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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
SANTA CLAUS At GILT EDGE.
Eagles Arrange for a Christmas Tree
at the Mining Camp.

Gilt Edge, Mont, Dec. 21.-The
merchants have put in large stock
Of Christmas goods and all are doing
a good business. E. J. Rule has one
of the finest lines of candies. cigar
and other Christmas goods ever seen
in Git Edge. V. Caraway, who always
carries large stock of goods. has
fine line of boys clothing and large
line of useful Christmas goods. A.
Schneider, the butcher has a fine line
Of meats, turkeys, geese, ducks, chick
ems, fresh oysters and all other things
in his line which the market affords.
Mrs B. Finley and son, of Fair
field, Iowa, arrived here this week to
visit her sister, Mrs. A. P Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Fields, of Magin-
mis-, were in town shopping Ihis week.
V. Langdoc and s. N. Langdoc, Of
Maiden, were visitors here this week.
Fl. M. Rae left for the east this
week. and will spend the holidays
with friends in New York.
For while it looked as If the
children of Gilt Edge would have no
Christmas tree this year, as no one
seemed willing to undertake the work
of getting up treat for the children.
So at the last meeting of Gilt Edge
Aerie No. 375, F. o. f. 500 was voted
for the purpose of giving a treat to
the children. A committee was ap-
pointed and others volunteered their
services, hence all possible will be
done to see that Santa" remembers
the little ones. The amount Of $40
was also voted for the orphans home,
to assist in providing a pleasant day
for the homeless of our state.
80 ILL.,,
F. A. Barnes is general manager. has
a full and up-to-date line of goods,
also a line of Christmas goods, which
he purchased while on his recent east
ern trip.
Mrs. N .Belanger, the oldest merch-
ant in this section of the country, as
usual, carries large line of Christ
mas goods and patrons will find many
beautiful and useful articles to select
from.
NJ. M. O'Brien has returned from
Zortman, where he was for several
months looking after some mining
property.
Remember the Eagles Christmas
tree and the Eagles dance on Christ
mas night.
Mrs. J. A. Turnblade was called to
Kendall Monday on account of the
death of her mother.
A drunken man went to many of the
houses in town last Wednesday even
ing and frightened the women. The
deputy sheriff was soon on his trail
and provided quarters for him in the
lookup.
A large number of ranchers have
been in town this week making holi-
day purchases and the stores report
their sales unusually large.
The Gilt Edge Mercantile company
has the largest store in this section
of the country, and one of the finest
displays Of Christmas goods ever seen
in the town. and there is no occasion
for any one 10 send away for any
thing in the Christmas goods line.
The store has several departments,
each of which carries a large stock,
such as groceries. boots and shoes.
gents furnishings and ladies' depart
ment.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
ST. PAUL LINE
IN MONTANA
Now Certain That Company viii
Build Through Fergus County on
Way to the Coast.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Are Filed With Secretary Of State at
Helena-Pro0ress on Great Nor
thern Survey.

Helena, Dec. 21-Articles of incor-
poration of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway company Of Mon.
tana were filed with Secretary Of State
Yoder under the laws Of Montana to-
day. The company has an authorized
capital stock Of $2,000,0O0, and the
directors are e. D. Sewall, of iMnne
apolis; P. H. Scanlan, Of Butte; George
s. Shelton, Of Butte; Charles e. Vir-
mum, of Chicago, and ]. r. Dicken.
son, of Chicago. Butte is to be the
principal place of business of the cor
poration.
Dissipates All Doubt.
The filing of these papers dissipates
all doubt as to the building of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul system from its
present western terminus at Evarts,
8. D., to the Pacific coast. Seattle pre-
sumably being the western terminus.
as in that city the company is known
to have purchased large tracts of
land for terminal purposes.
A line drawn from Evarts t. Seat
tie shows that the new line will ira
verse Montana for a distance Of more
than 700 miles, thus materially adding
to the railroad mileage of the state.
That it will be the means of building
up and developing large section of
the state heretofore practically with
out railway facilities, admits Of no
doubt.
Will Tap Fergus County.
The road will traverse the follow
ing counties: Custer, Rosebud, Car
bon, Yellowstone, Fergus, Meagher,
Sweet Grass, Park, Gallatin, Broad
water, Jefferson. Madison. Silver
Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell, Granite and
Ravalli. The fee received for filing
the articles was 1899.
1t is known that the heads of the
company regard Fergus county as one
of the most valuable sections it will
tap in view of it's great prospective
tonnage.
There have been reports in the state
press that the Milwaukee would take
over the Montana railroad and make
use of that property as portion of it's
main line, but this is regarded as con-
lecture in railroad quarters, as the
surveys throughout the state have
not as yet been completed.
The Great Northern Survey.
Reports from the field show that
the Great Northern survey is being
pushed along rapidly. w. c. Smith,
the engineer who was in from the
vicinity of Stanford this week, ex.
pressed entire satisfaction with the
progress made and the status of the
project, but, of course, could not give
out any information as to the com
pany's plans in detail for publication
There is no change, however, in the
plan announced some time ago in the
local papers to begin construction
work just as early in the spring as
possible.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

visit in this section. She made many
friends among those whom she met
in this section, and the news of her
demise caused deep regret. Mrs
Stephenson was 65 years of age. Be
sides the son at Zortman, two more
Richard and William, reside in Wis
consin. The daughters are Mrs.. viii
liam MCLEAN, Mrs. c. B. Curtis, Mrs
John Stapleton, Of Moore, Mrs. J. A.
Turnblade, of Gilt Edge, and Mrs.
Henry Parent, of Kendall.
Rev. w. A. Winters delivered feel
ing address at the funeral, and the
interment took place at the cemetery
in this city.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
Christmas Music at St. James Church

The following is the program of
the music to be sung at the Episcopal
church at the 10:30 service ON Christ
mas day:
Morning prayer.
Opening hymn, 80, Come, All Ye
Faithful"
Venite, Chant "a (Robinson).
TIE Deum, Jackson.
Benedictus, Chant 1O2 (GarretD.
Holy communion.
Introit hymn, Christians. Awake"
Kyrie Eleison, Tuckerman.
Gloria Tibi, Paxton.
Hymn befc ee sermon, while Shep-
herds Watched"
Offertory, "The Angels Song"
Ter Sanctus, from the Ely service
book
Gloria in Excelsis, Ellwanger.
Nunc Dimittis, Chant 260 (Tonus
Regius).
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
FUNERAL OF MRS. STEPHENSON.
Woman Of Noble Character 10 Called
$n AAe RASasaPd

to Her Reward.
A large number of mourning relativ-
es and friends attended the funeral
of the late Mrs. Moses Stephenson,
which was held from the First Meth
odist church Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Stephenson came here from Green
Bay, Wisconsin, last September, in
tending to spend the winter with her
daughters, five of whom are residents
of this county, while son. James
Stephenson, resides at Zortman. Her
illness was brief, the immediate cause
Of death being hemorrhage of the
brain. She had been a widow for
ave years, and greatly enjoyed her
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
Christmas at the Presbyterian Church

Christmas at the Presbyterian Church.
The Christmas tree and entertain
ment will be at the church Saturday
evening at 1880. This is for the fam
lilies connected with our Sunday
school,
The pastor will preach a Christmas
sermon in the morning at IL and the
choir will sing appropriate music. The
evening service will be largely musical
and the chorus choir will sing.
HENRY QUICKENDEN, Pastor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
MURDERER SAYS HE EXPECTS TO PAY PENALTY

Forgvenesssays
Young
Ar
Details All
Murder of amue
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
innocent Men Wronged.

Il deeply regret having involved all
these innocent men in this horrible
affair. and have personally asked each
one of them to FORGIVE me. They
have done so. did not intend to pro-
coed along that line after I had ex.
onerated the colored man, Mccoy. It
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
OWES MORE THAN 1T EVER HAD
The Enterprise National Bank
Wreck Mt Allegheny. Pa, the
Worst ON Record.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 31.-The Post
says: "If every penny of the 100 per
cent assessment against the stock Of
the Enterprise national bank is paid,
the depositors will not get more than
10 cents on the ST. That is the opinion
of the government officials at Wash
ington, to whom the corps Of federal
experts at work here on the banks con-
dition have reported.
Startling facts as to the extent Of
the failure have developed. The de-
parement officials brand it as the worst
wreck on record Not only does it ap-
pear that every asset of the institu-
ton was borrowed or stolen, but
through the rehypothecation Of notes
and securities the bank owes in excess
of everything it ever had
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
VICTIMS OF SAVAGE ATTACK
Rear-AdmiraI Train, U. s. n, and
His Son Attacked by Chinese
While Hunting.

London, Oct. 31.-A dispatch to the
Evening Standard from Shanghai says
that Rear Admiral Train, commander
in-chief of the American Asiatic
squadron, and his son, Lieut.. Train,
have been victims of savage attack
by Chinese outside of Nankin
The American officers were pheasant
shooting when the admiral accident
ally shot a Chinese woman, slightly in
juring her. Hundreds of villagers
thereupon surrounded the officers, took
away their guns, knocked the admiral
down in the mud and held Lieut.. Train
as q hostage,
Forty American marines, landed as
a rescue party, were attacked by a
mob of Cinnamon, who tried to pitch
fork the officers. The marines were
obliged to fire twice. The Chinese Of
ficials refused to restore the officers
guns, and support the villagers,
Nankin has been active in the move
ment for boycotting American goods,
and is the center of activity on the
part of the Japanese students.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02

THE BANDITS MADE DAD DO THE
COOKING
mad at dad and said: You think you
are smart, don't your and then she
was taken to jail, and dad and took
an account of the stuff we robbed the
bandits of, and found we had several
hundred dollars, and besides, dad filed
a claim against Greece for half mil
lion dollars, for lacerated feelings, and
left it with the consul to collect, so
If you ever hear of American warships
going to Greece, you will know what is
the matter.
"The next morning the soldiers came
into Athens with the bandits tied to
mules, and they threatened to kill dad
on sight, so we skipped out put dad
got his pants back, and SO he didn't
have to sail with petticoats on, but
whenever dad meets Greek gentle
man around home here it is all can
do to keep him from robbing the
Greek. Say, give me another slice OF
| that cheese" and the bad boy got up
and stretched himself and yawned.
The old groceryman looked at the
bad boy for a minute, and, then said:
"Either your father ought 10 be in
the penitentiary or else you are the
condemndest liar in America"
Iron County register., 1905-11-02

America that was going to buy the
Acropolis and move it to the United
States and make it over into morgue,
and that he didn't care for expense,
for he was the richest man in the
world.
well, we looked things over, like
all tourists do, and we went to Mars
Hill, where Paul preached, and dad
read up on Paul, and offered to bet
that Paul could give cards and spades
to any preacher and then beat him
preaching, and the next night we went
to the place where Socrates and Plato
taught school, and some of the Greeks
had watched us pretty close, and just
after dark, as we were walking around,
beautiful woman, like Greek statue
rose up before us, with white robe on
and she went up to dad and claimed his
protection, as she was being pursued
by robbers, and she cuddled up to dad.
At first we thought she was a ghost,
but when she touched dad, and clung
to him, he said she was warm all
right, and was no ghost, and he told
her not to worry, as she was under
the protection of the American flag.
and he would stand by her till hades
| froZe over, and he put his left arm
around her and drew his revolver.
can remember the scene as though it
was last night, and how that Greek
woman clung to dad, and thanked him.
and she smiled a smile full of teeth
and red lips, and then she looked out
into the moonlight and screamed:
There they come" and she tainted
in dads arms, and then we were sur
rounded by about dozen Greek ban
with long crooked daggers, and one
fellow that seemed to be the chief
put crooked knife to dads throat
and dad turned blue and said what
are you going to do, but they didn't
say anything, but took us to a cave
where the woman got over her faint.
ing spell, and then they dressed dat
up in white petticoat, and these long
socks such as ballet dancers wear, ant
we all got on to small mules and start
ed for the mountains and rode al
night.
Say, dad was a picture. The Greeks
are small men, and they look all righ
in petticoats, but dad was so fat hi
looked swelled up, and even the null
noticed it, and the girl, who was OF
the white mule, laughed at dad, ant
she could talk English, and she tolt
.. dad that the bandits only wanted hi
money, and they wouldn't hurt him i
he gave up million or SO. 1t provet
that she was one of the gang, ant
; dad and held consultation, and w
decided to give her letter to tn
American consul at Athens, authorizin
him to give her a carload of none
;; for ransom, and in the letter da
wound up with postscript telling tn
: consul not to give confounded cent
but to arrest her and send troops t
Iron County register., 1905-11-02

made me dance, and dad kept saying
Let's have one more on me, and they
drank until the whole crowd was
stupefed, and dad acted as though he
was drunken than any of them, but
when they all got asleep, and | began
to cry, and wish was dead, dad woke
up and said: Now l wont do a
thing to your Creeks and he went
around to the sleeping bandits and
took all their knives and all their
money, and he took off the petticoat
they had given him to wear and tied
blanket around his waist, and he
tied their legs together with strings
off the saddles of the mules, and just
before daylight on the second morning
dad and got on the biggest mule and
started down the trail, and when we
struck level ground we mauled that
mule and he got move on him and
went across that prairie on~a hop.
skip and jump, and only touched the
high places.
"Along towards noon we saw dust
IN tne ROAD aneau, ana pretty soon we
met a mess of Greek soldiers with the
American consul at the head. and told
them where the bandits were, drunk
and with their legs tied, and the con
sui and some soldiers went back to
Athens with us, and the rest of the
troops went on after the bandits. We
got to Athens before night, and found
the woman under guard in the con-
sul's office, and when she saw dad
and he told her how he had ii ed the
bandits, she cried, and said size wasn't
to blame, and wanted to hug dad, bu'
he said: Nay, nay, Pauline, and
then she said he was no gentleman
because the consul did not pay the ran
som, and dad told her he wrote to the
consul not to cough up and she looked
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
Jans know Good Music

Picking up menu card of hotel
in Yokohama, one sees thereon a mu-
sic programme, made up entirely ct
compositions by Beethoven, Flotow,
Haydn, Strauss and List. Which
proves that the Japanese know good
music and evidently like it, else the
hotel management would not make up
it's programme from composers Of this
grade. This is an Improvement on the
American taste, which goes in for
''ragtime' or such chaste works as
'BedeIia," Smoky Mokes," "The st.
Louis Tickle" The more we hear
and see OF Japan and its people the
more we are inclined to the view that
in many respects they represent O
higher degree Of civilization than
boastful America and Americans have
yet reached
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
Corpse in Burning Buggy.

Bert Joiner, Grundy county farmer,
was found dead in his buggy three
miles north of Trenton. The buggy was
on fire, ard all the clothing had been
burned off the dead man. Foul play is
suspected, although no visible marks
appear on the body. Joiner's revolver
lay in the buggy, with one cartridge
exploded. Joiner was held up on the
same road recently by a negro and a
white man, whose purpose was sup
posed to be robbery. He exchanged
shots with them and received bullet
hole in the shoulder of his coat, finally
routing them.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
To Suffer from Constipation, Bowel
and Stomach Trouble.

O. What is the beginning Of sickness!
A. Constipation.
O. What is Constipation!
A. Failure of the bowels to carry on
the waste matter which lies In the all
mentarv canal where it decays and pot
sens the entire system. Eventually the
,esul.s are death under the name OF some
other disease. Note the deaths IRON ",
rhoid fever and appendicitis, stomach ana
bowel trouble at the present time.
q. What causes ConstiI alton! :,
<. Neglect TO respond to the call Of
Nature promptly. Lack OF exercise. Elk,
cessve brain work. Mental emotion and
improper diet.
8. What are the results of neglected
Constipation?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease l. causes Theuma-
tIsm. colds, fevers, stomach, bowel, KID
ney, lung and heart troubles, etc. IL is
the one disease that starts all others. IN.
digestion, dyspepsia, diarrhea, loss Oh
sleep and strength are It's symptoms
piles, appendicitis, and fstula, are causea sa
| bv Constipation. It's consequences are
known to all physicians, but lew sui
ferers realize their condition until It is
| too late. Women become confirmed IN
yalids as a result of Constipation.
! @. Do physicians recognize TINS!
A. Yes. The first question your, doctor
ASK you is "are YOU constipated! mat
/ is the secret.
@. Can it be cured? MI,
A, Yes, with proper treatment. Inc
common error is to resort to physics, sucn
as pills, salts, mineral water, castor OIL, m
jections, etc., every. one OF which Is IN
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by your own ex-
perience. $40
A. Get bottle of MulIs Grape, Ionic
at once. Mull's Grape Tonic Will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach trou-
bic in the shortest space OF time. NO
other remedy has been known to cure
Constipation positively and permanently.
(. II is a Compound containing 40 per
cent Of the Juice of Concord grapes. 1t ex.
erts a STRENGTHENING, healing influence
unon the intestines, so that they can dc
their work unaided. The process is grad
nal but sure. 1t is not physic. 1t Is
unlike anything else you have ever used
but it cures Constipation, dysentery, stom
ach and bowel trouble. Having rich
fruity grape favor, it is pleasant to take
AS a tonic it is unequaled, lnsurlng the
system against diseases. 1t strengthens ano
builds up waste tissue:
o. Where can MulPs Grape Tonic bt
A. Your druggist sells it. The dolial
hottie contains nearly three times the 5o
cent size.
Good for aling children and ,nursinf
mothers. A Free Bottle to all who hayt y,
never used it, because we know 1t vii
cure YOU.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
The Dead.

Roy Stafford, Cleveland, o.
Lee D. Montgomery, Linneus, Mo.
James Seymour, Richmond, Mo.
John McGregor, Santa Fe engin
Ger, Fort Madison, la.
Max Schneider, New York.
]. F. Capps, baggageman, Chicago.
Carl Emil Tornlund, immigrant,
Brooklyn
Donate Depomazio, immigrant from
Naples.
Rocco Dipomazeo, immigrant from
Naples.
Luther Richardson, colored waiter,
Chicago.
William Harrison, colored porter,
Chicago. ....
Adrian Peattent, immigrant from
Worthing. England.
J. B. Whittemore, Carrollton, Mo.
Most of the injured were in the
smoker.
The dead and injured were brought
to this city with the uninjured passen-
gers In the cars which remained on the
track, and the passengers whose desti-
nation was west of Kansas City pro-
ceeded on their journey Most Of the
. passengers who were going to the far
west escaped injury, as few Of them
were in the cars which were derailed
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
MOUNT vESUVlUS CRACKED
A Great Fissure Made In the Cone,
Through which Incandescent
Lava Is Pouring.

Naples, Oct. 31.-It is reported from
the observatory Of Mount Vesuvius
that constant explosions have shat
tered the cone of the summit.
The explosions occur every half min
ute, and are increasing in volume.
A constant stream of incandescent
lava is pouring through lateral fis-
sure In the cone.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02

rescue us. asked dad what he was
going to do IL she didn't come back
and the bandits decided to kill us, and
he said never you mind, your papa
will get out of this all right, and he
did.
"rhe woman went away with a let
ter she could not read, but which she
told dad how to write, and then the
bandits made. dad do the cooking for
the bunch, and he put SO much salt
in the food that 1t made ,hem all
thirsty, and they sent one of the ban
dts to vineyard, where he got sew
eral pig skins full Of wine and brandy,
and that night they sung songs, and
made dad sing Hot Time, and they
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
says wife,s Hair Z. valuable.

lola, Kas., Oct. Binary Goddard's
husband has brought suit of replevin
against Levi Harrington to secure a
lock Of Mrs. Goddard's hair, which, it
is alleged, Mr. Harrington secured by
stealth. Goddard also asked that he
be awarded damages the rate of 81
per hair.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
New Relgian Territory.

Though Belgium has an area of but
1873 square miles. which is less than
one-fourth the size of the state OF
New York, and population of only
6,5O0,0OO, it has accomplished within
20 years mighty task, opening up to
the world a vast territory covering an
area of S0O,OOO,0OO square miles with a
native and white population of about
3O,OO0,000.
Iron County register., 1905-11-02

ensky fleet The japanese torpedo boats attacked the uss
ships after they wrecked by the I2n Togos oncads
That battle has proved than the superiority OF baesp
and has the torpedo where belongs class of auxiliary weapons
which be used effectively only under certain conditions
The policy of the United States is to keep building rstcas
baesps We will come believe great turbine roncads
ryng patterns of 2nch guns and three-nch guns
We hardly stop till have baesps and naval force OF
at least hold and defend the Philippines
Hawaii and Porto o protect Cuba and make the Panama canal
when it is built
We can't mprovse force like that 1t will take years make it.
Some will the warfare with powerful
naoperaps than naoand then must be ready not
only with ships but with What do you suppose Russia would have
been willing for the eight besps of squadron she could
have them few weeks ago? She could have paid
30 times what they and yet they would have been cheap That's
the look this naval situation President Roosevelt has it right
No great nation afford be unprepared for Defeat
costly
Iron County register., 1905-11-02
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of "Pecks Sum-" Author of
''Peck's Bad Boy" etc)
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles)
We'll, suppose you have got your
European airs worn off, SO you can
come down to plain American living
again." said the old groceryman to the
bad boy when he came into the grocery
with kerosene can, and sat down on
the barrel of dried apples, and reached
into the barrel of lump sugar, and filled
his pocket. The old man had just cut
a new cheese, and he sliced off thin
piece of cheese and laid it on big
square cracker and handed It to the
boy, saying: Just lay that inside
your ribs and tell me if you got any
thing to eat in Europe that could hold