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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
FERGUS BENCH LANDS.
Great Increase in the Amount Of Grain
Being Raised.

The Helena Independent of las;
week contained the following:
People who have not visited Fergus
county within the last four or five
years would hardly recognize it as the
same county today" said Samuel Hur
witch, OF Gilt Edge, who is here attend
ing the state fair. without a doubt
the development of Fergus has been
more rapid than that of any other coun.
ty in the state. We are not dependent
upon one industry, but have the three
principal industries of Montana, farm
ing. mining and stock raising. More
grain is raised in Fergus than in any
other county. Fergus produces more
gold than any other county in the state
as the records of the assay office will
show. In stock raising we are second
to none.
But the wealth of the county Is
barely touched as yet. Ten years from
now 1t will be one OF the most popll-
lous as well as one of the richest coun-
ties in Montana.
within the last two or three years
the greatest development has been in
farming. Lands believed to be worth
less three years ago are now consider.
ed the best in the county and this is
due to dry land farming. Fergus pos
sesses much bench land which raises
as hne grain as can be grown any
where in the state. Formerly it was
thought to be impossible to raise any.
thing in Fergus without irrigation. bu,
splendid crops have been raised on
the bench lands. Land values have
risen IN the last year from S. to SIC
an acre and are still going up. Some
idea OF how farming has expanded may
be gained from the fact that over six
times as much grain was harvested
this year as the year before.
AT the state fair Fergus county is
going to have splendid exhibit OF
grain. which will be the chief featurs
of the exhibit from that county. The
Billings & Northern road and the Mil
waukee pay good prices for supplies
and farmers this year will have nice
bank accounts.
Already the county has felt the
good effect of the coming of the rail
roads. Investors jumped in last spring
and gobbled Up tracts of land, lots in
the various towns, and the mining in
dustry has been stimulated. Farmers
from the middle east have come in
considerable numbers this year and
are farming intensively.
1T might be said that Fergus coun-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
MONTANA AT A
GLANCE.

A Roosevelt club has been organ
lied at Helena, with Nate Godfrey as
president.
Rev. S. S. Healy pastor of the First
Congregational church of Helena, has
accepted a call to Pullman, Washing
ton.
Former Attorney General James
Donovan has been elected president
of the Montana State dairymen's as.
ISOLATION.
Harry r. Cunningham, state audi
tor of Montana. has been chosen as a
member of the executive board of ma.
tional insurance commissioners.
Fred E. Kessler, prominent young
business man of Helena, has been
elected chairman of the executive
board of the Montana State Fair asso
citation.
Judge William Clancy, one of the
most picturesque figures the Silver
Bow bench has ever known, has been
nominated by the Populists at Butte
for district judge.
John T. Pigott, of Helena, vel
known as one of the contestants at the
interscholastic meets at Missoula, has
been selected this year to right enc
on the Yale foot ball team.
A steer shipped to Chicago by the
Empire Cattle company, of Chinook
has brought the top price Of the sea
son SO far. The steer weighed 194(
pounds, and sold for 2514 cents. bring
ing $1O1.85.
James Cudahy, a brother of the mil
/ lionaire packer, is dying from alcohol
ism in the Butte city Jail. Cudahy il
slave to drink, and has been TO-
years, all the efforts of his wealthy rel
atives to help him proving fruitless.
Michael Riley, a laborer employe.
on the Billings & Northern line nea
! Stanford lost his life last weel
through going into a tunnel wher
heavy blasting had been done befor
the gas cleared away. He was poisoned
by the gas and although he got on
alive, he died the next day.
Notwithstanding the enormous al
tendance at the state fair, and the wa,
people were crowded together at tn
grounds, not single attempt wa
made to commit crime of any kline
This result was chiefly due to the pei
feet system inaugurated for the pre-
lection of the people and the dis
enlargement of crooks by N. P. Wa
tiers, who was assisted by the famou
Jerry Murphy. of Butte, the Norther
Pacific secret service men. the cit
and county officials of Helena an
Lewis and Clark county.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

bemoaning the advantages that the
looter of the widows savings has. Hip
pie is too CHASTITY an instance and
Stensland too pathetic a one to serve
the psuedo-moralist their purpose.
AS a remedy for business dishon-
esty there is continually urged the
moral influence of society. If society
would turn cold shoulder to the faint
ed, presently the dishonest would find
themselves no longer respected, the
argument runs. The IF" is misplaced.
Society does despise the big criminal
as we'll as the little. The penalty Is
being paid by the dishonest. 1t does
not pay the big criminal. What the
moralist should press upon us is the
necessity for society to visit still great
err punishment upon the head Of the
offender, and the certainty that with
quickening conscience society will
do that very thing.-Detroit Free
Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
A MYSTERY IN 1IMEPIEcEs
Watches Affected by the Habits Of
the Peculiarities Of Owners.


the Peculiarities Of Owners.
Wild animal personality has come
in for pretty thorough exploitation in
fiction. Machinery, too, has had queer
pranks and whims saddled on it by
the fiction weavers. But not all the
strange machinery stories have been
told.
Story writer's like a large machine
for fiction purposes. The locomotive
is favorite. But the most uncanny of
all machines is the smallest and old
est-the watch. A jeweler might write
the ideal story of a watch personality.
notes for it continually appear in the
technical journals of that trade.
Watches may be accurately test
ed and adjusted at factory so that
they will run alike in boiling water or
frozen in the heart of an ice cake.
Yet when they are sold and worn their
mechanical movements are Immediate
ly affected by the individuality and
habits of the wearers. A wOman's
watch is joke to everyone but jew
eler. To him it is a mystery. Irregular
winding won't explain all the vagaries
OF a wOman's watch, and the cause
must be sought in it's fair owners hab-
it's. Probably when woman learns to
eat her meals regularly and keep of
flee hours her watch will run on time.
Men of irregular habits have trouble
with watches, too, and one of the prin.
cipal factors to be taken into account
when q new watch is being adjusted
to its wearer's personality is the own
er's occupation. Some of them have
work that call for eccentric move
ments of the body, and often these
cause trouble with watches. Often 4
jeweler trying to adjust new watch
to such a wearer will give it to anoth-
err person in the same occupation.
when it goes all right. Personality en-
tiers into the equation in mysterious
way Some men never have to have
watch adjusted, but can carry even
a cheap dollar affair for years and get
from it better service than other men
get from a costly Swiss movement
MOtOrmen, street car conductors and
workmen employed in the neighbor.
hood of electrical machinery, usually
carry cheap dollar watches. For the
finest watch may be subtly shocked
at any moment, and after that is al
most worthless. Nobody knows when
the shock will come. 1t may occur
without the wearer of the watch be
ing conscious of it. Suddenly the mech
anism runs wild or stops and is per.
manently out of business. The dollar
watch, which is really a small clock
mechanically, will also be ruined, but
the loss is nominal.
jewelers. tell of men who, when Civ.
en- number of watches of different
value, movements and nationalitieS,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
Improvement Inside and Out.

Much work is being done in cities
and towns which does not receive a
proper amount of credit. This is be-
cause Of the unobtrusive way in which
it is done in many instances. The true
value of such work would best be rec
Ognized if it were suddenly to come
to a stop, says Margaret Menet in
Municipal News"
Work of this nature is being done
by the Town Improvement Association
of Montclair, N. j. place to make
one draw a deep breath of satisfaction
in contemplating it as a residence.
This association organized in 1894, i'll
working along the lines laid out in the
beginning, except in what is being
done for children, the latter being re-
garded as an important advance step.
Other work has to do with matters
which make life comfortable in a small
town. And this is the work Of the ben
eft of which would best be seen were
it suddenly to stop. 1t is like that pro-
sale matter of getting three meals a
day for the members Of ones house
hold; no one thinks of talking much
about it; yet havoc would ensue if 1t
were overlooked twenty-fOur hours.
The ordinance providing for prompt
removal of snow from sidewalks was
drafted and pushed through by the
efforts of the Montciair Town Improve
ment AssOciatiOn-a work the good of
which will not be denied by city folk
who go anywhere in the country to
spend Sunday, and who have to make
an early train back Monday morning,
regardless of blizzard overnight
Street signs, guiding the stranger to
his destination, were secured by this
same agency, after efforts extending
over four years. Through the work of
the Association, assisted by Mr.. Rob.
ert M. Boyd, Assemblyman, the amend
ed law providing for collection of gar.
bage and ashes in towns, under Ger
tain conditions, was approved by the
legislature This is good measure, but
is one that needs still further atten
ton, some difficulty having arisen in
the disposal of garbage. AS the town
is allowed to contract for only one
year at time, it is difficult matter
to find anyone willing to equip him
self with horses and wagons withou,
a guarantee for the work for a longel
period than twelve months.
From the beginning, the association
AAN'' "oi"Su ioI Improvements Ill rail-
road service. Trains have been added
IRON time to time and the schedule al
tered to suit the convenience of the
public. The surroundings of the sta
ton, too. have been improved. Where
once were heaps of ashes and old tim
Der, one now sees flower beds ant
grass. Instead of a plaza, dusty in sum
mer and muddy in winter, there are
now good pavements.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
In Autumntide.

The apple seeds are black at core.
The linden leaves. like fairy ore,
Shed the effulgence of their gold,
Paving the pathways green before.
More plaintive grows the thrush's
pipe;
The ounces cheek is yellow-ripe;
And the smooth pallor of the pear
Reveals, like dawn. russell stripe.
The minstrel wind behind the hill
Above it's strings is never still;
Autumn through all the brooding land
Works the rich wonder of its will.
AS in necromancer's glass,
We watch the radiant pageant pass,
Wood waving banner back to wood
Across the severing seas of grass.
Forgetful that the hours presage,
We feel that we have plucked a page
From the untr0ubled book of Dream
A leaf from out the Golden Age!
Clinton Scotland in Appleton's Maya
zine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
Certain Cure for Croup-Used for
Ten Years Without a Failure.

Mr.. w. C. Bott, a Star City, Ind,
hardware merchant. is enthusiastic in
his praise of Chamberlin's Cough Rem
edy. His children have all been sub
ject to Group and he has used this
remedy for the past ten years, and
though they much feared the Group,
his wife and he always felt safe upon
retiring when a bottle of Chamberlin's
Cough Remedy was in the house. His
oldest child was subject to severe at
tacks of Group, but this remedy never
failed to effect a speedy cure. He has
recommended it to friends and neigh
bors and all who have used it say
that it is unequaled for Group and
whooping cough. For sale by all
druggists. Oh.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
Sick Headache Cured,

Sick headache is caused by derange-
ment of the stomach and by indiges-
ton. Chamberlin's Stomach and Liver
Tablets correct these disorders and
effect a cure. BY taking these tablets
as soon as the first indication of the
disease appears, the attack may be
warded off. Get free sample and try
them. For sale by all druggists. Oh.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
Endorsement Of Clark.

I'VE heartily endorse the valuable
services rendered the state Of Montana
and the United States In general by
the Hon. William A. Clark, senator
from Montana."-From platform adopt.
ed at Democratic county convention
Saturday, Sept. Is.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
BUY MACHINERY FOR IT AND
SURPRISE CREEK
BORE,

Great Falls, Oct. 11.-After spending
nearly week at the site of the pro-
posed Surprise creek and Willow creek
tunnels on the line of the Billings &
Northern railway now in course of
construction figuring upon machinery
to be used in operating electrict light
plants and air blowers at the mouth
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

After all, the price paid for mining
property is a matter of bargaining
with all of the bluffing accessories. in
cident to our Yankee ideas of business
astuteness. The buyer thinks he knows
what he wants, and the seller takes
what he can get or what he has to,
and all the fine spun theories about
ore in sight are often ruthlessly ig.
nored, by these two important factors
in the mining business, the buyer and
the seller.-Mining World.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
The World Almanac.

Be sure you're right-then stick to
it. The World Almanac will put you
right in an argument. Regular price
35 cents; to close out 1906 stock, Is
cents each, sent postpaid for 80 cents.
Argus Supply Department.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

ty has only three or four mines, but
these are among the best producers
in the country. From now on, however,
mining will increase, as many proper
ties are being developed that give
promise of being big producers"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

Crystallized gold, wire or spongy
masses are much sought for by min.
eral collectors. The large museums,
colleges and individuals are always on
the lookout for choice free gold spec.
linens, and when attached to quartz
in wire or spongy form are much
sought for. Crystallized gold is rare
When in perfect crystals specimens
bring far more than the gold value
The Chicago Mining World offers to
furnish those desiring to dispose OF
fine gold specimens with names OF
those likely to purchase same.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

Be sure you're right-then stick to
it. The World Almanac will put you
right in an argument. Regular price
IS cents; to close out 1906 stock, rs
cents each, sent postpaid for 80 cents.
Argus Supply Department,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

A decision rendered some days age
by the Montana supreme court car
rles a note of interest and warning tC
prospectors and locators OF claims gen
orally. The necessity of explicitly obey
ing the statutes is the lesson which
the decision carries.
In the case in question the appellant
located ground subsequent to the time
the same ground was located by the
appellee, but claimed title thereto or
the score that the declaratory state
ment of the latter was not wOrded Ia
compliance with the law, and did moi
show that within ninty days after his
discovery appellee had performed the
necessary work. Section 1912 of the
united States statutes provides that
the locator or lOcators must sink a
shaft on the lode or claim to a depth
OF at least ten feet from the lowest
part of the rim of the shaft at the sur.
race or deeper il necessary to show a
well-defined crevice or valuable de.
post. AS an equivalent, a cut, a cross.
cut, or tunnel cutting the lode at a
depth of ten feet along the lode from
the point of discovery is deemed suf
ficient. The declaratory statement
must show the dimensions and loca
ton OF the discovery shaft or its EQUIV
alent.
me declaratory statement of the APP
pellee In this case contained the fol
lowing: For the purpose of perfect
ing the location of said claim as re
quired by law, the undersigned hav,
heretofore and within ninty days al
ter posting notice of location, dug
tunnel at the point of discovery of tn
following dimensions: about IL fee
long, Az, cut 8 feet deep, fee
wide, wherein is disclosed a well-dt
fined crevice and valuable deposit c
ore. The court held that this state
ment did not meet with the require
ments of Section 1912 mentione
above, in that it did not appear that
vein or lode was cut at depth G
ten feet below the surface: for if il
stead of sinking a shaft to the dept
OF ten feet in the clear upon the vein
the equivalent work is done. it mus
be either by cut, crosscut, or TUNE
cutting the vein at depth of at leas
ten feet in length along the vein, an
1t must appear from the records tina
mas been done. A failure to observ
these requirements is fatal to the lC
cation, for the record cannot be sur
plemented by proof of what was az
tually done. The notice of the appelle
should have contained the words
and which cuts the vein or lead tel
feet beneath the surface below the low
er rim, etc."
On what thus appears to have beel
an oversight on the part of the orig
mai locators of the claim, title wa
given by the Montana supreme cour
70 subsequent locator whose declare
tory statement was properly worde
and who took advantage of the tech
nicality afforded him. While the sam
conditions may not arise again, tn
general lesson of strict complianc
with the formalities of law is appl
cable to many other similar situs
tions.-Denver Mining Reporter.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

1t is now definitely learned that up
to June 80. this year, the total amount
paid out in the erection OF the great
WashOe smelter, at Anaconda, was
$9,54S,O S126
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

AT the arsenic plant Of the Anaconda
Copper company at Anaconda, eleven
to eighteen tons of arsenic are recov-
cred monthly from eleven tons of fue
dust put through daily. The product
is sold readily at to Z ents per pound.
The workmen are protected against
the poisonous effect Of the fumes by
the use of cotton in nose and ears, by
asprators worn over the mouth and
nose, by not working hard enough to
perspire, by washing carefully after
working and by amounting exposed
portions of the face with the freshly
precipitated ferric hydroXide rubbed
on with the fingers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR pllGo
Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to NJ
fund money II PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure in 6 to II days. Soc.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures
LEWISTOWN
20 YEARS AGO

(From the Argus of July 7, 1881
'LewistOwn. feel proud,
Spread high your royal rooster
The ii ranch packed of the race
And didn't have booster.
"Humphries ran a good square race
And so redeemed our town.
With peanuts. he came to the front
Smiling at each frOwn.
All hail to Mr.. HUMPHREYS
To the IL ranch all hail,
Who raised the price of Peanuts
And with Peanuts made them quail"
&c. P. Abbott, who has the contract
for the new bank building. has COM
menced making brick
Nv. H. Culver, the photographer,
who has been located at Maiden for
some years past, has completed ar.
rangements to remove to Lewistown.' -
THE celebration of the Fourth
brought large crowd to Lewistown
Monday and it was estimated that be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000 was spent in
town. John Arnold acted as marshal
of the day, and the exercises were held
at the temporary court house. where
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

The HOmestake Mining company has
just declared its 393d dividend of 80
cents share. amounting to $1O9,2 200.
This makes a total for the 8 months
already past in this year of 1882, 800,
and total to date of $15,315,950
These latter figures do not include
the dividends paid by other companies
which are now included in the Home
stake, but which before the consolida
ton paid large amounts in dividends
Taking into consideration not only the
dividends paid by the Homestake, but
also those paid by these other com
panies, the amounts turned over to the
shareholders runs well up into the &c
millions. The Homestake continues tt
treat over 1000 tons of ore daily, which
runs less than 81 ton. A remarkable
saving of values is effected, however
as IS per cent of the assay value is
recovered on the plates by amalgama
ton, Is per cent more at the sane
plants, and another per cent will be
added to the total recovery, after tn,
shines plant at Deadwood is completed
which will effect total recovery 0
about 50 per cent.-The Mining World
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
Torments Of letter and Eczema Al:
layed.

The intense itching characteristic of
eczema, letter and like skin diseases
is instantly allayed by applying Cham
berlin's Salve and many severe cases
have been permanently cured by its
use. For sale by all druggists. Oh.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

suit of battle on the coast a few
days ago; he had the promise of a
fight with Hanlon and with Hyland,
and they fought each other. Scaler has
fought fifty-one battles. OF these he
lost three, fought five draws, won five
on decisions and scored thitry-nine
knOckouts.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

Hans Wagner is the leading slug
ger of the National eague, according to
the best dope. The Mighty Dutchman is
now in the lead with 339, though he is
closely pursued by Mccarthy, of the
Brooklyns, but as Mccarthy has not
played in the same number of games
as Wagner and Steinfeldt, it can be
seen that he has no clear title to Sec
Ond position, which is Steinfeldt's.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

The Manhattan, New. Athletic club
has offered a purse of $4,000 for Il
finish fight between Rube Smith of
Denver and Joe Cans, the colored
champion Smith, of course jumped at
the chance, but as yet Cans accep-
lance has not been received. 1t is
doubtful if he gives it any consider
alton at all.