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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
HARRY YAEGER GIVEN
Responsible POSITION
LEWISTOWN MAN APPOINTED
NATIONAL BANK EXAMINER
BY PRESIDENT TAFT.

A telegram to the Democrat from
Washington last Thursday announced
that Harry Yaeger, for four years
National bank Of this city, was on
that date appointed a national bank
examiner by President Taft. The
position carries an annual salary of
eight thousand dollars and expenses,
and coming, as it does, under the
civil service rule, the term Of Office
is continuous, without regard to any
changes in administration.
Mr.. Yaeger, as the efficient sec
retary Of the Montana Bankers AS
sociation, had the unanimous support
of that powerful organization. This,
together with other references as to
his ability to perform the duties of
the office, brought the Lewistown
man the appointment, without any
particular effort on his own behalf
Harry's territory comprises all OF
Mqp}ittapGaa p}itta fipfoas fAth0s OF tIdabor~s
|Lewistown banker are highly pleased
with the appointment and feel that
Harry will more than make good as
he is recognized as one of the bright
est members of the banking protes-
sion in the Northwest, Although he
will take up his new duties just as
| quickly as the necessary arrange
ments can be made, it is his inten-
ton to continue to make this city
his home. He is expected to return
from Washington today Or tomorrow
Makes High Average.
An associated press dispatch iron
| Washington last Saturday stated tina
Harry Yaeger, OF Lewistown, Mon
tana, was given an average OF 95 pc
cent, by the civil service board who
examined him as to his qualification
for the position OF national bank eN
aminer to which he has just been ap
pointed by President TAFT Ihis
| the highest average made by any ap
plicant in twenty-five years and !
considered really wonderful mar
, by the old-timers in the civil servlc
department.
MIR. Yaeger's demonstrated. know
edge of the national banking busines
: speaks highly not only OF his ow
natural brightness and close stud,
:. but also OF the excellent training h
), has received in the First Nation;
bank of this city. His entire. expe.r
:. ence has been gained in the local II
|, stitution as he had never worked IN
i, bank prior to accepting the posltio
OF assistant cashier OF the FIRST n
tional about five years ago.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
Boreas on a Rampage.

An impromptu hurricane, which
came I'D from the southwest, quick
" turned twenty-five thousand dol
lar railroad trestle at Stockett into
a pile OF kindling wood last Wednes-
dav afternoon about 4 o'clock. The
structure belonged to the Cottonwood
Coal company, being used tor the
track upon which the coal was con-
veved from No 5 mine to the cars
on the railroad track. 1t was sub
stantially built, but the territc force
of the wind picked it up and slammed
it to the bottom Of the couiee as II
it were a child's toy in the hand OF
a giant. Almost miraculously, no
one was killed or injured. One tram
load of workmcn had just been hauieo
across and another was about to STAR
over when the accident occurred
Had either of these. trains been or
the trestle. it is possible that 25O mer
would have been killed, The tresti'
belonged to the Cottonwood Goa
company and it is estimated that i
will require fully three months to re
place it, and in the meanwhile three
hundred miners will be out OF work
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
George D. Cochrane Has Inquiries
From Many Unexpected Sources
on Trip Through East.
TINES ARE MUCH BETTER
Financial Situation in Great Com.
mercial Centers Becoming Daily
More Satisfactory.

George D. Cochrane, OF the Neill
Land & Townste company, arrived
home yesterday from an extended
eastern trip, during which he visited
Chicago, New York, Washington, D.
c., Toledo and the Twin Cities. He
went east partly to pay relatives in
Chicago and Toledo a visit and part
ly on business in connection with the
company in which he is interested
here. Like all other wanderers
through other sections OF the United
States, George came home more than
ever impressed with the superiority
Of the Judith Basin over any other
section Of country on earth. Every
where he went, he was besicged with
inquiries as to the Basin and Lewis
town, and almost everywhere he
found people who expressed their in
tention OF coming out here at the
| first opportunity.
All Anxious to Know.
II was amazed, and. OF course"
said Mr. Cochrane to the Democrat,
highly pleased to discover the very
effective manner i'll which Lewistown
and the Judith Basin has been adver-
tised throughout the various sections
that visited by the various agencies,
railroads, commercial clubs, land and
other business men 1t is really sur
prising to know something Of the
number of people who have read of
this country and city Of ours and I
received inquiries as to real condi-
tons here from many wholly unex-
pectcd sources They had read
e'G te n'ne of er5 advertising mater soe Or had
anxious to know if the Jurnd were
is really the great country that it was
proclaimed. 1t is scarcely necessary
to state that they were speedily in
formed that they can depend abb
solutely on every word that has been
uttered or published with reference to
; Fergus county and its marvellous re-
sources
Financial Conditions Improve.
In speaking Of conditions gen
| crallv throughout the east, Mr.. Coch-
, rane said: "Money was pretty tight
! when | first arrived in the east, but
they have eased up wonderfully dur
, ing the past two weeks and such busi
, ness men as | talked to are unani-
mously OF the opinion that we are
5 to enjoy fine year. The railroads
have been holding back somewhat a.
a result of the recent decision OF the
o Interstate Commerce Commission
denying them an increase III fre1gh
I rates, but it is the general belief tha
as quickly as they have ADJUSTED
things to meet the conditions which
q are TO prevail now for an indefinite
period OF time, they will resume thei
t plans for Improvements, and eXten
5 sons. 1t is accepted as TACT on al
sides that during the next few years
"A Montana will sec more rallroa'
N activity. so far as new constructor
work is concerned than any othe
.r state in the union. lnasmuch a
lc much OF this contemplated construc
ton is to be done in Fergus count,
in additional attention is, as matte
n OF course, attracted to this section
the state"
IN Mr.. Cochranc was accompanie
Ic home by his nephew, Frank M Cocl
,y rane. Of Toledo. Ohio, who will spen
is the summer here and probably max
n his future home in Lewistown.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14

necessary action within period Of
several months
A number of township officers were
chosen by the board last week. p
w. korell, who has been the very
efficient justice OF the peace OF Ju-
dith township, with headquarters at
Utica, for many years, was reappoint-
ed, as was "Bob' Shell, OF Garncill,
for Ubet township. II. d. Rogers
was appointed constable for Ubet
township.
B. c. White, +. c. Russell and
Theodore Hogeland were all reap
pointed members of the board OF
trustees of the Fergus County Free
High school, These three gentlemen
are deeply interested i'll the higl,
schools welfare and their appoint
ment meets with general approval.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
Abe Ruef Taken to Pen.

Abraham Rucf. the notorious San
Francisco boodler who helped to
make the Golden Gate city. infamous
bv reason OF his spectacular opera
tions in the selling OF municipal fran
chises and privileges and the purchas-
ING of city aldermen several years
ago. has finally landed where he be-
longs. in the San Questin peniten-
,iary, where he is due to spend the
next IA years of his life at hare
labor. Ruef and his partner, Mayo,
Schmitz. robbed the people Of Frisco
oi millions.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14

that the fumes resulting from the use
of arsenic and other chemicals used
in the smelling of the ores destroys
vegetation and poisons the streams,
thus causing great loss to the farm
ers. The testimony was first taken
before Master in Chancery, after
which it was passed upon by Judge
Hunt, who found for the smelter. An
appeal was taken to the United
States circuit court and that tribunal
now confirms Hunts decision, which
will probably end the case.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
State Fair Directors.

In accordance with a bill passed
by the Twelfth legislative assembly,
which places the state fair under
state supervision, Governor Norris
has appointed the following board of
directors: Lewis Penwell, of Hell
ena, for term OF six years; Herbert
Strain, of Great Falls, for five years;
Tyler B. Thompson, of Missoula, for
FIVE years; Patrick Carney, of Madi-
son county, for four years, and T.
f. Hammond, of Forsyth, for two
years.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
Bank Buster in Tolls.

II. D. Delaney. a private banker
who was interested in some "Hy-by-
night" private banks in Chouteau
county, was arrested last "Wednesday
at Williston, North Dakota. whittier
he had fed about the time some OF
his institutions were going "ker-
fooie" Delaney is charged with pc
ing chiefly responsible for the wreck,
ing of the institutions which caused
many new settlers in northern Mon
tana to lose such savings as they
brought with them to the state
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
Smoke Farmers Lose Case.

The United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals, sitting at San Francisco,
last Tuesday afternoon rendered de.
cision confirming the findings OF
Judge Hunt, of the United States dis
trict court of Montana, in the case
of Bliss VS.. the Amalgamated Cop
per Mining company. This Is the
famous Smoke case whereby the
farmers of the Deer Lodge valley
sought to close down the Washoe
smeiter at Anaconda on the grounds
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
news OF THE week
in BIG GOLD CAMP
LOCAL EVENTS AS DESCRIBED
BY DEMOCRAT COR
RESPONDENT

Kendall, Nov. l3--The meeting OF
Barnes King directors has been held
and the following officers elected:
President, c. w. Goodale, OF Butte;
vice-president, f. G. Hathorn; secre-
tary, John +. Corette, of Butte; treas
urer, c. c. Swinborne; assistant sec
retary and treasurer, James Bailey, OF
New York. w. H. A. Fischer, w.
C. Lewis, A. J. Davis and John N.
Kirk were also present at the meet
ing. A vote OF thanks was extended
to the old officers for their services,
and the New York office has been
closed, SO that all expense at that end
Of the line has been shut off. George
T. McGee, former superintendent Of
the famous old producer, has been
critics around the state, and il any
! arc -.ufSn:r,, s~.nd nf real value If is
! chase same and recuperate Barnes
King fortunes.
Tom Knight entertained the Stag
duplicate whist club on Tuesday eve
ming at his rooms in the Cook build
ing. Refreshments of punch, cigars,
fruit and candy were served. The
next meeting will be with Clyde
Vinegar, at the home of Adam FOX
on Tuesday evening.
Miss Catherine Miller entertained
the S. L. G.'s at the hospital on Wed
nesday. The evening was spent witt
embroidery and conversation, ant
MANY selections on a Grafonola were
listened to. An elegant luncheon
topped off a delightful evening.
A surprise party was given OF
Mrs. J. il. Thompson and family OF
Tuesday evening The affair was ar
ranged by Miss Agnes Kerr and wa
thoroughly enjoyable.
Dave Frields passed through Ken
dali early last week on his way +
> Lewistown.
I Attorney J. E. Wasson and J. W
Mills drove to Lewistown on Mon
tlav afternoon, returning Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Smith and youn
son visited in town on Friday.
Mrs. A. 3. Kline Of Sand Poin
Idaho, is visiting her mother, Mr
n ]. n. Thompson. of this place
: Milton Elderman and Adelard l.
g Fontainc were in from Dog creek o
i Wednesday. 49,.
C Miss Earle Fleming is visiting h'
/ sister, Miss Luella Fleming, at Il
# home Of their uncle. Phil Saunders
c, Mr.. and Mrs r. w. Jones were
y Kendall from the Arrow creek cou
&c try.
lc Tom Knight drove to Lewiston
ID and returned last Wednesday. !
i was accompanied on his return
n his brother, Frank Knight, who
omesteading in the Flatwilow cou
try.
p. i. Scott spent Sunday and Mo
day. last, with his family at the ran
lnear Kendall, and returned to Lew
Y town by stage on Tuesday.
u Frank Johnson came over ire
Maiden on Saturday.
Miss Alice Mullen arrived fro
% Butte Saturday Miss Mullen has
n cepted a position in Miss Follme
confectionery store. and will live
the home OF her sister, Mrs. Charl
Hilliard.
Mrs. Charles Kertz has assist
Miss Follmcr few days, until I
n arrival of Miss Mullen.
rr Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Bradley a
nj little daughter. Jane. left tor Lew
nj town Friday. enroutc to Oaklar
&c Calf, to visit relatives
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
New State Engineer.

Former State Senator Archie Ma
hon. or Glasgow, Valley county, has
been appointed state engineer by
Governor Norris, succeeding John
w. Wade, who has held the office
for eight years. The office carries a
salary of $500 per year.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-03-14
Judge Brassey, Chairman of Non
Partisan Committee, Will Issue
Call the Present Week.
]. E. Lane IS MENTIONED
Lumberman Will Be
Urged to Take the Nomination
for Mayor Of City.

AS the time for holding the city
election draws near, speculation as to
the steps which are to be taken to
secure the best possible administra-
ton of city affairs during the next
two years increases. At the present
time, the situation is more Or less un-
settled, but it is the general belief
that the outcome will be another non
partisan ticket with a democrat at the
head. Members of both the domi-
nant political parties are pretty well
agreed that inasmuch as the office OF
mayor was given to a republican two
years ago, it is nothing but fair that
some representative of the opposite
party should be put up this spring
No Word From Gene Lane.
The man most prominently men
toned for the office of mayor up to
the present time is that of Gene Lane,
the well-known lumberman who is
now lost in some state east Or south
Of Montana. The last heard of Gene
he was taking in the sights OF the
Mardi Gras at New Orleans, with
John Ritch as guide, counsellor and
interpreter of the southern dialect.
He is presumed to be on his way
back home and until he arrives or a
letter or telegram is received from
him on the subject, it is not known
whether or not he will consider the
honor which many wish to thrust up
on him. Some of his closest business
put {slteo here, y: tne frs lre-hnn. II is
he may be ..pdaced to accept thu
proposition. His especial fitness foi
the job is unquestioned, all agreeing
that he will be an ideal man to look
after the interests Of the city during
the next two years, which are destineo
to form a crucial period in the de
velopments which are certain to arise
Stone Strongly Urged.
| Another man who could handle th
lob of mayor to the satisfaction o
everyone is George NJ. Stone MI
Stone has had the proposition pre-
sented to him most forcbly by
large number of people from bot
!. parties, but has not yet given hi
, assent to having his name go on tn
non partisan ticket Like Mr. Lane
he feels that it would mean too grea
business sacrifice, but it is not witt
5 out the bounds of possibility that h
: may simply be drafted A man
5 large business experience and Of ur
< questioned judgment, with compr'
e llensive knowledge of the most urger
needs of the city and thorough pre-
: gressive in his ideas, Mr.. Stor
5 would direct the affairs OF lewiston
II in a most creditablc and satisfactor
Z, manner.
e Will Call Convention.
u Judge Edward Brassey chalrmi
/ OF the non-partisan committee, I
/ formed the Democrat this mornir
q that he will issue a call for no
Il partisan convention sometime Il
: latter part OF the week The convc
ton will probably be held the latt
part of next week In the meanwhl
!, the question Of selecting, not only /
II mayor. but also for the aldcmaf
!, positions. men OF the best posslf
n qualifications for the positions, shorc
10 be earnestly considered by all CT
,, zens having the welfare of Lewiston
IL NJ henrt
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

1t had been her mood to laugh at that
For the question of judgement enter.
no whit in the ruling of the life of the
child Virginia. .
1t is the same in all that pertains tc
her. II mother is sin the mood" to put
her to bed before dark, to bed she goes
II she is lin the mood" to keep her ur
until a late hour. Virginia stays up. II
she is I'm the mood to let the child
eat heavy o'clock dinner, she
eats it, and If the mood of her mother
will not so indulge her, she has a bowl
of bread and milk. The same naughti-
ness that is punished to-day may be
laughed at tomorrow, much to the
child's confusion.
There is plenty of bowling protest from
Virginia herself, but of course that is
pure cussedness' and receives a spank
ing.
She is the most unreasonable child i
ever saw" complained her mother upon
one occasion when 1t was her mood
to put the little girl to bed at o'clock,
on a lovely spring evening, and the tiny
girl pleaded that she had been allowed
Ito be up until 10y o'clock the night be-
fore
And where. pray, is Virginia to learn
reason?
Not from her mother!
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Little Tales of Motherhood
: By JULIA CHANDLER MANI
"An that mther"ABRAHAM


come of her temper. Then she stopped
and tried to set the duck on its legs
again, but he was quite dead. The child S
lips quivered and tears sprang to the big
blue eyes. =.# ...
Suddenly she looked to see what might
be her mothers attitude. The mother
was laughing, and the child laughed with
her, for laughter is closely akin to
tears that it was as easy to laugh as to
cry. ....
The next day Virginia undertook TO
give a couple of little chickens bath
in the horse trough. She had gone out
in the back yard to escape one OF her
mothers moods when the idea occurred
to her.
The chickens were both drowned. Not
that she meant to drown them, for the
baths were the ministrations of her
motherliness. Her mother found her dis
mayed over the acc;dent-hugging the
woefully drenched bodies of the little
chickens against her breast, her tears
raining down upon them
But the mother of Virginia was not in
a mood to laugh to-day.
And so the child was spanked.
While the mother relieved her i'm
pulses of brutality upon the little girl she
called her "a brutal little thing to drown
grandma's S chickens"
But she said not a word about the duck
Virginia had destroyed in a temper!
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
DIFFERENTKINDSOR
FEATHER BUSTERS

Every housewife should be supplied
with variety of feather busters for the
different kinds of dusting to be done.
There is the strong, stout feather dust
CT used to do the rough work, such as
window sills, porch rockers, and veran-
das. s"
There ought. to be cheap rough one
to use about the storeroom and plumb
ing.
y very small one is to be used on
highly vanished furniture of bedroom
and parlor. -
Then there is one with a long handle
which can reach to the tops of door and
window frames; this is of recent manu-
facture and something 10 be commended
to every housekeeper. for these places
are either hard to get at or are entirely
forgotten, being out of the range of
vision.
That feather busters can be washed is
not very odd, las with a little CASTLE
soap In basin of hot water and il table,
spoonful of ammonia. feathers of almost
any kind can be renovated and thorough
ly cleaned.
2 The writer has seen n feather boa.
whlte feathers. mind you. put through a
process of CASTLE soapsuds and pressed
up into small ball during the rinsing.
come out in all its pristine whiteness
and fiuffiness
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Mother OF Moods.

Mother had been scolding Virginia be-
cause the little girl had soiled her clean
white frock after being dressed for the
afternoon. and Virginia was in a temper,
Mother and grandmother sat on the from
porch in the sunshine sewing Industrious
ly while the child ran up and down the
graveled walk, striking at the white peb-
bles with a small cane she carried in
her hand.
''She has a perfectly devilish temper,
said the mother to the grandmother, and
the thought seemed to amuse her.
The grandmother looked at Virginia S
mother through troubled eyes.
And she hasn't a particle of control
over it. either II will land her on the
gallows. or some such place some day."
the mother went on in a flippant tone.
Grandmother was silent. She was
thinking of the origin of Virginia's tenn
per, and wondering with feelings of in
dignation how the child could be expect
ed to have learned anything of seIf-con-
troll.
Just then a brood of small ducks ran
across the graveled walk. The cane in
the child's hand went out vindictively,
and a fuzzy little fellow toppled over on
the ground.
uncertainty, somewhat awed by the out
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
MAKE DAINTY
WEDDING PRESENTS

For the bride. the sweet girl grad
uate. or the pretty miss whose birthday
falls on these spring days there is no
daintier or more appropriate gift than
one of the many, lovely fans that are
now seen on every sides
The vogue for wearing long jeweled
chains has brought out quaint little fans
like butterflies of very small bird feath-
ers with jeweled handles for the even
fngs, and also tiny folding fans with
vanity boxes set in the end
Larger and more effective are the new
black and white fans. Of bespangled net
with delicate traceries of silver thread
forming orchid designs upon them, y or
the new fans of black lace beaded in
white with lacelike patterns.
rOstrich Feather Fans.
There are, too, big ostrich-feather fans.
delicate hand-painted chiffon ones, fans
of silver net, and so many others that
the eye is bewiIdered by the beautiful
array in many of the shops.
Fer fans are to be fashionable again
this year. For two summers We have
sweltered on the porch or at dances
because fans were not in vogue, but this
wear one may carry big or small one
with every frock and keep cool and COM
Portable, no matter what the thermom-
eter says.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Note-oS wing to the laws Of or country bird fan
cic7s are unable to surply any oFders for mocking
birds cr other native bi.ds mt in hopes that
the law viii soon be modified.
The American mocling bird is an un-
rlvaled songster, though he may not pos
sess the melodious sweetness of the
nightingale. and the lark, or the beauti-
full pipe of the blackbird yet, in him.
greater extent than any other living bird.
He is general favorite. and deserves
to be attentively cared for. He is parti-
cular and should be fed and watered at
the same time every day. His cage
should be large and kept very clean, with
plenty of gravel.
Proper Food for Soft Bill Birds.
s Mocl<ing birds. and all soft bill birds,
should be feed on prepared food, sold
specially for them. with an addition .nf
grated raw carrot A few ants eggs
soaked and mixed with the food are very
beneficial A sweet apple grated ana
mixed up with the food gives it fine
flavor. and often restores the appetite
when 1t is poor. during molting and HOT
weather. During molting add ants. eggs
and meal worms TO the food every day.
A supply OF insects should be gathered
during the proper season. shch as dies.
erasshoppers. spiders &c., put loosely
When used In winter they shonl6 harTe
boiling Wtter poured etsr }hsla, vEzc6
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