thus: First either the Colombian ex- ecutive nor an ordinary congress can constitutionally ratify a treaty that in- volves a cession of territory to a foreign power. Second—The canal will not be of as much benefit to Colombia as those who are unfamiliar with the situation as- surne. Third—Colombians firmly believe that there are other solutions to the problem, which, besides being fair and legal, would permanently satisfy both the United States and Columbia. The enlightened classes of Colom- bia believe that in the Isthmus of Pan- ama their country holds something of value for all time, and they feel that such property is not exclusively their own, hut that it is the patrimony of . all future generations of Colombians The the ten million dollars that Colombia would receive as the only compensation is considered inadequato., and the same would be considered the case if the sum were increased to fifty millions. This may sound preposterous on first consideration, but not to those who know that the money would be dis- tributed among the dictator's clique and the religious Orders, that it would thus serve but to strengthen the fetters that already cut the Colombian flesh to the bone. There is also a very eroneaus im- pression to the effect that the canal when completed will have a great bene- ficial effect on Colombia. The con- ditions as they exist today place Co- lombia in the position of the owner of a bridge, over which an immense traffic is passing. There are many steam- ship lines converging on the ports of Panama and Colon that load and un- load there enormous quantities of mer- chandise in transit, while large num- bers of passengers are compelled to stop at both ends of the trans -Isthmian railway. All such passengers are very valuable to the Isthmus', and being terminals,both ports.have naturally con- siderable importance. Such will not be the case when the canal is opened. Steamers will go through as rapidly is possible, the passengers dreading the unhealthy climate. There will be no loading and unloading of cargoes; , the ports will no longer be terminals nor perhaps even coaling stations. It must be borne in mind that the Isthmus is a strip of land utterly de- tached from the remainder of COIGI11- bia, separated by an immense tract of low, marshy land, which is covered with virgin forests, where not a single road exists, and into which but few ex- plorers have penetrated undei the greatest hardships. The only gain with regard to trade—and even that is problematical—might be for a strip of land some three hundred miles long and fifty miles wide, situated on the Pacific coast. The contributor to the Review con- cludes his article as follows: \What the Colombians would like to du about the canal would be to have their cour.- try hold a permanent interest in the 'en- terprise as a partner of the United States, deriving an income that would benefit not a few officials and one po- litical party but all the people for gen- erations to come. There is no reason why a partnership of that nature could not be successfully carried out. All details could be deliberately and sa.ely settled between the two countries to the entire satisfaction of both, bearing in mind that a century in the life of a nation counts no more., than one year in the life of a man, and that the canal must be of vast consequence for ages. The desire to cut the canal open as rapidly as possible is praiseworthy, but it is more important to lay first tbe solid foundations of the transanion and establish the exai. t limitations of the rights of those concerned, so as to avoid all possible friction in the future.\ Cut out a few of the legal technical- ities in murder and rape trials and the lynching question will right itself. What with church socials and glove contests Lewistown society seems to be reasonably gay during the lheated term. In the Butte jail, instead of practic- ing the water cure on stubborn pri5- onerq, they dance a double clog on their stomachs. Portland and Helena have reached a conclusion that base ball is an expen- sive luxury—and they don't have to have it. The Lewistown Democrat has quit quoting from Bryan's Commoner and endorses Gorman's candidacy for presi- dent. ‘Vhat an elegant flop. The Helena base ball club has thrown up the sponge; but not until its backers had thrown up a good deal of dough to cover financial deficiencies. The Forsyth Times announces at the head of its local column, \be vir- tuous and you will be happy\. The ad - v ce is good, but who could you asso- ciate with in Forsyth ? King Peter of Servia finds that wear- ing a crown and drinking champagne is more irksome than being a plain citizen with only beer as a beverage, and 'threatens to resign. A correspondent writes a letter to the CHRONICLE asking how it stands on the big copper companies of Montana. In reply it may be said that this paper does not stand on the copper com- panies, and • fortunately they do not stand on it. There is a movemeot on foot to build a sugar factory near Great Falls and cultiv.de 25,000 acres of beets in one tract. The Leader says the eb- terprise would give employment to 500 people. It would require a good many more than 500 hands to cultivate and harvest 25,000 acres of sugar beets; three times that number, at least. C. M KF:1.1 H. A. Morl,TON KELLY & MOULTON ABSTRACTERS Conveyancing Real Estate Insurance Collections Abstracts of City, Ranch, or Mining Property Electric Building LEWISTOWN, Telephone No. 3 MONTANA J. S. KELLY NOTARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE All Binds of Legal and Mining Blanks KENDALL, MONTANA Mrs. M. E. Van Dusen's HOSPITAL Lewistown Montana The experience of trained nurses afforded to all our patients Rates from Sic, to Sso per week Correspondence solleltml. Telephone No.1 Sound kidneys are aafeguards of life. Make the Kidneys healthy with Fo'vy's K itir.ey Cure. For atilt by I.. C. Wikot . W. J. Wells & Co. The Only Exclusive Men's Clothing and Furnishing Goods House In the Judith Basin tAe W. J. Wells & Co. LEW lSTO% N, MONTANA. Judith Steam Laundry LEWISTOWN, MONT. J$ Strictly fIrst-class work. Particular attention given to Kendall and outside orders. SMITH BROS. Agents in Kendall. Harry Smith Frank Smith J. E. WASSON Attorney at Law GILT EDGE, MONTANA Mining Law • Specialty Judith Basin Bank Lewistown, Mont. Incorporated Under the Laws of Montana Paid -Up Capital $75,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits $30,000 HERMAN 'ETTEN, President. DAVID HI1 4 131111113, Vice,-Preshlent GEORGE .1. flaCH, Cashier. W. R. &ITN EH, Ass's Cashier DIRECTORS: Herman Otten, David Hilger. H. Hodgson, H.M. McCauley. Louis Landt, Matthew Gunton, John Lana. W. 13. Miner, Geor g e J. Bach. A g eneral banking business transacted. Inducting the purchase and sale of State and Cputity Warrants. and Bounty Certificates the Selling of exchange oll all the principal cities of the United States and Europe ; the transfering of money by telegraph. Careful attention given to collections, and the tolls keeping of valuable papers Interest equal to that paid by any Bank in the State allowed on Time Deposits CHRONICLE $ 2 . 00 A YEAR
