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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
Thunderer and Poet.

An early copy Of swinburnes
'Poems and Ballads" volume Q866)
came into the hands Of Dallas, then
chief literary reviewer to the London
Times. who, after Illuminating on what
we will call the pygmy poems, strobe
off to Moxon's with an ultimatum.
Either. said he, let them withdraw the
book or he would denouAce it and de-
stroy 1t. AS they had no wish to be de-
nounced or destroyed themselves, they
preferred to accept the former alterna-
tive. John Camden Hotten brought
out the -Fortnightly Review.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
Taste and Touch.

Touch, DR.. Andrew Wilson has re-
minded us, is probably the oldest of
our senses. 1t is also, we may add, the
been assumed to be paramount-at the
dinner table. It is fact overlooked
that we like what we like less because
we taste it than because we feel it.
What Is there wonderful in the taste
Of your perfect, your ripe potato? Moth
ing or little. But, ah, the feeling!
What have the resistance Of bread.
the sudden GOODNESS of butter, the ten
derness of asparagus, the crispness OF
biscuit, to do with taste? Something
almost Observation-Disclosures Chronicle
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
Bullying GUN BARRELS.
The Ruin That IL Wrought by Care.
less Handling.

The Ruin That IL Wrought by Care
less Handling.
have sold guns for ten years, and
in that time four of them have had
their barrels bulged, one by snow. one
by dirt, one by sand and one by some
thing else getting into it. One man
crawling through a fence got a little
snow in the muzzle. He could not re-
move it with his finger, SO concluded
to wait and shoot it out, which he did.
but he found bulge like pullets egg
on the end of the barrel. Another got
some earth in the muzZle and shot it
out, and he. too. found the same kind
of a bulge on the end Of his gun. An
other fired his gun at ducks. which
knocked him over on his back and fair
" got away from him. When he pick
ed up the gun he found a narrow raised
band around the barrel fourteen inches
from the muzzle. In this case watl
had probably lodged there. This Gus
toner thinks the manufacturers ought
to give him new set of barrels. ! tell
him if the barrels had not been good
ones it would have been burst In
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
Hams.

A mother sent her twelve-year-old
daughter to the pork butcher with
money to purchase ham. Tell Mr..
- that want ham exactly like the
last two bought" she said, and when
the little lady arrived at the shop she
delivered the message thus: "Mr. =,
mamma says she wants another ham
off the same hog as the last two she
bought" How many of us wish that
when we accidently pick up first rate
ham the same hog could keep on pro
ducing its like for time and eternity
As the butcher says: "Hams run pc
culiarly. We may have 'em all fine
for month or two; then they suddenly
get tough and dry and hard and alto
gether disappointing" New Yorl
Press
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29

"Blivens seems very proud of the
fact that he has bank account"
Eyes; it has developed him into a
dnancier Of the continuous type"
"How is that?'
HE checks his money out just for
the pleasure Of putting it back again"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
The Life Line In Euroue.

OF European nations the Norwegian
and Swedish are the longest lived and
the Spaniards the shortest According
to foreign statistical return recently
issued. the average duration Of life II
~ follows: Sweden and Norway, 80
years: England. 45 years months:
Belgium, "A years II months: Switzer-
land. a years 4 months; France, 43
years 6 months: Austria. 50 years 8
months; Prussia and Italy, 80 years;
Bavaria. SO years: Spain, 81 years 4
months.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
Two Views.

"A mans vote Is too precious to be
Sold" said the patriot.
"Perhaps," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. although . number OF people OF
my acquaintance regard 1t as TOO vaiu
able to be given away."-Wasninston
Star
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
It doesn't take any grit to grumble.-
Chicago Tribune.
Generous.

Mrs. Green-John, this isn't very
good umbrella you've brought back to-
day.
Mr.. Green-I know 1t, but we had
that gold handled one a long time. Let
some one else have 1t awhile. 1t wasn't
ours anyway.-Detroit Free Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
A Wretch.

Justice-What's the charge against
this prisoner? Oficer-Yer honor, he :
a public nuisance. He's been goin,
around in tn dead of night wakin' up
night watchmen an then runnin' away
Cleveland Leader.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
How she Won Out.

Gladys-Papa says you're loafer.
Jack. Jack-What reason has he for
entertaining such an opinion Of me as
that? Gladys-He says you spend three
or four evenings here every week with
out having any apparent purpose in
coming.-Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
A "Practical" Wedding Gift.

Pearl-Oh, we had a delightful we'd
ding and received SO many silver pres
ents. Ruby-That was fine. And did
your father give something in silver
too? Pearl-No: he gave US bottle 81
acid to test the other presents with
Chicago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
POWER OF PURPOSE,

Conceive Your Ambition Clearly and
Follow It Courageous1y.
We all can measure the outward tri-
umph of a mans life, but we rarely
measure the forces out Of which the
triumph spran9. Men suddenlY emerge
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
A DIFFICULT PENANCE.

8k402 Pt18rfmo to the Skelug Rocks
Risk Their Lives.
Ten miles of the coast of Kerry, in
the west of Ireland, lie the Skellig
rocks. one Of which has been for years
he scene Of difficult penance. A zig
nag path leads up some 700 feet to a
lighthouse. but 100 feet more must be
climbed before the summit is reached.
where stand the ruins Of st. Finian's
0eoastery and q cross Of st. Michael.
Here on the anniyeksary Of st. Nj.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29

Some successful men are 10 per cent
backbone, and some others are IS per
cent cheek.-Chicago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
''Get the Habit

Selling something in Office supplies
or stationery to eighteen purchas-
ers. Some wanted only 10 cents
worth and several wanted more.
but they all got
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29

Each in several different lengths
of roll and weight of paper. Re.
member, also, that we are going to
sell you this paper, in 900 pound
lots, at just
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
WILL ACCEPT TREATY.
Will Do Best He Can With santo %.
rnjnoo Agreement AZ Amended

Will Do Best He Can With santo %.
minao Agreement as Amended.
Chicago, March 12.-Walter Well
man, in Washington special to the
Record Herald says. in part: Sin case
the senate ratifies the Dominican
treaty, President Roosevelt will &C
cept 1t in its amended form and urge
exchange Of ratihcations upon Santo
Domingo. The statement is made au.
thoritatively. but with the proviso that
as 1T is finally ratified the treaty shall
present no features not now known to
the president in principle. In other
words though the president is not en-.
thusiastic about the changes which
the senate has made in the document.
he is not disposed to be narrow or
hypercrtical about them. and will
take the emasculated and modified
treaty and do the best he can with 1t,
provided it be made no worse from his
view point than it nowis.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
WILL APPEAR AGAIN TODAY BE.
FORE COMMISSIONER
SPENCER,
WHEN BAIL WILL BE FIXED
FRAUDS INVOLVING THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF LAND ARE
CHARGED.

st. Paul March 12.-William 7.
Horsnell will have to face the federal
grand jury, which meets next June. on
a charge of having conspired to de-
fraud the United States out of public
lands He was given hearing yes
terday before United States Commits
sioner Spencer The commissioner
stated that he would hold Horsnell to
the grand jury. and intimated that the
bail will be fixed at $1,500. The hear
ing was continued until this morning
to give Horsnel an opportunity to Sc
cure bail, the amount of which will
be announced this morning.
The authorities believe that Hors-
nell is implicated in land frauds in
volving thousands of acres. but the
evidence introduced at the hearing
yesterday and on which he was held
to the grand jury was in connection
with the homestead application OF
Miss Nora Goodkind. Miss Goodkind
is st. Paul milliner. She was IN
court yesterday and told that she was
induced to sign the application for a
homestead grant without knowing
any more about it than that she was
to receive $1O0 and two trips to Da-
kota with all her expenses paid. She
said that Horsnell promised these
things in return for her signing GER
tain papers, the nature of which she
said was not explained to her.
This was in June, 1904, and one of
the papers which she signed was an
affidavit that she was natural born
citizen of the United States and over
twenty-one years of age. At that
time, she said, she was only nineteen
years old, and had been in this coun-
try about five years. The papers were
signed in blank, she said, but when
presented in evidence at the hearing
yesterday they had been filled out,
and, in the application blank, the de-
scription Of piece of land in South
Dakota, said to contain 160.48 acres,
was filed in the blank space preceded
for the description of the land select
ed by the homestead.
Henry e. Cutting, receiver OF the
United States land office at Pierre. S.
D., was called to identify the grant
selected on the application signed by
Miss Goodkind. He had with him the
book known as the tract book in
which the description of lands select
ed for homestead purposes are en-
tered. This book showed that the
land described in the application
signed by Miss Goodkind had been
entered in the records os selected on
her application.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
NEW POWER REvoLuTIoNIzER.
gsef-operating Motor to Be Manufac
tured by Western Company.

s5elf-operating Motor to Be Manufac-
tured by Western Company.
4 A company has been incorporated
Ander the South Dakota laws, and hav-
eng its western headquarters in Brook
#ngs, whose object is the manufacture
Sof a motor which promises to revolu-
aionize power in many industries, if
Che claims made in its behalf are sub
Sstantiated. 1t is called self-operat-
Mng motor, which name instantly re-
minds one of the old perpetual motion
sproblem. But no claims in the way Of
perpetual motion are made in behalf
Of this motor.
B The self-operating motor is describ-
ID as consisting Of d wheel having hol
low spolles, in which is placed a guam
asity of mercury, the heaviest sub
Stance known The cylinders and
aubes are made of aluminium. AS the
Wheel revolves the mercury is lept
n the top by means Of compressed air,
8hus the heavy substance is always
where it is exerting a downward force,
Burning the wheel around. The motor
operates itself until the compressed
2air is shut of, when the mercury, of
course, runs to the bottom of the
wheel and brings it to a stop.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
TO BE ONLY ONE REGIMENT.
South Dakota State Guard Is Given
Small Purse.

Small Purse.
Within the next few days the new
adjutant general, c. E. Engelsby of
Watertown, will take charge of the
state guard, and the veteran Gen.
Conklin will retire The new man has
a hard task before him by the action
of the legislature in cutting the appro-
priation for the guard from $4,000,
which was granted two years ago, and
on which two regiments were built,
down to one regiment with an appro-
priation of $4,000 for two years.
The companies which have been
been brought into existence all will
want to stay in, and just where to-
pare will be the question. In that line
the new adjutant general has prepared
and sent out circular letter in which
he asks the officers of the different
companies as to the willingness of
themselves and their men to remain
under certain conditions in regard to
pay at encampments, armory rent.
clothing allowance and drill of their
companies.
Col. H. w. Stewart will remain at
the head of the new regiment. The
four troops of cavalry and the battery
of artillery will be retained as a part
Of the military organization, and the
battery will be supplied with new arm
ament by the government. The an
nual encampment will be held on the
state GROUNDS at Watertown some
time after July l, but there will be no
encampment in the Black Hills this
year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
AIDS GREAT NORTHERN.
Yankton Gives 1t Further Right of
Way-New South Side Station.

The city council of Yankton passed
an ordinance granting to the Great
Northern railroad the right to build
and maintain tracks on Second street.
j. NJ Averill of st. Paul, right-of-way
agent, stated that his road would ex
pend $4,000 in buying a right Of way
across the south side of the city, and
would construct new modern station
on the south side.
The purpose for this outlay is to Sc
cure connection with the right-of-way
of the Yankton & Western railroad
from Yanllton to the Western Portland
cement works. This would save the
Great Northern but a few blocks Of
haul, but it would give it direct con-
nection with the right of way of the
YanlSton & Norfolk railroad, which
crosses the bottoms south Of the city
and extends to Norfolk, Neb.
That the Great Northern intends to
build to Denver through Yankton
seems certainty.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
LIVE STOCK IN GOOD TRIM.
Range Reports Place Losses of Winter
at One Per Cent.

Range Reports Place Losses Of Winter
81 at One Per Cent.
81 At this season of the year live stock
Interests are all looking after the
Tange conditions in the cattle country,
Following the winter season. In that
respect the reports which are being
Received are highly encouraging From
leslie, Dan Bierwagen of the Bier
sgHagen Cattle company, reports the
winter loss in that section at less than
l per cent, and that the cattle are in
s.he best of condition.
~ Foreman Edward Delehan writes
Asrom Ash range. on Moreau river that
stock in that section of the state has
pulled through the winter in fine shape
And that winter losses are not worth
considering.
III Henry Gcoville. in from Stearns, on
White River, says the loss in that sec
Zion will not be 1 per cent, as the cat
gle had good feed on the prairie all
winter and start the spring in good
siesh. This condition he reports to
prevail practically all the way from
ssiis place to Fort Pierre. He reports
considerable loss on lower White riv-
ssssr, where a number of cattle started
IN the winter in poor condition. and in
IA section where feed was short, but
$50 far as he has learned that is the
only section Of the whole range in
(which there has been any considerable
4 OSS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul, March -Wheat-No.
Northern. $1.131-4 @ ia IL; No. q
Northern, s1o5@11O; No. 3, $1.00 IL
@1.O5. Corn-No. yellow, 43 IL q
A 1-2c Oats--No. white, 291-2 o.
soc.
Minneapo'ir, March 12--W heat-No
/ hard. $1.15 10; No. Northern,
lib IL; No. 2 Northern, $1.O9 IA q
Lola. Oats--No. 3 white, 20 5-Sc.
Duluth, March 10. - Wheat-No. 1,
Northern, $1.10 IL; No. Northern,
s1.O4 1-2@1.O8; fax, $1.39; rye. 70 he.
Milwaukee, March 12.-Wheat--No
Northern. s1,15; No. Northern,
$1o9@112, Rye-No. 1, SO 1-2@s4c.
Barley-No. 2, 51c. Oats-standard,
80 lie. Corn--No. 8, As 1-2046c.
Chicago, March 12.-Wheat---No. 2
red. $1.15 1-2@1.17 IL: No. 8 red, $1.10
Oils; No. 2 hard. $114@116; No. 8
hard, $1.o6@1.14 IL; No. l Northern,
$1.15 1-4@1.18 No. Q Northern,
$1.10@1.15 IA. Corn No. 2, 46 a
4s Lac. oats-No. 2, 31@31 lac.
sioux City, IOWA, MaTCn Il.--Cattle
-Beeves, .$3.50@5.10; COWS, bulls and
mixed, $2.2503.50; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.75@3.e0; calves and yearlings,
$2.25 q 1926. Hogs - Bulk, $465 a
4.70.
Chicago, March 12- Cattle-Go to
prime steers, $5.75@6.3o; stockers and
feeders, 1920 q 4; cows, $1.40 a a.;
heifers. 81 a s; calves. $3.50 q CTS.
Hogs - Mixed and butchers, $4.75 a
s; bulk, $4.9o05. Sheep Good to
choice wethers. $3.50 q $50: native
lambs, $5.75 @ 1876: Western lambs,
$5.75@7.95.
South st. Paul, March 12.-Cattie-
Good to choice steers, $4.s5 a 5.75;
good to choice cows and heifers, $2.75
"a; butcher bulls. $25o@3.25: veals.
$2@4.90; good to choice stock steers,
$2.75@3.65; good to choice mich
cows, s3o@40. Hogs = Range price,
$4.4O@465; bulk, s4.5O@4.6o. Sheep
Good to choice lambs, $6.75 q Z rs:
fair to good, 1925 q 6.7b; good te
choice yearling wethers, $5.25@6.25:
good to choice ewes, $z6505.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
NEWS OF THE STATE.
FIRST SETTLERS OF 1905 HERE.
immigration Movement Started by the
Fine Weather.

immigration Movement Started by tho
Fine Weather.
The fine, spring-like weather has
caused the influx of new settlers to
the farm lands of South Dakota to
commence unusually early New set
tiers, in addition to coming in small
parties, are also arriving by the train
load.
An entire train, consisting of twenty
six cars of settlers and their effects,
passed through Sioux Falls for the in
terror of the state. The train arrived
on the Milwaukee road and the immf-
four cars were loaded with household
goods, stock and farm machinery,
while the remaining car, a coach,
was filled with the men, women and
children of the party.
Last fall the men visited Sanborn
ination of the lands in that part of
the state purchased a large acreage.
They are convinced that the land is
just as productive as that in Wiscon-
sin, which is held at three and four
times the price they were compelled
this state. They bought the land in
one body and will form settlement of
their own.
Other localities in the state report
the arrival of new settlers, and before
May l several thousand will have ar
rived
A final settlement of the estate of
Isaac 'Hoge, which included over 2S,-
600 acres of land in South Dakota, ex-
tensive tracts in North Dakota and
Iowa and about 5000 acres in Illinois,
has been effected by u S. G. Cherry,
who has just returned from Brown
county, where the final steps in i'm
portant litigation were taken. The
land in the aggregate is valued at more
than $1,000.000. Mr.. Hoge left will
by which he bequeathed life interest
in his property to his grandchildren.
who were his only heirs. These heirs
were Charles E. Hatcher, until about
year ago resident of Sioux Falls, and
his brother
According to the terms of the will
the property was to be placed in the
hands Of trustees, who were to pay
over to the heirs the rents and profits
from the estate. This was unsatisfac-
tor yto the two heirs, who engaged Mr..
Cherry and contested the instrument
before Judge Whiting of the Ninth cir
cult They succeeded in breaking the
will and securing absolute ownership
Of the property.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
FOR CONSIDERATION
BY THE THOUGHTFUL.
A Tribute to Weather Conditions
In Western Canada.

During the early portion Of Febru-
airy. of this year. the middle and
Western States suffered severely with
the intense cold and winters storms
Trains were delayed, cattle Suffered,
and there was much general hardship.
While this was the case, throughout
Western Canada, now attracting so
much attention, the weather was per-
feet.
One correspondent writes, I'VE are
enjoying most beautiful weather, the
gentlemen are going to church with
out top coats, while the ladies require
no heavier outer clothing than that
afforded by light jackets. In contrast
with this it is interesting to read in .
st Paul paper OF 18th February the
following, in double head lines, and
large bold-faced type:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
LINE TO MYSTIC BY AUGUST.
Rapid city's Territory spurred by New
Enterprise,

Rapid City's Territory Spurred by New
Enterprise.
The grading outfit of Robinson, Viii.
His & Detwiller arrived last week at
Mystic from st. Louis for the purpose
l Of commencing the grading work on
/ the line Of the Missouri River & North.
western Railway company between
Rapid City and Mystic The grading
Ills to be finished by July Is, and the
| rails are to be laid by the first of Au-
gust. Mystic will be made the head
quarters of the grading outfit, since
|the Missouri River & Northwestern
has a traffic contract with the Burling.
ton.
Rapid City is commencing to COM
prehend the Importance of this rail-
road Business has commenced to in
crease already, and the smaller min
ing camps like Pactola and Silver City
are the liveliest in their history New
are being put up at Mystic,
and people are living in tents along
che right of way f.the new road. Own
ers of mining claims are doing much
work preparatory to
placing their properties on the market.
This work has already resulted in I'M
towering several rich veins of ore, the
best discovery being that of the Nor
how brothers, who have opened up a
vein of gold, silver and an
aimony averaging $165 across the face
zpf the drift.
The district that will be opened by
Shis road is twenty-five miles long,
Following Rapid river, and eight to fif-
&een miles in width. The ore will be
free milling and smelling, and Rapid
City men are already making plans
FOR the erection of reduction mills in
Ahat city.
The first company to be organized
Dat Silver City is the Black Hills Elec-
Eric Power and Mining company of
Chicago, which owns 1900 acres. in
eluding the townsite of Silver City.
This company will install Immediately
b large hydraulic plant with which to
work the placer gravel found in a 200
sacre tract near by. 1t will also put in
d water-power plant with 5,000-horse
power capacity. 1t is expected that
bone remarkable strikes of gold and
Silver ore will be made as a result OF
ahe unusual amount of development
work now in progress.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
OFFICIAL FUNERAL HELD.
Senate Holds Services in Honor Of the
Late Senator Bate.

Senate Holds Services in Honor Of the
Late Senator Bate.
Washington March 12.--The only
legislative business transacted in the
senate yesterday was in relation to
the death of Senator Bate OF Tennes.
see On motion of Mr.. German. the
vice president appointed Messrs. Pet.
tus and Overman on the committee to
accompany the remains Of Senator
Bate to his home In Tennessee. in
place OF Messrs. Berry and Blackburn,
who We're unable to serve. Mr.. Cor.
man introduced resolution providing
for the payment Of the funeral ex
penses of Senator Bate, which was i'm.
mediately adopted On motion of Mr..
Cullom. the senate at 1907 went into
executive session.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16

Judge j. w. Fowler of Deadwood
has word that his son, ]. w, Jr., who
is the youngest student in the law de-
partment of the Michigan university,
received nearly the highest standing.
Thirty students failed to pass, and 100
were conditioned on their standing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-16
POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY.
The Senate Desires an Opinion From
Supreme Court.

Denver, Colo, March 12.-Further
consideration of the Peabody-Adams
gubernatorial contest has been post
poned by the general assembly unit
Monday next for the purpose of OBJ
tanning an opinion from the state ST
preme court as to the right of the
joint convention to declare a vacancy
in the Office of governor, and the eff
fects of such an action. Three ques-
tons were yesterday submitted to the
court, the answers to which may have
an important bearing on tie decision
OF the contest.