davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
Why Colds are Dangerous.

Because you have contracted ordinary
colds and recovered from them without
treatment of any kind. do not for moment
iuagine that colds are not dangerd6s.
Every one knows that pneumonia and
chronic catarSh have their origin in COM
mon cold. Consumption Is MT caused by a
cold but the cold prepares the system
for the reception and deselopmeat Of the
germs that would not otherwise have found
Judgement. II is the same with all IN
fectious diseases. Diph,heria. scarlet fever
measles and wnooping cough are much
more likely to be contracted when the
child has cold. You will see from this
that more real danger Turks in . cold than
in any other common ailments. The
easiest and quickes. way to cure cold is
TO take chambsslain's Cough Remedy.
The many remarkable cures effected BY
this preparation have made il = staple ar
ticlc Of trade over large par, Of the world
For sale BY the Valley Drug Co.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01

over the prospects Of the town and
is erecting large drug store. He
is also interested in the hardware
Store Of H. Sparl,ng & Co.
Mr.. Sparkling. the Hardware
man, had little more leisure than
most of the others in town, but is
rapidly forming new acquaintances
and working up a trade. His
stock is not yet complete, but a
carload Of goods is on the road.
Mrs. Pritchett sets a good table
at the restaurant and lodges the
lady travellers that stop in the
town.
John Daily does the land office
business as u. ). Commissioner.
John b. Moran is farmer about
three miles east of Medicine Lake.
He has forty acres in fax and ten
CONTINUED on last page.)
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
SHOT HIMSELF
Walter Schmutzler While Fool.
ling With . Loaded Gun
Skaters His Leg.

Last Sunday night Walter
Schmutzler, a we'll known clerk
ior the Bruegger Mercantile Co. y,
finished up three days "happy
time with the boys" by accidently
shooting himself in the right leg
with revolver. The accident oc-
cured about II o'clock Sunday
night.
DR.. T. w. Collinson was sumon-
ed and found both bones OF the
leg fractured below the knee. The
ball entered just below the knee,
taking a downward course between
the two bones and emerged near
the ankle on the inside.
1t was serious wound, owing to
the weakened condition OF the pa
tient through the excessive use oi
intoxicaDts. DIR. Coifsnson called
DR.. G. Johnston and DR.. II. d,
Edmonds to his assistance and on
Monday afternoon the operation OF
setting the bones and inserting a
drainage tube was successfully ac-
complished.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Schmutzler, Wal
ter's parents, arrived here from
Watertown, Wis, and decided to
take their boy back to their home
where there Is fine hospital.
Wednesday morning the patient
was carefully placed aboard a sleep
ing car on No. 2. He was accom-
panied by his parents and Miss
Edna Bruegger, trained nurse.
DR.. Collinson telegraphed DIR
John Egan to meet the train at St.
Paul, where the party has to
change cars. They were to stay
day there and an expert surgeon
was consulted and a decision
reached as to the course to pursue
from thar point.
When Walter was put on board
the train Wednesday his tempera-
ture was normal, and with the ex-
ception Of a slight delerium, the
conditions seemed favor able 10 his
recovery.
Walter Schmutzler has made
a host of friends in Culbertson. by
his genial ways and accommodar-
ing manner in the store, where he
was a trusted employe, and the
best wishes OF all went with him
to Watertown.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
ROCKY BOYS BAND
Are Coming to Eastern Valley
County In Spite Of Promises
Made by Senator Carter.

The following letter from the
Department OF the Interior ex-
plains the situation in regard to
the settlement Of fhe pauper band
OF Indians known as Chief Rocky
Boys bunch. 1t is in answer to
the long letter sent to the Secretary
OF the Interior, published in the
Searchlig Il about August 10th.
The original letter as printed be-
low, has passed through all the
different departments Of the In
terror department and bears the
initials OF eleven different officials
to whom it was submitted for ap-
proval before being forwarded TO
the Searchlight:
Department OF the Interior,
Washington. D. c.,
September %. 1909.
Land Allotments. 657SI-Iqoo. JTR
AIlotments TO Rocks Boys Band.
F. S. Reed. Esq, Editor. The Search
light, Culbertson. Montana
Sir: The Department has received your
letter of August 10. 1910. regarding ailot
ments to members Of Rocky Boys Band Of
Chippewa Indians on laad lying north
and east Of the Fort Peck Iudian Rrserva-
tion. Mont.
The lands to which you refer were with
drawn by the Department after a careful
investigation bv one Of its Indian inspect
ors. II was necessary to withdraw quite
a large body Of land because accurate in
formation showing what lands within these
tracts had already been taken by white
homesteaders or members OF other bands
OF Indians was not at hand.
The Indian Office advises me. however,
that Special Allo,ting Agent John +. Arm
strong has been instructed to make an i'm
mediate investigation of the lauds with
drawn for the benefit Of these Indians for
the purpose OF determining sufficient
number Of tracts therein suitable for sllot-
ment purposes to accommodate the mem
bers Of the Rocky Boys Band OF chippa-
wa Indians, with a view OF restoring TO the
public domain those tracts net needed for
the Indian purposes
Very respectfully.
NJ. c. =. FRANK Pierey.
]. w. C. FIRST Assistant Secretary.
From the above it will be seen
that the Rocky Boys band are to
be allotted lands in Eastern Valley
County IN spite OF the promises
made by Senator Carter on his
visit to Culbertson with the Senate
Irrigation Committee in August.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
Money Comes In Bunches

to A. A. Chisholm. Of Treadwell. N. r..
now. His reason Is well worth reading
For long time suffered from indi.
gestion. torpid liver. constipation. ner-
vousness. and general debility" be writes.
IL couldn', sleep. had no appetite. no,
ambition. grew weaker every day in spite
of all medical treatment. Then used
Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored
all my old time health and vigor. Now !
can attend to business every day It's a
wonderful medicine. Infallihle for Sso-
mach. Liver. Kidneys Blood and Nerves.
5oc at the Valley Drug Co.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
Cheap Pasture.

Horses or cattle taken Al 81 90 per hea,
per month. none taken for less than
month. 400 acres in pasture. not used ye
this season, good spring water and nea
own. Apply TO Mrs. ID. c. Reed or
the SeArchligt Office.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01
TOWNS
nedicine Lake and PlentywoOd
Are Forging Ahead With
Rapid Strides.

started Saturday morning on .
trip to Redstone, returning Tues
day evening. The trip was made
in a top buggy, the motive power
being the editors three year old
mare "Nellie", and here we canaot
refrain from Dragging little about
the merits of this colt, which we
raised on our claim just east OF
town.
The game little mare made the
trip Of $50 miles in four days,
coming home from Plentywood, a
distance Of 81 miles on Tuesday.
How is that for single driver?
We started out from Culbertson
at 9 o'clock on Saturday MOI ming
and as soon as we topped the big
hill north of town one OF the most
beautiful and prosperous farming
countries ever witnessed was
spread to view for miles in every
direction. Farm houses, barns.
granaries, cattle, horses, fences,
all showed thrift and looked like
an old settled Iowa farm scene.
instead OF which all OF aforesaid
improvements have been made by
new settlers within the last two or
three years.
There was the Wedge farm,
those of Sam Berry, VIM Mcbride
Stanheld, Forncrook, Compton,
McCabe, and others 10. numerous
to mention, all showing that
Eeastern Valley County is one of
the Garden Spots OF Gods own
country-Montana
Before reaching the ranch house
Of 0 Baker where we stopped
lsr dinner, we met many farmers
with big loads..'';of grain for the
Culbertson Elevators
The trip from Bakers to Med,-
cine Lake was through just the
same kind of a thrifty farming
community as the previous I6
miles strech. The most prominent
feature being the new granaries,
mostly filled to overlooking from
crops raised this year.
As We came in sight OF the town
Of Medicine. Lake we were sur.
prised to see good sized prosper,
Gus looking village composed OF
business houses and dwellings,
where a year ago there was only
postoffice and one store.
Ed Stubban, the postmaster and
proprietor OF the pioneer store, is
prospering and wears smile that
won't come off
J O. Johnson, the general mer-
chandise man who started in there
about year ago, is dong more
business than he can handle in his
present quarters and will build a
new store beside the old one al
once, despite the fact that the
whole town will move over onto
the new townsite some time mex,
summer.
P. ]. Eie and R P. Bowman,
cashier and president Of the Bank
OF Medicine Lake. were both busy
waiting on customers and Dragging
abont the future OF the town. They
are both boosters.
G. A. Haskins, cashier Of the
medicine Lake Bank" was
moving into his new residence and
closed the bank at 4 p. m. for the
day. Otherwise The banks keep
open all day for the better accom-.
of the farmers. Both
banks are advancing money to
farmers upon the gram in the bin.
Barney Allen, the hotel man,
was busy looking after his numer-
ous duties and experimenting the
carpenter work on the hotel which
ls'stiii unfinished, bur a comfort
able hostelry for.all..,ha,
Joe Dolin, the editor of 1.-The
Wave" had just started to his old
home IN York. IN. D.. iu answer to |
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-01

For RenI-ofhces in the Opera Hoa Sc
Block. Inquire Of Tanner & Best.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
Why Did He Do TIT

One Of the guests of a seaside board
ing house had picked up curiously
shaped stone on the seashore that look
ed exactly like a half eaten crust of
bread. 1t was being passed around
the room, and the finder was evidently
feeling pleased with himself at having
found something really unique. Every
one who saw 1T exclaimed how like q
crust of bread 1t really was 1t at last
reached the quiet man in the corner,
and the finder went up to him to get
his opinion. yes" said the quiet
man, "it Is a striking resemblance.
Didn't you think it was crust of
bread when you saw 1t on the sand %
YES" replied the proud finder. II
was completely taken in with It."
Then what on earth did you pick 1t
up for?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11

thrust because of their ignorance and poverty, into the
worst conditions which complex civilization pro-
duces in the modern city
The problem which schools have to face is this
to carry these children from the stage of civilization
in which they born and live up to our own stage
II it is possible and to combat we'll the evils which
our civilization has produced for them for have BY
attained, yet, an unmixed good.
We are in the midst OF great change IN educational
methods and ideas. 1t has been forced upon that
mental examining the acquisition Of knowledge
will not necessarily produce good citizens OF itself We
have also begun to realize that the very conditions OF
life itself have changed radically and that to meet the
changed conditions must change our methods.
To great extent the regular school is still in bond
age to the past, but the summer school, new nstitu
tion designed to meet phase Of the condi
ons is free to experiment and to expand and in such
schools being performed the miracles OF getting the
children Of the most backward ready to march in the
vanguard with the children of the favored 1t Is
these schools that the rudimens of the art Of liv
ing being taught, and 1t is in the art of living.
more than in knowledge, that real civilization
lies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
SEARCH FOR BADGER.
Missing-Last Seen in Wash
ington.

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. G.-[Spe-
cial. Police in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho. Montana and the provinces of
British Columbia and Alberta are search
ing for William A. Monroe He is a
son of Mrs. Dwight Baker of Plainfeld,
Wis, who says in letter to Chief of
Police Sullivan of the local department
that she is deeply grieved over his strange
action in not communicating with his
family. She fears he has met with an
accident. Mrs. Baker writes that her
son came to Spokane two years ago last
summer and when last heard from, on
June %, he was about to accept employ
ment with lumber company near Col
bert Junction, Wash. His sister, Mrs.
Ely Lake of Park Rapids, Mimi, wrote
to him several times at that point but
did not receive a reply.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
NAMES NEW PHILIPPINE HEAD.
President Taft Appoints w, Cameron
Forbes Governor General.

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Nov. CIV
Cameron Forbes, vice governor genera
of the Philippines, has been named by
President Taft as governor general, &c
succeed James Smith, whose resignation
has been accepted to take effect N0ycm
Der II, at the expiration of his leave OF
absence.
Mr.. Forbes, who was appointed 0
member Of the United States Philippin,
commission in 1904 as secretary of com
merce and police, was born at Milton
Mass, in 1870, and is n grandson Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The new gov
ernor general was graduated from Har
ward with the \. Il. degree in 1892 anc
has since been a member Of the firm OF
J. NJ. Forbes Il Go. of Boston. He has
been identified with the development Of
several electric light and power compa
MES in various parts of the country
Previous TO 1904 he was n director il
several Boston corporations and banks
He is a member of the Union, Taverr
and st. Botoph clubs in Boston, the Uni
versty Of New York aud the University
and Columbia in Manila.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
MORSE SHIPS TO BE SOLD.
Santa Fe Is Planning to Buy $50, o00,0ot
Marine Trust.

NEW YORK, Nov. G.-Ihc Atlantic
Gulf * West Indies Steamship lines
comprising the bulk Of the great coast
wise shipping trust organized by Charlc,
w. Morse, is likely to be sold to tn,
Atchison, Topeka x Santa Fe Railroad
company For more than week George
T. Nicholson, third vice president Of the
Santa Ic, has been going over the book,
Of the steamship company. Tho price al
which the lines have been offered is prac
ticaly double the present market valu,
of the stocks. The common stock ~ ia,
steamship company Is selling at about
IL aud the preferred at about ~ OF
about S30OOo.OOO of the two classes Of
securities, Sl5,ooOoo0 of each have beer
issued. In addition the railroad is I,
assume the $Io,OOOooO bonded indebted
ness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11

Urging the necessity for greater pro-
lection against fire. f. w. Fitzpatrick
says that within the last five years
our total fire loss has been s1,257,716,-
900. while 1t has cost nearly $500, 000,-
900 year to try to cure the evil with
water. and s195, 100000 more handed
over to insurance companies who will
pay US back about sos, 100000 as balm
for our losses We vote millions for
the handling of fire when 1t breaks out
but dole out hundreds toward the pre-
vention of an outbreak.
Continuing he says that our lesisla-
ton anent buildings is aimed toward
the benefit Of the individual, and real
ly benefits the shyster who preys on
the individual putting up tinderboxes
which he sells to the urwary.
I'VE should lose no time In absolute
ly prohibiting combustible construc-
ton within the city limits; we should
pattern after our European cousins
and make the individual responsible
Tor damages that accrue to others
property by reason OF his negligence.
THE community could encourage
the individual into building properly
by revising the order of taxation. AS
things are now, man building a first
class flreproof construction spends
1nitially more than he would for q
f1re-trap. He is taxed upon the value
of that property and therefore pays a
tax on that additional sum that he
has expended. Consequently, he pays
more tax than his neighbor who has
the fire-trap, yet he is causing the
city less expense by not requiring the
services Of the fire department The
tax should be graded In accordance
with the class of construction, the
maximum rate on inferior stuff that
requires maximum protection.
Then, too, the International Society
OF Building Commissioners has
strongly advocated a most effective
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
THE BARBER.

l went into a barber shop
To have my whiSkers shaved:
came out from the place of shears
And to the cabman raycd;
Take me away somewhere | cried,
Where lunatics reside.
For I've been driven crazy by
That lunatic inside.
Take me away" | shricked in pain,
To any cell or grave,
Where | will never see again
r,;AA place where people shave
The cabman stared at me in fright
Terror was in his eyes
| read horror in his grasp
paralyzed surprise.
I'm tell you why" | said to him,
I'm tell you why rave;
| only went into that place
To get Il simple shave
The barber said my hair was thin.
And needed something strong,
And then he said the fringe upon
My neck was growing long
lie said ought t? have SINCE
To keep from losing hair;
He got the tonic bottle down
To scrub me then and there;
Aud when | wouldn't have the scrub,
lie said: IF | We're you
I'd take cooling sea foam or
little egg shampoo"
'IIe said my beard was growing in,
Rlackheads were in my face:
lie said vigorous massage
Would fix my nose In place,
lie volunteered to put some oil
And stun upon my brow
And when | didn't want the oil
He used it, anyhow!
"A manicurist asked me IL
Some help from her I'd choose
The bOutblack said | ought to have
Some work done on my shoes;
Professor Someone came and said:
To make this job complete,
You'd better let me take the CornS
From your poor suffering feet!
And that's the reason" | remarked,
Awhile the Cahman gaZed,
81 seem so silly in my top
For | am nearly craZcd!
| went into that little shop
To shONc-thats where | fell
SO take me quick. and back me In
My little padded cell"
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
FARMING LAND IN COLORADO.
Acres Costing of S15 Each n Few
Years AGO Now worth $4,000.

At che present time Colorado land
values are growing at a lively rate,
and the end is not yet. 1t was but q
few years ago that fruit land now
worth $4,000 ar acre was bought for
SIS an acre. The cause of this pho
nomenal increase is irrigation and
cultivation.
Colorado is but on the threshold OF
her greatness as an agricultural state,
the Pueblo Chieftain says, and the IT.
rigated lands to be opened to settle
ment will no doubt be filed upon so
eagerly that those who secure the al
lotted portion will be indeed fortunate
The scarcity of irrigated public land
and the small amount estimated to be
given to the public for homesteads
during the current year not only speak
volumes for the overwhelming demand
as compared to the supply, but clearly
indicate the present sound value Of
their irrigated land, and, above all,
the certain high value of all irrigated
lands in Colorado in the immediate fu.
ture.
Fifteen thousand acres of govern
ment irrigated land will be available
for settlers in the Uncompahgre pro-
ject and $4,000 acres OF fruit land In
Grand Valley, Colorado The immense
sums OF money to be expended by the
government in the development of
these projects will be but pittance
compared to the wealth added to the
state by the cultivation Of the land
thus irrigated. Directly and knmedi,
ately the benefit Will be felt by those
sections of the State wherein these
projects are located, but no less sure
ly, although indirectly. will the entire
State experience the prosperity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
Couldn't Say Anything.

The boy had been repeatedly warned
about running to the neighbors and
had even that day made the best of
promises before gaining liberty. Yet
no sooner was the door safely shut be-
hind him than he had disappeared like
magic.
why did you go to Garners?" de-
handed his father upon his return.
The boy looked steadfastly at the
floor.
Il am waiting for an answer" Still
silence.
Come" said his father, losing pa,
tience; don't stand like that, Speak
up like man"
well" said the boy, raising reluc-
tant eyes, you've got me right where
I can't say anything"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
PROF. MARVIN'S FIANCEE.
The Romance of the One Victim of the
Peary Expedition.

When Commander Peary announced
the drowning of Prof. Ross G. Marvin
in the Arctic sea his message carried sor-
row not only to Mrs. NJ. J. Marvin of
Emira, \. y, the bereayed mother. but
also to Miss Margaret Marshall of Edge
water, \. j., the young girl who was to
marry Marvin. She is u. the daughter
of James Marshall. who is employed in
a chemical plant in Edgewater The
MarshaIls are in humble circumstances,
and though Margaret ls bright, comely
ana talented. she was considered i'm
possible socially by the ambitious moth
er of Prof. Marvin. When Ross con
tidcd 10 his mother just before he set
out from Elmjra 70 board the Roosevelt
at Sydney in July, 1905, that he would
marry Miss Marshall upon his return.
Mrs. Marvin refused to believe him. She
utterly rejected his suggestion that she
communicate with his hetrothed This
hostility has been maintained since his
death. The hroken-hUarted young girl
got no word of consolation from any
member of the Marvin family
1t was not until the Roosevelt was on
her way from New York 10 Sydney on
her latest voyage that Marvin was able
10 obtain leave of absence for two years
from his post at Cornell. He wired 10
Pcary and Peary telegraphed back to
join the expedition at Sydney. All this
hurry gave the young man very short
time TO bid farewell to his sweetheart.
She hurried up 70 her uucle's home in
Elmira, whether Marvin had gone from
Ithaca to say farewell 10 his mother.
After the farewell he hurried north to
Sydney Cape Breton, and boarded the
Roosevelt. He had time there to write
n letter, and on the way to Battle Har-
Dor. Labrador, he wrote stll another.
These were the last expressions of ar
4 . T.
only human sacrifice ON the exploring
expedition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11

measure, the labelling OF all buildings
Of public or semi-public nature as to
their class Of construction: 'Fireproof,
ordinary. dangerous The word
'f1reproof'. is used altogether too glib
ly. Have the departments do this
labelling and make it very serious Of
tense for anyone to advertise his
building as being OF a better class than
that to which 1t really belongs, and
you will take very broad step ahead.
I'VE have been given such spectacu-
lar lessons In the last few years, such
CONGREGATIONS as Baltimore's, San
Franciscos and Boston's, that we
must indeed be dense and stupid In
the extreme If we are not willing and
anxious to do something to prevent
the repetition of those appalling catas-
trophies. Utica Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
COW DRAGS SMALL BOY
TO A HORRIBLE DEATH
Unruly Bovine Dashes Across Railroad
Tracks, Pounding Lads Head to
Jelly Against Ties.

MARSHFIELD, Wis, Nov. 6.-[Spe-
cial. Richard Steinert, aged years,
son of Paul Steinert, while leading the
COW home from the pasture Friday even
ing, the animal became unruly, and
thinking he could handle her more easily,
the lad tied the rope around his arm.
When about a block and a half from
his home, the COW became frightened and
started to run. The impetus carried the
boy off his feet, dragging him the rest of
the way home and into the barn.
Part of the way was across the switch
tracks, where the lads head was pound
ed almost to pulp on the ties. His
arm was pulled from the socket while go
ing through the barn door. and he lived
but a few minutes.