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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

1t will be of interest to members
of the Masonic fraternity to learn
that a silver trowel was started from
New York Masonic Temple recently,
whose mission is to be used by every
Masonic lodge in the United States
to cement brotherly love and friend
ship among them. It is estimated that
it will take at least ten years for the
trowel to make the journey and re-
turn to the place from whence it came.
Accompanying the travel is magni-
ficently bound volume in which will
be recorded the name, number and
location of every lodge it visits to-
gether with the names of the officers.
Upon its return to New York it will
be placed in the archives of the grand
lodge OF that state.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

The industrial conditions in free
trade England must be at low ebb
when men and women join in ''pov-
erty parades' through the streets of
London. Every great city has its poor
and unfortunate who must be taken
care of, particularly during the win
tel months. But the paraders in Lon
don did not ask for aims. They said.
Curse your charity, We want work"
Every man and woman in America
can find work without difficulty and
it is doubtful if ever an appeal like
the above will be heard in an Amer
lean city, unless we adopt Great Brit
aims free trade policy. Some changes
III our tariff schedules may soon be-
come necessary but they should be
made along conservative lines with
due regard for all interests concerned
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24
MADE READY FOR THE MARKET


The day is not far distant when
Fergus county and the great Judith
basin will have an eastern railway
outlet, possibly connection with the
Northern Pacific and Burlington at
Billings or by through line to the
coast. When that day comes, as Mr..
Hobson has minated. cattle and
sheep will be fattened and prepared
for market right here in the Judith
Rasin as they now are in the Gallatin
and Yellowstone valleys. Not all of
tie land is suitable for the raising of
alfalfa but a great portion of it is,
and with all of it wonderfully produc-
tive in cereals and with a constant
~ increasing acreage, there would
seem to be no good reason why the
Judith Basin should not become the
feeding and fattening ground of thous-
ands OF head of cattle and sheep.
AS the range country is gradually
growing smaller this method of fin
7 '''NN i'i MAJ net "oulu seem
to be coming necessity. And il
would mean a good deal to grow
erS, for whatever the state of tle
live stock market there is always a
good demand for prime beef and NUT
ton. With both fitted for the sham
bles and with rapid and direct transit
to the markets, growers would realize
better profits than they are now doing
under existing range conditions.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

The decision of the Lewistown
Creamery association TO disincorpor
ate and go out of business as a result
OF the recent fire which destroyed the
plant. may occasion regret at home
and give a bad impression on the out
side. But it was deemed the wisest
course 10 pursue at the present time.
The association was under some disad.
vantages which time will remove and
others which can be guarded against
when another project of the kind is
contemplated The plant was not suit
ably located for convenience and pro-
lection against fire. while the water
supply was not adequate to meet the
demands. In the summer season the
capacity of the plant seemed to be
ahead of the demand for the product
inasmuch as it could not be shipped
to outside points at profit and com
pete with eastern creamery butter
Three conditions must exist before &
creamery of large capacity can bt
| made a profitable enterprise. The
product must be first-class, the loca
demand stronger, and the ability t.
ship the surplus to outside markets
at a profit. Merchants must get tn
home product at nearly the figure
paid for eastern creamery butter II
order to handle it. That all Of thes
| conditions can be met with in a FEY
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

A correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writing from Panama, says
that the Panamans want Theodore
Roosevelt, as resident of the isthmus,
to build the canal. The hope and be-
lief is there that after Mr.. Roosevelt
retires from the presidency he will
be made chairman of the canal com.
mission and Immediately take up his
residence among them. Evidently
President Roosevelt will be in great
demand after he gets through pilot
ing the ship of state, and will not
come under the head of Statesman
out of job 1t is far cry to tell
what he will do at the end of his
term. There may be universal de-
mand that he hold the job that he
has now.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

A Washington special says that I'M
called for letters will not be advertis-
ed in the papers hereafter. First AS
sistant Postmaster General Hitchcock
has made an investigation, which
showed that 80 per cent of the letters
which have to be advertised, are ad-
dressed to persons who do not live in
the town or city in which the adver-
tisements are published. The cost of
delivery is from IS cents to 81 a let
ter. In future postmasters will post
typewriter list of the letters remain
ing uncalled for. 1t is difficult to see
where this heavy cost per letter comes
in unless it is that a considerable
force is employed in the larger post
offices of the country in handling stray
letters and sorting them out for the
advertising list. We are not aware
that the government ever paid a cent
for having them advertised.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

terest and reaches every portion OF
the county. Its columns will always
contain a full complement OF local,
mining, state and general news, and
be in every sense a newspaper. We
would like every section of the coun-
ty represented by a correspondent
during the coming winter months.
Read the splendid inducements oher-
ed to new and old subscribers in our
clubbing list. Get your local news
and the choice of the best newspapers
and periodicals in the country by sub
scribing and renewing at once.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24
LEWISTOWN. MONT, NOV. "a 1905
DON'T BE FOOLED.

"Since the memory OF man run
meth not to the contrary it has been
practice on the part Of certain
kind of newspaper publishers to place
upon their list of subscribers the
names of a large number of citizens
of the community, without any sugges-
ton from the recipients of these GA
vors' and after sending the paper to
them for several months, sometimes
longer, send bills and follow this up
with something of this nature:
''If you intend to take the paper and
play the dead beat act by saying, 4
payment, say so. and we'll see about
it; no one can take paper from the
office and refuse payment"
Probably in a majority Of instances.
these tactics win, and the man who
never ordered the paper. doesn't want
it, but has it forced upon him, pays
the bill that has been sent him, and
having once been ''taken in by that
plan, is compelled to repeat the pay
ment at the close of the second year
and so on.
A number of years ago the Argus
addressed the postoffce department
on this subject and very promptly re-
ceived a reply that no such law or
regulation existed, or ever had: that
if man who had at one time sub
scribed for paper failed to pay his
arrearages. the proprietor of the
newspaper could continue to send him
the paper and hold him for the pay
ment until the bill was paid. but that
papers sent without any order or re-
quest whatsoever were considered by
therefor could be enforced.
And this is the reasonable view.
The law knows no distinctions and if
an editor could place the name of
John Smith, of Garneil, on his list
and send him the paper without orders
and the government become a party
~ the fraud by standing as agent for
the editor until John Smith paid bill
which he never authorized. so could
the firm of Tighten & Smokem send
Mr.. John Smith a box Of cigars every
Monday morning and at the end of six
months compel him to pay for those
cigars because he had taken them from
the postoffice
The Argus is prompted to review
this matter because during the past
few weeks a number of our subscrib-
ers have inquired whether or not they
are liable for the payment of the sub
sCription price of newspaper which
has been sent them entirely without
warrant for some months past
In such community as this there
are numerous instances of a man liv-
ing some distance from a postoffce
and whose mail is brought to him by
some rural carrier or a neighbor. He
has not the opportunity of handing
it back to the postmaster and marking
it Refused nor does the government
expect anything Of the kind.
If something is sent to you which
you never ordered it is a gift; if you
want it keep it; if YOU don't throw
it away, whether it be a newspaper
CT a sack of -four.
But if you have subscribed for the
paper and have not paid up your ar
1earages and ordered it stopped. you
are liable for the payment so long as
YOU do not pay and the editor chooses
TO continue your name on his list
There's the difference.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

Charles S. Mellen, formerly presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific railroad,
but now holding like position for
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, will support President
Roosevelt in his fight for federal regu-
lation of railroads. The experience
and knowledge gained by Mr.. Mellen
while connected with the western
road undoubtedly influences him in
the belief that the time is ripe to
give tne people of the Rocky mountain
region "a square deal.''
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

Hall Cane, the novelist, who visit
ed this country recently, has return
co to London with a very good i'm
preston of his American cousins
But he says the American pace is too
swift for him. He must have been
the recipient of the warmest hospital
ity by his admirers on this side of the
ocean for he says: 81 have too many
friends in America to permit my ever
going to that hospitable country
again. Nowhere is an Englishman SO
much at home outside his own cOun-
try as when he travels in the United
States; nowhere is he so sure of an
immediate and hearty welcome; no.
where is he so certain to find aims
and institutions that have all his SYM
patty and that command all his heart !;
nowhere does he meet with men and
women more able and earnest and
more brotherly and sisterly.'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24
THE CLARK RAILROAD.
Senator Attends the Annual Meeting
at Salt Lake City.


Salt Lake City. Utah. Nov. %
Senator w. A. Clark presided at the
annual meeting of the San Pedro. Los
Angeles & Salt Lake stockholders TO-
day. No changes were made IN the
Immediately after the San Pedro
meeting the stockholders OF the Las
Vegas & Tonopah railroad held their
first meeting. They voted to increase
teh directory from five to seven and
the following were elected:
w A Clark T. Ross Clark, W. A
Clark. Jr.. C. O. Whittemore. F. A.
Waters, R. c. Kerens. w. II. Con
stock
The directors awarded a contract
for construction which is TO Degin
Dec l and be finished by Aprn l. II
was announced that the company
had secured II miles of grade nnisn
ed by "Borax" Smith. upon WHICH
steel can be laid at once.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24
Mot Difficult.

Il find it hard to distinguish De."esn
a common cold and influenza
the young physician. ..,oa
"Oh. that's easy enough. fe s;s
the old doctor. Make the dlaeaoS,,
in accord with the patients nna"''"'
stauding."-ChicagO News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

years there is no doubt. We hope
soon to see LewistOwn have a cream
cry in successful operation and it
could be better brought about by prac-
tical men of means owning the plant
than by an association of citizens.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

A red touring automobile containing
omen was chased by a mad bull down
near Columbus, Ohio, last week and
the occupants were nearly frighten-
ed into Mysteries. The bovine that
could keep in sight of Louis Hills
machine would have to be going
como
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

Each of the Russian grand dukes
receives salary of $1,OOO,OOO a year.
If the cyphers were taken away they
would be overpaid. These ducal dan
dies have more gall than the presi-
dent of life insurance company.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

approaching our efforts to give the
people all of the news, all of the time,
the Argus subscription list is grow
ing rapidly. The twice-a-week Argus
contains all of the local news of in
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-24

No subscriber will be carried on our
books whose arrearages are greater
than six months. All subscription &C
counts are payable in advance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
PIa,s Long Journey Home.

a farmer living down toward Har-
wards had a most knowing pig which
he sold to a Long Islander, who took
his prize in boat to his home at the
island. Safely shut up in the spacious
pig pen was this new inmate Of the
family and the farmer man went
peacefully to rest much content with
his new purchase.
In the morning, the pen was empty
and no little pig could be found on
the island. Some time afterward he
went again to town and there saw the
first owner Of the lost one. I've lost
my pig" he gloomily announced. Il
know it, chuckled his friend. Hes
down to my house, came back the
next morning"
What had that homesick little pig
done, but swan across two rivers, the
Little Island river and the Kennebec,
walked across Big Little Island, trot-
ted happily down the two miles of
road on the Richmond shore, and
finally presented himself to his old
master. footsore and hungry, but
mighty glad to be home once more.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
go Manla for steaIInn pInes.

Recently a Partisan shoplifter was
arrested and searched. To the amaze
ment OF the oficials her plumber was
not articles OF feminine adornment,
but several costly meerschaum pipes
When her apartments we're search.
ed no fewer than $500 pipes were
found. some Of which were handsome
ly colored.
Although for a while she stoutly
protested her innocence. she at last
broke down and confessed that she
was addicted to the use of tobacco
and suffered a form Of kleptomania
which led her to steal every hand
some pipe which she could make away
with without discovery.
She made no attempt to dispose Of
her pipes for profit. but kept them in
cabinets in her home. Not one Of the
pipes, she admitted. had been paid for,
but she declared that in taking them
she was only obeying an irresistible
impulse and was not morally respon-
sible for her crimes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
ErItz Knew HIs company,

Finley Acker, one OF the leaders of
reform in Philadelphia, said the other
day:
From time immenorial there has
heen room for reformation in town
councils. From time immemorial the
city fathers of every country have
been more or less justly attacked.
In a medieval German tale 1t says
that the parish council Of a small
village met one evening to discuss
certain improvement in the water sup
ply.
During this debate. the towns one
watchman entered the room quietly,
placed in a corner his lantern and
spear and sat down to listen to the
argument
Suddenly a councilman turned on
him fercely.
Fritz he cried, what are you do
ing here? Who is to watch that MOTH
ing is stolen in the villageT
Fritz, with an easy smile, an
swered:
"'who is there TO steal2 We are
all here"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
PATHS Proudest Moment.

The story of PATHS "proudest mo-
ment" is pretty. 1t occurred in the
course of an evening spent at the
house of Mr.. Alfred Rothschild, where
dinner was given in honor of the
imminent marriage of the Prince and
Princess of Wales. The King rose to
propose the health Of Madame Patti.
and told of the cities in which he had
heard her sing. And then he describ-
ed how Queen Alexandra had once
held up little Prince George" in
whose honor they we're that night as
sembled, and bade him embrace her.
so that in after life he might truthfully
ray he had kissed the famous Ma
dame Patti" That was the happiest
End proudest moment in the divaa
:ife.-E. A. b., in The Sketch. erf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

A Pretty Good Plan.
II you sec. a tall fellow ahead of the
A leader q men. marching fearless and
And you know of a tale whose mere tell
ing aloud
Would cause his proud head to in anguish
be bowed,
It's pretty good plan to forget It.
II you know OF skeleton hidden away
In closet. and guarded and kept from
the day,
In the dark; and whose showing. whose
sudden display,
Would cause grief and sorrow ana n1e-
long display,
It's pretty good plan to forget 1t.
II you know of spot in the life Of
friend,
eve all have. such spots concealed. world
without end),
Whose touching his heartstrings would
play on and rend
Till the shame OF its showing no griev-
ing could mend,
It's pretty good plan to forget 1t.
II you know Of a thing that will darken
the joy
OF man or woman. girl or a boy.
way annoy
A fellow, or cause any gladness to cloy,
It's pretty good plant to forget It.
II you know Of a thing. just the least lit
Whose telling would cork up a laugh. or
OF man you don't like. for Lords sake.
keep 1t inl
Don't don't Be knOcker; right here
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
y. M. Lewis, In Houston Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
Some Thoughts Of Youth.

William Brookfeld, friend of Lord
Tennyson's, preserved some Of the an
swers he received in school examina-
tions. From boy: THE racehorse is
a noble animal, used very cruel by
gentlemen Races are very bad places.
None but wicked people know any
thing about races. The last Derby
was won by Mr. PAnson's Blinkbonny,
a beautiful filly by Melbourne. rising
four. The odds were 20 to / against
her. Thirty started. and she won only
by a neck" Another youthful essay
ist girl this time, delivered herself
as follows upon the subject of THE
comet. Comets are very useful.
They have long tails, and are some
thing to talk about. We should get on
very badly without comets"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

A remarkable experience was tried
in Bavaria in 1890, in an effort to solve
the problem of the unemployed. Count
Rumford, an Englishman, after an ad-
venturous career in America, settled
in Bavaria, won the confidence of the
elector, and obtained permission to
apply Cromwellian methods in Kidding
the state of all its tramps, beggars,
thieves and undesirables. On New
Years day four regiments of cavalry
were distributed throughout the state
and at a given hour drive" was
made of all the undesirables. Over
10000 were placed under arrest. in
cluding no fewer than 1900 in Munich
alone. "a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
An EnectIve Plan.

On the little Dutch island Of Wal.
cheren. at the mouth Of the Scheldt.
some rather primitive laws. are in
force. Taxes, for instance, are lev
led there according to the degree OF
comfort Of a mans home. The in
habitants are a law-abiding race; but
the authorities once found themselves
confronted with householders who
would not pay up. What was to be
done? A capital notion suggested it.
self. and it is carried out to this day.
A final application for payment is
made and then couple OF the heath
lest and hungriest recruits are selec-
ted. and these are quartered on the
debtor, enjoying bed and board, till
the required sum is forthcoming. The
plan proves most effective.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

He was one OF those dapper little
"mashers" who fit about downtown
chophouses and dining rooms trying
to fiirt with the stenographers and
once girls who drop in about noon
for lunch. Approaching young lady
who was sitting alone, he lifted his
hat and said suavely:
q beg your pardon, miss"
''well?" interrogated the girl calmly.
''why. er-you see. it is this way.
answered a personal In the paper
and made an engagement with young
lady whom have never seen to meet
her here. Now, are you waiting for
me?"
Tho girl smiled queeriy.
81 might be waiting for you, she
said.
"Ah, indeed, responded the masher,
delighted.
yes. You see. l ordered lobster,
and It hasn't come yet."-New York
Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
COUNSEL KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
Simple Appeal to Jury All He Needed
To Make.

Simple Appeal to Jury All He Needed
To Make.
A story is told of the late Baron
Bramwell, when sitting on the Crown
side on the South Whles circuit.
Counsel for the defense asked leave
to address the jury in Welsh: the
case was a simple one, and permission
was given without demur. He said
but very few words. The Baron also
did not think much comment was req
uisite, but was somewhat startled
by a prompt verdict of acquittal.
'What was IT, he afterward inquir-
ed. that NJ. L. said to that jury?"
"Oh, he just said This case, gen.
tlemen. lies in a nutshell. You see
yourselves exactly how it stands The
Judge is an Englishman, the prosecut-
ing counsel is an Englishman, the com
plainant is an Englishman. But you
are Welsh, and am Welsh, and the
prisoner in Welsh. Need | say more?
leave 1t all to you
Baron Bramwell, it was said, formed
higher opinion than he had previous
Iy entertained of NJ. LIS acumen and
resource: but he did not allow the
experiment to be repeated Of address
es to the jury in vsrnacular which
he did not derstand.--Weekly Scots
man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
BEAUTY NOW MADE TO ORDER
Many contrivances to Aid Unfortunate
Homelv Ones.


The best artificial noses nowadays
are made of papier mache, enameled.
Such a nose is fastened to a spectacle
frame sometimes for the sake Of con-
venience, and thus may be put on or
removed at brief notice.
There is a patented contrivance,
somewhat resembling clothespin, for
attachment to the nose to give to the
organ proper taper. Another device
IS supposed to improve the lines Of the
mouth.
Not a few people have no roofs to
their mouths, having been born with
cut any, or in other cases having lost
them by disease. For such unfortu-
rates artificial mouth roofs, made Of
galvanized rubber. are furnished.
There is patented device for clean.
dhg the tongue. consisting Of knife
with a concave edge to which sort
cf sponge brush is attached When
cue is not well ones tongue is liable
to be disagreeably coated. but the an
noyance may be removed by means Of
the instrument described.
II you desire dimpIes you may wear
q certain kind Of wire mask at night
10 which are attached blunt wooden
POINTS that may be caused by the help
cf screws. to press upon the points
where the dimples are wanted. Thus
after a while the dimples are made to
appear.-New York Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

To tear a pack Of cards in two is
regarded by some as a marvellous
feat Of strength, and yet the trick
iH possible to any one with fairly
strong fingers. The secret OF the trick
lies in the fact that the entire pack
is not torn at once. but in pretending
to get grip on the pack the strong
man so manipulates the cards that
they overlap. In this way but sing
le card is torn at a time and once the
surface is torn the rest is easy.