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of said precinct numbered 16, or by
some other person unknown to the
plaintiff herein; that as plaintiff is in
formed and believes, and therefore al
leges the fact to be, that said election
officers in said precinct numbered Is
failed and refused to return the ballots
used at said election at said election at
said precinct for the reason that they
desired to see the election of the de-
fendant. and they therefore refused to
return said ballots to the county clerk
and recorder of Musselshell county,
Montana, SO that it could not be de-
termined the number of votes cast for
the respective parties for said office.
THAT by reason of mistake or inad-
yertance the official ballot prepared by
the county clerk and recorder OF Mus
selshell county, Montana, to be used at
in accordance with law. but was pre-
pared contrary to the provisions of
law in that there was no blank space
left under the regularly nominated can
didate, nor was there any square at the
left of said blank space provided for
by law on said ballots, and therefore
as plaintiff is informed and believes
that large number of people would
have written plaintiffs name upon said
ballot and placed an TX" in the square
before said name had there been a
place upon said ballot for said purpose
and that by reason of the failure ol
said county clerk and recorder to pre-
pare said ballot in the form prescribed
by law, plaintiff herein did not receive
as many votes as he would have re
ceived if said ballot had been in &C
cordance with law, and that said cleo
ton, and the whole thereof, by reason
of said defect, was null and void"
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GAGE HAPPENINGS
BY Special Correspondent.
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Miss Margaret Jones was q Round
up visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry Adams was pleasant
caller in Gage Monday.
VIM. Neuman was a visitor in the
county seat the fore part of the week.
NJ. A. Adams was a passenger on
the local for Roundup Thursday morn.
ing.
Alex Thompson was renewing &C.
quaintances in the county seat Tues.
day.
Miss Elsie Lackey has been In
Roundup the past week taking the
teachers examination.
Mrs. Florence Meacham came UP
Saturday from Miles City for few
days visit at her home returning Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Parry were
Roundup visitors the first of the
week.
VIM. Nueman has been in the Else
neighborhood the past few days TAX
ing pictures for several people In that
vicinity.
Quite large number of the youne
people of Gage took in the show anc
dance given at Musselshell last Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Thompson en-
tertained the Cactus.D Dodgers ant
their families at their pleasant home
on Thanksgiving day. Thtrty-nin'
people ate Mrs. Thompson's bountifu
dinner. Unique centerpieces made o
mammoth followed sugar beets hlles
with choice fruits. gave the table
very attractive appearance. Music oi
the phonograph made the dinne
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Mr.. Bogus. Mrs. H. C. Brown and
Miss Hazel G. Brown were among this
weeks callers at Grand View ranch.
R. B. Gaylord and VIM. Tagatz made
a business trip to Gage.
VIM. H. Brown made two day trip
to Roundup for lumber.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Carera were in
Roundup Monday.
Harry c. Brown made a business
trip to Melstone Monday.
Mrs. Harry c. Brown spent Satur.
day in Roundup with her sister Mrs,
Faustman.
Mr.. Gaylord has made several trips
to the county seat for planks. to be
used in the county bridge that IL be
ing built across the creek west Of Mr.
Earlies.
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THREE CONTESTS
Continued from page H.

eIAets illegal votes were cast for the
defendant for said office in that the
persons SO casting said votes had not
been residents of the state of Montana
for one year preceding the date OF said
election, and that If said illegal votes
so counted for defendant are taken
from him it will reduce the number OF
legal votes cast for him below the num-
ber of legal votes cast at said
election for plaintiff for said office.
That by reason of the mal.conduct
OF the boards of judges in said election
precincts numbered from l to "a in.
elusive. in not counting all of the votes
cast for plaintiff, and in counting votes
for defendant which were not cast for
him. and because of said illegal votes,
the canvass and return of said votes
was not correct statement of the
legal votes cast for plaintiff and de-
fendant for said office at said election.
and that the majority of the votes at
said election for said office were cast
in favor of and for the plaintiff as
hereinbefore set forth.
THAT plaintiff is not now and has
not been able to make a personal in.
spection of the ballots used at said
election for the purpose of determin-
ing the number of votes cast for the re-
spective parties: that as plaintiff is in
formed and believes, and therefore al
leges, the ballots used for election pur.
poses and for the purpose of voting
for plaintiff and defendant herein at
precinct numbered Is have been de-
stroyed by the election officers In
charge of said election at said pre-
cinct, and that as plaintiff is informed
and believes that said ballots were de
stroyed by said judges and not return
ed to the county clerk and recorder
of Musselshell county. as required by
law for the reason that said judges o1
said election at said precinct were In
terested in the election of the defend
ant ucFelu IOI Slc OuIS0 uos s01uVoaOes
mentioned, and that said ballots sc
used were destroyed 80 that the same
could not be examined and 80 that Il
could not be determined therefrom
the number Of votes cast at said cleo
ton precinct for plaintiff and defend
ant herein.
'aThat % plaintiff IL informed and be
lieves. and therefore alleges, that tn.
ballots used at said election In pre-
cinct numbered 16 Of said county hav,
not been returned to the county clerl
and recorder Of Nuseelshell county
Montana, but that the same are nov
beine retained By said election judge
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E. B. Carter spent Wednesday in
Roundup.
Mary and Frank Flynn spent Tues
day shopping in Roundup.
c. f. Durham spent Sunday in
Roundup.
c. l.. Smith and Geo. Spendiff were
in Roundup looking up some road
work last Saturday.
Roy Hamilton of Chapel, Neb.,
came to Delphia for visit with his
brother and relatives at the NJ. s.
Storer ranch.
w. N. Matteson was over from his
homestead on Tuesday.
Miss Mary and Dorothy Diamond and
Marie Adolph teachers in District No.
13 went up to Roundop to attend the
institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilgerson and child
came up from Musselshell last Friday
for few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams and family over at the
Kruger ranch.
! Edgar Kruger is spending few
! days at the Spendiff ranch.
Phillip Werner and Arthur Kruger
came down from Roundup Wednesday
evening after a load Of lumber for
Kruger & Tulgestke.
Fred Hopper came down from
Roundup Wednesday evening, having
had to serve as juryman at the present
term of court.
Quiet few from Delphia will at
tend the entertainment at Musselshell
the 2Sth.
Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ. Laddame came in
Thursday morning from Avery, Ida. to
spend Thanksgiving at the Flynn
home.
The O. BIS of Delphia enjoyed q
Thanksgiving dinner at the A. George
! Walker ranch. Turkey. cranb0rries.
mince pies. etc.. was served In the
latest style. The boys say they can
get along now until Xmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Williams and
family went down to Musselshell to
spend Thanksgiving with relatives.
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doubly delicious. After dinner the
president called the meeting to order.
Mrs. Clifford Fawcett gave a paper on
the Montana Indian. Vera Crothers
recited the First Thanksgiving Pro-
clamation. Lily and Ethel Meacham
also gave Thanksgiving recitations.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. j. NJ. Batschelet, Dec. 18th.
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suMMo

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF =
Thirteenth Judicial District Of x
State of Montana in and for r
County of Musselshell.
Summons (alias) s.
Mary Toolan, plaintiff VS.. Frank
an, Defendant. r.
The state of Montana to the ale
named defendant, greeting:
you ARE HEREBY SUMMON
to answer the complaint in this aoS
which is filed in the office Of the CO
of this Court, copy Of which is h
with served upon you, and to file
answer and serve copy thereof Y,
the Plaintiffs attorney within tive
days after the service Of this 5.
mons, exclusive Of the day of SER
and in case of your failure to apt
or answer, judgment will be to
against you by default for the r
demanded in the complaint. Thif
tion is brought to dissolve the b
of matrimony heretofore and
existing between you and the plail
upon the grounds Of habitual in, I
perance on your part continued 4
many years prior to November 8
1906 when on account Of such con!
plaintiff was compelled to and <
leave you; and to obtain and keep
custody Of the minor child, . girl. J.
the issue Of the said marriage. AZ
which Is specifically alleged In
complaint ON llle herein. )
Witness my hand and seal Of )
Court this 26th day Of November. :
(SEAL) W. g. JARRETT
BY e. N. 0orsline. Deputy Glen
Boarman and Boarman attorneye
plaintiff. Roundup. Montana
First pub. Nov. 3s.)
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NOTICE

Local Union No. 916. Klein, invites
tenders and estimates for removing
Wood Hall from No. l to Gibbtown
and placing same In position required
and ready for use at the earliest date
possible. All estimates must be sent
to secretary Of Local Union No. 915.
Klein. Secretary A. Jackson, Box s..
Klein.
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It's easy to feel optimistic % loc"
things are coming your way.
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+ TODAY'S NEWS IN EPITOME =
+ + I. + + 1. + + I. 1. 1. i, I. + I. + + i.
Mrs. Pansy Lesh found not guilty
Atlantic City Board walks on fire.
1000 Turks killed near Monastir.
Mining men at Spokane denouncs
forest service.
Chief Commissioner of London po-
lice shot by assassin.
Governor Dix pardons, Albert T.
Patrick serving life sentence.
What part are you taking in the
war on flies
Il do sentry duty at the breakfast
table over the milk pitcher every
morning"
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FOR SAlE-A lot of fine onions at
$3.50 per 100 lbs. Musselshell Sheep
Co., Gage, Mont. 36.
FOR SAlE-One black mare IL years
old, weight about 100; also a fine
mule colt; also one Jersey-Guernsey
bull calf. c. F. Crothers at Mussel-
shell Sheep Co. Ranch, Gage, Mon
tana. 36-37.
FOR SAlE-A few white Wyandotte
cockerels at $500 each. Willis NJ.
Fisher, Roundup. Mont. 36-37p.
WANTED.-cirl to do general house
work. Small family. Call at The
Record office.
EsTRAY TAKEN up.-One bay roam
gelding found with my horses along
in July; white on side, white legs
and face; looks to be about six years
old; very wild: looks like he is
branded B with half circle above and
below on right thigh. Owner please
prove property and pay expenses.
! Albert Anderson, Sec. ,23-10-25
| Roundup, Mont. 36-38p
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SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening of the story is
laid In the library of an old WORKOUT
southern plantation. known as the Bar
p pny. The place is 70 be sold. and . us
Quintards, Is the subject Of discussion oy
Jonathan Crenshaw. a business man,
stranger known as Bladen. and BOD
Yancy, a farmer. when Hannibal wayne
Hazard. mysterious child Of the old
southern family, makes his appearance.
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy Ma
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony. but the
Quintards deny any knowledge OF the
boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal Captain
MurreIl. a friend OF the Qutntards. ap-
pears and asks questions about the par
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han
nibal is kidnapped by Dave Blount. Cap
tain Murrells agent Yancy overtakes
BIount, gives him thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squire
BALKAN, and Is discharged with costs Tor
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. friend Of
the Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell. who forces his attentions on
her, and is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
Darlington takes tho same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear. with Murrell on
their trail Hannibal arrives at the home
OF Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog-
niZes in the boy, the grandson Of an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy. who is apparently dead. Price
breaks jail Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. HannibaPs rifle discloses
nibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
riVes in Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking up
land titles. Charley Norton, young
planter, who assists the judge, Is mys-
teriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him Norton is mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrels plot; He plans upris-
Ing of negroes. Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal. visits Betty, and she keeps the boy
as companion. In stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks.
daughter of the overseer, who warns
Betty Of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty. terri
fed. acts on Bess advice, and on their
way their carriage ii stopped by Slosson.
the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin in an
almost inaccessible spot, and there Muir
rell visits Betty and reveals his part IL.
the plot and his object
the plot and his object.
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Simon Girty, the ''Indian White Man"

/ tie garrison held out nntil LAME
Boone could come up with reinforce
ments and drive Girty away. Boone
followed the retreating savages. The
| two forces met at Blue Licks. There
a fierce battle, disastrous to the
Americans, was. fought (the last OF
many great Indian battles in Ken
tucky).
Girty, not content with leading say.
ages against men of his own race, next
proceeded to drive the gentle Mo
ravian missionaries out Of the Indian
tribes He made his headquarters on
Sandusky River farm, which he
changed into a trading station, and
from which he and his followers crepl
forth every now and then on cruel
marauding expeditions.
At Gen Arthur ST. Clair's defeat, III
1871, Girty played his usual murderous
role. In that battle Gen. William But.
Ter was wounded. Girty saw the gen.
eral lying helpless on the ground. Call
ing upon an Indian, he ordered him to
scalp and kill Butler.
When, in 1893, the United States
government appointed commission to
arrange a peace treaty with the In
dams, Simon Girty had himself made
interpreter. SO crafty did he miSin-
interpret, and so brutally did he insult
the commissioners, that the treaty fell
through.
Then came the war of 1872. Girty
fn 10 fbo
friend Of the British and the foe of his
own country. Again he marshalled
his Indians tC the fray, and again the
torch, tomahawk and scalping knife
wrought havoc along the frontier.
Girtys name was cursed by settlers
and soldiers alike. His cruelty, his
treachery, his genius for evil doing
all combined to make him, perhaps,
the best hated man in the west.
Many tales of his atrocities-some
true, some exaggerated-are still hand,
ed down from generation to generation
in the districts he ravaged He has
been described as a human monster,
of hideous aspect. This is not true.
He was merely fat, swarthy. bull.
necked man, about five feet nine
inches tall.
Some historians say Girty was ill
ed at the Battle of the Thames IN
1913 (where Gen. Harrison crushed the
Indians, and where their leader, Te-
cumseh, felD; others that he survived
the war and died natural death two
years later.
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capacity for making trouble. The
soldier was Thomas Conway, a British
subject, who had lived since early
childhood in France. There he had
joined the army and risen to colo
nelcy. When he came here he was
ioyfully received. The Revolutionists
lacked expert officers and they made
him a brigadier-general.
The mans boasts and his dashing
ways impressed the simpler states
men. But George Washington read him
at a glance, for a windy. vicious in
competent
So when congreyn decided a little
later to make Conway a major gen.
eral the chief sternly opposed such a
promotion and gave his reasons for
| doing So From that moment Conway
was Washington's sworn foe
He and his associates formed what
was known as the Conway Cabal,"
and did all in their power to under
| mine Washington's influence. In a Sc
| ries of anonymous letters Conway rid
iculed the chief as coward and as
too feeble of mind as leader He
suggested Gen. Horatio Gates as COM
mander-in-chief in Washington's place.
1t was the Revolutions dark hour
New York and Philadelphia were in
the hands of the British. Washing
ton and his army were starving and
freezing at Valley Forge after sum-
mer and autumn of repeated defeats
Mems hearts grew faint and their al.
legiance weakened Conway's crafty
words at such moment fell on ready
ears.
The cabal waxed strong. But for a
| mere accident it might readily have
| ended by depriving Washington of
power and of placing the command of
the patriot armies in the hands of Gen.
Gates And with fussy, inefficient,
cowardly old Gates at the head of the
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your brain is clear and your Iegs

your brain is clear and your Iegs
steady"
Mahaffy jerked out an oath. ana
lifting himself off his chair, stood
erect. He snatched up his hat
Stuff your pistols into your peck
cts, and come on, Price,! he said.
and stalked toward the door.
He fitted up the street. and the
Judge pulled and painted In his wake.
They gained the edge of the village
without speech.
There is mystery and rascality
here" said the Judge.
What do you know, Price, and
where did you hear this?' Mahany
shot the question back over his shout
der.
AT Pegloe's; the Belle Plain over
seer had just fetched the news into
town"
Again they were silent, all their
energies being absorbed by the phys1-
cal exertion they were making. The
road danced before their burning
eyes, 1t seemed to be uncoil1ng itself
serpent-wise with hideous undulations.
Two miles out of the village they
came to roadside spring; here they
paused for an instant Mahaffy
scooped up handfuls OF the clear wa
ter and sucked it greedily. The judge
dropped on his stomach and buried
his face in the tiny pool. gulping
up great thirsty swallows.
''If anything happens to the child.
j the man responsible for Il would bet
ter never been born-IH pursue him
with undiminished energy from this
| moment forth" be painted.
What could happen to him, Price!''
asked Mahaffy.
| God knows, poor little lad"
"Will you shut up!" cried Mahaffy
savagely.
Solomon"
why do you go building on that
i idea? Why should any Que harm him
what earthly purpose
81 tell you, Solomon, we are the
| pivotal point in vast circle Of crime
| This is a blow at me-this is revenge
| sir, neither more nor less! They have
struck at me through the boy, it is as
| plain as day
What did the overseer say?"
Just that they found Miss Malroy
gone from Belle Plain this morning
| and the boy with her"
This is like you, Price! How dc
you know they haven't spent the night
| at some neighbor's?"
The nearest ne1ghbor is five or SIX
miles distant Miss Malroy and Han
nibal were seen along about dusk in
| the grounds at Belle Plain; do you
mean to tell me you consider it likely
| that they set out on foot at that hour
/ and without word to any one, to
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those times, and said that | ought to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husbands
told him about Lydia q. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, / was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. l wish / could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tunors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?
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Men Who Actually Handle Currenc,
in Large Sums Receive Small
Remuneration.

In talking with a bank clerk &C
auaintance not long ago the Office
Window learned something CT the In
side OF bank management The bank
where our informant had been en-
ployed for many years, it seems, had
passed through two OF three consoli-
dations. With each consolidation our
friends position had been made less
financially attractive, while the
amount Of work that was required in
his particular department was neces-
Earily' much increased In this bank
any change in the salaries OF any one
of the hundred or more clerks must
be approved and recommended to the
bank management by the chief clerk
the tenure of whose Office largely de
ponds upon his ability to keep down
bank operating expenses.
In the Gle days the president OF this
hanf received $4,000 per annum. To
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Staggered the Englishman

The value of ]. P. Morgan's posses
sions which he kept in his London
house may be estimated from the fol-
lowing story, which comes by way of
England:
There were disconnected Americans
who used to complain because Nor
gan left so many of his art posses
sions in England The former Sec
rotary of the treasury, Leslie M.
Shaw. once asked him point blank
why he did not bring his pictures and
miniatures and other beautiful things
to America, where the American peo-
pie might have a look at them.
Mr.. Morgan said: Il can't afford
to-"
81 knew you were a poor man, said
Mr.. Shaw. "but l didn't realize you
were as poor as that"
"Mr Shaw" retorted Morgan, how
much do you suppose the duties on
my collections would amount to Ii l
should bring them to New York;
Perhaps 100000 or 100000"
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Soctety's Latest Fad.

If the reports current in Paris sa-
Ions are to be credited leaders of fash
ion will shortly startle their humber
sisters by appearing with feet and
ankles bare. The ladies declare that
in the name Of hygiene and beauty
all their followers should discard shoes
and stockings as all seekers of good
health forbid the corset 1t is said
delicate white satin anklers will be
allowed and the toes Of the fair wear
ers will nestle under borders Of bright
hued wooden flowers. The same flow
ers win climb like creepers around
the bare ankles.
This new fashion craze will also
lead, 1t is anticipated. to devoted
SWANS imprinting chaste salute on
the ladies' feet instead Of on their
hands, and in view of such a proceed
ing taking place already some noted
beauties are practicing exercises to
render their knees supple.-Exchangs.