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DAILY INTER MOUNTAIN Issued Every Evening. Except Sunday IMbR flOLNTAIN PUBLISHING CO Address all mail to Inter Mountain Publishing company. M. A. BERGER, Manager. 26 West Granite Street, Butte City, Mont. Official Paper of Silver Bow County and City of Butte. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Per year, by mail, In advance........IT By carrier, per month................ MONDAY, JULY - 1, 1901. Race Track Betting. The report current on Saturday that Mayor Davey intended to invoke the power of the law to stop betting at the race track probably did an injustice to that excellent official. Every good citi zen of Butte stands ready to indorse any genuine and reasonable plan to purify this city, and applaud any publiï officer for executing his duty under the law. There is no doubt of the demoral ization that would have resulted but for the restraints recently imposed on cer tain forms of sporting in this com munity, nor of the urgent need of in ducing certain elements of the popula tion to seek other means of livelihood or other places of residence. It is not wise, however, to attempt too much all at once, nor go to extremes in seeking to discourage gambling in a city where it has existed since the pioneer days. Horse racing on a home race track under the management of repu table business men is the least objec tionable form of sport. The general public must have out-door amusement of some sort. That which is least objec tionable should be encouraged while the other is tabooed, so there would be noth ing inconsistent in stopping pool-room gambling and allowing legitimate horse racing with the added excitement of betting. A few weeks of racing once a year is far different from constant pool room betting. A summer meeting during the dog days helps business, gives the people something to talk about beside mining law suits, and affords all classes a season of recreation. The horsemen may not bring much money with them, but they hardly ever take any away. They simply enliven the circulation of what is here. Such is the sentiment of the people on the subject of race track sport. They recognize the vast difference between that and pool-room plunging. If the association is properly encouraged and a square deal assured, the town w>'.l suffer no harm. Any attempt to sft>p betting at the track would not be ad visable unless the intention is to make a farce and failure of the reform move ment so auspiciously begun by the new administration. There is nothing in the anti-gambling law of this state which prohibits betting on horse races at race tracks. Pool room betting within the city limits proper may be covered by ordinance or abated for other reasons, but there is no ordinance against race track betting, and it is doubtful whether the city council could make such an ordiance effective. If it were the intention of the city offi cials to prevent betting at the race track, why did they not notify the as sociation to thet effect instead of allow ing it to advertise the meeting as usual, to expend thousands of dollars for im provements and solicit the presence of the horsemen? The latter have come here in good faith, under pledges made by the association in good faith, and unless it be the intention of the city offi cials, as before stated, to bring ridicule ui on o genuine, necessary and beneficial reform movement, the Inter Mountain's suggestion is that the association be let alone and the races allowed without fur th er molestation. Chance of a Lifetime. A prominent resident of Butte con nected with a big eastern company in an official capacity yesterday received the following tempting proposition: Dear Sir:—We are desirous of secur ing a reliable and active agent in your city. We know from experience, that you are in a better position to give us the address of such a person than any one to whom we could apply. If you will kindly send us the address of two or three suitable persons, we will endeavor to secure their services. If successful, we will send you a fully paid certificate for one share of stock as soon as the contract is signed. As a further appreciation of your trouble and' kind ness, we will send you a fully paid cer tificate of four shares of stock as soon *s tlie subscriptions and remitttances from sr.fc! agent reach a total of 100 shares. The five shares of stock that we offer you absolutely free, will be worth its face value within 90 days and may bring yon an independency, as a com pany near us is paying $160.00 per share per nmnth in dividends. This is strictly confidential, and your reply will be treated the same. Kindly give this your prompt attention, and greatly favor, yours truly, THE MUTUAL OIL UNION. H. G. COMSTOCK, Secretary, The above letter was accompanied by • pamphlet containing a map showing a vast section of oil land, divided into claims of various sizes, with lines show the trend of the oil belt, the location "s. alleged pipe lines, etc., etc. The reading matter descriptive of the oil land and explaining the certainty of dividends would do credit to that Im mortal liar. Ananias, himself. The claim is made that one acre of oil land con tains 176,000 barrels of oil. Ten acres would therefore contain 17,600,000 bar rels and 100 acres 1,760,000,000 barrels. Even at 50 cents a barrel this would amount to $S80,000,000. The circular does not claim that oil has been struck on the land of the company, but indulges in the usual clap-trap about what other concerns have struck and what tremen dous dividends await the investor In the new enterprise. This circular and the outfit which issues it are characteristic of nine out of ten of California oil enterprises. Most of the land is leased for 62 an acre, capitalized at from 6200,000 to 6100,000 per acre, and sold to a confiding public from 10 cents to a dollar a share. Let any man who, has bought stock in these schemes offer to sell it back for 50 cents on the dollar and note how promptly his proposition will be de clined. That ought to be proof enough of the worthless character of such stock. Modern Mining. The industry of mining is destined in the near future to undergo some won derful changes. All over the west in the abandoned mining camps are vast dt%isits of ore carrying insufficient value to pay for hoisting and treatment by the old processes. Recent discov eries, however, give promise of the eariy profitable working of these ore bodies. Among them is a new explosive which will do away with the dangerous and ex pensive dynamite mixtures now sold for blasting. It is not only far more pow erful than the powder in present use and less injurious to the health of under ground workers, but its cost is compara tively nothing. Liquid air is also des tined to play an important part in the mining of the future, so that the in creased cost of deep mining under ordi nary circumstances, as well as the fre quent diminution in metallic values, will be more than offset by cheaper ex plosives and cheaper power. But perhaps the boldest proposition of modern mining engineering comes from the Johannesburg district, in Souh Africa. In some of the great mines of that region much of the ore is of too low a grade to warrant hoisting and hauling. To obviate that drawback and increase the profit of the richer ore it is now proposed to reduce tlie ore und:r ground. Down in the deep, vast cham bers are to be blasted out and mills erected as near as possible to the or? reserves. The scheme looks chimerical at the first glance, but careful consider ation shows its entire feasibility. The great mining captains of the Rand dis trict, most of whom are Americans, arc figuring on the proposition, and pro nounce it practicable. If a mill can be built and operated under ground, why not a smelter? under ground, why not a smelter? GALLATIN VALLEY FARMS WILL HAVE T ELEPHONES The Rich Ranchers in the Winter Wheat Belt Can Afford Costly Luxuries. Lee Warren, a well known resident of Gallatin county, was among the arrivals in the city yesterday. He is a druggist in his home town and divides his time between operating a mortar and pestle and conducting a farm which he owns in the fertile valley near town. Once upon a time Mr. Warren lived in Missoula and he is well known in other sections of the state also. His connec tion with the organization of druggists in the state gives him considerable prom inence and he is regarded as one of the most progressiv of all the men engaged in that line of business in the state. All day yesterday Mr. Warren and Doc Newbro were chums. The man from Bozeman tipped the Butte man off to a large number of timely suggestions about running a Fourth of July celebra tion. Both the druggists have patriotic biood in their veins and the talk they had was a very interesting one. "I came to Butte to buy some material for a telephone line we are putting up in the Gallatin valley," said Mr. Warren to an Inter Mountain reporter. "We are expecting to put in a line through the winter wheat belt of the valley and the ciicle described by the line will connect ail the large farms with'the city. I find that I can get all the brackets and poles, insulators and wire, I need right here in Butte and as they are shipped in by the car load lot I will be able to secure them about as cheaply as if they came to us direct from the east. "The Gallatin valley farmers are mak ing a number of improvements this year. They will have telephone lines all over the valley and may establish a system of rural mail delivery before long. The signal prosperity of the past few years have placed the residents of the county in a position to have about everything they want." Mr. Warren left for home today taking with him a suply of the material needed for the telephone line and the good wishes of Doc Newbro from whose shoulders he had lifted a great load by his sagacious tips relative to Fourth of July celebrations. FINE COPPER ORE FROM THE P HILIPPINES Lieutenant Fisk Brings Back Word of Great Deposits of Copper in the Mountains of Luzon. Lieutenant Asa L. Fisk of Helena is in Butte, taking a good rest after a year and a half of arduous service in the Philippines, in the Thirty-fifth volunteer regiment. The regiment was brought home about six weeks ago, mustered out at San Francisco, and the members promptly scattered to their homes for a well earned vacation from an exciting life. Lieutenant Fisk tvas a member of the First Montana band, while that regi ment was In the service, and on his return to the United States in 1899, he secured a commission in the Thirty-fifth k regiment, with which organization he re amined until It was mustered out. "There is comparatively little fighting In the Islands now; nothing but indi vidual fighting, or engagements with small bands that take to cover as sooq as the soldiers appear," said Lieuten ant Fisk. ''Our regiment was all through the mountain?, near where Aguinaldo was captured, and when we left there was scarcely an Insurgent to be seen. Indeed, I scouted for several weekq through the wildest of the mountaii districts, with only eight men, and id that time s,aw only 15 armed natives. Thf rebellion Is effectually broken, beypnà question. There is much hard work, biA little glory, in chasing elusive bands u |6 half a dozen men, who will not stay to fight; all the real glory, if there was anj£ was at the first, when they had a semi» blance of organization, and would fig hit real battles. "We scouted the country around thjj famous came of Biyak-na-Bato, wherB Aguinaldo had his headquarters befo«€ he surrendered to the Spanish in lSfMB It is a wonderful place, a great defilg in the mountains, looking from a dial, tance as if the main mountain rang| had been cleft down to the level of tliè plain by a gigantic knife. It the natives would stand, they could hold the narrow pass against all the armies that could come against them. The cave itself Is a great subterranean chasm, in the pur est of white marble, rivalling that of Italy itself. Some day. the marble de posits will doubtless prove to be of great value; all they want is transportation facilities. "Up in the mountains, there are great deposits of many valuable minerals, and I brought home samples of ore that car ries, 46 to 47 per cent of copper, with pay ing quantities of gold and silver. -I scouted through the mountain more than any other officer of the army, and had ample opportunity to see the country. I am going back to the islands to look up the valuable copper lands, as soon as I can interest enough capital to work the place satisfactorily. It will take money to make a start; but there Is a rich reward for ary one who will go there prepared to work the country on a large scale. HOW SENATOR GIBSON WON A HIGH DEGREE He Was Known as an Honest Man Long Before His Last Honor Came. "I see that they have conferred the honorary degre of doctor of laws on Sen ator Gibson," remarked a resident of northern Montana at the Thornton this morning to an Inter Mountain reporter. "Well if ever a man deserves it GiUson do y'. Ever hear what he did; beats the stoiVs in Success and other magazines out of sight. Y'ou know Gibson used I to be In the milling business back east, j Honest, square fellow; perhaps that' why he went to the wall. "That's what he did, failed and lost everything. When he came to Montana r Senator Gibson Is the Biggest Man in Maine Today. he came to begin life all over again. And he did it. too. Instead of repudiat ing his out Iawed debts or going through bankruptcy a?, the majority do, what do you think Gibson did? Went back there and paid up every debt, dollar for dollar and cent for cent. Maybe you think the people back there in his old home don't think he is just about the only thing In the way of honest men. Montana peo ple have reason to be proud of the sen ator. "Now they've made him a doctor of laws at Bowdoin colege. Wonder if that's the highest title they can bestow'. If there's anything higher he ought to have it. And I think he would get it, too. If the people could have their say he would. Yet after all, what higher title is there than that of "an honest man." MINING CONGRESS OF ENTI RE MIN ING WORLD Mining Men From Every Land Will Meet at Boise—Welcome Will Be a Warm One. "The International mining congress at Boise," said a well known mining man of that city, now In Butte on business, "is going to be on a scale that is per haps not realized by Montanans, or in deed any of the western miners, save in our home town. There will be mining men, experts of world wide reputation, from almost every country on the globe; at least every country that has mining industries worthy the name. It is not local in its scope, but is laid out as the name would Indicate—international in very truth. "Boise is going to do herself proud on this occasion. We have the money and k the , disposition to make a spread, and "we're going to do It. You can urge all the Montana mining men to come over and be our guests with the assurance that they will be entertained with true western hospitality. "Boise is a rich city for Its size, aris tocratic in Its high regard for Its obliga tions to Its guests, and what the people there don't know of in the way of treat Ing visitors right, isn't worth the know ing. That may sound egotistical but it isn't, as you will find when you attend the congress." HEADS OF RAILWAY. EMP LOYES WILL FALL Concentration in Bailway Circles Makes the Future Look Dark For Soft Snaps. Ticket agents and railroad men gen erally all over the west are consider ably Interested In the news from the. east that the proposed great railway combines are to do away with several thousands of subordinate officials who now serve individual roads. The latest is from St. Paul, that if the combines work as the promoters now desire, the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Burlington agencies are to be com bined, one man or set of men doing the Work now performed by three sets of Officers. "That is what it is bound to come to," said one of the local agents. "Otherwise, there would not be so much object in making the great combinations. They are for the purpose of reducing expenses. Of course, the office force will have to be kept up large enough to handle the combined business, but it will allow the dropping of many men from the pres ent number, and add their salaries to the stockholders' dividends. Especially will it affect the higher priced men, those who now serve in confidential capacity for their roads. Cheap clerks will be in demand, but the better class of men, those who have been able to take charge on their own responsibility, will fare ill. It will be a hard blow to the agents, following as it does on the heels of the abolition of ticket commissions about a year ago. That was their real death blow, and this will practically be their burial." CROOKED GAMBLING IS PUT OUT OF BUSINESS Men Who Are Fleeced in Gaines Run on the Quiet Enter Protests. The chances are first rate for the gamblers who are attempting to operate games in the city of Butte to take rope enough to hang themselves and bring about their own undoing. The games run under cover and in defiances of the law ! i i ! are for the most party as crooked as they , can b? and the men who are fleeced in I the games conducted behind closed doors i are quick to turn in the evidence to the i to the I ro:i.e. Y'esterday a saloon keeper on South | Main street was approached by a mem- ' her of tlie small fry gambling fraternity i who wanted to run a little social game j In the saloon man's back room. The j proprietor of the place bit at the game j and allowed the sharpers to run what he ! supposed was a social game of poker be- I tween friends nearly all the evening. The | patrons of the game lost several hundred j dollars, declared the game was crooked j and complained to the police and secured and complained to the police and secured the return of their money. The pro prietor of the place gave aid to the of ficers in apprehending the men who had conducted the crooked game and learn ed a valuable lesson in keeping a safe distance from the strong arm of the law. The police are confident that the games running behind closed doors are all of the Hishonest class and the patrons of the places that are being run on the quiet will complain to the authorities when they are fleeced, thus working the un doing of the sharpers. The officers are working both ends of the gambling fraternity against the mid dle and expect to close all games played for money and keep them closed. VAGS MUST SERVE TIME IF THE Y COM E TO BUTTE Fetty Offenses Against the City Law Have Worn Out Judicial Patience. Judge Boyle stated yesterday morning j that vagrants will hereafter be pelled to give something better com- j than ! "hot air" talk to escape imprisonment in | the county jail when they appear before | him in police court. He said: "Tlie ■ common vag has been increasing rapidly j during the past few weeks, and although j many have been given tie passes out of . Butte, from this time all will have an i opportunity to board with the county for 30 days." Judge Boyle states that the frequency of begging and the insults which follow each refusal, must be stopped. The robbery of the young miner, A. Hulthusen. a few days since, by John Corcoran and George McVea^h, after he had given them a drink and offered to buy both a meal, convinced Judge Boyle that tough characters are headed this way, and he proposes to change their direction if possible. CALIFORNIA DOG T HE WINNER Twenty-four Dog Coursing Stake Goes to Montana Jack—Day of Good Sport. That Butte has its quota of coursing enthusiasts was clearly demonstrated yesterday afternoon when a large crow 1 journeyed to the local park to svee a 24-dog stake run off. The crowd was well repaid as the day was ideal and the sport exciting. The hares were not as fast as they might have been owing to the recent Inclement weather, but they were given good starts and the kills were always exciting. The betting was brisk throughout the sport. A feature of the day was the work of Montana Jack, a black dog, by Billy Walker-Fly, and owned by A. W. Jones. The hound arrived from California re cently and Is said to be green at the game. Notwithstanding that he worked well and showed great form. In his race with Colonel Lopez the dogs ran neck and neck until the hare turned, when Montana Jack showed his superiority in blocking. The results were as. follows: First round—Lethbridge beat Montana ;Chief; Susie S. beat Blacklips; Charlie Prince beat Rough Dry; Revelstroke bear Beatrice; Over the Border beat Silver Coin; Castaway beat Lord Nelson; Chil co beat Foxy; Fitz, Jr., beat Soapy Bill; Montana Jack beat Fttz-Regina; Gold Standard beat Proctor Knott; Colonel Lopez beat Ben Bolt, Ruby beat Thistle. Second round—Lethbridge beat Susie S.; Charlie Prince beat Revelstroke; Castaway beat Over the Border; Chilco beat Fitz. Jr.; Montana Jack beat Gold Standard; Colonel Lopez beat Ruby. Semi-finals— G. H. McDougall's Leth bridge, by Mr. Glenkirk-Sweet Idleness, beat his Chilco, a full brother to Leth bridge. Montana Jack had to run a na tural because both of the other dogs belonged to the same owner. Warm Weather Soon makes an Improperly fitting truss felt. A properly fltteil truss should never be felt. When we fit a truss the wearer Is never con scious of Its being on, except from the relief he feels. We npt only have a graduate truss fitter of long and successful experlenbe, but we also have a very large variety of all good makes of trusses to fit any case. We have a private apartment for fitting. Tl|e best thing we can say of our truss-fitting Is that many physicians from all over Montana send patients to us to be fitted. OBESITY 'BELTS Ti\ e have a complete line of those that have received recognition by the medical profession. They are a great help at all seasons, but at none quite so much as in warm weather. ELASTIC ~TTOCKIJfGS You can get just what you want here. We have 'em all. Newbro Drug Co. 109 North naln Street. Final—A. W. Jones' Montana Jack, by Billy Walker-Fly, beat Lethbridge and took first money, 620. VISITORS GET A DRUBBING Livingston's Crack Team Proves Ho Match for the Locals—Pitchers in Poor Form. What the local ball tossers did not do to the Livingston team yesterday after noon is not worth mentioning. The vis itors were piped as the cracks of the Montana amateur league and great things were expected of them. The smoke eaters on the other hand have not had any too much luck and not a great deal was looked for from them, but the unexpected happened and the manner in which Butte jumped onto the visitors and pounded the ball all over the lot was shocking. ! At that, however, Butte did not put up i a gilt edged game. The play of both i teams was ragged and that was partly ! due to the cool weather. Still there was , I enough excitement about the game to i keep the crowd interested and t'he fre i '> uent eheerlng and other applause indi cated that enthusiasm was not lacking. The bright and shining stars of the game were not the pitchers. The gen tlemen of the rubber had an off day and I | ' i j j j ! I | the way they handed out passes to first would have set an advance agent crazy. All told twenty-one batsmen walked, and of that number Ryan had 11 to his discredit. For Butte Knox did the heavy stick work having to his credit two sin gles, a double and a triple. Murphy scored the first home run of the season j fop the team> SchiUs distinguished him 0 3—22 2 0—12 j have admitted to probate, self at short, having five put outs to his credit. For Livingston McDonough caught an errorless game and Burton put up a good game at third. The score by innings: Butte ........0 1 6 7 0 0 5 Livingston ...1015103 SUMMARY. Earned Runs—Butte 3. Two base hits —Knox, Perham, Mjelde. Three base hits—Knox. Home run—Murphy. Bases on balls. Off Hope 10. off Ryan 11. Struck out by Ryan 3, by Hope 4. Passed balls—Murphy 2. Left on bases— Butte 5, Livingston 11. Hit by pitcher— Clemens, Burton, T. Lloyd 2. Time of game—2:50. Attendance—1,200. Umpire —D Smith. Weather—Cool. Estate of Marco Medin Sarah Medin, widow of the late Marco Medin, Sr., has petitioned the district court for letters of administration the estate of her dead husband. Accom panying the petition is the will of the dead man, which the petitioner asks to It Is dated j February 26, 1890, and is w itnessed by ! John Caplice and John Brannigan. By | the conditions of the will all of the | property will go to the widow. The ■ property is alleged to consist of a stock j of liquors and groceries valued at $7,000, j outstanding accounts w'orth $3,000, a . promissory note worth $5,000, real estate i in Great Falls worth $300, tw r o log cabins on leased ground in Walkerville valued at $300 and Nevada real estate worth $16,800. The heirs are Marco Medin, Jr., Tony Medin, sons; Sarah O'Meara, Mamie Holland, Antoinette Zarich and Annie O'Brien, daughters. The petition will be heard by Judge McClernan July 15. MOULDERS TRYING TO END TROUBLE International Officials and Members of the Iron Founders' Association Hold a Conference. Situation Is Complicated, and Many Men Will re Affected m Case a 'Settlement Fails. Chicago. July 1.—Martin Fox, president of the Iron Molders' Union; M. J. Keogh, vice president; John Campbell and David Black, members of the international ex ecutive board, have arrived In the city and are now in conference with the com mittee of the iron founders association. All attempts to reach a settlement be tween the local molders and manufac turers have thus far failed. Not only will the peace of the molders in Chicago depend on the outcome of the conference, but it is expected to establish precedent for other manufacturing concerns throughout the country. In Cleveland, Cincinnati, and other cities conditions similar to those exist ing here prevail, and these cities will in all probability follow Chicago's lead. Thq present molders' scale is $2.75 for floor men and $2.50 for bench molders. This distinction between the two classes is said to have grown out of the hard times of 1893, and the union is now mak ing an effort to have it abolished;. It will affect 2,000 Iron workers in Chi cago and vicinity. The situation is said to be more complicated than usual. The molders are hopeful the mission of their officials will be successful. Poet English Totally Blind. New York, July 1.—Thomas J. Dunn English, poet and writer, has just cele brated his 68 th birthday at hts home in Newark. The author of "Ben Bolt" is still vigorous. His greatest affliction is less of sight. Chileans Admire American Methods. (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, July 1.—Capt. Louis Pomar and Lieutenant Luis Atarzun of the Chilean navy have arrived here to inspect the various ship building yards and gun plants In the United States. Fire Destroys Dried Fruit. ~ (By Associated Press.) San Jose, Cal., July 1.—four hundred and fifty tons of dried fruit was destroy ed last night by the burning of the fruit packing house of G. N. Herbert, near this city. Loss, 660,000; Insurance, $40,000. Fits "Fits like the paper on the wall." Some papers, however, do NOT fit on the wall; they look like a shoddy suit of clothes on a country yokie. That's because they are too cheap to be good. If you are looking for good qual ity, new style Wall Papers, that have no suggestions of by-gone days about them, come to us. We're headquarters for that kind. SCHATZLEIN PAINT COMPANY No. 14 West Broadway Silver Plated Tea Sets Our window this week is filled with Silver Plated Tea Sets of the highest possible grade of plate. In finish, style and beauty they are equal to Sterling Silver at less than one-fourth the cost. Hight & Fairfield Jewelers XXXJiSXXXSXXXSXXXXSSX * IT IS « to A great source of satisfaction to to any business man to know that his ft to customers are pleased with the to goods and treatment they receive, ft to Especially is this true at the to Wail Paper, where not only has the 9 $ to price to be considered, but the ef- ft to feet of the design and coloring ft to upon each particular room. We ft to have plenty of goods and have ex- % to perienced salesmen to show them. ^ to We attribute our very marked sue- ^ to cess in the Painting and Paper- yg to hanging business of Butte to the ^ to fact that we always try to please ^ to our customers, both in the selection ^ to of the hanging and in the work- ^ to manship. ^ to Let us show you some new Ideas to in effective paper hangings. £ (Ellis Paint Co £ jj 17 E. Quartz to # Successors to CARDER BROS PEARLS DIAMONDS t When figuring on a purchase of this character, don't forget we're prepared to show you the larg est assortment in these goods, both mounted and unmounted. AND ^ Other Precious Stones $ Our advantages for securing the ber,t from the markets of the world are evinced ih the char acter and quality of our stock. IFVC Jeweler... LLIO and Optician. CWSICY JM-OC t ow\uvuu\ o