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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

Vaclav Hruska, Lewistown-Tur-
key Red wheat, 81 acres, 2,5lo
bushels; average, 46 bushels per acre.
Oats, 50 acres, 3,125 bushels; average,
So bushels per acre. Barley, 13 acres,
623 bushels; average, 4S bushels per
acre. Timothy and clover, rs acres,
s. tons. Potatoes, IL acres, $50
bushels; average, 800 bushels per
acre. If there is anything in the
Dakotas which can approach that, we
want to be shown.
John G. Lewis, Lewistown-Wheat,
~ acres, 1,l9l bushels; average,
a. l-o bushels ner acre. Oats, "
acres, 4,l24 bushels; average, 81 So
bushels per acre.
Fred Colver Lewistown-Wheat,
10 acres, 4S2 bushels; average, 80 l-S
bushels per acre. Oats, o5 acres,
0O2 bushels; average, AZ 1926 bushels
per acre.
H. c. Burnett, Maginnis-Oats,
ro5 acres, 2,52S bushels; average, 80
bushels per acre. Barley, 3 acres,
10 bushels; average, SO 2-3 bushels
per acre. Potatoes, l-2 acres, 25,-
600 pounds; average, 7,143 pounds
per acre.
William Pike, Utica-Wheat, 19
acres, l,057 bushels; average, Sc
bushels per acre. Twelve acres
spring, 365 bushels: average, 80 1-2
bushels per acre. Oats, 81 acres, p
391 bushels: average, "a 1854 bushels
per acre. This winter wheat weighed
64 pounds per bushel.
Pat Nihill, Moore-Wheat, 400
acres, l4,8OO bushels; average, 81
bushels per acre. Oats, 40 acres, g.
800 bushels; average, 20 bushels per
acre. Rye, IS acres, 4l5 bushels;
average, u bushels per acre.
Joseph Gallagher, Moore-Wheat,
IS acres, ,4o2 bushels; average, 43
bushels per acre. Oats, 90 acres, a.
zoo bushels; average, 20 bushels per
acre. Potatoes, one acre, 1874
bushels. Raised 80 sacks of potatoes
on piece of ground 10 feet square.
G. W. Belcher, Moore-Turkey
Red wheat, 275 acres, 1887 bushels:
average, 81 TITS bushels per acre,
Not SO pore" for "dry land farming"
on the famous Rock Creek bench.
The Democrat next week will con-
tain large number of returns. Send
IN your. reports and let us show the
world just what sort of a farming
country Fergus county, Montana,
really is.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

trio company have thought we'll
enough of the property in these times
Of tight money to invest more than
$25.OOO i'll the stock"
With conservative management"
Mr. Richardson continued, the mine
will be able to pay dividends on the
stock at q $3.50 valuation"
There IS no doubt, he says, but
that the mine will be continuous
dividend -~-.er. lie has no expecta-
tions OF seeing the stock quoted az
S5 again, he says.
y dispatch from Kendall an
nounces that the Barnes King mill
has closed down on account of a
temporar" shortage Of cyanide and
that the management is taking ad-
vantage of the SUSPENSION to over.
maui the machinery
large number of men are now ar
work in the old shaft. it is stated
drivlng to tap a large body of ore
tnat was recently located with =
diamond drill.
II connection with the suspension
OF the mill it is stated that car-
load Of cyanide has been "hunp mn
III transit and is expected to arrive
al any moment when operations will
resume, 80
Ford Creek Mining Co.
Articles Of incorporation of the
rord Creek Mining Company were
MED last week with the clerk ana
recorder. The company is orpan;zed
by number Of local men, ali of
Whom are prominent in financial and
business circles. Senator Fl. M. Rae
mas been the prime movcxr in a.
curing the ground and in the organ
iza''on, he property Of the com
pai'y, consists of twenty claims To-
Gated IN the Cone Butte district west
OF Black Butte. A portion Of the
CLAIMS constitute what is known as
the Golden Jack group. Consider
able prospecting has been done on
some OF the claims and good bodies
OF ore OF the same character as that
FOUND ~ the famous Spotted Horse
NINE have been opened up. A num-
Der OF ASSAYS have been run and none
OF the samples have gone less than
50 and they run as high as 500 ner
ton, 10 show that they mean bust
ness, the new company has let CON
tracts tor several hundred feet of
tunnel work and now have a force of
men employed opening up a good
road to the property
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

| appeared as chief counsel for the pro-
testants, representing Helena and
Fergus county H. J. Burleigh rer-
resented the protestants from Sand
ers county and the railroad was rep
resented by William Wallace. IT,.
and Charles Donnelly. Mr.. Donneily.
in stating the case for the railroad
said 1t was not question of motive
power which led to the order taking
OFT local trains, but it was in order
to expedite the movement of freight
He said that, b. taking off trains
Nos. z and 8 between Helena and
LIVINGSTON, the company could move
5,OOO additional tons of freight daily
In support of his statements, Mr.
Donnelly then called 1. B. Richards
as his witness. Mr.. Richards said
that, after much consideration, he
had reached the concluson that the
only way to relieve the present situ-
alton in regard to the movement of
freight was to take off the passenger
trains suggested. He said there were
now awaiting transportation at west
ern terminals for the east 5000 loads,
and at eastern terminals, billed for the
west, $500 loads. He said that, as
1Ielgnt trains were subordinate to
passenger trains, it was essential that
the former be given greater facilities
than they now had
He said that the trains between
Helena and Livingston were re-
sponsible for loss of from seven to
eight hours on freight trains between
those points. He said that in the
winter, conditions would be worse,
and he had only recommended a
temporary withdrawal of the trains,
to relieve the situation. He attribut-
ed the congestion to the growth of
the northwest.
In answer to questions by Mr.. Day,
Mr.. Richards said the situation was
better than last year, because the
road had more engines. He said the
road was not taking off any trains in
Minnesota, North Dakota or Wash
ington, and gave as reason that the
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

proper dispatch the freight offered"
The most distressing phase of the
situation is that no hope is held out
that conditions will improve in the
near future Practically all of the
railway systems from east to west
and north to south are retrenchinv.
notwithstanding certain specific de-
mails have been made Men are be-
ing discharged on all sides, and man.
ayers complain that ey ca onh fwy
ayers complain that they can not find
funds with which to purchase ad-
ditional equipment
1t is the opinion Of the govern
ment's officials here that strenuous
efforts will have to be made to pre-
vent a repetition this winter Of the
coal shortage which caused consider
able suffering last winter. The prox-
unity OF the severe weather, togeth-
er with the restricted supplies of
fuel, combine to produce a situation
which will try the capabilities of the
people and the common carriers and
the mine owners to bring relief.
Emergency rates on coal from
Chicago to points where the suffer-
ing threatens to be most severe seem
to be the measure most favored to
reliev what otherwise will be SER
lous situation in the west. Such
emergency rates would be entirely
within the law, and would probably
induce movement from the coal
fields of the middle west to the
regions farther westward, where suf-
fering may be endured unless steps
are taken to obviate it.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12
GREAT CONVENTION,
Rev. Martin Tells of Inspiring
Religious Gathering in Butte.


The Rev. J. A. Martin, pastor of
the local M. E. church, and Mrs. ].
l.. Stuart returned home Friday even
ing from Butte where they spent
three days in attendance at the great
Missionary convention of the M. E.
church which was held in the Copper
City Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
The meeting was certainly edu-
cational i'll every respect" said Mr..
Martin, in speaking of his trip to a
Democrat reporter. Il have never at
tended a convention where there was
so much to be learned, so much to
be thoroughly enjoyed as this one.
There were present a half dozen
Of the really big men Of the Methodist
church. Among others was the Rev.
F. Gamewell, for many years mis-
sionary in China and known in three
or four nations as the Hero of
Pekin." He received this title during
the Boxer uprising seven years ago.
He was just recovering from a
serious illness and did not speak
during the Butte meeting but it re-
quires but = brief glance to see that
he is a masterful, forceful man.
The princiual orators were Drs.
Leonard, North, Fitzwater. Taylor,
Sheets, Trimble, lliff and Miss Ward.
1t was an oratorical feast from start
to finish. The church, which is the
largest in the state, was crowded ev-
cry meeting and many were unable to
gain admittance when there was some
attractive number on the
program"
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12
PENSIONS DECREASING.
Over Eighteen Thousand Fell Out Of
the Ranks During Past Year.

Washington, Nov. 5.-There is now
substantial evidence that the federal
pension roll is permanently declining.
The net decrease of $4,000 for the
past fiscal year is significant, and con
stitutes the most interesting single
item in the recent annual report OF
the commissioner of pensions. There
are now S67 ,37l names on the pen
sion roll, which is the smallest mum
Der since 1893. High-water mari,
was reached in 1905, when the mum
Der was l,004,lo6. For the last two
years the net decrease has been &c.
S25, and this has come to pass in the
face Of liberal legislation. 1t is esti-
mated that within five years the
total number will be below 100000,
and from that time onward the de-
crease will be very rapid.
The cost Of the pension system has
not varied greatly from year to year.
In 1897 it went up to $l4S765,OO
last wear it was $l4l 100000 The an
nual appropriation has been kept
above $l4O,0OO,o0O by new legislation,
admitting applicants ineligible under
previous laws and increasing the rates
Of payment The annual value of
pensions in nearly every class has by
these means been raised from a gen
eral average of $l33.4o in 1908 to
ST. l45.oO i'll 1907. But notwithstanding
all these aids, the highest point has
now been reached, and the perma-
nent decline begun.
Senator McCumber of North Da-
kota, chairman of the senate pension
committee, has a scheme for legisla-
ton at the next session of congress,
under which the pension Of a
soldiers widow will be raised from
50 per month to $l2 per month, but
even if this should become a law,
it will not add materially to the total,
nor interfere with the oncoming de-
crease.
Until few weeks ago there was
one surviving widow of the revolu-
tionary war. Three revolutionary
daughters are alive, and that closes
the revolutionary roll The last sur
yivor of the war of 1872, Hiram
Cronk, died at Ava, N. Y, in 1905,
at the age of los, and was given a
public funeral The 1912 pension roll
is now confined to 558 widows. The
war with Mexico, coming later, has
larger list. There are 3,485 sur
viyors of that war, and 1914 widows.
The Oldest survivor of the war with
Mexico is SO years of age, and the
three youngest are II each. There
are 3l2 of these heroes at the age of
80, 81 at the age of IS, eight at the
age of 90. The civil war has this
longevity record badly beaten. There
is one civil war veteran at the ape of
lO8, five at the age of 90, one at 81,
five at o6, two at 95, 36 at 90, 436 al
IS, 2,03l at 80.
A large sum of pension money
goes out of the country every year
to pensioners who have gone abroad
since the war and continued to live
there. These men, for the most
part, are foreign born, and have re-
turned in their old age to the homes
of their childhood. The amount of
money sent to them last year was
S24,434 and the number of such
pensioners 5000.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

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your monogram, autograph signature,
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ten days to fill orders. Democrat
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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12
Think THEY HAVE Ware

The Wallace authorities have a
photograph of Ware and feel that
they have the right man.
Under Sheriff Firman Tullock will
leave in the morning for Wallace and
if the Idaho officers have the right
man, will bring Ware back with
him.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

Moore push pins are superseding,
to great extent, the tack and ham
mer. You push them in with your
fingers. Easily inserted in wood or
plaster without dis6guring and when
so placed are strong and ornamental.
Democrat Supply Department.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

Sheriff Ed Martin this morning re-
ceived a telegram from the sheriff
of Wallace, Idaho, stating that they
have in custody man who answers
the description of ]. Frank Ware,
who is badly wanted here for jump
ing his bail of $500 and also for rob-
berry.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

country was level in the states named
and better time could be made.
The protestants followed with wit
nesses who told of the inconvenience
the taking off OF the trains would oc-
casion.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12
INSTITUTE NOW IN Session

from various rural districts in this
county by private conveyance.
Meagher county is especially we'll
represented, practically all of the
teachers being present An unusually
interesting program for the three
days and evenings has been arranged
and visitors are cordially invited to
attend all sessions.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12

The joint teachers institute of the
Fergus and Meagher county teachers
is in session today in the assembly
room Of the Fergus County Free
high school.
A number of the instructors and a
large crowd of teachers came in on
the train last night, others coming
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-11-12
Judge Cheadle Returns.

Judge f. K. Cheadle returned last
night from Helena. The Judge has
been absent from the city for over
three weeks, during which time he
held court in Glendive and Miles
City.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
THE IDAHO SCIMIT AR.

opinion that Secretary Taft had previously criticised
him for and for that reason he restated his belief
with emphasis, and specially commended the clause
giving to the State the initiative and referendum.
This was in contrast with the nonprogressveness OF
the Taft end of the administration.
The old machine of the Republican party has
steadfastly opposed the initiative and referendum
and the primary election system, two reforms that
confer legislative and political power on the people
and destroy the reign of bossism.
1t cannot be said that all Republicans are arrayed
in opposition to these important privileges, for Mr.
Taft does not speak for all Republicans in his strc-
lures on the constitution of Oklahoma Two years
ago a machine Legislature of one of the Republican
prairie States refused to submit to a vote of the
electors of the State primary election bill petit
toned for under initiative and referendum clause
in the constitution of that State and Legislative
actments giving force to the clause
The machine had become SO strong in its usurpa-
ton of public rights and functions that it presumed
to violate constitution and law that it might retain
the power it had appropriated
But the party superior to its dictators at the
succeeding election, swept the machine from power
and placed the State in control of the insurgent body
OF Republicansm. The party is yet divided in that
State, the machine element endeavorng to reinstate
itself and the Presidential choice of that element is
Secretary Taft, while the Republican insurgents pre-
fer LaFollette and would accept Bryan
So the issue between Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Taft is
real one out among the people and they are not
confined within party lines in an expression of their
preferences
The initiative and the referendum and the primary
system are part of genuine Democratic doctrine in
the broad acceptance of the and there are hosts
OF Democratic Republicans who would not hesitate to
follow Mr.. Bryan in his championship of principles
that will restore power to the people
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
rlr. COrtelyou's Disclaimer.

The Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cor
telyou, deemed it necessary for him to make denial
OF the common belief that he had been active in
his own behalf asprant for the Republican
nomination to the Presidency He therefore issued
a signed statement in which he assured everybody
that they mistaken if they supposed that he
had any other intention or ambition than the full
hllment of his duties as the head of the financial
department of the Government
If any of his friends had been Dernicious1, bre,,
in his interest as a candidate, it was unknown to
him. Finally he alleged that, by himself or by his
friends influence had been used to prejudice the
coming convention in his favor and while he did not
offer reward for the detection of any person iden-
tined with scheme to railroad him into the White
House. he spoke with soulful earnestness and with
all the embellishments of truthful sincerity.
Just what has happened to cause Mr. Cortelvou
to make SO unusual disclaimer, the public cannot
positively guess, but it seemed to have been called
for by some circumstances having bearing unon
his official career
1t ante-dated the homecoming of Mr. Taft bv
few days and it appeared coincidently with some
directions from President Roosevelt in which it was
pointed out to the Postmaster General that he ought
to give his personal attention to the appointment
of postmasters and relieve First Assistant Post
master General Hitchcock of that portion of his
onerous duties.
This, along with the previous charge that the first
assistant had been swapping Southern postoffces for
Cortelyou delegates to the National convention gives
something of clue to the mystery and may furnish
the entire explanation. The Postmaster General had
not been watching his first assistant very closely and
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
Two Progressive Ideas.

AS sincere ovation he has enjoyed in his
long public career was rendered William ]. Bryan
by the Legislature of the Democratic State of Okla
homa and the people of Guthrie, the capital city.
He spoke to joint session of the Legislature in the
forenoon and to $500 people in the afternoon.
Oklahoma was admitted under a constitution SO
radical that the administration was in doubt about
accepting it, but Mr.. Bryan extolled the constitu-
ton and said many other States would make it their
model in arranging their organic acts to fit the
changed conditions demanded by the progressive
spirit of the times.
Mr.. Bryan said that the constitution of Oklahoma
was the best of all the constitutions of the States, an
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

Cleveland, Ohio, was last week made the scene
OF an important gathering of Senator's Representa-
uVes and business men, who came together to dis
cuSs plans for an educational campaign in the in
terest OF ship subsidy legislation Senator Foraker
and Senator Gallinger the prize speakers and
they were ably assisted by other members of the
conspiracy. Nearly ten years ago the ship subsidy
treasury raid was started by Senator Hanna, an
ONO man, and his State is still the breeding ground
OF an intention to tax the people in the interest of
transportation magnates.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1907.

Senator of Oklahoma has introduced a bill to
carry out the Bryan suggestion for the protection of
National bank depositors, the same suggestion that
endorsed by President Roosevelt. 1t will go
into the pigeon-hole graveyard.
The head of the Mormon colony at Lae Hawaiian
Islands, Elder M. M. Harmon, has been indicted
for subornation of perjury according to the Com
mercial Advertiser, published at Honolulu. The
trouble is supposed to have originated from poyga-
nous practices in that colony.
T. r. T.
When Governor Hughes, of New York. gave his
tacit consent to attempt to commit the Republi-
can committee of New York County to his Presi-
dental candidacy, he reckoned without his host By
unanimous vote the committee refused to consider
a resolution endorsing Mr.. Hughes. Some of the
reactionaries may have been tampering with the
custodians of New York Republicanism
r. r. r.
Secretary Tafts arrival from his Old World iaunt
event of last week He reached New York
Friday and proceeded Immediately to Washington.
The Secretary Of War brings from Japan renewed
of the peaceable intentions of that nation
saying that talk of with Japan "the height
of foolishness" Mr.. Taft will now give attention
to the Presidential boom that has been waning dur
ing his absence.
II r. +
1t will puzzle some of the wise ones-the order
recently issued by the Postmaster General excluding
from the mails all daily newspapers whose subscrib-
ers are more than three months in arrears The
Postoffce Department has often been charged with
taking the legislative function out of the hands of
Congress- but this isn't even legitimate legislation
If the postage is paid the papers, what has the
department to do with the Indebtedness of those to
whom they are sent?
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
Bonaparte's Good Advice.

Attorney General Bonaparte spoke like a true
American citizen in address at Chicago last
week as guest at banquet given by the Illinois
Athletic Club
Mr.. Bonaparte, who is fresh from the domicile
of experience the chief prosecuting officer of the
Nation, said that attempts to enforce the laws in
the Eastern States brought forth walls about the
unsettlng of business and the stimulation of panics
in the West and Southwest prosecution of men who
had reaped enormous profits from the violation of
land laws through perjury and fraud was fercelv
denounced persecution Of public spirited citizens
in the South movements in the courts to suppress
the practice of peonage provoked similar outcrv
The general prevailing impression was that some
men everywhere exempt from the operations
OF the laws. These men of weath-captains
of -generaissimos of Misunderstanding citi=
zens Sentiment would have them go unpunished.
or escape with a sham penalty about as formidable
as burning with a cold iron"
Said General Bonaparte: "Tn our country neither
the President nor any one else can execute the laws
faithfully, or execute them at ALL unless the Ameri-
can people want them executed"
10 represent the conditions of the present dav the
Attorney General employed the fable of the wolves
that persuaded the sheep to send away their watch
dogs The people were just now studying the
problem of the selection of head watch dog to
guard them for another four years, and-"whatever
applicant for the job is viewed with political favor
by the wolves, may we'll be left in his home kennel"
Concluding Mr. Bonaparte said
In palmer language, no man can be safely trusted
10 take care that the laws be faithfully executed if
MS choice be longed for and urged by all or MANY
OF those who have INSTRUCTED the faithful execution
OF the same laws in the past and whose influence
and resources are formidable obstacles to their faith
tul execution today
Ii corporation interests the money circle the rep
reSentatlves of predatory weat1-the Morgans the
Kocketelers the Blacks-ool with favor on Presi-
dental candidate it for the people to turn away
from h1nl-he is of the wolves that want the watch
dog housed and muzzled
Mr. Bonaparte's address let in the light upon the
task ne has been endeavoring to perform Entrusted
with the prosecution of malefactors, he everywhere
encounters sentiment that would shield wrong
doers because they rich or politically powerful
1t is sentiment the American people should put
behind them, while they give their full support to
those OF their honest public servants who are en-
deavorlng to earn the reward for duty we'll per-
formed