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Fergus County Democrat.
VoU. No. 33
LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1905.
Price 5 Cents.
THE WINNING
TICKET NAMED
Harmonious Convention of the City
Democrats Held in City Hail
Thursday Evening.
PINKLEY NOMINATED EOR MAYOR
Murray H. Deaton and Judge Mac
Go* an Chosen Eor Treasurer
and Police Magistrate.
The delegates, selected at the Dem
ocratic primaries met in the city hall
last Thursday evening and nominated
the men who are now representing
the democratic party in the munici
pal campaign which is now in pro
gress. The convention was entirely
harmonious in every respect and the
ticket which was named is a popular
one.
After the convention had been
called to order by Stout, David lin
ger and J. E. Lane were unanimously
chosen to the positions of chairman
and secretary respectively. In taking
the chair, Mr. Hilger made a short
but stirring address upon the pur
poses and duties of the convention.
Upon motion unanimously carried,
the chair appointed two committees
of live each on platform and resolu
tions on credentials. The resolutions
committee consisted of DeKalb, Ben
ner, Stout, Dahl and Weaver. The
credentials committee consisted of
Pick, Sloan, Moshner, Foster and But
ler. A recess of fifteen minutes was
taken to permit the committees to
prepare their reports.
The committee on piatform was the
first to report and Chairman DeKalb
read the following platform of princi
ples:
We, the democrats of the city of
Lewistown, in convention assembled,
hereby reaffirm our belief in the prin
ciples of the democratic party, and
submit the following as our platform
for the municipal campaign of 1965,
and we pledge our candidates nomi
nated for the respective municipal of
fices, that they will, if elected, faith
fully carry out the recommendations
herein contained.
We hereby pledge our candidrtes to
the following declarrtion of princi
ples.
I. The administration of the af
fairs of the city in an honest and eco
nomical manner, granting special priv
ileges to none, and equal previlige to
all.
II. The enforcement of the laws of
the state of Montana, and ordinances
of the municipality of Lewistown, es
pecially those intended for the pre
vention of crime, and for the protec
tion of the citisen in all of his legal
rights, embracing the essential privi
liges of the rights of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, without dis
crimination or favoritism.
III. A published statement of the
the receipts and expenditures by the
different departments of the city gov
ernment to be published quarterly for
the permitting of eyery person to
judge for himself as to the proper or
improper expenditures of the city's
money.
IY. A full investigation of the
feasibility of the gravity water sys
tem and the cost of maintaining the
same as compared with the cost of the
present system.
V. That all appointiveofficersshall
be democrats, and we pledge that our
candidates will follow out tne policy
herein expressed requiring efficient
services in the enforcement of the
laws of the city and the municipality
in a fearless and honest manner with
out favoritism and if any officer be
comes derelict in his duty he shall at
once be removed, and his place filled
by a competent man who will do his
full duty.
Vt. We deplore the condition of
the present engineering department,
and condemn the republican members
of the council in retaining men in the
engineering department who are en
tirely incompetent despite the fact
that the removal was urgently re
quested by the democratic members
of the council. We pledge our can
didates to bring this department to a
more efficient and satisfactory con
dition.
In consideration of this declaration
of principles we earnestly ask for the
support of the people of Lewistown
or our candidates and platform.
This platform was unanimously ad
opted. The report of the credentials
committee was a formal matter as
there were no contests and all dele
gates selected at the primary were de
clared entitled to seats in the conven
tion.
Nominations for the office of mayor
were declared in order. Tom Stout
nominated Alderman X. J. Littlejohn
of the third ward. J. E. Pinkley, al
derman from the second ward, was
nominated by Prank Pick. There be
ing no further nominations, a ballot
was taken and Mr. Pinkley received
a majority of ten votes and was de
clared the nominee.
F. F. MacGowan, the present police
magistrate was unanimously nomi
nated to succeed himself in that pos
ition, his name being placed before
the convention by H. L. DeKalb.
M. H. Deaton was nominated for
city treasurer by Stout and had no
opposition for the position. Thiscom
pleted the city ticket.
Before the regular convention was
called to order, the delegates from
the respective wards held meetings
and selected the candidates for aider
man for the three wards. The follow
gentlemen were named for the alder
manic positions: First ward-—Matt
Weber: Second ward—Frank Mosh
ner.
This completed the work of the
convention and a motion to adjourn
was carried.
NOMINEES!?
REPUBLICANS
Our Friends, the Enemy, Meet in the
Court House and Go Through
Stereotyped Program.
W. D. SYMMES HEADS THE TICKET
Present Acting Mayor Will Oppose
Jesse Pinkley for the Office
of Mayor.
The republicans met in the court
house Saturday evening and went
through with the usual little program
incident to the naming of a ticket by
that party. It is always easy work for
them as two or three of the leaders
invariably have the thing all fixed be
fore the conventions are called. Every
thing was unanimous and those who
do not quite like this stereotyped for
mula for transacting the party affairs
have but one opportunity of protest
ing against this rule by a small coterie
of bosses and that is on the day of
election.
F. E. Smith was named chairman
of the meeting but he was not permit
ted to make his speech. Halsey Wat
son was the secretary. As usual, B.
von Tobel wrote the platform which
was vnanimously adopted. The cre
dentials were found to be O. K. and
the work of nominating a ticket was
soon over with. Mr. von Tobel nomi
nated W. D. Symmes. Seconding
speeches were made by O. W. Belden,
Albert Pfaus and others. Mr. Symmes
was the only one named and received
the nomination unanimously. Nomi
nation! for the office of treasurer
were passed and S. W. Pennock was
named for police magistrate. Jeff
Tubb, Frank E. Smith and Charley
Wentworth were ratified as the nom
inees for aldermen from the First,
Second and Third wards respectively.
Senator John D. Waite made a talk
and the convention adjourned. It was
all perfectly simple.
Maiden
J. L. Seals spent a part of the week
at Ft. Maginnis.
Tony Rolando was in Kendall on
business last Tuesday.
C. A. Archer went to Lewistown on
business last Wednesday.
Dr. Attix of Lewistown made a pro
fessional call here last week.
Lumber is being hanled for repairs
on the mill at the Maginnis mine.
Mrs. Anderson spent a part of last
week with her husband at New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Meredith of
New Year spent Sunday at the home
of E. II. Crabtree.
Johnny Crabtree, one of the infant
twins of Mr. and Mrs- Ed Crabtree,
is ill of pneumonia.
George Beilis and W. E. Wilson
were in Kendall last Tuesday looking
over some mining property.
Joseph Beilis, manager of the Collar
Gulch properties, has returned from
an extended trip in the east.
J. B. Rosso of Butte came over this
week to assist his brother. Pete with
the work at the Cumberland mine.
R. H. Dorn, secretary of the Globe
Maginnis Mining Company was in
Lewistown on business last Tuesday.
The carpenters nave completed the
work of remodeling and erecting an
addition to the house of A. E. Brim
ble.
J. L. Stuart is making a shipment
of the ore he recently discovered on
the War Eagle to the smelter this
week.
The home of Robert McMillan was
destroyed by fire Saturday morning.
The fire had made such headway be
fore it was discovered that little of
furniture was saved.
APPLICATION
IS WITHDRAWN
J. I. Bright Withdraws the Appli
cation for a City Franchise for
Electric Road.
INVESTIGATION IS BEING MADE
A Representative of a Chicago En
gineering Company Obtains Fig
ures on Road.
Frank II. Fitch, representing a
prominent firm of Chicago railroad
engineers is at present engaged in ob
taining statistics and information re
garding the proposed projection of an
electric railroad between the city of
Lewistown and Kendall. Mr. Fitch
is not able to make a report for a few
days as the information obtained has
not yet been considered sufficiently to
allow of anything definite being said.
In relation to the withdrawal of
the request for a franchise, Mr. Bright
said: "In view of the fact that it has
been found unnecessary and unprofit
able to use the main streets and
thoroughfares of the city and an er
roneous impression has gone abroad
tliay this road was designated as an
electric or street railway, it has been
decided to withdraw the petition for
franchise. Later we will in all prob
ability ask for the privalege of using
first avenue only.
"This will be largely a local enter
prise. When once a definite plan of
financing the proposition is settled
upon, a full and careful statement of
its aims and intentions as intended
by the promoters will be given to the
public."
Democratic Candidate for Mayor
Stands for the Right Things.
Hon. Jesse Pinkley, in a statement
to the editor of the Democrat tells
where he stands, as to municipal
questions to be decided at the coming
election, and makes an honest an
nouncement of his principals.
"Editor Democrat:
Permit me a little space in your
valuable paper, that I may explain my
position. It is necessary that I ex
plain my position on the municipal
questions up for consideration. This
action is not made necessary because
I have entertained different views at
different times, but because there
has been a wilfull misrepresentation of
my position, no doubt for political ef
fect. I have been identified with the
present city council for some time,
and have no apologies to make to my
constituents, for I have performed
my duties conscientiously.
I in no way repudiate the policies
of the present city council as to re
forms aimed at making this a respect -
able and clean city. I have been ac
cused of standing otherwise and cer
tain maliciously inclined persons have
attempted to garble my sentiments,
until I should not be surprised to hear
of a report that I stand for every
thing low and contemptible.
The reports are circulated for polit
ical effect. I stand for cleanliness
and purity in city government. 1
stand for economy in public expendi
tures; and the platform adopted at
the city convention nominating me
for mayor represents my sentiments.
I would not run on the democratic
ticket, standing upon such a plat form,
unless l could conscientiously do so.
This is a prosperous and growing
city, and it is filled with bright, in
telligent men and women. It is no
longer a frontier town and tilings tol
erated in such places, are no longer
proper in a city of the size and st and
ing of Lewistown.
Finally, I appeal to the fairininded
men of this city to carefully investi
gate the condition of municipal af
fairs: to make an earnest and honest
effort, by placing conscientious men
in office—whoever they may be—and
upbuild the moral and financial insti
tutions of Lewistown. Le us have a
city that decent men and women are
not afraid to enter. Let us have a
city of schools and a city of decided
moral tone. Let us treat all men
fairly, yet enforce the laws in an im
partial manner, measuring rights of
individuals by ordinances and laws.
I further say that 1 am unpledged as
to appointments: and reports to the
contrary are untrue.
I shall place tlie
ight kind of men in office, if elected,
and shall not be guided by any other
standard. J. E. Pinki.ky.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Judith Belle cigars, miff said.
Ur. Foley, telephone No. 160.
Hear The Petitts Thursday Mch 30.
Frank Stephens arrived in the city
last evening.
M. P. Tiegen of Grassrange was in
the city yesterday.
Thomas Riser of Kendall was in the
city the latter part of last week.
Don't forget to visit Orton Brot hers'
piano sale opposite the post office.
Judge E. K. Cheadle will be home
in time to read the docket on the
third of April.
Ed. Wight, the well known horse
man of Philbrook, is spending a few
days in the city.
W. V. Lewis has sold his ranch at
Straw to A. Green and purchased the
Fowler place which is situated about
twenty miles from R. B. Thompson's.
Owing to the large number of lists
in the word contest of the Lewistown
Furniture Company will be unable to
announce the winners until next
week's issue.
A. Lincoln and family returned to
Lewistown on Friday evening from
the Pacific coast. A most enjoyable
time was spent visiting California and
points of interest on the coast by
the party.
W. A. Shaules has leased his hotel
interests at Kendall to E. P. Dirnan.
Mr. Dirnan is a well known hotel man
and will undoubtedly run the estab
lishment with success to himself and
satisfaction to his customers.
Hilger & Busenburg wish to call at
tention of their clients to the fact
that they have moved their office to
more commodious quarters on the
second floor of the Laux building op
posite the Bank of Fergus county.
A. Audette of Gilt Edge has pur
chased Chas. Millard's interest in the
Moccasin saloon at Kendall. Mr. Au
dette is well known to the miners of
the Judith mountains and will un
doubtedly do as well as he deserves in
the lively mining camp.
A suitable reward will be paid for
the return of or information regard
ing a black team, shod all around, one
bearing 7WP brand and the other
TGL. Also a small brown pony
strayed from ranch about March 15th.
J. C. Delzell, Straw, Mont.
Chas Archer of Maiden visited the
city last week. Mr. Archer was
in Maiden among the first arrivals
and has considerable faith in that min
ing camp. He states that work is being
pushed on the Maginnis mine and the
entire district is looking better than
it has for many years.
R. J. Morrison and C. P. Newell
will handle the lease on the creamery
in partnership. These gentlemen
have made the statement that they
will be able to guarantee the farmers
twenty-five cents for their butter
during April and May and twenty-two
and a half during five of the summer
months.
The Hotel de Horse now being
built on Fifth avenue by W. R.
Woods and Chas. McDonald, will be
completed and in shape for the re
ception of guests by April 1st. No
money or trouble is being spared to
make the establishment first class in
every particular. The building when
finished will accommodate 100 horses
and in the case of an extra rush,
good stout pegs will be provided on
which to hang superfluous guests.
Automatic oat feeders will be used
and in the case of very dilapidated
equines a bicycle pump will be
brought into service as it will be the
chief endeavor of the proprietors not
to allow any team to leave the place
as long as there is a wrinkle left. The
best of timothy and bluejoint will be
used in feeding and any animal that
does not show improvement after the
first three hours will be relegated to
the scrap pile as a chronic and hope
less case. W. R. Woods is absolutely
at home on the hurricane deck of the
most uneonviucible cayuse and will
accommodat e his patrons by taking the
rough off all saddle animals before
turning them over to their owners.
Any rider thrown after this will be
charged extra and in the case of run
awayteams no damages will be collect
ed providing that the hide of the refrac
tory animals is returned to the barn.
Mr. Woods will be head chambermaid
of the establishment and as his ex
perience with horses has been a long
one and fraught with many lurid in
cidents, there is not the slightest
doubt but that the patrons of the
stable will get value received for their
with the accommodations a lion
a t the Hotel de Horse.
MINING NEWS
ER0MY0G0
Much Work Laid Out—Sapphire
Mines are Being Worked to
Full Capacity.
VERY RICH SURROUNDING COUNTRY
Fertile and Picturesque Country
at the Head of the Judith
River.
There is considerable work outlined
in the Old Yogo mining dist rict for
this season and it seems that the
camp lias a good chance to come to
the front. The fact that a large por
tion of the values are contained in
smelting ores has to a certain extent
kept the dist rict in the background.
With the opening up of the Weather
wax by Matt Dunn and others, it is
very probable that some outside capi
tal will find its way into the camp
this summer.
Tlie first work which was accom
plished in the camp was in 1876 when
considerable placer gold was taken out
while in the eighties a postoffice was
established and some work was ac
complished with the arastra, small
stamp mil Is and other primitive meth
ods of mining. The sulphides blocked
the way however and owing to lack of
capital to treat these ores, the camp
was abandoned with the exception of
a few who still have the greatest, con
fidence in the dist rict.
The bare sides of Yogo Baldy rise
directly in front of the camp audit
is to the west of this mountain and at,
the head of 1 he gulches toward Nei
hart that, the principal properties in
this district are located. A large am
ount of work has been accomplished
at intervals on the various properties
in the vicinity of Yogo with the re
sult that it lias been thoroughly dem
onstrated t hat while there is consider
able free milling ore, yet the bulk of
the ores are base and need the expen
diture of a considerable amount of
money in order to furnish facilities
for treatment. The locality is one in
which the lime predominates, though
porphry intrusions are of frequent oc
currence. There is considerable good
placer ground in the vicinity of Yogo
and the time will undoubtedly come
when the ground will be worked for
all it is worth. Fifty cents to a pan
is not bad and this lias been secured
from this locality at different times.
Matt Dunn, Conrad and others of
Great Falls have accomplished con
siderable work on the Blue Dick,
known as the Weatherwax property,
which is located between Skunk and
Elk gulch. The result, is the finding
of a fairly good lead of copper ore
carrying values in gold. Arrange
ments are now being made to push
the development work to the limit
this spring and it is rumored that a
road will lie built from this property
to the Neihart road in order to allow
of the transportation of base ores to
the railroad for shipment.
Joseph Giroux has a good looking
copper property rt the head of Skunk
gulch on which he lias been working
for some tenyears past. Knerr Bros.,
are working a free milling gold propo
sition at the head of Elk Gulch which
gives some excellent assays. Eli Shel
by of Great Falls is also interested in
the district and owns a free milling
gold property which will undoubtedly
come to the front. Gus Hall is work
ing on a galena lead near Old Baldy
which has assayed as high as *75 to
the ton in values. There are numer
ous other properties in this immediate
vicinity from which good assays have
been received, though lack of capital
has necessitated their abandonment
with the exception of the develop
mant work.
One of the oldest and most worked
properties of the camp is the group of
three claims owned and operated by
Chas. Lehman & Sons. The group is
situated on the apex of the range at
the head of Skunk gulch and carries
silver lead ores from which smelter
returns have been received as high as
*23 to tire ton in values. This prop
erty lias been worked for tlie past fif
teen years at intervals and in the
neighborhood of 1500 feet of develop
ment work lias been accomplished on
the group. Two of these claims have |
been patented.
There is every indication of a rich
mineralization in this district and j
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samples of float taken from I lie local
ity are rich in values, beyond the wild
estdreams of the most imaginative pros
pector and it does seem that with
such surface values that extremely
rich bodies of ore will yet be discov
ered. Further down the gulch, is the
site of the Burgess ditch and the old
placer ground below Bear Gulch which
was worked with hydraulics though
with indifferent success. Consider
able free gold is encountered on bed
rock but owing to the depth placer
operations are somewhat difficult.
Color can he found almost anywhere
in the gulch.
Below tlie ToIIgat e canyon is the
ground of the Burke <Si, Sweeney Saph
ire Mining Co., where Pat Sweeney is
now actively operating a fourteen foot,
lead ol sapid re bearing ground with
unprecedented success. The history
ol the working of tins property'Is one
of hard work and tenacity of purpose
on the part of Mr. Sweeney which
was at, last, rewarded by the finding of
a 14 foot lead which carries the finest
gems in the district, John Burke
gave an option on his interests to Mr.
Sweeney about fifteen months ago
while in turn Mr. Sweeney bonded
the property to Mr. Chowen of Great
Falls who has int erested eastern capi
tal in the project and will in all prob
ability take up the bond at the expir
ation of the time condition. Tlie
lead has also been encountered in Kel
ley coulee at the bottom of a small
shaft and the indications are, that,
the property is an extensive one and
fully as rich as any in the state. A
force of men are working the ground
and the washing of the dirt for the
gems has been carried on all winter.
On the top of the hill to the east and
on a continuation of lids lead is situ
ated the plant run by the New Syndi
cate Saphire MinirigCo. At a consid
erable expense the most com pic plant
in the west, lias been put, in operation
and the results attained from the
working of the ground are far above
the first expect ations.
The work is now being done at
either end of a 1200 foot crosscut at a
depth In some places of 300 feet. In
the neighborhood of 50,000 tons of pay
dirt is now on the various dumps
though when washing operations com
mence this dirt will vanish iike snow
under a summer sun and it will keep
a large force of miners busy keeping
the gang at, the sluice lioxcs busy.
Chas. Gadget) is general manager of
the outfit, while Thomas Moore is
mine foreman.
The sapphire bearing dirt is hoisted
to the surface by a 75 horse power plat
form hoist. Tlie car itself is used to
hoist the dirt in and is run down an
inclined track to the end of tlie dump.
One of the most noticeable features
connected witli the formation in which
tiie gems are found is its tendency to
rapidly slack and soften on reaching
the surface and being subjected to the
weather. It is by nature, a disinte
grated granite and on first reaching
the surface Is very hard and brittle.
Tlie dirt is stuped out in the same
manner as cyanide ores; tlie ground
is somewhat shaky and necessitate*
plentiful timbering. While there is
connection will) (lie surface on the
west side of the crosscut, what air Is
necessary on tlie eastern extension is
obtained by way of an air compressor
stationed in the shaft house. A lime
break lias been worked through and
when .suitable ground is encountered
in all probability an upraise will be
made in order to connect that end of
tlie crosscut with good air. As far as
can lie learned tlie working of this
ground is being conducted with profit
to tlie English company who are work
ing it, though it seems to be their pol
icy to be extremely conservative in
tlie matter of furnishing information
for publication. Tlie bulk of the
gems obtained are shipped direct to
Europe while a ready market is found
for even the smallest stones. Tlie
work of washing out the gems by run
ning tlie dirt over the riffles is now
conducted under direct hydraulic pres
sure and though this rims some of the
stones to the dams below the sluice
boxes yet the dirt is treated in a more
rapid mariner than formerly. The
plant now in operation is a mile to
the east of the site of the first work
ings and is much more complete t bun
the system which was first used.
Work is being pushed this spring and
about thirty-live men are employed by
the company while more will lie used
when sluicing operations commence,
it, is but a short distance from the
mines to the Judith river where are
located some of the prettiest and most
fertile farms in this section of the
county. Tlie old Bower place in Pig
Eye was one of Charlie Russel's favor
ite hang outs; that was when Sandy
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