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The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-04-19
"A WEAK MAN"

Says Josh Billings, wants Just
about az mutch watching az a
bad one and has dun just about
az mutch damage in the world.
He is everybody's friend and
therefore he IL no ones, and
what he is going to do next IL az
unknown tew him az tew others.
HE hain't got emmy more
backbone than an angleworm
haz and wiggles in and wiggles
out ov everything.
He will talk today like a wize
man, and tomorrow like a phool
on the same subject.
HE alwuss sez yes when he
shud say mo- and staggers thru
life like a drunken man.
Heaven save us from the
weak man, whoze decepshuns
have no fraud in them, and whoz
friendships are the wust designs
he kan hav on us.
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Special Rates to Livingston,

The Northern Pacific Railway
will make a reduced rate to Living.
ston Montana for the Republican
State Convention, to be held at
that point May 10Th 1912.
Fare will be on certificate plan.
fare and one third for round trip,
Certificates will be given to all
purchasers of one way tickets
which will be presented to Joint
Agent at Livingston for return
ticket and one third fere will be
collected, provided the attendance
is one hundred or more.
Dates of sale May 18th to 10Th
inclusive. Certificates will be
honored for return trip May 10Th,
and 18th 1912. Call on local
agent for additional information.
b. d. MONSTERS
Local Agent
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Sewers Connections with F. N. Bank

P. A. Fischer, who has most
efficiently served as cashier of
the First National Bank of this
city, for over five years-or al
most ever since it was first estab-
lished, has this week severed mis-
connections with that institution,
and although having several ex-
cellant propositions in view else
where Mr.. Fischer expects to re-
main in Wibaux for the summer,
at least, during which time he
will dispose of his city property,
preparatory to leaving in the fall.
It's needless to state that P. A.
has proved a valuable asset to
the bank which he has served,
and during his residence in Wi
baux has made many friends who
will not only regret his absence
from the bank, but the absence
of him and Mrs. Fischer on leav-
ing the city. Mr.. Armstrong of
Ismay is the new cashier, and
comes highly recommended as
efficient to fill the responsible
position. Mr.. and Mrs. Arm
strong arrived from Ismay the
first of the week when Mr.. Arm
strong took up his duties in the
bank.
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Notes

T. W. Davis has made a deal
with Mr.. McCabe of Yates for
his stock of merchandise and la
ter sold it to S. B. Chappell, and
and is hauling it to Wibaux.
Our Brenizer Postmaster must
have improved as a judge of
gumbo in the last few years. He
didn't seem to know much about
it when he no mesteaded.
At the last school meeting
there was but little electioneering
done. The writer did not ask
anybody to nominate him for re-
elect as trustee and when nomin-
ated declined at once to accept,
simply because he had spent some
time and money to promote the
proposition, and didn't get any
thanks for it-but, got plenty of
knocks. There has been a few
in the district who made a speci-
atty of attending all the meetings
that didn't donate any thing only
their time to knocking, and SEEM
ed to be jelous because they did
not get the school site located on
their own land. They have caus-
Ell so much comment on this par
ticular district that family jars
are frequent thing at the meet
ings, and l suggested that we
take some of that good old Wi
baux money that l helped beg
and send for a pair of boxing
gloves. It was reported that one
OF the present trustees was in the
dark in regard to school matters.
| think that there will be plenty
of lie hit when the time comes for
moving the present school site.
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Up to Date Grocery
Store May 1st

AS was mentioned in the last
issue of Pioneer, Wibaux is soon
to have another valuable addition
in the line of a grocery store.
Although the new enterprise was
promoted by S. B. Chappell we
understand he consumated a deal
the first of the week whereby
the stock and fixtures, part of
which had already been installed,
were turned over to Mr.. P. j.
Bunker, of Miles City.
The new store is being located
in the elegant new, vacant store
room in the First State building,
and will be opened for business
about May 1st.
Mr.. Bunker comes we'll recon-
mended as a grocer, having had
many years Of experience in that
line-hence it's sufficient to say
his store will be a credit to the
city. Here's success to the new
concern.
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Card of Thanks,

We wish to express our thanks
ia the many friends and relatives
who so kindly aided US in our
trouble.
Cora LONG
Mr.. AND MRS. FRED LONG
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Writes Letter Of
Florida Trip
(Continled from last week..

|
never harvested the crops at all
prices were SO low. Here | was
told that fertilizer was worth from
VIZ to $55 per ton ;that is the ferti.
lizer used on the celery farms, and
it took from three to five tons per
acre. Labor cost from $1.OO to
$500 per day. The town is a
] beautiful place locat ed right on
a Lake Shore. Leave here for
Arcadia 2:3O P. M. March 18th,
1912. Country all pine, and sand.
Saw several thriving little towns
between Sandford and Arcadia,
and some beautiful orange and
grape fruit trees. They all had
fruit and were in full blossom. The
country around the town of Sand
ford doesn't raise anything but
celery>to speak of. After getting
out of Sandford eight or ten miles,
saw nothing more of celery; all
orange and grape fruit. Arrived
in Arcadia 8:25 P. M. March 18th.
Went to Arcadia Hotel, an old
fashioned southern place. My
room was very large one with
double windows. large iron bed
fixed with patent mosquito net fas-
teners SO that all you had to do
was to touch the spring. and you
were enclosed from pests of all
kinds. Don't know why they
should have such things, as they
say there is nothing of this kind in
the state. Had not been to the
hotel long until Holcomb's man
called for us. and we had q visit
with him. Mr.. Davis explained to
him we were there to buy large
tracts Of land, SO he was around
very early the next morning, with
his Ford auto, to show us the land
and the country, so we willingly
accepted his invitation, and went
with him on the trip; saw some
beautiful orange and grape frait
farms, and some very nice prairie
land, but all sandy. Nothing
seemed to grow on this prairie
land, except sand, grass and what
they call. saw palmetto, and here
and there low place of one or
two acres covered with water, but
on this prairie, we saw an orange
grove OF sixty acres of two and
threee year old trees that were very
fine. They had also on this tract
planted cucumbers between the
trees, which they claimed they
would get from $4OO to 500 per
acre for. Arcadia is city of about
$500 population. The principal |
industry here is orange, and grape
fruit. Farms having trees from
four to six years old, can be
bought from $500 to 81, ZOO per
acre; older trees are sold at 81, 900
to So, 800 per acre. All the best
groves are irrigated fro m artesian
wells by perforated pipes under.
meath the soil, some of them are
irrigated from pipes above ground
six or eight feet. but these do not
prove TO be successful way for
irrigation. All those farms have
to be fertilized at cost Of from
$25 to $75 per acre, depending on
the age and size and size of the
trees; the older the better. We
saw one orchard which is said to
be fifty years old, and this is said
to be the best paying orchard in
the country. They will get from
80 to 40 boxes of oranges from
ee.ch tree of this age. They are
worth from SOC to $l.5 per box.
and they have from forty to fifty
trees per acre. There is only
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through the country, varying in
size from one to twenty-fves miles
square, The cattle industry is
very large in this part. There are
some very large herds. There is
one company here running aboue
75,O 900 head, the brand is, so | am
told, Circle Dot. The cattle run
at large on the open range without
any interference. The land is all
owned by spectators except what
the small fruit grower owns, and
the law compels them to fence
against stock, and this makes free
grass eaten off by the cattle or not.
Cattle can be bought from $40 to
$12 par head, take them as they
run on the range. Cattle when
put on the market will weigh from
800 to 400 pounds, and will bring
from &c to Bic per pound. The
calf crop will average about 50 per
cent; saddle horses are worth from
$l0O to 5000 per head. Taxes are
twenty mills on the dollar, and
range cattle are assessed at S.. 90
per head. Raw land is assessed at
81 co per acre. The town has two
banks, and they have about $780,
900 on deposit. One bank is ca.
pitalized for $50, 600; the other for
100000. Interest on short loans
is 10 per cent. Raw land is worth
from S6 to $50 per ocre. Attend
ed n lot sale today, corner lots sold
for $3.50 inside lots from $50 to
500; size of lots 4Ox12O. They
are building new four story build
ing 50xl2C, which they claim will
only cost about $4,000 and is
modern in every respect.
Grape fruit trees at the age Of 7
to lO years will produce four tc
five boxes of fruit, from ten to
fifteen years, they will bear from
fifteen to eighteen boxes, and they
are worth on the trees from ST.. Is
to 1926 per box. The town has
seven hotels, all of which are run
on the American plan, prices
ranging from $l.0O to $3.50 per
day. Common labor is worth
from 81. 50 to 81. SO per day; board
and room yourself. Pork on the
market is worth from SC to Ice;
beef, lOc to l5c; flour, $3.5 per
100 bounds; eggs, from 2Oc to 3Oc
per dozen, Strawberries, 25c to 35c
box; cabbage, Zoe to 15c head;
green onions, SC per bunch; ice
Soc pr 100 pounds; hay $35. 90 per
ton; hogs on foot g.: and 7c per
pound. Lumber $l4 to $22 per
LOCO feet. Find cool breeze blow
ing all the time; nights very cool
sun shiny days, and never no frost
to hurt anything. No flies or pest
OF any kind here now, you need
your coat in the morning until
about s o'clock; then you want the
shade until the sun goes down.
Phosphate mines are very large in
dustry here. In parts of the
county, there are some very large
mines. Near fifteen or twenty
miles north of Arcadia, there are
some phosphate mines which net
the land owners from 1000 to
to 1000 per acre. Rainfall in
Florida is 81 inches highest point
above sea level is 25O feet.
March 21st. Leaving Arcadia,
S:35 A. M. for Tampa. Arrived
in Tampa 1916 P. M. Beautiful
city of aboyt 10000 people. Stop
ped at the Tampa hotel. Took
ride on tha ctraaf corc 70 Dor1
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Minutes Of ExeCu-
tive Com. Meeting

A meeting was held at the
Court House, April II, 1912 with
proceedings as follows:
The meeting of the executive
committee was called by Geo.
McCone, chairman, and Mr.. Nc
Cone having stated the object of
the meeting to be for the arrang-
ment for selection Of delegates
to the Republican State Con-
vention, to be held at Livingston,
May 16, 1912. Suggestions were
called for and after due consider
ton, a motion was made and car
ried, that inasmuch as Dawson
county was entitled to Is dele
gates to said convention, that
the county be districted as fol-
lows:
Del. Alt.
Wibaux, Yates, Hodges, 2 2,
Fairview. Java, Hard
scrabble, 2 2
Sidney, Ridgelawn, New
lon, 2 2
Savage, Burns, Crane,
Enid, l l
Bloomfield, Wold, Retah, l L
Lindsay, Bad Route, Nc
Cune, Stocker, Hall, l l
Circle, Redwater, l l
Jordan, Mosby, Ross, l l
Paxton, Missouri, Pear
mond, Colgan, / l
Glendive, 3 3
The representation being fixed
at one delegate to every sixty
votes or major fraction thereof
cast for Congressman Pray last
election, excepting in the city and
vicinity of Glendive, which was
reduced to 3 delegates.
1t was further moved and sec
onded that the delegates form
each district be elected by mass
meetings of Republicans in res
pective districts to be held on
May 4, 1912, between the hours
of 2 p. m. and 10 p. M, at places
designated as follows:
Wibaux, FairvieW, Sidney, Say
age, Bloomfield, Lindsay, Circle,
Jordan, Paxton and Glendive.
It was further moved and Sec
onded tha in case of failure of a
district to elect delegates, or in
ease of any vacancy by resigna-
ton or otherwise, the executive
committee shall be authorized to
fill the same and to prepare and
sign proper credentials to the
State convention aforesaid.
An informal discussion of the
political situation in Dawson
County was had. and the general
sentiment was that the members
of the Republican party should
do everything in their power to
promote harmony in the party.
George McCone, Chairman.
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Cat and Doq Chums.

When my dog was puppy | got q
little kitten to keep him company. says
a writer in Fur News They got to
be good friends, but as they got older
the cat seemed to think she could take
care of herself.
When the cat climbed a tree 1t
seemed to puzzle the dog. and he
would stand below the tree and look
up at the cat and then at me. as II
trying to understand how the cat
could get up into the tree while he
had to stay on the ground.
When evening came the dog would
hunt up the cat and carry her to the
kennel where they slept at night. The
dog kept one Of his forelegs over the
cat and there she had to stay until
morning. At last the cat was killed,
but | have the dog yet
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rhages which would last for weeks and I
was not able to sit up in bed. suffered
a great deal with my back and was so
nervous I could scarcely sleep at night,
and did not do any housework for threo
years.
"Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age In the county,
thanks to the benefit I have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. l recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement We know of no other
medicine which has such a record Of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more than 30
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman's ills.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkhnnl's Vcgetn-
bic Compound will help you, writo
to Lydia aE.E'inkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfilentiaD lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held In strict confidence.
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CHEESE DENOTES THEIR RANK
Swiss Family Found Without Aged
Variety Of DelIcaey 10
9corned.

Lucerne.-The English, the Ger.
mans. and the Norwegians are great
consumers OF cheese, but the people
of Switzerland surpass them all. The
cheese Of Zermatt is SO hard that one
is obliged to scrape 1t or cut of chunks
with a Ratchet, and its use is con-
sidered most important on all cere-
monious occasions. The rank OF a
Swiss family is known by the age OF
its cheese, and the more affection or
respect a guest inspires the harder is
the cheese which Is cut in his honor.
1t Is said that there are families in
Switzerland whose cheeses date from
the first French revolution. and these
are served only at baptisms, weddings
and after funerals.
The larder in every ramily is guard
ed with care and the cheese is named.
Upon the birth of a new heir cheese
is made that takes the name given
him or her, and that particular cheese
is never under any circumstances cut
until the boy or girl grows up and Is
married. On such occasions each OF
the guests takes a piece of cheese
from the bridegroom and from the
bride and drinks to their felicity, the
cheese held aloft.-Harper's Weekly.
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In 4 Bad WAY.

Stranger Tin train)-A man In your
business can't get home very often. !
presume?
ommerciaEHome? ! should say
not. Why. sir. get home so seldom
that I can't remember half the time
where live. Have to telegraph to
the firm to send me my address!
Stranger-You don't say SO!
Commercial-That's true. Why. one
time was away SO long that forgot
I'd ever been married and I took
such fancy to a pretty woman met
In a strange town that | eloped with
her.
Stranger-My! My!
Commentaries. 1t would have
been n terrible thing: but when l call
ed on the firm during my honeymoon
and introduced her the old man told
me she was my wife before.-London
Tit-Bits.
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had for him had never lessened since
the day when he told her he loved
her. long before his marriage. and
they were both too poor.
1--WE have always been too poor. and
Edith Is Jealous of me every day and
hour OF her life. Can't you be gener.
ous?"
He rose and stood over her. looking
down at her beautiful form and her
somewhat softened face. but his eyes
were hard and his face very pale.
you had better 60. Gordon" she
said slowly: you had better go. :"
Then. as he obeyed her and went
like a flash as far as the door. she fol.
lowed him and whispered softly: III
you're really only Jealous. can for
give YOU"
He managed to get out: His faith.
er was my friend: he sent the boy to
me and I've been a bad guardian" He
made a gesture Of despair. Put your.
self in my place. Lot Dan Blair go.
Lily; let him CO."
Her eyelids hickered a little. and
she said sharply: You're out Of your
senses. Gordon-and what II love
him?"
With a low exclamation he caught
her hand at the wrist SO hard that
she cried out. and he said between his
teeth: you don't love him! Take
those words back!"
"Of course l do. Let me free!"
mo" he said passionately. holding
her fast. Not until you take that
back"
His face. his tone. his force domi-
mated her: the remembrance OF their
past. . possible future. made her wav.
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daring in Its simplicity. She might
have been Emma, Lady Hamilton, be-
cause perfectly beautiful. perfectly tai
ented. she could risk severe simple
ity. having in herself the fire and the
art and the seduction. Her hair was
a golden crown and her eyes like stars.
run along her cheeks like wine spilled
over ivory.
She looked around the room. failed
to see Blair. but saw the Duchess OF
Breakwater in her velvet and her Jew.
els. Lefty Lane began to sing. Dan
and she had chosen Mandalay and she
began with it. Her dress only was
simple. All the complexity Of her tai
ent, whatever she knew Of seduction
and charm. she put in the rendering of
her song. Even the conventional au-
dience. most of which knew her we'll.
were enchanted over again. and they
went wild about her. She had never
been so charming. The men clapped
her until she began in self-defense an
other favorite Of the moment. and end
ed in perfect huzzah OF applause.
She refused to sing again until. in
the distance. she saw Dan standing by
the column near his seat. Then indi-
eating to the pianist what she wanted.
she sang The Earl of Moray. such a
rendering of the old ballad as had not
been heard in London, and coming. as
1t did. from the lips of popular sim
ger whose character and whose verve
were not supposed to be sympathetic
to n piece OF music of this kind. the
effect was startling. Lefty Lanes face
grew pale with the touching old trag-
edy. the scarlet faded from her
cheeks. her eyes grew dark and moist.
she might indeed herself have been
the lady looking from the castle wall
while they carried the body of her
dead lover under those beautiful eyes.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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pefile Leading From River Ammon.
had. This evidently was little para
disc in the time OF Solomon and Is
frequently mentioned in the Old
Testament.
about ten miles from Engedi lies
the. peerless natural fortress Of Ma
cada (Sebbeh). first fortified by the
Maccabees. then used rs a place Of
refuge by Herod. At the foot OF the
tableland can be seen the Roman wall
Of decentralization and the two Ro-
man camps on either side Of tho small
ravine.
1.-THE fortress. which Is 100 miles
above the sea. has steep sides at about
an ancla OF 75 degrees and cannot be
approached, except from connecting
neck called the Serpentine. A more
inhospitable place or one more disad.
vantageous to besiegers could not be
imagined.
Eight miles away is Jebel Usdum.
mountain Of rock salt rising to a
height Of 500 feet. In this mountain
is large cave which was explored
to the extent OF about 200 yards. at
which point a tapering cylindrical
shaft Of about 20 feet in diameter was
discovered. piercing the solid rock salt
so feet high. as though through pol
ished marble, evidently the effects Of
the rain.
Great snow white stalactites hung
from the ceiling. The approach to this
mountain presents most fantastic ap-
% k,,,tt
apets. projecting towers. ETC.. caused
by the stratification and lay Of the
salt boulders..
"A little south of Masada lies the
rich Ghor-el-Mizra. Here and else
where abound the apple Of Sodom de-
scribed by Josephus."
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(Copyright, iSi0. By Ths Bobbs. Msrriu Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. tho 2e-yenr-old son OF tho
nfty-million-dollar copper king Of Blair
town. Mont; is guest at the English
been courteous to Lord Galorey during
his visit to the United States md tho
courtesy Is now being returned to tho
young man. The youth has an ideal girl
in his mind. He meets Lily. Duchess Of
Brenkwnter. a beautiful widow. who Is
attracted by his immense fortune and
tnkcs n liking to her. When Dan was n
boy. n girl snng n solo nt n church. and
he Ind never forgotten her. Tho Ga
loreys. Lily and Dan attend a London
thchter where one Lefty Lane Is the star.
Dan recognizes her MS the girl from his
town. and going behind the scenes intro
duces himself and she rcmembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky is
suitoi and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
lorey and a friend named Ruggles deter
mine to protect the wcstcrncr from Lily
nnd other fortune hunters. Young Blair
ty zee ana ths s"H he OF
The westerner finds Lefty III from hard
work: but she recovers and Ruggies and
atrical people. Dan visits Lily. for the
time forgetting Lefty. and later an
nounccs his engagement to the duchess
Lefty refuses to sing for an entertain
ment given by Lily. Galorey tells Dan
that all Lily cares for Is his money. and
II In disclosed that he and the duchess
have been mutually in love for years
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Think OF IT," she said. Lefty Lane
Of the Gaiety Is going to sing. I'd sit
through a great deal for that. Let
that man with the fiddle do his worst"
Blair laughed appreciatively. He
thought Lady Caiwarn would be
good friend for Miss Lane. better than
the duchess herself II wish Lily
could hear you talk about her violin
ist." he said. delighted; "she thinks
he's the whole show" And tentative
ly. his ingenious eyes fixed on his
friend, he asked: II wonder how you
would like to meet Miss Lane. She's
perfectly ripping. and she's from my
state"
Meet her!" Lady Caiwarn ex-
claimed. but before she could finish.
through tho room ran the little anti
cipatory rustic that comes before the
great. and which. when they have
gone. breaks into applause. Tho great
actress had appeared to give her num-
ber. Dan and Lady Caiwarn. behind
the palms in n little corner OF their
own. watched her.
A clever understanding Of the world
into which she was to come this day.
had made the girl dress like charm.
She stood quietly by the piano. her
hands folded. Among the high ladies
OF the English world In their splendid
frocks. their jewels and feathers. she
was simple figure. her dress snow
white. high to her throat unadorned
by any gay color. according to the
fashion OF the time. II was such q
dress as Romney might have Dainted
and under her arms and from across
her breast there fell soft coral-col-
ored silken scarf. The costume was