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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-11-21
Mccormick Has Fire,

Mccormick, Nov 0.-McCormick
was visited by fire last night about
o'clock, which completely destroy
ed the sale and livery stable, of A. b.
Hamlin & Son, the building owned by
w. @. Stuckey, used as pressing
club, two store buildings owned by
Mrs. John Edmunds and occupied as
restaurant and by Milledge Minor,
merchant. Many nearby residences
were saved only by hand work Of the
fire department. All the buildings
burned we're wood structures. The
origin Of the fire is unknown. The
losses are partly covered by insur-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-11-21
Half Million Cotton Fire.

Muskogee, Okla, Nov. 9.--Fire,
which started In the plant oc the
Usage Cotton Oil Company here to-
day, burned hundreds Of tons Of cot :
ton seed, spread to the gin owned by
the Planters Cotton and Ginning
Company, and totally destroyed that
building together with several hum
dred bales Of cotton stored there.
The loss was estimated at between
$250,000 and 100000.
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS. -

All persons indebted to the Estate
of MRS. II. Il. MOORE, deceased.
are hereby notified, to make pay.
ment to the undersigned, and ali per-
sons having claims against said es-
tate will present the same, duly at
tested, within the time prescribed by
law or be barred.
+. s. ,HOLLEMAN.
Administrator Of the Estate of Mrs.
II. 70. Moore, deceased.
Nov. 2, 1917. 45-48
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My y.
Standby
for a 7"
Cold.

3$HQ Necessary employee in service
of9United States.
S.5&(jl Necessary assistant, associate,
or hired manager os necessary agri-
cultural enterprise.
$s(k) Necessary highly specialized
technical or mechanical expert Of
necess ary industrial enterprise
S&SlDi Necessary assistant or associ-
ats manager Of necessary Industrial
enterprise.
Glass -Four.
8S(a) Man whose wife or children
are mainly dependent on his labor
for support.
aS(b) Mariner actually employed in
sea service Of citizen or merchant in
the United States.
$g8(c) Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling or directing head OF neces-
sary agricultural enterprise.
fa$(d) Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling or directing head Of neces-
sary. industrial enterprise.
Glass Five.
00a) Officers, legislative, executive
orjudicial, Of the United States or of
State, Territory or District Of Colum-
bia.
3(b) Regular or duly ordained min
lister or religion
SGtc) Student who on May 1S, 1917,
was preparing for ministry in recog-
nized school.
rs S(d) Persons In military or naval
service of the United States.
(e) Alien enemy.
l'R(f) Resident alien (not an enemy
who claims exemption.
.(g) Person totally and perma-
nently, physically or mentally, unfit
for military service.
(h) Person morally unfit to be a
soldier of the United States.
iD Licensed pilot actually en-
ployed In the pursuit Of his vocation.
Member of we'll recognized relig-
S!!s'sssss sect Or organization, organized
and existing on May 1s, 1917, whose
then existing creed or principles for
bid Its members to participate in war
In any form, and whose religious con-
victions are against war or participa-
ton therein.
Seven days are allowed registrants,
al fater receipt of the QUESTIONABLE. to
NIL 1t out and return it to the local
board Officials here believe that
classification by the boards will be a
routine process requiring little time.
Best available estimates indicate
that the first Of the five classes into
which all draft registrants are to be
divided will contain more than g.
100000 men, subject for duty with
the colors before any man in any
other class will be called up.
1t Is regarded as practically GER
tain that Congress will take up the
question of extending the draft law
TO cover men who have attained the
age Of 21 since it was enacted.
Should that be done and provision
made for the registration thereafter
or every man as he reached that age,
1t Is probable that perhaps 100000
would be added 10 Glass automatt-
cally by next March. In that event,
no present plans for the army would
reach the men in Glass Q.
Officials have already considered
the possibility that Congress will de-
eide to take in these additional
young men. Some fair system by
which they may be registered, CLASH
fled and assigned to places will be
devised. New regulations to be pub
lished shortly probably will set a
way In which this can be done.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-11-21
County Treasurer's Notice.

For the convenience of taxpayers
will be at the places named below
on the dates named for the purpose
Of collecting taxes:
Westminster, Friday, Nov. 23, 8 a.
m. to s p. m.
The office at the Court House will
be closed on the above dates.
r. II. Alexander, Treasurer,
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GEORGE E. MISSION WAGONS
:, (The Nilsson Has No EouaD
COUNTY CLAIMS APPROVED.

Following are the claims that were
passed on by the County Board of
Commissioners at their regular
monthly meeting held November I'd:
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N NJ: L.: .
" BUG GI 6
THEY RIDE AS EASY AS YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S AUTOMOBILE.
fact and during the few weeks expect at least y more
of Oconee's people KNOW that this IS fact
- have just received my second consignment Of the
JAMES BETTER BUILT BUGGIEs.
hese Buggies contracted for months ago. and
to run these fifty Bugges and you $500 on
= am doing this simply to advertise my business, as
will be the job for 1918 with better stock than can be
tound anywhere else in South Carolina and expect to
supply the farmers in this section with the goods that will make
your work lighter and your riding easier
MY LINE OF HARNESS
ness with great The leather used in their manufacture
tanned by the old process-ot being tanned as is the
tai Instead that of ss Ts o Haosss ARE eon
use the Old-time an Bark, and can offer you
HOMEMADE HARNESS
coe-han the cheap stuff that now crowdng the market
81 Wy House, which is the largest Show Room in West
crOWded With something good and sound
LIBERTY BONDS = Ames Buggies, Good Homs-Made
Harness, Lap Robes, Grain Drills Cuvators Distributors
Cotton Planters, and any and all Implements used on farm
~ And last copes something you all know and that is
GEORGE E. MISSION WAGONS
: (The Nilsson Has No EquaD
Avery Wagons, Studebaker Wagons. You can look out any
time and see these passing your door,
y, Wade Dickson, WESTMINSTER, S. q.
Look for Me When In Westminster,
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Suffer ed Several
Years. PER UNA
MADE ME WELL !. q. .

Mrs. Elizabeth Rauther, 1902 11thi
Sc, N. W., Washington, D. O., wrltes:s
Il endorse Peruna as splendid
medicine for catarrh and stomach
trouble. from which suffered sev.
eral years. ! took It for several
moathsJ found my health was re-.
stored and have felt spIendidly ever
since. I now take 1t when I con-.
traos q cold, and it soon rids the sys.
tenn Of any catarrhal tendencies.S
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SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR CAR LOAD OF HOGS

A. H. Stewart OF Carter sold car
load of fat hogs last week. He re-
ceived the top price paid in Montana
for his porkers, $14 per hundred.
They were we'll finished Yorkshires
the averaged 200 pounds each. Each
hog was worth $2S, as much as a
fat beef steer would have brought a
few years ago. He took home with
him a check for $4,000.
II am not feeding wheat" said Mr..
Stewart, "but man could feed
bread from the bakery, with hot bis
cults for the hogs breakfast and
make money on 1t with hogs at pres
ent prices.
I feed barley and rye and get the
lower grades of both grains. It pays
handsomely. Some weeks ago I was
on the market with hogs that ! sold
at $10.25. I thought that was a
good profit but the hogs brought on
the shipment cost me no more for
feed than that bunch and received
$14 a hundred or 1915 more on ev-
cry hundred, an average of $3.50 for
each hog.
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Twq0 ROBUST TOWNS OF NORTHERN MONTANA
MAY BE MERGED TO MAKE A LITTLE CITY

consummated. In both towns are
numerous we'll built business houses.
These institutions will have to be
moved. Locations, as good as they
now have in the town that will be
moved will have to be provided, and
owners appeased. The committee
has it's work cut out for it, and every
one cannot be satisfied, but the feel
ing is general that some sacrifices
must be made in order to bring about
the big result.
Think of moving one robust town
over to another. 1t is an appealing
idea. The story of it will go all over
the country. Already 1t is beginning
to attract attention. The Vitagraph
Film corporation has written, ask
ing for the exact date of this big
town trek. They propose to film the
moving and exhibit it all over the
United States, in their motion picture
service of current weekly events.
They have advised that when the
town moves they will have corps of
motion picture camera experts on
hand to take all the pictures.
Governor There, Too.
1t is proposed to have the govern
or of the state present. He will help
to set the first block and tackle with
which the first roller is put under
the first building to be moved. Gov
ernor Stewart is a big, robust man.
and would be up to the work. If he
should delegate Lieutenant Governor
Mcdowell to do this work for him
another big muscular man would be
requisitioned for the moving.
| Engineers has suggested that a
| wooden track be constructed from
one town to the other. On this track
the buildings should be placed, under
rollers, and move to their destina-
ton.
On moving day it is proposed that
Great Falls furnish 200 automobiles
To each automobile would be de.
tailed five robust men. These men
| and machines would assist in the pro.
cess of merging.
A great barbecue would be one Of
the features of moving day. The peo
pie for miles around would be in.
vited to come in to the great moving
bee. They would be asked to assist
too. There would be oratory and en-
tertainment. Residents of one towr
who have had differences with resi-
dents of the other would be asked tt
shake hands and make up, and every
thing possible would be done to MAKE
the start of the new city suspicious
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Russell, is considered by many to be
be finest poem he has written. "Shor-
tvs Saloon" by Ritch, is western
classic in verse.
The following are stanzas from
"The Picture writer" written by
Ritch and dedicated to Russell:
Let his canvas TEEN with cowboys.
Those wild lads who took the town;
Keep his Indians on the war trail.
MAY their lodge poles ne'er come down y
Let his freighters pull forever
Gross the prairies, scar and brown.
Stretch his landscape from the Judith
On up to the Briton's line.
Dot them DER with Natures cattle,
Tint them with touch divine,
With those sweet alluring colors
or the westlands magic sign.
Have his pilgrims wander blindly.
Ger those plains that God has blest,
Trail his "travois' cross the benchlands
Where the wild flowers bloom the BEST
May the smoke from all his campflres
Signal, "This is Still the west
Let his roundups ride great circles
CATERING in the time tossed strays
Miners. trappers "breeds' and hunters,
Gamblers from their sodden plays
All the types that fill his pictures
OF those golden, early days.
Bob" Vaughn, one of the oldest
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Doves will soon be cooling. 1t is
approaching mating time. In few
weeks spring will slip from the lap
of winter, where she has fingered
overlong, and youths fancy Will DC
turning lightly to affairs OF the
heart.
Up in northern Montana are two
prosperous towns, Augusta and I'll.
man. They nestle in beautiful and
fertile valley. All about them are
productive homesteads. They have
been touched with this spring feel
ing. THEIR destinies are one. AS
separate municipalities they sap each
others commercial vitality. 1t they
amalgamate they would combine
their possibilities and become one OF
the strong little cities of the state
Gilman is the new town. 1t came
into being when the Great Northern
established it's terminus there. Au-
gusta is the old town. 1t Is two nlles
to the south of it's former rival ou,
present affinity, and without ra'lroaa
connections. Augusta has been en-
deayoring to induce the Great Nortn-
ern to extend it's line so as to place
it on the railroad.
Which Shall Move?
REPRESENTATIVE citizens of Gilman
and Augusta have arrived at the con-
clusion that the two towns should
consolidate. They have laid aslce
their community controversies, and
have asked the Great Falls CONNER
cial club to arbitrate certain differ
ences which stand between them ard
amalgamation.
The big question is: Which town
shall move to the other? Augusta
of course would like to have Gilman
become part of Augusta, while GIL,
man is keen for consolidation, bu'
would prefer that Augusta come to
her. It is another case of Mahone'
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STUART'S STORY
OF FIRST GOLD
BENETSEE, HALF BREED, FOUND
LIGHT COIORS IN GOLD
CREEK IN 1852.
Stuart Partly Prospected Same Sec
ton in 186O-1861; Found Good
Paying Diggings; Letter Written
to Brother in Colorado, Started
Argonauts North.

Gold was first discovered in Mon
tana in 1852, according to Granville
Stuart, by half breed named Fran
co.'s, known also as Benetsee, who
had just returned from California
to the Rocky mountains. He pros
pected on Gold creek, in Deer Lodge
county, and found light gold. But
his prospecting was of very super
fetal character and he found no
mines that would pay.
The fact that gold had been found
there became noised about among
the few mountaineers, and in the
spring of 1856 party, among whom
were Robert Hereford, late of Hell
ent, John Sanders, Bill Madison and
one or two others were passing Ben
etsee creek, the place of Francois
discovery, and prospecting little,
found more gold than had been OBJ
tanned by Benetsee. One piece
weighed about ten cents, and they
gave it to old Captain Grant, uho
used to show it, up to the time of
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NO MONEY TO FINANCE
STATE HAIL INSURANCE

The legislature failed to appropri-
ate funds to make the state hail in
surance measure operative. The law
provides that the commission shall
consist of the auditor, the publicity
commissioner who also acts as Sec
rotary, and three members to be APP
pointed by the governor. One of the
appointive commissioners is to be
designated as chairman and receive
salary of $4,000 annually, and ap-
praisers are to receive SIS a day and
actual expenses. 1t was assumed
that after the first year the commits
sion would be self sustaining, but an
examination of the bill disclosed that
the legislature failed to provide the
funds with which to make the start.
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CHARLES RUSSELL, MONTANA COWBOY
11gs..1s. ARTIST, ADOPTS A SON AND HEIR

Last week Charles M. Russell,
whose pictures of the west that mas
gone will live when the works and
the names of all other Montanans OF
his generation are forgotten, had
birthday. He reached his 51st mile
stone, and to do honor to the occa-
sion 80 of his friends from all parts
of the state gathered at Great Fails
the affair taking the form of an IN
formal banquet in private dining
room of the Rainbow hotel.
There were many interesting char
acters there; early day friends OF
Russell who knew the prairies of the
COW days, the roundups, the line
camps, the lodges of the Indians and
the mining camps as he did. There
were men who had ridden the range,
prospected with the gold pan, who
had whacked bulls over the long
freight routes, who had won and lost
fortunes both over the faro layout
and in livestock or mines-old-time
friends in whose company Charlie
Russell delights, and the occasion was
on to warm the heart of any who had
the fortune to be present.
A Son and Heir.
And it happened that this assem-
blage, which was somewhat impromp-
tn in character and wholly lacking in
formality, came together to celebrate
besides birthday, another event OF
unequaled Importance in Russelps
life-nothing less than the coming to
the artist and his wife, by adoption,
of little son and heir. With one &C
cord the friends of Russell decided
that a fit birthday gift would be
baby buggy, and they determined fur
Their that it was to be no ordinary
baby buggy, but the finest one that
the makers of infant equipages had
to offer. Therefore they had local
dealer wire to Chicago for the best
baby buggy that money could buy,
and upon it's arrival they commits
stoned silversmith to make two buf-
falo heads in silver as symbols to be
placed on each side of the vehicle,
that all who see it will know that
this is young Jack Russell, for this is
the name of the artists son.
Russell Gets Surprise.
Russell was called to the hotel in
the evening, presumably to meet a
friend from the Milk River country
whom he had not seen for years.
When he entered the room prepared
| for the entertainment and saw the
well-known faces gathered from far
and near, he received one of the
pleasantest surprises of his life. The
baby buggy was unveiled and duly
presented, and after that there were
talks and stories and "reminiscences
till midnight.
This was an evening long to be re-
membered, for there were there two
men whose names will be linked with
those of Russell in the portrayal in
verse and prose of the Montana from
tier. Frank B. Linderman of Helena
and John B. Ritch of Lewistown will
leave volumes on the old west that
will be imperishable. Both are old
friends of the artist, and their verses
and their stories told at this gather
ing will live to become legends of
day that has gone.
Fine tributes Given.
The evening was not altogether
one of mirth, for Ritch, Linderman.
Sam Stephenson, E. H. Cooney and
others gave impressive tribute to
Russell and his work. Linderman>
Council of the Sum-" dedicated to
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and the mountain, either way you
look at it, and depending in which
town you happen to live.
Nut it is thought tina. all these diff
ferences can be adjusted, and this is
the job the commercial club of
Great Falls will undertake. A COM
mittee has been appointed. 1t in
cludes such men as Former Governor
Edwin Norris, Former Senator Paris
Gibson, and Louis Newman, pres1-
dent of the State Commercial club. 1t
will be the duty of this committee
to make smooth the way the wedding
of these two towns, to the end that,
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of the Montana pioneers and an ole
friend of Russell, author of ether
and Now, or Forty Years in the Rock
ies," was there and read poem also
dedicated to the cowboy artist.
Frank Linderman, telling of Rus
sells portrayal of the days before thu
white man, quoted the following pc
EN- written by him:
"AISOMOYE."
(Piegan for "a Long Time Ago.")
Passing years like Hcron's pinions.
Silent as a snowflake's fall
Steal and hide away old treasures,
Far beyond the thoughts recall.
Haunting remnants OF greatness,
Whisper fragments of the lore
Lost among the twilight shadows
OF the day that's gone before.
Lonely tepecs dot the valleys,
Trails to footprints now are strange;
Moonbeams paint the ghosts OF bison
On their old forgotten range
Greed of man with time conspiring,
Held mad rcvcls in the land,
And together left destruction
Thief and Vandal, hand in hand.
Not content with spoils of conquest.
Jealous of our unborn age,
From the works OF modest nature,
Wantonly they tore page
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guard of number who came up on
the steamers from st. Louis, and VINO
were on the way to Florence, in me
Salmon river mines, not having
heard of the discoveries at Gold
creek, where, however, many of them
stopped, and are now among the
oldest and most respected citizens OF
Montana.
During the next few years gold in
fabulous quantities was discovered
at Bannack, Virginia City, Helena
and other places, and following these
discoveries came the great rush OF
argonauts from everywhere.
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merged, they may become a prosper
Gus little city.
A Wedding Gift.
1t is even suggested, as wedding
gift, after the towns have become
one, and the fertile country about
them has developed little more,
that new county be formed in that
section of Montana and the city of
the merger be given further impet-
us by making it the county seat.
There are many problems to solve
and many differences to adjust be-
fore this unique consolidation may be
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StuaI'tS Make Find.

oUuAFlS MAKE fluus
The matter rested here until the
spring of 1858 when Thomas Adams,
Reese Anderson, e. H. Burr, John
H. Powell James and Granville
Stuart searched for gold in that vi
cinity. and found as high as 10 cents
to the pan. But as they had no pro-
visions (they were living on wild
meat straight, without SALTY nor
tools, they could not accomplish any
thing, especially as the Blackfeet
stole four of their horses and so
harrassed them that they abandoned
the country for a time, returning,
however, in the fall of 1860, firm in
the faith that this was a rich gold
country.
In the meantime, during the sum-
mer of 1860, a mining enthusiast
named Henry Thomas, known later
as Gold Tom, began to prospect on
Benetsee creek, about one mile west
of where Pioneer City now stands.
Almost unaided he sank a shaft over
80 feet deep in the glacial detritus
along the creek, getting little gold
all the way down. He also washed
some on the surface at this point
during this and the following sum-
mer, but only made about $1.50 per
day, owing to the great disadvantage
under which he worked.
Found Paying Diggings.
In the fall of 1850 and the spring
of 1861 Anderson and the Stuarts
prospected in the dry gulches, put
ting into Benetsee creek and found
what they considered good paying
mines, but they did little towards
working them that season for two
reasons They had very few and i'm
perfect tools and no lumber until
they could get it whipsawed, and all
the party except Granville Stuart
went to Fort Benton for the purpose
of purchasing supplies from the
steamboats, expected up the river
that year. The one boat (the Chip
peway) that started up was burned
near the mouth of Milk river, and
the summer was lost in waiting for
her.
On this boat were William Graham
of Phillipsburg and the late Frank
l.. Worden of Missoula. Early in the
spring the Stuarts, Adams, Burr and
Powell began to mine, having had
lumber sawed by hand at 10 cents a
foot, and picks and shovels packed
up from Walla Walla, 425 miles dis
taht, by Worden and Higgins train
On May they set the first string Of
sluices ever used in Montana and
began to mine by the old pick and
shovel process.
Argonauts Start North.
| In 1861 the Stuarts had writer
to their brother Thomas, who was
in Colorado, to come out here, as
they thought this better and richer
country than that, which opinion. by
the way, they have seen no reasons
to change, and still adhere to. Thorn
as showed this letter to many friends
of his, and the result was that quite
a number left there in the spring o
1862 for Deer Lodge.
The first of these, party of IL
arrived at Pioneer on June 20, ant
among them was j. M. Bozeman, VIII
was murdered by Indians on the Vel
lowstone in 1867, and after whom
the flourishing town of Bozeman wa
named.
The party found good prospect
on a branch of the Benetsee, or Col
Creek, as it now began to be called
Other parties began to straggle il
from Pixies Peak and Utah, an
about June 20 Samuel T. Hausel
Frank Louthan, John Alt and w. E
Dance arrived, being the advanc