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- DAILY MISSOULIAN WSulabsa Ever" Day in the year. i l~U1LAN PUBLtISHING CO. e~ 181 West Main Street. Mis. seMa, Meatana. Matered at the postatooe at Missouls iantaaa, as second-class mall matter SUISCRIPTION RATES (In Advanoe* .. one month ............0.73 De3b three ,months ............... .3 Dny. ala months ................ 4.00 DalU year .................. 8.00 Weedla, one year .................. .06 Poetasl added for foreign oountries. .- -. .. . . ,- ,, , TELEPHONE NUMIER al rasm Office 110 Editorial Rooms SUSItCRIERS' PAPERS The Missoullan is anxious to give the beet carrier service; therefore sub. serlbets are requested to report faulty datie. ry at oMoe. In ordering paper obhaged to new address please give old address also. Money orders and checks should be made payable to The Mis **ealan Publishing Company. THUIRDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1098. THE BEST BOOST. There iS nothing which conduces more strongly to the development of the city than the general practice of buying from home merchants. This is a statement which may seem unneces sary to some readers: but there is need of it in Missoula as there is in every Montana city that we know. Orders for spring supplies are being prepared for the farm these days and the aty householder is arranging his plans for the coming season. In all of this work, the home merchant Is the one to be considered. He is the man who lives with you, who is your neighbor, who helps pay your county expenses and who is entitled to all of your trade. Every dollar that is sent to a mail-order house is a dollar sent out of the state: every dollar that you spend with your home merchant re mains in local circulation. Every morning The Missoullan presents a list of the Missoula merchants and of their offerings in their special lines. Look over these and you will find that you can get at home what you re quire and get it In a more satisfactory manner then you can by sending away for it. CONSERVATION WORK. " Congress has not been lately in a mood to carry out thts suggestions of the president, but it is understood that the opposition of the lawmakers will be relaxed in the matter of the con servation message and that we shall have before long a commission which will rank in importance with the Isth mian canal and the interstate com merce boards. It is expected that among the last acts of this congress will be one which will create a conser vation commission and provide funds for its maintenance. The work for which the commission was originally organised is of peculiar interest to the west and south, where Important natural resources have been waste fully exploited and where thousands of acres of farm lands are suffering from soil exhaustion and erosion. The first work of the commission has al ready been accomplished In the shape of an inventory of the country's re sources which was transmitted to the president at the first of the year and which has now been transmitted by him to congress with the recommen dation that the commission be perpet nated. KERN REVIVED. Today the democratic editors of In diana will hold a Jubilee. They take unto them.'elves, as they deserve, a large part of the credit for the victory last fall which gave them a governor and a federal senator of their party and they propose to make glad and he merry. At the banquet tonight thr.re will be present Governor Marshall. who was lifted into office In the cam paign last autumn, and Senator-elect Shively, also a prc duct of the state victory of the democrats, will be an other of the speakers. And, also and yet further, John W. Kern will he there-John, who fell outside the , breastworks and who tried to get up and run only to fall again. Defeated for the vice presidency and for the n senatorial honors whlh his state had 1P to bestow, Mr. Kern will be the skel- d eton at the feast. He will speak: this f is his first public appearance since h the senatorial election and it is good n mews that he is yet able to talk. To ' lose Kern would be to lose a valuable asset; who would there be to laugh at? b WEAL RACING. d -. e On Its homeward voyage across the d Atlanatic, Admiral Sperry's fleet will be Sendin mldoeasn by enough vessels S that have been In the home guard to v make his armada even more powerful 0 than ft bal been on its trip around the world. There has been arranged ti an inturOestiang program for the home- a ward voyage, after the fleet has been ._.gmented: there will be such racing nIpbers on this list of events as have seldom been witnessed. Competitive iI speed contests between battleships, be tet emears and between squadrons: E eer grse will be the broad ocean u SL tl atmtestants will be the migbhtl- a rjl aSit to the world. It will be an UruSl e at a lfetime and to be u 8let awi watch the tests would t S .. e the sped trials seem tame. e These contests over, the fleet is so to time its movements that it will steam into Hamipton Roads on Washington's birthday; there it will be met by the president and will be reviewed by him as it was when it departed, more than a year ago. This, too, will be a not able occasion; but there is not a sport ing editor in the country who would not give a year's salary for the priv Ilege of writing up those races in m idocean. THE POSTAL BANK. The league which is campaigning for the enactment of the Carter postal bank bill makes the statement that a poll of congress reveals the fact that a considerable majority of that body is earnestly in favor of Senator Car ter's measure, but that the opposition is determined to encompass the defeat of the bill at this session through re sort to technicalities. The party in dorsements of this measure are disre garded, it seems, by a sufficient num ber of the members of the present con gross to make It possible to hold up the bill until it is too late to secure its enactment before March. But sen ator Carter is resourceful and there is a chance that he may win out In his effort to bring about early considera tion of his hill: there is not much doubt of its passage if It can be brought up in time, and the senior senator from this state will take ad vantage of every opportunity that pre sents itself. The national house of representa tives regards the automobile as a ne cessity, not a luxury, and considers that the Whilte House should be sup plied. It requires an expert to distinguish between a boxing match and a prize fight and, furthermore, the decision is apt to he governed by the point of view. No balloons for the army; congress evidently considers that there is room for improvement in terrestial work which should be taken up first. Tie Tennessee legislators evident ly prefer the moonshine variety, as they are putting the distilleries out of business. Blossburg's situation is incongruous; she established a below-zero record last month and, yet, cannot furnish ice. One month from today the victims of Teddyphobla will be happy and the country will have a live ex-president. The general enactment of racetrack and poolroom laws will send a lot of horses to milk delivery routes. The extent of February building op erations is a good testimonial to the quality of Missoula weather. Tin Plate Bill, the warhorse of the P'lathead, refuses to be made an af fidavit man for anybody. The daily announcement of new building phlats gives the contractors an ineffefacable smile. The eleventh assembly proposes to make a record in bills introduced it not in bills passed. Nevada's yellow metal record is good and she doesn't want any yellow men mixed with it. Missoula hopes that "Brewster's Millions" will be the beginning of IIarnols' millions. If the ground hog had waited until yesterday, he would have seen a mighty fine day. The poolroom bill swings along at a rate which promises to make it a law. Japan avos3' a peaceful policy, in which California declines to concur. Evetry Red Apple booster should line Iup for the tanmilton fruit meeting. The house, likewise, manifests some primary-nomination activity. If Bill Taft says the canal is all right, you 'llan bet that it La. February sunshine is favorable to the growth of bridges. Charlie- larnois' Red Apple theater is a peach. WHAT THE LAW CALLS A NOISE. The earliest case of injunctions against noises was in tho reign of GOorge Ill. of England, when a cir (us band was silenced by inljutntlon on the ground that its noise was a nulsance. In another old England re Iort it tells of a plaintiff recovering damages because a flock of wild ducks was trightened by the persistent firing of a gun. The learned judge held that this constituted a public nuisance and was a prejudice to pri vate rights. In Georgia a gathering at a pigeon shooting has been judicially decided to be a nuisance. A North Carolina court held that the stamping of horses in a livery stable near the plaintiff's dwelling was sufficient annoyonce to entitle him to damages. Even the noise incident to an or dinary business may be a nuisance. A goldbeater pelting a thin sheet of gold into shape, the hammering on the an vil in the blacksmith shop, the noise of a skating rink, and so on have all been held to be abatable nuisances. The test laid down in the books is that any noise which constitutes an annoyance to a person of ordinary sensibility with the comfort of life and impair the reasonable enjoyment of his habitation is a nuisance to him. It is within the bounds of possibil ity that in great centers of popula tion a new class of experts will arise to draw large salaries from the mu nicipality as noise specialists. Un usual noises, long continued, undoubt edly induce deafness, aside from Ir ritating nerves and murdering sleep. At any rate, they destroy a discrim inating nicety in hearing, especially in those who have what Is called a mu slcal ear. MINERAL RESOURCES IN FIGURES UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMPILES INTER ESTING STATISTICS. The United States geological sur vey's report on mineral resources for 1907 consists of two parts. Part I de scribing the metallic and Part II the nonmetallic mineral products of the country. The two volumes comprise more than 1,600 pages and present, In addition to the detailed statistics of production, a resume of the conditions under which the mineral industries were conducted. Itoth volumes are made up of many separate chapters, each pertaining to a particular industry or small group of closely related industries, and each chapter, as soon as it was prepared, wan publishod separately In pamphlet form. For many of the more Import ant minerals--coal, Iron, petroleum, gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc preliminary estimates of production were given to the press In special IbuAet|i;, in advance of the publica tion of the separate chapters, and there is it gratifying close agreement between these estimates and the final figures. Two Important Maps. Two large maps accompany the re port. A map in Part I shows the llistribution of mining districts in the western states and, incidentally, of the precious and other metals which have made those districts famous. This is the first map of the kind ever prepared, and In anticipation of a large demand a special separate edi tiln of it hals been printedand placed on sale by the survey. A map In Part II shows the distribution of the known coal fields of tile country and the kinds of coal they contain. On this map, for the first time, an at tempt has been made to represent the coal in the deep basins or synclines of the Rocky Mountain states, where there is every reason to suppose that coal exists, although it is so deeply covered as to be accessible with great difflculty if at all. The preparation of so accurate a map has been made losshlle only by work done by the survey in connection with the public land states, in :he course of whlch most of the important fields have been mapped and many of the coats have been tested. A separate edition: of this map also is on sale by the surv( y. The statistics published in these vol umes are collected by means of cir cular letters mailed by the survey t3 all producers, and the replle+, en tirely voluntary, lick only the ele ment of promptness to make them till that could I'be desihred. Evoen this dif flculty, however, is gradually dim Inishing. The report may properly be regarded as a sco-operative :work, wh\\',se va:, is In largeo Ieasure de pendent on the many thousnlnds (f producers who furnish the statistics. BONES OF PREHISTORIC MAN FOUND IN MEXICO New York. Feb. .--The skeleton of prehlistoric lan of gigantic size has been found at a town 10 miles south east of the City of Mexico, according to news received here today. The dis covery was made by a peon, who un earthed the skeleton, which measured about 15 feet in height. It will prob ably be turned over to the national mltlseumn in Mexico. The find has re vived the Aztec legend that ages ago a gillnt race inhabited parts of the Mexican plateau. VERMONT HOLDS FIRST PLACE. Washington, Feb. 3.-For a compara tive battle efficiency of United States hips inll combined night and day prac tice made on the records of target sihooting and other drills at Magdalena lhy and Manila and While on duty at Manila, the battleshlo Vermont, now at (ibraltar wih the Atlantic fleet. Ihlds first place. AFTER DOCTORS FAILED Lydia E.Pinkham'sVegeta. ble Compound Cured Her. Willimatntic, Conn.-"For five years I suffered untold agony from female troubles, causing backache, irregulari ties, dizziness and nervous prostra. tion. It was impossible for me to walk upstairs without stopping on the way. I tried three differ ent doctors and each told me some thing different. I reeived no bendt from any of them, but seemed to suf fer more. The last doctor said noth. ing would restore my health. Ibegan to ng Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound to see what it would do and I am restored to my natural health."-Mrs. ETrA DoNov"a, Box 9o, Willimantic, Conn. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, infam nation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, ir-t. regularities, periodic pains backache, bear!ng-down feeling, flatulency, indi gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra tion. For thirtyyears Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills, and suffering women owe it to themselves to at least give tLls medicine a trialP Proof is abundant that it has cured thousands of others, and whly should it not cure you? ON THEIR WAY HOME THEY'LL PLAY MID-ATLANTIC SPORTS AND CON TESTS ARRANGED FOR AD MIRAL SPERRY'S BOATS. Washington, Feb. 3.-According to the itinerary arranged by the navy department the ships of Admiral Sperry's fleet are now gathering in the vic:inity of Gibraltar, the gateway to the Atlantic from the Mediterran ean, the length of which has been tra versed and the principal ports of which have been visited by the ships since they passed through the Sues canal. Gibraltar Is the last stopping place of the fleet. From that point the sixteen battleships will turn their prows definitely toward home within the next few days, beginning the last of the most remarkable cruise es er recorded in naval annals. More than a year has elapsed since the vessels steamed out of Hampton roads. Despite the forebodings which filled many Americans and foreign newspapers at the time of the depar ture of the fleet, its "oyage has proved a success, diplomatically as well as nautically. If the record es tablished up to the present is main tained, the fleet will arrive home without serious accident of any kind. Its progress from port to port has been watched by foreign governments with deep interest, because of the technical knowledge to be obtained from the big Ianueuver, and because of the remarkable skill of American naval officers and the wonderful ef ficiency of the American warships. The officers and men have been la vishly entertained at every port visited by the fleet. Each govern ment elldeavorled to outdo the others in its welcome to the visitors, and the result has been a degree of offi cial hospitality seldom before rec orded. In Australia, in the Orient and in the Mediterranean the people Ihave turned out to do honor to the visitors. Tlue homeward trip across the At lantic promises to be one of tile most interesting and instructive features of the entire cruise. Leaving Gibral ter with their homeward bound pen nmlats btreaming, the battlesnips will make direct for Hampton roads, the port fronm hlich they started a year ago last December. It is the firm belief of nalval experts that when the fighting craft clst anchor in the roads oil February 22 they will be formed to be In fit condition to steam out to face an enemy. The cruise has b,een a practice trip throughout, but it relmains for the final spurt homeward to institute the elaborate maneuvers and tests plalnned by the navy department. The intention is to give the vessels the severest trials at the finish of their long journey, in order that any defects IIl thleol nlay be demonstrat ed. Before Admiral Sperry's sixteen battleships hive negotiated much of the distarlce westward 'across the At lantic they will be met by the wel. coming fleet sent out from the United States. This will consist probably of tilhe battleships Mississippi, Idaho, New Hampshire and Maine, the ar nmored cruisers North Carolina and Montatna, and the scout crIulsers Birmingham, Chester and Salem. Tile combined fleets will make an armada of twenty battleshllps, five i\vwertul cruisers and several Smaller fighting craft. As soon as the war iifips are assembled the real work of the I.omneward cruise will lbe under taken. The ntlaleuvr'r will be the most ellborate ever u.lndrtakenll by I'ntIted States w.tr vess,,. \'II le the flokt, o' the Imimn body of I'. will proceed a at It moderate pa.1c that will bring it Int) Harispton r' ads by February 22, tile ilndlvi lual srips sill be pu, throuhI speed trials and endurance tests. l'tttie.diip races, ship against ship and squad roll against squadron, will make up tile programll. Ships of similar class will race to determine Individual excellency, while battleships of different designs will be tested one against the other to determine the superiority of style. There also will be gunnery practice under practically battle conditions, and so excellent have been the scores of individual ships heretofore that somne new records ar,. confidently ex pected. The chief interest of naval experts, howev.r, lies In the problem of how "fit" th. ship.s Rill bI after their long trip and exciting finish when they steam Ipast the Virginia capes andl into Ilampton roads for inspec tion by the president. It will be a gruelling test followinr the globe glrdling cruise, but tib reports from the fleet indicate that tie vessels may be expected to emrne through tile ordeal in excellent ondiltion. IN OUEST OF OEMENTED STRANGER'S IDNETITY Passaic, N. J., Feb. 3.-Both the hospital authorities and the police are trying to ascertain the identity of a strapping six-foot patient at the Pas saic general hospital, who Is suffer Ing from a lapse of memory, having forgotten his name, his relatives and his business. A Pennslyvanla time table upon which Is written the words. "T)lor Jubal Bagler, Hilnton, W. Va." Is the only clew to his identity. His case is attracting particular attention because he rambled Incoherently about Greek history, declaring that he is Leonides, and that his home is in Sparta. It was thought at first the unfortunate stranger referred to Sparta, Sussex county, N. J., but his discourses on mythology have Indi cated that he refers to Sparta of days gone by. The man is apparently about 35 years old and was well dressed when found on the etreets attracting a crowd by his utterances. John and James Call:ahan, owners of the Callahan property on Sunset mountain in the Coeur d'Alenes, re port a strike of eight feet of solid galena. Fine ore was found In the ul per workings and several cars have been sent to the smelter. Two tunnels are being worked and as soon as arrangements are completed ship ping will be resumed. DONLAN'S ANTI-RACE TRACK MEASURE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE SENATE Whether or Not There Will Be a Law Prohibiting Sale of Pools on Races Outside the State Now Depends Upon Lower House. Special to The Daily Mlssoullan. Helena, Feb. 3.--The senate today passed the rDnlan poulroom and race track bill, there not being a vote re corded in the negative. The bill provides that pools can only be sold In this state on races rur within its limits and that no race meeting shall exceed six weeks. II is shniHar to the. King bill in the house, except the latter makes a long er race meeting. It is now up to the house to decide if the state will have an anti-poolroom law. The Clayberg primary election law modeled after that of Oregon, was favorably acted upon in committee ol the whole in the house today withoul debate, the vote being along party lines. Another bill of general interest that went through the committee was the Mitchell anti-cigarette measure. Providing the senate concurs there will be an investigating committee or rather, examiging committee, thiE year to consider the purchase of prop. erty at the penitentiary and to ex amine into its management. The mo tion was offered by Dr. J. S. Ham mon (Silver Bow) and it was unani mou.sly adopted. It follows: "I move that a committee of thre( be appointed by the speaker of this house, to act in conjunction with a like committee from the senate, to ex amrine into the advisability of the Iurchase of such property at the state penitentiary, at present time leased b) the state and to maye such other in vestigatlons. into the cost of the main tenance of tile prisoners and manage. wlent of the penitentiary as it deems fit. "That the committee be empoweret to subpoena witnesses, and that it rev port its findings back to the house with recommluendations for its action.' Work for Prisoners. A resolution pertaining to the state penitentiary was offered by Connell) providing for the furnishing of work to prisoners to reduce the fixed cost of the Institution, but with the pro. vision that such work shall not in any manner interfere with or enter Intc competitition with organized labor. The resolution was read by title and re ferred. It follows: "Whereas, It appears contrary to the best interests of society and to the state of Montana that the prisoners cnfined illn the state prison should not be engaged in some sort of work or emaployment; and "WVhereas, If such prisoners were given suitable work or employment during their period of imprisonment It would tend greatly to their refor nlation and be conductive not only to the welfare of such prisoners, but also that of society at large; and "Whereas, If said prisoners were given suitable work and employment of some kind the same would give the state a source of revenue and thus greatly reduce, if not altogether pay, the fixed charges and expenses for the maintenance of the said state prison, with the resulting relief and benefit to the taxpayers; now, therefore, be it "Resolved. The senate concurring, that the state board of prison commis sioners be instructed and directed to devise ways and means and make provision for the furnishing of some suitable employment for the prison ers confined in the state prison, and that any employment or work so fur nished shall not in any manner inter fere with or enter into competition with organized labor in the state of Montana." That the joint investigation into the sales of state lands and the conduct of the state land office is nearing an end, 'as indicated by the introduction of a bill by Cluston this morning, unanimous consent to its introduction without notice being given, appropri ating $2,500, or so much thereof as is necessary, to pay the expense of the investigation. Nearly Ended. Said a member of the committee this morning: "The investigation is near ly concluded and unless something de velops at the eleventh hour there will be practically nothing to report to the assembly. We have merely had ru mors rehashed to us and nothing else." The report of the joint committee to exallline aknd report upon the needs of the state orphans' home at Twin Bridges was made by Senator Solway and Representatives Kelsey and Gross. They found that more money was needed to complete equipment which was put in some time ago. On report of the commitee on judi ciary House Bill No. 42, relating to the platting of cities, was killed. The house also killed the Norton bill fix ing the salaries of policemen. In committee of the whole the fol lowing bills were favorably rec ommended: H. B. No. 58, by Cummings (Chou t,'au)-Relatlng to the soldiers' home. H. B. No. 105, by Kllgallon-Appro prianting $2.500 for a bison range in Montana. S. B. No. 11,-Relating to co-opera tive companies. H. B. No. 26--The Clayberg primary law. H. B. No. 164-The Mitchell anti cigarette measure. S. B. No. 15--Provldlng a stenog rapher for the state treasurer, was also ordered concurred In. Two bills were passed on third read The Lost Is Found By the Class Ad's Work This little ad appeared In The Missoullan yesterday morning: LOST - BETWEEN FLOWER store and Missoula nurseries, an embroidered ,pillow top, partly finished; finder return to store or nurseries and receive reward. Before noon the lost pillow top had been restored to its owner. Quick work qnd Inexpensive. TRY IT ONCE. ing: H. B. No. 78, by Colt, making it unlawful to herd or drive livestock upon another's land and to give a right of action for damages, and S. B. No. 12, by Cone, providing for the submission to the electors of an amendment to the state constitution, relating to taxation for state purposee. House bills introduced: s No. 224, by Norton-To amend sec tion 3238, relating to official bonds of officers of cities. No. 225, by Jacobson-To amend sec tions 2268, 2271, 2272, relating to the reclamation and settlement of arid lands selected by the state under the provisions of the Carey land act. No. 226, by Gray-To provide for the regulation ar i manufacture of creamery butter. No. 227, by Hutchinson-Providing for the appointment of a state chem 1st and bateriologist by the state board of health. No. 228, by Duncan-To make the codes relating to the state militia con form to the act of congress. No. 229, by Kelsey-To amend sec tions 1390, 1392 and 1395, relating to the filing of petitions for highways and the designation of the board of county commissioners as a board of viewers. No. 230, by Kelsey-To amend sec tion 6820, relating to the issue of ex ecutions. increase Duties. No. 231, by Hunter-To enlarge the duties of the boards of county com missloners and make them a board of appraisers of real estate and directing their entire time shall he given over to their duties. No). 232. by Norton-To regulate the practice of veterinary surgery in all its branches. No. 233, by 'Frank-To amend sec tion 7891, relating to witnesses. No. 234, by Culson-Approprlating $2,500 to pay the expenses of the land investigation. The following notices of bills w'ere given to the house today: Berkin-To amend section 2416, re lating to gambling and gambling de vices. Allen-Making it a misdemeanor for a man and a woman to associate to gether for lewd or immoral purposes. Colt-To provide for ascertaining the choice of the electors for United States senator. Bogart-To amend sections 2680 and 2682, relating to tax sales of real prop erty. Executive Mansion. Edgerton-Providing for the issue and sale by the state board of exam iners of bonds for the purchase of a site and the erection of an executive mansion. Norton--Relating to the salaries of police judges. Hall-To restrict the sales of co caine and other drugs. Harbert-Joint memorial to congerss indorsing Senator Dixon's bill pro hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on what now constitutes the Black feet reservation for a period of 25 years. The senate today passed a number of bills, six new measures were intro duced and one notice was given. The bills pased follow: Senate Bill No. 55-Relating to the sale of property for delinquent taxes. S. B. No. 57-Prohibiting poolsell ing and bookmaking. S. B. No. 48-Creation of new school districts. S. B. No. 33-Relating to registra. tion. S. B. No. 30-Annual reports of cor porations. S. B. No. 41-Relating to the prac tice of medicine. H. B. No. 56-Relating to punish ment for the crime of rape. H. B. No. 76-Providing for the ex amination of insurance companies. H. B. No. 79-Relating to licenses of insurance companies and their agents. Bills Presented. The following bills were introduced today in the senate: No. 82, by Sykes-Relating to chat tel mortgages. No. 83, by Donlan-Assessment of sleeping cars. No. 84, by Everett-Taxation of mines. No. 85, by Murrley-Regulation of telephone and telegraph rates. No. 86, by Muffley-Relating to ex penses of county assessors. No. 87, by Meyer-Relating to the teaching of contagious diseases in public schools. Senate joint resolution, by Annin Instructing Montana delegates to the dry farming congress to endeavor to bring the next congress to Billings. Senator Selway gave notice of in troducing a bill relating to the slaugh ter of cattle. Save Money by Buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. You will pay just as much for a bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as for any of the other cough medicines, but you save money in buying it. The saving is in what you get, not what you pay. The sure-to-cure-you qual ity is in every bottle of this remedy, and you get good results when you take it. Neglected colds often develop serious conditions, and when you buy a cough medicine you want to be sure you are getting one that will cure your cold. Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy always cures. Price tSo and 50o a bottle. For sale by all druggslets, J. H. Ehlers and E. J. Merrin of Spokane, have organized the Howard Gulch Placer company, to take over 800 acres of placer gravel located at the head of Libby creek on Howard lake in Montana. They will Install hydraulic equipment and build new ditches and flumes. A crew of men is at work. Provisions and lumber are being hauled to the grounds and the company will be ready to begin onerations wh.-n the frost leaves the ground. Ask Yourself the Question. Why not use Chamberlaln's Liniment when you have rheumataism? We feel sure that the result will be prompt and satisfactory. It has cured others, why not you? Try it. It costs but a trifle. Price 256c: large slse, 50c. For sale by all druggists AN UNUSUAL RECORD OF CRIME MURDER, SHOOTING AFFAIR, SUI CIDE AND ROBBERIES KEEP POLICE BUSY. Denver, Feb $3.-One murder, anoth er shooting affray that may result in a double murder, one suicide, half a dozen more or less serious robberies, and the confession of crimes by a man who, for 20 years, had led a criminal career, is the police record of Denver for the last 24 hours. John H. Cradlebaugh of Wallace, Idaho, shot and killed Fred W. Walton, also of Wallace, whom Cra. dlebaugh claimed had ruined his home. May Toothman of St. Louis, an in mate of a resort, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid following the arrets of her youthful lover on a charge of stealing his mother's dia monds. A Japanese, supposed to be Harry Nagahashl, discarded by the woman in the case, shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs. Ida Beikson and T. A. Hamatini, a Japanese merchant, whom he found together. Nagahashi escaped. Frederick S. Rollins, locked up on a charge of forgery, confessed to the police a criminal record of 30 years, starting with the time when, a 17 year-old boy, he was crippled for life, and "cursed God for his affliction." Myrtle and Bertha Thompson, twins, from Des Moines, Iowa, arrested on a charge of stealing $180 from David Siegel, also of Des Moines, gave the police information that led to Siegel's arrest for robbery at Des Moines. Many Sleepless Nights, Owing to a Persistent Cough. Relief Found at Last. "For several winters pat my wife has been troubled with a most persist ent and disagreeable cough, which in variably extended over a period of sev eral weeks and caused her many sleep less nights," writes Will J. Hayner, ed Itor of the Burley, Colo., Bulletin. "Va rious remedies were tried each year, with no beneficial results. In Novem ber last the cough again put in an ap pearance and my wife, acting on the suggestion of a friend, purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. The result was, indeed, marvel ous. After three doses the cough en tirely disappeared and has not mani fested itself since." This remedy is for sale by all druggists. Statistics for the last two years show the Dutch use 50 pounds more wheat flour per capita per year than the Germans. --- - --P The "elb Ov" Qesesems Humor in a Magazine "Always start something. No matter where you are, or what's your business; start something I Now, between meals, so to speak, I've started fire companies, benev olent societies, fraternal lodges, reading circles, lecture courses, dog fights, I don't know what all, clean across the country. But oa the whole I don't know as I ever pulled off anything that kept me user for a little while than my Holy City Quartette. That was at Sidonia Center, Michigan North Peninsula, U.S. A." One of the best things on earth is a good laugh. If a magazine can stranglealaugh out of its readers it is doing big, wholesome, American work. 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