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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23

Aberdeen.
In accepting the tender Of the hos.
!. p.ta! in behalf OF Mother Joseph and
the Presentation Sisters, Bishop
O'Gorman extended his sincere
thanks to the advisory board and the
citizens of Mitchell for what they
had done so generously in contribut-
ing toward the institution. The
good Bishop took occasion to en-
| pllasize several points brought out
by Mr.. Preston concerning the nom
sectarianism OF the hospital and
that its doors would swing open to
any person OF whatever denomina-
tion or nationality, and that sick
ness would be the password which
would open the door. He referred
also to other questions showing the
extreme hroadness Of the institu-
tion. The bishop grew quite OPP
timistic in regard to Mitchell's
future, and the very Kind words
that he uttered were appreciated to
the full by the citizens. He be-
lieved that the hospital would
mean much for Mitchell and that
the surrounding territory, practically
%unoccnpied, would afford a rich field
for the hospital. laying particular
stress on the new country being
developed west Of Chamberlain and
reviewing the history of Mitchell
for the past ten years he noted the
great growth and development
that had come our way, and he
emphasized Mitcllell's strong nerve
when, after the capital cam
paign, that the citizens did not lay
down, but with a stronger effort
than ever the people rose to the
occasion to make Mitchell a greater
city and this she had accomplished,
as demonstrated by the many new
buildings that have been and are
being constructed.
Miss Mary Reihsen sang a sacred
solo that received the hearty ap-
plause OF the people Miss Hermina
Reihsen accompanied her on the
piana.
DR.. Nicholsonspoke for the ed
ucational institutions, and he said
he felt very much at home in all
that had been said concerning the
broadness upon which the hospital
,,, - ~ oooduo%od for i% vop tI,o
same policy over at the University.
Or. Nicholson's talk covered the
broader lines of citizenship and for
a closer relationship among denom-
nations for the betterment of man
kind in temperance, chastity and
honesty. He paid a very high
tribute to the Catholic clergy in
their efforts along these lines.
DR.. Van Buren, Knott, of Sioux
City, spoke for the physicians Of
the northwest and his talk vas of a
highly interesting character, and
showing c%onclusively that the hos
pital today was fast displacing the
home for the sick, where the NOR
tality list is lower than where the
sick is cared for in the home. DR..
Knott said that after giving the
hospital a superficial inspection he
considered it the best hospital in
the northwest, that 1t was we'll
equipped and would be able to handle
anv case that came within its walls.
With a selection by the double
quartet the exercises of the evening
came tn a clnse
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23
h Family Game.

Mother Coming into the children's
room)-Rosie, what are you making
such a terrible noise over? Look at
Hugo. See how quiet he sits there.
Rosie-Yes. it's easy for him to sit
quiet in the game we are playing. He
is papa. who has ON home late, and
I am-you.-Wiener Salonwitzblatt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23
Gave up Skin and Won Bride.

Edgemont special: There is a
pretty and romantic little story
which will soon have a happy climax
here before Hymen's altar.
Some time ago Miss Lottie Dale,
a wellknown young woman OF Lead,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23

There is more catarrh in this sec
tion Of the country than all oSher
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
durable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced 1T a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by +. j. Cherey s.
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally In doses from 10
drops to a teaspoontul. 1t acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall s Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-23
The Opening Thursday.

Despite the unpleasant afternoon
the attendance at the reception at
st. Joseph's hospital was largely
attended. Mother Joseph received
the guests as they arrived, in which
she was assisted by Mrs. j. I. Nor
row, Mrs j. O. Walrath. Mrs.
Jarues Lyons, Mrs. Edward Leehan.
WIN. Koch, chairman of the advisory
board, was also present and explained
many details to the visitors. S'a-
toned in the various rooms that
had been furnished by societies we're
reception committees to receive the
guests as they made their tour of in
spection OF the fine structure.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10
FRANK TOWNSEND
DIES SUDDENLY
President of North MOCCaSin Miners
Union and Popular Miner Dead
of Blood POISONING.

Frank Townsend, president of the
North Moccasin Miners Union and
one of the most popular and best
known miners in Kendall, died at the
Miners Union hospital in Kendall
last Saturday afternoon at O'Clock,
after an illnessof about ten days of
blood poisoning. The attack Of blood
ceived IS years ago when Frank was
thrown from a horse. He had the in
jured arm slightly injured a few days
ago while working in the Barnes King
mine with the sad result noted above.
The body was brought down from
Kendall Sunday afternoon being ac-
companied by seven members Of the
Miners union. A procession headed
by the knights Of Pythias band AMI
the entire membership of the Miners
union in addition to large number
Of citizens accompanied the remains
for about mile out of Kendall.
The body was shipped out of here
yesterday morning for Partridge, Kan
sas where a sister and the father of
the deceased live. William Graham,
secretary of the Miners union at Ken
dali accompanied the remains to Kan
sas.
Frank Townsend was 80 years Of age
and unmarried. He had been in Ken
dali about two years prior to his
death having worked in the Barnes
King mine during that time. Last
March he was elected president Of the
North Moccasin Miners union and
proved himself to be most popular
and efficient official. He had the en-
tire respect of his employers and was
well liked by everyone who knew him
ir the camp.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10
Will Look Over Property.

J. B. McKillican who has charge Of
the reduction plant of the Jay Gould
Mining company whose ground is
situated IL miles from Marysville,
came in Saturday night and left Mon.
day morning for Maiden to look over
the district for an eastern syndicate
who desire to get hold of some prop
erty in that district. Mr.. McKillican
is one of the best known mining men
in Montana having made success Of
several properties where others had
fallen down. The men behind him
are going to take his word for any
property which he examines in this
county and he believes that he will
find something in the Judith mountains
worth investigating.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10

anticipate, unless market conditions
alter considerable, the general pur-
chase of wool on a 25 cent basis
Il do not wish to come out here and
at the opening of the season make a
marc luck cry" said Mr.. Bateman, las
1t would certainly be received by the
wool grower as an effort to discourag ge
them in their hopes for high prices,
but II is fact that many of the well
known clips of this part of Montana,
purchased last year, We're sold by the
nrms handling them at heavy losses
Had 1t been that the Wyoming and
other wools We're purchased on the
same basis as the Montana Mools the
wool firms would have been in the
hole following last seasons business
Many of these Great Falls clips are
still being held by the eastern buyers
who wer unable to dispose of them
at profit, and have been compelled
to carry them over in authorization
Of price which will justify them in
selling.
Another thing which fooled the
buyers last year was that OF the per
centage of shrinkage The woods were
OF good grade but the shrinkage prov
ed to be from one to two per cent
greater than had been figured by the
buyer.
The London markets are very
steady and with the great increase in
the Australian clip, the chances for a
higher price than is now being paid,
are rather slim. Our Australian buy
er who has just returned to this
country, reports an increase in the
clip of that country Of between 200
600 and 250,00O bales in the neishbor-
hoo Of 60,000,0OO pounds
I'VE wool men, are not out here to
see how much wool we can buy at any
old price, but we are after wool which
we can make fair profit upon, and
until we find ourselves able to strike
happy medium between the two ex-
tremes l imagine that the local wool
market will be very fiat"
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10
The Gum Line Of
Desks and Office
Appliances. +: !: (:

There are more GUNN desks
Lewistown than all others
put together. Our greatest ad-
vertisement is the MAN WITH
A GUM" desk or office filing
appliance. We have sold dozens
of them and have yet to hear of
a single complaint. The draw
ers in a GUNN work as if on
ball bearings; GUM desks are
made Of selected quartered oak,
rubbed and polished the very
best that can be furnished. Any
time that G ~ N N doesn't
please you and you don't think
that yo uare getting, every dol
lars worth invested out of it,
just let us know and we will
axe it Off your hands. Their
popularity is attested by their
universal use. Note below
partial list Of satisfied users of
GUM goods; it's list that we
are proud Of; list of satisfied
customers. We have pleased
them and we can please you:
Fergus County, Judith Club,
]. c. Huntoon, attorney.
o. w. Belden, Attorney.
F. E. Smith, Attorney.
DeKalb & Mettler, Attorneys
Roy Ayers, Attorney.
Blackford & Blackford, Attor-
neys.
Worden & Scott, Attorneys.
Lewistown Billings Mutual
Telephone Co.
Hilger & Busenburg, Real Es-
tate.
Mortin & Martin, Real Estate.
G. M. Kelley, Real Estate.
First State Bank. Kendall.
First State Bank, Moore.
Citizens Bank, Moore.
Inland Empire, Moore.
Kendall Miner, Kendall.
John r. Cook, Kendall.
nj. L. Woodman.
Emmitt Hamilton.
Herman Brown.
The Democrat.
GUM desks range in price
from $500 to 5000. We guar
antee the GUM to be superior
in all respects to any desk man
ufactured; this is saying a good
deal but we are prepared to
prove it-let us demonstrate it
to your own satisfaction.
If you want to install sys-
tenn Of filing so you will be able
to put your hands on any paper
at moments notice, if you want
anything in an up-to-date office
appliances get in touch with us;
if we haven't got it in stock we
know right where to get it for
you. We are complete Office
outfitters as we'll as home fur
nishers.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10
Just a Word MIR.
Office Man!

No doubt you have had some
experience with desks, the ones
that the drawers bind every
time a little shower comes up,
md that has been pretty often
ately, and sometimes even
when theirs no excuse for bind
ing you will tug and pull and
twist and say things that you
wouldn't have said otherwise,
but still they stick and you give
up in dispair. Then too, this
same desk looks like it came
west with the pioneers, every
time you pull the curtain down
1t makes a noise like wind
mill on the prairies of Nebraska
that hadn't been oiled for six
months. Every time you attem-
pt to move it you break a cas-
tor and tear hole in the floor
covering. Yes it is aggravating
but we want to speak few
words to you about a line of
desks and Office filing appliances
which we honestly believe out
classes anything every put on
the market-we refer to
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-07-10

Continued on page four.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
BY SIR HIRAM MAXIM.

I have been told that Lord Kelvin
q few years ago said that it was a
mathematical impossibility that fly
ing machine could ever be constructed,
though personally ! am rather inclined
10 doubt the story; but there is no
doubt whatsoever that many less dis
tfnRuished scientists than Lord Kelvin
did think so; many of them indeed
pointed out to me various reasons
against the possibilities of aerial navi-
cation. and told me frankly that all
experiments in that direction were sim
ply waste OF time.
] cannot discuss just now or the
technical dificulties that lie in the way
-of making a flying machine; suf11ce
81 to state that the chief problem TO
be overcome is TO make the lifting
effect OF the aeroplanes greater than
the weight Of the machine, and after
( many experiments conducted at the
I Crystal Palace I have found that this
CifhcuIty is not insurmountable.
1t is now a matter OF history that
flying machines can be made, and 1t
only remains to be seen how they can
be improved and what purposes they
can be made TO serve.
The most perfect flying machine yet
constructed, / think. is the one made
by the Wright Brothers, in America.
On It's very first trial trip IL remained
in the air for thirty minutes without
even the aid OF a gas bag, while ii can
attain velocity Of forty miles an hour
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

any moment is liable to become dan
gerously rapid
Men will be found in plenty to take
the risk of utilizing a flying machine
for military purposes when the object
to be gained by so doing is of enor-
nous Importance, but the average NOR
tai, unless human nature changes a
good deal, would not be disposed to
take like risk for the sake of, say a
pleasure trip across the channel in a
machine that might at any moment be
merged in the waves.
When l was conducting experiments
in the construction OF flying machines,
great number of leading scientists
came to see them including Lord Kel-
vim and Lord Rayleigh. Lord Kelvin
was very fiattering in his description
of my machines, which he described as
museums of invention. Thousands of
people came down from London to see
these machines. and it then struck me
a flying machine in which any one that
cared might experience the pleasure
and excitement of aerial navigation
without being carried a long distance.
I accordingly set abou; making a
captive flying machine which would
only travel in a circle, but which,
nevertheless, was in every sense OF the
word a flying machine. for each boat
was fitted with aeropIanes and driven
by a 200 horsepower engine.
| had my captive flying machine
made at my residence. whittier the
County Council. engineers came to in
spect It, The day they came was very
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

and boasts of a steering apparatus that
is practically perfect. The French Gov
ernment have purchased this machine,
and it will undoubtedly prove, l should
say, a most successful weapon of war,
a fact that other nations will be bound
sooner or later to recognize.
There can be no doubt that flying
machines will before long be largely
employed for military purposes, for
which they are so much more suited
than balloons--in fact. IT is possible to
picture. without a very great stretch
of the Imagination, the fate of some
great European power being decided at
some future date in the air.
But do not think the flying machine
will ever be used for ordinary traffic,
and for what may be called popular"
purposes. People who write about the
conditions under which the business
and pleasure of the world will be car
ried on in another hundred years gen.
place of railways and steamers, but
much doubt.
In the first place. the construction Of
a flying machine will always be ex-
tremely costly. anc in the next IL will
never be possible to eliminate the very
considerable danger which attends any
attempt at aerial navigation. 1t is far
more dangerous to take a trip in a
flying machine than in a balloon; per-
feet though the former may be in con-
struction, there is no getting away
from the fact that * is impossible TO
absolutely control its descent which at
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Various Possibilities Of the Flying Machine

windy. an unfavorable circumstance for
me. and one that in point of fact killed
the chances of bringing my idea to a
successful issue for when the engi-
neers got into the boats and the aero
planes were started to work, the wind,
which was blowing at about forty
miles an hour, so accelerated the speed
that the engineers found themselves
going through the air at nearly eighty
miles an hour, and | fancy that they
were very glad to get. on terra firma
again.
To make matters worse. when the
boats were being emptied, one of the
engineers was suddenly and unexpect-
edly lifted by an aeroplane to- a dizzy
height, and when he came to earth
again / knew my captive flying ma
chine was doomed never to make its
appearance as public licensed vehicle
of pleasure.
Sure enough, the aeroplanes had to
be taken Off the boats, and the captive
flying machine became roundabout,
though still called by its original name.
Curiously enough an inventor in
America conceived the idea of making &
a captive. flying machine at precisely
the same time as / did, and there are
now seventy five of these machines in
the United States which carry over
seven millions of passengers a year
But the future of the flying machine
will consist, as I have stated before, in
its adaptation for military purposes.
toward which end it is making far
more progress than the general public
is aware.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

down on the ground. Some moments
later one of them got up, feeling very
tired, but the other was dead. His
bones were so soft that it was easy to
bend them; his tongue had been torn
out by the roots, and no one knew
what had become of it.
Among all the electrical phenomena
to be observed in the atmosphere there
is nothing stranger than f1reballs. In
shape they are not always quite spher-
ical. although that is their normal ap-
pearance. and they are sometimes en-
circled by a kind of luminous vapor,
such as we often see encircling the
moon. Sometimes they are furnished
been lit There is a record of one be-
ing seen as large as a mi1lstone.
"One remarkable thing about them is
the slowness with which they move
and which sometimes enables their
course to be watched for several min
utes. BATH, marine painter of Milan,
in 1s41 saw one drifting slowly down
the street on a level with the win
dows, with several excited persons fol-
lowing it, After a time it arose, hit
the cross on a church tower and ex-
ploded.
During a storm at Ouralsk, in May.
1901. some young men and girls took
refuge in the vestibule of a house.
One Mile <. sat down on the thresh-
old, her back to the street Suddenly
there was a violent clap of thunder,
and In front of the door appeared a
dazzlingly brilliant ball of fire. grad
ually descending to where they were
all grouped.
After touching Mile ks head the
fireball fell on the ground in the mid
die of the party, made circuit of 1t.
then forcing it's way into the owners
room, it wreaked havoc with the apart
ment broke through the wall into a
stove in the adjoining room, smashed
the stovepipe and carried it off with
such violence that it was dashed
against the opposite wall, and went
out through a broken window. After
it was all over Mile K. was found
dead
In her kitchen a German peasant
woman was preparing meal, when,
after a terrific clap of thunder, she
saw a 'fireball the size of a fist come
down the chimney. pass between her
feet without hurting her. and continue
on it's course. Much frightened, the
woman ran to the door and opened it.
when the fireball at once followed her.
played about her feet, went into the
crossed It. and passed through the
door into the yard
1T went round the yard. entered a
barn by an open door, climbed the
wall opposite and, reaching the edge
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

barrel of wine. which emptied itself
in consequence
There is no telling what lightning
will do. Sometimes it will snatch things
out of your hand and carry them away.
For example, there is the case of a
mug being spirited away from a man
who had just been drinking out of it
and deposited undamaged in court
yard near the man himself suffering
no injury.
"A youth of Is, holding up a missal
from which he is singing, has it torn
out of his hands and destroyed. A whip
is whisked out of a riders hand. Two
ladies Quietly knitting have their knit
ting needles stolen. A girl is sitting
at her sewing machine, pair of scis-
sors in her hand; a fash of lightning,
and her scissors are gone and she is
sitting on the sewing machine. A farm
er's laborer is carrying a pitchfork
on his shoulder; lightning seizes it, car
ries it off fifty yards or so and twists
its two prongs into corkscrews.
so sudden and SO petrifying is light
nings effect that victims are frequently
left in the attitude they last had in life.
In July, 1914, four Frenchmen took ref
uge under trees during a storm, three
of them under a poplar and the fourth
under willow, against which doubt
less he leaned. In a few minutes this
one was struck by lightning. A bright
fame was issuing from his clothes,
but he remained standing. seemingly
unconscious of what had happened.
When his companions went to him they
found he was a corpse
Ten harvest men took refuge under
a lodge, and four were killed by light
ming One of them was found still
in the act of taking. A second had one
hand on the head of small dog, also
dead and still sitting upon his knees,
and in the other hand a piece of bread; /;
third was sitting, his eyes open, fac
ing in the direction from which the
storm came.
Recently young man at Franxault
was killed by lightning. All the nails
were found to have been torn out of
his shoes and the links of his silver
watch chain were all nodded together.
To fuse silver in this way heat of 957
degrees is needed.
Really, it is extraordinary what
queer things lightning will do DR..
Gaultier de Chaubrey was struck, with
the result that his beard was taken off,
roots and all, so that it never grew
again. At Fresneaux, Mile. Laure Lee
/ loup had her head shorn by lightning
as though by razor.
Here is an occurrence reported from
/ the United States: An immense barn
had been built by a man named Ahner
/ Millikan, who adorned the front walls
with portraits of Mckinley and Ho-
/ bart During violent storm the
/ building was struck by lightning sew
eral times and looked as though it
were enveloped in great sheets of
flame Millikan rushed to it, and found,
to his relief that no damage had been
done The portraits alone had been
destroyed, and-here is the strange de-
| tail--the lightning had traced the
statesmen's features upon the wall"
Sometimes lightning springs upward
| from the ground-in these cases an
overcharge of electricity is seeking
that in the air or clouds. In July, 1870,