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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1ML
THE LAWS DELAYS.
Abuses in connection with the ad
ministration of the law, under which
wealthy men accused of wrong doing
often succeed in delaying or defeating
justice, are an increasing cause of
dissatisfaction and disgust among
American citizens. These abuses
bave grown to such an extent that
escape from deserved punishment ap
pears to depend largely upon the
financial resources of the accused—a
condition which encourages belief in
the claim of the agitator and dema
gogue that there is one law for the
rich, and another for the poor.
The law itself is not responsible for
these unsatisfactory conditions. They
are due to developments in court pro
cedure under the manipulation of
clever and unscrupulous attorneys,
who have gradually obtained ruliDgs
and concessions from the courts that
were claimed to be£due to their clients.
The so-called rightsj^of litigants have
been enlarged upon by their legal
representatives until the courts have
been persuaded to||grant the widest
latitude in the selection!of juries and
the nature of the evidence that shall
be admitted.
The extent to which this solicitude
for the welfare of litigants has been
developed is being demonstrated at
the present time in the McNamara
trial at Los Angeles, the defendant, a
labor union official, being accused of
murder in connection with tha wreck
of a newspaper office by dynamite.
The trial (!) has been in progress
several weeks, but after examining
•bout three hundred talesmen a jury
bas not yet been secured, and it is
intimated that the case will drag
•long until next summer. A fund of
•bout 1300,000 is said to have been
raised for the defense of the accused,
in whose behalf one of the most clever
criminal lawyers in the country is
employed. Every possible objection
ie made to a reasonable rate of pro
gress in this case, lest the welfare of
the defendant be placed in jeopardy.
Another conspicuous instance of the
law's delay is that of the Chicago meat
packers, forming what is generally
known as the "beef trust." Proceed
ings against this alleged unlawful
combine were commenced about eight
years ago, and are still in progress.
Another illustration of the law's de
lay appears in the Spokane rate case,
in which western merchants petition
for railroad rates to whloh they are
entitled under the law. This litigation
bas been in progress several years,
•nd the desired result has not yet
been attained.
The alleged law.breaker is entitled
to a fair trial by a jury of his peers
•nd his rights should be safeguarded
to a reasonable extent; but the custom
of permitting high-priced and skillful
attorneys to delay the proceedings by
methods that were not countenanced
years ago, and which tend to dis
organize the administration of justice,
is destroying public respect for, and
confidence in, the courts in which
euch practices obtain.
MR. TAFT'S OCCUPATION.
Mr. Taft being only 54 years of age
and without fear of Dr. Osier's time
limit, is still building for the future
He will be nearly 56 in March, 1913
At that time he will either continue
administering law at the White house
or he will resume its practice in the
courts. He contemplates no inactive
life of ease in any event. If he retires
from office at the end of his present
term, it will not be to raise anew the
question of what our ex presidents
shall do with or for them, says the
Globe-Democrat.
Looking beyond the date when he is
either to re-enlist or be mustered out
of the public service, what he sees is
• long series of years stretching on to
• vigorous old age, such as his father,
who was secretary of war and attorney
general in his mid-sixties, »nd our
minister to two great European courts
in his mid-seventies, enjoyed before
blm. He 1s getting ready for prolonged
work.
This fact w»s disclosed when he reg'
istered at Cincinnati the other day
One of the regiatrfttion officials, evi
dently presuming an old acquaint
•neesbip, asked him, "What is your
occupation? President of the United
States?" "Well," the president an
swered, "just put me down u • law
yer. I want that known beoause
may need the business soon." The
election offloial, evidently impressed
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PORTABLE MONTANA EXHIBIT INTERESTS VIRGINIANS.
Back in old Virginia, the portable
exhibit of Montana's farm products
is arousing much interest. The
apples in the exhibit especially at
tract attention as it is not possible
to grow such big red apples in the
South or East. Not only Is this
exhibit attracting settlers to Mon
tana, but is creating new markets
for apples, potatoes and alfalfa seed.
W. E. French, Traveling Immigra
tion Agent of the Great Northern
Railway, writing from Danville, Vir
ginia, says: "Our Montana litera
ture is in great demand. You can
see people reading Great Northern
with the notion that a man who can !
be president can't be anything else, |
again asked him if he is president.
Well, put me down as president."
was the answer. I can't deny it.
Make it president of the United States
and attorney at law." He succeeded
in getting the advertisement, and io
giving the Osier theory a good, stiff |
jolt. Incidentally he also impressed
upon the public mind the conviction
that no man who is hired to be presi
dent has a job steady enough to call
it his occupation.
Whether Mr. Taft holds his job for
another term or is discharged at the
end of this one, it is plain that he has
been planning what to do if he is re
leased. He is going back to the prac
tice of law. Doubtless he will do the
same thing at the end of a second
term, should he get one. In that
event, he would be then just at the
age Dr. Osier has named as the time
for disappearing. And in any event
he has succeeded in clinching the fact
that a versatile man can be something
else at the same time he is president
of the United States. This is always
worth knowing. In discharging a
president, the people like to feel that
the man has something to fall back
upon.
Potash Mines In Alaska.
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Report comes of the discovery
immense potash deposits in Alaska
It has been well said that potash
abundance upon American soil would
be more valuable than gold, particu
larly at this time when we are getting
started on our system of intensive
agriculture and are so long on gold
and short on potash. For potash
would become the handmaiden of that
modern method. Scientists say it is
the peerless fertilizer and would cut
the cost of present fertilization in two
Such return would be even as great in
value as the laying and precluding of
further disputes with our friend Ger
many over this precious resource. It
would not make any difference to us
how much potash Germany held
corner on, just so we bad our vast
Alaskan fields left.
of
Too Much For Her.
Calling one day to see an old friend
who was visiting her married son, I
inquired of the colored maid who an
swered the bell, "Is Mrs. Smith at
home?"
"Yas'm, she home," the girl replied,
showing no inclination to invite me
in. "She here, all right, but she got
a misery in de haid."
Mrs. Smith senior?" 1 asked with
concern.
Seen me!" she exclaimed suspicious
ly. "Cose she seen me. Huccome she
ain' see me w'en she hire me las'
night huh own self?" And she indig
nantly shut the door.—Lippincott's.
The Worst.
"My wife has been having some
trouble with her throat," confided a
friend, "and 1 got pretty worried
about it and sent for a doctor. He
examined her and looked very grave,
and that scared me even worse. So
I said, 'Tell me the worst at once,
Doc,' and he whispered, 'She will re
cover her voice.' And my wife over
heard the question and the answer,
and now Doc and I are both in bad."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Resentment.
"Did you say I was a cheap trick'
ster?" asked the ward worker.
"No, I didn't," replied the man who
^s close to the boss. "I merely said
you were a trickster."
"Well, that's all right, but don't you
ever insinuate that I am doing a cut
rate business."—Washington Star.
A Tragedy.
"How did you like my new tragedy 1"
"Tragedy? I thought it was com
edy."
"So did I till I got my check for the
profits."
Montana Bulletins on the street cars,
on street corners, in hotel lobbies, [
and on the dray wagons. Thou
sands of farmers and city people I
visited our portable exhibit, and a
great many cotton mill hands visited
our exhibit while at tha fair. Mon
tana fruit has put it all over these
people in every way. The potatoes
are a much greater attraction than
one might expect, owing to the poor
crop here. Alfalfa is beginning to
be planted and good seed should find
a ready market. Conditions are first
class here for a good business next [
spring to Montana points."
A Note That Was Paid.
History is constantly repeating it
self. Once upon a time n landlady in
Washington called on President An
drew Jiickson and told of a govern
ment clerk who owed her a big bill for
board. In those days it was easy to
have access to the White House.
President Jackson listened to her
story an( j advised her to get a promis
Bory note from the clerk and put it in
bank. She replied:
"I've done that twice, general, and
he won't pay even then."
"Is that so?" said the president in
surprise. "Now you go and get his
note and bring it to me. I simply
want to see it, and I'm sure that the
clerk will pay that note. Go and
bring it to me."
The landlady did so, and soon return
ed with the promissory note. The
president turned it over and wrote
across the back of it his own indorse
ment: "A. Jackson."
That note was paid at maturity.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Notice.
Sealed bids will be received by the board of I
county commissioner» of Chouteau county, Mon- 1
tana, up to the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. on De- 1
cember 4, 1911, for the care and maintenance of I
the county sick and poor at. Fort Kenton, Mon
tana, for the year 1911. Bids to be tiled with the I
county clerk. The board reserves the right to I
reject any or all bids. J. LEB SEDGWICK,
Comity clerk of Chouteau county, Montana.
October 24, 1911.
Notice of Contest.
tJnited States Land Oftice at Havre, Montana, I
November 13, 1911. i
To Frank C. Smith, of Great Falls, Montana, |
contestee.
You are hereby notified that
FHED H. PIERSON,
who gives Kenosha, Wisconsin, as his postoflice
address, did on November 3, 1911, file in this I
office his duly corroborated application to con
test and secnre the cancellation of your home
stead entry Havre Serial No 08722, made May 9,
1910, for south half of the north half (S'/4 NH). I
and lots one (1), two (2). three (3) ana four (4)
section 3, township 20 north, range 10 east, I
Montana meridian, and as grounds for his
contest he alleges that you, as entryman I
on and for said above described lands I
have never established a residence on said lands I
nor cultivated er improved the same, and that I
said default has existed for more than six menths I
last past, and still continued to exist at the date I
of executing his application for contest herein.
You are, therefore, farther notified that the I
said allegations wlU be taken by this office ae
having been confessed by you, and your said I
entry will be canceled thereunder without your |
farther right to be heard therein, either before
thle office or on appeal, if you fall to file in this
office within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication of this notice, as shown below, your |
answer, under oath, specifically meeting ana i
sponding to these allocations of contest, or if I
you fail within that time to file in this office due I
proof that you have served a copy of your answer
on the said contestant either in person or by reg- 1
irtered mall. If this service is made by the de- 1
livery of a copy of your answer to the contestant I
in person, proof of such service must be either I
the said contestant's written acknowledgment of
his receipt of the copy, showing the date of its
receipt, or the affidavit of the person by whom
the delivery was made stating when and where
the copy was delivered ; If made by registered
mail, proof of such service muet consist of the
affidavit of the person by whom the copy was
mailed stating when and the postolllce to which
It was mailed, and this affidavit must be accom
panied by the postmaster's receipt for the letter. 1
You should state iu your answer the name of
the postofflce to which you desire future notices |
to be sent to you.
M. W. HUTCHINSON, Register.
Hate of first publication November 29, 1911,
Date of second publication December ti, 1911.
Date of third publication December 13, 1911.
Date of fourth publication December 20,1911.
Serial No. 02-1962.
Notice For Publication.
United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, November 14, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
ROSE L. KELLY,
of Fort Benton, county of Chouteau, state of
Montana, has filed in this office her application
to enter under the provisions of sections 2306
and 2307 o* the revised statutes of the United
States the following described land, viz: 8EÎ4
8W*4 section 22, and NW>* SE!* section
townshin 25 north, range 7 east, Montana meri
dian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to a)>
file their affidavits of protest in I
before the 3d day of January, 1912.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
land, or for any
I applicant, should
i this office, on or
Sheriff's Sale,
In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, in and for the
connty of Chouteau.
Joseph Valadon, plaintiff, vs. John J. Tingley
and Mary Tingley, defendants.
To be sold at sheriff's sale on the 23d day of
December, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. m., at front door
of county court house, Fort Benton, in the said
county of Chouteau, state of Montana, the fol
lowing described property :
Ali of the right, title, and interest of the above
named defendants, of, in and to the west half of
the northeast quarter of section thirty-six (SA),
the southwest quarter of section twenty-fire (*\
and the northwest quartsr of sectson thirty-six
(36), all In township twenty-eight (28) north of
range twelve (19) east, Montana meridian, in
Choateau county, Montana, containing in all I
four hundred (400) acres, together with all tkel
improvements thereon.
Dated this 89th day of November, A. D. 19U.
„ „ „ OBO. B1CKLX, Sheriff.
B v C has . CaAwroRD, Undersheriff.
R. B. Hammond attorney or plaintiff.
First publication N ot . 28, 1911.
Just to Remind You
That as heretofore our Grocery Department will
be headquarters for you to purchase
THANKSGIVING
DELICACIES.....
Never before have we felt better able to supply
your every want.
Visit this Department Wednesday morning
and get some nice fresh vegetables, such as Let
tuce, Celery, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Etc.; also
fruits, such as Apples, Qrapes, Oranges, Banan
as, Etc.
We know it will assist in making your
Thanksgiving feast enjoyable.
We will also have a quantity of beautiful
Carnations. Every lady visiting this Depart
ment Wednesday will be presented with one.
Ladies, be sure to get one of these beautiful
Carnations.
T. C. Power & Bro., L'td
J. I. CASE'S
New
Foot Lift
Sulky Plow
"THE PLOW A MAN
CAN PULL."
I have just received a carload of the celebrated J.I. CASE Plows, Harrows,
Cultivators, Etc., and would be pleased to have farmers and ranchers look
over this line before buying. Better do it now. They are going fast.
Also Thomas Drills, Mitchell Farm and Spring Wagons, and a full line
of Saddlery and Harness Goods.
Fort Benton, Mont.