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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1908.
DESERT LAND FRAUDS
The suspension of desert entries in
Cascade county by an order recently
issued by the federal authorities is
probably the most remarkable action
of that kind on record. It is said to
affect an area of over one million
acres, upon which desert filings will
not be accepted until a careful investi
gation of its crop producing capacity
shall have been made.
The withdrawal of this large tract
of land from the operation of the des
ert act may not be entirely satisfac
tory to residents of that section who
proposed to avail themselves of the
benefits of the law, but in view of the
allegations as to desert land frauds
in the Great Falls district, it is prop
er that the true status of the matter be
ascertained. If these lands, or auy
part of them, are not of a character
classed as ''arid," they should not be
open to entry under the desert act: on.
the other hand, if they are not capable
of producing pro/itable crops under
average climatic conditions, that fact
may be definitely established by ex
pert and impartial investigation. The
temporary suspension of desert filings
in the district affected simply delays
the work of reel aiming such lands as are
subject to ihe provisions of the law.
It is the general opinion that the
opponents of the desert act have been
inexcusably reckless in makingeharges
of fraud against men who have been
trying to comply with the requirements
of the law. Most of the desert filings
that have been made have been de
nounced as attempts to steal the pub
lic domain, and this misrepresenta
tion of the facts has been urged as an
argument imfavor of the repeal of the
desert act. Nearly every desert entry
man has been branded as a land
grabber, irrespective of the fact that
he may make an honest and success
ful attempt to convert unproductive
land into a tract that will yield pro
fitable crops of grain or forage. This
wholesale denunciation of honest, iu
dustrious and law respecting citizens
has been without any justification
whatever. There may have been in
stances of laud grabbing under the
desert act, and these should be ex
posed and the proper remedy applied;
but for those who have done good and
effective réclamation work, there
should be nothing but words of praise.
There appears to be a wide diver
gence of views as to the possibility of
raising profitable crops on unirrigated
lands in this part of Montana. The
desert act repealers advance the
theory that a settler can make a good
living from a tract of 160 acres that
depends upon the normal precipitation
for moisture, and would restrict the
land holdings of the individual to that
amount. Practical farmers, however,
do not agree with this view, and give
it as their experience that a larger
area is necessary to successful farm
ing under prevailing conditions. A
settlement of this controversy might
be reached by forming a colony of
desert act repealers, locating each
man upon a lliO-acre tract of unirri
gated land, and givinglhim an oppor
tunity to demonstrate the merits of
his theory.
It is hoped, however, that the pro
posed investigation of alleged laud
frauds in Cascade county and else
where will be conducted in a manner
that shall do justice to all parties
concerned. The public domain be
longs to the people, and no part of it
should be acquired by laud grabbers
who evade the requirements of the
desert act, homestead law, or any oth
er statutory provision.
It is intimated by some of the resi
dents of Cascade county that extensive
laud frauds were perpetrated by town
site speculators in the vicinity of
Great Falls some twenty years ago,
but this does not excuse similar law
less acts of more recent times. To
remove all suspicion of favoritism,
however, it might be well to include
these charges in the proposed investi
gation of laud frauds in Cascade
county. The fraudulent acquisition ol
public domain by townsite boomers is
as great a crime as that charged
against the ranchmen and stockmen
who have made desert entries iu this
part of the country.
The public is reminded that the next
presidential campaign will soon open.
A recent dispatch announces that the
Alaska delegates to the national re
publican convention have already been
chosen.
If there should be war between Kus
sia and Japan, the newspaper reading
public will become acquainted with a
new assortment of jaw-breaking geo
graphical names.
LIVE STOCK GOSSIP.
Evidently the time will come when
the wholesale production of cattle up
on the western ranges will be a thing
of the past. With the encroachment
of the settler government land is being
taken up and gradually converted into
farms. With improved conditions
that should follow the advent of the
farmer the land should be better han
dled, its producing capabilities great
ly increased and more and better stock
sent to market. Yard feeding will fol
low the range. Tilled acres will grow
the materials that the fattening steer
will consume, and ultimately a better
grade of cattle will be sent to market.
Just as the great corn-belt states of
the west have been gradually re
claimed, so must in the course of time
follow all sections where cattle are
svont to range at present.
* * * *
While the excessive receipts of cat*
tie caused a sharp decline in certain
grades, the condition of the market
was better than might have been ex
pected under the circumstances. To
dispose of 171,000 cattle in two weeks
means an enormous volume of busi
ness, and there have been many times
in the history of the trade when much
smaller supplies would have resulted
in much greater demoralization. Chi
cago's prices held up well under the
strain and the loss would be quickly
recovered if receipts could be kept
down to moderate proportions.
* a * *
The market for cattle in England is
very low at present, due partly to a
liberal supply of home-fed grass cat
tle which are being rushed to market
freely. Another reason for the slump
iu prices, however, is the lack of pur
chasing power on the part of many of
the lower classes whose resources were
severely taxed during the Boer war.
There are thousands in England who
have had to cut off the meat ration
from their daily bill of fare, and this
is telling severely in the general con
sumption. The surplus in the supply
on one hand and the shortage in con
sumption on the other has pulled
prices down to the lowest level in sev
eral years.
* * * *
All kinds of livestock are marketed
now at a much younger age than some
years ago, and the tendency is still
toward baby beef, baby mutton and
younger pork. At the annual inter
national conference of sheep breeders,
held in Loudon, England, Ernest
Prentice, a breeder of Suffolk sheep,
speaking of the improvement effected
in bringing about early maturity in
sheep in these latter days, said that
100 years ago the average killing age
of wether sheep was about three years.
He thought that about fifty years ago
it would have beeu found to be two
years, and twenty-five years ago it
was, to his knowledge, about a year
and a half. He thought that he should
be safe iu saying that at the present
time the average killing age of a good
many breeds was not over 12 months.
The same changes have taken place
in this country. Fifty years ago, or
even less, about all of the cattle
slaughtered iu the east were ©xen
from live to ten years old, weighing a
ton or more. Over half the animal
was wasted in slaughter, as there was
no means then of making use of the
offal. Since those days we have made
great progress not only iu breeding
but in feeding and slaughtering.—•
Drovers' Journal.
An experiment in rapid transit is
reported from Berlin, where an elec
tric car made the record run of 125
miles an hour. It is also stated that
the passengers had their lives insured
before starting ou the trip. As a feat
of swift locomotion the experiment was
a great success, but the general public
is uot yet prepared for travel at such
a gait. A mile a minute is sufficiently
fast for most of us.
Advices trom Lewistown report that
certain labor union agitators in that
city propose to run the business af
fairs of the entire community. They
have blacklisted most of the stores,
and will try iu every way possible to
injure the business of citizens who do
not agree with their views.
The decision of the Alaska boun
dary commission simply means that
Uncle Sam is recognized as the right
ful owner of real estate which he ac
quired at a bargain counter prici
nearly forty years ago.
Sonic I nprcjudiccd Remarks.
lMroit FrivI'ri'ss.
People most careful of not steppin
on other people's toes ofteuest have
their own trampled upon.
It is a trille that the rolling stone
gathers no moss. It is equally true
that the one which is always stationary
gathers little else.
Some men who wrap themselves in
the cloak of self-righteousness have
scanty covering.
1 have seen some dogs that wen
awfully ugly, but they were friendly
and 1 liked them. The most beautiful
people in this world are uot alway
the most companionable aud pleasant.
For a pleasant physic take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Easy to take. Pleasant in effect Fot
sale by D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
CALLS IIIAISELF ELIJA».
Applies Harsh Epithets to the
Objects of His Wrath.
New York , Oct.. 19.— When Mr.
D owie opened his night meeting in
Madison Square Garden, he faced an
immense throng: when he closed it his
audience had dwindled to only a few
hundred persons besides the "host"
he brought with him from the west.
He fretted, fumed, threatened, cajoled
and finally resorted to the use of ep
ithets, his hearers meanwhile leaving
the meeting several hundred together,
drowning the sound of his voice.
He had announced that tonight he
would tell how it was revealed to him
that he was "Elijah" and also that
he would have something to say to
the newspapers and their reporters.
His talk was devoted chiefly to denun
ciation of tobacco smokers, liquor
drinkers and newspaper men, all of
whom he classed as "dirty dogs" aud
"dirty birds." Several times the au
dience hissed Mr Dowie.
He said the story that his wife los-t
a $1,500 diamond was untrue, as she
never owned a pin like that, nor had
she lost anything. The tales priu'.ed
about his people bein^r hunirr.v were
all lies, he said. He had ••licked"
the press of Chicago, he shouted, and
he would "'lick" .h-i |>re-s of New
York, tie woulu 'Mick" these '"vul
tures." Finally he cau.e to the prom
i^ed story of trie revelation He quot
ed Scripture to show that Elijah war
to come a third time A minister had
told him that he wa- EMjah, but he
was loath to believe it. hut finally af
ter going over the situation carefully,
he made up his mind that he was
truly Elijah. Then at the opening of
the building in Zion two years ago he
had proclaimed himself Elijah, well
knowing the fearful r.»sponsibilities
of the restoration that he must, as
Elijah, lead.
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Scarecrows.
The term is almost a monomer, tiow-a
days. For the "century-living crow" has
been schooled by experience. The scare
crow dosn't scare him. Investigating orni
thologists say that he can tell a gun from a
stick and can count up to seven. Evidently
the crow has
progressed from
the ignorance of
his ancestry.
The crow is in
some things in
advance of the
human family,
There are scare
crows w h i c h
scared our
grandfat li ers,
and which are
just as fearsome
to us. In spite
of the fact that
some scientific
i n v e s t i gators
say, "There's
nothing to be
afraid of. A
scarecrow can't
hurt you," the
bulk of men and
women still be
lieve the scare
crow is a power
ful and destroy
ing fetish.
This attitude
is most marked in relation to certain forms
of disease. In diseases of the lungs and
respiratory organs, for instance, it is the
custom to assume that there is no cure for
the cough, no help for the hemorrhage, no
healing for the lungs. The scarecrow, Con
sumption, is set up, often taking the form
of some inexperienced and unskillful prac
titioner who denies hope or help to the
victim of disease.
Yet the records go to show that stubborn
coughs have been cured, that persistent
hemorrhages have been stopped, and that
weak lungs have been made strong by
the use of Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
TESTIMONY TALKS.
AU the claims in the world for the cura
tive virtues of a medicine will not equal
one testimony to the actual fact of cure.
Thousands of testimonials like the follow
ing have been received from persons cured
of lung "troubles,"bronchitis, hemorrhage,
obstinate coughs, etc., by "Golden Medical
Discovery : "
"I was very sick indeed," writes Mrs. Mollie
Jacobs, of Felton, Kent Co., Delaware, "and
our family doctor said I had consumption. I
thought I must die soon, for I felt so awfully
bad. Had a bad cough, spit blood, was very
short of breath ; in fact, could hardly get my
breath at all sometimes. I had nains in my
chest and right lung, also had dyspepsia,
lie fore I took your 1 Golden Medical Discov.
ery ' and 4 Pleasant
Pellets ' i was so
weak I c o u1d
not sweep a room,
and now I can do
a small washing. I
worked in the can
ning factory this
fall, and I feel like
a new person. I
thank the good
I„ord, aud also l)r.
Pierce for making
this good medicine.
1 believe that the
IyOrd and your med
icine have saved my
life. 1 was sick over
two years. 1 took
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ical Diseovorv * and
lour vials of Doctor
Pierce's Pellets."
There is no al"
coliol in "Golden
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tirely free from
opium, cocaine,
and all other nar
cotics.
Sometimes a
dealer will offer
a substitute for
the "Discovery,"
claiming it to be
"just as good."
The substitute
pays him more
profit, that's why.
Protect yourself
from unscrupul
ous dealers by
insisting on Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
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Of knowledge wouldn't amount to much,
you'd think. But for just 21 cents invested
111 one-cent stamps ^to pay expense of mail
ing only), you can obtain knowledge which
it lias taken hundreds of years and millions
of money to acquire. Dr. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser covers the field of
medicine and hygiene from the day of
Galen to the present hour. The 100S pages
of this great work are full of facts vital to
human health and happiness. The book
is given away, being sent entirely free 011
receipt of stamps to pay expense of mail
ing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the
book in paper covers or -,i stamps for the
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Pierce, Buffalo, X. Y.
Scrofula
It is commonly inherited.
Few are entirely free from it.
Pale, weak, puny children are
a fflicted with it in nine cases out of
ten, and many adults suffer from it.
Common indications are bunches in
the neck, abscesses, cutaneous erup*
tions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears,
rickets, catarrh, wasting, and general
debility.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Eradicate it, positively and absolute*
ly. This statement is based on the
thousands of permanent cures these
medicines hare wrought.
" My daughter had scrofula, with eleven
so res on her neck and about her ears. Hood 's
Sarsaparilla was highly recommended and
she took it and was cured. She la now in
good health." Mrs. J. H. Jokes , Parker
City, Ind.
Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
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B oston S tore
FORT BENTON.
RUBBER
SHOES.
Cash Buyers Can Save
Fully 25 Per Cent by
Trading Here*.
Child's Rubbers - 25c.
Misses' Rubbers = 35c.
Men's Rubbers, 50c. up
Children's Overshoes,
50c. up
Ladies' Overshoes,
90c. up
Men's Overshoes,
95c. up
All our Rubbers are the
Goodyear Brand, which
means "The Best Made."
TIEDIE
BOSTON STORE
The Store That
Beats All Competition.
C. H. RACLAND & CO.,
Live Stock Commission,
Bank Building;
Fort Benton, - Mont.
J ERE SULLIVAN,
U. S. Commissioner and Notary
Public.
Land Filings and Proofs.
f-JKT BENTON, - - MONTANA
QHAS. h. BOYLE,
United States Commissioner.
F OUT UKNTON, MUNT.
,nntllUin £s and proofs». Abstract of laud filings
ami proofs kept.
> Soldiers' Land Scrip for salo and located.
E. STRANAHAN,
Attorney-at-Law.
'KT iiKNTO.W
(l.i.tn of U
MONTANA.
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P E. FARNUM, A. B.,
Surveyor and irrigation lin«;ineer.
?ervoirs. Good Locations tor Stock Kane
Ktc.. Ktc.
HAKLICM,
- -MONTANA.
LLOYD Ci. SMITH,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer.
: kos reasonable, ami cood » orli i; mirante*
Reservoir Work :i Specialty.
CHINOOK, : : MONTANA
CLAUS PHTERS,
Licensed Embalmei
and Undertaker.
Bond Street. : : Fort Benton
ESTABLISHED 1894.
£/7£/jr FALLS .
GRELAT FRILLS. MONTANA .
DAY SCHOOL NIGHT SCHOOL
A School Fitting Students for Business Positions.
New pupils may enter at any time, there being 110 term divisions or entrance examinations.
Scliool of Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Typewriting, English Department, Penmanship, Business
Practice, Corres p' ndence, Business Arithmetic, German. We iiBsist our students to positions. School
all year. Instructions, private and class. Lessons by mail. Now is a good time to beuin the study
of Music, Piano, Cornet, Guitar, banjo, .Mandolin, Violin. Call at office or write for catalogue.
8. ii. baum ann, pres.
P. C. Preston , Vice-Pres.
O. E. Draper , Sec.
Center Meat Market,
Main Street,
fort benton, mont.
Fresh Meats of all kinds in
Their Season.
frank Mcdonald,
Prop'rJ
J-j AVING REOPENED my Drug
Business in Fort Benton, 1 would
respectfully
patronage
solicit a share of your
FRESH DRUGS
AND MODERATE PRICES
GUARANTEED.
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W. J. MINAR,
FORT BENTON,
Opposite Grand Union
Hotel—V*—«
MONT.
Grand Union Hotel...
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Fort. Benton, Mint.
Only First Class Rotel in the City
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' Steam Heat.
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Rooms Singly or en Suite, electric lights.
Baths and Closets on each Floor
Rates: $1.50, $2.00 and $2.ft 1 per day
COMMODIOUS SAMPLE B00J>.
JOHN H. GREEN, Prcprittor.
How to Get Interest.
We issue time certificates, payable at certain fixed dates,
and for any period of time not shorter than six nor
longer than twelve months, at a fair rate of interest
from date of deposit until due. Fire or the burglar are
liable to visit your home or office at any time. We have
a lire-proof safe and vault, aud carry insurance against
daylight hold-ups and burglary at night. Call on or
write us concerning our methods of receiving deposits.
..THE FIRST STATE BANK..
riALTA, MONTANA.
ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS.
Ho! Ranchers and Rangers:
Route your Stock via South St. Paul and test
the market in comparison with other markets.
No Extra Cost for Switching, Freight or Otherwise.
Our market is based on the Chicago market, less the actual freight
from St. Paul to Chicago. Sell here and save
Shrinkage, Time and Money.
The New HODGE MOWER, Hay Rake
and Special Alfalfa Rake
Manufactured by the Acme Manufacturing
Co., Peoria. Illinois.
Call and Examine Before Purchasing.
TEE AERM0T0K,
The best wind machine en earth. All steel de
rick. Both wheel and derrick galvanized
and therefore indestructible.
W. 0. DEXTER. Agent, Fort Benton, cr i.
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