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Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
ROUNDUP TO Have AN
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
WILL RUN FROM TOWN TO KLEIN.
DAVIS AND WEST
ROUNDUP.

| An interurban electric line is 10 bt
installed between Roundup and the
| coal camps during the year 1912, says
the Roundup Tribune. About eight
miles OF track will be laid, connectins
the 1000 people OF Klein, Davis anc
West Roundup with the city. Suf
ticient capital has been pledged to in
sure the final success of the project
The advantages of an electric line
at this point, because of distance be
tween the various prosperous towns
have been known for some time. The
cheapness of power has also been re-
garded as a favorable item. Recent
occurrences have caused a number O
local parties to consider the matter
seriously, and they have decided, after
investigation, that an interurban rail
way property would not only increase
steadily in value after its installation
but will pay reasonable dividends
from the start.
Petitions We're for a time sent ia
the railroad commissioners for a
motor service between the camps. as
partial relief to their present isola.
t1on. An answer was received, read.
ing in part as follows: I'VE had been
expecting that the railway company
would see its way clear to make some
arrangements SO that people could ride
back and forth, but Assistant General
Superintendent Barrett has declined to
make such arrangements" Not wish.
ing to antagonlze or dictate to the
railroad, people have lately seriously
discussed the question of an electric
line as substitute. Investigation has
shown that such line will not only
be possible, but profitable, and a suf.
ficient number Of local investors have
pledged their support to the scheme
to guarantee it's success.
The plans of the promoters. as far
as settled up to the present, is to
build track of 5O-pound steel rails.
upon which will be operated by an
overhead trolley system the number
OF cars which experience shows to be
needed to carry the traffic. The DOW
er may either be obtained by contra ct
from one OF the present plants, or If
a satisfactory price cannot be oh.
tanned, the company will operate its
own power plant. The promoters now
have an option on tract of coal land
adjoining the proposed right of way
and the cost OF a small mine, boiler.
engine and dynamo will not be large.
To reach the points to which it is
intended to extend the line, absolutely
no grading will be required and the
only expense of the construction of
the track will be for steel, ties ana
filling. A single track will be ex.
tended from the court house to the
foot of Main street, and thence alone
the excellent county road by West
Roundup to Klein. From Main street
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
MONTANA CEREALS SOUGHT,
Eastern Oatmeal Manufacturers Pre-.
fer Montana Oats.

Montana farmers still hold much
grain and are holding out for higher
prices" said w. H. Merriman, division
freight and passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific, to the Anaconda
Standard, in discussing the crop move
ment for the year just closing. High
prices and the largest yield in the
history of all Valleys" he said, was
the reason for the surplus. Ship
ments have, in spite of this, been the
heaviest in the history of the state.
AN interesting discovery of Mon
tanas disposition of her cereals is
made by study of the destination of
grain-loaded cars" he said. Montana
this year jumped to the front as a
source Of supply for the oatmeal belt,
which is located in Iowa and Kansas
Many cars Of oats have been shipped
to the Hawyeke state, which is new
territory.
During the last few months many
cars of Montana oats have gone to the
far eastern states to be used for seed
purposes.
The soft wheat is shipped both east
and west, Minneapolis and Duluth
and Seattle being the terminals. Much
is milled in Minneapolis. Practically
all the hard wheat is shipped to east
ern terminals, Minneapolis leading"
The railroads, he said, move the
greater part of the tonnage during the
months of October and November.
The grain being handled now is con-
tracted.
The railroads were unable to move
all the grain at threshing time and the
present movement is the tail-end ship
ments Of the surplus. Elevators in the
state show by the reports that an un-
usually large amount of grain is stored
on commission.
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
Alias Summons.

In the District Court of the Tenth Ju.
dicial District of the State of Mon.
tana, in and for the County of Fer.
gus.
Power Mercantile Company, a cor.
ton, Defendant.-Alias Summons.
The State of Montana Sends Greet
ing to the above-named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned to an.
swer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the office of the clerk
of this Court, copy of which is here
with served upon you, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof up.
on the plaintiff Attorney within
twenty days after the service of this
summons, exclusive of the day of ser.
vice; and in case of your failure to
appear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default, for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
This action is brought for the re.
covery of $454.37.
That beginning on the 31st day of
August, 1910, and ending on the 28th
day of August, 1911, and between
those dates, both of said dates in
elusive, the plaintiff sold and deliv-
cred to defendant, at Lewistown, Fer
gus County, Montana, at defendants
special instance and request and ex-
press promise to pay for the same,
certain goods, wares and merchandise
of the reasonable value and agreed
price of $454.37, as is alleged in plain
tiff's complaint herein.
Witness nv hand and tho cool of
said Court, this 22nd day of Decem-
ber, 1911.
fCourt SeaD JOHN B. RITCH, Clerk
BY SAMUEL L. PRATT, Deputy Clerk
Belden & DeKalb, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
First publication Dec. 26-4t
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
FERGUS COUNTY'S CONDITION AT
END OF FISCAL YEAR SHOWN
an THE ANNUAL REPORT.
SHOWING IS A FINE ONE
The Total Revenues and Summary
of All Expenditures Made for the
Year Up to December 1.-The Bond.
ed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Prop.
erty Owned by the County.

The financial statement of Fergus
county for the fiscal year ending Nov
80 has now been completed by County
Clerk and Recorder Frank Cunning.
ham, and it shows the financial con.
dition of the county to be excellent.
The report contains an abstract show
ing the amounts paid from each fund
during the year and the information
is all valuable and interesting. All
of this will appear in detail in the
Democrat later, the points of chief in
-terest being shown in the recapitula-
tion. This shows that the total taxes
and penalties collected amounted to
1878, 1927; special road tax collected,
$2,239; special poor tax collected, ST.
225.60; rent Of poor farm, 5000; H.
censes collected, $27,901.50; county Of
ficers' fees and fines collected, $19,-
626.92; state school fund, $13,O71; ma.
tional forest reserve, 1920; trust funds,
$5,666.68; Stanford fire fund, $65O43;
miscellaneous collections, $10O,559 49,
Liabilities and Resources.
Under this head it is shown that
the bonded debt Of the county, to-
gether with interest due and outstand-
ing warrants, amounted to $2O9,235 81
on December /, the items comprising
this total being $4,000 of bonds at s
per cent; $4,000 of bonds at Az per
cent; 100000 of bonds at Az per
cent; interest on same, $4,445.42; out
standing warrants, $1,790.39. The total
of all cash in the county funds (not
including any state or other fund.-
amounted to $136, 1852. .66, leaving net
Indebtedness of $72,473.15.
The Disbursements.
The expenditures during the year
for district court expenses, salaries,
justice and coroner, supplies, ETC.,
amounted to s209,2S1.7O, this total be-
ing made up as follows:
District Court.
Jurors, $7,223.30; witnesses, ST.
l03.8O; clerks and deputies, $5,267. .O4;
stenographer, $3,11215; district attor-
ney and assistants, $4,2SOOS; court
attendants, $559.35; salary Of sheriff
and deputies, $13,666.O4; sheriff's
mileage and Office expenses, $5,914.3S;
expense of county prisoners and in
sane, $4,3O1.64; other district court
expense, $1,S82O5.
Salaries Paid.
The salary list. not including court
officers, was as follows: Assessor
and deputies, $6,853.67; auditor and
deputy, $2,70S.3O; clerk and recorder
and deputies. $S,499.9S; commission
ers, $3,009.90; superintendent or
schools and deputies and all expense,
$2,0S7.76; surveyor, $2,5O9; treasurer
and deputies, $5,32474; janitors, ST.
Justice and Coroner.
The expense for the justice and
coroner was: Justice fees or salary,
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26

In the District Court of the Tenth Ju-
dicial District OF the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Fer
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26

the line will run east past the depot
and along the track and over the
bridge, for which the contract has
been let by the county, to Davis. This
will give a total mileage of about 70
miles.
The work of getting out the ties has
already commenced. The burned tim
ber of M. NJ. Klein, the loss for which
was recently adjudicated in the dis
trict court, is now being cut for that
purpose, and being situated adjacent
to the proposed line, will cost prac-
tically nothing more than the labor
of cutting. Estimates are now being
made of the cost of rails and rollins
stock.
The present leaders in the enter
prise who have pledged their financial
support to the project are M. M. Klein,
J. w. Newton and M. H. and F. M.
Wall. Practically al the well-known
capitalists of Butte and Helena who
have property in Roundup have signi-
fed their willingness to subscribe. It
is planned that certain amount Of
the stock will be sold in small amounts
in Roundup. An agreement has been
reached with the city council of
Roundup and the board of commits
sioners as to the terms of the fran
chise which will be granted the COM
pany, and the franchises are now be-
ing drawn up. The company will be
required to leave all roads and streets
in as good condition as they found
them and to assume the usual liabili-
ties and responsibilities. The length
Of time for which the franchises will
be granted is not yet known.
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
He Knew Too Much.

There died in Chicago the other day
a man of whom it is said that he knew
the intimate history of every impor-
tant family in the city. Some mem
bers of some of the important families
must be mighty glad that he is dead.
Savannah News
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
Alias Summons.

In the District Court of the Tenth Ju
dicial District of the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Fer
gus.
Judith Basin Mercantile Company
corporation, Plaintiff, versus Hans
Jensen and I. Melvin Busenburgh, De
fendants.-Alias Summons.
The State of Montana Sends Greet.
ing to the above-named Defendants.
You are hereby summoned to an.
swer the complaint in this action
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26
His Inability,

Boss, would you help a poor gent
what amt able to work?"
Why, you look strong. What keeps
you from Working?"
"Me blooming pride, sir. .'-Tit-Bits
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26

one William D. Hun, In the sum of
$11O, which said account was duly as
signed to plaintiff; on an account for
goods, wares and merchandise sold
and delivered by the Basin Lumber
Company to Defendant Hans Jensen,
in the sum of $76.15, which said ac-
count was duly assigned to plaintiff;
on an account for goods, wares ana
merchandise sold and delivered to De-
fendant Hans Jensen by one Ed.
Graeber, in the sum of $29.85, which
said account was duly assigned to
plaintiff; on account for goods, wares
and merchandise sold and delivered
to defendant by one Ben Hollenbeck,
IN the sum of $3.50, which said ac-
count was duly assigned to plaintiff;
that said action is brought for the
purpose of setting aside conveyance
made by Defendant Hans Jensen to
defendant I. Melvin Busenburgh or
the sen, of Sec. 80; the MI of the
NEA, the NEA of the NWH, and Io,
l, of Section 81, Township Ia North.
OF Range 13 East.
Witness my hand and the seal or
said Court. this 22nd day of Decem-
Der, 1911.
Court SeaD JOHN B. RITCH. Clerk
By SAMUEL l.. PRATT, Deputy Clerk
Belden & DeKalb, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
First publication Dec. 26-4t
Fergus County Democrat., 1911-12-26

Office of the Judith Belle Gold Min
ing Company, Lewistown, Fergus
County, Montana, December 22nd.
1911.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the directors held on the
21st day of December, 1911, an assess
ment Of .0O135 per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable on or before the oath
day of January, 1912, to E. w. Met
tier, secretary of said company, 413k
Main Street Gang Bldg.), Lewistown,
Fergus County, Montana. Any stock
on which the assessment shall remain
unpaid on the Gath day of January,
1912, will be delinquent and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and.
unless payment is made before will
be sold on the Goth day of February,
1912, to pay the delinquent assess
ment, together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
e. w. NEITHER,
Secretary, 413h Main Street, Lewis
town, Montana
First publication Dec. 26-4t
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
HONESDALE NOTES.

C. A. McCarty, Esq, is in Phila-
delphia where he will appear before
the Supreme Court in several i'm
portant cases.
John Spettigue and daughter
spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. julius Spaeth, Carbondale.
THE Banner of The Sea-" COM
posed by Homer Greene, Esq, was
sung at the banquet rendered Hon.
John e. Barrett, Scranton's post
master, at the Hotel Casey, Scran-
ton, Saturday night.
The Rev. Will H. Hitler is con-
Quoting special gospel meetings at
the Eddy School House Tuesday and
Thursday evenings this week
Wayne county criminal court, not
withstanding that Carl Howe found
tation of being a good place to stay
away from. AS it is not an indus
trial country, though quite indus
mostly, they are not in favor of a
in Jail to be supported at public ex-
pense, and the population of the
Jail at present is two men. Gener-
ally sentence there is worse than
in the penitentiary for solitary con-
finement, because one prisoner is all
they usually have, and he is like
Robinson Crusoe. On the other
hand, the rule is to put man
where he belongs who doesn't know
how to behave himself, and juries
are not apt to waste much time on
it. The manner in which the Howe
case was conducted entitled the Hon.
a. T. Searle, the trial judge, to a
well-merited compliment Though
hthe jury was not locked together
and mingled with the general pub
lie there wasn't the first hint of
tampering.-[ and PERTH
nent in the Scranton Times.]
On February II, William Altemire
was appointed overseer of the poor in
! Salem township to fill vacancy caus.
ed by the removal of Peter r. Os-
| borne.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, of Philadel.
phia, who have been the guests al
the home of Hon. e. B. Harden.
bergh, left today for New York ac.
companied by Miss G. Louise Har.
denbergh, who will make a few days
stay in the metropolis.
Uptown people, down town people
and hillsiders want to watch Johr
Stegner & Sons ad. in THE CITI
ZEN.
DR.. George C. Butler, who has beer
with his father and mother at Palm
Beach, Florida, returned on Sunday
and reports his father much improv
ed in health.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
"A PLACE WHERE JUSTICE IS
JUDICIALLY ADMINISTERED
Wayne County House, Howe Learned The
Trial Just Verdict Which He There Received

O'Brien argued with his usual vigor
and apparently satisfied the specta-
tors that his speech" fulfilled eX-
pectations. He confined his argu-
ment strictly to the evidence and
then hammered with all his might
on the oath taken by the jurors. He
dismissed Mr.. Holgate's examination
of Madeline Patterson with a refer
ence that it was downright inhu-
manity, cuelty and was brutal" He
insisted that Howes alibi had failed,
and turning to the defendant he
called for certain letters. Where
are they? Give them to me and the
jury"
Il haven't got them, joe" Howe
answered. At another stage Bert
Howe stood up and objected. Mr..
o. Brien went right on at the direc-
tion of the court. He talked for two
hours.
Judge SearIe's Mastery Charge.
Judge Searle's charge was made
in forty-five minutes. He went over
all of the evidence, giving full at
tention to the testimony of the wit
| nesses for each side. MIR. Holgate
had submitted some twenty law
| points for reading, and most of these
were affirmed, though the fifth point
dealing with reputation acquired
prior to Sept. 9, 1905, was refused,
Judge Searle read from the last de-
cision of the Supreme court in re-
I fUsing this point.
| When he had concluded his
! charge, Howe was asked how he had
| received it. 1T was all right"
| Howe answered. Il cannot complain
of this judge, and no matter what
this jury does, | hope that some day
/ can thank Judge Searle for the
way he has treated me-"
After it was all over the jurymen
were discussing the case around the
town and two or three of them were
on the 4:40 passenger train out of
Honesdale.
Howe was three times tried before
Judge E. G. Newcomb and convicted
Las many times. After each convic-
I IN and sentence he appealed to the
| Supreme court and each time was
granted a new trial. On the eve OF
his fourth trial he petitioned for a
change of venue, alleging that he
could not obtain fair trial in Lack
state of affairs to the notoriety the
case received in the newspapers, and
also alleged that combination OF
influential persons precluded his get
ting a fair trial.
In disposing of the petition the
court granted the prayer on the
strength of the allegation that the
case has received undue notoriety
but dismissed the second allegation
that a combination of infir entia
persons" existed against him there
The opinion granting the petition
was written by Judge Newcomb
"What Will BE Next?"
Having disposed so promptly ant
expeditiously of the Lord and Howe
cases, the question on everyone''
lips in Honesdale is What will bC
neXt?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
many women in some places, as men
Lasset uns Rauchen!

many women in some places, as men.
Lasset uns Rauchen!
How much does a good cigar cost
in Germany" "The cigars smoked
in general by the common people
cost here a cent-and-a-half in our
money. That's the general cigar
they smoke. Two-and-a-half cents
is a pretty fair cigar (ten pfennig) g.
If you want to buy cigar for 20
'pfennig, it's q better cigar, but not
so good as our nickel cigar. 1
couldn't say I'd like them myself.
Polite Boys And Girls.
THE boys make bow, and the
girls 'curtsey,' every time when they
meet a stranger on the street. They
are very polite. They don't pass any
one without passing the time of day.
When they meet you on the street,
they take off their hats. They're
very polite. They all learn the
Roman letters in school.
How far does a 81 go in Ger
many?" "Well, a German dollar
goes farther than an American dol
lar, pretty nearly double"
The Best Kind OF A Passport.
Il feel a good deal better. l feel
younger. All the passport" l had
was my honorable discharge from
the army. They asked me about my
citizenship on my return home, just
outside of New York and l said
"Well, ! guess l am a citizen"
Are you?" the inspector asked.
81 think 1 ought to be-" | answer
ed
DO you have your citizen pa
pers?"
mo, they are in my grip"
DO you swear?"
Il pulled out my discharge" con-
tinued Mr.. Cook, "and handed it to
him"
That's all right" he exclaimed
go ahead"
And that settled it," concluded
Mr.. Cook.
"The Winter has been just about
the same in Germany as here" re-
marked Mr.. Cook. I'VE only had
three days sleighing."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
HYMENEAL.
BeagIe-Skinner Nuptials.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Skinner, Milanville, Pa, was the
scene of a quiet wedding Saturday,
February IL, 1911, when their
daughter, Sara Edna, became the
wife of Robert Roy Beagle. At 7
p. m. the piano sounded forth the
wedding march under the skillful
touch of Miss Louise Skinner, sis
ter of the bride, and the young
couple entered the parlor decorated
for the occasion, where the cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Jos.
M. Coleman. The bride was attired
in a white messaline dress trimmed
with hand embroidered lace, and
the bridal bouquet was roses and
lilies of the valley. After the cere-
mony, all enjoyed a bountiful we'd
ding supper. For the past seven
years Mr.. Beegle has been Superin-
tendent of the Fullfoam Creamery
Company, located at SINNERS Falls,
just across the Delaware River from
Milanville, and made his home with
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Skinner. On
account of his business ability, con-
genial spirit, and knowledge of the
milk business, he was offered a
position by the Erie Railroad Com
pany which made him general milk
freight agent on all the Erie lines.
This position he accepted last sum-
mer. Miss Skinner is an accom-
plished young lady, we'll known as
one of Wayne county's successful
school teachers. They left Sunday
afternoon for an extended wedding
tour. Just where they will make
their home is not known at present,
as Mr.. Beegle's duties call him from
Buffalo to New York, but wherever
it may be, we bespeak for them a
happy home.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22

w. f. Kloss returned to his home
in Scranton, Monday, after spending
several weeks in town as agent for
the Scranton Truth.
Uptown people, down town people,
and hillsiders want to watch John
Stegner & Sons ad. in THE CITI-
ZEN.
Mrs. Lucy Fitch Brown, widow of
the late Richard H. Brown, has re-
Celveu from the Philadelphia Life
Insurance Company the sum of $5,-
O49.2S, being the amount of policy
held by Mr.. Brown in that Company,
together with accumulated divid-
ends. The payment was made on
Monday of this week by Homer
Greene, one of the directors of the
company. OF the large number Of
policy holders of that company in
this vicinity Mr.. Brown was the first
one to die.
Group Three, of the Pennsylvania
Bankers Association, met Thursday
afternoon in Irem Temple, Wilkes
Barre, elected officers for the COM
ing year and listened to addresses
by prominent financiers. E. E. Lin
demuth, of Philadelphia, spoke on
the Aldrich bank law, and Montgom-
cry Evans, Norristown, addressed
the meeting on the Pennsylvania
Four-Mill Tax on bank deposits
There was no expression from the
group as to the advisability of leg
islative action on the subject
Officers elected were as follows:
prpcidnDt II g Salmon
Wayne County Savings Bank, Homes
dale; secretary and treasurer, d. G.
Rombach, of Graham & Co., Scran-
ton; executive committee, F. w.
Wollerton, of Union National Bank,
Scranton; ]. F. Wheeler, of the
Pioneer Bank, of Carbondale; S. c.
Jayne, Berwick; f. l.. Sittser, of
Tunkhannock; B. l.. Kerchner, Ha-
zleton; c. H. Moyor Allentown, and
! Samuel McCracken, Wilkes-Barre.
The b1.,nesss session was followed
| by dinner and theatre party at the
| Nesbitt.
Charles Knapp is spending several
days with his parents at Narrows-
burg, N. Y.
Frances Murtha, who is employed
by the D., l.. e w. Railroad, at
| Scranton, was caller here the first
of the week.
Miss Clara O'Connell, Susquehan-
ma, is the guest of the Misses Rear
don, of East Extension street.
John J. De Muth, Scranton, trans
acted business in town Monday.
j. w. Franklin, Carbondale,
transacted business in town, Mon
day.
William Bentz and Joseph Risse
left Monday for Seattle, Washington.
The total cost of the jury in the
Howe case was $513.44.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22

The perfect purpose of perfect
plan,-
The work of God wrought in the
work of man,
A fearless leader of his fellOwmen,
To wield the sword, or yet, the
mightier pen.
A stalwart scion of "a Saxon sire,
Within his soul "a patriotic fire,
He lead an army to suppress our
foes,
When 10! the glorious star of Free
dom rose!
The manly manhood of manly
mind,
With all the virtues beautifully
combined,
He trusted God-His wondrous work
and ways,
And won the homage of a nations
praise.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
Come On With Your Egg Record!
Who Can Beat This?

In Newfoundland items in last
Fridays issue of THE CITIZEN,
Mrs. Louisa Hazelton claims to have
the egg record broken, 3S hens hav-
ing laid 597 eggs during the month
of January. R. w. Mills, Pleasant
Mount, goes one better. He had
forty-one hens that laid 707 eggs
during the month of January.