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The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
BARBER.

Mrs. Charles Witt was Harlowton
visitor Saturday. so, e.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loraff visited with
w. G. Jenizen and wife last Sunday.
Lloyd Sherwood was in Harlowton
last Monday.
Messrs. Andrew Skordahl and Oscar
Stageberg were in .Harlowton last
Sal urday OH business.
Miss Josephine Sutherland Of Fargo
N. ID. was here last Thursday in the
interest of buying land.
Mrs. P. Lovely left last Saturday
for Alberton, Montana where she
expects to spend the winter.
After choir practice last Friday
evening, refreshments were served
by the members or the Choir in honor
of Mrs. p. Loyeley who would leave
us Saturday. We were all very sorry
to have Mrs. Lovely leave US as she
will be missed in the choir as well as
In the Sunday school work. Henry
Bartz spoke few words of thanks to
Mrs. Lovely in behalf OF the Sunday
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
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The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
BIGELK

The dance given Friday night was
a decided success. An elaborate sup
per was furnished by Mrs. Hayman,
to which everyone did justice. All
reported good time.
B. S. johnson was d visitor in town
on Sunday.
Johnnie kiehl was visitor in town
Friday.
Mr.. Mcmahon called here on his re-
turn from the boulder Monday.
Ed KiehI also Mrs. Montrose were
in town OH Friday evening Tor few
hours.
Z. f. Williams returned from Har-
lowton Sunday evening where he had
been attending to his business. ~
Roy McClary was up from the Mus
selshell on Friday to attend the
dance. ~
Mrs. M. E. Devan and son was in
town visiting from Twodot. *
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
SENTENCE SERMONS

Unity Of aim Il more than identity
Of appearance.
Saints seldom suffer from sense Of
superiority.
You can never pray for another
with your lips alone.
\ A good man is never blind to the
good In other men.
The best pride OF ancestry Is to be
q light to posterity.
Faith does more than defend Ole
facts: It makes new ones.
He can never know men who will
aot stop to know children.
Some men come near proving the
devil when they argue on their god.
No man gets far in the businesszp1
living who lives only for business.
j ~ ~ 4is-
Anxiety tries to see the mountains
In the way and trips US up over >
nohhlo ~ &c.
He who sets his sails to the winds
Of applause steers with his back to the
future.
f%a5 49,
A present annoyance will try out
sainthood much better than q prospec
tive martyrdom.
One Ii not necessarily en- route to
glory because he has turned his back
on other sinners.
Character IL what you are when It
seems that the conductor will not look
fo:, your fare.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
Brother Ellis Wants to Know.

1HHE CALL the attention Of oar
wv readers to the fact that the
board OF county commissioners Of
Meagher county that the county
board purchased four lots in White
Sulphur Springs at its September
session, paying the Smith River
Development company $4,000 for the
same. Six months ago these same
lots could have been purchased for
the latest song hit and MANY kind
hearted people OF the old town would
not dare commit murder by Offering
$500 for the chunk. The question
arises why this liberal dispense Of
the peoples money?---Hedges Herald,
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

We would like to have such Demo-
Gratis as Fred Whiteside announce
whome they favor for the United
Senator. He cannot vote for Clark
without stuItifying himself in the
light OF his past record; he would
not vote for Conrad, because White
side was always a live one; the Anal
gamated Copper company would not
permit him to vote. for Mr.. T. j.
Walsh---don't the people see tile
Amalgamated's scheme to secure the
election of Mr.. Kelley to the United
States senate.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Wether the piece of boiler plate
which crept into the judith Gap
Journal the other week under the
head OF "Cooling Suggestions for Hot
Weather." was an oversight on the
part Of the editoE or inserted inter-
tionally, we are not in position, to
say. We however hold with Brother
Marion that the critisim on this by
the Deavils Lake IN. d. 1nter-Ocean
was entirely out of place, and that
he has yet to be enlightened as TO the
climate of Montana.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

The Lewistown Daily News doubts
the Roundup Record when that pa
per gets a boosting fever. On the
other hand the Record accuses the
Daily News With being somewhat
careless in regard to longitude and
latitude in some of its articles. We
believe the truth OF the matter is that
when those two papers start in boost
ing their towns and adjacent country,
the recording angle is kept about as
busy as when two men trade horses.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
Laad Scrip Fsr sale.

Soldiers additional homestead scrip.
This scrip can be used to locate any
Governmentsland which Is subject to
homestead entry, and secures title
Without either settlement or cult
va,ioh. Fully guaranteed. Prices given
on application. L. w. Hubbel,
Springfield, Mousouri.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

II the papers In the Judith Basin
are keeping within reasonable dis
tance of truth and varacity, when
they comment on the feeling of the
p ,ople OF that part OF Fergus County,
on the proposed Musselshell County,
our Roundup friends will have to hit
q nvelier pace In order to get there.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

An old-timer of Meagher county in
speaking of the Republican candidate
for county clerk and recorder said, II
believe that Jimmy Grant hasn't an
enemy in the whole state OF Montana,
and II he has, it is the other fellows
fLull."
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

1t is said that there are three kinds
OF lies--whiue lies. black lies and soci-
ETY. fibs. Would someone kindly
inform the News man what kind the
politician uses.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

II 1t were as easy TO give good
sound reason ''why you came home
late" as it is TO manufacture reason
swlly you didn't get deer or BEAR"
the married mans troubles would
become greatly diminished.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

A. continual grind is said to become
rather .tiresome, but not SO with the
Harlowton Flour Mills. Six hundred
barrels q day, every day In the week,
except Sunday. tts
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

From the condition of the Lewis
town streets, one who was not ac-
gu Ainted with The water system at
tnat place, would almost think that
they we're trying to lrrigate them.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

1t has been runored that there are
several people over in Sweet Grass
County, who intend to change their
residence to Meagher County, so that
they may vote for Ben Urner.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Whom do the people want in the
United States senate---Senator Carter
whom the Democrats are abusing,
or The president or the Amalgalnated
Copper company who will in Wash
ington vote by the proxy OF w. A..
Clark, or Cornelius Kelley or w. &.
ConradY
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

The News had intended to say
something nice about Frank S.
Webster this week. but nearly every
Republican as we'll as Democrats are
doing that, so what's the use.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

The News has been informed that
Thee. Sarter can kiss more babies in
one day than six ordinary politicians.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

We had just as soon miss our dinner
as miss = copy OF the Forsyth Times
Journal. Uncle Ira's philosophy is
worth reading.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Even though her name Is Short. 1t
is generally conceded that she will
not come out short Oh Nov. 9Th.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Our weakness we regard as misfor-
tunes from which we cannot escape;
the weakness of others as crime.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

A raise in wrapping paper can be
looked for since Editor Green uses
it for print.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

You can never reach dignity by
leaping over duty.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Life is full OF golden opportunities
for doing what we do not want to do.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14
DRY GOODS

Fall Goods Daily Arriving. Our Dry Goods and
Notions stock is Most Complete. We sell on
Come in and we will save you money on your fall
Hill whatever it may be, large or small
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-14

Since installing eight new street
arc lights, Harlowton can be said to.
be coming into the lime light.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07
CAME0
By Booth
Harrington and
Harry Leon
Wilson
4 COPYRIGHT. 1908. BY THE

Subtle hunaor, fear innpelling
Dathos, dueling, lynch Ian, sut-
eide, attempted murder; gam
Hing, heart ENHANCEMENT and
realistic character drawing COM
bire TO make Cameo Kirby" an
unusual play and an unusual
uove1---a cameo of modern Gc-
ton finely craven, richly set; a
word cameo by those master
craftsmen Booth Harrington and
Harry Leon Wilson, whereon are
shifting pictures Of the old days
along the Mississippi wher the
Matches and the Robert e. Lee
raced to Mem Orleans with for
tuaes at stake; old days when
gamblers, amateur and profess
sional, won and lost almost ma.
belfevabIe sums on the river
steamers; days when Mark Twain
was a pilot and when the real
life prototype of Jim B1udso of
the Prairie Belle held her noz-
zle oein the bank till the last
eoloot" was ashore. A well
born, we'll mentioned young man
through association with bad
COMPANIONS becomes an accom-
plished gambler. Falsely oc-i
cused of murder, he meets a
young girl, with whom he falls
in love. How vital complications
BATTLE him, how conspiracy
places his life in the balance,
how the love of a pure woman
may work wonders in the regen-
Grafton of a mdn---these themes
and others give Cameo Kirby"
its thrill, its fascination, its pow-
erful heart interest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07

CAMEO KIRBY-THE WORST ONE ON THE
RIVER"
solely on his yearly business trips to
the Crescent City that he permitted
himself any latitude in that direction.
Meanwhile Mr.. Randall had shut
fed, dealt.and lost the first showdown.
The next, however, he won, only to
lose the third and last.
ST calculate" observed Moreau, care
lessly sweeping toward him the buck
skin bag, 'that / have proved my the
DRY, sub. Yoh tide has not turned, ex
cept fob the worse. An even bet that
yoh lose the best out of the next six
hands. Wen make it that number in
order to give yoh Randall luck a
chance to come in, fob it really seems
as if it was very bashful, sub. Do yoh
take me? OF co'se yoh are the doctor.
sub, as I aHi ts win
The bird q plueked, the vUlture
was no lotAe .rupulously careful re-
garding its sportment, and. in fact.
if Mr.. Ranaall had been himself he
could not bur have noted the contempt
and derision in the estimable coloneI's
voice asd eyes.
.Yes, | am the doctor. suh,y replied
the planter thickly, land a. Randall
quits. Never, sun! / take yoh.
and / raise yoh bet. Fifty thousand
N 80 M
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07


that I beat yoh fob out Of six. Thafs
the way l play, sub. Now. do you take
me, Colonel MoreauY
A momentary establishment dickered
In the others eyes, for it seemed as IL
the bird had not been picked so clean
" as he had supposed. Il reckoned
yoh cleaned out. subj he said cau-
tiously. IF yoh're serious, OF co'se |
take yoh."
Mr. Randall, swaying ~unsteadily,
promptly slammed a green morocco
wallet on the table. That and a deed
to my plantation, colonel. against yoh
winnings and fohty thousand. / am
about to show yoh. sub. how a RAN
dali plays poker. / stake everything
I own OF the fact that yoh leave this
table dead broke, sub. Here's to the
Randall luck. and to TIE devil. sub.
with everything else" And. drinking
to this admirable sentiment, he raised
his glass. drained it at a draft and
sent it crashing to the floor.
A lupine twist came to the others
lips as he produced pen ink and pa
per. 'Yoh just make out that deed
now, subj" he said ~suavely. My name
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07

die the welfare Of my children for
the sake of proving my point. Again,
sub, I consider it would be taking an
unfair advantage of yohn-
Come. Yoh statements don't agree.
Mr.. Randall" laughed the other.
What do yoh jeopardize. sub, If yoh
consider the advantage entirely with
yohseh? However he finished. with
some coldness: this is but a game.
sub. and l had no idea that yoh were
at all imperiIing yoh welfare
1.-The Randalls. sub. never incur an
obligation WHICH they cannot meet"
hotly interrupted the other, the drink
showing in his eyes. "'Yeh pardon,
sub. if / have touched on personal
matters. 1t is not my custom, / as
sure yoh, to do so with strangers
"Now, now. Mr.. Randall. subj in
terrupted the other. patting the plant
er's arm. "Yob pardon, sub. if / have
offended. Lam an old soldier twirl-
ing his mustaches, land perhaps
an exaggerated and touchy sense of
honor. When yoh mentioned imperil-
ing yoh welfare it seemed as if we
were no longer indulging in a gentle
mems game merely fob the sake of
passing thett time. / have, a very deli
cate sense of honor, sub. and perhaps
+ I'M too ready to back my opinions
with sums which / consider mere tri-
fes. l. hope this difference of opinion
will not impair our but newly formed
friendship. Mr.. Randall"
81 was too hasty, colonel" replied
the other. ''fohI reckon my pride is as
touchy as yoh own. Come. ill up yoh
glass, sub. Yoh're a good fellow, and
I'm a good fellow. We're both good
fellows. sub. a Randall never yet re-,
fused to back his opinion, and fen
thousand is as much a picayune AFFAIR
to me as to yoh. If yoh persist in go
ing broke. IIl-take yoh bet, sub. The,
best two out Of three. My cards, l
reckon. There's my money, sub"
And he thumped a buckskin bag on
the table.
Covered, sub" replied Moreau, care
lessly peeling off ten $1,000 billsa
BY now the unconcefn which Mr..
Randall displayed was. entirely au-
tthentic, for his ineessant attention to
his glass had lent him a bibulous cour-
age and defiance of the future, in
which lurked no wholesome leaYen Of
caution. Moreover, his pride had been
delicately touched to the quick, and
rather than appear a "piker'' before
this magnificent acquaintance he
would readily have hazarded his en-
tire estate. Pride Of family was his
fetch, and a Randall, be considered.
was an Admirable Crichton, who could
be beaten at nothing. All this was
quite aside from his desire to uphold
his self bestowed reputation of man of
the world and the immutable convic-
ton that his luck had turned. There
was no doubt that If he had not sold
his sugar crop for such an unexpectA
edly high figure he would not have
embarked on his subsequent gentle
carouse, nor, although Of a jovial IA
ture, so quickly formed a friendship
with the magnificent and highly esti-
mable Colonel Moreau, owner Of the
very delicate sense Of honor. Although
In that period, a decade. or so, before
the war which severed the country,
but to ultimately knit it the more firm
ly together, the punch bowl was an
institution in every southern house
hold, MI. Randall was not what is
termed a drinking man. and it was
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07

is Colonel Jacques Gaspard Deschamps
Moreau, and very much at yoh service.
subj
He stopped and whirled about, the
pen extended in his hand, as the door
Of the private stateroom opened, Civ
ing admittance to a man Of perhaps
thirty-iVe. who exuded a certain de
bonair and rakish atmosphere. At the
neck OF this gentleman's deliberately
frilled shirt there cleaned a huge
cameo, and companion stones fastened
the cuffs at his wrists.
Gentlemen, your servant, and my
humble apologies" he said, with an
elaborate bow. THRUST this is not an
,untimely Intrusion"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07

6A6A3A8 AAAA ~ - -
BLACK EXEs
and one that was ,a-coming to yoh.
Allow me, sub, to drink to. the turn IN
the tide" And, filing the others
glass, he bowed with the most admi-
rable courtesy and good feeling.
'rYoh health, colonel" replied the
other fhickIy, mopping his face with
an immense silk handkerchief, 'and
my compliments fob the sentiment,
sub. / can return them by adding
that the tide had already turned ever
befoh l had the pleasure and good for
tune Of making yoh acquaintance, sub.
I reckon that, all in all. my trip to
New Orleans this year has been very
~lucky-very lucky, suh-foh / have sold
my sugar crop fob ten thousand. a
much higher figure than | reckoned,
considering the poh price of a M
And my luck still follows me by per-
hitting this indulgence of my favorite
game with a gentleman, sub, of yoh
standing. Ny plantation is at Plaque
mine, AND
'eThe Randalls are well known, subj"
interrupted Moreau, with delicate def
erence, which went to the point of re-
filing the others glass-"the Randall,
1 presume, sub, who so distinguished
himself at the defense Of the Alamo?"
This was stated as a known fact
rather than a chance shot, which in
reality it was.
My brother, suh," graYely replied
the planter, tapping his ample breast
as If in order to convey the sentiment
that the s noble spark OF heroism
smo1dered therein, awaiting but a fit
ting opportunity of, burning its own
er's name. on the immutable pages OF
history. Peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war, he added
SoracularIy, instinctively reaching for
his glass, "and it was my fortune to
stay at home and look after the planta-
ton while my brother habit out with
the Mexicans. If the Randalls are
we'll known, sub, it is not through me-.
Ny yearly trip to New Orleans is the
extent OF my travelling, and my chill
dren, sub, have the felicity to regard
me as the most ~guileless creation that
the Almighty ever turned out. Bless
their innocent hearts! They never sus-
pect what a Thoroughbred man Of
the world / am. Why, sub, the advice
they give me when I start out on these
trips would cover the late Lord Ches-
terrified with confusion, sub. They
warn me especially against gambling.
MY son Tom, you know, is just at that
age when he thinks his father an anna
teur in sin, sub, and, according to him,
the river is a paradise fob pirates
even / don't think he is far wrong"
interrupted Moreau, idly shutting the
cards. Naturally, this is the great
est waterway in the world. Did yoh
ever think of the wealth that passes
down here from st. Louis to New
orleans, the fortunes that are lost
and won?" ~ ssH
every one CANDLES On the Missis-
sippi sub, fob here the ladies-my
compliments to them-must tempo
rariiy yield dominion. And Of co'se,
as a Thoroughbred man of the world,
sub. and one who has lived on the
-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07
AINslEE nAcAzlNE COMPANY

It's bound to change some time, sub,
and even a niggah could beat a measly
pair of deuces. III take three.
Randall glanced at his card and as
he laid 1t face down on the table
stroye okeep the sudden exultation.
from his eyes. But as MORGAN spread
out his draw, disclosing trash, the
planter lost his momentary self con
troll.
Drew to an inside straight and
filed it, by, gadt' he cried excitedly.
There's the turn in the tide. colonel!
It rarely ever goes back on me, That's
what I've been waiting fob. Net me
draw to a four card inside straight
and I'll bet my immortal soul that I
fill her. Yes, sub" aia fTti
A satiric CLEAN fickered in Moreau's
black eyes as he indiferently showed
his lost bet across the table.
"One thousand to yoh, subj he said
courteously, stifing a yawn-'a most
remarkable bexamples of good fortune
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-07

80 why, as / I'VE,
it is Colonel Moreau-by all the saints,
your admirable self, my dear fellowr'
heartily exclaimed the younger man,
slapping the other on the back. 'tThese
lights are so dashed ~disobliging l didn't
recognize you. I have been watching
the game for some time through that
window" pointing to one on his right.
land you must remember that a state
room isn't private so long as the r
tains aren't drawn. If / had known
you were aboard l would have hunted
you up long Ago., for you know how
/ love a game, colonel, and hence this
ventqred intrusion. Have you any OBJ
lection to making it three cornered?"
His bow included Mr.. Randall. now
blinking at the table.
Sorry, but quite impossible, suh,Y
replied Moreau shortly. 81 am already
this gentleman's master fob a matter
of ten thousand or so-he has been
playing in dam poh luck-and our next
wager is for fifty thousand. Too high
fob yoh, / calculator"
"Not at all, I assure you," lightly re-
piled the intruder, smiling into the
others venomous eyes. Come; if your
friend is willing, let me sit in. / really
insist upon losing to you. colonel.
Won't you Introduce me?'
Moreau hesitated, trying to read the
others eyes. Then. apparently salts
fed, he turned to the nodding MI.
Randall, saying: Have yoh any objec-
ton, sub, to making it three? My
friend, sub, Mr.-er-Mr. Jackson of
New Orleans"
"Honored, sub! Honored!" replied
the planter, arising and extending a
frank hand. 81 warn yoh. sub, that
the Randall luck has turned and that
yoh will surely lose. Stay out, sub;
stay outr' he added impressively, pat
ting the others shoulder. "Foh 1 am
about to make a killing, and I don't
want yoh to be among the dead. The
colonel and / are old men Of the world,
sub, but this is no place fob a young
man like yoh. I trust yoh will take
my advice in the spirit in which it is
offered, fob I am a father, sub, and
and I like yoh. By Cad, yoh remind
me of a dear friend I once had-the
Kirbys, sub, of Plaquemine"-
Come" interrupted Moreau, 'Iet Ts
resume our friendly hostilities, MI
Randall, fob yoh make yoh landing,
sub, in about half an hour"
81 thank you for your advice, SIR"
said the intruder, with s1dden gravity.
while gently and u~nobtrusiVely he
steered Mr.. Randall to his seat. But
1 am afraid it has come too late, for
card games of all kinds are my weak.
ness. Perhaps if u had received it
when / was younger But ! see our
good colonel is impatient"
81 am" replied Moreau, shutting the
cards, sfoh we have only half an hour.
and it is to be the best out Of six
hands. Come, my money is up, as yoh
N a#A4#fEE