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Tremendous Reduction on Coats,Suits, Dresses A most timely sale event, affording surprising values in seasonable, high class apparel in up to-date styles. Remember—alterations free. Suits worth to $37.50, reduced to $12.50 Dresses worth to $18.50, reduced to $11.85 Dresses worth to $15.00, reduced to $ 8.75 Great Millinery Sale OF WOMEN'S HATS—Original value, even cost, is no longer con sidered. The time has come for clearance, and that it may come quick, prices on all spring millinery are marked ridiculously low. Hats that have sold up to $10.00. special at...................... $ 4.75 WE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY FRIDAY, MAY 30th POWER MERCANTILE COMPANY (Continued from page one.) ! l - ; : | 1 am convinced that most of the ex travagance and much of the corrup-; tion that has characterized national j affairs in recent, years, had their origin in the abuses to which the protective system is properly subjected. I was sent here to assist in accomplishing a substantial reduction in the tariff in accordance with the policies of the democratic platform, and 1 am ready to go as far and to cut as deep as anyone on the democratic side. 1 make no criticism of the present bill. In my opinion it might cut deep er than it does in some of the sched ules. However that may be, the re adjustment proposed bears unduly heavy upon the industries of Montana, as everyone will admit who gives it any study. Practically everything we produce is to be on the free list, sugar (after three years), wool, meats, lum ber, coal and copper, while the great mass of material which we buy be yond the state remains on the dutiable netoM7^^Und a e n rw a ood a o g f e 29 6 per cent wLar mieht as well be on the free ! lisr for we alwavs maintained as it I iq a dutv on that cereal is of no bene ' y fit to the farmer because, as in the case of cotton, the price is fixed in j the foreign market te which we sell quantities. It is scarcely an exaggerated state- j ment to say that the pending bill con-i demns us to sell what we produce on a free trade basis and to buy what we nrnrlnrp in n nrntected market produce in a protected marKet. Even a rank free-trader might cry out against such injustice and resent such discrimination against his state As in the case of wheat, a duty on copper would be valueless to us. The industry may be stimulated by the re _____ 1 .T- J..... ___ 1 ,v.„ moval of the duty on coal and the households of the state will doubtless get the benefit of a reduced price on that necessity. The removal of the duty on meat may arrest to some ex tent the continuous rise in the cost of that staple, but will anyone tell me why, in the scheme which contem plates not the abolition of all duties but simply an average reduction of them to the extent of 26 per cent (again Mr. Underwood's figures) a re duction of 200 per cent on sugar and wool, two great products of Montana, should be made? And will some one tell me just exactly why woolen goods, a product confessedly con trolled by the American Woolen com pany, one of the most offensive trusts whose nefarious practices have ever been exposed to the scorn of the American people, should carry a duty of 18^ per cent? But let that go. The democratic party of the state of Montana waged a tremendous cam paign two years ago under conditions which forced its champions to go in to the northern, central and eastern sections of the state for votes in the legislature, sections where wool and sugar are the dominant industries. In communities, not really overwhelm ingly republican, an effort was made to divert the mind of the voter from the record from by the republican party and its leading candidate in the state by warnings that the ascendency of the democratic party meant free wool and free sugar. We read, and the democratic papers editorially called attention in answer, to the dem ocratic platform adopted at Denver, which demanded a'gradual reduction of the duth*' and eventually they should reach a revenue basis. We declared that that meant these com modities (sugar and wool) should con tinue to carry a revenue duty. The declarations of the leading men of the party were used in a similar way. The people of those sections took our assurances and gave us a majority in the legislature. Among ethers elected with such an understanding, was Sen ator George of Yellowstone county, where the most sugar beets are pro duced and where the factory is lo cated. Messrs. Ebert and Brady from Park and Asbridge from Fergus county were also elected and they are among the leading sheep men of the state. By the act of these voters we elected Senator Myers. Had the peo ple returned republicans, we could not have elected the senator. During the late campaign the dis-j cusaion took much the same course, ! but it was strengthened by the argu ment that as to the wool question, l a practical construction of the plat - form had been given by the action ; of the democratic house in passing : bills carrying a 20 per cent duty. | Now the democratic party, having secured two of its slender majority of six in the United States senate in the manner and upon the assurances re ferred to, as Senator John Sharpe Williams said on the floor of the sen ate, "altogether justified by the plat from," nothing gratuitous or unwar ranted about them, I may be permitted to insist in the most deferential way j ' hat approaches dishonesty in the democratic party not to live up to those assurances. I am glad to say that my demo cratic colleagues on the finance com mittee give every evidence of coin ciding with my views as here ex pressed, and I am hopeful that all my associates on the democratic side of the chamber will concur in them. ,. , . T . „ . ^ At least I shall not cease to labor to prevail upon them to so act as not, to subject the party to the charge of republican repudiation of the prom ises upon which it came into power. I have not deemed it necessary t 0 cross any bridges until I reach them and I shall continue to believe that the democratic caucus will recognize the Justice of what I ask-the P-e► ervation of the honor of the party. I am not asking much. In the case of wool only to put back the lo per cent duty w hj c h it carried in the bill j as origin y alIy framed . This would be! a /, edUCt '° n t °i , sixty ; six and t ^ | ^ h,rds P® 1 ! 0 ?? 1 f „ roal t J ie ag ui a St , ° n ■ ^ * ® cl J edules 26 P er ce . nt ' , . . I As to sugar, I want the duty cut UC TV m 1 I f I PflVP prac ti ca l y in two. This would leave the duty at 75 cents per hundred pounds which means about 25 per ■ cent ~ u ■ Tbis would be a revenue duty as to both commodities, consistent with ; the time-honored principles of the par ty- violating no traditions and re } y i 1 t *q lrdU 1 • V ligiously keeping the promises made to the people of Montana, an induce ment on wb j cb t hev sent to Wash- 1 ington a solid dem ocratic delegation. : L pnaiTir>'^ L ^« SI i WANTED POSITION AS HOI SE keeper by widow with two children. Would accept place in country. Mrs. Mabel Stephens, Moore, Mont. 5271tp Notice of Special Meeting of Stock holders of the Basin Lumber Com pany. Notice is hereby given that in ac c °rdance with a resolution duly adopt ed a f. a special meeting of the board directors of the Basin Lumber £.°™ pany ' ? x? orpc T at xl on '„ ll „ eld on t . he 24th day of May, A. D. 1913, a special meeting of the stockholders and share bo,ders of said Basin Lumber Corn P aay ' a corporation, was called to be beld at the oifice of Chas. J. Marshall, attorney tor said Basin Lumber Com pany - a corporation, in Lewistown, ^ er &us County, State of Montana, on , P. t ); ,rday ', ^be 12th day of July, A. D. 1913, at the hour of two o'clock p. m„ on said date, for the purpose of con sidering, acting^ and voting upon the P r °P°sition ol increasing the capital stock of said Basin Lumber Company, a corporation, from $100,000.00, being shares of the par value of $100.00 ea ch, to $200,000.00, being 2000 shares *be par value of $100.00 each, also i° r the purpose of considering, acting and voting upon the proposition of changing the principal place of busi ness of said Basin Lumber Company, a corporation, from Moore, Fergus County, State of Montana, to Lewis town, Fergus County, State of Mon tana, also for the purpose of eonsid er ing, acting and voting upon the Proposition of extending the term of existence of said Basin Lumber Com P an y. a corporation, to a period of forty (40) years from the date of its original incorporation, and also for the purpose of considering, acting and yoting upon the proposition of extend * n £ the business of said Basin Lum her Company, a corporation, to such other branches as may meet with the approval of the shareholders and stockholders of the said Basin Lumber Company, a corporation, and as au thorized by the laws of the State of Montana. Dated at Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, this 24th day of May, A. D. 1913. By order of the Board of Directors. ] constituting a majority of the Board j of Directors of the Basin Lumber Company, a corporation, 1 First publication May 27-6t J. E. OWEN, Secretary. S. N. LANGDOC, J. E. OWEN. W. R. McKENNA and W. J. OWEN. CONTROVERSY : : (Continued from page one.) entirely the license to French & King, those parties would have no redress, such action being final. If it granted a renewal for some other location, the Day house could immediately take the matter into court and have the whole question as to the real ownership of the license, as a legal proposition, ji> dicially determined. Judge Cheadle, who appeared for French & King, recited that when the license was first issued it was to Mr. Berkin, who at the time was not an i owner o f the hotel. Mr. Berkin sold tbe business to Mr. Sloan and since then there have been numerous gal 1 of the buslneS s and license, which has been continuously rene wedto the sev-1 | eral owners Jud Cheadle dwe lt | h t the value of these li now, since the restrictions un d the 8tate law will prevent the is | f additional ones for a eood I ""n? license was unquestionably the prop { Freneh q & Klng / The Day (ho J se bad terminated the lease of « vXT'UxnT nnriior I of sSnl pension 'to' conUn^ their e,se - The proposition as he viewed )t *'»s to work a forfeiture of the prop erty of French & King to the end that j t m j g }j t revert to Mr. Kirk, who ... _ . . . u fw no ^ h'/ Lmw riiv H ' L ' D ® K b '. ^ former citj at torney, made a brilliant argument in f aPP t < ?'l t . ° PP0 ^h lo tho nlv a " _ in^tho' bouse. It \sas issued in the fiist place as a concession because it was rep . , th t it necessary as an adju ? ct t0 , the I ? ay bouse, w hieh could ™ ad f * out it, and the succeeding ownerships had all been subject to the renewal the lease from the Day house. Mr. noKnlh rtoniea t Visit it w si s slosiroH tn DeKalb denied that it was desired to confiscate the property of French & King and this brought about a witty exchange between the baron and Judge Cheadle, finally bringing up the, point in the city attorney's opinion to the effect that if the council saw \ fit, to terminate the license of French & King, that action would be final and there could be no appeal or review, I whereas if their petition were grant- 1 ed, Mr. Kirk had the right of appeal and through injunction proceedings or' otherwise could secure a speedy de- \ termination of the question as to the! ownership of the license by a court of competent jurisdiction. Mr. DeKalb j suggested that the whole matter be referred to a committee for a hearing, j but after consulting among them- j selves, the aldermen unanimously de cided to grant the petition next Mon day night, notifying Mr. DeKalb of this conclusion in order that he might take such steps as he might deem necessary. The City Park. . Alderman Kelly brought up the mat ter of making a start at improving I Day park and thought it would be a good idea to have the city engineer j begin the work of drainage. Alderman Wiedeman suggested that I the engineer should go over the park; plans and prepare specifications for! the drainage, so that bids might be caled for. This was put in the form of a motion and carried. The New Hotel. Fire Chief J. C. Bebb called atten- j tion to the new Hotel Fergus and stated that the exits to the fire es- j capes were all from guest rooms, whereas the ' exits should be ap-' proached by halls. In the event or j a fire, the guest occupying the room opening up the escape would probably j get out om the escape, leaving the j door to the room locked behind him. i H. L. DeKalb, representing the own- j ers of the hotel, stated that it was the intention to provide each guest room with rope escapes, as required by law. The iron fire escapes were not required by law at all, and had been put on by the owners voluntarily. He asked that the council simply wait un til the hotel was ready to begin busi ness. Then, if there was any failure to comply with all legal requirements, it would be time enough to act. Mayor Symmes said that seemed a reasonable proposition. The ques tions raised were, however, referred to the fire committee, fire chief and city attorney. Garbage Again. City Attorney Kirkland, in a written opinion, stated that the proposition to pay for garbage removal by a general tax on all property could not be car ried out, as the council had no au-! thority to levy such a tax. The meth od would not, in any event, be equita ble. Mr. Kirkland summarized re plies received from Great Falls, Mis soula and Billings, all following prac tically ones ystem. It was not satis factory and they were trying to work out some new system. The matter was continued for the present. The city attorney reported that he , „ , „„„ ,, „, „ * i. „ „ ,, £ ad J f ti eiv ! d ,l™ py of th ,1 ? reat Fall f *"' ld \ ng °i di ° an °°* B whi ** covered , P a 8® s - He was pre paring to draft a similar ordinance for Lewistown, but it would require considerable time. Mayor Symmes stated that several men were being tried out in the po lice department and for the present no appointments would be made. A. D. Myers stated that he was pre paring to erect a building on Water street, between Fifth and Sixth ave . . . * tv , nue S .and asked that the matter of J™ d ! h * g *Y en atta ? t,on - „ Re g™* to the street committee and en g,ae n e £ v . , n . , . -It a I a Q S glven Passion ° ^ A „? nd P°P corn * ag ™ 1" ? o ® *L StriCt ° n se ; carlng permission from the owners of »■«" he <° « t M . , Stenographer Needed, n xi .q c j ______ . , ^ a stenographer and bookkeeDer who wI11 a ^ thf city attorne^ engineer apd a » the committees. This will really P r °ve an economy in the long run > a ® more and more of this sort of ^ or . k ls necessary and the amounts that ]' oul d otherwise be paid for the O/IOO Cion n 1 n.nnlr J V. _ _____ 1 __ll____ occasional work would be greater than the salary paid a regular stenographer, A uction f OF HORSES Fifty head of Work Horses will be sold at Public Auction on Saturday, May 31 ELKHORN LIVERY BARN This will be the biggest sale of the season. JT|T Til All classes of stock will be offered for sale. tII CARNEY St DITTY OWNERS Street Paving, Under the requirements of the new state law, it will probably be impos sible to put through the paving of Main street this year. The matter was brought up for a few minutes tically one system. It was not satis done. G. H. Connelly, who has purchased the old opera house site on First ave , . . . lnterest were dis P° sed of - nue, was granted permission to erect a tent on the foundation and floor to provide sleeping quarters. Some minor matters of no general| _ , . . | La ^V nfl o«!.t k ' . J . ame ® . M ' Smi *b yester f„v y S" 5 y ^* Ck f ° n T the Crow ley block and the Warr & Lane build ings, on Main street. *_ TLje -ucATcoe AT Trie THEATERS Tne . , . . , l /° r i tt>n ijui is a most attractive one, for in addition to some corking good moving pictures,j George & Vestina will put on some-1 thing attractive in the musical com edy line and Walter Perry will dem onstrate that he is the real thing as a care killer. McPherson, in his unique accordian playing, is the big hit of the week. Thursday evening Babe Lenhardt, the famous juvenile comedienne, will appear and Grace Paterson warble. Franco & Adding, the impersonators, wi!l give a novel skit that is sure to w 111 elv ? " uv pr ° Ve p,eaSIDg ' ThH^ss. Another special Tuesday evening; program will be given at the Princess tonight, the three special films select ed being unusually interesting. Next; rt il a ... . Sunday the usual concert will be given by the Concert orchestra. Will MI BANKS AT 11 NEW TOWNS GERALDINE AND WINNIFRED ARE TO HAVE THESE INSTI TUTIONS. - The new towns of Geraldine and . Winnifred are soon to have banks. ! The Itaska Farm Mortgage company bas dec j ded to start both establish ments and L w Bolter wiU be the president of both institutions. D. A. j Creighton will be the cashier of the bank at Geraldine and vice-president j 0 f the Winnifred bank. Those charged with the conduct df the new banks are men experienced j in the business and they expect the - institutions to grow with the develop •ment 0 f the towns and the surround j n ~ countrv ' ____ PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY. (Continued from page one.) Grocery, ____ ________ _____ | Shannon, Lewistown Grocery, Farmers 1 Grocery, Democrat, Argus. The base ball excursion to Billings will take . _ dren, so that this feature will receive due attention. The children will be in the parade. Stores to Close. The day will be generally observed as a holiday. All public offices, banks and the following establishments will be closed all day: Power Mercantile company, Lehman & Company, Family Hopkins Grocery, Peter anywhere from one to two hundred people to the Sugar City.