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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

The Democrats in Valley County
this year as an organization are
not trying to elect the Democratic
County ticket. That is hopeless
task this year. Two years ago
they concentrated their efforts up
on two county candidates alone,
the sheriff and the comfy treasurer
and they elected them, with the
help of many hundreds OF Republi-
can votes. THIS year they have
concentrated their efforts upon
three candidates, but this time
they head the ticket. They want
TO elect Hartman to Congress, Dan
Mckay to the state Senate and
X. 0. Slette as representative at
Helena. The balance OF the ticket
is never mentioned in their public
speeches. The Republicans oil
Valley County. on the other hand,
are working for the whole county
ticket, as we'll as for the three mer
1t the head of the ticket. The
great principle Of Republication
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Notice for Publication

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TO WHOM 1T NAY coNcER s Notice, Ice is
hereby given that the State OF Montana. act.
Ing under the provisions Of an Act Of Congress
approved February 18th. 1891. has made appli-
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SEA sec. Is Lotsl, . 81 NWh, ny SWN Sec.
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NWk NWk.Sec. III VIZ SWh Sec. a. wy Sec
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D. NJ n. r. 81 f. NJ. M. NWh NWh. NWA SWk
lot I. Sec 3. SwaSEA. SWh NWk,SwAS Wh
sec. ~ En- Sec. 81. SEA NEh. 81 Sec 10 Lot 4
sec. y, I. q N. r. 81 4. NJ. Nj. A copy Of the
said list Of lands has been conspicuously
posted In this Office for inspection by any
person Interested and the public In gene raj
under Department a reg atoms OF pril III h.
1907. protests or contests az aiust the claims Of
| he State to said land or any subdivision
thereof ON the ground that the same Is more
valuable FOR mineral than Agricultural pur-
po~es will bc received and noted for report to
the General Land Office at Washington d. G.
Failure To protest against the claims 1T the
| state to said lands before final approx nj. De-
cember 3rd 1910. will he considered sufficient
evidence of Its non-mincral character and
these selections being otherwise free from OBJ
jections will he recommended for approval
Truman NJ. Patteu. Register.
First Publication October y. 1910. Ut
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

is. however, more directly assailed
by Republicans who vote against
the head of the ticket than il they
vote against their candidates for
other county Offices. A Republic
can vote against the Republican
candidates at the head of the ticket
may endanger or over throw temp
orarily the supremacy OF the Re-
publican party in the state OF Mont
ana. The success OF the Demo.
Gratis in the State Legislature may
endanger temporarily the success
Of the Republican party in the
next United States Congress. We
ask our Republican constituents to
think of the serious effects that
may result from throwing their in
fuence and ballots to the Demo
cratic side. These Democrats
cannot get majority in Valley
County without Republican votes.
You all know that.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Do You Want

+ Protection for Montana live stock
q. Fruit pest and diseases guarded a.
gainst'
a. Extension of education, and univer-
siry development
a. Better roads,
&. Farmers Institutes and instructions
70 the settlers?
6. Experiment, Station work and the
study of Montana's agricultural problems
?. Agricultural and Home Science train
ing at the State College for boys and girls'
s. Bulletins and books upon farm mat
ters'
q. Advertising Of State resources and
development of our unoccupied areas'
10 A bigger. buster, and better state
a more prosperous, more comfortable,
happier people'
Then vote for the amendment Relating
to Revenues and Taxation" which contin'
ues the present AZ mill state tax rate.
The loss of this amendment will eu
down the state revenue forty per cent
which will cripple and Gu, down the wor'
of education and public development
throughout the state.
Help your neighbors to vote inteiligentil
on the question. 1t is your duty as c'tz
en-. Endorsed in both Republican ant
Democratic platforms.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Methods, Episcopal church

Sunday School will Be held for the study
Of the lnsernatiooai lesson every Sabbath
morning st 1890.
Preaching services every Sunday At 7:3o
preceded BY fifteen minute song service
A cordial invitation Is extended to al
the people Of the city to attend our serv,ces
where you vill Be cordially welcomed and
made 70 feel It homo.
Come and bring your friends.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Cheap Land,

The sure way 10 make money d to buy
cheap land. There Is ealy one crop Of Land
and il b about al gone. This IS the last
call. Grain. vegetable and orange land
$zS. 90 per acre. worth . hundred. Five
acres Of and amount. One dollar per aere
cash. balance moothly. Write for particu.
lars. comuooweallh Realty Co.. Lol
Angeles, Calf. artf.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
culbertsOn Township Ticket

LEARN wIREf.Es & r. n. TELEGRAPHY.
Shortage of fully i0.0oo Operators on &C.
count OF s-hour law and extensive wireless
deyeiopments. We operate under direct SUI
neryision OF Telegraph officials and positive
In place all students when qualified. Write
for catalogue NATL TELEGRAPH INST,
Cincinnati. Philadelphia. Memphis, 81. Paul.
Mimi, Enid. Okla. Columbia, :. C.. Portland.
Ore. Zits.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
St. Anthony's Church

Services will be held 10 ST. Anthony's
Church the FIRST and third Sunday Of each
month At 10. 90 .. m. and Sunday School
every Sunday At p. N.
Service will be held at Medicine Lake
the second Sunday Of each month.
On the fourth Sunday alternately service
will be held At Bainville and Mondak.
Rev. Mahussier Desmonds.
Pastor.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

Don't triAe with cold is good advice for
prudent men and women. II may be vital
in case Of child. There Is nothing better
than Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for
coughs and colds in children. II is safe
and sure. For sale by all dealers.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

Blue Ribbon Whiskey is best for tamil,
use strictly pure and eight years old. Fo,
sale at the Phoenix Cafe. LIE Schow
Prop. r4h
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Church Of the Brethren.

Services every first. ssooed and third
Lords day At the Keller Scheol house.
Sunday School At 10 and preacAing At II
.. m. Every fourth Lords day At D. NJ.
Mootharts. ]. E. KELLER, Pastor.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Republican County Ticket.

Republican County Ticket.
For State Senator
JOHN SURvANT OF Malta.
For Representative
RI. MOORE OF Glasgow.
For County Commissioner
WIN. MCBRIDE Of Culbertson.
For Sheriff
J.R. STEPHENS OF Glasgow.
For Treasurer
J.C. DUNCAN Of Barr.
For Clerk and Recorder
W. b. SHOEMAKER. Of Hinsdale.
For County Attorney
JOHN HURLEY OF Glasgow.
For Assessor
JAMES FOX Of Glasgow.
For Comfy Surveyor
W. II. MANN Of Malta.
FoI Superintendent Of Schools
MISS FLORA SIMS OF Saeo.
For Coroner
G. T.. PETERSON OF Glasgow
For Public Administrator
PETER MARION of Medicine Lake
culbertsOn Township Ticket,
For Justice OF the Peace
r, n. MILLER
THOMAS COITRSCHENE
For Constables-
JOHN HIGGINS
JOHN r. BEWICk
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28
Peculiar
Happenings

spring. merchants placed larger
orders for fall than usual, but ow-
ing to poor crop condition as It
turned out most merchants cancell-
ed the biggest part OF their fall
orders, thus leaving the manufac-
turers with large surplus stocks on
hand, the Manufacturers to save
themselves, are throwing their mer-
chandise at the wholesale auction
houses OF New York, Boston, Chi
cago to realize all they can get out
Of it. Our buyers at all these cities
are attending these sales and are
buying up all kinds Of dry goods.
clothing and shoes at their own
pHce. A good deal OF it is con-
stantly arriving for the Chicago
Store OF Culber,son therefore
word to the wise is sufficient, an
unbiased comparison OF qualities
and prices must convince YOU oil
the unexcelied money saving OPP
portunities presented at the Chi
cago Store.
! Ladies' short jackets and coats
all wool and all colors, silk lined,
that cost to make from So to sra,
on sale at 90 to 3.5O.
i Ladies' up-to. date fall and win
ter long coats, made up from fancy
cloak,ngs, broadclo,h Jerseys, thu
bets, cheviots and meltons in black
and all colors, also plush caricui
and Russian pony and plush lined
and fur lined with fur collars, coats
costing all the way from $40 to $40
our prices from S3.75 to 1919.
Mems suits and overcoats in the
latest styles and all colors and
qualities. prices from 1913 to
Slab.
Boys knee pants suits and over
coats, made mp in all styles, al
colors, ages 3 TO - years, from
S1.15 to $3.50.
Girls fall and winter coats, ;
splendid selection, ages to 1.
years. from, from = .25 to S.37i
Ladies sweater coats, all colors
from 75c to S2.s5.
Mems sweater coats, from IL
to S1.25.
Boys and girls sweater coat.
from 45c to 21.2j.
Ladies dress skirts. all colors I
Mohair or Panama, from S1.sj
$3.50.
Ladies yoile or silk dress skirt
form 1913 to $1,000,
Ladies' silk petticoats, all color
from $3.50 to 5000.
Ladies' princess dresses. Ma
Of cashmere or mohair, fro
1913 to 1915.
Ladies' and mems fall and wi
tar underwear. from 25c to = q
Mems and boys winter caI
from 25c to 95c.
Mems blended muskrat caps
S2.4O.
Mems or women's shoes.
styles IN either leather or fe
S1.25 to S2.95.
Babies shoes, 25c to 7Jc.
Girls shoes, 9Oc to 81. 65.
Boys shoes, 81. % to 81 D!
Mems and women's wooden he
from 1 SC to 35c.
Carpet size rugs, 9 TO IS fe
1918 to 1918 and thousan
of other items from the very chez
est to the very best. Those W
understand values will see at
glance that each and every it,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

Wanted-Clean cotton rags At thu
Searchlight Office. viii pay 5 cents
pound for 10 or II pounds.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-28

REPUBLICAN State Ticket.
For Congressman
CHARLES N. PRAY,
Of Ch0teau County,
For Clerk Of the Supreme Court
JOHN r. ATHEY,
of Cascade County,
For Railroad Commissioner
e. A. MORLEY,
Of Silver Bow County.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-13
General Bell in Town.

Brighton J. Franklin PelI, {. $. A.,
commanding the department Of the
Philippines. as soon as he arrives in
Manila, was Il visitor in Honolulu yes
terday, passenger on the Logan. Gen
eral Bell is accompanied by Mrs. Bell,
Miss Darlington and Miss NJ. HALEY.
The general did not wear a uniform
when he went ashore. and many of the
officers who met him at the wharf were
also in mufti.
The general recognized many oldtime
friends on the wharf and was soon in
earnest conversation with them. The
general was taken around on a sight
seeing tour Of the army posts. and he
appeared much interested in the mill
tary development here.
lie will relieve General DuvaN Of
the command Of the army Of the Philip
nlufN
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
ONE OF The FINEST
IN THE COUNTRY
BostOn's Y. NJ C. A. Building
Destroyed by Fire.

Boston, Jan 14.-The Boston Young
Mems Christian association building
in the Back Bay district has been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss will exceed
100000
A fireman was injured, not serious
ly, by falling from ladder
The firemen worked under great
disadvantages, for the water from the
hose froZe on the rounds of the lad
ders. Fireman Joseph Wood, in try
ing to control a runaway nozzle, fell
and received a dislocated elbow and
contusions about the body.
Notre Dame academy, close to the
burning building, was threatened sew
eral times. The nuns, who were
asleep in the academy, were sent to
the part of the building most distant
from the fire and from the academy
windows, which faced the fire, the
firemen directed streams of water.
The Y. Nj. C., A. building, at the time
1t was erected in 1882, was the finest
of it's kind in America and had al
ways been considered the most artis-
tic structure of the association in the
country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
DOUBLED IN LAST TEN YEARS
Trade Between United States and
Canada Increasing.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Trade be-
tween Canada and the United States
made it's highest record in the calen-
dar year just ended and has more than
doubled in the last ten years. In no
earlier year have either imports from
or exports to that country equalled
the record of 1909. Imports from Can
ada have increased from $35,50O,0O0 in
1899 to approximately $SS,000,000 in
1909 and exports thereto from $S6,000,-
900 to about $190,O0O,000, the estimate
for 1909 being based upon official fig
ures of eleven months, recently pre-.
sented by the bureau of statistics of
the department of commerce and labor.
No other important country takes
rs large a share of its imports from
the United States as does Canada. The
official figures of tlat government
show that of it's total imports in the
fiscal year 1909 60.4 per cent were
from the United States, compared
with 1903 per cent in 1889.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
ONLY TWO OF Grew
KNOWN TO Be SAFE
Twenty-Five Others on III Fated
Vessel Probably Lost

Marshfield, Ore, Jan. 14-Of the
thirty-one men on the ill fated steam
er Czarina. which struck ON the Coos
bay bar and was practically wrecked,
two have been rescued. Harry Kent
xell, first assistant engineer, was
picked up unconscious in the break
ers and Second Assistant Engineer j.
Robinson was washed ashore
Some hours after Kentzell was res.
cued he regained consciousness suf.
hciently to state that Captain DUNCAN
and Harold Mills, the only passenger
had been bound to one of the masts.
Robinson added that when the for
ward mast, to which he and five 9th
ers had climbed, went by the board
the master, first officer, Mills and two
seamen were still alive in the after
rigging. These. Robinson said, were
the only ones left on the ship.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
KILLS BEAR WITH BIRDSH0T
Boy at Close Range Has to Fight for
His Life.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 14-Herbert
Kester, nine-year-old boy of Overton
BrandfOrd county, staggered home
with the skin of a 400-pound bear the
largest shot in this state this season
which he killed after desperate en-
counter, using a gun loaded with bird
shot at distance of ten feet
He found the bear asleep some miles
from Forksville, in dense brush, and
got his first shot at distance of ter
feets
The bear charged him at once Kes
ter waited until the bear was almost
upon him, thrust the gun in its face
and fired. He jumped backward, re
loaded and fired the third shot with
the muzzle against it's breast, jumped
away again, put in another shell and
killed it with the fourth shot.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
HIGH PRICES REACH GRAVE
General Trend Has Extended to the
Tombstone Industry.

Indianapolis, Jan. 1.-THE reign of
high prices for the poor consumer
extends beyond death, according to re
ports made at the Indiana Retail
Monument Dealers association in ses
sion here that the price of tombstones
has increased along with that of food
stuffs.
Monuments are higher now than
they have been for long time. they
say. and it is all because the prices OF
foodstuffs and other commodities are
going skyward. The monument men
say they do not look for any reduction
In prices until some of the other
prices come down.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
TRAFFIC IS INTERRUPTED
Blizzard Sweeps over Greater Part Of
Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, Jan. 14.-Milwaukee and
the greater portion of the state is
experiencing a blizzard which is in
terfering with trains on the steam and
electric railroads.
The forenoon passenger train on
the Sheboygan branch of the Chicago
and Northwestern road was aban-
doned and passenger train on the
Madison-Portage branch of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
is stalled ir one of the cuts which is
filled with drifted snow
The street railway in Milwaukee is
having a hard time in an endeavor to
keep traffic moving. Suburban cleo
trio trains are running irregularly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
SOUNDS FROM TOMB CEASE
Miner Who Escaped Death 10 Killed
by Second cavein.

Norway, Mich, Jan. 1.-THE tunnel
at Central Vulvan caved in. Four OF
the miners, Dick Mocklet. Dick Burke
John Sharpiess and the latter's son
were aware Of the danger and found
shelter in a large overhanging rock
They escaped with slight injuries. Al
bert Cirula. Polish miner, was buried
alive. The rescuers could hear him
ct a. M, but there followed more
caving In of the rock and Cirula was
smothered.
Glass Workers ASK More Pay.
Cleveland, Jan. 14.-Oficials of the
National Window Glass Workers or
ganization have asked an increase of
wages In q conference with manufac-
turers from Pennsylvania. Illinois and
Ohio. They say the advance In the
price OF glass justifies the increase.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
DAMAGE WILL BE IMMENSE
Many Miles of Track Washed Out by
Recent Floods.

Salt Lake, Jan. 14.-Adcices from
the flooded district of the San Pedro
Los Angeles and Salt Lake route filter
In slowly. 1t is known that ninety.
three miles of track are gone and that
the road is, in fact, practically washed
out in long stretches.
All trains, save four locals, have
been abandoned. 1t is announced that
there will be no through schedule
made before September.
1t is conservatively estimated that
1t will cost $14,000,000 to rebuild the
line, which must follow a different
route and one which detours tc
Meadow valley.
The damage is SO stupendous the
officials themselves cannot give com
prehensive details.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
Kansas Bridges Swept Away.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 14.-Bridges
across the Kansas river at Willard,
Valencia and Lecompton were swept
away by ice jams. In the Marias des
Cygoes river gorge formed against
ard extended to that city, Llocking
the channel. The water was rising
rapidly and force of men started
out to dynamite the gorge in an at
tempt to prevent flood.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
PENITENTIARY HIS REFUGE
Negro Murderer Rushed to Prison fol
Fear of Mob.

of a mob reported to have been form.
ing for the purpose OF lynching jerks
Proctor, negro murderer, caused
Sheriff Brown to rush the man to the
state prison at Lansing for safekeep.
ing.
"Plung" Murray, another negro, was
also taken to the prison, although
there were no overt threats against
his life He was recently convicted of
assaulting white woman.
Proctor shot and killed w. G. De.
vinish, policeman, and wounded Pat
rick J. Sweeney. another policeman
following an attempt of the officers to
arrest Proctor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
VIOLATED ALIEN LABOR ACT
Canadian Company importing Amer.
ican Telegraph Operators.

Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 13.--The Do
minion authorities are preparing to
take action under the alien labor act
against the Canadian Pacific Tele-
graph company for bringing in oper-
ators from the Twin Cities and Chi
cago.
During the past three months, Il is
said, over thirty men have been hired
south of the line to work here and
their transportation paid to this city
and, in addition, when they want to
return they can do SO at the expense
Of the company.
The object of the company In bring
Ing up men from the south, it is
claimed, is to keep the wages down
as low as possible despite the scale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
SHIP DRIFTING HElPLESSLY
Message in Bottle Tells Of Sad Plight
Of Norwegian Graft.

New Orleans, Jan. 14.-That the
crew of nineteen men of the Norwe
gian ship Farschund were starving and
helpless and the ship drifting uncon
trolled is the information in message
in a bottle just found. The message
was dated Dec. %.
The location of the vessel is not
given and nothing is known of her
here. The bottle was found on the
coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14
PINCHoT MEN ARE NAMED
President Selects New Chief and As
sociate Forester.

Washington, Jan. 14.-President Taft
appointed Henry S. Graves, director OF
the Yale forest school, as forester oi
the United States to succeed Clifford
Pinchot. He also appointed Albert F
Potter, at present acting forester, as
associate forester The new forester
and his associate are both known as
Pinchot men. Both have served un
der Mr.. Pinchot and both are in sym
pathy with his policy of administra
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-14

investigation Reveals, However, Tha,
He Held Notes of Some of the Larg
est Business Firms in the Twin Cit
ies-His Manner of Living Like
That Found in Many Characters OF
Fiction.
St. Paul, Jan. 14.-Papers indicat-
ing that j. c. Lounsberry, the aged
recluse who was found dead in his
room at GA Summit avenue, was prob
ably worth considerably more than
100000, that there was some dark
secret in connection with his life and
that he had fears t. at ne was about
to be killed were found by Fred Car.
penter, secretary to Coroner d. c.
Jones, when the mans trunk was
searched.
Investigation of the room in which
he died and inquiry into the habits OF
the man also seem to indicate that
he has been dead since last Saturday
night. And it is possible that the gas
which escaped in mis- room was not
responsible for his death No marks
OF violence were found on his body
but the discoveries made by the cor
oner's assistants make the case ex
tremely mysterious.
That the nan was miser and that
his manner of living was like that
found in many characters of fiction
but seldom seen in life, is shown by
the agreement lie made with Mrs. f
Foulk, his landlady, when he took the
room last September.
II will take the room Ind pay
promptly for it if you will never pass
the threshold or let any one else pass
IT," he told her.
Attended to His Own Work.
Lounsberry enforced this rule rigid
ly, even making his own bed, doing
his own washing and mending and
slipping in and out of the room at odd
hours day and night as though afraid
some one might see inside.
Entries in notebooks, of which a
trunk almost full was found, showed
that he lent money in sums ranging
as high as $4,000 and that he held
notes on some of the largest business
firms in Minneapolis and ST. Paul.
Members of these firms, when ques
toned. said that they knew little oi
his life, except that he was queer
character and was regarded as q
miser.
81 knew him well by sight," said
Mr.. Harrington of the Van Dusen
Harrington company, Minneapolis
"He would come to our Office looking
like a beggar He would almost force
us to take his money for our notes
And If the notes fell due at O'Clock
on a certain day he would be at the
foot of the elevator five minutes be
fore that time"
Mr.. Clark OF the Shevlin-Carpentel
Lumber company, Minneapolis, sait
that his firm had borrowed lots o.
money from the aged man under cir
cumstances similar to those of the
Van Dusen-Harrington company.