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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06

a ''traveling Doctor giving his name
as DR.. a. Bly,, physician, established
Hutchinson, has been imposing some
sick people near Bucklin. One family
he f1eeced ont of $50. He prepares
tsmedicine,' said TO be nothing but
colored water, and favored with pepper
mint or other extracts. He says he is
government DOCTOR He is slick
taIker. By means of false representation
ne secured the confidence of the sick
people. He had forged recommends
tions from doctors who lad the cases in
hand and represented that the care of
these patients was given over to him. By
these means, glib tongue, and APP
parent knowledge of circumstances he
was enabled to dupe number of people.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06

Gun repairing, etc., key filing and all
kinds of repairing at the Novelty Works,
3 doors south OF the RINK.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06
ADAM & HULPIEU.


Is companion to well ordered
stomach. Dr. Ca1dwelPs Syrup Pepsin
keeps the stomach in order-the breath
pure and sweet. Sold by Palace Drug
Co.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06

Mic Mayrath, " no a few weeks ago re-
nounced his right to the kingship of
Servia. is preparing to build a large farm
residence at his home seven miles south
west of the city Barney Hessman has
commenced laying the stone foundation
for this farm house. The dimensions of
the building will be 40x52 feet and two
stories high and basement MIR. May
rath's farm contains 2.400 acres. Talk
about plutocracy and kiDgship! He has
a fine orchard. large alfalfa acreage
and many acres of cultivated land, with
abundant grazing lands for his herds of
cattle. and other stock. Who would
care to exchange this magnificent and
profitable producing independency for the
title to kingship among the serfs of
Servia2 Mr.. Mayrath has been a resident
of Ford county for twenty-four years,
and came here poor man. By industry
and close attention to his farm, through
all the draw backs of a quarter of a CEN
fury. he is In comfortable circumstances,
and he has something substantial for the
many years in which he win probably
enjoy life.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

north from Columbia Falls, along the
coal trail and east from Tobacco
,,ains. following the Graves creek
trail. 1t proved later that both de-
sired to reach the same objective
point, and must have prospected
within shor, distance of each other
at almost the same time.
From Columbia Falls an outfit.
under the management of John E.
Lewis. then a justice of the peace;
Ralph Ramsdell and Enos c. Pollard
departed about June Is and were out
"2rly four weeks. Upon their re,
turn they made a great number of
filings under the placer act. Among
their filings is one giving July 2 as
the date of discovery
70 this location (Which bears the
name of Fred Bowman William R.
Ramsdell, Ralph Rasdell, John c.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

Jas. F. O'Meara, director, real estate
and insurance agent: Hon. ID. f.
Smith, director. judge of Eleventh ju-
dlclai district.
The company owns large amount
of land in the center of the district
and as Is per cent of the company's
stock was put in the treasury to be
used in development work. it is safe
to say that the company will make
a good showing during the coming
season.
Oil seepages are of common occur
renee throughout the field and the
result is the location of claims over
different parts of the valley of the
North Fork of the Flathead river, a
territory of almost 100000 acres.
The country through which the
Yak in Kuk and Spruce creeks flow
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

had followed the Mcleod trail
from Fort Mcleod in Alberta,
Upon his arrival he at once attempt
ed to interest local parties in won
derful oil discoveries along the in
ternational boundary line in British
Columbia and what is now the Kintla
lake district. He attracted the at
tention of citizens. principally owing
to the fact that he was continually
conversing on the oil question, and
the name of Morse was soon drop
ped. and it is hardly probable that he
is remembered by the early settlers
as other than Coal Oil Johnny. All
his endeavOrs to interest local in
vcstors in oil were a failure. He then
located on the ranches that J. Ii.
Graves now owns. on Ashley creek,
five miles west of Sedan. He re-
manned there during the winter and
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

had prospected. Their first location
under date of July 10. as the date of
discovery, was the first to reach Mis-
soula, and as consequence was the
flrst Oil location to be placed on rec
ord IN the county and was without
doubt the first oil claim ever entered
in Montana.
The oil excitement quickly spread
to kallspell and other parts of the
Flathead valley. and there was a
continuous stream of claim locations
reaching the county place of record.
There was much talk of formation
of companies and hundreds of acres
of land located. During the summer
arrangements were made to thor
oughly prospect the field during the
coming season of 1898. Negotiations
were made with the Standard Oil
company. All seemed bright. Sud
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

petroleum. In late years. however,
scientists contend that this theory
requires too much of the earths lab
oratories and that the observed phe-
nomenas do not warrant such the
cries.
Almost invariably over or near dis
covered oil fields the strata is filed
with fossil remains of animals and
this fact leads to the conclusion that
in most instances the bitumen is pro-
duced by the decomposition of animal
remains, most probably under great
pressure and at comparatively high
temperature, perhaps beneath deep
sea. In other fields observation has
demonstrated and lead to the conclu
sion that bitumen is product of de-
composed wood or other vegetable
matter under conditions that render
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

Leonard. James A. Talbot, Albert
Evans, EnOs c. Pollard and William
Reed must be given the distinction
of having been the earliest avOwed
petroleum claim on record in Flat
head county.
The filings were made and the
glowing description of the indica-
tion of oil caused stampede of no
small proportion and it was but a
few days until the clerk and recorder
OF Missoula county was swamped with
placer locations from this far away
locality, for it must be remembered
that at that time what is now Flat
head county composed a by no means
small part of Missoula county. with
the seat OF government at Mssoula.
The Tobacco Plains people We're
not sleeping during this time. The
many reported stories of the Indians
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

having given up hope OF developing
oil with Ashley money, sold his cabin
and left To again go through the oil
country. 1t is reported that he has
since been in Kalispell and is now
thought to be residing on the Flat.
head Indian reservation.
1t was not until early in 1892 that
there was anything like a systematic
search for the traditional petroleum
held or that locations were made.
Early in June. it seems. the OIL fever
developed in two localities ana 1t
soon became epidemic in Tobacco
flains and Columbia Falls. which
places are separated over 100 miles.
Almost simultaneously parties went
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

regarding natural oil had caused
Charles. Antoine, Henry and Michael
Therriault. Alph Shipley. w. b. Par
sons. A. Il. Cook and John Smith to
consider seriously. and as result
Alph Shipley was grub staked" and
started east to prospect for Oil. Upon
his return his reports We're so favor
able that party under the manage
ment Of ex-County Clerk and Re-
corder Michael Therriault. started
for the new mineral district and az
ter a months prospecting returned
and made many locations. Before
they went into the country with Ship
ley. however. they made number
of filings on oil claims which Shipley
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

the product Wholly different from That
Of ordinary decay.
Oil experts and biologists who have
examined carefully the geology of the
valley of the North Fork of the Flat
head river without exception agree
on most vital point-that at some
greatly distant day the entire district
extending north along the valley inro
Canada. across the international
boundary line, was covered with a
great inland sea.
The geology of the district is ST.
lent but convincing witness to that
fact The coal banks of the lower
valley bear evidence to the fossil
wood. animal and vegetable life of
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

ienly, however, the
severe panic of 1898
settled over the
state and as a re-
suit the oil field lay
sleeping until 1900.
In that year John
O'ROurke and j. o.
Bender of Butte and
Fred Whiteside Of
kalispell sent a
party of prospectors
into the field, and a
number of locations
were made. Later
the same gentlemen
organized the Butts
Oil company with a
paid up capital of
100000, for the pur-
pose of exploring
the field. The stock
holders of this com
pany are mostly res
idents of Butte. and
noue of the COM
pany's stock has
ever been put on the
market.
Eminent chemists
of late years have
succeeded, by very
ingenious and elab-
crate experiments,
in producing from
entirely inorganic
materials oily fluids
very petroleum like.
Assuming from these
results they have
come to the cOnclu-
sion that natures
laboratories furnish
the alkall, metals,
spiegeleisen, flubor-
ate, etc, and that
the reaction of
steam and carbonic
acid at a white heat
upon these prolu les
the forms of btu
men as they appear
at the earth's sur
face, and as a result,
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

OIl Tic Wcol SluC VI
the North Folk anG
the territory sur
rounding Starvation,
Kintla Ford, Indian.
Bowman, Quart Z,
Logging, Anaconda
and Camas creeks
and Bowman, Quartz
and Logging lakes,
ris ing in tue main
range of The Rocky
mountains on the
east, are Ill districts
which are consider
ed by experts 10 be
exceedingly pron4is'
ing and will all be
thoroughly prOsp ,ct-
ed during lle Loll.-
ing season.
Just when the at
tention of the white
man was attract I'll
to the black-rock,
offsprings and fire
fountains is a sub
ject of unwritten
history. 1t is true,
however, that the
agents of the Hud
son Bay cOmpany.
and also the NORTH.
western Fur COM
pany mentioned
such Indian stories
in their reports and
that later independ.
en- t trappers often
spoke OF the exist
ence of oil springs
and escapement of
natural gas and out
groupings of coal,
but as a rule the To-
cality described by
them seems to have
been north of the
international boun-
Diary line.
| During the fall of
1889 there came to
Ashley VIM. Morse,
a squaw man. who
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15
THE CROKER BOYS BADLY TREAT
ED

It is stated in the New York papers
that two of the sons of Richard
Croker. the Tammany Chief, have quit
Cornell University because they were
so annoyed by students and country
people who live in the vicinity of the
university that life there was made un-
bearable for them. 1t seems that the
students started a story that the Gro
ker boys had brought to the college
two dogs which they own, one of which
is reported to have cost $4,000 and the
other 81, 900, and that they were anxious
that the country people should come to
the university and see them. They also
sent out stories that the Croker boys
kept race horses in the town in which
the university is situated, and that
they led a very fast life. AS a con-
sequence of these stories people came
to town from all over the adjacent
country and insisted upon seeing the
wonderful dogs. They visited the uni
versity sometimes long after the time
for retiring, and in many cases insist
ed that the Croker boys should get
UP and show them the dogs.
AS a matter of fact the young men
had no dogs or blooded horses at the
university They lived while there
very quietly-as quietly as any of the
other students. They were so annoyed
by their treatment that their father
gave them permission to return to
New York and abandon their purpose
of graduating at Cornell.
1t is of course an outrage that the
young men should be annoyed simply
because their father happens to oc-
cupy a rather remarkable place in the
politics of the greatest city of the
country. Such rudeness as that shown
at Cornell is not in keeping with the
spirit of fair play which the average
American boy insists upon. The coun-
try will wonder what sort of boys those
are at Cornell who nagged the Croker
boys simply because they didn't like
Mr.. Croker.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15
THE STATE TREASURY DEFICI-
ENCY.

Evidently the Governor thinks some
thing must be done at the coming ses-
sion Of the Legislature to meet the de-
fciency in the state treasury which
now amounts to something like $l57 900.
We have contended all along that there
was a deficiency, but there were some
who insisted that there wasn't, that
what appeared to be a deficiency was
due to the manner in which the states
accounts were kept.
The Governor recognizes that there Is
a deficiency, and that it will continue
to exist beyond the present year, not
withstanding the higher rate of taxa
ton, unless there is a considerable re-
duction in appropriations. 1t seems
that the Governor is prepared to make
recommendations in the direction OF
greater economy, but if we are not
mistaken he made such recommends
lions last year. AS there has been no
change in the Legislature we do not
see that there is much prospect that
they will be adopted.
And in our Atlanta dispatches the
fact is pointed out that there will be
some extra demands upon the state for
the coming year. The public buildings
will have to be insured, and the Sol
dier's Home wants an extra amount for
building purposes. Nobody Is saying
anything about the increase in the pen
sion charge, but there is good reason
for saying that the amount that is now
needed for pensions is very much
greater than that which was appro-
priated at the last session of the Leg
islature. 1t may be that as much as
$150,000 additional will be needed. We
are not surprised therefore that the
Governor should be thinking of recon-
mending that pensions be given only to
those who are in INDECENT circum-
stances.
The Legislature at its last session
failed to bring the appropriations with
in the states income. 1t ought not
make such failure at the coming
session. 1t has a duty to perform, and
it should discharge it so satisfactorily
that there would not be constant COM
plant of it's work. Owing to financial
matters the Governor message this
year will be looked for with more than
the usual interest.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15

This story is told of the first time
Grant ever had charge of large body
of men sent out to give battle. says
the Syracuse Post-standard. He was
colonel in the early part of 1852, de-
tailed to go to the relief of an Illinois
regiment, supposed to be surrounded
by rebels at Palmyra, Mo, but when
he arrived the regiment had relieved
itself by retiring. Grant then went out
to Florida, in the same state, and, as
the regiment toiled over the hill be-
yond which the enemy was supposed
to be in waiting, Grant says he would
have given anything to be back again
in Illinois"
At the top of the hill instead of
troops drawn up in battle array Grant
saw a deserted camp. "It occurred to
me at once that Harris had been as
much afraid of me as I had been of
him." said Grant. From that event to
the close of the war I never expert
enced trepidation upon confronting an
enemy though / always felt more or
less anxiety. l never forgot that he
had as much reason to fear my forces
as / had his"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15
His Maria Ee Fee.

A poor couple living in the Emerald
Isle went to the priest for marriage,
and We're met with a demand for the
marriage fee, says Tit-Bits. 1t was not
forthcoming. Both the consenting par
ties were rich in love and in their
prospects, but destitute of financial
resources. The father was obdurate.
mo money, no marriage"
GIVE me Fave, your riverence,'
said the blushing bride, ito go and get
the money"
1t was given, and she sped forth on
the delicate mission of raising a mar
riage fee out of pure nothing. After a
short interval she returned with the
sum of money, and the ceremony was
completed to the satisfaction of all.
When the parting was taking place.
the newly made wife seemed a little
uneasy.
Anything on your mind, Cathe-
rine?' said the father.
well, your reverence. I would like
to know if this marriage could not be
spoiled now?"
Certainly not, Catherine. No man
can put you asunder."
Gould you not do it yourself, father
Could you not spoil the marriage?"
mo, no, Catherine. You are past me
now. have nothing more to do with
your marriage"
THAT aises me mind" said Cathe-
rine, land God bless your reverence.
There's the ticket for your hat. l
picked it up in the lobby and pawned
n
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15

Sir Alexander Mackenzie told a
characteristic story about Sir Arthur
Sullivan in a lecture the other day.
While rehearsing THE Golden Legend
Sullivan complained to Mackenzie that
he could not get away from the in
huence of comic opera, whatever he
wrote. You know" he said, when in
the Legend" the soprano comes on to
sing, I am not here to argue, but to
die can't resist the feeling that the
chorus ought to emerge and sing, IN
true comic opera fashion, She dom
come here to argue, but to die!
In Denmark many odd little stories
are told of King Christian and his
kindly ways, above all of the friendly
interest he takes in the doings of his
subjects. Until within quite recent
days, when his strength has begun to
fail him. he used to spend much of his
time in Copenhagen walking about the
streets, and nothing pleased him bet
ter than to stop and have chat with
any workman he CHANGED to encounter.
Whenever any Dane makes his mark
in the world, no matter what his sta
ton in life may be or what his views.
the King always sends for him, at the
first opportunity, that he may know
what he is like and have a talk with
him. Little wonder that he under
stands his people or that they under
stand hinni
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15
Columbia was Tired-Poor Thing.

The tendency to regard a favorite
inanimate object as a thing of life was
illustrated at the finish of the last race
for the Americas cup, says the New
York Mail and Express. A young wo-
man, distinguished for her magnificent
dark eyes and almost blue-black tress-
es, and who had frankly admitted her
ignorance of yachts and yachting, OBJ
served the ending of the contest from
the deck of a government patrol boat
within good view of the finish line.
She had been an intensely interested
and enthusiastic spectator of the race
throughout the day. and had marveled
at the expeditions manner in which
the boats responded to the slightest
movement of wheel or tiler. Particu-
larly was this noticeable in the man
euvering for the start.
When the yachts neared the finish
the Shamrock came about first, and
stood for the line, the Columbia fol-
lowing several seconds later. The chal-
lenger having the lead, it appeared
that the Columbia was a trifie slow in
getting her boom over.
MY! My! Why doesn't the white
boat hurry up? The Shamrock is get
ting away from her." shouted one of
the girls in the party.
"Oh, poor thing! / guess she's tired.
Just think, If you had gone thirty
miles you wouldn't be in a hurry to
jump about either" replied the dark
eyed enthusiast
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15

Rich Cinnamon in this country are
very much interested in the report that
a commission has been appointed by
the Chinese government to visit this
country and sell titles to those China
men who want them. 1t is a great
thing to have a title in China, partie-
ularly il the owner of ii has money
sufficient to support 1t in a proper
manner. 1t is supposed, assuming that
the report is true, that the Chinese
government has adopted this method
of getting some ready cash. Just now
there appears to be need of money in
the Chinese treasury. 1t is thought
to be doubtful If the commission will
meet with a great deal of success. The
Cinnamon who are in this country do
not appear to be in a hurry to return
to China, and they are shrewd enough
to see that title would be Of no bene-
fit to them here. A laundryman in
San Francisco or New York would not
be thought any more of if he were q
prince or a duke or a marquis or a
count than he is now. Money makes
the mare go" in this country, not titles,
except in the cases of few Of our
millionaires' daughters. Cinnamon in
the United States want money. 1t is
not believed that they are particularly
anxious for titles. The commission.
therefore, II one should come. would
not, in all probability, meet with much
success.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-15
A PROSPECT FOR ExTRAvAGANcE.

1t would not be surprising if there
should be an exhibition of eXtraVa-
gance at the approaching session of
Congress. The treasury is so full that
it is difficult to find storage for all of
the governments gold and silver. The
amount now actually in the treasury,
according to the latest report is ST.
19O,225,224. OF this 1884 100000 is in
gold and nearly $780, 900 is silver.
1t is a safe statemnt that never before
in this country, and never in any 9TH
err country, was there such an amount
of money in the possession of the gov
eminent.
1t is a mistake to collect so large a
part of the circulating medium in the
treasury. The government should col
lect only sufficient to meet its actual
expenses. The taking of so much more
money than is needed out of circula-
ton and locking it up has the eff
feet of making a tight money market,
and of raising the rate of interest. 1t
is stated that just before the great
panic of 1887, the government had
than 1t had any use for, and so it
loaned it to the states in proportion to
their respective populations. The
states never paid it back, and the gov
eminent will never get it. Most of the
states now have about all of the ex-
penses they can meet, and it is not
likely that they would consent to levy
tax to repay the government loan Of
more than sixty years ago.
What Congress ought to do as soon
as 1t convenes is to cut off more of the
war taxes. The Secretary of the
Treasury is against that course, how
ever, on the ground that the govern
ment is likely to have some extra ex.
penses and that the treasury ought to
be in a position to meet them. Would
ii not be the better plan for the gov
eminent to wait until the extra expen-
ditures are in sight before collecting
money with which to liquidate them =?
What will be done, in all probability,
is this: Bills appropriating money for
all sorts of schemes will be passed.
With a full treasury and revenues In
excess of expenditures the ship bounty
bill will stand a better chance of pass
ing than it would If the treasury were
only able to pay the governments cur.
rent obligations. With plenty of money
in sight the pressure in behalf of all
sorts of schemes requiring government
aid will be almost irresistible.