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THE MONTANIAN, Published Every Friday Evening at Choteau Teton' Co., Montana. S. M. CORSON, Editor. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1893. OFFICIAL PAPER OF TETON COUNTY. To show up democratic duplicity is not a very hard job these days. Take the course of the Helena In dependent on the silver question, for instance. That paper, along with other democratic papers of the state, came out for free silver and blowed hard and loud, carry - its efforts way in advance o f any one else. It even insisted on an extra session of the legislature to the end that Montana might send another silver senator to congress. This, to the unsophisticated, look ed proper enough, but—and here is where the fun of the thing came in—if Governor Rickards had been induced to call -an extra session and Montana had sent a silver senator, he would have been a democrat and sure for free wool as well as tree silver. That, o f course, would have been one against the administration of the silver ques tion but one more for free wool. Wyoming and Washington would have then taken a hand in the matter. Wyoming would have sent a fiee wool democrat and against silver, and Washington would have sent a protectionist but against silver. Thus the re sult of the Independent’s scheme in the interests (?) of silver would have been two anti silverites and two free wool men, one silverite and one protectionist. Governer Rickards knew this and would not call the extra session; the Inde pendent knew it, al«o, and that is why is was so loud for an extra session. But when, however, the latter found that the governor was not inclined to the call, arid that if he did he would also call for an election to fill vacancies in the new counties, its persistancy gradually waned and died out al together when convinced that an election would entirely change the the completion of the legislative assembly. Only once in a great while now does the pseudo ‘‘friend of the best interests of the state” call for an extra session, and then only to abuse the governor for not falling into its trap, or when it thinks that probably the election could have been carried in the in terests of the administration by hook or crook. But when we con sider the cause of it all its plain enough. A revenue collectorsbip comes high, sure enough. T he vote on Tuesday sounds the death knell of the so called peo ple’s party. The result in Ohio, where both the silver and tariff issues were up, shows exactly the popular feeling on the tariff ques tion while silver cut no figure at all. Neal tried to mask his tariff guns behind silver breastworks, but the people paid no attention to that and attacked him on both flanks and the rear, capturing his whole battery. The result of the contest shows conclusively that, silver is not an issue, while the tariff is, and will be. The people’s party is for free trade and free silver and from present indica tions both are dead and so dies the party of a lost cause. Besides that, the mask is off, and men who were sincere in their faith in Hie people’s party now see the democratic mule’s ears sticking out and have quit. R eader , did it ever occur to you why the Helena Independent is for Grover Cleveland and free wool? Well, we’ll tell you. * The editor and principal owner o f the Independent wanted an , office, something beside his newspaper with which to make a few dollars. (And what newspaper man does not have need, and sore need? of some other means o f support than a paper in such times as these?) Well, Lyman was 'made revenue collector for the district of Mon tana and Idaho under Cleveland and as in duty bound must advo cate the stuffed prophet’s pet free trade hobby. In fact, he must do all in his power for every admin istration measure. And hasn’t The Independent done it, even to silver. _______________ T he Butte Bystander has it’s an nouncement of the president’s thanksgiving proclamation in mourning and in the following language and style: “ Thurseday, the 30th inst., has been set apart as a day of ‘iqnuqs- SiAiaS by his magesty, Q ioAei OJOAoinup’, Just what we have to be thankful for is not stated, but supposably because things could not be any worse than they are.” _______________ I p the democratic party is not responsible for Cleveland, who is?—Inter-Mountain. Why, the populists, of course. THANK GOD FOR MERCY. Grover The Great Issues His Proclamation. W ashington , N o v 3 __ The presi dent to-day issued the following thanksgiving proclamation: By the President of the United States of America. P r o c l a m a t io n — While the American people should every day remember with praise and thanksgiving the divine good ness and mercy whieh have followed them since their beginning as a nation, it is fitting that one day in each rear should be especially devoted to contem plation of the blessings we have received from the band of God and to grateful acknowledgment of His loving kindness. Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, presi dent of tne United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of the present month of November, as a day of thanksgiving and praise, to be kept and observed by all the people of ourland. On that day let us forego our ordinary work and employments, and assemble in our usual places of worship, where we may recall all that God h» s done for us, and where from grateful hearts our united tribute of praise and song, may reach the throne of grace... Let reunions, of ., kindred and social meetings of friends lend cheer and enjoyment t o the duty, and let generous gifts of charity for the relief of the poor and needy prove the sincerity of our thanksgiving. G r o v e r C l e v e l a n d , By the President, W a l t e r Q. G r e s h a m , Secretary of State. PRIZES ON PATENTS. Hew to Get Twenty-five Hundred Dollars for Nothing. THe Winner has. a Clear Gift of a Small Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents that may Bring „ them i St ill More. Would you like to make twenty-five hundred dollars? If you would, read carefully what follows and you may see a way to do it. The Press Claims Company devotes much attention to patents. It has handled thousands of applications for inventions, but it would like to handle thousands more. There is plenty of inventive talent at large in this country, needing nothing but encouragement to produce practical results. That en couragement the Press Claims Company proposes to give. Not So Hard As It Seems. A patent strikes roost people as an appallingly formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or Bell; that he must devote years t o delving in comrlicated mechanical problems and that he must spend a fortune on delicate experiments before be can get a new device to a patentable degree of perfection. This delusion the company desires to dispel. It desires t o get into the head of the public a clear comprehension of the fact that it is not the great complex, and expensive inventions that bring the best returns to their authors, but the little, simple, and cheap oneR—the things that seem so absurdly trivial that the average citizen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing them to the at tention of tne patent office. Edison says that the profits he has received from the patents on all his marvelous inventions have not been sufficient to pay the cost of his ex periments. But the man who con ceived the idea of fastening a bit of rubber cord to a child’s ball, so that it would come back to the hand when thrown, made a fortune out of the scheme. The modern sewing-machine is a miracle of ingenuity—the product of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through a hundred and fifty years, but the whole brilliant result rests upon the simple device of putting the eye of the needle at the point instead of at the other end. The Little Things The Most Valuable. Comparatively few people regard themselves as inventors, but almost everobody has been struck, at one time or another, with ideas that seem ed calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dismissed without further thought. “ Why don’t the railroad company make its car windows so that they can be slid up and down without breaking the passengers’ backs?” exclaims the traveler. “ If I were running the road I would make them in such a way.” “ What was the man that made this saucepan thinking of?” grumbles the cook. ‘ He never had to work over a stove, or he would have known how it ought to have been fixed.” “ Hang such a collar button!” growls the man who is late for breakfast. “ If 1 were in tne business I ’d make buttons that wouldn’t slip out, or break off, or gouge out the back of my neck.” And then the various sufferers forget about their grivences and begin to think of something else. If Ibejr would sit down at ’ the next convenient oppor tune .., put their ideas about car. win- dowsj saucepans, and collar buttons into practical shape, and then apply for patents, they might find themselves as independently wealthy as the man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen puzzle. . ’ A Tempting Offer. T o induce people to keep track of their bright ideas and see what there is in them, the Press Claims Company has resolved to offer a prize. To the person who submits to it the - simplest and most promi sing invention, from a commer cial point o f view, the company will give twenty .five hundred dollars in cash, in addition to re funding the fees for securing the patent. •It will also advertise the in vention free of charge. This offer is subject to the following conditions: Every competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through the company. He must first apply for a preliminary search, the cost of which will be five dollars. Should this search show his invention to be unpatentable, he can withdraw without further ex pense. Otherwise be will be expected to complete bis application and take out a patent fn the regular way. The total expense, including Government ^and Bureau fees, will be seventy dollars. For this, whether he secures the prize ' or not, the inventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The prize will be awarded'by a jury consisting of three reputable patent attorneys of Washington. In tending competitors should fill out the following blank, and forward it ¿with their application: “ ---------------- , ----------- ,1893. “ I submit the within described in vention in competition for the Twenty- five hundred Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company. <«__ ___________ n No Blanks In This Competition. This is a competition of rather an unusual nature. It is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan; all the competitors risking thi loss of their labor and the successful one merely selling his for the amount of the prize. But the Press Claims Company’s offer it something entirely different. Each person is asked merely to help himself, and the one who helps himself to the best advantage is to be rewarded for doing it. Tne prize is only a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without it. The architect whose competitive plan for a club house on a certain corner is not accepted has spent his labor on something of very little use to him. But the yerson who patents a simple and useful device in the Press Claims Company’s competition, need not worry if he fails to secure the prize. He has a substantial result to show for his work—one that will command its value in the market at any time. The plain man who uses any article in his aaily work ought to know better how to improve it than the mechanical expert who studies it only from the theoretical point of view. Get rid of the idea that an improvement can be too simple to be worth patenting. The simpler the better. The person who best succeeds iu combining simplicity and popularity, will get the Press Claims Company’s twenty-five hundred dollars. Pbe responsibility of this company may be judged from the fact that its stock is held by about three hundred of the leading newspapers of the United States. Address the Press Claims Company, John Wedderburn, managing attorney, 618 F street, N. W., Wasnin^ton, D. C. D r . B e a u p r e , D E N T I S T , Is at the CHOTEAU HOUSE For Two Weeks only Where he is prepared to do DENTAL WORK. ------ 1 - -- ----- - § 0 E \ Write for engagements. , TIMBER CULTURE, FINAL PROOF.-NO- TIOE FOR PUBLICATION, U. S. L and O ffice , H elena , M ont ., » November 1, 1893. f Notice is hereby given that E ugene E. L eech , has filled notice o f intention to make final proof before A. 0. Warner, U. S. Com missioner, at his office in Ohoteau, Mont., on. Wednesday, the 20the day of December, 1893, on timber culture application No. 2231, for the sw}4 nwfc and ne£[, section 11, n‘A nwl< and n!* ne34 of section 14, in township 28 north, range 8 west. He names as witnesses: Samuel L. Potter, Thomas E. Delaney, Richard P. Dean and Arthur N. Dean, all of Dupuyer. S. A. 8WIGGETT, Registe *
