Fergus County Democrat
VOL. IX. NO. 45.
LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, JULY 15, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE BIG TENT WILL BE PITCHED
BACK OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
List of Attractions Is a Large One—
Season* Tickets Now Being Sold—
Meeting of the Executive Commit
tee Will Be Held This Evening—
Railway Rates.
Lewistown is soon to have its first
experience with a Chautauqua and the
preliminary arrangements have now
all been disposed of, while all the
committees are working hard to in
sure the success of this large under
taking. The Chautauqua tent will be
pitched on the block back of the high
school, a very desirable site, and will
open Sunday afternoon, July 27, at 2
o'clock, with a sacred concert by the
Winona Ladies, followed by a lecture
by Francis J. Gable on "Cheerful Liv
ing." At 4:15 will be a vesper serv
ice, with a sermon-lecture in the eve
ning at 8:15 by Dr. Gordon Ware on
"The Unknown Traveler."
Throughout the week, beginning
Monday, July 28, the Seaton Indian
program will begin at 9 a. m. for the
youngsters. The morning lectures
will begin at 10 o'clock, the after
noon concert at 2:30, the atfernoon
lecture at 3, the evening concert at
7:30, and the evening lecture at 7.
The program for the week, beginning
witn Monday, July 28, will be as fol
lows:
The Program.
Monday (Woman's Day).
Morning—Organization of Seton In
dian Camp; Lecture, "Community
Life," Dr. Gordon Ware; Magic, Har
rell of Boston.
Afternoon — Recital, The Artists'
Trio; Lecture, "Old Days in Dixie
Land," Miss Belle Kearney.
Evenipg—Concert, The Artists' Trio;
Lecture Oration, "The New Woman
and the Young Man," Senator Elmer
J. Burkett of Nebraska.
Tuesday.
Morning—Seton Indians, Making
Fire Without Matches; Lecture,
"Hunting in Packs," Dr. Ware.
Afternoon — Concert by Carter's
Georgians, Negro Melodies As Sung in
the South; "College Stunts," Donald
F. Fox.
Evening—Concert, The Georgia Jubi
lee Singers; Lecture, "The Crescent
and the Cross," Julius Caesar Nayphe,
of Athens.
Wednesday (Music Day).
Morning—Seton Indian Deer Hunt,
Habits of Animals, Stories; Lecture,
"Instincts of Preservation," Dr. Gor
don Ware.
Afternoon — Band Concert, White
City Band of Chicago.
Evening—Band Concert, White City
Band; Grand Opera, Thaviu Grand
Opera Company with Band Accompani
ment.
Thursday.
Morning—Seton Indian War Dance,
Indian War Stories; Lecture, "You
and Your Neighbor," Dr. Gordon
Ware.
Afternoon—A Half Honr with the
Girl-Humorist; Popular Lecture, "Bar
gains," Dr. John H. Andress.
Evening—Miss La Dell, in Humor
ous Prelude; Lecture, "The Neglected
Cavalier," Dr. D. F. Fox.
Friday.
Morning—Grand Pow Wow of Seton
Indians at the Totem Pole; Popular
Lecture, "Who's Got the Button?" Dr.
Ware.
Afternoon—Concert by the Chicago
Male Quartet; Entertainment, Miss
Flora Belle Carde.
Evening — Popular Concert, Bell
Ringing and Male Quartet, Chicago
Quartet; Great Production of "Abra
nam Lincoln," Benjamin Chapin.
Committee to Meet.
The executive committee and ticket
committee will meet at the office of
the county superintendent of schools
in the courthouse this evening at 8
o'clock to make final arrangements to
dispose of the eight hundred season
tickets which the association has
pledged to sell before the opening day
of the session here at Lewistown.
The advertising material has arrived
and is being distributed. Over five
uou
The Home of
Good Things.
I
I
New Show Thursday
THREE BIG ACTS
hundred programs of the Lewistown
Chautauqua will be mailed to residents
of ^ewistown. Season tickets are now
on sale at the Palais Royal, the Fair
Store and Sutter Bros., and sell at
the nominal price of $2.50 for the full
six days of seventeen sessions and
over thirty-two attractions. As Bingle
admissions to the Chautauqua sessions
will be from 50 cents to $1.50 each,
these season tickets should be in de
mand. Only 800 tickets are to be sold
at that price, and those contemplating
the purchase of a season ticket should
secure one at once.
Railway Rates.
All railroads leading into Lewis
town have granted a fare of one and
one-third for the round trip during
Chautauqua week, July 27th to August
1st, inclusive, on the certificate plan.
All persons purchasing tickets to
Lewistown during that week should
demand a certificate and present the
same to some one connected with the
Lewistown Chautauqua, and if one
hundred or more are thus turned in,
tue certificate will entitle them to se
cure a return trip ticket for one-third
fare.
Supt. A. A. Franzke, superintendent
of the city schools, who is now with
the Ellison-White Chautauqua system,
and is in daily touch with the talent
that will appear on the program of
the Lewistown Chautauqua, writes
that the numbers are all first class
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BRIDGE THE JUDITH.
A New Steel Bridge Will Be Erected
at Once by Fergus County.
The county commissioners last
week awarded the contract for a
brigde across the Judith, near Utica,
to replace an old wooden bridge car
ried out by floods several weeks ago,
to the Security Bridge company, the
lowest bidder. The bridge will cost
$4,365 and it is to be completed by
Sept. 10.
FIGURES OF THE ASSESSOR FOR
THIS YEAR ARE GIVEN
OUT.
;e
Railway Assessment Will Bring the
Total Gain for This Year Up to
About $1,400,000—Total Will Stand
at About $16,852,000—Most of t(ie
Increase From Land.
County Assessor Mike Gurnett has
completed the assessment for this
year and the result is most gratifying.
It shows the valuation of Fergus to be
$15,052,735, exclusive of the railways,
which will not be assessed by the
state board of equalization until
August. Last year the assessment,
exclusive of railways, was $13,955,058,
so that the gain for this year, exclu
sive of railways, is $1,097,677. This
year, for the first time, the Great Nor
thern's line from Lewistown to Moc
casin will be assessed and there will
be an increase of at least $300,000
from the railways. Last August the
railway valuation was fixed at $1,500,
000, and with the gain in that item
for 1913, the total valuation of the
county will be about $16,852,000 and
the total net gain for the year will
be about $1,400,000.
It's the Land.
The item that furnishes the greater
part of this year's gain is land. The
books show the assessment of 170,000
acres of land this year over last, the
total assessed acreage being 1,484,502
acres. Divided into the two great
classifications, personal property is
assessed at $4,078,934 and the real
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MANY WILL ATTEND
THE ANNUAL PICNIC
LEWISTOWN PEOPLE CAN GO TO
EXPERIMENT FARM
BY TRAIN.
A large number of Lewistown peo
ple will attend the annual Farmers'
Picnic at the experiment station near
Moccasin next Friday. Many parties
will make the trip by auto, while oth
ers will take the Great Northern train
out, which will reach the experiment
station at 10 a. m. This train ■will
leave the grounds at about 5 p. m. A
special rate of one fare for the round
trip has been made by the Great Nor
thern for this occasion.
An unusually attractive program
has been prepared. Judge Cheadle
will preside over the speaking pro
gram and among those expected to
make addresses are Gov. S. V. Stew
art, Prof. Hamilton, Prof. Keene,
Prof. Atkinson, Prof. Linfield, Prof.
Cooley and Judge Roy E. Ayers.
Special attention will be given to
the demonstration and a program of
sports will be carried out, the feature
being an exhibition ball game be
tween the Lewistown and Sheridan
league teams.
DISTRICT HERE
MAYOR W. D. 3YMME8 AN
NOUNCES POLICY OF CITY
ADMINISTRATION.
W. A. Hedges, for the League, Makes
Brief Address—Invites An Expres
sion From the Mayor, Who Makes
a Plain and Straightforward State
ment on the Subject.
The policy of the city administra
tion with regard to permitting any so
called restricted district to get a foot
hold in Lewistown has been known
for some time, as Mayor W. D.
Symmes and Chief of Police Edward
Martin notified the one house of this
character to forthwith close up and
directed the woman in charge to aban
don her supposed purpose of istab
lieuing a place of that character. The
order was immediately obeyed. Pub
lic announcement of this policy, how
ever, was made last Tuesday night at
the meeting of the city council. A
committee from the Civic Betterment
league, headed by W. A. Hedges, C.
A. Drinkard, E. M. Drinkard, Dr.
Nichols, R. W. Soule, Rev. E. W.
Wright, and others, were in attend
ance to present the petition circulated
by the league urging that the "dis
trict" be not permitted to grow up
here. This petition was withdrawn
when first presented some weeks ago
for the purpose of securing additional
s.gnatures, and as submitted bore the
names of 338 men and 190 women.
Hedges Presents It.
The petition was presented by W.
A. Hedges, in an eloquent and force
ful address. He said they had ap
peared before the council some time
ago with the petition, which was tem
porarily withdrawn, and in the mean
time some largely attended meetings
had been held and many additional
signatures secured. He presented
resolutions adopted by the executive
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, by the Woman's club and the
W. C. T. IT. giving hearty endorse
ment to the petition. Mr. Hedges
asked the council to go over the list
of signers and see the class of peo
ple who had signed the petition. He
urged that all lawful means be used
to stamp out the evil.
"We feel that we are fortunate,"
said Mr. Hedges, "in having in this
council such broad-minded men as are
here. The members of the League
suggest that you make known what
we may expect."
Symmes Announces Policy.
In response to this suggestion.
Mayor Symmes replied very briefly.
He made it quite clear that no segre
gated district would be permitted or
tolerated in Lewistown. At the same
time he warned the committee and
the public generally not to expect too
Of THE
Bin FUNKS
REPORT OF TREASURER ROY
CROMER FOR MONTH
OF JULY.
City Treasurer R. C. Cromer's re
port for June showed balances in the
treasury on July 1 as follows: Water
works fund, $1,225.24; sewerage fund,
$34,354.94; boulevard maintenance,
$66.66; library fund, $733.15; special
improvement fund, $2,641.49; sinking
fund, $14,152.56; Stephens endowment
fund, $244.20; firemen's disability
fund, $2,115.10; park fund, $4,188.59.
Overdrafts were reported as fol
lows: General fund, $10,888.13; road
fund, $4,530.17; sprinkling fund,
$208.63; fire fund, $475.21; water con
struction, $186.31; miscellaneous,
$283.01. The net balance on hand
July 1 was $43,150.47.
The receipts during June amounted
to $4,884.45, of which $1,998.59 came
from the waterworks fund. The ex
penditures during the month were
$12,552.95, of which $3,025.41 was from
the sewer construction fund and $5,
500 from thes inking fund.
The report of Police Judge Mettler
shows that the fines paid in police
court during June amounted to
$430.70. This is the largest sum col
lected in many months.
Denton Attracts Attention.
Treasure State (Butte): Like a
mushroom bed under the influence of
a strong sun, Denton, the newest
town on the map, has sprung into
existence during the past 30 days. It
is located 35 miles west of Lewis
town on the Milwaukee extension in
the midst of a splendid agricultural
section. The population at present is
about 100, but this is rapidly grow
ing. Quite a number of mercantile
establishments are doing a big busi
ness and buildings are being erected
as fast as lumber and material can
be placed on the ground.
much In the way of elimination. If
they expected too much in that direc
tion there was sure to be disappoint
ment, but the administration intend
ed to do all that it could do to keep
on improving conditions. In con
cusion, he said:
Some Plain Talk.
"It does not make any difference
how much the city administration
tries to enforce the law and improve
the public morals of the city and sup
press prostitution, if the Civic league
and the Woman's club do not take the
matter un in our schools and see that
the moral standing of our schools is
improved.
"The conditions which existed in
our high school during the past six
months were certainly not calculated
to improve the moral condition of the
town. Also, the mothers of the town
should be told the necessity of keep
ing young girls and boys from four
teen to eighteen years of age off the
streets, and preventing them from go
ing to public dances. Unless this is
done, any reforms the city adminis
tration might undertake will be of no
avail.
"It does not appear to the city ad
ministration that a segregated dis
trict can be reestablished in Lewis
town. It will be our policy to enforce
the laws of the state and the city or
dinances. To much must not be ex
pected of the administration."
ml¥ra
RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED UNDER
THE FEDERAL AU
THORITY.
Helena, June 18.-—Wild fowl cannot
be shot in Montana from Dec. 16 of
one year to Sept. 1 of the following
year, while curlew cannot now be
shot at all, according to jthe recently
drafted federal regulations for the
protection of migratory birds, copies
of which have been received by Game
Warden J. L. DeHart from the bureau
of biological survey.
One of the most important regula
tions is that imposing a closed sea
son the year round daily from sunset
to sunrise. Shooting must stop at
setting of the sun, and must not be
resumed until sunrise the following
morning.
f The bureau has established zones
for the better protection of migratory
game and insectivorous birds. Mon
tana is in the first zone, which com
prises states lying wholly or in part
north of lattiude 40 degrees and the
Ohio river, and including Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts.
Rhode island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi
ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyom
ing, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington—25 states.
Migratory birds include brant, wild
-ducks and geese; brown sandhill and
whooping cranes, shore birds, in
cluding plover, snipe, sandpipers, surf
birds, woodcock and yellow legs;
pigeons, including doves and wild
pigeons.
The closed season on waterfowl in
zone No. 1 has been fixed between
Dec. 16 and Sept. 1, next following,
except in certain states wherein
statutes conflict with the regulations
adopted by the bureau.
A closed season is to continue un
til Sept. 1, 1913, on the following
migratory game birds: Band-tailed
pigeons, little brown, sandhill and
whooping cranes, swans, curlew and
all shore birds, except the black
breasted and golden plover, Wilson or
jack snipe, woodcock and the greater
and lesser yellowlegs.
For the purposes of the regulations,
the following are considered migra
tory insectivorous birds:
Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees,
cuckoos, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hum
ming birds, nighthawks or ball bats,
nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes,
swallows, swifts, tangers, titmice,
thrushes, vireos, warblers, waxwings,
whipporwills, woodpeckers and wrens,
and all other perching birds which
feed entirely or chiefly on insects.
A closed season on migratory in
sectivorous birds continues to Dec. 31,
1913, and each year thereafter shall
begin Jan. 1 and continue to Dec. 31,
both dates inclusive, provided that
nothing in this regulation shall be
construed to prevent the issue of per
mits for collecting such birds for
scientific purposes in accordance with
the laws and regulations in force in
the respective states and territories
and the District of Columbia.
GRASSRANGE LINE
RAILS WILL REACH GRASS RANGE
AUGU8T 1—EXTENSIONS
FROM HILGER.
The Milwaukee is now laying steel
on the extension of its line from Lew
istown to Grass Range and will have
the track completed about August 1.
The grading is all finished, with
every bridge and culvert in, and rapid
progress will be made.
Out from Hilger steel laying is in
progress to Roy and Christina. The
grading is now all completed on the
Winifred branch and Contractor D. J.
Burke Is putting on a large force of
men there.
£ THE
CITY REVENUE
PLANS ARE DISCUSSED AT THE
COUNCIL MEETING LAST
NIGHT.
THE mVMI!
It Is Considered Too Low, Especially
As to Business Property—Will
Seek An Increase—Will Bond to
Extend the Iron Pipe System
Street Paving Resolutions.
The city council held a regular
"protracted session" last evening and
disposed of several matters of great
importance. Mayor Symmes presided
over the meeting, with Aldermen Ber
kin, Sutter, Wiedeman, Kelly, d'Autre
mont, and City Attorney Kirkland,
City Engineer Birkland and City Clerk
Htton in attendance. It was mid
night when an adjournment was
reached.
City's Finances.
Mayor Symmes brought the matter
of the city's financial condition and
plans for getting the funds "out or
the red" were discussed. Attorney
Kirkland stated that he had looked in
to the matter or an additional levy of
five mills to meet the interest on the
outstanding bonded indebtedness, etc.,
and was of the opinion that such a
levy would be legal. He had consult
ed H. L. DeKalb, who was of the same
opinion.
The mayor said the city's assessed
valuation last year was $2,750,000,
and this year's valuation showed an
increase of $100,000, making the total
$2,850,000. There had, he said, been
no general change in the valuation
of property here for about seven
years, although the valuation had
been increased in some portions of
the town. He was satisfied that, much
of the real estate should have a high
er valuation than that given It, espe
cially business property. On much of
the realty an increase of 25 per cent
would really be justified and make the
assessment more equitable. He fa
vored going into tills phase of the
question and if it was found that
through an increased valuation that
would not be inequitable or unjust the
revenue could be raised, he would fa
vor such a iilan to an additional five
mills tax levy.
Alderman Wiedeman said that, in a
general way, residence property was
assessed high enough, but the busi
ness property on Main street and the
side business streets was too low in
proportion to its value and not in pro
portion to tlie valuation of residence
property.
On motion of Alderman Berkin, the
finance committee and the mayor were
authorized to take this matter up with
the county commissioners.
Extending Iron Pipe.
The matter of extending the iron
pipe from the present terminus on up
to the spring, a distance of about six
PAYS BK FINE FOR
GRADER PLEADS GUILTY—SUIT
FOR DIVORCE—AYER8
IN HELENA.
William Brockman, a railroad
grader, was arraigned in the district
court Saturday on a charge of dyna
miting fish. He pleaded guilty and
was fined $200, which he paid.
Earlier in the week two other
graders were fined $25 each for fish
ing without licenses.
Ayers In Helena.
Judge Ayers went to Helena Sun
day to preside in Judge J. Miller
Smith's division of the district court
for a few days.
Seeks a Divorce.
Mary Gardipee has brought suit
against John Gardipee to secure a di
vorce on the grounds of cruelty and
intemperance. The parties were
married at Columbia Falls in 1901. J.
C. Huntoon is the plaintiff's attorney.
WOMEN ARE FINED.
Result of First Raid Made by the
Police.
Two colored women were tried in
the police court last week on a charge
of conducting an immoral house. T.
T. Taylor, E. W. Wright, W. A.
Hedges, A. W. Ogg, Frank Robinson
and W. W. White were sworn as
Jurors and City Attorney I. B. Kirk
land conducted the prosecution. The
testimony was conclusive on every
point and one of the women was fined
$300, while a fine of $250 was imposed
on the other. They were released
after spending a day in the county
jail on their agreement to leave town.
Another colored woman will be tried
on a similar charge Thursday evening.
miles, was taken up and the concensus
of opinion seemed to be that this im
provement was urgently needed.
City Engineer Birkland gave a gen
eral estimate of the cost, which he
figured would be around $64,000, de
pending somewhat on whether ten
inch or twelve-inch pipe was used.
City Attorney Kirkland, who has
made an investigation as to the
amount of bonds the city could legally
issue, reported that, the limit was
about $59,000. However, by the pay
ment of money from the sinking fund
tliis could bo increased somewhat, and
the mayor said if the city could sell
bonds to tlie amount of $59,000, it
could get tlie other $5,000 or $6,000
some way.
Discussion of the routine to be fol
lowed, the calling of a special elec
tion, the selling of the bonds and
award of tlie contract, developed the
I act that it would require some months
to get to tlie point where the work
could be begun, and on motion of
Alderman Wiedeman, tlie city attor
ney was instructed to prepare the pre
liminary resolution to Initiate the im
provement.
Street Paving.
Alderman Kelly thought that the
paving matter should be taken up and
carried to the point where the prop
erty owners affected could be given
opportunity to express their wishes
as to whether or not this improvement
should be gone ahead with tills year.
Tlie resolutions calling for bids for
paving Main street, from First to
Sixth avenues, and the side streets,
together with a resolution for the spe
cial lighting district covering gen
erally tlie paving districts, were
adopted.
Mayor Symmes appointed Aldermen
d'Autremont and Kelly as a commit
tee to confer with the electric light
company for the purpose of securing
(Continued on pnge ten.)
SECOND PLACE
GIANTS TAKE THE SERIES OF
FOUR GAMES WITH
BUFFALO.
CHIEF EASTMAN IS GOOD
Lewistown's Indian Twirler Pitches
No-Hit Game—The 8erlee With
Sheridan's Crack Team Begins
This Afternoon—Some Fine Con
tests Assured the Fans.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won.
Lost.
Pet.
Billings
15
6
.714
Lewistown .......
HI 14
9
.609
Sheridan ..........
............10
10
.500
Buffalo ................
........... 4
18
.182
Batt
ny Averages.
Giffin, .384;
Ploof,
.381;
Conley,
.374; Hopkins, .355; Kelly, .344; Mc
Quaid, .302; McNamara, .250; Becker,
.247; Willard, .231; Freidleln, .200;
Duvall, .200; Applegate, .143; East
man, .666.
Lewistown's league ball team
showed its class in the series with
the Buffalo, Wyoming, team by cap
turing the series of four games. The
first, played Friday, was won by the
locals by a score of 7 to 0. West
pitched a nice game for Buffalo, and
Musser, the new catcher for the
Ilisons, did some remarkable pegging
to second. Giffin was at his best and
allowed but four hits.
Double-Header Sunday.
The double-header Sunday gave
Lewistown another pair, the locals
annexing the first in a remarkably
close contest by a score of 5 to 4.
Applegate pitched well for the locals
up to the eighth. In that inning he
was hit pretty hard and the visitors
had a great chance to tie up the score
after getting four men across the
plate. Summa was on third when
Meyers Bent a long fly to Ploof.
Summa was called out for leaving
third and running home before the
fly was caught. Applegate was then
taken out and Giffin finished the
game, there being no more scoring
on either side.
The second game was the best con
test of the series. Chief Eastman, the
Indian pitcher from the South Dakota
league, made his first appearance in
a Lewistown uniform and made good
from the start. He seemed to have
everything and, with excellent sup
port, shut Buffalo out without a hit.
In one inning he retired the side with
just three pitched balls. Each Buffalo
batter hit the first ball and sent it
right into Giffln's waiting mitt. Vance
pitched a great game for Buffalo, too,
and in his half of the sixth, Conley,
Kelly and Becker each sent easy
grounders to Vance, who threw them
out at first. Lewistown got seven
hits off Vance, but they were well
scattered. The lone run scored by
Lewistown came in the fourth inning,
when Conley opened with a three
bagger over the right field fence and
was brought in by Hopkins.
Monday's Game.
Lewistown won yesterday's game
by a score of 6 to 2. West and
Musser formed the battery for the
visitors, while Hopkins and Kelly did
the work for the locals. Lewistown
made nine hits, to seven for the visi
tors, the locals being charged with
(Continued on page four.)