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Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
DAWSON COUNTY.

One of the big counties of the state is
Dawson, on the extreme east of the
state, with an area of Is, ,194 square miles.
1t is but sparsely settled, having popu-
lation at this time of about 2,50G, but it
is still wealthy county. The assessed
valuation being $2,549,279, divided into
SaO6 ,307 on realty, $1,679,492 on personal
property, and $363.4 on railroads. Ag-
riculture and stock raising are the two
chief industries, and the value of its live
stock is considerably over a million dol
lars.
Good land is plentiful. the price low
and the affairs of the county are wisely
and economically administered Many
new settlers are going into Dawson and
making themselves homes.
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LEWISTOWN THE PREMIER.

~ ITUATE throughout the county
are a number of small but prosper
~ Gus towns. Among these may be
mentioned Giltedge, Maiden, Utica,
Stanford, Philbrook. Garneill and Ubet,
but the head centel1of business, whole
sale and retail, is Lewistown, so-called
after a Major Lewis who was at the
head of company of regular soldiers
stationed here in early days for moral
and physical effect on the native red
skins.
Le,wistown, the center, the metropolis
and the county seat, is a progressive
town of about 1900 population, and the
center Of a great deal of wealth. The
town has several large and handsome
stores that would be credit to Butte,
or any other city in the west, to say
nothing of numerous and prosperous
smaller concerns. 1t has two banks
which carry large deposits and are as
solid in the goodwill of the people as
the rock of ages. The total volume of
Of business done in Lewistown annually
is several million dollars, though no ac-
curate estimate has ever been made. The
town has one newspaper, the Fergus
! County Argus, which is one of the best
conducted the west Its editor and
proprietor is John M. Vrooman..
Lewistown has an electric light plant,
! and streets, residences and stores are
! lighted with the insidious juice that
| flows from the dynamo. 1t has a magnt-
| ficent water power second not even to
| that of Spokane Falls. and citizens who
are looking ahead see { great source OF
industry in 1t.
The city officers are: Mayor. George
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
BE STRONG.

BE strong, for the tides are coming in,
Tide sof sorrow and tides of sin.
Storms are brewing that yet may sweep
Us on the rocks if our anchors deep.
Grapple naught but the shifting sands;
Be watchful and prayerful with ready
hands.
Over the unknown sea of life;
Each has a chartered vessel grand;
There will be winds and waves and strife
But the God of heaven is in command.
Bravely let us take the wheel.
Faithfully hear the captains call.
Trumpet tongued in every peal,
And we shall joyfully weather all.
Out in the futures misty blue,
Out in the futures gloom and night,
There is written chart for you,
In golden lines of loving light.
Arthur Sherburn Hardy.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
PROMISING LITTLE WILLIE.

"Now, Willie DEAR" asked his mother.
"why did you not come whCa l called
you the first time?"
Because I did not hear you till you
called the third time," said little Willie.
The heart of the mother was panied at
this evidence of depravity. For how.
she reasoned, could he nave distin-
guished the third call without hearing
the second?
IT know it was the third time, mann
ma" little Willie hastened to explain,
"'cause YOU sounded so cross"
She clasped him to her bosom. boy
who could bolster up a poor story with
a better one was not doomed to remain
in Observation-Disclosures
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THE HAIL THAT FAILED.
CAN hail!"

"All hail!"
Everybody hailed.
But he to whom their acclamations
were directed passed them with sternly
averted face.
So it was the people walked home. for
he was none other than the motorman
of the last car.-petroit Journal.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
Over the unknown sea of life;
A NEW GERMICIDE.

Mistress-This water has a queer taste.
Careful servant (who has heard much
scientific conversation)-It's all right,
mum. There amt a live germ in it,
mum. 1 run it through the sausage cut
ter.-New York Weekly.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
.REE MEN WE'RE KILLED OF
HORSE PRAIRIE.

In the Beaverhead valley the inhabi-
tants fled in all directions for safety,
some going to Virginia City, others to
What is now known as the Sim Estes
ranch at the mouth of Ryan's canyon
and still others fled to Bannack. Many
from Horse Prairie went to Bannack;
but the Indians in travelling down Horse
Prairie passed Bannack to their left un-
moested From Redrock their course
followed up the .Redrock river to the
stage road and crossed into Idaho, and
down Dry creek to the Snake river. They
then followed this river, up to the Ma
tional Park, crossing through the state,
and We're finally run down by General
Miles. near the Canadian line, in Sep
tember of the same year.
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ASSESSED VALUATION.

The assessed valuation for the county
shows a great increase over 1899. The in
crease was exactly $685. al. Following is
q summary:
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This county, the most southern in the
state derives it's name from a peculiar
rock forma ton at the mouth of what
is known as Ryan's canyon, along the
line of the Oregon Short Line This
rock wall. nearly 800 feet in height, has
it's base in the Beaverhead river and
from a distance the contour of it's sum-
nit assumes the shape of a huge beaver
lying in the grass. When the first set
tiers came into the valley, as early as
1857, they found the name had already
been applied to this formation. 1t is
supposed that Lewis and Clarke named
it in 1908.
AS the early history of the county IS
synonymous with the early history of
the state, short sketch of early days
in this vicinity will not be out of
place.
Among the first arrivals IN the county
were John White and party. who dis
covered the fabulously rich Grasshopper
creek in July. 1862. This party was soon
followed by Col. Mclean and G. W.
Stapleton: then, a little later. by Conrad
koflrs and Joe A. Browne. In the fall
of 1862 the town of Bannack came into
existence. Many of Montanas prom
inent citizens made their first home in
those who still remain in the county
who arrived in 1862. are Joe Browne,
John c. Innes, Phillip Lowell, w. H.
Oliver A. f. Graeter, Con Bray, Wilson
Wadams. G. w. limerick. James
Mansfield. A. II. O'Dell and VIM. Roe.
The county was organized in 1868, and
the first election was held in October
1863. The first county commissioners
We're George ChriSman, A. +. Smith, and
Eli Moore. who held their first meeting
in Bannack in 1864. The notorious Plum
mer was the first sheriff of the county.
he was afterwards hung by vigiantes at
Virginia City w. B. Carter, still living
in the county, was the first road super
visor in 1869. A Baptist minister held
the first religious service in what was
then known as Selway's house in 1865
AT Argenta this county. the first smell
ter Of the state was built by A. NJ. Ess-
Ter and was known as the Essler furnace
Mr.. Essler died only last summer in
Helena.
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STIRRING INDIAN HISTORY.

In the summer of 1877, the Nez Perces,
under Chief Joseph, entered the state
through Lo Lo pass, came down the Bit
ter Root and crossed the range into Big
Hole basin. On what is called Trail
creek, General Gibhon and his command
had a fierce fight in which he was de-
feated. monument now stands on the
ground of this bloody fight and it is
known as the "Gibbon Battle Ground"
The Indians then crossed over into Horse
Prairie. coming down the Redrock river.
On Horse Prairie, at the cabin of Tom
Pierce, who is now dead. Mr. Pierce had
put in large supply of groceries for the
winter These provisions consisted in
the most of flour and mo!asses The In
dians. probably thinking it a huge joke
emptied the flour on the floor of the cab
in, and then breaking the kegs of mo-
lasses over it thoroughly mixed these
two articles of food and placing a pole
from nearby fence in the center of the
MIXTURE left it standing as a monument
| to their ingenious wit.
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DOM MIGHTY WELL.

Cotton whitenin' in the patch
Lots o. corn to sell;
Country coming to the scratch;
We're doin' mighty we'll
We're doin' mighty we'll!
Had our troubles-so we did
More'n we kin tell!
'Possum meath the oven LID;
We're doin' mighty we'll
We're doin' mighty well!
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
FERGUS HAS ALL MAN NEEDS
BOuntituI Crops Reward the EarTerS===FlOCkS and
Herds for the StOCkglal=GO!d and
Coal for the Miners.

~ERGUS COUNTY ranks as one OF
$V the very best grand divisions of the
A~ state. Before it was born it was
part and parcel of Meagher county. and
embraces within its boundary lines the
most valuable and substantial, and a
greater variety of natural resources.
than any county in Montana. 1t COM
prses the whole of the Judith basin. a
section famed over the entire state. 1t
has thousands of sheep. cattle. hogs and
mineral resources which. in the near flu
ture at the present rate of development.
will compare with any other section of
the state: agricultural sections which,
for instance. produce eighty bushels of
oats and sixty bushels of wheat to the
acre: all the vegetables and small fruits:
abundant hay for stock. and hundreds
of miles of range ripping With the music
of water and fragrant with the odor of
Ner6ure.
The topogra ply of the county is pic
turesQue, with mountain ranges some
of the peaks of which are more than
6000 feet high and covered With snow
more than six months in the year. Cool
breezes from these peaks temper the hot
breath of summer. and what moisture
the rains fail to supply is made up by
the snow and innumerable springs. Grass
cures naturally on the ranges and is very
nutritious,
ASSESSED VALUATION.
The assessed valuation for the county
shows a great increase over 1899. The in
crease was exactly $6+S, al. Following is
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

head erect and patroniz1ng bearing,
leads you to little table III the corr
ner At all points along the line OF
march he bellows, "Hello, jack
t'How are you, Jo?" and the like, to
the grinning walters They return,
"Good evening, Mr--eeeer!" and pass
the wink along.
All unconscious of the atmosphere
of servile ridicule, the Walters Friend
takes his seat and delivers binlself Of
this prologueEto his waiter, "Here's
q good friend of mine, Bob. and /
want the best in the house. None of
your poor cuts, and greasy gravy!
Eh?" Bob says Eyes. sir" and MS
eyes travel over to you with a sort of
mild wonder. You can't but feel that
he pities you.
When the dinner has BEEN ordered
to the satisfaction of your Walters
Friend, that oracle sends a parting
:sHurry it I'D. NV bowl" after the re-
treating man and turns to you.
That's Bob he says; best
waiter in town-always treats mo
great! You know, I believe in max
.irg your walters interested in you.
You will find they are not such bad
fellows after ALL"
"They certainly do seem interested
. in you" you may reply, and than WON
der how long dinner will last. You
know the walters around the room
aren't smiling at you, but still it
makes you uncomfortable.
''That'. right" goes on the Wait
er's Friend: chose boys always seem
glad to see me come around; AID you
bet they know I'll tip 'em, tool"
After you have lived through this
sort of thing as far as coffee and ci-
gars, you earnestly advise the theatre.
You would advise even the Pigeon
Show t. get you out of that apronad
Sanhedrin.
"Well, all right, let's go to Frost-
er's" assents your compaRian; #
know an usher there, and If We get
admission tickets, he'll fix us all
right"
But you are forewarned ard decline
to witness the role of Usher's Friend.
Considering release cheap at the price,
you pay the bill, tee the waiter and
take leave of the Waters Friend.
Sorry you wont come up" is lis
parting word. eff Billy g on the
ticket window I might hx-Oh! that's
your car, eh? So 1ong!'
Then you have learned what INST
people know of the Walters Frierd,
and thereafter he is your friend only
on the street.-Puck.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
FACT AMP FANCY.

The Waitsr's Friend sAsSla be shaka
en- we'll before taking dinner. If yoS
can't shake aim go without your
dinner as long as munger permits. be-
fore submitting. to what viii probably
be- the inevitable. But you may not
know that The is = Waters friend.
AS you have seen him outside cafeE
and restavraass he may have gwen
signs Of being a good fellow Of some
gentlemaAEy instincts Inside ne -
the WATERS Friend; conspicuous ass
He shows symptoms OF the afeao
unafady when you begin to tax OF 81
s4furHg out to dinner. Then he grows 90
Gifted and declares, 81 hate Ders-at ,
too formal in there. know &c.
little Joint, off Broadway plass
in town-come on, I'll take ~"
around!" AS the dinner Is TO DC
YOU, you think this is little peo'''-''A
but say nothing and come on u
When the little joint IS Ieaon -
he pushes in before you. and. with no
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH.

I'd like to be cowboy an ride a fiery
Way out into the big an boundless
West;
I'd kid the bears an catamounts an
wolves 1 come across,
AM I'd pluck the bal head eagle from
his nest!
With my pistols at my SIDE
I would roam the prarers wide
An to Scalp the savage Injun in his
wigwam would ride
L ] darst; but ! darsen't! ,,s..
I'd like to go to Afriky an hunt the lions
aaRs~ there, :sHkEaEsssssssa-a
: And the biggest oliyfunts you ever saw
would track the fierce gorilla to his
r. Equatorial lair,
An beard the cunny bull that eats folks
raw!
I'd chase the pizen snakes
An the 'pottimus that makes
Ills nest down at the bottom Of unfathom'
able lakes
If darst; but darsen'e!
I would were . pirut to sail the ocean
blue,
With a big black flag a f1yin overhead;
would scour the bitlowy main with my
gallant pirut crew
An dye the sea a equity CORY red!
With nay cutless In my hand
On the quarterback I'd stand
And to deeds OF heroism I'd incite my
pirut band
II darst; but darsen't!
And, II darst. I'd lick my pa for the
times that he's licked me!
hck my brother an my teacher, TOO!
I'D lick the fellers that call round on
!. sister after tea,
An I'd keep on lickin' folks till goi
through!
You bet! I'd run away
From my lessons to my play.
An Ia shoe the hens an tease the cat an
kiss the girls all day
II darst: but I darsen't!
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
Homestead at First viey :,

a cold, Tain October rain was fall
ting as took the little ferry boat and
crossed the Monongahela river to see
Homestead and it's iron mills
The town, UNANIMOUSLY historic al
ready, sprawled over the irregular
| hillside, cireled by the cold gray river.
On the fats close to the waters edge
there were masses Of great sheds. ont
OF which grim smoke stacks rose with
a desolate effect. like the black stumps
of a burned forest of great trees.
| Above them dense clouds of sticky
smoke rolled heavily away
Higher up che tenement houses
stood in dfngv rows. alternating with
vacant lots. Higher still stood some
Queene Anne Gotta ges, toward which
slender sidewalks climed like goat
paths.
The streets of tine town were horrible:
the buildings were poor; the side
walks were Sunken, >swaying, and full
of holes, and the crossings were sharp
edged stones set like rocks in river
bed Everywhere the yellow mud Of
the street lay kneaded into a sticky
mass, through which groups Of pale,
lean men slouched i'm faded garments,
grimy with the SCOT and grease of the
mills.
The town was as squdlid and an
lovely as could we'll be imagined, and
the people were mainly of the dis
and sullen type to be found
everywhere where labor passes into
the brutalizing stage of severity. 1t
had the disorganized and incoherent
effect of town which has feeble
public spirit. Big industries at diff
feTing eras have produced squads Of
squalid tenement houses far from the
central portion of the town, each plant
bringing it's gangs Of foreign laborers
in raw masses to camp down like an
army around its shops.
Such towns are s0wn thickEy over
the hiIllands of Pennsylvania, but
this was my first descent into one Of
them They are American only in the |
sense in which they represent the AM
erican idea Of business.
The Carnegie mills stood down near
the river az some distance from the
ferry landing. and thither I took my
way through the sticky yellow mud
and the gray falling rain.-Hamlin
Garland in McClure's Magazine
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
How the Doctor Got His Clock.

In the hallway of a Philadelphia
| doctors house stands tne example
of a grandfather's clock, the possess
! sion of which the medical man owes
entirely to a pinch of snuff. soma
years ago the doctor in question set
his heart upon such timepiece, and
devoted two of his vacations to clock
hunting. He visited many New Eng
land farm houses without success. as
old furniture has been pretty we'll
gathered UP by the dealers down
East" and then carried his question:
into Delaware and Maryland, where
he found many old clocks. but none Of
them for sale.
He was about to return home dis
consulate, when he was called into
consultation over a patient dying OF
ouinsy. The resources of meate3Ne
had been exhausted when rttE
City doctor bethougbt
old snuff box he b l&se als
his wanderine lE Eajea
a modicp-i 81 s0oa .aS
yore w. e2a q ae
stessSf a,Aalfqg .51ently,
So H h as throat that
D 2s-a ~ 49, 5l % death. Stinu-
wa Mustered and the SICK
LAM se &sl-lnANS'
Dia Tb,, philadelphia doctor lett In. Inc
Mace the morning after TINS ~ rem Mean
able able operation, but he had d not M ps1n
home week before the gra.elua m n,ao,
lander sent him grandfatnel S;cr
accompanied by q card upon 49,
80 Written: "This clock, Wnlcn
s %an the hour of my birth, Wouio
s sana also marked the hour OF my
aa if your skill and knowledge nae
u uot STAYED the hand Of the destroyer
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

novel method Of detecting ths
- ~ a steamships proDellors has
Seen invented by an Italian. ne las
wada an apparatus which is 2 varla7
zion tor of the telephone. Several trans.
roitters are submerged and afrangsS
~ land or to point in different dir
- ,, all being connected with q
receiver on board another snlp.
direcio in which the sound Is ouu.
ast indicates the point OF the COMPASS
IN which the distant ship IS TO De looAT
ed for.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
Fitted For That.

Pater (sadly)-I don't know what to
do with that boy of mine. He's been
two years at the medical schools and
till keeps at the foot of his class.
Perrins (promptly)-Make chiropo
dist of him-Tit-Bits.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
Touch.

did you tender your resigna ton ~
said a man to an eX-officeholder.
81 resigned by request, sir, but there
was nothing tender about it. 1t was
rough, "-Pittsburg Chronicle, ,,4.5
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

Tba fellow who claims to be itcnlng
for az fight seldom comes % TUG
scratch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

color of her hair and the shape Of her
nose. They performed their duty with
scrupulous fidelity and made a detailed
report.
THE nose Of the princess" they
wrote, has a little elevation in the
middle Of its length, from which point
it bends down toward her lips, as if it
were seeking to kiss them.''
Being permitted to kiss her hand they
utilized the occasion to study that
member with care and reported that it
vas of a pretty shape and as soft as
satin, adding that her eyes were brown
and her eyebrows and hair nearly
black. They took such note of her re-
SEPARATION as circumstances and ETH
quette permitted.
The king was DESTROYS of obtaining a
wife who was not addicted 10 the use
of perfumes and the commissioners
were able to report that the princess,
like a rose, exhaled only her own fra
GRANGE. Her disposition appeared to
them to be a happy combination of
modesty and sprightliness. But not
withstanding this pleasing description
the king did hot marry her. Perhaps
the nose was too much for him.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
An School.

The New England Primer remains
the monument of the New England
school of long ago. 1t vas one of the
quaintest centers of learning magma
BILE. Here is an account of a classroom
of seventy years ago taken from among
the recollectiOns of a New England
lady, Mrs. Frances A. Breckenridge.
The third class having had their spell
ing lessons in words of two s~yllables,
the little ones were called up to learn
their "a b c's." The unlucky infants
were kept to their duty by gentle raps
ON the head with the handle of a pen
knife used as a pointer, and always
kept in readiness for the e~xigencies of
pen-mending.
A dozen or two of mere babies were
thus guided along the row Of twenty
six letters, while the lesson was occa-
sionally broken by snch requests as,
please to g'wout ~ Kse r drink er
water!!" (as if here r-v Il choice of
drinksD and please to mend my penn'
The statement that they are a-crowd-
in on me" and an occasional howl from
some overtired little mortal on the front
bench gave variety to the exercises.
1t would now be time for the second
class to read and spell. A whirl of feet
and petticoats landed two rows of boys
and girls standing on the floor, facing
the teacher, who gave the order, "Man-
ners!" and the jerking of necks and the
bobbing Of skirts gave evidence that
school etiquette was understood. The
spelling came first, afterward the read.
ing from the same page. Here are a
few specimens:
1--WE burn oil in tin and glass lamps
1--WE can burn fish oil in lamps"
Watts was a very good poet. He
wrote good songs"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
The Confederacy's Dissolution.

"In all Southland there is, perhaps,
no more interesting house than is to be
seen in the quaint, ~aristocratic, fiowery
little town of Washington, in Wilkes
County, Georgia." writes Mrs. Thad-
deus Horton, in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. 1T is known far and wide as
Heard House, taking it's name from
Stephen Heard, the first settler of
Washington, later a governor of Geor-
gia, who reached there after G long
journey from Virginia on New Years
Day, 1874. He camped his family on
the spot where Heard House now
stands, where afterward he built a fort
of defense against the Indians. The
first dwelling erected on the ground,
however, was a large, wooden struc-
ture, known as the tavern of Capt.
John Williamson, whose girls were ia
nous Georgia beauties, courted by half
the young squires in the State.
in 1866, just prior to the capture Of
Jefferson Davis, what Is known as the
last Cabinet meeting of the Confeder-
acy occurred in Heard House. The
room in which the discouraged Cabinet
ministers sat is at the real of the sec
ond story, and has never since been
used. For many months what little
money the C~onfederacy had was kept
in the old bank vaults on the lower
floor. The vault is there to-day, and Is
doing duty as a milk and butter closet.
Mrs. Mulligan, who at present occupies
the house, is a descendant of the orig
inal Heard family"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
1t Didn't Matter.

Booker It. Washington tells the fol.
lowing story of a member Of the "po'h
white trash" who endeavored to cross
a stream by means Of a ferry owned by
a black man.
Uncle Nose" said the white man, 81
want to cross, but l hain't got no mon.
ey."
Uncle Nose scratched his head.
"Doan' you got nc money t allY" he
queried.
NO" said the way-faring stranger
II haven't a cent"
But 1t don't cost but three cents
insisted Uncle Nose, ''ter cross de fer
ry."
81 know" said the white man, "but
haven't got the three cents"
Uncle Moses vas in a quandary.
Boss" he said, done tole you what
Err man what's got no three cents am
jes' ez well off on dis side er river as on
de odder."