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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: thought |
would write you a letter and tell you
what | wan for Christmas. want
a twenty-five, a sack of candy. a
story book and some games. Your
friend. CLYDE A. SCOVEI.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | want for
Christmas a doll carriage. a little
stove, new dress. some doll clothes,
a pair of gloves and a range; some
new hair ribbon and some candy and
nuts and a big red apple. Your friend,
LOUISE REEDER.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
RALPH SMITH.

Dear Santa Claus: | will write you
a letter to tell you where I live and
what | wish. | want a horse and gun.
PERCY G..
L~ewistown, Dec. 15.-Dear Santa
Claus: I want a talking machine.
AUSTIN WAR;.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: wish you
would give me a girl. want a gun
and & horse. | want a doll, a little
wagon and a sled.
CHARLIE HARTZELL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: will write you
a letter and tell you what I want for
Christmas. would like to have u
large doll, doll carriage, and | would
like a set of dishes. Your friend,
MAGGIE NICHOLAS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | will write you
a letter and tell you what | want for
Christmas. ! want a doll. a sled, and
| van a set of doll dishes and a
pair of skates. That is all. Your lit.
tie friend.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | would like to
have a nice story book. a magic Ian
tern. a sled and some games. Your
friend. CHARLES LONG,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
MARTIN CORDEIRO.

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me a magic lantern and sled and a
watch for Christmas. Your friend.
CLIFFORD HARTMAN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
MILTISSA

Dear Santa Claus: | thought |
would write a few lines to You to see
how you were getting along. l wish
you would bring me a book, printing
press, a cup and saucer, a ring with
a set in 1t and a pair of skates. Your
friend. LYLE RAW.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: Will you please
bring me a little piano and a little
girl leading a lamb, a bottle OF per.
fume and some candy and nutso
HYACINTH ROWLEY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | thought |
would write you a letter and tell you
what | would like for Xmas. would
like q large tea set. Yours truly.
BERTHA FTTZHUGH.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | thought I
would write you a few lines and tell
you what | want for Christmas.
want a doll, popcorn, nuts and candy.
Do you live at Power's2 Yours truly,
CHLOE FITZHUGH.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: want a doll,
bed and book and go-cart. Drawing
slate and kitty, ring and some baby
ribbon. l may want some candy and
a little china cup.
MARGARET RACH-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: want a lit
tie doll, a set of dishes, pink ribbon,
chair. Bring mamma a breast pin
and side comb. Your little friend,
BESSIE NORTON.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: 1t is getting 10
ward Christmas and | would like to
have some presents. Here is what
| want. A doll and carriage and some
chairs and table. Yours truly.
LOTTIE LEWIS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: wish you
would bring me a big doll. That Is
all. Your friend,
BERTHA MORASE.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Lewistown, Mont, Dec. 14.-Dear
Santa: | would like to have a draw
ing slate, please. and some candy.
From your friend.
BEATRICE QUICKENDEN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: will write you
a few lines. | will tell you what |
want for Christmas. | want you to
bring me a printing outfit, a box of
paints. a collarette and muff and a
sled. That is all | want. Your low
ing friend.
ADDIE WHIPPLE.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | thought would
write and tell You what | want for
Christmas. | would like to have a
sled and doll carriage and a pair of
skates. Your friend,
WILLIE DEATON.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: Please send me
a doll and a little piano. Please send
me q set of dishes. Please send me a
muff and a doll cradle. Please send
me a little trunk to put my dolls
clothes in. Please send me a drawing
slate. From your dear friend.
EDITH DAY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: Will you bring
me an engine that runs on a track
and some candy and nuts. And a
darkey that eats frogs and a cannon
that will shoot.
MILO BUSENBURG.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | will write to
YOU and tell you what | want for
Christmas. wan a 22-gun and a
train of cars. some bullets with my
gun. and some candy. nuts and |
wouldn't mind having d saddle and
horse. Goodbye. From your friend.
EDGAR L.EBERT.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: When you come
to our house please leave a big doll.
a doll carriage. a book. a game. candy
and popcorn. Will you come to
church Christmas eve. II you do |
will see you there. What are YOU 60
ing to give me there? Your friend.
CARRIE c. COOK.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | want a doll
house and ring and watch, railroad
coach. Jac~k-in-the-box and doll stove
and meat market.
BADACA HAZEN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | would like a
drum, horn, a train, and a pretty story
book, too. And a big bag Of pretty
shells for my sister. Goodbye. From
your loving friend.
CARROLL AKELEY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | thought !
would write you and tell you what !
want for Christmas. want a knife,
a speaker and a sled. Goodbye.
Yours truly. RALPH SCOVEL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: 1 would like
you to bring me a drum, a wagon
and a sled. am IL years old; l am
in the fourth grade. l saw you to the
Power Mercantile Company yester-
day. From your loving friend,
DAVID WAGNER.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus: Will you
please bring me a doll buggy and a
nice doll. a drum and some tools.
am five years old and my little sister
Is one year old. Please bring her a
nice little rubber doll and a rattle.
Your Little Friend.
HELEN KELLY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: When you come
around call in and see me and bring
me what you think is right. Yours
truly.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: I will tell you
what | want for Christmas. I want
some beads, a dress and other things.
Are you going to come to the Christ
mas tree at the church on Christmas
eve night. | am in some things at
the NJ. Z. church. From a friend,
EFFIE VEHAWN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | want draw
ing slate and a little house, dark
haired doll and set of dishes for
Irene. and a rubber doll for Helen,
and a doll trunk. From your friend,
BEATRICE QUICKENDEN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus. Please bring
me a wagon and sled and some games
and a nice book. | was a good boy
sometimes. and never get my feet wet,
only sometimes. Goodbye, Santa
Claus. Yours for business.
HARRY FROEMBLING,
Main Street, in the Yellow House.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | want a doll
and a wagon. Helen wants a 60
cart. Esta wants a drawing slate and
a cat. want a washing machine and
china cup.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: How are you?
I'm well. l hope You will bring me
a nice wagon for being a good boy.
| will be glad when You get here. I
will close for this time. Goodbye.
FRED Il. MAHANA.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | only want
some candy and nuts. | want those
in my tassel cap. Then | want a gun
and some bullets. | want a printing
outfit. Your loving friend,
GEORGE WIEDEMAN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus; | will write you
a letter and ask you if you will please
bring me a work box and a good story
book and an album. nuts and candy.
That is all. Goodbye.
LENA OLSON.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
EVELYN SHANNON.

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me a drum. sled and a train OF cars.
And | would like a ring, automobile,
rocking horse and air gun. Your dear
friend, NED CHEADLE.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: ! would like to
have a drum. sled. wagon. a fire de.
partment and a watch for Christmas.
BRUCE WAGNER.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: | will write you
a letter. | would like to have a I'D
die. Will You crawl out of a stove
pipe? | would like to have 1t for
Christmas. II is only two weeks left
for Christmas time. We have many
plants in our school room. | am In
the second reader now.
DETER TAARI
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: thought |
would write you a letter to tell you
what | want for Christmas. I would
like to have a nice sled, a pair of
skates, a book and a box of candy.
Your loving friend.
CARLTON WRIGHT.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

would write you a few lines. hoping
Dear Santa Claus: | will write
you a letter and tell you what | want.
| want a doll and doll carriage. You
will nd the Christmas tree in the
front room. Your friend.
ALICE McCANN.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
SOME VERY WELCOME VISITORS

IN THE PERSONS Of some hundreds
L of gentlemen from Park City, Salt
Lake and Lagoon had the pleasure
yesterday Of entertaining workingmen
who really work. For some weeks the
miners of Park City have been plan
ming for a little outing They don't
take one very often, but when they
do make up their minds to have a good
time they have one.
Yesterday they came down from their
aititudinous home They left their
picks and their drills. their blasting
powder and their fuses, their candles
and their working clothes. behind All
the mines were closed for the good and
sufficient reason that nobody was on
hand to keep them open and nobody
regretted the fact that they were not
kept open. With their families. their
band, their holiday clothes and their
banners, they took the city without a
struggle.
The parade yesterday morning was
worth going a long way to see It
didn't amount to so much from a spec
tacUlar standpoint. There was only the
one band, but there were good Aneri-
can flags. good American hearts. good
American faces in that parade, and
the man who won't stop to see a pa
rade like that isn't a very good Ameri-
can himself. Salt Lake was hOnored
by this demonstration and Park city
IS honored in having the men who gave
# among its citizenship.
After the parade came some festivi-
ties at Lagoon. and last night the Wis
itors returned to Park City, tired.
perhaps. from their day of pleasure.
but refreshed and invigorated never
theless. Today they return to work.
all the better for their holiday. We
make our bow TO the tOiIers They
fairly earned their holiday as they
fairly earn ali the money the paymas-
tiers aIIot them.
Hard-handed, big-hearted. rudy of
cheek and sound OF wind and limb,
they and their. kind are the backbone
and the sinew Of the state. Without
them the wealth that has been wrested
from our rugged Mills would have re-
NAMED forever locked in the treasure
vaults of nature; without them the
state could not have taken and main
tanned its high rank in the statistics OF
mineral production
We don our cap with all the pleasure
in life to the Park City miner and to
all miners May every one Of them
live long and prosper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
PARK crTY's GREAT PROSPERITY

D ECENT DEVELOPMENTS at Park
N City show that the famous old
camp is good for more bOnanzas
than even its best friends suspected,
and that a new era of activity may
reasonably be expected from what have
been considered as little better than
promising prospects. One strike in par
ticuIar is regarded most enthusiast
tically by those who have had oppor-
tuBity TO examine the ground. and
If it opens cut half as well as it
seems likely to do, the camp win have
occasion for a jubilee
This turn in affairs is especially for
tunate, coming as it does as the re-
ward of a long campaign in numerous
claims. all of which have absorbed
large sums Of money with little return
until recently. The faith that has
backed up these exploratory operations
deserves to win. and the encourage
ment AFFORDED all the companies at
work on new ground win be almost as
valuable to Park City as the mines
themselves. Every success in Park
City tends ta shnps TIA a11istAnoA Of =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
ON THE RAISING OF CHILDREN.

THE UTAH MOTHERS congress,
which has just adjourned after
several interesting sessions, discussed
the question as to whether or not par
ents should allow their children to
decide for themselves as to whether
they should or should not do a certain
thing. No formal vote was taken, but
a considerable affirmative showing
was made. Now, it may be somewhat
late for The Herald to venture an opin-
ion, but we believe the subject is in
teresting and some comment viii be
timely.
1t is manifestly impossible, in view
Of the very nature Of the boy or girl.
to lay down a hard and fast rule by
which all of them may be governed.
Train up child in the way he should
90 and when he is old he will not de-
part from it," said Solomon. Very
easy advice to give, too, but very hard
to follow. The question is, How shall
the child be trained up?
A rule that works to a nicely in the
case of one child will fail utterly in
the case Of another, even in the same
family. Some children thrive best un-
der sound bodily chastisement; others
must not be whipped at all The sense
of right and wrong is very acute in
some children; in others it must be
foTcibIy aroused. And there is hardly
a one of US that isn't positive we could
raise the children Of other people very
much more advantageOusly than their
parents are raising them. This is par
/ ticularIy true of bachelors and spin
sters.
At the Mothers congress the theory
was advanced that mothers and
fathers should remain more in the
background; that they should give
their boys and girls the opportunity to
work out their own destinies. This
seems a very dangerous sort of policy.
Children, all children. need the very
firmest kind of oversight. F'irmness
doesn't mean sternness; it does mean
impressing the child with the under
standing that the parents wishes must
always be consulted.
The worst misfortune that can be-
fall a child is for it to be allowed to
do exactly as it pleases. The unre-
strained child is almost inevitably "a
spoiled child and, sooner or later, that
child is destined to a rude awakening.
Children should not be allowed to be
lieve that the world is theirs, that
others have no rights they are bound
to respect. that they may obey or dis
obey as suits them best.
But, after all, This is wasting words
In the last analysis every parent will
do as he or she individually thinks
best, and every one of them will be-
/ lieve that his or her children are so
far ahead of everybody else's children
that comparisons are impossible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

The strike of the Chicago hotel en-
ployes has assumed such serious pro-
portions that practically all Of the lead
ing hotels are seriously crippled. a
remarkable feature OF the strike is the
unreasonable attitude taken by its
leaders. We are told that the main
point at issue involves the recognition
of the unions The prOprietOrs are will
ing to submit the dispute to arbitration,
but the strikers decline to agree to any
such proposition. Further, though
demanding recognition for their own
union they decline to treat with the
Hotel Keepers association as an asso-
citation. insisting that its members
come individually to sue for peace. This
is rather rubbing it in" The unions
claim the right to organize, but deny
that right TO the hotel proprietQrs. If
this is a fair statement of the case-and
X is gathered from the dispatches pub
Hshed yesterday-the strikers do not
deserve to win their fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

Tomorrow night in the tabernacle
the closing exercises of All HaIlows
college will be given. The authorities
in charge have arranged a concert pro
gramme, of which the chief feature will
be the celebrated organist, DR.. J. Lewis
Browne, and it is certain that a ire
mendOus audience viii be prese at. All
HallOws is one of the most deserving
institutions in the city. Its excellent
curriculum and the able manner in
which it is conducted by Fathers Gui-
nan. Murphy and their colIeag CUES. have
drawn to it students from all the inter
mountain states. Through All Hallows
large sums are disbursed annually
among salt Lakes merchants and bus
mess men and the Institution is thor
oughly worthy Of the support and pat
rouage it has received. The Herald
hopes and believes tomorrow nights
event Will be a tremendous success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
THE Y.M. C. AS NEEDS.

DAVID KEITHS gift OF 5000 to
~ the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday brings
the total subscription to $40 900 out
OF the $4,000 required to secure
Mr.. Peabody's subscription of S25O 600
for a new building. The association
still has until Monday night to secure
the other $4,000 and, unless The Her
aid mistakes the spirit of Salt Lakes
people of wealth, the amount viii be
raised within the time limit.
Aside from the diVect value of the
association to the city, no investment
Of an equal amount could begin to
bring the returns that will come from
a well organized, well equipped insti-
tuition where the boys and young men
of the city can find recreation and
instruction Of the kind planned for the
new building. Furnish a center of
amusement and social gatherings for
the boys and you have come near solv-
ing the problem of their upbringing
in the right way. Give the boy a good
gymnasium and reading room, with
pleasant associates and wise directors.
and the boy viii not want to loaf
around street corners at night or re-
sort to saloons and other places where
his energies will be dissipated and his
morals degraded.
In dollars and cents the salvation of
the boys is worth hundreds of times
the cost of a Y. NJ. c. A. such as Salt
Lake is trying to get. 1t viii not only
be center Of good works for the
boys here, but it viii be a harbor Of
refuge for the hundreds of boys from
other places who come here every. year.
without homes, with. few acquaint-
ances. needing just such an anchorage
as the association offers
Nv L he tir.a u s11hscrihaL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

great area OF rich ground, all carry
ing deposits Of profitable ore which
is permanent at depth. But the ma
ture Of the ground, the depth of the
operations and the conditions surround
ing the camp require nerve and large
capital-both of which have been util-
lied so successfully there in the past.
Park City's prosperity is a large fac
tor in the financial welfare Of the whole
state. so that good news from there is
good news for everybody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

A Pennsylvania man who tried the
fast cure for paralysis found that It
cured him, but about the time he made
the discovery he passed away He's
like the fellow who taught his horse to
wear green spectacles and eat sawdust-
About the time the horse became ac-
customed to the sawdust diet it died.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

The announcement that Governor
Nunez is going to reinstate Juan
Ofariu as mayor Of Havana is interest
ing because it shows that the Irish can
not be kept down. By the way, we Won
der II Ofarill always left the apostro-
Pie out Of his name. Likewise we won
der why his first name happens to be
Juan instead of Michael.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

Another Of the men who fired the
first gun of the civil war has just
passed away. Judging by latter
day reports it must have taken at least
a regiment TO discharge that cannon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

offered the crown Of Servia, but there
are indications that the notification
committee viii find him in a receptive
frame Of mind when il calls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

President Hartman, according to 4
dispatch. has ordered 100000 tons Of
steel rails. That ought to make a fair
beginning for a foundation in that Lu-
Gin cutoff quagmire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

It is to be hoped that Secretary
Moody is not perpetrating another of
his Justly celebrated jokes in his an
nouncement OF a number Of promotions
in TIA navx.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
Sixty Years Experience of an Old


Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup is the
prescription of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. and has been used for sixty years
with never-failing success by millions os
mothers for their children During the
process of teething its value is incaIcula,
Die 1t relieves the child from pain. cures
5iarrhoea. gripping in the bowels and wIrd
collie. BY giving health to the child 1t
rests the mother. Price Is cents a bottle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

A good thing about the building the
mayor is putting up on Second South
street is that when the roof falls it
Will not have far enough to drop to
hurt anyone