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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

According to a recent interview
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers of America is of the opinion
that the anthracite and btuminous
coal miners will strike on April LIST
for shorter hours and more pay This
is matter which does not affect the
operators and Miners alone but the
public generally. and there should be
some way of compelling them to get
together On a basis fair to all concern
ed. A compulsory arbitration law may
become necessary in extreme cases
or where the public welfare is imper-
lied However there is still a chance
for an amicable settlement of points
in dispute.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27
eoNAPARTE ON NAVY.
Tells Why We Need It and What
0t Needs.

IeIIS why we Neeo u ana Wnat
Il Needs.
Baltimore. Feb. 26.-The thirtieth
annual commemoration day of the
Johns Hopkins university was cele-
brated today, Secretary Of the Navy
Bonaparte delivering the principal ad.
dress. His subject was Our Navy:
Why We Need It and What 1t Needs. y
He spoke in part as follows:
Il answer the first of the two ques-
tons l have prefixed to this little
paper by saying that we need our navy
to make and keep ourselves such a
nation as Washington hoped and be-
lieved we should become, to assure
what he called the rank due to these
United States among nations. not as
matter of vanity. but as needful to
our safety and our credit. as at once
the measure and the sanction of our
national duty to mankind
ITO understand it's true utility and
full mission, however. we must con-
stantly bear in mind that the navy is
essentially a branch of the country s
military strength. 1t exists that it
may fight if need be, and to be really
useful it must be sufficiently strong
and sufficiently prepared for it's work
to meet at any moment any enemy it
might be calculated to encounter
"The same thought gives us the an
swer to my second question: The
needs. and. indeed. what it ought to
have to do its work and do this we'll.
In the first place. it needs great
deal of money. for modern warfare is
already very expensive. and grows
more expensive daily.
1.-The second great need of the navy
is, to my mind. a thorough and I'M
sparing but fair and intelligent criti-
cism.
Finally. my friends. the navy
needs, needs perhaps more Imperative
ly than aught else, an assurance that
the public sympathzes with it's work.
that the public knows and feels its
value to the nation.
ITO recruit our sea service we have
never had recourse to CONSUMPTION in
any form. We trust with a confidence
which the event has hitherto justi-
fed, to the patriotism and military
spirit of our seafaring folk for the ad-
ditional men we shall need in the event
of war. In time of peace. however,
We must make our service attractive
to men such as We shall need in war,
II we hope for trained sailors when
that time shall come Doubtless this
means a heavy expense, but it means
something besides expense.
1.-The men we seek, and of late have
in large measure secured, will not sub
ject themselves to the restraints of
naval discipline unless they feel that
as sailors they can retain their self
respect and earn the esteem of their
fellow-Americans. To treat these men
as outcasts when they come ashore is
to cripple our ships more surely than
if their guns were disabled or their
engines put out of gear; the men be-
hind the guns. the men who handle
and feed the engines. are the most
truly vital factors in their efficiency
and such men must now be trained
not for days or weeks, but for months
and years, in time of peace. if they
are to be of more use than hindrance
in time of war"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

A long suffering poet, who had been
driven nearly to distraction by hear
ing the popular song, In the Shade
of the Old Apple Tree" relieves him
self as follows: In the shade of the
old apple tree, I've waited so long
love. for thee, that the voice once
heard, grows faint with each word
till it's barely a whisper to me
There is no more buzz in the bee, the
blossoms are withered, ah me!-and
the tree that once grew where | waited
for YOU has changed to an old chest
nut tree. where you hear that Internal
old bee. with a big carving knife that
| swiped for my wife, | am Watching
and waiting, by gee. OF daggers |
have two or three and an ak and a
cutlass, you see; and I'll stick all
these things in the next guy who
sings, In the Shade of the Old Ap.
pie Tree"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

ed bill making gambling unlawful
in all the territories. The senate COM
mittee on territories has also reported
favOrably on such bill. 1t is design
ed to suppress gambling in Arizona
and New Mexico, where it is licensed
under territorial government. The
general government was not mucn in
terested in Montana's morals in terri
torial days and this may account for
the difficulty experienced now in sup
pressing the gambling habit. Under
state government and laws for it's sup
preston it is on the decline and will
eventually be a thing of the past.
Migration from the older states will
also be potent influence in making
the vice odious. Even in Butte the
sentiment is becoming 50 strong
against public gambling that recalci-
trant county and city officers may be
compelled to do their duty by enforc-
ing the gambling law.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27
Tourist Sleepers to Chicaso-An limo
walton in Sleeping Car Service.

The Great Northern Railway COM
pany has met the demand for through
sleeping car service to and from Chi
cagO.
The Oriental Limited, the new Great
Northern train. is now equipped with
a new Tourist Sleeping Car. Operat'
ing between Seattle and Chicago and
intermediate points. The rates on
these cars are about One-half of the
Standard Sleeping Car rates and nc
change of cars is necessary between
points on the main line in North Da
kota and Montana and Chicago in eth
er direction.
Ask your local agent for further in
formation. or apply to F. l. Whitney
Passenger Traffic Manager, st. Paul
Mimi.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27
ELKS SOCIAL.
Prctracted Meeting Held by Lewistowr
Lodge Last Evening.


Lodge Last Evening.
The Lewistown Elks held a stag SO
cial last evening that was crammed
full of fun and sociability There was
very large attendance, and the mem
hers and their guests certainly passed
delightful evening. An idea-just
a faint one-of the affair may be gath
cred from the bids, which read:
Dear Bill: We are going to have a
protracted meeting on Monday even
ing, the 26th. and the Gang will moi
be complete without you.
This will be one of those stag SO
Gals that you read about. 1t will be
fine and dandy-songs, speeches, goot
stories and Bazazzas water galore
there will be bunch of talented visit
OrS.
Maybe we will not have a poor time
Well, | guess!
Come; bring your kidding clothes
and large thirst.
THE COMMITTEE.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Judge Grosscup recently stated that
five men could now gather around a
table, lay dollar on the table, organ
ize a corporation with million dol
lars capital, re-pocket the dollar and
call it fully paid-up million-dolla
corporation. Then they can lie about
their property and sell the stock to
the public. Highway robbery seems
to be very Minneapolis Jour
nal
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27
Walter Wellman is in Paris study.

Walter Wellman is in Paris study.
ing airships in connection with his
proposed flight to the north pole. His
letters to the Record Herald read
more like fairy tales than anything
else. There are several French aero.
nauts who do not look with favor up.
Oh Mr.. Wellman's scheme, believing
there are too many risks to be taken.
Ii Mr.. Wellman ever makes a start
there are many who believe he will
never return.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Because France insists on policing
the Moroccan frontier to protect her
interests and because Germany thinks
this will be granting the former too
much authority, there is danger of a
war between the two powers. Isn't it
about time that there is established
an International court of arbitration
that is something more than a name?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Everything points to another good
season for woolgrOwers. The market
promises to be as good if not better
than last year and flocks are winter
ing well Reports from the east are
to the effect that Boston wool houses
will have men in Montana con
the Shearing season.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Congressman Grosvenor, of Ohio
who created something of a reputa.
ton for his skill in forecasting results
in presidential elections, was evident.
ly unable to figure out majority for
himself in the recent congressional
nomination in his district He was
defeated by a large majority.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

The Heinze brothers have purchas-
ed seat in the New York Stock ex-
change for 100000 and it is said that
Der on tine ground floor. Although he
has enough money to keep a pack of
wolves from the door. "Faug'' has no
intention of abandoning the game of
chance
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

We trust none of our young Ameri-
cans will follow G. Washington eX-
ample by cutting down apple trees.
Montana hasn't any to spare. Wait
until spring and go after the dande-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

While Montana has been basking in
tropical sunshine the news comes from
Alaska that the winter has been the
severest for many years in that reg
ion, the thermometer indicating sixty
below zero at times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Sweet Grass is one of the latest
counties to take steps to secure the
primary law. Petitions are being cir
culated and generally signed
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Possibly Susan B. Anthony intends
to live to see equal suffrage granted
her sex. She was eighty-six years old
on the Goth of this month
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

fall has come sooner than was ex-
pected, but all followers of the ring
will be glad that the situation has
been cleared to this extent at least
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Mining stocks in the Bullfrog dis.
trict have taken a big jump. Evil
IDENTIFY that district is very properly
named
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

No subscriber will he carried on our
books whose arrearages are greater
than six months. All subscription ac-
counts are payable in advance.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27
And Pity IT'S.

"Ah! yes. l tip the waiter"
The diner sadly said.
Because indeed If he's unfeed
Then ! remain unfed."
Cleveland Leader.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

The house of representatives, under
a suspension of the rules, has pass
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Sleepy? l suppose you got up with
the chickens this morning"
Earlier than that. l got up with
the thermometer. philadelphia Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-27

Subscribers failing to receive their
papers will please notify this office.
that the cause may be investigated
and reported to the proper authort-
ties.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Needed In Other Branches.

Simplified spelling, which the presi-
dent is boosting along this season for
excitement in lieu of bear hunting, is
all right in its way. but whas = needed
to make the world happy and to cause
it to go singing about its work is some
form of simplified arithmetic that will
enable the person who is expert at fig
ures in the new line to spread sew
entyfive dollar salary over expenses
that run up to 500 and still have a
few dollars left to put I'm the bank at
the end of the month.
Reform spelling Is no particular cred
it to any one. It comes natural to
most of us. but nothing would be too
good for the man who could invent
reform arithmetic and push it along.
1t is the scientist who can make the
grocer and the butcher believe that
two and two make eight for whom we
are looking We will take our chances
with most any kind of spelling if some
fellow will show up who can tell us
how to make our salary go block or
two farther
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16

jacques Benton are expressing their
heartfult sympthy to that worthy
couple, since the mysterious disap-
pearance of their little daughter, An
stance was made public. The little
girl has been missing now for five
days. and the most persistent search
has failed to reveal her whereabouts.
Miss Anstance was ten years of age.
exceedingly bright and of sunny
disposition. When last seen, she was
standing in front of large bill board
looking at the handsome Autographs
which announce the coming of the
famous pastoral play "The Warming
Bell to the Gennett Theatre on next
Saturday, matinee and night. Miss
Anstance had taken an exceptional
interest in the coming of this play,
and her distracted parents are hoping
that she may be found in time to see
the performance.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
ROBERT FULTON AND THE cLKsMoNr

town exposition in Virginia and at the
international maritime exhibition In
Bordeaux, France The French have
claim on Fulton, inasmuch as he
made many of his experiments in that
country and was encouraged in them
by. the French government. It was In
France that Fulton, away back in the
year 1897, experimental with his boat
for submarine navigation In connection
with torpedo warfare, thus anticipat-
ing by more than a century the sue
cess in that field achieved in the past
half dozen years. 1t was IN France in
1903 that he made some OF his initial
essays in the direction OF steam navi-
sgation. This exhibition will illustrate
the history Of maritime development
from the earliest times.
During the jamestown exposition
there Is to be at Hampton Roads
great naval and marine exhibition, and
in connection with this honors can be
paid to Fulton, most appropriately.
Aug. IL will be set apart as Fulton
day, and a committee headed by Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, whose family has
been intimately identified with the de-
NCtoPlASAl VI StSAiI ha
ranging a programme for the occasion.
Mr.. Vanderbilt will probably head a
marine parade with his yacht North
Star. He is president OF the Robert
Fulton Monument association. and the
treasurer, to whom subscriptions for
the monument fund may be sent. ia
Richard Delafield, president of the Ma
tional Park bank. New York.
Fulton was born In Lancaster coun-
ty, Pa. in 1765 and died in New York
in 1915 AS Mark Twain puts it: He
made the vacant oceans and idle rivers
useful after the unprecedented had been
wondering for hundred million years
what they We're for. He found these
properties a liability: he left them an
asset. It is the peculiar honor and
privilege OF our concentrating age
to estimate this majestic service at its
splendid and rightful value. The mon
ument is deserved, and 1t will be built
Mark Twain Samuel L. Clenens) Is
first vice president Of the Monument
association With him and Mr. Van
derbilt and Mr.. Delafield In the board
of officers are such men as Hugh Cor
don Miller, r. Fulton Cutting. Nicholas
Murray Butler ind Andrew Carnegie.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

The scarcity of small bills is said 10
he due to dollar subscriptions TO cam
paign funds Birmingham "A ge- Herald.
II looks paradoxical, but Cuba could
make good deal more sugar If il
didn't raise SO much Cain.-New York
Mail.
John ID. Rockefeller has had tooth
pulled, but what the country is waitin e
for is TO see him.get his leg pulled
Washington Post.
In automobiling n drunken chauffeur
is distinct disadvantage. 1t is well
for the passengers also to be sober
Philadelphia Ledger
'Hwat's'' the matter with restoring
the old Anglo-Saxon way OF spelling
'.hwich' .'hwile'' we are ABOUT it?
That's the way we pronounce them
Atlanta Constitution.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Humor ano Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
TAKING THE BAIT.

That the fellow wants our money
We are very much aware
As we catca the ample breezes
OF his superheated air;
That he has a scheme in Matching
That would put Old Nick to shame,
But in spite of that we nibble
At the other fellows game.
Very pleasant is the murmur
OF his smooth and chatty chin
And his line of conversation.
Meant to take the suckers in;
Very cheerful are the prospects
OF the profits that must fall
In the pockets of the victim
Who invests his little all.
In a mine not yet, but nearly,
Is concealed a wealth of dusts
in a scheme to double profits
By the forming of a trust
He is quite disinterested.
Eut if you will wait a spell
You will very soon discover
That he has some stock to sell.
Though we know it is a bunko
Meant to capture such as we
And will bring us woe in plenty,
Do we face about and fee?
No. We listen to his story.
And about the second call
At the bait we take a nibble.
Then we swallow hook and all.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Elks Erect Memorial.

Harrisburg, Pa. Oct. ia marble
shaft and fountain erected shy the Ma
tional Order of Elks in memory of
Meade d. Detwiler of Harrisburg,
twice grand exalted ruler Of the order,
was unveiled in reservoir park here,
the anniversary of Mr.. Detwiler's
birth. The principal address was de
livered by Judge Jerome B. Fisher of
jamestown, \. Y. whose subject was
An Estimate of Detwiler. the Man and
the Elk. The statue was unveiled by
Mr.. Detwiler's two little sons, after
which it was turned over to Mayor
Gross and by him to the park commits
Cinn
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Two More Victims.

Rochester, Pa, Oct. 1.-two more
have been added to the list OF dead
az result of the explosion of the boil
ers of the government pumping boat
Slackwater at Lock No. on the Ohio
river at Legionville. Beaver county,
increasing the number to five deaths.
Joseph Cooper of Elizabeth, Pa, the
engineer, and Clifford Norris of
Washington, Pa, foreman on the
boat, died here at the hospital Both
men were badly scalded and bruised.
Cooper's body was taken to his home.
The injured now here in the hospital
will recover.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Steam Pipe Exploded.

New York, Oct IA steam pipe
exploded on the steam yacht Colonia
owned by Frederick G. Bourne, former
commodore of the New York Yacht
club, as she lay in Oyster Bay cove
Five men aboard the yacht were
frightfully scalded by escaping steam
and three died soon after being taken
to Nassau hospital, Mineola. The
other two will survive. it was said
at the hospital. The dead: Albert E.
Kip, firem-n; Edward McGenty, stok-
er; John Southland, fireman
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
EXPURCATED FOOTBALL.

Can this tame.
Benevolent game
Be the same
Old riproaring.
Death scoring
Stunt
With which we were won't
To amuse, ourselves in days of yore?
No gore
No broken ribs
Why not tie on bibs
And let them play
CroQuet
Or something real exciting
in which the fightip3
II you insist
On n scrap
Is a. slap
On the wrist
On the classic shades
When the situation
Calls for a downright mean fling.
That the other is a nasty. mean
thing?
Must we make raids
On the classic shades
OF the slaughter house
To get our sousa
or blood?
Has the food
Been stayed?
Is there to besno parade
OF broken limbs. no compound
Fractures, no brains oozing on the
ground,
No tying
Up of,the physiology of the dying,
No battering up of the features
OF our future lawyers and preach
In short. no brand
To be stamped on the youth Of the
land?
Is this
Mis-
Fit all
They have to offer as substitute
for football?
1t to the dump,
For truly our educational institutions
have gone bump.
Don't you think you had better try
70 wear smile and sing song?
It's a good old world after all,
Provided you take Rocky Mountain
Tea,
n the spring and fall A. G. Luken &
20.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
IN HONOR OF FULTON
A MONUMENT TO THE FATHER OF
STEAM NAVIGATION

The Memorial to BE Erected the
Hudson and the Celebration. Next
Year In France AID at the James,
town EXPEDITION.
UT will be a hundred years on the
18th of next August since the
Clermont steamed up the Hudson
river from New York to Albany.
A movement is in progress to honor the
builder and inventor OF the Clermont
Robert Fulton, who is generally re-
garded as the father of steambo nav
igation. Whatever the claims of others
as to application of steam to purposes
OF navigation, 1t was Fulton, at any
rate. who first demonstrated the prac-
t1cability Of the steamboat for passen-
ger and freight transportation, and aft
er the Clermont had made her mem
'orable voyage and the success of the
venture was seen multiplied ton OF
steamboats, was rapid.
The services of Fulton to science
commerce and civilization were of
such vast magnitude that it Is thought
appropriate to have the nation as a
whole take part in the memorial which
it is proposed to erect In his honor.
This memorial will stand on the banks
Of the Hudson. overlooking the scene
Of Fulton's great experiment The
site will be somewhere on the upper
end of Manhattan Island and not far
from Grants tomb. the Cathedral of
st. John the Divine. Columbia univer-
sity and other monumental and archi-
tectural features which make this part
of New York a center of interest for
sightseers The character of the me
mortal has not yet been fully decided
upon, but a design by the sculptor
Leopold Bracony is considered to en-
body a general idea as to what the
monument should be. This provides
for base surrounded by approaches
ornamented by appropriate sculpture.
The shaft supports heroic figure of
Fulton, showing him contemplating
model Of the Clermont 1t is propos-
ed that the remains Of Fulton shall be
placed In the monument, and the con-
sent Of the inventors grandson. r.
Fulton Ludlow of Claverack, n. T.. to
this plan has been obtained.
Fulton's achievements will be cele.
brated next year both at the James
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
"eabes in ToyIand.v-eennett.


When Hamlin and Mitchells gor-
geous extravaganza, Babes in Toy
land. is seen here at the Gennett
Theatre next Friday night the thea
TRIGGERS of this city will agin have
an opportunity of witnessing the
greatest musical comedy, according
TO the verdict of New York's most
eminent critics and the public gener-
ally produced in years. To make the
road production just as elaborate as
they gave it in New York, where it
ran for $50 nights at the Majestic
Theatre, many of the original mem
bers, including the clever comedians
Gus Pixley and Budd Ross, will be
seen So much has been written about
this Naturalization of the famous
Babes in the Woods" fairy stories
that the public is thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with the scheme of the plot To
accentuate the beautiful music of Vic
tor Herbert, Hamlin and Mitchell are
sending out an auxiliary orchestra
to reinforce the local orchestra.
THE Warning BelP-Gennett.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-16
Bakers Strike,

Montpelier, France, Oct 15.-The
local working bakers declared a gen
eral strike because of the refusal OF
the ,proprietors of the bakeries to
award the weekly day Of rest, as pro
vided for by the law. The city au-
thorities have appealed to the govern
ment officials for the assistance of
the military BAKERS in order to prevent
a bread famine