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Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
MR.. SMITH WRITES A LETTER.
Makes a Spirited Reply to a State.
ment OF the Helena Herald.

ment Of the Helena Herald.
The following letter was writtea
by F. Z. Smith to the Record in reply
to an editorial which appeared in ths
Herald:
Lewistown, Mont, March My
attention has been called to an edi
torial in the Helena Evening Herald
of March 3, entitled, Sample Toady
Falsshoods, in which my name ap.
pears. together with the names of 4
number Of other Republicans. Ia
which am, at least inferentlally. az.
cused of being one Of the fourteen
Clark Democrats" who are masquer
aiding as Republicans.
Now. wish to repudiate any in
situation that I am a Clark Demo
crat. but | should consider that far
more honorable designation than he.
ing classed as Clark Republican.
My ideas as to what was right and
best have not always been adopted
by the Republican party, either in To-.
cal or state conventions My aspira.
tions have not always been gratified,
but have never considered these as
sufficient reasons for antagonizing
the party organization or repudiat-
ing party leadership.
A number of those named In the
editorial referred to were members
of the last Republican state conven-
tion, as was |. ! am, therefore, at n
loss To understand how they can con.
sistently repudiate the state organ,-
zation of the party which was then
and there formed. and arrogate to
themselves the right tn dictate the
federal appointments and the dis
pensing of the federal patronage. |
am not aware of anything having oc-
Cured in the course OF the last cam
paIgn which showed either disloyalty
to the Republican ticket or incapac.
ity on the part OF the state commit.
Etee or the member of the national
committee from Montana, to proper
by administer their duties. That be-
ing the case, the authority to manage
party affairs should be left just where
the party representative put it, until
the party, through it's representatives,
at the next state convention, shall
again pass upon the sluestion.
Together With n any ether Garner,
Republicans throughout this state.
believe that the fourteen" can bes,
advance the interests of the party by
iending their efforts I'd build up rath
er than destroy party organization
The same effort that they have made
to injure the party and individual
members of the parry. II rightly d.
trected. would effect much good for
i the party and prove a needed indorse
ment of their hdelity TO party princi
tples. Very respectfully.
| FRANK e. SMITH.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY
Must Have luxuriant and Gloss =
Hair, No Matter What Color.

The finest contour Of female face,
the sweetest smile of a female mouth,
loses something II the head is crown
ed with scant hair. Scant and fall.
ing hair, II is now known. is caused
by a parasite that burrows into the
scalp to the root of the hair. where 1,
saps the vitality. The little white
scales the germ throws up in bur.
rowing are called dandruff. To cure
dandruff permanently, then, and 20
stop falling hair, that germ must be
killed. Newbros Herpicide, an Ell.
tirely new result of the chemical lab.
oratory, destroys the dandruff germ,
and, of course, stops the falling hair.
and cures badness. When you kill
the germ you can't have the dandruh
or thin hair. Destroy the cause, you
remove the effect"
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
TOO MUCH RICE.
The Adventures Of the Cook of the
Barge "luey."

The lumber barge Lucy" had been
leading all morning at the Delta Com.
pany's wharf, writes Kenneth Her
ford in the Pilgrim. The sweet-smell-
ing, smooth pine boards were piled
high upon her deck. and in the little
wharf Office Captain Swanson sat in
swivel chair looking out at the
stevedores. who. bending beneath the
long loads they carried on their shout
ders, moved hither and thither before
him, living symbols of labor.
AS he gazed out the window a
knock fell upon the door, and he
shouted a gruff come in"
The man who entered was un-
kempt, short and red-faced.
Il seen yer advertisement in tn
paper" he said, "'bout yer wantin'
a cook, an come down t see eff ye
he'd one yit."
"Are you a cook?" the captain in.
quied.
"Yew bet | be; I'm about tn cook.
lest cook thet ever trod deck. Ia
tn job open?"
1t was; indeed, the loss of his cook
had seriously disturbed Captain
Swanson. The stranger was en-.
gagged.
Better git right down in the gal.
ley and git dinner" the captain said.
"whattel | give emp" the stranger
asked.
"Oh, give 'em rice; that's film"
"All right; how many men be they
lt' feed?
The captain counted on his fingers
twenty-five" he replied.
The stranger thereupon disappear
red in the hold of the boat He found
a huge bag of rice and an old pair OF
scales. Filling wash-boiler with
water, he set it on the hre. He
weighed out twenty-five pounds OF
the rice and dumped it into the boil
er. He discovered salt and added
that. And then he sat on a keg and
waited "fer her T. bile"
Presently she began. Up, up
nearer the top of the boiler rose the
rice. The cook seized a divper ant
a pan and dipped out a quantity o
the rice. Again it boiled up. HI
seized another pan. 1t was now boil
ing over faster than he could dip
Every dish and pan in the galley was
filled. He turned over the keg OF
which he had sat and filled that
Still the miraculous boiler continued
to boil over. At last, in sheer de
spair and fright, he rushed upon the
deck crying:
Mate. Mate. Fer tn love o. Gawd
don't take on emmy more lumber; We
gotta cargo of rice!"
And with that he was over the raj
and speeding up the wharf. The mex
day another advertisement appeared
in the Gazette, asking for cook or
the barge Lucy"
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
Having a Run on chamberiain's
Cough Remedy.

Between the hours of eleven o'clock
a m. and closing time at night on
January 25th, 1901. A. F. Clark, drug.
gist, Glade Springs, Va, sold twelve
bottles Of Chamberlain Cough Rem.
edy. He says: 81 never handled a
medicine that sold better or gave bet.
ter satisfaction to my customers
This remedy has been in general use
in Virginia for many years, and the
people there are well acquainted with
its excellent qualities. Many OF them
have testified to the remarkable cures
which 1t has effected. When you
need a good. reliable medicine for a
cough or cold, or attack OF the grip
Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. and
you are certain to be more than pleas
ed with the quick cure which II af
fords. For sale by c. H. Williams.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12

Montana, there are large areas of
land which il would almost be an i'm.
possibility to irrigate. and from which
the state, under theexisting land laws,
is deriving a small but steady rev.
enue by leasing to the stock owners
who ned 1t for grazing purposes.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
John E. Flynn Returned.

John f. Flynn, accompanied by
Angus Carr. returned to Lewistown
last week after spending several
months visiting his old home in Bos.
ton. Mr.. Flynn had the misfortune
to be quarantined in Canada, owing
to the fact that Angus Carr, his tray-
cling companion. contracted a well
developed case Of smallpox while at
Alexandria. Mr.. Carr was formerly
a resident Of Utica and is well
known on the Upper Judith.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
How the Visiting "kuhnel" Enter.
tanned Himself One Evening
in Kentucky.
(Chicago Tribune }


II was cold and raining hard when
Ellsworth Elliot Montague drove his
tired team into the big dooryard in
front of his cnsin Tom Bowling's
country home, fifteen mics southwest
of Lexington. Ky.
why, how nh yuh, Monty?" said
Tom. who had come to the door. and
stood there with the ,hmplight back
ground behind him. 1T strikes me
yuh look wet
I'm wet outside. Tom. but I'm
mighty dry inside the skin. tell yuh.
Id like good stiff drink OF Kahn
tuc,Sy dew rrIsi thing. soon as get
tn husses put up"
'Heah, b4." Tom called to an old
negro. put up Mtstah Montague's
hosses. right away. do yuh heah'
Come right in this minute. you pooh
old chap. Sit down thah next tn
fiah- Ill hiring yuh drink direct
ly.-
In FIVE minutes Tom came back
from the rmr 0. the house, confusion
on his face
ms disgraceful, Monty; it's the
fuhsa time IL evan happened In this
house. give yuh nah wuhd," he
said
What's The mattah. old chap?
What's gone wrongr'
Monty. I'm ashamed to confess IL.
but theah sint drop OF liquor in tn
house. not a drop"
mo place to get any anywhah neah
by. ] reckone"
Not neaheh than tn old Dutch
mans. an he's twelve miles away"
Couldn't send niggah oyah, could
yuh, to tote back pint? TIL fact
is. tn colds got in my bones an |
can't seem to get wahm nohow."
why. cuhtainly, Monty. No trou-
BILE at all. I'm only mohtified that
we haven't goa a drop in tn house.
Fuhst time II was evah said OF a
Bowling. I asshu yuh vf that. Heah.
you. Andrew Jackson. % tell George
Washington TO saddle tn spotted
pony an ride ovah TO In old Dutch.
mans aftah quart Of liquor. Heah's
dollah foh him"
The old negro went out into the
yard. and Ellsworth Elliot Montague
heaved sigh Of relief.
"Theah." he said. IL feed bettah al
ready. How fab did yuh say II was?"
Twelve miles. Monty"
Good roads?"
Yes; roads ah good an smooth.
turnpike"
That pony a fast hoss?"
"Middlin' fast. Monty"
THAT boy. George Washington, 4
good ridah?"
"All muh boys ah good ridahs.
Don't allow no uther kind on tn
place"
you don't think he's in any dan.
guh of fallin' off?"
mo; I reckon not" laughed Tom.
What's the mattah with yuh, Mon.
ty?"
"Nothin's tn mattah. But is seems
tub me | can jess smell that liquor
this minute. I'm powerful cold an
chilly, an thuh fab don't seem to
reach tn spot. That boy must be
about three miles out by this timer"
"Yes: ! reckon So"
Does he have tub cross any
bridges on thuh way?"
Yes; but thuh bridges ah all safe
an sound. Monty"
AN tn hoss is suah-footed?"
"Yes: he's a good. safe hoss."
Say, Tom. he must be about half
way thah by this tlme.'
Yes; | reckon So"
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
Crow Indian Reservation.

The senate passed bill last week
opening 100000 acres OF the Crow
reservation to settlement. The bill,
which was originally introduced by
Senator Clark, was favorably report.
ed by him from the committee on In.
dian affairs.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12

You say he's a good ridah?"
Yes"
An tn roads ah good?"
Yes"
"Aint liable to lose his way, is
he?"
Knows his way fuhst straight"
Say Tom, that boy muss be
mighty nigh thah now?"
Yes; mighty Nigh"
Say, Tom, seems to me can heah
that niggah knockin up tn old
Dutchman.
Git up heis yellin. git up.
Heah's Mistah Tom Bowlin' sent
ovah foh a quart of youh best liquor
in a huhhy. Git up Fob tn
Lords sake, Tom, they amt any dan
ghuh of tn old Dutchman's bein' out
of liquor, is theh?"
He's always got couple Of bar.
rels."
"Youah suah about that niggah be-
in a good ridah?'
"Yes."
Don't think thah's any danguh OF
his droppin tn bottle?"
Not bit"
18th old Dutchman gets up an
comes downstairs. Takes tn bot
tie an goes down cellah. Tips up
tn demijohn-I can jess hear tn
good old stuff goin' guggle.te, gug-
gle.te, gug. into tn bottle. Suah
they amt any danguh of tn liquor
bein' all gomez"
"No. TIL old Dutchman's got pler.
ty."
Say. tn boy muss be stahted back
by this timer"
Il reckon"
"Fuhst he says to tn old Dutch
man. 'Heah's youah old dollah. Mis-
tab Bowlin' says foh to keep tn
change. You say tn roads ah COOL
Tom?"
yes"
Boy amt liable to drink tn H.
quor?"
mo; not bit"
Hell be ridin' faster comm home
it's SO wet?"
Yes; | reckon So"
An tn spotted pony is good
loper?"
Yes; mighty spirited hoss."
might run away with tn niggah
boy?"
mo. He's a fuhst-class ridah."
Say. that hoy must be half way
home by this timer"
Ought to be that"
II can't hardly wait foh hon o
that liquor. Did you say tn oil,
DutchnIan kept soosi liquor!"
BEST they is.'
An tn boss is suah.footede"
| Yes"
An tn niggah boy is a good rid
ah?"
| "Fine rislah."
Say. he must be mighty nigh hom'
now? Theah's a noise in the yah'
now"
Ellsworth Ellied Montague threw
open the window and peered out int
the rain
"Heah. you. George Washington,
he cried Bring that whisky In heal
this minute"
Boss" came the answer. Use hur
ryin', bui ! amt found de bride yit
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
THE WESTERN PROBLEM.
Public Lands Should be Classified In
Regard to Irrigation.

AS the season for irrigation ap-
proaches increased interest Is
evinced in the all-absofbing problem
now before the western farmer-that
of irrigating the immense tracts of
public land now lying comparatively
idle for want of adequate moisture.
There are, of course, large areas
on to which 1t would be almost i'm
possible to conduct water, and which
are yielding a much larger revenue
to the state by being ,eased to the
larger ,stockmen, but on the other
hand there are acres upon acres OF
land SO situated that IL irrigated
would provide comfortable homes for
many home-seekers and could be de-
veloped into prosperous farms. The
thorough irrigation of such lands
would do away with the uncertainty
in regard to crops which is ever
hanging over the small farmer and
rancher, in unwatered districts, like
the threatening sword Of Damocles.
The proposed repeating of all the
existing land laws with the excep'
ition of the homestead law would un-
,doubtedly leave large acreage of
unproductive lands from which the
state would derive no revenue or ma
terial benefit, but If it were possible
to have the public lands classified
and those that could not, and a strin.
gent homestead law applied to the
districts that could be reached by a
system of irrigation, it seems as If
some good results would ensue.
Much of the bench land along the
foothills of the Belt mountains could
be irrigated in a comparatively easy
manner by the use Of storage reser-
voirs constructed in the deeper gulch-
es of the range. By such means suf-
ficient water could be stored to en-
able prdiflc crops to be raised on
large areas of land which Is now
adapted only to the pasturage Of
stock, owing to the difficulty of irri-
CATION.
On the headwaters of the Judith
river there are several natura! reser-
yoir sites to choose from, which could
be utilized with comparatively little
improvement to store the water re-
sulting from the melting Of the win
ter's SHOWS. This would. without
fail, provide water enough for t1e use
OF ranchers situated in the foothills
OF the mountains and alsp provide
against the scarcity of water in the
creek during dry seasons. Fen in
years when the snowfall during the
winter has been heavy there is a
probability Of 1t going of so rapidly
as to be of little use for purposes of
irrigation, and while u is flowing
toward its ultimate destination there
Is a superfluity of water which en-
tirely disappears by the time 1t is
needed the worst, during the hot and
dry summers which are so common In
this section of the state. The put.
ting in of these reservoirs and the
handling of the water, to give the best
results. would necessarily be ma.
tlonal enterprise. with Uncle Sam at
the helm. but usch action could be
taken by an irrigation company, both
with profit to themselves and ad'
vantage to the settler. AS anyone
will readily understand. who is thor
oughly acquainted with the topog
raphy Of Fergus county, or even Of
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12

though they should lose all-quite
an impossible result--the three hold
over aldermen and the mayor would
have political control OF affairs for
the succeeding year.
Fergus County argus., 1902-03-12
Would Smash the Club.

II members Of the Hay Fever AS.
sociation" would use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Constipation. the club
would go to pieces for II always cures
this malady-and Asthma. The kind
that baffles the doctors-it wholly
drives from the system. Thousands
oil once hopeless sufferers from Con-
sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis owe
their lives and health to 1t. II con-
quers Grip. saves little ones from
Group and Whooping Cough and is
positively guaranteed for all Throat
and Lung troubles. SOC. s1.00. Trial
bottles free at C. II. Williams.
bays thsp,
Holbrook argus., 1902-11-08
LOCAL ITEMS.

 was in town this week.
 Sam Smith has moved his fam fly here from Woodruff.
 F. P. Secrist and family return ed from Winslcw Thursday morning.
 Max Schuster has been visiting his family at Albuquerque the past week.
 A. /. Palmer, the Taylor mer- chant, was down on business Thursday.
 V. E. Butner, F. w. Nelson and T. F. Moran were up from Wins low Thursday.
 ]. H. Young, manager. of the Postal Telegraph Co. at Gallup, was here Tuesday.
 Norman Freeman of St. Johns who has been away on a two years mission, returned Friday.
 Miss Jennie Lee, who has been with !. l.. Fish's family for a couple of weeks, returned to her home in Woodruff, Tuesday.
 Ben Schuster is expected down from St. ohns tomorrow and in company with his brother Adolf, will go to California Monday morning.
 Several car loads of govern ment freight were unloaded this week, including a car of Stude- baker wogons tor the Indians at Whiteriver.
 On account of the sickness at Snowflake, Dr. Foulks, the den tist, informs us that he will post pone his trip to this county until the last of November.
 Attorney Charles E. Burton of Keams Canyon, left here this morning with eight Moki child ren who will attend the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colo.
 The road to Keams Canyon is lined with teams these days, hauling lumber and supplies for the new buildings which are be- ing built by the Indian Depart ment.
 Mrs. H. B. Meyers and baby, came up from Winslow this morning to spend Sunday with MT. Meyers. They were accom- panied by Mrs. Meyers sister, Miss Anna Lowther.
 E. G. Cheney of Concho, re- turned Sunday morning from Salt Lake City accompanied by his wife, who was formerly Miss Whittiker, and a prominent teacher in the Provo Academy.
 The Santa Fe is enjoying heavy passenger traffic these days, having to run extra trains every day. The limited will be placed on daily Nov. 17, which will help out the regular trains.
 C. M. Secrist, chief clerk for the Merriman railroad system, Chi cago, and brother of our sheriff, and nephew, H. A. Roe, will ar- rive from Chicago Thursday. In company with Sheriff Secrist and family they !. gill go to the noun
Evening star., 1902-01-03
BAL LTIMORE &. OHIO

RAILROAD.
Leave Washington, New Jersey ave. and o St
Chicago and Northwest. s1o:46 q. M, '6.2O pm.
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Louisville. s1O:05 m.
s3:45 pm. "1:10 night.
Ptttsburg and Cleveland .1o:45 Am. $3.50 pm.
and loo night
Columbus and Wheeling s6:20 p.m
Winchester, t6:35 an, t3:45 and 1880 p.m
1nnspaiss Il i6. $685. 1885, t1iss an, IS :ss
pm. -
Frederick, 1895. $500. t1o:45 am. u:1s. t4:so,
1870 pm.
Hagerstown. t10:o5 A. 10. and 1870 pm, a.,
Boyd and way point, ~ tS;35. $500 am. II :1s,
f4:30, 1910, s10:15, ttlsSS0 p.m.
Saitherso1FE and no wa lsiats fs:a5 1900
SD, s1oiS, Ri SO g. Ii. '''o' f''o0'
am, il:i5. f4.so, fS:M pKl '''''
Baltimore, week days. xA:0O, 500, $50 x7.Os
noon, Il :s5, 13:Oo I4:o 14sO. 4:s5 1906. 1855.
as3s $50 s:sS 1s;Ss 1iaR9 Ha3 49, :sS pm. s.a.
'i0'0o' XII ''0i iRoYAI a1fII RIhE & Il LINE.
Baltimore, PhiladslpAS lNew Yort. saston and
the east 300. 1905 ldineI. 1880 (buret) 5000
iaiRer 1870 ,@,t. ldnerA dns, s:So
taiass 500 and sa slesDias sSSi a. sDsS
Pullman Giu sa1s sa9sts On all lSsys Ssyy Trains, - r.
/; Atlantic City, s12;3Q peonto,-s- ~ azt.
) sDaily. Except SSndAH sSunday only.
EsSs xExpfsHs ERins: s..a
residences by Union TlSaszsssCo. orders Left ct
ticket offices. 6i9 Pepasy lyania avenue narthwest
New York avenue and 18th street and at station.
pGlSE .,:aI ~ ~ Sys Spssi-ss4xs Bsss -
Evening star., 1902-01-03
LOOK AND LISTEN.
when 1t is Not Legally Necessary Mt n
Railroad Crossing.

From the Utica Daily Press.
The rule requiring a traveller on a public
highway before crossing a steam railroad
to look and listen is held by the court OF
appeals in the case Of Apolonia Fetowski,
as administrative, against the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company not to apply
when the situation was such that If the
traveller looked and listened he would not
have discovered the danger.
The plaintiffs intestate was killed while
crossing the tracks of the defendant at Edi-
son avenue in the city Of Schenectady. The
accident happened at $50 In the evening
of October IL. 1895. The deceased was
seated on the seat Of a two-horse market
wagon, driving. When about fifteen feet
from the railroad tracks he stopped to al
low freight train to pass. The night was
cloudy and dark. with neither moon nor
stars visible. There was no fagman at the
crossing nor light near 1t. The freight train
made a loud noise. and after it had reached
point about 100 feet past the crossing
the deceased said 'Get up" the team start
ed. and as he was thus driving across the
track he was struck by an engine following
a short distance behind the train and in
stantly killed. There was no evidence
tending to show that the decedent either
looked or listened, and it did not appear
whether he was familiar with the crossing
or not. A Witness whose eyesight and
hearing were good, was walking on the
sidewalk. He also stopped and waited for
the freight train to pass. As the decedent
started to drive over the track the witness
walked alongside, and, as he testified, lis
tened and looked as he went upon the track
but neither saw nor heard the approaching
engine until the crash came. He was
where he could have seen the engine IL II
was visible. and could have heard II II it
was audible above the roar of the train.
Z On the trial q jury gave the plaintiff a
verdict, which was affirmed by the third
appellate division. The court OF appeals,
while holding that the railroad company
In backing the engine In the way It did
behind the freight train cannot be said to
have exercised reasonable care, orders a
reversal because Of an error In the charge
of the Justice. Judge Vann, for the court
Of last resort. says that In the absence OF
any evidence that the deceased either;
booked or listened before going upon the
track. the TRIAL jury should not have beer
permitted to assume that he did % from
the circumstances Of the accidsnt, and 3
charge that they might % infer and per-
mitting chem to md = verdict upon that
theory In reversible error.