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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Spooner's Great Speech.

Secretary Hay has a favorite quo.
tation from one of his old farmer
friends out In Illinois. and 1t rum as
follows: 1T don't make so much diff.
ference what a man says as where he
SETS when he says it, To this
must be added that even il the right
nan says the right thing in the right
place he must also take are TO say
il at the right time. Senator Spoon.
er realizes the force of this. Two
weeks ago he made his long-expected
speech on the Panama custom. II
was a speech for which many sena-
tors had been waiting, for everyone
recognized that no man in public life
could speak on that subject with
greater f~orcefulness or illumination.
Mr.. Spooner did not disappoint expec-
tations. II was one Of the greatest
speeches ever made in the American
senate. and yen at this late hour Is
well worthy of perusal, But 1t was
delivered at the wrong moment. Sen
ator Hanna had Just died and was
not then buried, and the new from
the eastern war was copious and in
NtIt6llH6, nc ltphlN Nas hhal WI
Spooner's noteworthy contribution to
the Panama discussion. which under
ordinary circumstances would have
filed columns in the newspapers and
attracted general attention through
out the country. barely was noticed.
To add insult to injury. some news
paper writer, without the fear Of God
or the love OF truth In his heart,
started a story to the effect that while
Mr.. Spooner may be a great debater,
he is SO weak on pronunciation as to
cause cold shiyers TO run up and
down the spinal column of Mr.. Lodge.
the scholar and purist of the senate.
According TO this i~nveracious version
Mr.. Spooner calls Cuba "Cuby." Pan
ANA Panama with C on the
second syllable. reciprocity "re-ceep.
rocity," and so On. IL Is almost need
less to add that Mr.. Spooner eve
was guilty of any Of these offenses.
Mr.. Teller Is the "Cuby" member Of
the senate, Mr.. Hoar until recently
stuck TO Panama" because that was
the way he learned IL in school sew.
enty years ago, though he has now
mended his ways and conforms TO the
established usage. As for "re-ceep.
rocity," a number OF senators offend
with IL, but not the Little Giant of
Wisconsin. whose English. Latin, law,
logic and general effectiveness are
all OF class Al.
Today a group OF senators were
discussing great and brilliant and
timely pieces OF work. Some one
suggested that the feat OF Senator
Spooner in drafting the canal law
which bears his name must be EMIT.
led to first rank in that category, and
to this all agreed. Mr.. Spooner saw
the tangle congress was getting into
over the rival canal routes. He
thought about It all of one day. That
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
KENDALL ITEMS.

School election was held Saturday
and TO votes were cast outside OF
those for the trustee. Mr.. Ridell. OF
course. being elected to succeed him.
self. there being no opposing candi-
date.
The dance to have been given Fri
day evening. April /, was postponed
on account of 1t being good Friday.
Mrs. John Meyers. of Lewistown,
spent Sunday here as the guest of
Miss Della Mccoy.
Miss Norah Matlock returned Tues
day after a weeks sojourn with her
friends in Lewistown.
Mrs. John Billings spent a few
days in the county seat during the
week.
Mr.and Mrs. Chas. Benson are con
valescent after a very severe attack
of la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Smith have
moved from Mulligan gulch to the
living rooms In Wilson's drug store.
Mike Riser and Albert Hanseworth
made a brief visit to Lewistown Sat.
urday.
Mrs. Thos. MCGEE, of Gilt Edge, is
here the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ed
Weaver.
The marriage OF Miss Rash. OF
Lewistown, ard Mr.. Butler. OF Ken.
dali. Is announced to take place or
Wednesday. the 9Th.
Messrs. Anderson and Bell will open
the Shamrock saloon the 10th inst.
Johnnie Meyers made Kendall sew
eral visits during the week on ex
press business.
| Mrs. Roy butcher departed las
| week via Benton for her old HON,
in Missouri, where she will sojourr
for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steele have moved
from the Mckay residence and ar,
now occupying one Of the Slough &
Mitchell cottages.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
CONGREGATION
HOLD MEETING
Annual Assemblage Of the Presbyteri.
an People Held Last Night
at the Church.
THE CHURCH is PRosPeRlNc
Financial Condition First.cIass-Sal.
AIRY Of the Pastor Increased
5000 per Annum.

The annual congregational meeting
of the Presbyterian church was held
last night Immediately after the sup.
per which the ladies served. A rep.
resentative crowd was present and
much work of great interest to the
church was done.
The reports of officers and commit
tees of the church show that the f.
nancial condition is very satisfactory,
there being a balance In the treasury
and no debt of any consequence ex-
cept for the real estate adjoining the
church property. Some important
Improvements will be made in the
church building the coming year. A
furnace will be purchased and other
needed repairs made.
Walter b. Miner and Christian
Wiedman were elected elders and
will be publicly ordained within a few
weeks, the exact date not having
been set. The vacancies in the board
of trustees were filled by the selec.
ton of o. w. Belden, II. l.. DeKalh
and w. n. Everitt. They are all well
adapted for the work and with them
on the board, harmony is sure to pre-
vail in the business department of the
church. The church assumed full
self support which was a gratifying
fact to the members.
The congregation showed their ap
probation of the excellent work be
ing done by Rev. Henry Quickender
by increasing his salary from $1,000
to $1,000 per year.
Every department Of the church
work is in good shape and the con
gregation and minister start into
their new year with most flatterins
prospects.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
RUSTLERS FOR TRADE.

night he went home and without con
sultation with anyone. without any.
ones help or suggestions, told his
st%enographer to get ready. In an
hour the draft OF the Spooner law
was completed-and 1t stands to this
day, almost without the change of a
word. That was the right thing at
the right time-at the psychological
moment; and In its solution of the
great problem, its adaptability. time
illness and value, IL amounted to a
work Of genius.-Walter Wellman.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
To Those Interested in Education.

~ w 1adSaktSus
Owing to the lack Of space for Mon
tana educational exhibit purposes,
much of the work. which is really
m%eritorious, will have to be left out.
An earnest effort is being put forth
to bring this work before the people
of Montana at our state fair. In or
der to exhibit the work so ably and
c~reditably done by our schools, IL will
be necessary to raise a small sun of
money in each county for the purpose
of erecting an educational building
on the state fair grounds, this build
ing to be used exclusively for educa-
tional exhibits. The amount of money
necessary to erect and equip such a
building will be approximately 49,.
500.
From the number of schools In this
county we should be willing to as.
sumo to raise 800 of this amount. If
everyone will take hold of this with
a will it will be no burden to any
particular district.
A plan which would be rather COM
mendable, is to have the teacher act
do Cudliludn vi d COluillttSe, anu CIV
cry pupil as n member of the COM
mittee and solicit small sums, and in
this way the pupils themselves will
take great personal interest, from the
fact that they will be directly aiding
in the erection of a buuulng in which
their work Is to be exhibited.
There are 2,45S children of school
age in this county, and II we could
have the help of 1000 of them it
would require only the small sum Of
five cents each to raise the 800.
Every school will be expected to
contribute to the educational exhibit,
as well as to the financial part of this
scheme.
ADA MEYERSICK,
County Superintendent of Schools.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
FoR PIONEER DAY.
Programs Have Been Received From
the State superintendent.

WE osdtc
Pursuant to the provisions of the
law creating Pioneer day, the super
intendent of public instruction, w. w.
WEIGH, has prepared a program for
observance in the schools of the
state on that day. The program will
be a four-page one and will be print
ed and sent out to the school au-
thorities within the next few days.
This year Pioneer day is the 9th
of May, and on that day the essays
prepared by the uppils of the schools
in competition for the state gold med
ais. may be submitted. There are to
be two of the medals this year, one
for the best essay prepared by a pu-
pill of the public schools. and the 9TH
err for the best essay submitted by a
student of the state institutions.
Under a resolution passed by the
state board of education, the essays
submitted in the competition for the
public school medal are to be sub
mitted to the teacher of the school,
who is to select the essay considered
best of the number. This Is to be
sent to the county superintendent,
who, In turn, is to select the best es.
say and transmit it to the state SUI
perintendent, to be laid before the
state board. There will thus be on.
ly rs essays from the public schools,
one from each county. There will al.
so be n from each of the state in
stitutions.
There must be 16 copies of each
essay, and these must be in the
hands of the state board on or before
the LIST day of July.
The following is Inc program ar
ranged for Pioneer day by the state
superintendent:
$3.50 a. m.-Song by school, Mon
tana."
1000 a. m.-Paper, 1.-THE Schools
of Montana, 1872 to 1882" teacher OF
principal.
1890 a. m.-Song. America"
1880 p. m.-Short talks by pion'
GERS, "Hardships of Pioneers"
200 d. m.-Pioneer essays; sub
ject. Explorations of Lewis and
CLARKE of Territory Now Embraced
in Montana"
Closing song. selected.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06

pared at this time to recommend the
repeal of this act. II points out, how
ever, that no serious hardship will be
imposed upon the actual settler by
the prohibition of patenting under Its
provisions lands chiefly valuable for
timber.
The commission Is of the opinion
that the desert land laws should for
the present at least be allowed to
stand with a few changes in detail.
II is thought that with the experience
of the past for guidance 1t is possible
that its essential provisions should
be compiled with.-Inter Mountain.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06

tunnel of the mine he has discovered
a small body of high grade ore and
has taken out between four and five
tons. The ore carries values of
about $3.50 per ton in gold and the
seam in the winze varies in width
from one to two feet. Mr.. Anderson
states that he expects to make a car
load shipment when the trains bein
to run again.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching Piles produce moisture and
cause itching, this form, as well as
Blind, Bleeding or %Protruding Piles
are cured by DR.. Bo-san-ko's Pile Rem
edy. Stops itching and bleeding. Alb.
serbs tumors. SOC a jar at druggists,
or sent by mail. Treatise free. Write
me about your case. DR.. Bosanko.
Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by Dali
zell Drug Co, Lewistown. Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Among the Mines
Devoted to the Large Min
ing interests OF Fergus
County General Notes.
Two Mills for the Judiths.

The prospect Of two mills and con-
sequently two more producing mines
In the Judith mountains is now
very fiattering. This has been
brought about through the operations
of the Little Hazel Mining Company
and the Townsend Mining Company.
Late developments in these compan.
les properties have opened up ore
bodies which, from the present indi.
cations, will equal anything yet found
In this district.
Mr.. l.. II. Mershon, president of the
Townsend Mining Company. has just
visited the eompanyis. property,
known as the Big Horn group. prep
aratory to the erection of a mill. Mr..
Mershon has expressed himself as
being highly pleased with the coun-
try and predicts a great future for
Fergus county, both as a mineral
producer and in the production of its
stock and agricultural interests.
The Townsend Mining Company is
a $50O,00 corporation. fully paid,
consisting principally of Hartford
capitalists and the report which Mr..
Mershon will make, owing to the
late valuable discoveries In the Big
Horn, is expected to more than dou.
BILE the value of the stock.
The Big Horn tunnel is being driv'
en- into the Northern base of Crystal
Mountain and is now in a distance
of some 800 feet ard has cut a vein
of ore about forty feet III width which
carries high values in gold and it is
estimated that there is enough ore
now in sight to justify the erection
of a mill. The ore is n which is
adaptable to treatment by the cyan
ide process, although somewhat diff
ferent in character to the ores gen.
orally known as cyanide ores" in the
Kendall and Gilt Edge districts. The
ores of the Big Horn are of a much
higher grade than the ores of the
other producing mines and with the
immense background of Crystal
mountain behind this ore body, the
possibilities of this property are un'
limited.
DR.. Leonard Stebbins, of Spring.
field, Mass, is the secretary of the
Little Hazel Mining Company, and
has recently made a visit here for the
purpose of gaining a full knowledge
of the company's holdings.
The doctor believes that the lit
tie Hazel will be one of the best
properties in the country and that
larger ore bodies will be discovered
as the work of development progress
es.
The property is situated in Conk'
lin gulch in the Cone Butte district
and is being developed by a tunnel
which will penetrate the mountain fol
q distance of 700 feet, prosecuting
the formation as the work of develop
ment continues. The tunnel has re
Gently cut a vein of ore which ID
about twenty feet wide and assays
high in gold. Later reports from the
property state that another vein has
just been cut and the prospects thai
the Little Hazel will soon be mum
bered among the producers are ex
tremely probable.
The work at these two properties
is under the management of R. e. L
Townsend, a mining engineer Of ex
ceptional ability, and one who viii
soon put these properties on a div
dend paying basis.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
A Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in Lees
Vile, Ind. when w. II. Brown of that
place. who was expected to die, had
his life saved by DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. He writes:
IL endured insufferable agories from
asthma. but your New Discovery
gave me immediate relief and soon
thereafter effected a complete cure
Similar cures of consumption, pneu-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Notice of shareholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that a meet.
ing of the shareholders of the Jul
dith Basin Bank for the purpose of
increasing the capital stock from SIS.
10000 to 800 100000, and the transac.
ton of such other business as may
be properly brought before the meet
ing, will be held in their banking
rooms in Lewistown. Mont. on Mon
day, the second day Of May, 1904, at
4 o'clock p. m.
GEO. j. BACH, Cashier.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Serious Stomach Trouble Cured.

| was troubled with a distress in
my stomach, sour stomach and vom-
iting spells, and can ~truthfully say
that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-
er Tablets cured me.-Mrs. T. V. Will
liams, Lainsburg, Mich. These tab
lets are guaranteed to cure every
case of stomach trouble of this char
acter. For sale by all druggists and
dealers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Attention, Stockmen.

A thoroughbred Kentucky jack will
stand this season at the place of w
A. Lacock, one mile east of Lewis
town. Terms. $40 for the season
SIS to insure with foal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06

monia. bronchitis and grip are mum.
erous. It's the peerless remedy for
all throat and lung troubles. Price
soc and 81. Guaranteed by Delzell
Drug Co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Sheep for Sale.

/ have for sale about 1000 coming
3~-year-old ewes, well bred and well
wintered; would like to sell them be-
fore lambing. They may be seen at
my ranch s miles south Of Gilt Edge
on Mcdonald creek.
BENZ. j. HILL,
P. o. Gilt Edge, Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Another Strike on the Masinnis.

Another Strike on the Maginnis.
George M. Anderson, a well known
assayer in the mining camps of the
county, is in the city today from Mai
den. Mr.. Anderson has recently Sc
cured a lease on the workings of the
old Maginnis mine at Maiden and
has been fortur ate in finding some
high grade shipping ore. He began
work in the mine several weeks ago
and found ore that was a good grade
of milling rock, but not carrying val
ues sufficient to ship %proftably.
Since then In a winze off the main
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06

The great cyanide plant of the
Homestake company is saving about
rs per cent of the value in the tail
ings (averaging about $1.65 per toni,
at a cost of about SO cents a ton.
The shines run a loss of from 80 cts.
to Sl.l0 per ton,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Mininq Notes.

The total gold production of the
world from the discovery of America
by Columbus to the year 1900 Is, in
round figures, s9,S11, 000, 900. Pure
gold of this value would weigh about
1922 tons, and would occupy a space
equal to 27,039 cubic feet. Graph
cally, this amount could be represent
ed by a solid circular tower of gold
20 feet in diameter and Sc feet high.
The total yearly worlds production
of gold since 1900 would increase the
height of such a tower about three
feet each year. In other words the
present annual production is some IA
times that (0.211 feet) represented by
the average of the previous 40S years.
The highest mine in America, if
not in the world, is found at Lundy,
Mono county. California. 1t is called
the Crystal Lake mine. The tunnel
through which the work is being done
is 10000 feet above sea level. Six
months in the year the officers and
miners are prisoners from the depth
of the snow, and in the shady places
thessnow does not melt eve In sum
mer. Many miners cannot live there.
on account of the rarity of the atmos-
phere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
LARGEST ENGINE IN THE WORLD.
Win Be Placed on the connellsvilIe Division
Of the B. & o.

Connellsville. Pa. (SpeciaD The
largest locomotive in the world is to
be placed on the Connellsvi,ie Divi-
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. The Mallet type of engine,
built expressly for the Baltimore and
Ohio exhibits at the Worlds Fair,
will be brought to the local division
as soon as the Exposition closes and
be used in pushing heavy freight trains
up the Sand Patch Hill, over the crest
OF the Allegheny Mountains. When
in working order it weighs 223,5oo
pounds, and the weight of the tender
filled with coal and water is $4,000
pounds.
Arrangements had been made to
have Christian Smith, the man who
ran the first locomotive over the Con-
nellsville Division, take out the engine
on its first trip, but Smith died last
week at his home. New Cumberland,
aged OF.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
nLOST In TENEMENT FIRE
Tragedy in the Williamsburg district,
Brooklyn.
TWO WHO'LL FAMILIES WIPED OUT.
Smothered Before They Could Reach the Fire
Escape 10 the Rear Of the Buiiding-Ihe
Blaze Started in the Cellar Of a 0roeery
Store at az Early Hour Of the Morning
Firemen's Work Hampered.

New York (SpeciaD. - Smothered
before they could could reach the rear
hreescape in burning tenement build
ing at 1856 Troutman street, in the Will
lamsburg district of Brooklyn, IL per-
sons met death shortly before
o'clock A. M.
Two entire families, those of Ma
ranio Triolo and Charles Polognio, are
wiped out. the last living member Of
each being now in hospital, with nc
hope of their recovery. They are
Charles Polognio, SO years old. and
Tony Triolo, IS years old, both OF
whom are terribly burned. Although
in the opinion OF the coroner, all the
dead were sufiocated, the bodies were
badly burned before they could be
taken from the ruins by the fremen
The burned tenement-house is in
the center of row of three-story ten
ements extending the length Of the
block, and was occupied by Italians.
The fire is supposed to have started
in the cellar of the grovery store OF
Antonio Giambalvos, on the ground
floor. The cellar was stored with IN
hamable material, and the flames
spread with lightning-like rapidity. All
the occupants were asleep at the time
and there was considerable delay If
sending in the first alarm. The Clam
balvos family lived in the rear of the
store, and succeeded in getting out OF
the building, but before the occupants
on the two other floors were reused
their escape had been cut off.
Before the fremen arrived the fire
had communicated to the adjoining
tenement, but here the occupants had
sufficient warning, and all escaped
The work of the fremen was greatly
hampered for a time by the crowd OF
frightened Italians who filed the
streets. The tenants in nearly all thd
neighboring buildings dragged their
household goods out of the buildings,
and with them blocked the way OF the
fire apparatus.
All the bodies were found in the rear
room of the third floor, and it was evil
dent that all had been suffocated in
their effort to reach the fre-escape at
the back of the building. The two
who were rescued were found in the
lower hallway soon after the hremen
reached the scene. Working their way
through the building the rescuers dis
covered the heap of dead on the third
floor, and within a short time sue
ceeded in taking out nine bodies, but
the last was not found until after 8
O'Clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
ROBBERY or A CIRCUS CONCERN.
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Pay Wagon Re-
Iieved Of $4,000.

Norfolk, Va. (SpeciaD.-The pay
wagon of Forepaugh & Sells Broth.
ers Circus was robbed of 100000 Sat
uriay at Tarboro, NC. Every effort
is being made by the circus people
and the limited police authorities o.
the town to apprehend the robbers
and several arrests have been made
but no trace of the money has ye'
been found.
The circus played in Grecnville Fri
day, and arrived in Tarboro Saturday
morning in three sections over the At
lantic Coast Line. The pay-wagor
had been broken into and robbed dur.
ing transit or shortly after S o'clock ir
the morning, and efforts were at once
made to capture the thieves.
Every man connected with the show
was searched and put under surveil
lance. Several were locked up on sus.
picion, but some of them have been re
leased
Police Chief Walter Johnson. Of
Tarboro, in a conversation over the
telephone, said:
1--WE have no clue to the robbers
but suspect people connected with TIL
show, who were familiar with the man.
ner the cash was handled and who had
completed their plans before under
taking to get the money"