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Ed. Cooney Of Mandel is here.
Frank Prayer Is in from Garrett.
S. W. Eye of Cheyenne is in town.
G. p. Lund was in from Mandel last
night.
T. C. Lower of Fremont, O., is at the
Kuster.
j. E. Mallon left this morning for
Walden.
Dan Mahoney of Horse creek is at
the Kuster.
viii johnson of Seattle is registered
at the Kuster.
A. C. Brooks came in from Woods
Saturday night.
James Stewart and wife left for the
Sodergreen ranch this morning.
Emil Olson of keystone was among
the guests at the Johnson last night.
w. w. Hughes Of Seattle, Wash.
was a city visitor today, a guest at
the Kuster.
]. H. Shaver arrived Saturday
night from Woods landing.
w. ]. Hegman and E. E. Harbaugh
of Denver were guests at the johnson
this morning.
s. B. Caldwell of Denver was among
the visitors to the city last night, a
guest at the Kuster.
DR.. c. A. Ballard returned this morn.
ing from Rock River, where he had
been to treat Mrs. McDermott.
John Dagle and d. R. Langhoff are in
from Walden with their freight teams
for the Mosman company of that place.
Mrs. A. B. Cady arrived last night
from Green River to join her husband,
the agent for the Union Pacific at this
place.
Floyd Norris came in from Walden
Saturday evening and left that night
for Denver to look after some stock
shipments.
G. H. Barnett, manager of the Tires
Rules store, left late Saturday after
noon for Cheyenne, expecting to return
to this city on Tuesday.
Mss Laura Let's, who has been Wis
iting with friends at North Platte for
a few days, resumed her place in the
Three Rules store this morning.
Miss Minnie Miller, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Lauritz Miller. who has been
visiting for several weeks at Schuyler,
Neb., returned home yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Rebecca Cook Gordon arrived
from Cheyenne yesterday afternoon
and will visit for a few days with her
parents, Colonel and Mrs. Jabez Cook,
at Third and Clarke streets.
Mr.. Palm of Salt Lake, who has been
the guest Of his father, A. Palm, road
master for the Laramie-Rawlins dis.
JIlCl, LAS lSlulucu " IbdI S.ty W 10
sumo his studies in school there.
DR.. and Mrs. H. L. Stevens returned
late Saturday afternoon from Tie Sid
ing, where DR.. Stevens had been to at
tend Mrs. John Bennett, who was i'll.
The physician left her considerably
better.
S. A. Reyes of Tie Siding was in the
city this morning, leaving for home
during the afternoon. When he left
home yesterday afternoon there was
about three inches of snow on the
ground.
Miss Edith Belts, who is teaching a
country school, is spending a short va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs..
J.. C.. Belts, on south Seventh street.
She will leave next Sunday to resume
her duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Taylor of Rock
, 1907-05-06
Cures Old Sores.

Westmoreland, Kas., May 5, 1902.
Ballard Snow Liniment Co. Your
Snow Liniment cured an old sore on
the side Of my chin that was supposed
to be a cancer. The o was stub
born and would not yield to treatment,
until 1 tried Snow Liniment, which did
the work in short order. My sister,
Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Allenville. Mi
fin county, Pa, has a sore and mis-
trusts that 1t is a cancer Please send
her a SOC bottle. Sold by Mills, A
Druggist
, 1907-05-06

build up a small ranch business that
will be Of vas benefit to the rural dis
tricts. This M by-product can be
made to support many hundreds OF
ranch people. 1t is n of the best
achievements to the credit of the Com
mercial club.
, 1907-05-06
THE SCHOOL

The electors OF this school dlstric
lave a more important and higher re-
sponsibility than the mere election of
trustees to manage The affairs OF the
district for the ensuing year. This is
an important function, it Is true, but
1t is also the duty of the meeting to
vot the money and to indicate to the
board OF trustees the wishes OF the
people-the will of those whose COM
bined judgment the trustees are pre-
= sumed to carry out. 1t therefore be-
come the duty of every patron of the
school II every taxpayer in the dis
trict to express his individual prefer
ences Or to forever after hold his
peace. In the annual meeting is the
place to be heard n for the MAORI.
ty sentiment TO be indicated and upon
that expression the trustees act.
In view Of the deep interest being
taken in educational matters in this
city just at the present time, the meet
ing tonight is fraught with more than
usual interest. 1t is not probable there
will be any contest In the election, but
the broader question .of revenue and
school policy IS likely to be freely dis
cussed. 1t is well that it should be.
Before a vote is taken the people
should reach n conclusion as to wheth-
er or not it is advisable to expend
greater sums Of money annually than
has been the practice in the past.
Laramie, being the seat of higher ed
ucation in the state, is looked to as a
leader in all educational matters. 1t
is expected that the schools Of this
city, outside Of the university, shall be
models of excellence. 1t Is therefore
incumbent upon the people to strength
en- the hands of the board of trustees
in every possible way. Sufficient
money should bo provided t o make it
possible for Laramie to have not only
as good schools as other towns OF the
state, but better schools. In the near
future it will be necessary to meet the
high school problem, either through
combination with the university or by
Independent action. The meeting to-
night should give expression upon this
be made in the matter OF constructing
q building on the block owned by
the district and which has been held
in reserve with the thought Of a splen-
did high school in at least the minds
of some of u advanced educators. If
just a ward school is to be constructed,
then the expenditure would not be
great, but if a high school designed to
meet the eXigencies of school demands
for years to com is to be constructed,
then bonds must be provided for and
a large expenditure made.
Can Laramie afford u high school at
the present time? 1t can afford any
and all things necessary to a first-class
school system. By the expenditure of
the same amount of money some of
the other large districts of the state
are spending, this district can have an
excellent high school-a school that
would relieve us from the imputation
that we are leaning in too large a de-
gree upon the state university.
At first blush, Prof. Browns plan
seems to be a feasible one. At any rate
it furnishes a basis for discussion and
may serve to bring out ideas that will
assist in reaching a definite plan.
The entire matters is one upon
which the electors of the district are
required to pass and tonight is the
time for the expression Of opinions.
, 1907-05-06

Northern Wyoming now seem GER
tain that Senator Atwood c. Thomas
will be unable to land the Buffalo land
office plum, and northern Wyoming
also seems at sea as to who will
land it
, 1907-05-06
FORMER STUDENT WAS
VISITING IN CITY,

versity of Wyoming and now an at,
torney at Wheatland, was here yester
day, leaving for home last night. He
had some business to attend to, intend.
ing to reach here Saturday afternoon,
but delayed trains prevented his com
vened. He will return again shortly.
, 1907-05-06

Editor Lucas Of the Buffalo Bulletin
says that the Wyoming Press associS
ton will probably meet at Lander this
year and intimates that a side trip to
Buffalo would be the proper thing
The only obstacle to the side trip Is
the MAGNIFICENT distance.
, 1907-05-06

Chicago has had her first May snow
storm. SO far as the oldest inhabitant
is informed, but Chicago is not very
proud OF 1t. She is also bewailing the
fact that the Michigan peach crop is
entirely destroyed.
, 1907-05-06
WILL BEGIN BUILDING
NEW PUBLIC

The new Shoshoni public school
building will be commenced by June
18th. says the Shoshoni CAPITALIZE
zette. The building will cost at least
81, 900; will be two stories high; will
have four rooms; and will be con
structed Of the latest improved con
crete blocks.
, 1907-05-06

AS a tri1ing token of his heartfelt
gratitude, an oregon man sent a certi-
fed check for 1000 to the man who
had eloped with his wife.-Goodwin's
Weekly.
, 1907-05-06

A creamery will save many thou
sands of dollars per annum to the City
of Laramie. 1t will not only keep the
money now going to other states for
batter circulating at home, but 1t will
, 1907-05-06
Weekly.

The electric airline road from Chi.
cago to New York is being exposed as
a hot-air line.
, 1907-05-06

The Republican IL the best .dvertiA
ing medium in the city and oJ'mty to-
1t reaches all the people.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

Equity, to meet at Moore, Saturday.
October l9, 1907. Farmers of Fer
gus county take notice that. you and
each OF you, are respectfully invited
to attend call meeting arranged for
by the American Society of Equity
to assemble at Moore on the third
Saturday in this month Saturday,
October l9, 1909 at 10 a. m. of said
day, to discuss plans and inaugurate
some definite, systematic and SYM
pathetic move, best calculated to
promote and subserve the farmers in
terest in disposing Of the present
years product of the farms of this
county. his is an important mat
ter. 1t is not necessary that you be
a member Of the society to be in
sympathy with this move. If you
have wheat, oats, barley, hay, pota-
toes or any other of the many farm
products Of this county for sale, you
are interested in procuring the best
prices procurable. And WHY not at
tend and give the society your moral
assistance if not otherwise? We are
all striving for the same end We all
want to see the farm what it should
be-the happiest and most prosperous
home in the world We all want to
see the farmer elevated to the peer
OF mankind; being second to no
class of men under the sun. To ac-
complish this desired sphere it is
only necessary that the farmer, for a
few short years, get full measure
OF proht tor the energy and toll ex-
pended to put his product in the
hands Of the consumer. To get this
profit in full is what the American
Society Of Equity is working for.
Nothing more, and we will not rest
content with anything less. Have we
your sympathyo Will you give us
encouragement, your assistance and
your council. Your presence will be
taken as an answer in the aflirma-
tive
Yours for better prices, more
money and happier homes.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF EQUITY.
Lewistown, Montana, October S,
1907.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08
angel OF Death
CALLS noble LADY
"GRANDMA" BACH, MONTANA
PIONEER, PASSES AWAY
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.

After an illness lasting for a period
of more than one year, Mrs. Marie
Schott Bach, affectionately known by
everyone in Lewistown as "Grandma"
Bach, passed away last Friday even
ing at the hour of six, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. c Charles Leh-
man. The good lady had been sink
ing for several days and her. death
was not unexpected by the loved ones
who surrounded her during her last
hours on earth.
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon from the Lehman
residence, the Rev. Albert Pfaus Of
fciating A large number of friends
were present at the services and
scores followed the remains to their
last resting place in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Bach was born in Strasburg,
Germany, July 9, 1918. In 1853, to-
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

If young Sherman though that he
was making positively his last ap-
pearance" before court of justice
when the Meagher county jury let
him off with FIVE year sentence for
murder, he was badly mistaken A
warrant for his arrest on the charge
of burglary was issued Saturday and
Sheriff Ed Martin left yesterday
morning for White Sulphur Springs
to bring the young man back to this
city for trial.
The latest complaint against Sher-
man charges him with having broken
into the Golden Rule store and TAX
ing therefrom various and sundry
articles sometime during the summer
of 1905.
Manager Atkins of the Golden Rule
positively identified some of the loot
found under the Argus office as hav-
ing come from his store Sherman
will be placed on trial on this charge
til. latter part of this month.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

third prize for Macaroni wheat and
Sam Powell got first prize with his
flax seed In the sheaf grain divi-
sion Newton Osborne of Moore won
first place for hard winter wheat.
Quickenden Brothers of Castle Butte
got first for soft winter wheat. In
the hard spring wheat section, Har-
vey Wright got first prize and Leo
Deizegcr, second.
lomatt Murray got second prize
with his sample Of macaroni. lake
Harman won a blue ribbon on blue
JOINT. Sam Powell was third on red
top grass and George Carolus was
third on bromus grass.
The Inland Empire does not lay
any claims to being corn raising
county, nevertheless, Charles Kiscr
got a first prize on all varieties Of
corn.
Fergus county won third place on
general display of grain.
Bubble Blew Up.
One Of the most exciting features
OF the fair was the daily fivc-mile
automobile races in which a White
steamer, driven by Van Lune and a
Stanley, driven by Follensby, were
entered The men hit it off at 4
terrific pace and both were in i'm
minent danger of their necks every
minute of the time
The last day saw the most exciting
incident Of the entire race. While
gong along at the nice, comfortable
rate Of mile per minute, something
went wrong with Van Lune's ma
chine and he went into the fence.
Six posts, size 8 inches square, were
shaved off as if saw had been used
on them and planks from the fence
were thrown fifty feet in the air. An
instant after the machine went
through the fence, there was ter
rihc explosion and flame shot a
hundred feet in the air. The crowd
ran over, expecting to find the driver
killed but, in some miraculous man
ner, he escaped any serious injury.
The machine was reduced to scrap
iron.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08
SHERMAN GETS OFF EASY
Verdict Of Manslaughter Returned by Meaghe1
County Jury Against the Se|f.Con@ssed
Murderer Verdict Great Surprise.

gathered with the expectation oi
hearing a great address. In fact, Mr.
Gormley's address was decidedly at
mospheric and noticably gesticula-
tive but lacking considerably in
reasonin~ powers.
0. w. Belden, for the state, closed
the argument. Mr.. Belden had every
fact connected with the great case
at his tongues tip and marshalled
his facts in mastery manner
Case Goes to Jury.
The case went to the jury Wednes
day morning at HAS o'clock The
jury came in at $50 O'Clock Thurs
day. James Wood, who had been
chosen foreman of the jury, an
nounced that they had used every
possible effort to reach an agreement
without avail The court told the
jury that he did not feel disposed to
discharge them at that time and or
dered them to return to the jury
room and make further effort to
reach a verdict.
They came out again at 1880 o'clock
that evening and submitted several
questions touching on the testimony
They especially wanted to know if
the watch which had been left with
Wagner had been identified and at
their request, Stenographer Gibson
read portions of the testimony given
by Wagner, Butler, James Sherman,
Race and Petersen
Juror Petsold, whom it is under
stood, hung out for acquittal from
the first ballot, wanted to know if
the court could inform them exactly
when the old Jew was killed. This
question created some amusement
and his honor replied that he had no
definite information outside of the
evidence on that very material point.
The jury, after being out for 81
hours, finally came in at $3.50 o'clock
Friday afternoon with their verdict
Of manslaughter and fixing the penalty
at five years.
Following is stenographic report
of the proceedings when young Sher-
man was given his sentence:
Continued on page d.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

One of the most surprising verdicts
ever rendered by jury in the his
tory Of criminal Jurisprudence in
Montana was that of the twelve
men who had in their hands the fate
of James Sherman, tried last week
in White Sulphur Springs on the
charge Of murder
After deliberating for 81 hours, the
jury rendered verdict of man
slaughter and fixed the punishment
at five years in the state penitentiary.
In light Of all the testimony in the
case, it was believed that the jury
would return one of three verdicts
First degree murder, second degree
murder (the same as given at the
first trial in this city,, or acquittal.
The taking of testimony in the
case was concluded Monday night,
the instructions we're read Tuesday
afternoon, after which arguments by
the attorneys were Degun.
County Attorney Ayers of this
city opened the argument for the
state and spoke for over one hour,
uuilIS WliSlI lille Ht gave d lOSlCdl
summing up Of the evidence in the
case. Mr. Ayers avoided any orator
ical efforts, conhning his talk strict
ly to the facts as brought out by the
testimony.
Attorney ]. G. Huntoon, chief
counsel for the defense, followed Mr..
Ayers and delivered a powerful ap-
peal for his client
Judge Poorman, assistant attorney
general, followed for the state. 1t
was admitted by all that the address
of Judge Poorman was a masterpiece
in point of searching analysis, ir-
REPUTABLE logic and incisive summing
up of the disputed points in the case.
Austin G. Gormley OF Great Falls,
who assisted Mr.. Huntoon in the
defense, closed the case for that side.
He spoke for nearly two hours in
the evening and for over an hour the
next morning Mr. Gormley, owing
possibly to his lack of acquaintance
with the details of the case, was
more or less a disappointment to the
large crowd of people who had
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08
LOR|MER Wins ONCE MORE
Famous Fergus County Relay Racer Has Little
Difficulty in Defeating All Competitors.,.Loca|
Grain Growers Win Many Prizes.

1t is estimated that there were
close to five hundred Fergus county
people i'll attendance at the state
fair last week. 1t mattered not which
way one would turn, they would
bump into a bunch of people from
the Inland Empire.
A large number Of the fair visitors
returned home Sunday OH the special
train which was run straight through
from Helena. Others remained over
for various reasons and have been
coming in on every train. Two auto
mobiles, loaded with passengers, wen,
through from this city and both
machines made the trip i'll fine
shape.
Fergus to the Front.
But Fergus county made herself
tclt at the big state show in more
ways than one. Billy Lorimer came
up to the expectations Of his friends
by easily winning the relay race
Lorimcr had good string OF horses
but his chief advantage lay in his
ouPSiioi dDillly " get away Wnen the
changes were made Lorimer was
never in any serious danger Of losing
and could probably have made much
better time had he been pushed right
up to his limit.
Our Grain Exhibit.
Through some mistake on the rail
road, the Fergus county display Of
grains and grasses did not arrive
until the day before the fair opened
and Harry Brown and those who
assisted him in arranging the display.
did not have sufficient time to place
the display to the best possible advan-
tage. Nevertheless, the display from
the Inland Empire attracted an inn
mense amount of attention and re-
ceived many favorable comments.
Prize Winners.
George Corolus won first prize
for hard spring wheat in the threshed
grain section. In the same section,
&. Wunderwald won first place for
hard winter wheat and Annie Forcier
OF Moore won second prize.
Charles Perleberg of Moore won
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08
DISTRICT court OCT. 22ND

Nov. 1o and 20; Doherty VS.. Slater,
Nov. % and rs; Buffalo Greek Sheep
Co. VS.. Diver ct ux, Nov. 26 and u.
The following jurors were empan-
neled:
John R. Abel, R. D. Baker, c. E.
Bailey, w. /. Cameron, Phil A. Chase,
Dan Coffman. c. f. Copeland, Elvin
Crook, George Fl. Day, Walter Down
ing, William Dundom, ST., B. F.
Fullmer, John O. Gilkerson, ]. S.
Hovis, Vaclav Hruska, J. w. Hughes,
J. F. Lane, Louis J. Lehman, G. R.
Marsh, Joe Norman, Herman Sell,
A NJ. Sloan, Frank Stokes, ]. w.
Stoner of Lewistown; Aft Bouchard
of Bercail; w. c. Drinkard of Car
neill; D. D. Grant, R. w. Jones,
Dune Mclachlin, Charles Roberts of
Kendall; Sam Haalond of Gilt Edge;
Theodore Hogeland of Deerfeld; R.
A. Jellison, c. c. Long, Charles Mel
son and ]. B. Pyle of Moore; Andrew
Lish, G. H. Longman and Vint Viii
liams of Natal; M. G. Wright 6
Straw.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

garded as inevitable for the last
year, bids fair to cost some hundreds
of thousands of dollars, may close
down certain parts of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mine-the largest
silver-lead mine in the world-and
will tie up millions of dollars worth
of ore. In short the Wardner section
of the Occur d'Alenes faces much
such legal battle as was carried
on for many years by Heinze at
Butte struggle Of Titans for the
mineral wealth buried in the Occur
d'Alene mountains.
Already the Stewart mine, Heinze's s
property, is closed down indefinitely,
and the new Stewart mill, erected
at cost of many thousands Of dol
lars has been shut down after a run
of less than fortnight. Heinze, in
short, finds himself compelled to
fight for the right to mine the
Stewart ore bodies at depth. If he
wins he will be in control of one of
the most promising properties in the
Coeur d'Alenes, and may be able to
harass his big opponents, the Bunker
Hill and the Federal. If he loses,
the Stewart will be a worked out
property in two years or less.
Fergus County Democrat., 1907-10-08

Judge Cheadle yesterday afternoon
called the criminal and civil docket
for the jury term of the district
court which will commence Tues
day, October p. Cases are already
set up to November 9th and it is
very probable that the term will ex-
tend up pretty close to Christmas.
Criminal cases have been set as
follows:
State VS.. Green, Oct. %; State VS..
Bruner, Oct 22; State VS.. Warner,
Oct. p; State vs. Ware. Oct. %;
State VS. Summers, Oct. "a.
Civil cases were also set as follows:
Mears VS.. Shaw, Oct. %; Abel VS..
Regan, Oct 80; Mccormick VS..
Wright ct al. Nov. and 2; Lochray
vs.. Gebo, Nov. 4; Weistaner VS..
Shaules, Nov S and 6; Limbach VS..
c. M. M. Co., Nov 7; Bank of Fer.
gus County vs. Wright, Nov. 8 and
|9; Gilkerson VS.. Wright and Beebe,
Nov. II and Is; Avel VS.. Often, Nov.
10 and l8; Hamilton VS.. Hamilton,