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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
OPENING RESERVATIONS.
Lottery Plan Will be Adopted When
Crow Surveys Are Completed.

Homes for II, 900 families, or S.
600 individuals, will be offered by the
government within the next few
weeks. Some of these will be sold
to the highest bidder. but most Of
them can be obtained at 81 an acre
or less. Almost 1900 900 acres of
land are involved, 256,00O acres be-
ing in Minnesota and the Red Lake
reservation. $4,000 acres in South
Dakota and the Rosebud reservation,
$4,000 acres in North Dakota. on the
Devils Lake reservation. 10000 acres
in Montana. on the Crow reservation,
and 1900 acres in Oregon, and the
Grande Ronde reservation.
In opening these reservations a
new plan has been adopted. Hereto
fore the government first has ~purchas.
ed reservation lands from the Indians
and then offered them to the public.
Now, however, the ownership of the
lands will remain with the Indians.
The government will conduct and di-
rect the sales and the proceeds will
be turned into the treasury to the
credit of the representative tribes, to
be disbursed to them in small annui-
ties. so ii will do them the most
good. ~
The lands soon to be sold embrace
valuable agricultural and timber
tracts and may be had by the home
| steaders for a small fraction of their
real value. Congress, profting by eX'
perience. wisely has placed a limit
of 81 an acre on the land in two OF
the reservations TO protect the lndi'
ans from imposition. such as the gov
eminent itself has suffered under the
old land laws.
The land in the Red Lake reserya.
tion will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder, the sale to com
mence June 20. No bid OF less than
"a an acre can be considered. A lot
terry will be conducted to dispose OF
the lands in the Rosebud reservation
Persons desiring to locate a home
there will be required to make appli
cation to the register at designated
land offices. They will be given Ger
tiicates. each bearing separate mum
bers.
Registration begins July 5 and vii
close July 30. Cards bearing numbers
corresponding with the different reg
istration certificates issued VIII be
placed in a lottery wheel and the ap
plicants will be allowed to selec
their land in the order of drawing
The lottery plan of determining I'M
order of selection was tired Win nluel
success when government lands II
Oklahoma were thrown open TO set
Element.
The Rosebud land must by law b,
sold at the uniform price oil 81 d,
acre for a certain time, after wnlel
all unsold land may be disposed o
at So an acre. The purchaser mus
make a cash payment of 81 an acre
and pay yearly installments OF a
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

It's a cruel shame the way Dem
ocracy has turned down Willie
Hearst Through his string of yell
low journals. Hearst has wept and
prayed for everything Democratic
and hOwled and cussed at everything
Republican for years; he has indorsed
everything and supported all that
bore the brand of the Democratic
donkey. even working for Bryan in
the last two campaigns. But now,
what base ingratitude. Wherever an
Endorsement would do him any good
be- is denied /, and from present in
WcaiiOns one room AZ st. Louis will
suffice instead OF the two hundred
be- had engaged.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Merely because Ralph Pulitzer is
the son of a New York millionaire
should not be sufficient to warrant
lie attorney general in abetting him
in the defying of the courts. II he
is believed 10 be guilty OF a crime he
should be tried. the same as any 9th
GER person, and if proven guilty, pun
ished by imprisonment or by fine, the
same as any other criminal. Although
his father is a newspaper man, news
papers are not bound to at once de-
clare him innocent OF wrong doing.
Let the courts proceed. untrammeled
by gratuitous advice.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

cents per ere until the land is paid
for.
After a survey of the Crow reserva-
ton is Completed. the lands there
will be sold under the lottery plan.
The survey work may require sever
al months. The Devils Lake reserva-
ton lands also will be sold by lot
terry.
When the lands in Oregon, on the
Grande Ronde reservation, are sold,
a different method will be followed.
There the lands will go to the high.
est bidders. congress STIMULATING that
no bid of less than 81 an acre shall
be accepted.
In disposing of these Indian lands
the tribes are well cared for. The
Indians are not to be driven off or
deprived of their homes. The lands
to be sold represent really the sur
plus, and are offered by the govern
ment only after the Indians have been
given an allotment.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

State Treasurer Barrett appears to
have been quite successful in secur-
ing the publication Of his boost "Toole
and Victory" in most of the Demo.
cratic papers OF the state. Toole APP
pears TO be the only man in the Dem
ocratic party whom they even think
might be a successful candidate and
as Treasurer Barrett would like those
little p%erQuisites of 100000 a year
for another four years, ii is quite nat
ural that h. is working strenuously
Tor Democracy's strongest man to
head the ticket.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Lindsey of Dawson may not receive
the coveted nomination for governor,
but it will not be because he has not
a fine record. He was one of the
honest four" in the legislature when
thirteen of the Republicans sold out
to Clark. Lindsey, like Hedges of
Fergus. Worden of Missoula, and Nc
Kay of Custer. are shining examples
of what men always should be, but
what few are when approached by
the tempter.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Oregon was the first state TO sa'
lutte President Roosevelt with A big
Republican majority. Although the
Democrats made strenuous efforts to
distract attention from the main is
sue. the Republicans Of Oregon held
the campaign closely to national is
sues and the result was one oil the
biggest Republican victories recorded
In the state. Vermont will he next
ui the states to hold a general cleo
ton.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
Sued bv His Doctor.

"A doctor has sued me for $3.50,
which | claimed was excessive for a
case of cholera morbus," says r.
White, of Coachella. Cal. "At the
trial he praised his medical skill and
medicine. | asked him II 1t was not
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy he used. as | had
good reason to believe it was. and
he would o say under oath that it
was not" No doctor could use a bet
ter remedy than this in a ease of
cholera morbus; 1t never fails. Sold
by all druggists and dealers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

that the district having been cleared
the military will withdraw and let
civil law resume.
II Is scarcely to be believed that the
officials OF the Western Federation
oi Miners ordered or even countenan'
ced the diabolical plans which result
ed in so many non-union men being
Killed there last week. but that the
federation is responsible can scarcely
be questioned. BY their actions and
words they have encouraged the men
In a course which is the natural be-
ginning of just such outrages, and
that the more rabid of their members
have lost control of their reason and
become murderers is scarcely a sur
prise. II has been so in every great
strike. The union officials did not or
der or probably know OF the plot
which destroyed so much property
and so many lives in the Occur
d'Alenes, yet they were morally re-
sponsible; Debs did not himself fire
a shot or throw a stone during the
Chicago riots. but he was the recog-
nized leader of those that did.
The finding of those photographs
in the union hall with the men mark
ed who have since been murdered or
have mysteriously disappeared, is in
itself a strong Indictment OF the I'M
ion. And the fact that the office of
the Victor Record was destroyed I'M
mediately after the publication of an
editorial advising the union officials
to call off the strike certainly looks
bad.
The strike. it appears on trustwor-
thy authority. is not one for a shorter
working day or for a higher wage
scale. but was ordered by the union
officials to assist them in forcing an
eight hour day in the smelters al
Colorado City and other points. II
was what is known as a "sympathct,
ic strike the men involved having
no grievance of their own. but being
compelled by their officers 10 join
in a conflict from which they could
emerge with no possible gain and
which. it must be admitted. has prov
en- most disastrous. and may result
in their w utter undoing.
Without question The mine owners
and their sympathisers have caused
to be performed many unlawful acts,
they have done many things which
they cannot possibly defend with rea
sCnablc hopes OF success, but unGe,
such conditions 1t is human nature
10 fight the enemy with every weap
OH at ones command.
As in Illinois and in Idaho it az
pears to an outsider that the time /
ripe for federal interference. Pres.
dent Cleveland has been roundl.
abused for his action in orderin
troops to Chicago, but in the opinio
: of a great many familiar with TIA
circumstances. it was the most con
mendable act of his administration.
Men, be they union or non.unioi
: should have the right TO labor wher
= they please and at such wages as the
shall themselves deem adequate an
proper and If the strong arm Of tn
national government is necessary
r protect them il should be extended.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
A Flower Book of Real Flowers.

The Yellowstone Flower Book, pub
lished by the Northern Pacific, is a
beautiful creation. 1t contains elev-
en- specimens of real flowers, in nat
ural colors, from Yellowstone park,
with names and places where found.
Also six full page, fine half-tone il
Illustrations of bears, the Grand can
yon. geysers. hotels, etc, found in the
park, the most wonderful spot on
earth, "a by 62 miles in size, and
where President Roosevelt recently
spent his vacation.
The Flower Book makes a beauti'
full souvenir. Send A. NJ. Cleland
General Passenger Agent of the Nor
thern Pacific Railway, st. Paul, MINI.
fifty cents for a copy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
ChamberIain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets Better Than a Doctors
Presentation.

Mr.. ]. w. Turner. of Truhart, Va,
says that Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver tablets have done him more
good than anything he could get from
the doctor. If any physician in this
country was able to compound a med
icine that would produce such crafty
ing results in cases of stomach trou'
BILE, biliousness or constipation, his
whole time would be used in prepar'
ing this one medicine. For sale by
all druggists and dealers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

With scarcely a strain, the treasury
department has recently paid out fiji
~ millions for the Panama canal and
nearly five millions to The ST. LOUIS
fair. These are Republican lines.
Were they Democratic il PROBABLY
would have been necessary 10 dickcr
with Morgan for a few bond Issues.
Cleveland had to make several issues
Of bonds just to pay ordinary running
~tNDenSeS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
HUGE POLITICAL JOKE.

HUGE POLITICAL JOKE.
=. The richest, rarest piece OF humor
that has come within the ken of Lew
lstown people for months was the
announcement from Helena last week
that at the socialist convention held
in that city, J.. II. Walsh was nomi'
mated for congress and Henry Lynch
for secretary OF state of Montana.
As a mirth %proyoker, those two noml-
nations by the socialists equal any
half dozen of Bill Nye's best. If ev-
err there happened anything more RI
diculously funny in the whirligig Of
American politics it has not been
placed on record. Political jokes
have been often perpetrated but nev-
er such a huge one as this.
The delegates to that convention in
Helena may have been. for the most
part. impractical Missionaries, follow.
ers of a political will o the wisp, and
i'll conditioned in their mental organ
izations. but they undoubtedly pos
sessed the saving grace of humor.
Nothing but clean cut idiocy or a pre-
meditated desire to add to the gaiety
Of nations could have possibly Undue
ed them to nominate Walsh and Lynch
as candidates for two of the principal
offices to be filled by the electors Of
Montana at the coming election.
Were one Mr.. Barnum. whose life
a devoted 70 the laudable occupa.
ton of collecting and exhibiting nat.
ural cuiosities. among the living TO.
day. he would waste no time in add
ing Lynch and Walsh to his varied
assortment of human oddities. To
those who are acquainted with the
histories of these fellows, even for a
period of two years, it would be a
double priced attraction. Walsh in
congress. We Gods and little fishes!
Think of that fellow (f your imagi-
nation does not crack at the under.
taking walking up with Hepburn,
Littletield, General Grosvenor ald
other national figures of the lower
house OF congress to take the oath of
Office. Two OF the principal things
which distinguish him from the ordi-
nary man in the commoner walks of
life is his classic illiteracy and alb.
normal self-conceit. In congress he
would probably he distinguished as
the greatest freak that ever passed
through the portals of the congress,
SiGnal assembly room.
His nomination was probably due
10 the fact that he is editor CD oil
the Montana News, the only simon
pure socialist sheet in Montana
Lynch was thrown out the secretary
OF state crust because he has beer
an associate of Walsh in the grea.
t?l socialistic movement in the Ju
dith Basin. He is one of those ia
vored creatures who shine by reflect
ed light and profit by being made tn,
recipient of honors too small for thei
: master.
We feel that the socialist delegate
to the state convention We're bur
: coed, gold-bricked, as it were. 70
Walsh and Lynch have been it'll
more than excess baggage of a yer
+ valueless sort to the party. Afte
i running a socialist sheet for a yea
ana a half and doing strenuous pei
t sonal missionary work they were abb
e to poll but II votes out of AS vote
cast at the city election. In the fac
of such work % were they entitle
t even to the bauble bestowed by theI
party which is itself but a bauble
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
OF tUNST0

Al the recent Democratic state con-
vention in Great Falls there was =
great struggle over the placing of
a~lternates, as ii was then announced
that neither Senator Clark nor Gov,
Toole. who had been chosen as dele.
gales 10 st. Louis, would be- able TO
attend. j. ID. ~Losekamp, ot Billings.
and State Senator Whipplo. OF Town
send, senred the desired places and
have 0esn busy telling What .hcy
we're going to do, both championing
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

No calamity is without its compou'
sating features, The present strife
in Colorado is an excellent school Tor
ambitious young war correspondents,
Another couple OF weeks ia Victor
and Cripple Creek will equip them
for service on the Ialu.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

1t is announced by the department
that twenty-seyen million dollars will
be expended in irrigation projects in
the west. President R~oOseyelt's cham
pionship uf the irrigation bill cannot
be forgotten by the people of the west
ana is but one of many reasons why
he is SO popular among all citizens.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Again readers OF state papers are
hearing much Of the fight Superin-
tendent Welch is going to make
against the book publishing houses
wlo are charging excessive rates for
school books. Supt. Welch has al
ways been going to" do something
Of this sort, but never does. aud IN
his policy of talking only he is ably
seconded by The attorney general.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

The Great Falls council has passed
AN ordinance declaring the dandeli0n
a pest and every property owner who
fails To have the nuisance eXterminat-
ed from his place will be deemed
guilty of a misdcmeanor and fined,
II the Lewistown council passes such
an ordinance there will be a lot of
real estate placed on the market By
those who would prefer selling out
10 going broke paying fines.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

With beef prices steadily and sure
~ rising, a cent and 4 half per pound
more for wool, flour made from Jul
dith Basin wheat going to the orient
aud potatoes being shipped TO east
orn markets, the future certainly
locks good to the ranchmcn and the
s~tockgrowers OF Fergus county.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Even Bryan has now abandoned
'steen to one" and turned his back
mn silver. In his Nebraska platform
he still holds dear a majority oil the
yagaries of the Kansas City platform.
but silver is discarded. n must have
been painful to the peerless leader"
but when ones sinking even the dear
est heirlOoms must sometimes be sac.
ri6cad
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Yesterday was Montana day at st.
Louis. the Montana building being
dedicated with appropriate ceremon.
les. Gov. Toole was represented by
Associate Justice Milburn, of the SUI
preme court If il was as fine a day
in St. Louis as in Lewistown. the oc,
casion must have been doubly enjoy.
,lr.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Attorney General Knox has been
named by the governor OF Fyuusyi-
yanlG 10 succeed the late Mati Quay
In he senate and will unqucstionably
be lerted when The legislature neat
coA'ea25. As attorney general he
has l--de a fine record. especially in
his conduct Of The prosecution OF the
Northern Securities Company. and
VIII doubtless prove an able and in.
liuential member Of the upper house
Of congress.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

DR.. Reid. Of the Montana COLLEGE II
Agriculture. says that dancing has
greatly interfered with the work OF
his pupils during the school year just
closed. Perhaps If President Reid
would add terpsichorean art to the
regular course of study the naughty
pupils would have nothing ia do with
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

the claims Of Hearst. But no&'ft ap-
pears they have talked too much and
both Senator Clark and the governor
have decided to go. It looks as If
Losekamp and Whipple were left hold
ing the sack.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Twelve foot sidewalks on Main
street are now proposed by the city
council. Good, and it were well. while
telephone poles are being moved, to
move them to the alleys, at least in
the business district. Lewistown is
a city not a town,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Be prepared to get the best of the
argument by fortifying yourself with
information from the World Almanac
for 1904. Price 35 cents at the office
or sent by mail for As cents.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

The Russians are sending their 9th
er feet from the Black Sea to the
Orient. Why not sink il in the Black
Sea and save coal?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Down Eros. up Mars" is the cry
from Cripple Greek to Mukden.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Sit down and think of Walsh in con-
gress. Don't try il standing up, you
may hurt yourself.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
OFFICIAL PAPER OF FERGUS COUNTY.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
JOHN NJ. VROOMAN, Editor and Proprietor.
aALSEY R. WATSON, Business Manager,

LEWISToWN. MONT, June s, 1904
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-13

A middle-aged white man Cor
some kind of a beast in human
form) made a desperate attempt
to criminally assault the 11-year-
old daughter of Joseph Farrell on
last Friday afternoon.
The girl and two younger chill
dren were in the orchard near the
reservoir when a man suddenly
caught hold of the girl and warn
ed the other children to leave.
They ran away screaming for
help, and thereby frightened the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-13

! Standing on the station plat.
form at Grafton, W. Va, Sunday
morning, when the Baltimore 4
Ohio section of the Tammany spe,
cial from st. Louis drew into the
depot, was a tall, scholarly look.
ing man with a couple of tele.
grams in his hand, which he had
just been reading. His straw hat
was pushed well back from his
broad forehead. In his right hand
The held a par Of gold-rimmed
glasses. On his face was the faint
est shadow of a smile.
He was Henry G. Davis, Demo,
cratic nominee for Vice President
of the United States, though not
one of the Tammany men who
streamed forth from the train to
get breakfast knew him. On the
siding near by was his special car.
in which he had arrived from st,
Louis ahead of the special. The
kilograms in his hand were from
William Jennings Bryan and Sen
ator Hill congraulating him on
his nomination, and they gave
him the first information of the
honor rendered.
Henry G.. Davis does not look
his 81 years. To the casual OBJ
server he would appear to be not
more than 65. He is more than
six feet tall, erect and straight as
in the days of his youth. His
shoulders are square. He is well
muscled. He has springy heel
and toe walk. There is not the
slightest evidence of any loss Of
mental or bodily vigor in this
choice of the Democrats for Vice
President.
His face features are regular
and bold. His nose is aquiline.
His eyes gray and sharply pene-
trating, but withal kindly in ex-
preston and set wide apart. His
face is not deeply furrOwed,
though fine wrinkles appear about
the eyes. His beard and mus
taches of snowy whiteness are
features that do. more to denote
advanced age than any other.
The whole bearing of the man
denotes an alert, vigorous interest
in life and the matters that ap-
peal to him for action. He is not
a dreamer, if his looks and CONVEX
sation prove anything. But he is
of a kind disposition. He laughs
easily. He is the soul of good ma