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Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
APPLICATION FOR PATENT NO. 81
United States Land Office.

Lewistown, Mont, Dec, 8, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that William c. Wall
dorf, whose postofiice address isikendall. Fer
gus county, Montana. in behalf O himself and
William {. Draper and Thomas Riser, his CO.
owners; has this day filed an application for
patent for :l0 linear feet along the lead, being
from the center OF the discovery cut on the
Santiago lead. and g76.4 #. measured along the
lead, being 1D II. n So s. c and 546.l Il. 5 80 S
" from the center Of the discovery shaft of the
Santiago Fraction lead. together with 80 Il. on
each side OF the center OF the vein, said claim
being designated as Survey Nos. 62l7 and 621s,
situated in North Moccasin (unorganized)m )min-
ing district, Fergus county. Montana. in sec 81,
tp IL q, ls Montana meridian: said claim Is
recorded In the Office of the recorder OF said
county, at Lewistown, Montana, in Book S OF
Lodes, at page III and lsl. and described as
follows: said Sur. No, 62lI beginning at cor
20 and S2. tp 1snr 49, bears n e6' 10 e 3.OIl.7
II; thence n 81 5 W 600 Il. 10 cor No. 2; thence
80 2 W 1.15s.1 #. TO cor No. 3; thence 81 S e
So So f. to cor or No; \ thence r to
ginning at cor No. !, from which the u sec cor
between secs 20 and g, tp lsn. Is e Montana
meridian, bears 81 26' e 1853 it.: thence 81
3 " 57s #; TO cor No. 2; thence $ e. So W s76.l
No. I; thence 81 e 5S # to cor No. 5; thence S
IS 30 e 27l Fl. to cor No. 8 ;thence So s. sll
II, TO the place of beginning. Magnetic vari-
a. alton % on all courses 10. 30 and area claimed
Joins on the north: on the east the Agnes Lode
Sur. No. 62l5 adjoins: on the south the Quartz
ite Lode Sur No. 6216 adjoins.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein. lode. premises, or any
portion thereof so described. surveyed. plated
and applied for. are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly filed according
10 law and regulations Hereunder, within the
time prescribed by law with the register OF the
United States land Office at Lewistown. in the
State of Montana. they will be barred forever
by virtue of the provisions of the statute in
such case made and provided.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Dec.4
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
WATER YoKEp TO ELECTRICITY.
The Harvesting Of Niagara for EIec'
trieal Purposes.

A cable dispatch from Stockholm
announcing that the government OF
Sweden had ordered the directors OF
the state railways to prepare plans
for converting the steam railways in
to electrical roads, says the Chicago
Record.Herald, calls public attention
to a twentieth century development
that is destined to revolutionize the
Industrial activities of mankind.
The harnessing OF Niagara cata.
ract directed engineering genius to
the thousands of waterfalls and res
ervoirs that nature has stored in
Hills and mountains, and which may
be yoked to electricity to propel street
cars, light cities and turn the wheels
OF great manufacturing enterprises
In Sweden a recent Judgment OF tho
supreme court Gt%i1ed that most OF
the waterfalls belong to the Crown
and hence ii is proposed to utilize
them by converting their power into
electrical energy for operating the
railroads OF the state.
In this country several water power
plants, allof themremarkablea achieve
ments in electrical engineering, are
IL operation and many are projected
The most interesting development
and one which promises results that
now seem so fanciful as to appeal
only to the idea of romance, is the
long distance transmission of elec
trical power, by which the power of 9
waterfall or great natural reservoir
that has been going TO waste for cen
turtles is converted into electrical en-
ergy and the current carried a hun
dred miles or more TO propel tbs
street cars or light the streets of 9
town. According TO the Engineering
News. the greatest achievement in thi:
direction Is seen at Oakland and Sar
Jose, Cal, where power is actually
carried 1Si miles from the Upper Yub;
river in that state. The distance from
Oakland to the power plant is Ia
miles. but through temporary con
nection the current is also transmit
ted to San Jose. making total trans
mission OF lSi miles. The interesting
feature OF this power transmission lin'
IL the fact that the current is carrie,
at the high pressure OF from 10000 Il
cO.00o bolts. which is justly regarde,
as a wonderful engineering achieve
ment.
The harnessing OF a mountain
stream TO propel the street cars and I,
light the streets OF Oakland and Sal
Jose opens possibilities in the way o
| electricel development OF water powe
that point to the ultimate downfall o
steam as the king OF the industria
world.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
BETWEEN THE ACTS.

Mr.. Dave \. Wels will give the news
boys of Brooklyn theater party at the
Columbia theater Thanksgiving day
matinee.
Charles Frohman has arranged for a
longer run in London Of William Gil
lette in Sherlock Holmes"
Charles Frohman has decided to
keep Edna May in London for year
or more yet instead of bringing her
back to America as had been ar
ranged.
The opening performance of Maude
Adams new play. Quality Street.
which was given ut the Valentine the
ater, Toledo. o.. drew S1.I00.
Charles Kent. Joseph Brennan and
Jane oaker have Joined james X.
Hackett's company playing "Don Ce-
slr's Return" at Wallacks theater,
New York.
Virginia Harmed began her starring
tour under Charles Frohman's man.
agement In alice of Old Nincennes''
at the opera house in Cleveland.
Klaw Il Erlanger will soon present
the Bostonlans in De Koyen & Smiths
new opera, Maid Marian a sequel te
their famous success. robin Hood"
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
FOREIGN FACTS.

Norway owns 325 different subma-
rine cables, but their combined length
is only 324 miles.
The new Glasgow municipal tele-
phone service has underground wires
1G,5O0 miles in length. 1t provides for
10000 subscribers.
By offering King Menelet per cent
of the proceeds Italian capitalists have
succeeded In securing the exclusive
privilege Of working the gold mines of
western Ethiopia for fifty years.
Only Russians and Chinese are al
lowed 10 go overland in Manchuria.
1t is unsafe for any foreigners to travel
In that country, for even the military
guards cannot guarantee protection.
A large number of cuttlefish have re-
Gently been caught off the north coast
OF Germany. AS they have never be-
fore been met with in these waters II
Is difficult to account for their pres
ence.
A Scottish newspaper says that peo-
pie have been playing at lawn tennis
on Sundays at ST. Andrews and the
law for Sabbath breaking is still unre.
pealed and awards twenty-four hours
in the stocks for such n crime.
An Italian pays away in taxes %
per cent Of his earnings, compared
with the Britlsher's 9.3. The population
of Italy is 100000 less than that OF
Great Britain, and yet the income tax
in the former country is made to pro
duce as much as in the United King
| dom
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15

At the beginning of the twentieth
century the British people are smoking
more than twice as much tobacco as
City years ago, says London news
paper There has been a great ad-
dition to the population in the interval,
but in spite of this growth and the
presence of thousands more of SUPER
iiuous women, in matrimonial sense,
the consumption per head has prac-
tically doubled. In other words, IL
every woman. old and young; If every
child, even infants in arms, and IL
every member of the Antitobacco So
ciety INDUCED in the solacing weed
calculation would show that the
amount consumed per lead was now
two pounds and quarter Of an ounce,
whereas fifty years since it worked
out ut only one pound and quarter
Of an ounce.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15

CONTEST NOTICE.-Department of the
" Interior, United States Land Office, Lewis
town, Mont. Jan. 3, 1902.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by
HERMAN Z. GAUGLER,
contestant. against homestead entry No. 1910,
made July 2 1885, for the sis neb. sla nwL,
sec IS, tip II n. re- Is e, Montana p. NJ, by John
NJ Hatton, contestee, in which II is alleged
that the said claimant, John Nj. Hatton, has not
established residence upon said tract neither
has he cultivated or improved the same. and
that said tract has been wholly abandoned for
more than six months, next prior to the date
herein. and that such abandonment was not due
TO claimants enlistment in the army or navy of
the United States during time of war, or any
other time.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allega-
tion at 10 O'Clock a. m. on Feb. 2l. 1902, before
the register and receiver Of the United States
land Office in Lewistown, Montana.
The said contestant having. in proper atfi :
davit, filed Jan 3, 1902, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, il is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register.
First publication Jan. sth.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
APPLICATION FOR PATENT MOSS.
Unlted siaies Land Othce

Lewistown. Mont. Dec. 3, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that Charles ID, Allen,
whose iostofiice address Is Kendall, Fergus
county. Montana. has this day filed an applica-
tion for patent for l,362 linear feet along the
lead. being 1883 II. n IS 05 G. and 1,l7q II. s s8
70 W, measured along the course Of the. vein,
rom the discovery in tunnel of the Agnes
Lode. and ssS.l linear Il. along the lead. being
70 IL. e6 i2 e. and 1854 II. n 66 IL W, measured
along the course OF the vein from the center OF
the discovery shaft Of the Gulch Lode, to-
gether with 800 II. on each side of the center of
said veins, said claim being designated as Sur
yey Nos. 62l5 and 62Is. respectively, situated in
North Moecasln tunorgl mining district. Fer
gus county. Montana. in sections 81 and S2, tp
corded In the Office of the Recorder of said
county, at Lewistown. Montana, in Book of
Lodes, al page $50 and 5Oi, and Is described
as follows: Sur. No. 62l5 beginning at cor No.
!. from which the i sec cor between secs 20 and
~, tp is n, rs c, bears AZ a. tl6l it,; thence
~ W 4I2.7 Il. to cor No. 2; thence IS 30 "
1856 n. TO cor No. 3; thence 80 5 1,SI5 Il. 10
t6ens. fSr So @ r to g soI ,bs0cs So d
81. Is W 6a0.3 4. to cor No. Z; thence n 66' 25 W
SS1 Z; to cor No. 5; thence 81 30 1I2 II. 10
cor No. .; thence 10 t0' W 40 f. 20 cor No. 10;
ming. And Sur. No 6sis beginning @ ming at at cor or No
l, from which the "a sec cor bet. secs % and 90
tp ls n, - e. bears AZ 81 l.ils IT,; thence !
81. II ss5.4 f. to cor No. 2; thence n O. 40 c
5sI e: TO cor No. 5; thence % 25 W $50 Il. to
thence % 40 W 40 Il to the place of beeinn-
ing. Variation on all courses 49, 30 e, and area
claimed 1854 acres. On the west Of Sur. No
62l5. adjoins Sur. Nos. 62i7 and 62Is.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein lode or premises. or any
portion thereof so described, surveyed. plated
and applied for, are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly filed according &c
law and the regulations hereunder. within the
time prescribed by law. with the register of the
| I. ). Land Office at Lewistown. in the state OF
Montana, they will be barred forever. by the
provisions of the statute in such case made and
provided.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Dec. 4.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15

them at any reasonable price. A rail-
way that penetrated the interior would
remove a large part of this difficulty.
The sum OF money necessary for the
construction of the road would be, ac.
oordlng to Mr.. Davis, 100000, 600.
This is not so large a figure as to
startle American railway financiers.
The new enterprise is no more tre-
mendous than certain others which
are in operation. Nor is the mileage
excessive. Five thousand miles
would make less than half of some of
our present systems. In no respect,
therefore, is Mr.. Davis proposition so
large as to cause fear of its unwieldi'
ness. The thing can be done, and the
doing of it would be Of great benefit
TO the United States. This country
however, ought not to be asked to pro-
vide the money TO subsidize the road.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
6REnGzd{NeNs
g. tiCEC
HER ATTRACTION FOR GOLD
Curious story Told by Scientific
Man OF a Little Girl In Haiti.

A critic writing of a new book the
other day objected to the statement In
a chapter on the precious metals that
"gold is one of the few metals that Is
often found pure" He said that the
author in making this statement was
certainly mlst2ken. or course, the au-
thor was not mistaken. and 1t was a
curious Dlunder for any one TO make
TO deny that pure gold is found far and
wide over the world, in very fine parti-
cles or In coarser pieces, In narrow
beds Of mountain streams, In fine
sands at the mouths OF rivers, In the
sands of the seashore and even in
places high up on the sides OF noun
tains. While this statement Is per-
fectly true, II is also fact that most
gold is found alloyed with other metals
and that ore crushing, smelling and
other processes are required to obtain
the more valuable metal.
a story has just been told about pure
gold. found In this instance In river
sands. that reads like one of the su-
pcrb fictIons of yellow Journalism. No
one would give 1t the slightest credence
IL It were not told by scientific man
Of unqucStionable authority, for it is
one Of the strangest narratives that
ever adorned very dry and thorough
ly scicatllic piece of writing.
II comes from the pen of Mr.. L. Cen
iii Tlppcnliauer. who has been making
a, geological investigation for the gov.
crnment of the island of Haiti. The
results OF his work, with maps, have
been published Ia n series of papers In
pctcrman's Mittcilungen, one Of the
most scientific of German publications.
The following is n translation of the
story "a it appears at the end OF Mr..
Tippenhaucr's papers:
IL will make mention, In conclusion,
of very peculiar phenomenon. As
was engaged in n microscopic investi
gatiCu of the gold bearing river sands
| observed that the thirteen-year-olG
daughter of my companion. Mr.. l..
Aboilard, had Only to by the fat of her
hand on the sands and particles Of
gold dust would adhere TO 1t. Every
time she repeated the action her palm
was almost covered with the gold dust
that continued to cling TO ii. When
ever she grasped handful Of sand
she would shake her hand; the sand
would fall 10 the ground, but the
fakes OF gold would remain cllnging
TO the hand.
"No other person present possessed
this peculiar ability. Since then all
the educated Europeans in Jacnel, in
cludilg Dr. Zervas, geologist and rep
reseIta;iye of the Standard OH COM
pany; Mr.. Roosmale Nepven and Mr..
Dorm, Dutchmen. owners of the gold
reduction works at Paramaribo, and
others. have borne witness TO the fact
that the young girl possesses this re-
markable popularity. The numberless
particles of iron mixed in the sand did
not cling to the girls hand.
Il must therefore come TO the con-
clusion that there is in nature n power
whose influence in attracting gold Is
similar to that which magnetism eX-
erts upon iron and the related miner
ais. The daughter of Mr.. Aboilard
seems 10 have this power. New York
Sun.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
THE CYNIC.

1t takes n long time to reduce the
swelling in q mans head.
When n man writes TO another man
asking loan or other favor, he ad-
dresses him as Hon"
Nothing makes woman quite so
mad as TO he told that some other wo-
man is sorry for her husband.
The first invitation a girl receives
from boy starts the longing TO have
private writing desk Of her own.
Matches are said 10 be made In hcav'
en-. but most OF them look as II they
had been made at n rummage sale.
Some time In her life every rich girl
puts on fancy apron and cap and
waits on the table AT church fall
md doesn't see why the life OF n res
tnurant girl is so hard. - Atchisor
Globe.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
AyPPLcATIoN FOR PATENT. No. ~

APPLICATION FOR PATENT. No. r.
United states Land Office, Lewistown,
Montana Montana December 80, 1901.
N0''c1 FREEMeaSgy r hEsMseaSy gwen RKhHry thHt
whose postoffice address is Kendall. Fer
gus county, Montana. has this day filed
sn appllcation for patent for l275.7 linear
Ieet Zee along the lead being 553.7 feet n. q
along the course co rss' of the o VEIN fpem nstss the
center OF the discovery cut OF the Abbey
Lode. together with 80 feet on each side
OF the center OF said vein. said claim be-
ated in North Moccasin (unorganized)
Mining District Fergus county. Montana.
IN sec ~ tp is n Is G, Montana Merid-
ian. SAID claim is recorded In the office
OF the recorder OF said county at Lewis
town. Montana. in Book, Of. Lodes. al
page 24I, and is described as follows:
Beginning at corner No. 1 from which
me NV corner; sec :; - lsnr e, NJ.
SCI 81 w. 5sls feet e. 'GSO To- corner sern 'ss NS q
thence n 80 52 e. l275.7 feet to corner No.
thence s6' 3s' e, 1881 feet TO corner
No. Z: thence 3 % q e.. 1855 feet to COR
ne,,I ner No; ! and place Of begnT,dinIgS ,dI e. Mag
Area claimed 1875 acres, Adjoininp
claims; On the south. The Mountain
Rat (unsurveyedl; on the east the
Bruno' (unsurveyedl; on the north the
conflicting claims.
Any and all persons claiming adverse.
ly the mining ground, vein. lode or
premises. or any portion thereof, so de-
scribed. SURVEYED. plated and applied
for. are hereby notified that. unless theiI
adverse claims are duly filed according
to law and the regula tions thereunder
within the time prescribed by law. with
the Register OF the United States Land
Office at Lewistown. in the state OF Mon
tana. they will be barred forever by thu
provisions of the statute In such cas'
made and provided.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
First publication Jan. /.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
interesting Notes Of Present Happen
inas BY Pupils.

ln9S pJ ruPNS'
Fifty or more pupils are busily en-.
gagged after school hours rchearsine
Tor the Cantata to be given February
7th.
The Brownie Band" has been sue
cessfully given in many places and
/, is the desire of every teacher to see
that il is prepared as well here.
The teachers reading club re-organ-
lied last Saturday night. Emerson's
Essay on Compensation is being read
and when that is finished Shakes
peare's king Lear" will be studied.
Anyone interested is invited to join
the club, which meets Saturday even.
ings at 7;30 o'clock. The next meet.
ing will be with Miss Main.
We would be astonished if not ap.
palled. if we could see in figures the
number of times the average child is
unnecessarily censured during the
first seven years of life b. Aid,
rich.
We were in hopes that the extra
teacher would relieve the crowded
condition in the lower rooms. But
as twenty new pupils have entered
since the change the number in each
room is about the same as before
Teachers coming from other state,
into Montana can not understand why
our state institutions are scattered
throughout the state since the mum
Der attending is very small We
would explain II We could but to us
il is a conundrum.
Glady Akeley has been first in rank
in the fourth grade every month but
enc since the beginning Of school.
Lyle Raw entered the second grade
on Monday morning. making an enroll
ment OF 81 pupils.
"Rebecca's Triumph is being re
hearsed three times a week. and TO say
the least. il is going TO be good. Bet
ter be saving your two.bits to see the
play.
Nature study in the second grade
this week consists OF lessons on ami
mails; how and where they Obtain
their food at this season and theil
winter homes.
Two pupils, Lulu Haggerty ant
Kate Tullock. were promoted this
month from the fourth to the fftl
grade.
The pupils of the fourth grade wer,
pleased TO welcome Constance Oar
row back after her absence of twt
months in the east.
The manager of the ARGUS fire
quently sends valuable paper from TIL
office to the school, which is utilize,
ior spelling exercises by many of tn,
teachers.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
The Crees at Their Old Game.

In letter 10 the Great Falls Trib.
nne. DR.. w. A. Allen OF Billings, says:
Il have just returned from a trip
to the mouth of the Flatwillow and
down the Musselshell. and found
about 2oO Crees and half breeds down
in that country ruthlessly slaughter
ing game by a system OF driving with
horses. They encircle a portion of
the country and begin driving every.
thing before them, running the game
first this way and then the other un-
Ill it is entirely worn out. Then they
close in and slaughter the entire
hand. This breeding ground of the
blacktail is almost depopulated.
"One year ago the Crees surround.
ed bunch Of antelope on Crooked
creek. killing II all told. old and
young. ! saw antelope skins in their
camps not to exceed fourteen inches
. square. About three weeks ago. so
am told. 200 antelope were killed and
taken across the river at Junction,
hut cannot vouch for the correctness
OF this statement, But believe there
were two loads taken across there on
the ice by tn Indians, Two years ago
saw four pack animals loaded with
blacktail deer that had been killed by
the Crees in the Bull mountains"
Undoubtedly much game is being
killed by Indians throughout the sec.
tion of the state referred to and II
would seem as II the game wardens
would take steps to prevent such
wholesale slaughter if II were a reg
nlar occurrence. II is the duty of the
residents of that section to report
such matters TO the game warden OF
their district and IL no attention is
paid to the affair letter TO State
Game Warden Scott would undoubted
ly be productive of good results.
II must be remembered that the
territory covered by the deputy game
wardens is large and II is the duty
OF every good citizen to assist them
to the best of his ability in locating
the violators of the game laws.
Fergus County argus., 1902-01-15
Application for Patent. t...No. 68.
L. S. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,

L. 5. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
Dec. ~, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that Frank E.Wright
James A. Weaver and George J.. Wiedeman,
whose postotfice address is Lewistown. Mon
tana, have this day filed their application for a
patent for 1883 linearieet Of the Last Hope and
l.0sO linear feet 1.-The Hope mine or vein bear
ing gold and other metals with surface ground
60 feet in width. situated in North Muccasin
(unorganized mining district, county OF Fer
gus and State OF Montana. and designated by
the field notes and official plat on hle in this
office as survey Nos. 6Sil and 63i2 respective
ly, in township Is nj Is e. OF principal base
line and meridian OF the state OF Montana, said
survey No. 6Sil being as follows. to.wlt:
Beginning at corner No. ], from which the
quarter section ccrner on the west boundary
line of sec 81, tp Is n, Is {. bears n 60 - ".
l09sj Il dIstant running thence y G, 2o5 u I:
thence 20 ~ e, 6l3 Il. thence n ~ % Z. iol
Il; thence n 40 ~ W, 1858 II: thence 5 ~ 10
W, 1915 Il: thence ~ 25 W. ~ II, to place OF
beginning: and said survey No. 6.'2 begin
ming at corner No. |, from which the quarter
section corner on the west boundary line OF sec
81, tp Is n, r Is t. bears n 10 y W, leo X dis
tant: running thence n ~ 81 e, 1G,p II; thence
y 25 W, $40 f.; thence 90 - W. l3l III;
thence n 50 25 e. ls3 # 20 place of beginning,
said claims together embracing an area oi l5.S3
acres, upon both OF which said claims notice OF
said application was posted on the 18th day oil
December. 1901. The locations OF SAID mining
claims are recorded in the office OF tne county
recorder in and for Fergus county, Montana,
in Book 4 of Lodes, at pages le6 and lgi, re-
spectvely. The adjoining claims are: On the
north of survey No. 63Il Golden Discovery
lode, sur No. 6s6S. and the Golden Rule lode,
sur No. $3.50. On the east Of surveys No. 6SIi
and 6312 is the Waterloo lode. survey No. $50.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register.
RUDOLF Won ToBEL,
Attorney for Applicants:
First publication Dec 25.