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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
CONTEST NoTIcE-Department Of

CONTEST NoTlcE-Department Of
the Interior. United States Land Of
fee, Lewistown, Mont, April II.
1903.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed In this office by
ANDREW MACE,
contestant, against homestead entry
No. 1856. made August 20. 1899. for
the nk swA, swA seA, section 80,
tip II n, r 10 e. Mont. p. NJ, by George
W. Weeks, c~ontestee. In which II Is
alleged that George w. Weeks is dead.
and that the said George w. Weeks.
during his life time and his heirs and
legal representatives, since his death.
have wholly abandoned said home
stead entry for more than six months
last past. and that such abandonment
was not due TO the employment OF the
said George w. Weeks, or his heirs
or legal representatives, In the mill
tary or naval service OF the United
States during a time OF war or at
any other time. and further that said
homestead entry was fraudulent for
the reason that said land was more
valuable for coal than for agricultural
purposes. and was known TO be so at
the time said homestead entry was
made.
Said parties are hereby notified TO
appear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m. on the 23rd day OF May. 1903, be.
fore the register and receiver at the
United States Land Office In Lewis.
town, Mont.
The said contestant, having In a
proper affidavit. filed April II. 1908,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service OF this
notice cannot be made, II is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register,
First publication April 22.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
ORDER TO SHOW cAUsE-In III

ORDER TO SHOW cAusE-In the
District Court of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Montana, In
and for the County Of Fergus.
In the matter OF the estate aad
guardianship OF William Shea and
Edward Shea. incompetent persons.
Upon reading and filing the petit
ton OF William Medigar, praying that
the guardian of said estate be author.
ICED, empowered and directed to lease
the real estate belonging to said es-
tate, which is described as follows:
Lot seventeen. in block twenty-five,
In the townsite OF Gilt Edge. Fergus
county, Montana
1t is ordered that all persons inter.
ested in said estate appear before the
above entitled court on the 14th day
of May, 1903, at the hour OF 10 o'clock
a. m. at the chambers of the Judge
Of said court to show cause, II any
they can. why the said real estate
should not be leased for the purpose
of securing the sum of thirty-five dol.
lars per month in advance, as rental
for the said premises, as is more fully
set forth in said petition. reference to
which is hereby made for further par
ticulars.
Done at the city of Lewistown this
LIST day Of May, 1903.
L. X. CHEADLE,
District Judge.
First publication May 6.
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ALIAS suMMoNs-In the District

ALIAS SuMMoNs-In the District
Court, of the Tenth Judicial Dis
trict OF the State of Montana. In
and for the County Of Fergus.
Bank of Fergus County, a corpora.
ton, plaintiff. versus Benjamin w.
Poole, assignee, defendant-Alias
Summons.
The State Of Montana sends greet.
ing to the above named defendant,
You are hereby summoned to an.
swer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office Of the Clerk
OF this Court, q copy Of which is here
with served upon you. and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorneys within twenty
days after the service OF this sum.
mons, exclusive OF the day Of service.
and In case of your failure to appear
or answer judgment will be taken
against you. by default, for the relief
demanded In this complaint.
This action is brought to obtain an
order and decree Of this Court reform.
ing that certain deed made. executed
and delivered by you to plaintiff on Or
about the eighteenth day OF Septem-
Der, 1895. by striking therefrom the
words, mo. l." from the description
Of the premises mentioned in plain.
tiffs first cause of action herein. there.
by describing the same as lot number.
ed six 90 in block numbered five 90
Of the Morase addition TO the original
site OF the village (now city, OF Lew
istown, as shown by the plat of the
survey thereof on file and of record
in the office of the County Recorder
of Fergus county. Montana. thereby
conveying to plaintiff the lands and
premises actually sold by you to plain.
tiff.
Also that you be required to make.
execute and deliver to plaintiff a good
and sufficient conveyance of lot mum.
bered ten (10) in block numbered
three 90 of Morase addition No. 2 to
the original site OF the village (now
city, Of Lewistown, as shown by the
plat OF the survey thereof on file and
of record in the Office of the County
Recorder Of Fergus county. Montana,
which said premises were sold by you
to plaintiff on or about the said eigh-
teenth day Of September. 1895, and
the description Of which we're entire
ly omitted from the deed Of the sever
al pieces of real estate that day sold
by you to plaintiff and purchased by
plaintiff.
Also that plaintiffs title may be
quieted in and to each and all OF the
said lots and premises, the same hav.
ing been fully paid for by plaintiff.
and having been in the possession OF
plaintiff ever since said date. and for
such other and further relief as to this
Honorable Court may seem meet and
equitable in the premises. all of which
more fully appears from plaintiffs
complaint filed herein, which is here.
by referred to and made a part here.
OF.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said Court, this 9th day OF April. 1903.
EDMUND WRIGHT,
(Seal) Clerk.
BY ARTHUR T. WRIGHT,
Deputy Clerk.
Cort & Worden. Attorneys for Plt'f.
First publication April 10.
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MORE TIME
IS NEEDED
VIII be Another Year Before Work
Will Begin On the st. Mary's
Canal Project.
SURVEYS NOT YET COMPLETE
Land to be Placed on the Market as
Soon as Reclaimed Will Cost
$40 Per Acre.

Bozeman, Mont, May 2.-Cyrus c.
Babb, of the geological survey, is in
Bozeman on his way to take charge
of the government survey work in
connection with the storage reservoir
scheme in northern Montana.
Mr.. Babb has been for some weeks
in North Dakota, investigating the
| conditions there to see what sort of
work the national government may
undertake in that region. He leaves
a man there to look further into the
matter. The work for the season
in this state will be the completion
Of the surveys in detail. Mr.. Babb
doubts whether construction can be
gin this season at all.
Some two years have been already
spent In the surveys and the whole
of the third year will be necessary.
The construction, he says, should take
about two years. The work already
done Is the survey and the plans for
the storage reservoir on the Saint
| Mary's river and the aversion canal
which Is to carry the waters from the
Saint Mary's across to the head wa
tiers of the Milk river.
The work still to do is the survey
for the lower storage reservoir on
the Milk river and the system of high
line canals and the main laterals for
the distribution of the waters.
Work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible, Mr.. Babb says, on all five
Of the enterprises recommended by the
secretary of the interior, and each
one will be completed at the earliest
practicable moment. Each one has
Its own special features. The Mon
tana plan demands q reservoir and a
diversion canal. The Arizona enter
prise has an immense dam and stor-
age reservoir. The Colorado work Is
an immense tunnel for carrying water
past al obstruction.
The land as soon as reclaimed will
be put on the market under the
homestead law at the cost of recla-
nation. Some of this reclaimed land
in the Milk river district, Mr.. Babb
thinks, may be on the market within
a year. The cost, about which there
has been a good deal Of speculation,
Mr.. Babb thinks, will not exceed $40
an acre and says that it is quite safe
to say that 1t will not exceed $12.
The law provides that as soon as
the money from the land is paid in
1t shall be reinvested in new irrigation
enterprises, and hence the department
is already investigating other fields
of effort as we'll as in North Dakota.
There is, therefore, no limit under the
present law except n Of time to a
constantly expanding system of irri-
cation which shall eventually benefit
every part of the irrigation area.
Mr.. Babb spoke in high terms of
the work done by Professor Fortier
and his ASSISTANTS in studying iriga.
ton problems in this state. A mum.
Der of Professor Fortier's pupils are to
be employed again this season in the
surveys.
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WAS GETTING TOO WARM.
Reading OF Old Love Letters Causes
Old Man Cowan he COMPROMISE.

Old Man Cowan 70 compromise.
Hamilton, May 1.-The Hay-Cowan
damage suit case In the district court
Of Rayalli county at Hamilton was
brought to a sudden close yesterday
afternoon by the defendant, James
Cowan, compromising with John Hay,
the wronged husband. by paying him
the sum of $4,000 for alternating the
affections OF his wife.
The compromise was only effected,
however, after some OF the war; and
ardent love letters Of the ~75-year-old
Lothario to the handsome, dashing
young grass widow had been read to
the jury. When court opened for the
day, Attorney j. M. Simpson, OF Spo-
kane, was put on the witness stand
for the plaintiff. From Simpsons evil
dence II was shown that he had act
ed as a private detective for Hay In
securing evidence In his damage suit.
Simpson testified that he spent some
time In Butte last fall. That on n
| of his visits there, while he was oc.
cupying a room in the Broadway
lodging house, adjoining those OF the
former Mrs. Hay and also adjoining
a room which Mr.. Cowan was using,
that he saw the handsome Mrs. Hay
enter Mr.. Cowan's apartments In her
night robe and he told the jury oil the
conversation which he overheard De
tween the two and Of what occurred
in the Cowan apartments.
He also told OF visiting the room
next morning and the discovery OF ar
ticles of ladies' toilet, which were
then introduced in evidence. He o
of securing three letters which Cow
an had written to the former Mrs.
Hay and the first OF these was then
read to the jury. =.
It was addressed to MRS. Eva Hay
and commenced with MY Dearest
' Darling Eva and was signed by
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
o L TO APPEAL.
After Being Convicted Of MansIaugh.
ter He Gets Death Penalty,

After Being Convicted Of MansIaugh.
ter He Gets Death Penalty.
Cody, Wyo., May 3.-In the district
court at Basin yesterday James j.
German was convicted Of numbering
his brother Tom. This is the second
trial he has had for the crime. The
first one last year resulting in a YER
dict of manslaughter. He secured a
new trial and the jury rendered a ver-
dict of murder in the first degree.
Judge Carpenter deferred the SEN
tence.
The convicted mar lived with his
brother, became infatuated with his
wife and finally killed him. He was
getting out of the country with her
when the pair were captured. The
woman will be tried al an accessory
at the next term of court. The YER
dict gives general satisfaction.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
A Sure Thing.

II is said that nothing is sure ex-
cept death and taxes, but that is not
altogether true. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption is a sure cure
for all lung and throat troubles.
Thousands can testify to that. Mrs.
C. B. an Metre, of S~heperdtown, w.
Va, says: II had a severe case OF
bronchitis and for a year tried every
thing I heard of, but got no relief.
One bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry then cured me absolutely" It's
infallible for Group. whooping cough,
grip, pneumonia and consumption.
Try it. It's guaranteed by C. II. Will
liams, druggist. Trial bottles free.
Regular sizes, so cents and $1.00.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
NOTICE FOR PusLIcArIoN-De-

NOTICE FOR PuBLIcATloN-De-
partment OF the Interior. Land Of
fee at L~ewistown, Mont, April 20.
1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF her intention to make final proof
in support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana.
on June 9. 1903. viz:
HANNAH l.. MARSHALL,
who made II. e. No. 1903, for the
sell nwh, sh neA, mex mex. sec
30, tp IA n, r Is e. Mont. p. M.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. viz:
George W. Rohrbacker. Benjamin
+. Jones, Edward Shook, Frank
Welsh. all OF Lewistown, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication May 6.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
NOTICE FOR PUsLIcATIoN-De.

partment OF the Interior, Land Of
fee, at Lewistown, Mont. May 8,
1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support OF his claim. and that said
proof will be made before Walter n.
Peck, U. s. commissioner at Garneill,
Mont, on Wednesday, June 10. 1903,
viz:
AUGUST II. SCHREIBER.
who made II. e. No. 1911, for the neh
sek. sec 8. nh swh, nwh sell, sec
2, tp IL n. r Is e. Mont. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation OF said land. viz:
Oscar l.. Lockwood. Franklin j.
Gaugler, Clarence II. Barrows. Alice
b. Barrows. all OF Ubet, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May 6.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Qso

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Qso-
lated Tract)-United States Land
Office, Lewistown, Mont. Public
Land Sale.
Notice Is hereby given. that in pur.
suanc OF instructions from the com.
missioner OF the General Land Office.
under authority vested in him by sec
ton PASS, U. s. Revised Statutes, as
amended by act Of congress approved
February rs, 1895, we will proceed to
public sale or the 9th day OF June,
1903, at 2 o'clock p. M, at this office,
the following tract OF land, to-wit:
NwA swh. OF sec 80. tp IL n, r 10
e, Mont, P. NJ.
Any and all persons claiming ad.
yersely the above described lands are
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
NOTICE FOR PusLIcArIoN-pe.


partment OF the Interior, Land or.
fee at L~ewistown, Mont. May 4,
1903.
Notice 10 hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has fled notice
OF his intention to make final proof
In support OF his claim. and that said
proof will be made before W. II. Peck,
U. s. commissioner at Garneill, on
Thursday, June IL. 1903, viz:
JOHN ROSS.
who made H.. z. No. 25i7, for the
WIZ sell. sec 80, wiz mex, sec 81. tp
10 n. r Is e, Mont. p. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Charles Meyers, Bert Long. John
McKechnie, OF Halbert; william Fer
guson. OF Bercail, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication May 6.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
pAILIEs DISCONTINUED.

Billings Times and Billings Gazette
Cut Down to Semi-Weeklies.
Billings, May both the Billings
evening dailies, the Times and the
Gazette, have announced the discon.
tinuance of the daily editions, assign.
ing as the reason the fact that west.
ern Montana dailies have usurped the
field to such an extent as to make
local dailies a losing venture. The
Times has been run for the past nine
months, while the Gazette has been
in the field for the past two years
and a half. Both newspapers will
continue their semi-weekly editions.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF

LhNO FINAL FNoOF-
Notice for publication. Department
OF the Interior. United States Land
Office. Lewistown, Mont. 1903.
Notice Is hereby given that
ROBERT ]. STRONG,
OF Meagher county, Mont. has filed
notice OF intention to make proof on
his desert land claim No. 1866, for
the SEA nwA, swh mex. WA sell,
sell SEA. sec 5. neA neA. sec 8, tp
10 n. r is e, Mont. p. NJ. before VIM.
II. Peck, u. s. commissioner at Gar.
neill. Mont, on Monday. the Sth day
OF June, 1903.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation OF said land:
Sam Eike, Frank Hamilton, 2. NJ.
Holcomb. Charles Stewart, all OF Okla,
Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication May 6.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
A Startling Test.

To save a life, DR.. T. G. Merritt,
of No. Mehoopany, Pa, made a start
ling test resulting in a wonderful
cure. He writes: "A patient was
attacked with violent hemorrhages,
caused by liberation Of the stomach.
I had oten found Electric Bitters ex
cellent for acute stomach and liver
troubles so I prescribed them. The
patient gained from the first, and has
not had an attack in IA months"
Electric Bitters r positively guar.
anteed for dyspepsia. indigestion, con.
stipation and kidney troubles. Try
them. Only so cents at c. H. vii
liams'.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06

advised to file their claims in this
Office on or before the day above
designated for the commencement of
said sale, otherwise their rights will
be forfeited.
Dated this 30th day OF April. 1903.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May s.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06

Reliable data on all matters Of gen.
eraI interest are contained In the
World aImanacs, IS cents each at the
Argus office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06

Self linking daters, U. 8. line daters
kept In stock at this office and orders
for special kinds taken and promptly
filled.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-06
REPORT.

Over Hall a Million Dollars In Strong
Vault of the State.
Helena. Mont. May 2.-Assistant
State Treasurer Nesbit Rochester has
completed the April report from the
~treasurer's office. It shows that at
the beginning OF the month there
was on hand s528, 233.67; received
during the month. $39, 9S4.23; paid out
during the month, s63, 164.S9; on hand
at the close of the month. S505. 053.01
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24
City Council.

The council held an adjourned
session Wednesday night at
which it was determined to doub-
lie the scavenger service begin
ming May 1st, and to have the
streets, alleys and back yards
thoroughly cleaned up, beginning
at once.
Anagreement was entered into
with the First National Bank,
JRo. A. Phillips and others for
laying sewer from the inter-
section of Pine and Grant to the
north end of the Chamb bless
Grocery Cos building, by which
the property owners are to bear
the major part of the expense.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24
New Drug Firm.

AS predicted in last weeks
Enterprise Mr.. and Mrs, John
H. Polhill have adopted Fitzger-
aid as the place. It did not
take them long to discover that
this was the best town in Geor-
gla and that being exactly what
they were looking for they
promptly bought out one of the
best businesses in the city: that
of the Denmark Drug Co., and
Mr.. Polhill gave his check for
the purchase price of all the
stock at a good premium last
Monday when Mr.. Denmarksign-
ed the bill of sale. Mr.. Polhill is
now in charge and personally
conducting the business. Mrs.
Polhill returned to the city Mon
day and they are at home with
Mr.. ]. W. Bailey on North Grant
Street. They are the kind of
citizens we love to welcome to
Fitzgerald. May they never re-
gret the move.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

Rev. A. L. BLIZZARD goes to Lake
Park today to participate in a
two weeks meeting.
Mr.. E. J. Smith of Triton will
take charge of the T. & N. E.
agency vice Mr.. C. H. Russell
resigned. Mr.. Smith has been
clerk in auditor J. l.. Jays
office at Triton.
Judge M. L. Mershon, who
went to Augusta several weeks
ago to be operated on, found it
necessary to undergo another
operation this week, which seems
to have been successful, and his
friends here hope for his re-
covery,
MIR. and Mrs. D. G. Drew went
downto Broxton yesterday where
they will spend several days with
their daughter, Mrs. T. S. Price.
Mr.. Drew's health has not been
good for several days and this
little change it is hoped will be
beneficial to him.
Miss Mabel Bosworth and
mother left Wednesday for Zion
City, to which place they have
been preceded by the rest of the
family, excepting Mrs. C. A.
Holtzendorf and Mr.. Clarence
BosWorth, of Savannah. Miss
Mabel's friends gathered at the
residence of Miss Gertie Klein
Tuesday evening in her honor
and that Of Miss Inez Bradford.
The family have many friends
here who regret exceedingly to
see them go since in all probable
lty they will not return.
The Atlantic & Birmingham
Railroad Company has appointed
land and industrial agent,
whose duty it will be to look after
improvements along the line of
road, and the location of settlers
in the comparatively new terrific
ry. Mr.. George w. Duncan of
Macon has been chosen for the
position. Mr.. Duncanis a man of
long experience and will no doubt
make good the opportunities Of
fered in this territory. Con-
siderable emigration is already
headed this way and no doubt
he will succeed in landing his
share of them in the unexcelled
territory traversed by the Allan
tic & Birmingham. We wonld
like to see Mr.. Duncan in Fitz-
gerald. We have some things to
tell him, one of which is that we
have room for several thousand
new families from any old state.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

Another little three-year old
girl has been attacked and Sc
verify bitten by a fierce dog on
the streets of Atlanta but some
people must have their pets. The
little girls must stay out of the
way and give the build ogs a
chance.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

The directors of the Savannah
Hhamber of Commerce have
sken up the matter of erecting
Savannah a sugar refinery.
nch a plant would be worth
lore to the sugar cane growing
aterests of South Georgia, and
Emulate that industry more
han any other one thing.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

Many small cities in the South
he taking advantage of Mr.. Car
|egie's library offer of $4,000
lonations where the towns will
cree to expend $1,000 annually
j the maintenance of the library.
Union, S. c., decided on the 7th
az of this month, by a vote of
to /, to appropriate the neces-
ary ST., 900 annually
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

Six cases of bites from dogs
nth rabies having occurred with
d three days in Chicago they de-
'ided to muzzle the dogs. A
|krong protest of course arose
rom the dog owners says the
lew York World. A hundred
sons had been bitten since
aary 1st by dogs, in New
City. The people ought
ont of the way of the dear
ahev get mad.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

County Commissioner Jake
Dorminey was in the city Tues
day. In talking of road building
by the convicts about which so
much has been said recently, he
explained that it had been agreed
AMONG the commissioners that
the convicts would be used in
three subdivisions of the county
for four months each alternating.
The Ocilla section four months
and Fitzgerald or northeastern
section four months and Syca-
more or western section four
months. BY that plan each
member of the board of commits
sioners would have the use of the
convicts in his particular SUBJ
division of the county an equal
number of months. About the
1st of May it is proposed to move
the convicts to this section of the
county and for four months the
gang will be used on the roads
leading to Fitzgerald and the
roads of the northeastern part
of the county.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

A Missouri mob 1ynched a
nego. Wouldn't that jar" you?
But they didn't stop at that; they
started right in to burning the
houses of the other negroes in
town-that was in the town of
Joplin a week ago.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1903-04-24

Thirteen men were poisoned
Sy eating soup at a saloons free
inch counter in Chicago last
Raturday. Unlucky number, un-
ncky men, un1ucky place.