The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30

AZ M&ASJ general iand o.
" \\\. IN flee, now the
Y y manager of MIR.
Harrison's boom, may not remember the
people of Burt county, but they remem-
Der him. There is a host of able-bodied
men in Tekamah who have been hoping
many years that the opportunity would
come when they could punish Carter.
Republicans here who know him are in
dignant that he should be placed at the
head of the national committee.
About twelve years ago "Tom" Carter
appeared in this vicinity in the capacity
of book agent, manager for r. II. Root,
of "Footprints of Time" fame. Soon
after his arrival Carter engaged shrewd
men and began operations by making a
personal canvass of the town, procuring
the names of all the influential citizens,
whether they would accept the book on
a confidential way to unsuspecting citi-
| thirty books in a single day, upon which
| there was a profit of 81 each. At the
same time his men, too, were getting in
| effective work about the money to be
made" Mr.. Carter would then eX-
plain that he had territory to sell.
Farmers Robbed of Their All.
Many farmers were taken in and in
| duced to deed their farms for territory
and never realized a dollar in the vent
ure. Those who decided away their
farms in this county were: Frank Pratt,
80 acres; Moses Clark. 100 acres; Dan
iel Morrison ian old mani, l6O acres;
Rufus Bates. 100 acres; Marion Heath.
80 acres; II. V. b. Gibson. SO acres;
RUDE Lee. his homestead; John Crea-
gon. furniture store; Clint Smith. per
sonal property: M. Brown. 800 cash.
Many others bought territory for land.
cash, and town property. In some man
ner the property was decided to Root,
who became an innocent" purchaser
Today A. q. Davis, Frank Roth. and IL.
G. Sawtelle, formerly of Burlington, Ia,
own and are living m about 1000 acres
of this land out of which Carter traded
the farmers.
Republican as well as democrats arc
frank to express their opinion of Har-
rison's best man. and say that if cunning
and questionable methods will win the
campaign. then Harrison will be elected
Carter Once II Democrat.
Carter was a democrat when here, but
he told his friends he was going to Mon.
tana to get into politics. and inasmucf
as there was nothing there for IA demo
crat he was going to drop into the CRANE
old party. lie dropped in.
Judge Isaac Gibson, when asked whal
he knew of Il. II. Carter, replied: %
know ne ruined a great many good citi
zens. financially. among them was m.
son, now in California. Carter induced
my son to believe there was a fortune il
the sale of the book Footprints of Time,
and sold him territory in Montana, tax
ing a deed to the young mans farm. al
he had. The venture proved bad. ant
my son was completely broken up tinan
cially."
"I)o you know Of others who bit a
Carriers bait!" the Judge was asked.
..Oh. yes was the reply. He go
Frank Pratt's fine farm north OF Ieka
nah. old man Morrison's farm, and Ru
| fus Bates quarter section III the sam
neighborhoOd.'
!, Found Victims.
: }. p. Latta. president of the First Ma
Y tiOnal bank, asked IN regard 10 inc nietl
ods employed by II. ii. Carter when il
l this country, SAID:
/ .'Calt ter first came here as a canvasse
for the book Footprints of Time, AM
, vas the head agent for Il. y. Root, tn
1 publisher of the book. lie made a FEY
. days' sales, then learned the names O
I property-holders who had mortgage
!, covering their lands for one fourth o
one-third its value and were unable t
meet their obligations. He would the
open his books, showing the big sale
and profits in the book, an
almost invariably get "a deed to the farm
of his victims in exchange for the RICH
to soil the book in a specified territory.
doc" Benc, Il farmer living north c
Tcknmah. where a large large track q
this land lies which has been won fror
the unwary granger, said: Il had a tai
with Lew Highley on this very subjec
some days ago and he told me Just no,
this man Carter worked him into tn
.Eontpr,nts of Time llighlcy wa
mortgagcd on a small amount of. proper
~ and Carter advanced him money wit
which Ia pay off the mortgages and bu
him n new suit of clothes and took tn
property in exchange for "A part vt kar
sas, IA sort Of patent right. %ilighley AT
or IA time gave up and returned herr
beating his way ON the railroad, ne
having the money TO pay his fave
sheep Wanted
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