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FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS. JANUARY 25, 1907.. yews Count argue. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. Ow Year $250 84 Months I A nese Months I so Subscriptions Payable In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES Flat RIMED ON . _APPLICATION. P• PIciAL PAPER OF PlEattitia couterv. Published Every Friday by 01111. YR001111, Editor and Proprietor HALSEY R. WATSON, Business manager — - Entered as second-class matter Aug list 3, 1906, at the postoffice at Lew- istown, Montana, under the act of lanngreas of March 3, 1879. Subscribers failing to receive me% P apers will please notify this office, sat the cause may be investigated and reported to the proper authorities. ss LEWISTOWN . , MONT., Jan. 35, 1907. ROBERT BURNS. There Is no race of people that stands higher in the esteem of the world than the Scotch, and pretty much all over the world they are fil- ling positions of responsibility with ability and fidelity. Of all those who have come from across the seas to Make their homes in America none are better or more useful citizens than the Scotch. It is to their credit that they never forget their rugged native land. The memory of its splendid tra- ditions have helped to make them what they are—strong, rugged, manly I men. Fergus county especially owes much to the Scotch, and it is a pleas - tire to note that the Caledonians are to meet at Garneill tonight to honor the memory\of Robert Burns. The cel- ebration will attract Scotch people from various parts of Fergus, and the hone is that these gatherings may be- come yearly events and represents - live of the whole country, rather than purely local. Scotland has a proud history. Upon every field of human endeavor her sons have won renown, and her glory is in no danger of becoming dim with years because her people are true to those triditions. The poet whose birth- day is to be celebrated tonight brought new splendor to Scotland. The nation- al poet, his nem% has been linked with that of Shakespeare, for he spoke the same universal language. Burns has the gentleness, the trembling pity of a woman with the deep earnest- ness, the force and passionate ardor of a hero. Tears lie in him, and con- suming fire; as lightning lurks in the summer cloud; he has a resonance in his bosom for every note of human feeling.\ So spoke that other mighty Scot, Thomas Carlyle. And no cor- rect estimate of the Scottish bard C1111 be formed unless that other thought of Carlyle's Is kept In mind: \Granted that the ship comes into the harbor with shrouds and tackle dam- . WO L the Pil9t, was blaznewoythjhe Ma not been all wise and all power- ful: but to know how blameworthy, tell us first whether his voyage ha.s been around the globe or only to Rams- gate and the Isle of Dogs.\ Burns was a world -voyager. Be was a patriot, but how lofty a Patriot is seen in this verse, which ezpreesed the real motive back of all Ws effort: •' • • A wish (I mind its power). A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast,— That I, for poor mild Scotland's sake. Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.\ He had his wish, he sang his song and made his book, and they are part of Scotland's glory. Many tributes have been paid his genius in many lands, and of them all, perhaps none is more worthy of be- ing recalled this day than that penned by an American—Robert Cle Though Scotland boasts a thousand names' Of patriot, king and peer. The noblest, grandest of them all. 'Was loved and cradled here. Here lived the gentle peasant -prince,' The loving cotter -king: Compared with him the greatest lord Is but a titled thing. 'Tie but a cot roofed in with straw, A hovel made of clay. One door shuts out the snow and storm, One window greets the day. And yet I stand within this room And hold all thrones to acorn, For here, beneath this lowly thatch. Love's sweetest bard was born. Within this hallowed hut I feel Like one who clasps a shrine, When the glad lips at last have touch- ed The something deemed divine. And here the world, through all the years. As long as day returns, The tribute of its love and tears Will pay to Robert Burns. In taking leave of Burns. we recall nothing of his that more truly repre- sents the spirit of the man than the familiar lines: -Then let, us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that; 'That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, end a * that, coming yet, for a' that, That man to man, the warld o'er Shall brothers be for a' that.\ THE PRINTING \CONTRACT.\ Under strong party pressure. and yet with some reluctance 'on the part of one, If not both of the Democratic members of the board, the county commissioners yesterday morning .awarded a \contract\ for the county printing for two years. beginning with January 22, 1907, to the Fergus Conn- ty Democrat. The motion to make basemagagmanammakommamommassa the award wes offered by Commies/Ott- er Parrent and was seconded by Chair- man Petersen, Commissioner Neill vot- ing in the negative. This action was arbitrarily taken in the face of the fact that the county already has a contract with the Ar- gus, which contract has been recog- nized by the agents of the county ever since it was entered into. After going before the people of this county on a platform declaring for economy in public expenditures and for letting all contracti te the lowest bidder, in order to deceive the elect- ors and to get their votes for a board of Democratic commissioners, almost the first action taken by the new mem- bers, under the Democratic whip, was to let a \contract\ that would cost the taxpayers of this county fully $1,000 a year more than the contract already entered into with the Argus. Ignoring the high moral pretensions and avowals made in the campaign, the board did not proceed to advertise for bids on the county printing, but accepted a bid handed in by the pro- prietor of the Democrat, which Com- missioner Parrent found to be lower, on examination, than a bid of the Ar- gus two years ago, Commissioner Par - rent admitting that it was not as low as that offered by the Argus and ac- cepted by the commissioners at the regular December meeting. A year ago our contemporary com- plained that he was barred from com- petitive bidding, and proceeded to make capital for himself and his party. Last December, after due and proper advertising of proposals for bids, and in keeping with the declarations of the local Democratic platform, a Rol , - publican board of commissioners gave him the opportunity he so vehemently demanded. Upon the opening of the bids he was forced to admit that the Argus' bid was the lower one, and ait cnk consequence lost the contract—the on- ly valid contract now In existence. The commisisoners of this county in letting the printing contract to the Argus in December did %hat was done in six or seven other counties of the state, and in every one of them, so far as we are able to learn, the new members of the board have ratified the action of their predecessors. As to the validity of the Argus' contract, that will be left to the courts to determine. We will only say that there is ample authority to sustain the board In the action took last Decem- ber in the supreme court decisions of several states of the Union. LEASING PUBLIC LANDS. Now that the president and mere- tary of the interior are determined to enforce the law against Illegal en- closures on the public domain the question of leasing the public lands for grazing purposes naturally follows. There has been opposition to the lea* , ing proposition on the ground that it would retard the growth and settle- ment of the west, as much of the leased land would be desirable for homesteading. Possibly the time has arrived when this danger, under prop- el' sifietintrds, Is passed. Although the law for summary re- moval of illegal fences on public lands was passed in 1885 the law remained a dead letter until some two or three years ago, when a vigorous effort was made to have it respected. The ag- ents of the government have found it a difficult matter to enforce the law. Some offenders have escaped, while others have been brought into the federal courts anti fined and imprison- ed for a brief period. But patience has ceased to be a virtue and the order has gone forth through the interior department that all illegal fences must go, and that the law will be rigidly enforced after Ap- ril 1st next. As a means of partial relief to those who have fenced government land and yielding to the request of many who have not done so, President Roose- velt favors a system of \leasing of portions of the public domain for graz- ing purposes, on such conditions as the government finds compatible with the beat interests of the actual set- tlers. of the small homesteaders, the home -makers.\ If, as President Roosevelt intimates, a law can be passed that will first protect the small settler, the home - ' , leader, then the most serlotte objec- tion to a grazing Illv would be remov- ed. But if the desirable lands are to be gobbled up by the big outfits, there would be little Improvement over the fencing of public lands. Unquestionably there are thousands For that Dandruff There is one thing that will cure it -Ayer's Hair Vigor. It is a regular scalp -medicine. It quickly destroys the germs which cause this disease. The unhealthy scalp becomes healthy. The dandruff disap- pears, had to disappear. A healthyscalp means a great deal to you —healthy hair, no dan- druff,nopimples,noeruptions; The best kind of a testimonial - \ Sold fur over sixty years.\ er.; 7 0 ast y ,.;:ei:;:s1::77 11. SACCOARILLA 7 ers-- taLitsv PECTORAL. Savings Accounts For the children area most desirable method of providing\ for educational and business purposes. Open an account for your children with the Bank of Fergus County The oldest and largest Bank in the County Capital and Surplus, $250,000. S. S. HOBSON, preg, F. E. WRIGHT, Vice Pres, AUSTIN W. WARR, Cash - ROY J. COVERT, Asst. Cash, Of acres in Montana that are not suit- able for the maintaining of homes and must ever remain unoccupied, owing to their Isolation and the impossibility of reclaiming them by irrigation. Such lands should be classed as grazing lands and be made subject to lease from the government. The leasing of such lands would produce considerable revenue for the redemption fund, thereby proving a benefit to the state In aiding the irrigation projects. It Is often the case, however, that the public land enclosed, is a most desir- able tract, and fit for agricultural pur- poses. If it is proposed to allow the fencers the privilege of leasing the land they have illegally enclosed there is a chance of working an in- justice to would-be settlers. A leasing bill is now before the sen- ate, but little is known of its provis- ions. About two years ago, Represen- tative Dixon was urged by some of his constituents to introduce a leasing bill. With commendable caution and a desire to do what was best for his state as a whole, he sought advice or opinions from many sources in this state, and we believe Mr. Dixon found that the sentiment at that time was against a general leasing law. In his address upon his recent election to the senate, he refers, among other things, to the future of range conditions on the public lands of the state, and said: \Of the 93,000,000 acres of land with- in the borders of Montana, less than 12,000,000 are held in private owner- ship and 6,000,000 additional acres are surveyed but not entered; only about one -fifth of the state Is even surveyed. What is to be the future policy re- garding these millions of acres of gov- ernment lands, most of them tit only for grazing? I have no doubt much of it will ultimately be used for dry land farming, but most of it must re- main grazing lands only.\ Mr. Dixon evidently favors the leas- ing of such lands that are fit for noth- ing else but grazing purposes, but he wants the advloe and co-operation of the people of this state in a matter of such vital importance. While there is very little government land under fence in this county, there are some ho are interested In the question of leasing grazing lands. We will glad ly space in our columns to any- one who has views to express on the question. , In a recent editorial on the weath- er then prevailing the Great Falls Tribune took a somewhat philosophi- cal view of the situation, saying among other things, that the heavy snowfall would help the soil, fill the mountains with snow which, in turn, would furnish water for Irrigation. It would also replenish the streams next summer, which would mean greater crops anti more placer mining. This is in keeping with the statement of the old-timer, that \we ranrint expect a good summer unless we have a pret- ty hard winter.\ But the Tribune makes the surprising statement that \Montana is no longer a live stock state.\ No doubt the Tribune means In the sense that prevailed in an early day, when it was regarded as Mon- tana's chief industry, and stockmen relied upon the open range in carry- ing on the business. Montana will always make a good showing in live I stock, but under changed conditions. Range cattle aie becoming fewer ev- ery year, owing to settlement of the country, and even where there Is ac- cess to the public domain the recent spell of had weather 'Mould be a re- minder that the chances of wintering stock on the open range is too great to take. Rands should be reduced and farmed out to responsible parties for winter keeping. The small owner will escape with but little loss, although a strong draft will have been made on his hay stacks. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, may be an honest man and sincere in his convictions, but he is extrava- gant in his ideas and in the use of language. In his debate with Sena- tor Patterson, of Colorado, on the Brownsville affair, and In repudiating the charge that his views were injur- ing the Democratic party, Mr. Tillman exclaimed: \So far as my own party In the north is concerned It has such shining examples of ward politicians and low creatures who use their means to buy votes that I do not care If we never have any of that type hack us up In the south.\ If a Re- publican senator had used such langu- age he would have ben severely de- Imenced by the opposition.. Mr. Pat- terson was speaking for hip party as a whole in opposing the extreme atti- tude of Mr. Tillman in his views re- garding the colored race and there was no occasion for his bitter Invec- tives. It is difficult to believe that Tillman even represents the better element of the south in his Ideas upon the race question. In his address before the legislature returning thanks for the honor con- ferred upon him in his election to the upper house of congress Senator -elect Dixon emphatically declared himself in favor of the plan of nominating United States senators at the state conventions. This is done in Minne- sota and a number of other states. If a primary election law is passed and provision is made for nominating senators this will not be necessary, otherwise Mr. Dixon's suggestion is one that should be followed in the future. As long as voters are denied the privilege of voting directly for federal senators it is the next best way of removing senatorial contests from the state legislatures, as the choice of both parties, or all parties, as expressed in convention, would be quickly ratified upon the assembling of the state lawmakers. This would rmove the possibility of long drawn out contests, as well as the tempta- tion of unscrupulous aspirants to pur- chase their election. A party major- ity in the legislature would not dare to ignore the,expressed choice of the delegates to a state convention. The banquet given at the Grandon, in Helena, in honor of Senator -elect Dixon was a veritable love feast in which all political differences were laid aside. The addressee were of a broad gauge character, as could well have been expected from an assem- blage of Montanans. Mr. Dixon will enter upon his new and higher duties with the best wishes of every citizen of the state and he earnestly requests the support and hearty co-operation of the people of Montana, regardless of party, in advancing the interests of this young commonwealth. What- ever may be said of some of the new- ly -elected senators from other states, we believe that in Mr. Dixon the peo- ple of Montana have a senator who will stand steadfastly for their inter- mits. Poor In purse, he is rich in character, energy and ability, the qualities that go to make up the ideal representative of the people. May men of his stamp always represent Mon- tana at the nation's capital, from whatever Party they may come. * • Montana men generally get what they go after. There was no exception to this rule whnn the delegation to the National Woolgrowers Conven- tion at Salt Lake secured the next annual meeting for Helena. The Commercial Club of Helena ren- dered valuable assistance in making the state capital the meeting place. It is quite fitting that the greatest woolgrowing state in the union should be recognized by the members of the national association. This should give Impetus to the movement for a thor. ough state organization of wool grow- ers before the marketing season opens. It goes without saying that the next meeting will have a large attendance and that the citizens of Helena will extend the warm hospitality for which they are noted. The next meeting will be held in January, although the date has ,not as yet been fixed. 50* At a meeting of stockmen held in Helena last week a resolution was passed favoring the leasing of pub- lic lands for grazing purposes. As an earnest of their good intentions the resolution declares that it should be done \along the lines suggested in the letter of the president to Secre- tary Hitchcock. December 22, giv- ing present homesteaders and home seekers the privilege and right of leasing lands adjacent to their pres- ent holdings.\ 'If a law is enacted that will first, protect the latter in their \privilege and right\ and rigid- ly enforced, there can be little objec- tion to a leasing law, but if a loophole is left for the big and wealthy stock- men to crawl through it, may he tak - en advantage of to the detriment of theWest. , 4. -\ It is not the legislator who offers the most bills that will be giving the the state the best service. It is natural that a member should feel that if he does not get busy and offer a number of bills his constituents will think that he is neglecting his duties and not earning his salary. The fewer the bills offered the better. The quality of the laws passed -% more important than the number. Considerable legis- lation. is needed, It Is true, 1)111 hun- dreds, of bills will be offered that eh Oi and will be laid on the table in 1 te eagerness of membeNt to ap- pear busy. That which is moitt Urgent has beed e ttutlined in the governor's message and in the state Press. If given due attention it is likely to oc- cupy the most of the time of the ses- sion. George Ads is to marry a Miss Cainile Lemon In the spring, the pa- pers tell us This union may prove a sort of lemonade affair—Red Lodge Picket. fe\ Chis gut Represents 1900 Water motor Washing machine Sold by the Judith Hardware Company. They work perfectly, with very little water. Will do a large washing in a very short time. The wringer or washing machine can be operated at will by throwing the switch from one to the other without stopping the power. This is a big saver in time and labor, and it is well worth looking into by anyone doing their own washing Como in and Got Prices and Detailso :R.egardinsi the Outfit. JUDITH: HARDWARE COMPANY Possibly if James J. Hill, Harriman and other railroad magnates would devote less time and economy to pil- ing up big dividends for the benefit of stockholders and more to the de- mands of traffic the present congest- ed conditions would be greatly im- proved to say the least. It is encour- aging to learn from so high an auth- ority as Mr. Hill that there is room and business for several more trame continental railroads. The rise of'Japan as a naval power is giving Uncle Sam some concern as to the safety of Pacific coast ports, and it may be necessary to maintain a considerable fleet Ix western waters. It would be a measure of precaution, although there is little danger of Ja- pan's seeking trouble with the United States, Jonathan P. Dolliver succeeds him- self as senator from Iowa. For a time it looked as though Gov. Cummins could have the plum for the asking. The latter is in line for the toga of Senator Allison, who is in poor health and not likely to live his term out. • • Montana has experienced some se- vere weather, railroads have been blockaded with !now 'and there has been a small loss in stock, yet when we read of the catastrophe at Kings- ton, Jamaica, we have much to be thankful for. The Standard Oil crowd may be lined :58,000,000 by the Ohio courts. Don't, however, make any big wagers that the maximum penalties will be Imposed.—Record Herald. Scientists say the men of the future will be taller, but the man on a mod- erate salary sees no chance to keep from getting shorter and shorter.— Record Herald. The railroads of the country are going to raise a billion dollars for ex- tensions and betterments of the var- ious systems. This will help some. • a Gov. Swettenham of Jamaica ap- nears to have about as much grati- tude as is generally attributed to an Abyssinian wart hog. MIssoullan 4 , • The Insolence of the British govern- or of Jamaica in refusing American aid to the Kingston sufferers should cost him his official head. When a person receives an endless chain letter, he is entirely excusable In making himself the missing link.— Missoullan. The ice crop promises to be large. Prices should be lower next summer than for many years past. Senator Tillman should be placed in cold storage for the next thirty days. Sentence Sermons. Th.e life reflects the love. Lazy folks never have any leisure. Greatness is revealed in gentleness. Wary soul either serves or shrink'. You do not acquire moral muscle by dodging duty. Consecrated ignorance is only sloth- ful blasphemy. Working for men is the best way of waiting on God. This is a sad world to him who looks at It with sour eyes. A man must be judged not alone by his attainments, but by his ideals. The chesty man seldom has accom- modations for a full grown heart. The sermon of the Man is mightier than even his sermon on the mount. There is a world of differenoe be- tween a tender heart and a soft bead. People who always have bones to pick go through life looking famished. Every time you do a worthy thing you make it easier for others to be worthy. Many men who are talking about their visions are referring to night- mares. Many a door of opportunity is clos- ed to a man on account of his imag- ined chest measure. Man was not made for the sake of morals, butt morals for the making of the perfect man._ Small wonder some go to heaven slowly When they are crawling there as \worms of the dust.\ The only reason some have a tender Conscience on Sunday is because they keep it In cotton batting all the week. A great many who think they are building forts for the faith will find' they are but barricading the pathway , of progress.—ChIcago Tribune. Read the Argus for the news. 0007100DREOEOSSISOSOCO N 41 2belson peeivellin STANDS FOR QUALITYD AND ACCURACY These two essentials are assured if youCbuy:your drugs of us. Don't loose sight of the above fact when you,have a PRESCRIPTION :to belfilled. ---- LEADING DRUGGISTS Or. Nit ROCS COUNTY Agents for Edison Phonograph and Record., Pure Drugs! CIGARS and TOBACCO SCHOOL SUPPLIES STATIONERY FINE CANDIES Prescriptions Compounded by Registered Pharmacist, Phillips Drug Co. LEWISTOWN Do You Drink Coffee If :you do we have a treat in store for you. Or if you who think that coffee does not agree with you, have still more reason Lobe glad because Bakers New Process Steel -cut Granulated Coffee. By this process the chaff, which is the light film found inside the coffee bean is extracted. This chaff has been chemteally analyzed and found to con- tain tannic -acid. By its removal renders Barrington Hall Coffee perfectly healthful and may be freely used by ths most delicate persor. We have taken the exclusive sale of this coffee and will carry a full stock of one and two pound cans. A. HOPKINS & SONS Pure Food Grocers. -
