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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25

l.. w. Eldridge; Ty' or p
A. Hanke. No delegate to me grand
lodge, which meets in p .,,,roro was
AN Vi 'h's q selected for the
~ "a are enthusiastic
the order and will, no
.<cp Il In the front rank of the
~ aiar ~fratcrnai orders of the city.
two candidates were antlered during
the evening and this added to the
general enjoyment of the evening.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
HE WAS
An Ex-Missourian Longs Nightly for
His Boyhood Haunts.


A M~issourian came to Montana
several months ago and settled over
on Beaver Creek, buying a ranch and
the necessary farming implements
and live stock. He got bit" in the
place to begin with. as the land was
scarcely fit for cultivation, the house
was upholstered. and, eve unlathed
for the most part, and the general out
look a rather cherries one. II did
not take the fellow long to become
sorry that he ever left You'll have to
show-me-land," and he endeavored to
get his wife to go back there with
him. She. however, was plucky
than her homesick spouse and made
him stick to Montana and tried to
make him go to work and by his in
dustry improve their rather unpromis-
ing prospects. But 1t was simply no
use. He pinned for the land Of pork
ers and pikers, of Democrats and
demijohns, corn huskin's and quilt
in bees, and refused to be comforted
by anything other than the genuine
articles. Being at last unable to long.
er deny his longing for home and
his native land" he saddled up a
horse the early part Of last week and
started for the south, leaving his wife
alone to rustic for a livelihood. He
sent the horse back to the place and
last Sunday, after an absence of five
days, dragged back himself, to try
once more to forget the state made
by her boosted ability to feed the
world and populate the west. Accord.
ing to his own story he got as far
as Billings, when his conscience be.
gan to jab him for leaving his wife,
and so sharp became the prickings
that he decided to retrace his steps,
reform his ways and show himself a
worthy citizen of the great state which
has become his adopted home.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Danger Of Colds and Grip.

The greatest danger from colds and
grip is their resulting in pneumonia.
II reasonable ar 8 used. however,
and Chamberlain Cough Remedy
taken, all danger win be avoided.
Among tho tons Of thousands who
have used This remedy for these dis.
eases we have Set 20 learn of a single
having resulted in pneumonia,
which shows couclustyely that II is a
certain preventative ol that danger.
GUS disease, II will cure d cold or an
attack OF thc grip IN less time than
any other treatment. 1t is pleasant
aud sac to take. For sale by g. H..
williams. Lcwis,own and Gin Edge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
Dissolution of Firm of Cook & Hilger
to Take Place April list.

The real estate and insurance firm
of Cook & Hilger will be dissolved on
the list of April by the withdrawal of
Mayor George w. Cook, who intends
to embark in the mercantile business
as soon as all arrangements a be
made. BY the terms of the dissolu.
ton Mr.. Hilger will retain the pres
ent office building and the business
of the firm and Mr.. Cook will take all
of the property from Main street to
the real estate office. The three
rooms at present occupied by Walker
Wells clothing establishment. Madame
Gleason's millinery and dress making
parlors and the Democrat office will
be remodelod by the extension of the
partition separating the first named
stores, through the middle Of the
Democrat office and the tearing out
of all other partitions. thus making
but two store rooms in the building,
one OF which will be occupied as at
present by Mr.. Wells and the other
by Mr.. Cook, who will start a C. o.
ID. grocery store. Mr.. Cook is a bust
ness man of recognized ability and
will, no doubt. make his new venture
an entire cce
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
tix-Cresa

DR.. F. f. Attix' patients found a
notice on the door of his office Fri
day morning stating that he had gone
TO Grass Range and would be back
tomorrow" This little dodge fooled
some people, but not those who saw
him get on the Harlowton coach with
a dress suit case, a bread smile and
other necessary travelling accessories.
To one or two who were ION the in
side il was known that he was head
ed for Livingston, where yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock he was united
in marriage to Miss Ruth Cresap, Of
Humansville. Mo.
The wedding took place at the home
of the brides sister. Mrs. J.. \. Nc
Cracker, the rector of the Livingston
Episcopal church officiating. Only a
few relatives and immediate friends
Witnessed the ceremony. Shortly af-
ter the ceremony the young couple
left Tor the west on Il bridal trip.
They will return TO Lewistown about
the irst and be at home 10 their
friends on the 18th of april.
Or. Attix is one of the best known
young physicians in this part of the
state. and, though he has been prac'
ticing in Lewistown but two years,
has built up an enviable practice. His
bride is most popular in social circles
in Lewistown and her many friends,
old and young, will be pleased 10 learn
that this will be her permanent home,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Building Contract.

The Gold Reef Mining Company will
accept bids up to loon. April LIST. for
the erection of a coal bin, containing
100000 feet OF lumber; two ore bins,
containing 10000 feet OF lumber.
Also Il teaching plant, containing
10000 feet of lumber. Plans and spec
ilcations can be seer at company's
office. Work to begin as soon as cOn
tract Is awarded. Contractor to de-
posit certified check for 90 per cent.
Of contract.
GOLD REEF MINING co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
YOUNG MAN
GOES WRONG
Frank Etteln Makes a Clumsy At
tempt to Get Away With Erst-
while Employers Pocketbook.
MONEY FOUND IN A TRUNK
Secured s425 of Which $500 Was Re.
covered-Arrested in Bed IN
lewistown Hotel.

Frank Ettein, a young man scarce
his majority, is in serious trouble and
unless all signs fail, will be initiated
into the mysteries of the Deer Lodge
society before he is many months old.
er, He has been hanging around Lew
istown for several months past, secur-
ing a living the best, or rather, in
some instances, the worst way he
could, until the first of the present
month, when W. Miller, proprietor of
the Lewistown Bakery. took pity on
him and ave him a job delivering
bread. He was hardly up to Mr.. Mil
ler's standard of honesty and was let
out last week. He continued to hang
around the shop and, on Saturday,
during a temporary absence of Mil.
Ter from the bakery, went into the
bakers pocket and secured his keys.
Miller missed the keys on Sunday
when he wanted to get into his trunk
and asked Ettein to help him hunt
for them.
Ettein hunted all over the shop for
the keys, which we're in his own peck
ct at the time. Sunday, while Miller
was out again, the boy boldly walked
into the shop, opened the trunk and
took out $425 in money. Miller, upon
returning, observed that his trunk
was unlocked, and. upon making fur.
Their investigation, discovered that his
pocketbook and money were missing.
He at once suspicioned Ettein and
swore out a warrant for his arrest.
The officers searched all the afternoon
for the missing Ettein and finally 10.
Gated him in bed in the Lewistown
hotel.
Ettein had gone to the hotel, given
the clerk the pocketbook containing
$500. told him to keep it until morn.
ing and call him in time for the Har.
lowton coach. In order to impress
the clerk with the necessity of wax.
ing him on time he gave him a tip OF
fifty cents. When Proprietor Wright
came in he was informed of the boys
peculiar actions and shown the peck
etbook, which he instantly recognized
as Miller's, having seen 1t while Mil
Ter was staying at the hotel. He
started down to see Miller about it and
met the officers, who were hunting for
Ettein.
The party went to Ettein's room,
where Marshal Bebb placed him I'M
der arrest and asked for Miller's keys.
He at first denied knowing anything
about them. but later said that he
had thrown them away in the lot back
of the hotel. He was taken into GUS
tody and the $400 given back to Mil
Ter, who was more than pleased to
get back so much of the money, which
he had given up for lost.
Ettein was arraigned before Judge
mcfarland Monday morning, but
took until the afternoon to plead. In
the afternoon he pleaded not guilty
and his preliminary hearing was set
for Friday afternoon.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
For Sale ana Guaranteed Only BY

The question as to why he should
be subject to the bounty of his state
or government can be answered by
simply pointing to his deeds. 'Tis he
who blazed the way through the track
less west, tanned the savage enemies
of civilization and opened the door to
the golden store which lies within the
somber recesses of the mighty Rock
les. What the Puritan was to the
east the %prospector has been to the
west. The first landed on the inhos-
pitable shores of New England, BRAY
ed the dangers of the elements, sub
dued the soil to his use, pushed the
Indians into the wilderness of the
west and set a new star in the firma-
ment of the worlds great nations;
the second crossed the Father of
Waters, endured with equal fortitude
the bitter winds of winter and the
fierce suns of summer, made the for
est furnish him with a livelihood,
fought over again with the a~borigines
the struggle for supremacy and added
to the virile young republic of the
east the vast, unmeasured domain Of
the west. The first has been celebrat-
ed in song, glorifed in story and made
the theme of eloquent orations: the
second awaits the tardy awakening
of genius to his glorious deeds when
song, story and e%loquence will lie like
were invoked to pay him homage.
But a few of the band of the old
"ffties" yet remain. They have long
ago laid aside the pick and the shovel
and nov seek to pass their few re-
naming days in peace and comfort.
Their last assessment work is done
and shafts and tunnels are but con-
fused memories of other days. They
have seen their old comrades, who
crossed the plains with them, dug side
by side with them on a hundred al
Turing claims, shared with them the
rough comforts and suffered with them
the miseries of camp and trail, pass,
one by one, rel the unseen range
into the eternal GGolconda, where all
the claims bear gold and the pay
| streak lasts forever. Many Of that
immortal band are enduring yet the
worlds fierce buffets. Their magnifi-
cent physiques, which were once in
different to the furies of the elements
the rains, snow and winds-are now
cramped with pain by the slightest
damp, chilled by the first small skiff
of snow and swayed by the gentlest
zephyr. The magnificent domain
which they fought for, won from saw
agery and held for the generations to
come, is now peopled with a generous,
prosperous. happy people, who some
times forget how much blood, self
sacrifice and suffering were spent for
their inheritance. Let them arouse
themselves to the needs of the few
frail survivors of the old days hap.
ply gone. Let them stretch out their
strong young hands, gather those last
remnants of that once sturdy band
into places of warmth and plenty,
where good care will soften the suf-
ferings of their last days and a
friendly hand will close their weary
lids for the last long sleep.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Sheep for Sale.

Two thousand one hundred mixed
yoarlings. delivered middle Of April.
Apply to,
JACKSON & SONS,
Utica, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Notice Of Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the
building committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church will receive bids
from contractors for the erection of a
new stone church. All bids to be in
by April 10, 1903. The committee re-
serve the right to reject any or all
bids. Plans and specifications on file
at the home of John Barnes, chairman
OF committee.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
A Certain Cure For ChHbiains

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, q
powder. IL cures Chilblains, Prostitutes, Damp,
Sweating, swollen feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores. &c.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Il Saved His Leo.

r. a, Danforth, of La Grange, Ga,
suffered for six months with a fright
full running sore on his leg; but he
writes that Eucklcn's Arnica Salve
wholly cured II in five days. For ul'
GERS, wounds. piles. It's the best salyc
in the world, Cure guaranteed, Only
% cents. Sold by c. II. Williams,
druggist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
|Foley's Honey and Tar

Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis and asthma.
Cures Group and whooping cough.
Cures h~oarseness and bronchial trou.
bles.
Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Nc
Kechnie & Allan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
Pneumonia Follows a cold

but never follows the use Of Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from an at
tack of pneumonia Refuse subsu-
tutes. McKechnie & Allan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
B. p. o. OF E. ELECT OFFICERS.

Popular Fraternal Order Select An.
other Strong Corps Of Officials.
The Lcwistown -. =. o. of Elks
held their annual election of officers
at their regular meeting Wednesday
evening. the following being the off.
cial roster for the coming year: Elk.
allied Ruler, David Hilgcr; Leading
Knight. DR.. f. A. Trcacy; Loyal
knight J. l.. Heebe; Lecturing Knight,
Rev. A. w. Bell; Trustee. George J.
Bach; Secretary, Edward Brassey;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
A Sheriff to Be Initiated.

Scottsboro, Tenn. has the kind Of a.
sheriff we have been looking for. When
a mob attacked his Jail a few days ago
he did not falter in doing his duty even
If it was only to protect "nigger" raw
isher. He had no assistance of any sort,
but he seized a revolver in each hand
and announced that he would shoot If the
mob tried to rush him. The dastardly
mob did not wait, but shot first, bring
ing the sheriff down with two bullet
wounds; but even then the plucky man
returned the fire. The prisoner was taken
out and lynched, but no man can say that
this sheriff did not do his: duty. Had he
been backed up by a company Of we'll
armed and determined men he would have
made an awful example of the Scottsboro
mob. An example is needed and it Is
to be regretted that the sheriff who had
the nerve to-: give it did not have the
force. Those who try to make .sout that
there are good mobs will please notice
that the men who were criminal enough, to
undertake to defeat justice did not hesi-
tate to shoot a sheriff for doing his sworn
duty Mob law is no law. Speed the day
when one of these mobs shall be deci-
mated in a battle with a, sheriff like the
man Of Scottsboro, backed up by many a
trusty deputy armed, with q death dealing
weapon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG
tr


"Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this continent
a new nation. conceived In liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are equal. Now we are engaged In a great
civil war, testing whether that nation, or
any nation SO conceived and so dedicated,
can long endure. We are met on a great
battlefield Of that war. We are met to
dedicate a portion of it as the final rest
ing place Of those who here gave their
lives that that nation might live. It is
altogether: fitting and proper that we
should do this.
cate, we cannot consecrate cannot hal
low this ground. The brave men, living
and dead, who struggled here, have con-
secrated it far above our power to add or
detract. The world Will little note nor
long remember. what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did here
It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedi-
Gated here TO the unfinished work that
they have thus far SO nobly carried on.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before us; that
from these honored dead we take in
creased devotion to the cause for which
they here gave the last full measure Of
devotion, that we here highly resolve that
the dead shall not have died in vain; that
the nation shall, under God, have new
birth of freedom, and that the govern
ment of. the people, by the. people. and for
the peoplpe, shall not perish from the
EARTH" :G ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
THE MAGAZINES

McClure's for July opens with thrill
ing illustrated account of "Mountalneer-
ing in Switzerland Without Guides. This
amusement of climbing up the faces OF
almost perpendicular precip1ces ana put.
ting ones self in places where a m1sstep
would precipitate the climber down al
most fathomless abysses, seems as fool
hardy as the looping operation; but then
a good many people are evidently ready
to take the risk. The views given Of
Alpine scenery are dizzying. Miss Tar
bell concludes the first part Of her his
tory of the Standard Oil company, and
will resume her valuable work In the
autumn. She has reached the period
(1SS2) when the operations of the trust
had secured a capital of $70,000,000, de-
veloped from capital Of $1,000,000. Mr..
Steffens has been investigating the rot
tenness Of the Philadelphia municipal
government and shows some frightfully
corrupt conditions which suggest that
some fearless surgery is needed. There
are half a dozen good stories and other
attractions New York: The s. S. Nc
Clure company. Is
The National Geographic Magazine
contains an interesting illustrated paper
on "The Weather Bureau and the Re
cent Floods by H. G. Frankenfield Of
the u. s. weather bureau, who shows the
value Of the system Of daily forecasts Of
coming stages OF water In the nayigable
rivers Mr.. Holder tells of some Of the
''big things of the west as a pumpkin
big enough to hold girl, and a very
valuable illustrated paper is Chief Chemist
Wiley's report agricultural Department.
on the soils and products Of the United
States, illustrated. Some Of the revela-
lions take away ones breath. wash
ington, D. c.: The National Geographic
Society.
The Reader (Reader Publishing com
pany, New York; contains very interest
ing "reminiscences, Of Joe Jefferson, Ellen
Terry and Sir Henry Irving, and Mr..
Whitelock's interview with Eden Phil
potts., author of 1.-The Children Of the
Mist" and other peculiarly original
SORES, will be read with interest. There
is a page of McCutcheon's cartoons, and
iamong the contributors of stories are
Charles G. D. Roberts, Mollie Elliot Sea
well and Will j. Hampton
4 The Red Book Chicago: 15s-164 State
street) prefaces a group OF very attrac-
tive short stories with some examples OF
a fine quality Of photography,-art studies
1 of American beauty. Every story is Illus.
trated, and this new story magazine de.
serves abundant success.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
New York's Waning Exports.

The announcement that the shipping
trust will be forced to put some of its
vessels in service between Canadian ports
and Europe and also between New Or
leans and Europe, is interesting and Sig
nificant. The grain trade is being diverted
from New York to gulf and st. Law
renee ports. For the first ten months
of the fiscal year just ended, New Or
leans exported 2s,160,727 bushels of grain
as compared with 24,oss,s1s for New York.
Baltimore was third, with 21,54S,12O
bushels, and Galveston was a good fourth,
with nearly 100000 bushels.
Cheap great lakes freights are divert
ing grain to the st. Lawrence and favor
able railway rates and facilities are di-
recting it toward the gulf. The more
general use OF the Welland canal and the
cilities In connection with lake transpor-
tation are likely to give the ST. Lawrence
a still larger part Of the business, and
the railways whose interests favor the
gulf terminals have only just begun to go
after the grain trade. Improvement Of
the Mississippi to such a point that a
ten-foot channel would be insured from
st. Louis to the gulf would nightly pro-
mote New Orleans as an export port.
That Improvement Is sure to come. New
York has little cause for hope Of a change
until the Erie canal is reconstructed and
ready for 1.ooo-ton barges. The stats
tics of the situation ought to stimulate
New York to hasten work on the canal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
SECY. HAY MAY RETIRE
Failure to Adjust satisfactorily the
Manchurian Affair May Mean
His Retirement.

New York, July A Washington spe-
cial to the Press says: Unless there Is
definite clearing up Of the diplomatic sit
uation in. it's relation to Russian affairs,
it will not be surprising If the present
secretary of state, John Hay, retires from
the cabinet. The retirement was limited
at in different directions to-day. In the
absence from the city of Hay and all of
his cabinet assistants, it was impossible
to obtain even an affirmation or a. denial
Of the suggested step. 1t has been real
lied for a long time that Hay has had a
distinct and definite ambition in closing
out his public career, and that is to pre-
vent the partition of China and to get an
arrangement which would make such a
division Of the empire impossible for
many years, or, If divided, would insure
to the United States a perpetual open
door.
Hay has told his friends that he be-
lfeved future generations would bless him
more for securing a permanent open door
in the far east than anything it would be
possible for him to do in his public career.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
HISTORY OF PATENTS IN AMERICA
Harper's Weekly.

Hafpei.'s Weekly
Some one has unearthed the interest.
ing fact that the first patent ever issued
In this country.was granted to one Samuel
Winslow in 1641, for manufacturing salt.
The grant was made by the Massachu-
sets Bay colony for ten years, and was
conditional upon Mr.. Winslow's comp1et-
ing his plant within a year. Later, under
the articles Of confederation the states
were permitted to issue patents indie
pendently,- as the original colonies had
done. The first patent granted by the
United States as a nation was issued to
Samuel Hopkins Of Vermont who claimed
protection for a method of making pot
and pearl ashes. According to recent
estimates by. the commissioner Of patents
from six to seven-eighths Of the manu-
featuring capital of the United States
Is based more or less directly upon pat
ents. incidentally it may be noted that
the number Of applications filed at the
patent office in sixty-five years, from
1887 to 1901, reaches the enormous total
of 1,201,346. The number Of patents ac-
tually issued in this country, from the
time Of the earliest records to Dec. 81,
1901, us 700,341. The nearest approach to
this by foreign countries is Frances rec
ord Of 330,977 grants, from the most an
cient records E(eStending, of course, much
further into the past than those Of this
country to the close of the year 1901.
Great Britain follows with a record of
144,239, while Gernany's total is only
,239 Altho this comparison would
seem to rebound to the credit of Ameri-
can alertness and enterprise, it should be
remembered that 1t has been until re-
Gently, much less difficult to secure pat
ents here than abroad. The grand total
Of patents here issued by the nations OF
the world up to the time OF the last com
pilation, In 1901, Is 2, 087, 812.