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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-11

Fractures Knee Cap.-Frank Matt,
the coal dealer, met with a painful and
serious accident Monday night and one
that may leave him a cripple for life.
He was returning home shortly after 6
O'Clock on his bicycle on Sixth avenue,
and when between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets he fell, fracturing the
right knee cap.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-11

Mixup in Horses.-For half day
Monday, DR.. j. w Morgan thought that
his horse and buggy and two cases. of
valuable instruments had been stolen
and for the same time DR.. NJ. l.. Hunt
ington was driving about the city in his
fellow practitioners rig. Monday morn
ing DR.. Huntington ordered livery rig
to be brought around and tied in front
of his Office in the McKinnie block A
few minutes later Dr. Morgan drove
down to his office in the Kimball block
but tied his horse in front of the Nc
Kinnie building in the shade. Dr.
Huntington looked out of his window
saw the horse and buggy standing
there, came down and drove away. At
noon DR.. Morgan came down To drive
home and found his horse gone. and
then spread the alarm of its theft
When DR.. Huntington reached home at
noon he was so delighted with the
horse he had been driving that he in
sisted upon his wife keeping ii for a
drive in the afternoon, but when she
saw it she declared that it was none
other than DR.. Morgans horse. Then
by telephone the miX-up was soon
Strengthened out. the livery bay sent
after his horse which had stood hitched
on Fifteenth street all forenoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-11

1000 Odd Fellows at Picnc.-One
thousand people. including the mem
bers of Swedish Olive lodge, /. o. o. F.,
their families and friends, picnicked
on CampbelPs Island yesterday 1t was
the annual gathering of the order.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
SCHOOL CENSUS
AT KENDALL
II 10 Now Being Taken by Z. p. Dur
non, the Clerk Of the
School Board.
WILL EXCEED THREE HUNDRED
Successful Dance Given by the Base
Ball eoyseMany Social
Events.

Kendall, Sept. 9TH. H. Lang went
to Lewistown Tuesday on business
trip.
Willie Durnen returned from Helena
and Winston Saturday, where he has
bene spending the summer, and is
much improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Harrigan ar
rived in Kendall Sunday from Maiden
and have taken up their residence in
the Jas. Irvine house. Mr.. Harrigan
having work on the diamond drill.
Mrs. E. M. Hollywood left for her
home in Portland, Ore, Sunday after
having spent several weeks in Kendall
in the interests of the Women of
Woodcraft. A circle of about 40 mem.
bers will soon be organized, known
as the Moccasin Lily circle.
Lee Hiliard and family Left last
week for a months outing in the Snowy
mountains.
Richard Jones and family moved in.
to the J. H. Hendricks cottage this
| week.
Mrs. Nettie Stone left on Wednes.
days coach for Lewistown.
Mrs. Mamie Shells, of Gilt Edge,
is again in her old place at the Daniels
restaurant.
G. r. Marsh and w. 8. Smith, two
of Lewist0wn's business men, were
Kendall visitors Tuesday.
The base ball boys dance and bask'
ct social last Friday night was a com
plete success in every respect, the
baskets were auctioned about II
o'clock. J. H. Daniels manager OF the
ball team, acting as auctioneer. Miss
Pearl Welcher's basket brought the
highest price $12.75. She was awarded
the ladies prizeca beautiful set Of
combs. Glenn Rasch, being the highest
bidder received the gentleman prize
q handsome tie and pin.
Born, to the wife of Dan Foote. Tues
day Sept. 18th, q son.
Mike Macer left last week for Lew
istown, where he will remain for
time.
Rev. H. G. Wakefield has sent wore
to his Kendall parishioners that hii
next visit will be On Friday, Oct, 5
when Bishop L. R. Brewer will &C
company him.
William Corey, of Lewistown, wa.
in Kendall last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pelley. of Chi
cago, who have been visiting Mrs
Pelley's brother, William Newton. lef
for their home on Sunday. Mr.. New
ton driving them to Lewistown. Thi
was the hrst meeting OF brother an
sister for II years.
All of the school ma'ams save Mia
King. who is III. left Monday for Lew
istown to attend the county institute
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
DARING ESCAPE
AT COUNTY JAIL
The Rosco Brothers and Charles Brown Knock
Deputy Sheriff Ed. Silverthorne Out Lock
Him in Cell and Then Depart.

One Of the most daring jail breaks
that has ever occurred in this county
was successfully carried out late
Tuesday afternoon, when H. A. Rosco
and Carl Rosco, brothers, charged
with stealing a band Of sheep, and
Charles Brown, who was arrested
early in the summer for burglary,
walked out Of the office at the coun-
ty jail, and like men having more
time on their hands than what they
knew what to do with, sauntered leis-
urely up to the Montana railroad
track and on past Mr.. g. w. Cooks
residence. That was the last seen Of
them at the time, and it is supposed
that they soon got into the brush and
remained under cover until darkness
AFFORDED them protection.
Knock Jailer Out.
It appears that shortly before 5
o'clock, Deputy Sheriff Ed. Silver.
there with two TRUSTEES" H. A. Ros-
dinner for the prisoners in baskets.
This custom has long been followed,
and this is the first time that trouble
has resulted from it. On arriving at
the Jail, Silverthorne let the two trus-
ties into the cell corridor, locking the
door behind him..
All the other prisoners were locked
up in the cells, and Silverthorne was
in the act Of pulling down the bar and
passing the dinner in when Brown,
who was standing beside him, with
out the least warning, hit him blow
in the neck, and instantly closed with
him, while H. A. Rosco, who is large
man, grabbed him from the other side
Brown hit the officer again, but it had
no effect on Silverthorne, but just then
Rosco, after striking the officer in the
stomach, deliberately kicked him in
the same place, completely knocking
the wind out of him. At the same time
both men got him by the neck and COM
menced choking him. All this occu-
pied only few seconds, and as q result
Of It Silverthorne was put completely
out. The two prisoners then opened
the cell, called the younger of the
Roscos, Carl, out, and placed the un-
conscious officer inside.
Ask Others to Escape.
They then asked Ryan and Bandy,
two men charged with horse stealing,
If they wanted to come out. These
prisoners refused to leave the cell
and the Roscos and Brown locked the
door. While on the outside, however
and even when they had Silverthorne
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28

Fred Rector, Of Lewistown. was !
guest at the shaules Sunday.
L. MaulAnd was in from Maulaud
Sunday.
A. z. Zeasler. of Louisville, KY,
was In town Monday registered at
tha 9hauleo.
o. g. Conrad, Of Billings, arrived III
town Monday.
H. f. Richardson, of Bozeman, was
in town Tuesday.
J. 8. Towle and wife were guests
at the Shaules Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. Campbell and her
daughter Julia left Wednesday morn
ing for q short visit to the street fair
and carnival.
Mrs. L. 8. Heinrichs left Monday TO-
visit with her daughter. Mrs. Mort.
inner Lewellin, Of Lewistown.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
SCALER-KNIGHT CONTEST IS A DRAW

he delivered resounding whacks ON
Knights back. The local man appears
to have that part Of his anatomy pro
tected with armor plate, however.
and the effect Of the blows was not
very noticeable. However this was
about all that Scaler could accomplish,
and he followed up his plan of cam.
paign like the master workman that
he his. It looked as though Knight
intended to let his opponent wear
himself out in trying to fnd him, and
then. after having husbanded his
strength until near the end, cut loose
with a new set of tactics. Scaler land.
ed an average of not less than six
blows over the kidneys for about II
was anything more than a fash OF
made study Of his singular defense.
and the Spokane man was never able
at any time to break It Open, although
occasionly he landed with effect about
the face. Knight Strengthened up dur
ing a portion of the 18th and 18th
rounds, and in the final- the goth, cut
loose altogether, and found back IL
the same way that Scaler had beea
HSHIuS all nlSnt. III tne series OF rhf
lies he not only held his own. bu
probably had the best of the milling
1t was the stand he made at the clost
that won a draw for him.
Knight was the favorite with tn,
audience from the first, simply be
cause he is looked upon as q leca
man, and some Of his admirers traet
to make light of Scaler. In this the!
simply made themselves ridiculous
as Scaler is a top notch man, ant
whatever credit Knight is entitled Il
is from the fact that he made sucl
. great showing against a fighter o
class. That the local mans work wa!
surprise to the Scaler party, as wei
as to all others not familiar with hil
tactics, was evident, and he is EMIT
led to a lot OF credit. Both men were
in fine condition. and there was moth
ing approaching brutality at any time
yet the contest was intensely inter
esting, and it is likely to be q lonl
time before such an exhibition ol
skill is seen here again.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28

board, is busy taking the school cen.
sus. He reports that the number WIN
exceed 800. This includes everyone
between the ages of and 21.
B. D. Miller, Of st. Louis. No., regis
tered at the Shanles Thursday.
J. w. Kinzel. Of the Fergus County
Hardware company, in LewistoWn,
was up ON q visit to the branch store
here ON Friday.
]. B. Hall and familywere in from
the ranch Saturday.
Albert Winston, Of Gilt Edge, was
over Friday.
r. s. Cushing registered ut the
Shaules Saturday from Milwaukee.
e. A. Reishal. Of Great Falls, was
in town Saturday stopping at the best
hotel in town. the Shaules.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28

HOnOrably discharged soldiers, OF
the age Of twenty-one years and up
wards, will be admitted to citizenship
without declaring intentions.
On and after September q. 1906.
all persons who have not declared
their intentions, must declare inten.
uons. or they cannot secure naturAliz-
alton papers, the old law providing for
the naturalization of all persons who
arrived in the United States before
they reached the age of eighteen
years, without declaration of inten.
tion. having been revoked.
The fee for declaration of intention
is 81. Not less than two years, nor
more than seven years after declaring
intentions. the applicant must file a
petition in writing, which petition must
remain on file for period of not less
than ninety days. and the fact thai
such petition has been filed, must be
advertised in some public place by
the clerk and court. The fee for such
petition Is 81.
At the expiration Of the ninety day
period. the petitioner must appear be
fore the court, with the witnesses
mentioned in said petition. The fee
for the final naturalization certificate
is 81.
The new law will impose an i'm
mense amount of additional work on
the clerks Of the courts, and to com
pensate them, presumably, it is pro
vided, as before stated, that the to-
tai fees shall hereafter be S. instead
Of $3.50, as formerly. One half OF
the sum Is to be retained by the
clerks, and the balance remitted to
the department. but the clerks will
get nothing for their extra work, and
the state law covers the subject, and
the portion of the fees retained by
them must be turned in to the fund
as before. To protect the certificates
of naturalization, any one convicted
of counterfeiting them is punishable
by fine Of $4,000, or by ten year.
imprisonment or by both fne ant
Imprisonment. Any court clerk con
victed of being a party to any fraudu
lent naturalization may be punished
by a fine Of $4,000, or by five year
Imprisonment or by both fine and i'm
prisonment.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
THIS IS CLOSING
DAY OF CARNIVAL
Feature is the Wild West Show. Now in Progress
at County Fair Grounds Three Successful Bal.
loon Ascensions--Other Attractions.

LewistOwn's first street fair and
carnival Is now drawing to a close,
and since the opening last Tuesday,
1t has been steadily increasing in in.
terest. The great event today is the
wild west show at the fair grounds,
and under the able management of
Murray H. Deaton, A. Van Iderstine,
Ed. SilverthOrne and Julius Sutter, 1t
bids fair to set new standard for
this class of entertainments. The car.
nival season ends with the usual per
formances this evening.
Fine Balloon Ascensions.
OF all the regular features, the
work Of the Odell balloon company
has probably afforded the most enter.
tainment to the whole community.
The first ascension. made Wednesday,
was by Prof. Williams who dropped
from a great height, landing safely
In the center Of Main street, just above
the electric building. That afternoon
Harry Stevens made the high dive
at the fair grounds. and Prof. Fisher
made the slide for life'-all nice
features, and successfully presented.
Yesterday Prof Fisher made the bai-
loon ascension and slide, while Mr.
Stevens made the dive
Prof. Fisher made the fine ascension
today, while Mr. Stevens did the dive
and the slide.
Opening Rather Chilly.
The air was sharp and chilly on the
opening day, and there was indications
of storm, but the skies cleared and
the weather conditions were excellent
during the remaining days until last
evening. when a light shower cut
down the attendance somewhat. This
did not last long. however, and today
the weather is simply made to order.
AS Is usually the case, the opening
was not very auspicious. as a number
of the attractions had not yet ar
rived and those on the grounds were
hardly Strung out"
The signal for the opening was the
approach of Queen Ethel and her maids
of honor on float, the maids being
Miss Lizzie Trepp, Miss Margaret
Kits. Miss Della McHugh, Miss Min.
ME Hopkins and Miss Mary Green.
All were attired in striking costumes,
and made beautiful picture as the
float entered the fair grounds. There
was an opportunity here for very
pretty ceremony. but it was overlook
ed. and the members of the royal par
ty we're left to dismount and hustle
for themselves as best they could.
illumination . Feature.
One OF the most attractive things
connected with the carnival is the
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
CANDIDATES
AT GILT EDGE
Several Of Them Pay Visit to the
Home Of the Gold
Roef.
THEY TAKE IN THE ROUNDUP
Miner lnjured-Many Leave the Camp
to Take In the
Carnival.

Gilt Edge. Sept. 27.-Mr. Pick, the
shoe man from Milwaukee, was Wis
itor here this week.
Mrs. G. P. Burnette is visiting Mrs.
N. l.. Poland, of Lewistown, for a
few days.
Miss Alice Benston, who has charge
OF the Grass Range school, stopped
here over Sunday on her way to the
teachers institute.
d. H. Linebarger was visitor in
Lewistown last Saturday and Sunday
Mr.. Linebarger was selected as dele
gate to the Democratic STATE conven.
ton at Butte but did not attend.
+. A. Barnes and Rev. o. F. Krieger
were in LewistOwn Wednesday, TAX.
ing in the carnival and attending to
business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Schneider AM
family are visiting friends in Lewis
town and expect to be gone a weel
or ten days.
John White. of Maiden, was a bus
mess visitor here this week.
Mrs. Iinebarger and children went
to Lewistown last Monday to visi'
friends and attend the grand carnival
They will remain all week.
X. M. Craven, presiding elder ol
the LewistOwn district of the Metho
dist Episcopal church will be here
next Monday evening Oct. L. Every.
body cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
e. c. Abbott and John Lyons left
for Lewistovn last Sunday in order
to catch the outgoing train Monday
morning and help swell the Fergus
county delegation to the Democratic
state convention at Butte.
AS. Lakey was visiting friends in
town this week.
William Grouse, Angus Carr, and c.
A. Duffany left last Wednesday for
ZOrtman, Mont
o. j. Davis, the freighter, was TAX.
en- suddenly i'll last week and is now
in the hospital. His condition is some
what improved.
G. p. Burnette returned from Bill.
lings Tuesday where he had been
shipping some cattle. Mr.. Burnette
says the cattle are in good condition
and prices better than for several
years. He shipped 1900 head six cars
going to Omaha and about fifty cars
to Chicago.
ThOs. Mason, foreman of the Two
Bar outfit, was in town this week.
Mr.. Davis. state commander of the
Knights Of Maccabees whose head.
quarters are in Helena was here shak.
ing hands with the boys this week.
A. Wheir and Miss Irene Bragg are
attending the Lewistown carnival,
Alex. Lehman, Of LewistOwn, was q
business visitor at the Gold Reef board.
ing house Wednesday.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28

The glove contest at the opera
house last night between Kid Scaler.
of Spokane, and Phil Knight, of this
city, was one Of the most interesting
and unique exhibitions of the kind
ever witnessed here. It went the
full twenty rounds, and Referee Dick
Jones, of Gilt Edge, declared 1t q draw,
knight side as it was unsatisfactory
to Scaler. That Knight should be able
to stand of MAJ OF SCAleFs Iepu-
Aation and acknowledged ability in
contest of this length stamps him
as q remarkable little man. Scaler
undoubtedly went up against a prob
lem the like of which he has never
encountered in his career In the ring.
That was Knights guard. It Is of the
turtle back" variety, first made IA
miliar by Herrera yet Is very differ
ent from the Mexican 8. Knight holds
his body in the same position bend
ing far over, with the stomach with
drawn out of realh- Instead of keep
ing his hands somewhat extended,
however, he holds them right over
his face and jaw. leaving nothing ex-
posed except the top Of his head.
When the men advanced to the CEN
ter of the ring last night, Scaler gazed
wonderingly at ths top of the local
mans head, and iddled around try
ing to find the Combination to the
lock. He tried upper cuts, but they
fell almost harmless on the local
mans glove, and then he landed a
few swings, with about the same ef-
feet. This went on for a few rounds,
and at last the Spokane fighter seem
ed to reach the conclusion that the
only way he coult get in was to
force away Knights guard. His meth
cd of accomplishing this was to
shove the local mans left glove down
and before it was replaced to land
on the exposed portion Of the face
or jaw. The result was only partially
satisfactory, and % accomplish that
much, he had to leave himself un
covered, but OWNS to Knights posi-
tion, he was rarel' able to take ad
vantage of it. A little later ScAler de-
cided to play for the kidneys. and
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28
NEW NATURALIZATION LAW
NOW IN FULL OPERATION

The new law governing naturaliz.
alton went into effect yesterday, and
hereafter all applicants for the bless.
ings of citizenship under the stars
and stripes must come in under ita
provisions. The changes made by
the new law are numerous and Inn
pOrtant. and Clerk Of the Court John
B. Ritch points the following as
among the most notable of these:
All persons having declared their
intentions prior to September 26
1906, may be naturalized at any time
after the expiration Of two years from
the date when such declaration of in
tentiOn was made.
Persons who have made declara
ti0ns of intention prior to September
q, 1906. will not be required to al
a new declaration of intention, mol
will they be required, as condition
the English language.
All persons holding declarations ol
intention prior to September 27. 1906
but which have not been issued for tht
statutory time (two years. may pre-
sent the same after the expiration
of the two years time, and the same
will be honored when making peti
tion for naturalization II the petition
er can comply with the requirement.
of the new law. except that they viii
not be required to speak the English
language, or to sign petitions in theil
own handwriting.
The applicant fbr duplicate paper.
must give under oath to the clerk O
court by which such papers were or
iginally issued, full information as tt
the time, place and circumstances o
such alleged loss d destruction.
Thereafter the clerk will forwart
to the bureau of naturalization tn,
above mentioned applications; an,
duplicate papers IN lieu of papers
lost or destroyed, Kill be issued onl.
after approval of kfA application b.
the bureau of naturalization.
The clerk of court shall not receiv'
declarations of intention from Othe
than white persons, or persons o
African nativity, Or of African dc
scent. This is Intended to who'll
shut out Asiatics.
Fergus County argus., 1906-09-28

of the two arches at
each end of the grounds. The frame
structures are artistically draped in
the carnival colors, green and gold,
and colored electric lights are
combined In way to produce
beautiful effect. Inside the grounds
is the vaudeville theatre, which
comes first. Here the Odell vaudeville
company gives its performances that
are of real merit. Harry Odell, an old
time performer and favorite every
where, Is the feature of the show,
the show pleases everyone The dam
cling pavilion, of to the left, is an at
tractive feature and is we'll patronized.
The midget horse and numerous
other attractions receive attention
along the entrance grounds, which
lead to the Midway.
On the Midway.
The great attraction on the Mid
way is the band of Cree Indians, con-
sisting Of about 20 braves and squaws,
who give their tribal dances, accom-
panied by the beating Of the tom-tom
and a weird chant. These aborigines
are part of Lite Bears band, and
came across the border from Canada
ceveral years ago. They work very
hard, always please the crowds, and
seem to enjoy their exertions. There
are side show features of various
kinds along the Midway, and all are
we'll patrOnized.
Where Credit 10 Due.
Chief credit for the carnival must
be given to Hugh Wagner, who was
one of the first to take up the idea,
and who has worked hard for its suc-
cess from the beginning. Associated
with Mr. Wagner on the general COM
mittee having immediate charge OF
the enterprise are Harry c. Brown.
James Weaver, Bert d'AutemOnt and
David Hilger, with w. J. Edgecombe
as secretary. The members Of the f.
nance committee have spent most
of their time each day since the car
nival opened in looking after their
end Of the project, and to their care
full management all praise is due. They
have been on the grounds early and
late and have done everything possible
to make the best financial showing
possible. The result so far indicates
that not more than 20 per cent OF
the fund guaranteed by the business
men will be called for. the carnival
coming within that small margin OF
paying for itself. For first expert
ence in the carnival field. this result
Is certainly a most creditable one.