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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31
LOCAL POLITICAL POINTERS.

There will never be doubt about
the attitude of John Andrew Jackson
Dawes OF Tibet, He hates Johns
worse than the devil hates holy water,
and with good reason. Dawes is a
good citizen and IA man OF firm con-
victions. He'd rather be right than
hold a petty county Office. That Is
where he differs from a majority Of
the local Democratic politicians.
-.
ID. l.. Shafer Is said TO have lined
up with the Eagle faction. ID. l.. has
always been ready to swallow most
anything that bore the Democratic
brand.
Prof. Parent will take all summer
to decide where he stands. Johns
loves him dearly.
-.
VIII Sheriff Shaw and Marshal
Weaver crawl into the Eagle band
wagon after promising loyalty to
Editor LARSEN OF the Democrat? OF
course they will. Just watch their
notion, ii they haven't got IA front
seat already.
Every Republican whom the Buzz
zard cannot blackmail into some
degree of financial support can cx-
pect to be turned down. 1t has ever
been SO.
-.
We look for the editor of the DEM
ocrat To give the Eagle a half-column
puff in this weeks issue.
-.
Now would be "A good time for the
Democrat to give that pictorial H.
lustratiOn of the escnpade OF the ed
itor OF the Eagle which waspromised
some time ago. Or was it the pro-
ductofE rLarsscn' simaginatiun?
..
The Eagle should have commenced
to boom Cort for district Judge with
its first issue. He will need all the
support the fly-up-the-crcek can give
him.
w. f. Cort. j. I. Corbly, Frank
Corners and Frank Daniels will give
their moral support mt least to the
Eagle.
After many tribulations the Lewis
town Eagle has madeits appearance.
The issue, as was anticipated, CON
tanned many highly complimentary
references to local Republicans and
possible candidates for office fall.
-.
Really, we feel sorry for Mayor
Barnes. We believe him to be a
Christian gentleman and an honest
man. He is nm earnest. sincere Dem
Ocrat, and that H. saying n great
deal. But the multiplicity of party
organs bother him. He has no fur
Their use for the editor Of the Eagle.
As mayor Of Lewistown and cogniz-
ant Of all that transpircs in the city
government and familiar with all
matters that come before the board,
he had 1t proved to him that Editor
Johns was trying to beat the tax
payers OF LewistOwn out Of S2j 90 in
his bill for blank books prior to dis
posing OF the Democrat. The ARGUS
proved this, not only to the satisfac-
ton of Mayor Barnes, but to every
member Of the common council.
Now, as an honest man, Mr.. Barnes
cannot give his moral support to the
Eagle, however much he may desire
party harmony and peace in the
Democratic ranks.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

Cheyenne, Jan. eat IL reported
that n posse ran down two OF
the Union Pacific train robbers in the
HOle-in-the-W Wall Saturday, and after
n desperate fight, killed both. One
of the pursuing party was slightly
wounded.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

London. Jan. 29.-General Butler
says that General Warren's troops
have retreated south of the Tugela
river. The Beers say the British lost
100 killed on Wednesday. II IL be.
lieved that this includes the wound
ed. The Beers also claim that $50 Of
the English troops surrendered ut
Spion kOp.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

1t is believed the output OF gold
from Fergus county this year will be
the largest since the precious metal
was discovered and add materially
to the total output uithe world
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

The situation is getting exceeding
ly warm down in Kentucky. Goe-
bells attempt to set aside the verdict
OF the people is liablctolead to blood
shed,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

T~om-Nothing is more depressing than a 81.
lent woman.
Bob-A silent womanl For the love Of Mo.
$ -, where did you ever see one;-Northwes
Magazine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

London, Jan. 29.-lt is reliably re-
ported that Roberts has advised the
abandonment Of Ladysmith. The
war office will not confirm the re-
port.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31
BUTLER BEATEN BACK
Retreats Across the Tugela
River Leaving Fifteen
Hundred Killed and
Wounded.
Especial to the August

Helena, Jan. 29.-General Butler and
his army forced back over the Tugela
river, lea ing l 800 dead and wounded
behind.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31
FERGUS County ar9us.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
JOHN NJ. YROOMAN, Editor and Proprietor

To strike or not to strike seems 10
be the question on the urea' Nor'n'
ern.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31

1t looks as though the seat OF war
has been changed ron S"u'n Ai'ioa
to Frankfort, ny,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-24
FRANCO BELGIAN
Steamship Line Projected TO China and
Other Oriental Points.

Under date Of January 80, 1900, United
States Consul Atwell, OF RoubaiS,
writes as follows
THE French chamber OF commerce
at Antwerp has under consideration a
project TO establish a Franco Belgian
steamship line between Antwerp, Dun.
kirk headquarters Of the company,
Indo, China, and the extreme orient
The project Is recommended by the
French minister and consul general at
Brussels the French ministers for
foreign affairs, the colonies and COM
merce; also by the chamber OF COM
merce Of Dunkirk. The French minis
ter OF commerce says that the opening
OF the port OF Dunkirk TO direct trade
with the far east viii greatly facilitate
the commercial relations Of manufac-
turers and merchants IN the north OF
France with Asiatic markets by reliey-
ing them Of the necessity OF shipping
merchandise intended for oriental trade
through foreign ports II Is thought
that trade with the orient viii receive
great impetus by the creation OF a
service Of ships sailing under French
colors. The company now forming pro-
poses 10 start with six ships Of 1000
tons each. having a speed Of II knots.
Three OF these ships are to be built
In France and three abroad The
chamber Of commerce OF Dunkirk rec
ommends that every facility be afford
ed the projectors Of the scheme In order
to insure success, as the line is regard
cd as imperative In the interest OF
French commerce and particularly de-
sirabe for northern France"
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came here and that NOTWITHSTANDING
ne mas marched Tor days with his
clothes wet 90 the skin, has slept on
the ground and undergone an sorts Of
hdrdshps.
AZ one time I am told that some Of
his officers objected 10 allowing the
troops 20 march further on a certain
cay. The general thought II was i'm
portant 20 reacn the next town, twelve
miles distant, and he said:
II win not ask my men 20 do anything
which ! am not willing 10 do myself.
Here, captain you take my horse. Give
II % that sick soldier and viii carry a
gun ana walk With that, as the story
goes, he took the soldiers gun and
marched with the regiment. he kept
up an the way making the twelve miles
In less than four hours. and came out
OF II without being especially fatigued.
AT another time he had charge Of the
provisions Tor Gen. MacArthur's diyis-
Ion. II was very important that some
24OO0 ratlOns be moved across one OF the
principal rivers. These ratiOns weighed
about 10000 pounds. The soldiers need
ed them Immediately. and there was no
bridge or boat to get them acrosn the
river When the general arrived at the
stream he found that the soldiers had
built a raft which would carry only
about 300 pounds at time. He saw that
with such means the train would be de-
layed for days. so he decided TO build a
pontoon bridge, The only wood was
on the other side OF the river but he
TOOK twenty men with him, and.
stripped 10 the skin, they swan the
river with their axes. and cut the bam-
boo necessary TO make the bridge. Not
withstanding that he was several hours
without clothes he says he experienced
no evil results from this action. His
work resulted In the ratlons being car
ried across that river In less than four
hours. FRANK q. CARPENTER
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There's This Difference

Between Madsen and most other Furniture Sores-the bar
gains offer not visionary-hey don't disappear the
moment you ask for them they're not ust sold out every
time you call for hemheyre here ready and waiting for
you. We're glad to show Them glad to sell Them glad
have you send your friends relatives and neghbors for more
like them We don't believe in foong the people with i'm
possible offers. Read our ads with confidence We stand
back of them We live up to them
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Indoeslan and the Malayan. The first
is said TO be a disappearing tribe, and
their number is estimated at $4,000.
The Indonesian is estimated at about
200. 600 and the rest Is largely Malayan.
Considerable SPACE is devoted 10 the
habitation OF the different tribes that
compose the races given above, and
also there is discussion Of the ciylli-
zation Of the various peoples and the
progress which has been made among
them. There are not very many Jap
anese In the Philippines, but a con-
siderable number Of Chinese
COMMERCE, RESOURCES, ETC.
The commerce and resources Of the
islands form a very interesting feature
Of the report for those who desire TO
have such information I'm compact
form. IL relates TO transportation. the
exports and imports. a great deal abouS
minerals, showing where the gold, sill
yer, iron. lead, copper and coal and
marble and other articles are found
and what progress Is being made in the
way Of prospecting and working the
mines. There is also a discussion Of
the woods and forests, which are valu-
able and which. II is expected. will
form an important feature OF the ex-
ports of the islands.
TELEGRAPH IN ALASKA.
il looks now as II Alaska was 10 have
a telegraph line, even though II be a
line constructed operated and con-
trolled by the army. The secretary Of
war has asked for an appropriation for
such a system, 10 cost between 100000
and 100000, The scheme as outlined
is to start at Valdez, running north to
the Yukon, connecting with all mill
tary stations along that river, and then
from ST. Michael's, under Norton
Sound, TO Cape Nome. the newly devel-
oped gold field. A strange feature or
this telegraph line is that Il is to be
laid most Of the distance upon the
ground. Ii is most essential TO the de-
velopment OF the great Territory OF
Alaska that there be some Geographic
communication between the leading
points. and II is expected that II this
local line is once established It may be
an incentive for laying cable to Alas
ka from some point In the State OF
Washington. There is a demand for a
cable to the Philippines. but the people
OF Alaska say II is just as important
that there should be an all American
line from the States 10 Alaska.
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..,,s,ed 1900. the Associated Press
@p% ,ons February Z, 1901 have
r,1lng an day through one
,' r.. richest valleys Of this island OF
d Wy have come with General
LEV LIN and his STAFF from Manila over
W., ..oroad to the little town OF Pan
Us where the general now has his
wv ,.tsrs We are eighty.three
H14s so,,h Of Manila and within forty
il n. !, ,be end Of the railroad on the
I ..,, =, tlngayen. This island reaches
w. "a miles north OF that point and be-
Y. Manila It's tail extends out to the
wv 49,, a distance Of at least 21O
s.9's further From this you may get
-. l5sa Of the great size Of Luzon'
w. abroad we're to be built from It's
'ao,bsnmost point to the extreme north
!, rosla be longer than the distance
A,,r.en New York city and Pittsburg'
~, negest part Of the Island is north
:, Manila where II is on the average
aver 100 miles wide and longer than
Som New York TO Washington. 1t
~. an area fully as great as that Of
M STATE Of Ohio, and an enormous
amount Of good land. have met dur
,e ny stay in the Philippines men
,,on nearly every part Of 1t and all
.esak OF rs fertile valleys and rich
,sIHng foothills 1t has mountains COW
80 win valuable timber and deposits
Temper ard gold Some Of the officers
vso have lust returned from the oX-
,,.oa north tell me the sayages there
,soWed them gold nuggets and quilts OF
r,d aust and coarse gold, They say the
rsople wear rude rings made Of pure
IA and that the Chinese travel 10
NJ north and trade with them for the
nreelous metal. expect TO make an
susdtion north before / leave the
psHipnlnes when shall be able to
1--WE a fuller detail Of its mineral re-
sources.
THE VALLEY NORTH OF MANILA.
wish could show you the rich val
ley which extends all along both sides
Of The railroad from Manila to the
Gun n Llngayen. 1t is a vast fiat rice
fsi from thirty to fifty miles wide and
more than one hundred miles long.
Here and there Is little patch Of corn,
and above Calumplt some few planta-
tins Of pale green sugar cane, but
the rest Is al rice, rice. rice. There are
iag fences / saw none except some
about the cane fields You can look
over miles Of level fields now gray with
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FRANK 6. CARPENTER

the harvested rice. but green where the
vegetation is sprouting up through the
cut off stalks.
Near the railroad at least there Is
no irrigation. The fields are very small
and each Is surrounded by little mud
grass grown wall TO Keep IN the water,
but the water comes from the floods
Of the rainy season. when Il rains for
days and days sometimes dropping the
water almost IN streams / am told
that the rainfall In parts Of the valley
Is as much as eight feet IN a year, so
that IL all the water was held ia It
would almost cover the head OF the
average Filipino standing upon the
shoulders Of one Of his brothers. Now
everything Is comparatively dry.
The walls about the fields are usually
about a foot high and not more than
eight inches wide. They form the paths
through the country as the water falls
and some of them are quite worn Some
parts Of the valley have a slight slope
and in such places the fields are ter.
raced rising gently from one platform
20 another.
The valley Is spotted with groves
and clumps Of tall bamboos. great
punches Of green feathers with stalks
fifty feet tall and branches which quiv-
er with every passing breeze. You see
but few houses. They are IN most cases
hid by the bamboos. which shade them.
The people do not live on their farms,
but in villages and towns scattered
along the roads Just as do the farmers
Of France and Germany Many Of them
walk several miles TO their work every
day. / am told that the roads are
nearly everywhere lined with houses
and that some little towns consist OF
a single street several miles in length.
QUEER COUNTRY SCENES.
But let me give you some pictures OF
our Filipino subjects as they work In
their fields. You must first imagine the
beautiful valley made up OF a great
patchwork OF these little silver gray
patches sewed together with wide strips
Of green and embroidered with Wild
flowers You must add magnificent
mountains as blue as the Blue Ridge
or the Alleghenles, rising and falling in
rugged volcanic beauty away of at the
right and the left, and through the val
ley these tall tufts Of bamboo green.
Upon this as a background the Fill
pinos stand or rather stoop, more pic
turesque even than their surroundings.
There are hundreds OF women dressed
IN queer clothes in which bright red
often forms the principal color They
have great round hats like bread bowls
turned upside down, short Jackets which
always seem TO be just about 10 fan OF
from their shoulders, bag-like skirts
which are often tucked Up SO that half
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den as well as driven. The men usually
mount their backs 10 go home from
the fields. You see them ridden by
the children and, still stranger. Ties
are ridden hv the birds. Every other
buffalo you see IN the fields has a bird
on its back. There Is a black caribou
now with a great white crane roostlng
on him. Further on there rs another
with a crow on SIS back Each bird
Is peclting al its buffalo. but the buffalo
understands IL. lie realizes that The
birds are good fy catchers and mat
they live on the insects which are try
ing to live of him.
THE BATTLE OF THE RICE
FOUNDERS
Speaking Of threshing rice reminds
me Of an Incident which created quite
an excitement In General Wheeler g
brigade some weeks ago The pounding
OF the pestle in the rice mortar mukes
a boom. boom, boom, which In It's IT.
regularity sounds Ike the firing OF
musketry.
The insurrectos were supposed 10 be
very close 10 Gen. Wheeler one lay
when Captain T.. V. Smith Of the gem
erals stan thought he heard firing II
seemed 20 be about two miles Off and Il
came in irregular shots. b1om' booml
b0omety boom, lie was standing by
General Wheeler az the time and asked:
General. do you hear that"
Eyes. sin" replied the general 1T
sounds TO me as though they Wee fir
Ing over az Bacolor. / think We had
better 60 TO the lookout and find
whether anything can be seen. The
lookout was a tall tree in which a
man was stationed with a palr Of
glasses to scan the country and guard
against surprise. Upon being asked as
to whether he saw anything The SEN
tinel replied that he did not. but that
he was certain there was firing about
two miles of.
Upon this the general and his staff
started with the regiment In tina. di-
rection. As they came nearer the sound
they were able TO locate IL. and they
found that the shots came not from
muskets but from the pounding NJ he
rice There were a half dozen women
and one man az work, and that was all.
Since then the incident has been known
in Wheeler's brigade as the battle Of
the rice FOUNDERS.
A somewhat similar case OF prema-
ture excitement occurred Just outside
Manila near La Iona church. In which
the Twenty-hfth infantry formed the
actors. 1t was when the regiment was
new TO the Philippines The soldiers
had been placed there on guard, when
they saw what they thought were sig
nails. flashing here and there through
the darkness. They shot at them only
TO learn afterward that they had been
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lar subject and In this same pamphlet
he Is able to obtain references which
Will give him the additional informa-
ton. II Is more than likely that there
will be q great demand for this docu-
ment on account Of the growing interest
In the islands which were acquired from
Spain and which viii in the future be
the principal topic OF discussion and
have such a great influence upon the
politics Of the country.
NUMBER AND LIMITS.
This pamphlet gives the names of
the more important islands Of the
group and also the area as far as
known Quoting from the coast and
geodetic survey, II is stated that 94S
Islands have been counted, while there
are on large scale charts some LIS.
The total area OF the Islands, the small
err ones being estimated is 1852
square miles, while the shore line Is
ll,4H statute miles One OF the prin-
cipal reasons given why Il would be
impossible TO have free trade with the
Philippines Is because the Islands are
so numerous and the shore line so
great that II would make II absolutely
Impossible for the United States TO
prevent smuggling and that Il would
soon become the principal Industry OF
the islands. The same statement Is
made in regard 10 Cuba, and the fact
has been pointed out that In the Phil
ippiues the United States, with a fleet
OF war vessels and 10000 soldiers has
been unable to prevent the smuggling OF
arms and ammunition to the Fill
plnos and that Spain was unable TO
prevent, with her entire fleet, the
smuggling Of war materials TO the Gu
bans These are among the reasons
given in the pamphlet why there never
should be free trade between the Phil
ippines or Cuba and the United States.
THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS
The population Of the Islands Is estl-
mated at 6.9s5, 12i. although the agent
OF the census bureau, from whom this
estimate Is taken says that he believes
the basis Is too low, and the pamphlet
gives the figure at 100000 In round
numbers There is an interesting
chapter upon the various races and
tribes which compose this population,
and II is asserted that the inhabitants
OF the Philippines belong 10 three
sharply distinct races-the Negrto, the
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Panlque Is a typical country Village.
At least # Is typical OF this part OF
Luzon. Nearly every section Of these
islands has peculiaritles OF its own.
The dialects are so different that II Is
said that the common people OF south
ern Luzon are unable 10 make Them
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a leg shows, and bare feet. The men
wear their shirts outside their thin cot
ton trousers and many Of them have on
great hats like the women There are
also children Of al ages, some dressed
much like their parents and few with
almost no clothes az all. See that boy
over there. lie has q white shirt, the
tail Of which just touches his hips, with
a black belt round his waist The rest
OF his body Is as bare as when he was
born
The most % the rice has been cut
some weeks ago The heads have been
taken of one by one, tied up IN bun
dies not much bigger than a good-slzed
bouquet and carried home TO be
threshed Half % the straw for some
reason Is left IN the field. and people
are now going through and cutting the
stalks They tie them IN bundles and
shock them up In low windrows and
small piles Each girl has a hook like
a knife, with long handle, and she
bends over low as she cuts Some OF
the girls are quite pretty. and visions
OF Ruth as she gathered the straw for
old Boaz come before you,
A HUMAN THREsH1NG MACHINE.
But what are they doing in that field
over there? A man and a woman fac
ing each other, are hanging on TO pole
nailed TO bamboo stakes In the ground,
and jumping up and down on the rice
straw which lies under their feet. That
Is the human threshlng machine u
Luzon. They are treading out with
their weight the rice left In the straw.
The crop itself is threshed when the
grain Is first cut The little bundles are
stacked up about the hut or placed.
with their heads downward, on the
ground inside an Enclosure to dry When
thoroughly ripe the heads OF the stalks
are put In a mortar made by following
out a block OF hard wood. and men or
women pound upon them with great
wooden pestles thus threshing the rice
from the straw. The wlnn0wing is done
by the wind. the rice being thrown into
the air again and again caught in a
tray.
BIRDS AND BUFFALoEs.
We look in vain for COWS and horses
In the fields Of this valley. The ponies
Of Luzon are raised in other sections,
and the only animals visible are the
water buffaloes or caribou and now and
then an ugly black pig. The caribou
are everywhere. They drag great farm
carts with wheels "a yard in diameter
they haul sleds through the rice fields,
for the ground is so soft that no wagons
are used there. You see them blowing,
going along with their heads down
dragging rude one-handed plows like
those Of the Scriptures. They are rid