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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-27
Protest Against Free Seeds

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio. March 27.-
The seed dealers of this city have sent a
protest to Representative Ralph Cole
against the wholesale distribution of gar
den seeds which he made here this season
They claim 1t has injured their business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-27

Virginia postmasters Appointed.
The following fourth-ciass postmasters
were appointed TODAY In Virginia: st.
Elmo, Fannie B. Clayton; Yards. Charles
w. Butt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-27
DECIDED TO DISAGREE
Joint Scale Committee to Re-
port to Conference.
INABILITY TO FIX TERMS
To Avert Strike Over Wage Con-
troversy
IN BITUMINIOUs COAL DISTRICT
Short Session Held This Morning
The Ultimatum Received by the
Operators in Silence.
INABILITY TO FIX TERMS
IN BITUMINI0Us COAL DISTRICT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 27.-The
Joint scale committee of the bituminous
coal operators and miners of the central
competitive district. after being in ses-
zion one week, decided today to report
conference of miners and operators to be
held at 2 O'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-27
A Certain Code Book.

A stenographer named Smith, who tes
titled at the previous hearing. told how
he took the carbon copies In the way sug-
gested.
A letter telling Of the existence Of a code
book of the Waters-P Pierce Company was
next read. and the witness said he found
such a code book Of the company, which he
turned over to Mr.. McNaIl as the repre-
sentative Of the company In New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-27

Referring to the South Carolina soma
tors criticisms Of Judge Humphrey, Mr..
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
Good and Bad Game Laws.

Half a century ago great share OF
Carlysle's sarcasms were leveled at
the great aristocratic canon OF game
preserving as more important than the
welfare of the people who titled the
soil. Those Americans who read his
satires and the statements OF TACT on
which they were based experienced
a feeling of patriotic thankfulness that
game laws were unkonwn in their
land. But while the logic of the nine
teenth century attacks on the English
game laws was never refuted this
country has seen since then wide
imitation of them.
Game laws that are confined to
prohibiting the wanton slaughter OF
game in localities where they injure
no one are proper. But game laws
that prohibit game to the injury OF
agriculture and infringe the right OF
individuals to use their property as
suits them copy the aristocratic Eng
lish model altogether TOO faithfully
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
Not the Same Girls NOWADAYS.

The heroic day. have g1ne a,d with
them that cherished treasure "the
girl l left behind me-" She is VIC
tim of the iconoclastic development
of the higher Civilization. What 3
memory picture she was to the boys
who went to the Crimea in the sos
and our own in blue and gray in the
SOS. Clinging, fearful, tender, ah,
yes. There was a pang and tightening
of the heart as we'll as of the arms.
The good-byes that were sometimes
for years and sometimes forever caus-
ed falter in the swinging route step
as fife played the notes and drum-beat
timed them of rafting air that should
be immortal. Now-well. 1.-THE girl I
left behind me" sticks her wad of gum
on the door-jamb, yells so long, you
diamond-back." watches the tail light
of the troop train whisk around the
curve and promptly forgets gum and
soldier boy while making a date over
the phone with the youth who has
sense enough to stay at home and
earn ice-cream and candy money
Portland Oregonian.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
What a Good Sheep Dog Knows.

What herd dog has first to learn
is to know every one OF two or three
hundred sheep, and to know them
both by sight and smell. This he
does thoroughly. When Watterson
was running sheep on the plains he
had a young collie not yet put to
the herd, but kept about the pumping
plant AS the sheep came in by
hundreds to the troughs, the dog
grew so to know them that when
they had picked up u stray from an
other band he discovered 1t from afat
off, and darling as hornet, nipping
and yelping, parted it out from the
band. And that time no mere man
would have pretended, without the
aid of the brand, to recognize any oil
the thousands that bore it. How Ions
recollections stays by the dog Is moi
certain, but at least twelyemonth
as was proved to Filon Girard after
he had lost third of his band wheI
the Santa Anna came roaring up by
Lone Pine with a cloud of saffron
colored dust on its wings. After
shearing of next year, passing close
to another band, F'ilon's dogs SHE
themselves unbidden to routing ou
of 1t, and rounding with their OWL
nearly twenty head. which the herd
er, being an honest man, freely ad
mitted he had picked up on tbs
mesa following after Filon the spring
before. Quick to know the wilfu
and unbidable members of flock, tbs
wise collie is not sparing of bites, am
following after a stubborn stray, Will
often throw it, and stand guard unit
help arrives or the sheep shows 9
better mind. But the herder who
has a dog trained at the difficult
work of herding range sheep through
the chutes and runaways into boats
and care for transportation is tbs
fortunate fellow. There was Pete's
dog, Bourdaloue, that, at the Stock
ton landing, with no assistance, pu
eighty wild sheep from the high
lands on the boat in eight minutes
by running along the backs OF thu
! flocks until he had picked out th'
! stubborn or stupid leaders that cauE
ed the sheep to jam in the runway
and by sharp bites set them forward
himself treading the backs of the rat
ing flock, like the premier eques
trienne of the circus, which all tn
men of the shipping cheered to SCI
-Harper's Magazine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
BANK DIRECTORS OLD AND NEW
Faults of the One-Man Power Exposed
by the Philadelphia Populations.

Faults of the One-Man Power Exposed
by the Philadelphia Populations.
The president of one of our old-fash-
toned financial institutions whose d.
rectors are accustomed to giving close
personal attention to the business, in
the old-fashioned way, recently com
planned of the difficulty of getting the
the right men to undertake this duty.
Everybody is too busy nowadays and
thus bank president who would like
to have some one to share his respon-
sibility is often obliged to take the
whole burden on his own shoulders.
There are plenty of men willing to
be bank directors, for the honor of the
thing or for the advantage to their own
financial standing; but those who
would be really useful in board Of
direction are usually too much occ1-
pied in their own affairs to take on
the duty of a personal supervision of
the affairs of corporation.
In old times, the typical Philadel-
phia merchant retired from business
when he had amassed a competence
of $4,000 or 100000 invested at least
a part of it in bank stock and thence
forth devoted his attention to
taking care of his investments.
If made a director of the bank that be-
came the business of his life. Bank
ing was a simple and deliberate bus
mess. The directors met around the
board" on discount day" considered
every application for loan, exchanged
information or opinion upon the cred.
it of the applicant and the value of
his securities and granted or refused
the loan on their united judgment
Then they went out on the street, visit
ed other bankers, inquired into every
mans affairs. and kept themselves
posted upon the status of every debtor
There are some old fashioned institu
lions where something of this same
carefulness still obtains, but the bust
ness of banking has grown too com
pick and too rapid for any such leis
urly system. A man who wants a loan
wants it on the moment: he canno
wait for the next board meeting; Of
another bank wants an accommodates
which must be arranged at once soms
one must be authorized to make tht
quick decision. Thus the one-man pow
er has become practical necessity.
When the directors meet. it is t,
consider transactions already accom-
plished. The president presents hi
statements Of the loans he has mad
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
THE JURY PANEL.
List of Names Drawn for the Novem-
Der Term of Court

Following is the list of jurors draw
in the district court yesterday and
made returnable Nov. IL, when the
trial of criminal cases will begin:
Alex. Raw, Philbrook; ]. M. Par
rent, Kendall; F. A. Cameron, Magin-
MIS-; A. A. Mace, Kendall; w. ]. Wells,
Flatwillow; H. E. Carl, Flatwillow;
L. H. Sweetland, Maginnis; j. c.
Kertz, Kendall; A. j. Dusek, Lewis,
town; VIM. Mcconnell, Rockford; D.
Hilger, Lewistown; H. E. Huffman
Whelan; Fred Watts, Moore; ]. w
Dougherty, Maiden; j. E. Kertz, Ken
dali; j. w. Stoner, Lewistown; James
Connolly, Gilt Edge, Harry Wight
Moore; r. w. butcher, Kendall; John
Clancy, Lewistown, Thos. Garlick
Lewistown; D. w. Slayton. Lavina;
J. d. Kipe, Moore; G. H. Day, Lewis
town; A. E. Brimble, Maiden; E. w
Norton, Lewistown; II. B. Lapham
Moore; G. w. Bailey, Lewistown
M. ]. Hall, Moore; John Frye, Forest
Grove; John Mengelkoch, Gilt Edge;
Jacob Chandler, Gilt Edge; M. M
Young, Gilt Edge; Mike Gibson, Ne"
Year; John Duffield, Garneill; ]. II
Durstine, Rogers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30

and the securities he has accepted. 1t
is then for the directors to decide
whether he has done well or i'll, and
to warn against the extension of any
line of credit they may disapprove. In
this the actual functions of the direct.
ors are not essentially different from
what they were in the old time 1t
is important now a. then, If not more
important, that they shall be familiar
with what is doing ION the street"
what paper is afoat, what credits are
dangerously extended or what secur.
tiles are to be regarded with suspi.
cion. Such knowledge Is more compli-
Gated, demands more particular atten-
ton, now than in the days when banks
had mainly to do with commercial pa
per. It is kind Of expert knowledge
only to be had by those who make
a business of it. It does not come 20
amateurs by lntuition-to manufact.
urers, lawyers doctors, who give atten-
ton to the subject for an hour or
two each week.
It Is possible for q board Of direct.
ors to be too honest, in the sense that
they are too ignorant of the ways of
the dishonest. Every professional bank
er in town appears to have known
more about Nipple than his own direct
ors knew. He lied to them and they
believed his lies. If they had gone
out into the street they would have
learned that he was "kite-hying," and
the opinion of men more familiar than
they with financial crookedness might
have ben of value to them.
1t is not possible to return to the
old system, under which the president
or the cashier was only the executive
agent of the board of directors. I'm
der modern conditions, concentration
Of authority is essential. But the more
power the president has, the more he
requires the intelligent cooperation
and supervision of the directors, and
the very complexity of the business
makes such supervision impossible
without measure of close personal
attention which comparatively few
men are both willing and competent
to give. 1t has been we'll said that the
only way to conduct a complex mod.
ern business successfully is to put all
the power into the hands of one man
and then watch that man. But this
requires that among the watchers
shall be some at least, who know the
business and are not easily deceived
by the familiar tricks of the trade
Philadelphia Ledger.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30

A large amount of capital and thous.
ands OF lives are risked each year in
delving into ocean depths for the
great, rough shelled bivalve which oc-
casionly contains a pearl worth a
kings ransom.
Because of the great risk involved
and the possible fortune to be gained
the industry has fascination scarce.
ly to be resisted by those who have
once experienced it. Because Of the
great variety of people who search
for pearls, the vast area of the hunt.
ing grounds, the centuries-old customs
OF the Moros and the special laws Gov
ering the industry, no statistics can
be obtained which will approximate
the profits. The business is therefore
mysterious.
Pearling is game of hazard for
high stakes. The pearler must risk
capital and human life. He must brave
the sea and go prepared to fight for
his rights with savage men and he
must pay the taxes and divide the
profits with the shrewd traders FROM
Ceylon and Singapore.
Sometimes fortune smiles. Three
years ago a single pearl was market
ed in the Celebes for $4,000 pesos
Such finds rarely come to public no
tice. Shrewd traders are always OF
hand to snatch them away from the
ignorant and superstitious divers an(
the jewel is first exposed for salt
in London or Paris or Dutch port
The Moros have three ways of get
ting the pearl shells out of the sea
One is by actual diving, one by dredge
ing and a third by a three-pronget
catcher Let down by a rattan rope
This last method can be used onl,
when the sea is absolutely calm be
cause the least ripple will proven
the fishermen from seeing the shell
at the bottom of the sea. When tn
first method is employed the diver al
ways says his prayers before he goe
down. In the days when shells wer'
plentiful the diver went down to
depth of from eight to twelve fathoms
but now there are men who even e
as deep as twenty fathoms.
In former times the divers wer
suppose to give the biggest pearls t.
the sultan, but when the natives cam,
to learn the value Of money they sec
reilly sold them to the traders. AS {
consequence, when it became know
to the sultan that one of his subjects
had suddenly become rich, he con
cluded that a pearl must have beer
sold, else how did he obtain all thes
fine things in SO short space Q
time? A messenger would be sent GU
at once to fine the man large sur
of money.
Special laws have now been mad
by the Philippine commission cover
ing the pearling industry. The sulta
and his followers have no longer an
legal right to collect fines and pena
ties, but the custom has obtained TO
so long that the ignorant people sti
fear the power of the sultan and hav
not yet gained sufficient confldenc
) in the American government to a;
cept its guarantee of protection.-Fa
Eastern Review.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
KOREAN PRINCESS FUNERAL.
Curious and Strange Customs and
Rites for Such Occasions.

The crown princess of Korea had
been dead a month before her funeral
took place. During the interval road
was made seven miles out Of the city
and a temple was built to hold the
body.
AS the procession left the palace
gates some of the mourners, according
to an ancient costume tried to stop
the coffin by pushing back the bear.
ers, who in their turn steadily drove
forward. The idea of this is to show
regret at the passing of body, while
the memorable power Of death overcom
ing al opposition, holds its sway.
During the commotion the priests
on each end of the platform holding
the bier urged the bearers with long
pole, the end of which was painted
red. In accordance with ancient Gus
tom the pole was dipped in pot Of
red paint and those bearers who neg
lected their work received a dab oil
red on their garments, and at the enc
of the day those bearing the mari
were punished.
Funerals in Korea are always sup
posed to take place at night, and tt
keep up this supposition men carrying
long gauze lanterns on small pole.
run by the side Of the coffin and line
the route at the start.
Curious and wonderful are the an
cient costumes which make their ap
pearance on such occasions. Thei
beauty is not shown to advantage b.
their wearers, as they are the poores
of horsemen. Even holding on to thu
saddle with both hands is not sui
ficient guaranty of safety. but the,
must have two grOoms to walk by thu
head of their tiny mouts to proven
accidents.
In the procession, which takes tn,
whole day to pass, are chairs contain
ing figures of devils. Great paper hor
ses, hideous in appearance. accompan.
the coffin, presumably that the de
ceased may have a mount In the othe
land. There are two collins, the on
in this instance containing the bod.
of the princess, the other being to de
ceive the evil spirits.
At the graveside in covered ten
pie, the women of the palace, in an
cient costumes, howl and moan tn
night through, their wailing risin
1 above all other sounds.
The princess funeral, as whole
appeared more like a page from 18th
Arabian Nights" than anything else
Notwithstanding the empty Golfers G
the Korean ministry, the sum of some
thing like 100000 yen was expende
on this funeral--London Graphic.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
SPIDER Lifts A SNAKE.

Explanation OF the power III the IT.
sect's Strong Elastic Silk Threads.
Dr.. Phin describes, among other
strange things, how spider contr1v-
ed to lift from the ground snake
that was, of course, many times heav-
Ter than itself. The story Is OF inter-
est chiefly for the scientific explana-
ton which is given of the way in
which the thing was done.
Some years ago in small village
in New York state spider entang-
led a milk snake in her threads and
actually raised it some distance from
the ground, in spite of the struggles
of the reptile, which was alive.
By what process of engineering did
the comparatively small and feeble
insect succeed in lifting the snake
by mechanical means? The solution
is easy enough if only one gives the
question a little thought.
The spider is furnished with one
of the most efficient mechanical imple-
ments known to engineers, namely a
strong elastic thread. There are few
substances that will support great
er strain than the silk of the spider.
Careful experiment has shown that
for equal sizes the strength of these
fibers exceeds that of iron; but not
withstanding it's strength, the spid.
er's thread would be useless as me-
chanical power it it were not for its
elasticity.
The spider has no blocks or pulleys,
and therefore cannot cause the thread
to divide up and run in different di-
rections, but the elasticity of the
thread more than makes up for this
and renders possible the lifting of an
animal much heavier than a snake.
Let us suppose that child can lift
a six-pound weight one foot high and
can do it twenty times minute. Fur
nish him with $50 rubber hands, each
capable of pulling six pounds through
one foot when stretched. Let these
bands be attached to a wooden plat
form on which stand a pair of horses
weighing 2,1OO pounds, or rather more
than ton.
II, now the child will go to work
and stretch these rubber bands singly,
hooking each one up as it is stretch.
ed, in less than twenty minutes he
will have raised the pair Of horses
one foot.
The elasticity of the rubber bands
enables the child to divide the weight
of the horses into $50 pieces Of six
pounds each, and at the rate OF lit
tie less than one every three seconds
he lifts all of these several pieces
one foot, so that the child easily lifts
this enormous weight.
Each spiders thread acts like one
of the elastic rubber bands. The spid
er would have to connect the snake
with the point from which it was e
be suspended by a sufficient numbel
of threads. By pulling successfully
on each thread and shortening it
little, the snake might be raised to any
height within the capacity of TIL
building in which the work was done
Youths Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
Little Town Of Long Ago.
Little old town of the Long Ago,
Little white town in the low, greer


hills,
Houses all in a struggling row.
Drowsy, dusty, stupid, slow;
Little old town, love you so
20 the clamor and roar of these
marts and millsD
Little old town where the roads go
down
To the four great ways that NOR,
tails tread;
To Hearts Desire and great Renown;
Ell Dorado and Fortunes Frown;
Four roads, winding and long and
brown,
That meet in the Land of Dead.
Little town of the single street,
And the dust blown up by the wan
derfng wind,
And the patter of children's bare.
brown feet,
And the smell of the forest, wild and
sweet,
When folks shake hands and smile
when they meet;
20 the tender ties that bindD
Little town of the Little Maid
With the golden curls and the eyes
of blue,
And the little boy who dreamed and
played,
But said no word, being much afraid,
Who dreamed and dreamed, and
dreaming strayed
Away from the little maid, and you
And he cannot find that little old
town,
The little lost town he used to
know,
The many roads that go up and down
To FL Dorado and Great Renown.
To Hearts Desire or Fortunes Frown
Do not lead back to Long Ago.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
Discernment.

Mr.. Hearst's Evening Journal yes
terday devoted four columns and a
half to Mr.. Hearst's letter of accep-
lance. Mr. Hearst evidently realizes
that comparisons between himself
and Mr.. Hughes must necessarily be
odious.-New York World.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30

Buy Of the merchant who advertlsss
his goods in the columns Of the Argus;
keep your money at home, where Il
may get back to you some day.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
FINDING PEARLS At Jolo.
Industry in the Philippines Annually
Costs Many Lives.

Pearling at Jolo which lies at the
southwestern extremity of the Philip
Pine group, is a mysterious industry.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30

The public library resumed bust
ness at the old stand in the city hall
Saturday evening, after having been
closed for some months. Librarian
Farnum has installed the new card
system. and large number of cards
was issued to patrons. The library
will be open at the city hall at the
same hours formerly observed until
the furniture for the new building
arrives.
David were married Wednesday at the
ceremony being performed by Rev. A.
relatives of the contracting parties.
Miss Camilla was the bridesmaid and
Wilbur Culbertson acted as best man.
The ceremony was followed by al
elaborate wedding breakfast, and soon
after Mr.. and Mrs. David we're sere.
naded by the Moore band. Both Mr.
vicinity and all their friends extend
warm congratulations.
A message from Utica says: Last
summer in the neighborhood Of Utica
certain parties bored for coal. This
summer the ranchmen below are util
izing the overflow of water from the
boring for irrigation purposes. Two
diamond drills are now being run be
tween Sage and Willow creeks about
six miles from the crest of the foot
hills. The report is that, at depti
of about 300 feet and little over
they have struck a seven-foOt vein o
the finest coal ever seen in northern
Montana. When We consider that tn
Burlington line is now grading for al
unusual number of switches On Sag.
creek, it may be We are going t.
have a new coal camp in tina. vicin
ity."
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-21
Earthquake Books.

"i'hln a week after the California
h,nquake and fire disaster a hundred
Gins were in preparation in different
h. giving the complete story. One
couN. thousand agents have been
~ ior to market the books, some
hofouncn VIII be offered to the public
oie The embers are cool.
The Washington times., 1906-05-21
PREIuDTCEp.

Stranger-Is there a man Of the name
OF Richards living anywhere along here2
Hollow Eyed Resident-NobOdy lives
here. sir. This IS a row Of afits.