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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
TWO SIDES TO 1T.
Sheepshearers Strike in Wyoming
caustically Discussed.

Sheepshearers Strike in Wyoming
causticalIy Discussed.
Editor of Argus.
Lewistown. Mont, May 10, 1901
Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping from
the a. l.. L. Journal published at
Butte. Mont. furnishes at least food
for reelection.
"Shearers asking for help-Deputy
shtrifs surround corrals to prevent
strikers from talking to imported
men,"
This Is reported as taking place In
Wyoming and may we not expect the
same dire conditions to confront the
people of peaceful Fergus county IN
a few weeks?
Shearers asking ~law-abiding cltl-
zens to prevent other people from go
ing about their business vacations.
One would think that the governor OF
Wyoming must o call out The state
militia 10 placate these lrasclble rae
tons. What n dominant race OF be
ings these sheep kings have become!
The gentle shepherd boy has verify
been accused with a heart of flint,
| What n powerful lot of men these
sheep men of Wyoming must be. And
yet their sole desire is to grind while
they obtain present high prices
which. by the way. are tending down
ward every nightfall. Yes, they dc
grind-haye been grinding a lone
time. 1t is likely that 1t is this con
slant grinding that gives them sucr
strength. They have many Oh then
been out the past winter rustling OF
the range with their sheep to reduce
expenses, while their less fortunate
rivals for prestige have been ekini
out an existence. many of them II
fact, seventy.fve per cent OF them
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
LABOR oMNIA vINCET.

The Sheepshearers union has a
desperate fight on its hands in Wy.
oming. The Woolgrowers' associa-
ton is striving to disrupt the union.
MeXicans and Mormons are being
brought in under contract. and dep
uty sheriffs surround the corrals to
prevent strikers from talking with
the imported men. The secretary of
the Shearers' union has ent out the
following appeal;
ITO all Labor Unions in Wyoming.
Utah, Colorado. Nevada. California.
Idaho, Washington. Oregon and
Montana:
Butte, Mont, April q, 1906
Brothers: The Members of Hand and
Machine Sheepshearers' Union. No.
215. A. l.. u, are on strike at Raw
Inns. Fort Steele. Walcott, Medicine
Bow and other points in Wyoming for
the enforcement of the union scale
for shearing.
They are opposed by the Wyoming
Woolgrowers' association, a powerful
organization of wealthy sheepmen,
whse sole desire is TO obtain for them
selves all of the benefits of the pres
ent high prices of wool. while they
grind the shearers down to the low
est wage.
THE shearers union. organized
now less than two years, has more
than 1000 members. but at this sea-
son of the year they are practically
pennilcss. as they have been out of
,.-apG FAr from giS IN nfnlA n1nnthc
The union shearers appeal to ev-
cry local union, every central body
and every individual member OF or
ganized labor TO help them at this
time of need.
First. Prevent all shearers. union
or %non-union, from going to Wyom-
ing.
Second. Help them financially as
far as possible.
Member of the executive board
OFT of the A. l.. IT,, and President
Forrest of the Shearers' union, are
both at the scene of the strike, advis-
ing the strikers and trying to make
a settlement honorable to the union.
They report some splendid exam
pies of heroism and devotion to union
ism on the part of the newly organic
ed shearers. Nearly all the strikers
are living on one meal a day and
sleeping in the open. Those few who
had money and could afford to live
better have devoted their all to the
strike fund and are sharing the lot
of their less fortunate brothers.
Don't forget to keep shearers away
from Wyoming. and send the strikers
Immediately whatever amount your
union can spare.
Make remittance to r. c. Smith,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Box 1867. Butte,
Mont. and the amount will be imme-
diately forwarded to the strikers.
"Fraternally yours,
HAND AND MACHINE SHEEP
SHEARERS' UNION, NO. 275.
M. c. FORREST, President.
"A. Z. SIMONSON, Vice Pres.
"R. C. SMITH. Sec'y-Treas.
PLATTE RICHARDSON.
&c F. BALZER.
&c. A. JOHNSON.
Executive Board"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
The Maiden Who Went the Limit.

Sweet Gladys, being tender hearted.
Ceased wearing birds upon her hat
The day the anti.birdites started
To show the cruelty of that,
Her furs ere long began to grieye her,
Zen as the feathers had before;
The seal. the sable and the beaver
Should yield their warmth to her no
more.
She next decided to quit eating
The flesh of fowls and fish and
beasts:
No more should ewes go sadly bleat'
ing
Because their lambs composed her
feasts.
At length she reached the deep con
viction
That wooden clothes with sin were
fraught;
The iiocks must suffer sad affliction
In being leeced, or so she thought,
In time she ever gave up cruel
Because to rob the grubs and birds
or what they fed upon was cruel,
To use her W sweet. simple
MDluS.
| To take the silk worms web was evil
From cotton. too. she sadly turned
Because God made it for the weeyil
This from her conscience Gladly;
learned.
At last, with only leaves to
The charms that once had made he.
proud.
She turned from friends and home anC
lover,
And fed, b~arefooted from the GROVE
But soon she gave up fruits and Der
ries
To leave them for the worms in
side.
And then, relieved of all her worries
Lay down upon the grass and died
-S.E.KISER in Chicago Record.HeT
aid.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18

month the enormous sum of n hun
dred and twenty-five million dollars.
That is the statement made by the
financial agents who are negotiating
the Russian loan in Paris, rs given in
the associated press dispatches this
morning. That sum looks large, ac-
customed though We have become to
reading about large sums, but it is
not easy to understand its full signi-
~ficance; figures do not mean much to
the mind when they reach the limit
of six places and pass it.
Take, We will say, the salary of
twelve hundred dollars d year as a
fair average of the compensation Of
labor. That is perhaps a little high
but it will do as an illustration. A
man receiving that salary would have
to work one hundred and four thous-
and years and then one hundred and
siXty-siX years more 10 earn the
amount represented. To state 1t an
other way, it would take one hundred
thousand men, working a year at
twelve hundred dollars, to earn one
hundred and twenty million dollars
and that is five million short of the
Russian figure. That makes it look
large.
Russian estimates place the prob
able cost of the war after June l at
three and a half million dollars a
month for the navy and fifteen million
for the army. That will count up at
the end of the year, if the war lasts
that long, to be about two hundred and
forty-ive million dollars for the year.
Russia's loan is to be one hundred and
sixty million dollars.
The loan. the agents say, Is nego-
tiated to avoid any disturbance of
Russia's internal monetary situation.
The country does not need the money,
they say, but it will be more convent
ent to effect this loan than to draw
upon the reserve. Russia's vast re-
sources may enable her to continue
the war at this tremendous expense
for some time, but what of Japan?
Can the little island kingdom pay for
a long war? 1t is probably upon the
basis that she cannot that Russia is
calculating. But the Japanese have
shown themselves to be very resource.
full. They may have a way out of the
difficulty. In the meantime they are
giving the Russians a run for their
money. 1t has been a rapid run late
ly.-Anaconda Standard.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
UTICA NOTES.

Rev. A. Rodger preached at Gar.
neill last Sunday.
Mr.. MCFARLAND moved his family to
Garneill last week.
Miss 10 Remington, our assistant
teacher, has returned to her home in
Lewistown.
Voyle David is at home, after hav-
ing spent several months in st. Louis
studying pharmacy.
Miss Marie Polly returned from
Billings last week, where she has
been attending school.
The Judith hotel is now under new
management, John Bowe succeeding
Frank Lamb as landlord.
Breathitt Gray, Jr.. VINO has been
attending the Boise. Idaho, high
school the past year. came home Sat
urday.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18

s1,SO0 fine and not to exceed one year
Imprisonment for violating the order.
These regulations. especially the
third on the list, threaten to make
considerable trouble for stockmen.
The latter propose to protest against
the order as unnecessarily burden.
some. and the federal authorities may
conclude to modify som of its most
Objectionable provisions.-Riyer Press
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18

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Wire soap dish.
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Wire egg whip.
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Fine combs, unbreakable.
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18

idling their time and worse in the
gambling house and other places. un.
suitable for the better class of citi.
zens.
or course the deputy sheriffs above
spoken OF are a tax upon the com.
munity. Who pays it? Do these prac.
tically penniless sheepherders? Not
much. What are the sheriffs there
for? Sherlffs are usually expected to
be in the neighborhood of the rough,
er element OF society. and the rough.
er and tougher the element the more
sheriffs. Still let us not think for q
moment that Wyoming does not allow
freedom OF speech.
out OF work six to eight months.
These men are able-bodied; earn when
shearing from 81 to l6 per day of ten
hours, above all expenses. and If they
chose they could have work all the
rest Of the year at highest wages paid
on ranches, where these powerful and
wealthy sheepmen live.
zone meal a day" Is straight living.
For MissouBians IL is no doubt corn
meal, and for the Scotch tshould
there be any oatmeal, and not a spud
for the Irish. 1t is tough. What, the
steak? No. no. These examples of
heroism and devotion are not being
burned at the stake.
As | said al the outset. this bogus
bogie furnishes food three times a
day and then somel for reflection.
One CLINT reveals tho fact. as so
often shown. that high wages are a
damage rather than a benefit to the
man of lax morals and Incorporate
habits. Another pointer is that If the
A. l.. U. is composed for the most
part Of such timber as il appears TO
have incorporated into it's edifce By
this infusion of the knights of shears
and the sheens,' It is a most worth.
less. rotten affair. and requires purg.
ing 10 the uttermOsl. But let us hope
Ii is not. Even so, IL Is the worse for
the union, Another CLEAN of salts,
faction we get from this picture is
that not many of these union men
have families dependent on them, and
on which the country is dependent
for citizens. lmpr0yident. though they
are, they have the most to suffer.
Many of them victims of chance and
circumstance: TO be pitied as We'll as
C%ensurcd; to be lifted rather than
ground down; to be considered wor-
thy opponents of what might have
been. Yours,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
Examine Our Stock

Worth LOG and I5c for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
OPEN TEMPERANCE TEMPLE
Brooklyn Good Tenplars Show Rare
Devotion to Their Cause.

Eight Scandinavian Good Templar
lodges of Brooklyn have founded a
temperance temple in that city. 1t is
reported to be the first temperance
temple in America, tho such institu-
ttions are found in nearly every city in
the Scandinavian countries. The en-
terprise and earnest devotion Of the
promoters of the movement is worthy
of high commentator. The temple
which was formerly Jewish sy ma
gogue, cost the temperance workers
$4,000 and practically all the contrib
utors belong to the working classes
Those who put their money in simply
gave to the cause with no hope of re-
turn, for the temple will derive little
revenue but will be a constant source
Of expense. It will be home for the
eight lodges and the headquarters for
temperance work in that part of Brook
Ign. The principal purpose of the tenn
pie is to supply an assembly hall for
the big temperance rallies held every
Sunday afternoon. l.. E. Olson is pres
ident of the temperance association and
CLAUS Fossum is the secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
SVEA AND NORGE
WORK FOR PEACE
THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PROM
INENT IN BOSTON CONGRESS.
Eight Scandinavian Good Templar
Lodges Of Brooklyn Purchase Build
ing and Fit It Up as a Temperance
Temple - Northland Natives the
Tallest People on Earth.

: John OLSON of Sweden and 81. John
Lund of Norway were prominent mem
bers of the international peace congress
at Boston last week. Each was hon
ored with the vice presidency for his
respective country and received i'm
portant committee appointments. Both
spoke at the formal opening of the con-
gress.
Loud applause greeted John Lund
when he stepped forward to speak for
the land of the midnight sun. Nine
hun dred years ago Lief Ericsson came
to America, but did not understand the
value OF the country he had discovered.
wiring from the virgin soil the fruits Of
their Ia ors. There are now million
and a half, more than one-half Of the
population of Norway, who live here be-
meath the Star Spangled Banner, and
| wish to thank you for the happy
Morse, homes bestowed on the children
gone forth. In this cause of peace Nor
way, according to her means, has given
her contribution. The storthing was
the first body in the world to contribute
to the peace bureau at Berne. It was
the first to bring about treaties of arbi-
tration with other lands. We are now
countries. The speaker then expressed
his thanks to the president of the con-
vention for his work in the interest of
peace, and referred to the great Ameri-
can names that stood like milestones on
the high road of peace. In closing. he
said that ii, was great thing for men
to look back to good parents, and that
none could look back to better than the
friends of peace in America.
John OLSEN next spoke in behalf Of
Sweden. He said in part: II wish
to express my gratitude for the splendid
reception | have received as member
of the nterparliamentary Peace con-
yention. l have seen your great corn
fields, your great prairies and your
Rocky mountains, all SO different from
the old country, from Europe. We have
not seen here yourc, streets filled with
soldiers and millions spent for
fortresses. We know that great armies
are foe to peace, for great armies
must have something to do. It has
been said that great armies prepare the
way for peace, but that is one of the
lies that has blinded the old world
They are obstacles to peace. You have
proved that it is not the greatest nation
that gains the victory. I am proud
that Alfred Nobel is Swede. I shall
never forget the moment when your
president said that he was preparing
a request for a call for new meeting
at The Hague to further the peace OF
the world. l beg to express our thanks
to President Roosevelt and to the
American people, in whose name he
spoke.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
ON THE SAFETY OF
OVER-EATING.
The Rule of Choosing the Lesser of Two
Evils Applies to the Way You Eat.

I want to know how a man is to know
when he has had enOugh9 @ @
The Pilgrim Fathers, believe, had a
quaint saying to the effect that you
should always rise from the table feel
ing as if you could eat some mora.
Just when to stops
That g the point. = g. y IT,. VS..
The rule is wrong, because it 3 no rule
ut all.
It is inexact and unscientife. +
It Is likely to lead to the dangerous
habit of eating toe little. .-,,.
And eating. to little-or digesting
too little, which amounts to the same
things the cause of nine-tenths of the
diseases from which humanity suffers
today.
What is diseasea
1t is simply uneven balance between
Some organ lacks strength to carry on
the special work for which it was
Where shall it find the strength it
lacksq
Ten thousand times, No!
Better die than become hopeless
drug fend.
No; in food.
But you say, IT eat a plenty Of
good food every day!'
True, dear friend; but you don't di-
gest it.
And food. ,undigested, is mere poison.
So, to make food do you good, you
must take Stuart IS Dyspepsia Tablets.
The great thing about Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets is, that their action does
not depend upon stimulat1ve druggery.
They cannot create habit.
They contain no ingredients to 'plck
you up,' tone up your nervous sys-
tenn or furnish whip energy, by call
ing out your vital reserve force.
They create new strength, force and
energy-out of your Food.
If taken starving, they will do you no
good at all.
So, eat to live. and live to eat, with
Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets.
The curse of our present civilization
Is exhaustion.
And exhaustion, whether of brain
nerves, physical strength, or vital force
is caused by starvation.
Of two evils, it is better to overeat
(and prevent indigestion with Stuart 5
Dyspepsia Tablets), than to rise from
the table, not having eaten enough tc
forces.
;, For exhaustion or starvation, leads tt
disease, brought on by inability of the
weakened vitality to counteract the dis
ease-poisons, and microbes.
w utIcGS Illt Wcll-Icu anu WelI-AOul
ished person, without ever feeling thu
worse for it, can expose himself to dan
gers, the mere thought Of which .woult
drive the weak, starving dyspeptic int
a panic fit.
Good food. we'll digested, is the grea
secret of healthful existence here OF
earth.
So eat heartily, every day, Of the bes
food you can get, and regulate the work
ing of your digestive machinery will
Stuart 8 Dyspepsia Tablets.
As result. you will be astonished t.
find how much stronger and livelier yo7
feel, how much more and better wor]
you can do, how much more pleasur
YOU will get out of life, and how you
old enemy, that chronic trouble. whic
has fastened upon your weak spot
wherever it is, will up and away, an
ever after leave you in peace, healt
and comfort.
There s more truth than poetry in a.
this.
Trv it once.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

they were given with a resounding en-
phasis. while the orchestra played g The
Star Spangled Banner Admiral Jew
ell then called for cheers for Norway
and the National theater and !. the
American officers responded right elus-
tily. ~" s-.--.c. 81
Probably more interesting to the
Americans was the visit to the naval
station at Horton. Norway has some
wrinkles regarding dirigible torpedoes
which attracted much attention from
the officers and evoked then. applause
The visitors were considerably inter
ested in the Fran, which was specially
constructed for Fridtiof Nansen fol
his famous polar expedition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
THE HIGHEST WHITE MEN
A French Savant Says Scandinavians
Lead in Height.

Scandinavians are still the tallest
representatives of the white race. A.
Dastre, French savant, writing in the
Revue DIES Deux Mondes, places the
average height at 1.65 meters, or FIVE
feet four inches. The Patagonians are
the tallest people in the world with an
average Of 1871 metres. Then come
Po1y1esiaas and the e negroes The g
metres, followed closely by the Scots
and English. All the northern races of
Europe are over the average. He has
no place in his list for the people of
the United States, and apparently does
not consider them a race from the
standpoint of anthropology.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
"CHESTERFIELD'S POWERS
Are WONDERFUL Says Rev. Sam Jones
of Professor Chesterfield.

"His powers are wonderful to me. It
Is simply marvellous the gifts this young
man has, So said the great Evan
gelist at the West hotel not long ago.
He had just had an audience with
Grant Chesterfield, the celebrated
Palmist. Seen yesterday at his parlors,
113 9th st s, the eminent enigma was
surrounded by a throng Of patrons,
some waiting to know if they would
soon make change, in their business
conditions; others if absent friends
would return; others if their present
difficulties would soon cease; and still
others if they would be successful in
their love affairs. Some wanted to
know what their ailment really was,
and whether or not they could be cured.
It is said Professor Chesterfield is a
most remarkable diagnostician. His
winter engagements will soon call him
east, so Professor Chesterfield will re.
main in town but few days. His fee
for complete reading Of one g life is
SOC. His parlors remain open evenings
until O'Clock.