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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
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E. +. Locke of Froid. vas in so~u
Tuesday.
Thos Kehoe of Glasgow. was in Cul.
bertson Monday.
A. L. Peterson Of Bainville, was in
Culbertson Sunday.
Shell corn and Seed grain for sale at the
Hanson & Barron Elevator. ssss
Notice the new ad Of the Montana Seed
& Pam Co. of Billings. Mont.
5 b. Palmer. Of the South Side. broush,
load of fax to Culbertson Tuesday for
which he received sass per bushel.
The Valley Meat Market is thoroughly
equipped to meet all demands in the way
of meat. oysters. fish. vegetables. etc ,zti
A. d. Morrison. agent of the Three
Forks Portland Cement Co.. of Trident.
Mont. was in Culbertson Monday.
Something New-Ord Miuon's bread
with your meat at the Valley Meat Market.
Always fresh. AFT
A grand Mask Ball will be given 10 the
Culbertson Opera Hall on Tuesday night.
Feb 18th. with music by the Gem Orches
ira. Four cash prizes will be gwen. Bes,
lady costume s.; best gents costume s.;
most comical lady costume S7: most conf
cal gents costume 81 Supper will be
served at the Evans Hotel. Tickets 81 90,
spectators 2sc.
The Girl and the Colonei," as rendered
in the Opera Hall last nigh, by the Or 'oe
Burgoyne Co.. delighted a rather small
audience. The old Black Nanny was ex.
ceptionally good. Kindei Johnson. the
heavy william. is improving rapidly in his
chosen profession. He was at one time the
devil" in the Searchlight Office. No one
who likes a good laugh and many Of them.
should miss the comedy-drama tonight
called wife in Name Only"
"Just Tobacco" that's what Earl,
Time" Smoking really is. the pick Of the
Kentucky crop. having thar rich. natural
aroma Positively contains no dope moi
aavoring Send so cents for pound pack.
age. delivered. or 10 cents for a sample and
enjoy real smoke Of pure tobacco Ryan
Hampton Tobacco Co.. Dept. J.. Louis
vile. Nv. ara
A report is curren, to the effect that w
Mathews, OF Culoertson. has resigned q.
United States Commissioner. How such a
report came to he circulated is more than
Mr.. Mathews undo rstands as he has neveI
considered such action and will continue te
conduct his Office as usual. taking filing.
and final proofs and such other business a,
may properly come Def re U. S. Com
missioner.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27

X. o. Slette left Tuesday for a business
visit to Fargo and Moorehead
The Valley Meat Market are agents for
Sealship, Oysters in Culber,scn. 3sh
II. NJ. Lewis. Of Glasgow passed through
cuibertson Tuesday on his way to Medi.
cine Lake.
Tanner & Best received a carload oi
Canned Goods this week.
Constipation is the cause Of many all
menis and disorders that make life misera.
BILE. Take Chambcrlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. keep your bowels regula {
end YOU will avoid these diseases. For sale
BY all dealers.
A new line Of Ladies' visiting cards ju. I
arrived at the Searchlight Office.
Large bundle Of old papers for 10 cents
at the SearchliRht Office. asu
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Local Happenings.


r. O. Lunke, went to Minos on bushes.
Monday.
c. +. Winkenwerder OF Bairville was in
town Wednesday.
John Curran Of Poplar. was CuIbert-
son visitor on Wednesday.
loannah Armstrong Of Plenty wood.
visited culbertson Tuesday.
Tanner & Bes,s New Store is now run
ing Full Blast AT Pientvwooa 25tf
!. a. Cakes. Of Plenty wood. was in town
MInday as witness in the Castle contest
csse.
sheriff ]. K. STEPHENS arrived in Gull
tertson Sunday and was here the FIRST
three days Of the week.
Wittmeier & West Co. will handle farm
implements during the coming season. No
,ice their announcement this week.
George Ferries. editor and proprietor of
the Williston Herald. was in town Monday
and made the Searcbliehs fraternaI call.
w. !. Reik, Superintendent of the Mon
'ana Star Telephone Company. returned
about week ago from months visit to
bis old home in Lacross. Wis.
FOR RENTING Red Blacksmith
Shop. With entire outfit. Enquire of r.
o. Lunke. ,Stf
I. o. Slette purchased the Balfour &
Perry garage this week and is having same
moved onto lot owned by him north Of
the Donaldson garage. We understand a
deal Il under way to sell the garage to
Donaldson Bros.
Go to d. r. Brockman Resident Dentist
Office in First National Bank building,
Culbsrtson. Mont. off
The Slaughter Sale at the Clothing and
Shoes store Of Parshall & Edmonds will
continue for one more week. They have a
complete change in their ad on the oppos.
lite page this week and give prices lower
than ever. The money must be secured
for the Parshall estate. After this sale DR..
II. D. Edmonds will become the sole pro-
prietor.
Fancy Johnathan Apples a, The Big
Store. got
Rev. z. VI. Ellis. OF Helena. Synodical
Superintendent OF the Presbyterian Sab
bath School Missions in Montana. srens
Sunday in Culbertson as the guest of Rev
and Mrs. d. c. Co~an. Rev. Ellis occu.
pied the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church
both morning and evening. and the services
we're very interesting. He left Tor eastern
towns Monday morning. He spoke very
complimentary of the Church here and
said the Sunday School was in fine shape
and tina, the public reading room was a
move in the right direction.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
Notice to Creditors

Estate OF William ID. ParshaIi. d-cessed.
No,ice is Hereby Given 10y the under
signed. executor OF the last will and tesla.
ment Of William u. ParshalI deceased. 10
the creditors OF. and all persons having
claims against the said deceased. to-shibli
them with the necessary v,uchers within
four months after the hrst publication OF
this notice, to the SAID executor. J. Is.
Lyon. at the Law Offices Of Hurd q Lewis
IN Glasgow. Montana. the same being the
place tot the transaction Of the business Of
said estate in the County Of Valley.
Is. Lyon.
Executor OF the last will and
testament Of William ID. Parshail. deceased.
Dated January Sth. Ioii.
First Publication Jan n. IoIJ 3S,.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27

County Attorney Hurley was in Culbert.
son Tuesday and went to Medicine Lake.
to look up legal matters.
Blue Ribbon whiskey is bes, for family
use strictly pure and eight years old. For
sale at the Phoenix Cafe. L. z Schow,
Prop. Iltf
Mrs. Otto Glaenske returned Tuesday
from her old home at Brooton. Mimi. &C
companied by her father. Ole Torkelson.
who viii visit Culbertson for time. While
away Mrs. G aenske took treatment in Q
san'tarium at Annandale. Mimi. for .
spinal trouble with which she has been
afflicted for some time She is receiving
much benefit.
Spring Lake Whiskey. the best in the
land at the Phoenix Cafe. L. f. Schow.
Prop. rat
Medicines that aid natur. are always
most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy acts on this plan. II sllays the cough.
relieves the lungs. opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system to q
healthy condition. Thousands have testi.
fed to its superior excellence. Sold BY all
dealers
Cracked corn and ground corn and oats
Tor sale at the Hanson & Barron Elevator.
2,tf
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
CLAIM CONTESTS
Two important Gases Held In cul.
Dsrtson This Week

Two important contest cases were tired
before U. s. Commissioner G. II. Coulter
on Monday and Tuesday. One was the
U. S. Land Office vs.. Frank ! Castel and
the other was U. S. VS.. George Mcdonald.
H. N. Kirton OF Helena. Special Agent Of
the government and also an attorney. ap-
pesred for the Interior Department and
Paul Babcock app AIRED for the defendants.
these two cases are similar in charact.r
ind the land is contested IN each case on
he ground Of non-residence. 1t appears
hat both Casrel and Mcdonald. after filing
% their homesteads in Dane Valley. re-
ceived appointments as mail carriers on
rural routes out Of Churches Ferry. N. D..
and have been acting 10 that capacity since
tina, time. As we understand it the cases
hinge on the question as to whether such
employment eaempts the claimants from
actual residence upon their claims. When
they first filed they established residence
upon their claims. but after receiving their
appointments a. mail carriers. did not con-
tiuue to reside there. although continuing
to make improvements upon them.
The outcome Of these cases will be
watched with considerable interest. The
testimony in the cases will be submitted to
the Glasgow Land Office and from there
may be appealed to the General Land Office
at Washington. d. e.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
CHURCH ATLAKESIDE
An Original Plan lnaugSrated BY
Rev. cookingham and HIS
Church Brethren

Rev. X. 7. Cookineham, returned iron.
Lakeside Sunday evening in plenty Of time
for the services in the Opera Hall in Cul-
bertson in the evening. He and Mrs.
Cookingham made the drive from Lake
side in two aud half hours with team
he purchased recently. which be pro-
nounces one of the best driving teams in
the country. He says that il the weather
remains settled he will be in Culber,son
every Sunday evening hereafter for services
in the Opera Hall.
He left for Lakeside again Monday
where he and number Of church m en- in
that neighberhood will get out logs and
have them sawed into lumber for church
at that point. L. ID. Swestman Who has
. sa~mill has agreed to saw the lumber
free Of charge. Rev. Cookingham and
another will chop down all the trees and
prepare the logs and neighbors .ill haul
them from the South Side to the saw mill.
where they Gill be made into rough boards
and dimension lumber.
After the lumber is seasoned. Rev.
cookinsham. who is first class carpen-
ter. will begin the erection Of the church.
Only the finishing lumber. doors, windows,
etc.. will have to be purchased. as all the
balance will be contributed.
This church will be built somewhat on
the same plan that the Presbyterian
church in Culbsrtsoa vas erected in 1904.
Rev. w. II. Hoole. who was the pastor a,
that time. doing most Of the carpenter
work on the structure.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
Stray Horses

Four work horses with halters on cam,
to my place about Jan. I, 1911. Three are
sorrel and one black. Owner can secure
same by applying to GUspER MARTis.
4nl Dane Valley, Mont.
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For Sale or Trade

One Ford Automobile guaranteed in first
class coalition. VIII trade Tor horses or
farm mach'ner, or sell DIRT cheap Tor cash.
Call on or address !. T. HuLL.
4iu McCabe, Mont.
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Horses for Sale

Two perfectly matched grey geldiugs for
sale at bargain. Call on or address
4it6 J.. T. Hull. McCabe. Mont
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21
Cities Of Refuge.

In the tumuluous days of old. when
every mans hand was against every
other man and every other mans hand
against him." when the principle Of
due process of law" was practically
unknown and private vengeance was
the rule Of the day, it was absolutely
necessary that there should be some
place to which one could fly for safety.
Such were the cities OF refuge" OF
which there were six in Palestine. He
who succeeded in reaching such asy-
lum when pursued by his would-be de.
stroyer was safe until his right to pro
lection was judicially decided. In all
probability there were cities of refuge
in other countries than Palestine.
The Review and Week "a m
~ 1nter Ocean & Farmer. sDZsVV
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21

cured clover, especially If of the man.
moth variety, sheds it badly; and if
the cock is wet through to the bottom,
just as good way as any to let it
stand till winter. Half of it will be
good anyhow, and that is quite as
much good hay as you will get out
of it if you shake it out and handle it
again.
While we would not cut clover hay
early in the morning with the dew on
it, we would. not hesitate to cut it late
in the evening. 1t will take no damage
from dew if it has not begun to cure,
and it will hold much smaller
amount of dew in the swain than
standing. That small amount will be
on the surface and readily evaporated
after the sun rises. In fact when we
used to make a good deal of clover
hay We followed this practice of cut
ting late in the evening before the
dew falls. Then should rain come, it
Heeu give IlO COuCeIA, lO' ClONcI WILL
keep green in the swath.
Time is often saved by this metkcE
Again, if a tedder is used and the grass
kept in small windows, however
formed. it is possible in good weather
to get the hay i'll the barn inside OF
hours from the time OF
cutting: and this is about as quick
work as could be expected.-Wallaces'
Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21
What Is Hay Making?


The farmer can push his clover har
vest on fairly rapidly, if he has cor
rect theory as to hay making. During
the whole period of the life of any
grass or any other plant there is {
constant stream of moisture, sap we
call it, passing from the soil into the
root hairs, from the root hairs into the
roOtlets, and from the rOOtlets into the
root, and from the root to the stalk
and from the stalk into the leaves;
and the watery part of it is passed GU,
through the leaves into the atmos
phere. All plants take their food il
liquid form, and the solids that con
stitute the dry matter of the plant are
thus taken up, combined with the car
bon that comes from the air, and thus
for the substance of the plant.
Now, hay making is simply cutting
off the plant from it's contact with the
earth, and then evaporating through
the leaves and water that remains ir
the stalk. We say "evaporating
through the leaves" remember that
this is the natural course of moisture
through the plant.
If clover hay particularly, or alfalfa
hay, is to be at its best. this water
must be evaporated through the leaves
before the leaf structure of the plant
is destroyed by the hot sun. Usually
in hay making we have hot weather
and If the leaves are exposed to the
very hot sun for day or even halt a
day, the leaf structure is destroyed
and the remaining water must be evap-
grated through the stalk, which is an
entirely unnatural method.
When the good wife picks bouquet
she always puts the flowers in water.
knowing that the water in the bowl or
vase will continue to pass up through
the stems into the leaves, and the flow
ers will keep sometimes for an aston
ishing length of time. She aims to pre-
vent just what the farmer wants to ac-
complish. She wants to keep her flow
ers fresh by maintaining the supply OF
water. He wants to get rid of the sap
or water in the stalk and get the hay
into the barn.
Farmers have often noticed that
when heavy swath of clover is cut
during moist weather and allowed to
stand in the swath without being
moved in any way. that the leaves in
the upper part will remain quite green,
while the leaf structure OF the upper
part is entirely destroyed. Take the
leaf away from the air. or, rather. keep
the air and sun away from the leaf,
and your clover will not cure at all, or
at any rate, cure very slowly. Herein
lies the philosophy Of tedding your
swath, that is, exposing it to the air.
Herein lies also the philosophy of a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21

Yesterday, however, Spanish in
spectOr accompanied by two officers
from Scotland Yard and acting undel
Instructions of the Spanish ambassa
dor, who had previously interviewed
the home secretary, arrested him on
mis- way from the hotel, where he had
been staying, to the steamship office
1t seems that it was his evident III
tention to take passage for New York
From information received by the am
bassador, he had been in hiding in
Spain, where he lived with woman
and with his daughter. A fe" days
before arriving in London he mad quar-
relied with another Russian. who was
mortally wounded by revolver shot
during the scuffle, and who only lived
long enough to denounce his assaiiant
In an interview with the Russian
ambassador, it seems that the name
he had been using in Spain. and which
he gave on being arrested, vas not his
real one. Manasseina being simply All
alibi, but after comparing the pris.
oDer with photographs in his posses
sion. the Russian ambassador recog
nized him as Alexander Demidoff, the
criminal banker who had eloped with
5 millions of rubles; he is native of
St. Petersburg, widower AZ years
old, with an only daughter that he left
in Spain on escaping from that coun
try.
The Russian and Spanish anbas-
sailors conferred yesterday evening as
to whether the prisoner should be con-
veyed to Spain or to Russia, and after
an interview with the home secretary,
and in accordance with the extradi.
ton treaty of England. Russian and
Spain, it was agreed that the prisoner
should be conveyed to Spain to stand
his trial for manslaugnter. and that
only after his trial can the Russian
government ask Spain, through dipio
matte channels, for his eXtraditior."
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side delivery rake. in that it turns the
swath over and makes it small, so thai
the air blows through and the sur
shines only on small part Of the pro
posed hay. The objection to the large
windrow is that it does not allow this
free exposure.
Making hay. therefore, is simply
handling it in such way that it vii
be exposed as much as possible to the
air, and for as short time as possible
to the hot sun. In good hay making
as much depends on the wind as upor
the sun. Given a moderate tempera
ture, a north or northwest wind anC
there is no trouble about making hay
out OF clover in full bloom; but given
a very hot day, an east wind and a
muggy atmosphere, and it is one OF the
most difficult problems on the farm.
In short, the making OF hay is sim
ply evaporating the moisture before
the leaf structure is destroyed by the
hot sun. 1t goes without saying that
no farmer who is making hay cares to
evaporate more moisture than is nee
essary. Therefore, he does not start
the mower when the dew is heavy on
the grass in the morning. We do not
always realize how much dew an acre
OF clover will hold; and it is better to
let the young man pillow corn an hour
or two in the morning, or hoe in the
garden, than to have him store up a
surplus of moisture for you to evapor-
ate during the rest of the day.
ting it in cocks. This is not practical.
The best hay is usually made by put
however, where there is large acre
age and under western conditions. 1t
is not so necessary, at any rate, in the
west, with its drier atmosphere and
more general winds. We are practi-
cally shut up to the method of getting
the hay into the barn without going
to the trouble Of putting it in cock, or
else covering it. Nor is it advisable
to put more hay in the windrow than
you are reasonably certain of getting
into the barn before it gets wet We
have seen farmers hurry to get their
clover in windrow and cock for fear
of rain. If rain does come. you had
better take the rain on the sWath than
on the windrow for the reason that II
the rain is heavy. this windrow will
have to be shaken out, and in shaking
it out it will suffer very serious dam
age. We have had hay put in windrow
that after having had heavy rain
was not worth shaking out, due to the
great amount of fungus and resulting
in such heating as sometimes under
certain conditions occurs in clover.
Ii clover that has been cured is put
in the cock and heavy rain comes. 1t
is very greatly damaged. Green clo-
yer sheds water fairly well, but we'll
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21
OPPORTUNITY TO GET $4,000
n. e. Netcott, Of independence. Re
ceives One Of Well Known
Spanish Letters.

Harry e. Netcott, well known ar
chitect of independence, has the op'
portunity of securing the modest for
tune of 100000. He has had the prop,
osition on his hands since Monday
morning. All he has to do is to go to
Madrid, Spain, get possession of some
baggage which was seized, pay the ex-
pense of the trial of a Russian banker,
who is under arrest for manslaughter
and absconding with some five million
rubles, which is equal to about ST.
$4,000 in American money. Mr.. Net
colt has received one of the we'll
known freak letters from Spain, an
alleged fraud which, it is claimed, has
been tried many times throughout
America, Several Iowans have re-
ceived such letters from a man who
gives his name as Demidoff. He claims
that he is imprisoned in Spanish
prison for absconding, while banker
in Russia, and was arrested in Lon
don after long search, only after he
had been denounced by another Rus
sian whom he had mortally wounded
in a fight. Demidoff's story Is to the
effect that he has $4SO,OOO hid some
where in the United States and he
wants assistance, financial mostly we
presume. in getting possession of it
for his darling daughter" AS a re-
ward to Mr.. Netcott, whose name he
spells "Netcotte," for getting posses
sion of the prisoners baggage and
portmaneau, containing a secret re-
cepracle in which is the document Civ
ing the location of the hiding place OF
the fortune in America, Demidofi
agrees to give $4,000, or One-third
Of the $4s0,0OO involved. Mr.. Netcott
has no intention of going to Spain
this summer, at least. Like other
Iowans who have received the gener-
GUS offer, H. E. intends not to bite, +"
but to decline with thanks. He would,
no doubt, be pleased to turn the propo-
si.:on over to anyone who desires to
take 1t up Enclosed with the letter
is a clipping from London newsPa-
per. telling of mr.. DemidOlf's al
legged crime and his arrest in London
The scheme, it is said, is one that
has been carried on for years and,
strange as it may seem, too often
there are recipients who will proceed
to bite" 1t is claimed that in Mad
rid a big e of employees is kept
at work handling the correspondence
snd looking after the business.
Text Of the Letter.
The text Of the letter is as follows:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-21

Madrid, 23-5-l911.-Dear Sir: Al
though l know you only from good
references Of your honesty. my sad
situation compels me to reveal you
an important affair in which you may
procure a modest fortune. saving at
the same time that of my darling
daughter.
Before being imprisoned here was
Established as a banker in Russia, as
you will see by the enclosed article
about me, of many English newspapers
which have published my arrest in
London. beseech you to help me to
obtain a sum OF $4SO,OOO l have in
America, and to come here to raise
the seizure of my baggage, paying to
the Registrar of the Court the eX.
penses of my trial and recovering
portmaneau containing secret peck
ct, where have hidden the document
indispensable to recover the said sum.
CAS- reward l will give to you
the third part. viz, 100000. l can
not receive your answer in the prison,
but you must send cablegram to q
person OF my confidence who will de-
liver it to me.
Awaiting your cable to interest you
in my secret. am, Yours truly,
"Demidoff."
First of all answer by cable, not
by letter, as follows: Mariana Gar
cha, Cable de Santander 10, Valladolid
(Spain) Well: Netcotte.'"
The envelope is OF the light green.
square shaped variety. 1t is addressed
Harry E. Netcotte, Esq. Architect,
independence, Iowa." In the upper
left hand corner appear the words:
United States" In the upper right
hand corner is a Spanish stamp. bear
ing a likeness of King Alphonso and
lit is postmarked Madrid. The letter
was received here Monday morning,
June 5th, the date of the Spanish post
mark not being legible.
English Newspaper Article.
The article from the English news
paper of which the writer speaks is
headed, Arrest OF st. Petersburg
Banker. Charged With Fraud in Rus
STA and Manslaughter in Spain. In
tterview of the Two Ambassadors. y
The article follows:
"Some months ago, as our readers
may remember, we referred in these
columns to the great scandal caused in
|St. Petersburg and in Russia general
ly by a noted banker who absconded,
leaving a deficit of over five millions
of rubles.
1.-THE Russian police sought for him
for a long time in vain, for it seems
he had not left the least trace of his
flight and the continued search over
Europe and America proved unavail-
ing.