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The advocate., 1897-08-18

that American iron and steel manufac-
turing establishments are much larger
and better equipped than those OF Eng
land and able to turn out vastly greater
quantities in given time. "a new
Carnegie furnace" the Times says,
will produce more than eight times
the average of our British furnaces"
In 1896 there were 1862 furnaces in Eng
land, and the Times says that forty
like those Of Carnegie would put out
as much in the same time as the whole
362 did.
And it is much the same with other
branches of the iron industry, the
Times says. 1t quotes "a we'll informed
writer in a recent issue Of the Iron and
Coal Trades Review" who states that
the newest type of Garrett wire mill
used in the United States can produce
100000 tons of wire rods per year,
which is very far in advance Of any
output recorded in England.
Another instance is cited by the
Times. 1t refers to the fact that some
of the most improved rail mills in the
United States can turn out $4,000 tons
of finished rails per month, which is
more, as the Times confesses, than the
total output of rails in Great Britain
in the same length Of time, "and prob
ably nearly three times as much as any
rail mill in England can produce in
year."
A remarkable fact in connection with
this competition, and to which the
Times refers as a wonderful thing" is
that the ores used by the United States
establishments "have to be conveyed
a distance of 600 to 800 miles to the
blast furnaces, and the finished prod
ucts have to be carried from the in
terror 500 miles from tide water, to
New York, and thence transported
distance of 5000 miles by sea, before
they enter into competition with Brit
lsh-made steel, which has no such great
distances to cover, but, on the con-
trary, is in all cases manufactured close
to shipping ports"
In view of these facts, why should we
longer maintain high duties on foreign
ore, iron and steel?
The advocate., 1897-08-18
MILTON PARKS ADDRESS.

The conference of Populists at Nash
vile, July 4 last, appointed a commit
tee and made Milton Park, of Dallas,
Tex, it's chairman. On the 18th inst.
Mr.. Park issued long address to the
POpulists of the United States, in which
he reviews the origin and organization
Of the party, naming the abuses which
led dissatisfied elements of the old
parties to create new one, and, COM
ing to the present day, declares:
"The trusts, the monOpolies, the cor
porations, the monied interests of the
country are organized. Their strength
is concentrated into the action of one
man; hence their power, their success.
If the Peoples party would hope to sue
ceed, they must organize, they must
unity, they must concentrate their
strength. We are confronted to-day by
obstacles and enemies within and with
out"
After reviewing the actions of the
conventions at Omaha and st. Louis
and deploring the events of 1896, the
address continues:
Gas chairman of your organization
committee, l urge every Poulist every
where to avoid, repudiate and reject all
fusion or alliance with the Democratic
or Republican party. Repel every
overture of these enemies of the com
mon people. l suggest that through
out the entire country, wherever there
are two or more Populists in ward,
precinct, or township, they go to work
at once, persistently, to perfect a local
Populist organization in their midst.
Press the work until you shall have
secured a compact organization in
every county in your State.
"If your State Chairman is not in
sympathy with the policy declared at
Nashville, you should select one who
is as soon as practicable. In those
States where the State Chairman and
National Executive committee are in
harmony with the policy declared at
Nashville, the national organization
committeeman will aid them in every
way possible in strengthening the
The advocate., 1897-08-18
A WORD ABOUT WHEAT PRICES.

Referring to our article on wheat
and silver, the Capital says:
"He publishes a table that if true
might show that wheat and silver were
derived from the same great grand
father, but no closer kinship; but un-
fortunately the table is not true. 1t
is not true, for instance, that wheat
averaged $1.47 in 1872, or $1.31 in 1873,
or SLAB in 1874, ETC., as published in
the Senator's article defending the sill
ver-wheat fetch"
These figures are given as the av-
erage export price of our wheat for the
years mentioned. We have examined
several tables and find they all give
the figures just as they were printed
in the Advocate.
The advocate., 1897-08-18

The immigration movement is not as
strong as it has been during the last
ten or fifteen years, which is a good
symptom of trade. Since 1882, when
the general government assumed jur-
isdiction and control of the subject, the
flow of immigrants has been almost
uniformly very heavy until recently.
The number of arrivals from all cOun-
tries, according to treasury statistics,
during the last fiscal year was 29O, 1892,
a decrease, as compared with the pre-
vious year, of 112,435. The lightest inn
migration of any previous year was
in 1895, when the number from all
countries was 279,948. The year of
heaviest immigration was the first of
the period beginning with 1882, when
arrivals numbered 1892. During the
entire period of Federal supervision
7,432,O16 immigrants have entered the
United States.
The advocate., 1897-08-18

party organization. In this way an en-
thusiasm can be developed that will
know no defeat, no surrender Popu-
lists of that ancestry which founded
this government, that bequeathed to
you personal liberty, preserve and per-
petuate it by the peaceful means of the
ballot"
The advocate., 1897-08-18

With cash balance Of only $231,-
992,5O6 in the United States treasury
on the Sd day of this month, the de-
mand for more revenue has special
significance.
The advocate., 1897-08-18

AJll wv AlGlb uelu LNuAu ~ AuOlG
able to send them without cargoes than
to risk time waiting for them. They
want to be here in time to take ad-
vantage of our high tide Of expectation.
Ex-Governor Morrill, thinks better Of
Kansas now than he did few years
ago. In an interview with a Kansas
City reporter he is quoted as saying:
'T have never seen the State of Kansas
so prosperous as at the present time;
have never seen the people have 30
much ready money, so few debts and
such large amounts Of grain and stock
for market as now"
The new woman is with us. A dis
patch from Pittsfeld Me-, to the New
York Journal conveys this bit Of inter.
esting gossip: For the first time in
racing history a race under the ma
tional rules driven by ladies carrying
weight and riding bicycle sull1ies in
boomers was trotted here to-day" OF
course it was the ladies and not the
sulkies that were in boomers
An unusually large quantity of mer-
chandise is now being imported into
this country, and much the larger pOr-
tiOn Of it comes in foreign ships Rec
ords at the Treasury Department show
that during the first half of the current
year total imports amounted to $780,
6S9, ,9S1, the percentage Of which carried
in American vessels was 1886. OF the
rest British vessels carry more than
half.
There is one Judge in Chicago that
understands his business-Judge
Duane. An Alderman a few weeks ago
publicly stated that he had been ap-
preached by prominent business man
with an offer Of $4,000 to vote for the
General Electric street railway fran
chise ordinance. On being summoned
by the grand jury to testify to the name
Of the alleged business man he refused
This led to contempt proceedings, and
he was ordered to Jail till he should
be ready TO answer
big irrigation scheme has been
begun in western Colorado by a Wall
street man. The plan is to irrigate
Mesa county, Col, and Grand county,
Utah. The canal will start at the head
Of Platte creek, above Grand Junction,
following the Grand river and then
branching off to the west running
through a now practically arid section.
In the first six miles the canal will
irrigate $4,000 acres in Colorado alone,
and 100000 in Utah, provided the Utah
State government consents to build a
two-mile tunnel through which the
waters will be conveyed.
The Secretary of the Interior has so
construed section 16 of the act of March
2, 1885, as to allow hOmesteader to
take out full 100 acres, though he take
not more than forty acres at a time.
Heretofore this section has been con-
strued as applying only to those who
had partially exercised their home
stead privileges before the passage of
the act. The Secretary says that it was
the evident intention of Congress to
provide means whereby every home
steader might acquire title to 100 acres
Of land, notwithstanding a prior exer-
else Of the homestead right.
A code of anarchist laws, reported
to have been recently discovered by
Spanish officials, contains these fea-
lures: "The first duty of a companion
is resolute disregard of life. He must
rocognize no law hit that Of social rev.
The advocate., 1897-08-18
Editorial Gossip.

Less Jnan lU per cent. TN Value) Oh
our exports is carried in United States
ships
It is comforting to learn that the
Kondike fever is, to some extent at
least, abating.
Recent rains, which have been quite
general throughout the State, have
greatly improved the condition Of late
corn.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, Is Of
opinion that Cuba will soon be free.
He says the Cuban question will be
settled before December.
It may be that the Staying of Canovas
was not done to affect political Condi-
tions, yet it will doubtless stimulate the
revolutionary spirit in Spain.
Missouri dairymen complain that
their State oleOmargarine law does not
protect them fully against the COM
petition of the butterine people.
1t is a good sign for Kansas farmers
the coming of Minneapolis millers to
Kansas City to buy our wheat And
that is what they are doing now.
The nomination Of J. S. Coxey for
Governor of Ohio is evidence of his
friends faith in him and of his ag-
gressive and impetuous goaheadative-
ness.
More than 1000 wholesale business
establishments are located within
small area in the city Of New York.
and the trade of seven Of them amounts
to more than $3.50, 100000 a year.
Eight starving persons were reported
in New York City within the five days
ending the 18th inst. Two Of them, too
proud to beg, died from hunger; the
others were removed to hospitals for
treatment.
A New Jersey preacher, wishing to
take a vacation, wrote out some sermons
and procured a theatrical performer to
read the manuscript to the people. He
chose this man because Of his elocu-
tiOnary powers.
The misfortunes of our brethren at
the other side Of the great oceans have
given a wonderful stimulus to our ex-
port trade. Never before was wheat
carried to the seaboard in such guam
titles as are moving now.
The ex-slaves Of Texas are organiz-
ing for the purpose of taking care Of
the aged and infirm among them. They
are encouraged and assisted by some
Of their white neighbors. This is an
eminently wise proceeding.
Secretary Sherman thinks it would
be exceedingly difficult" for Great
Britain to go to war over the seal ques-
tion That seal question is among the
most fragrant of the international
farces being played among diplomat
lists.
The population Of Kansas was re-
ported as follows for the years named
the enumeration having been taken by
the United States Census Bureau for
1890, and by the State Assessors for the
other years: 1880, 96,O96; 1885, 1,26S,-
$50; 1890, 1,427,O96; 1896, 1,334,734;
1897, 1,366,789.
A father in st. Louis, seeing a pillow
on the floor, picked it up and care
lessly flung it on the bed as he was
passing through or out of a room.
Half an hour later the mother found
their babe lying under the pillow
dead, having been suffOcated. How
The advocate., 1897-08-18

II you have any Breidenthal scrip
send it in for the Advocate. 1t is still
good at this Office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
a UNIQUE


1t Is Almost Ideal In Many Ways-Two
Beautiful Boulevards-
Along the Second street pike, just be-
yond the village of Bethayres and 1k
miles from Huntington Valley station,
on the Newton railroad, John Pitcairn,
q wealaty Philadelphia, founded a
little settlement several years ago for
Swedenborgians, or members of h
Church of the New Jerusalem. He
bought a large tract of land, built a
fine house and surrounded it with con-
veniences. The country, naturally pref
ty, attracted others OF his faith, who
viewed with favor the idea of the Sec
tartan community. They secured lots
from the original property, which was
nearly a square mile in extent, and put
up houses. Eight or nine families are
now included in the settlement and
more are to join it, only awaiting a
favorable opportunity to build.
The place has no name other than
Bethayres, which it takes from its close
proximity to that old town. 1t is, now
ever. entirely distinct from Bethayres
proper. Every house within it's borders
is large and handsomely finished, in
siut dhu oot. hCf u
in this new and w~ell-regulated little
settlement of which a municipality
would be proud.
The houses are built along w beau
tiful boulevards, one of which is three
fourths of a mile long and the other
somewhat shorter. The driveways, of
hard crushed stone. are flanked on each
side by a strip of sod, with young shade
trees planted at regular intervals. Out
side of these green borders are h side
walks. The larger of the boulevards
has half a dozen rounded turns in its
course and the other is laid out with a
proportionate number. The effect is
novel and pleasing and reminds the
visitor of a well-kept park.
a complete system of underground
sewers drains the village and an cleo
tric-light plant furnishes illumination
for all the inhabitants. Water is dis
tributed under good pressure from a
huge tank. the pumping being done by
a windmill. Many other ~conveniences
contribute to the common comfort
Philadelphia Record.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11

n.er than they are in winter. This is
owing to the expansion caused by the
extra heat.
In many cases where artificial res
piration is employed, a man apparently
killed by electricity or lightning can
be re~suscitated Aman struck by light
ming should be treated like n APP
parently drowned
The purchase of a 500-acre lot near
London. to be gradually covered by an
immense chronological museum, isurged
by Prof. Flinders Petrie, who finds ex-
listing museums far too small to receive
the materials explorers are so rapidly
unearthing.
The British South African company
has secured to the British empire $780,
600 square miles, which would other
Use now be held by the Beers. Germans
and Portuguese. 1t has opened out
this vast territory. built seven towns.
and completed l,400 miles of telegraph
line. about !, 900 miles Of road and 5000
miles of railway.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11

The Church Of st. Nicaise. in the city
OF Rheims. is surrounded with pillars,
n of which sways p~erceptibly with
the ringing of one of the bells of the
tower. When the bell is rung it causes
the top of this pillar to sway to the ex-
cent of seven inches on each side. al
though the base of the pillar is i'm
movable, and the stones are so firmly
ceInented as to seem like a solid piece of
masonry. Although each of the four
bells in the tower is about the same dis
lance from the trembling pillar, only
one of them has any effect on it. the
ringing of the others either singly or
all together not causing it to tremble
in the least. When a board was placed
OIL the pillar hearing two glasses of
water, and the bell was rung. at the
fifth stroke of the bell the two glasses
were thrown off. C~uriously enough, it
was an adjoining pillar that formerly
swayed, then il became immovable, and
some years ago the present trembling
pillar became the eccentric one.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
The Finest Train in the World.

DIR. W. :. Williams. now professor
of veterinary medicine AT Cornell Uni
Versity. Ithaca. y. V. who recently
removed with his family from Boze-
man. Travelled via THE Northwest
ern Line" from st. Paul To Chicago,
and writes: I'VE found the North
Western Limited all that il is adver-
tiscd; the sleepingcars superb and the
dining ear service all that could be
desired"
The New North-Wcstern Limited
from the mammoth engine. patterned
after the famous ''I99." to theIastcar
i'm the train. is brand new. and rrprc-
SCENTS the latest and best ideas for
absolute comfort and luxury while
travelling.
Besides the splendid buffet smoking
library coach. which is really u club
room ON wheels, there is n private
compartment sleeping ear. which tx
just the thing for ladies. families. and
those who desire privacy; luxuriously
appointed standard sleeping cars.
and The most comfortable day coaches
ever offered tn the travelling public.
The"New North-W Western Limited"
win Ia NORTHEASTERN Line. leaves
Minneapolis every night. 7:30. St.Paul,
$40. for Milwaukee and Chicago.
Tickets via this popular line may
be secured from agents of the North
ern Pacific Railway. who will also
make sleeping Il reservations: or,
apply to Capt. NJ. NJ. Wheeler.
Travelling Passenger Agent. Miles
City. Mont. or Ia +. W. Teasdalc.
q. l.. A.. st. Paul. Mimi.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Hellum, being more permanent
than hrydrogen. is a new thermometric
substance for very low temperatures.
BY using electric light during the
daytime Prof. Bailey produced lilies
fully two weeks before the plants
grown under the natural conditions
fiowered.
Sugar beets have thrived so this
year near Grand Island, Neb-, that
farmers have cleared on their crops
twice he our needed to pay for
the land on which they were grown.
Specimens of fire damp have been
recently collected from many sources.
all containing nitrogen, with, appar-
emily, about The same proportion of
argon as is obtainable from the nitrogen
of the AIR.
The railway metals between Lon
don and Edinburgh "a distance of 400
Tiles) are 200 yards longer in sum
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
ALIAS

In the District Court of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Montana, in and for the
County of Fergus.
p,Thnes,s BANK f e f Is arson So snd jessi e'P %i Gs4.
son, his wife. Edward Goodkind and A. L.
the firm name and style Of GoodEind Brothers.
and George f. kuhles. Henry + Stock and AL
Der, p, Warren. doing business as copartners
Stock. Defendants. Alias summons.
The State of Montana Sends Greeting to the
above named defendants, and to each of them.
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint in this action, which IS nled IN the
S %hich i Is t Herewith With served ID upon one of You in
each county wherein any OF you reside, and 10
file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorneys within twenty days
after the service of this exclusive of
the day of service. and in case OF your failure
ssainst YOU. by default. for the relief de
handed In the complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court for the foreclosure OF a certain
mortgage described in the complaint herein
and executed by the defendants t; X. Carson
and Jessie Nj. Carson. his wife, on the
twenty fifth day of September. 1896. to secure
the m of a certain promissory note made
by the said defendants to plaintiff on the same
day for sl,OOo, described IN the complain here.
one thousand dollars. lawful money of the
United States of America, with interest at the
twenty fifth day of September. 1886; for the
sum of seyenty-five dollars for attorneys fees
provided Tor IN said mOrtR age. Tor the costs OF
this suit. That the usual decree may be made
for the sale of the said premises. or so much
thereof as may be necessary to pay the same.
with costs. by the sheriff of said county of Fer
gus, according to law and the practice of this
court. That the proceeds of this sale may be
applied in payment of the amount due to the
plaintiff and that the said defendants to this &C
ton and ali persons claiming under them. or
either or any of them, subsequent to the execu-
ton ofsaid mortgage upon the said premises.
either as purchasers, incumbranccs or other
wise. may be barred and foreclosed of all right.
claim or equity of redemption in the said prem
ises and every part thereof. and that the said
saainst the said ~efendsnts 7. K. Carson and
Jessie M. Carson, his wife, for any deficiency
which may remain due and for further relief.
Witness my hand and seal
Seal of said court this 18th
{Dist. Cour.} day Of january. 1897.
(Signed.) EDMUNp WRIGHT.
Clerk District Court
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Meeting of Woolgrowers.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 70, 1897.
To the Woolgrowers of Montana:
A general meeting of the Montana
Woolgrower's Association and all
identified with the industry through
out the State IL called for Monday,
February 10, 1897, at 2 O'Clock p. IN.
i'm the office of the Association in the
City of Helena. All the railroad lines
have conceded for the occasion one
and one-fifth regular One-way fare
for the round trip, from all points in
the state, provided 80 or more per-
sons travelling by rail are in attend
ance. Those desiring to attend will
buy regular one-way ickets to
Helena and upon presentation to
railroad agents of certificate given
by the secretary of the Association,
return tickets will be furnished at
one-fifth rate.
Every sheep owner is cordially
urged to attend this meeting as it is
hoped to formulate thereat, some
much needed measures for the benefit
of the industry.
Il. G. POWER, President,
BARNARD BROWN, Secretary.
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Notice of Probate of Will.

In the District Court of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Montana. in and foi
Fergus County.
In the matter of the estate of Ezra Spragg, de.
ceased. Notice of probate of will.
Pursuant to an order of the said court, made
on the 3Oth day of January, 1897, notice IS here
by given that Tuesday. the 23rd day of Febru-
AIRY, 1897, at 10 O'Clock a m. of said day, at the
court room of the said court, at the court house
in the town of Lewistown. County of Fergus
and State of Montana. has been appointed az
the time and place for proving the will and
testament of the said Ezra Spragg. deceased
of Denton. in the said county and state. for the
issuance to said Anna Spnaeg of letters of ad.
ministration thereon, when and where any per
son interested may appear and contest the
same. EDMUND WRIGHT, Clerk.
Dated this 3Oth day of January. 1897.