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UNTY OGUS, NOVEMBER 10,,t907. \ $1, Fergus County Argus. TIMMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One Year 050 Sir Months I at Three Months ...........................1 00 Subscriptions Payable in Advance. ture in oil this diet should give sat- isfaction to all Is that early in the spring the Milwaukee will be complete\ ed through to Butte, and with the ear- ly completion of the Billings & North- ern as well, the need for these Stub trains will disappear, • • ADVERTISING RATES FUkNISUEDON One of the great obstacles in the APPLICATION. way of rapid improvement in the finale OFFICIAL PAPSR OF FRROUS COUNTY. Published Every Friday by JOHN M. VROOMAN, Editor and Prop. 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 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. 15, 1907, THERE IS NO DANGER. Whatever may happen to the rest of the country by reason of the finan- cial disturbance, the people of Lewis- town and vicinity cannot be serious- iy affected. The batiks of this city, 'meeting all their obligations in cash, continue to make loans to their cus- tomers and the people here, without any apprehension whatever, are quiet- ly pursuing the even tenor of their way. And their confidence in the banks is fully justified; the news col- umns of the Argus give the facts re- garding their condition. With cash tion under the best government on earth and prepare the youth to take balances on hand far in excess of the the places of their fathers in public amounts usually carried, the banks are affairs, business and all walks of life. The wtst is essentially a young man's cAuntry, and too much credit cannot be given the teachers who are engaged in the work of educating the boys and girls. Extend the glad hand to the teachers, good people of Lewistown, and encourage them in their efforts. • -0 loather Vaughan, in defining religion, does 'not believe that it is composed principally•of \long prayers and loud sung hymns, sighs and formulas and exterfor expression.\ Continuing, he Kays: \True religion is that spirit ol God in life, tearing down the mighty mountains of 'way and tilling the plains of vice, and in spite of greed and the avarice and the lust and the perfidy of men, making the whole ; world scintillate in the glory of God. True religion is that golden cord of justice that binds the human soul for- eyer to the great white throne of Dei- ty.' True religion is the suni total of verse in 1893;'everybody ear+ 'reales° . jman's relation to God. It is the spir- ber what the situation was duringlt of Cod deep down in the human those trying times, but still\ Lewis- 'soui _manifesting itself in our action town did not even suffer any mater- toward God and toward our fellow ial incolivenience, , man. - so it will be again, no matter what may occur; the people of this city and - county at lee_bette,. eteer t ertitecially than those of any other portion of the' sta&, wisely stand by their banks, ye - fuse to be stampeded by the croaker - and continue to make deposits intitead of withdrawing and hoarding their Mal situation in the west is the con- gested situation as regards railroad transportation. There seems to be a great scarcity of cars and locomo- tives to move the crops to market. In the State of Wleehlegton the railway commission has taken up the mattei and will endeavor to secure prompt shipment of grain and other products to the coast markets. If the railroad caminiissioners in all of the states get busy the blockade can be raised in a few weeks or months and somethine like normal conditions be reached. The situation all over eastern Wash- ington and Northern Idaho is improv- 1-g and it is said that It is only a question a time before there will be a gradual liquidation of the obligations of the Lanka. The tonditions in Mon- tana are improving and as soon as there is a market for the great wheat crop of Fergus county, this region will become the most prosperous of any in the state. The Argus welcomes to Lewistown as they did during '93, are promptly ?hii Week the teachers of Fergus and Meagher counties, who are in session In their joint annual institute, hoping that their stay will be as pleasont as it is sure to be beneficial to the pub- lic schools. The exchange of ideas and discussien of improved and mod- ern methods by the teachers cannot fail to strengthen the greatest institu- just as confident of their ability to successfully pull through a panic as their customers. This being, the case, the two will work in perfect harmony and together meet any situation that can arise; most anything eau be ac- complished by the co-operation of the hanks and their depositors. But there is no real' danger of a general panic; there is nothitia'alarm- ing in the sitnativ.. Over -speculation in New York and the continued infla- tion of stocks are 'the primary cause of the present condittons. Wall street simply has the stocks, while the peo- ple of the country,at large have the money; if there is to be a panic, It will be a rich men's affair. Labor is fully employed it the beet wages ever paid in the country, the manufactories' are ovtrren with orders, the crops have been bodntiful; there is nothing If an abnormal nature in existence anywhere. Matters were just the re - money. This speaks volumes in corn - is unfortunateihat some practical Wall cannot be devised at this time for- tire- operating -of - tbe Roue - mill. Before another wheat crop is harvested it should be turning out some excellent brands of flour. With betee railroad facilities and in the ha s of experienced men the mill metidation of their common sent' would ; *A. Id do a profitable business. With ae e large local they are simply too intelligent . the consumption and ac- ' C level-headed to be frightened- by a lot Of eastern speculators whtv neirer pro- duced anything qf actual !glue during the entire course Of the* miasPertt - lives. . a V The state railroad commission has permitted the Northern Pacific to dike off its stub trains, which means that passengers bound for this section must spend the Mel* at Lombard. This is a return to conditions that in the past operated to the disadvan- tage of Fergus county, and it will be all the more distasteful since the traveling public has, during the past few months, enjoyed a decent service. It is promised, however, that the or- der will be rescinded in 90 days, and the compelling reason for the action Is one that must satisfy reasonable people. The freight blockade, which the railways have been facing, is grow- ing worse, and the only way of break- ing it is to use the motive power em- ployed on these stub trains in mov- ing freight. Then, too, various parts of the country are threatened with a fuel famine, simply because the rail- way cannot move the coal for lack of • • sufficient locomotives, and altogether The latest political dope in Helena there appeared to be no way out of on the gubernatorial situation Is that the dilemma except through the ac- Arthur W. Miles, of Livingston. pres- Bon taken last week. The one fea- ent state senator from Park county, is being groomed for the position, which it is well understood might go to Hon. J. D. Waite of this city, if he would allow his name to be used, but he positively declines the honor. Mr. Miles has been mayor of Living- ston, is one of her leading business men and if he is nominated is sure of election, it being generally con- ceded. that the Republican nominee is pretty certain to occupy the state house for the next four years. • - Tax collection time hi rapidly ap- proaching:, the payment of which USU ally makes people feel a little grouciii, but in the main the burden will be cheerfully borne by the taxpayers of Fergus county, who have had boun- tiful crops, are assured of a bright and Rromising future and who will enter into the enjoyment of the sub- sequent Christmas holidays in a spir- it of optimism that is fully justified by the existing conditions In the rich- est county on earth. I +Wm^ I -lave You / Friend? Then tell him about Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Tell him how it cured your hard cough. Tell him why you always keep it in the house. Tell him to ask his doctor about it. Doc- tors use a great deal of it for throat and lung troubles. The best kind et • testimonial - \Sold for over sixty years.\ * A \.114 - 11.1r47:i4I\:17'\ 1 \\' P YerS M SARSAPARILLA IRIS VIOOR. We hey* CO eeerste f We pobilarb tb• formola• of all oar slaidletn••• Ono of Ayer hasten recovery. Conti! =thew, s cess to outside points the property will be in demand. There is sufficient wheat grown in the county to keep the mill in constant operation, some - think that is necessary to produce a good grade of flour. It should be the aim of our business men to get the right - parties interested in the enter- prise. The present obstacles in the way will eventually be overcome. _ • Little Japan has at last taken offi- cial notice of the talk of war wita the United States, which the yellow journals of this country tried so vain- ly and frantically to precipitate. Min- ister of Foreign Affairs Hayashi de- clares that the relations between Ja- pan and America are as \smooth and cordial as ever, and the cause of civi- lization, as well as community of in- terest, demands their lasting friend- ship.\ The visit of Secretary Taft to Japan is no doubt largely responsible for the declaration, who semi -official- ly stated the attitude of this country, and the Orientals, instead of going to war, will continue to absorb the pro- ducts and advanced civilization of the greater nation. Just at present wheat and copper are moving upward together, and the peforrnance of the pair is giving great satisfaction in Montana. ' • r T FERGUS Security 41 That bank is strongest which regards its own and its depositors interests as one. shown throughout its relations - with its customers that its constant aim has been above all else, absolute security for every dollar deposited with. it This bank has BANK OF FERGUS COUNTY LEWISTOWN, MONTANA 'Capital and Surplus $280,000. The Pioneer Bank of Fergus County, The Democrat makes a good sug- gestion in reference to the withdrawal of the stub trains on the Northern Pa- cific, connecting with the Montana railroad for Lewistown at Lombard, which is that the local accommodation be run straight througn to Helena, re- turning the next morning. Such an ar. rangement, it seems, might easily be made, which would be a boon to all patrons of the Montana railroad in Northern Montana, and if the two com- panies concerned fall to act on the suggestion the railroad commission should take it up. • • The g:eat lack of cars and locomo- tives to move coal, grain and merchan- dise is again being demonstrated There is also need of a new line or double tracking of the old ones to meet the demands of the west. Un- til this is done the railroad commis- sions of the various states should get busy and see that the great carriers are doing the best they can. If grain and cattle could be moved to market from the inter -mountain states pros- perity would soon return. Even Aguinaldo has a good word for Secretary Taft. The former bit- ter enemy of the United States says that while the secretary did not bring independence for the Filipino people concealed about his ample person, he did bring the means for attaining it, and is now perfectly satisfied that this government intends to carry out every promise made to the Filipinos. _ • Mr. Lamb also wants it understood that he had nothing to do with the Barnes -King property, except as an numble employe working under direc- tions. At the rate men are absolving themselves, it would seem that the lit- tle Barnes -King deal must have been born an orphan.—Great Falls Leader. If the railroads can arbitrarily raise the freight rates ten cents a hundred on wheat from Mentana ,points to Duluth and Minneapolis, the ques- tion naturally arises what have we a nation railroad commission for? This would be a good time to make d lower rate. • .- It is more important to carry a state Ite - Dubitcan governor - In xrnrtreity thin it is a city. The election of a i should outweigh the 'election of a mayor in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, Time Buckeye state is safely Republi- can on national issues. • • Anna Gould who was recently di- vorced from Count 130131 de Castellanc has taken a new husband, Prince Belle de Sagan. He is said to be a greater spendthrift than her former spouse. It is evident that Anna Is not seeking a quiet life. Thanksgiving day is two weeks hence and the way the financial situ- ation is improving it is hoped the - peo- ple will have greater reason, for being thankful. Bryan spent a week in Kentucky stumping for the Democratic state ticket. This may account for the elec- tion of a Republican governor. • • Impressions of Lewistown end the Judith Basin Few of the people residing here re- alize how rich is the country and how great are Its possibilities when devel- oped. For nineteen years,. in a gen- eral way, I have been acquainted with the Judith basin, having lived for near- ly fourteen years In Inc Yellowstone valley and at Helena, but have been absent from the state for the past five years. During that time, of course, I have not kept in touch with the Ju- dith basin and it was not until about two weeks ago, when conalfig In on the train, that I learad.,this Section is also successfully growing wheat in ad- dition to its many other resources. I then remariced to Mr. Littlejohn that this would make Fergus county and the Judith the richest spot on the face of the globe, and the more I see of the country the more firmly am I con- vinced .thit its future is tiey'orta th- coniprehension of the aye - rage' resi- dent. For Instance, just compare your wheat country with similar wheat - grow lag districts in the west and note the advantages possessed by the Ju- dith basin. The. Horse Heaven and Rattlesnake wheat districts, over in Washington, have had a bumper crop this year, the average being only 22% bushels to the acre, compared to from 40 to 65 bushels here. And at that, notwithstanding that soni of the Washington farmer,' actually haul all their water from four to six miles, they are satisfied and making money. The Horse, , Heaven district lies along the south side of the Ya.kima river and is about 126 miles long with an average width of some 3o miles, It is a level plateau coostituting the divide be - tween the Yakima and Columbia riv- ers and has been growing wheat as an industry about six or seven years. The soil is a volcanic ash, the average rainfall is about thirteen inches a year and the altitude some 2,000 feet. The Rattlesnake country is much smaller in area, lying north of the Ya- kima, both districts being contiguous to the famous irrigated valley of that name, the apples from which are just now attracting so much attention in Lewistown. The other wheat -growing districts of Washington, both of which are older and better developed, are the Palouse and Big Bend and the av- erage crop of tne state this year has been about 28 bushels to the acre. /1 the wheat growers of Fergus county will compare their situation with that of these Washington farmers, or any other district in the United States for that matter, they 'will be brought to a full realization of their superior en- vironment. According to my idea. wheat growing, in a very few years, will be the- chief industry of Fergus county and, taken with its other matcheiss resources, will make it as rich a section as any other on the face of the blots'. Before wheat growing was undertak- en here, Fergus county and the Judith were considered exceptionally rich, their stock interests, mining and oth- er nature/ resources being the envy of the rest of the state, but under present conditions they simply cannot he equaled by any other locality. And 1,ewistown, the natural result of these wonderful resources, for its size, is now the most metropolitan little city I ever saw. The people here do not seem to realize this, either, but it is nevertheless true. About eleven years ago I staged it into Lewistown from Billings and was then much taken with the town, but the changes that have taken place sinc,e are really marvel- ous. Take to e spehools and churches, the stores and business buildings, the fine homes, the Carnegie library, new court house wider construction, city hall, paid fire department, the water works, lighting, telephone and sewer- age systeme7the eireelbent streets and the Judith club ---all are Improvements that a city three timtrs the size of Lewistown might well be proud of. And the best feature of it all is that the town is not yet up to the counry surrounding it, the development of which has only Just begun. When this development has continued for two or three years more, Lewistown is bound to grow; it simply can't help it, my estimate being that it will have from eight to ten thousand population with- in the next five or six years. Yet the People outside of this local- ity, even those living in this state who have not been here, seem to have no knowledge whatever of the wonder- ful resources, which naturally suggests an Inquiry Into the reasons why. One of them is that the city and country have not been advertised on the out- side, the people have simply been con- tent to sit still and let the town and f country grow slowly and naturally. This would be all right under normal conditions, but the conditions here are, abnormal by reason of the wonder- ful resources; Lewistown would stand some first-class booming just now, while the country around it cannot be too widely advertised. This latter was demonstrated to me a couple of weeks ago when a banker and real estate man from Huron, S. D., visited here. They had come west to buy land„ be- ing ready to return home, practically disgusted, after they had got as far as 131Ilings. There they accidentally heard of wheat lands in the Judith basin, came here, purchased a half section at $15.50 ail acre, took options Irrtru,th. a much delialed fool is he, who takes a P`art4ar falr afoot to be. While the President was hunting real bears in the bi‘kes of the sunny south, there was;some tall hustling done by other -bears, on Wall Street, to keep from going broke. Ni\ u C Co a r-' - c•Il< IF YOU TRADE HERE and especially so when you buy suchjgood goods as the 4c34:3E3 saNsiE9 EacbE3S You know what a scramble there was last winter for sleds, bobs, in fact sleighs of all kinds for every purpose, in [act anything on runners sold like hot cakes. This season we are prepar- ed to look after your interests better than ever. We have received a car of The McGregor Delivery Sleds which by the way is the nicest sled ever made, and the \GOOD SENSE\ BOBS in Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, with either cast or steel shoes, and you'll show \good sense.' if you will come:in to let us show you. That's what we are here for and you will show especially good sense if you order now Judith Hardware Company The Rome of People Who Thtn.lv I on several sections more and return - ed home to sell the land to their friends. Both the gentlemen expect to return here to live, and will probably induce others to do so. Yet they had never before heard of the wheat lands of Fergus county, although they live only a few hundred miles east of us. What a commentary on the enterprise of the people of this locality' Why, if Billings, for instance, possessed such resources the whole world would know it, and that town Is rapidly becoming a city while Lewistown has not as- pired to be anything more than Just a good country town. It seems to me that what the people here need is a little stirring up; that they should get a move on, Woe( for the town and country and get theta talked of out- side, That is what Billings has done, without half the basis to work on, with the result that it is now the most talk- ed of town in the northwest; even the traveling men, as far west as Seattle, are singing its praises. And this has ail been accomplished since the spring of .1.900. I know, because I lived in Billings for six years prior to that date. When I left the town was just about the present size of Lewistown, probably a little larger, but not much. The only legitimate excuse that can be offered for Lewistown is that the railroad_Aga only been here about three years. Yet the Vieo0e aFe — sfirr sitting still and waittng for something to happen. Perhaps this is the right policy to pursue, but it doesn't look that way to me. I have been in the west close on to thirty years and nev- er yet saw a town or community forge ahead that didn't do something to help themselves. Certainly the people de- serve great credit for the substantial and metropolitan improvements they have made in this magnificent little city, but what surprises me is that they have been content to go to this expense and then sit still, tell the world nothing about them and quiet- ly and contentedly sit down, after all the money and effort they have cost, and enjoy them. I cannot bring these rambling thoughts to a close without a word about Lewistown's water supply. To a man coming from the Yakima val- ley, with a large family, where the river water is used by three towns with an aggregate population of prob- ably 20,000, I consider the water here worth about $60 a month. The nat- ural pring water, which never seee daylight as I understand it until it comes from the hydrants. Is the mar- vel of strangers. And this is not tak- ing into consideration the beautiful mountain stream running right through the town and its marvelous power for manufacturing enterprises. Columns could be written on these two features of Lewistown, but this story is already too long and, for the time being, I will give the readers of the Argus a rest. E. I.. 13 - MN - Protect It 3 a r des! PATENTS GUARANTEED Handsome Guide Book Freel I save time and money. Patent ex- pert. E. E. VROOMAN, Box 28, Washington, 0. C. GO EAST THIS WINTER • VIA SOUTHERN ROUTE Choice of routes for your eastern trip is offered by the Oregon Short Line Railroad Pullman. dining and library car route to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis and all points east. All tickets good Via Salt Lake City For rates and berth reservations call on or write City Ticket Office,105N. Main St., Butte F. D. WILSON. D. F. and P. A. • OOOOO .•• A. HOPKINS & SONS • PURE FOOD GROCERS • • If you want the best in Cereals, get the Club •••••1111••• OOOOO •• 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 C• lub House, they repre- sent the highest possible quality. • • ••• • • • • OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Prices Reduced for Dentistry Somnoform scientifically administered for Tooth Extraction Absolutely Safe and Painless All Dental Work Guaranteed. DR. M. M. HEDGES Over Oolden Rule Store. Culver & Culver Photographers Thoroughly understand the needs of amateurs and are Headquarters for Materiels of All Kinds. WE HAVE BOTH 'PHONES Call us either at Lewistown or Moore and get The Wheat.Market any day. We will buy Crail, Macaroni ancl Frosted or Damaged Wheat New Oats and Barley MONTANA ELEVATOR CO. Moore. Montana.
