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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19
MOSRY NEWS NOTES.

The weather has been very cold
here of late, but has now moderated.
and there is considerable bare ground
in the brakes. Cattle are beginning
to show the effects of the weather.
A. J. Mcdonald. the hide and pelt
man. passed through this section re-
Gently.
The dance given at the Boyle ranch
proved very enjoyable affair
John Hill and John Rowton made a
trip to the Musselshell recently and
report the roads in very bad condition.
Percy Belcher, Of Lavina. has been
visiting his sister. Miss Jessie Belch-
err. who is teaching school here.
Warren Niles wears a broad smile
these days. It's boy
The V-Bar has been making sec
ond roundup, gathering the cows and
calves scattered during the recent
storm.
Miss Jessie Belcher and Miss Anna
Mosby attended the recent dance at
Flatwillow
w. H. Mosby is putting up ice.
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1.-THE Maids of Corkville."

The Maids of Corkville" are assem-
bling for their appearance at the Op-
era house on Tuesday night. Jan. 30.
when they promise an entertainment
introducing the latest features of fe-
male minstrelsy. There are some fea-
lures of minstrel entertainment. how
ever, that never change. and so there
will be the funny ends. the tuneful
circle and the strengthening chorus
The songs, jokes and stage effects are
catchy and up-to-the-mnute The
maids" are practicing with vim.
and aim to give a performance Sec
Ond to none ever given in the city.
Watch for further announcements
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Information Filled.

terday filed in the district court an
information charging James Sherman
with murder in the first degree. The
names of the witnesses for the state
endorsed on the information are J. w.
Luton. o. l.. Bryant, George Creel,
Tom Stout. Fl. r. Watson, Hugh Wag-
ner. e. G. WINS. n. Butler, George
Shaw, DR.. W. A. Long, DR.. F. F. Attix
Under Sheriff Ed. Martin. Deputy
Sheriff Ed. Slverthorne and Sheriff
l.. p Slater 1t is quite likely that
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19
EXPORTS TO CHINA.
American Trade is ParaIyzed Because
Of the Boycott.

OF IOS 6OyCOIIs
Spokane, Jan. 1S.-American trade
with China has fallen off 95 per cent
in the past year, according to the es-
and treasurer of the Centennial Mill
those of other western millers, are be-
ing seriously affected by the boycott.
Mr.. Glasgow said:
'The latest reports that We have
received are to the effect that the Chi
nese are going into the Australian
market for their flour, paying prices
higher than for the American product.
l do not believe that the boycott will
be removed soon. The Chinese have
been slow to learn how their country
men are being treated in the United
States, but now that they have awak-
ened to the true condition. they will
not let up. We will have to make
concessions.
I'm this western country vast low
grade mineral wealth lies useless in
the mountains for lack of men to dig
it out. Thousands of miles of rail-
road construction work remain at
standstill because laborers can not be
found to push it.
IF the possibilities of this country
are to be realized. immigration must
be encouraged. The Chinese are es-
pecially fitted for this work. They are
not such undesirable immigrants as
are the papuers of southern Europe.
The Chinaman has four cardinal prin-
ciples-honesty. industry. economy
and virtue-by which he lives. In all
our dealings with the celestials we
never yet have had a single one cheat
us.
'The American prejudice against the
Chinaman was originated in San Fran.
cisco at a time when that city was
practically the whole coast. Since
then other cities and new industries
with diverse interests have sprung up.
Among these the San Francisco idea
does not prevail. for they recognize
the value of the Chinaman.
'Of course. none of us wants the
cOolie admitted into this country. In
deed, the Chinese themselves prob
ably do not care to have the class
leave their shore. The merchant and
the scholar may advantageOusly be
welcomed.
eff the Chinese markts are closed
tically no other country to which we
can turn. In Europe the prejudice
against the American is as strong as
is the prejudice here against the Chi
naman. Australia is exporting wheat
and flour to Africa, and South America
grows large quantities of the grain.
ITO compete with foreign mills we
would have to cut prices materially.
This would mean a reduction in prices
OF grain to the farmers. The cut
would affect a vast number of DeODle
'The condition is serious. Eastern
people whose interests are not affect
ed by the boycott will be slow to act.
But before the situation is relieved
more elastic exclusion laws must be
enacted for the benefit of the China
man"
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Unclaimed Letters Remaining In the
Postofficc at lewistown, Mont,

Unclaimed Letters Remaining In the
Postofficc at lewistown, Mont,
January II. 1906.
First--Head letters with writer's
full address. including street and nun,
Der and request answers to be address.
ed accordingly.
Second-Letters to strangers or
transient visitors in the city, whose
special address may be unknown,
should be marked in the left nani
corner transient" This will pre-.
vent their being delivered to persons
of the same or similar names.
TO obtain any of these letters tho
applicant must call for advertised
letters" giving the date of the list.
J. c. Beel. r. II. Everson Pearl
Jones, p. c. Mckenzie. Patrick Nc
Coy. Catherine Meehan. Ole Nave
stad, l.. N. O'Dell. Miss NJ. Sullivan.
John Wilson.
ALBERT PFAUS. Postmaster.
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Not Considered Serious,

Mr.. Peterson. who is one of the best
known musicians of this place, left
for Butte only short time ago, an
Houncing that he intended to be mar
ried while away. None of Mr.. Peter
sons friends here-and he has a wide
circle of Thermometers the trouble
referred to above as serious at all,
and all believe the matter will soon
be adjusted. Only one side of the con-
troversy has been stated. and Mr..
Peterson's version may put it in an
entirely different light.
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Use TELMO FLOUR. |

>.
Hair goods for sale and made to or
der. Mrs. Wallace. over the postoffice.
High grade pianos at bargain prices.
Art Music store.
Complete line Of the famous Wash.
burn mandolins, guitars and banjos.
Art Music store.
Rev. George Edwards, of Great Falls,
ian church here, visited Moore this
week
DR.. Ralph Hedges has returned to
Lewistown and may be called night or
day from his offices in the I.aux
building. Telephone No. 1902. F.
Bishop Lehman, of Great Falls,
will celebrate usual services in ST.
Leo's Catholic Church. Lewistown
Sunday. January 21st inst
twenty-five per cent discount on all
dental work. DR.. NJ. NJ. Hedges is
now located in the Laux building, near
the Telephone Office. All dental op-
erations guaranteed. Office open day
and night. Telephone 1902 F.
DR.. Attix, telephone No. 1872. corner
Main street and Sixth avenue. F
The Straw Literary Society will eel
citrate Burns birthday Jan. 25. A
program appropriate to the occasion.
including a paper by Mrs Stoutenbure
on the poets career. will be read
The Office of the Lewistown Hide
&, Fur Co., A. NJ. Mead resident man.
ager, Is now in the old Methodist
church on Broadway. The company
pays Minneapolis prices, less the
freight, for hides, pelts and furs.
Roy e. Ayers. attorney at law: Of
fee in the Lang building. F
The flag staff in front of the ol..
school building was blown down
in the gale that prevailed Tuesday
night. after having been in use for
IA years. It is regarded as very for.
tunate that the pole toppled over in
the night. as it might have caused a
serious accident had it occurred at
some hours during the day.
Latest sheet music always on
hand. Mail orders promptly filled.
Art Music Store.
Charley Allen. for several years
foreman of the Kendall mine, and VINO
recently resigned that position left
VII yOoICAuuy . tAolA AOI NdulOIulos
where he will reside for some time,
and perhaps permanently. Mr. Allen
was the original owner of the Ken
dali mine, which he sold to Harry T.
Kendall for $3.50. Although he had a
narrow escape from being a multi-mil-
liOnaire. the fact never worried Mr.
Allen at all. and through hard and
intelligent work. he was able to &C.
cumulate a snug fortune. He is one of
the owners of the Allen & Robinson
block, and has other holdings in this
city and county.
The telephone rates of the Lewis.
town & Billings Mutual Telephone &
Telegraph Co. are $3.50 per month in
business houses and $3.50 per month
in residences.
Joseph DennisOn, who will be re-
membered as one of the first men ar
rested in connection with the Studzin-
ski murder case. and who. with w. P.
Coyle. soon established his innocence.
was taken in custody yesterday on a
charge of passing worthless checks.
and is now in the county Jail. 1t is al
legged that Dennison passed worthless
paper on Barney Mcdonnell for $11,
and on Thomas Merryfield for $40. A
complaint has been filed in Justice W.
T. McFarland's court, but the hearing
has not yet been set.
, The wonder Of this century, the
Victor Talking Machine. Big line Of
records in stock. Art Music Store.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19
Sheepmen, Attention!

Do you want a managing foreman,
who has knowledge of the business,
both practically and theoretically? If
you do | offer my services. | am a
young man and unmarried; my exper-
fence has been gained in different
countries and under various condi.
tons. I will undertake to run the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19
Notice to co.0wners.

To o. G. Hart.
You are hereby notified that Ihave
expended the sum of six hundred dol
lars in labor and improvements upon
the Montreal lode, situate in Warm
Spring (unorganized) mining district,
Fergus county, Montana, in order to
hold said premises under the provis-
ions of section 1924, Revised Statutes
of the United States. being the amount
required to hold the same for the
years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1908, 1904, 1905.
And if within ninety days from the
service of this notice by publication.
you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as CO.
owner, your interest in said claim will
become the property of the subscribed
under section 1924.
Dated January II, 1906.
EDMOND DECELLES.
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some of these parties may also be call
Ell as witnesses for the defense as Mr..
Huntoon was proceeding on that line
during the preliminary If there are
other witnesses for the defense. their
names are at this time unknown.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19

largest outfit and without assistance
from the owner. He can safely leave
1t all to me. I am particularly well
posted on lambing. Wishing a posi-
ton about May 1st, 1906
A. T. SODERSTROM,
Lewistown. Mont.
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Nov. "a. 19O5.-You can set a hen
on duck eggs but she'll know the diff
ference when they hatch, and you can
sell a man space in fake publication.
but when the returns don't hatch he'll
know-Rusty Mixes Diary.
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Return From California.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Moore, of the
Rock Greek bench, have returned from
trip to California, Washington and
Idaho, and both are glad to get back
to the ranch
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19

GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE WORK.
Inquire of Mrs. Frank e. Smith,
Boulevard and Second avenue. Lew
istOwn. 1-19-tf
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19

A GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE
work; a good cook. Good wages
paid. Apply at the residence Of Mrs.
W. A. Long. 1-16-tf
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CLASSIFIED Advertisements

One cent q word each insertion,
payable In advance, for advertisement
In this column. II not paid In advance
10 cents q line each insertion.
Minimum charge for one 1nsertlon
Is cents.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19

AGENTS, TO SELL PORTRAITS. AD-
dress BOX 351, Lewistown. 1896"
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WANTED.

BOARDERS IN PRIVATE FAMILY,
Mrs. Lincoln, next postofice.
1885,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

A country justice OF the peace called
upon a retired attorney and, after pre-
senting a statement of facts, asked as
a matter of friendship for a legal opin-
ion upon them. This the attorney gave.
When the attorney had finished the
squire rose and said.
We'll, those are jlst the facts In a
case | am a-going to try next Saturday
In my court, and l knowed you would
give me the right kind of an opinion.
SO | come to you. The costs in that
case will be just $3.50, and | am will
ing to divide with you. When | was
q candidate some of the folks In INV
county lowed | didn't know enough to
u this Office, and | intend to show
them b a | do. The next ease | have
viii come to you again, and we will
run h a court right or bust a ham
string a-trying."
With that the justice Of the peace
dropped 1913 on his astonished friends
desk n took his departure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

II we read the signs of the times
right, the leaders OF the Roosevelt
republicans in this state are ex- Sen
'ator Pettigrew, ex-Attorney General
Crawford, Senator Gamble and Uni
ted States District Attorney Elliott
AL politicians out of or about to be
out OF a job, The people of South
Dakota have repudiated Pettigrew
and Crawford and we predict that
Gamble is in for a dose Of the same
kind Of medicine at the polls this
fall. And Elliott-w well he wanted
70 be reappointed and because two
terms were thought to have been
.suficientsfor him, he is against the
men who have stood by him for eight
years -he is an migrate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Mr.. kiljordan," said the young man
with the bill, would it be convenient
for you to-
NO. it wouldn't" stormily inter
rupted Kiljordan, looking up with
blood IN his eye. you aaa,a mated
idiot, don't you know enough not to in
terrupt a man when he's at work ?
The payment Of this in%stallment isn't
due till tomorrow anyhow, you dad
dinged l%unkhead! For half a cent I'd
throw you out Of the window. Take
your gumdasted face out Of here or
Ilr'-
The terrified youth waited to hear no
more. He darted out through the door
and made for the stairway. down
which he went three steps at a time.
What ails you, KiljordanY' asked
the mar at the other desk. why did
you try to scare that boy half to
death?'
I've no grudge against the boy" he
answered, turning to his work. .but l
couldn't swear at the woman with the
gentle manner and the neighborhood
charity scheme who buzzed me for
half an hour before he came In. and I
had to let out on somebody."-Chicaro
Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Many years ago Bill Smith was a
well known character in a Missouri
town whose name need not be mention.
ed here. Bill raj a colored boy who
roamed the streets at will. One day
ne found a pocketbook containing $40.
and the owners name was stamped
on the book.
But Bill burned the pocketbook and
spent the $40 In riotous living. OF
course II was found out, and Bill was
arrested, tried, found guilty and sent
to the ~penitentiary for two years. He
served his time, and when he emerged
ne knew something about making shoes.
The day he returned to his home an
old acquaintance met him and asked:
We'll. what did they put you at In
the prison. Bfly"
Deg started In to make an honest
boy out'n me, sah."
That's good, Bin, and ! hope they
succeeded"
"Dey did. sah."
"And how did they teach you to Be-
honest, Bili?"
"Dey done put me in de shoe shop.
SAB. nailin' pasteboard onter shoes 10
soles, sah."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

The total gold harvest for the year
just passed was 100000, a gain
of $28,000,000. Let's see, Bryan
told us a few years ago that the sup
ply of gold was diminishing, and
that unless we went to the double
standard the volume of currency
would soon become SO contracted
that there would not be sufficient of
the circulating medium to carry ON
the business of the country. Yet, in
spite of that propeesy the supply of
gold steadily increases, aud we have
a new record in the per capita
circulation something over thirty
one dollars and a dollar of Uncle
money is worth a dollar in all
he countries Of the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
A SPECIAL SENSE.
That Which Unerringly Directs a
shark to Carbon.

1t is a curious thing and. so far as
present knowledge goes, quite mex
plicable how a shark seems to have an
%unerring perception of the presence of
carrion. BY virtue of what sense does
he know that at a distance of perhaps
a couple of miles there Is food to be
had for the picking up? 1t can hardly
be sight. and TO say that ii is the sense
OF smell presupposes an olfactory ap-
paratus of such marvellous dellcacy
that one good Whit from an average
harness cask' would surely burst the
machinery for good and all. And vet
our shark will bolt a goodly lump o.
the gamiest salt pork without SO much
as a wink. No, it cannot be his nose
which leads him.
Now a theory has been put forward
by naturalists that the shark possesses.
In common with the Andes condor. a
special sense, or instinct, which is de-
MED to cleaner feeding animals. The
naturalist cannot explain this sense.
lie confesses, In fact, that he knows
nothing about 1t. But he can give it a
name. He calls it the ''carrion sense"
Inc with that name, which, of course.
explains nothing at all. expects us to
De satished.-Pearson's Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Ants are really very long lived. con
siderins their minuteness. Janet had
w queens under observation for ten
years, and n of Sir John Lubbock's
ant pets lived into her fifteenth year.
Ants are very tenacious Of life after
severe injury. Following loss of the
entire abdomen, they sometimes live
two weeks, and In one case a headless
ant, carefully decapitated by aseptic
surgery. lived for f~orty-one days. A
carpenter ant after being submerged
eight days In distilled water came to
life upon being dried, SO that ants are
practically proof against drowning.
They a live for long periods without
food. In one case the fast lasted near
~ nine months before the ant starved
to death.-Scientifc American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
WHEN WE STAND UPRIGHT
A Special Complex Mechanism Ena-
bles Us 10 Do IL,

we are so accustomed to standing
upright as a natural attitude that few
of us think what a special complex
mechanism is required for this pur-
pose. A moments consideration will
show that the ordinary explanation of
the erect position Ohe center OF CRAWL
ty to be directly above the feet is in
sufficient. When a man Is suddenly
shot, whether from the front or behind.
he drops on his face, for the truth is
that there is much more weight in the
front Of the spinal column than be-
hind it.
The fact IS that when we are stand
ing a large number of powerful mus
cles Cboth front and back are stimuli
~taneously at work, the effects of their
action being to n%eutralize each other.
Thus the legs would fall forward were
1t not that they are kept vertical on
the feet by the strong tendon 1.-THE
"Achilles'o at the back of the heel
At the same time he muscles of the
thigh are frightened SO as to prevent us
taking a sitting position, and the mus
~'So VI eHc ooSn oic puiicu teIse 80 Iuat
the trunk does not stoop forward. The
head is prevented from dropping on he
chest by the ligaments In the nape Of
the neck.
That the upright Is not its normal
position is easily shown by the fact
that a man mods as he is falling asleep,
for as soon as the controlling nervous
force is deadened the head drops for
ward by its own weight, only to be
pulled back into position again with
q Jerk when the brain becomes sud
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Their wealth, their luxury, their cul-
tivation Of arts which we have not yet
had time to seriously contemplate, their
civilization, their strange class distinc-
lions, but above all the great wealth
and the great poverty of their people,
stir our wondering faculties more than
any other things a eve do. When
we behold their wealth we are as poor
children brought suddenly into a rich
'child's nursery and lost in astonish-
ment at the number and profusion of
toys strange to us. When we see their
poverty we are Pharisees who thank
God that we are not as these others.
But in either case are we beset with a
great amazement.-From AN Outland-
err In England"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

The announcement Of Congress
man Charles HI. Burke, published in
another column, i a straightforward
manly statement Of his position upon
the great question before the people
today. He leaves no doubt as to his
position. As is usual with him in
oil matters, he is squarely out in the
open. He asks for a denomination
upon hissrecord and he should have
i. South Dakotalhas never had a
member of either house III Wash
ington whoshass done more for his
state THANH Charles H. Burke. If he
y not renominated BY acclamation
q the next republican state conven-
sion, Ne will be compelled to revise
ouf opinion Of South Dakota repub.
licans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
ADMITS BRUTAL DEED
CHICAGO YOUTH coNFEssEs TO
MURDER or WIFE or PROM.
iNENT CITIZEN.

Chicago. Jan. 13.--Mrs. Bessie Hol
lister, thirty years of age the wife of
Franklin G. HOLSTER OF the printing
firm Of HOLSTER Bros, one of the larg-
est concerns Of its kind in the city,
was murdered by Richard WINS. TWEEN
ty-four years old, who had attempted
TO assault her. The body of Mrs. Hol-
lister was found early in the morn
ing lying on a pile OF stable refuse in
the rear OF the WINS residence at 36S
Belden avenue. Around the neck was
twisted a fine copper wire and death
had been caused by strangulation.
WINS, who pretended TO find the
body and reported the fact of the muir.
der TO the police, confessed TO the
crime a short time after he had been
taken into custody. His statement to
the police. in effect, was that he was
at work in his carpenter shop near
where the body was found and that
when Mrs. Hoilister passed by he at
tackled her and when she resisted he
dragged her into the carpenter shop
and killed her by twisting the wire
around her neck. He then went home
and remained there all night.
In the morning he went TO the barn
ostensibly to perform some work and,
to find the body, rushed
into the house and reported to his
and later to the police that the
body of a woman was lying on the
heap of refuse near the barn,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
Dice From BilIiara aau.

what becomes of the wornout bill
hard balls?' said an idler in a billiard
room.
Well the man at the desk replied,
when a ball is only a little eff it is
sent to the factory to be trued up. We
get our balls trued up until they be-
come too small for use. Then we sell
hem at SO much per ounce.
after their sale they are carved into
various small trinkets. but In the main
they are MADE into dice. or The forty
or fiity balls rolling and clicking bust
~ here this evening it is safe to say
that 80 per cent of them a few wears
hence viii he working just as. hard in
the form Of dice.r