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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
N States Land Office at Lewistown. Mont.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION lnited
~ States Land Office at Lewis,own. Mont,
March Is. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed notice of their inten-
ton TO make final proof in support OF their
claims. and that said proofs will be made be-
fore the register and receiver at Lewistcwn,
Mont, on Thursday, MAY =, 1902, viz:
MARK ID. KIMBALL,
who made II. Z. No. 2I3O. for the nwA sec S3tp
Is n 7 q e. Montana L. M: also
DAMAS TAlLLON
who made ii. T.. No. 2l26. for the nis nell sec
20. nI2 nwA sec rs tp Is n 7 % e, Montana z. NJ.
also
who made II. +. No. 2i27. for the se nwh. sic
nell, sec % tn Is n Z q e, Montana p. M: also
HORACE HILL.
who made II. +. No. 2l2s. for the lots 3 and 4.
sen swtt. swb sch. sec 10 tp IS n T 23 e. Mon
ALBERT d. JOHNSON.
who made II. Z. No. 2l2e. for the seh SEX sec
IS. en- neh sec 81. nwk nwh sec ~ tip Is n q
e, Montana p. NJ.
They name the following witnesses to prove
their continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton OF said land. viz:
Horace Hill. Damas Taillon; John F.. MUM;
Albert ID. Johnson and Mark ID. kimball, all Of
EDWARD BRAssxY. Register.
First publicatiod March 10
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-03-26

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Noice
for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown. Mont, Feb. q, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
ROBERT ID. FENLEY,
OF Edgewater, Fergus county, Montana, has
filed notice of intention TO make proof on his
~, sI9 sell. sec %, tp II u. IS e, Montana p.
M, before the register and receiver at Lewis
town, Montana. on Saturday. the 9Th day of
| April, 1902.
He names the following witnesses to prove
land:
Charles Z. Moulton, William Bush. Robert
McMahan and William W. Allen, all Of Edge
water. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Feb. %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-03-26
Firs, publication March

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-united States Land Office
Lewistown, Mont, March Is. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
DE LEO r. HAUCK,
assignee of Nels Guneau,
of Philbrook, Fergus county. Montana. has
filed notice of intention to make proof on his
desert land claim No. 7s7. for the ely nel4, sec
II. To IA n, Z Is G, Montana z. NJ, before the
register and receiver at Lewistown. Mont. on
Friday. the 18th day Of April, 1902.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF said
land:
John c. Hauck. George A.. Raw and James
Matter, of Philbrook, Mont, and George NJ.
Stone, of Lewistown. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-03-26

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION - United
N States Land Office at Lewistown. Mont,
March I. 1902.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Thursday. April II, 1902. VIII:
ELIZA j. STAPLETON,
formerly Eliza J. La Forge,
who made II. Il. No. 1855, for the nwL sec Is,
tp IL n, r 16 e, Montana =. NJ.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
James W. Stapleton, John c. Stapleton.
Elmer Cummings and Abne Stapleton, all OF
Rockford, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-03-26

NESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-united States Land Office
al Lewistown. Mont. March II, 1862.
Notice is hereby given that
WILLIAM +. DUNN,
assignee of Edward Shierson,
Of Gilt Edge. Fergus county. Montana. has
filed notice Of intention 10 make proof on his
desert land claim No. 7e1. for the els DwA. mex
swIi. nwl. SELL. sec IS. tp Is n, 20 e. Montana
p. NJ. before the register and receiver az Lew
istown, Mont, on Friday, the 18th day OF April,
1892.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete Irrigation and reclamation OF said
land:
George Dunn. Charles Dunn, James Shier-
son and August Van Lake, all Of Gilt Edge,
Montana.
EDWARD BRAssKY. Register.
First pIhlicntian March 10
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
THE LAST

The season for argument has passed. All
that those who are impressed with the I'M
portance of a Republican victory can do
and to Republicans particularly, to be sure
to go to the polls and vote the entire Re-
publican ticket. This appeal is not made
on personal grounds. The Journal has no
more at stake in the outcome of the cleo
ton than has any other industrial enter
prise in the State. No one Immediately
concerned with 1t is a candidate or seeking
political honors. If the only thing In issue
were a few Offices it is probable the Journal
would be quite Indifferent. But, warned by
the past. 1t is profoundly convinced that a
Republican success to-day will work for
the best interests of all the people, just as
1T believed in 1896 that the election of Mr..
Mckinley and a Republican Congress were
OF immense Importance.
Such being the case, all Republicans and
are urged to go to the polls and vote their
sentiments and convictions. Let no Repub-
lcian excuse himself on any pretext what
ever. His vote is needed to make the ma
jority the party should have in Indiana.
Do not be influenced by party prejudices.
but rise to the occasion as you did in the
past four state elections. Keep Indiana In
touch with the great and dominating States
of the Northwest and save it from the dan
ger of becoming a part of the solid South.
Not only go to the polls yourself. but give
an hou or the day to seeing that all Rer
publicans about you vote.
The omens of victory are plentiful; your
faithfulness to-day, Republicans, will
change omens to glorious certainty. BE
full-grown Republicans to-day, worthy OF
the party of Lincoln, Harrison, Morton
and Mckinley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04

time. what would be thought Of them II
they should be indifferent? The election
Of Mr.. Cleveland and an multiplication
Congress in 1892. and the enactment OF the
Germany Wilson tariff, caused half the fac
tories and workshops in this city to close
or discharge half their men. If all the
voters interested in the factories In this
State or elsewhere had gone to the polls
and voted for General Harrison there Is
every reason to believe the catastrophe
would not lave come. 1t did come. and the
evil conuIlions continued until another Re-
publican victory put Republican policies in
force. Now. for five years. the conditions
have been improving for all kinds of labor.
Now a party asks the men h have been
benefited to go to the polls to-day and vote
for "a tariff for revenue only" which they
must realize was the cause of all their woes
from 1893 to 1897.
In view of such indisputable facts. what
is tie plain duty of the employers and en-
ployes in all the Industrial and business en-
Payments in the country? Simply to go to
the polls and vote the Republican ticket.
Can such voters be Indifferent to-day?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04

The small part of the glowing story of the
prosperity of all the industries in Indianap-
oils. told by business men and manufac-
turers, and the brilliant outlook which they
present. should not be ignored to-day by
voters who have the best interests of the
city and their own welfare at heart. There
can be no doubt that double the number Of
men and women are now fully employed in
Indianapolis. at much better wages. than
were employed on Nov. 1. 1896. The change
came with the election of Mr.. Mckinley.
and in ali lines the conditions have i'm
proved since the Mckinley legislation. This
Is a fact which none can deny, no matter
TO what cause individuals attribute 1t. Pros
perity came with a Republican triumph.
and it ceased in 1898 with a Democratic
triumph.
II an establishment in which a number of
men were employed were threatened with
a calamity which employers and employees
could avert by In hours or even q weeks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04

extolling him and giving him all the credit
for settling the strike. After the dispatch
had been received a friend of the candidate
is said to have asked that the Pr esident
give his telegram to the public. 1t is also
stated that a Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Mississippi valley tele-
graphed the President his appreciation OF
his service in settling the strike. Soon
after Its reception a friend of the candi-
date asked for a copy to telegraph back
to help the candidate. 1t is said that all
such dispatches have been torn up by d.
rection of the President and consigned to
the waste basket. Every right-minded per-
son will approve the action of the Presi-
dent, since to give to his connection with
the settlement of the strike a partisan
bias just before the election might cause
friction and create jealousy which might
prevent the best results. The whole thing,
so far as the President is concerned, has
been kept out of politics. and because 1T
has public sentiment sustains the Presi-
dent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
Roosevelt on the Presidency.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch Oem.)
President Roosevelt's article In the Lon
don Post. written while he was Governor
Of New York and before his nomination for
the vice presidency, is evidence that he has
the highest ideal of his great office and
a very clear sense of its heavy responsible
ties.
There are few harder tasks than that of
filling well and ably the Office of President
of the United States says Mr.. Roose-
welt, but il the man at the close of his
duty we'll, he has the abstraction of feeling
that he has performed one of the great
world tasks, and that the mere performance
is in itself the greatest of all possible re-
wards"
Mr.. Roosevelt does not overrate the mag
nitude of the Presidents task and it should
be a matter of pride with all Americans.
that, as he points out, no President has
been unworthy or fallen short in personal
character of the required stature.
That Mr.. Roosevelt himself satisfies the
moral requirements-integrity, earnestness
and force of character-al1 Americans will
admit. His acts may not always be wise.
and he cannot escape censure for mistakes.
but all will concede that his official con-
duct is dictated by consideration of patriot
ism and q desire to serve his country to the
best OF his ability. Partisanship cannot
question his motives. And this may be said
of every President since George Washing
ton fixed the standard to which his sue
cessorS have aspired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
WashfngtOn's Fortune.

Richmond Dispatch.
Whether Washington can be put into the
envied category of millionaires no one
can assert positively. According to the
late Paul Leicester Ford, whose work,
1.-THE True George Washington" has re-
ceived wide recognition, 1.-THE Father of
his Country when he died was worth $780,
600. This fortune did not include his wife's
property, but, nevertheless, it made him
one of the wealthiest Americans Of his
time. Ford says: And IL is to be ques-
toned If a fortune was ever more honestly
acquired or more thoroughly deserved"
John Adams. however, probably would
have differed with Ford on this point had
the two ever come together. In one of his
recurrent moods of bitterness and jealousy
Washington. Adams asked: Would
Washington have been commander OF the
revolutionary army or President of the
United States If he had not married the
rich widow of Mr.. Custis?"
According to Mr.. Ford, IL seems that he
would, for he had achieved colonial mill
tary fame before his marriage. That the
Widow Custis was a desirable 'partie" is
not TO be denied, however. as her part of
the Gusts property equaled "15. 000-acres
of land, a good part of IL adjoining the
city of Williamsburg; several lots in said
city, between 200 and 300 negroes and about
5000 or 10000 pounds upon bond" estimated
at the time at about 10000 In all. This
property was further increased on the death
OF Patsy Gusts, in l773. by a half of her
fortune, which added f10,O TO the sum
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
GRIGGs OF

The next House of Representatives will
have a Democratic majority Of not less
than twenty. How many more than this
after the counting of the vote polled Tues
day next. 1t depends largely, as every
election does. on the weather and other
conditions which cannot be forecasted.
The foregoing is the prediction which
Representative James NJ. Griggs, chair
man of the Democratic congressional COM
mittee. gave out on Sunday. He repre-
sents the Second district of Georgia. 1t
is because he represents that district that
his observations to the effect thai the
result depends upon the weather and other
conditions which cannot be forecasted" are
given to the public. Mr.. Griggs, of Georgia,
is talking of the great States Of the North.
where real elections are held, and where
men vote and their votes are counted. AS
ing in his State. and particularly in his dis
trict. because but one party, the Demo-
cratic. has it's vote counted. In 1900 Mr..
Griggs received 1893 votes to "a scattering.
In 1898 a Republican had the temerity to
be a candidate in the Griggs territory, and
he was actually accorded 2,071 votes to
sos for Mr.. Griggs. In 1896 there were
three candidates in the Second Georgia
district, who were voted for as follows:
Paterson. Republican. s.s6S; Griggs. Demo-
crat, 7.454; Sibiey, Populist, 3,053. Evidently
the Republicans and Populists nave
trouble TO vote when they are sure to be
counted out. Consequently. of the 6.921
Republicans and Populists who voted in
1896 for representative to Congress-. only
"a went to the polls to vote a scattering
ticket. and. because both parties knew
that voting is a farce. Mr.. Griggs's vote
was 15 less in 1900 than in 1896. Georgia
has seven congressional districts; conse-
quently, IL there had been voting in that
State as there is in Indiana, over SCI, 900
votes would have been polled for congress-
men instead of 1850. Even the Democrats
realize that an election in Georgia is a
huge farce, since the Democratic vote fell
off from 129. 1856 in 1892 to 1883 in the presi-
Dental election of 1900. If the voting popu-
Iation of Georgia is proportionally as large
as tina of Indiana one voter in five voted
In the presidential election OF 1900. All
who are not Democrats do not vote, be-
cause nobody but a Democrat is permitted
to be elected. and three-fourths of the
Democrats do not vote because they know
that the Democratic candidates will be
counted in. whatever the vote may be.
This man Griggs. under whom the OPP
position has been so discouraged by Sue
cessive frauds that they regard themselves
as disfranchised. is selected by the Demo-
Gratis of the present Congress to speak for
the whole party in the congressional cleo
tions. Should the House be Democratic
Mr.. Griggs. elected by one-sixth of the
votes in his district, will be chairman of
a leading committee TO dictate legislation
for the fufl-voting Northern States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04

Nebraska State Journal.
The conservatism of Nebraska capitalists
is gall and NORWOOD to Wall street. The
New York Tribune gives voice as follows:
Nebraska banks are bursting with money
as an overripe October burr with chestnuts,
but its owners will not invest in Eastern Sc
curities on account of the large amount of
water in them. For a State that continually
banks with a two million prairie dog power
for irrigation works, to be helped along with
the Nations money, this seems an Illogical
position to tax Since when has dry Ne
braska, arid at times as the deserts of
stony Arabia, been so desperately afraid of
a little water? But perhaps II would rather
have it I'm its wells and irrigation bitches
than in its Investments"
To be sure there is something in that. Me-
braska is fond enough of water when 1t is
applied in a judicious way. Water is good
to irrigate the dry places of the earth and
Nebraska has some dry places. 1t is good
for farms west of the Tooth meridian, but
isn't healthy for trusts. 1t is excellent for
stock, but is death to stocks. This may
sound illogical to the Eastern promoter,
but ii strikes a weather polished old Me-
braskan as horse sense. Water is good in
its place, but you don't wan to be drowned
in it. Nebraska stands with Teddy Roose-
Welt in the matter of watering things.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04

Chicago Journal,

chicago journal.
A familiar figure seen around the Chicago
& Alton depot at Joliet. ILL.,. every morning
when the Kansas City train arrives at 6:55
a. m, is the Oldest newsboy Cor. rather,
newsman) in the United States. Orsamus
Page has been selling newspapers In Joliet
since the worlds fair. I'm 1893, never missing
a single day. or failing 10 meet the early
trains. Page was born In 1903, being ninety
such an extent that he Is able to rise every
morning at 4 o'clock and deliver thirty or
forty papers before the early Chicago e
Alton train arrives. This Is particularly
remarkable from the fact that this news
boy has but one leg. Mr.. Page comes
from very long-lived parents and grand
parents-his father dying at eighty-nine.
his mother at ninety-eight. while his grand
father lived to be l02. and his GRANDMOTHER
105. He began life as a farmer, then engaged
in driving stock east from Iowa., as early as
1s4s. He hen turned his attention TO rail-
road work, and had several contracts for
grading on the Chicago a. Alton Railway.
near Springfield. ILL.,. in 1857. After work.
ing a number of years on the railway. he
again went TO farming. but IL was at this
time that he lost his leg. il being crushed
in a thrashing machine. Just before ire
firing" to sell newspapers, by which means
he is able to support his family, he was
engaged in selling coal at Joliet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
AS TO TROLLEY ACCIDENTS.
Some Startling Figures from a New
York State Report.

Philadelphia Press.
c. r. Barnes, of the New York Railroad
Commission. has laid before the twentieth
annual convention of the New York
Street-railway Association appalling statis-
tics of the accidents caused by trolley lines
in that State. These figures show that the
accidents for the last three years-190o, 1901.
l9O2-were 10 per cent. of the mileage. In
other words. in 1901. with 1.54S.66 miles of
road, there were 100 persons killed and s7
persons injured. and as many in the other
years.
If the same proportion of persons were
killed on steam railroads. the death bill for
the year for the mileage OF the United
States would be about 10000. the number
injured about 100, 0O0. This terrible butch
er's bill goes on without ceasing. and has
been in progress, as Mr.. Barnes's figures
show, for three years without change and
with increase rather than decrease. If the
figures existing In this State were accessi-
BILE the fatalities would probably be as
numerous.
These accidents are nearly all prevent
able. THE greatest loss Of life and In
electric railroads in the last 1--WE years
has been caused by rear-end collisions;
the next largest loss by head-on collisions
Sucn Collisions, as every railroad man
knows, are solely a question of adequate
brakes. adequate discipline, sound rules of
the road and answering adherence to
them.
The trolley roads cause this terrible de-
struction to life, so that every ten miles
OF trolley in the. State of New York, and
probably in this State, has it's yearly muir
der, and Injuries five or six persons an
nually. simply and solely because trolley
companies are making their dividends by
speeding their cars on heavy grades. on
cheap. insufficient tracks, with insufficient
brake power, and lacking discipline, with
out signals, without a system of train
dispatching and with a complete disregard
of the precautions which railroad expert
ence has shown to be necessary.
In cities where the speed is limited these
list. The trolley companies nave thus far
been able to prevent adequate legislation
requiring safety appliances. Only one path
is open to bring the companies to a con-
seriousness of their responsibility for hui
man life and limb, and that is in the dam
ages assessed by juries. Nothing will
bring reform more quickly thar for every
jury to assess the heaviest possible dam
ages which will pass the courts above I'm
every case where a trolley company is re-
sponsible. The courts by hedging about
these accidents by ''contributory nesii-
gence" have relieved these corporations
of many damages which are equitably
though not legally due. But juries can do
much to make Ii costly for q trolley COM
pany to be economical in brakes and signal
apparatus and ~extravagant In human life
and limb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
ILLITERACY IN THE SOUTH.
Whites Are Careless Regarding Use
of Educational Means.

Kansas City Star.
The surprising statement is made by the
statisticians of the census bureau that
there is a larger percentage OF illiteracy
among the children of native born white
parents than among those of foreign white
parents in this country. Two reasons are
assigned for this condition. One is that a
very large percentage Of foreigners is
massed in the larger cities. where educa-
tional advantages are greater than In the
rural districts. which are inhabited much
more largely by native born parents. The
other, and much greater cause. is that in
Southern States the illiteracy among chill
cren OF native born white parents is as
high as 10 per cent.
In spite of the effect that this high rate
of illiteracy has on the statistics of the
whole country, the percentage of illiteracy
among white children born of native
parents Throughout the United States Is
only 204 per cent. which shows how very
low the rate must be in the Northern and
Western States. These statistics apply to
children ranging from ten to fourteen
years of age, and should be a reliable
indication OF the relative progress of ed
ucation of the various sections of the
country and among the several classes OF
population.
This she wing is a reproach to the South.
1t denotes a humiliating lack of progress.
1t cannot be urged that the race problem
has anything TO do with this state of af-
fairs. On the contrary, where negro labor
is plentiful and cheap, there is less excuse
for keeping the white children out OF
school.
1t should be said, also. that the South as
a whole is made to suffer unjustly by the
especially low rates of hteracy In a few
of the States, notably in the C~arolinas, in
Arkansas and I'm certain sections of Ken
lucky and Tennessee, where a considerable
white population is VIGOROUSLY behind the
times and behind the country. But the
SOlfhPTn States as a gram Ghnlr1d lnnE IN
the education of their children. These
settlements should be pene-
trated. 1t is not creditable to a section OF
the country, nor to the country as a whole,
that 1t should spend millions of money an
nually, and sacrifice lives continuously, i'm
the effort to educate and civilize the So
called "heathens," when such a large per-
centage of the native population is still in
the darkness of ignorance.