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os pwpoWH 82.00 S »EUR Issued Twice :i Week THE WESTERN NEWS 82.00 II ÏEAR Every Tuesday and Friday VOLUME XX. HAMILTON, MONTANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1910 NO. 64 5 r*: P ! OS Authorizes Improvement of Water Sys tem-Power Line Nearing Com pletion—-Talks Politics. SEN ATOR WILLIAM A. CLARK. Former United States Senator Wil liam A. Claik spent Sunday in the Bitter Root inspecting his properties in this section. Accompanying Mr. Clark were Mrs. Clark, her n.outlier, Mis. La Chappelle and companion, Mrs. Morchion, and brother, Arthur La Chappelle; Mrs. Hartman, n friend from the east; Gen eral Manager A. H. Wethey, manager of the Clark interests in Montana; C. H. Richardson, manager of the Clark mills at Lothrop; S. R. Inch, manager of the Missoula Light & Wa ter company, and George R. Brown, manager of the Butte and Hamilton water systems. A party from Fort Mis soula, consisting of Major and Miss Parke. Major and Mrs. Shattuck, Ma J jor and Mrs. Ruffner, Lieutenant and Mrs. W r ood, Lieutenant and Mrs. Van Den Bussche, Mrs. Bowen and Mrs. Voris. were also guests of Senator and Mrs. Clark, the entire party trav eling in a private car that was at tached to the morning train. Arriving in Hamilton the party was met at the station by Mr. Christian son, Mr. Clark's Hamilton representa tive, v ho had provided a number of au tomobiles. Senator Clark Inspected the reservoir on Skalkaho and the proposed site for the transformer house, which is to be located on First street in Pine Grove addition, the Clark interests having recently pur chased two blocks of 19 lots for this purpose. Meanwhile other members of the party were taken to west side orchards and other points of interest, the entire party reassembling in time to catch the 3 o'clock train, Senator and Mrs. Clark returning to 3utte that night. While in Hamilton Senator Clark ap proved Manager Brown's plans for re habilitating the Hamilton water sys tem and the work will be pushed vig orously. The Clark interests have also taken over the Pine Grove system and it now comprises a part of the Hamil ton water system proper. Wherever possible ail electric light poles will be moved from the streets into the al leys. The power line has been completed well past Victor and Hamilton will soon be reached. While in the valley Mr. Clark was noncommital as to an extension of the electric line from Missoula to Hamilton. His sawmill at Lothrop is to be moved to Bonner im mediately. Interviewed at Missoula as to the political situation Mr. Clark said: "I am interested in politics only sufficiently to cause me to keep a cas ual run of the operations of the par ties. I am not seeking political hon ors and am taking no part whatever in the present political campaign. What honors there may be attached to poli tics I am more than willing some one else should have. I scan the papers and get a cursory knowledge of the happenings in state and national af fairs and I am greatly interested in what 'Teddy Roosevelt does. Person ally. I look for a sweeping democratic victory from one end of the land to the other and with democratic rule there should be very good times in this country." FORMER COUNTY ASSESSOR RORERT NELSON DEAD j ! The funeral of Robert Nelson was held Sunday under the auspices of Hamilton lodge of Masons, of which he was a member. Mr. Nelson died last Wednesday in the Sisters' hospit al, Missoula, of typhoid fever. The deceased was born in 1845 and came to Montana 47 years ago, mak ing his home near Victor, excepting during a few years that he spent in Alaska. Mr. Nelson was elected assesor of Ravalli county in the fall of 1894 and served two years. He never married and had no relatives in Montana. T. J. WALSH TO HAMILTON NOV. 1 Hon. T. J. Walsh who is a candi date for United States senator and who is stumping the state for the demo cratic ticket, will address the people of Hamilton and vicinity on Tuesday evening. November 1. Arrangements are being made for a meeting to be addressed by Mr. Walsh at Darby on Tuesday afternoon, No vember 1. PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 1 BIS SERIES take folk of the five FROM THE FURS OF CHICAGO. Chicago. Oct. 23.—The baseball championship of the world belongs to il m it i I . . . the Philadelphia club of the American league. They clinched the big pennant fast today. 7 runs to 2 for the Chicagô Nationals, and there was none in the big, overflowing crowd to say that T> ,, , They won the American league ban-1 I they had not won it fairly and square-1 ly. Five games were played and the eastern youngsters took four of them by outbatting, outfieldlng and out-I , rushing the veteran Chicagoans. They • got the lump at the start and al though Chicago punctuated their j progress with a defeat yesterday, it really did not change the situation a bit. The Philadelphians were due.! . 7" 0 tl ! e Aaierican league ban ner in 1902, but there was no world's series that year. Five years ago the New York Nationals were too strong for them. So. in this year of grace it was not in the cards that they were, to he denied. Division of the Money. I While the series was not the most j profitable ever played, it helps to sim plify the high-cost-of-living problem confronting even such heroes as the I Philadelphians, to say nothing of the ; Chicagoans with winter coming on. j The players' share of the money amounts to $79,071.93. Of this. 60 per cent, or $47,443.15, goes to the win ners and $31,628.77 to the losers. As there are 23 players on each team, eligible to participate, each of the Philadelphians is entitled in round numbers to $2,062 and each Chicagoan to $1,375. The players shared in today's re ceipts by courtesy of the management of the two clubs who conceded that if today's receipts should be larger than those of any previous day the smallest receipts should be credited as accruing to the fifth day, and the Sun day receipts accredited to the fourth contest, the last in which the players had a financial share. The total receipts of the sales were $173,980. The two clubs got $38,755 apiece, while $17 398 goes to the Na tional commission. The total attend ance was 125,219 persons. The Hon. Mr. McGillicuddy. According to the general verdict the newly won prestige .of the Philadel Phians and tjieir wealth entitles them to top place in athletic blue books, land for the same reasons with others added, it is decided that while Connie Mack is a good, work-a-day appella tion and fits nicely Into the headlines as manager of the greatest hall team on earth, he should henceforth be ad dressed as Mr. Cornelius McGillicuddy, with never a syllable slurred. When this was put to Mr. McGillicuddy, how ever, he blushed modestly and said it did not matter what the manager of a team like his was called. "They're a grand bunch of boys," he said, beaming on his men, "and I'm proud of them. They never quit. In the first four games we used only 10 men which speaks well for the way the boys work together and not until today did I make any change." ODEA DEPOSITS MONEY. Secretary Odea of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has deposited in the Ravalli County bank the $250 received by the organization at the Western Montana Apple show. The money was offered by the Northern Pacifi« Railway company as a pre mium for the best general display of grains, vegetables and fruits. . THE PEOPLE OF DARBY 11/111 nnirrmu «... WIN uEmETEm CASE 1 - I , ., „ „ „ _ ____ ! In the case of George Miles and the I „ inhabitants of the town of Darby 1 t~\ jr - j * versus J. D. Kerlee and the Baptist church, a corporation, involving the ownership of a tract of 2 1-5 acres of land, long used for a cemetery, Judge Myers on Monday handed down a de cree in favor of the plaintiffs. The people of Darby are now assured of peaceable possession of their grave yard. . Fred Lott, Russell Fitzgerald and John Gaylor brought in a couple of deer from the head of Sleeping Child last week. STEVEKSIDLLE BOV IN LONG SLEEP gamesIjulian »rice, while visiting j IN GEORGIA, FALLS INTO TRANCE. Stevensville, Oct. 23.—Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cannon have returned to Stev '~'«**»**wn itore ICIUIHCU IC» ÖLCV" „ i eDSVllle fr0IU a V1Slt of 8everal months I ln Georgia and other states. Mr. Can i 11011 confirms the report in the As soriated Press dispatches of a few! , ......, —..... „„ „.„turr 1It Georgia, and afler playing a game of ball with snmp ninvmntoc tnnb o LotR dayg ag0 which 8tated that Julian j Brlce of G ainsville, Georgia, had 1 8lept for a per iod of 18 dayi . wlthout awakenin& Ju i ia n Brice is a Stevens vll , e boy , h * ving lived here a number j of year s ago with his parents, Dr. .7. T B rice, his father havlng been a j practlclng physlcian here . Mr. »rice ; is now located at Lewlstown. The boy was with his lnotUer Georgia, and after playing a game of ball with some playniate8 took a bath and went to bed, not to awaken foi ls days. Mr. Cannon saw the boy two days after he awakened from the sleep and he appeared very weak. During the apparent trance Julian says he talked with his sister who died some time ago, and also talked with angels. He is subject to sleeping spells and is ,------- , - - --- ! known to have slept for 18 hours, dur COKVALLIS NEWS NOTES. Laws. Gladys Reed entertained about 20 of her little friends Saturday aft ei uoon in honor of her ninth birth ing which time he could not be awak-1 ened , j - | Corvallis, Oct. 24.—Ralph Laws and j Brown were down from Roaring Lion Sunday. j Mrs. Jane Miles of Conner is visit-! ing at the home of her son. James ' day anniversary. | The threshing in this neighborhood 1 which was begun in August, but hin- 1 dered greatly by rain, will be finished ' the first of this week. The much-needed grading and gravel ing of the streets of Corvallis was begun last week and before long it is hoped Corvallis will have the driest streets in the county. Miss Minnie Summers returned to her home here Saturday after an ab sence of more than a year. She was accompanied from Missoula by her cousin, Fred Summers, who returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fate Kelley, who re cently returned from a visit to Mis _____ _ _____ __ _____ souri, visited friends here the last 0 f | the week James Corbin of Kirksville, Mo., ar rived here last week and'will prob ably remain here for his health. His daughter Miss Lune Corbin, is a teacher at the Dominick school. A new school district has been or ganized near Summerdale and school will open next Monday. Mrs. John Watts was the hostess at a dinner party at her home Friday evening, given in honor of the fac evening, given in honor of the fac ulty of the Corvallis school. Covers were laid for 11 and a pleasant even ing spent in music and conversation. The Yeomen held another of their interesting sessions Wednesday even ing, at which 15 new members were added to the order.- Next Wednesday evening the Hamilton lodge has in vited the Corvallis order to aid them in initâtory ceremonies and partake of a banquet, after whch they will be entertained at the Family theater by a special film. Five couples of young people took a long horseback ride from Corvallis Saturday up to the foot old Dominick, where they had a lunch, and after ex ploring that part of the country re turned by way of the Bald Butte. day from a hunting trip to Iron Moun . . , .. ,7,, * , , tain, where they killed five large deer. Rev - Mr - Jones of Hamilton held servlces in tbe Christian church Sun day morning. Rev. C. C. Wricksman of Wallace, Idaho, held Baptist services in the f _ , . Piesbyterian church Sunday evening, . , , A large audience was in attendance n_ r, v son Lh t ° T W. Chrlstofer son and Louis Brooks returned Sun- L_ ™ u . j sJin oLa Came U1> l un ay. Remember, the lad.es of the Metho dist church will serve election dinner „ , and supper at Mrs. Wm. Barrs room-j . „ . , ing house on Main street November 8. I BORN. Pennoyer—To Mr. and Mrs. Lou Pen noyer, October 21, a boy. Yorton—To Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Yorton of Grantsdale October 21, a girl. Manager Fisk Expects Most Depart ments to Resume Business Moday; Story of the hire. r ] Manager W. O. Fisk of the Valley I Mercantile company store, stated last .etemng tlrnt most of the departments of the big store will have resumed bus-j j 111688 at the old stands by 'he first of | n Tl, On h nday afternoon, as soon as the ■ fire had been brought under control, Dumber lor the roof of the store was bordered and by Thursday Mr. Fisk ex P ects to have a force of 25 carpenters; j at work repairing the structure. To w iH dealing the do bris from the second floor and the in a couple of weeks. L The task of adjusting the insurance ! ls well under way. Adjuster Peck office. The office force is temporar ily making headquarters in the office of the Bitter Root stock farm, it is thought that the roof can he rebuilt and the entire building rehabilitated coverin g the stock concurrent. The ! insurance was with 26 companies. The ! loss is estimated at $125,000. j way. L?'" ° f Butte ' representing the San j Francisco companies, arrived Sunday evening and the adjusters for the Chi- cago and eastern companies are ex- pected today. Everything is in good | shape and it is expected that a satis j factory adjustment will he speedily se Clued ' j 'l im building and stock were fully ins,,red ' the Policies covering the ' buildlng bein B co-operative and those covering the stock concurrent. Tin | As to plans for the future Mr. Fisk 1 stated that they propose to get in 1 sba P e to do business as quickly as ' P° ssible - T1,e salvage and old stocl will be cleaned out as 'rapidly-.is pos sible for what it will bring, making room for an absolutely clean and up to-date stock of spring goods. Despite the fact that there are sev eral other good stores in town, the closing of this big store, the center of trade in Hamilton and vicinity for so many years, is felt acutely by a large public. As many have remarked dur ing the past few days, "II doesn't seem like home," with this great depot of supplies out. of commission. The volunteer fire department, aft- i er the boys got "strung out," did splen did work and are deserving of much i credit. But until reinforced from the | A. C. M. Co. plant with hose and help ers, they were badly handicapped and until the big pumps at the mill got busy the pressure in the mains was mighty slack, scarcely sufficient to throw a single stream of water. Story of the Eire. I Fire completely gutted the big store j of vim g 8t0re J h V ® y Mercant,le company Fri- I day morning and for a time it was j feared that most of the business sec tion of the city, including several new blocks, would be reduced to ashes. By prompt action on the part of the fire department and many willing hands outside of the department the fire was confined to the company's building, and finally controlled but not until the roof and contents of the second floor had been consumed by the flames. The fire originated from one of the three large boilers that heat the build ing and other business houses of the city. Some people advance the theory that the fire was caused by combus tion of dust above the boilers; others that heat ignited the woodwork. When discovered the flames were roaring up the elevator shaft to the rear of the ) 10 Ule rea r ot the furn: ment on the second floor. me elevator shaft to the rear of the I 'rocery department and had spread ! L_ ... ______ ______ In to the rear of the furniture depart The blaze was discovered by Night Watchman Frank Cothrell at about 7 o'clock and he at once notified J. J. Crush and L. L. Leonard who rushed to the city hall and gave the alarm. The fire department of the city and the Anaconda Copper Mining company were promptly on hand and soon one of tbe fi0rcest fights ever waged against flames in this city was on. goon the streets were crowded with most of the city s population, every _ t . f .. .. , . * one feeling that the entire business .. section was doomed. The entire ab sence of wind assisted materially in I j j ! the efforts of the firemen. Difficult tu Locate. When the department arrived the en tire Interior pf the dry goods, shoe, hardware, grocery and implement de partments were thick with smoke, it . j being difficult to locate the fire At! that time the flames had'not shown ; themselves above the roof, but'soon burst above the building, and heavy clouds of smoke, that were easily seen i in a " 1)arts of th e valley, rolled to j the skies. As the windows were j broken to get the hose into the second floor, the flames burst from the open lugs. When the center of the fire was located six streams of water were soon plying on the flames. Every available foot of hose was connected with hydrants, and ttie pump at th< . .......««-..VI U1C |SUUI|J ill me ; mill provided all the extra pressure 1 possible. By 9 o'clock the fire was well controlled and all anxiety in re 1 gard to the spreading of the flames was al an end. Records Saved. All of the buggies, implements and automobile fixtures were removed to the company s warehouses as soon as the fire was discovered, the blaze not spreading to that department, as the second story extends only so far as that part of the building. All of the records, books, typewriters and office equipment were removed by the clerks ui)on their arrival. The rest of the large stock was either consumed by flames or rendered worthless by water. ! The clothing department of the store ! 1S a s<? l>arate building under the j opera, house, so was not damaged in 'the least. A visit to the interior of the build ing reveals a waste of destruction and i i | mass of wreckage strewn over a floor several inches deep with water. On the second floor the furniture car pet, millinery and cloak and suit de partments were total wrecks. A large part of the stock is burnt and black ened by fire and presents a sorry spec tacle. Costly furniture is burnt to a crisp; carpets partly burned ami soaked with charcoal and water. The sunlight streams into the wreckage and debris, as most of the roof of the large building has disappeared. Shat tered timbers and sheets of tin hang over the waste, making a complex mass of what was once one of the fin est stocks of goods in western Mon tana. To the walls and to the first, floor the flames have done but little dam age, but everything Is ruined by the water, which soaked in streams through the ceiling. The rear of the grocery department suffered some from the flames, which ate their way I from the elevator shaft. j A1 * of the walls of the building at ® ° f tbe buiIdlng ar< I »«tact, most of the window frames o the second floor being badly burned, Missoula Sends Aid. Missoula did her best in offering t< assist Hamilton in the fire situation and the fire department was speeding on its way to the valley town whei word was flashed along the line thaï the fire was under control and thaï extra equipment was not needed. The word was received by Chief Fos at 7:30 o'clock and within 20 minutes the fire department and 1,300 feet oi hose were on the freight depot plat form ready to be loaded on a car Mayor Logan had asked the railwaj company for a special car and engine but this was not furnished till mort than an hour later, and the special "" ^ specn cons,8tlng of one car - a11 engine an In r-ahnn«o urn ..... ...... a caboose, did not get away until aft ter the pasesnger train. When one on the move, however, it made gooi time and overtook the passenger trail at Stevensville. Here, however, wor was received that the fire was unde control at Hamilton and that the Mis soula fighting apparatus and fore would not be needed. The special the returned to Missoula. BACK TO ENGLAND. Misses Maud and .Ta\e Wakehan who have been visiting at the home < P. H. Edwards, started yesterday aftei noon on the long journey to thei home at Torquay, England. The were accompanied to Missoula b their brother, E. E. Wakeham, an wife. They expect to sail from Ne York October 29 on the big liner S Louis and to land at Plymouth. The have been in America about 15 mouth