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most opportune tinur, the boosters' convention held in Helena last week was attended by several hundred del- egates, nearly every county. in the state being represented. The object of the meeting was to adopt some plan to thoroughly advertise the state. • According to the published proceed- ings this was reached without much difficulty. It was decided to recom- mend to the legislature, many of the members of which were present, that It appropriate $25,000 a year for the creation of an immigration and indus- trial bureau, which shall devote its time to advertising the resources and Industries of the state and in securing settlers upon its lands. If anything is to be done at all it would seem that the plan is a good one. Heretofore a few have borne the expense of booming or advertising In the different localities and they have grown weary of the expense and troll ' ,de. if any movement is undertaken it should be statewide and the ex- pense borne by the state and the var- ious counties as It will be under the plan recommended. The success of this new movement will depend largely upon those placed in charge of the bureau., If the offi- ces are looked upon as mere sine- cures very little good will be accom- plished. There are some live, wide-awake men in the state, men who can in- spire confidence and do things and who are broad enough to pull impar- tially for all parts of the state. With such in charge the bureau would dci\ something more than expend the money and make annual reports. Such men, regardless of pulls and politics, should be placed in charge. It remains to be seen what action the legislature will take. FlorPEAL TIMIL LICENSE TAX. The passage by the senate of the reseetng the law which Imposes cemetery, it will be put to no expense whatever, as the peop'e aroend Fort Maginnis have expressed their wil- lingness to eneiose it and keep it in lepair. It would be little short of disgraceful if this cemetery should pass into private hands and all the associations connected with it de- rtroyed. We believe the Fergus coun- ty representatives ih the legislature will not only give the matter their quick ,and hearty support, but that they will have no difficulty in bring- ing about a realization of the hopes of those who have the movement In charge. NEW CURE FOR LEPROSY The New York Herald of January 4 FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS, FEBRUARY 8, 1907. 3crous County Brous. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year........ ............... ....... ..... IOW Six Months I Three Months 1 00 Subscriptions Payable in Advance. ADVILKTISINO RATES gUaNISHED oN APPLICATION. OaFiC1AL PAPeit F Mous COUNTS. Published ivory Friday by JOHN N. YHOOIAN, Editor and Proprietor liA liSEY K. WATSON, Business tanager Entered as second-class matter Aug ust 3, 1906, at the postoffice at Lew- istown. Montana, under the act of con- gress of March 3, 1879. Subscribers failing to receive their' papers will please notify this office, that the cause may be investigated and reported to the proper authorities. LEWISTOWN, MONT., Feb. 8, 1907. ARTESIAN WELLS. It is the opinion of a number of very intelligent gentlemen in this county that in artesian wells will be found the solution of the water prob- lem in the Judith Basin. The lay of the country, the water shed being to- ward a common center, leads readily to the conclusion that a great force and flow of water could be secured. The borings for coal alone have pro- duced flowing wells in the western part of the county. That there is an abundance of wa- ter beneath the surface throughout the Judith Basin hardly admits of a doubt. Eventually this water will be brought from the depths and made to reclaim new lands and pre'vent crop failure on those already productive. The need of it will become more pro- nounced in a few years than at pres- ent, when the soil, now so productive, loses some of its strength. It is an undertaking that will re- quire ample capital and the best of equipment to secure large results, hence it Is apt to be delayed for some years yet, if left to private enterprise. It is surprising that the government does not lend some aid in this direc- tion in the work of reclaiming the arid lands, as artesian wells would prove feasible where other methods of getting water on land are not prac- ticable. It may be contended that the volume of water obtained by artesian wells is not large enough for a gov- ernment undertaking, still, a number within a given territory, would prove a great help in a dry season. In Cape Colony drilling for water for stock breeding and irrigation pur- poses was first undertaken by the British government for the farmers at minimum cost. The government owned the drilling machinery and tiained men for operating it. Now the government encourages well drill- ing by giving subsidies equal to not a license tax On merchantikoad pro- fessional men, with onlf tree vote in opposition. indicates that at last the lawmakers of the state have awaken- ed to the fact that a relic of the days when Montana was not so far ad- vanced as it is today. is to be wiped off the statute books. In the early days, when thf popula- Don was scanty and the taxable prop - erty small, there was an excuse for the tax. But now there is none. Gov- ernor Toole does not favor the repeal, but his opposition is based on the fact that the doing away with the tax will reduce the revenues of the state. The showing made of the estimated revenue of the state in the next two years and its estimated expenditures. is such as to justify the belief that with this tax wiped out, there will still be ample funds to run the state government. The injustice of the license tax is, that it makes the merchant and the professional man stand double taxation. First they are assessed for their stock of goods or their books, and they must pay a tax to do bust - fleas. SO long as Montana retains this rel- ic it will be not an invitation for men to come to the state and engage in business, but an obstacle placed in the way of new corners. Under the pres- ent law we say to them: \If you open a store, or a law office, or begin the practice of medicine here, and bring your goods and your family, we will make you pay for the privilege of doing business.\ That sort of an in- vftation is one that the progressive newcomer, and it is the progressive man we want, resents, and he takes his wares or his books and his fam- ily and gees to a state where they give him encouragement and do not make him pay for the privilege of helping to build up the state. The bill, like the railway commis- sion measure, was an issue in the last campaign. The people want it repeal- ed. The senate has heeded the voice of the voter, and now it is for the house to do likewise.—Helena Record.1 • • A GOOD MOVE. It is noted that a movement is on foot to have the state set apart as a permanent burying ground the old cemetery at Fort Maginnis. There is every reason to believe the effort will be successful, as it is difficult to see what objection can made to the plan, and there are the very strongest of reasons in favor of it. This land now belongs to the state, the cenie- tery tract comprising only 10 acres. If it were sold. the amount it would bring would be but a trifle, yet unless the efforts of those interested are suc- cessful, this may result. During the period- the [loons were at Fort Ma - glints, the remains of a number of soldiers were interred in this ceme- tery. Later these bodies were .removed to Fort Custer, but the burying ground remains the last resting place of many who were pioneers in this section, .7.3 well as of discharged soldiers and more than one-half the cost of drill- veterans. It is hallowed ground and Mg wells, and the work is undertaken should be preserved for its original by contractors who have their own purpose. It is understood that if the drilling machinery and employ most state should set the plot apart as a of the men previously trained by the government for operating the ma- chines. The equipment used for drill- ing is mostly the jumper drill type. Several of these are of American manufacture. The government could do very little toward reclaiming or sustaining land In the Judith Basin by reservoirs. There is plenty of water but it must be brought from below. We believe it is almost certain to be demonstrated that this is an artesian well heft. and in time hundreds of acres will be irrigated through this method of se- curing water. • •- TO ADVERTISE MONTANA. Although it may not have been the , 29 contains a special from Honolulu in which it is stated that a new cure for leprosy has been discovered by Dr. Goodhue, who has given It a pret- ty thorough trial at the leper settle- ment, where he Is the regular physi- cian. The remedy is the result of years of study among the lepers, and it is said that the results so far at- tending the treatment have been ex- tremely favorable. As is generally the case when discoveries of this kind are made, the remedy is a very simple one, toing nothing more nor less than the oil of the eucalyptus tree. The oil is diluted and put into hot baths, in- to which the lepers are placed. Dr Goodhue does not positively announce that the treatment is a cure, but it has certainly proved far more effect- ive than the X-ray or the treatment ,\evised by Dr. Goto, the Japanese phy- Why Refer to Doctors Because we make medicines for them. We tell them all about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and they prescribe it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, con- sumption. They trust it. Then you can afford to trust it. Ask your own doctor. The best kind of. testimonial— sold for over sixty years.\ W. '\ , 1710•Urt:. ( 47;,, L ,77,r' 1 \ ... AP 5 ISAPAIULLA. yers PII.LS. HAIR MOIL We hao• no aoorata , W. entolett the Sieetalas of all OM' 11104ieta.s. ser's pm . %%Ltd u tho p a C= 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 000 00000 DESNIKONNOSISSOSS 5 Nfl iil 2bilson cf Geeivellin STANDS FOR QUALITY AND ACCURACY These two essentials are assured if you buy your drugs of atm Don't lose sight of the above fact wheeyou have a PlkEStRIPTION to be filled. 00000 LEADING DRUGGISTS Or TERGTJS COUNTY Agents for Edison Phonograph aid Records 00000 00000 SORZOOSOSS TOSSOSSIMISSOSSIDSseessail 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 to be 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 chemtcally analyzed and found 'to con- tain tannic -acid. By it removal renders Barrington Hall Coffee perfectly healthful and may be freely used by the most dilicate 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. A CHECKING ACCOUNT Helps you to save; gives you a receipt and brings your name before the busi- ness men of the community. It will pay you to open an account with the Bank 'of Fergus County The oldest and largest Bank in the County. Capital and Surplus $250,000. S. S. HOBSON, Pr•s. AUSTIN W. WARR, Cash. F. E. WRIGHT, Vice Pres ROY J. COVERT, Asst. Cash. ition, which was for come . time, used at the leper, settlement with good re- sults. It has replaced the others, and before the year is out the oil of the eucalyptus may prove to be a specific for this scourge. Should this result follow, it will be a great achievement for medical science, for while scores of remedies are called \specifics the physicians know that all the true specifics in materta medics, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Oil of eucalyptus possesses wonderful healing and cleansing properties, as has lung been known, and one feature of the new cure is that the afflicted ones, who have submitted unwilling- ly to treatment in the past, are all anxious to have this applied to them. • • DRY LAND FARMING. There was held in Denver, recently a CODA ention of dry land farm- ers, or men who have made a suc- cess of the new method of reclaiming the arid lands of the west and making them productive of large crops. Al- though the idea is a comparatively new one to the Rocky mountain reg- ion, experimentations is being car- ried on in several states with encour- aging results. In the northern part of this state, as well as the southern, the system is being given a thorougn test. In Madison county it is claimed that immigration is not absolutely essential in reclaiming the bench lands. Among those present and who took a conspictous part in the con- vention was H. W. Campbell, of Lincoln, Neb., who evolved the sys- tem of dry land farming, and who has seen his work crowned with success in North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne- braska and Kansas. Some idea of what has been accomplished by Mr. Camp- bell is given by John L. Cowan in the Century magazine, who speaks of the system as follows: \Twenty years ago J. P. Pomeroy, now of Colorado Springs, acquired 30,- 000 acres of land in Graham county, Western Kansas, and founded Hill City almost in the center of the tract. I For fourteen years portions/ of this land were cultivated by old fashioned methods. In all that time only one good crop was harvested, that being in a season when the rainfall was ab- normally large. He had heard of Mr. Campbell and his system of dry farm- ing and sent for him, telling him to go ahead and show just what he could do on land on which profitable farm- ing by ordinary methods had been proved to be impossible. Mr. Camp- bell laid out a model farm on the very land that had been tried often with discouraging results. bast season the sixth successive crop was harvested. In the fourteen years in which old fashioned methods were followed, thirteen failures were scored. In the six years in which the Campbell sys- tem has been on trial on the same lands, a crop failure has been unknown. The smallest yield of wheat per acre in that time has been thirty-five bushels, while farmers close by have never obtained more than thirteen bushels per acre, and very rarely even that. The yield of corn, oats, potatoes, alfalfa, berries, small fruits, and vege tables in equal to that obtained from the average irrigated farms around Greeley, Fort-oollins, Grand Junction and other parts of Colorado 'under the ditch.' On this farm there is also six -year -old orchard that is in prime condition, the trees being as large as eight -year -old trees in the famous fruit -growing district of Palisades. A more complete vindication of all the claims made by advocates of the prac- ticability of farming on the plains without irrigation could not be well imagined.\ In conjunction with irrigation this method of reclaiming the arid lands may prove of inestimable value to Montana. In ,any event the Campbell system shotild be given a most thor- ough test by the farmers of this state. -• • Charles Curtis, of Kansas, who has just been promoted from the house to the senate, is the grandson of a Kaw Indian. But he is not the first man of Indian blood to occupy a seat in the senate. John Randolph. of Roanoke, was a descendent of Poca- hontas. while John A. Logan had In- dian blood in his veins and had the marked features of an Indian. With Oklahoma coming into the union of elates we are likely to have more than one pure blood Indian senator. An Iowa City man secured the ap- pointment of postmaster of that place over a number of other aspirants by reason of the fact that he was the father of eleven children. The \anti - race suicide\ platform gave him a strong pull with the president, who was of course \delighted\ to make the appointment. •-• Bald buttes should be covered with a luxuriant growth of grass next sum- mer. A good, many of the old placer . mines of Montana will be worked the coming season with profitable results. There is likely to be some activity n the placers or this county some of which will yeld more than good wages with plenty of water. No freight train through Havre in forty-seven days was the record up to Feb. 3rd. The people of that city have received some food supplies from Butte Jobbing houses which has pre. vented any suffering for necessaries. Senator Reyner of Maryland accus- e& President Roosevelt of usurping powers which belong to congress and in violating the constitution in other ways, This should come under the head of important If true. I TaieBall.boaring Whits Runs easy and right. Our No. 25 auto - la: swell front, matic lift has the oak., quarter sawed wood work. .. • 1 THEI.0146ER YOU USE IT/ THE.BETTER YOU'LL LIKE IT. If you are not posta on our pinch tea- ic,n and tension indicator, see them by all means. The White has other vale - Ask improvments that appeal to careful buyers. We are Agents for the White Sewing Wachine for this section. They are a fine piece of furniture, work perfectly in every detail, and make as pretty a stitch as a machine that would cost you double the amount that we are selling this madhibe for. We sell a number every year and have our first -com- plaint to be recorded against them. Our Prices are within reach of everyone 41P and if you anticipate buying a machine, do not overlook coming in and looking this machine over. Judith Hardware Company A Texas man predicts that the world will be consumed by fire within a few 1 days. Well, most anything to evap- orate some of the surplus moisture in these parts. GreatFalls has just had a success- ful poultry show to crow over. The chicken is going to command more attention in Montana in the near tu- tu! e. The man who has hay to sell next spiing will nvt have to hunt purchas- ers. WITH *.\\..\ 1 THE PARAGRAPHERS If the gentleman from Alaska, Mr. J. Frost, desires a few days' leave of absence, unanimous consent will be given.—Anaconda Standard. One can't help wondering what would have happened to Governor Sweetenham If it had been \Fighting Bob\ whom he insulted.—Record Her- ald. Carnegie has given Yale a $40,000 swimming pool which is a harmless and pleasant way of watering our in- tellectual stock —Minneapolis Jour- nal. The attention of Colonel Roosevelt Is invited to the enet that bears are getting unpleasantly numerous and violent in Wall street.—Anaconda Standard. A Boston man thinks the dead may be restored to life by hypnotic sug- gestion. There are a dozen dead ones in the senate whom even a suggestion could not reach. --,Minneapolis Jour- nal. --- A Rediand, Cal., girl claims to be able to write 300 words a minute on the typewriter. And we are almost willing to bet that she can also chew gum and talk to a bystander while she is writing them.—Helena Inde- pendent. Sometime, Somewhere. Unanswered yet? the prayer your lips have pleaded In agony of heart these many years? Does faith begin to fail? Is hope de- parting? And think you all in vain those falling tears? Say not the Father bath not heard your prayer; You shall have your desire sometime, somewhere. Unanswered yet? though when you first presented This one petition at the Father's throne, It seemed you could not wait the time of asking, So urgent was your heart to make it known; Though years have passed since then, do not despair, The Lord will answer you sometime, somewhere. Unanswered yet? nay, do not say un granted— Perhaps your part is not yet wholly done; The work began when your first pray- er was uttered, And God will finish what He has be- gun, If you will keep the incense burning there, His glory you shall see, sometime, somewhere. Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be un- answered; Her feet are firmly planted on the rock; Amid the wildest storms she stands undaunted; Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock, She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer, And cries, \It shall be done,\ some- time, somewhere. —ROBERT BROWNING. \Citizen -Making\ and \Clty-Making.\ \Fortunately 'citizen -making' and 'city -making' are coming to be regard- ed, as they of right should be, as the most pressing questions of the pres- ent day. The schools and colleges and the universities are awakening to their opportunity and are striving mightily In every direction to meet the obligations laid upon them by new conditions. They are appreciating the necessity of preparing the citizens to make greater and grander cities, through the creation of better prepar- ed citizens. Not only, however, upon the ethical side is the impulse mani- festing itself, but likewise upon the material. 'City -making' is a new art, but more and more we find men of in- telligence, of capacity, of statesman- like quality devoting themselves to its pursuit. It Is now coming to be corn - molt practice for a community to re- tain the serviced of experts to sug- gest ways and means for Improving present conditions and for planning for the future.\ MONTANA AT A GLANCE. Fort Benton is having a religious revival. Cascade county had $145,000 in the arious funds Feb. 1. There has not been a freight train through Havre now for 50 days. State Treasurer Rice had over a million and a half on hand in cash on Feb. 1. Maude Ballington Booth spoke at Great Falls last night on the Salva- tion Army's work in prisons. The firemen of the Great Falls de- partment have petitioned the city council for an increase in wages. Hay is selling at $16 per ton in the stack at Chouteau, and oats bring from $1.40 to $1.50 per hundred. The Missoula Y. M. C. A. has start- ed a campaign for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. building in that city. The Lutheran conference will be held at Great Falls next year, with Rev. Christopher Carlson as presi- dent. The storm at Fort Benton and vi- cinity during the last week of Janu- ary was the worst experienced there In 20 years. All the letter carriers at Butte have notified the postmaster that unless their pay is raised they will go on a strike March 1. Evening services at the Helena churches had to be omitted last Sun- day on account of the extreme cold and the shortage of fuel. The state examiner reports that the books of County Treasurer Wil- liam Wofferd, of Valley county, do not balance by. $8,000. Rev. John Malick, of Boston, has taken charge of the Unitarian church of Great Falls, which has been with- out a pastor for some months. In the midst of a terrible blizzard at Chouteau last week, the coal sup- ply became exhausted, and it was necessary to close the court house. Rev. Frederick H. Gwynne, pastor of the Immanuel Presbyterian church at Butte has accepted a call from the Westminster Presbyterian church of Salt Lake. The average temperature at Havre last month Was 8 degrees below ze- ro, the lowest being 43 degrees below ;.ero. The snowfall was the heaviest in 24 years. The union undertakers of Butte have notified the county commission- ers that they will not bury paupers for less than $75' each—the union price. They will get it. Former State Mine Inspector Byrne died suddenly of heart failure in Butte last week. He was well known in Fergus county, having made several trips up here. The Cascade county commissioners have inaugurated a policy of re- trenchment and reform, and four dep- utles in the county offices have been dropped from the payroll. A bill has been introduced in the legislature by Senator Romney, of Revell', to appropriate money for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a home for needy pioneers at Colum- bus. Three or four hundred Danish farm- ers are expected in settle in the vi- cinity of Culbertson in April next. There is already a large colony of that nationality in the Culbertson rection. David Hoover, former inspector of customs at Gateway, who was sus- pended because of charges of smug- gling Chinese into the country, has been reinstated, the charge having fallen to the ground. The civic clubs of Montana, in a convention held at Helena, have form- ed the Montana Federation of Civic Clubs. The officers are R. J. Condon, Helena, president; E. H. Newion. Great Falls, secretary; and R. J. Cun ningham. Bozeman, treasurer. • Edward P. Mason, tried in the fed- eral court at Helena last week on a charge of murder for killing R. L. Huff last September at Fort Assini- bottle, was found guilty of man manslaughter. Judge Hunt imposed the maximum penalty -10 years. Representative T. H. Griffin, of Pow- ell county, and Miss Nellie °Tanner, of Helena, will be married next Tues- day at the capital city. They met for the first time at the beginning of the session, fell in love, and the en- gagement was announced last week. Quality—yea, high quality—there is nothing better at any price in a pure, wholesome baking powder than Hunt's Perfect •
