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Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
JUDGE CALLS
CIVIL DOCKET
Jury for the Fall Term Of Court Is
Called for September Twenty.
Eighth.
MUCH COURT BUSINESS DONE
Eighteen Cases Set for Trial-Dates
for Arguments on Oemurrers
Fixed by the Court.

Friday morning AT 10 O'Clock Judg,
Dheadle called the calendar for tn,
autumn term OF court, which will con
ycnc Monday September 2Sth. There
are eighteen civil cases set for tria
during the coming term. In addition
10 the setting OF cases for trial much
other important business was trans
acted, il having piled up somewhat
during the absence of Judge CheadlC
On his vacation.
In the case of Belden VS.. Hobson
the demurrer to the amended com
plant was sustained and the com
plant ordered to be amended by in
terlinoa'ion.
The case of Connolly VS.. Fergus
was dismissed.
In the case of Stapleton VS. Staple
ton September 2lst was fixed as the
date for the argument on the demur
rer
In McKechnie vs.. Smith the plain,
tiff was granted until September 10th
10 furnish an itcmizcd statement.
In the case OF Dewitt VS.. Butler
the demurrer waa oycrruled and the
defendant given % daya in which 10
file an answer.
In the judith Inland Transportation
company VS. Williams the argument
on demurrer and the objection to the
itemized statement was set for Mon.
day. September 18th.
In Tus VS.. Tus the demurrer was
argued yesterday.
IL Dewitt VS.. Ross the demurrer
was also argued yesterday.
In the case Of Riesetcr VS.. Sullen.
ger the demurrer was sustained and
the complaint ordered amended by in.
tcrlneation.
In the case OF Stromberg. Mullins
company VS.. KahOe the argument on
the motion To set aside default was
set for last Monday. September lith,
AT Ia a. IN.
In Russell VS.. Marcellus the motion
of plaintiff To correct transcript OF tes-
timuny was granted.
In Mason VS.. Mason proof was made
on default, plaintiff sworn and exam
ined and divorce granted.
In Mcdonald vs.. Anderson the hear
ing ON demurrer and motion To strike
was argued by Backford & Black
ford for plaintiff. and Cort 4 Wor.
den for defendant. Demurrer and mo-
tion ovcrruled and defendants given
ten days within which to answer. q.
In Humphrey vs.. Stafford the bond
Ol defendant for delivery of personal
property was fixed at 800.
The following cases were set for
trial
See VS. See. Sept. Is. ~ "A. m.
Wright vs.. Stiilman. Sept. -, ~ a,
m.
Foster VS.. Forsyth, oct a. 10 a
m.
Foster VS.. Forsyth. oct .. 10 a. IN,
Wells VS.. Shaulos. Oct. ..
Chan VS.. M0shncr. Oct. .. 10 n. M,
Tus VS.. Bright. Oct. 3 10 a. m.
Mcdonald VS.. Hamilton, Oct. Z. IN
a. III.
Phillips VS.. Myers. Oct. Z. 10 a. m.
Judith Inland Transportation So. VS..
Williams. Sept. II.
Alexander vs.. Smith. Oct. 3. ~ a.
III.
Hedges VS.. Dewitt. Oct. 10. ~ a.
IN.
Busch VS.. Abel. Oct. IL. 10 a. IN.
Weaver VS.. Dunn Oct. -. 10 a. M.
Raw VS.. Raw, Oct l3, 10 a. m.
Shaules VS.. Shaulcs, Oct. Is. 10 a,
m.
Dewitt VS.. Stacey. Oct. l6. 10 a, m,
Montana Railroad company VS.. Day
ct at. Oct u. 10 a. m.
Mas VS.. Hamilton. Oct. II, IN n,
II.
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
Rams for Sale,

Five hundred Delaine Merino rams
for $3.50 per head, 800 2-yearold De.
LANES at $3.50 per head. 100 3-year-old
Delaines at $500 per head. 100 4-year.
old Rambouliet rams at s4O0 per
head, 100 Delaine Merino stock rams
at price to suit purchaser.
SAGE CREEK SHEEP CO.
Sage Greek Ranch, Fergus County
Mont
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
Bucklen's Arnica saluc.

Has worldwide fame for marvellous
cures. II surpasscs any other sslye
lotion. ointment or hahn for cuts
corns, burns, boils. sores. felons, nj
GERS. letter, salt rheum, fever sores
chapped hands, skin eruptions; lnfal
lible for pilos. Cure guaranteed. ON
ly ,5c at ID. B. Morris drug store.
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, = powder to be shaken into the shoes II
makes tight ur new shoes feel easy; gives in
slant relief To coTns and bunions. IT'S the
greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures
and prevents swollen feet; blisters, callons ana
sore spois. Aliens Foot Ease is a certain cure
for sweating, hot, aching feet. AZ all drug;
gists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FR EE
by natl. Address Allen ). Olmsted' LeRoy
N
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
Special Notice.

The Lewlstown Tailoring company
is now located two doors below the
". s. land Office. All kinds OF tailor
Ing done. including pressing and re-
pairing at prices not to be beat In the
city. We will press and clean two
suits a week at the rate Of $3.50 per
month. Give as q trial.
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
Doctors Could Not Help Her.

81 had kidRey trouble for years.
writes Mrs, Raymond Conner. of Shell
ton, Wash, and the doctors could
not help me tried Foleys kidney
cure, and the very first does gave me
relief and ! ana now cured. | cannot
say too much for Foley's Kidney
Cure" Sold by f. +. McKechnie
Fergus County argus., 1903-09-16
$3.50 Reward.

ror the conviction of anyone guilty
Of cutting or tearing down fence be-
longing TO
II. T.. HAMILTON, or
X. S. HAMILTON.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
Beds and Bedsteads.

Bedstead originally meant 'the beds
place" The truckle-bed was the first
advance on the bench, and then the
tester suspended from the roof. Then
came in the Arabian bed-a name, per-
haps, derived from the Crusades- The
four poster came from Austria in the
fifteenth century. The late Queen Vic
toria always carried her bedstead
about with her, and so did the mobiles
in the Middle Ages. The coverlid, or
counterpoint, whence comes counter
pane, was often splendidly embroider-
ed Yet the beds at this time were
often only sacks OF straw. Feather
beds came from France In the four
teenth century but straw was in gen.
eral use long after. Blankets of wool
were not introduced by Blanket of
Bristol, who made them, for the word
in the sense of a coarse woollen fabric
existed before
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
lust the materIa; to serve the sweaters.

just the materia; to serve the sweaters.
purpose.
At English universities. again, the
undergraduate in his first year has,
been known for centuries as ''fresh-
man. which recent Oxford slang, with
its idiotic love for making 'er'' a uni
versal termination. turns into fresh
er." Across the Atlantic freshman is
similarly used, while a second-year
student is dubbed a sophomore"
name unknown on this side.
At German universities men rejoice
in variety of strange names. In one
of the chapters of Longfellow's ely
perion" the reader may make the ac-
quaintance of the Nasty-Foxes, other
wise freshmen; Branders. or second
term men; mossyheads, old ones and
princes of twilight. Most of them.
sound delightfully."- meaningless, which
is one Of the recognized beauties of
cant terms
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
Origin of Mrs. Grundy,'

In MortOn's1 clever comedy, Speed
the Plough" Farmer Ashfield, at table.
with his jug and pipe. is talking to
his wife on her return from market.
well, dame, welcome whoam.
What news does thee bring vrom mar
ket?''
What news, husband? What 1 al
ways told you, that Farmer Grundy's
wheat brought five shillings quarter
more than ours did,
"All the better foor hev'
"Ah! the sun seems to shine on pur-
pose for him."
Come, come, missus, as thee has not
the grace to thank God for prosperous
times, dan't thee grumble when they
be unkindly bit"
"And I assure you Dame Grundy's
butter was quite the crack of the
market"
BE quiet, wool We? Always ding
dinging Dame Grundy into my ears;
What will Mrs. Grundy say? What
will Mrs Grundy thinkY Canst thee
be quiet; let her alone, and behave thy
self pratty ?"-Answers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
cONCEiT OF THE SOMAlL
His Good Opinions of Himself Are the
Subject. of His Songs.

His Good Opinion. of Himself Are the
Subject. of His Songs.
Perhaps the most remarkable charac-
teristic Of the natives Of Somaliland is
their unbounded. preposterOus conceit
Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by 1t. When water
ing his camel or his horse the Somali
encourages the animal to drink by
chanting to it in monotone. It Is at
such moments of extemporary efusion
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert
ences of the days march, the virtues of
the animal beside him, the charms of
his latest wife. or his own proWess in
some bloodless tribal raid. By great
good fortune the following literal trans
lation of one OF these chants or songs
came into my possession, and l insert
it without any comment:
''WilI you see man? Then behold
me! l am a Soma1i, as perfect in size
and form as Adam was after God had
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
co @ D
Short Stories


Some time before the Civil War, and
John A. Logan once found 1t neces-
sary to doubt the veracity of a man
considerably older than himself, and
told him So Don't you call me a liar,
SIR" said the man, eXcitedly; Il have
a reputation to maintain, and l mean
to maintain it if have to do it at the
point of pistol "Oh," Logan is
said to have calmly retorted, THAT
won't be necessary. You maintain your
reputation all right every time you tell
iie''
A colored barber thus explained to
Senator Hoar his reason for resigning
from a certain African church,: Il
jined that chu'ch en- good faith, and
de fust yeah I give $40 to'ds the stated
gospel, an all de chu'ch people calls
me 'Brudder Dickson De second
yeah me biziness fell off, Ell l give So;
en- all de chu'ch people dey call me
.Mistah Dickson.' De third yeah |
feel so polly dat l don't give nuthin'
til for preaching, en- all de chu'ch peO-
pie dey pass me by en- say. Dat ole
niggah Dickson After dat 1 quit
'em.''
A well-known professor, having
boarded few weeks with a farmer
who was in the habit of taking few
summer guests into his house to help
pay the rent, decided to spend his va
cation there again this year. In noti-
flying the farmer of his intention, he
wrote: There are several little mat
ters that 1 desire changed, should my
family decide to pass the vacation at
your house We don't like the maid
Mary. Moreover, we do not think IA
sty so near the house is sanitary"
This is what he received in reply:
Mary has went. We haint had no
hogs sence you went away last Sep
tember."
Rudyard Kipling once visited the
late Cecil Rhodes at Lekkerwijn, one
of his fruit farms at Paarl, South Afri-
ca. One morning Rhodes went
round his farm before breakfast, leay-
ing his guest, who was not SO ener
getic, behind. Time went on, and
Rhodes did not appear. Hunger soon
reused Kipling to action, and in
short time he was very busy on his
own account AS Rhodes returned he
found his trees bearing a new kind
of fruit in the shape of placards, in
scribed in huge black letters with
''Famine!'' I'VE are starving!'' Feed
usr' etc. On reaching the front door
he was confronted with the following,
in still larger type: "For the Human
Race-Breakfast tones the mind, in
vigorates the body. 1t has sustained
thousands; it will sustain you. See
that you get it, Then in the house, on
every available wall, he came across
other mysterious placards, in more and
more pathetic appeal: why die when
a little breakfast prolongs life?' Larg-
er and larger grew the type: 1T is
late, it is still later" leading at last
into the little breakfast room. where
he found Kipling reading his paper
in peaceful innocence, but very hun
CRY. 1t did not need much ingenuity
To ruaSS the author of these brOadSideS
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
THE CANALS OF EUROPE.
This Means of Transportation Re
gaining Long. Lost Prestige.


gaining Long. Lost Prestige.
''In nearly all the commercial coun-
tries of Europe" says United States
Consul Hossfield in an official report,
1.-The canal seems to be regaining it's
long-lost prestige. Germany has ex-
pended during the last ten years hun
dreds of millions of marks for the con
struction Of artificial water courses
and Austria will eXpend during the
600 crowns (S65, ,975, ,OOO) for a like pur
pose, while Italy seems to be deter
mined not to remain far behind in the,
improvement of inland navigation.
about two years ago the Italian
government appointed a commission to.
investigate and report upon the advis-
ability of establishing a system Of ma
tional waterways in the northern part
of the kingdom. This commission rec
ommends the establishment of a net
work of inland water courses of total
length of Zip miles. This great work
can be achieved the more easily be-
cause northern Italy has already 1,617
miles of navigable rivers and canals.
and these can be connected with each
other by a system of auxiliary canals
of a total length of less than 434
miles. The commission estimates the
total cost of the proposed improve
ments at So, ,774,OOO. >.
"The main line of the proposed sys-
tenn would be a canal connecting
Venice with Milan and Turin. Another
canal would connect Milan with Be-
logna and third Bologna with Venice
1t is further proposed to open an in
land water course from Venice to the
Austrian frontier, for which purpose
the rivers Stella, Corno and Ausca
could be utilized
IAN improved system Of water high
ways would be a powerful stimulus to
the farms and factories of northern
Italy, enabling manufacturers to col
lect their raw materials and fuel with
less labor and expense, and opening
more distant and more profitable mar
kets for both Industrial and agricul-
tural products.
1T is worthy of note that some of
the canals which it is proposed to
make use of in this national system of
waterways were constructed nearly
500 years ago and that one of them is
known to have been equipped with lift
locks as early as 1897
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
Britain were Lord Chief Justice Alver-

Britain were Lord Chief Justice Alver-
stone, Sir Louis Jette. Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF Quebec, and A. B. Aylesworth.
|, Under the terms Of the treaty 1t was
not possible for the commissioners to
any other American city from Amer
lea to British jurisdiction. But it did
leave OPEN the question whether the
British could get to tidewater. This
had always been the issue The treaty
went at some length into the claims
of both countries, but the main points
were based on the meaning OF Articles
III. and ". of the AnglO-Russian
treaty Of 1926, or, In other words,
whether the line of demarcation, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the treaty,
was to be drawn thirty marine miles
from the coast of the Pacific ocean or
from the headwaters of the Lynn and
other canals into the Canadian interior.
The British concession of agreeing to
three commissioners on each side with
out an umpire or referee was offset
by the willingness of the United States
to hold the deliberations of the CON-
mission in London under the presiden-
cy of Chief Justice Alverstone. The
commission held its first formal meet
ing in London September 3, and dis
posed of the entire question in little
more than two months.
BY the decision of this tribunal Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone voting with
the Americans, the United States gets
ali the territory it has always claimed
The Portland canal. which is an outlet
from British Columbia, is given to Can
ada.
Lord Alverstone. whose decision has
not met with favor in Canada, is the
head OF the highest judicial tribunal in
England, and has been since 1900. For
twelve years prior to this he was At
torney General.
We should think that the wbrd
love" would strike married people
much like whif of cooking after one
has had too much breakfast.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20

The reluctance with which some per
sons took up the duties of life when
the holiday season ended has reminded
a correspondent that at the beginning
Of September the men of the Scotch
shipyards sometimes resort to the
sporting method Of a ''toss-up" wheth-
er they shall return to work or not.
A brick is thrown into the air. IL it
stays up the men go back to the yard
II the brick comes down the holiday
Is extended. To tired persons who be-
heye in ''luck" and govern their lives
accordingly, this experiment can al
ways be depended upon to yield salts
factory results.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
TRIALS OF THE NEWCOMER.
Lucky If He Escapes Harsher Fate
Than Nickname.

Lucky IF He Escapes Harsher Fate
Than Nickname.
The instructive attitude toward
strangers of people in self-contained
communities, in which there is but lit
tie coming and going. is one of hostil-
ity, says~the London Globe. Traces of
this feeling-a survival, surely, from
the days of the tribal or village COM
munity-;re still to be found even in
many places where the immensely in
creased facilities for intercommunica
tion have broken up and almost abol-
ished the Old isolated modes of life.
There are still old world rural parts
where those who come from or belong
to other districts are generally styled
''furrinerS." But this is really d sur
vival of mediacvalism.
Connected with the old hostile atti-
tude toward the outsider is the custom.
which is found all over the world. of
dubbing the newcomer. whether to
country or town. or profession, with a
nickname. humorous or Satirical. In
the far West of America or Canada he
who comes fresh from the East OF
from Europe is "tenderfoot.' Orig
inally, no doubt, the name was almost
literally true. 4 backwooGsman, or
frontiersman, is tolerabiy tough and
hardened individual, and newcomer
from more civilized parts would prob
ably find he deserved the name of
"tenderfoot'' before he had been long
on the tramp. But, of course, the epi-
thet soon gained wider applica ton,
and became label for a fresh arrival
Of any kind. Another western name Of
like meaning was pilgrim"
In India for many long year the
newcomer has always been known as
a griffin usually shortened to
'.grifr'; but no one has yet been able
to explain the origin of the term.
In the Malay peninsula newly i'm
ported Chinese coolies are known as
'.sinkeys," but why we cannot say.
Australia, of course, has its own nick
names for the newcomer. When he
arrives fresh from the old country he
is new chum' or ''lime juice" and
usually bears the marks OF his new
ness thick upon him in the shape of
his clothes, the topics of his talk, and
the like. Ii he goes inland or up the
country, as the Australians would say,
and settles down on sheep or cattle
station, so as to get practically ac-
quainted with the work on large run,
and thus learn the details essential to
successful sheep or cattle farming, he
is known at first as a Colonial expert
ence" or '.jackaroo."
The application of nicknames is not
confined to fresh immigrants in any
country or colony. The habit is found
in existence in many other directions.
In military slang recruit is ROCKY"
and many other occupations have par
allel nicknames for the novice, the
raw hand, the greenhorn who is not
necessarily simpleton. "Greenhorn"
itself was used in the seventeenth cen
tury as a name for raw recruit when
"greener" is commonly used in London
at the present time among sweating
employers as a term for newly arrived
foreigners in search Of worls who are
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20

In New York a woman with three
children walked the streets searching
for home. They found lodging in
on" by the landlord. Her character
was all right. She had references.
The children were the ordinary kind
of boys and girls-healthy and noisy.
She had money. She couldn't pay for
a palace, but she was ready to settle
in advance for a modest apartment.
The children were not wanted. They
were the obstacles, impediments, fat
nuisances. That is why the landlords
said, "Move on" 1t is why they say
move on in other cities. 1t isn't
right II our bodsted civilization has
reached a point where a place called
home has children blacklisted, it isn't
home at all If boycott on the little
folks Is to be a part of life in a fat,
then flats are by no means a bless
ing. This a world Of averages. You
have got to put up with some things
that you do not like, and you should
accept the noise made by the neigh
NOIO SIoSCAeAAy, duo tAdlA
God that they can laugh and shout
and romp and be happy. The man or
woman who is grouchy because Of chill
dren isn't right. There must be some
thing wrong inside. The life that
doesn't include joy in the reflected hap
piness of boys and girls is a narrow
life. Don't blame the landlords too
much. They didn't bar children be-
cause they are naturally hard-hearted
Grumpy men and fretful women COM
planned that other peoples babies were
a nuisance. The grufr old bachelor
refused to find any music in the merry
laugh OF a child, and few women
found dogs better company than chill
dren. 1t is business to supply a de-
mand. and so the landlords Of count
less fat buildings rubbed their hands
and said to mothers and fathers of
fine families: Every sorry, but we
can't rent to you because of your
broods." Once upon q time France
discouraged children. 1t was the great
est mistake ever made by nation.
France has not recovered from the
error to this day. Perhaps she never
will Isn't there danger for America
in dat regulations that provide that
mo children need apply" q
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20

Americans have occasion to regret
one excellent feature in British ad-
n,.i:~tration. Under the system long
III Gse by that government diplomacy
is profession. Men start at the bot
tom as attaches or consuls and go up
by promotion or merit to the highest
place, which is ambassador. This Sc
cures in the service officers who are
acquainted with many countries. who
speak many languages and have the
skill in diplomacy acquired by expert
ence It is far different from our
catch-as-catch-can system, which Of
fers no career either in consular or
diplomatic service.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20

The frequency with which dangerous
cranks seek to gain access to the presi-
dent should put an end for all time
30 those senseless public receptions at
which the president is expected to
stand up and let hundreds of people
file In and shake his hand. This de-
generate survival of the royal levee
has long been an outrageous nuisance.
1t has been used as an advertising card
for Washington excursion business and
parties of tourists have been taken to
the receptions by guide and put in
line to shake hands with the president.
Our president is not king or show
piece Of any kind. but republican
magistrate. with important public bust
ness to attend to, and nobody ought
30 have access TO him for the graft
Aca<ion Of idle curiosity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-20
Tragedy in Punctuation.
. &$S he was after.


Longed for fashions swim
But she said, with laughter,
She cared 0 for him.
+? he propounded.
Caused no exuItation.
Then became dumfounded
At her
Twas like heaping
Fire burning hot,
For he'd staked his soul on
Marriage with
Soon he made a - for
Nearest exit gate,
Found he had no cash for
Dinner that he 8.
Quickly she relented.
Wrote that she'd be his,
Told him she repented
In
Now they're living double.
Happy, strong and well:
1t seems the cause of trouble
Was a deadly
Telegraph.