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IEDITORIAL SECTION THE DAILY NISSOULIAN 1 T 1 MISSOULA, MONTANA, S"NDIAY 31OININ(G, MAY 2, 199. ... ....... ..--- --- -- - .. ........- :: $1 I. f/Je ne '.Y14YAM cA zrIL -'r PLB(fcFO3PTHL~ a6' 01' ýe csre-ic;p(ýi zze · Cep 1*aýglrP2IZ s: Cacr ýýocze a.ýýýý.ýs~crxC'otýýý Ceý.ýS ýý : aý:."ý.' ' ýý " as >". ý,ý hý" ý ... :d? .ý ti ,>:1aQF' 1 . S S .4'r lý ti +'C :. "A ý`ý :...` 't., t,. ·I.: i. :.. ·..· ·. / ,- - - --- ------:·;a iuS T1 TII pioe iCl.r li o coilmmllity of SlBeverly, Mass., is to succee d O)yster h.la.y, ,ong Islalnd, a:s th, "ullliln1er c(lapital" of thie nation. (I'olutil'll, in I stately, (loI orli) us sort of way, is Piresident Taft's lately chosenoll New IEnglaglll a vacatioln re treat. T'ohere is nothil particulatly rusltie and rugma ill.un tils p1rdion of the famed "Nurthi Shore" uniless it be the rockbounid coast line. I ta thier does it present natuire with her 'hair combellld. To' he suret , L)an Nat ure hais done mullh for this favored spot, but the landscape gardener has done more. In consequense we find wonderful flowerbeds, magnificent lawns, the best highways in America and golf links calculated to tempt every liarn that ever swung a stick. The "'oettlige"---although in reality it. is -I big twt and. one-hall story Iilslis-- lwhici Presidenllt Taft has leased 'for the sulnellrl of 11901, wvith thie privilege of extending thel lease for three sensulIIlls--is l lootld oin ' ll oodhlerry P]oint, a petlin.ulan which juts out1 intlo ileOll Sly t 11. i cominiands splendid "slhow lDiae-s" of the ill iay stlate. Alt.hlough the 'Taft vac-tien resihence is not sufnliiently plnned in by houses to suggest aL t.own or even a village, it is, nevcertheless, within the pre cincts of thil tl(wn of Beverley, iine of the ciordoni of fashionable sattlelnents that line the saltwater pathway, .. Niow\\'here else in Am\nlril, indeed, no whylere else thlis side of IUlrdpiIi-, may there be f'oullll such a cIhain iof sunl .l n11d suhbilrliain clolnies iS thlse, wsb a 1 s· 1 ý.. . I, w. 1 . ... IU bU IIiUL Iitlll FOIR RATES BUSINESS MEN OF SPOKANE DE TERMINED TO WIN POINT AGAINST RAILROADS. Spokane, 1 ay 22.-Rlejecting the schedule of commnnodity rates proposed by the Hill and Harriman systems, to become effective July 1, regarding which the interstate commerce com mission will lear objections by the shipping interests of Spokane at Washington, 1). C., June 9, the inter state commnnerce committee of the Spo kane chamber has decided tq con tinue its light for equitable rates. This is the latest move in Spokane's 20-year battle for reasonable rates on freight shipped from Chicago and Missouri river points, and it is be lieved its success will be of vital ben efit to every inland city and com munity in the United States. The committee, headed by A. W. Doland, has been assured the support of a largl'e numbller of commeecial organiza tions in various parts of the north west, and it will send a representative delegation to press its claims at the bearing in Washington. ('ongressional representatives from WVashington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California and other states are being urged by wire and mail to prevail upon con gress to appropriate $1,000,000, for the use of thu interstate commerce comn mission in making a valuation of railroad property in the United States as a basis for rate-making, to apply to all parts of the country. The Spokane Merchants' associa tion andt the Spokane chamber, of commerce strongly indorse the re quest of the interstate commerce com mission for the $1,000,000 appropriation, also recqmmending to congress the, passage of amendments to the Hop burn law, giving the commissionm power to suspend the taking effect nof proposed advances in existing rates or rules affecting rates upon a prima within arln's 7reach, so to speak, of the Ihub. lieverly is in the very heart o' this residential paradisei ('lose at hand are ieverly "tarlis, I'ride's Crossing, Manchester-by-the Se;e, Hlamilton, Magnolia, etc. Itl sounds like a formidable slile out of a railroad timetable, but only a per son who hits visited the locality can alppre'iate howe closely linked alre thelse geographic divisions anlld how they merge into one another like one huge community. An area 12 or 1i5 rmiles sqouare will emblrace the Iiui.mr portion of this exclusive semi-rural domain, and in these days of high speed motoring, the distances In volved need not be taken into consid erattlin. With Beverly, as the most of the other towns in this select category, it is somewhat of a case of the lali wagging the dog. Th'le "town" ro. rattlhr What ione is wion ii think ofi s the town, namlely, tile business stree'ts, thie rows of stores, antd till that, Is n very modest affair, whereas Lthe ".suibulrbs" t re possessed of over shalldowing gl'randleur. 'The "dorllt town" distric.t in each instance, is pretty circumscrilhod, but stretching away in 1all directions is a cr'aizy quilt of bieautiful estates. As a rule they are not vast estates. The price of lar1, governleld by the vely lively law :if supply and demalnd, is too high to per mit of baronial iholdings of hlundreds, much less thousands, of acres, but the tracts ralnge fronm one to three dozen acres in extent. (11 the sLame priil cili' as the small ir:':giated !'arl's t 1of the west, each csate has iemon birought to the highest stag" of t!,v,?'lornclltt, hlrticu'ltutrally, olI lthlse ,beauty spots r~..~... ,.... ...:... ......1....... reasonalblleness of such incrleilses or changes of rules, pending gi hearing. The resoluttion also asks for sippers tile right to route freight where through rates and routes are lprfvided for in a joint tariff, andt requires carriers to quote rates on appliceation anrd uponl request to insert rlates in billb of lading. NO STEPS TAKEN. Washington, May 22.-Responding to the resolution by the house, Attorney General Wickersham has sent a com municationl to that body saying no steps have been taken either by him or by any official of the deplrtmnent iof justice under his direction to "an 1nul tile contract for purchase or ac gouisition of collntrol of the rTennessee, ('oal & Iron company by the United States Steel corporation." SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF DOINH CITY WORK Spokane, Mal 22.-Thomas Maloney, formerly business agent of Federal union No. 11,624, just chosen superin tendent of co-operative construction in Spokane, has solved the problem of doing city work at reasonable prices and providing the highest wages for laboring men by having the organiza tion become a bidder for street grad ing and sewer building. The union did $60,000 worth of work last year to the satisfaction of property owners, and is in line for more than $100,000 this season. By this plan the laboring men do all the work from digging the trenches to laying the pipe and maca dam, and divide the profits, thus aver aging more than $3 a day for laborers, as against $2.70 a day, the city. scale, while skilled workmen receive from 25 to 50 cents a day more than t he regular scale. The plan was encour aged by Mayor l',tore last year. a'nd is now commnonded by .Mayor Pre.tt and nmembers of the council. It io n.lso! Indorsed by ev.'ery uni(in organiz:tion in Spoka.ne. Feder 11 union hs .ti '.l Ishell the office of business agent for six mlonths, as all its memibers are em Iloayed on city work, ail dove-tali ;nt) uwon antJlt::. T'herý are 11o intervelil 1 l'n.fs of 0Uli1l plroved land. This whole seotion of I l.e Northl Shore where the 't.aft will rest t11s 1ilfllOfr is a plohyg ro( ,, lur(e :ro simple. 'PThere are n'' indtistriul plmllts to soil the atmlsih'lre with their t oi4t, (Ind there are Cttlpll.ati\V ly L (1 V ]llr' <:antil estalilshnl'tVs fir Jh1oston i less than a sctilr! lf nil'.s awaly with dlozens of tai i ls 1 il.il\. i l\\tweve,, it may be added fiqrt the bennCefit of pro 8ecti\'e Callr ls oil the lpresidenllllt that the IlVOIRag train re Ouire's 42 InluliteiS to tra\verse tlihe 1 miles, thllnks to numerous and pIrolonged stops, so that automobiles and yachts are 11uch prle ferred as 1means of loconotioll by those who are fortunate enougllligl to have them It their displosal. To relate just how the 1'Tufts ' caime tol seleot 'Bevirly ns the stole lof thel Sumlcer White tHo use would make i i lo ig story. 'i'll'. alteier of aI S Itllsh residlltm"e was :I llmoted btll ,stilion l 1 Ithl' from the eItallent tllhll ' til llv e came occuphats of the first resl ence in thent, tl. h is no dnubtiiiy but that President Taft \Vou]t have rathtr liked, haul such a thing been possible, to return to his old stamping ground ilat Murray litay, CS Ilanadai , C ly thie t. LatVronci rivfru. .llre he spil his vacations for 16 . years; hero his brothers hatt cottages, and t1l presi dent, who is essentially a clannish man, set quite as much store by those annual family rouniolls as hle did by tho excellent opplorttunitiles to pl:ay golf. Rowevor, {lutrlay Pay, leing ill (in n adai, was out of the question as a sunmmer goal ill 1900, for there is an unwritten law that the president of IMPORTANT EVENT IS LAYING OF TEMPLE'S CORNERSTONE L YN- T I OI M OII I LAYING THE CORNER STONE FOR MISSOULA'S NEW MASONIC TEMPLE An e(ent of the past week, and one that will long be rememblered by the Imembers of the Masonic fraternity in Montana, was the laying of the cor nerstone of the new Masonic temple of Missoula, the cremnoly being under the auspices of the grand lodge of the Masons in Mlontana. The ceremlllny, wtchihJ was erecflel by a meeting of the grand lodge, na. heill onl Tuesday al'terlnl. in thi plos ence of many hundred -pectaturs an tsc itnited $ttate'i shall tut deleinl rl'lu America n tenritorly. W\ith Murray I .uy lnllmnated, i" 'taiftsh bhegan a ltl talea\vass of A.l illl sumel'r resorts. They did Ilti ,lck for advice, either. As sooul as the ne t i papers broached the isubject' thleri di.sctllded uplion the White Hb(ust ait aviivallnehe of illvitatijon sfromn the Ipro lrletllors of pracltidally ovlery sunItperl' Sortll hetwoil the RHockios n(ld tlhe A\tlantihc Most of thenm Iportutletn ,le 1residentilI fairdly to carne as their guests and proffered the use, g'ratis, of their best tottage trl suite of hlotel Irooms--fO, he it knowni, it woulh aldd triemendously to the prestige and, in cidentallyy the fillancial returns of a hnstelry that could boast the presi dential party as its guests. iinlly the norlh shore ,f llassa chttsetts wna cl.heri.l. .lhis w.as nlot Stlnge, for() ill t(lllir nOle rs of i ll li lio' the T'afts have haid overly oIplir tu 'nity to git a llu( tintetd with this setioll by Orputation. It ,ha ail u'ns been tihe favored vaint[ii I1cea1 of officittldon ai t tihe Ato rieiiii capital. envlii Wit IlTnosev'e( imade t ( yster 13ay the sumn. r nerve center of tilhe nation, Ially' of tile foreign diplomats InnItlUHly set 11p the:ir slUllllr n.l t-ll ls .sicS ail legationll s tit 11an h(']est."r andil Iver\ly. After all, hwll.\er, it wias Miss Mabel Botardman w]ho turined' tfle tite ini f;.vor of thle Masachus.tts shore. Miss Iolrrdlan, chiefly kilowin to the general ipulic througlh her work in the American Roid Cross, is the closest personl frioend of Mrs. Taft. Ior years she IiLs spent hrl vacutionsl at Mloanhcester-by-i he?-Sc , where hier filther anld other, Mr . ide Mrs. V. J. Boardmanl, have ai home overliook was a v~ry ilmpressive sight, as irt all public exhibitions of thei Mason.. The exercises were openled by ir'othitr Andrew Logan, mayor of the city ilf' Missula, who was followed by Iii master of ceremonies,. Most \.)rshili ful (Grandi l Mstir C . Nlan. N la, ~ ca'iii hbri from. l Hlhlerli for the pur pose. tAn elliuenlt address w.:a ioa. by Mr. N'Ioun, one that iouiiheul t.i halrts o' his healrers. HIe oIIp111tei the citiers of Missoula and lic!ena, , llg t11i golf 0oulrse1, nlld Hsucllh ws 110e iluldoll'i8o'lll oft this V;11Utioll /ol,110 thilt the Talfts dlecided to migrate thither. Mrs. T'a'l andt Miss ]Broadman made a trip to tile North Shore in the eorly sprin'ig and insplected all the aivailable I (unltry seats. Finally chohle fell 11t111 It "co t(ige" owned lll by RItobert 1ltwrlnll E]vans,. ut knollwn to tile na tives las the "Stetson cottage" froml til'h fact tlitt it was oncll'e ownedl by Joh1n Stelson, o hIston's popular, I the atrical mllanllager. The 0house is a two ulltnllhl1o'-halfll-sory structlure, of iframe collslrution i 411d slingle root'. It mlight puzzle al n authollrity to determine to what uircitectural period the design of the building belongs, but there is no question but that It is a thoroughly comnlfortabLtle, livable. house, where one maly enjoy 1 vacation to the fullest ex tent. Almiist overy roomll ill the holuse im(11411ds i ei Vwi' of thie oceat and thlere is i broad veral'iai \ ll i ll aroult tlirII structureI. Although the cottage is onlly 100 yar,.1ds from il trolley Ilne, hel lll' 0.r;ng en t 1 of tila trees l illd the slope of the lawn is such that it is 1 The 'Tfl'ts l tasred theiir new Hummer part, complllletely and comforltably furnisihed rather than luxutriously aip Ipointed, there aire, nevertheless, ill tile living-room aid library a number of arl treasures -gathered by the owner in various parts of the world. The houlllse is sufll'ficiently spacious to en tortain -house parties it' they do not fI'l that they have earned a seasosoll of c01pl llote rest. As is plro'1per ill country house, the . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with Ino disp.aragcment of either; in f1:t I , his praise M ' both was notice ab.l. l-Ie used a very happy phrase whin he quoted, "I cild be happy w\itll i lhi r, were t'ither dear charmer At the ,ontlusion ofl the grand nmas tra's radress, thi 'stone, with the iom pressiVe ritualistic cetremonyl of the orlr, was teste'd with lee'\el and Si;ir' attunl declared to be slu.tre, plualltb and level, after which libations s· ~: ·;~: ~··~ a "·.-::?iS.'- c:;· ,..:. :~:"· ~p:· s:.· tb) ;··i·:;r.. I~: ~ipr: ' j·~: ? 'r ;)t ··' ~f/f~ie~ld~~3iv~i~7 and --· spacious living-room is the !keystone of the interior. This apartment is finished in paneled sycamore, with a tapestry paper running to the celling molding. Glass doors open to the veranda. Opening from the living-room is a music room finished In white, and a small reception room. The I hrary, which is also on this floor, is finished in cherry anti furnished in mahogany and has the spacious fire place that Is wont to prove the sal vatlon of raw, rainy days at a sum mer resort. The dining-room, which opens on the left of the living-room. is one of the most attractive rooms in the house, due, no doubt, to its size, 18 by 86 feet, and the fact that the windows look out upon the ocean. This room is paneled in English oak. to a height of four feet, above Which is tapestry wall covering. Tho ma hogany furniture is of colonial -deo; sign and there is in this room also,: an open fireplace. Adjoining the dlning-room are the breakfast room, butler's pantry, kitchen and servants'' dining-room. Access to the second floor of the: house is gained by means of an or namerntal stairway Which rises from the living-room to a gallery around which are ranged the sire chamnbers. 'These sleeping ap)artments, tnt the guest chambers on the third floor, most of which look out upon the sea, are finished in light tones of wood Work and papers and are furnished with brass beds. At no great dlstahoe from the cottage is the big frame structure, architecturally similar to the house, which has heretofore served as a stable but Which the Tafts will use as a combination ga~age and #ta blc. There are accolthidi lttlois 'fb'1"l 10 horses and space for several mo tor cars. The Tafts havey a tennia court o l their newly leased estate and their private bathing-beach. There is also a boat landing suitable for small yachts and motor boats, but if the plresidential yachts, Mayflower, I)olphin or SFylph, should be brought to t1(e M1ass(achusetts coast .they could not s.ifIely aIllroach the president's private pier, but would needs use the Inchtitrage of the Jubilee Yacht club, of which President Taft was recently made an honorary member. Seemingly it will be a comparative ly easy matter to guard the president and his family in their summer home. The cottage on Woodberry Point be ing surrounded on three sides by the ocealn-with comparatively little dan ger of cranks or criminals approach-. long 'by water-it will only remain for the secret service men to keep watch on the one driveway which allows of corn, wine and oil were poured ifrom silver goblets onto the stone, and then the benediction was said and the ceremonies were ended. 'n the evening, at Elite hall, the visiting brethren, together with the local members, were tendered a ban ouet, over 200 sitting down to the tables. F. H. Kinsley acted in a happy manner as toastmaster and made the openig remarks, after which came the toasts by prominent mem hers of the local lodges and by some of the visitors. During the speech making vocal solos were sung b'y S. R. Inch and J. F'ranklin Thomas. To the committees on arrangements' and reception Is due much credit for the successful manner in which the exercises were carried out. There was no hitch anywhere; everything went off smoothly. The former committee was composed of F'. H. Knisley, A. C. Miner, Robert Sibley and A. J. Breiten stein. The latter wss made up of E.i H. Payne, F. H. Knisley, J. W. Lister,. Robert Sibley, Andrew Logan, D. J.' Davis, W'. H. Houston, (I. N. Baird, J. F. Dreyer, H. Kohn, R. W., Kemp and A. C. Miner. LAW IS SUSTAINtIO BY SUPREME COWIT Jefferson City, Mo., May 22.-The 'Missouti supreme court, sittitig enbanc today, sustained the state law which denies licenses to insurance com panies, which pay any of their officers salaries in excess of $50,000. This act was passed two years ago, and has been the subject of extended litigation. Today's decision was on an applica tion for three large eastern com Iranes for a writ of mandamus to com pel the state insurance department to issue licenses to them. The writ was denied to the petitioners-the Equit able Life Assurance company, the Prudential Insurance company and the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. While upholding the validity of the statute the court declared that it was! unwise legislation, and recommended !ta resee I access from the eard 'ide. e Vlew of the entrance to ithe e , rked by great stone poets, it h ded by the house, which}, 1Ib* b'two minutes' walk distat h h red by the trees. e~iJt ayp decide to have .his s'ee I me, for the time being, a tieiftbe his household at the c'tta*e,.bit it $ ex pected that SeoretaSrdt~ Y~t' with a detail of oelerk, e'ten and telegraph operators ft3i 11 White House will set aap ýt tnBt y i'lust ness establiWhleltt .t the 'local board 'Od tra. e red the use ot fi.ts qtster a ! o n building a Btma'iffest b Ove'ever the clerical we ~e re . s grocery stode in the ttl g ` t Qster Day. One pr.ine factor T *Ia e it'ms choice of a vacatioh on iie 1i In the opportunltiett btev p boor exercises - attidietRity t and, golf. In respeot to 10tM ons the sumntner ef ldft ve noathing to 'be denited. nt 'may "ride "horseblo re roads on the dowie t-t of the fanmous fatw4 eih s land and w r ,ne, or le' I he prdier, motor wHit birdl ht, over theste sme wfedf" for the Scotch gameie _t ( xi de pondas to fedy liifs * fit he wfill have ,tra eTht at the Montastat icf(Qb, miles from his Cdftti . however, it 'is 5o fpte itI joiurney to nthe amoh Hi the fissex Cosuntry Club i . away. 'Pihe $1see e*lt s came the reooil heve ft will meet the dtinkiSis ment officials Who Will sumnmer in Massachusetts, p{trtly thrp~gh a de stre to be net .,the -te.sporary hip of the chief mtaglstrate. While President (ft's pig nse' primarily contenrplate , ams ,g rest, and recreation in Mi i St~)l they also involve more sutmmer ftr r inrg than has been done by aly 'pre dent in a score of years. The phli Jaunt on the program is 4te e jected trip to the "Pailfie coast,;' Alaska, but there have alp '..bs planned numerous, short jofr.,~g enable the attendance of the par's¶ at monument unvetlinges .a.d Q public ceremonies. 4owever, for his globe-trotting, t*he house 't B ly will be headquarters for etb T until the leaves take on a rydgt4y t and the young People of t'.T" household art expected to res1f~t pretty continuously even Whipfi parents are Tfar afteTd. A JAPARESE IAMIf I GRADUATE OF ANNA QLI.0 NA' VAL ACADEMY TO AT°iTEN REUNION OF C LAS. .San Francisco, May Re.-,-Vice 4. mlral Sotokichi Uryu of the J navy a graduate of the United S3 naval academy, and ose of ,h n pDicuous heroes of the Russo-papse war, who is on his way to An where he will deliver an ad.j. '. the reunion of the class of 1881 Q which he was a member, rivt b4e~%b today from Toklo an t4 NWA Maru. Accompagnyfh hl W -b wife Mrs. UrYu who is a fro4 Vassar college, which she while the man who since bi2e en husband was a midshipm. t U Sam's naval school. )Aa ssie will go east with the a4mirl .i ~ attend the commezipsent e Vassar. Both the admirtl 4ae4 4a.. dame Uryu will be extenslivei t tained during her few days' ST"G San Francisco. OTHERS ON STRIKE. Paris, May 22.-Notwithstandin; the decision of the General FederitiTn of Labor, reached yesterday,, to ~tll off the strike, the sailors, stokers a·nd stewards of the merchant marine hIiwe gone out at Marseilles. Toulon and Havre, and the movement ts; likely to extend to other rWenoh ports. The grievances of theie men are of 'loan standing and have inthe past resulted in a number of p.tiatl strikes. FOLLOWS WESTON, Topeka, Kan., May ..2-S.-ere t James R. Walsh, U. 8. A., ritired, . pedestrian, who is eonftdeut of 'Ve~s taking Edward Peysla. Wesata i ,~ transcontinental jourandy, left To"Idpek at 8:30 o'clock this moring., West bound. He is following Weston's route through Kansas.