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Arizona silver belt., 1903-01-15

The ruling of the Ohio courts that a young woman who is engaged to man is not his personal property or chattel looks reasonable enough. Still he may continue to call her his own ownest.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-01-15
The crowned heads of every nation. The rich men nnnr man and u,i-.r

The crowned heads of every nation.
 The rich men, poor men and misers
 All join in paying tribute 10
 DcWitts Little Eally Risers
 II. Williams, San Antonio, Tex, writes {; Little Early Riser Pills are the best l ever used in my family. l unhesitatIngly recommend them to cv- erybody.' They cure Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Malaria and all other liver troubles. Globe Drug Store, E. J. Roberts.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-01-15

It is understood that Mir. Cleveland does not object to Mir. BryanS com ments on him. What rifles Grover is that he should be used as an advertise ing medium for the Commoner.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-01-15

A Pennsylvania woman has been fined for doing her washing on Sun day. Poor woman. Perhaps that. was the only day on which the saloons were closed, so that her husband coulo stay at home and rock the cradle.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
MAsoNS PUBLICLY INSTALL.
Musical Program, Banquet and Good
Speeches Follow the Installation.

The Lewistown Lodge ~ 81, A. Il.
and A. NJ, publicly installed officers
last Saturday evening and invited a
large number of friends to witness
the installation and enjoy the accom-
panying program and banquet. The
evening was opened with the installa-
lions, Past Grand Master Frank l..
Smith and Frank E. Wright as mar
shall, doing the work. Following the
ceremonies came the musical pro-
gram, which was one of the best ever
prepared in the city. The program
as given below was carried out with
the exception of the solo by Mrs. w.
w. White, she being unable to be
present. All who participated in the
program we're at their best and each
was compelled to respond to an en-
core. Aside from the musicians, Miss
Newell read a selection from Eugene
FIELD and l.. d. Blodgett entertained
the crowd with some black art OF the
Hermannesque variety.
After the musical program, the Ma
sons. and their guests, numbering al
together about 100 persons, sat down
at the banquet table. Avery Arm
strong did the catering and encom-
iums on the spread were heard on
every side.
The speech making started with e.
O. Busenburg as POSTMASTER. He fill
ed that difficult position with the ease
of a past master. All Of the speeches
were thoroughly enjoyed by the listen
ers. Wit, repartee, humor and elo'
quence filled every moment OF the
time from the beginning Of the first
speech to the close of the last one
II was an occasion long to be remem'
bered by the Masons and their friends
The following program was render
ed:
Song, Mrs. II. H. Boggs.
Reading from Eugene Field, Miss
Lena B. Newell.
Guitar solo-True Hearts Gavotte,
Mrs. o. w. Belden.
Solo-A Winter Lullaby, A. Froem'
bling.
Plano solo-Invitation to the Dance,
Mrs. F. ]. Hazen. -.
Song-September, Mrs. W. w
White.
The Black Art, L. d. Blodgett.
Toastmaster, Z. o. Busenburg.
The Good of the Order, F. e. Smith,
The Retrospect, James M. Croft,
The outlook, w. S. Smith.
Masonic Wives and ~Sweethearts, Hon
e. X. Cheadle.
The Letter &C." Rev. w. A. WIN
tiers.
More Light, A. d. TUuteli
The Trowel, II. A. Moulton.
Who Comes Here? Hon. ]. ID. Waite
The Sprig of Acacia, j. M. Black
ford.
Masons-There Are Others, G.. w
Cook.
The Cabletow, T. W. Warren.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
One Woman Among the Thousands,

We received q letter from Way
cross, Georgia, a few days ago, from
a lady who has lived there for years.
She writes us that she had been
troubled with female complaint for a
long time, until she was reduced to
almost a shadow. 1t affected her
mind, she could not remember any.
thing, would get confused and SO ner.
vous and irritable she could hardly
sleep. She described her case as one
similar to thousands of other women,
and then ends the letter by saying
she had gained IS pounds last month,
and never felt better In her life, hav'
ing no trace Of her former troubles,
slept well and ate her meals with a
relish. This lady commenced the use
of DR.. Gums Blood and Nerve Ton
ic just six weeks before she wrote the
letter, from which we copy the above.
This tonic is in tablet form, and
should be taken right after meals. It
turns the food you eat into strong,
rich blood, making solid flesh, and
feeding the nerves, curing disease by
making healthy flesh. Pale, weak,
thin people should use this tonic. Sold
by all druggists for rs cents per box,
or three boxes for $500. Sent post.
paid on receipt of price. Address DR..
Bosanko Co., Philadelphia, Pa. For
sale by Delxell Drug Co., Lewistown,
Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30

a hundred knew the constituent ele-
ments OF the p%rovender he fed his cat.
tie. Today every farmer who has avail.
ed himself OF the Information distrib.
uted gratis by the goyernment. either
knows or has at hand full information
of the constituent elements of all farm
products and also the value OF each
element in the production of fat. bone
and muscle.
Not long since a newly iedged farm
er complained to the breeders Ga.
zette that Professor Henry's work on
Feeds and Feeding is too technical TO
be of practical use TO the average feed.
or. The complainer showed himself
to be deficient in the very primer of
animal husbandry.
Our general system OF education is
strangely neglected in failing to give
the child any information on the sub.
ject OF agriculture. Prof. Henry struck
a keynote when he recently asked the
question why Is II that our school
books do not contain some simple In.
formation and easy problems along
the lines of agriculture. The authors
of our textbooks, and to a great ex.
tent our school teachers. are not In
sympathy with u agricultural inter.
ests. Bright boys are rarely, II ever,
advised to become farmers, but have
held up to them the various profess
sions and commercial enterprises as
callings best fitted for ambitious
youngsters. Our county high school
must have a commercial course for a
half dozen young people who will go
to bookkeeping for q few years, while
scores of young men who will become
farmers must 60 without learning one
thing to benefit them specially in their
chosen vocation.
The prospective farmer Is compelled
to attend an agricultural college or re.
main ignorant of the rudiments of ag.
riculture science. II | were running
a county high school I should make
some innovations along the lines sug.
gested.
Some time ago my 1~4-year-old boy
came and asked me the definitions OF
the writs certiorari, habeas corpus and
quo w%arranto. But lately he was re.
quired to write an easy essay on guns,
ammunition and ~projectiles, yet his
teachers have never caused him to
stray into any Of the pleasant and
profitable avenues Of agricultural re.
search.
The tendency of education is too
much in the line OF the abstract and
too formal.
If | understand the purpose of the
state in spending large sums OF money
in educating the masses. 1t Is to make
good citizens of them.
The state readily recognizes agri.
culture as the one great and vital In.
dustry, the sine qua non OF individual
and national existence. Statesmen
and publicists will agree that the one
safe and conservative element In our
nation, which can always be relied up
on to sustain 1t In all emergencies, Is
the farming element.
II these things be true and the gov.
eminent Is wise in fostering agricul.
ture, ought not u public schools to
be conducted rather with a view to at.
tracing our best young men to farms,
than turning them away by furnishing
special and exclusive instructions to
prepare them for other callings?-
Hon. ]. f. Smith, Livingston, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
BUILDING.
One Of the Most Beautiful Of All State
Houses at the Worlds Fair.

Montana's building will be OF modi'
fed Doric architecture, exemplifying
the strength and grandeur OF the
state. The building has four large
and spacious entrances, the main n
in front being made the fea.
ture of the design. The entry at the
front, over a wide flight Of stairs. op-
ems into a vestibule, which will be dec
Grated by means Of columns, pilasters
and ornamental frieze. On each side
of this vessel there are closets and
check rooms. From here one enters
the reception hall and rotunda, ex.
tending the full length OF the building
and divided by ornamental columns,
p%ilasters and beams, all richly deco
rated. The reception hall Is rooted
with a dome which extends on the In.
side to the height Of So feet above the
floor. On the sides are windows. On
each side in front are located parlors
or reception rooms. In front and on
two sides are porches. The windows
and doors may be so arranged that
the entire building can be thrown op.
en-, thus furnishing an excellent
draught on warm days.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
SHOULD TEACH FARMING.
Importance Of Such instruction In the
Hjuh School Pointed Out,

Importance Of Such instruction In the
High School Pointed Out.
1t can be safely said that no indus
try in this country has received a
greater impetus during the past ff-
teen years than has agriculture.
But as a rule u farmers have not
studied the things pertaining to their
own calling as carefully as they
should.
Other trades, callings and profes.
sions find that one of the absolute
conditions of success is to keep
abreast of the best thought along the
line of their respective %avocations.
Can the farmer hope to succeed with
out doing likewise? This brings us
squarely TO the question, What
should the farmer read9"
Generally speaking. he should read
first those things which pertain to his
particular vocation. II he Is raising
horses let him study Sanders or some
good authority on horse breeding.
Laws Farmers Veterinarian Adviser,
Craig on Stock Judging, and Henry
on Feeds and Feeding, and also read
all the bulletins he can get on the
subject and take a good journal on the
horse besides.
II he expects to raise cattle I would
advise the same course, substituting
Warfield on Cattle Breeding, or some
other good work on the subject. In
stead OF Sanders on Horse Breeding.
With a similar substitution | would
give the same advice to the sheep.
raiser and would urge all Of them to
study these books closely and thor.
oughly. Side by side with these |
would place a good course In agricul.
tural chemistry and oil soil sulture
and all the bulletins obtainable on
these subjects.
When these subjects have been fair.
ly mastered | would get Johnson's
Chemistry OF Common Life, Darwin's
Origin OF Species, Sanders Shorthorn
History, and like works OF general In
terest, and by all means would | take
three or four good agricultural jour-
nails.
BY writing TO the secretary Of agrl.
culture, Washington, ID. g., you can
obtain bulletin No. 90, entitled, 1.-THE
Farmers Reading Course" In which
you will find valuable list OF treatises
on agriculture.
You will also get some valuable infor
nation rs to the reading courses car
ried on by the agricultural colleges or
the C~hautauqua plan.
Fifteen years ago not one farmer II
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
LAID UP FOR REPAIRS.
Fred 3. Peterson and Harry Hunter
Meet With a Serious Mishap.

Last Sunday Harry Hunter, the gen.
ial representative of Orion Bros. mu-
sic house, and Fred b. Peterson, the
young man who runs the Art Music
Store and plays the violincello, drove
out west OF town on a little business
transaction. They were descending an
icey hill near the Jones place In the
Cottonwood neighborhood when dis.
aster overlook them. They had got
almost to the foot Of the hill, when,
as they turned a sharp corner, one OF
the horses kicked, the buggy. was tip
ped and the occupants were thrown
violently to the ground. Hunter land
ed first and Peterson landed squarely-
on top OF him. The art man was con-
siderably bruised but quickly jumped
up. Hunter was less fortunate and
It was a moment or two before he
was able to sit up and take notice.
The first thing he said when his scat.
tered wits returned to him a
well, now | know how Gardner felt
when Fitz landed the first time"
The team, In the meantime, had run
down the road several rods and were
still travelling along at a lively rate
when the erstwhile drivers looked for
them. They finally got loose from the
buggy, tore their way through a barb
ed wire fence. AS 500 as they were
able to navigate the boys walked down
to the buggy, which they found con-
siderably dilapidated. The tongue
was driven into the ground several
inches and other signs Of catastrophe
were manifest in different parts Of the
vehicle. Some ~passersby caught the
horses but the harness and buggy
were too badly damaged to be axed
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
COMPANY
IN THE FIELD
Western Mining and Real Estate Blu,
reau Organized and Now
Ready for Business.
STRONG PERSONNEL OF FIRM
Members Are Well Known Business
and Professional Men-Win Ad.
vertise the Country.

A new firm that begins business in
Lewistown with the new year is the
Western Mining & Real Estate Blu
reau. which has but recently been or
ganized by a number of well known
business IIeT or this section. The
business which this new firm will pro-
mote is investments in Mining and
real estate properties in Central Mon
tana, and the general development of
the resources of Frgus county and ad.
jacnt territory. The gentlemen who
are associated together in the business
are N. ]. Littlejohn, w. NJ. MCLEAN,
o. F. Wasmansdorf, H. |. Shaw and
Arthur Kelly.
Mr.. Littlejohn is well known as one
of the most successful mine foremen
and one of the best practical miners
in Fergus county, and his long resi-
dence in the state also makes him
familiar with other interests and in
uuSlIleS. DOlu MtnSlo. NCSltdu anu
Wasmansdorf are U. s. deputy min
eral surveyors and expert mining en-
gineers, having been employed on
most of the larger mining develop
ments in the county. Messrs. Shaw
and Kelly hold responsible positions
with one of the largest gold mining
companies in the state and are also
well acquainted with the general con-
ditions in Central Montana.
1t is the intention of the bureau to
use a systematic method of advertis-
ing the unbounded u of this
county throughout certain sections of
the east and an effort will be made
to interest the most desirable class of
people. The agricultural interests in
the county will be especially advertis'
ed and the movement a not but
bring good results. The firm Is a
strong combination of conservative
business men and the move Is one
that should receive general support,
as 1t is intended for the general ben
eft of this part of the state.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
General Montana Mining News.

The holdings of the Tombstone M.
Co., of Butte, In Vipond district, Beav.
erhead county, is under lease to N. F.
Way, v. Jennings and w. Martin, who
are working it. It consists of mining
claims and a ten-stamp mill. The
lessees have been working on the vein
at the 100 foot level, but are unwater-
ing the other 100 feet. The ore aver
ages IS per ton.
d. Gold bearing quartz ore is reported
by J. r. Boarman, of Anaconda, open
ed up In the Gold Coin mine, west of
Silver Lake. Development work will
be increased.
The West Stewart mine, near Ana
conda, owned by w. A. Clark, which
has been shut down for repairs, is
again in operation. The number of
men at work will be increased Janu-
airy LIST. at which time a new hosting
engine will be put in operation. The
shaft will be sunk an additional 200
feet. ~Self.dumping skips will be used.
The P~ittsburg c. M. Co., which
bought the Golden Currie group of
iron claims, near Elkhorn, Is prepar-
ing to work them this winter. An air
compressor has been set up and men
will be put to work.. The Northern
EYkhofn branch % the m,nu ."u viii
haul their ore to the smelter of the
company at Butte. The vein is "a
feet wide and the ore ar iron sulphide,
which will be used by the company
for huxing.
The workings of the Watseka mines
near Rochester have been unwatered
and the mill started up. The proper
ties are controlled by McCune & Hoge
of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The stamps in the Grant mill at Vir-
ginia City are dropping. The mill
will be run on the sulphide ores alto
gether until the cyanide plant is in
running order. L. d. Mccall Is man.
ager.
Manager Daxon, of Wallace, Idaho,
of the Tarbox lead-silver mine, near
Saltese, says the shaft is at the 400
foot level and he has cross-cut to the
ledge. They are drifting on the vein,
which runs high In lead. Gray cop
per has been found on the 4O0-foot
level. The company will increase the
capacity of the mill to be built In the
spring to $50 tons. The cost of flume
for water power and the mill will ag.
gregate $4,000.
The Three Mile placer ground, four
miles below Stevensville, has been
sold to eastern men. The placer
ground transferred covers 300 acres
and extends along Three Mile creek
a distance of 3h miles. The price
Is stated at $4,000, and they have
begun work on improvements to get
water on the ground for hydraulicking.
The Minnie Healy copper mine case
is again before the State Supreme
Court in another phase, this time on
an application for an injunction to
prevent F. A. Heinze working the
property, pending a final adjudication
as to the ownership of the mine. At
fidavits prepared by the Amalgamated
Co. interests charge Heinze with
already having extracted 100000 OF
ore and they allege II he Is not re-
strained from further operations he
will in a great measure exhaust the
ore bodies of the Minnie Healy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lu.
cas- county, So.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he Is senior partner OF the firm Of
F. J.. Cheney G Co., doing business IN
the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of one hundred dollars for
each and every case Of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this 9Th day of De.
cember, A. ID. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal). Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter.
nally, and acts dIrectly on the blood
and mucous surf lei Of the system.
Send for testim, mails. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all dru Igists, 75c.
Halls Family Itlls are the best.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
HOME WoRKERs o
Nearly Eight Hundred Thousand Votes
Deposited Friday.

Deposited Friday.
The Biddle piano contest-by the
way one of the biggest fakes which
was v perpetrated upon the pub.
lic-came to an end Christmas day
and the day following the final count
was made. The Odd Fellows had
brought down a clothes basket full of
tickets and when some of the church
ladies' saw the stack they were quite
sure they were showed under, but
when the count was made they led by
over ten thousand votes, which, added
to their previous lead, gave them the
piano by a margin Of I'll 800 votes.
The total number OF votes on the
last count were 4O0,49S for the Home
Workers and 3S9,992 for the Odd Eel.
lows; the total number of votes cast
during the contest was S42,527 for the
Home Workers, 630,722 for the Odd
Fellows and 2,613 scattering, a grand
total of 1,475,S62 votes.
II this grand total is indicative OF
the business done by the eighteen
firms concerned, 1t Is a fine showing
for Lewistown. As each vote repre-.
sented a rs cent purchase and it Is
probably true that tickets were not
called for at all upon one-third Of the
business transacted, the casting OF
nearly a million and a half votes in
dicates a business Of over 100000 by
eighteen Lewistown firms within a
space of four months.
Throughout the contest a sharp riv'
airy has prevailed, but except In one
or two rare instances, where hot
heads were concerned, no Ill feeling
has been engendered and the ladies
of the. Home Workers society were
heartily congratulated by the gentle
men who have made such a hard but
losing struggle.
Up to the last day the result was
in doubt for both sides were holding
an immense number OF tickets In re
serve and II was mere guess work as
to which had the biggest stack.
The Presbyterian church Is much In
need of a piano and all members OF
the congregation are pleased that the
church society has o
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30

on the spot, SO when Tom Moore
came along in a rig the bruised and
battered pilgrims readily accepted his
invitation to pile in" and ride 10
town with him. on the way in the
ir~repressible Hunter almost talked
Tom into buying a piano.
Peterson was able to be out Mon
dag, though wearing a somewhat bat
tered countenance. but Hunter was
to remain in his room. He
is rapidly improving, however. and
will soon be again telling the multi.
tudinous ~superiorities of the orion
Bros. pianos over all others of what.
name or make.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Judith Basin
Bank will be held in their banking
rooms on Monday. January 4, 1904, at
I p. m, for the election of a board of
directors for the ensuing year, and
Tor the transaction of such other bus
mess az may come before the meeting.
GEO. ]. BACH, Cashier.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
Among the Mines
Devoted to the Large Min.
Ing Interests OF Fergus
County General Notes
Gold Fiqures for the Year.


According to statistics prepared at
the assay Office, that portion of the
gold product Of Montana which will
have passed through the Helena as
say Office by the end of the year will
pass the two million dollar mark, ex-
ceeding the product passing through
this office last year by nearly $780,.
900. The figures by no means repre-
sent the total production OF gold in
the state, as they do not include the
statistics from the mines of Butte nor
those of the American Smelling &
Refining company, these not being
gathered until next spring, when AS
sayer r. II. Tatem begins the prep
aration of his annual report. Again,
some of the producers in the state
ship their product to the mint at Phil
adelphia, and still others ship to the
assay office at Boise, Idaho. and these
figures will not be available until next
spring.
But there are still hgures In the
assay Office statement sufficient to
give a very intelligent idea of what
the state has done in the production
OF gold the past year. For instance.
in Fergus county the production has
more than doubled as compared with
the year previous, while In Lewis and
Clarke there has been a falling off
Of about $500, 900. Madison shows a
slight increase, while Park shows a
falling off of more than 100000.
The assay office figures showing
the product handled at this office,
with comparative figures for 1902, fol-
low, the business for December being
aati,notod.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
Notice.

The co.partnership heretofore ex
listing under the style and firm name
of Merickle G. Mccormack, engaged
in the feed and livery business at
Kendall, Fergus county, Mont, is
hereby dissolved by mutual consent,
All debts and liabilities of the said
firm will be paid by A. Mccormack,
who will also collect all accounts due
the firm. Dated at Kendall, Mont,
the first day of December, 1903.
THOS. MERICKLE.
ARCHIE MCCORMACK.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-30
Notice to Shareholders.

Notice is hereby given that the
seventeenth annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Bank of Fergus
County for the purpose Of electing a
board of directors to serve the. ensu'
ing year, and the transaction of such
other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting will be
held at the Bank of Fergus County
in Lewistown, Montana, on Monday,
the fourth day of January, 1904, at 8
o'clock p. m.
F. e. WRIGHT, Cashier.