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Fergus County Democrat.
Vol. I. No 9.
LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1904.
Price 5 Cents.
DEMOCRATS HOLD
GOOD MEETING
First Gun of the County Campaign
Fired at Stapleton School
House Saturday Night.
FINE SPEECHES WERE MADE
Local Speakers Stir Ranchers of
Rock Creek Bench to Enthusi
asm-Candidates Talk.
The first of a series of democratic
meetings to be held in Fergus county
during the campaign was Held at
Stapleton school house, two and a half
miles south of Moore, Saturday even
ing. Owing to the fact that the
meeting was inadequately advertised,
the crowd wasn't as large as it would
otherwise have been but the school
building was comfortably filled and
an impetus was given to the cause of
democracy on the great Rock creek
tench by the speakers who addressed
the voters Saturday night.
B. F. Gordon, cent ral committeeman
for that precinct, was chosen chairman
of the meeting and performed the du
ties of that position in a pleasing man
ner. The Hon. David Iiilger. candidate
for the legislature, was the first
speaker to take the floor and received
a warm welcome from all present.
Mr. Iiilger spoke for thirty minutes
and presented the state and national
campaign issues in a logical and con
vincing manner. There is not a better
posted man in the county than Dave
iiilger and when he speaks it is with
the voice of authority.
Roy E. Ayers, who will be the next
county attorney of Fergus county, fol
lowed Mr. Iiilger with an eloquent
speech on national issues. Roy is a
natural born orator and is always pre
pared to give his audience something
worth listening to. II. Leonard De
Kalb, who spoke after Ayers had con
cluded, also made an excellent im
pression. Mr. DeKalb is a ready and
fluent speaker and commands the
closest attention from start to finish.
He spoke largely on state issues.
Chairman Gordon then called on the
candidates present for talks. L. I*.
Slater, George Canon. John B. Ritch,
Frank Pick and Frank J. Hazen all
made short talks, and the crowd was
evidently with them. The speech
making was closed with a short ad
dress by Tom Stout, who urged the
support of the entire democratic ticket
and dwelt for a short while upon the
harmony which now exists in the
democratic ranks and the bright
chances for success for the national,
state and county tickets.
A pleasant feature was the presence
of a glee club composed of Misses Vera
McLean, Lena Newell and Kathleen
Hughes and Tom Stout. Several orig
inal campaign songs were sung, to the
evident pleasure of the crowd.
STATE FAIR A SUCCESS.
Large Crowds Witness the Attrac
tions Despite Bad Weather.
Helena. Oct. 8. The fair is over and
it can be called a success in a general
way. The weather has been against
the management, for, with the excep
tion of but one day, it has either teen
too cold for comfort or rain has inter
fered with the program. In spite of
this, however, the crowds have been
large and enthusiastic. There has
been not a little dissatisfaction over
the manner in which the races have
been run. more so, in fact, than is
usually the case, for it is to be ex
pected that there will always te some
disgruntled persons.
The exhibits have teen especially
fine, and in every department some
record has teen shattered. The show
features, aside from the races, espe
cially the exhibitions by the Third
cavalry. ha* • all been of a high order
and proved a big drawing card with
the crowds. The music furnished by
the several bands has been another
feature and added not a little to fur
nishing entertainment.
The crowds, while large, consider
ing the weather, have been well hand
led and orderly and no serious acci
dents took place during the week.
The protection furnished by the po
lice was splendid, and the local detec
tive officers were aided greatly by the
presence of Detective Murphy of
Butte and other out. of town officers.
There have teen no disturbances on
the grounds, hardly any drunkeness,
while only two robteries were report
ed. these occurring among the crowd
in the betting ring, where two gentle
men lost their watches. The petty
thievery among the exhibits, usually
so annoying, was almost entirely lack
ing this week, and the different de
partments of the exhibition have been
exceptionally well handled by the
officials and their suterd mates
throughout.
STATE TREASTRER'S REPORT.
Over Half a Million Dollars Balance
at the End of September.
Helena, Oct. s. State Treasurer
Barrett's report for the month of Sep
tember shows that the balances in the
several funds at the closed the month
aggregated more than $5211,000. The
receipts for ihe month were $75,933.14.
and the aggregate paid out. during
that period was $51,700.18.
The balances in theseveral fundson
the last day of September are shown
in the following list:
Permanent school..........$ si,050 85
School income..............
115,805 74
University bond............
25,540 04
Permanent universit y......
17,254 04
Normal school tend........
71,700 70
Agricultural college bond..
23.335 22
Deaf and dumb asylum in
terest and sinking........
0.120 34
Reform school building in
terest and sinking.......
0,810 05
State eapitol building......
34 47
School of mines building...
1,208 47
School of mines building in
terest and sinking.......
20,403 05
General....................
51,131 83
Stock inspector and detec
tive.....................
21,550 53
Stock indemnity...........
2.104 10
Sheep inspection and in
demnity....................
8,920 40
State bounty...............
10,751 50
Fish and game.............
13,040 05
University library.........
3,000 39
State law library...........
700 30
Medical board..............
o 22
3,445 00
Escheated estates..........
5,028 07
Soldiers' home..............
7,888 44
Capitol building, interest
and sinking..............
5,545 12
Agricultural college, income
10,808 01
Permanent agricultural col
10,000 70
University building........
070 77
State fair..................
75 00
Normal school dormitory..
81 81
Arid land, (list. 4, fund B..
03
Arid land, dist. 4, fund ('..
1,530 35
Arid lat.I, dist. 2. fund C..
305 73
State humane..............
44 20
ADITI0NAL LOCAL.
Will Cresap is slowly
recovering
from a serious attack of pneumonia.
A boy was tern to Mr.
and Mrs.
George Stoudt last night. Mother
and child reported as doing well.
George may possibly recover.
Dr. Attix returned alone from Hel
ena Sunday. Mrs. Attix and the baby
Staving gone to the coast for a short
visit.
Ed Skinner was tlie guest of honor
at a suprise party given in the labor
union hall Saturday evening by his
friends in the union. As a token of
the esteem in which lie is held by the
boys, he was presented with a valuable
writing desk. Dancing and social
conversation was indulged in until a
late hour. A substantial lunch was
served and all enjoyed the evening
thoroughly.
Miss Lora Goddard of Billings has
been employed by the public school
board to teach music and drawing in
the Lewistown schools. Miss God
dard is a graduate of the University
of Michigan and has taken a post
graduate course in the University of
Chicago. She is a most accomplished
young lady and no tetter choice of a
teacher in the departments of draw
ing and music could have teen made
by the board.
('. A. Case, the well known mining
man, "blew in" Tuesday evening from
the northern country, having just
completed the construction of an
aerial tramway for a big copper min
ing company whose property is locat
ed on Prince of Wales Island. The
tramway is over a mile in length and
is one of the finest in the world, Mr.
Case having used in its construction
many modern mechanical devices of
which he is the inventor, for the pur
pose of loading and dumping. He will
te in the city and vicinity for two or
three weeks looking after some min
ing interests which the Case-Wilson
Cyanide and Development company
still own in the mining districts of
Fergus county.
A POLITICAL FABLE.
Once upon a time a Gabby Old Party posed as a Public Benefactor. This
Benevolent Assimilator proposed to build a Fountain of Perpetual Wealth in
which he coyly intimated that the Common Person might wallow. The gilded
prospectus looked good, and the People allowed him to proceed. When the
Fountain was finished it proved to be a source of great wealth, and the Benevo
lent Being generously permitted the Common Person to hear the Splash.
Moral.—When looking a gift horse in the mouth observe the teeth.
—St. Paul Globe.
Morris Sloan and Oscar llelsing re
turned Sunday evening from a week's
hunting trip up in the Snowy moun
tains. They killed two deer and had
a tine time.
A telegram from Mrs. II. .1. Kelley
stated that her sister, the illness of
whom called her to Hamilton, died
Thursday morning, two days after the
arrival of Mrs. Kelly in Hamilton
Has any one seen or heard of Mr.
Sellers? Not Col. Mulberry Sellers,
but Mr. John Sellers. There isan un
cofirmed report going the rounds that
lie is running for clerk and recorder
on the republican ticket. It is possi
ble that some person with a pervert
ed sense of humor started the thing
just for fun.
Kid Fredericks and Mauro Herrera
will fight in this city on the evening
of the 25th of this month, the bout to
te pulled off in the Tivoli concert
hall. Tlie hoys fought a hard twenty
round draw in Helena last week and
are very evenly matched. It will lie
one of the test mills ever pulled off
in Lewistown and is already arousing
great interest among the sport lovers
of 1 his city.
A targe shipment of horses and
mules was made from Straw last Mon
day. G. Crandall of Billings purchas
ed 50 head of horses from George
Finch, 50 head of horses from Ralph
Wight, 15 mules from C. M. Goodell,
12 mules from John Duffleld and !»
mules from Billy Edwards. He paid
$;$<) a head for the horses and from $50
to $05 a head for the mules, lie ship
ped them to St. Louis.
Charles White, while under the
baleful influence of a double barrelled
jug became obstreperous in Schnei
der's saloon last Friday and it, became
necessary for the proprietor to have
him thrown out. After being cast
threw the door, he took out his ven
gence by swearing long and fervently
at every one who had anything to do
with ousting him. Marshal Bebb
found him while lie was yet indulging
in tills occupation and took Mr. White
to the hill. Magistrate MacGowan
plastered him $7.50.
A country newspaper man is up
against a rather stiff proposition on
an average of 52 weeks in tlie year
but some weeks are worse than others:
and of the bad weeks, there is always
one whicli is the limit. We are of
the opinion that the week which has
just passed has been the real bad one.
so far as local news is concerned.
Some local matters of interest have
transpired, but they have teen few
and a long way between. After they
were given about all of the attention
that they would stand, there yet re
mained several gaping columns, usual
ly filled with local news, to te filled.
At such critical times the country
newspaper man rises up and calls
blessed the man who invented scissors.
He doesn't like to use 'em. but dire
necessity knows no law. and with four
slashes lie has stuff for a column. He
doesn't like it and his readers possibly
do not like it much, but lie is face to
face with a hard, stern material fact
and not a theory. There is generally
"something doing" in and around
Lewistown, but the alwence of about
one hundred people from the city
caused things lo lake on a rather
gra ve-.vardish appearance.
Read the Fergus County Democrat
if you want the news.
Warren R. Woodson, the popular
Flat willow ranchman and stockman,
is in the city, having come up this
morning.
The Ladies, Guild of the Episcopal
church will meet with Mrs. E. II
Stoll at her home in the southern
part of town Friday afternoon.
A. B. Keene lias transferred to W.
R. Cliatton of Gilt Edge the Last,
Chance Xo. 1 mining claim located in
rhe Warm Springs mining district.
The consideration was $500.
A contract for the Lewistown Meat
and Provision company to John Borgh
was made this week by Bryant Bros.
The transfer is to take place Nov. 1.
The Bryant brothers are not yet de
cided as to their future action but
will probably remain in this city.
They are all three good, reliable busi
ness men and it is to Ik* hoped that
they will remain in this part of the
country.
Joseph Bertrand, formerly of the
firm of Bertrand & Shannon, lias pur
chased the fruit and confectionery
establishment of W. J. Edgecombe,
having taken charge last week. Mr.
Bertrand is a solid, substantial busi
ness man, well acquainted with the
trade in this city and vicinity and
will doubtless make bis newly pur
chased store an entire success. Mr.
Edgecombe's entire attention is re
quired in I lie running of bis restaur
ant and. for that reason, he decided
to dispose of bis other store.
Lewistown will have to go dry for a
month- that is, so far as the city
water is concerned. The city pump is
entirely out of commission and thecity
council has decided to spend no more
money on Ihe old piece of machinery,
but simply sit, down and wait for the
new pump to come and te installed.
It is a very unfortunate state of af
fairs, as it places the town more or
less at the mercy of tlie fire fiend.
Every one should exert the utmost
vigilance in seeing that there can lie
no chance of a tire getting started.
The city council and mayor have done
all in their power to prevent I his state
of affairs, but it was unavoidable, as
it was impossible to get in the new
pump liefore the old one gave way en
tirely. Some i»eople who have city
water in their houses are complain
ing. but there is not much usetocom
plain. as the matter will be remedied
at the earliest possible time. Such
tilings happen in all towns and noth
ing but a supernatural foresight can
prevent them.
Dissolution Notice.
The partnership heretofore existing
between Joseph Bertrand and Peter
Shannon is dissolved bv mutual con
sent. Mr. Peter Shannon will collect
all lulls due the firm and also pay all
bills due by the firm.
Joseph Bkktkano,
Pete it Shannon.
First Pub. Sept. 13.
ARE HOME EROM
THE STATE EAIR
Many Lewistown People Who Saw
the Sights in Helena Came Home
Saturday and Sunday.
GOOD DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER
Attractions at the Fair Much Better
Than Ever Before-Many Races
Were Called off.
About one hundred Lewistown peo
ple who went to Helena last week to
see the sights at the state fair came
home Saturday and Sunday. The
greater number of them came Sunday
on the special train consisting of two
coaches from the Northern Pacific
and an engine. Tin special train en
abled the people of this city and
others living along the railroad line
to see all of the fair and the enter
prise of the Montana Railroad com
pany in putting on a special I rain was
appreciated by all who desired to see
the fair out but who did not want to
remain in Helena over Sunday and
then came in on a freight.
The general opinion of Fergus
county people who saw t he fair is l hat
it was well worth at lending and that
it would have been a much greater
success in every particular if the
weather had been at all decent. II
was exceedingly cold all of Ihe time
and much discomfort was experienced
by all who wont out to Ihe grounds.
Despite this handicap, enormous
crowds were out even day and the
men who are at the head of the fair
say il was a financial success. Wit h
such weather as we had week before
last, there would have been several
t housand dollars surplus t o l he credit
ol the stale fair fund.
There was no exhibit from Fergus
county t his year but an effort will be
made to have a vegetable exhibit from
here at the next fair. II is believed
by those who went from here that we
can surpass any county in the state in
the matter of vegetables.
A Challenge.
Society is divided into two hostile
sections or classes, Rich and Poor,
Capitalist, and Laborer. The material
wantsof these classes are diametrically
opposite. The rich classes desire, and
get, through the special privileges
they enjoy, big interest, big profits,
big rent, and as all wealth is the pro
duct of labor, it tollows that the
profits, rent, or interest received by
the capitalist is produced by the
toiler. The interest of the working,
producing class, is to get big wages or
prices for the product of their toil and
to decrease the hours of labor in fact
justice demands that the producer re
ceive the full product of his toil, and
not a paltry sixth, as at present. Roth
republican and democratic parties ig
nore this eondition and strive to fool
the voters into returning them to
power, so that the Trust Magnates
may continue unmolested in their
robbery of the people. With a sin
cere desire to have more light thrown
on tiiis paramount issue of t he cam
paign, I challenge any republican or
democrat in Fergus county to meet
me in public debate on this, the "La
ter Question." The debateto Ik: held
in Lewistown, Gilt Edge or Kendall,
during the last week of October. 1904.
Respectfully.
A. T. Harvey.
Socialist candidate for Clerk and
Recorder. Fergus County, Montana.
INSTRUCTIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
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| Prolessor Silloway Illustrates Lec
ture With Stereooticon Views.
I The assembly room in the county
| bigli school building was comfortably
; filled Iasi evening, the occasion being
' the first of a series of lectures which
will Ixi delivered by Prof. i'. M. Sil
loway of the high school and which
will be illustrated with stereopt icon
views. The stereopt icon was pur
chased for the purpose of assisting in
the high school extension work which
was begun in this city by Prof. Sillo
way last winter. The lectures witli
the illustrations are very instructive,
not only to the school children but to
all who attend them.
The lecture last evening was on the
subject "Ancient Egyptian Monu
ments," and was listened to with the
closest attention and interest by all
present. The views of the great pyra
mids, temples and collossi, the ruins
of which are to be found along the
banks of t he Nile and out oil tlie Lib
iau desert, were especially good, and
Mr. Silloway's explanation of the
methods of building them, the pur
poses, etc., lent yet greater interest to
the pictures.
Harvey-Corneil.
The wedding of E. B. Harvey and
Miss Lillian U. Uorneil last, Wednea
day morning was a pleasant surprise
to the large number of friends of the,
young people. The Rev. Albert Pfaus
performed the ceremony at IheCor
neit home at o o'clock, only the fami
ly of the bride teiug present, as wit
nesses. The bride and groom left, on
the train an hour after the ceremony
for Helena. Butte and other places in
the state. They will ret urn about the
first of t he mont h and will lie domi
ciled ill the northern part of town.
There has never been a more popular
young woman in Lewis!own than
Miss Uorneil. For several years she
has conducted a news depot and fruit
store on Main street and ha-> made
hundreds of friends all over the
county. The groom. Johnnie Harvey,
as lie is best known, isan exemplary
young man and in every way deserv
ing of the good woman which he has
won for tiis wife.
Unitarian Services.
The Rev. E. Stanton lladgin. pas
tor of t he First Unitarian church of
Helena, delivered two intensely in
teresting discourses in Gulver's hall
Sunday morning and evening. In
view of the fact, that there are hut a
few people of the Unitarian telief in
this ell v, the crowds were satisfac
tory to those who were instrumental
in having Mr. lladgin come to this
city. In the morning lie spoke on the
subject , "The Idea of God" and his
address was listened to with great, in
terest by all present. In the evening
the. subject of Ids discourse was "The
I'lace of Ihe Bible in Rational Reli
gion." The subject was handled In a
concise, logical and eloquent, manner.
To t hose who were unfamiliar with
the general form of the Unitarian be
lief. it was of especial interest . Mr.
lladgin is a most scholarly gentleman
and tiis addresses bespoke depth and
originality of thought, an excellent
acquaintance with the literatures of
all times and countries and a pro
found knowledge of the scriptures.
After tie had concluded his address
Sunday evening, a Unity club was or
ganized with temporary officers. The
object of the new club shall he a close
study and discussion of those things
which stand for higher culture and a
greater freedom of thought. Mr.
lladgin left, Monday morning after
promising to return to Lewistown at
some future date. While here, he
was the guest of Edgar G. Worden.
READY FOR THE VISITORS.
local Presbyterians Prepared to Re
ceive Visiting Ministers.
Three or four Presbyterian minis
ter-, have already arrived in the city
to attend the meetings of the presby
tery and synod which are to he field
in this city this week. There will tie
ten or fifteen in on the train this
evening and t he remainder will arrive
Thursday evening, it is expect ed that
the two meetings will he (tie occasion
of the presence of at least forty min
isters of the church in Lewistown.
The Presbytery will te opened this
evening with a sermon by the Rev. E.
Stuart of Kendall. Tomorrow even
ing there will lx; two addresses. The
first will he by Rev. E. M. Ellis of
Helena, State Superintendent of
Sunday School Missions in Montana.
His subject will te, "Better Spirit
and Methods in Sunday School work."
The Rev. James Rayburn, Sunday
School Missionary for the Great Falls
Presbytery, will follow with an ad
dress on "lniprovemeutsof the Young
Peoples' Work."
The Rev. Dr. J. Beveridge Lee of
Milwaukee, Wis., will arrive in the
city Wednesday evening and Thurs
day morning tie will make an ad
dress. He will lx* t lie principal
speaker at a popular service Thursday
afternoon and will again appear for
an address in the evening at 7:30
o'clock. The reception which is an
nounced for Thursday evening will be
postponed until Friday evening after
the popular service in order to permit
Dr. Lee to confer with the ministers
after the Thursday night address.
An address of special interest will te
delivered at 4:15 Friday afternoon by
tiie Rev. R. N. Donaldson of Bozeman
on the subject "The Religious Edu
cational A ssociat ion.''
Friday evening there will te two ad
dresses. one by Rev. Walter Hayes of
Missoula and the other by Miss Lena
Thomas Granger of the Women's
Hoard of Home Missions. Tiie re
mainder of the program will be carried
out as given in last week's paper.