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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
PREPARING TO PUT SHOPS HERE
Milwaukee Buys Fifty Acre Tract From Mrs. Clara DAILY As Site For Shops
and IermnasW Be Big Factor In Developing LewistownBurke
Awarded Contract For Extensions Of gcr ROdGreat Northern
Considering LeWiS0wnGreat Falls Train Schedule

of developments upon that line as fol
lows:
Contractor II. A. Whittier arrived
in Mondak last Friday with % cars
of horses and grading material. 9th.
er cars have arrived since, and still
more are expected. Mr.. Whittier be-
gan work Monday. He will build the
line from Mondak out to the Missouri
river, distance of about three miles
Upon this the material for the bridge
across the Missouri river will be car
ried and landed right where needed.
A line will also run from Snowden
to the river, making Y. with Mondak
and Snowden at the point of the Y.
AS soon as the road Is built to the
river, a temporary bridge will be built
across the Missouri and temporary
railroad built to the west bank Of the
Yellowstone, across from the mouth
of the Charbonneau. The material for
the permanent bridges on both rivers
will be hauled over the temporary
railroad and the work on these bridges
will begin about the same time. prob
ably within a couple Of months. The
bridge-building will be continued
through the winter, and it is expect
ed that the spans across the two rivers
will be completed within year. The
line which will run out from Mondak
and Snowden to Fairview and the Yel-
lowstone river is considered in rail
road circles as part of the New
ockfOrd-Lewistown line, and the first
train from this county will be over
this line or by the way of Sidney.
Last Friday Charles Ffolliott, head
man for A. Guthrie & Co., and / other
contractors were in Alexander.
Among the contractors were Dave
McGregor of the firm Of Craven &
Smith, Mike Quigley, Tom Thompson
Erickson, and both Hoy and Elsey, OF
that firm. Mr.. FfOlliott was sub-letting
portion of the Guthrie contract. II
Is understood that the Guthrie con
tract covers 100 miles west of the Mis-.
souri, in North Dakota and Montana.
From here the party of contractors
left for the eastward over the survey
They also went north to the mouth OF
Wild Cow creek on the Missouri
where some of the steam shovels, drag
pans and other heavy machinery will
be landed
"As the heaviest work will be east
of Arnegaard, 1t is likely that most O
the heaviest machinery will be landed
from barges near the mouth of Wild
Cow creek, that being the nearest
point to the heaviest work. 1t will
probably take from month to sia
weeks to get the outfit on the works
Temporary trackage will be built, or
which the material will be transport
ed across from the river.
probably 200 feet of track will BIZ
all that will be required for this pur
pose, as the portion the train passes
over will be torn up and attached or
ahead.
"A quantity of lumber will soon bt
CONTINUED on page 10.)
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY.
SIX TRACTS WILL BE OF.
FEREb At AUCTION.
CLOSE TO $4,000 ACRES
Upset Prices Range From Fifty DOL
lars to Ten Dollars Per Acre
Some Figures on the Big Sale Held
Here in April, 1910-conditions Of
the Sale.

At the sale of state lands to be held
at the court house in this city be-
ginning at 10 a. m. October %, 376
tracts have been listed from the re-
quests sent in to the register and will
be offered at auction. The total acre.
age Of these tracts is around 10000
acres and the upset price ranges from
$40 to $50 per acre. Only two pieces
are listed at the latter high figure, al.
though there are few at $45, $40, $35
and $50 each. Most of the tracts are
listed at from $40 to $50 an acre.
At the last sale in Fergus county
held April 27.3O, 1910, 47,3OO acres
were sold, the total amount realized
being $l.2O4,O58.13. The average
price realized per acre was $25.45, and
the initial payment of Is per cent
amounted to $18O,608.71.
Of this land, 4O,081.69 acres was ir
the Judith Basin, and it brought 8
total Of $1,133,873.32. The Basin lands
brought an average price of $2S.2S pei
! acre, and land outside the Basin ir
Fergus county brought an average o1
$10.55 per acre.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
DEMOCRATS OPEN
CAMPAIGN TOMORROW
WILL HAVE A ROUSlNG RALLY AT
BUFFALO TOMORROW NIGHT
1.-THE ITINERARY.

The democrats will open the county
campaign with big rally at Buffalo
tomorrow evening. Several of the
best of the party's speakers will make
addresses and the meeting is sure to
prove an interesting one. Those who
will discuss the issues are Roy E.
Ayers, candidate for district Judge;
Messrs. Drinkard, Jewell, Phillips and
Burnett, candidates for representa-
tives; County Attorney Charles J.
Marshall. and others. Thursday the
party will be at Straw for rally, and
other meetings will be held as follows:
Friday, October 4, Garneill; Saturday,
October 5, Moccasin; Monday, Octo-
Der Z, Denton; Tuesday, October 8,
Denton.
The first big democratic rally in
Lewistown will be held on Wednesday,
October %. At that meeting, s. v.
Stewart, candidate for governor, and
one of the most interesting speakers
In the state, and Tom Stout, candi-
date for congress, will make addresses.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01

The Milwaukee yesterday closed up
all details OF deal by which it will
become the owner of the Daily tract of
land, situated just east of town. The
tract comprises fifty acres, and the
owner, Mrs. Clara DAILY, receives $500
an acre, or $4,000 for it.
1t has not been a secret for long
time that the Milwaukee intends to
establish shops here and make Lewis
town an important division point.
This has been stated several times by
the Democrat and other local papers
upon authority, and from the first the
Milwaukee has let it be understood
that it would ask for no bonus of any
kind, being willing to pay for all the
property it required. 1t did, however,
seek the good offices of the citizens
in assisting it to secure what land it
might be required at fair price, all
things considered. The purchase of
the DAILY tract simply means that the
company has now reached point in
it's plans where it is proceeding to ar
range for shops and terminal facilities.
Lewistown is evidently to be made
to run from Great Falls to the Mus
oCloHCll. 1uC plains lcldJluS3 W ~ Cdll
hardly be fully matured inside OF a
year and it may require two years.
This plan will mean a handsome pay
roll for Lewistown and will become
| an important factor in the building up
Of the city. No one can say at this
time just what that payroll will be,
but it will necessarily run into large
amount monthly, and the greater part
of the money paid in wages will be
spent right here in Lewistown, and
every line of business, every industry,
| will feel it's stimulating effect.
Other Activities.
| Meantime the Milwaukee has award.
ed the contract for the grading for the
extension of the Hilger line to Roy, a
distance Of tWenty-siX miles, and for
| the grading of branch line along
Dog creek for a distance of twenty
miles. The grading will all have to be
completed under the contract by July
l next.
The Great Northern is taking up the
matter of a train schedule between
Great Falls and LeWistown, to go in.
to effect early in December, and that
certainly listens good" to the people
of Lewistown, as well as of Great
Falls.
1t is also announced that the Great
Northern has commenced work In
Dawson county, SO that the work oi
carrying the extension from Great
Falls to Lewistown on to a juncture
with the main line at New Rockford
North Dakota, is going to be pushed
ahead with all speed.
Train Service to Lewistown.
| According to Resident Engineer
Peter Hervin, of the Great Northern
who has just returned from a trip te
Lewistown in connection with plans
for future construction work, the
placing of steel for the bridge ovel
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
FERGUS COUNTY IS
AWARDED MANY PRIZES
DISPLAY AT STATE FAIR CAP.
TURES FlFTY-SEvEN FIRSTS,
SECONDS AND THIRDS.

Most of the Lewistown visitors who
attended the state fair have now re.
turned from Helena, few having
gone on to Butte, Great Falls and 9th.
er points. Those coming back state
that the unfavorable weather was the
only thing to mar the fair. The condi.
tions at the opening were most un-
favorable, and while there was i'm.
provement in this respect, the weather
was at no time ideal. The attendance,
however, was excellent, and the daily
programs were the best ever seen at
the fair grounds. Fergus county Jared
very well, receiving the first prize OF
5000 for the best display and arrange
ment, together with fifty-seven first
second and third awards. OF these
twenty-seven were firsts, fourteen sec
onds, and sixteen thirds.
Charles Wentworth, who with J. H
Surprenant, had charge of the Fergus
exhibit, was awarded the Rumley Rain
bow grader, worth 5000, for the bes,
bushel of hard winter wheat exhibited
at the fair.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
DECISION DOES NOT
REVERSE Mr.. De KALB
POINT CONTENDED FOR BY CITY
ATTORNEY NOT DECIDED BY
SUPREME COURT.

The full text of the supreme court
decision mentioned in the Democrat
last week has now been received, and
1t appears that the facts are about as
follows:
It will be remembered that during
the summer the city attorney pre-
pared and presented to the city coun-
Gil an ordinance providing for a police
1t was necessary to adopt the ordi-
nance in order to have such COM
mission in this city, since, as he con-
strued the law, the only cities where
in such ordinance was unnecessary
are cities of the first class. The de-
cision in question shows that such
proceeding was proper.
Incidentally, the city attorney ven-
tured the opinion that the council
could not remove police officer, as
formerly, because the supreme court
had held the repeating clause of the
police commission act had done away
with former methods of removal. II
will be remembered tnat the city at
torney promised to produce such de-
cision, which he did not have present
at the meeting of the council, which
he later did, and published the cita-
ton of the same in the local papers.
The decision referred to does not de-
eide that point, and 1t is presumed
that the decision cited by the city at
torney still announces the law on that
point.
The decision settles some points
definitely, and particularly that when
the ordinance is not adopted in cities
other than first class, the terms Of
police officers terminate at the end Of
the period for which they were ap-
pointed,
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
Home From campaion Trip.

w. d. Symmes, progressive candi-
date for lieutenant governor, returned
home Thursday for short stay, after
covering portion of eastern Mon
tana. M. Symmes was accompanied
by number of other spellbinders of
progressive persuasion and reports
and much enthusiasm at every stop.
He was absent just one week and ad-
dressed meetings at Roundup. For
syth, Miles City. Terry and Glendive.
Mr.. Symmes, like all bull moosers, is
very optimistic regarding the new
party's chances of success. He ex-
poets to make another trip to Billings
and other eastern points of Importance
in the near future and later will do
the west side.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
HadIey's UItimatum.

st. Louis, Sept. 29.-Gov. Herbert 8.
Hadley, of Missouri, after an all-day
wrangle last night, stated that the
only condition upon which he would
support President Taft in his fight for
reelection was t hat the president
should Immediately declare himself for
presidential preference primaries and
non-controlled delegates from southern
states to national conventions. to pre-
vent in future charges of fraud such
as existed in the recent convention at
Chicago.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
DOLLAR SUBSCRIPTION
FUND FOR WILSON
EVERYONE INTERESTED IN Will.
SONS SUCCESS SHOULD HELP
FINANCE THE CAMPAIGN,

BY request of those upon whom the
momentous task of financing the Will.
son-Marshall campaign rests, the Dem.
ocrat has decided to start fund for
that purpose. This is campaign of the
people and for the people and it is
the wish of Mr.. Wilson that only those
interested in the return Of the govern.
ment to the people be requested to
contribute to the fund for the neces.
sary expenses incident to the cam
paign. No funds will be accepted from
corporations or wealthy men who ex
pect returns in the way Of favors at
the hands of the administration in
the event of the election of Woodrow
Wilson. While We have termed this
as dollar subscription" there is
nothing to prevent those who feel sc
disposed from giving greater
amount.
The names of subscribers will be
printed in the Democrat, and when re-
mittances are made to the national
committee, each subscriber will re
ce1ve handsome certificate acknowl
edging their contribution. If you can
not call at this office, your contribu
ton may be mailed, and the appear
ance Of your name in this column will
be an acknowledgement of the receipt
of same. The time being short, it is
urged that contributions be sent in al
as early a date as possible. Follow
ing is list of contributions already
received at this office.
Name Amount
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
Held for Trial.

G. II. Hattzell, arrested a short time
ago for stabbing a companion named
Brosteau at Buffalo, both men being
strangers in this county, was given a
preliminary hearing before Judge B.
H. Foley Saturday, and at the con-
clusion he was neld for trial in the
sum of $1,000.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
Didn't Cost Joe Anything.

Under date of September 10 from
Missoula, Senator Dixon has written
the secretary of the state that he
spent no money to obtain the nomina-
ton of the progressive party for sena-
tor, nor did he make any promises.
"The nomination was unanimous and
without solicitation or the expenditure
OF money" he said. Senators are re-
Quired to file statement as to their
expenses In primary or convention
campaigns.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
Farewell Sermon.

Rev. T.. M. Patterson, for nearly
two years pastor of the Baptist church
here, preached his farewell sermon
Sunday morning, and with Mrs. Pat
terson will leave at once for Spokane,
and a little later they will go to Ari.
zona for the winter. Mr.. Patterson
expects to engage in lecture work next
year, but will return to Lewistown dur.
ing the summer.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
Gets a Year.

Joe Murray, who has been employed
at railway construction camp, was
arraigned before Judge Cheadle Sat.
urday, charged with forgery. He
pleaded guilty and was given a year
in the pen.
The sun., 1912-07-20
c. c. WILSON NOT PAROLED,
lie Has Been In This CITY In re.
spOnse 10 Writ OF Uabeas Cornu..


WASHINGTON. July i9-Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham gave out this state
ment to-day:
With respect TO inquiries which have
been made of the Department concerning
the presence in New York of q. G. Wilson.
formerly president of the United
Wireless Telegraph Company. under sem
tence of three years imprisonment in
Atlanta pcnitentiary. II was stated at the
Department OF Justice this afternoon that
the fact Is that Wilson has been in New
York in the custody of an officer OF the
pententiary in response To a writ OF habeas
corpus issued by the United States court
He was returned to the penitentiary once
called back again by another writ and will
be returned to the penitentiary as soon
as the court releases him from attendance
AS witness.
+. y. Butler. Wilson's legal adviser. has
been saroled. He was sentenced to two
year term ON May 20. 1911. He began his
term on August %. 1911. and was eligible
for parole on April -. 1912. Butler was
released from the Atlanta penitentiary
on May u. 1917?
George II, Parker. Western agent OF tho
ni'"d Wireless concern. was parolcd on
July 10. iai2. tie was sentenced to a term
Of two years at the Federal penitentiary
and began his. term on August 30 1911
lie wns eliYibl" for parole on April 20 ioI2.
Wilson himself will not be eligible for
parole until August .3
The sun., 1912-07-20
VISION" HALTS REMARRIAGE.
Widow Changes Mind when Late
Late Husband "SpeNks."

PHILADELPHIA. July l9.-Mrs. Caroline
Herman. ~ years old, widow of a manu-
facturer who left her all his money. re-
fused to-day 10 wed Frederick Funk a
retired brewer. because last night she sat
before the photograph OF her late husband
and held silent converse with him.
Il was alone in the parlor looking at the
picture of my dead husband" said Mrs.
Herman HE was such noble man that
| was sure he would return and advise
me whether | was doing right in marry.
ing again. As | looked at his picture
hanging there started TO weep and
asked, Jacob. Jacob. am | doing the
proper thing
Suddenly | felt as though was being
advised not to marry. Tn" wishes Of
my dead husband are sacred to me and
now am convinced he does not want me
to remarry. | will not do so"
Mrs. Herman sent word of her vision
to Mr.. Funk and he fastened TO the house
She refused absolutely to marry him and
he announced his intention Of selling all
his possessions and returning to Germany.
leaving his children here.
The sun., 1912-07-20
WOMAN SHOT IN HOTEL.
Accident. Says Man who WRd Vc-
giatcrcd as Her Ivusi,a nd.

Florence &. Holt. young woman Of
Lewisburg. Pa. was shot last night in
a room at the Hotel York, Thirty-scv-
enth street and Seventh aNneuc, by a
bullet from "A revolver In the hands Of
George v. darkness. a real estate man
of Sea Cliff, l.. I. Harkncss said later
hat he was examining the revolver and
that It went OF while he was fussing
with the trigger. thinking the safety
clutch was on.
The woman died later.
Mrs. Holt. who. Iarkness says. has
been divorced. went to the hotel with
darkness and the couple registered as
man and wife They have been there
several times before. Shortly after mid
night they were looking A. a time table
picking out train on which Mrs. Holt
could go home. when Harkness took
out his new revolver to show to her, he
says.
lie pulled the trigger several times
with the safety clutch on to show her
that 1t would not go off and then re-
moved the safety clutch. Then b% ac-
cident II. pulled the trigger. Mrs. Holt
was sitting on his knee and the bullet
went upward and entered her head just
behind the left car. She fell to the
floor unconscious.
MIR. Hardness went downstairs and
told o! the shooting. saying II was ac-
cidental. An ambulance surgeon took
Mrs. Holt to the New York Hospital
where 1t was said that her condition
was serious.
Mr.. darkness met Policeman Arm.
strong outside the hotel and told him:
II have shot my Wife
He went back with Armstrong to the
hotel and waited there until she was
taken TO the hospital. Then he was
locked up In the West Thirty-seventh
street station. Mrs. Hott's maiden name
was Figler. and she lived at 1923 Market
street. Lcwisburg. Ia.
Harkness said Col. George IT. Hart OF
ll9 East Thirty-ninth street was a
friend OF his and would help him out.
The sun., 1912-07-20
500 ON STRANDED STEAMER.
First Captaia Mistakes Fort, Thes
Rans Into sandbank,

TARRYrowN. July 1s.-The joint ex-
cursion Of the First and Second Re-
formed churches to-day was certainly
hoodooed. and the steamer Isabel,
which was chartered for the excursion
lies now on the sandbar of the Tarry-
town lighthouse.
The Isabel had an Episcopal excur-
sion from Nyack last night, and the
captain says he was told to go to Jew
ellis Wharf. The only Jewels Wharf
he knew was In Brooklyn. and thither
he went. This morning about 500 ex-
cursionists waited In vain on the local
dock for the boat and when the COM
mittee telephoned New York they
learned that the boat was In Brooklyn.
The captain was ordered back but
didn't have coal enough to make the
trip. SO that 1t was o'clock when he
arrived here. In the meantime the ex-
cursionists all dressed in white had
been waiting on a dock on which was
being unloaded coal and gravel. and
they were anything but spotless when
they boarded her. The trip was started
at 1880 but at Verplanck's Point, a
negro excursion party had the grove,
so the boat had to put about and come
back to Croton Point. On its return
home. an hour later. It ran on a sand
bar of the Tarrytown lighthouse. and
Is still there.
The sun., 1912-07-20
SHERMAN TO REMAIN HOME.
lie Decides Not to Attend Il cma indci
Of senate Session

WASHINGTON. July l8.-Vice- President
Sherman. who has been i'll in Utica for
several weeks. has decided after consulta
ton with the leaders OF the Senate to 10
main there during the rest of the present
session OF Congress. His condition is
said to be favorable. although he was
threatened with stomach disorder. at =
tended with heart weakness. and in a few
weeks lost thirty pounds.
At the suggestion OF some Of the Senate
leaders. Charles n. Bennett. secretary Of
the Senate and a close personal friend Of
the Vice President. made trip to Utica
TO bring back information az to Mr.
Sherman's s condition. His reports were
reassuring. He brought also a message
from the Vice-President inquiring whether
his presence here was needed. The
leaders on both sides sent a prompt mes
sage urging Mr.. Sherman to continue his
rest cure.
1t will be recalled that he was critically
i'll Immediately after his nomination in
1908 and on his way from Chicago had TO
be taken to a hospital in Cincinnati
The sun., 1912-07-20
THEATRE MUSICIANS STRIKE.
Walk Out of Several Houses, saying
Managers Caused u.

The advertisement OF the Theatre
Managers Association. in which they Of
fered tn hire musicians regardless of
union affillation. and promising them a
hve year contract has precipitated a
strike by members of the Musical Mutual
Protective Union. The orchestra PLAYERS
decided last evening To strike against
all theatres which have not granted
the demands of the union In the re-
newal of recently expired contracts.
The theatres affected last evening
were the Moulin Rouge. Globe. Amcri-
can. Fourteenth Street and National.
About 700 mon quit. including two
piano players and drummer In the
atres where pianos were substituted
for orchcstras.
At the Globe Theatre. where "Thc
Rose Maid is running. Harry Kline.
the manager. Informed his musicians
that their services would be disnensed
with tonight and an Independent or
Chcstra of twenty-five members had been
engaged To take their places. When
the orchestra quit Mr.. KIN" hustled
out and got twelve of his new players.
At the Moulin Rouge, where "a Win
some Widow" is. one piano player and
the drummer quit. The Columbia was
on the strike list. but as II closes to-
night for the summer the orchestra
remained
Alexander Magnes. chairman OF the
examining board of the union. said
last night that one hurlespuc house Is
running with union orchestra. and
that the Winter Garden VIII open In
September with an orchestra Of union
musicians
The sun., 1912-07-20
FINAL BLOW FOR L0RIMER.
Deposcd ~ County Committeeman n
-Onc~ Ruled HOdH.

CHICAGO. July 19.-William Lorimer
was doposed as "A member of the Rcpub-
lican county central committee.
This was the final blow In the climl-
nation of Lorimerism from the party
machinery in Cook county, In which
orga anization he had been more or less
prominent for years Al times he ruled
1, absolutely. In recent years since
Gov. Dcneen and his friends obtained
control of the party machinery the
I.orimcr element has been recognized
and shared In the distribution of the
patronage.
The executive committee ~ the county
central committee adopted the report
Of ~ sub-committc" that decided the
contest In the Thirty fourth ward. where
Mr. I.orlmer sought to be recognized as
the county central committeeman. Tn,
report seated Charles Na>rik.