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Fergus County Democrat
Vol. I. No. 17
LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 1904.
Price 5 Cents.
FOND WORDS OF
REMEMBRANCE
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks Meet in Annual Lodge
of Sorrow.
MOST IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES
Eloquent Orations, Exquisite Music
and Touching Tableaux Make
Occasion One of Note.
Never in the history of Lewistown
■were more beautifully impressive ser
vices held than those of the Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
who met in their annual lodge of sor
row in Culver's hall'last Sunday af
ternoon. The hall was crowded and
the large crowd was held in rapt at
tention from the first strains of
"America" by the orchestra until the
last words of a beautiful benediction
by the Rev. Henry Quickenden. The
irarngements for the exercises were
perfect and nothing happened to mar
in the least the excellence of the pro
gram.
The hall was prettily decorated.
\cross the front of the stage and for
a distance along the sides of the walls
were draped the familiar colors of the
Elks, white and purple. Mingled with
♦ tiese colors were festoons of black,
emblematic of the solemn occasion.
On the stage were cut flowers and pot
ted plants artistically arranged.
The officers of- the lodge with the
oiator of the day, the Hon. C. M. Web
ster, of Great Palls, occupied the
stage, the other members of the lodge
weeupying the front rows of seats. Af
ter the overture "America," tho Lodge
of Sorrow was formally opened by the
lodge, Exalted Ruler Edward Brassey
presiding. The invocation was pro
nounced by Rev. Quickenden. The
hush of absolute stillness went over
the audience as Secretary Prank J.
Hazen arose to call tho name of the
honored dead of the order. Solemnly
he thrice spoke the name of Freder
ick A. Treacy, the only member of the
Lewistown lodge who has passed over
to the other side. Then out of the
semi-darkness came the sweet voice
of Miss Spach. of Helena, singing,
"Nearer, My God, to Thee." As the
song progressed, two flags which hung
in the back of the stage were pulled
apart and an excellent likeness of
the "absent brother," Dr. Frederick
Treacy, was revealed.
The eulogy which is given below
was delivered by Frank E. Smith, who
was at. his best. An oratorical gem
was the annual address delivered by
C. M. Webster, of Great Falls. The
significance of the day, the mystery
aiul the pain of death and its ultimate
compensation were spoken of in words
which show an earnest study of the
higher things of existence. The ad
dress was well sustained throughout
and all who heard it congratulated
themselves upon the opportunity of
listening to such an oratorical treat.
The musical portion of the program
was the best ever heard in the city.
Miss Spach, of Helena, who came
down for this particular occasion, sang
three solos. She has a delightfully
clear and well cultivated soprano
voice and her singing was greatly ap
preciated by the audience. Mr. Ed
vard Sutter made his first appearance
as a soloist since coming to Lewis
town and made an excellent impres
sion. He has a strong, musical, bass
voice and his solo was chosen with
especially good judgment.
The music furnished by Prof. Race's
orchestra won many deserved compli
ments. This musical organization
would ue a credit to any city. Mrs. L.
N. Du Clos did the accompanying in
her usual efficient manner.
Miss Lena Newell recited Tlianlop
sis. Miss Newell has a clear musical
voice and her interpretation ot Biy
ant's famous poem was excellent.
We are sorry that a lack of space
prevents us from giving all or a por
tion of the address by Mr. Webster.
It may be possible to iuu it in a fu
ture issue. Below we give the eu
logy delivered by Frank E. Smith, the
biographical sketch, all of which our
readers are familiar with, being omit
ted.
Words are feeble to convey an ex
pression of the sorrow which fills
each breast on this occasion. One
year ago today, when we gathered to
participate in our annual Memorial
exercises the speaker congratulated
the lodge that never in its history
had one of its members been removed
by the angel of death. Aa we pondered
over the suggestion each wondered
who would be the first to joint the
Grand Lodge above. Little did we
then think that he who presided at
that meeting would be tue first. Staud
ng in the strength of young manhood,
lull of life and health and hope and
happiness, just entering upon the
practice of his chosen profession with
the promise of rising to eminence and
distinction among its craft; even then
anticipating a happy union with the
cn'e chosen for his life's partner, the
thought never occurred to him that
he would precede all others gathered
there to "that undiscovered country
from whose borne no traveler re
turns." Could he have raised the veil
of the future he might, with the poet,
have sung:
Bey nd the smiling ana the weeping,
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
Beyond the blooming and the fading.
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
Beyond the rising and the setting,
Beyond the calming ana the fretting.
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
Beyond the gathering and the strow
ing,
Beyond the ebbing and the flowing,
! eyond the coming and the going.
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
Beyond the farewell and the greeting.
Beyond the pulses fever beating,
Beyond the frost chain and the fever,
Beyond the rock waste and the river,
beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon.
Of this, his chosen fraternity, our
Brother was an enthusiastic, a faith
ful and an honored member. He
shirked no dutty, he neglected no ob
ligation. He was ever active and in
dustrious in all of the good works ot
the order. Of a sunny, genial, gener
ous and happy nature, he seemed to
bring warmth and sunshine into the
lodge room, and ever exemplified the
true spirit of fraternity. The same
charity that is a guiding principle of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, was a guiding principle of
liis life. Poor and suffering human
ity was never turned from his door,
.and many are the kindly deeds which
find place in the memory of the peo
ple of this community.
As a shaft that is sped from a bow un
seen to an unseen mark,
As a bird that gleams in the firelight,
and hurries from dark to dark,
As the face of the stranger who smiled
as we passed in the crowded street,
Our life is a glimmer, a flutter, a mem
ory, fading, yet sweet.
Sweet indeed is the memory of our
departed brother. 'We cherish his
virtues upon the tablets of love and
memory."
Knowing that the Grim Destroyer
has removed that which he cannot
leplace, knowing that we shall never
again behold the face or feel the pres
ence of the departed; knowing that
bis seat among us must ever be va
cant.
For none return from those cpiiet
shores.
Who cross with the boatman cold
and pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars.
And catch a gleam of the snowy
sail,
And. lo, they have passed from our
yearning hearts.
They cross the stream and are gone
for aye;
We may not sunder I he veil apart
That hides from our vision the gates
of day.
To thee, our brother and companion,
and friend, we say our long, our last
farewell. Farewell! Farewell! Fare
well !
Lewistown Prosperous
A prominent business man from this
city who visited one of the larger cit
ies of the state last week said that
lie was n'ever more impressed with
the present prosperity and future
greatness of Lewistown than since a
visit to other places about the state.
Most of the other larger towns of the
state have pay rolls upuu which their
prosperity depends but Lewistown is
growing at a rapid rate without the
assistance of that rather uncertain ad
junct. Her growth and the material
liapipness of her people do not depend
upon the caprice of some corporation
who are likely to close down their
plant at any time, entailing suffering
and flnaneial disaster. Neither does
her welfare depend upon some mine
or a number of mines which must
sooner or later pinch out. Lewistown
is now the center of the best stock
raising region in the west and what
is of greater importance to her wel
fare' in the long run, the town is the
center of what is destined to be one
of the greatest agricultural regions
in the state. Cattle, sheep and horses;
wheat, oats and spuds. That is a sex
tet to tie to and they will make Lew
istown one of the most important cit
ies in the state in times to come.
BUILDINGS ARE SOLD.
Chicago Firm Purchase All Buileings
on World's Fair Grounds.
St. Louis. Dee. 4.- It was stated to
day that a cont ract • for the sale of
the I 1 hi;r exhibit palaces, stock barns,
festival hall, llic colonade of states,
pavilions, acrodome. badk, hospital,
press building, police and fire stations,
with other World's lair structures
that cost $15,000,000 will be signed
this week with a Chicago company for
$380,000. Everything except the roll
ing stock of the Inter-mural railway,
which has been sold separately, is in
cluded. The state, foreign and Pike
buildings are ineluded in the deal.
PULITZER PAYS
ANOTHER EINE
This Time Chotean County Assesses
Him $500 for Killing Game
Out of Season.
IS UP AGAINST THE REAL THING
Killing Game Out of Season Is Said
to Have Cost the New York Mil*
lionaire $10,000.
(Jhoteu u, Nov. 28.—Ralph Pulitzer,
a young millionaire ofNew York City
son ol' the owner of the New York
World, today, in the district court,
by ills attorney, entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of having violated
the game laws of Montana by killing
mountain sheep. Judge D. F. Smith
imposed a fine ol $500 upon him and
the amount was paid by his attorney.
When the case was called, Attorney
J. G. Bair, representing Pulitzer, an
nounced that his client was not in
the state, but that lie was authorized
to enter a plea ol' guilty for the ac
cused and ask that sentence lie im
mediately imposed. Judge Smith had
been anticipating such a course and
he at once announced that the de
fendant would be required to pay a
fine of $500, without costs. The fine
was immediately paid and a sensa
tional ease was ended. The costs of
prosecution, amounting to considera
bly over $500, will lie borne by the
county.
Pulitzer was arrested last spring,
on complaint of the state game war
den, it being alleged that he, while
in the company of J. W. Schultz, a
well known guide of the Blackfeet
reservation, had killed mountain
sheep, the killing of which is prohib
ited by the laws of the state. He was
arrested as he came out of the Yel
lowstone National park and was
brought to Chotean for preliminary
examination, at which he was held
lor trial in the district court. He
gave bail for liis appearance at a cer
tain time, but did not appeal' then,
submitting a certificate from a man,
claiming to be a practicing physician
of New York, to the effect that he
was ill. The case was continued, and
a few weeks later, when Pulitzer did
appear in the state, he was arrested
on a charge of having killed an ante
lope in Fergus county. He pleaded
guilty to that charge and was fined a
few hundred which be paid.
When he was next to appear in To
ton county, the attorney general, who
had assumed charge of the prosecu
tion of the case, agreed to a contin
uance. and Judge Smith then said he
would entertain a motion by the
county attorney to dismiss the case.
County Attorney Erickson, who lias
since been elected district, judge, re
fused to make the motion to dismiss
or to have anything to dowitli the
case, he having never believed there
was sufficient evidence to justify the
putting of the county to the expense
of prosecut ion, and the case was set
again for trial today, Pulitzer's bail
meanwhile lieiug continued.
It had been believed that Pulitzer
would tight to the last, as conviction
would exclude him from membership
in a swell New York club to which he
belonged, but he was being forced to
make liberal payments frequently to
persons who claimed to know facts
that, would be of advantage to him,
and heat last got tired of being "bled"
and decided to rid himself of the an
noyance by pleading guilty and pay
ing the fine that might lie imposed.
It is stated by one in a position to
know that the prosecutions in this
county and Fergus county have cost
Pulitzer over $10,000.
"Brother Van" Back.
Rev. W. W. Van Orsdel. superin
tendent of the North Montana mis
sion of the Methodist Episcopal
church, has returned to the state
from Boston and Worcester, Mass.,
where he attended the meetings of
tin* general missionary committee and
the church extension committee of
the church. He is now in Fergus
county and will return to Great Falls
in about 10 days. He spent Thanks
giving day at Beaver Creek, for the
fourth year in succession, and held
services there. After the morning
service a bountiful repast was served
and enjoyed by over 100 in attend
ance.
The quarterly meeting at Lewis
town was largely attended; there were
a few baptisms and additions to the
church. Much interest is being man
ifested in tills growing and important
work. The new church building,
which is a gem of beauty, is progress
ing finely under the wise and efficient
management of the pastor, W. A.
Winters. -Great Falls Tribune.
LEWIS WINS THE DECISION.
The Lewis-Lee Bout Witnessed by a
Large Crowd of Sports.
Kid Lee, of Havre, and Dick Lewis,
of tlr'.s city, went twenty fast rounds
at the Tivoli concert hall Wednesday
evening and when Referee eGorge Ar
bucklc announced that the colored boy
was the wlner there was threatened
a general free-for-all in which a dozen
or two triends of the two scrappers
manifested an inclination to enter,
but like all such incipient free-for-alls,
it was averted without damage; to any
thing except the atmosphere which
was perforated with challenges sent
hack and forth. The tight was about
one of the best ever seen in the city
from a free milling standpoint and
was an even break throughout. Lew
is led out as usual and forced the
fighting in the first hut Lee was evi
dently trying the black boy out and In
the second, the Havreite did a little
mixing on his own acount. In tho
third and fourth Lee had the best of
it but Lewis counted oftener in the
fifth and sixth. Lee came up strong
in the next two rounds and landed
on Lewis almost at will, but his blows
lacked sufficient steam lo send his
chocolate colored opponent to dream
land. In tlie eleventh both did some
rough work with their heads, the Eth
iopian naturally haviug somewhat, the
better of such tactics. Lee struck
Lewis in the twelfth after the negro
had Tone down, but the blow was
evidently unintentional and the cry
of "foul" was rightly disregarded by
the referee. Lee did the better work
up to the seventeenth aud Lwis look
ed distressed on several occasions, but
he iv'oveced his wind and got bet
ter than an even break in the last four
rounds, Lee being badly winded. Lew
is did most of the forcing through
out, but Lee landed two blows to the
colored boy's one and should have
had at least a draw. Lee has challeng
ed Lewis to another fight for a side
bet of from $100 to $500 and it is
likely that it will be ararnged before
many days. They are both fighters
pure and simple and when they
meet the spectator is sure of getting
his money's worth in straight out and
out scrapipng.
AT A TERRIBLE COST.
How the Japs Captured 203-Metre
Hill Last Week.
Tokio, Dec. 4. The diary of the
lighting around 203-Metre hill, which
is published in the Japanese papers
describes the terrible losses involved
in the storming of the Russian posi
tion from dawn of November 28, till
11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day.
A Russian counter-attack begun at
dawn on November 20, and was so
furiously pushed that the Japanese
were compelled to retire into the val
ley. The attack was renewed the
morning of November 30, "when all
the Japanese reserves came up" from
the southeastern corner. The ussai
ants only advanced 30 metres by 5
o'clock, so stubborn was the resist
ance, and the Japanese suffered severe
losses. Then, being reinforced, the
Japanese maintained the struggle
with terrible earnestness. Furious
charges were repeatedly made and the
Russians were compelled gradually to
retire. The southwestern summit of
the hill was not occupied until 7
o'clock in the evening, and I he nort h
western summit not until 8 o'clock.
During tlie night six Russian coun
ter-attacks were repulsed. One, wiiieii
was launched at 4o'clock in the morn
ing, was characterized by several bay
onet attacks and was persisted in un
til noon on December 1. When iho
hopelessness of the attempts lieeame
evident, the Russians retired.
Tried to Wreck a Train.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 4.—W. J. Petrie
is in jail at Caldwell, charged with
trying to wreck an Oregon Shorn Line
passenger train, by placing obstruc
tions on the track between i.annan's
spur and Notus, on the night <>! No
vember 25tli.
It is said that Petrie lias made a full
confession. At Lannan's spin n< plac
ed a rock weighing ion pounds, set
ting ii directly on a frog. Hall' a
mile east of there he put a rail across
the track and three miles west of No
tus he bridged the rails with a tele
phone pole. The rock and the rail
were struck by a freight train and
moved off the track. The pole was
removed In the same manner.
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
Lengthy Discussion Provoked Over
Alleged Violation of the Build
ing Ordinance.
TITLE TO THE RESERVOIR SITE
City Offered the Ground and Right
of Way to the Site for One
Thousand Dollars.
The city council met in regular ses
sion in the office of Ililger it Buseu
burg last night. Several important
matters came up for discussion and
it was a late hour before adjournment
was taken. The city treasurer's report
showed the following funds on hand.
General fund, $3,(157.84; library, $ 1 ,
103.911; road fund, overdrawn, $510.66;
fire fund, $359.66; water and sewer
age bond, $2,313.24; water works,
$343.19; sinking, $1,162.65.
The city marshal's report showed
fines imposed $1,585: fines collected,
$1,549.50.
The water commissioner's report
showed water rents collected, $239.18,
rents due, $40. The street commission
er's report showed expenditures on
streets and sidewalks during the
month, $325.80. All reports were ap
proved as read.
The action of the mayor in taking
out insurance on the now city hall
was ratified after considerable discus
sion.
An hour or two was taken up ip the
discussion of the building ordinance,
the petition of E. B. Harvey to he per
mitted to change the Murray building
on the corner of Fourth avenue and
Main street calling up tho matter.
There appeared to be a general belief
that the ordinance had been violated,
but it could not. be determined who
was responsible for it. and what should
lie done about it. it seems that the
only thing (he council can do is to
require all persons who contemplate
making improvements upon buildings
within the fire limits first, to secure
a written permit from the council in
regular or special meeting assembled.
F. E. Wright inlormed the council
that he was empowered u> inform them
that the title to the reservoir site and
a perpetual right of way up to the
reservoir could be secured for $1,000.
This mailer has been before the conn
oil for over two years and it is prob
ably now in a fair way toward settle
ment on tho basis suggested by Mr.
Wright.
John Crowley was awarded $50 ad
ditional damages for the sewer right
of way through his place below the
city. The matter of the collection
of water rates was discussed and il
seemed to he the sense of the coun
cil that all water rents should be eol
Vcted in advance and the ordinance
will probably be changed to that ef
fect.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid:
F. F. MacGowau, salary, $35.
John Parson, supplies, $us.
ii. L. De Kalb, salary, $35.
A. Pfaus, salary, $35.
Citiezns' Electric Co... $5o.
Otto Wasmansdorff, $40.
Mary A. Sloan, salary, $15.
Montana Lumber Co., $151.20.
S. D. Anderson, $30.80.
W. N. Everett, $10.
Gordon O. Shal'er, salary, $25.
F. 1 Comstock, $40.75.
J. C'. Bebb, salary, $10<'.
Stout & Kelly, supplies, $14.25.
Caird &. Hawksworth, $123.3n.
John EUeson, $123.90.
Wright Bros., $64.40.
F. F. Goss, salary, $125.
W. T. Bebb, salary, $25.
G. M. Stafford, surveying, $19.
W. H. Femald, supplies, $27.15.
Sic re Anderson, road work, $3.75.
W. J. Norton, road work, $41.25.
K. W. Norton, road work. $35.25.
Ira Wilbur, dray, $1.
Tom Micho. road work. $ 10 .
Lewistown Telephone Co., batteries,
$3.
G. M. Shull, supplies. $18.75.
Elmer Harwood, labor, $12.
John Ellison, repairs, $19.
F. 13. Scovel, dray, $2.25.
Montana Hardware , t o., supplies,
$i>.30.
L. P. Slater, board of prison 'is, $9L
15 . '
Estimate for Dts-embcr on city hall.
$2,430.
CORPSE DISAPPEARS
A Mystery That Is Greatly Agitating
the Peaple af Helena.
Helena, Mont., Dec. 3. 'Mystery
surrounds the reported deaf h of Miss
Kate Pendergast of Minneapolis and
the subsequent, disappearance of her
brother, Edward Pendergast.
Edward Pendergast, informed the
press here of t he death of liis sister,
which is supposed to have occurred
Tuesday. He then engaged an under
taker and hired carriages for the
funeral to lie held Friday. He de
parted for Broadwater, as he said, to
attend to some private business, pend
ing the arrival of relatives from Min
neapolis. At the appointed time the
hearse and carriages arrived at, the
place indicated, hut no dead girlcould
bo found at any of the undertaking
rooms, nor did the authorities at. the
hospital, where she is supposed to
have died, know anything about her
death. Pendergast lias not returned.
THE WOOL MARKET.
Demand Not so Great but Prices
Are Still firm.
In its review of the wool market for
the past week, the American Wool and
Colton Reporter says:
The demand for territory wools is
decidedly less than il. was, and no
large lines worthy of note have been
sold the past week. The smallness
of tho stocks available unquestionably
curtails business. Supplies of medium
and low wools, especially have been
well cleaned out. A very good de
mand has been experienced for half
bloods, as before noted, but those can
not be secured in any great amounts.
Montana wools generally are pretty
well cleaned out of the market, and
while some business has been trans
acted in these wools, the hulk of the
trading has been in fJahos, Utahs,
Wyouiings and Nevadas and (he sales
made have been on the folowing ba
sis: Fine medium clothing, 62(f()65c,
clean; strictly fine doming, 65@i67c;
strictly fine staple, 68c; half blood,
62@64c; three-eighths blood, 60@>62c;
quarter blood, 58(«>6<)c. One straight
clip sold at 67c for good fine and line
medium staple. lu tin, grease good
half blood has sold at 23©»24c, and
some choice light conditioned wool
brought as high as 25c; quarter bloods
In tho grease have sola at 27®p27
for thi' best wools. Prices are rela
tively stronger In half blood and low
er wools than on the finer wools.
Among the sales of the week was one
of about 70,000 pounds of Montana,
90 per cent staple, In tho original bags,
at 25c, tho wool grading half blood
aud three-eighths, and costing, clean,
63@64c. This was a very nice, hand
some lot of wool.
The business of the past week has
been principally with the big mills.
The smaller mills have taken a lit
tle. wool, hut they have not figured
prominently at all In the business
of the week. The smaller mills, who
are not well stocked and have yet. to
purchase their supplies of wool, can
scarcely hope to compete with the big
concerns, who laid in their raw mater
ial earlier in the season when prices
ol' the hitter were much lower, and
who cy.n name prices for their goods
which tho smaller concerns cannot
meet except at a loss lor themselves;
and some of the smaller mill men say
that they may have to shut down if
they are obliged to pay present prices
tor wool, unless there is sufficient ad
vance in the price of goods lo offset
the rise in the price of the raw ma
icriai. Everyone is now looking for
ward, i lu nJure, with unusual interest,
io the opening of the next heavy
weight season, to see what will be the
, xteni oi ih, advance on the new
goods, as compared with the previous
season.
Tin Likings by manufacturers com
prise a good sized hue of scoured
woo! by a Rhode island worsted con
cern, a line of quarter and three
eighths unwashed fleeces by another
worsted mill, aud tho sale of a liue of
Montana medium wools. These wools
were sold at the top price of the year.
A feature of the week has been the
demand for half blood territorial
v.ools. One house report sthat the de
mand which it has experienced has
not been for anything else. The injury
lias been especially noticeable from
yarn spinners, both worsted and wool
en. Half blood has. in fact, sold at a
clean cost ranging from 62 to Gtc,
wnich is really equal to the cost of
line medium clothing. Some of t.,o
mills now buying hall bloods a.<*
those which formerl" wore taking
quarters and three eighths. It tue
i wo latter grades were in p 1 nuful
supply , these mills would > i.v likely
be free buyers of them.
While the tone of the market as a
whole is strong, the big consumers
are fairly well supplied with wool, tak
en as a whole, and a quiet time is an
ticipated during the month of Decem
ber.