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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
THE HELENA MEETING,

The meeting at Helena to consider
the question of railroad rates and pos
sibly 10 form state association for
the purpose of bringing about a
freight rate schedule that will be ia
vcrable to the interests and industries
of Montana, will be held on the 14th
inst.-next Thursday.
If Lewistown is going to have rep
resentation there some action look.
ing to that end should be taken short
iv.
The vacuum which the Montana Bus
mess Mems League created in the
state does not encourage communities
far distant from the state capital to
get wildly enthusiastic over efforts to
form state associations. AT least those
interested want to feel quite sure that
they are not spending their time and
money for nothing when they attend
meetings for such purposes.
The prospect seems good fDr large
attendance at the Helena meeting and
if any of the business men of Lewis
town can find it convenient to attend
they should be authorized and equip
ped with the proper credentials from
the Lewistown Business Mems asso
citation.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

his position clear in his annual mes
sage. Mr. Clark may give some EXPIRES
sion to his views. Time will tell.
It should afford the people of Mon.
tana and the west some satisfaction
to know that they will have loyal
champions in Senator Carter and Con
gresham Dixon.
The rate question may lead to a
long debate in the senate and com
promises may have to be resorted to
before an agreement can be reached
But the president and his supporters
are not likely to accept any that would
render the law ineffective in remedy
ing the evils complained Of, and in
this stand he will be supported by the
Republican representatives from Mon
tana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
CARTER AND DIXON.

There mas never been any doubt
Where Montana's Republican represen-
tatives in congress would stand when
1t came to supporting President Roose-
welt in his efforts to secure legislation
for the government and regulation of
railroad rates throughout the United
States.
Senator Carriers reply to the resolu-
tons passed by the Business Mems as
sociation of Lewistown and forwarded
to him, was lacOnic and to the point:
Il trust it is needless for me to say
that | was elected with and will GER
tainly stand by the president and his
administration.
Congressman Dixon. upon his arriv-
al in Washington, was not long in let
ting the country know where he stood.
He is quoted as saying that he SIS first,
last and always for President Roose-
welt and his policy" This includes
the presidents stand on rate legisla-
ton" Mr.. Dixon further said that he
saw nothing to indicate that the coun-
try was anxious to have the tariff re,
vised. He is of the opinion that as
there will be a rate control bill pass
ed at this session of congress it would
be unwise to tinker with the tariff at
the same time. He says the country
can rely on the Republicans revising
the tariff at the proper time and when
occasion demands.
Up to the present time Senator
Clark has appeared in the role of the
.'artful dodger." He has refused OF
adroitly avoided making any lucid OF
positive statement regarding his posi-
ton on railroad legislation. His re
ply to the resolutions of the Lewstowr
Business Mems association leaves th'
impression that Mr.. Clark unwilling
~ or purposely misconstrued the word
ing and meaning of them. Possibly
now that the president has again made
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
A NONRESIDENT SENATOR.

Montana is just now experiencing
the evils attendant on having a non
resident United States senator. VIII
liam A. Clark of New York City and
Paris has lately visited Montana for
a few days. Since he received his
credentials as senator from Governor
Toole ne has only made two or three
fleeing visits to the state. In conse-
quence he is out of touch and SYM
pathy with the people of this state and
unaware of their sentiments or desires
on public questions of moment.
His associations and sympathies are
naturally with the railway magnates
and the financiers of Broadway and
Wall streets in the city of his residence
Birds of feather not only flock to-
gether, but they talk together and
have many interests in common. One
of these New York millionares might
make a very efficient representative
in congress for the financial and So
cial classes to which he belongs. but
nc would be and is a misfit as SEN
ator from Montana or any other west
ern state. The interests dear to the
hearts of Montana people are not at
ali Identical with those of Hill, Har-
riman Kuehn, Loeb & Co., the Van
derbilts. the McCurdys, Hydes and Nc
Calls. In fact. they are much more
likely to be antagOnistic.
AS Montanian would not be a fit
representative for Wall street inter
ests. so New York railway magnate
makes a mighty poor senator for Mon
tana. It is the humiliation of Montana
that she has been Neva,ized and is in
iured by being misrepresented in the
federal senate by New York City
resident Any nonresident senator
would be an evil and a reprOach, but
a New York City railway magnate ant
millionaire is the limit-MOntana Dai
ly Record.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
OFFICIAL PAPER or FERGUS COUNTY.

No subscriber will be carried on our
books whose arrearages are greater
than six months All subscription &C.
counts are payable in advance.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

Some unknown person hurled an
iron plumb bob through a window OF
one of the cars on President RoOse
velt's special train while it was pass
ing through Philadelphia on the run
from Princeton to Washington. A bot
is not as bad as a bomb, but it is evi
desire to injure or kill the president
The City of brOtherly love" evident
ly contains a few people whom nc
president could please.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

The Methodist society of Lewistown
n.Cval of it's entire church debt, or the
provision that has been made for its
liquidation. The building of the new
Office was large undertaking, per
haps larger than was anticipated, but
the society has one of the finest houses
of worship in the state, one that will
meet all of their needs for many years
II come. Evidently those who contrib
uted SO generously OF their means were
moved by the scriptural saying, 1T is
more blessed to give than to receive
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
IN a Washington dispatch max

In Washington dispatch making
mention of the nineteenth wedding an.
niversary of President Roosevelt, the
Great Falls Leader attempted to pro.
duce pictures of the president and his
bride. In the haste to get to press
the makeup" substituted the likeness
Of Mrs. Grover Cleveland for that of
n.rs. Roosevelt. Teddy mas been &C.
CT sed of apprOpriating Democratic
principles and it seems the irony of
fate that the Leader should place the
name of Mrs. Roosevelt under pic
ture of the wife of the only Democrat
&c president in forty years. Things are
getting badly mixed. The Leader owes
an apology to some one, even if Mrs.
Cleveland is beautiful woman.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
Congressman Tawney Of Minnesota

Congressman Tawney Of Minnesota
gives the mail order houses, who
would designate patrons Of rural routes
by number, an indirect but singing
slap in this manner: II know that we
are living in the days of progress and
prosperity, and that the new is sup
planting the old every day, but to un
Gertake to identify the individual cit
izen of the United States by giving
him number is not in the line OF
progress; it is rather returning to the
methods of the ancient Grecian and
Roman generals who, not being able tC
identify their soldiers in any other
way, adopted the method which is now
proposed to put into force for the pur
pose of designating American citizens
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

The merchants of Lewistown are
preparing for a heavy holiday trade
They live here, pay taxes here, and
contribute their share to the upbuild
ing of the city and county. They
give generously to charity and in the
maintenance of churches and benevo
lent institutions. Give them encourage
nent by giving them your trade Cast
the eastern catalogues into the waste
basket or stove and buy your Christ
mas presents of our home merchants
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

During the coming year the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific will
conduct eight dry land experimental
farms in Montana. The farms will be
under the immediate supervision of
Prof Lnfield and assistants, of the
state agricultural college at Bozeman
lhree of the stations will be located
in northern Montana, one at Harlem.
one at Great Falls and another at Cut
Bank. The appropriation for the pur-
pose amounts to $S.000-$3 900 from
the Great Northern and $1,000 from
the Northern Pacific. The plan is to
pay some person a salary to take
charge of the farm for the first six
months. A diversified crop will be
| planted the first year, of a small acre
| age each of potatoes. wheat, oats, bar
! ley, flax, alfalfa and other grains
which have been successfully raised
| in the state without irrigation and
where the rainfall has been lignt
/ Great results have been attained in
/ Colorado in recent years by dry land
farming and the experiments in this
state will be watched with consider
able interest.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
Proposed Changes in Land Laws.

Washington, Dec. AT least two
bills providing for important changes
in the land laws will be introduced at
the approaching session of congress
One will provide for the repeal of the
timber and stone act and the other
will make it possible for purely agri,
cultural land in forest reserves to be
acquired by settlers under the home
stead laws. Representative Lacey
chairman of the house committee on
public lands, will introduce both OF
these measures into the house.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

Uncle Joe" Cannon, of Illinois, will
again WELD the gavel as speaker of
the lower house of congress. John
Sharp Williams. the Democratic NOM
nee for speaker, and floor leader at
the last session. will also attempt to
guide his party over the shoals in the
present congress. Mr.. Cannon is one
of the most popular speakers who ev-
er occupied the chair. While a stead
fast Republican he is eminently fair
with the opposition. But for his ad-
vanced age his name would be one to
conjure with when his party is looking
for presidential timber three years
hence. Mr.. Williams is brilliant man
hut too erratic to wear the mantle OF
some of the Democratic leaders of the
past. There was some intimation that
he would not again be chosen for the
place. but if there was any opposition
il was not sufficient to prevent him
from assuming the leadership.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

The voters of Ravalli county were
the first in the state to go on record
as in favor of primary elections at an
light owing to the time of the year
and the prevalence of a storm on cleo
ton day, but the proposition was car
red by "a large majority of those vot-
ing
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

lent Of 31-pOund turkey for his
that generous son of Connecticut who
has been furnishing the white house
with its turkey annually for TO- these
many years. It would be no more
than fair to give him the appoint
ment of minister to Turkey.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

If it is true that the Havre cOnfiagra-
ton was caused by defective electric
wiring it is a matter in which all the
cities of Montana should become con-
cerned. 1t is said that there are sew
eral buildings in LewistOwn that need
locking after in this particular.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08
GETTING Chilly,

The ThermOmeter-Its seems to me
you've sunk pretty low.
The Mercury-NOw. don't be hard
on me just because | have taken a
drop too much -Cleveland Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
HAD SLIGHT OUTBREAK.
Money in London Is Expected to Con-
 tinue Easy.

London March 26-Busness on the stock exchange last week was quieter, with q slight set back all around. Money Is expected to continue easy. despite the fall in Paris and New York rate of ex- change, indicating that gold may pos sibly be shipped in those directions The iJapanese loan issue will bring cash from the continent while gold will continue tc arrive from the colonies.
 | The bank reserve is already huge. and it is not unreasonable to expect a further reduction of the bank rate in the near future. The manner in which the new is- sues of good class securities are over sub scribed. indicates that 9 large amount of capital is available for investment. but igilt-edged securities suffered to moder- late extent by the transfer of funds into new securities, Americans were subject to wide and cratic movements the deal ings being largely in the hands of pro- fessions with Wall street and continental connections The public is abstaining from operations at present, being of the opinion that prices are still inflated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
IMPROVEMENT CLUB
 HAS IMMENSE TASK
EFFORTS ARE TO BE MADE TO MAKE TROY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND TANGIBLE RESULTS ARE EXPECTED SOON.

Troy March 26.-(Special. IA number of interesting subjects along the line of civic betterment were discussed at the City Improvement club Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs o. c. \, Hey on Col lege avenue.
 The members of this club realize that their power in effectng plans and changes lies considerably behind the throne and that influence is their trump card. A request from Postmaster W. C.. Starke for the use of this subtle power for the further improvement of the post office building met q hearty response. 1t is desired to have the building painted, a cement sidewalk put in front and the floor of the office covered with linoleum. This, with the new boxes and fixtures re- gently put in would make the postoffice show up very creditably, and 1t is hoped that the Masons to whom the buildings belongs, will see fit to thus enhance it's value by these additions to it's appear ance.
 Court square remains at once the hope and despair of the club. AL present 1t is the stopping place of the country wagons which on Saturdays and other busy days line up from the sidewalk to the very walls of the court house until a horse and buggy attached can scareely tread a way through them. It is q won derful sight and speaks well for the en- terprise of our city, but under such con- ditions visions of stone curDing, grass, trees and banana plants go up in the air.
 The club signs and passes on to discuss a possible plan, that of having waiting room established for the comfort of the country women who come in often from considerable distances with several chil- dren. They remain all day shopping and q place where they could rest, refresh themselves and eat their lunches or per- haps lay their babies down for nap would be very acceptable. Many possi- bilities could grow out of this scheme, one would be to make it tEe distributing point of papers and magazines which many of the town people would be glad to circulate among country friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
HAD TROUBLE IN
 KILLING HIS MAN
ASSASSIN OF RUSSIAN GOVERNOR LEFT HIS NATIVE VILLAGE WITH DETERMINATION OF KILL. ING PRocURAToR GENERAL.

London, March 26.-The correspondent at Helsingfors of the Morning Post tells a strange story concerning Matti Reinikke, the youth who a week ago attempted to assassinate M. Miasoredoff, the governor of Viborg. Some time ago ReiniSke left his native village and went to Helsing fors with the expressed determination to kill Procurator General Soininen.
 He was arrested on arriving at the lat ter's house, and then pretended that he had come to give warning that a peasant named Reinilxke intended to murder Soin- inen. The detectives thereupon employed him to assist them in discovering the sup posed assassin.
 In the course of their searches his real identity was betrayed by peasant from the same village greeting him by name. He managed to escape from the detectives and reached the railway but in jumping off a moving train. stumbled and fell so that his arm was crushed by the wheel of car. He was arrested, taken to the hospital and his arm amputated When he recovered, he managed to escape from the hospital during confusion caused by the failure of the electric light, and was next heard of in the Masoredor attempt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
--------ss NEW MONETARY SYSTEM.
President Diaz Issues Decree for Mon-
 etary Reform In Mexico.

Mexico City. March 26.-President Diaz has issued decree for the reform of the monetary system already authorized by Congress in December. phe decree establishes the peso or silver dollar at a value of 50 cents gold. and the theo- retical unit of the Mexican currency is defined to be the dollar of peso" of 7s centigrames of gold. An important feature of the decree is a provision for a reserve exchange fund. which at first will consist of $lO, ,O0O GOO or $1500O. 900. and may be increased.
 The first plan did not provide for the immediate establishment of this fund. but 1t is now deemed wise to start with one simultaneously with the beginning of the new monetary system.
 The hints will be closed April 16 to the free coinage of silver, and the new monetary system will go into effect May The publication of the decree gives great satisfaction in business and finan- c!al circles. It assures a stable busi- ness, and business men against losses in importing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
PREFERENCE WILL BE
 GIVEN TO MOBILE
Officers of First Squadron of Cavalry A. N. c. Decide to Hold An
 nuaI Encampment.

Selma, March 6.-CSpeeial)-At meet ing ofs1he commissioned officers of the FirstSsquadron of cavalry, Alabama Ma tionai Guard, held here today, it was de- oided to hold the annual encampment be- ginning June 19. and lasting one week. Propositions will be received from Mobile Gnd Montgomery, the preference being given to Mobile. All of the troops of the squadron were fully represented at the meeting. except Camden, which sent teie- grams.
 The committee on location is Captain Price, Birmingham troop: Captain Dexter Montgomery, and Sergeant Erehaus of Selma with Major Atkins added.
 A banquet was tendered the visiting of fioers by the Selma officers in the Elks' hall this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
President of stocksrowers Dies.

Denver, Colo. March 26.-Conrad Schaefer. president of t he American Stock Growers association. which was formed in Denver In January last, dlec here today from a liver complaint, after an illness of three months. Shortly after the adjournment of the National Live Stock convention in January. MT Schaef- CT submitted to an operation. MT. Schaef- CT was one of the foremost growers in the stock-growing industry in the United States. Several times he served as presi- dent of the Colorado Stock Growers as- sociation, and was unanimously chosen of the American association. MT. Scaefer was born at Tavistock, Ontario, in 1S47, and came to Colorado in 1S67
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
Troy Elks Elect Officers.

Troy. March 26.-(Special 1.-The annual election of the B. P. o. of Elks took place Thursday night and resulted as follows; w c. Black exalted ruler; Q. .. Wiley, esteemed leading knight; w. B. Folmar, esteemed loyal knight; J. J. Seals. esteem ed lecturing knight; Leon hite. esquire; l Ralph Braswell inner guard; F. S. ! Howell, Tyler; l.. M. Bashinsly, treas tirer; G. J. Hubbard, secretary. w. L.. Davids was reelected to succeed himself on the board of trustees the terms of the other trustees not having expired. The lodge is in fine condition and is doing good work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
Salisbury Defends Fathers Views.

London. March 27.-With reference to recent statement by Joseph Chamberlain that the late Lord Salisbury favored pro- lection the present Lord Salisbury writes to the Times today stating that his father was for many years inclined in favor of policy of retaliation. but that he pro- foundly dissented from Chamberlain's fis- cal policy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
LIBERAL VIEW OF
 DOGMATIC TOPICS
(contInued from FI..h Paee.)

(Contnued from FI.h Page.)
  sinner yearns for a plying, a relenting, If you please a human God. There is d cry for definiteness which is not satisfied by this thought of the memorable, beset- ting beauty, even the investing love. Big otry wants a more definite spelling of the name Superstition wants a God that can be handled. measured, perchance dictated to Breadth to the unthoughtful implies shallowness instead of suggesting infinite depths. The ocean is broad but it is also deep. The great rivers of the country are deep as well as wide. Be assured, then, that the God that Is tangible that can be located in time and space. is not the God of the unverse He is too small for this great cosmic marvel. The God that the human mind can comprehend is not a God to satisfy that mind The great seers have always been suspected of emptying the world of it's sanctites, while in fact they were leading souls to the inevitable sanctities, the inyiolable shrines to which thought gives lustre, increasing wisdom, increasing reverence.
 About Prayer.
 The last objection is that this unrelent- ing God Is terrible. We shrink from the formida ablesness of this adequate deity because it seems to render unnecessary, If not absurd, the thought of prayer. In the anxiety and the aspiration of the human soul to be smothered by this beset- ting God? What would you have-a changeable Lord on the throne of the universe Could you rest well at night under a providence that could be wielded by the opportunities of ignorant man? who would dare, if he could, change the mighty cosmos by his own childish wishes? Yes, prayer as interference, pray CT as teasing, Is inconsistent with this thought of the besetting God. But prayer as a hearts hunger, as the minds thirst, as the larks song, as glad gratitude pour ed into the boundless blue that the ecsta- tic heart may find relief and beat more rythmically, aye, prayer as nature be- coming vocal, Is one of the inevitable ac- compartments, an unmistable evidence of the higher life. It is the glad privilege of sentiment beings to allow at least some fraction of the universe to come into lf-eonsciousness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
Thousands Go to Tabernacle.

Atlanta March 26.-(Special)-Th Tabernacle Bible conference had it's most successful experience today. All day long thousands crowded the audi torium, and the seats of those who left were quickly filled by the throng who stood in aisles and doors only waiting for vacancy. A low estimate puts the total attendance for the day at 15.- O09 people, The number turned away is not known, but will run up into the hundreds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
For Basket Bal, champIonshIp.

Kansas City. Mo- March 2e.-Three games to decide the basketball champion ship of the world are to be played in Convention hall in this city between the German Young Mems Christian associa- tion team of Buffalo. holders of that title, and the Kansas City Athletic clubs five The first of the series will be played tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
Rouah Rider to Marry.

Augusta, Ga., March 26-A special to the Chronicle from Aiken S. C., says:
 Captain Woodbury Kane and Mrs. SaI- lie Hargous Elliott will be married here tomorrow afternoon at 8 O clock by Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, bishop of South Carolina. Captain Kane and Mrs. El- liott are prominent members of the New York cottage colony in Aiken. He was captain of company K of Roosevelts rough rider regiment, and served through the Spanish-American war. The wedding will be a quiet affair, and will occur at Cherokee cottage. Mrs. Elliott's Aiken residence