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4 FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS. NOVEMBER 1, 1907. Fergus County Argus. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. O ne Year.... ........ ............... ....a 50 Six Months ....... .................... 1 25 Three Months 1 00 flubscriptlona Payable In Advance. JADVBRTIS1NO RATES FUhNISHED ON APPLICATION. OFFICIAL PAPER OF POROUS colit•Tv. Published Every Friday by JOHN M. VROOMAN, Editor and Prop. Entered as second-class matter Aug.1 net 3, 1906, at the pcistoffice at Lew- istown, Montana, under the act of con- gress of March 3, 1879. Subscribers falling to receive their papers will please notify this office, that the cause may be investigated and reported to the proper authorities. LEWISTOWN, MONT., Nov. 1, 1907 After nineteen years of continuous employment in the Argus office, loi seven or eight of which he has held the position of business manager, Mr. Halsey R. Watson retires to accept a situation elsewhere. In all these years he has been a faithful and trust• 'worthy employe, mastering every de- tail or the various departments of the establishment. As a result of - his ef- forts he has become recognized as the possessor of business talents of a high order and will doubtless succeed In any undertaking in which he may be- come engaged. In common with all of Mr. Watson's friends, the Argus - wishes him every success in the fu- ture and hopes that his lines may be cast in pleasant places. While he re- linquishes the position of business manager he will remain for a short time until another familiarizes him- self with the business, although fot the future the direct management will be In the hands of the proprietor. A YEAR HENCE. By this time next year the Billings & Northern railroad will have been completed and splendidly equipped passenger trains will be passing through the county on to the coast, as. it is the declared intention of the man- agement of the road to send its best trains this way owing to the lighter grade. At the same time the Cht• cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul will have been completed to Butte or at least Wel be running trains regularly along the southern border of the county, with Harlowton as an important di- vision point. With this accomplish- ed the effect upon Fergus county can- not help but be magical In many ways. Whatever may be the policy of the Great Northern it is known that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is go- ing to make every effort to induce settlers to locate in central Montana and use every legitimate means for the development of the dormant re- sources of this region. The road has a well equipped and effective immi- gration bureau and literature descrip- tive of the great country from which It must draw a large portion of its business Is in course of preparation. All this being true, central Montana, which is practically Fergus county, should show, not only a wonderful growth in population, but a remark- able development in all of its indus- tries. Cheaper freight rates and bet- ter facilities for travel will have al marked effect in the settlement and. accumulation of wealth. It should be possible to send grain products to eastern or western markets at a fair profit. Lewistown as the centre of this vast 'tributary and productive country will grow and become a city of no mean Proportions in a few years. With ev- ery prospect of another branch road and the possibility of a through line eventually, it is certain to become one of the important cities or the state. The developments in the county in the next few years owing to the cone pletion of the lines mentioned will be well worth watching. • • STUART COLLECTION DESTROY- ED. Butte has experienced many fires, tome of them involving Immense los- ses, yet seldom has a blaze there called out such general regret as the one that laid the beautiful pavilion at Columbia Gardens in ashes a few nights ago. There is, of course, a reason for this, and it Is found In the fact that the gardens were Butte's play ground. There the children went by thousands and there open air con certs were given by we Boston & Montana band that would do credit to any city In the world. While own- ed by an individual, the gardens, for all practiaal purposes, belonged to the people, and they have been visited by people from every part of Montana as well as by visitors from all over the world. Columbia Gardens were started back it the days when Butte was sup- posed to be a place where a blade of grass could not be grown, where trees were only a recollection and flowers unknown outside of the flor- ists. There was always a lot of exag- geration about these things, and of late years Butte has shown a decided tendency to become a garden atad• Each year since that beginning has witnessed the development of the gar- dens, and rarely has a rich man's hobby given more real pleasure to a whole community than this desire of Senator Clark to make Columbia Gardens a play ground for the chil- dren and a place where all the Peo- ple could drink refreshment from it. beauties. That the pavilion should be destroyed through the work of an incendiary, as claimed, seems incred- ible, yet there Is little room for doubt as to the accuracy of the conclusion. The fire has a special interest for the people of Fergus county for the reason that the valuable collection of runs, etc., owned by Granville Stuart, one of the first white men to come ; to this section, was entirely destroyed. Mr. Stuart had spent many years in getting the collection together(, and many of the objects In it were from tills county. It formed one of the most interesting displays in the pa- vill6n, and attracted much attention. This, with the other collections, is, of course, not to be replaced, and it may be that the glory of the gerdens has departed forever, as Senator Clark has not signified any Intention to re- place the pavilion. MORE ABOUT BARNES -KING. Mr. E. W. King, in an interview giv- en out in Great Falls and published In the Miner yesterday morning, elu- cidates one phase of the notorious Barnes -King flotation, which, although generally suspected, might have been Otherwise difficult to prove, says the Butte Miner. This has to do with the price re- ceived by Mr. King and his associate for the property. The sum paid for the mine to its original owners by the promoters was nine hundred and sixty thousand dol- lars, and these same promoters turn- ed the property into the Company for twelve hundred thousand dollars: thus it will be seen that this little band of \high financiers\ pocketed two hun- dred and forty thousand dollars that !they held up the Barnes -King Devetop- ment company for. In other words, of the two million dollars capital of the Barnes -King De- velopment company this litM heed of pirates abstracted from the treasury of the company approximately one- third of its entire capital. The four men connected with the flotation of the company were suppos- ed to be honorable persons, but their actions show them to have been any- thing but honest in their dealings with the stockholders of the Badnes-King Development company, and there cer- tainly ought to be some legal means of making them disgorge the money they purloined from the treasury of the corporation: If they possess the regard for their reputations which at the time the com- pany was floated it was claimed they did, they would certainly return to the company the' major portion of this money wrongfully diverted without be- ing brought into court. Otherwise, the stockholders should proceed against them, if only for the purpose of showing the survivors up to the world in order to prevent them from swindling the public again in a I hurry. ; The exposure of this dicker is with- out exception the dirtiest mining deal I ever uncovered In the whole mining history of the state. For the Children To succeed these days you must have plenty of grit, cour- age, strength. How is it with the children? Are they thin, pale, delicate? Do not forget Ayer's Sarsaparilla. You know it makes the blood pure and rich, and builds up the general health in every way. 110* z are rithl .n ?Art any emssorst.14.n hy llit er4 e1.11 I 11311,0 MOMS SS aysex mg. All reeplotAble.sugsr °ate& Mao A Y. arm . unnin. Mass useesesellesses ess• ma. ZJ IPS moo awe peirsod.. or• es.* .WM*0 I 1 9FIP pshlIsh r• Explaining President Roosevelt's popularity in the south the Boston Ad- vertiser says it Is due to the fact that he has tried to be the chief executive of all the people. More than any one of his Republican predecessors he has set his face against the practice of appointing to office, in the south, men of doubtful character (relics of recon- struction epochs) merely because they !professed to head the Republican or' ganization in their states. He has ; honestly tried to do his duty by every section, wholly regardless of the dic- tates of mere partisansalp. He has kept before him always the ideals of true loyalty to the welfare of every ! section of the nation likely to be af- fected by his acts. He has not only i exhorted the men or the south and of !the north to know but one country, he has lived his own preachment to the letter. No right-minded man of the .oitth deubts the integrity, the manli- IIPSS, the right-minded patriotism of Theodore Roosevelt. He has lived up io southern ideals of statesmanship and honor. And because this is so, the south now delights to do him hon- or and to show him loyalty. No tnan of his aggressive virility could stand long In the public eye without excit- ing criticism from the few, but from the many, in tht south as well as the north. President Roosevelt has won the honest respect and admiration which every right-minded citizen is glad to pay to honest and manly in- dependence and integrity in high 01•0111114 One trial will convince you that SloaKS Liniment will relieve soreness and stiffness quicker and easier than any other preparation sold for that purpose. It 'Penetrates to the bone. quickens the blood, drives away fatigue and gives strength and elasticity to the muscles. Thousands use Sloarrs Liniment for rheumatism, neuralgia. toothache sprains, contracted muscles, stiff joints, cuts, bruises, burns, cramp or colic and insect stings. ,PRICE 254,50f. 6*1.00 Dr Ecrl 5 Sloan. Bo5ton.Moss,U.5A The railroad graders, especially tbe negroes, who are working in this county. must have been laboring un der the impression that Montana is still \wild and wooley, - 'as nearly all of them came with a revolver on their person. A good many of them have been relieved of their guns and tined heavily for such infraction of the law. As a matter of fact Montana has be- come one of the most tranquil and law-abiding states in the union an,. nowhere is the law against carrying concealed weapons more rigidly en- forced. Many foreigners also think that firearms are cssary part of their equipment before starting for Amer- ica. At New York, recently, a largo and varied collection of weapons were taken out and dumped into the ocean, they being taken from the effects of emigrants upon their landing in that port They soon Learn that they have very little use for a weapon of any kind. An exchange puts it about right in the following: One of our subscrib- ers took us to task this week for fail- ing, as he remarked, to publish all that happened. It was fortunate for this particular individual that discre- tion occasionally demands the omis- sion of unpleasant items. Should we publish all that is told to us, we would be with the angels about twenty minutes after our papers were mailed. We try to print all items that are news, or that will encourage, help or cheer any of our citizens along life's rugged road, We all doubtless would enjoy reading \all the news\ when it's about the other fellow, nut our policy is to turn over to the gossips the spreading of scandals that only leave sorrow in their trail. Fergus county has her sapphire mines and Pike county, Arkansas, the genuine article in diamonds. Recent- ly George F. Kunz of Tiffany's, who is the highest authority on precious stones In the world, visited the Arkan- sas discovery and has pronounced the diamonds the real thing and the geo- logical conditions are almost precise- ly those which occur In the neighbor- hood of the Kimberly diamond mines of South Africa, but it is doubtful if the deposits are large enough to guar- antee working on an extensive scale. The spot where they were found the expert holds to be the crater of an ex- tinct volcano. Mr. Kernz regards the find as a very Important one. _ • The future course of the Filipinos will be watched with much interest. It is hardly expected that they are capable of self-government, but it is well to give them some measure of re- sponsibility in the conduct of local an fairs. It will prove a good schooling and in time fit them for the independ- ence which they yearn and which some think should be granted them though lily prepared to exercise R. Secretary Taft was the first civic governor of the Philippine Islands under American rule and only recently he had the honor of formally opening the first. Philippine congress. Those who heard the addresses of Jacob Ras could not but be Impressed with the sincerity of the man. He la doing a great work for humanity in the slums and settlement districts of New York. Many are familiar with his work through his hooks and it was a pleasure to some of them to hear hint and make his acquaintance. Af- ter a visit to the coast Mr. his will return to the metropolis to renew his labors among the unfortunates who hold him in the tenderest regard. -• • Considerable Interest Is centered In the Cleveland municipal election which takes place next Tuesday. May- or Tom L. Johnson, who Is seeking a fourth term, Is the Democratic nomi- nee. Pitied against him Is Congress- man Theodore E. Burton, Republican. There has been a heavy registration and the tension Is intense. Johnson is one of the civerest politicians in the country and is likely to be elected though the adherents of Burton are sanguine as to the outcome. • •. Wheat is feeling the effects of the financial stringency, but It Is not be- lieved that the decline is for any great length of time. With the easing up of the money market wheat will prob- ably move up a few points. • • \No part of the United States stands on so safe a basis as the northwest,' says \Jim\ Hill and he rarely ever in- dulges in \taffy.\ The foreign demand for copper Is sending the price of that metal up a few mint.. It is something unusual for the east to come to the west to borrow money. But that la what is taking place at present and but few questions asked as to interest rates. Outside of the Wall street gamblers the country is in good financial condition. , Anyway, Secretary Loebe, Is said to have killed -a real bear even if the president's were only big,_ black rac- cooes. When it comes to bears Mon- tana has the genuine article. Miss Mariorlaaireeden has just grad- uated with honors from the law de- partment of the South Dakota State University—the first woman to grad- uate in law In the state. • • When the Montana red apple nets an annual profit of $1,700 an acre thare is no excuse for dabbling in fake mining stocks.—Missoullan. NOW IS BEST TIME TO TAKE NOTED AUTHORITY GIVES DIREC- TIONS TO PREPARE SIMPLE, YET REMARKABLE HOME MIXTURE. A well known authority on rehuma- tism gives the readers of a large New York daily paper the following valu- able, yet simple and harmless pre- scription, which ;any one can easily prepare at home: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce, Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. three ounces, Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. He states that the ingredients can be obtatned from any - good prescrip- tion pharmacy at small cost, and, be- ing of vegetable extraction, are harm- less to take. This pleasant mixture, if taken reg- ularly for a few days, is said to over- come almost any case of rheumatism. The pain and swelling, If any, dimin- ishes with each dose, until permanent results are obtained, and without in- juring the stomach. Wbile there are many so-called rheumatism remedies, patent medicines, etc., some of which do give relief, few really give perma- nent results, and the above will, no doubt, be greatly appreciated by many sufferers here at this time. Inquiry at the drug stores of this neighborhood elicits the Information that these drugs are harmless and can be bought separately, or the druggists here will mix the prescription for our readers if asked to. BILLINGS & NORTHERN. Train Service Will be inaugurated About April 1. Great Falls Tribune: The firm of Grant Brothers, which has done a large share of the work on the Billings line between Armington and the Fer- gus county line, has about completed its contracts and is preparing to ship Its outfit to Idaho, where the Grants have secured other contracts. Donald Grant last evening stated that, within two weeks, the laying of rails from Surprise creek, the present terminus of the line, to Judith gap would begin. The Surprise creek bridge has been completed, and the till is now being made. Track will be laid from Billings to Judith gap from the other end, and when It Is done will depend on the completion of the big tunnel. It is now believed that trains will — 141 - 7 - 1 In triah a mach deluded fool is he, who takes a aocher for a fool to be. The \Aerrric•tor\ Was the First Successful Steel Windmill Made. THE AERMOTOR COr1PANY ALSO MADE THE FIRST STEEL WIND- rtILL TOWER and in all these year of successful selling has placed AERNICYTCIIR First in the minds of practical men --made it a house - ,hold word in every country. A standard of value in 7 ....r, .. every clime, and our desire to furnish better goods 4 i I IA 1 than anyone else could furnish them has brouget us ii many a customer, and you'll find more Aermoters in PA d ' successful operation everywhere than all others makes rs 1 4,46 k ! i ,4111 , MOST EFFICIENT and the cheapest because THE BEST WHEEL MADE and everything that can be i use, for irrigation, or use or for grinding grain. I said in favor of the AERMOTOR applies just as 0 ;' to ( '4/il 0.4, thoroughly our mammoth stook of PUMPS for stable f family SI Min t 011F. koll together. THEY ARE THE STRONGEST, THE MOST LASTING, THE BEST REGULATED, THE Judith Hardware Company The Honte of the Rancher Who Thinks be running between Great Falls and Billings by February 1, and a pas- senger service will be inaugurated by the beginning of April. Dancing Proves Fatal. Many Men and women catch colds at dances which terminate in pneu- monia and consumption. After expos- ure, if Foley's Honey and Tar is tak- en it will break up a cold and no Ber- k:111S results need be feared. Refuse any but the genuine in a yellow pack- age. C. H. Williams. Fo. Uncle Joe's Boom Launched, Chicago, Oct. 31.—Speaker Joseph G. Cannon's official campaign for the presidential nomination was started at a meeting of fourteen Illinois Re- publican congressmen at the Auditor- ium. It was decided to place Speaker Cannon in the race whether he ac- quiesced or not, but when the speaker was called in at the end of the three- hour conference, he said: \Well boys will be boys. Do as you please.\ Ordinary clothes are easily found, but it if more difficult to cliacover gar- ments that will itatiafy young men who know a swagger Suit or Overcoat when they me it. Make it a point to see Young Men's . \Viking System' Clothing manufactured by Berkey. Mayer, & Co., Chicago. The \Viking System\ label Is In them, the mark of exoelleno•--Our Guarantee. • • .. ... • • • • • • la • .......... • • • • • • A. HOPKINS & SONS PURE FOOD GROCERS If you want the best in Cereals, get the Club house. We carry a full stock. OAT WAFERS WHEAT WAFERS PEARLS OF WHEAT BARLEY SAPO HEAD RICE FORINA TAPIOCA PEARLED HOMINY Try a • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • package of the Club House, they repre- sent the highest possible quality. Prices Reduced for Dentistry Somnoform scientifically administered for Tooth Extraction Absolutely Safe and Painless Hart 8z Co. All Dental Work Guaranteed. DR. M. M. HEDGES Over Golden Rule Store. BANK OF FERGUS COUNTY CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 11 $250,000.00 The Oldest Established Bank in Fergus County Invites the Accounts of Responsible Corporations, Firms and Individuals kk. lbt Pimp, Iltwaske I Si. Pal balm MIMOLTINOS —Chicago. —Pacific Coast Sellelea. tests UM SPOSSISII.
