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, 1913-05-03

man, levelling his gun. No reply. He pick
ed up the body aud with fearful eyes read
the starting numbers from under a wing still
all aquiver. A bad case, and I think a rare
one, for the owners love their birds. Bat
there were condoning circumstances The
bird had made exceptional time aud stood
to win something very handsome. Still. il
was an unhappy end.
Most of the English racing pigeons of to-
day are descendants of the old Antwerp nj
geons (cailed T~werpers') which were
brought over TO England after the pigeon
race that took place from Liverpool to Client
IN 1868. That race was something of u nov
city IN the country, but to-day the organise.
ton OF pigeon racing is on a great scale.
The societies have their starters and sta
tons at all the points on the big Aying
routes they have their special pigeon pan.
nlers, their special railway rates, aud their
paid servants to see that pigeons are pro-
perry carried, properly fed, and not tam
pered with.-Zbid.
, 1913-05-03
so YEARS. REIGN.

King George Of the HelIenes was the Sc
cond son Of the late King Christian of Den-
mark and was born on December d. 1845x
When he was only seventeenth TIE year
IN which his eldest sister, now Queen AIex.
andra. was married 70 King Edward, then
Prince of Wales-he was offered the crown
of Greece. He accepted the offer, and
Greece had as her monarch a sea Kings SON
who himself had been a sailor.
The King was Queen Alexandra's favour.
lite brother. He paid a state visit to this
country during King Edwards reign and
again when the King died. His sister found
great comfort in his presence. The King
often walked through the crowded streets
of London entirely unattended, and during
the days Immediately following King Ed
wards death he and his brother, the late
King of Denmark, frequently Mingled with
the crowd in front of Buckingham Palace
and listened to the sympa hetlc references
to the late King.-Ibid.
, 1913-05-03
EXPLOSIVE

Fresh Anarchist Outrages In Calcutta.
The Indian terrorists are adoptinc the
method of sending through the post letters
which explode on being opened.
On Monday morning two such letters
one addressed to the editor of the Eu9ziSA-
M" and the other to the edi,o of the C10i-
t@-exploded while being stamped at The
Calcutta Post Office. Two Indian postal SER
wants We're injured and one of them is not.
expected to live.
Explosive letters were also received by the
Aate&m"n. On being carefully opened they
We're found to contain a observation-disclosures
paste on tissue paper. They are now in the
hands Of the detectives. A letter addressed
to the Empire exploded, but without doing
harm. --Lbld.
, 1913-05-03

from breaking over the motor boats lying in
the open harbour.
Much anxiety is felt for the fishing sloopq
which had gone out to the fishing grounds.
Some OF the sloops had already in the latter
half OF the previous month gone to Sydis-
land, where the hurricane hns also ragged.
1t is especially the ships ut Suder0 that ha
gone out to the fishing ground.
Today a German trawIer towed into port
the English steam traWler "Forward, which
had been found i'll "a badly wrecked ccndi-
ton 30 sea miles west Of Mygge point. A
single powerful wave. which had broken over
the ship, carried away with ii the smokestack
aud after-mast, bent the rudder and washed
the mate overheard.
, 1913-05-03
THE NEW KING.

King Constantine, who, at the age of for
tyfour succeeds his murdered father as rp]4v
of Greece, cones TO TIE throne on the very
crest of a wave of military renown.
Leade: of the army that marched trium.
phantly from Larissa to Salonica. conquer
or, less than q fortnight ago, of Jan,na. the
the Turks fortress believed to be impregna-
bic, he can justly claim no small share in
building of the Greater Greece to which he
now succeeds. At the present moment he il
the most popular man in Greece. His Queen
is the sister of the German Emperor. She is
forty-two years of age.-LiM.
, 1913-05-03
CANAL READY MAY, 1914.
Prediction of Col. Goethals-Culebra Work.
Hustens.

Special Cable to The New York TINES.
Colon, April THE excavation of Guile
bra Cut is completed, except three miles at
Culebra embracing the area of slides. A
little more than 10, 1000, 900 cubic yards of
excavation remains. This work will be 6n-
ished in October.
A steamship company cabled to Col. Goe-
thals to-day, asking when it could advertise
for traffic through the canal, and asking the
probable date when the first ship would pass
through. Col Goethals answered. that the
canal would be completed and ready for
ships in May, 19t4.-N. X Zyu1es, 4prt1 g..
, 1913-05-03

height. Some of the things were under the
foorhoards. Miss Hocken was remanded.-
Daily Mail, March 22.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
Is the Lobby Corrupt?

Some OF the grave and reverend
senators of the United States seem
to be impressed more with the neces-
sity of keeping their own skirts clear
than with the advisability of protect
ing the integrity of legislation affect
ing the tariff This is made manifest
by the testimony they have been CIV
ing before the committee charged
with the duty of locating the lobby
which President Wilson says is doing
some powerful and insidious work"
against the Underwood bill.
The term "lobby" has acquired
sinister meaning from the methods it
has pursued in the past and in gen.
eral, until the public concept Of
lobby is an organized effort to secure
or prevent legislation by corrupt
means. But the average senator
seems more concerned in proving his
own discOnnection with any lobby
which might exist than in supplying
information which might be efficaci-
GUS in extinguishing the lobby itself.
II improper influences are at work,
he is avid to assert, he at least is
above and beyond them.
But the attitude assumed by Sena-
tor Hoke Smith yesterday is neither
right nor logical. The question is
wholly and simply whether the effort
TO influence the senate and to con-
struct certain public sentiment is
corrupt or not. There can be nothing
inherently wrong in a man or an in
terest endeavoring by argument or
fact to impress upon senator the
advlsability of certain tariff policy,
as long as he does it by the right
means and in the right way. No So
called lobby operating in that way
comes within the meaning of Presi-
dent Wilson. He is after the oraan-
lied movement to influence vote or
sentiment by corrupt methods. And
doubtless President Wilson, with the
rest of the country, is sensible that
such corrupt methods have been sue
cessful in the past and that senators
have not occupied the enviable posi-
tlon necessary to the wife of Caesar.
The distinguished Georgia senator
Will stand better with the people if
he Will take the view that every man
has the right to his own opinion, and
the right to urge it, in a proper way.
upon even the United States senate.
But what the president wants to
know, and the people with him, is
whether this lobby argument is en-
phasized by the oratory of shares of
stock or certificates of deposit. That
is the point at issue.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01

held, are not receiving today as good
return for their services in cash as
came to them in 1906. The minimum
salary of school teachers in Mime
apolls at the present time is $3.50; the
maximum is $1,000. Service of four
years is required before the maximum
can be reached The grade teachers
of the city named are now asking that
the maximum be raised to $1,000 and
the minimum proportionately.
There is opposition to this on the
ground that Minneapolis is now pay
ing it's teachers better wages than are
paid by neighboring cities, and that
school expenses are running as high
now as the taxpayers should be called
upon to bear. The reply is, that
school teachers are not paid even now
salaries such as are paid persons per-
forming work of the same grade in
other walks; that there are numerous
drains upon their income such as
those in other callings do not have
to provide for; that in this respect
their profession exacts a high stand
ard of dress, attendance upon lectures
and upon summer schools, the pur-
chase of books, and, generally, an
equipment that is not called for or
necessary to other occupations in
which women engage and in which
the compensation is as high or higher
The local school and tax levy boards
are not unanimously in favor of using
the discretion granted them in man.
ner favorable to the teachers. There
appears to be some doubt as to
whether the proposed increase could
command majority of votes, if the
matter should be left to the individual
of the members Of these
boards. But the teachers have a pow
erful argument in the fact that the
people who pay the taxes have,
through the legislature, practically
decided in favor of the increase by
approving the additional levy of one
mill, and it is not likely that this will
be long resisted. Beyond this, the
great majority of the people Of Mime
sofa would rather economize in some
other direction, il economy is neces-
sary, than by taking any step that
would even seem to carry with it the
implication that they are sighting the
public schools.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
BILLINGS BUSINESS
MEN TO VISIT CITY
BIG EXCURSION WILL ARRIVE IN
LEWIsToWN MORNING OF
THE FOURTH.

Billings, June 26.-Arrangements
and itinerary of the third annual trade
excursion of the Billings business
men have been completed. This year
the trip will be over the line of the
Great Northern railroad and will be
from Billings to Great Falls, stopping
on the return for day at LeWlstOWn.
The special train of Pullmans and
diner will leave Billings on the morn
ing of July Srd at 1880, stopping at
each town between Billings and Great
Falls, reaching there at 7:O5 in the eve
ming and remaining there until the
following morning; returning to Lew
istown, where the party will spend
the day attending the Midland Empire
league baseball game between Bill
ings and Lewistown. The crowd will
board their special train sometime
the night of the fourth, waking in the
sleeper at Billings the morning of the
fifth. There will be about Is busi-
ness men, some of them taking their
wives. Twenty-Five members of
Thompson's band will accompany the
party. The exact itinerary is as fol
lows:
Leave Billings July 3, 1880 a. m.
Arrive Acton, $40; Comanche, 8;
Broadview. 9:2O; Belmont, 1O:O5;
Cushman, 1926; Hedges, 11:40; Ju-
dith Gap, 1850; Buffalo, 40; Hob
son, 2:20; Moccasin, 2:45; Benchland,
3:O5; Stanford, $50; Geyser, 4:4O;
Belt, 5:35; Great Falls, z; Lewistown,
8 a. m.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01

The service during the present week
has not been of the best owing to
trouble at the transformer at Moe
casin, but Manager Booker expects to
shortly remedy the defects. e. B.
Harvey, our local lighting expert, is
swamped with orders for wiring at
present and states that about every
place in the city will be using elec-
tricity by fall.
This section of the Judith Basin is
surely looked upon with favor by the
weather man this season, as it still
continues to rain here, and the pros
poets for bumper crop are growing
brighter daily. For the past two
weeks in this section not a day has
passed but what has been greeted
with bunch of moisture. The early
sown winter wheat is heading nicely
and the spring grains are also show
ing up in fine shape. AS near as we
can Judge there will be a slight in
crease in the acreage of winter wheat
over 1912 and the acreage of spring
grains will be about the same as last
year. Very little flax was sown this
year in this vicinity, as we know of
only three or four fields and the acre.
age in these fields is very small.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01

town clerk his written resignation as
alderman OF the town council. It will
no doubt be acted upon at the next
regular meeting of the council.
Carl H. Peterson, county agricul-
turalist, accompanied by his family,
was a visitor in this city Monday eve
ming, coming over in his auto from
LewistoWn, where he makes his head
quarters. Mr.. Peterson is busily en-.
gagged these days in calling upon the
farmers OF the county and Offering
them the benefit of his wide expert
ence in various methods of farming.
G. d. Aune is at Denton this week
looking after matters in connection
with the construction of a new build
ing for the Denton State Bank, of
which he will be cashier.
County Commissioners Allen and
Gallagher viewed the road leading to
the west from Moore and across the
ford at Rossfork last week and as a
result contract has been let for a
new bridge across the stream at this
point. Considerable travel goes over
this road and the improvement will
be a much appreciated one by the
country residents west of Moore.
The contract was secured by the
Security Bridge company, of Mime
apols.
Plans are under consideration for
the holding of a series of firemen's
tournaments at Moore, Lewistown and
Harlowton, the fire lads of the three
cities to take part. Besides the con-
tests and runs between the different
departments, ball games and other
sports will be arranged 1t is expect
ed that two days will be taken up in
each of the cities.
Lamar Sexsmith, who lives over on
the Judith river, received on Wednes-
day carload of livestock, consisting
Of fifteen cows and fifty-four hogs,
which were shipped from Wausau,
Wis. The livestock industry is on the
increase in the Judith Basin, better
grades and diversified classes taking
the place of early range conditions,
but there is still much room for i'm
DrOyement
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01

pressing the clubs deep appreciation
of Mr.. Warren's work and his untir-
ing labors for the betterment of the
town.
Mrs. Young, of the Empire lodging
house at Lewistown, visited with Mr..
and Mrs. T. r. Matlock Tuesday eve
ming.
On June II the wedding of Mr..
Charles E. Wilcox and Miss Ceth-
crime Jensen, both residing three or
four miles west of Stafford took place
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. F. R.
Brown, about three miles northwest
of Suffolk, Rev. Brown officiating.
The railroad company has opened
another camp for unloading materials.
The splendid rains of the past
month have put the crops in iths
neighborhood in fine shape, and every.
one is looking forward to another
bumper crop. Business in Hilger was
never better, and the work of improv-
ing the town goes steadily forward.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
The Ten Demandments.
(Ti1.pifc

For boiled-down worldly wisdom it
would be difficult to surpass the "Ten
Demandments" hanging in the dining
room used by the staff of a big west
end draper.
l. Don't lie. 1t wastes my time and
yours. l am sure to catch you in the
end, and that is the wrong end.
z. Watch your work, not the clock.
A long days work makes long day
short, and short days work makes
my face long.
8. Give more than I expect, and I
Will give you more than you expect.
l can afford to increase your pay If
you increase my profits.
4. You owe so much to yourself you
cannot afford to owe anybody else.
Keep out of debt, or keep out of my
shop.
3. Dishonesty is never an accident.
Good men, like good women, never
see temptation when they meet it.
3. Mind your own business, and in
time you'll have a business of your
own to mind.
z. Don't do anything here which
hurts your self-respect. An employe
who Is willing to steal for me is will
ing to steal from me.
3. 1t is none of my business what
you do at night. But If dissipation
anects what you do the next day, and
you do half as much as l demand.
you'll last half as long as you hoped.
y. Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear. but what I ought to hear.
don't want valet for my vanity, but
one for my money.
10. Don't kick if I kick. If you're
worth while correcting you're worth
while keeping. l don't waste time
cutting specks out of rotten apples.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
Golf Dream That Came True.

0OIJ OrSdm ! nat NdNne IruSs
London Express: A story of a golf
er's dream that came true has
reached the Evening News from the
Rockford Hundred Golf club, near
South-end-on Sea.
One of the members, e. Simpson,
entering the clubhouse, said he had
dreamt the previous evening that he
drove a ball over a sheet of water
bounded by high hedge and wire
fence, on the green and into the hole
in one shot!
"Of course, that is the Pond Hole,
the short fifth" laughed the members.
what is the betting against your
dream coming true?" asked one. 81
give you hundred to one in sover-
eigns." "And l give a thousand
pounds to ten pounds" said a sport
ing city magnate.
Mr.. Simpson could see nothing in
these tempting odds save the sure
loss of his money. To hole out in
one comes to few golfers in a life
time. SO he made no bets. How keen
is his chagrin on this score may be
imagined when what followed it re-
lated. He went out to play on the
crowded Easter course. At the Pond
Hole tee his partner reminded him
of his vision, and Mr.. Simpson laid
down his ball for an easy iron shot,
the hole being q DOGGY three"
He said afterwards that he felt an
eeric sensation, and shook at the
knees. He was sure he did not keep
his "eye on the ball." or rather only
his minds eye."
The couple In front stood near the
green awaiting eventualities. Straight
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01

for the pin came the ball. 1t dropped
gently on the green twenty feet away
and, with its last revolution, trickled
into the hole, scarcely touching the
pin.
A wild whoop and frantic gesticula-
tlons intimated to Mr.. Simpson that
his dream had been fulfilled; also that
ne had lost a small fortune by de-
clinlng the bets offered him.
BY the unwritten etiquet of golf,
the player who does hole in one has
heavy bill of hospitable liabilities to
meet.
None congratulated Mr.. Simpson so
heartily as the city magnate who Of
fered to lay thousand pounds to
ten against his dream coming true.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
News Of Our Neiqhbors
Continued from page g.
HoBsoN.
(Hobson Starr

(Hobson Starr
f. H. Wood and A. o. C. Finigan,
who are interested in the English
syndicate mines above Utica, and F.
H. Lathbury, an expert engineer, were
visitors at the DR.. Poska home in this
city last Thursday. The gentlemen
came here recently from London,
England, for the purpose of looking
over their property to work out plans
for the expansion of their business,
SO as to be able to meet the heavy
demand for the Montana sapphires.
One of the most successful sales
ever cried by Col. G. H. Kelley was
held at the w. d. Surface ranch, near
Moccasin, on Wednesday afternoon
Buyers were there in abundance and
spirited bidding marked the sale of
every animal or article put upon the
block. One grade COW was sold for
$139 and one mare and colt were
knocked off at $500. A dandy span of
mares brought $500 and span of
mules brought $455. Other sales were,
proportionately, as high, and if there
had been more stock to offer it would
have been sold without any trouble.
A deal was closed last Friday where
by d. E. Brown disposed of his half
interest in the Brown & Goodell Ele-
vator Co. in this city to his partner,
II. T. Goodell. Mr.. Brown is as yet
undecided as to what he will do.
Sisson Bros. are displaying a sam
pie of Turkey Red wheat taken from
their ranch on the lower Judith that
is about the best we have seen this
year. The sample was taken from a
field containing $50 acres and meas
ured AZ inches in height and was just
in the head. The entire field is as
even as floor and the boys are san
guine that the yield will be a heavy
one on the piece.
Last Friday evening the long.
looked-for electric current reached
the city and many of the business
places and residences were lit up
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
Teachers Wages in Minneapolis

Boston Christian Science Monitor:
Municipal authorities in Minnesota
have been authorized to levy an addi-
tional tax of one mill in order that the
wages of school teachers may be in
creased in the several communities or
districts. The matter of raising the
compensation, however, is discretion
ary with the school and tax levy
boards. No advance has been made
in the scale of pay for school teach
ers for the last seven years. 1t is
during this period, as all informed
persons know, that the high cost of
living has become a factor in eco
nomic discussion. In other words,
considering the depreciation in the
purchasing power of the dollar, the
school teachers of Minnesota, it Is
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
KENDALL.
(EIilger Herald.)

(EIilger Herald)
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Quaintance came
in from their ranch on the Judith
river Sunday to spend a few days.
Mrs. Pat McAndrews and family
came in from their ranch near Full
lerton to spend few days.
Billy Durnen went to Lewistown
Sunday to visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. p. Durnen.
Mrs. M. J. O'Leary and Mrs. A. J.
Smith left Sunday for Great Falls,
where they will spend few days.
Damon Wilson took in the ball
game at Hilger Sunday.
Martha Weiglander left Saturday
for Butte,w here she will reside.
Helen Stoll came up from Lewis.
town to visit with her parents and re-
turned Saturday.
Ruth Stoll left Saturday for Glas.
gov, where she will enter the Dea.
coness hospital and train for nurse
Miss Ethel Young, of Lewistown, Is
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Arthur
Worsdell.
Mr.. J. H. Mccormick and Mr.. w
A. Young, of Maiden, are in the gold
camp on business.
Misses Diana Richards, Elizabeth
Davidson, Grace and Alberta Grant
and Messrs. Dave Richards and
Henry Mangell, made trip to the ice
caves in the park Sunday.
Miss Meta Newton left Friday fol
Hilger, where she will visit a few
days with Elizabeth Parent before
returning to her home at Hobson.
Mrs. William Huff left Saturday fol
her home in Louisiana, where she
will spend the summer.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
HILG SER.
(Hilger Herald.)

(Hilger Herald)
The regular meeting of the com
mercial club was held in the hall Mon
day evening. After the routine bust.
ness had been transacted President
F. S. Warren notified the club of his
retirement on account Of his removal
to Colorado, where he has formed a
in the lumber business.
1t was at this stage of the proceed
ings that T. w. Humphrey, on behalf
of the club, made neat speech ex-
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
A Lesson In Pronunciation.
(Harper's Weekly,)

"How do you pronounce that word
'divorcee,' professor" asked Mr.. Slab
sides. "Is it 'divorsay' or 'divorcee""
THAT all depends, my young
FRIEND" smiled the professor. when
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures got her
first divorce l should have called it
divorce-A, but now that she has
come through with third l should
say that divorce-C was justifiable
FORM"
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
Wasted Sarcasm.

Indignant Wife-"I wonder what
you would have done If you had lived
when men were first compelled to
earn their bread by the sweat Of their
brows."
Indolent Husband-'I should have
started q little notion store and sold
handkerchiefs. Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
MOORE,
(Inland Empire)

Jas. McFerran, who has been very
Ill for some time past, was taken to
Great Falls on Tuesday morning to
undergo an operation for cancer of
the stomach. DR.. E. S. Porter accom-
panied him to the hospital.
DR.. 0. F. David has handed to the
Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-01
Wun!

A husky young chicken from Del
Rejoiced In the name of Miss Stel.
Shed run around town
In tight see-more gown,
And that she had a shape we were we
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-11

pianist, and Mrs. Clyde Parker. The
program. in full will appear in to-
morrow evenings paper. Those I'm
charge Of the entertainment are in.
debted to Mrs. Clyde Parker for the
attractive posters in some Of the
store windows advertisingthe cen
cert.
The aBig Bemidg" basketball team
will practice In the Armory tonight
after the crowd clears the floor from
skating. New baskets have been
made and were@put up insthe4 armory.
this afternoon. The High schoolsre-
fused to let the city team use their,
baskets again as they were not, re-
turned in time after the Mcintosh.
game to let the High school team
practice on Monday night. All per-
sons selling tickets should settle with
the manager before Wednesday noon
as the tickets must be sent Wednes-
day afternoon and enough money has
not been raised to telegraph Superior
their tickets here.
Hh- LIE=a $3.50