Yellowstone monitor. [volume], April 02, 1908, Image 1

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VWm. S. Bell '
ume --No. GLENDIVE, MONTANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908 Twelve Pages
OUR AIM: TO PUBLISH A NEWSPAPER.
Our Sweat Pads Have Arrived
g .ross of them, had to do it, to get them at the
:- . We took the discount and will give our custom
9-it Here are the prices we are selling them for.
cost you 50 and 60 cents any other place, we
for 35 and 40 cents each.
S .2 inch 4 hook white and brown duck Pad, well made,
Old gold, a good 12 inc.., 4 hook, yellow Pad,
each that can't be beat for the money no place.
D to call and see for yourselves, no trouble to
:e 1 -ri that at this time of the year everyone is figur
clling and cleaning their harness, to get ready for
... r, so we have put in a good supply of pure Neatsfood
i 0 at $1.25 Per Gallon or $1.00 if you can use a
S e can save you from $4.00 to $5.00 on every set
:s you buy from us. We are also sole agents for the
MFAOUS SENTINEL BUTTE SADDLES, the best in the west.
The Bee Hive
Cash Store
SADDLERY DEPARTMENT
BIGGEST AND BEST OF ALL.
J. J. STIPEK, Proprietor.
ANARCHY
RUNS RIOT
Bomb Thro1wn in New York Causes Scene
Not Duplicated in Many Years.
I' . The storm
. ..1 on Square
;: - ;r ult one man
'.,: and a score
fiollowing the
': ,, <ti-uggling with
y , , . , ployed, as
. mi< ission, two
"'-.: i r he shadow
S. . Washington, i
S h"y mounted
... ......:,\ raised a
:'!: the smoking
: " . a bomb. 1
uri l it, but be
' A!"' . : could send
. ; the group of
with terrific
'Y .rk in the vi
-2 Et,. trembled in
':. c ited throng be
:tr.ggling mob.
1~: i cleared away,
> i e t 'he statue, four
-. i, 1 ,, i ;. the explosion,
,, , t ,'1e of the at
1'1+ iti cricled about
,I"i ff whose hand
.g,, rais murderously
r t, erntl 1,. ", . who lay strug
"l iiui,,, horribly muti
e "in 1+ is own crime.
, ' !lll ,jiii t identified as
br. a , a tailor, torn to
T,, diead ieside hint.
t lel evueHospital the
ki', cri& cntaicius but rapidly
s that against the police.
in,..at is naine was Selig Sil
iller the .l e had planned to
New York, March 29.-Leaders of
the American committee of the Rus
sian Revolutionist society denounced
yesterday's bomb throwing as an
outrage and as a hard blow to the
success of their cause in this coun
try, at a meeting held in the Mur
ray Hill lyceum today in memory of
Gregory Gerschunin, the revolution
ist who died in Switzerland recent
ly. The committee of the socialist
party met before daylight today and
named a subcommittee of seven to
learn the motive, if possible, of Sil
verstein. None had ever heard of
the bomb thrower and all regretted
his act. The committee of inquiry
was composed of Robert Hunter,
Algernon Lee, editor of tha Work
er; J. Wanhope, editor of Wilshire's
Magazine; Moses Oppenheimer, a
socialist writer, and Henry Slobo
din, Thomas J. Lewis and Morris
Hilquitt.
The Neighborhood Workers' asso
ciation, composed of all the charity
and sociological organizations in the
city, announced today that a bill
had been prepared by the assocla
tion for introduction in the legisla
ture, providing for a commission to
inquire into the condition of the un
employed and making an appropria
tion to carry out a project of relief.
Inspector Schmittberger, who had
charge of the handling of the
crowds in Union square, tonight
said:
"I gave no clubbing orders to any
of my mpes and I am positirve RoX
of my mnounted men drew their
clubs while scattering the eo
That is a stry out fthf
cloth. While I believe something
ought to be done quickly to curb
the anarchistic tendencies of some
of these people, I do not and never
did advocate the wholesale clubbing
of innocent bystanders to effect the
dispersal of crowds that collect."
The body of Ignatz Hildebrand,
the only person killed by the bomb
explosion, was given to his wife and
taken to Orange, N. J., for burial.
Mrs. Hildebrand said that her hus
band had been in this country 30
years; that he was a republican, and
so far as she knew, always voted
that ticket.
The police did not make much
headway today with Silverstein,
who, though able to talk, would not
discuss his act. He appeared indif
ferent to his fate, anli when asked if
he would see his two sisters, who
had called at the hospital, replied:
"I do not want to see them, and
could not if I wanted to. They can
see me if they wish."
He exchanged a few words with
one of the girls. From the sisters
the police learned that Silverstein
was about 19 years old. The broth
er and sisters came to this country
five years ago, adopting their moth
er's maiden name. The elder girl
added:
"My brother was sickly and was
always complaining of his station in
life. He read socialistic papers and
studied a great deal. At one time
he was interested in chemistry. He
often complained of pains in his
head, I would be glad row if my
brother would die. He has always
been ill and has been a great worry
to us."
Three drivers arrested for refus
ing yesterday to remove their
tfucks from which attempts to
speak were to have been made,
were fined $1 each today.
The seven prisoners held for fur
Sdescribed them
vesfewo Sfamunel Rifkin, 21,
so donagr, 18, f mier;
,, ~~:"11
Grauth, 28, machinist; Meyer Segil,
22, baker; Ser Greenburg, 23, tail
or; George Robertson, 39, cook.
Late tonight Alexander Berkman
was found in his rooms in East Thir
teenth street, When asked about
the letters found in Silverstein's
room he said:
"I don't know how that fellow ob
tained those letters. I have never
heard of Silverstein, but it is possi
ble that he may have got a few of
my letters making arrangements to
address groups in Brooklyn. If the
police have any letters I invite their
publication. There is nothing rabid
or inflammatory in them."
Replying to questions, he said:
"Miss Goldman is at present in the
west. She has nothing to do vith
this thing. The meeting was run
by the socialists and I was not invit
ed to speak."
Berkman denied that he was near
Union Square park yesterday.
FAIR BOARD
INCORPORATED
AT LAST
On Monday last the Dawson County
Fair Association held a meeting and
prepared to file articles of incorpora
tion, with a capital stock of $25,000.
Shares will be sold at $10 each. The
directors appointed for the first three
months are Geo. McCone, E. J. Ber
ry, G. D. Hollecker, R. L. Wyman,
W. B. Foster, C. L. Rood, S. B.
Chappell, S. M. Wills, Jas. Cava
naugh, Chas. Thurston, Andrew Lar
son, Harry Helms and T. F. Hagan.
With this active board there can be
no doubt of the great success of the
fair of 1908.
It was decided to hold this year's
fair on Sept. 15th, 16th and 17th. Ow
ing to the fact that the new grounds
will probably not be completed in time
the next fair will doubtless be held on
the old grounds.
(API. AMMUNDSEN
COMING, APRIL 9th
It may be of interest to many to
know that an uncle of Knute Berven of
Hodges designed and constructed the
good sloop, Gjoa, which successfully
took Capt. Roald Ammundsen through
the Northwest Passage.
Capt. Ammundsen will lecture here
on April 9th, and after the lecture will
attend a sexa to be given in his honor
by his countrymen at the Home Res
taurant. Knute Berven, who is some
what of a designer and mechanic him
self, has worked out for the occasion
an exact reproduction of Gjoa in min
iature, which will grace the banquet
table.
TO PRESERVE BISON
The Chicago Examiner of March
29th has the following to say concern
ing the bill recently introduced by
Senator Dixon, which has for its ob
ject the preservation of the bison:
Through a bill recently introduced
in Congress by Senator Joseph M.
Dixon of Montana, the American Bi
son Society has formally called upon
the government to establish a national
herd of bison on the Flathead Indian
Reservation, in northwestern Mon
tana. The society offers a nucleus
herd as a gift, if Congress will pro
vide the land for a range and fence it
in.
The recently issued annual report
of the society shows that the plan has
been very carefully thought out. A
year ago the organization engaged
Profeusor Morton J. Elrod of Missoula
to spend the summer of 1907 in nrak
*E; thbgroesmah bretigatic of th
SCANDINAVIAN
BROTHERHOOD
Forms New Lodge for Diffusion of
Ideals More Strictly American.
Norden Lodge No. 13, Scandi
navian Brotherhood of America,
was organized Wednesday night at
Miskimen Hall by Acting Grand
President Paul S. Peterson of Hele
na and Deputy Grand President
Harold S. Swenson of Missoula.
Twenty-one candidates were obli
gated in the order and almost as
many more have made application,
so that the charter membership
gives promise that the Scandinavian
Brotherhood will become one of the
strongest in Glendive. The lodge
will meet the first and third Mon
day evening in each month. Officers
were elected as follows: president,
Jens Rivenes; vice-president, A. P.
Bertelsen; recording secretary, Ei
nar Rivenes; financial secretary,
Fred Jesson; treasurer, H. B. Nel
son; chaplain, O. J. Stevens; con
ductor, Geo. Walseth; inside guard,
Andrew Larson; outside guard, C.
J. Dannaweg; past president, Peter
Nelson; trustees, Andrew Helland,
David Leidahl and Erick Walseth.
The Scandinavian Brotherhood of
America was founded in Buttc,
Montana about twenty years ago,
and is a patriotic and fraternal so
ciety carrying sick and death bene
fits, but not life insurance. Among
its objects is the study of American
institutions, urging Scandinavians
Flathead Reservation, which now is
being thrown open to settlement, and
recommend a site for a national bison
range. Professor Elrod's report is
printed in full in the society's annual 1
volume and upon it is based the plan
now before Congress.
Unfortunately the society came into
existence just one year too late to
prevent the sale and removal to Cana
da of the great Pablo-Allard bison
herd, which had grown up on the Flat
head Reservation from thirty animals
to a total today of 638 head, not count
ing between 200 and 300 head, previ
ously sold. The history of that herd,
however, has amply demonstrated the
fact that bison suitably located on
the Flathead Reservation can live all
the year round by grazing and with
out :.ing fed on hay.
The site proposed for the new na
tional herd is situated immediately
north of Ravalli, on the Northern Pa
cific Railway, which is the station
from which 398 bison were shipped to
Canada last year. The ideal range de
sired contains 20 square miles (12,800
acres) of ridges and hills, nearly all
of it too steep for agriculture of any
kind, and of no value to any one save
as grazing lands. In the ravines and
watercourses there is an abundance of
water and sufficient timber to afford
shelter for bison in the severest
storms. The grazing grounds are
abundant for the support of 1,000 bi
son, without the necessity of feeding
them. The proposed ideal range has a
frontage of seven miles on the North
ern Pacific Railway.
Unfortunately the Indians will have,
to be paid for any land that may be
set aside for a bison range, probably
at the rate of $1.25 per acre. To ac
complish this purpose, and to provide
for fencing, Congress is asked to ap
propriate $30,000. If this is done the
Bison Society will at once set about
the task of raising funds for the pur
chase of a herd of from fifteen to
twenty bison, of pure blood, to present
to the government for th. new nation
al range. In comparison with the
great sum that is being expended by
Csa.a--.betw.f. 50,o000 and $200,OQO
comring to this country to become
citizens at the earliest possible time,
and to qualify them for citizenship.
The order now has lodges in the
principal cities of Montana, as well
as in Washington and Idaho, and is
growing rapidly, the objects and
principles appealing strongly to all
Scandinavians. All the work and
business of the order is transacted
in the English language.
Mr. Swenson, one of the organiz
ers, is editor of the American Scan
dinavian, which is published in the
interests of the order and Scandi
navians in this country generally.
The paper is printed in the English
language and is a strong advocate
for a higher citizenship and closer
relations between the people of the
three Scandinavian countries in
America. The patriotic tone and
teachings of the publication are in
strong contrast with papers publish
ed in foreign languages in this coun
try, instance "La Questione Soc
iale," recently suppressed by the
postal authorities for extolling as
sassination as a virtue.
Paul S. Peterson, grand president
of the order, is proprietor of the
Capital Cafe at Helena, and is well
known to many of the leading peo
ple of Glendive.
-for the purchase, transportation and
care of the Pablo herd, the sum now
asked of Congress seems very small.
In view of the object to be gained it is
trivial. The American Bison Society
is backed by a strong board of mana
gers and there is reason to believe
that it will make a very vigorous
campaign in behalf of the proposed
new herd.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of the society's annual report is
the bison census, which was made by
Dr. W. T. Hornaday and completed
on January 1. Its summary shows the
existence at this date of 1,722 pure
blood American bison in captivity
throughout the world, and 325 (esti
mated) running wild. Of the latter
25 are credited to the Yellowstone Park
and 300 to the region southwest of
Great Slave Lake in Canada. In the
United States there are 1,116 bison in
captivity, of which 506 are males and
610 are females. Of this total 203 are
calves that were born in 1907. Canada
now contains 476 captive bison, of
which 214 are males and 262 are fe
males, 98 of the total being calves of
the vintage of 1907. Europe contains
54 male and 76 female bison, of which
22 are calves of the past year. The
grand totals for the world, of captive
bison are 777 males and 948 females,
and of these 323 were born last year.
In 1903 there were living in captivi
ty a total of 1,119 Ameri an bison. It
thus appears that since 1903 the total
net increase has been 603 head. If these
bison were all owned by national or
state governments thel future of the
species would be far more secure than
it now is with these animals in the
hands of sixty-four different cwners.
The temporary tenure of private own
ership constitutes a great danger to
the species and renders the establish
ment of several national herds impera
tively necessary.
In advocating before Congress the
establishment of the proposed national
herd in northwestern Montana the
American Bison Society desires the
active assistance of all persons who
are interested in the perpetual preser
vation of what once was our most con
spicuous and valuable American ani
mal. The thing to do is to request sen
ators and representatives to facilitate
thd pausage of Senator Dixon's bill.