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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
AMONG THE
VERY BEST
Tn lewistown Telephon, System Is
Ranked with the Most Efficient
In Thsi State.
OF GREAT VALUE TO THE CITY
Has Been al Important Factor in At.
tracing Outside Trad, to Lewis
town.

The astonishmCnt which strangers
express at the evident stability which
characterizes the business institutions
of Lewistown has become a byword.
Saturday a stranger from Denver
stepped into the local telephone ex
change for the purpose of sending a
long distance message and, as usual,
expressed his surprise that a city the
size of Lewistown should possess such
a complete system so elegantly hous.
ed.
AS a matter OF fact Lewistown has
a telephone building which will com
pare most fayorabl. with the en-
changes in Butte. Helna or any other
of the larger cities q the state. In
deed, the building in his place would
do credit to any city several times the
size of Lewistown. { Is a detached
stone building OF tw stories and a
basement, a cut stonefront and finish
ed in the most modem manner with
steam heat, hot and cold water. ami
toilet rooms on each floor. II is the
first building TO be Connected with the
city water works. this adding much t,
the general convenience. The base.
ment contains the terminal room with
protective devices Which guard agains'
all danger of lighting reaching the
switch board. The basement is also
used as a work rom where instru
ments are tested aud contains appa.
ratus for the testing Of the various ex.
e !ge and toll lines
he new system i equipped with a
bell ringing circuit operated from the
central Office by a pwer generator IL
stead of by hand, Is formerly. Tie
generator is operated by a 5c-leil bat.
terry rLich runs continuously night
and day.
The greatest improvement is. per.
haps, the segregation of the exchange
operating and the toll or long
distance operating nom. Each have
separate switch boaMs. The toll line
business is thus a separate depart
ment and kilograms are handled with
as much privacy as IS obtained in the
best regulated Telegraph offices.
The company gives steady employ.
ment to five persons, viz: A manager,
three operators and a lineman, and,
frequently. two or more additional line.
men are required.
The office contains two long dist
ance booths AMI a night booth. al
ways accessible b the public. In this
booth is soon to be placed a coin ma.
chine which enable patrons to pay
their toll by dipping the required
coin into the sl,ts provided. which
signals the operaor by means of con,
Meeting gongs. II this way service is
obtainable at any hour OF the night.
There are at present, about 125 sub
scribers and this lumber is being con
~stantly increased. The company owns
and operates 225 miles of toll lines
and also operates about 81 miles own.
by other companrs. These lines con
meet Lewistown with nearly every
town and village IN Fergus county and
have. no doubt, ben a potent factor in
the c~entering of tade in Lewistown as
it is unquestionaby a fact that trade is
attached to the phce with which com
munication is the most easily secured
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
His Rise to Greatness.

~
President McKinley's rise TO great
ness had in il nothing Of the sudden
nothing of the unexpected or seeming
ly accidental. Throughout his long
term of service in congress there was
a steady increase alike in his power OF
leadership and in the recognition OF
that power both by his associates In
public life and by the public itself.
Session after session his influence in
the house grew greater: his party an.
~tagonists grew to look upon him with
constantly increasing respect his par.
ty friends with constantly increasing
Faith and admiration. Eight years he.
lore he was nominated for president
ne was already considered a presi.
Dental possibility. Four years before
he a nominated only his W high
sense of honor prevented his being
made a formidable competitor of the
CHIEF upon whom the choice of the con.
v%ention then actually fell.
In 1896 he was chosen because the
great mass of his party knew him and
believed IN him and regarded him as
symbolizing their ideals. as represent.
ing their aspirations. IN estimating
the forces which brought about his
nomination and election | do not nm.
dervalue the devoted and personal
friendship which he had the faculty TO
inspire in so marked a degree among
the ablest and most influential lead.
ers; this leadership was of immense
consequence in bringing about result
but, after all. the prime factor was the
trust in and devotion to him felt by
the great mass Of men who had come
10 accept him as their recognized
spokesman. In his nomination the ma
tional convention of a great party car
RED into effect in good faith the de
liberate judgment of that party as tc
who its candidate should be.
Candidate of No Party.
But even as a candidate President
Mckinley was far more than the candi
date OF a party. and as president h,
was in the broadcast and fullest sens,
the president of all the people of al
sections of the country.
His first nomination came to hin
because of the qualities he had showr
in healthy and open political leader
ship, the leadership which by wore
and deed impresses itself as a viril,
force for good upon the people at larg,
and which has nothing in common
with mere intrigue or manipulation
But in 1896 the issue was fairly joine,
chiefly upon a question which as
party question was entirely new, s.
that the old lines of political clevag
were in large part abandoned. AL
other issues sank in importance whel
compared with the vital need of keeI
ing our financial system on the higI
and honorable plane imperatively dc
manded by our position as a grea
civilized power. AS the champion O
such a principle President McKinle.
received the support. not only of hi
own party, but of hundreds of thous
ands of those to whom he had bee.
politically opposed. He triumpheC
and he made good with s%crupulous 1
deity the promises upon which tn
campaign was won.
Times Were Very Bad.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
Took Chance to Lead.

LOOK SndnCe 10 Icdu.
1T was given to President Mckinley
to take the foremost place in our po-
litical life AT a time when our coun-
try was brought face to face with
problems more momentous than any
whose solution we have yer attempt
ed. save only in the revolution and in
the civil war: and it vas under his
leadership that the nation solved these
mighty problems Alright. Therefore he
shall stand in the eyes of history not
merely as the first man of his genera.
ton. but as among the greatest figures
i'm our national life, coming second on.
~ to the men of the VI great crises
in which the union was founded and
preserved.
mo man could carry through sue
cessfully such a task as President Nc
Kinley undertook. unless trained by
long years of effort for its perform
ance. knowledge of his fellow-citi'
zens. ability to understand them, Keen
sympathy with even their innermost
feelings and yet power to lead them
together with f~ar-sighted sagacity and
resolute belief both in the people n
In their future-all these were needed
in the man who headed the march
of our people during the eventtul
a from 1896 to 1901. These were
the qualities possessed by Mckinley
and developed by him through his
whole history previous to assuming
the presidency.
Privilege Of Serving the Nation.
AS a lad he had the inestimable
privilege Of serving. first in the ranks
and then as a commissioned officer, in
the great war for national union. RICH.
t]oOusucss and grandeur; he was II Of
those whom a kindly providence po"
mittcd 70 take part in a struggle which
ounbl"d .}"rf man whG fought 'hugr
in, He who wnou little moro than n
boy had seen the grim stoadtas'nnss
which after four years OF giant strug
gle restored the union and freed Nh"
slave was not therefore to be dannted
by danger OF frightened mi of his he
lief In the great destiny OF u people,
Some years after the war closed
Mckinley came to congress and rose,
during a succession of terms, TO
leadership in his party and In the low
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11

but sleepeth" spake one who Himself
ros superior TO the pangs Of death;
and only a belief in His ultimate JUS
tice can take away from the heart,
grieved by the loss of a loved one,
the torturing sorrow of such a loss.
Little Dorothy is not dead, but sleep
eth.
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And babe II blossom there"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11

Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due to
the disease being SO insidious that it
gets a good hold on the system before
it is recognized. Foley's Kidney Cure
will prevent the development Of fatal
disease If taken in time. McKechnie
& Allan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
TRIBUTE TO
A STATESMAN
President Roosevelt Delivered the
Principal Address at Mckinley
Memorial at Canton.
BIRTHDAY OF MARTYRED MAN
Career Of the Dead Followed in Its
Rapid Strides Toward the Head
Of the Nation.

Al Canton, McKinloy's home, on
January Is, was given u banquet and
memorial in honor OF the birthday OF
the martyred president. President
Roosevelt delivered the principal ad-
dress. being introduced to the great
~assemblagc by Judge w. X. Day. who
will shortly be named as an associate
Justice Of the supreme court.
As the president rose to speak the
audience rose and cheered enthusias.
tically. When he addressed the tost.
master as Mr.. Justice Day. a designa.
ton applied only to justices of the
United States supreme court, his au'
dttors shook the building with APP.
plause.
President Roosevelt spoke as fol
MIR. Toastmaster and Gentlemen
Throughout our history, and indeed
throughout history generally, 1t has
given 10 only a very few thrice-fay.
ored men TO take so marked a lead in
the crises faced by their several gen
erations that thereafter each stands as
the embodiment OF the triumphant eff
fort of his generation. President Nc
inley was one OF those men.
Crises Tell Us Who Can Lead.
III during the lifetime OF a genera
ton no crises occurs sufficient to cal
out in marked manner the energies o
the strongest leaders, then Of cours'
the world does not and cannot know
of the existence of such a leader; an'
in consequence there are long periodi
in the history of every nation durinI
which no mar appears who leaves al
indeliable mark in history. II. on III
other hand. the crises is m so many
sided as to call for the development
and exercise of many distinct attrt
butes. il may be that nor than on
man will appear in order that the rt
quirements shall ne fully met.
In the revolution and in the perio
of constructive craftsmanship imm'
diately following il, for our good FOL
tune 1t befell us that the highest mil
tary and civic attributes were embod
ed in Washington. and so in him "
have one of the undying men OF hi
tory-a great soldier. II possible a
even greater statesman. and above a
a public servant whose lofty and di
interested patriotism rendered hi
power and ability-alike on tough
fields and in council chambers-of tn
most far.reaching service to the repul
lie. In the civil wal the two function
were divided. and Lincoln and Gran
will stand forevermore with thei
names inscribed on the honor roll G
those who have deserved well of MAJ
kind by saving to humanity n preciou
heritage. In similar fashion Thoma
Jefferson and Andrew Jackson eac
stands as the foremost representatiy
of the greet movement of his generi
ton. and their names symbolic to U
their times and the hopes and aspiri
tinnS nf their fines.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11

err house. He also became governor VI
his native state, Ohio. During this We
ried service he received practicai
training of the kind most valuable 10
him when he became chief executive
Of the nation. To the high faith OF his
early years was added the capacity to
realize his ideals, TO work with his fell
low men at the same time that he led
them.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
Horses Strayed.

Strayed from Gilkerson's pasture, Boyd
creek within a month past:
One black gelding branded Y on left thigh.
One gray mare branded 8 on right thigh and
81 on left shoulder, sorrel colt with her.
Reasonable reward will be paid for delivery
of these animals to Elkhorn stable. Lewistown.
+. +. McKEcHNIE.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11
Times Were Very Bad.

we were at the time in a period of
great Industrial depression and it was
promised for and on behalf of Nc.
Kinley that If he We're elected our fl.
nancial system should not only he pre-
served unframed, but improved and
our economic system shaped in &C.
cordance with those theories which
have always marked our periods of
greatest prosperity. The promises
were kept and following their keeping
came the prosperity which we now
enjoy. All that was foretold concern
ing the well.being which would follow
the election of Mckinley has been
justified by the event.
But as so often happens in our his
tory, the president was forced to face
questions other than those al issue at
the time of his election. Within a
year the situation in Cuba had become
literally intolerable. President Nc.
Kinley had fought too well in his
youth, he knew too well at first hand
what war really was, lightly TO enter
into a struggle. He sought by every
honorable means to preserve peace. to
avert war. He made every effort con-
sistent with the national honor to
bring about an amicable settlement OF
the Cuban difficulty. Then. when 1t
became evident that these efforts were
useless. that peace could not be hon.
orably entertained. he devoted his
strength to making the war as short
and as decisive as possible. 1t is need.
less TO tell the result in detail. Suf'
flee is to say that rarely indeed in his
tory has a contest so ~far-reaching in
the importance of It's outcome been
achieved with such ease. There fol
lowed a harder task. As a result OF
the wal sc zane in possession OF Cuba.
Porto Rico and the Philippines. In
each island the conditions were such
that we had 10 face problems entirely
new g. II national experience. and,
moreover, IN each is'aud or group OF
islands the problems differed radical
ly from those presented In the others.
In Porto Rico the task was simple.
The island could not be independent.
Porto Rico Problem He had to Face.
1T became in all essentials a part OF
the union. II has been given all the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11

Foley's Honey and Tar cures the
cough caused by attack of la grippe.
1t heals the lungs. McKechnle G. Al.
Ian.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
PERSONAL

W. II. Webb returned on the noon
train from Chicago.
Mrs. Ira Griffin returned from the
east on the noon train.
w. C. Boyce, the Fargo life insur-
&c agent, is among the guests in the
city.
Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Griffin of Seattle
are visiting with Mr.. aud Mrs. Pat
Moran.
Mrs. F. d. Jones and Mrs. c. n.
Hendrix are among the guests in the
city today.
Congressman Spalding came over
last evening from Mandan and spent
several hours in the city.
Mrs. White left yesterday for a visit
at her old home in indianapolis. She
will be absent several weeks.
Deputy Auditor Wylie is entertaining
MS friend. Mr. Crawford of Neche. and
the two i'll make a trip to Napoleon
after some ducks.
Mrs. Walter Graham and her moth
er, Mrs. Mitcheson. came down from
Wilton yesterday afternoon and the
latter returned east after a visit at Will
ton.
P. f. Byrne is enjoying a visit from
his brother. Andrew Byrne of New
York city, who arrived from the west
today. He has been II on a trip to
the Pacific coast and stopped here on
his return. He will remain for a week
or two in the city.
Mr.. Will Simmons of Cedar Rapids
Iowa, is renewing friendships in the
city. He left Bismarck in 1878. ant
this is his first visit since. His father
was DR.. Simmons. who practiced here
in the seventies. They still own
homestead on the river, neal Wards
Agent Scott of the Northern Pacific
left today for a months vacation. Mrs
Scott accompanied him as far as
! jamestown. where she will visit a few
days with Mrs. Rowland, and Mr.
Scott goes east. Agent Dudley checked
in to II a affairs in the agents of
fee during his absence.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
MANAGER WANTED

Trustworthy lady or gentleman
to manage business in this county
and adjoining territory for well and
favorably known house of solid tinan
cial standing. $4,000 straight cash
salary and expenses paid each Mon
day by check direct from headquar
tiers. Expense money advanced: posi-
ton permanent. Address Manager
$40 Monon Bldg, Chicago, III.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18

Good b. Comprehensive. J. II.
Marshall is in receipt of a private let
ter from Ward county, descriptive of
the recent unprecedented STERN in
which it appears that by comparison
the residents Of this portion of the
Missouri slope are favored after all.
1t is reported that the snow was about
two feet deep on the level up there
and farmers are coming to town on
sleighs. OF course it is now disap-
rearing rapidly and a long spell of
pleasant weather is expected to follow.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18

The largest single shipment OF
stoves ever received in Bismarck came
in the past week to Grambs & VOL
bert. They received 1879 stoves and II
required a large furniture car to hold
them These were all for their W
stock. If you need a stove you VIII
do we'll to call and see their line.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
STATE News

/: l + TX EWS /:
Fargo has levied $50, 4S6 in taxes for
the ensuing year.
Jamestown has levied s17.4OO taxes
for the ensuing year.
Residents of Grand Forks will nav a
tax of 61.5 mills this year.
jamestown had its first snow on
Wednesday of this week.
Prof. Griffith. the hypnotist, got him
self attached at Ashley for a doctors
bill.
States Attorney Burr is said to nave
cleaned the piggers out of Bottineau
county.
President j. j. Hill may open the
Red River Valley exposition at Grand
Forks.
The session of the supreme court al
Grand Forks will probably last three
weeks.
The State bank of Pingree has been
opened for business with a capital of
$40. 900.
Nineteen attorneys took the written
examination before the supreme court
at Grand Forks.
Grand Forks has appropriated nearly
$4,000 for the expenses of the city
for the ensuing year.
Editor Nye of Valley City has tested
macaroni bread and %pronounces it
bread like mother used to make.
The $4,000 forfeit money from the
street railway company has beer
turned owe to the city of Fargo.
Jacob AXt of Goodrich had a COW
that displayed symptoms of hydro
phobia and had to kill the animal.
The directors of the Alliance Hail
association at jamestown have fixed
an assessment of 80 cents an acre.
The Grand Forks Herald publishes q
letter from Consul Ravndal at Beirut.
written to l.. X. Hassell of Grand
Forks.
Court Stenographer Ed Rose of
jamestown has gone to st. Paul for
hospital treatment for an illness from
which he has suffered for a long time.
Edward Thompson. a bootlegger,
will have to serve 800 days in the
county Jail at Grand Forks unless he
pays a fine Of $500 assessed by Judge
+, Fisk.
Valley City is tired of its electric
light plant and Will offer it for sale
with a twenty year franchise. The
=, plant has been a losing venture for the
city.
Charley Schafer was shooting at a
mark at Schafer, forty miles from
Williston, and his sister, eight years
old, ran around the house just in time
to receive the bullet in the eye. She
died before medical aid could be sum
! moned.
: The new institution for the feeble
minded at Grafton will be completed
about December ! and it is expected
that it viii be opened about the first
' of the year or early in the new year
Its opening will transfer about twenty
0 five inmates from the jamestown asy.
n lum and a few from the Devils Lake
X institution. The census shows tina
there are about one hundred feebl,
minded persons in the state. and it il
expected that most of these. now bein:
d cared for at home. will be admitted I,
n the new institution.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
GOT A GOOD LICKING.
Young Lady at Wahpeton Resents the
lnsinuations of an Itinerant Book
Peddler,

Additional details of the horsewhip-
ping at Wahpeton have been sent out
under a Wahpeton date, as follows:
Frank Gloves. a travelling collector
for the Collier Publishing Co. of ST.
Paul, was publicly horsewhipped on
the streets of this city this morning
by two Of the popular young society
ladies of the city. Cleves has been
making this territory for more thar a
year and while here was Always well
coined to the home of n of the young
ladies and was generally received in
the social circles Of the young people
and his engagement to one of the
young ladies was announced some time
ago. A few weeks ago this was broken
by the young lady and it is alleged that
Cleves has been in the habit of making
~derogatory remarks about her charac-
ter and that of her friend. This morn
ing the young ladies met him on the
street and demanded an apology,
which was refused: one of them then
brought forth a rawhide riding whip
which she had concealed in her skirts
and administered a sound thrashing.
Cleves escaped and ran to the hotel
where his grips We're stored: there he
was met by several young men who
had heard of the matter and warned
to get out of town and stay out; he
tried to put up a bluff and while par
leying the young ladies came up and
both We're armed with whips, which
they laid over his face and shoulders
with all the vigor that a healthy young
woman of 10 is capable. Several of the
young men then seized him and com
PEELED him to make a most abject
apology for everything said. He was
then allowed to go. with a warning tc
take the first train out of town, ant
ne took it. He will probably cut Wah
peton out of his territory for a fey
months at least.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
A Misleading Statement.-A. C. Nc

A Misleading Statement.-A. c. Nc
Gillivray, register: The recent state
ment in The Tribune to the effect that
another homestead could be tak.1 by
any person who had perfected title be
fore 1900, is misleading. The law is
that if any person has taken 4 homo
stead and lost ii through IN means
before that time, another filing can be
made. No person can take up land,
prove upon it, and then take another
homestead. no matter when the first
one was taken.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
NEW LAWYERS.
Eleven Out Of Nineteen Applicants
Passed the Examination at Grand
Forks Before the Supreme Court.

Clerk Hoskins swore in the follow
ing successful candidates for admissiCl
to the bar at Grand Forks:
William Bateson. Rolla.
John l.. Slattery. Wahpeton.
David J. Keefe, Cando.
II f. Johnson, Velva.
Arthur l.. Knauf, jamestown.
S. A. Sweetman, Forman
] S. Frame, Fargo.
Harry l.. Berry. Anamoose.
w. Ormsby Soule, Harvey.
G. w. Richardson. Fargo.
Geo. II. McKenna. Fargo.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18
Want to Trade.

Stock of merchandise for improved
good town; stock consists of hardware,
tinware. harness, buggies, wagons, ag-
ricultural implements and groceries, in
the Gasso oil fields of Indiana. Fol-
particulars write,
r. r. SCHMALHAUSEN & Co.,
Upland, Grant County, Ind.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-18

WANTED-A trustworthy gentle
nan or lady in each county to manage
business for an old established house
of solid financial standing. A straight,
bona fde weekly salary of $500 paid
by check each Monday with all eX-
penses direct from headquarters. Mon
ey advanced for expenses. Enclose
addressed envelope. Manager, $40
Caxton building. Chicago.