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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25
PRESIDENT BUcHANAN's SAD LOVE STORY.
How Piece of Gossip Entirely Spoiled the Lives of
Two People.

Among other things, the fifteenth President,
James Buchanan, was remarkable for his lifelong
fidelity to one woman, says Myrtle Reed In the
Woman's Home Companion.
After he left the legislature, and took up the
practice of law, he became engaged to Anne Cole
man, the daughter of Robert Coleman, of Lam
caster.
She is said to have been an unusually beautiful
girl, and extremely sensitive. On account of her
sensitiveness there a rupture, for which
neither can be blamed.
One day, out of the blue sky. a thunderbolt
fell. Buchanan received note from Miss Cole
man asking him TO release her from the engage
ment.
There was no explanation forthcoming and
1t was not until long aferward that he discovered
that -cssips and busy-bodies had gone to Miss
C0e1 IN with stories concerning him which had
uu ndation in their misunderstanding i'm
r.. ions.
r all his efforts at re-establshing the old re-
lat had proved useless. he wrote to her that If
Il a her wish to be released from the engage
Iaer he could not but submit, as he had no de-
-.e. } hold her against her will.
2 break came in the latter part of the sum-
1ner of 1919. H. threw himself into his work
with renewed energy, and later on she wen, 70
visit friends III Philadelphia
Though she was too proud to admit it. thore
evidence that the beautiful and high-spirlted
girl was suffering from heartache. On the 9th
of December sha died very suddenly, and her body
was brought home just week after she left L IN
caster
The funeral took place the next day, Sunday,
and to Robert Coleman, the girls father. the
heart-broken wrote letter which in simple
pathos stands almost alone. 1t is the only dJcu-
ment which remains, but in these few lines is
hidden tragedy:
Lancaster, December 10, 1919.
My Dear Si::-You have lost child, dear,
dear child. I have lost the only earthly object
of my affections. without whom life now presents
to me dreary blank.
Ny prospects are all cut off. and feel that rnv
happiness will be buried with her in the grave.
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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25

This No AZ OF series of Southern Poems selected
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and he found the contrast between
the two countries more striking than
ever.
France is prosperous" said NJ. Des-
ros, while Italy is not. In France,
in the agricultural regions-and that
includes nearly the whole country. ev-
cryone, practically speaking, is land,
owner. These land owners farm ON
small scale, it is true, but they
make it pay. Money goes much furth-
Ell there than here, and the farmers
are soon able to attain a state OF in
dependence. Then, after having
amassed competence. they do not
continue in a mad rush for the dol
lars. They retire to enjoy life, and
they succeed. The prosperity OF
France permeates all classes, and while
colossal fortunes are not piled up.
everyone has money.
In Italy it is just the reverse. The
lands and the money are In the hands
Of the few. The poverty of the peo-
pie in some districts, despite all their
efforts is abject."
France just now is quiet political
ly. The excitement over the Dreyfus
fair has died out, and nothing of ov-
ershadowing importance has come up
to take its place.
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AMONG THE MINERS |
Devoted to the Large and Small News Of the Timing
Camps Of Fergus County. - - - -
formidable rival to Goldfield. The

formidable rival to Goldfeld. The
Bullfrog Mining company, which Is
developing property on Ladd noun.
tain. has recently opened up some ex.
ceedingly high grade ore in its shaft
so feet deep which has shown increas.
ing values for its entire depth. A tun-
mel now being run to cut the ore body
has also struck some rich feeders.
but the main ore body has not been
cut. On the Denver group, on Bonan..
"a mountain, L. o. Ray has opened up
a vein four and One-half feet wide av-
eragfng $3.50 per ton in gold with a
rich streak from six to sixteen inches
wide assaying from $500 to $4,000 per
ton. He has this week sold this claim
to Chicago capitalists who control the
Combination mine at Goldfield for
100000, Of which $4,000 has been paid
down and the balance Is to be paid In
installments extending over six
months. The buyers have the right
to ship ore on a royalty Of rs per
cent to be applied on the purchase
price. The new town of Rhyolite, on.
ly three weeks old, now has 1876 tents
with several frame buildings in course
of construction. A company, entitled
the Amargosa Townsite and Bullfrog
District Water & Ice company. has
been incorporated with H. H. Clark,
president, and Key Tittman, secre-
tary, of Tonopah, and ID. G. Double.
day, 329 Pine street, San Francisco,
fiscal agent. This company has pur-
chased springs about nine miles from
Amargosa which are yielding IL inch
es of water, and this will be piped to
Amargosa. The pipe is now on the
way to the district. Those interested
in the company also built the tele-
phone and telegraph line to Amargosa
from Goldfield, 70 miles, which was
completed two weeks ago at a cost of
$4,000. At the time it was started
it was generally regarded as a mad
scheme, there being only rs people in
the district and road had to be cut
to haul supplies and material, but to-
day it is doing incalculable good in
assisting in the rapid development of
the district, as it is connected with
the Western Union system.-Chicago
Mining world.
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amt no Santa Claus. There amt no
Buffalo Bill. Nothing is left to us Of
s. Claus but the diaphonous memory
of a dream that was brief and sweet.
Nothing is left to us of B. Bill but
the sense that we have been victims
of a prolonged and unjustfable swim.
die.
The hero of the wild west vanish.
ed the other day from chair in
which he sat testifying against his
wife. In his place there appeared
an old fake who signs himself w. F..
Cody. This person is now departing
for gay Paree where love potions are
superfluous, where it is quite outre
to be married and where neither man
nor woman can break the heart of
son or daughter because it's bad form
to have children and if you have any
20 uare not expected to own up
Helena Independent.
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JAMES MORGAN DEAD.
Well Known Resident Of Moore a Vic
tim Of ParaIvsis.

Well Known Resident OF Moore VIC
tim Of Paralysis.
Moore. March 13.-James Morgan,
of Moore, Mont, who was visiting Mr..
Norris on Rock creek, was stricken
with paralysis last Friday, which re-
suited in his death. Mr.. Morgan was
an old-timer, and by his death Moore
loses one of it's most respected citi-
zens. He was a member of the Ma
sonic lodge at White Sulphur Springs.
His remains will be shipped there for
burial.
Pat Nihill has purchased the ranch
of Ellsworth Draper, situated on the
Judith, 2 miles west of Ross fork,
the consideration being $3.50.
Clarence Tooley, of Two Dot, is in
the city. Mr.. Tooley is taking &C.
count of stock at the G. R. Wilson
company.
VIM. Barney has added several new
and attractive signs to mis- store.
This section of the basin was bless
ed with about three inches of the
beautiful on Sunday last.
The Farmers and Ranchers' Pro.
tective association held meeting on
last Monday. The attendance was
very large.
on March g.. Professor Linfield. OF
the state agricultural college, will ad
dress the farmers of this vicinity.
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part of the cash in advance. Such a
condition can be caused only by one
th1ng-a marked decrease in the
worlds supplies of wool. And that is
the situation today. Authorities that
connot be doubted agree that there is
only One-third as much wool in stock
now as there was at this time a year
ago. This means a shortage in the
worlds supply, and higher prices than
prevailed last year.
Montana is the chief wool produc-
ing state in the union, and the out
look for the industry within it's bord
ers was never better than at the pres
ent time.-Butte Inter Mountain.
Today the Record extends to Gov.
ernor Preston H. Leslie its sincere
and heartfelt congratulations; today
Judge Leslie celebrates the eighty
sixth anniversary of his birth. Hale
and hearty, with mental and physical
faculties unimpared by the passing of
years, Governor Leslie is with us, the
personification of the highest that is
in American citizenship. Twice gov
ernor of Kentucky, Mr.. Leslie came
to Montana under appointment as it's
last territorial governor. Other pub
lie service, almost without limit, Gov
ernor Leslie has seen. In his native
state he was prominent in state af-
fairs; in Montana he served with dis
tinctiOn in various ways. For sixty
five years Governor Leslie has been
lawyer, and the gratifying thing
about it is that today he is just as
good lawyer as ever he was and just
a little better. If there be need of
disproving DR.. Osler's theory that old
men are unfit for the life's work, Mon
tana would present for the doctors
consideration the case of Preston II.
Leslie, one of this states honored and
best beloved citizens.-Helena Record
The Leader is in receipt of a small
boxful of grasshoppers from some
kind friend in Helena, each grasshop-
per alive and hopping. Presumably
the exhibit is for the purpose Of clear
ing the reputation of Helena news
paper man who some time since re-
ported seeing herd of grasshoppers
browsing on one of the main streets
of the state capital, the publication
of which resulted in the Leader sug-
costing different menagerie freaks
which come in Great Falls as the re-
suit of going out on lark and COM
ing home on shutter. The grass
hoppers enclosed, however, look real,
jump real, the express charge on the
bunch was certainly realistic, and
there is now not the slightest doubt
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INSPECT THE MAGlNNIS.
Parties Having Bond on the Property
Go to Maiden.

F. NJ Curtis and r. w. Dorm, two
OF the parties interested in the bond
on the Maginnis mine at Maiden.
went out to that camp this week, &C
companied by Supt. Crabtree, to in
spect the property. The Maginnis
has had a splendid record under Mr..
CIabtree's management, and is now
a regular shipper to the smelter at
Helena. Although the shipments are
comparatively small the ore is of
high grade, none of it running under
500 a ton, and it is said that the
returns have about paid for the OPP
Grafton of the mine, which includes
much development work to determine
the extent of the ore bodies. Much
ere of a lower grade is, of course,
taken out, but this is allowed to &C
emulate until such time as it can
be handled through a mill on the
ground. All the indications are that
the syndicate having the bond will
take over the property before long.
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Band Concert.

The Lewistown Band have been
rracticing hard for their concert next
Monday, March goth, and they prom
Use very fine concert for the occa-
sion. They will be twenty strong.
and also assisted by an orchestra of
twelve pieces, and the best musical
talent. Remember that by giving
them a good house you will help to
keep up the band this summer. They
deserve a good house, and as they are
willing to give their time and labor
il is every citizens duty to help them,
SO don't forget to attend, and if you
can't go buy a ticket and let some
body else go in your place.
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Wbat
montana Editors
Say!

Senator Kearns evidently takes it
as personal insult that he was not
returned by the people of Utah at the
election last fall and with no chance
to loose anything but his voice, he
put in few of the remaining hours
of his legislative life in placing his
opinion of the Mormon church on
record.-Great Falls Tribune.
Mr.. John D. Waite, of Fergus coun-
ty, is to be congratulated upon his Sc
lection as the successor of Senator
Carter in the presidency of the fed
eral commission that has in charge
the governments relations with the
worlds fair. Although the term of
Office will not be long, there is still
much to be done in gathering up the
odds and ends. It is place of high
honor and one in whose administration
any man would take a deep pride.
The place being such, inc president
naturally sought the man best quail
fed to fill it. Certainly he made no
mistake when he selected John d.
Waite.-Helena Record.
Unless all signs fail Montana wool
growers may expect profits out of the
ordinary this year. The industry was
in an especially prosperous condition
at the end of the shipping season
last year, and before the close of 1904
northwestern cattlemen looked with
envious eyes upon the bank accounts
of many Of their woolgrowing neigh
bors.
It is not because the sheepmen of
Montana expect to carry on their bus.
mess at less expense this year than
last that they hope to make a higher
percentage of gain. with a steady
advance of lands of all character, the
cost of grazing must also grow; the
fact remains, however, wool prices are
certain to advance out of proportion
to the increased expense incident to
all forms of stock raising. Already
Boston buyers are in the wool-growing
sections of the state eager to con-
tract for clips at a material advance
over average prices of last year. There
is not a responsible woolman in the
state who cannot sell his prospective
clip at the present time and receive
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
st. James Church Notices.

March 10Th, services at II and 1880
o'clock. At the morning service the
sermon will be the second of the Len
ten course on THE Christian Life,
the High Standard Of the Life" In
the evening, the course on Our Lords
Temptation" will be continued. Sun
day school at 1890.
Every Wednesday, services at 1880
p m, with instruction on THE Apos-
lies Creed"
Every Friday, at 10 a. M, litany and
address on the Collect for the Week."
The Ladies' of St. James Guild
will hold their usual Lenten working
party this week at Mrs. Mattern's on
Thursday from 2:3O to $50.
H. G. WAKEFIELD, Rector.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15

Although recently published lists of
Arizonas dividend paying mines place
Senator w. A. Clark's United Verde.
at Jerome, fifth, in reality it heads
the list. Up to the present time it
has paid total Of $16.s60.322. and
for the year 1904 alone paid out in
dividends $1,800,OOO. The Arizona
Copper company has paid total divi-
dends of $5,4S9.503; the Crowned
King, Yavapai county, $242.760; La
Fortuna, Yuma county, has a record
of $1,062,500 paid in dividends; the
Pride Of the West paid its last divi-
dend in 1901. at the rate of three
cents per share. The total showing
in dividends from the Standard Cop.
per company is $4,000, the last pay
ment, 50 cents on the share. being
made in 1903. Mines still paying big
dividends are: The Copper Queen,
Calumet and Hecla, Boston and Mon
tana, Amalgamated, Anaconda, Calu-
met and Arizona, and the King Of Ari-
IONA.
The annual report Of the Bald Butte
Mining company, of Lewis and Clarke
county, is of the most encouraging
character. Nearly $4,000 were ex-
pended in development work the past
year, with gratifying results. New
ore bodies have been discovered, which
it is confidently believed will place
that we'll known company on bet
ter and more profitable basis than ev-
er before. The new discovery Is an
entirely new ore body of greater value
per ton than the Albion and Genesee,
from which millions have been TAX
en-. Every development of 1904 has
proved the correctness of the policy
of the managers, and the results are
splendid. The mill has been started
and it is expected will be run steadily
on the new ore bodies.
The general developments at Bull
frog continue to be more satisfactory
and the camp is rapidly becoming
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tut that Helena has a strong case of
jumps. In Great Falls the tulips are
blooming in public parks, little boys
have advanced from marbles to the
town ball stage, robins are robbing,
humble bees cumming, Spanish flies
flying, locomotives locoing, house.
cleaning is over and spring has came
sumo time since. Come through again.
William F. Cody has set out for
Paris. II rumor is truthful we shall
know him no more. But II he lives
up to his record we shall hear of
him. To us he Is no longer Buffalo
Bill, the terror OF the plains, the slay-
er Of red men, the gentleman on
horseback, the mighty scout and hunt
er. the frontier demigod.
The trial OF his divorce case put
the Buffalo Bill of our youth in the
same class with Santa Claus. There
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
MONTANA AT A GLANCE

The Billings creamery opens for
business today.
A 11-foot vein Of coal has been dis
covered at Storrs.
Senator w. A. Clark is expected at
Butte in few days.
The Butte Methodists nave started
another revival campaign.
A movement is on foot to estab-
fish a creamery at Miles City.
The Butte Baptists have decided to
build a new church to cost $4,000.
About 1000 horses will be offered
for sale at CulbertsOn on March 20.
A very successful farmers insti-
tute was held at Culbertson last week.
The new we'll of the Swift Current
OIL company is now down 1850 feet.
There were 81 deaths at Great Falls
last month, while the births reached
the same number.
Livingston is about to buy 1000
shade trees to be planted along the
streets this spring.
Frank Quinn, a Montana pioneer
who mined at Alder Gulch, died at
Columbus last week.
Mrs. Railsback, who was one of the
pioneers of the Gallatin valley, died
last week at Eugene, Oregon.
A first-class article of commercial
arsenic is now being turned out at
the Washoe smelter as a by-product.
President Elliott, of the Northern
Pacific, is expected in Butte today to
take up the union depot proposition.
Eastern capitalists who are now
visiting Montana have decided to es-
tablish beet sugar factory near Bill
ings.
Anothe jury has failed to agree as
to whether Hliboki is sane or not. and
Judge Leslie has set the third trial
for March 16.
The Butte Socialists have nominal.
ed c. NJ. Parr for mayor; l.. A. Van
Horn for treasurer and Patrick Moran
for police judge.
Butte now has 100000 invested in
it's school property. and the annual
cost of maintaining the school sys.
TEN is 100000.
-
Frank O'Connor has been elected
president of the Butte Miners union,
one of the strongest labor organiza.
lions in the world.
The Westlake mine, in the heart
of Butte, was dynamited last week.
One woman who resides near the mine
was slightly injured.
The electors of Great Falls will vote
April 3rd on the proposition to issue
bonds for $4,000 for the construction
of a public bath house.
The funeral of the late Capt. L. F..
Babcock, former postmaster of Bill
ings. and a famous frontiersman, was
held at that city last week.
The Northern Hardware company.
a Maine corporation, is to do bust
ness at Great Falls. Charles Harris.
of that city, has been named as its
state agent.
Presbyterian church at Billings last
Sunday for the members Of the con-
gregation who died during the small
pox epidemic.
Benbow, the alrship man, has lost
his Absarrokee ranch through the
foreclosure of mortgage. He says
he will yet turn out the most perfect
airship ever seen.
D. Saito, a representative of the ia
panese government, has been spending
some days at Butte and Anaconda.
studying the methods employed at the
mines and smelters there.
An effort is to be made to round
up the famous band Of wild Montana
horses known as the Rocky Hill band.
The anim:ls are running in the Rocky
Hill range, southwest of Dillon.
-
Anthony Austin full blood Piegan
and a graduate of Carlisle, was fatally
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Notice..

have sold my interest in the firm
known as Wilson & Schausten, gen
eral restaurant, Kendall, Mont. to AL.
Wilson, who will collect all bills and
pay all debts in connection with said
firm. C. A. SCHAUSTEN,
Kendall, Mont.
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FROM LABELLE FRANCE.
Ernest Desnos Home Again After Five
Months Absence.

z
Months Absence.
Ernest Desnos, who has been en-
gagged in the restaurant business in
Lewistown for some years, returned
home Saturday evening after spend.
ing FIVE months in his old home in
NOrmandie, France, and is glad to get
back again. Like all Frenchmen, M.
Desnos thinks there is no country in
the world like France as place of
residence, but 1t does not offer the
opportunities afforded In the United
States. During his absence, NJ. Des-
nos made an extended tour In Italy,
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Cattle for Sale.

About 200 head Of well bred ma
tives, mostly steers, from 70 = years
old. 1000 acre ranch for rent. cuts
over 800 tons of hay. outside range.
First water right covering an land.
WILLIAM SHELTON. SR,
Stanford, Mont.
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A Wedding at Kendall.

Charles Lee Parks and Lula LAWN.
vel known residents of Kendall, were
married at that camp last Sunday,
Rev. Archibald Stewart Kerr perform
at once went to housekeeping and
have a beautiful home in Kendall.
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rates: $500, with privilege of re-
turning mare next season if not with
foal. Money due Nov. 1, 1905.
WIN. MEDIGAR,
President and Manager.
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Pleasant Afternoon.

Pleasant Afternoon.
Mrs. o. w. Belden gave very
pleasant afternoon function on Sat
uIday; each guest brought with him
some article done up SO as to conceal
it's identity and then a description of
the article given. Each lady. later,
was allowed to choose one of the
Packages from the description given
by the owner. much mcrriment was
caused when the packages were open
ed in the presence of all.
The house was decorated in jap
anese effect, the scheme being car
ried out also in table decorations A
dainty lunch was served and music
furnished by Miss Hazel Belden and
Miss Marie Remington was greatly
enjoyed. Mrs. Luther Warden also
gave a very interesting recitation.
About fifty ladies were present.
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imported Stallion "sibrien."

The Farmers Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION will stand the imported
Percheon stallion "Sibrien" at Simp-
sons livery stable in Lewistown on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays,
commencing April LIST. remaining days
at the ranch Of Vim. Medigar. three
miles below town. at the following