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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Qst

lated Tract)-U. S. Land Office,
Lewistown, Mont, Public Land Sale.
Notice is hereby given, that in pur.
a of instructions from the com.
missioner of the general land office,
under authority vested in him by sec.
ton 2455, U. s. Revised Statutes, as
amended by the act Of congress ap-
proved February rs, 1895, we will pro.
coed to offer at public sale on the 9Th
day of July, 1904, at 2 o'clock p.
M, at this office, the following tract
of land, to-wit:
SwA nwA, and lot 4, sec IA, tip 13
N, r Is e, Mont. P. M.
Any and all persons claiming ad.
versely the above described lands are
advised to file their claims In this Of.
fee on or before the day above desig.
mated for the commencement of said
sale, otherwise their rights will be for.
feited.
Dated this 25th day of May, 1904.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June 1.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
SUED FOR BIG
SUM OF MONEY
Elizabeth T. Greenougn Wants Fifty
Million Dollars From n. n. Rog-
ers, the Oil Man.
FOR ROYALTIES IN A PATENT
A Refining Process Invented by the
Claimants Husband is Appropri-
ated by Rogers Gang.

Boston, May 2S.-Fifty million dol
lars is the amount claimed by Eliz-
abeth T. Greenbough. of New York,
widow OF the famous inventor, Ben
jamin p. G~reenbough. in a suit
against Henry II. Rogers, of the
Standard Oil company and the eXecu-
tors of the estate of Charles Pratt.
once Mr.. Rogers partner. The &C.
ton has been commenced in the Mass.
achusetts Superior court and sum
mons already sent to Rogers and the
Pratt executors.
Mrs. Greenbough's claim for this
big sum is based on the invention by
her husband OF a process of oil REIN
ing which renders kerosene ~non-explo.
sive, and she alleges she is entitled
to a royalty of one-quaIter OF a cent
a gallon on all oil so treated by the
Standard Oil company.
In 1874 when Rogers and Pratt were
young and poor in the oil business,
Greenbough invented his process and
sold it to them under a contract,
guaranteeing him the royalty men,
toned.
Within a few years Greenbough had
received more than $50O,00o in roy,
alties from the Standard Oil com
pany, TO which Rogers and Pratt
transferred the invention.
Then Greenbough was lost at sea
and his widow having no knowledge
of the contract with her husband,
made no claim for royalties. The
Standard Oil company also apparent
ly forgot il. A short time ago Mrs.
Greenbough found among her nus.
bands papers a copy OF the contract
and the suit is the result. Though
begun against Rogers and the Pratt
executors. the Standard Oil company
Is the real defendant in the suit.
Benjamin p. Greenbough was a ia.
nous chemist and inventor. During
the civil war he compounded an ex.
plosive that proved SO terrible his
wife begged him not to reveal its
secret, and he never did.
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication-Depart.
ment of the Interior, U. S. Land OF.
flee. Lewistown, Mont, May is,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that
MARINDA MCLAUGHLIN,
assignee of Arthur c. Hatch and
Winfield b. Thompson. OF Fergus
county, Mont, has filed notice OF in.
tention to make proof on her desert
land claim No. 1862, for the sch
SEA, sec s, swA swh. sec 3. nei4
neA, sec IL. tip IL n. r II e, Mont,
p. NJ, before w. H. Peck, U. S. com
missioner at Garneill. Mont, on Wed
nesday, the 18th day of July, 1904.
She names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
William T, Neil. Lowrie 5. Nc
Laughlin, John Brooks, George Lit,
tie. all of Garneill. Mont.
EDWARD BRASEY. Register.
First publication June /.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register
First publication May Is.
NOTICE FOR PUsLlcATIoN.-De

NOTICE FOR PUBLlcATIoN.-De.
partment of the Interior, Land or.
fee at Lewistown, Mont, May II,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has fled no.
tice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis
ter and receiver at Lewistown. Mon
tana, on Thursday. June 16. 1904, viz:
OSCAR c. OSBORNE,
who made H. E. No. 2236, for the e12
neA, sec "a, wiz nwA, sec 35, tip
IA N, r 16 e. Mont. P. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation os said land, viz:
Fred Hanna. Thomas Cooper, T. F.
Osborne, E. Waaga, all of Rockford,
Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May IS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May 4.

TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8, 1873.
Notice for Publication-U. S. Land
Office, Lewistown, Mont, April 4,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that in com.
pliance with the provisions of the act
Of congress of June 8, 1878, entitled,
AN act for the sale of timber lands
in the states of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington territory"
as extended to all the public land
states by act of August 4, 1892,
WILLIAM McDUFF,
of Lewistown, county of Fergus, state
of Montana, has this day filed in this
office his sworn statement No. 80, for
the purchase of the nh nwA, of sec
Is, tip IA n, r Is e, Mont, p. NJ, and
will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its tim
Der or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim
to said land before the register and
receiver of this office at Lewistown,
Mont, on Wednesday, the 18th day
Of June, 1904.
He names rs witnesses:
james e. Templeton, August Ellis,
John S. McDuff, Perry G. McHugh,
all of Lewistown, Mont.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims i'm this
office on oil before said 18th day of
June, 1904.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register
NIL ~
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01


partment of the Interior, Land Of
flee at Lewistown, Mont, May 18th,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of her intention to make final proof
In support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis.
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mon
tana, on Saturday the 18th day of
June, 1904, viz:
MERCY C. JACKSON,
who made H. E. No. 100, for the swA
neA, MY sen, sec IA, nwA swA, sec
10, tip Is n, r IS e, Mont. P. NJ.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
On and cultivation of said land, viz:
William Lacock, George H. Kelly,
John H. Vadnais, Belle McLachlan, all
of Lewistown. Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Nav IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
First publication May 4.

NOTICE FOR PuBLlcATIoN.-De.
partment of the Interior, Land OF.
fee at Lewistown, Mont, May 8,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Wednesday, the 18th day of June,
1904, viz:
BERTTRAM COLEMAN,
who made II. e. No. 1441, for the sell,
sec 10, tp IA n, r II e, Mont. P. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up.
on and cultivation of said land viz:
Levi II. Woody, Of Lewistown; Will
liam S. Coffman, George Belcher,
George w. Courts, of Rockford, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First notification Nav II
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
NOTICE EoR pueLIcAIIoN-pe

NOTICE FOR PUsLIcATIoN-De.
partment Of the Interior, Land Of
nee at Lewistown, Mont, May 9th,
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF her intention to make final proof
In support of her claim, and that said
PROOF viii be made before the regis.
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mon
tana. on Monday. the 18th day of
June, 1904. viz:
JULIA A. HATCH,
who made H. E. No. 1866, for the SEX
SEA, sec 6, nA mex. sec Z, nwA
nwh, sec 8, tip lS n, r is e, Mont. p.
NJ.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Fred Bean. Otis Lish, Ernest Bean.
Content Perkin, all OF Lewistown.
Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication Nav IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF-No.
tice for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
the Interior-U. s. Land Office,
Lewistown, Mont, April 2S, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that
LILLIAN 4. CHARTERS,
of Grass Range, Fergus county. Mon
tana, has filed notice of intention to
make proof on her desert land claim
No. 1895, for the WIZ nwA, WIZ swA,
e q, tip Is n, r % e, Mont. P. NJ.
before the register and receiver at
Lewistown, Mont, on Friday, the
3rd day of June, 1904.
She names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Herbert p. Imislund, Benjamin r.
Moulton. of Grass Range; James H.
Charters, william E. rBassey. OF
Lewistown, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication MAY 4
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication.-Depart-
ment of the Interior, U. s. Land
Office, Lewistown, Mont, May S,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that
DAVID FOREMAN,
assignee of Cenia B. Allen, of Grass
Range, Mont, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. lila, for the nR neA,
nell nwA, swA neA, sec 32, tip Is
n. r "a e, Mont. P. NJ, before the reg
lister and receiver at Lewistown, Mon
tana, on Friday, the 10th day of June,
1904.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Walter Allen, John Eschliman, Her.
bert p. Imislund, of Grass Range;
James H. Charters, of Lewistown'
Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for neutrality-suspicious.
of the Interior, U. S. Land Office,
Lewistown, Mont, May 81. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that
HENRY JEWELL.
Of Garneill, Fergus county, Mont. has
filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No.
1885, for the e1a sei4, swA sei4, sec
Z, nwh neh, sec IS, tip IL n. r is e,
Mont. =. NJ. before W. II. Peck, Z.
S. commissioner al Garneill, Mont. on
Wednesday. the 18th day OF July,
1904.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Patrick +. Duffy, Frank Smith,
James DAILY, George S. Little. all OF
Garneill, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication June J.,
NOTICE FOR PUBLlCATIoN-De.
paTtment of the Interior. L. 5. Land
Office at Lewistown. Mont, May 81
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention 10 make final proof
in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before w. II. Peck
u. S. commissioners at Garnelll, Mon
tana, on Wednesday, July l3. 1904
viz:
DEWALT SHUT,
who made II. r. No. 2261, for lots
and 3. sec Z, tip ~ n, r u e, mig SEA
sec ~, TIP IL n. r 13 g, Mont. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. viz.
Milford Singleton. David NJ, Wright
Burton c. White. Charles n. Nc
Clave. all OF Garneill, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Register.
First publication June !.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the Interior, U. s. Land Office,
L%ewistown, Mont, May "a, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that
ALEXANDER MCMILLAN,
of Pine Grove, Fergus county, Mon
tana, has filed notice of intention to
make proof on his desert land claim
No. 1876, for the n1z seA, swA neA,
sell nwA, e 2, tp II n, r 20 e, Mont.
P. M; also
FLORA A. MCLEAN, ,
assignee of Archie Mclean, of Rogers,
Fergus county, Mont, has filed no.
tice of intention to make proof on
her desert land claim No. 1877. for
the sa nwA, n15 swA, sec /, tip IL
n, r 20 e, Mont. p. M. before the
register and receiver at Lewistown.
Mont, on Thursday, the 23rd day of
June, 1904.
They name the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Neil Mclean, John G. Reeder, Mar
Gus Nelson, of Rogers; Alexander Nc
MILAN, of Pine Grove, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May %.
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NOTICE FOR PUeLIcATIoN.-D

bbN AMI heBlSleI.
First publication May IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-01
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8, 1873.

First publication May IL.
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DESERT LAND, FINAL PRoOF-No

EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication May Is.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-12


enough, and under the leadership of Gov
ernor Toole as candidate for governor. with
his absolute promise that he will not accept
seat in the senate during the term for
which he is elected governor, we may con-
fidently expect to win victory for popular
rights in Montana.
AS look at it, Democrats owe it to them
selves to insist that Governor Toole lead
IN the fight for these reforms. With Gov
ernor Toole entombed in the United States
senate, we know not what manner of politi-
cal trash or corporation tool fortune may
place in our gubernatorial chair
| have too much faith in the good sense
of the people of Montana to believe that
even ten per cent of them are opposed to a
Direct Primary Nomination law that will
insure an honest ballot for an honest ballot
box The man who opposes that writes him
self down as an advocate of dishonest bal
lot. do not believe that fifteen per cent of
the people of Montana are opposed to Direct
Legislation by the Initiative and Referen-
dunn, with an amendment similar to that
adopted by the people of Oregon in 1902 by
a vote of II to I.
The only opponents of Direct Legislation
are those who fear the people, and surely
they are in the minority in this state Every
one who knows anything about the Montana
legislature knows that the three principal
railroads of this state have more influence
in legislation than have the demands of 40
per cent of the voters of the state; and
that all they have to do is to buy or coerce
a majority of the senate, which, being
smaller body, is more easily controlled.
There are designing men in this state who
pretend that they are for "Joe Toole for the
senate, first, last and all the time" These
men wish to destroy Governor Too1e. They
see that he can be destroyed by being a
candidate for the senate at this time. They
don't want him in the governors chair; they
don't want Direct Legislation in Montana
they don't want law that will insure an
honest ballot because such a law will de-
prive them of their main means of livelihood
they don't want Railroad Commission be-
cause they want the railroad influence and
slush funds in their crooked political work.
They do want Governor Toole to be a
candidate for the senate, because they intend
to work against the election of Democratic
candidates for the legislature; and if the
Democrats are in the minority in the legis-
lature they will shake their dishonest heads
and say, "Well, Joe Toole beat u.s."
There are many Republicans in Montana
who will vote for Governor Toole for gov
ernor who will not vote indirectly for him
as candidate for the senate. It is far more
important for us to have the right man in
the governors chair than to have that right
man, Governor Toole, away off at Washing
ton.
| congratulate the Examiner on it's able
editorial insisting that Governor Toole be
the candidate to succeed himself.
Yours very truly,
A. H. Barrett
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-12
Letter Of Hon. A. III. Barrett in the
Dillon Examiner Of May 9TH, 1904

- he Editor OF he Examiner: You
struck popular chord when, in
recent editorial, you said that Gov
ernor Ioole lis exactly the kind of man
the people of Montana want to keep in the
governors chair, provided he can be again
induced to sacrifice his private interests for
the demands of public duty"
The people of Montana trust Governor
Toole as they trust no other man. There
are many who would like to see him in the
United States senate if he has an ambition
to be in that body; but a far greater number
prefer to see him inaugurated governor for
four years more. Undoubtedly he could
and would be of great service to the state
and to the public in the senate, but repre-
senting the popular issues he has raised in
our state, he can be of immeasurably greater
service in campaign that will place him
again in the governors chair; a campaign
fought on the issues for which he stands,
to- which he will give such strength and
that will add so much to his strength before
the people.
In view of the long-continued disturbances
in Colorado, due primarily to broken faith
on the part of the Republican administration
in that state, and behind which are corpora
ton greed and determination on the part
OF corporations to control that state, Mon
tana needs in her executive chair man
with Governor Toole's wisdom and GOODNESS
to avert such disasters as have come to COL
orado from suppression of the civil authori-
ties by the military.
Aside from all that, Governor Toole has
raised certain state issues that should be
brought directly to the ballot box in this
can7noirp ~
brought to the ballot box in the absence of
proper constitutional machinery.
First, Governor Toole has clearly pointed
out, in his message to the legislature of 1903,
the necessity for direct legislation by the
Initiative and Referendum, so as to destroy
the power of corporations to interfere in
legislation. Readers of Montana newspapers
see much to the effect that corporations
should cease interfering in politics and legis-
lation. Yet, the majority of these news
papers carefully avoid all mention of the
two things that will prevent such interfer-
ence, viz Direct Legislation amendment,
by which the people themselves can veto in
furious legislation at the ballot box and
initiate by petition such legislation as they
need, and a Direct Primary Nomination law,
under the Australian ballot system which
will prevent corporations from controlling
primaries and conventions, and thus naming
their own tools for the offices that belong
to the people.
Second, Governor Toole has pointed out
the pressing necessity for Railroad Com
mission, to prevent injustice and regulate
rates within this state, and thus relieve the
people of the highway robber rates of our
public highways.
Third, Governor Toole has now twice
called attention to the necessity for con-
stitutional amendment giving the State
Board of Equalization power to equaize
taxes in the different counties.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-23
ROMANCE or AN
OLD HOUSE.
Where Jefferson Davis
Married Daughter of
Zachary Taylor.

A little frame house that
stands amid great beech trees in
the rear of an imposing structure
of recent date near Crescent Hill
and a record in the Jefferson
county court are all that is left
to tell of a romance involving fa-
nous names that was consum-
mated sixty-nine years ago.
1t is little known by Louisville
people that in this house, which
is now used as servant quarters,
jefferson Davis, afterwards Pres
ident of the Confederacy, on June
II, 1885, married Miss Knox Tay.
lor, daughter of Gen. Zachary
Taylor, afterward conquerer OF
Mexico, and president of the
United States.
In the Jefferson county court's
archives there is a record of mar
riages for 1886 which contain.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-23

| OA1o "
Jefferson Davis and Miss
@ hnox Taylor, of legal age, daugh-
ter OF Zachary Taylor.
lt was a romance with a sad CO.
quel. Davis took his bride to his
plantation in Mississippi. The
cLlmate was not favorable. and
the young woman, accustomed to
Ine purer air of Kentucky, could
not stand the miasmatic exhaIa.
tons of the swamps. Soon after
her arrival in Mississipni she
grew Ill, stricken with maTarial
Iever. Within three months of
the time she became a bride she
The pathetic sequel 1nanes>,.,-
eral !aylor's objection to the
Wedding seem to have been due
to the prophetic feeling of a de-
voted father. He strongly dis
approved of the match between
his daughter and jefferson Davis
who was then a soldier, with
nothing to indicate the great.
though mournful, career that
was before him.
This opposition was not due TO
dislike or mistrust of Davis. #
seems, but to Gen. Taylor's fear
that as the wife of gallant SOL
dler, on what was then the from
tier, his daughter would be sub
IEese,tted Es,t to ~ NJ ardships.
ilef nedTI. Mrs. Niuoo-. Ao.J .oA,
her aunt, espoused the cause of
the young lovers, and when Miss
Taylor came to visit her, she
added her pleadings to those of
her niece. After a long course
of persuasion Gen. Taylor, though
not relinquishing his objections,
was prevailed on to permit the
marriage, which took place in
the home of Mrs. Gibson Taylor.
1t is not known whether Gen.
Taylor attended the wedding,
though Mr.. Hancock Taylor is of
the opinion that he was not
present.
1t was from this house that the
young soldier and his bride, after
the usual, merry-making, con-
gratulations and blessing, set out
on journey with happiness that
SO soon to be changed into grief.
Such is the story of long ago
that centres around this little
house, which now stands to the
rear of the residence occupied by
Mr.. A. Levy on the Brownsboro
road.
At the time Jefferson Davis
and Miss Taylor were married
within it's walls it was two
story structure with broad veran-
das built after the then prevail
ing style for Southern homes,
Now it has beeen reduced to one
story, and has been transformed
: into a cottage. Louisville Even
ing Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-23
We Have $JI.I6 Apiece.

The amount of money in circu-
lation in the United States is now
greater than at any other time in
the history of the country, the
aggregate being So, 279, 1884.
Notwithstanding the loss in vol
ume through the loan to the Gu
ban Republic, this total is $780,
378, 806 more than on September
1, 1908.
Based on the estimates of the
Treasury experts of a population
of 80, ,098, 900, the amount in cir
culation if equally distributed
would give each man, WI 4,
child in the United Stat
The per capita circu'
risen steadily at Fl
thanthe population has
On September 1. 190' ..s
500. 80; on the same da i. IN 1902
it was $28.55; for 1901 it was
$28. 18 and for 1900 it was $26. IS,
while on September 1, 1898, it
/ was $23. SO, an increase of % per
cent. in six years.