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Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

Farmers say single acres have produced
seventy bushels Of wheat, and one quarter
section is cited as turning out 1000 bushels
Of oats In one year.
Speaking OF the wheat along the Column
bta, had chat the other night with T.
A. Davies. general manager OF the Column
bia and 0kanogan Steamship company,
whose boats run about $50 miles UP the
Columbia and Okanogan rivers, through a
country not reached by the railroads. He
says that his vessels brought more than
100000 bushels OF wheat down to the
Great Northern at Wenatchee last year
and that a great part of the country Is be-
ing put under wheat
The farmers haul the grain to the river
landings and pile It there in bags In
mounds. At one station last fall 3S.O0C
sacks. containing 5000 bushels OF grain
were Brought in for shipment. and there
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

crusher to make paving material.
1t is hard to imagine a more desolate.
thirsty land than this. when undeveloped.
There are no trees, no green bushes. and
al is bleak and bare. 1t is a desert, and
no one would imagine that 1t would raise
enough to feed a jack rabbit Still right
in the midst OF such territory vast wheat
fields are now to be seen. There are
patches Of green everywhere. Farms have
grown up in the midst OF the bleakness
and the desert iself is yielding forty and
more bushels Of wheat TO the acre.
As l passed through on the railroad I
saw many ragged little stations OF wooden
one-story buildings. The only large struc-
lures In them were wheat sheds and ele-
vators, with here and there a fiour mill.
These sheds are filed with grain at the
time Of harvest. They will not hold the
crop and the overflow is stacked up in
bags outside. This inland empire is now
producing something like 5000, 900 bushels
of wheat in one year, and stil the BIG
Bend country has been hardly touch he'd
The state OF Washington alone produced
100000 bushels last year, and the pros
pect is that 1t will do better this.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

were stacks Of bags all along the river.
In many places the river runs 1000 feet
below the level of the wheat fields, and
the bags are carried down to the boats on
aerial trans, the wheat carrying the
empty cars back.
Mr.: Davies has now seven boats on this
river carrying wheat, fruit and passengers.
He tells me that the country is rapidly
settling and that from the shore OF the
river eastward is a vast expanse Of wheat
fields. There are also dairy farms and,
farther up. mining settlements. The cat
the country begins at the mouth OF the
okanogan. and beyond it is a rich mining
region.
All along tho way are little valleys de-
voted to fruit, somewhat similar to the
Wenatchee valley. where this letter "
written. These are being opened uD to
Continued on Page seven)
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Morse the Pioneer Planter

Curiously enough the first wiring done
was underground, making the conduit con-
struction older than the aerial. A portion
OF Morse's telegraph invention was a
method for burying wires. The first tele-
graph line was built in 1S4S between Bal
timore and Washington and .he first seven
miles out from Baltimore were laid under
ground. The wires were placed in lead
pipe and laid in a plow furrow. They
proved imperative. Luckily, perhaps. a
foreman was unable to bury wires in a
stone viaduct and pressed for q substitute,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

grateful to the telephone company for thus
Voluntarily taking the initiative in a matter
which Is of such Importance to the city.
In accordance with the suggestions made
a year ago steps were taken to compel
the removal from the streets OF poles which
were unnecessary or unused, but the matter
never progressed beyond the preliminary
stage The city electrician was ordered
TO Investigate the number and location OF
these poles and he reported 79 poles as
unnecessary and 200 poles unused. A reso-
luton was passed ordering the street COM
missioner to remove certain Of these poles,
and that ended IL. That resolution Is
probably reposng peacefully in the inside
pocket OF some official and the poles con-
tnue to multiply as heretofore.
I say most emphaucally that the tele-
graph companies must be compelled to
follow the example Of the telephone COM
pany and place their wires underground
II the council will cooperate with me In
this matter we will soon be rid OF the I'M
slightly and dangerous wires which form a
network above our main streets AS a
beginning in this work. l recommend that
steps be taken at once to have the police
and fire alarm wires in the central part OF
the city placed in the ducts OF the sub
ways of the telephone company provided
for In the franchise OF said company. II be-
ing stipulated that these ducts are to be
for the exclusive use of the city free Of
charge. This should be followed by a
vigorous and relentless war on telegraph
poles. Let us proceed in a regular and
legal manner and II the telegraph COM
panies refuse to comply let US follow the
example OF New York and other cities and
cut down the poles.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
New Lands of the West

have been writing considerable about
Canada and its wheat belt. The Canucks
have an empire yet TO develop, and they
think that Uncle Sam has reached the
maximum OF his farming possibilities.
There was never a greater mistake. We
are discovering new lands every year, and
some OF the best parts Of our country are
yet to be reclaimed.
A great deal OF the Big Bend region can
be farmed without irrigation. and there
are reclamation projects on hand which
viii redeem millions OF acres. This very
land through which I have been riding
could have been bought tsJut decade
ern Pacific Railroad company owned a
vast quantity OF II. consisting Of alternate
sections for nifty miles along its track. II
had the lands examined by scientific ex-
perts, and on the basis OF their representa-
ton a great deal OF the concession went
for song. The same lands are now
worth t20 and upward per acre. They are
producing wheat. and It Is believed they
viii continue % yield for a generation
without fertilization. The lands along the
Great Northern railway are equally good,
and the whole region win rapidly settle.
Take the bleak aud bare hills just oppo-
site this town OF Wenatchee. They are
being cut up into farms and viii soon be
covered with wheat short time ago you
could not have given them away. and now
they are worth = good Dr1es a. farming
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Omaha Wen Up to Country.


Omaha does not appear to be hopelessly
behind the rest of the country in the
matter of protection from wires. An In
surance man said not long ago:
1T is perhaps within the past ten years
that the attention Of the average munici-
pallty has been forcibly directed to the
dangerous condition of the older types Of
overhead wiring 1t has usually waited
for some calamity to crystalize public
opinion and bring a united demand for
relief, but OF late years civic pride has led
to a number of agitations to secure the
removal of unsightly pole lines from the
principal streets"
The local telephone company started to
bury its wires in 1888 and has kept pretty
steadily at II ever since The electric
light and power company went under
ground in the business district in 1908.
The telegraph companies began last year
to put their wires In conduits, and the
work OF changing over to the underground
system was completed this spring. During
the last few weeks the Western Union
and the Postal companies have been saw
ing down the immense poles that stood
on the downtown streets Last year tho
electric light conduit district was extended
on the south from Jackson TO Leaven-
worth street
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

It from British Columbia by the Great
Northern railway, going first to Spokane.
From there travelled both east and west,
and am now here on the Columbia river
IN the Big Bend country at wenatchee, IN
the Wenatchee valley.
despair OF giving you an adequate con-
eeption Of this part of the United States
The inland empire was to a large extent a
desert until a few years ago; and now II
is only in the northwest that the people
have begun 70 appreciate its value. The
formation Is so curious that one should see
It for himself TO properly know it. In
brief. IL includes the vast region lying be-
tween the Bitter Root and Cascade noun
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

must now be secured from the mayor and
council, but IL is my opinion that the time
has como when the erection of those tower
ing poles with their numerous cross bars
should be stopped. It has been practically
demonstrated that telegraph lines work as
well, II not better, underground as on high
poles, and the telegraph companies should
be compelled to put their wires under
ground the same as the telephone company
Is doing.
We had an example Just, q week ago Of
the danger of the overhead system when
the firemen were delayed ten or fifteen
minutes in erecting their extension lad
ders at the Continental block fire and were
afraid all the time of coming in contact
with the deadly electric light wires. There
can be no doubt that these overhead wires
cause a loss of thousands of dollars an
nually by delaying the fire department,
and they should be done away with.
.
why Time Was Needed.
A hint as to some of the causes why the
removal OF poles required thirteen years Is
contained in the remarks of the same
officer a year later in betraying irrisobility
because Of the reinforcement OF a council
resolution. He said:
In my message to the council one year
ago I referred to the forest OF poles which
mended that the most stringent measures
be adopted to do away with this unsightly
and dangerous nuisance. Since that time
II has been practically demonstrated in this
city that an underground system OF wires
is no visionary theory Anyone can satisfy
for few moments All the telephone wires
in the central part of the city are under
ground and the poles of that company are
rapidly disappearing. We should be very
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

~NT took Omaha thirteen years to
@ bury It's electric wires in the
k4AA business district and remove the
kC&H4ol wooden poles. The task has just
- been completed and the people
have not yet done talking about
the improved looks OF the streets. The
thoroughfares seem wider. certainly are
better lighted and are much safer to
traverse AS long as even the telegraph
and signal wires remained in the air there
was danger Of breakage and contact with
the trolley wires and consequent menace
to life and property, because a wire meant
to carry a small load becomes tremend-
ously dangerous when asked to transmit
high potential currents
In the district bounded by Eighth and
Eighteenth streets, Jackson street and Cap
itol avenue the city is now free from poles
and aerial wires. Telephone condults ex-
tend to the city limits on some streets
and altogether something like t1.0oo.oO0 IL
invested in underground construction. The
city now ranks well in this respect with
other municipalities OF the country. 1t
means another stride toward ideal civic
environment Naturally the existing i'm
provements are only beginnings and the
future should bring much moro.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

by shipwreck along the contiguous coast
II a company is going to lose large sums
directly from moods of the weather and
indirectly at the hands OF disguised
patrons, directors are bound to seek means
OF Improvement, and this is exactly what
has taken place AS long life and prop
erty hazards alone were to be considered
the pole lines would do.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Grain from the Desert

-
Grain from the Desert.
find that grain Is now being grown all
along the Columbia, and here and there
almost everywhere throughout the inland
empire. The Land is handled on a mighty
scale, the finest OF agricultural machinery
being used. There are steam plows now
turning the soil which will cut nine fur
rows at time. and steam harvesters. one
OF which will reap and thrash fifty acres
Of wheat in day. Such MT chimes cut a
swath fourteen feet wide and deliver the
grain in bags. The expenses Of cultivation
are so reduced that wheat is now grown
at a cost OF Is cents a bushel, which
means net 100 per cent profit hear all
sorts OF fairy stories as to big crops.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

reports show him strongly advocating the
elimination Of poles and overhead wires
in 1888 after he had served a year Of his
first term, and again in 1894 His refer
ences had the virtue of plain speaking.
During the year between the two reports
the telephone company had on It's own
initiative put its wires below the surface
In the business district and the mayor. in
1894. was able to point to the accomplish
ment as successful demonstration Of his
ideas. He emphasized the necessity Of
burying the telegraph wires, and curiously
enough these wires were the last to be so
treated. Not disappearing from overhead
until 1904
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Telephone Company Experiences

Telephone companies have been among
the biggest sufferers from storms. These
concerns have found, too that the wire
capacity OF a street has limit which they
are often in sore need or extending. The
limit of a pole line is about $50 wires. A
single cable will hold four times as many.
but conduit system has an estimated ca
pacity OF over 400 times the stoutest pole
line ever built
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Mes.nge on wire Nuisnnoe.

The esthetical, as well as the utilitarian
trend of Mayor Bemis' mind was shown
In his annual message OF 1898, when he
said concerning the wire nuisance:
One Of the live issues which should re-
ceive the attention of the council is the
electric wire nuisance. 1t is a question
in my mind whether we should not boldly
take the bull by the horns and follow the
example set BY New York by cutting down
every one OF the unsightly telegraph poles
which disfgure our business streets and
clear out the overhead wires, which are
q constant source Of danger every time
there Is q fire, to say nothing OF the ap-
peaFanoe OF the business streets hemmed
In q forest OF poles.
The granting of authority for the erection
of poles by the several companies has
been taken from the hands Of the chief
Of the ere department and such permission
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

Il. 1905. by Frank c. Carpenter)
cNATCHEE May s1.-(special Cor
respondence of The Bee.)-For
the last week l have been NOV
ing about through different parts
OF the inland empire. entered
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

lands. They are cultivated without irriga-
ton, and to the surprise OF the scientific
wiseacres are producing wonderful crops.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

Benefits of buried Wires.
A prominent insurance inspector in q
recent paper listed the benefits Of under
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

Bemis Begins Agitation.
Mayor George P. Bemis appears to have
been the original underground wire man
among city onHAsrs Of the past. Published
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18

Our stock Sdeboard Dessers Chons Dnngroom Iabes
etc., better The careful buyers selecting furniture
will always look what have show them first We have dessers
from the Golden Elm Beveed French Plate Mirrors $3.50
the Solid Oak Mahogany $40 And Coners from the Golden
Oak straight front with FIVE drawers $18 the swell front six draw
solid Mahogany at $40
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
California Excursions.

June LIST to September 18th, inclu-
sive, the Oregon Short Line will sell
excursion tickets to California as fol
lows:
San Francisco and return. -. $4,000
Los Angeles and return. .$62. 90
Tickets limited for return, October
S1st, stop-over privileges in each di-
rection. The Ogden route only 4S
hours Butte to Los Angeles or San
Francisco. For detailed information
or sleeping car reservation, call or
write Short Line City Ticket Office,
los North Main street, Butte. Mont.
H. o. WILSON,
5-I8-tf d. F. & p A.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18

Mr.. Showan has disposed of a half
interest in his fast mare, Kitty Loman.
to George Hartley, of Canada. and she
will be seen on the circuit in the
Northwest territory this fall and then
brought back to this state.
The new summer suits in pure lin.
en- duck, embroidered eton style at
Harris suit department.
J. c. Huntoon, lawyer; Telephone
No. I'd Bell phone, No. rs Mutual.
Office opposite Day House. att
The fire appliances ordered by the
citizens of Moore some time ago have
arrived and it is now proposed to pro-
vide quarters for the apparatus and
get things in snaps for protection
against fire with as little delay as pos
sible.
The John Cross" shoe for women
at $3.50 and $500. Needs no breaking
in. Power Mercantile Co.
DR.. Stokes has moved from Fergus
County Bank building to rooms IL,
13 and IA. Laux building. aft
Every package for Saturdays grab
sale at Suffer Bros. contains in ad
lition to some article of not less than
50 cents value, ticket emitting the
purchaser to one chance on an elegant
prize to be given after sale is over
Save your tickets.
Packages are sure to contain soc
worth of goods and perhaps a great
deal more. Suffer Bros. grab sale.
All tailored suits must 90 to make
room for the more summary goods that
are arriving every day at Harris.
G. w. Cook has money to loan on
ranch property. Large amounts. Long
time at per cent. No red tape. 4-27-S
Special Deputy Mike Riser went to
Deer Lodge yesterday, taking with
him Jacob Miller who will serve a
term in the pententiary for securing
sum of money by impersonatig
another party having the same name
for whom the cash was intended.
All tailored suits must 90 to make
room for the more summary goods that
are arriving every day at Harris.
Wanted-We are in the market for
two or three thousand two, three, and
four year old steers. Delivery at con.
| venient points at Lewistown within
the next sixty days. This is cash
transaction. Write, phone or call up
ON Hlger e. Busenburg, Lewistowr
Montana. 5-1S-ti
All $4,000 to $500 suits, we arc
closing them out at $22.5o at Harris
suit department.
The Fergus County Hardware Co
have first-class timer and are pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in tina,
line on short notice. All
Dr. Peasants, in addition to genera
practice, makes a speciality Of medica
and surgical diseases of eye. ear, nose
and throat. Glasses accurately fittet
and guaranteed Office telephon,
building. at
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
LOCAL BREVITIES
Telephone IT'S for ice.

Telephone IT'S for ice. att
w. B. She'll came in from Garneill
last evening.
Telephone It's for ice. att
Miss Lou Frields, of Fort Benton, is
visiting Miss Orpha Noble.
Boys canvas play shoes. Power Mer.
camille Co.
ID. o. Lewellin and F. r. Washburn,
of Spokane, are in the city.
Gilt Edge shoe polish zoe. Power
Mercantile Co.
H. l.. Burdick, of the Bell Telephone
company. came in from Helena last
evening.
All $4,000 to $500 suits, we are
closing them out at $3.50 at Harris
suit department.
The preliminary steps have been TAX
en- for the organization of lodge of
Rebekahs at Moore.
Pat Nihill, the Moore booster, was
in town this week on business.
Saturdays grab sale will contain
some elegant cut glass and hand paint.
ed china. Suffer Bros.
Marion Maury, ice dealer, telephone
175. att
Mrs. Lockwood is forming a class
to take lessons in the making of con-
fectionery. Any one desiring to join
should consult her.
The new summer suits in pure lin.
en- duck, embroidered eton style at
Harris suit department.
Marion Maury, ice dealer, telephone
IT'S. aft
The suecial meeting of the city coun-
Gil that was to have been held last
night was called off, as the city hall
was in darkness.
The new summer suits in pure lin.
en- duck, embroidered eton style at
Harris suit department.
Dr.. E. A. Long, dentist, will be in
Grass Range June 3rd, nth and 5th
prepared to attend to the needs of the
people Of that vicinity.
J. c. Huntoon, lawyer; telephone
No. I'd Bell phone, No. rs Mutual.
Office opposite Day House. att
Mrs. Eliza ]. Stapleton and Clyd w
Dowd were married in this city on
Wednesday. The bride is the widow OF
the late John Stapleton. and Mr. Dowd
is the well known bill poster. of this
city.
The new summer suits in pure lin
en- duck, embroidered eton style al
Harris suit department.
Have you seen the large display o.
buggies and spring wagons at tn.
Montana Hardware company? 4-17-at
The new summer suits in pure lin
en- duck, embroidered eton style a
Harris suit department.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
DR.. Foley Tel. Sc.

Dr. Foley Tel. Sc. I'll
Telephone us for ice. att
d. r. Fisher. of Bozeman. is at the
Hoffman.
Six dollars will buy hundred lbs
Of sugar at Powers.
Fred Stone. of Spokane. is here on
business.
Suffer Bros. grab sale will continue
tomorrow. 5-1S.1
f. e. Aldrons, of Denver, is visiting
Lewistown.
Sugar six dollars per hundred weight
at Powers.
C. f. Kohler, of Duluth, was in
town yesterday.
Powers sell sugar for six dollars
per hundred pounds.
Guy Noble of Christine. is a hoif.
man house guest.
Harris suit department, the home
Of the satisfactory, stylish, ready-to
wear goods.
Arson Gray, of Grass Range, was in
the city yesterday.
Harris suit department, the home
Of the satisfactory, stylish, ready-to
wear goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Wordel of Gilt
Edge are in town.
Gilt Edge shoe polish zoe. Power
Mercantile Co.
Marion Maury, ice dealer, telephone
IT'S. aft
All $500 and $500 suits, new
styles; no old stock, we are closing
them out at $11.50 at Hart's suit dept
r. C. Day. of Bonner, is stopping at
the Hoffman house.
DR.. Attix, telephone No. 1879, Lang
Rldg., Main st. ftf
Come early and take grab Only
soc at Suffer Bros. $751;
The John Cross" shoe for women
at $3.50 and $500. Needs no breaking
in. Power Mercantile Co.
|. M. Beatty, ostepath, Bank of Fer
gus County building. att
T. d. Hind, of Kendall, registered
at the Hoffman this week.
The John Cross" shoe for women
at $3.50 and $500. Needs no breaking
in. Power Mercantile CO.
Hair work made to order. Mrs. A.
Mcleod, Culver's Studio. fiji
Mrs. e. E. Calph, of Fort Maginnis
is Hoffman house guest.
Money to loan on ranch property
No delay. Lewistown Commission
Agency. SLID
All $500 and $500 suits, new
styles; no old stock, we are CLOSING
them out at $11.50 at Harris suit de t
Robert Hamilton and wife. of Ken
dali, were in town yesterday.
II you want an up-to-date buggy o
spring wagon buy a veIie wrought irol
job at the Montana Hardware com
pany. 4-17-at
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ONE GOOD WORK TEAM, ONE SET
heavy harness, two sets buggy har-
ness, one 3A inch Studebaker wagon,
one 3-8 inch Studebaker spring wag-
on, one mich cow Robert Morrison,
LewistOwn. 5.1S-2ts
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

One cent . word each Insertion
,ayabie in advance, for advertisements
q this column. II not paid In advance
o cents line each insertion.
Minimum charge for one Insertion
Is cents.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18

Have you received one of our talk
ing machines? We have already CIV
en- away 20 of them to our customers
buying $500 worth of goods for cash
from us. They are all giving salts
faction and we have ordered 25 more
Of these machines that will arrive
shortly, which We will give away to
% more of our cash customers. II
you are not one of these, start in at
once and we will give you one as
soon as you have purchased $500
worth for cash at our store. Judith
Hardware company. 5-11-tff
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
HELP WANTEp-FEMALE

COMPETENT GIRL FOR GENERAL
house work. Good wages paid. APP
ply to Mrs. Frank E. Smith 5-15-tf
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
$32 Denver and Return $32.

May 25th and 26th, the Oregon
Short Line will sell excursion tickets
to Denver and return $32, final limit
80 days. stopover privileges both di.
rections. These tickets are good via
Salt Lake and the Overland Limited;
80 hour train Butte to Denver. Reserve
berths now Short LINE City Ticket
Office, 105 North Main St., Butte,
Mont. H. o. WILSON, D. F. & P. A.