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Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION = United
September Is. 1901.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his Intention
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Saturday. November 2 1901, VIZ:
DQMINICK M'DEYITT,
rs. Wy swk. sec1t, 70 10 n, 10 e. Montana r M /.
He names the following Witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viri -fT.-- y 7F
Baker and John Satterwhlte, ali of Irene, Mont.
EDWARD BR Assay Register.
First publication Sept. Is.
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-United States Land Office

at Lewistown. Mont, sept. 80. 1901.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN S. yENNI.
of LewistowD, Mont, has filed notice of
intention 90 make proof on his desert land
claim No. 6S3, for the eIa nwA sec IL, tp Is n
r II e, Montana =. NJ. before the register and
receiver at Lewisiown. Mont, on Tuesday. the
18th day of November. 1901.
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove
land:
Herman Clausen. Fred Jenni. Leo Diezi-
ger and Joseph Dieziger. all of Lewistown,
Mont
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
First publication Oct. 2
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION = United
~ States Land Office at LeWistoWn, Mont.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
IN States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
Oct. Z, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
10 make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana. on
Thursday, November IA. 1901. viz:
MORSE HEATH.
who made II. +. No. ls44, for the s'S seh
sec 10, wig swl4 sec 20 tp Is n Ice. Mont, p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses 10 prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz;
Perry Heath, Robert Day and Frank Daley,
of Lewistown, Mont. and Alf Sullenger. of
Grass Range, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register.
First publication Oct.9
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF--Notice
~ for publication-United States Land Ofhce
at Lewistown. Mont. Oct. Il. 1871.
Notice is hereby given that
SIMEON ;. HOBSON.
for and In behalf Of the hets Of Frank A. Hob
son. deceased. assignee of Allan l.. Murphy,
of Fergus CO.. Mont. has filed notice OF inten-
ton 90 make proof on hts desert land claim No
TO, for the nwk nek, M nwA, swit nwk, sec
register and receiver at Lewstown. Mont, on
Tbnraday. the 2Sth day ~ November, 1901
He names the following witnesses 10 prove
the complete irrigation ana reclam alton OF said
land.
George A. Raw. Thomas Nicholson and
James Raw Of Philbrook, Mont, and George
NJ. Stone, VI Lewistown. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Oct. q
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for public ation-United States Land Office
at Lrwistowi,, Mont. Oct. !, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that
BENJAMIN J. HILL.
assignee Of Hans c. Hagstrom,
Of Gilt Edge. Montana. has filed notice Of
Intention TO make proof on his desert land
claim No. 7Ol. for the nwk selt. swly net, sec
~. tp Ism ~ e. Montana p. NJ. before the
,ana. ON Wednesday, the 18th day Of Novem-
Der, 1901.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
the complete Irrigation and reclamation of said
land:
Swend Holland. Thor Nelson and Rufus
smith, OF Gilt Edge. Mont, and Peter Wey.
dert, OF LEWISTON n, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEy, Register.
First publication Oct.2
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30

nRsERT. LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for pubiication-United Stxtes Land Office
at Lewistown. Mont. Oct, IL, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN SHEA,
assignee of John Hancock,
of Philbrook, Montana. has filed notice of in
tention 70 make proof on his desert land claim
No. 6S7. for the slt neh. SEX. sec IS, tp Is rs
c, Montana 7. M, before the register and re-
ceiver at Lewistown. Mont, on Saturday, the
sd day OF November, 1901.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF said
land.
Thomas Murray, Sarah Rooney. Richard
Raw and Mary Shea. all Of Philbrook. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First pub Oct Is
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30

Not cheap work. but work cheap. Is the rule
OF the ARous Job rooms.
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
Certificate Of Co-Partnership.

We. the undersigned John C.. Bebb and
Joseph ]. Lebert, do hereby certify that We,
the undersigned, have formed a CO. partnership
under the firm name and style of John {. Bebb
* Co. for the purpose of carrying on and con-
ductiug the "Lewistown Meat Market" and
doing general butchering business at Lewis
town. Fergus county, Montana: that the under
signed John c. Bebb and Joseph L. Leber.
are the sole and only members of the said CO.
partnership; and that all the members thereof
reside at Lewistown. Montana.
In witness whereof. we have hereuntO sub
scribed our names this srst day OF October.
1901. JOHN G. BEBB.
JOSEPH j. LEBERT.
State of Montana &c
County of Fergus. 30
BE II remembered: That on this first day Of
October, 1901. before me. Edgar q. Worden. a
Notary PUBLIC in and for Fergus county. Mon:
tana. personally appeared John {. Bebb and
Joseph i. Lebert, known 10 me TO be the per-
sons whose names are subscribed to the within
and foregoing instrument and each OF them
acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and
year In this certificate first above written:
EDGAR q. WORDEN.
Notary SeaD Notary Public in and for
Fergus County, Montana.
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION = United
Az States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,

First publication Oct. q
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Uniteo
~ States Land Office at Lewistown, Nj ont

First publication Oct. 30.
Fergus County argus., 1901-10-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION - United
IN States Land Office al I.eWistown Mont

EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Oct. l6.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

her stood Frank Marvin. 81 asked you to
come with me on my travels, and you con-
sented, as you did once before-but this
time it is for life
Alice Relsen laughed a little hys-
terlcally. 'But you know what happened
before, Frank" The last word was a
caress, so tenderly was it spoken.
eyes, know from what you said little
while ago-you thought my sister was an
other girl in whom | was interested. There
was and can be no other girl but you" And
then they talked it all over, for good.
The candy and toys were distributed from
the .paper-wrapped tree when they
returned to the hall. They did not remain
long, but went out under the stars and to
the little parsonage across the way. Frank
had sent friend for license, and IN
trice they were married.
A team and carriage were at the door,
and away they were whirled through the
beautiful but crisp prairie might.
"To the ranch" ordered Frank, and then
added: "It was a miracle that the train
stopped right here in my own town. The
big ranch-house Is ablaze with light out
there, and all is ready for you"
So the train went on toward the noun.
tains without two OF its passengers,
"Do you know" whispered Frank, as the
team drew up to the ranch-house, almost a
mansion out there on the plains, that re-
ceIved the best Christmas present of all
tonight"
"But you had to be your own Santa Claus
to get it," laughed Alice.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

name, was unheard of until from His peace
on the Mount of Beatitudes He gave it
forth, music sweeter than angels ever sang,
that higher song that man lives not unto
himself alone, and that the greatest happi-
ness is that which comes OF doing good unto
others.
Peace on earth! good will to men! That
higher song which lifts man above himself
and makes him but little lower than the
angels.
The Christ theme will never die. First
heard on the plains of Bethlehem, with the
frowning. Herodtemple but three miles
away, within whose walls were heard the
teachings of the law of revenge and love of
self, heard there for the first time, it has
been sounding ever since, spreading wider
and wider, until now it compasses the whole
earth In Christ's day Rome had waxed
to its noon of majesty, yet Rome passed and
was not. On that kingdom rose other
kingdoms, which perished in their turn.
Since He lived one system after another sys-
TEN of philosophy has been built up, only
TO be torn down again, But the words of
the Christ be and abide, and they shall stand
forever, influencing men to nobler lives and
higher results in living. His Kingdom is
an everlasting Kingdom, and of its dura.
ton there shall be no end.
Meet and right is it, then, that the
Christ-day shall be one Of gladness in the
human heart; that the children shall take
part in it, since He loved them and blessed
them, and that gifts shall be exchanged in
token of that love for one another, which
He bore for all humanity.
WILLIAM ROSsER COBBE,
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

them. He was behind the scenes a good
deal; too much, ss.e thougaty also, and it
worried her, for he was the only one in all
the house that sle, c9Unted on as friend
no. was he a friend? Sae wished She knew
if the story her chum told her were false
or true.
Then came the time for the Christmas
tree "doin's," as the manager called the
exercises. The big curtain was dropped,
and the children of the prairie farms and
ranches gave an audible "0h!" as the beau
tiful green n-paper-wrapped cottonwood,
lighted with candies and glistening with
tinsel, all brought from the city 400 miles
1 away, burst on their eyes. Many of them
| had never seen an evergreen, and this wes
fulillment OF all their anticipations.
Before the tree stood the fairy, her wings
and robe making her almost ethereal in the
sight of the little ones. Behind was the
open mouth of a chimney, and far off rang
the horn of Saint Nicholas as he approached
! over the houSetops on his sleigh. 1t was
! cold enough outside for his biggest furs,
and when he came laboriously down the
chimney and stood amid tae group on the
stage he was the very picture of the Santa
Claus of their dreams.
Swiftly he made the rounds of the tree,
and in cultural tones told the little folks
to help themselves. Then he did what was
not on the bills-he approached the fairy,
and in the same rough voice exclaimed:
You are to go with me on my travels tor
night. Come.
For a moment she stood lrresoute, not
/ knowing if this were part of the programme.
/ Then, thinking it must be, she took the
! heavily gloved hand, and, with bow to the
I audience. stepped back and back, until both
were swallowed up in the vast depth of the
chimney.
But they did not go upward Santa Claus
! opened a door in tne rear, and they were
outside the noisy hall and in the dressing
room,
Suddenly Santa Claus stripped off the
heavy wings and crown from the fairy, and
handed her her furs. Come with me, he
said, masterfully.
"What do you mean" she replied.
f'This," and he threw down the mask and
wig, the fur coat and heavy gloves--before
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

eight on this particular Christmas eve and
she had not yet discovered the hiding-place
Of to-morrows gift.
He must know that / want dlamol /,
this time," she mused. "Why, Lave cit
icized the vulgar display Mrs. Jonesmia..
makes OF them, and talked ol lie waste 0.
money their purchase implies until lie
must have been impelled TO buy me SONIC
out of sheer contrariety But where did
he hide them? That
A knock at the door interrupted her
train OF thought, and a particularly mia
viting chap asked for old clothes -5s q lol,.s.
whine. The influence of t.a season was
upon Mrs. Davidson, -i,aweve:, al! SIS save
him an old opereoat which lie: aus.aud
thought he might sometime wcar ~.ca he
went hunting. He never I'D g Lunting,
but he lived as if he always expected to
start early the next morning.
mo, just can't think where Ike has put
that gift;" she said, returning to Eer c;air
and her thoughts. ''Well, one comfort, he
hasn't seen the cuff links and the meer.
schaum pipe have for him. I've moved
their hiding-place twice week, so be has
had no chance to find them while rum.
maging in the waste paper basket for his
clean collars or searching in the China closet
for his necktie, which are always kept in
the upper left-hand bureau drawer. What's
that!"
The front door had opened cautiously and
stealthy step went up the stairs and stole
across the floor of the room above. Mrs.
Davidson turned pale, then softly elapped
her hands. "It's Tom going to take peep
at my present! I'll keep quiet and find on !
where it is"
She heard the steps about the room, and
held her breath until they paused before
the chiffonier.
"Ah, it is in the drawer that Tom said
had stuck and would not ot.open. Why did
never think of that before"
She listened until the cautious footsteps
came down the. stairs and the front door
softly opened and shut. Then sherose in her
triumph.
"Aha, he has slipped out to come in few
moments later, thinking that | did not
hear him. I'll slip up now, have a peep at
my diamonds and a good joke on him in the
morning."
She went upstairs and lit the gas; it
fared up and scream burst from her The
room was in confusion; drawers we're upset
and their contents scattered on the h3or
AS she screamed, the front door opcEed
and her husband came running Upstairs
"Well, Tom Davidson, if you taias LIS is
8 joke, l don't!" she cried, go sap in taia
way and play trick on your wife Is
"What on earth DO you mean by joke ?"
J 'Tom Davidson, you don't mean 20 cay
that l didn't hear you come ugsta;es Is
minutes ago to look at my present and"
"You certainly did not. Hello lles,rode
across the room and lifted drawer u the
rhiffonier which was upside down ca.! e
bed. "As | came up the block, met the
ugliest tramp | ever saw, and could have
eworn that he wore my old coat Yea simply
sat there while he riled the place and car
ried off the diamond pin l had gotten lor
your Christmas gift
When she had quoted down little and
Mr.. Davidson was telephoning for the police,
his wife suddenly remembered that tae last
hiding-place for the eTif links aud the meer-
Bchaum pipe was the breast pocket OF that
DID coat,
ELISA ARMSTRONG BENGOITGH
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
...A...
Christmas
Love Story
BY
CHA RLES
MOREAU
HARC c z
yw IFTY miles, sixty miles, seven

Yw IFTY miles, sixty miles, seven
x ty miles-seventy-taree miles
/fs&\ The indicator in tie roacma.
,fg ter's car attached 10 tie over
V~NL| Was making swift time across
the level plains Ahead, in the Pullman,
passengers scaic ceiy noticed the speed. They
were wishing tile long winter night were
over and were thinking of cozy firesideS
back east.
Frank Martin left the indicator with
out word to the roadmaster, whose guest
he was for the trip to his ranch, went for
ward for the tenth time that evening. He
looked anxiously up the aisle of the Pull
man. There she was-petite, dark-haired,
pensive, alone.
After moment of indecision he ap-
preached her. MAY bring you something
from the dining carr"
Nothing, thank you; / am doing very
we'll"
What was the use? She had only nod
ded when he encountered her on the train.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT.
1T PROVES THAT VANITY SOMETIMES is ITs
own PUNISHMENT.

p.
T nNESTY is the best policy y
/TAS% sighed Florence, Especially when
R5 Christmas is near" she added.
NSN Which means?" queried her
81 dearest friend, eagerly.
Winch means that my vanity is too
near the tip Of my tongue for my own good
LUCKILY that is common complaint, how
ever, else I'd never mention it."
oh, L understand, you expected some
pody to give you a handsome present. and
sent an equally handsome one on the
chance. Oh, well, comfort yourself: per.
maps she really believed the price you had
marked upon It,"
That wasn't it at ALL You remember
that Dick went abroad early in the fall,
don't you"
Il do--he has told me every incident of
MS trip everytime l have met him since his
return" -
OF course-what else did he 20 abroad
fors Well, he came to see me the day that
ne went away. He-he told me what a
pretty little hand | have"
An, well, you mustn't expect people to
always mean what they say"
am glad that some people do not, dear.
l Just mentioned the fact that l always
wore No. 6 glove-Oh, if you are going
to take it in that way-I am sure. that i al.
ways did until | was l6 years oldt"
"Oh, but that"
II am glad that you have the grace to
apologize, dear. Well, Dick failed to bring
me present when he came back, but
was just as sweet and nice as ever, because
Christmas was so near that"
There wasn't time to quarrel and make
up, especially, with man who is as pop.
ular as Dick.
mo. When Christmas eve arrived he
came to call, with box in his pocket, which
bulged so plainly that / could see it with
my back turned. He drew it out at last
just as my patience was exhausted, and,
Oh, Anne, it was two dozen pairs of gloves
that he had brought me from PARISH
"Oh, how perfectly lovely OF him!"
"It would have been, but for the fact
that they were number skies, and each pair
had my monogram embroidered on it, so
that | could not exchange themw
"Oh, dreadful! What could be worse?"
"That he insisted upon seeing me put
pair of them on!"
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

1t was quite an accident that they met
thus after their intimacy at the seashore.
He did not know that she was going to
q new home with her uncle in California.
She would not let him explain the past.
1t was almost tiine for him to get off ct
his rapch--for the train was making 70
miles an hourl How he wished it would
low upl
Hardly had the thought passed through
is mind, when there was jolt-a crunch
g, grinding sensational Mrch--and then
Addenly stopping, No one who has been in
wreck will ever forget it. The Pt,ii.aan
timed sidcwise, and that was the esd.
Marvin was RI ,Alice's side w.sen = VIZ
over. lie took or ara, and, ,golii:a i,i3
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Up pOston Way.

"And what" asked the caller in his most
ingratiating tones, what did Santa Claus
put in your stocking, my little girl?"
For moment she looked at him through
her dimnutive spectaeles; then, in voice
OF mingled pity and indignation, she said:
We no longer put credence in obsolete ira.
dition; nor was it delicate of you to men.
ton that article of feminine apparel"
Gathering up her copy of Ibsen, she hur.
riedly left the room.--New Lippincott.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
MANKIND DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND IT
UNTIL CHRIST WAS BORN.

XAE HAT is tenderest and best in
/ME the heart of man is evoked when
I @ \ the keys of memory are touched
t-2a and the song of the 'Christ-day
ZJI5rw is sounded. 1t is the music Of
the home and the loved, glad, if subdued,
melody recalling the earliest days Of recol-
lection--an eager rush for well-illed pend
ant stockings, for the laden Christmas tree,
with its gifts for all of the household. Aye,
and the eager rushing about the house
with merry shout and joyous greeting for
all. Then, the homecoming of the absent
and the gathering of all about the family
board.
Whether the corridors of our memory
mansions be long or short-our lives be
many or few, the harmonies ring along them
just the same, telling of the presence in the
heart of that which is old as immortality,
and which shall never die-loye. There,
then, this Christmas day, that Christmas
lay, and every Christmas day, is present in
the heart this love for the home, with its
inmates, Tor friends and for humanity,
The Christ day practice of opening the
heart to unselfsh influences is born of
the teachings of Him whose birth the day
commentaries. His the life beautiful, the
life rounded, the only completely perfect
life. He taught the lessons Of love, gentle.
ness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, be-
uevolence, chastity and self-denial. What
Is higher and best in humanity is OF His
teaching, and from the latter has come the
Christian home, the best development of
unselfsh affection and contentment to be
found among men.
The Christ-day is attuned to melody that
ever shall thrill the soul and cause it to
bring forth what is best in it. The herald
song of the angela to the shepherds on
the plain is fresher, stronger, closer, more
harmonious than ever, in the light of the
newer blessings which have come from the
Gospel of His peace. The lesson of real
humanity, refined, Divine altruism, and not
the coarser sort sometimes called by this
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
SANTA Ek ROUTE. D.

Daily sleeping cars from Dem
Ing to Denver, Kansas Oity and
Chicago.
Leaves Deming 500 p. M. Ar.
rives Deming 7 a. m. Agent San
to Fe Route, Demlng, will make
reservations.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
An l.xc for the Trcaent.

Miss Smoothe--No, cannot give you my
answer until the 6rat Of next year.
Mr.. SQG!oga But, .why? You say you
love me, and
Miss Snoo;@e-Why, you silly thing! If
cur engagement were ainCGpccl Ecw, none
Of the ether men would send me a single
Christmas gift,-,l}alimore American.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
His Ronr.

McGorry (carpngly) Thin makers av al
manacs hov got us be dhe t'roats, be,adl
Mrs. McGorry-How d'yez make thot
out?
McGorry-Make ut out? Here, now: I,
We hov cowld weather New Years, phwin
we don't made ut; an do obey give US avcn
a birth av frost on die Foart av July,
phwin our tongues arc EGne.a' out wild die
heat? Not SOS yez cud notice ut, bedadl-
Judge.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20

Rub gently Oh iaee at night
when moistened, the pure oil soaps
Eudora. Wash in the morning
and soon note complexion. Will
sell reasonable. Taylor Cyclone
Msecantile Co., satfordi GlaEadgs
Il Hunt, Thatcher. 80-3m,
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
tftCruIath,

We learn to know at Christmas
Life still is full of Ills;
To-day we get ~ presents,
Next week We get the bills.
Judge.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Rather Disseminating.

Maude-Did Daisy Freshlight give young
Slowboy any encouragement at the New
Years ball?
Uara-No, I think not. She asked him
70 marry her, that's all.-Chicago Daily
News
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
A. AGtorthonght.

",Iohn,n asked Mrs. Torkins, tearfully,
"do you relenber tie present Mrs. Page
gave me last Christmas
YES" replied her husband; what Of
it?"
81 am almost sure / have sent it to her
this year Brooklyn Life.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Shattered Her ideals.

Miss Askit-Why is Miss Wunder so
pessimistic about Christmas?
Miss Tellit-She hung up a $l2 pair OF
silk hose last year, and some one stole
taem. Baltimore American.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
should Be Perfectly Happy.

81 don't see why Long jim Jones shouldn't
be happy this New Years day." said the
Georgia native "He's got six fddles, ten
children, an moonshine 'still' that amt
never been spotted by the government. -
Atlanta (Ga) Constitution.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Ono Token Barred,

'Dearie, what do you want me ia give
you for Christmss?"
''Well precious, I've got II framed pho.
tographs Of you now Detroit Free Press.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Mr.. DAvIDsON'S COAT.
A CHRISTMAS EPISODE WITH AN t,NIx.
PECTEDLY DISMAL ENDING.
~ rrprortT1C

e HRISTMAS was great time in
/NSS the Davidson family, an event
N prepared for in secrecy for
months. 1t was the desire 8.
% Mr. Davidson's heart to succeed
in surprising his wife IN tbc matter cf lik
selection of Christmas gift for her. and
it was his wife's pride that in all the 20
years of their married life he had never
yet gained his wish.
In consequence of this, it was somewhat
exasperating that the clock had struck
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
A Mean Trick.

the doctor he was sad
And the doctor he was mad,
And the doctor ripped and tore and roarsd,
alacki
Some rogue had gone and stuck ,e~
In the doctors sock a duck
That every time you touched 1t murmured:
"Quack! Quack Quack!"
Times-Herald,
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Christnae roressrr

All trees man should love, but his life's
dearest joys
Should circle that tree which blooms
candles snd toys,
Chicago Record.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
ELISA ARMSTRONG BENGoUGH
Go Slow.

Make new resolves mildly, or else, protest
When the time comes TO keep them you'll
run short of Zest,
Chicago Record.
Graham guardian., 1901-12-20
Not a procrnstinator.

81 shall not wait til New Years l. ~
over a new leaf, said young Hooplei. u
grandmother sent me a Bible for q II
mas present, and 7 shrewdly suspe'
the dear CID lady "a hidden lev i...
NOTES .a .."--J ad-o