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

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..,I ,.-a.l.r and especially az Tho
r.,.rI. Hu. gs i5Jauco 0i iGr depart
.ul %. lu.lua tsD iOr us 'h" ajiuF-
ruy general ugE find consistent vita
.a. un,. Juti OF bis Department.,
J.a lorgI and general lgul offices, thr
reclamation service and JHo bureau at
Duro-,ry. lln commission is direct
r. tD IgUo.r. rljln, in whole or IN
Part. as carly Ills the importance anu
u.teal Of the questions Il must con
slider viii permit.
The personnel of tho committee is
% guarantee that this important ques'
Lon yill De- covered thoroughly. In
his capacity as commissioner of the
general land Office. supplemented by
"a wide experience Of years In several
1f the public land stltCs, Commission
ur Richards Is admirably fttcd for
,hp noait on Oi chairman. AS one OF
the pioneers OF wyoming and bcne'
GCiary uudor the present laws, his
knowledge OF the subject Is exceed
ingly comprehensive. lie has well de
fined views on this question, 10 many
Of which he has given expression in
his annual reports. Mr.. L. III. New
oil. CHER Engineer Of the T.. $. Rec
lamatiun Service. has probably as
wide a general knowledge of the
western states as any man in the
country. He has given many years to
the study of the development of the
arid regions by irrigation and has
personally investigated the conditions
therein. Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, Forest
er. is the recognized authority in this
country on the subject OF the timber
and has Travelled extensive
ly over all of the states affected by
the public land laws.
The first meeting OF the commits.
sion will be held Immediately upon
the return OF Commissioner Richards
from the west. and an early report
will be submitted TO the president.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Omaha road is now ready for ltstri-
button. This is without doubt mo
mos, useful calendar issued Iul viii
be- found In more business hoUsns and
homes than any other. It g. 3,stiuci-
tyely a calendar for The busy bust
nos man." II il ten by fourteen inches
in Size. has 4 nice silk cord Tor hang
ing and runs 2 week 10 The page. The
figure. are Two inches In height and
may he easily seen the length Of a
large room. Copies OF this very use
full calendar will be sent to any adj
dress in the United States or Cana
da on receipt OF 10 cts. to cover post
age and wrapping, by T. w Teas
dale, General Passenger Agent. St.
Paul. MINI. Il. A. Gray, General Ag-
ent, Helena. Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Livingston Urged to Put in Her Owl
Electric Light Plant.

Livingston Urged to Put in Her Own
Electric Light Plant.
Livingston. Mont. Dec. 11.-At the
regular monthly meeting of the city
council last evening an application
was made by +. l.. Goughnour, n
of the oldest residents of the city, for
an electric light franchise. 1t was eX-
planned that the matter would have
p, be submitted to a vote of the quail
fed electors and Mr.. Goughnour
thereupon withdrew his application
and spoke strongly in Of the
city securing its own electric light
plant. Z. H. Talcott. president of the
National Park Bank, addressed the
council in the same vein. The coun-
ell seemed to take kindly to the
proposition, but no action was taken.
The streets OF the city are in dark.
and so also are the business
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
MINISTER TO PANAMA.
w. I. Buchanan, Of New York, is APP
nointed nv the president

W. W ouSIldIldNi VI NcW foINf ~ Sp-
pointed by the President.
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE presi-
dent has selected w. l.. Buchanan, of
New York, as the first United States
minister to Panama.
The new minister was originally
from Ohio and represented the state
as agricultrist commissioner at the
worlds fair at Chicago. He wa ap-
pointed by President Cleveland Unit.
ed States minister to Buenos Ayres.
His record at that point was so salts
factory that President Mckinley con-
tinued him at his post for several
years after his accession to office.
Next Minister Buchanan became d.
rector general OF the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo and since the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

Few people realize when taking
cough medicines other than Foley's
Honey and Tar, that they contain op-
iates which are constipating besides
being unsafe, particularly for chill.
dren, Foley's Honey and Tar con.
tains no opiates. is safe and sure and
will not constipate. Sold by L. f.
McKechnie.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
P~rospeetors Bump Into a Huge Noun

-. tain Lion by Accident. -.
Antoine Rigotto. who resides In he
White Tail Deer Park country, is In
the city today. He relates a thrilling
story of the killing of a mountain
lion Sunday night In that vicinity.
Mr.. Rigotto and n companion have
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16
ROsERTS III MAN.
Carbon County Sheriff Says He is
Wanted for Horse Stealing.

Red Lodge, Dec. IA letter from
Sheriff Slater Of Fergus county to
Sheriff Potter sheds light on the
Whereabouts of one John Banks, who
went by the alias of John Lubinski,
and who is wanted here for stealing
a horse from ex-Sheriff Dunn, rid
ing II to Big Timber and there dis.
Of 1t. 1t seems that Banks
was convicted In Lewistown OF steal.
ing two suit cases, and was sentenced
the penitentiary for Is months.
Sheriff Slater writes there is no ques.
ton as to his identity. When Banks
leaves the penitentiary he will prob.
ably be brought here for trial.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-12-16

H EUVVM -apaC WINNIE


Made in Lewistown and worthy of
your patronage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
SHORES or CAPE COD ARE STREWNa
" ~ WITH BONES Or VRECKED VESSELS
(From the New York Herald.)

(From the New York Herald.)
Cape Cod extends directly out into
the Atlantic, like a gigantic arm with
clutched hand, bidding defiance to
the mighty ocean for forty miles.
Shifting sandbars parallel it's eastern
shore, which are an unbroken line of
sandy beaches from Monomoy point,
at Chatham, to Wood End, at Prov
incetown, a distance of about fifty
miles. Myriads of shoals lie along
the coast, and unnumbered vessels
have met their doom along it's shores,
which rightly bear the name ocean
graveyard"
The shores of Cape Cod from Mon
omoy to Wood End are literally
strewn with the bones of once stanch
craft, while unmarked graves in the
burial places in the villages along the
coast mutely relate the sad tale of
the sacrifice of human life. There is
no record of the disasters previous to
the establishment of the United
States Life Saving Service, in 1872,
other than mention III town records
and histories of the dates and circum.
stances of the most memorable or
those attended with great loss of
life
The first shipwreck on Cape Cod of
which there is any record occurred
in 1925, when the historic ship Spar
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
ON THE OLD MISSISSIPPI

Recently Major John B. Downing,
of Middleport, Ohio, was discussing
army chicken stealing and the various
ways the boys had of preparing them
to be served. The major was a Mis-
sissippi river pilot in his young days
and stood at the wheel as cub I'M
der the watchful eye of "Sam" Glenn
ems, the Mark Twain Of the present
day.
speaking Of chicken stealing" said
the major, who is now gray and rem
iniscent, 1--WE had great times on the
Mississippi when Mark Twain, Jake
Estep, and myself were together. Jake
would have made a typical soldier
He could locate fat pullet in whole
coop of half-breeds.
In those days we carried a great
deal of poultry from points along the
Mississippi river to New Orleans, par
ticularly during the holiday season.
At many places the coops were four
and five deep on the levee when we
landed. Estep always had an eye out
for a particularly promising coop, and
usually kept in mind the place where
it had been stored away.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
FIERCE EEUD nm. MAINE


= Up An, the peaceable, law-abiding
State of Maine there is family sfeud
In progress which equals in bitter
ness and dire results some of the
famous and bloody strifes which oc-
cur in Kentucky. In the town Of
Crawford, In Washington county, live
the Magoon and Hanscom families.
For many years bitter feeling has ex-
listed between the Magoons and the
Hanscoms. The feud is of such long
standing that no one seems to know
how it originated, but the feelings Of
the opposing factions are no less bit
ter on that account A number of
controversies and minor fights have
occurred at frequent intervals, which
served to make the bitterness more
intense, and but little was necessary
to kindle the sparks of hatred.
The two factions came together re-
Gently at the Crawford schoolhouse.
where the pupils of the school, assist
! ed by their teacher, were to give an
entertainment and an ice-cream
sale: Frank Magoon was acting
as doorkeeper, and before the enter
tainment had begun he had engaged
in an alteration with Fred Hanscom
the eldest of the younger generation
of Hanscoms.
The two were almost Immediately
locked in combat, whereupon Harry
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

lean efforts of the Peaked Hill bars,
Race Point and High Head hfe-saving
crews, with their lifeboats, to rescue
the .imperiled u seafarers, who were
badly frostbitten and helpless wksp
taken from the wreck. The vessel
became a total wreck.
The schooner Daniel B. Fearing,
which became total loss on the bars
off Wellsf1eet struck there during a
thick fog on May 6, 1896. The life
savers rescued the crew, and as the
last man jumped into the lifeboat the
masts of the big vessel fell with a
crash and the sea soon completed the
work of total destruction. On Sept.
IA, 1896, the italian bark Monte Ia
Dor was wrecked on Peaked Hill bars
during a furious northeast gale. The
disaster was attended with the loss
of five men, whose deaths were in
volved in circumstances of mysterious
and almost romantic interest.
Three were suicides, while the
manner in which the other two per-
ished could not be certainly explained.
The bark hailed from Genoa and car
ried a crew of twelve persons, includ.
ing officers and two boys. She had
cargo of salt from Trapani, Island
of Sicily, for Boston. The craft had
been struck by hurricane on Sept
9, and when off Cape Cod, endeavor
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

When about one hundred miles of
the coast he unfortunately shaped his
course to the westward for the pur-
pose Of raising some landmark. When
the Jason approached the cape the
wind was blowing q gale from the
northeast, and the atmosphere. was
thick with rain, which soon turned to
sleet and snow, The life-savers along
the shore at ,Nauset first saw the
Jason, and word that a ship was in
dangerous proximity to the cape was
sent along to all the life-saving sta
tons. The Jason was last seen Just
before o'clock by the day patrol of
the. Nauset life-saving station. The
life-savers knowing that she could
hardly weather the cape, kept
sharp lookout for her, and
at all stations the horses were
hitched into the beach carts and
every preparation was made to 20 to
the assistance of the ship without
a moments delay.
Nothing was seen or heard of the
doomed ship up to 7 o'clock in the
evening, and the 1ife-savers hoped
that she managed to work off shore
or around the cape. At 1880, how
ever, Honey, a surfman of the Panel
river station, burst into the station
and shouted, Hopkins (the north pa
troll has just burned his signal" A
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

the atmosphere is too light and thin
to support a feather With quick
ened pace, almost as fantastic and
dreamy as waltz, he will prance in,
smiling gleefully, pound the bar with
a fist to indicate how well and glo-
rious he feels, and inform the bar
tender that the man who would not
celebrate such glorious day by TAX
ing little dram should be forced to
live in a damp, dark dungeon all his.
life.
And thus it goes It is good for
the chills, good for the toeache, tooth
ache and headache, refuge in a.
storm and a destroyer of oppressive
calm. 1t will produce the blues and
then cure them. 1t is guaranteed to
get a man in debt and then make him
forget it. In love it is solace, cur
ing heartaches as readily as it pro-
duces them. 1t builds tragedies and
comedies in the same day, makes the
old young and the young old and
"And lets q man down when he scars
and makes him soar when he's down.
Give us a drink" said one of the
listeners. New Orleans Times-Dem-
Ocrat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
ODD VAGARIES OF TOPERS

1T is interesting to study the con-
tradictions involved in the drinking
habit" said downtown saloonkeeper.
For twenty years I have closely OBJ
served my patrons and even to this
day l can discover new ideas and
thoughts in the drinking habit. The
thing that has impressed me more
than any other characteristic of the
drinking man is the fact that whisky
is held up as a universal antidote.
For instance, on a cold day a man
will rush in with his coat collar
turned up, shiver once or twice and
order whisky. It's bitter cold to-
day. he will usually remark. If the
weather is dry and hot and perspira-
ton is rolling off his brow he will
plant himself under a fan and order
a julep. II it is damp, dismal day.
with low-hanging mists, that depress
one, a fellow will glide with sluggish
movement up to the bar, lean heavily
against it, pay the weather a doubt
full compliment and order whisky.
This weather is enough to drive a
man to drink he will say.
"Observe probably the same man
on bright, cheerful morning when
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

Hanscom apr cared and started to aid
his, brother: Roy Magoon was the
next to enter the melee, and in a
short time fully twenty combatants
were struggling in and near the little
school-room.
Knives were soon drawn, several
men were badly wounded, and worse
seemed bound to come, when a large
number of townspeople interfered
and stopped the fight. Some ugly
wounds were inflicted principally
upon those who were trying to stop
the fight. One man had knife driv-
en- through his arm and turned
around. terribly mangling the flesh
before the weapon was withdrawn
Other men received wounds equally
severe, and large number received
bruises and minor cuts. One woman
received a serious cut on her arm
while trying to extricate her brother
from the melee.
The battle ragged 1ercest inside the
school-room, where women and chill
dren. escaped injury with difficulty.
When order was finally restored the
interior of the building was SO
! wrecked that no attempt was made.
to carry out the program 1t is ex-
pected that the feud will be thorough
ly aired wien the matter gets into
the courts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
PUMPS GOLD FROM WELL

Henry Kaiser, living on an island in
the Yellowstone river few miles east
of Livingston, Mont, is one of the
few men in the world who can sit on
the front steps of his house and pump
gold from his we'll. This is precisely
what he does every day during the
summer and fall, and in the winter
he spends his time washing over the
sand of which his island is composed.
Mr.. Kaiser purchased the island for
a mall sum and erected a home there
for himself and family. AS Mrs.
Kaiser is not strong, the husband dug
a we'll near the front of the house so
she would not have far to go for water
in case he should be absent. His little
daughter while pumping water one
day noticed. that the bottom of the
pail was covered with fine yellow
particles that j had come up from
the we'll with the water.
Mr.. Kaiser, when his attention was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

rowhawk, Captain Johnson, from Eng
land, with colonists bound for Vir-
ginia, stranded on the shoals near
Orleans and soon became total
loss.
Another historic wreck was that of
the British frigate Somerset, which
stranded on Peaked Hill Bars, Nov. 2,
or 3, 1778. The Somerset was one
of the feet of British men-of-war
whose guns had stormed the heights
of Bunker Hill and terrorized the
commerce of the colonies. She was
at anchor in Boston harbor the night
Paul Revere made his famous ride
When she met with disaster she was
in pursuit of feet of French ships
which were reported to be in Boston
harbor. The Somerset had been at
anchor in Provincetown for some
time, leaving there few days before
she was lost to go in search of the
French ships.
She struck Peaked Hill Bars dur
ing a northeast gale, while trying to
round the cape and enter the harbor
at Provincetown. She had a. compile
ment of four hundred and eighty men
and is supposed to have carried sixty
guns, thirty-two, twenty-four and
twelve Founders. She struck on the
bars with terrific force, and instantly
the seas began to pound her to pieces.
She was finally thrown up on the
beach by the tumultuous walls of
water, and Captain Aurey and the few
Of the crew who had not persisted
reached the shore.
| The bones of the Somerset remain
ed buried for century, when the
shifting sands exposed them to view.
Relic hunters soon carried away near
ly> all of the wreckage that could be
obtained, and the shifting sands have
again entombed what remains of the
famous old frigate.
The most appalling disaster in the
history of the ltfe-saving service on
Cape Cod was the wreck Of the iron
ship Jason on the bars at Pamet
river, Dec. 5, 1893. Twenty-four lives
were lost. The ship was bound from
Calcutta, India, for Boston, with q
cargo of >jute. Captain Mcmillan, who
was in charge Of the ship, had a crew
Of twenty-four men, including an APP
prentice, Sam.el J. Evans, of Raglan,
England. Thick weather, prevailed
of the coast for several days proceed
ing the disaster, and Captain McMil-
Ian, not being in possession of re:
liable information as to his position,
obtained it from a New York. pilot
boat NJ ;ssgS zss III s s i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

moment later Hopkins rushed into the
station and reported that a ship( the
Jason) had struck on the bars about
half mile north Of the station.
. Rich, the keeper, and his crew were
ready for the emergency, and, with
the beach cart, rushed to the scene.
The shore was then piled with wreck
age, and the Stating of the sails of
the wrecked ship sounded above the
roar and din of. the storm. A careful
lookout for the shipwrecked sea-far-
eres was kept by the light-savers as
they hurried to the scene of the dis.
aster, and Evans, the sole survivor,
was found clinging to a bale of jute.
He was clad only in his underclothes
and was totally helpless.
The wrecked vessel was sighted
through the storm and a shot prompt
ly fired over the craft, but the crew
had persisted almost as soon as the
ship struck, and the efforts of the
llfe-savers were of no avail.
The ship cit was afterward learned
from young Evans) broke in two
when she struck the bars and the
members of the. crew persisted soon
after. Evans said that as soon as the
ship struck he put on a life preserver
and took to the rigging. The captain
ordered the, boats launched, but they
were smashed as soon as they struck
the water. While ,clinging to rigging,
considering what his chances were for
reaching the shore, Evans says that
he must have been hit by a big wave
or wall Of water, as the next that he
knew he was on the beach and the
life-savers were taking him to their,
station. The bodies Of twenty of the
crew were, found and buried in the
village cemetery at Welldeet: { .s.s l., -
! The schooner Job II. jackson, z; was IS.
another terrible wreck that occurred
on Cape Cod, at Peaked Hill bars.
The schooner struck on Jan. 5.351895.
during bitter cold weather. and the
Grew we're driven into the RIGGING a
fearful sea was pounding on the shore l,j {
and eQuired the com ined Nlherculs'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

Shortly before midnight he would
go on deck and extract several plump
fowls from the coops he had pre-
empted.' The chickens were dis
patched without protesting squawk,
the entrails removed, but the feath-
ers left intact. Seasonings were then
inserted, and the fowl inclosed in a
heavy casing of soft clay to the thick
ness OF two inches. They were then
cast among the hot embers in the
ashpan and permitted to roast to the
queens taste. When thoroughly cook
ed, they were removed, and the clay
casing broken from about them. The
feathers came away with the clay,
leaving clean, smoking hot fowls
ready for the dish of hot butter await
ing them up stairs. Estep with a.
fork stripped the flesh from the bones
into the melted butter, and while the
rest of us stood about and smacked
out lips in anticipation. Dear, dear,
but they were good! In cooking them
in that way all the rich f1avors were
retained-I can almost taste them
now, and I wish I could as matter
Of fact -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

called to the matter, saw at once.
that the particles were gold, and since
then he has been steadily at work at
the pump and has averaged cleanup,
OF about 500 a week. This fall, when
cold weather comes, he will proceed
to wash the sand of the island.
1t is believed that a vast amount of
free gold has been washed down from
the mountains by the spring freshets,
for many years past, and that these.
have caught on, the island and re-
NAMED there, until the island has be-
come rich mine.
Kaiser had intended going into the.
ranching business, but now he has,
given up that idea and will devote his.
time to placer mining at his front.
door: He has employed several men,.
who have fitted out a small raft, on
which they will proceed slowly down
the Yellowstone river, washing the,
various sandbars, which are known to-
contain more or less free gold.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

ing to make the harbor of Province
town, she struck the dread Peaked
Hill bars. She was promptly discov.
cred by one of the life-savers and
assistance was quickly at hand. The
night was pitch dark, the surf ex-
tremely high and the bark was soon
pounded to pieces.
AS the life-saving crew could not
locate the wreck to bring the breeches
buoy apparatus into use, and the surf
prevented them from launching a
boat, nothing could be done to assist
the shipwrecked crew. 1t is believed
that the captain was so Inundated
by the loss of his vessel that he fell
into frenzy of despair, and resolved
to take MS own life, and it would ap-
pear that other members of his crew
followed his example of self-destruc-
tlon.. Six OF the crew managed finally
to reach the shore on the top of the
cabin and were pulled out of the surf
by the life:savers. Another, boy,
said that he swan ashore. An inves-
tigation by the Italian consul dis
closed that the captain committed
suicide.
While lightships mark the sunken
rips Off the coast of Cape Cod, and
lighthouses stand as a warning to all
vessels that . navigate the waters
there, the shifting sand bars continue
to levy q tribute. on all shipping
around the right arm of Massachu.
sets, as Cape Cod is called. I :, -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
: Surely. a, Mixed CARGO:

ze Into the hold of the steamship Rho.
desia, which IS locked at the foot
OF Payonia avenue, Jersey City, and
which is bound !, for south African
ports, a remarkable cargo is being
hoisted. It consists Of anchors, nee.
dies, pianos, organs, oysters, stoves,
bug exterminators, automo bi4es, nov I, y:
els, hams, root beer, ppliceme ems ba.
tons, three trolley cars, ], 900 rifles,
preserved cherries for cocktails, 200.
900 bottles of beer and 100 nules .--
New York sHerald. ssss 5s,. W. S