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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-08

the principle of fair dealing and sanity has made the
disgusted and angry.
Why should the who is making pay his employees the
smallest possible Why should he deduct from those small
loss which caused by accident Illness slight misake
Why should dinner party composed of those who have only inherited
spend thousands dollars for The sake display when
many suffering TN the necessities Of life?
Why should SINE spend $4,000 for garment when
other deserving than she and with greater ability obliged
to struggle to make respectable appearance?
The thoughtful working people of this nation do not bgruge the
of wealth enjoying tho comforts and Injuries They do not find
fault because he dress better than they and live finer home They
rebous because of his prosperity If he fair his employees
he his dealings with Others if he does fool in
his exravagances they will have rebellion their thought about HIM
They would be glad know their leader and friend able
JOY life
1t the injustice the tyranny and the absudy of the nobsh
rich which spreading the spirit of unrest These the people who
should be reached in by laws and compelled be fair in
their treatment of Others and the expenditure of which
they have either inherited else obtained through the toll of their fellow
They have right hc of the people by their
and osc than the anarchist has to excite them with the
red flag and the inlammable speech.
These foolish rich people and the anarchists equally the enemies
of social order.
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possible, or else show the dividing line
so clearly that the goats might not
herd with the sheep. Some day, it
would be fit for women-like Louise.
Not now. Much labor and sorrow
must be lived through; there must be
much sacrifice and much refining, and
many must fall and lose in the race
before its big destiny be worked out
and it be fit for women--like Louise.
Down in the southern part of the
state, and belonging to it, certain
big barred building sheltered many
women, when the sun of the treeless
prairies and the gazing into the lone
some distances surrounding their
homesteads seeped into their brains
and stayed there so that they knew
not what they did. There were trees
there and fountains and restful blue
grass in season, and flowers, flowers,
fiowers-but these came too late for
most of the. women.
If it had been Langford, now, who
was guilty of SO ridiculous senti-
mentalism-the bold, impetuous,
young ranchman-he smiled at him
self whimsically. Then he pulled him
self together. He did not think the
jury could believe the story Jesse
Black would trump up, no matter how
plausible it was made to sound. He
felt more like himself-in better con-
dition to meet those few but stanch
friends of his from whom he had so
summarily run away-stronger to
meet-Louise. Man-like, now that he
was Himself again. he must know the
time He struck a match.
why, Lena, old girl, we've been
taking our time, haven't we? They
are likely through supper, but maybe
can wheedle a doughnut out of the
cook"
The match burned out Not until
he had tossed it away did it come to
him that they were no longer on tee
main trial.
Now. that's funny. old girl" he
scolded. What made you be so un-
reasonable? Well, we started with
our noses westward, so you must
have wandered into the old Lazy s
branch trail. Though, to be sure. it
has been such a deuce Of while since
we Travelled It that I wonder at you,
What's the matter now, silly?"
His mare had SHE'D. He turned her
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-08

when there had been so many? 1t
would be nothing new. Was he not
pursuing merely the old beaten trail?
Why should the thought weigh so
heavily now? Can man never attain
to that higher-or lower, which is it?
altitude of strifeless, unregretful
hardness? Or was it, he asked him
self in savage contempt of his weak
ness, that, despite all his generous and
iron-clad resolutions, he had secretly,
unconsciously perhaps, cherished
sweet, shy, little reservation in his in
most heart that maybe-if he won
out
'"You poor fool" he said, aloud, with
bitter harshness.
Suppose he did. A brave speci-
men, he, if he had the shameful ego
ism to ask a girl-a girl like Louise
a gentle, highbred, protected, cherish
ed girl like that-to share this new,
bleak, rough life with him. But the
very sweetness of the thought of her
doing it made him gasp there in the
darkness. How sitting the air was!
He lifted his hat. 1t was hard to
breathe. 1t was like the still oppres-
siveness preceding an electrical storm.
His mare, unguided, had naturally
chosen the main-traveled trail and
kept it. She followed the mood Of her
master and walked leisurely along
while the man wrestled with himself.
If he really possessed the hardihood
to ask Louise to do this for him she
would laugh at him. Stay! That was
a liza black lie She would not
Louise. She was not of
that sort. Rather would she grieve
over the inevitable sadness of it, If
she laughed, he could bear it better
he had good, stubborn, self-respecting
blood in him-but she would not laugh.
And all the rest of his long life must
be spent in Observation-Disclosures it
could have been! But he would never
ask her to do it. Not even if the i'm
possible came to pass. 1t was hard
country on women, a hard, treeless,
unkindly country. Men
could stand flight for its future;
but not women like Louise. 1t made
men as well as unmade them. And
after all it did not prove to be the
of men so much as it devel-
)ped in them the perhaps hitherto hid
len fact that they were already want
ng. These latent, constitutional
weaknesses thus laid bare, the bad
must for while prevail-bad is so
much noiser than good. But this big,
new country with its infinite possibili-
)ut Of raw material and make over
men mistakenly made when that was
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CHAPTER xV.-continued.

The hearing of testimony for the
state went on all through that day. 1t
was late when the state rested its
case-so late that the defence would
not be taken up until the following
day. 1t was all in-for veal or for
woe. In some way all of the states
witnesses-with the possible eXcep-
ton of Munson, who would argue with
the angel Gabriel at the last day and
offer to give him lessons in trumpet
blowing-had been imbued with the
earnest, honest, straightforward policy
of the states counsel. Gordon S friends
were hopeful. Langford was jubilant,
and he believed in the tolerable in
tegrity of Gordon's hard-won jury.
Gordon's presentation of the case thus
far had made him friends; tickle
friends, maybe, who would turn when
the wind turned-to-morrow-but true
Il was that when court adjourned late
in the afternoon, many who had jeered
at him as visionary or an unwel-
come meddler acknowledged to them
selves that they might have erred in
their judgment.
AS on the previous night, Gordon
was tired. He walked aimlessly to
window within the bar and leaned
against 1t, looking at the still, oppres-
sive, cloudy dampness outside, with
the early December darkness coming
on apace. Lights we're already twink
ling in kitchens where house wives
were busy with the evening meal.
well, Dick" said Langford, COM
ing up CHEEKY and confident.
well, Paul, it's all in"
"And we'll in, old man."
"I-don't know, Paul. l hope SO.
That quiet little man from down coun-
try has not been much heard FROM
YOU know. / am afraid, moral up
lift isn't my stunt. I'm tired! / feel
like a rag" .-
Langford was called away for mo-
ment. When he returned, Gordon was
gone. He was not at supper.
HE went away on his horse" ex-
pIained Louise, in answer to Lang
ford's unspoken question. 81 saw him
ride into the country"
When the party separated for the
night. Gordon had not yet returned.
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1ennxson and the Socialist.

Tennyson figuring as champion Of
the imperiled rights of property is
thus quoted in William Allingham's
lately published Diary" Il was once
in a coffee shop in the Westminster
road at four o'clock in the morning.
a nan was raging. Why has so-and-so
a hundred pounds and have not
shilling? | said to him, II your father
had left you a hundred pounds yct
would moi give it away TO somebody
else He had not a word TO answer
/ l.new he hadn't"
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COFFIN WAS A BACK NUMBER
SO Pennsylvania Man Sold It and Will
Purchase Another.

Isaac Coffman of Hatton, Pa, has
sold a coffin he made many years ago.
He sold it not because he felt he would
have no use for it, but because his
wife insisted that it was out of date.
MIR. Coffman is nearing his eightieth
birthday. He explained to a friend
that he constructed the coffin 20 years
ago. 1t was built of chestnut because,
as he put it, 'Many's the time have
sat beside a CHEEKY blaze of chestnut
logs and heard them crackle and burn
merrily. 1t makes such a homelike
blaze that l picked it in preference to
other woods. 1t was my desire to
have the coffin as coy as possible,
and rejected the frivolities which so
many persons affect in the matter of
collins. In order TO have it handy /
Kept 1t in the garnet. But my wife
tells me that styles have changed, and
since / have accumulated a little for
tune she will not permit me to die un-
less | consent to get an up-to-date
casket. To avoid trouble | agreed TO
sell the old one. But at the same
time ! think that the coffin which was
good enough for me in my poorer
days should satisfy me now. and
shall always feel out of place in the
new-fangled affair"
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CHAPTER XVI.
Gordon Rides Into the Country.

Gordon Rides Into the Country
Gordon rode aimlessly out OF the 1T
tie town with its twinkling lights.
He did not care. where he went or
what direction he pursued. He wanted
to ride off a strange, enervating dejec-
ton that had laid hold of him the
moment his last testimony had gone
IN. II all seemed so pitifully made
ouate-without williston-now that 1t
was all in. Why had he undertaken
81 II could only go for another de-
feat counted againrt him. Though
what was one defeat more or less
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Foolish
Rich
They Are the
Great Enemies
of Social Order
BY REV. JOHNSTON MYERS. ID. D.,
ChicaGo.

There are good rich men than there are bad
rich men. But if this republic is ever overihrown
by spirit of discomfort upon the part of the masses
the blame will rest largely with majority Of the pos
SCISSORS of wealth whose meanness dissipation and alb
sud extravaganza have aggravated and rritated the
poorer classes beyond the point of endurance
Their sellishncss and disregard of their obliga-
lions to others is responsible for the rise Of the evils
of socialism. They have undergrad those who We're
helpless to resist They have made absurd displays
of their wealth at dinners and public functions The
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Some of our most dependent women are
entirely unconscious of their dependence.
This is because of the way society has been
conducted in the past; we have been brought
up SO. Marriage is supposed to be beauti-
full union-the beautiful cntwining of the
slender woman about the strong nature of
man.
The difficulty is that one woman is de-
pendent upon the income of one man; that
is, dependent upon his income capacity. This
places the woman in a dependent state, and
infuses into man that air of superiority. The
idea is almost intolerable when You think of
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
news OF The
Big GOLD CAMP
JOHN L. BRIGHT FOLLOWS
LIGHT POLES TO THE
GOLD CAMP.

Kendall, Aug. 17.-Bert d'Autre-
mont was in town pay day to make a
few collections.
R, w. Jones and brother, Fred, re-
turned from Lewistown Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weingart left Oh
Saturday for Seattle where they ex-
pect to reside. Mr. Weingart owns
some real estate in that city which he
wishes to look after personally Dur
ing the three years Mr.. and Mrs.
Weingart have lived in Kendall they
have made many warm friends whose
we'll wishes attend them to their new
home.
Henry M. Rae went to Lewistown
on Friday.
Tom Kinds, who was formerly ir
business in Kendall but now Of
Windham, spent last week in the
gold camp.
Miss Isabella Coulter, who has
spent the past week visiting friends
at Moore. returned Sunday.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
.LEWIST0WN To THE front
Local Delegation Of EIkS to Great Falls whOOp
'Er Up for Metropolis Of the Inland Elm.
pire..- Hard Luck for Ball Team.

The first bunch of Lewistown Elks,
some eight or ten in number, came in
on the belated train Friday night
The main crowd of thirty or forty,
got home Saturday evening. Though
somewhat weary as result of three
days Of hurrahing and tiresome
railroad trip, every one in the bunch
is glad he went and only words of
praise are heard for the manner in
which our neighboring city entertain
ed the big gang
Wet Weather Interferes.
The rainy weather was the only
disagreeable feature Of the conven-
ton. The rain dropped the mag
nifcent decorations, dampened the
clothing Of the visitors and disar-
ranged the very elaborate program
but never for moment downed the
very excellent spirit which prevailed
throughout. The people of Great
Falls quickly adjusted themselves to
the unfortunate circumstances and
kept things moving right along.
Lewistown Will Represented.
Lewistown had about the largest and
most enthusiastic delegation Of visi-
tors in the city. Everywhere one
could go, he usually found Lewis
town man or lady there and always
boosting for the Inland Empire.
The only disappointment suffered
by the bunch from this city was the
mishap which befell the ball team.
The boys were due to win but an ac-
cident to Carleton, the champion
hard luck ball player Of the world,
put them down and out although it
was by the closest sort of a score
and they were playing against the
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
MARTIN RETURNED TO LEWISI0WN

In telephon message to A. E.
Trapp, the Rev. ]. A. Martin this
morning gave few of the results of
the North Montana conference which
was held last week at Kalispell. A
most satisfactory part of Mr.. Mar
tins report is that which states that
he was sent back to Lewistown for
another year by the conference.
A Popular Minister.
During the time that Mr.. Martin
has been pastor of the Lewistown
M. E. church, he and his estimable
wife have made hundreds of friends
in and about the city A big petition
was sent to the conference request.
ing that Mr. Martin be returned here
where he has been doing excellent
work and it is a source of much
pleasure that such action was taken.
Other Assignments.
Other assignments by the con-
ference are as follows: J. D. Crouch,
Great Falls; A. w. Hammer, Ctic;
c. E. Haynes, Roundup, Musselshell
and Milestone; o. F. Krieger, Gar.
neill, Moore and Harlowton; A. ].
Armstrong Buffalo and Straw; ]. H.
Little, Cascade; w. A. Morgan, For,
Benton and G. E. Hutt. Dupuyer.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
DEMOCRATS Will ORGANIZE CLUB

Breck Ornbaum has been circulat-
ing a petition for the last few days
for meeting to be called at the city
hall next Saturday evening for tn
purpose of organizing Fergus coun-
ty Bryan and Kern club. The petit
ton has been very numerously sign
ed, scores of democrats expressing
themselves as enthusiastically in
favor OF such step.
The meeting will be called to order
not later than 8 o'clock and it is
especially desired that a large mum
Der of democrats and those who in.
tend to vote for the democratic ma.
tional ticket be present.
Helena, Great Falls, Butte, Ana
conda and other cities of the state
have big Bryan AMI Kern clubs and
the democrats of Fergus county
should get in line. The national COM
mittee has recommended that all OF
the principal voting places in the
country should organize democratic
clubs. The officers of such clubs will
keep in close touch with the state and
national organizations and the result
will be most advantageous to the
managers of the campaign.
Come out Saturday evening and
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
BEGINS WORK ON
new OPERA HOUSE
PHILLIP DRAZICH STARTS
LAYING STONE ON AMUSE-
MENT HALL.

Phil Drazich, an ambitious Young
stone mason, commenced to lay stone
this morning on his new opera house
on First avenue. The excavation was
completed last week and the work
will be pushed with all possible vgor.
The new amusement hall will be
built Of stone and its dimensions will
be l4Ox6O feet. Although but one
story high, will have an arched cell
ing twenty feet in height. There will
be seats for twelve hundred people
on the main floor and for three hun
dred in the spacious balcony.
The stage will be forty feet deep
and on either side will be a spacious
dressing room. There will not be a
larger stage in the state and it will
easily accommodate the biggest
theatrical troupes that come to Mon
tana. The building will have rails
ed false floor for use when there are
theatrical or other attractions requir-
ing the use of the stage This floor
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
FANS Will SEE real BALL
Boosters for A Winning Team for LewiStown
Hold Enthusiastic Meeting and Perfect
Strong Organization for Season.

The season of 1908 has just started
so far as base ball for Lewistown is
concerned. Such at least, was the i'm
most enthusiastic base ball meeting
ever held in this city The meeting
was held i'll the city hall and was
very largely attended by fans and
players.
DR.. f. A. Long was chosen chair
man and Paul Tabcr, secretary, and
treasurer. The entire situation was
discussed by fans and players. The
proposition to get into the game right
and all together met with unanimous
favor and following this discussion,
they proceeded to perfect an organi-
zation.
Frank Stephens Manager.
Frank Stephens was unanimously
chosen manager and Hugh Wagner
was similarly elected assistant man
ager Of tine team. A general plan for
the remainder of the season was then
outlined. 1t is planned to fill all Sun
day dates for the next two or three
months with outside teams and it is
expected that games will be secured
with Miles City, Forsyth, Bozeman,
/ Helena, Butte, Great Falls and Liv-
ingston.
Miles City Next Sunday.
Secretary Tabor last night wired
to the manager of the Miles City ball
team for game next Sunday at this
place.
Great Falls Fair Week.
The question of games during coun-
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will be made so as to be easily re-
moved, giving level floor for
dancing.
To the Democrat, Phil says that he
expects to have his building complet-
ed in time for use by some of the big
speakers who will be here along to.
ward the end of the political cam
paign.
Brooks Bros. Let Contract.
Brooks Brothers, who own the
ground between the Wright building
and the creek on lower Main street.
have let contract to Pierce &
Martin for the erection of
one-story stone business building,
5Ox9O feet in size and joining the
Wright building in which the Cook
Reynolds real estate Offices are To-
Gated. The building will be divided
into two store rooms each, with a
frontage Of Is feet and depth of 90
feet. The work of excavating was
begun yesterday morning and the
contractors are going to put up the
building as quickly as possible.
Vast Amount of Building.
Never in the history of Lewistown
have there been SO many employed
in the building trades as at present
There are now no less than three
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
worth Of buildings in process of con-
struction and the weekly pay roll is
probably larger than at any other
time in the city's history Nothing
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Continued on page 4.
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ty fair week has been taken up with
the fair officials and it is more than
likely that three games will be ar
ranged with the best Great Falls
team. These games will be played at
the fair grounds where the fair as
sociation has laid out one of the
finest ball diamonds in the state.
The manager and assistant manager
will have full sway as to the selection
of players. The game with Forsyth
demonstrated that crack team can
be gotten together from among the
players who are already here The
players will select their captain but
the captain will have nothing to do
with selecting the members Of the
team.
The Drake, North Dakota, team, ID
now touring the state and il Secre-
tary Tabor can get in communication
with them, they may be brought here
for one game at least
Realizing that it will probably be
necessary to raise some money in ad-
diton to that which shall be taken In
at the gate, finance committee com.
prising Tom Stout, Frank Millsap and
Carl Hagelson, was appointed to ar
range and collect the sum that each
loyal fan in the city is to be assessed
during the playing season For the
past two years, it has dcvolved upon
few people, notably, Manager
Symmes of the Power Mercantile
store and the officers Of the base ball
association, to keep the game alive
in Lcwistown. But it is believed that
every public spirited citizen in the city
will get in and boost for a team
which shall represent the entire city.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
Brother Van" Is Reelected.

Brother Van" was again chosen
district superintendent. c. N. Hurst
who has been at Roundup, was given
year off to attend school.
The Rev. Martin is in Great Falls
today to attend the services incident
to the dedication of the recently COM
pleted deaconess hospital at that
place. He expects to be home on
August 18th. In his absence mex,
Sunday, the Rev. T. R. Taggart, of
the Presbyterian church, will hold
Union services at the Presbyterian
church in the morning and at the
NJ. E. church in the evening.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1908-08-18
CONTINUED on page 81

The Ladies' Aid called to their aid
several of their friends, who erected
booth on Mckinley avenue last
Monday and that evening the ladies
served ice cream and cake to large
crowd. They cleared twenty-five
dollars for their efforts, The society
met with Mrs. John Mcleod on Fri
day, and decided to again serve ice
cream and cake on Saturday, Aug. 22
]. Lewis, of Butte, registered at
the Shaules on Friday.
A. S. Kilroy of Great Falls, was
in town a couple Of days last week
in the interests of the Tribune.
Chan Cook was in town from his
ranch on the Judith river, Friday.
John Butler was in from Plum
Creek Friday.
Miss Katherine Nutterville, of
Butte, is visiting the Misses Hoge-
land at Deerfeld.
Ivy Collins arrived from Basin,
Montana, Thursday.
JOllu w WlSHOH, WHO Was Ill Ntuudll
three years ago, returned from Butte
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Gilman, of Bill
lings, were at the Shaules on Mon
day.
Misses Frances Nichols, of Mis-
soula, and Mayme Anderson, of Lew
istown, were the guests of Miss
Luella Fleming last week, while out,
visited Kendall with Phil Saunders.
E ]. Kaull, of Redfeld,. South Da.
kota, arrived in Kendall Tuesday.