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PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY.: EVENING. JANUARY 18, 1905SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Russians Attcck Nrjchbn
tpcKedlO; Retreat-:
RAFTER SHARP FIGHTING
Kuropatkin's Army Is Assurnine
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' Afixresshra and Making Cav- J
- airy Raids on Towns For- -
v-V', ,; tified by Mikado. : ' v
i ourtr rparf that WxlneUr " fr
, aeon ,o Rusl&n cavalry wlth'Kun kX-
. forcd t rttlr. bat upon being , teln
foraad, ; wtuckad th KmiImm mod ar
stiU purautnr tham. i :
' At It o clock Wtdnasday' momlnc th
Jmpanaa eavalrr ' dtachmnt noount-
red four oompanlaa of Ruralan cavalnr
,,-wMt f rTantmaaaak vaoutbwaat of . Lto
. Tanc. 'and flu-coly enraged -thpra. V At
o'cloclt in tka afternoon tha Rna-
alana -war rraulaed with heairy loanee
Tha Kuaaiaa Cavalry raldera . hava
cllchUr jdamaged. tha railroad between
Anahaatian. . Hulchelng andTaahrhatn,
A report from Korea atataa that tha Jap-
'aneee aurrleea at -mehcync -reontly
aeroated a . aetacnm
aehmantj of tha- Ninth
;ka- naaa'.Hohoit, killing
'7il---"v-..t.
Blberlan Coaaaeka.
nine, jir.y.-
SUPREMEfFORT;
Zowpatklm rrepartav ia-Oraak 7apaa
; . aaa aaion Balaif oroamanM AirlTa.
-'. - Joerael' Special Service.) .
London.-Jatv II. The London Dally
. Matl'a v 8t - Feteraburg ttorreapondant
- etatee that Xuropatkla la' preparing to
make aw aupreme v effort to crash tha
Japanese before tha relnforoeraenta now
on their way from. Port Arthur reach
Itha rlclnlty of Llao Tang." , .
,: According to the Mukden dispatch, tha
Japanese army facing Kuropatkln . has
. been raJnforced by 19.0,09 Infantry front
Port' Arthur, making; - Oyams'a - total
forces 188,000-roen. -
' Rudirta hag sent a circular note enter
lng a protest over the alleged violation
of tha neutrality of China In extend-
L Ing special . privilege to Japan Id per
muting ner to carry on antl-Kusalan
agitation throughout China. ;
It is reported that Russia has "con
eummated thepurchaaa of an Island In
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FEWEST
T
This City Is Said to Be the Healthiest In the Country, With Pos
: v sible k Exception of isi-Jo-;--:-- v:
Portland baa the lowest death rata of
any elty in the United Statea with tha
exception of St' Joseph, Mo according
to tha annual report of the city health
department There were 1.861 deaths In
tha city In 1904. Estimating tha popula
tion at 160.000, tha death rate was-9.91
per . cent per 1.009 Inhabitants. This
JtaementJa baaeoLon figures contained
in bulletin No 1 ef the unttea states
census bureau, and as the death rata
la .IS per cent lower In lt04 than In
1991. Portland may occupy nrsx piace.
f, otty health otfl.
ear, statear that one of the most Im
portant works of. the department la tha
control and prevention- of contagious
diseases. During "T904 Hieie were H
cases of all forma of contaaioua diseases
sgalnst 1.286 for 190S, a , decrease , of
tU. "which la a . remarkable as well as
a gratifying record." Sixty of these
cases have resulted fatally, snowing a
decree a m tha death rate of J9.9S par
cent over 1903. He continues:
"Physicians can assist greatly- In the
proper isolation of these casea if they
use their Influence with the family In
carrying out the health rules and regtu
UUos and' promptly reporting cases.
Thla off lea receives nd small amount of
censure, when In reality It la the fault
of tha attending physician who faila to
report tha ease"
: "There are no eases of smallpox lit the
city and , only , one ease has been re
ported In seven months, Only one death
front the disease resulted la 1104 and
nearly all cases, were mild. Ha urges
that compulsory vaccination of school
children be enforced. ''"
', In typhoid fever, scarlet fever and
diphtheria eases, there has been a
marked decrease over 1901, and fewer
deatha hare resulted:
. Regarding consumption. the report
gdyai " ' - i
Heaviest Snow Since 1S02
H Gives Unfcusl Wlii-
;v - ter : Sport, v
STATISTICS PF CITYiS;
f SNOWSTORMS FOR YEARS
A Few Minor Accidents, But ths
- Storm Has Not Caused Any :
n Serious Inconvenience to. "
r I ? Portland's Traffic. ' ,
In depth tha snowfall of tha, last S4
houra exoeeda hat of any snowstorm
sine leoS. - Weather Observer Beals
estimated that about three lnchea.had
fallen np to , noon today. -
But U haanot ten nearly so cold as
In January 19S3,. when 'live Inches of
snow fell, and tha temperature- went to
II degrees above aero. : Tha snowstorm
at that tlma'laated nearly a, week, and
there was - good alelghing and skating.
which . was Immensely enjoyed by the
comparatively, ' fear who could secure
possession , of '. a, sleigh or a pair1 of
saatasi-- jr . - i;j
- Thera are not - more than a doaen
alelghs In Portland now, "and all of them
were engaged continuously , today, at IS
an hear. 'ir; - - "' " -" . '
-Tha hillsides. rang vntn late. Ias
sight With 4h merriment Qfjroun(r peO'
pla coasting The- weather waa Ideal
for tha sport. Youngsters "who s ordi
narily ara sent to bed at S o'clock, were
permitted to-etay out until 10, as it was
expected the anow would disappear be
fore another'' evening came.
This morning the stornt continued;
and. for a time It threatened to develop
Into' a bllsaard. . Nearly everybody took
advantage or tne occasion v inauige in
soma form of winter paaUmeJ -.A party
of six. whlte-aproned nurses engaged In
a snowball contest at I o'clock, at tha
ctrmvrv vi fwemy-urvi llBan
streets.' School children - were nearly
wild with delight before tha morning
aeaalons began.. Almost enough anow
waa found to k make, a anow man - In
very school yard It was also a rare
opportunity for the poets. Early this
morning C H.-Flggott,- lawyer in the
Mulkey building, began tha composi
tion of a beautiful snow poetn.-rT' ' "
"Mr. piggott baa been working con
scientiously all tha morning on the
poem."-said T. J. Thornton, a brother
lawyer next door, "and I believe ha will
turn off something good on this season
able topic" . . -
Thsra was soma delay of street ears
on the east side, but before noon all the
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IN . PORTLAND
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It to an' alarming statement to say
that consumption , atone .was the direct
causa of 149 deaths. It Is with pleasure
that Z have notioed the establishment
of af state sanitarium for the proper care
and treatment of this dreadful and dead
ly disease. The. percentage of deaths
ptloa arntlrly" 6u t " oft1
proportion to what they should be; they
would be fewer Jf Only the ordinary pre
cautions which .are known to- be sclen-
tlfln and offer! us la
External ' violence haa ' caused 119
deaths,' as , follows: Fracture ef kull.
14; drowning. It; bullet wound. 10; car
bo kj-ac Id -poisoning. - J :-4ntirlea from
fall. 9; suffocation. I; burns, 4; fracture
of spine, electrlo shock, 4; strangu
lation. 4; broken neck. 4; killed by rail
road, 4; alcoholism, 4; strychnine pois
oning. 4; morphine poisoning,' 4; killed
by streetcar, 1; chloroform poisoning. I,
Deaths resulting from other causes
follow: Diseases of the circulatory sys
tem, 1ST; diseases of digestive system.
194; diseases of nervous system, 179;
diseases of respiratory system, 117; dis
ease of genlto-urtnary system. 101; com
municable diseases, . 119; .- general dis
eases. 199. .' i ,.
, In conclusion he says: -
' "The city needs a bacteriological lab
oratory where chemical analysis and
microscopical examinations can be made;
the construction of an abattoir where
all slaughtering of animals Intended for
human food could be done, and a meat
Inspector;, the establishing of public,
urinals; the placing of. . receptacles
along our business streets Into which
sll waste material could be deposited;
the eonstruailon of drinking fountains
for pedestrians, these and other minor
reforms and regulations should . be
adoptedV -
JEROME DRIVEJS GAMBCERiS I FROM N
. l' Jeuraal Special $ervlea,l i -
. NewTork. Jan, U, After a fight
lasting through several years District
Attorney Jerome has emerged vlojorlojia
In his crusade against, the gamblers. As
tha result of several raids last night a
general exodue of gamblers it In pro
grass .today and dozens of moving van
piled With gambling Implements were
carted over the ferries, presumably to.
warehoused in Jersey City and Newark;
' Every gambling house In New York Is
closed. Jerome has brought this about
by his repeated, salda and prosecutions
of tha gamblers. Where It haa bean
neeeaaary he has even taken Possession
of the gambling premises.. ' -v i
IXMi XAdham, the gambler, has con
fessed to the district attorney that for
five years ha haa paid tha- police ' a
monthly sum to permit him to operate
gambling houses.. Ha gave tha name of
tha poljca official who had ipproved tha
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RichardCanileld,- the Noted Gambler
$20,000 PAID FOR
A NEW CARHATIOr
Blossom Is ; Developed From an
Eccentric Found In a'Bed :
or Lawson Pinks 0'
IS PURE WHITE WITH -
tRACINQS OF.CARMINE
Is a Distinct Variety With a Long
StemTtndls as YerWith-"
: out a Name.1 , A 1
(Joornal Bpeclal service.)
Rockland.. Mass.. Jan. 1. W. B. Ar
mold, a florist, has aold to F. R. Plerson,
a wealthy resident aTarryTWlf-on-the-
Hudson, a new carnation for 120.000.
It la an entirely new blossom, developed
from an eccentric comatlon found In a
bad of Larson fiowera.
Of neoullar shsne and having tha gen
eral characteristics of tne Lawson car
nation, it la much ' larger and has a
fuller and stronger salyx. the blossom
Is pure white, with carmine tracings
around - tha edges. . As first developed
from the eccentric., the new blossom was
sure Dink In color, but 'developed until
lir entirety" 31 fftlhct variety fr6m
the Laweon or sny other. , It haa a very
long stem: .; The new blossom la un
named. . . . --.'". VV ."
Lawson paid 130,000 for the Tawson
:tr JUlJwJlLeiassjs
that it waa a good businesa Investment,
as he afterward sold the right to pro
pagate, the pink back to the florist from
whom he purchased- It for a sum equal
to Ita original purchase, and in commis
sions on sales he realised a profit of
1 1 8. eoe above the original purchase
price, so that what appeared .to be tha
folly or a newty ricn man was in reauiy
a shrewd buslnsse Investment, making
money for Its ownaKaa well as goring
him unlimited advertising.
BRITISH TO TAKE SIDES
' . IN INDIAN TRIBAL WAR
'."- ' " (Jooraal Special Berrlee.) "
CalcutU, India. Jan. 11. Tha Dlef and
Nawagal tribes have declared war, a
Dier fort being captured In the first en
gagement. . A British column will ad
vance from Malshand end possibly aid
the Dier-Tribesmen. --. (
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' "Jaarssl Beerlsl Bervlre.)
' Ijondow. Jan, ItV At a meeting of the
privy council today King Edward signed
proclamation - convening" parliament
february. 14. . .' J , ' -
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t A
opening of -the gambling houses, and
who had profited thereby. .
, "Honest" John Kelly. : tha celebrated
gambler, confessed practically the same
thing- to . Jerome . the .day previous . to
of New-York and Saratoga,1 War on,
WON $25,000 A YEAR
. ; WITHIN A DECADE
Remarkable Rise of the Late WiM
liam H.' Baldwin, Jr., Form
5 erly of the Union Pacific. '
j William H. Baldwin, Jr, president of
the Long lalaod railroad, who died in
New York last week. Was one of tha first
of American university graduates to
adopt the railroad field as a profession.
He Waa one of aeveral Harvard - men
chosen by Charlea Francis Adama for
the Introduction of new blood Into the
Union Pacific service. He began modest
ly, at a nominal salary. In tha Omaha'
office, of the road and in 19 years had
attained the Summit, going to the presi
dency of the Long Island company -at
salary of 125.000 a year.
- Mr. Baldwin waa born, in Boston
February , 1161, tha son of a widsly
known New Bngland "philanthropist.
' He was - graduated from Harvard In
IKS and Immediately took up the rail
road work In which ha proved' so
eminently successful. Three years later
he waa advanoed to the division freight
agency of the Union Pacl f lo. and later
became general manAger of tha Leaveto
wnrth dlvtalon of that road.. In August,
1199, he Waa appointed vice-president of
the tlnlon Pacific system. Shortly after
he became general - manager of the
old Flint end Fere Marquette road,
which position he held three yearswhen
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. William H. BaMwio, - :
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tiudham's confession. . - Jerome Is now
engaged In. Investigating tha relations of
the- three police'-lnspectora with--' .the
prominent gamblers of the city,". - :
Mr. Jerome's work against 'the gamb
lers has extended , over a considerable
period. He first, aroused; national in
terest by the arrest Of Richard A. Can
field, who. kept a palaUal gambling
palace with millionaire clubmen,, finan-.
clera. brokers and . prominent social
lights' ss petrons. Among - those who
were: subpoenaed td appear before tha
grand Jury accused of having patronised
Cantleld'a establishment were John W.
Oatpa, tha millionaire steel magnate; E.
yaber.the' pencil ' manufacturer: Regi
nald Vanderbllt, Vtayne Whitney, John
A. Drake, H. Archibald Pall. W. A. Staf.
ford and many others prominent tnithe
social Ufa of the metropolis. . The chance
to serve a subpoena on Reginald Van
derbllt kept that young, blood busy
changing disguises for two months. ,-,
WhoM Operidonji Haa Finally Led
BABY IS A TOILEIJE
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IN A SWEAT SDOP
Infant of Eighteen Months Earns
Fifty Cents Per Week W
In Tenement-" :
ROLLED LITTLE BALLS ;
WHICH MOTHER STRINCS
Employed to Aid Parent in Fol-
lovyingHeL-Trade of .Pas-.: z
sementerie Making.';
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'M.M,-fSM-it s i ii V " "
- New York. r Jan. 11. That an ; 1
months-old child haa been a toller In
the swaetsboD waa tha startling devel
opment today to the agitation against
child labor. A baby toller has earned
SO cents a week. - Tha Information oomes
from a Well credited source. -
Dr. A, E. Daniel of tha New York In
firraary for women and children report
ing' tha ease said:' "Soma time ago a
ohild m yea re old was brought to the
New Tork - infirmary for , treatment.
After soma days, tha child's mother
came and. took her away. .
' "The mother said she, needed ' the
passementerie making In her tenement
home. She said the . ohUd's services
were worth 40 cents a week.. ' The little
one rolled tiny balls In pasta, which the
mother attached to form a variety of
passementerie for' millinery trimmings.
BTieasI
help her aha would have to dd the work
herself and. of course, earn proportion
ately less. 1 - -
The law prohibits tha" employment" of
persons .under 14. years. . , ! ;'
EXPECT DISAGREEMENT??
C7IN KOCH MURDER TRIAL
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;-- (Jearaal Special ailsa.) '
New flm, Mlnn.i Jan, II. Tha father
and alstsr Of Dr.' Koch, who' Is .charged
with murdering Dr.. Oebhardt. testified
today that Koch waa at homo at 9:19
o'clock on the night of the murder and
that he presented hie usual appearance.
Miss - Fltspatrlck, a school - teacher,
testified, that Kooh , had received
scratches on his hand the Sunday before
the murder while bunting with her1. A
disagreement ' la looked for from th-j
Jury. . . --v ;
OB9 VOX KtmsSaV,
(Jearaal' Speetal 8ervlee.
-; Lexington. Ky., Jan. 11. James W.
Bess, twice convicted of the murder Of
Mrs. Martha Martin, was hanged In the
Jailyard at I o'clock thla morning '
P OPEN
Bonders Hope to Have the
"Morrison Street Bridge:
ldyiT()niorrow.:Si
. .; .',-;:-' .y '-'V..y'
CITY DID NOT GRANT r
J-. EXTENSION OF TIME
.. b v -r
Can Claim Forfeit of Fifty Dollars
' for: Each Day's Delay on :;
,X Work Over Time Specified
" fv: '-. ; .; ' in Contract. 'V',!;:
Agatn-th opening -of the . Morrison
street bridge la . postponed. s Manager'
F. M. Butler or the Pacifio Construction
company stated today that the snow
storm had lnterf erred with .the work to
such, an extent that cars would. not be
allowedoto cross the bridge before- Sat
urday. -
S-aat side residents are almost zrantle
otrer . the delay The - opening' of the
bridge baa .been promised every day. for
two' weeks. First a barge ' waa sunk.
and that delayed the work. Then , the
ootractors aatd they; were unable to- get
material desired 1 end that postponed
thai, opening. ' They promised to- Open It
for traflto jyesterday,, but snow fell, .and
ine excuse waa roaao uh me woramen
were' unable - to complete the draw be
causa thei material waa too' slippery to
be bandied. Manager Butler-stated that
cars would be allowed to. cross today;
this afternoon, he said it would be Im
possible to open the bridge- before , to
morrow, aa snow waa -atlll falling, and
would -not allow the mechanics to con
tinue their work. . . . ...t:.v;-.,.V".-
-.' It was rumored thla morning that as
thla is ' Friday and the 11th v of the
month, it- would be snubbing supersti
tion to open the bridge, as It might
bring bad luck, and aa tomorrow will be
Saturday the bridge will not be thrown
open before Monday. Mr. Butler, denies
thla, however, and states that cars wilt
run over the bridge tomorrow. . ' . '
Olty trraated Ve Sktetislom.
The structure haa been closed f 1 days.
or 19 days longer than provided in the
contract. For .every day's delay over
this time the sum of 1104 was to be
forfeited to the City A Suburban Rail
way oompany and ISO to i the -city .of
Portland. Tha City a. Suburban Rail
way company has- waived" all-rights to
collect the 111,(00 which Is due. but the
city baa neither granted an extension of
time on the work ..nor -waived its-bright
to collect the 150 a day- forfeit money,
which amounta to 11.919. ? '
"Thousands of residents-of tha
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SURLY REDSKINS
SLAUGHTER GAME
Residents of Cranitir Basin Threaten to Tak0 Law Into Own
Hands If Legislature Does Not Provide Means of Putting 1 '
. " Stop to Wanton Destruction of Elk. and Deer.
, aeclal DUpaieh to Tee Journal.) "
Missoula. Mont,.. Jan. 11. The resi
dents of tha - Granite Basin, near XA
Lo Hot Springs, this county, art greatly
excited over the appalling slaughter of
deer and other largo game by bands
of Indians swooping down from the Flat
head reseratln.rr-ThwJT)ewte""ia-t
threatening to take the law into their
own hands snd expel the surly redskms
from the basin by force of arma If the
present legislature falls to enact a law
compelling' the Flatheads to remain on
tneir .-reservation ana pronioiting tneir
untlng elsewhere in m stats.
Every -fall large hunting parties of
the Indiana sally forth from the reser
vation in quest of game. tha. meat, be
ing "Jerked" for the use of the Flathead
and ether allied trlbee during the winter
months. Invariably the . warrtora return-with,
their. - cayuaes laden - with
strips of "Jerked" venison, slabs of elk
meat and the quarters of bear, mountain
goats and sheep.
A. M. Stevens, former mayor of Mis
soula, has Just returned from the Gran
ite Baaln and reports that ana band of
Flatheads and Wallspells haa killed
about 169 deer in that vicinity the paat
season. In one band of ..- 19 ludgea.
8tevenaays, the haa no Has of venison
hung In profusion from the tepees. Since
tha Indiana have left the basin, parties
have visited the scene who declare that
hundreds of deer lege can be seen hang
ing In tha treea and tying on the ground
In heaps. r Tha copper-colored hunters
have made no effort to-conceal the evi
dences of their Indiscriminate slaughter
which covered a territory of about t
nr "-- r "'- H one of the b.st I"...
. MT Fir,',
Appeal Frc.a Cifccll izi:
Benson's Order likely
SToBe JTiieiS
CAUSE OF HOMESTEADERS
ESPOUSED BY GOVERF.0,1
They - Say Property Is Not
' Swamp Land Under Which '
1.. Title Company Secured ; : .
d lt---Old Litigation -
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; One mora-, the Warner Valley Stock y
company has scored a victory la Its pro
tracted fight to establish title against ' "
settlers on some or, the most -valuable ,
lands in tha southern pert of the state.
Judge H. L- Benson haa-readered -a de I -olslon
in favor tf the . company In the . -suit
"instituted by tha- attorney-general
of the state, at the -request of Governor
Chamberlain, - who haa made a strong ' '
effort to establlen. tha settlers' claims. ."
An appeal will doubtless be taken to the
state supreme court.'- ,;..---.s (.
The -.controversy la one of the"mout"
noted land cases which haa arisen in' .T.
Oregon. It baa been carried- from tha
LaJtavlaw. land office to the general land '
ofnee at. Washington and then to the
secretary 'of tha Interior." The Istfcef '
gave a decision adverse to the settlers'
claims and Oovernor Chamberlain then. "
took. up their cause. . -, ,- '
The governor had a long correspond
ence with the secretary Of the Interior.
which haa been the occasion of much
newspaper comment, but the secretary
refused to modify tha stand . ha bad
taken. '.Governor Chaiaberlaln's conten
tion waa that patent should not be Is -'
sued to tha company, but to the state,
-but this contention waa overruled and '.
patents to much of the land were .is
sued to tha company's attorney. . '
ftwf Jbossg Figat f o atottieta.
- Failint to secure redress at Washing- -ton.
Governor - Chamberlain then ' In '
structed the attorney-general to -bring
suit In the name of the state and pro-'
ceedlnge were accordingly commenced In
the circuit court of the first Judicial dls
trjot. . To thla auit tha -company entered .
a demurer, which was taken under ad
visement by Judge H. I Benson aeveral .
montha ago. -An oraer was entered to-
day by him sustaining tha demurrer, on .
the ground that the state had not suffi
cient Interest to enable It, to maintain
tha auit. -' ' '-- - -.-
The lands In controversy were origi
nally bought from the state as swamp -lands
by the WarnerVaUey Stock oom-
Continued on Page Three.)
conducted on the order of a California
rabbit drive, practically nothing escap
ing the ever-narrowing and fatal clr-
cla of whooping and shrieking redskins '
whose yells blended with - the yelpings
of their dogs resound - through the)
mountain canyons In k a - bloodcurdling ,
and terrifying manner.,. Starting at tha -base
long-lines of from 99 te lt Indiana'
encircle a mountain and. with their dogs
begin slowly advancing toward the sum-.' .
mlt. beating the bruab, meanwhile set' ,
ting up a. terrific din and driving tha
frightened deer and ether game before
them. When near the top the beat shots
among" the "IriJIana" sJvanMa"id"T""f'"y-' ,
thing from rabbit to tnooee la afaught-'t.
ered, nothing escapes. Should a Oe
break-through -the cordon, he la tracked
down with unrelenting purpose, the In
dians ' sleeping' on the trail until the
quarry Is bagged. ! - - - -
. The Granite Basin settlers 'declare the
marauding Indians show absolutely no
eonelderatlnn for the rights of others
snd beat the brush over their land an l
stampede their cattle. They aver that
the game wardens can do nothing wltn ,
the Indians, once they are started nt the
hunt, and that the only remedy 1. la
keeping them on their r-rvtkn.
Ten years sgo t" s ..lers of t'
noted Jaakson Hole country were Ir
bled by bands of Cheyenaes s'sc ' la'
elk and for a tt"-e It see- Is 1 r
Ins; could etr4 t 0 i
reds. , A bar . f t t
oualy d'-- . i '
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