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The Kalispell Bee. -- - ■ — Walter Aitken, I T. E. Butler, Editor. I Manager. Printod semi-weekly, on Tuesdays and Fri days, by the BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY proprietors, corner of Main and Second streets, Kalispell, Montana. TELEPHONE NUMBER II SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Postage free for the United States, Canada and Mexico. One cent per copy added for post age to fqreign countries. Semi-Weekly Bee, six months.............$1.50 Semi-Weekly Bee, one year................ 2.50 N TE—Give old and new address when order ing paper changed to new address. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900. ABOUT It is customary for a now as THE pirant for public favor in the BEE. newspaper field to make known, in its first issue, its business and politi cal policy. The custom is n good one. It avoids the possibility of future mis understandings. It clears up doubts and disposes of conjectures made in ad vance of publication. It lets the people know what to expect and enables them to judge of the propriety or policy of extending moral or financial encourage ment. The Bee will be, first of all, a news paper. It expects to givo the people of northwestern Montana more and fresher nows for the price asked than they have ever had before. It will give reports of matters of public interest without fear or favor. It will have a special tele graphic service which will give its sub scribers a more or less detailed account of the news of the world before it is an cient history. As fast as arrangements can be made the Bee will have corre spondents in every part of the county who will be expected to do full justice to the various sections they represent' The magnificent resources of this county will bo properly portrayed. The busi ness interests of every town in the county will receive just treatment. In short, the Kalispell Bee will endeavor to give full value for everything it gets, and when it fails to do this it will not expect tho patronage of people who look to get value for what they pay out. If our patrons appreciate this sort of a business policy tho Bee will prosper, and as it prospers tho people may expect a better newspaper—more news and fresher news. Tho Bee has been started with the pur pose of going ahead, not of standing still. It will givo its readers such a newspaper as they are willing to pay for, but it is not in a position to give something for nothing. In this office will be found a printing plant equal to that of any coun try newspaper in Montana. The presses and material are new and up-to-date. Call in and see them. If you know any thing about printing plants it will do you good to look over this outfit. Politically the Bee will be democratic, because it believes that through the democratic party the greater good to the greatest number can be achieved, but it will at tho same time treat with due ro spect tho opinions of those who differ from it on political issues. Concerning what is known as the Clark-Daly tight, the Bee desires to state its position frankly and honestly, with out evasion or equivocation, believing that such u statement will be appre ciated. The Bee is opposed to all fac tional fights within the democratic party und believes that it is time for democrats to unite upon candidates that all fac tions can supi>ort. As this can be done only by dropping those who in the past huvo been persistent office-seekers, the Bee will opjioso tho candidacy of W. A. Clark. Ilis ambition to be United States senator is at present the only cause of division in the democratic ranks and his methods have already brought sufficient disgrace upon this state without asking tho democratic party to shoulder the additional disgrace of endorsing those methods. The democratic party in this state should not be destroyed to gratify the personal ambition or hatred of W. A. Clark or of any other individual. The Bee understands that this posi tion will incur the censure of the parti sans of Mr. Clark und that they will hasten to call the Bee a "Daly organ," just as they called the late republican state convention a "Daly convention" because it condemned those who had accepted Mr. Clark's bribes. If they are right, and a newspaper that opposes such political methods as have been proved beyond all question against W. A. Clark is a "Daly organ," then the Bee is willing to accept the designation and glory in the name. With this explanation of its aims and purposes the Bee rests its case. Here after it will let its work speak for it. It goes before the people solely on its mer its as a newspaper and by that criterion it is willing to stand or fall. DEPENDS With its usual inae ON THE curacy the Helena Her CONVENTION. aid says that Flathead county will send a Clark delegation to the democratic state convention. This remains to be determined. The Kalis pell delegates were elected upon the distinct understanding that they were both anti Clark and anti-Daly. So far as heard from only four precincts in the county have given recognition to avowed Clark delegates. This does not look much like a Clark delegation to the state convention in the ordinary course of events. It is, however, freely charged that the usual argument, money, is being made to some of the delegates to the county convention in Clark's interest. It is alleged, specifically, that one dele gate has been offered twenty-five dollars and another one fifty dollars to vote for a Clark delegation to tho state conven tion. It is also charged that the local Clark managers are threatening that in the event of a delegation unfavorable to Mr. Clark being sent to Butte from this county, they will do their utmost to defeat the democratic candidates on the county ticket at tho fall election. These charges may be doing the local Clark managers an injustice and tho Bee in no way vouches for their truth. It only knows that such tactics arc in porfect align ment with the Clark program in other parts of the state. The Bee is of the opinion that tho del egates to the county convention can neither be bribed nor bulldozed, but that they will do what they were elected to do, namely, send such a delegation to Butte as will bo representative of those who won the primary contest; that a delegation will bo chosen whose mem bers are independent and who will vote for what seems to them to be for the best interests of the party, without regard to factional differences. HE W. A. Clark has reached WANTS Montana, which, for the TOO purposes of his political MUCH. ambition, ho calls "home." In a speech to tho people of Butte he intimated that he would be very much pleased if the democratic party in this state would take his side in the little disagreement he has with tho senate committee on privileges and elections and send him back to the senate in defi ance of the unanimous verdict of the able and learned committee which con demned him, and in defiance of the unanimous sentiment of the nation. It is entirely probable that the democratic party of this state will at this time be less willing than ever before to comply with Mr. Clark's request, and it has never at any time indicated a very keen desire to have Mr. Clark as its represen tative in either branch of congress. It will lie less inclined to such a condition of affairs now than ever before, for the simple reason that it cannot afford to shoulder the burden of Mr. Clark's dis grace and the further reason that it very generally agrees with tho verdict of tho senate committee. Mr. Clark should make his appeal to the republican party, whose representatives in the legislature have heretofore placed a higher value on the method of iKilitical argument and inducement for which he has become notorious. Mr. Clark wants too much. The democratic party of this state can not afford to sacrifice a good name for great riches. Helena and Anaconda are at it again. This time baseball is the bone of conten tion. At tho first game between tho two clubs one of the Helena players abused the umpire and was ordered out of the game and off tho grounds. To get even he assaulted tho umpire after tho game was over. For this he was suspended for two weeks and fined $50, whereat the Helena managers sulked and said they wouldn't play unless McCarthy was re instated. To the discredit of the league managers be it said that the Helena club had its way and McCarthy was allowed to play again, pending an investigation. Most Montanans would have been pleased to see President Lucas insist on McCarthy's suspension, even at the ex pense of Helena's withdrawal. The loss would not have been irreparable.. It will occur to the average visitor to Kalispell that with good waterworks and an efficient corps of tire-fighters, the one thing yet needed to insure the bent fire protection is a team of horses to haul the hose reel and ladder wagon. The cost might be saved at a single fire by catching the blaze in its incipiency. Aside from this, to people who have blood that can tingle, it is worth some thing to see a fire company go down the street behind a team of well groomed horses, at a pace that means business. It is not only a pleasure to the onlooker, but it is something in which any city may take a laudable pride. Of the wild things already set afloat for the coming campaign the wildest is a report that the republicans intend to go into the democratic primaries tomorrow and help the Clarkites get control of the county convention. There is an old line that goes: "Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur," a free rendering of which for Montana use would be that Clarkites and Dalycrats are daubed over with the same pitch, and repùblicans will keep out of the nasty mess.—Inter Lake. There is another old line which goes: "Ab uno disce onines," a free rendering of which for Montana use would be that since it was republican votes that elected Clark to the senate, republicans should not feel offended if they are suspected of wishing to repeat the performance for the same reasons. Tho war in South Africa is not over by any means. Tho Boers are again active and have cut "Bob's" line of communication. They are probably spurred on to renewed exertions by tho situation in China, which promises to involve England and Russia in some un pleasantness. About all the soldiers England can raise are tied up in South Africa just now, and Oom Paul probably has tho notion that J. Bull might be willing to make some concessions in or der to lie free to cope with tho Russian bear. Down in St. Louis the wives of the employes have taken a hand in the street car strike and are assaulting those of their own sex who patronize tho street railway. Even the schoolma'ams have been warned that it will be safer for them to walk to the scene of their labors than to use the cars. Under the circunU stances it will be in order for the teach ers to strike for un increase of salary to cover the cost of carriage hire and life insurance. Notwithstanding that Otis declares tho Philippine war to be over, there are still "roving bands" of from 600 to 1000 "rebels" each who ure making it warm for the United States garrisons. At Catubig a few days ago 36 United States soldiers held 600 Filipinos at bay until relief came. Tho "rebels" seem to have taken fresh courage since Otis and his typewriter came home. Kalispell should feel proud of its band. There are few musical organizations in Montana of tho size and age of the local •band that render such good music. There is no better advertisement for a town than a good band, (unless it be a good newspaper) and tho citizens should see to it that the band lioys receive proper encouragement. That the business houses of Kalispell have confidence in the Bee is amply at tested by tho showing made in our ad vertising columns. The Bee trusts that it will be able to show that such confi dence is not misplaced and that it will prove by returns that it pays to adver tise in a live newspaper. HnlFalo for Kwllaprll. Mr. C. E. Conrad has purchased one eighth of tho Allard herd of buffalo which have been ranging for a number of years {«ist on tho Flathead reservation under the watchful eye of herders. The buffalo don't seem to lose much of their wildness by the herding process and Mr. Conrad very wisely nominated in tho bond that tho shaggy creatures should be delivered. It is expected that this part of the contract will be somewhat difficult to fullfil as the buffalo will be much harder to handlo than the ordi nary range steer and it will be a ticklish job to get them from where they are ranging now to the jiasture which Mr. Conrad is having prepared for theih about three miles north of Kalispell. About 250 acres of land will be strongly fenced and Mr. Conrad's share of the herd, numbering about 40 head will lie allowed to roam at will therein. The present plan of transportation is to load the buffalo on a barge at the foot of the lake and have the steamer tow the barge to De Mersville which will be only about five miles from their destination, it is expected that the final part of the trip will be the hardest. Buffalo are very valuable livestock just now, a cow lieing worth about $500. This will seem just a little remarkable to the old timers who have seen thousands of bison in countless herds roaming the rairies not many years ago. The Allard erd are probably the only buffalo left in the west outside of those in the National Park. The close vicinage of a herd of buffalo will add in no small degree to the attrac tiveness of Kalispell as a point of interest to visitors. * ^rnnuuwtuutmuutmuumwumnuMTO: I Missoula mercantile Company ^ j HARDWARE DEPARTMENT It is a good business policy to sell reliable goods at a low price. We are the largest buyers in the northwest and can give you better goods for less money than can be had elsewhere. If you will come and see us WE WILL GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU MONEY. WE ARE HEADC QUARTERS FOR Sporting floods . a Lawn Rakes Fishing Tackle ® " Fruit Jars Ice Cream Freezers flraniteware Screen Doors Tinware Wire Cloth À L Plain and Fancy Crockery Lawn Mowers ^ * filassware, etc. etc. Builders' Hardware a Specialty. Tin and Plumbing Shop in Connection. ^ Missoula Mercantile Company, ^ KALISPELL, MONT. îwuutmwimtuumtuumuunnuumiiuuK —mesc C. m. Walker, Propr. This hotel has been re cently enlarged and refur nished throughout and is the largest and most com plete in this section of the state. It is strictly first class in every respect and provided with large sample rooms for the use of traveling men. Cuisine Excellent. II, & SUBSCRIBE NOW. I? First paper in Kal ispell to publish telegraphic news. ■ WWW« IREAT I RUST ON I RUIT Jarsd USTED We have just received a car load and will sell at the following low prices until closed out: Pint Jars - GO cts per dox Quart Jars - 70 eta par dox Half-gallon Jars $1,00 per dox Just received a car load of the AND ALL SM RUES Also Carload of CROCKERY which we are selling at 20 per cent below regular prices. This month we are closing out our Sewing Machines • and Refrigerators at cost. HMHTOSH HARDWARE COMPANY. "BTJSSST* The Conrad National Bank OF KALISPELL, Capital $125,000.00 Surplus and Profits $25,000.00 - - OFFICERS - - C. E. Conrad, Pres. J. H. Edwards, Vice Pres. • \V. A. Conrad, Cashier Geo. Phillips, Ass't Cash. We draw exchange on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. Interest-allowed on time deposits. Collections promptly attended to. AGENTS FOR LEADING STEAMSHIP LINES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. NATURALLY, AS A MATTER OF FACT. No careful buyers can afford to overlook the large variety and the fair prices—prices that have made the store known as the satis factory store. SIDE BOARDS as Solid oak, in the styles; massive and rich in appearance. Prices from $18.00 to $60.00 J. L. MclNTIRE, Main Street, Ka.ltepell