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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12
OPPOSE new Land OFFICE
LewiStOwn Commercial Club Takes Steps To
Head Off Action Proposed By Bill Intro
duCed By u. S. Senator Carter.

If the Lewistown Commercial Club
to become the center Of new United
States land district will not be
realized, Since the Billings Chamber
of Commerce is also against the bill
introduced in the United States senate
by Thomas Carter, which proposes
to establish the new land district, il
is likely that the measure will not
be pushed very hard
No Reason for Office.
In the following resolutions, adopt
ed at a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Commercial Club yes
terday afternoon, it is clearly shown
that the proposed district is no,
needed, neither will it benefit any
prospective settler:
Whereas, There is now pending in
Congress, certain legislation, com,
monty known as the Garter Bill
by the terms of which it is sought to
segregatc one hundred and nineteen
Qi9) townships of land located in
the Judith Land District and to add
the same to a new district tc be
created by the terms Of said bill,
1t is Hereby Resolved, That the
Commercial Club of Lewistown, Mon
tana, now enters its most emphatic
protest against the passage Of the
said measure for the following rca-
sons tO-Wit.
/. 1t has been the rule heretofore
50 tar as the practice in this state il
concerned, to establish land offices
only at county seats where the pco-
pie of the district are necessarily
called to transact other business OF
a public nature, such as attendance
on Court, as jurors or Witnesses, mat.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12
FERGUS IS IN THE Lead.
Over Half A Million Dollars Worth Of Gold Bul
lion Produced In This County During
hePast Year. --Barnes,king Report.

Fergus county produced more gold
than any other county in the state
during the year 1908, according to
the figures of T. B. Miller, assayer in
charge of the U. S assay office at
Helena. The Inland Empire, it is
shown by Mr. Miller's report, sent to
the assay office the enormous sum of
$556,57272 worth of gold bullion dur
ing the year. This is $10o,01466
more than was produced by Madison
county which comes second on the
list.
Ahead of Last Year.
Fergus also showed a substantial
increase in 1908 over 1907, the diff
ference in favor of the year Mend
ed being $60,O46.50e The total value
Of bullion sent to the assay office
from all the counties in the state is
ST ,600,104.07. 1t may thus be seen
that Fergus county produced more
than one-third of all the gold bullion
mined in the entire treasure state last
year.
What Each County Produced.
Following is the value of the bull
lion produced in each Of the gold
producing counties of the state dur
ing 1908:
Beaverhead, $1249.o0 Broadwater,
Sl0,42S.3o; Cascade, $130S1; Choteau,
$25o,S2OSS; Deer Lodge, $S5,063.5S;
Fergus, $556,575.26; Granite, $2l,-
1896; Jefferson, Sl0,94S.s2; Lewis &
Clark, ST. o,320S7; Madison, $447, 500
90; Missoula, $27 ,5OS94; Meagher,
Sl,7710o; Park, $5,6S357; Powell,
1,45lo9; Ravalli, $2,Oo670; Silver
Bow, $15,50S.71
Practically all of the gold mined in
Fergus county during the year came
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12

John r. Cook has returned from
the west where he spent several
weeks looking after private business
matters. Mr.. Cook has been receiv-
ing some fine reports from his Ken
dali property, the Abbey, where work
has been in progress for severai
months and informs the Democrat
that mill is certainty during the
present year as they already have suf-
ficient ore opened up to warrant the
erection and insure the profitable
operation of first class cyanide mill
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12
Card of Thanks.

To our kind friends: We wish to
acknowledge to you the receipt OF
your kilograms and letters of CON
dolence in the loss OF our daughter,
Marie. We feel that you are trying
TO share with us the intense pain in
this loss, and that your kind words
are most sincere. With due graft
tude and heartfelt thanks,
Sincerely,
MR.. AND MRS. GEO. ]. BACH.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12
revenues.

The following from the Roundup
Record shows what is being done in
that section of the county:
w. K. Quarles and l.. r. Carroll
left yesterday morning for Helena
where they will have bill drafted
and presented to the state legislature
which is now in session, providing for
the formation OF the new county of
Musselshell, which is to be composed
of portions of Yellowstone and Fer
gus.
There are several other division
propositions to come UP before the
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12

stone or Meagher counties for the
reason that it is inexpedient to estab-
lish new counties in the central or
eastern part of the state under pres,
ent conditions, in view of the very
incomplete development of railway
communications.
1t is further inexpedient in that
it will result in increased taxation to
the citizens of the old counties as
well as the new and is unjust to the
older counties in consideration of the
liabilities assumed by them in the
past for the benefit of the citizens
who reside in the districts now pro-
posed to be segregated when such
districts did not and never have con-
tributed proportionate amount of
revenues.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12

Continued on page 49,
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12

Continued OH page 81
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1909-01-12

Continued on page 81.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

tack; crushed beneath hundreds OF pounds OF
weight, ground along IN such a manner that all OF
MS limbs and even his neck are broken, to8ether
win several rlbs while his internal organs are bruised
ano torn Subsequently he spends fourteen months
Win practically his entire body IN Spllnt 50 that
II Is unable to change his position SINGLE inch IN
1rHe ne recovers. The bones knit; the wonderful
process OF repair heals the injured organs; his strength
@Aa activity return 10 the normal.
tloW then Is one 10 predicate the tenaclty OF lie
Win the Tremendous range Of vitality depending
upon the personal equation. How IS one correctly
70 designate an injury as mortal until after It's fatal
!eSutt Men have been struck through the lungs,
covered, whereas one hears again OF individuals.
s-o nave dropped dead at the tap OF a hand, the
'e;onauon OF q gun. and even a Clap OF thunder
IN Inarvelng al the feeble grip on lie possessed
- some individuals one must of course exclude
muse having organic disease, who are living
s@-nst odds even under the most favorable Clrcun-
s-alces In such cases there IS of course nothing
pTlS'ng II the fact that abrupt deviation from
E .-e normal should have a fatal result Il IS Ike
.1Ilnng over smooth road IN a cart with broken
T TAe. one bump and the whole fabric gives way:
g. LIe1e IS something deeper than this one VIII
- d plenty OF people whose health Is delicate. whose
- saIS are lar from what they should be. whose
- are a-Jangle. and yet who, when put TO the
-. VIZ NeTltahy seem to possess the nine lives OF
= - On the other hand one finds not lntrequentIy
80 iuualS Of apparent high stamina, robust health,
e1. e. NIso1ouS organs whose actual hold upon the
essence of life seems less than that OF rabbit,
Mi q no at the slightest deviation from the normal
- ny 10 pieces Ike the classic " One Horse Shay
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
By Henry G. Rowland. M. D.

remember being told by one Of my professors when
a medical student
Two Young men. both Of whom college ath-
letes, were one day in swimming at some remote
beach where bathing suits not required 1t
was very warm, and one of them coming out OF
the water Law on his back the sandy beach for a
sun bath Presently he dropped asleep and his
friend fearing that he would receive painful sun
burn decided to awaken him. There old
shingle living where it had been washed up the
beach beside him. and the young fellow, Joke,
took this and leaning over his friend, slapped him
lightly on the abdomen The sleeping man gave
a sudden gasp, deep sigh, and expired.
Think Of a vigorous young man who had Just
been swimming and diving and running up and down
the beach dropping dead from playful tap on the
stomach There IS, however, scientific explanation.
Being asleep. the mans whole system was relaxed,
and the sharp blow falling directly over big nerve
plexrs in the abdomen and transmitted TO the
InelIrnogastric nerve for the moment inhibited the
heart 5 action. Very possibly if the young man who
had PLAYED the Joke had Immediately repeated the
blow several times perhaps, he might have started
the heart TO beating again: but being naturally
amazed and terrified and scarcely able to believe
that such an appalling result could follow such a
trifling act he did nothing, and the man died.
In spite Of this physiological explanation, 1t
would seem that man must have a very feeble
hold upon the torch Of life to lose 1t easily.
Vet DerhaDs the same individual might have been
able to resist a tremendous amount of mutllatlon
if he had been in position to summon the vigorous
s,ooort Of his mind And that, by the way, brings
= very tremendous factor, the mind, into the dis
cllssion Of what is fatal This be illustrated by
the two following cases:
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
The Famous Tunnel Case

F.oipAbL1 most people will remember the mar
el9cs case oi the laborer who at work IN the
R:as!IEanla tunnel under the bed of the last
-ec.T "hen the tunnel roof gave way | do not
t5-a tne ne precise details; but the main facts are
~, ms man was working in a high air pressure
os - was required to Offset the tremendous weight
he e IVeT above Suddenly there came leak IN
IA @ 1ool OF the tunnel through which the air began
w,S ape. The man pluClily stuck to his post and
vb, stopping the hole with handfuls of wet clay,
and suddenly the edges OF the aperture broke down
we're Scooped larger every moment by the
SOUS pressure Of escaping air.
cs,,o4 eleat was the suction that the workman was
dreo.I uf and w@dged into the hole thence Jammed
bed r{ { upward through about thirty feet OF river
itsals --Sh h was between the tunnel and the river
hin "a eI the same terrific power that had crammed
fo-ce5p through this mass Of sand and mud and silt
hin INN MN on up TO the top of the river and blew
wind d-Oo1I twenty feet into the air a column of
Po-ta ater like the first stages of a waterspout
The a- there was tug passing close at hand
sbo. - oi which, somewhat surprised TO a
Ven, ,ToIn the river IN this peculiar way, promptly
H - MS assistance and fished him out
rno-s was taken ashore and sent TO the hospital -
dav ION theory than necessity the following
hoidssD.u d reporter that he had decided to take a
accid5. dS ne was little stiff and soresfrom his
abo,,, - I1s did not prevent him from wandering
bis f- 1ie waterfront and telling his experience to
compare this with another case Of which |
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Didn't Need a Whole Brain

r ONCE received in my ward on the United states
L bosnital ship Relief a man who had been shot
directly through the brain with good sized bullet
Remington fancy pushing his head up t out
If trench in an effort to discover the spot from
which the Filipino fire was coming. He had a
r'eroraing wound of the cerebrum that is to say
the bullet had entered part Of the head at point mt
a.. area that DeoDle commonly call the temple,
and had come out at nearly the same spot on the
opposite side of the head considerable amount
= Ft;g brain tissue had been actually destroyed
t ~ i'3 l,-atai and frontal bones of the skull were
broken in manner that suggested the shell OF
hard boiled egg when raped on a table: and the
wound was filled with pieces OF bone and fragments
of his felt campaign hat.
This man was unconscious for about two weeks
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

long its time some
thing happcned,'
The poor creature
was oVeuoycd and
promptly stopped dy-
ing. Then l told her
husband. q stalwart
young man who seemed
much devoted 10 her,
to beat over the head
with a bale stick any
one who tried 10 come
in and excite his wife
The following day She
had returned TO her
normal condition Of
slow convalescence.
and seemed bright and
cheerful and on the
road to recovery. Yet
| have not the slightest
doubt that if her negro
sympathlzers had been
permitted TO 90 on with
their powerful sugges-
ton. to which by the
way the negro mind is
very susceptible, that
woman'S illness would
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Where the Mind Comes In

ON the other hand we find constantly the com
~ pelng authority OF the mind IN the case OF cert am
individuals of strong viii who after receiving what
IS Dr0Dcfly fatal injury absolutely refuse to let 90
their hold on life until the fuhmcnt OF some definite
object on which they have centered all their
determination. Among the InountalneerS OF len
nessee as well as among OF the early W cStcrn
pioneers and cowboys this tenacty OF hte was often
developed to a point where man could be shot
through and through III almost any part OF the hody
it would SEEM and vet hold his gr1p upon ms HE
until he had empticd his revolver or nte. There
were certain men of desperate character whom no
one dared attempt to kill because of the firm con
victon that matter where a bullet was planted
the would live long enough to kill his assallant
and this was in many cases proved to be the tact
During a surgical service IN the United states
army in the Philippines in 1890 and 1000, when q
good many of were constantly beng
wounded, | often much impressed by the
tremendous difference in the resistance to death
displayed by different individuals; nor could TINS
resistance always be explained by the influence OF
mind bodily vigor former habits, etc In time one
grew to believe that sheer vitality was an lndePend
ent and abstract quality possessed by different
individuals to tremendously different extent ana
not directly dependent the material influences
belonging to the body the spiritual influences
belonging to the mind 1t seemed almost as II Ger
fam 1erS0ns had been born into this world with d
rich Store Of vital force which they would always
Dossess and would enable them to Withstand q
great deal more killing than another person less
generously endowed in this particular quallty 'hou8h
of greater physical and mental force
The words of an old hunter whom ! once kne"
have often recurred to me when maryeAng at some
mans recuperative power. The OLD chap hau klIleu
, female wildcat after good deal OF d1lCulty ana
IS he contemplated the dead animal ne sad. hem
critters is born with awful lot OF HE INTO en-
amt they!" - ,,.
+be,, are simply born with a tremendous amount OF
life IN them and nothing is fatal to them unless
accompanied by the absolute destruction OF some
part OF the machine that is necessary 70 MAKE II
20: but even then some appear able to wabble along
will
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Bound She Had to Die

coNF. years ago while riding through South Carolina
~ | arrived one evening at big plantation "htre
| had been told | could get accommodation tor the
night. As / rode up was met by the overseer TO
whom | made my request.
He complied Hospitality then glanced at my
saddle bags You're doctor; ain t you:
| assentcd upon which he asked me II | would look
at a Young negress whom he believed TO be dying.
OF course | agreed, and we went over to see the
patient. .
The plantation was very Old and managed as it
had been before the war. except by paid instead OF
slave labor There were the same old cabins where
the negroes had always lived, and as we drew near
I saw, a great crowd of coored men and women
Gathered about the doorway of one OF these while
from inside there seemed to proceed sort OF mourn
full droning dirge
We entered the place which was crowded with
Deople; the windows tightly closed, and the
atniosphere suggested the tween decks OF SLAYER
A griZZed old negro drOnlng out something
between a 1raver and funeral Grafton, which the
Others punctuated in places by sobs and groans-
listened Just long enough to learn that the Pur.
port of his supplcation was to open the gates OF
heaven to the suffering sister who 1t was arranged
was due to cast off from this mortal sphere at or
about midnight wind and tide permitting then
with the aid of the overseer | began to throw the
rnourners out When the hut cleared and the
windows opened proceeded to investigate the con,
djtion of the patient which at first glance appeared
IN he very serious Her heart was ticking IKE a
watch her respiration was fast and shallow, her
ewes were staring, and her pupils for the moment
seemed contracted In fact, she seemed monbund-
A more thorough examination, however, failed to
el,ovy a7v cause for this condition other than
mental one As l talked to her the pulse began to
slow and gain in volume, her breathing gre" more
normal and her eyes lost their ante Ho,teh expires pres
sion | asked her why she was behaving that way.
Why, Use a-gwine ter die, doctor. she answered
in a tone of offended surprise.
No YOU re not There's nothing the matter with
YOU except that you have been i'll and are little
slow in getting back your strength You couldn't
die if you tried, especially now that nave seen
you
She sat bolt upright in bed. her eyes sparkling
with excitement Den amt | really gwine ter die.
doctor?" she cried.
..Of course not. You were getting better right
along until YOU let all these fool people come IN here
and scare YOU to death. You haven't any ieVer nor
any pain-nothing Your strength IS coming back
slowly and some DAYS YOU don't feel quite well as
the dav before but that is natural. You don want
die and leave your husband and your baby 40
YOU lust because a crazy lot OF no account folks
come in here and tell you that you've been SICK 50
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
VvTHAT IS fatal,
Nv How much
does II take

w How much
does II take
to kill a man, suppos-
ing Of course that he IS
reasonably sound or
ganically? What sub
tie scale can measure
the life that IS IN us.
the wonderful, pO-
tent. mysterious force
that We vaguely term
vitality,
One man leans back
too far in his chair;
the leg slips; he falls
eighteen inches. part
II saves himself by
throwing out an arm,
strikes the floor with
no more violence than
IS possible in 50 slight
a drop He IS picked
up unconscious re
mains 50 for several
hours. then dies.
Another man IS IN
q railroad accident
He is thrown on the
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

have been fatal in a very few nouns.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16

1t is officially reported hat The
gross earnings of the railroads Of
the country for year ending June
30. 1909 were 81. 49,, $50, Sal and
the net eprnings show an increase
of $50, 1887. over the previous
year. Much railroad legislation
has been enacted during the past
Is months which agitatcd brought
forth the cry from railroad circles
that it would render the business
Of railroads improbable, but the
apove figures show n very differ
ent result.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
Orange, Mass.

cning, nnI even ia spite of II less
increase of the positive.
The conditions Of life have been
more chNugcd since the appIiru-
ton # stcom md electricity to
manufacture and transportation
than in all miIlruuiums which
proceeded. Men worl, harder,
need more rest md rcI0xatiou;
find it less cosy 10 secure them
without leaving their own neigh,
horhood or uyolline themselves of
thc arts ct popular entertainment,
while they find a means both Of
travel mud amusement rendered
cosy and inexpensive Ivy the same
civilization that taxes their
ENERGY i'm toll
And the rcmcdN2 Not in vain
lament at change / conditions, not
in denying the uttractiurucss of
the varied possibilities developed
hy civilization, but, as Dr.
CrooLcr tells us in The Church
of TodaN,' in insisting and he.
mmslu,ju4 that llr church also
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16

Eastman Agency Tor amateur supplies
Special attention given to the devel-
opng and printing Of your pictures
Mail orders promptly attended to.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16

Notice IS hereby Given. Tint ~ SPECIAL
term # the County Court 20 he lr.d 10 ard for
said County. at the County Judrsg flee in tic
C,ur. II ,use. in the CITY OF Superior. Dcu2as
County. Wisconsin. on tie 1e'h day Of Oct.
1900 al 10 a'cI5ck in the forenoon Of that day,
the following matter will he beard, considered
and acted upon By the Court:
The petition Of +. A. Peterson, The ainnistra-
FOR u said e3tata asking leave t, SCI! tbs North
West Quarter Of the North East Quarter N ~. i
Of n. f. ~ Of Section One a.. Township Forty
seven an. North Of Range Twelve il2l West;
the North East Quarter Of the south West Quar-
ter O. f. !, OF S. W ~ Section Fourteen, "a
Township Fortyacven47 North. u Range eleven
uu west: Nine g, acres Of land ion square form
| in the n W 4 Of Sec G-i7-ll the North East
cornerof which is located on the North line Of
the North West Quarter o.. " ~ Of said Sec
ton Six t6l. Three hundred sixteen t3lG)fcet west
Of the northeast Of said North West Quarter On
W. Of raid Section Six ~. together with the
right and msut 20 use and occupy as pri-
yate highway. for the purpose Of ingress and
cgrcss 10 and from said Nine C9) acre tract a
gtrp Of land sixteen (lGD feet wide ad accent to
and extending along the entire length Of tho
eastern boundary Of said Nine acre tract, eaid
right and easement 70 run with the lard and to
be appurtcraut thereto. one % acre Of land stu
ate in the North West Quarter OWL. Jof Section
Sis 90 Township Forty seven ~ North. Range
uU West, described as follows to-wit Commen-
cling al point on the Northwo7tcrly side Of the
town road running in Northensicr.y and South
westerly direction through said North West
Quarter CNWi ~ Of said Section Six 80. which
poin' Is Two hundred fr'y nine 2.s feet distant
from the Of the main track Of the North
crn Pacific Railway Company, az the same is now
constructed and located. over. across and upon
said North West Quarter NV - Of said Section
Ss 81 thcucc In a Northeastcrly direction along
said N,.thw,sterly side Of said town road. dis
lance One hundred fifty 1901 feet, thence in
Northwestcrly direction on line parallel with
and Four hundred nine i0sl feet distant from
the center Of said track Of said railway company.
a distance Of Two hundred nine 1901 feet;
thence in q Southv'sterly direction On a line
Parallel with and Two hundred nine 1901 feet
distant from the Northwcstcrly side Of said town
road, assistance Of ono hundred fifty 1901 feet
thence in "A &outhcs7torIy direction To the place
u beginning being pisc. or parcel Of land One
hundred fifty Ilaol feet North East hy South
West and Two hundred nine t2OW feet North
west by South Fast all in Douglas County.
Wisconsin. and al belonging to said estate, in
order to raise money to pay the debts Of said
estate and the expenses Of administration
Dated this 3oth day Of September. 1909
BY the Court.
L. S. LARSEN
County Judge
Grace &.Hudran oct 2-ld
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16

A man entered unto a contract
with a railroad company to fur
nish wood and tics to the com
pany, 10 be taken from timber
land in the Mississippi River
bottom. In this bottom perchrd
on stills, he built log cabin,
and, with his wife and nm old
negro man who assisted him lived
there and worked for five long
years. The railraod company had
paid him on account larly suiri.
cient TO buy meal aud bacon for
subiistun"p, when il went into
the hands Of receiver. The
wondmnu went in person to the
r. i.rnl Court with his claim. He
wore II coou.skiu cap. He was
long past the meridian Of his life
and to poor to hire Il lawyer.
He told the Federal Judge the
company owed him seven humid.
red dollars. TIC Inst item in his
account was eleven months old
when the railroad dcfnultcd. Ar-
cording 10 the decisions then the
payment of such claims was res
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-16
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