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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
Notes of the anne

Dennis, the Kendall short stop, only
hit the ball once, but it was for three
bases. He is a prime infielder, a sure
thrower TO the bases, but rather weak
at bat.
In the Sunday game not a ball was
batted to either right fielder.
Dwight's hitting was a feature of
the Saturday game.
Boggs struck out every player on
the visiting team Saturday Nader
got to pound wind five times.
The Kendall outield is strong, and
dld excellent work in both games.
liegler is a steady player and is al.
ways busy. He covered third base
well in both games.
Cook. the youngest player on the
home team. made five hits in the two
games.
"Skibe" pitched winning ball in the
Sunday game, but the series of bunch.
ed hits was too much for any pitch
er.
Cars recovery in the Sunday game
was a good thing for the visitors. He
fumbled everything for three innings,
and then came on with five innings Of
sure catching anu heavy batting.
The crowd at the Sunday game was
out for a good time and the way they
fired remarks of a personal nature
at the various players would make
a street car horse laugh right out.
1t is possible to have several more
good games win the Kendall and
Gilt Edge boys during the season.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
NEWFOUNDLAND WRECkERs
The bounty That IL Cleaned From o
Barren shore.

In bygone times it was the practice
Of the Newfoundland coast folk to ap
propriate everything they secured, bui
this lawlcssness had to be sternly re
pressed. Now the unwrltten rule Is
TINT they get half their hand" or &c
per cent, as salvage. In portable and
valuable articles. such as silverware
there is still a strong temptation tc
Peep the whole. but the punishment Is
severe, Champagne. liquors, cabin
stores and the like have also a trick
of disappearing. and In the poorest
fishers cottage you will come upon
rare china, dainty napery, silverware
of price and wines To tempt an cpl.
cure. The salvors are reckless and TN.
thinking, and ms they gather in hun.
drcds every man pre-empts what he
can. In the rush there is much de.
stroycd. When the Herder was lost
In 1852 they burned whalcbonc worth
$4,000 a ton TO save leather costing
20 cents a pound. In the Emmeline
wreck of 1911 they trampled crates OF
costly glassware TO get at four cases
of French prayer books valued ut %
cents apiece. ON m occasion two
salvors had got ashore n piano and
were adopting the Solomon-like expc-
dent Of saving IL In half when n
shrcwder chum bought II from them
for a bottle Of whisky looted from the
captains cabin. When the Grasbrook
went ashore in 1890 every man on the
shore provided himself with Il German
concertina. Of which instruments OF
torture she had a large consignment,
and to secure them packages of much
more costly freight were thrown owe
board. When the Orion, from Balt'
more for Copenhagen, struck the back
of Cape Race and went TO pieces she
had n large consignment Of bicycles
On board, and they were auctloned in
st. Johns and disposed of all over the
island. The .Abbcymorc's lading In
1875 included some eases of splendid
English rifles for Canada. ana these
are now to b. seen adjoining every
fishers cottage along the shore.-P. L.
McGrath In McClure's.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

lines; nor can any two or three men.
The head OF the army organization
must have a lot OF trained specialists.
These trained specialists the stan Is
to furnish.
But an army must do more than
keep itself organized. 1t must study
out the problems of war. It must
be preparing in time OF peace, for any
and all contingencies. lne German
army, today, has a plan OF campaign
all laid out to be used in case OF a
declaration of war with the United
States. II has orders all prepared,
for the mobilization OF troops and for
their transportation and for the move
ment of the naval arm of me service,
The German war department has maps
of our harbors, full details as to the
number of our troops and their loca'
ton and full information as to the
nature and strength Of our coast de-
lenses. Germany has THIS information
collected and prepared by the stan
officers. and one word only would be
necessary TO put all into operation
Germany has this data. not only for
the United States, but for all the coun-
tries with which she might by any
possibility become involved in a
Present Scheme Anticipated.
The organization of the United
States army is at present loose and
Intellectual. II has grown mp under n
system based mostly on seniority and
military rank, without regard to the
growing needs of the army as an or.
g~anization. Much of the work which
will be assigned to the staff has fallen
into the hands of civilian bureaus
which have grown up in Washington
and much more of the work has new,
er been properly done. The trifiing
calls of the Spanish war were suffi,
cient to demonstrate the weakness OF
the system, the early efforts TO mob.
iliZe a force resulting in all sorts OF
confusion and a hopeless lack of re.
sponsibility.
In general the officers of the stafi
will be charged with the responsible,
ity of preparing all orders for the
mobilization of the army; they must
study all problems connected with the
national defense; they must obtain
all possible information in regard 10
the organization and efficiency of for
eign armies: they must decide what
arms the troops shall have. and make
all necessary recommendations in re
gard TO the supply of all war mater
ial. They are responsible for the tao,
tics and instruction of the troops, and
will prepare all plans for the maneu
yers. They are to prepare maps
work ont all the military problems
connected with the use of railroads
and steamboats,. and organize the
field postal service. And these ar,
only a few of their functions.
Members of the staff will be ap
pointed on the basis of merit. They
must stand examinations and take
certain preparatory courses in the
military college. Staff positions ar,
not for life. After serving for awhIl,
on the staff the officer goes back foI
a time to the line. The purpose /.
to give staff officers experience in al
the other arms OF the service. so the,
will ne able to cooperate intelligent
ly with them.
Under our new law the general stat
will consist of one chief of staff. TIVE
generals. four colonels. six lieutenan
colonies, twelve majors and twent,
captains.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
A Plea For Descriptive Titles.

Setting aside the food not to be
counted ms literature, the naming Of n
book that is worthy Of n name is n
matter Of real moment. Two methods
seem TO have been followed-that OF
using the name of n leading character.
as ".Janc Eyre" and Rob Roy" the
other that of giving some hint Of the
nature of the book. as in VANITY Fair"
and The CloiStpr and the Hearth"
The first method has no justification.
What we plead for is that a title shall
contain the soul or The keynote Of the
book. Then the author and reader
start on fair terms Jane Austen. n
c0nsummatc artist. understood this
well. ~ In Pride and Prejudice" but
forsOok her advantage In "Emma"-a
better book and susceptible to ms tell
ing n title. II Is difficult TO estimate
what would have been the loss to lit
eraturc II "Tlc Scarlet Letter had
been labeled Hester Prynne" and
'The House Of Seven Cables title
that has worked its way into architec-
ture-had been called The Pyn-
cheons."-Dr. Theodore 7. Munger in
Booklovers' Magazine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
. HJeW Zines q rype i.


The small boy lolled in the noon
day sun. in a field where the flowers
grew; and he began TO ponder. a
thing. you know. that small boys
sometimes do. He said 10 himself on
that sunny day. MY opinions may
be wrong, but | think | learn more
in summer time than | do all winter
long. In winter | hammer away at
my books; learn to read, to write, and
to spell. geography. grammar, arith.
metic and other things, as well. But
in summer. with never a book in hand,
and never a map to tell, | can learn
in the easiest kind of way where the
striped gray gophers dwell. Though
! never can tell on a crazy map, where
the hills of a country abound: | can
read you right up that hill over there
where bird nests and gophers are
found. ! al tell where the minnows
swim all day, and I'll show you their
pool and I'll try 10 convince you that
I I'm right in preferring the boys sum.
mer school."-lra Cole in Forsythe
Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
THE SOUP PLATE.
u Seventeenth Century
Tells WIZ n Mas

n Seventeenth Century ookpo~S
Tells why II Was Invensee-
A valet Of Louis NV puoiisneu a
cookbook In 1855 In which be gives as
follows the reason for the ln'enuon Oh
the hollow soup plate:
The plates Of the guests VIII De mol
low In order that they mny help them
selves to as much soup ms they may
want without being obliged to tak IL
spoonful by spoonful, because Oh d
disgust they may have for D ahotner
on seeing the spoon 20 from the mou'n
to the tureen.
Guests, 1t will Ne seen, USED their
own spoons TO Ill their plates, the large
spoon to be used for serving the soup
not being invented till some time later.
Yet even a hundred years after the In.
vention OF the soup plate Q749) a work
on civllity advised that all the dishes
should be so placed on the table that
every one could reach them with his
spoon and that II the soup was served
in a dish turccnl every IN should
help himself with his own spoon with
out seeming to he In II hurry, A work
on manners that appeared Just before
the French revolution deemed II best
to advise its readers that II was impo-
lite Ia pass the spoon back and forth
between the mouth and the tureen.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
FITTING OBSERVANCE
OF NATIONS BIRTHDAY
CONTINUED from first page.)

the town were yelling themselves
hoarse for Kendall. The gentlemanly
conduct Of the Kendall Toys during
the game OF the preceding day won
many friends for them, and such chron-
ic rooters as Curly Van, George VIE
deman and Tom Smith were tickled
TO death to see them win. An ino-
walton in the form OF a s~quedunc or
chestra under the supervision of Prof.
Du Clos didn't help the playing of the
home team any, and Kendall won, but
nobody was sorry.
The entire game was filled with
ged from the time Umpire Hanke call.
ed the game until it was ended. 1t
was not because the home team didn't
play good ball that they lost, but be.
cause Carmichael pitched profession
al ball and received splendid support
all the way through. Baker for the
Kendall team did fine work in the
catcher's box and Myers did equally
well for Lewistown. Nader, the Wis
itor's second baseman. played like a
national Lacquer and Wilson in the
center garden took everything that
happened his way. Gibbons and Zieg.
Ter. for the home team, were both busy
and effective. "Skibe" Widenbecker
made wind tanners of eleven Ken
dali batters and fielded his position
well. but the Kendall boys punched
their hits and made them develop in
to runs which won the game. Jimmie
Kerr. of Gilt Edge. played the first
bag in both games for Kendall. Dur.
ing the first three or four innings his
work was awful" weak. but he finally
got together and not only took in ev.
erything on mis- side. but batted his
team to victory.
The excellent score of sever to five
tells the story OF the game. Ihe fol-
lowing is the tabulated score
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
RACE RIOT
IN INDIANA
A Negro Kills a Patrolman and the
Embers Of Race Hatred Are Fan.
ned Into a confiagration.
THE TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Mob Of Negroes Well armed Ready
to Resist the Attack Of Whites
Several Are Killed.

Evansville. Ind. July 6.-At l
o'clock this morning this city is in
the hands Of a mob. Troops have
been ordered out by the governor TO
protect the Jail, which is surrounded
by 1000 men. Two negroes have been
killed in the race riot, which is ram.
pant.
The crowd around the jail. incensed
at the murder of a patrolman by n
negro. is shouting death TO all ne
groes. The negroes have been secret
ly moved to Nincenncs but the mob
refuses to believe it and is trying to
tear down the Jail. Stone masons in
the mon are chiseling out the hars
of the windows and a battering ram
is being used.
A white boy named Logan has been
shot by a negro. An unknown negro
woman has been killed and several
negroes have been severely injured.
A company Of negroes, armed with
Winchesters. is marching through the
streets threatening to kill all white
people. They have iusI broken into
a hardware store and secured all the
arms and ammunition.
Three business men have just been
fired on and are now organizing and
arming a party to eXtermlnate the
negroes, The streets present a scene
of wild disorder. Frightened women
are hurrying 10 their homes, afraid
10 venture on side streets.
Negroes are reported gathering al
several points. The police are power.
less To preserve order. The entire
force is not sufficient TO cope witt
the crowd around the all.
Ihe steel bars of the Jail windows
could not Withstand the rain oil blows
from the battering ram OF the mob
At ! O'Clock this morning the crowd
swarmed in and began a search for
the %murderers. Police Captain Bren'
necke tried to check their advance
by turning a hose upon them. When
he appeared al n window, holding thr
nozzle. a rain of bullets was sent
through the window. The captain re
treated and no further attempt was
made to keep the mob out A mol
of 2O0 white men heavily armed, is
now searching through the streets oil
the city where the negroes would like
IL be found. Shots are heard con
stantly. II is reported that another
negro has been shot in First street.
At . O'Clock this morning crowds
on the streets are increasing, and fr
ing can be heard in all directions
Disorder and deadly rioting are every
where and every one OF the thousands
on the streets is carrying his life v
his hands. The police are helms
cheered for numerous arrests OF IN
negroes they are now making. Ever.
time a negro is taken into custoc.
the police are %applauded and hundred
OF people are following the wagon
A whole patrol wagon load OF negroe.
was picked up on Water street a lev
minutes ago and about 300 shots wer'
fired as they passed up Main street
The mob is still going through .h'
streets looking for negroes.
The Acme hotel had to close rs
doors tonight. because all OF it6 col
ored servants became panic stricken
and ran away.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
Garnet CIeaninu.

Mccoy and Sampson are now pre-
pared TO clean. lay and sew carpets
They are masters In this line OF WORK
and guarantee satisfaction. Sewing
> cents per yard; laying 5 cents per
yard; cleaning and laying 10 Genus
per yard. They also do general )oo-
bling. Leave orders at postonice.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

The Knockers Club Of Lewistown
held a special meeting some time late
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
ing and organized the Anvil chorus
for Sundays hall game. The recep-
ton which the Lewistown boys got
caused them to hustle for their over
coats and discuss ...e ACCESSIBILITY II
building a bonfire around every posi-.
tiDn
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
A Mystery Explained.

II don't understand" said the igno-
ramus at the academy, why they al
ways put the baldheaded men up in
the front row."
That's easy" butted in the usher.
''They put ZEN up there so they'll be
near the fies."-Boston Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
NEW PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
Most important Change Made in the
ARMY for Half a Century.

Army for Half a Century.
Saws ". W. Germane. Washington
correspondent 10 the Minneapolis
Journal:
The most important thing that has
happened TO the army of the United
States during the past forty or NIFTY
years. in the opinion OF all military
authorities. is the adoption of the
general staff plan of organization.
Congress passed the law authorizing
the change last winter, and for a num-
Der of weeks the president and secre-
tary of war have been working out
the details and getting ready to put the
new scheme into operation.
August 18th is the date when the
general staff takes hold. On that day
General Nelson A. Miles will 20 on
the retired list. and the office OF gener-
al commanding the army W. be com
manded by the president and secretary
of war. assisted by a STAFF of forty
two officers. al whose head will be a
chief of staff. General S. b. NJ. Young.
In order that an ordinary civilian
mayunderstand what the general stai
Is TO do, IL is only necessary TO cite
the organization OF any large mercah
Tile establishment Take a large de-
partment store Tor example IL mas
a general manager, or owner VINO $
responsible for the whole af1alr. In'
der him are heads OF departments VINO
are responsible for their divisions IT
the work. There Is the credit man,
who looks after all accounts and deal
mss where the responsibility OF the
purchaser is involved. There is super
intendent OF delivery, who has to get
the goods Oui. and who Is master OF
all the problems of transportation.
There is a buyer, or a number OF buy
ers, who are experts on Judging the
trend OF the public's purchasing In
clinations, Il there Is a person WIKI
has charge Oi the personnel OF the es
taDllshment maintaining dlsclplln,
II making appointments n separa
tons. There are heads OF specialize
departments who are supposed to be
experts familiar with all me details
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

that the Pinkertons are about three
hours behind Kid Curry. That's a
safe distance and. ing men Of ex.
cellent foresight. those famous Grim
inal hunters will probably take some
trouble not to get much closer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
Evil.

Good is positive. Evil is merely
privative. not absolute. 1t is like cold,
which is the privation Of heat. All
evil is 20 much death or nonentity.-
Emerson.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
With Powerful Presses.

May I print a Kiss on your Iips!" ]
said.
And she nodded her sweet permits
sion:
So We went to press, and ! rather
guess
We printed a full edition.
The New Yorker.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
KENDALL,

Struck out BY ''Skibe. II; BY Carmichael. 9.
Two base hit-Carr. Three.b base hits-Den-
mis-. Carr. Passed balls-Baker, .. Umpire,
X. A, Hanke.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08
STATE OF MONTANA.

!. George J. Bach. cashier Of the pove.
named bank, do solemnly swear tnat Ile 49,
and belief, GEORGE }. BAIL
SUBSCRIBED and sworn TO before me 'm'o'"
Seal ~ Z. o. BUsENBURG,
Notary Public in and for Fergus County, Mon
tana,
COuect-Attest:
LOUIS LASDT,
DAVID HILGER.
Directors.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

Self linking daters, v. 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, 1903-07-08
One Hundred Dollars Reward.

One hundred dollars reward for evi.
dence sufficient to convict any n OF
riding or driving my horses or cattle
from their accustomed range.
r. s. HAMILTON.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

The sunrise salute" on the Fourth
was a success. Immediately after I
was fired it was noticed that the sun
did actually rise-just as the commit
tee planned, In fact son rose all ov-
er town.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

Even old Jupiter Pluyius had to
give way before the energy and per.
severance of the Fourth of July com.
mittee.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

Kentucky's hills are full of rills.
And all the rils are lined with stills,
And all the stills are full of gills,
And all the gills are full of thrills.
And all the thrills are full of hills.
You see. the feudists dot the hills.
And camp along the little rills.
Convenient TO the busy stills.
And thirsting for the trimming gills.
And when the Juice his system fills
Each feudtst whoops around and kills
Now, II they only stop the stills
They'd cure KentuCky's many ills
Men would be spared TO climb the hills
And operate the busy stills.
However. this would mean more gills
And that, of course, would mean more
thrills.
Resulting in the same old kills.
So all the hills and rills and stills,
And all the gills and thrills and kills
Are splendid for the coffin mills.
And make more undertaker's ILLS.
| Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-08

Sixteen people got killed in Pitts
burg, while only one got just half
killed In LewistOwn. But then II must
be remembered that Plttsburg is thir.
ty.twO times bigger than Lewistown.
Williams news., 1903-01-03
ITEMS OF GENERAL
 INTEREST
-cocai Weus

MT. s. A. Pleasants left for Cali fornia last Tuesday.
 Beatrice Reaney was a passenger on No. l, Wednesday.
 Marshal Kennedy made trip to Seligman on Thursday.
 Read the new ad. of Albert Lebsch, the tonsorial artist.
 Ed Potter on New Years opened a saloon in the building known as the "Red Onion."
 Dr. Waite and family arrived home from Winslow last evening, after a lengthy absence.
 Dr. Rounseville was called to Ash Fork on Thursday to attend a Mexican who had received some in- juries.
 Treasurer Hoxworth on Thursday turned over to his successor, Thos. Devine, county funds amounting to s129,71O.
 Mrs. J. E. Brown, of Ash Fork. has been the guest of Mrs. Jos. Johnston the past few days, having come up to attend the musicale.
 Once again enterprising J. J. Gil- son has begun sinking in his well for the precious fiuid-water Having begun on the first day of the year you ought to be successful, Jim.
 Poison Bros. will next week open a dressmaking department in con- nection with their already complete store. Miss s. J. Russell, of Los who has had seven years in this line, will take charge.
 c. c. Hutchinson arrived in the city Thursday, having returned from a trip to Los Angeles On page five an error was made. The 1 item relative to his company engag- ing in business in Los Angeles | should read San Bernardino.
 M- J. Rounseville received word | from Los Angeles few days since that his wife was sick there in the | California hospital. After much telegraphing word was received from the hospital stating that she was rapidly recovering but no par ticulars were given.
Williams news., 1903-01-03
E. H. SIMPSON DIES.
Death Comes to his Relief After His Ar
 rival at Phoenix.

On last Tuesday at the asylum near Phoenix, E. H. Simpson, for several years postmaster at Will jams, was called over the Great Divide.
 His death was expected for sever al days prior to the end and was a merciful relief from his bodily ills he being practically helpless from paralysis and brain affection.
 On Wednesday evening the re- mains were received here from Phoenix and placed in charge of Undertaken Button at the home.
 News of his death was sent east and Wednesday evening a message was received from his sister Mrs l.. D. Bailey, of Salem Depot, N. H., stating that next morning her son Henry (who spent some time here a couple of years ago) would leave, and requested that the remains be held until his arrival, which will probably be tomorrow
 The NEWS sympathises with the bereaved wife and fatherless little girl who are thus thrown face to face with the stern realities of life and extend our sincerest condol- |ences-
 At this writing nothing definite can be stated as to what disposition will be made of the remains.
Williams news., 1903-01-03
Letter List.

The following i- the list of letters remaining uneAlIed for at the postofiee. Williams. Ari- |zonA. for the week ending Jan .. 1908 These letters win be sent to the dead letter oeiee
 January 2t. 1908. f not called for before that Efme.
 Beaver. Dean Hall. c
 |Bacon. l. borden. Howard
 |-haves. Julia C Lay Tom D |contrevas. Alejandro R Lfndeil. MrsJM |DiAs. Arcadio Nelson, IT l.
 <Frances. James Redwfne. Henry Gresham. Joe SalEzr. Mrs Necolas Persons calling for the above letters should
 lay '.advertfsed-'' J. F. DERosEAE
 Act,g Postmaster.