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0 NEWS OF WASHINGTON Representative Tom Stout's Interesting Letter Full of Capitol News DEMOCRACY MAKING GOOD Republicans Finding Little Chance to Make Political Medicine -Presi- dent Wilson. Proves His Ability as a Great and Successful Leader. Washington, Sept. 8, 1914. a That partisanship should be sub- ordinate to patriotism is, in effect, the tenor of a letter written by President Wilson to Frank Doremus, chairman of the congressional corn- mittee, and made public yesterday. Corning from any other man in pub- lic life this letter would be hailed as a most marvelous document but com- ing from Wilson it is considered as as altogether natural expression of the impulses which animate the soul and determine the public acts of a man whose every thought is of hip country, its people and their moral and material well being. Among the democrats in the house the position which the president has assumed in respect th his attitude during the present congressional campaign is neither surprising nor disappointing, on the other hand, they take pride in the thought that the leader of their party is willing to. forego polit- ical considerations in the perform- ance of duties so fraught with vast consequences to his nation and to civ- ilization itself. The lofty spirit of the president in the face of such trials 88 civilized man has never be- fore been called upon to meet has found a cordial response in the hearts 'of his party associates in congress and they will go forth willingly to wage their contests for reelection without the personal aid of their chief who has larger work to do here' at the nation's capitol. As a matter of fact, many of the members on the democratic side of the house and senate consider that the issues of the campaign, so far as they are concerned, have already been made up and would be content to have the verdict of the voters reg- istered today rather than eight weeks from today. The record of the ma- jority party for the first half of the administration is about complete and It is upon that record that democrats eelected or defeated at the November election. Moreover, that record stands out in such bold relief before the American people that works of talk and argument on the stump will not serve to add greatly to its yery conspicuous outlines. Of cdurse, there will be cases where in Individual voters will be for or, against a member of congress on purely personal grounds but there 'will not be a sufficient number of such cases to affect the final result unless the race is an exceptionally close one. If a democratic member has been diligent in the routine dut- ies of his office; if he has looked af- ter the interests of his consitiuents as those interests have been com- municated to him by his people 'through letters, petitions, memorials, and personal visits; if he has shown any capacity for the larger work of his office by participating in discus- sions which have taken place on the floor of the house on subjects of in- terest to his particular district or state; if he has indicated an intent. gent conception of the big problems of government and policies of admin- istration which have been so con- stantly before the present congress, there is left but little for him to do in the way of eampaigning for an- other term. The republicans are pretty much In the same boat. Their one hope for success is in proving to the vote era _ that _the Wilson administration has been a failure; that the leaders' of the dominant party have been (Continued on page Five. VOL. XLI. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18,1914 NEWS ITEMS FROM PONY No. 52 C. X LARRAInig DEAD , 'WELL KNOWN MONTANA FIN- ANCIER DROPS DEAD AT HIS HOME IN WASHINGTON. Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 16.-C. X. Larrabee, multi -millionaire, drop- ped dead of apoplexy tonight at 5 o'clock in his residence in this city. He is survived by a widow, three sons and one daughter. Mr. Larrabee laid the foundation for his fortune as a miner in Butte, His fortune is estimated at from three to five million dollars, Mr. Larrabee reniovd from Wis- consin to Montana in 1875, where for a time he worked as a day laborer about the mines. The ,9pportunity having been granted hitn6l* sank 10 feet of the shaft of the Anaconda mine for a half interest in bat prop- erty. Later he dev 'and sold the St. Lawrence min 'one time Mr. Larrabee owned ountain View mine in Butte. pro- ceeds from the sale e of his mining property • he sect the Brooknook ranch in county, where he induged his for fine horses, being credite having bred and raised som e finest stock in Montana wi h for a time he disputed hoe h Mar - CUB Daly, Mr. Larrabee remo in 1887, where he pur liduy estate now in t residence district o which ha recently sol and a quarter dollars.! Bellingham in 1890 and real estate holdings. president of the Fairh ern railway which he James J. Hill. The also comprises large r I AC ings in Washington and 'Portland the Hal - of the ity and WQ came to large became South. sold to e estate te hold - Eon. Rec. ently he made a gift øt valuable acreage to the city of' &Hingham to be used for park purposes and had just accepted plans for a magnificent residence bverleoking Bellingham bay when death overtook him. Also two months ago he made gifts, aggregat- ing $100,000 to the Yororrtg- Women's- Christitin association Of.-thie city and to the Ladies of the Grand Army of the department Of Washington and Montana. Mr. Larrabee was born ,in New York state in 1843. Interment will be in this city. Charles X. Larrabee was one of the best known of the early day miners in the Butte camp, and was person. ally known to all the pioneers of the state. It was Mr. Larrabee who gave the Butte public library its start by. donating $10,000. Mr. Larrabee located the Mountain View mine upon the advice of the late Marcus Daly, according to stor- ies told by old timers of Butte. The advice is supposed to have been given more in a jocular vein than other- wise, as Mr. Daly is said to have aug- mentpd his advice to Mr, Larrabee by further adviiiiiief hintio \fence in't the Mountain View, as \it would make a splendid pasture.\ Later the \pas- ture\ developed into one of the larg- est properties of the Anaconda com- pany. The, sale of the Mountain View property is believed to have beeneene of the principal contributing facotrs to the making of a fortune for Mr. Larrabee. Numerous other mining tracts 'in the Butte district were owned by Me. Larrabee. El. E. Larrabee, a brother, dropped - deirdlie bit bank at Deer Lodge, April 21. Motion pictures -tomorrow night. _SLAVS_RETURNING TO FIGHT FOR SER VIA HIRAM BAGLEY IS KILLED EMPOYE 4T EASTON MINE IS SMOTHERED BENEATH A SAND SLIDE. Hiram Bagley, who has been em= ployed at the cyanide plant at the Easton mine was smothered to death this morning about '6:00 o'clock. He was on the night shift and was act- ing as helper. The chute became clogged and instead of going en top to dislodge the sand as he had been told to do he began ,at the bottom. He had one font in the chute and one on the ground. The sudden rush of sand caught his foot and he was un- able to remove it. He was complete- ly buried and when refiased was in a crouching position, his head being nearly to his knee. Acting Coroner Richard Peel was notified and he and Dr. D. F. Clancy drove im. mediately to the Easton. A jury was empdneled and the follOwine verdict was reached: \In the matter of an inquest held at the Cyanide plant of the Easton Mine, Madison county, Montana, on the 18th - day of 'Sept., A. D., 1914, before Richard Peel, acting coroner of said county, on the dead body of Hiram Bagley, we, the undersigned jurors,' after hearjng the testimony and making all needful inquiries, do hereby return the following verdict: \Death was caused by the fall of sand in the bin where the deceased went to loosen it up instead of going on top as he was told to do so. We -therefore finci.that his death was ac- cidental, due to his own carelessness. '\fn testimony Whereof, the said jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and year aforesaid. \James Whisman, F.J. Yoigts, W. C. Gallagher, Ted Kelly, Joseph Barn. off, E. R. Avery.\ The following witnesses' were ex- amined, but little l*ht of the acci- dent was brought forth: Burt Rib. bell, Harry Trenerry, John Burton and Dr. D. F. Clancy. This was Mr. Bagley's second shift at the plant. He had formerly work- ed at the Easton mine and was well known to all the old hands. He wile born at Adobetetwn. end WOO libt 4b years of age. He recently arrived from Butte, where he had been ern. ployed in the mines. Mr. Bagley was brought to Herndon's undertaking rooms in this city and the remains will be buried in this city as soon as a brother, Joe Bagley, sheriff of Sweetwater county, Wyo., who has been notified is heard from. The de. ceased is survived by his wife, who is at present employed at the Virginia hotel, and his brother. -- Man - f - of the old timers reiterember Mr. Bagley 88 a boy in Adobetowh and rein be deeply grieved V 'hesit • -ee his untimely death. CANDIDATES GET OFF VERY EASY IN PRIMARY ELECTION According to the new primary law all candidates in the primary election 'must file a sworn statement of. their expenses. The candidates entered in the primary election held in this county got off very light as will be seen by the statement of their exe e , penae accounts that have been filed with Clerk and Recorder W. .H. Thom as. emco rats- I-1, C. Vinson, assessor . $ 1.00 Elijah Adams, sheriff 10.43 Rodney Herndon, treasurer 12.76 J. H. McDonald, commissioner 2.66 C. A. Shott, representative. ''L50 Jose R. McFadden, superinten- dent . 1.85 R. Peel, public administrator None E. Hedrich, coroner - . . .90 P. Beckett, county attorney-- .66 M. t. Gould, state senator 6.40 e r Grant,ecomnrissioner 13;00 Gerald Carney, clerk and re- * corder 3.40 C. C. Hill, state senator 2.00 J. A. McAllister, represent've 346 Republicans - W. J. Kremer, surveyor . • 2.10 0. H. junod, senator .8.90 Louis Romey, coroner . ; ..None J Dauterman, comtnissioner. 4.25 Chas. Kyle, commissioner 3.25 Phebe Comfort -Williams, sup- erintendent 1.76 L. A. Dudley, public admintra. 1.75 G. E. Gohn, treasurer . 4.40 A. C. Hall. representative, .4.02 E. R. Rowe, treasurer 6.10 J. II. Malley, sheriff 11.30 G. R. Allen, county attorney 2.69 W H, Thomas, clerk and re - W. H. Thomas, cleric and re- eorder.. v.69 ATTEND STATE MEETING. • Messrs. Robert Hill, Leonard Mote its, and G. DawSon Vickers are in Butte this 'week 'attending the, state meeting of the Masonic lodge in that city. e • rief arrapiis a of Interesting ‘l u - News From the. Northern Part of the County RANGE WAR IS STARTED WERE HEAVILY ARMED PONYITES ARE PROSPERING 'CARBON COUNTY MAN . ACCUSED TWO YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS - OF KILLING HIS NEIGH- ARE CAPTURED IN •ENNIS BOWS CATTLE. BY ADAMS AND HILL An incipient range war involving Maurice Powers and his sons and 3. W. Clark, brother-in-law of 'Chris Yegen, the Billings banker and whole- sale merchant, culminated in Vie ar- rest late Tuesda'y afternoon of Mr. Clark on a charge of grand larceny preferred by Mr. Powers, who alleges that one of his cattle was killed and skinned and part of the meat appro- priated by the accused. The arrest was made. on Clark's ranch at the head of Bear creek, a few miles south of Red Lodge, by' Under Sheriff James Fleming, on a warrant issued out of Justice Close's court. Mr. Clark accompanied the of- ficer to the city without hesitetion and on being arraigned in justice court Tuesday evening promptly gave bonds in the sum of $1500 for his appearance for preliminary examina- tion at 10 o'clock next Monday morn- ing. The sureties on the bond are T. F. Pollard and Ed Olcott. The trouble between the parties, all of ; whom are well known ranchers and titockmen of the county, is said to be the outgrowth of the lease taken by Mr. Powers on a section of state school land in the mountains adjacent to the Clark deeded tract and the, action of Powers and sons in 'utilizing the section.and nearby open ranio,for the grazing of their cattle. The first open rupture occurred some two weeks ago while the Powers boys vrete driving the cattle down from the mountain range to Red 1.,odge for eastern shipment. In the drive the cattle entered the Clark enclosure and the young rancher ap- peared on the scene with a rifle and ordered the whole caboodle off his premises, accompanying his demand With a couple of shots. The boys obeyeet, but later .found they were short\ several head of cattle. A few days later John Dunn, whose cattle ranch is just over the hill in the Rock cree,k. basin, came across a dead steer beariu the Powers' brand. The ant- rnel eie ee' esEee shot in tho head apt the rfil i t tan extracted from the car- cass, presumably for the purpose of preventing the calibre of the ball be- ing ascertained. One day last week while the Powers' were searching for the rest of their. missing cattle they ran onto part of the carcass of a yearling heifer in the creek brush on the Clark ranch. The animal had been 'beheaded and skinned, the head thrown into the creek and the hide and .hind quarters carted - away. -- ----- Last Saturday one of the Towers boys drove to Billipgs in his car and on his return Sunday, was acc-om- panied r•hee. Deputy State Stock In- spector 13. E. Zachary. Tuesday morning a search warrant was secur- ed out of Justice Close's court, di- rected against Clark, and placed in the hands of Sheriff W. H. Gebe l who detailed his under sheriff to accom- pany the stock. inspector and the Powers' to the ranch for a thorough search of the premises. They return- ed to the city during the afternoon with the information that they had found the head in the creek and the h.ide...in the brush. Though the brand was missing from the hide, having been cut out and destroyed, the ear marks remained on the head and showed that the animal had been the property of Maurice Powers. The facts were thereupon laid be- fore Connty Attorney F. P. Whicher, who caused a warrant to be issued on the sworn complaint of Mr. Powers, charging the suspected man with the crime of grand larceny. Mr. Clark denies having killed either of the 'animals and steadfast., ly maintains that he has no knowl- edge of the shooting, skinning or removal of thae meat. There Is no direct evidence connecting him with the crime charged. -Red' Lodge Pic- ket, Mr. Pollard and John Dunn wet% formerly residents - of this city - and the Madison valley, where Mr. Dunn. had 'large stock interests. DEMAND FQR FERTILIZER. Washington, I). C,, Sept, 8. -There are 89 farms in farms in Montana that use fertilizer, and the annual purchases amohnt to $12,323, accord- ing to a recent report of the United States census bureau. Ten years ago the annual expenditure for fertilizer in this state was $3940. Fertilizer purchashs'in Montana have increased $8383 or 213 per cent during the past decade. Less than one per cent of the farms of this state use fertilizer and the average for the United' States is 29 per cent. In the entire nation there are 1,823,000 farms that use fertilizer and the present annual ex penditeete is $115,000,000. Ten years ago it was $53,000,000 for the entire nation. A telephone message was received in this city last Wednesday by Sheriff Adams informing him to watch out for two youthful horse thieves who were said to be headed in thia direc- tion, After receiving the message Sheriff Adams Bent word to the dif- ferent telephone stations in the ,up. per ieladison country and 'then ac. companied . by Under Sheriff Hill left for Ennis and succeeded in landing their men. The men were brought to this 'city and placed in the county jail. They gave their names as Ed- ward Adams, aged 17, and William Patterson, aged 20, and claimed they have recently been working in Boze. man, Sappington and Whitehall. They said they then returned to Pony and titeeted on foot towards Harrison, but decided that owing tO thp rough roads walking was rather a difficult matter and horseback riding would be a much better way to cover the ground. Ac. cordingly they proceeded to tie of -W. H. Young, it is alleged, and appropriated two work mares, but were unable to find saddles and find- ing''this mode of travel rather un- comfortable stopped at the ranch of Sam Phillips and there it is said helped.themselves to two saddles, two pairs of chaps, two pairs of silver spurs,' two rawhide lariat ropes and other\Miscellaneous articles. The next day Mr. Young found out his horses were missirtreand stecreedette the track. They were traced to thp Revenue mine where the thieves left the road and traveled into the brush where they spent all the next day and night hiding in a cave. On Friday morning they rode into Ennis and went to a saloon, where they secured a bottle of whiskey and went to the brush along the river where it was disposed of. They loitered in that burg during the day and at night went to the Chamberlain hotel to get supper. While that meal was being prepared they rested in the bunk house. Sheriff Adams being inform. ed where the pair were proceeded to the cabin re-cornpanied by Under Sheriff Hill and quickly entered. The men were taken completely by sur- prise and although armed with two Colt six-shooters which were fully loaded made no resistance.. Besides their guns the pair each had a cart- ridge belt fully of cartridges and on their way to this city asserted that if they had had their supper the sheriff would have had a hard time arresting them as they intended to start for the Yellowstone park that evening and would have lead the of- ficers a merry chase. They were arraigned yesterday afternoon before Justice of the Peace Richard Peel and their trial set for next Tuesday, Sup- tember 23. Bonds were fixed at $1,. 000 which the defendants were un- sesle to furnish. It is stated that they will plead guilty as soon as their trial cornea op and take the consequences. WILL ATTEND FAIRS. Solomon Wiles came in from the Wigwam section on Wednesday and left Thursday for Twin Bridges, where he will attend the Madison county fair. From the latter city he will go to Three Forks for a short visit with his daughter, Mrs. Tom Lowman, and will then take in the big state fair at Helena before re- turning home. Mr. Wiles has attend- ed the state fair every fall for the past few years and expects to sits - a much bigger fair than ever before this year. Don't fail to attend the motion pictures tomorrow night. Interesting News Items From North- -ern Madison County Metropolis - Able Correspondent at Pony Gets the News Worth Reading. RELLAH T. SMITH. Last Sunday aftrnoon a special train was run from Three Forks to Pony to convey the body of the late R. T. Smith. The family was ac- companied by the Masonic Order of Three FOrks which with the Pony lodge had charge of the funeral serv- ices which were held in the Epiecopat church. Interment was made in West View cemetery at which time the fol- lowing obituary was react: The gavel wielded by the Supreme Master has once more fallen and an- other of illy co-workers of the Mystic rile has- anlivered the tall from labor te eternal refreshment. The alarM on our outer portals which cove to us with such appall...4' auddennese Means that the .Ieath angel walks at all hours and calls wi`hout warbing, the one upon whom the divine gust'. don is to' fall. The prattling infant, ughing youth, • vigoro,ue manhood, and thos$: upon whom, the ripening halo has ftillen obey the call of the. grim tiler. We can but fell the jux- tapositton of the cradle to the grave. The fiat bas been passed' to one of our fellows and brothere, Relish T. Smith. With deep sympathy for his bereaved ones and hearts filled with manly sorrow we meet ,here at this lowly grave our earthly parting. Our brother was. born at Adams. -Ville,'Welitetiefe-Septembee 3rdp and was called hence at ThreiTTorkt; Montana, September 10th, 1914. . Brother Smith's early life ran quiet and peaceful as the streams that threaded the sun kissed prairies ef Michigan, his native state; he later prepared himself for the battle of life by entering Hillsdale and Val- praiso colleges, from which he was graduated with high honors. Later at Elkhert. Indiana, he took a thor- ough coerse in pharmacy. Our brother, being ambitious and naturally broad minded, early in life decided to cast hi % lot with the gold- en west, the land of opportunity. Here his life was spent. and in ninny of the fronticr camps this vigorous, young American has walked Ana wrought for civic good. Ile was en- gaged in the drug business at Wich. ita, Kansas: During the milling ex- citement over the discoveries at Lead - vile, Colorado, our brother caught the mining fever and spent some years in that came,. From Leadville he was one of a throng of miners that were drawn to Cook City. This was in 1885. Later_ be removed to Gardiner, at the gates of America's wonderland. On March 7, 1887, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mabel W. Thom. as at Gerdiner. To this union was born- a daughter, Vera, now Mrs. C. N. Bell, and a son who died in in- fancy. The tender, devoted wife and loving daughter deeply mourn the leas si noble husband and father. In September, 1889, a fire almost wholly destroyed the town of Gar. diner, and our brother saw years of patient labor and savings wiped out in a twinkling. This seeming estate - trophy did not daunt his stout hears for the following year finds our brother managing the Stebbins Mer- cantile company at Livingston. In 1892 our brother again heard the call of his boyhood and turned to the farm. He purchased a ranch near Wilaall and followed this vocation for eight years. In 1900 the family located at Pony, Montana, and here in this beautiful valley his noble character won him friends and fame. In 1904, the prospector's shovel, (Continued on page Eight.) SHARPSHOOTERS IN FORT TREIENG TRENCHES 'Sharpshooters in the outer e trenehee of a Belgian fort kending the& 0461 ortments to the enema. '
