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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
.E.ASTERNFERGUS
To HAVE BIC DAY
FAIR AND FESTIVAL TO BE HELD
AT GRASS RANGE ON MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER SIXTH.
SPLENDID PROGRAM IS ARRANGED

Monday. September 6, will be the
letter day for eastern Fergus county.
For weeks preparations have been 60
ing on for the fair and festival to be
held at Grass Range on that date and
the plans are now worked out to a
point where the success of the cele-
bration is assured.
This fair and festival is designed
especially for eastern Fergus. but
Grass RaRnge wishes to play the host
to all parts OF the county. Everyone
is invited and there is going to be
some crowd at Grass Range on Sep
tember 6.
The Program.
In making up the program it was
decided to introduce such variety
as would appeal to everyone and fill
every hour with pleasure. Perhaps
the big feature will be the display of
products OF the soil, together with u
big livestock show The farmers OF
that section are all Interested and are
sending ia the best of their grains,
vegetables and other things. To those
unfamiliar with the fertility of east
ern Fergus the fair feature Is going
to prove real eye-opener.
There will be some formal exercises
and they will have plenty of ginger in
them. Both Judge Roy T.. Ayers and
Judge e. H. Cheadle Of this city will
speak, and County Agricnlturist
Blanchard of Cascade will also make
a practical talk These exercises will
be OF peculiar interest to all farmers.
The Festival.
But all that is only one side of the
program. In addition there will be
horse racing, ball game between
Grass Range and Flatwillow teams,
and other out-of.doors sports.
At l p. m. dancing will begin In the
special boWery and 1t will continue
as long as the visitors wish to keep
1t up.
The Moose band of Lewistown has
been engaged for the occasion, so that
there will be real music in the air,
with an unlimited amount of pep"
supplied by the Grass Rangers.
FoH Special Train.
James Fl. Charters and S. L. Gile,
manager of the Goodridge-Call Lum-
ber company at Grass Range, spent
yesterday in Lewistown on business
connected with the big fair and fes-
tival. They made application to the
Milwaukee for special train to take
out the big crowd that will want to
go from LeWiStOWn and II is expect
ed that this will be run, the train to
leave Grass Range for Lewistown at
about midnight
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
FALLS FROM TRAIN WHILE
RIDING RODS AND IS KILLED
STRANGER MEETS WITH FATAL
ACCIDENT A LITTLE WEST
OF HARIOWTON.

A stranger, who was riding the rods
of the Milwaukee eastbound train,
met with a frightful accident at an
early hour yesterday morning, when
he fell between the rails, the cars run
ming over him and grinding off both
his legs, one at the knee and the
other at the thigh. From book found
In his pocket it is believed that the
person is r. o. Beckwith.
Mr.. Beckwith was rushed to Lew
istOwn on the morning train and
placed in st. Joseph's hospital, where
he received every possible medical
and surgical attention, but to no avail,
as he passed away at noon yester-
day.
The accident took place 20 miles
west of Harlowton, Beckwith had
got on the rods, and when the train
started moving, tried to get off, it is
thought. The result was that he
slipped or made a miscue and he fell
between the rails. The decedent is
about 20 years of age. r. d. Beck.
with at Kansas City had been COM
municated with. as this address was
found on his person.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
CAMPING SITES
IN THE BELTS
LEWlSTOWN PEOPLE VISIT THE
SOUTH FORK OF JUDITH,
WHICH is IDEAL FOR FISH.
RUGGED SCENERY MUCH ADMIRED

a camping party, consisting of
County Treasurer Rufus Poland, Miss
Beulah Meek, Mr.. and Mrs. Seth
Barnes and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Vogel
has just returned to Lewistown after
spending q week on the South Fork
of the Judith river. In the Belt noun.
tains. This spot is doubtless the most
picturesque in central Montana.
While very inaccessible. the beauty
of South Fork canyon and the upper
parks and basins Of the Judith fully
repay the camper for the toll and
hardship incident to the trip.
Mr.. Poland took his REQ through
10 deep fords and overy very rough
mountain trail. The camp equipment
was freighted in by Mr. Vogel
Good Fishing.
The party enjoyed excellent fishing
while in South Fork park and saw
abundant signs among which were
tracks of elk, being those recently lib.
Grated at Okla ythe Lewistown Rod
and Gun club and Fergus county boost
ers.
The trip across the basin was one
of the best features of the outing
None Of the members OF the party
ever saw crops that surpassed those
now being harvested throughout the
basin. The shocks of wheat and oats
stand thick and heavy and the alfalfa
stacks dot the irrigated fields almost
as thick as hay shocks.
Deserve More Visitors.
Mr.. Vogel said to representative
OF the Democrat News: "'rhe Belts
bordering the west end of the Judith
basin deserve greater popularity as
camping grounds, and should In few
years be well supplied with summer
camps and a hotel or two. No part of
the state outside the Glacier park can
show more rugged scenery or more
ideal camping grounds all combined
with excellent trout fishing. A few
thousand dollars expended on the
roads leading up the canyons would
provide playground for the people
OF Fergus county second to none of
the favored camping grounds of the
state"
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
H0MESTEADER
FATALLY SHOT
JOHN BURNETT, YOUNG MAN OF
ROY COUNTRY, HAS PECU-
LIAR ACCIDENT.
CORONER GEO. CREEL INVESTIGATES

John Burnett, young homesteader
the Roy country. died at a. IN.
lnday in Roy, following his being
ccidentally shot the evening previ
is. Burnett was driving some cattle
oout Is miles east of Roy, late Satur-
day afternoon. He was riding on
horseback and carrying a 22calibre
rifle. A COW Jagged behind and he
rode up along side of the animal and
hit her with, the butt of the rifle, to
drive the animal forward. The ham
mer was snapped and the bullet dis
charged, piercing his lungs. He fell
from his mount and shortly afterward
Attorney John A. Coleman, who had
been to his homestead, came along and
found Burnett, lying unconscious on
the prairie.
Burnett was taken to Roy for medi-
cal attention. He revived sufficiently
to explain how the accident took place.
Creel investigates.
Coroner George r. Creel returned on
the Roy special Sunday evening, after
having made complete examination
of the facts. Mr.. Creel received word
of the accident in time to catch the
special to Roy.
About Burnett.
The decedent was about 23 years
of age and unmarried sister, re.
siding near Roy, survives him, while
his father, who lives in Washington
state, has been notified by telegram
)f the accident, and funeral arrange
neDts will be made following word
from him.
Burnett was living on his home.
stead near Roy and was known as an
enterprising young man OF good habits.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
LABORERS SENT OUT TO
WORK ON ROY LINE ROAD
MORE WHEAT GOES OUT OVER
THE MILWAUKEE ROAD FOR
THE EASTERN MARKET,

An extra gang OF laborers arrived
in LewistOwn Monday and were
sent to Roy Junction, where they will
Milwaukee, putting the road bed into
good condition. Under the general
reduction of forces on the Milwaukee
some time ago. the gangs at work on
the Roy and Grass Range lines we're
laid off after Improvement work on
those branches had been fairly we'll
begun. This new gang is composed
OF about rs colored men, as foreign
laborers, up to recently very easily
procured, are rather scarce article.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
BURKE IS CHANGING THE
CHANNEL OF SIXTEEN MILE
SOME EXTENSIVE WORK BEING
DONE ON MilWAUkEE-TWO
STEAM ShOvELS AT WORK.

II is not generally known that
some extensive improvements are be.
ing made at this time by the Milwa,,.
kee Railroad company along its right.
ofWay through Sixteen Mile creek. In
Meagher county. ID. J. Burke, the we'll
known railroad contractor, who makes
him home In Lewistown, is doing the
work. He has been saving wood and
saying nothing. However. he has had
two steam shovels ut work and mum
Der OF smaller outfits. He has been
working all summer, changing the
channel Of the creek at places. there
by taking some of the kinks out OF
II. and cutt'r. two bridges for
the roau. He will be through with
the Job in about three weeks.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
DAMAGED BY HAIL BUT THE
YIELD IS F|fTy.TnREE BUSHELS
THIS IS EXPERIENCE OF PETER
DUFOR OF DENTON COUNTRY.
LARGE YIELDS.

What would the yield have been had
the crop not been damaged by hail?
Some jestingly inform Peter Dufor
of the Denton country that the hail
must have helped his crop along in
stead of doing it any damage. Mr..
Dufor was in the hail strip and his
loss was appraised at 20 per cent. af-
ter being carefully gone over by the
insurance experts. Add this 20 per
cent to the yield of SO bushels and
the yield would have been about 66
bushels per acre, which is not half
bad for turkey red, even in this IA
mou '--a'th hasin
r. State Librarian y
Tue
yields OF 81 bushel "eY here a.5 !.
ported, and that the general average
is very high in the Denton district.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
GORDON--BERGOUST.

Alexander Gordon, well known
young man of Utica. and Miss Petra
Bergoust of Buffalo were married Sat
urday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bergoust, 416 West Morase
street. The ceremony was performed
by Rev C. M. Donaldson of the Metho-
dist church
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02

LONDON, Sept. lO.O5 p. n.y.. -
The minor fortress of Lutsk, which,
with those of Dubno and kovno,
forms fortified triangle on Russian
territory just north OF the Galician
frontier, was captured by the Aus
trians today, according to the official
report from Vienna. 1t is in this
direction that the Austro-German Of
fensive has been the most aggressive
during the past few days, the object
being to separate the Russian army,
which has been retreating through
the Pripet marshes, from that oper-
ating in Galicia. The latter forces
yesterday inflicted, SO the Russians
claim, a rather severe defeat on the
invaders.
The capture of Lutsk, however, is
likely to compel the Russians, despite
their victory, to evacuate that part
of Galicia still held by them, other
wise their flank there would be seri-
ously threatened.
Along the rest of the front, except
in the center where the Austfo-Ger.
mans continue to make a slow ad-
vance, the Russians appear to be
holding their own. They have thus
far prevented the Germans from
crossing the Dvina at Friedrichstadt.
where battle has been in progress
for several days; they have arrested
the German offensive between that
point and the Gulf OF Riga and still
are holding their ground between
Kovno and Wilma and before GrOdno,
although the Germans have op-
preached the outer position of Grod-
no fortress. ~
In the opinion of military writer S
here, the Russians now stand good
chance of winning the race for time.
Within few weeks the autumn rains
will begin and it is pointed out. un-
less they can succeed in gaining a
decisive result before that time, the
Austro-G Germans can hardly hope to
smash the Russian armies before,
under cover of the long winter they
are reformed and re-equipped. The
AustrO-Germans are strainin3 every
nerve to win this decision, but they
have been greatly delayed By 'he in
tensity of the Russian counIer-attacks
and the stubbornness with which :he
Russian troops hold the positions pro
tecting their retreating comrades.
The Russian losses, of course. have
been enormou. According to Berlin
the Russians have lost one million
in prisoners since May 2, the date on
which the drive began in western
Galicia, while during August alone
the captures included more than a
quarter of a million men and Sc leral
hundred cannon. The AustroGcr-
man losses, too, have been heavy in
killed and wounded. while the strain
on the troops has been terrific. They
still have, according to Petrograd
estimates. about 100000 men on the
eastern front. e--...---z
For a week the French have been
pouring an avalanche OF shells into
the German lines in the west 1t is
not believed that this ammunition
would be used simply for the purpose
of damaging the German trenches
and therefore an early general often
sive is looked for.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
TO ATTEND NATIONAL MEETING

Cashier w. J. Johnson, who left yes
terday for Helena, will attend the state
convention OF the bankers of Montana
at Glacier park, on tomorrow and the
following day, and on Sunday night
will leave for Seattle. to attend the
national convention on the seventh
and eighth instant. Mrs. w. J. John
son leaves this morning to join her
husband at Glacier park, to proceed ON
the trip to Seattle.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
CONGRESSMAN STOUT LEAVES.

their children and Mr.. Stout's secre.
tary. r. S. Zahnizer, left yesterday af-
ternoon for Washington. expecting to
stay at the capital until next spring.
Mr.. Stout has considerable committee
and department work to attend to and
the matter of devising budget sys-
tenn OF national expenditures, which
is in the hands of committee of
which Mr.. Stout is member, will re-
quire lot of his time.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
RANCH DEAL,

h. +. Dolan of Marshalltown, Ia.
closed a deal for the pur-
chase of l6O-acre farm from II. IL.
Weaver. The farm is located one mile
from Moore and is a very choice tract
of land, The deal was negotiated by
Frank Robinson of the Farmers Land
company. Mr. Dolan will remove on
the place with his family this fall.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
BODIES ARE DECOMPOSED

HONOLULU Sept 1.-Two bodies found late engaged
be Alfred commander the diver or
found the the was one
the officer The
that naval authorities believe identification will be mposs
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
FUNERAL TOMORROW.

The funeral of the late Frank Bral-
lin will take place tomorrow after.
noon at 2 o'clock from Creel's under.
taking parlors, with the Odd Fellows
lodge in charge. The decedent passed
away Tuesday evening, following an
illness of short duration. Peritonitis
was the cause of death. Mr.. Brallin
is survived by his wife and children,
who resident on homestead near
kolin.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
WiNNETT YIELDS,

w. J. Winnett, the east side stock
king, who was in LeWistown Saturday,
states that crops are now being
threshed in that section. The yields
are running from % bushels up to
46, while 1t is expected that some
macaroni wheat will run still higher.
The recent hailstorm there did very
little damage, as ii was extended over
IA very limited strip.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
MADDux-THOMAs.

John Walter Maddux. a we'll known
carpenter of this city, and Miss Leah
Thomas, formerly bookkeeper for A.
A. Stapleton, were married at the
eMthodist parsonage last evening, Rev.
c. M. Donaldson performing tie cere-
mony.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
H|LGER IS BACK
FROM Bic FAIR

Singing the praises of the Panama
Pacific worlds fair, and heralding the
big venture as a financial success, Da-
yid Hilger, chairman of the Montana
commission, returned home last eve.
ming from San Francisco. On his re.
turn trip he stopped off day at Hell,
ena Mrs, Hilger and Miss Christine
Hilger coming on to Lewistown
All Was Lovely.
Mr. Hilger says that he found the
weather cool and pleasant at Frisco
The fair is getting an average attend,
ance OF $4,000 daily. the number run
ming to 10000 on some days.
The fair. he said, was a paying ven,
tune. and was proving to be financial
success. AS for the show itself, he
had nothing but words OF praise
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
FIRE LOSS,

J. H. Atkins of the Golden Rule store
has just returned from Miles City.
where he went to investigate fire
loss in the Golden Rule store.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
RELAXATION
Of STRONG
I { \ $40 \
Germany Says She Will
Attack No More Ships
Without Warning.
OFFICIALS PLEASED

Strained Relations Over Submarine
Warfare Apparently Passes Into His.
tory When Count Won Bernstorff In
forms Secretary Lansing In Writing
That Prior to the Sinking Of tho
Arabic His Government Had Oecid.
ed That Its Submarines Should Sink
No More Liners Without Warning.
Submarine Undoubtedly Lost.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-09-02
FORTRESS
Of LUTSK
+. CAPTURED
Teutons Aggressive With
Object of Separating
Russian Army.
LOSSES

According to Berlin the Russians Have
Lost One Million in Prisoners Since
May 2, the Date on Which the Drive
Began in Western Galicia, While
During August Alone the Captures
Included More Than a Quarter Of a
Million Men and Several Hundred
Cannon-Avalance of Shells on the
German Trenches in West.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
TUCKER TO NEW ORLEANS. Popular Young Man plans to Entel
 Law Department of Tulane.

John II. Tucker, Jr for some time past secretary Of the now defunct Young Mems Progressive Business league, and one of the best known of the younger men in Pine Bluff, leaves this morning for New Orleans, Viz Little Rock and Memphis, and ex poets 10 locate there permanently.
 Mir. Tucker, who is as popular Eoer as he is widely known, plans to study law at the Tulane university !aN school, during hours when he will not be busy holding down his ;;"s,k in one of the Crescent City's big enterprises. While he has no par tiGulor position in view, MT. Tucker is; not altogether unknown in New Orleans, and in addition he is armed with a bundle of letters of recommen- dation that perhaps equal anything, in bulk and in standing of writers, tat has been 1aasn to the Louisiana metropolis by any of the thousands O. young men who have decided to cast tl.eir lot and try their fortunes with New Orleans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
FOREIGNER WINS
 VANDERBILT CUP
Resta Covers 296 Miles in AFT. .27-Three Cars Over
 turn During Race.

San Francisco. March 5.--The Van derbilt cup, held n Amnrica since the Long Island days of the Classic, tcday followed tie grand prix trophy to Europe.
 Leading practically all the way Resta finished the 296 If miles. or v times around the 3,S64 miles course, ir four hours, p 4t.l,,tcs and 27 sec onds. His average was G F miles an hour.
 Howard Wilcox, in a Stutz. finished secoEd.
 Eddie Pullen, in the Mercer which set tle S7-mile average at Corona, fin ished third.
 Ralph DePalme, who had won the last two previous Vanderhilts, took fou:;h mcney with ais Mercedes.
 Carlson Vas the fifth and Ralph Neuh9 US, in a Delage, finished sixth
 G. E. Buckstocl drove so desperately as the race drew to an end that he turned over on the sixty first lap. His was the third car of the race to cap- size under the terrific driving.
 Bob Burman's Case and Eddie IODonnelfs DusenUerg also were wrecked, but the only seriors injury reported was that to .Nachanician Joe Early, who suffered a broken leg and three crushed ribs in the Case acci- dent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
Hl BASkETbALLERS
 GET WARM WELCOME
Young Men Commended for Their Work and Conduct In Cr0ssett
 Tournament.

Satisfied wtll their showing ana with the results achieved, proud or the great number of points rolled up against their opponents and regret ting they Gould not finish higher than third, the Fine Bluff basketball squad accompanied by E. P. Osborne and Coach Von Horton, returned yesjer- day afternoon from Crossett
 The boys were given quite an ova- tion at the unior passenger station, when they stepped off the train yes- terday ofterroon.
 It YVES explained yesterday that al trough Stuttgart and Jonesboro had tied for first place, Stuttgart won tie place because, by agreement previously made, a tie would be de- cided in favor of that squad which defeated the other squad in the play eff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
POLICE ARREST
 CASE OF WHISKEY
Custodians of Booze" Evade Capture by Fleeing
 Over Roofs.

With the arrest late yesterday afternoon, by Chief Of Police Frank stewart and Or-1cer Parnell, of a case of whiskey. in half-pint bottles, the authorities are of the belief they nave the opening wedge toward the discovery ot another stock of liquors which has been used by "bootleggers' as a source of supply.
 The WhlSkey was "arrested' in room No. 1, in the Mason roomlns house. at Third ond state streets. farnelI reports that he watched it he packed into a grip in the old jonas Porter saloon, and had then watched tho grip loaded into Wi1T Prices baggage wagon. He had watched Price foilow a roundabout course and finally take the whisl!ey tc the room in the Mason building. The Chief stewart was summoned, and the Whiskey was taken i'll charge. The men believed to have been in the room made their escape by going ove" tEe roofs of adjoining building, final ]y reaching the ground through one Of the buildings.
 Except fo. the whiskey, no arrests have yet been made. But the officers are making an investigation. and it IS ! expected one or more men will be formally arrested today, as a result. Ali the men concerned in the affair SC far as has been learned, are negroes,
 Price says the man who hired him to do the haul1s>is a barkeeper, al though he claims not to know the mans name. Price is a licensed baggage mon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
CARDINAL GIBBONS
 STARTS FOR SOUTH
leaves Baltimore for Ni>it to Brother in New Orleans Will Remain
 Until Easter.

Baltimore. Marcn 6.-Cardnal Gib~ hons left for the south today to visit his brother in New orleans Tn cardinal will probably not return until Holy week, March 2S, but will visit prominent churchmen in differ cnt Southern cities.
 The cardinal has completely re- covered from his recent illness. The "isit is for the purpose of raSainine his health preparatory for the ardu- GUS Holy Week and until summer when he IS always busy attending commencement and other functions and ordaning young men to priest hood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07

New York, March 6.-Mrs. George Austin Morrison, .jr., gave an "anl- mal dinner" at which the guests were apprised of the part they were sup posed to take and were bdden to emu late the sounds made by the animals they played. The banquet room was arranged as a large cell, barred and grated, and the menu was engraved on
 polished beef bones. The principal dish was beefsteak served on tin
 plates.