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Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

anges, valued at 100000 come an
nually out of Florida. And when one
learns that it will require $4,000 re-
frtgerator cars to move the California
crop this year the figures begin to as
sumo startling proportions.
The country is raising and market
ing annually $3OO,0OO,OOO worth of ap-
pies. Its strawberries are worth $780,
100000; its peaches approximately
three times as much. Melons are mar
keted each year to the extent of sever
al mililOnaires' fortunes, and even the
lcwly huckleberry, which can be hard
ly classed among the marketable
fruits of the country, is picked and
sold and paid for with $5,OOO,OOO of
good United States money.
And these are only a few of the
items of the grand total of the fruit
production of the country. In fact the
growth of production and marketing
of fruits of all kinds in this country
has developed to such an extent that
the United States is now emphatically
the fruit country of the world Califor-
MIA is at the present time supplying
every market in the United States with
oranges at price which precludes all
possibility of foreign competition.
Ships are bearing thousands Of boxes
OF this fruit from the Golden Gate
half way around the world to the
markets of Europe. and yet forty years
ago orange growing as commercial
pursuit was unknown here.
What California is doing is also
being done by other western states
along the Rocky mountains and west.
ward to the coast. While this is not
true of oranges. it is true of all other
fruits. Peculiar climate makes this
possible. For the poor man it is a
question of acreage values where he
will begin his orchard building.
He cannot go to California because
orange lands are worth as high as ST.
900 and $1,000 an acre. Oregon and
Washington lands are rapidly increas-
ing to prohibitive values The inter
mountain states present the only real
opportunity now for the man of small
means. because in these states his
tory will repeat itself in the next few
years as in the case of California and
yet there are cheap lands still to be
had in the Rocky mountain Valleys
The Western HOmeseeker.
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

Most assuredly and emphatically the
people of Montana have not been in.
cluded in these benefactions and have
not shared in their advantages in the
least Why?
A substantial reduction Of freight
rates was made to the shippers of
grain in North Dakota. South Dakota
and Minnesota this year by the Great
Northern and other railways in those
states. Montana was again excluded
from such benefactions. Why?
The Great Northern Railway com.
pany has been operating and doing
business in Montana for less than
twenty years. During the first five
years after it's advent into this state
there were some slight reductions in
freight rates. At that time there was
thern and Northern Pacific railways
for Montana business. But during
the past fifteen years there has been
but little If any competition between
those railroads. freight rates have mot
been reduced and on some wares
freight rates are actually higher than
fiften years ago. These are indisput-
able facts. They cannot be success
lully COutTOVeTCeu.
In Montana. at least, there has been
no reduction of freight rates on the
Great Northern road from 2.59 cents
ton per mile to .792 cents ton
per mile. There has been no reduction
of rates during the past year Of .1Ol
cents a ton per mile, nor any other
reduction that the public is aware Of.
The present freight rates in Montana
on the Great Northern railway vary
from two or three cents to fifteen
ficents ton per mile, instead of being
..92 cents ton per mile, as claimed
to be the general average of the
Great Northern rates during the past
year. This difference is astonishing.
It is unreasonable, unwararnted and
unjust. 1t really means bleeding
and mulcting of the people of Montana
for the benefit of the c-,izens of Min.
Eesota, the Dakotas, Washington and
Oregon. If it be not rank and unjust
discrimination, what is it?
The average freight rate Of the
Great Northern system a ton per mile
is alleged to be .792 cents. The av-
erage for Montana on that same rail-
way system, excluding the great min
iEg, coal and lumber companies, must
be in the neighborhOod of from 3 to
cents ton per mile. Will the Great
Northern please figure out it's average
in Montana. excluding the exceptions
above mentioned, and publish the re-
suit for the benefit of the people of
this state? After such calculation has
been made, will President Hill please
come to Montana with such figures
end explain to our people just why
they should pay from three to five
times the average freight rates usual
ly charged by his railway lines to 9th.
er people in other states?
An understanding could thus be
reached If Mr.. Hill can demonstrate
satisfactorily why Montana shippers
should pay many times the average
freight rates charged to other ship
pers elsewhere, there will be more
satisfactory and agreeable relations
between his railway and the people
of Montana.
The people of this state are long
suffering, patient, slow to wrath, per
verse, curious and possessed of de-
sire ito be shown"
If Brother Hill will come to Mon
tana, meet and mingle with our citf.
zens and justify and make clear to
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
Railroad Discrimination Against Mon
tana.


In announcing it's policy last Friday,
under its new ownership and manage.
ment, this paper undertook to say that
pie were victims Of unjust and unrea-
sonable discrimination in the way of
railway freight rates, and that it would
strive and bend every effort to obtain
justice for our people in that behalf.
BY an unfortunate jumbling of the
type this declaration was puIverized
and rendered undistinguishable. but
it is desired to her make it especially
emphatic and unmistakable.
The president of the Great Northern
railway company takes pleasurable
pride in announcing that during the
past twenty-five years his railroad has
reduced freight rates most radically
and substantially. He says that dur
ing that period the average rate a ton
per mile has been reduced from 2.59
cents to 1872 cents. This statement
he has repeated many times at state
and county fairs in Minnesota, Dakota.
" ashington and Oregon, and at the
stockholders meeting of the Great Nor.
thern. He also boasts that during the
past year the freight rate on his rail-
way has been reduced .101 cents ton
per mile, a reduction of over II per
cent from that charged the preceding
year.
The Record is not going to question
these figures or doubt their accuracy.
II such reductions have been made,
they are commendable and greatly
beneficial to that portion of the great
Northwest that has participated there.
in and enjoyed the benefits thereof
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
PROPOSALS for Fuel,

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board Of County Commission
ers of Fergus county, Montana, up to
2 O'Clock p. m. Wednesday, the 9th
day of December. 1905, for the fur
nishing of coal to be used at the
court house and Jail at Lewistown,
from the 1st day of January, 1906, to
the 31st day of December, 1906, inclu-
sive. Said coal to be first-class lump
coal, clean and free from slate and
to be furnished at such times and in
such quantities as may be needed.
F. ]. HAZEN,
Clerk of the Board of County Com
missiOners.
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FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS. NOVEMBER 10, 1915

Board of New 6outh Wales, Australia,
had an analysis mane Of all the cough
medicines that were sold in that mar.
ket. Out Of the entire list they found
only one that they declared was en-.
tirely free from all poisons. This ex-
ception was Cnamberlain's Cough
Remedy, made Dy the Chamberlain
Medicine company, Des Moines, Iowa,
U. 8. A. The absence of all narcot.
les makes this remedy the safest and
best that can be had; and it is with
a feeling Of security that any mother
can give 1t to her little ones. Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy is especial.
ly recommended BY its makers for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough. This remedy is for sale by
all drugisgts. Ch.
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Certificate Of co-Partner rship.

Certificate Of Co-Partnershtp.
We, the undersigned, Archibald Hop
kins and William H. Hopkins, of Lew
istown, Montana, do hereby certify
that we have agreed to continue the
co-partnership Of A. Hopkins & Sons,
of which we have been members, and
to continue the transaction and car
rying on of the general retail grocery
business of the said co-partnership
under the name and style of A. Hop
kins & Sons; that the principal place
of business of the said co-partnershfp
Is Lewistown, Fergus county, Mon
tana; that all the members of the said
co-partnership of A. Hopkins & Sons,
as the same is now constituted, are
the undersigned Archibald Hopkins.
whose place of residence is Lewis.
town, Montana, and William H. Hop
kins, whose place of residence is Lew
istown, Montana, and that the under
signed are the sole and only members
of the said co-partnership and no 9th
er person has any right to sign or use
the said co-partnership name.
Witness our hands this 9th day Of
October, 1905.
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
WILLIAM H. HOPKINS.
State of Montana, County of Fer
gus, S.
On this 9th day of October, 1905
before me, Edgar G. Worden, notary
public in and for Fergus county, Mon
tana, personally appeared Archibald
Hopkins and william H. Hopkins
known to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the forego
ing instrument and each of them &C
knowledged to me that he executed
the same.
In witness whereof. have hereunts
set my hand and affixed my notaria
seal the day and year in this certif
cate first above written.
(SeaD EDGAR g. WORDEN,
Notary Public in and for Fergus Coun
ty, Montana.
First publication Nov. 8.
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Notice Of Dissolution Of Co-Partner-
shin

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name of Elliot & Morrison,
formerly Of Highfield, Fergus county,
Montana, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent, the said Alexander
Morrison, member of said firm, with
drawing, and disposing of all his inter-
est to Mr. James B. Elliot.
In witness whereof, both parties
have hereunto subscribed their names
on this the 18th day Of October, 1905.
JAMES B. ELLIOT.
ALEXANDER MORRISON.
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Death Of ]. w. kinsIev.

Helena, Nov. o. A private telegram
received here today announces the
sudden death in Washington. d. c.,
last night Of ]. W. Kinsley, for many
years a resident OF Helena. Mr.. Kim
sley was a native OF Massachusetts
and a lawyer by profession. Early in
life he moved to Nevada and later
came to Montana. He then wen- to
Billings, where he conducted a paper
called "The Rustler."
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500 Reward. 800.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being constitutional disease.
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease. and giving the patient strength
~ building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer 800
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address r. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
sIuqaish Liver q Foe to Ambition

sluggish Liver FOE to Ambition.
You can not accomplish very much
II your liver is inactive as you feel
dull, your eyes are heavy and slight
exertion exhausts you. Orino Laxa-
tive Fruit Syrup stimulates the liver
and bowels and makes you feel bright
and active. Orino Laxative Fruit Syr-
up does not nauseate or gripe and is
mild and very pleasant to take. Orino
IS more effective than pills or ordinary
cathartics. Refuse substitutes. Will
son Drug company. Fo.
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Taxes Are Now Due.

Notice is hereby given that state.
county, district and city taxes for the
year 1905 are now due and payable
at the Office Of the county treasurer
of Fergus county and that II not paid
such taxes will become delinquent
at p. m. December LIST, 1905, and
that thereafter penalty of ten per
cent will be added. pursuant to stat
ute. f. P. CHANDLER,
County Treasurer Of Fergus County.
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Proposals. for Medical Attendance,

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of County Commission
ers of Fergus county. Montana, up to
2 O'Clock p. m. Wednesday. the 9Th
day OF December, 1905. from resident
practicing physicians for necessary
and usual medical attendance to the
sick. poor and infirm of the county
q, the county hospital and Jail, and
within radius of 20 miles of the
town of LewistOwn, from January 1st,
1906. to December 31st, 1906. inclu-
sive. Bids should also state the
charge to be made, per mile, for Wis.
its to patients outside the 20 mile rad
ius.
F. J. HAZEN.
Clerk of the Board OF County Com.
miSsiOnerS
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
Trial of Pat CroWe

Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 9.-The trial of
Pat Grove has been set for Monday
Dec. 4. He will be first tried on the
charge with intent to kill Officer Jack
son, who attempted to arrest man
on South Sixth street. alleged to have
been Grove
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

them this little matter of discrepancy
IN freight rates, he will confer a great
fovor upon US and add much to his
own prestige. Mr.. Hill may be right
and our own people wrong, but will
he please demonstrate that fact and,
by doing SO, nullify our protests
Helena Record.
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
Notice Of Increase Of the Number Of
Directors

Notice Of Increase Of the Number Of
Directors.
Notice is hereby given that the
Hedges Gold Mining & Milling COM
pany, corporation organized and ex-
listing under the laws of the State of
Montana, having obtained the consent
Of the holders of two-thirds Of it's cap
ital stock as required by law, will in
crease the number of it's board of d.
rectors from three to five members.
M. M. HEDGES, President.
Attest: j. w. HEDGES. Secretary.
(SeaD.
Dated at Lewistown, Montana, this
23rd day of October, 1905.
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WANTED.

WANTED-SEVENTY FIVE HEAD
of stock to winter. Good feed, shell
ter and water. Seventy five cents per
month. A. B. Sheldon, Lewistown.
11-10-6t.
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Favors Separate Statehood.

Washington; Nov. 8.-President
Roosevelt today informed a delega-
ton of residents of Oklahoma that he
would recommend in his forthcoming
message to congress single statehood
for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 80
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RambOuillet Rams for Sale

About 200 choice yearling and q
year-old Rambouillet rams for sale
at my ranch on Flatwillow. Prices
reasonable. Inspection invited. G.
w. Jordon, Foreman.
H. r. CLEMENT.
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

Wanted.
Cattle to winter. Address G. R.
Smith, Gilt Edge. tt
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

Millions In Western Fruit.
One has been long used to the ap-
palling statistics of the wheat, oat and
corn reports. but 1t is surprising to
read that over 100000 boxes Of or
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMEnTS.

One cent . word oaeh lnsertlon,
payable In advanee, for advertioemente
In THE eolumn. 70 not paid In advance
10 cents . line each lnoostlon.
Minimum charge for one insertion
26 conto.
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
No Poison In

No Poison In chamberiain's couah
Remedy.
From Napier, New Zealand, Her
aid: Two years ago the Pharmacy
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

ONE HUNDRED ONE AND TWO
year old Delaine and forty-hve Lin.
coln-Delaine rams for sale at S. each.
B. f. Lepper, Flatwillow. 10-31-4t.
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LOST.
TAKEN UP.
WANTEp-FEMALE HELP.

DINING ROOM GIRL WANTED AT
the Stevens hotel, Kendall. 11-3-4t
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
FOR GALE.

RANCH, 100 ACRES, NEAR TOWN,
we'll watered, $500. Enquire Of v.
Pulec, Lewistown. 1O.17-0
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

Child's Dress, made of fancy
suiting. Blouse front, surplice
effect yoke, side plaits, collar,
cuffs and belt of plain cashmere
to match. Finished with lace
insertion and silk braid. In red,
blue and brown. Sizes 6 to
12 SLIPS
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10
FOR RENT.

STORE ROOM, 81 96, PLATE
glass front, best location in Lewis
town. Inquire at Ross Mercantile Co.,
successors to Lewistown Commercial
Co. 2-16-tf
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

TWO FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
gentlemen only. Mrs. A. D. Hol-
man. 11-10-2tk
A NEAT THREE ROOM COTTAGE
in desirable part Of the city. For
further particulars apply at this Of
fee. tt
Fergus County argus., 1905-11-10

Russian Blouse, Made of very
best quality Melrose. Gibson
back. Front, collar and lapels
trimmed with red French fan
mel. Finished with black and
white silk piping. In red,
brown and tan. Sizes 3 to
5 $3.50
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31
Known in Grand Junction.

A special received by The Senti-
mel from Seattle. Wash. gives the
particulars of the tragic death of
John w. Miller, known to quite a
number of people in this city.
The special reads as follows:
Mayor Ballinger brought to this
city Tuesday the particulars of the
drowning of John William Miller
aged Is years. in Lake McAleer, on
his farm north of the city of Seat
tie, Saturday evening of last week
Five or six men were bathing i'm
the lake when young Miller appeared
ana with the remark, Here goes to
swim or sink made dive head first
into the lake
ITO the horror of the other per-
sons, he never came up. and two
hours later his body was recovered
with graphing hooks. His mouth
and nose were full of mud, and IL is
believed he struck the bottom of the
lake. The water is about Is feet
deep at the point where he was
drowned, and the bottom is soft
muck.
The young man had been work
ing on the farm only three days and
very little was known regarding his
past.
Mayor Ballinger. after diligent
inquiry, finally located this mother.
Mrs. A. E. Barrett. resident of Sc
attic, on Monday morning. The re-
mains were laid to rest i'm Seattle" 3"
The deceased is a brother of Mrs.
A. J. Ault, formerly of Grand juno
tion, and who is widely known here.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31

Miss Mamie Norine left today
for Montrose to attend the educa-
tional association.
Miss Pearl Osborne returned
yesterday from a pleasant outing at
the Osborne camp on Rhone creek.
Miss Luna Sanders of Durango
will arrive in the city today on a visit
to Miss Pearl Osborne at the latter's
home on North Fifth street.
Don't miss the vaudeville show
at the opera house tonight. Two
performances-one at and one at
$3.50 o'clock. Mr.. Handler has the
best vaudeville organization ever
brought to the city. Seats now sell
ing at Haskell's pharmacy. Prices,
1Oc, 20c and soc.
There was a very pretty social
affair at the Indian school last ev-
ening. number of the girls of the
school invited the young men to spend
the evening as their guests at a par
ty. Games of various kinds were
enjoyed and happy conversation and
other features so necessary to a pleas
ant social affair were in evidence,
and until late hour the young folks
hugely enjoyed themselves.
The three banks, the groceries,
the newspaper offices and many of
the other business houses of the city
were closed today between the hours
of o'clock and 2 O'Clock in order
to let the employees. and. by the way,
the proprietors and officials, too, at
tend the big show. During the hours
of the performance Main street was
a very quiet thoroughfare. The day
has really been holiday in Grand
Junction.
This summer the number of
tourists visiting Glenwood Springs is
far below the average. and the hotel
and rooming house proprietors, as
well as the business men in general.
are kicking. Many think that the
trouble lies in the fact that Glen
wood Springs does not AFFORD as many
entertainments and amusements for
the tourists as the town should or
to the extent a number of other Col
orado cities do.
The chance of a lifetime to Sc
cure good piano or organ at a great
saving of money. We are having a
clearing sale of a lot of new and sec
ond hand instruments on which we
have made ridiculously low prices to
clear them out. AS THEY MUST BE
SOLD. No reasonable offer refused
as to either price or terms. Call in
and be convinced. Vorbeck S Music
& Book Store, Fifth street near Main.
Agents for Denver Music Company
LoST-Ladies' gold watch; name of
Lille Phillips inside. Return to
this office.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31
% s@gs1s ss
Tho CIcrI,s Arn.irn

Saturday night five of the eight
registration clerks who will have
charge of the offices at Grand juno
ton arrived in the city over the Den
yer & Rio Grande, and We're met at
the union station by a committee
from the Chamber of Commerce.
The party was composed of H.
Wahly, chief clerk. w. B. Newman.
w. S. Bentley, f. c. Finney ana Z.
b. Strong, all of Washington.
sunday the three other clerks ar
rived over the Denver & Rio Grande.
The party has quarters at the La
Court hotel for the two weeks they
will be in the city.
With the clerks came the supplies
for the offices and the affidavit blanks
to be filled out before the notaries
public. These blanks will not be dis
uibuted to the various notaries pub
lie until Monday afternoon No af-
iidavit blanks other than those fur
nished by the national government
Will be authorized or accepted as le-
gal at the registration offices. The
supplies were sent into the city by
mail and weighed several tons.
1t is not known just when General
Land Commissioner Richards will
visit the city.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31
Some Official Information.

The matter of the formation of the
lines at the registration offices, when
the people shall gather to await their
turn, has been placed in charge of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The doors of the registration hall
(Auditorium) will be opened each
morning during the registration per-
iod at o'clock and close each even
ing at O'Clock.
Those first in line will be formed
accordingly; first come first served
Those in line at the close of each
day will be given numbers and dated
tickets for the following day only, en-
titling them to such places or posi-
tion as the numbers designate.
The line each day may be made up
in groups of ten. Whenever it be
comes necessary for some person to
leave the line his place will be pro-
tected by the other members of his
group or squad. This will not hold
good aftee the squad has entered the
building.
Ample toilet accommodations for
both men and women have been ar
ranged in the rear of the Auditorium.
Good drinking water can be OBJ
tanned at public fountains near the
Auditorium, and at other public foun-
tains throughout the city.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-31

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July 31.-An
investigation of the case of DIR. Geo.
T. Moore, Psychologist of the depart
ment of agriculture. who resigned
Friday, is to be made by the depart
ment of justice to determine whether
a prosecution is warranted by the
facts. This was clearly indicated in
the correspondence between the pres
ident and Secretary Wilson. 1t ap-
pears from this and the accompany
ing papers that the first suggestion
toward looking into the bureau in
which DR.. Moore was employed came
in a letter to President Roosevelt
from T. d. Harman, manager of the
National Stoclman & Farmer, under
date of July 10.