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A MEAL WITH A MOOR
The Repast Began With Green
Tea Served In Glasses.
FOOD EATEN WITH FINGERS.
Table Manners In a Moorish Gentle
man's House—-A Particular Mark of
Favor by the Host to His Guestfc
That Is Not Alwaya Appreciated.
During my stay In Fez I took every
opportunity of gaining a closer Insight
Into the domestic life of the Inhabit
ants, and for that reason, writes Law
rence Harris in the London Graphic, I
heartily accepted an invitation to dine
with Abdullah el Fasi, the minister
for foreign affairs.
On arriving at his home I was ush
ered Into a large room in which were
seated five or six guests of high rank.
Abdullah took me by the hand and
gravely introduced nfe to the company.
A silken cushion was placed on the
divan, upon which I seated myself.
The repast commenced with green
tea served In small glasses. The eus
torn of preparing this Is peculiar to the
country. To the principal native guest
Is given the honor of making the tea.
In this case it was Ralsull, who, being
under British protection, had been in
vited to dinner In my honor. He ac
cepted the Invitation to do the honors
of the evening and ordered the ne
gress to place the native brass tray in
front of where he sat cross legged on
the divan. The methods of proceeding
are not such as would recommend
themselves to an English tea party.
Measuring out the tea in his hand,
he dropped it in the pot. The negress
slave then poured boiling water over
It. This was swilled around and the
water poured off. The pot was then
filled with huge lumps of loaf sugar,
broken roughly from a sugar loaf, and
a little mint was added. A small quan
tity of the concoction was poured into
a glass, sipped and poured back again
into the pot. This process was con
tinued until the required delicacy of
flavor was reached.
The company then drank the custom
ary three glasses of this sirupy rulx
ture, drawing it through their teeth
with a sound like a horse drinking. As
each glass was finished and replaced
in the tray it was refilled and handed
back by the "keeper of the pot," who
was supposed to remember to whom
each glass belonged. At a sign from
the host the tray was removed, and
another slave approached each person
with a brass bowl, soap and towel and
a bronze kettle of warm water. The
guests washed their right hands pre
paratory to the dinner.
We all sat around a small table about
six inches high, upon which was placed
the dish. The courses were many and
varied. As says the Hadith, "The
blessing of God rests on the food taken
with the fingers," so all good Moham
medans follow the words of their
prophet. No knife must be used on
bread, and the small round loaves are
broken up and handed around. The
tajin, or stew, is not difficult to ma
nipulate, although the olives floating
in argon oil slip through your fingers.
Miniature tugs of war occur with your
vis-a-vis in the effort to dismember a
fowl or divide tough meat.
As a particular mark of favor the
host will from time to time place be
fore you a little titbit which he has
torn off with his greasy fingers. How
ever your stomach rebels against it.
you have to swallow the morsel. Dur
ing the meal the national dish of cous
cous is invariably served. This dish is
made from broken grains of wheat
specially prepared by the women. It
Is served piled up like a huge cone
with the meat on top. Each person
scoops out his own little hole In the
side and must not trespass on hi
neighbor's portion.
To the inexperienced it is difficult to
manage the couscous without making
an awful mess of it. The small grain
must be judiciously compressed into a
loose ball and then shot into the mouth
with the back of the thumb. The
Moors take extreme delight in watch
ing the ineffectual efforts of Euro
peans who are In difficulties with their
couscous. Moors are very great eaters,
and little conversation is carried on
during the meal. A bowl of water is
passed from hand to hand for those
who require drink. The last course
finished, the bowl and water are once
more requisitioned and the hands and
mouth washed.
The Poor Man's Gym.
"Would you mind telling me," asked
Mrs. Bourdalot, glancing admiringly
at the athletic shoulders of the pro
spective boarder, "how do you keep in
such splendid physical condition?"
"I go through a few gymnastic exer
cises every morning," confessed the
young man, flushing.
"Well, I'm sorry, but we can't board
you. I've had the bathroom monopo
lized that way before."—Kansas City
Times.
His Criticism.
Mrs. Golightly (to eminent musical
critic)—What do you think of the new
opera, Mr. Crochet? Eminent Musical
Critic—Well, It wouldn't be bad if
somebody would set it to music.—Lon
don Fick-Me-Up.
His Definition.
Teacher—Wilfred, a bee Is some
thing we get wax from. Now. tell me,
what is a bee? Wilfred—Our teacher
is a bee because he's something we
get whacks from.—London Telegraph.
One "Take this" is better than ten
"God bless yous."—German Proverb
TEACHING HORSES TO JUMP.
There Are Three Methods Used—Coax
ing, Lunging and Driving.
There are three methods of teaching
a horse to leap—coaxing, lunging and
driving. In the coaxing method the
young horse is turned into a small
paddock having a low hedge or hurdle
across the center. In plain view of
the pupil a rider on a veteran jumper
should take him over the hurdle sev
eral times.
The trainer then goes to the opposite
side with a measure of corn or oats
and calls the horse, shaking up the
grain and pouring it with his band
back and forth in the receptacle. The
boundary will soon be cleared, and
when a few mouthfuls have been eat
en the station of the Instructor should
be at the other side of the hurdle and
the lesson repeated. If this be done
daily the hurdle may be gradually
heightened.
The habit of jumping Is thus ac
quired without those risks which at
tend a novel performance when a
heavy burden oppresses the strength
and whip and spur distract the at
tention. The horse's body, says Coun
try Life In America, is not partially
disabled by the imposition of a heavy
load before the powers are taxed to
the utmost and his capabilities are un
fettered.
The second method is termed lung
ing. A long rein or cond is attached
to the bit, and the animal is exercised
In a circle in which a hurdle has been
placed or a shallow ditch dug. A long
lashed whip, used only to keep him
in motion or lightly applied at the
proper moment, will keep him up to
his work. Soon the horse will enter
into the spirit of the occasion and by
unmistakable signs, will manifest his
enthusastic enjpyment of the exercise.
The third method, driving. Is exactly
what its name implies. At first the
obstruction should be slight. Any
open space will answer the purpose,
an earth or sod surface or tan bark
being preferable. Long reins, a
straight bar or snaffle bit, a long whip
and patience and perseverance are re
quired.
All things considered, the driving
method is the quickest and surest way
of teaching the horse to leap. When
he has become somewhat proficient,
having thoroughly learned what is re
quired of him, the saddle may be
called into requisition and the prac
tical lessons begun.
Almost any young horse can be
taught to leap. Of course his profi
ciency will depend on the care bestow
ed on his training and on his general
characteristics of wind, limb and nerve.
An ordinary cob or Morgan will attain
the proficiency of an Irish hunter, but
any horse that is used for a saddler
will be of far greater value to his own
er if he can be taken occasionally for
a cross country ride and put over
ditches and low obstructions.
Ethics and Morality.
If a woman's husband has been silly
enough to take more wine than is good
for him, morality would lead her to
send him to bed. Ethics would lead
her to send him to Coventry. And
ethology would probably load her to
send him to a penal settlement for in
ebriates.
If a man's wife throws a teapot at
him (as happened recently in the aris
tocratic neighborhood in which I live)
morality would lead him to go out of
the house for an hour or so and give
her nerves a chance. Ethics would
probably induce him to go out of the
town and write to her from a garden
city that their tefiiperaments were in
compatible. What ethology would
make him do I hardly dare to think.—
Chesterton in Illustrated London News.
More Accurate.
The pastor and his wife had called
upon a member of the congregation, a
widow with a small but exceedingly
lively boy. and were on their way
home. "Well," said the preacher, "she
seems to be a very Intelligent woman
anyhow."
'Yes."
'And very positive in expressing her
opinions."
"On the contrary," said his wife, "she
struck me as being strongly negative."
'Negative? How?"
'Everything she said to her little
boy began with a 'Don 't, Johnny!'"—
Exchange.
8ympathy of the Flowers.
More or less credence Is still given
In England to the old belief In the
sympathy of the vegetable kingdom
for human suffering. "I prayed all
night," writes a gardener whose em
ployer was very sick, "and the flowers
on my window sill drooped, and I said
to myself they were dead. But toward
morning they picked up, and I was
sure enough the master was better.
And the same thing had happened to
the flowers I had sent to his bedroom.
They were dying, and they came to life
again. And I knew when those flow
ers picked up that the master was
better."
The Pins.
"Oh, dear," sighed her husband's
wife, "I can't find a pin anywhere. I
wonder where all the pins go to any
way?"
'That's a difficult question to an
swer," replied his wife's husband, "be
cause they are always pointed "In one
direction and headed in another."—
Chicago ÎJews.
Painter's Colic.
Mamma—What's the matter with
Fido? Tommie—Oh, I was playing
with my soldiers, and he came In and
Insisted upon licking the whole army.
—Yonkers Statesman.
Take a rest. A field that has rested
giv >a a beautiful crop.—Ovid.
ESAW WOOD.
And the Story of the Saw Esaw Saw
Saw Wood.
Esaw Wood sawed Wood.
Esaw Wood would saw wood!
All the wood Esaw Wood saw Esaw
Wood would saw. In other words, all
the wood Esaw saw to saw Esaw
sought to saw.
Oh, the wood Wood would saw! And
oh. the wood saw with which Wood
would saw wood.
But one day Wood's wood saw would
saw no wood, and thus the wood Wood
sawed was not the wood Wood would
saw If Wood's wood saw would saw
wood.
Now, Wood would saw wood with a
wood saw that would saw wood, so
Esaw sought a saw that would saw
wood.
One day Esaw saw a saw saw wood
as no other wood saw Wood saw would
saw wood.
In fact, of all the wood saws Wood
ever saw saw wood Wood never saw
a wood saw that would saw wood as
the wood saw Wood saw saw wood
would saw wood, and I never saw a
wood saw that would saw as the wood
saw Wood saw would saw until I saw
Esaw Wood saw wood with the wood
saw Wood saw saw wood.
Now Wood saws wood with the wood
saw Wood saw saw wood.
Oh, the wood the wood saw Wood
saw would saw!
Oh, the wood Wood's woodshed
would shed when W r ood would saw
wood with the wood saw Wood saw
saw wood!
Finally, no man may ever know how
much wood the wood saw Wood saw
would saw if the wood saw Wood saw
would saw all the wood the wood saw
Wood saw would saw.—Woman's Home
Companion.
A F LU CKY LA WYER.
The Way Stewart Returned a Des
perado's Threat.
"The late Senator Stewart believed
in muscular Christianity, and many a
rough and tumble fight did he have in
the old days in California and Nevada,"
said a California congressman.
"He was not quarrelsome, but he
was never known to run away from an
encounter, and as he was a powerful
man physically there were not many
who were keen to tackle him. On one
occasion a noted desperado waa Inter
ested in a mining suit and sent word
to Stewart, who was attorney for the
other side, that if he appeared to argue
the case he might count on being
killed. The fellow had slain half a
dozen men, but his threat in nowise
intimidated the plucky young lawyer.
The desperado had a well known sys
tem of hiding a pistol in his coat pock
et and shooting his man without open
ly drawing the weapon. This, Stewart
knew, and so when he walked into the
courtroom the first thing he did was to
lay down a bowie knife about a foot
and a half long and a six shooter as big
as a young cannon on the table direct
ly ii* front of him. Then, sternly eying
the bad man. he said: 'I hear you
mean to kill me If I argue this case.
That's a game two can play at. That
pistol you have in your coat isn't
worth a cent against this layout. The
minute you put your right hand in
your pocket I'll send a bullet Into you.
and if that doesn't finish you this knife
will.'
"An okl miner who was present and
told me the story said the fellow turn
ed white as a sheet and slunk out of
the courtroom to appear no more."—
Baltimore American.
To Improve Flight.
During a big Presbyterian conven
tion in 18(>5 a rhetorical Scotchman
from Ohio got the floor. His speech
was replete with mingled humor and
sarcasm. In the course of it, says the
Rev. Galusha Anderson In a book en
titled "A Border City During the Civil
War," he made this remark about his
own eloquence:
"The spec h of the brother from this
city brought to my mind an experience
of my school days. I wrote an ora
tion and handed it to my teacher.
"When he had examined it he called
me to him and said:
" 'Taylor, if you would only pluck a
few feathers from the wings of your
imagination and stick them into the
tail of your judgment you would write
a good deal better.' "
The Best Part of the 8peech.
Young James had never heard his
papa speak In public, and it was
thought time to take him to hear his
father deliver a lecture. During the
evening a stray dog which ventured
upon the platform was disposed of as
gracefully as possible. On the way
home James was asked how be liked
his father's lecture and gave the an
swer, "It was all right, papa, but I
liked the part where you put the dog
out the best."—Delineator.
When Real (knowledge Comas.
"Mamma," asked a little girl, "how
long did you know papa before you
married him?"
"My dear." replied the mother, "I
was acquainted with your father for
several years, but I really didn't know
him until after we were married!"
The Boy and the Professor.
"I was mimicking Professor Bore
yesterday, and he caught me."
"What did he say?"
"Told me to stop making a fool of
myself."
Hope.
"Hope," said Uncle Eben, "is a bless
In' when you's willin' to back it wif a
little hard work, 'stid o' lettln' it play
Itself out on a policy ticket."— Wash
ington Star.
Enjoyment stops where indolence
begins.—Pol lock.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Daylight and Clock Time.
General wonder is expressed that the
"daylight" bill, in charge of Congress
man l'oters at Washington, has never
been thought of before. When under
stood it will be considered an innova
tion of great Importance. While be
ing .freely aisi ussed, changes and im
provement* are incorporated in the
plans. The iatest bill Introduced In
the English parliament has been
amended u> avoid the complications
which raised many objections to the
earlier one.
The present British plan is on the
third Sunday In April to set all the
clocks forward to 4:45 a. m., when the
hands according to present schedule
would poiut to 3:45 a. in., which would
practically put the clock an hour
"fast," as we say, and get workers
and the people all over the country to
rise an hour earlier than usual with
out knowing it after the flret day.
This would move all time schedules
along one hour without requiring any
change of railroad time or schedule,
because the advancing of the clocks
one hour would be universal. We
should emancipate ourselves and live,
labor and enjry by the natural or sun
time if we adopted the plans proposed
In Great Britain.-C. W. Hall in Na
tional Magazine.
A Dutch Joke.
"I was at The Hague at the birth of
the Princess Juliana," said Dr. James
C. Carter of Duluth. "There were
great times at The Hague. Champagne
Instead of coffee was drunk for break
fast. Many practical jokes were play
ed that day. For instance:
"At noon a let of the big hotels ar.cl
government offices and cafes were no
tified—the document of notification
looke:l imposing and official—that in
honor of the royal birth a salute of
seventy-eight pounders, instead of the
usual smaller guns, would be fired at
3 o'clock, and f<> prevent accidents by
concussion of air it was requested that
all doors, windows and shutters be
hermetically closed.
"So. at a few minutes of 3 o'clock
all over The Hague shutters and doors
were banged to by bustling waiters
and servants, bolts were shut and
thousands of people sat smiling, in
black and stifling darkness, as they
waited for a thunder of the guns.
"Three passed—no report—3:05, 3:ia
3:15.
"And gradually the people realized
that they had been hoaxed, that the
antique seventy-eight pounder gun has
been out of use for more than a gen
eration."—Exchange.
A Waiter's Revenge.
Summary and effective was the re
venge of a Spalato waiter who had
been insulted by his employer. Going
to the Socialist club, he enlisted the
sympathies of his comrades, and a
hundred of them went to the restau
rant where he had been employed and
occupied every seat in the place. It
was just before the usual supper hour,
and the place, the principal restaurant
in Spalato, was frequented every
night by the leading officials and
townspeople. When these régulai
guests came there was not room for
one of them, and they had to find an
other restaurant.
The evening's fare was entirely
wasted, as the Socialist visitors took
only a quarter of a pint of wine, cost
ing .12hellers, a little more than a penny,
and one roll at 4 hellers, or less than
a halfpenny. As each man's refresh
ment cost him only just over 3 half
pence it was not a dear evening's
amusement.
The restaurant proprietor promptly
apologized to the aggrieved waiter,
and the regular customers found their
tables ready for them the next even
ing.—Trieste Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.
He Had Arrove.
"Long John" Clianey of Avllton,
Md., who is eighty years old and six
feet eight Inches In height, is known
to nearly all old circus men In the
country and Is a privileged character
with them. It is related that once
when Robinson's circus was showing
in Cumberland the proprietor came
into the ring and called: "Silence!
Lailies and gentlemen," said he, "we
are all ready for the performance, but
we cannot go on until 'Long John'
Chaney arrives." Then up rose John,
his head striking the top of the tent,
and he shouted: "Let her go, Mr. Rob
inson. 'Long John' has arrove!"— Ex
change.
Cheerful Newe.
Ilube Waddell, who sometimes
pitches ball, had a finger badly hurt
when he was new as a baseball play
er, and a doctor was called to attend
to It. The surgeon was cheerful and
insisted that after a little rest the
finger would be as good as ever.
"Sure of that?" asked Rube.
"Sure as can be," said the doctor.
"Will I be able to play the piano?"
"Certainly."
"I am mighty glad of that," answered
the left hander. "I have tried to play
it for ten years and haven't struck a
tui»«* yet."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Says a Pitcher Is Not a Ball Player.
Once I asked Mathewson why, gen
erally, pitchers cannot bat well. "lîe
cause a pitcher is not a ball player,"
answered this unerring young man
swiftly. This Is largely true, even
though epigrammatic. Pitching is an
art as subtle as fencing. The pitcher
is a specialist. Above all, he is a
pitcher. He may be In addition a ball
player, but he may not be. If he is
lint lie has to be made Into one. for
pitchers do not grow on every tree."—
Everybody's Magazine.
Great Falls list No. 67.
Notice for Publication,
(Not coal land.)
United State« Lasd Orne»,
, O k «at F alls , Mont., Adg. 11,190«.
Notice i» hereby given that the
NORTHERN I'AUFFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postoffice address I» St. Panl, Minnesota,
has this 10th day of August, 1908, flled in this of
flice its application to select under the provisions
of the act of congress approved Jnly 1, 1898, (80
Stat. 597, 620) the northeast quarter of the north
east quarter of section 13, in township 21 north
of range 7 east of the Montana principal meri
dian, containing 40 acres. Serial No. Oi262.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposai to applicant, should
file their affidavits of protest in this, office on or
before the 80th day of September, 1909
J. M. BUKLINOAME. Register.
First publication Aug. 17,1909.
Greet Falls liât No. 68.
Notice for Publication.
(Not coal land.)
Unitbd Statu Land Omca,
Great Falls . Mont., Aug. 14,1909.
Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postoffice address is St. Paul, Minnesota,
has this 18th dav of Angnat, 190», Med In this of
fice Ite application to select nnder the provisions
2! ï h SJ M! ,L> of r on * re,s »Pproved July 1,1898 (SO
Stat. S97,630,) the northweet quarter of the aonth
eaet quarter of.'section 33. in township 22 north
of range 7 eest of the Montana principal meri
diu, containing 40 acres. Serial No 07887.
, Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any oth
•* reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
pie their affidavits of protest in tills office on or
before the 80th day of September, 1909.
_ J. M. BURLING a MK , Register.
First publication Ang. 30,1909.
Great Falls List No. 69.
. Notice for Publication.
(Not coal land.)
ukited States Land Office,
Great Falls , Mont., Ang. 16,1909.
Notice Is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postoffice address is St. Paul, Minnesota,
has this 16th day of August, 1H0», filed in this
office its application to select under the provi
sions of the act of congress, approved July 1.
1898, (80 Stat., 597, 620,) the southwest quarter,
the north half of the southeast quarter and the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of
section 26 ; the northwest quarter of tne north
east quarter, the southeast quarter of the north
east quarter, the west half of the northwest quar
ter, the southeast ouarter of the northwest, the
west half of the southwest quarter, the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter, the west half
of the southeast quarter and the southeast quar
ter of the southeast quarter of section 86, allin
township 25 north of range 9 east of the Mon
tana principal meridian, containing 720 acres
Serial No. 07423.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any oth
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits of protest in this office on or
before the 30th day of September, 1909.
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
Notice of Fin al Proof.
United States Land Office.
Wheat Falls , Mont., Aug. 2«, 1909.
Notice is herebv given that
JAMES HARTLEY.
section 12, township 21 north, range 8 east, Mon
tana meridian, bus filed notice of Intention to
make final five-vear proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Jeremiah Sulli
van, U. S. commissioner, at his office In Fort
Benton, Montana, on the 30th day of September.
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Winfleld S.
Stocking and WilliMm Cecil, of Fort Benton,
Montana: Hubert Pendorf and James Lvnbert,er,
of Shonkiu. Montana.
J M. BURLINGAME, Register
Desert Lan d —F inal Proof.
United states Land Office,
Gbeat Kau.s , Mont., Aug. 24, 190!).
Notice is herebv L'iven that
C HARLES E. HUER,
assignee of Susie K. Woodcock, of Fort Benton,
Mont., who, on April 1, 19(17, made desert land
entry No. 2384 i serial number 04790), for the S 1 2
NW}*, SW-4 NEi 4 section 22, township 21 northi
range 8 east, Montana meridian, has tiled notice
of intention to make final proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before Chas.
H. Boyle, U. S. commissioner, at his office in
Fort Benton. Montana, on the 30th day of Sep
tember, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Julius Hart
fleld, Allan E. Grav, William Elrod and John II.
Evers, all of Fort Benton. Mont.
J M. BURLINGAME. Register.
Desert Land—Final Proof.
United States Land Orric«,
Uheat Falls , Mont., Aug. 24, 1909.
Notice is herebv given that
.JAM ES S. COX,
one of the heirs of Sarah L. Cox, deceased, of
Chester, Montana, who, on January 27, 1904,
made desert land entrv No. 1474 (serialNo. 04678),
for the Sx NEÜ, Swk, NEV^ section 21, NWM
NW*i section 22, township 81 north, range Ö east,
Montana meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before C. E. Biggs, U. S.
commissioner, at his office in Chester, Montana,
on the 30th day of September, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Henry Lo
ranger, William Mitchell and Henry Eversmeyer
of Chester, Montana; Adalph Stephman, of Ma
rias, Montana.
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
Great Falls List No 71.
Notice for Publication.
(Not coal land.)
United States L and Office,
Great Falls , Mont., Aug. 23, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postoffice address ia St. Paul, Minnesota,
has this 23d day ot Augnst, 1909, filed in this of
fice its application to select under the provisions
of the act of congress, approved July 1, 189S,
(30 Stat., 597, 620), the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of
the northeast quarter of section 10 in township
24 north of range 8, and the northwest quarter of
the northeast quarter of section 18, in townBhlp
25 north of range 8, all east of the Montana prin
cipal meridian, containing 120 acres. Serial No.
07620.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any oth
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits of protest in this office on or
before the 2d day of October, 1909.
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
First publication, Sept. 3,1909.
Desert Land—Final Proof.
United States Land Office,
Great Falls , Mont., Augnst 26, 1909.
Notice ia hereby given that
JOUN W. WOODCOCK,
of Shonkin, Montana, who, on June 26, 1906,
made desert land entry No. 2178 (serial No. 04753),
for the NV4 NWJ4 section 22, township 21 north,
range 8 q^et, Montana meridian, haa filed notice
ot intention to make final proof, to eatabliah
claim to the land above described, before Chas.
H. Boyle, U. 8. commissioner, at his office in
Fort Benton, Montana, on the 6th day of Octo
ber, 190W.
Claimant names as witnesses: Julius Hart
field, Allan E.Gray, William Elrod, John H.
Evers, all of f.irt Benton, Montana.
J. M. BURLINGAME. Register.
Lewistown List No. 802.
Notice for Publication.
(Not coal land.)
United States Land O ffice,
Lewistown , Mont., August 27, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPAN V,
whose postoffice address is St. Paul, Minnesota,
has on the 27th day of Aug., 1909, filed In this of
fice its application to select under the provisions
of the act _of congress, approved July 1, 1898,
(80 Stat., 597, 620), the unsnrveyed east half of
the southwest quarter of section 31, in township
23 north of range 17 east, of the Montana princi
pal meridian, containing 80 acres. Serial No.
I )677S.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any oth
er reason to the disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits of protest in this office on or
before the 8th day of October, 1909.
C. E. McKOIN, Register.
First publication Sept. 1, 1909.
Great Falls List No. 71.
Notice for Publication.
U kited S tates L aed O ffice,
G reat F alls . Mont., Aug. 27, 1909.
„Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postoffice address la St. Panl, Minnesota,
has this 27th day of August, 1909, filed in this of
fice its application to select nnder the provision*
"J the act of congress, approved Jnly 1,18(8,
(30 Stat., 597,620), the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section 28, and the eontfa
half of the southeast quarter of eection 21, to
township 82 north of range 8 eaat of the Montan*
^o D ffrSw mer ' diftn ' containing 160 acree. Serial
Any and all persons claiming adveraoly the
lands described, or deslifng to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for an
2Î to . th * disposal to applicant, should
file their affidavits of protest in this office on or
before the 8th dav of ôctober, 190».
J. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
PlMt publication Sept. 8,1909.
Notice to Creditor*.
Estate of Mary Reichers, deceased.
Notice «■ hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of Mary Reichere,
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hav
ing clalme against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchere within four
monthe after the first publication of tltia notice,
to the said administrator at his residence in Fort
Benton in the county of Chouteau, Montana.
W. O DEXTBR
Administrator of the estate of Mary Reichere,
deceased.
Dated August 17,1909.
First publication Ang. 18,1909.
HÄGEN & FRY
If you are going to put up a build
ing, construct a pumping or current
wheel irrigating plant, put in a steam
or gasoline engine, steam or hot water
heating plants, or build a bridge,
SEE US FIRST,
And let us Figure with you.
If your gasoline engine needs repairs
or attention of any kind, see us. We
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Opposite Park Hotel,
Great Falle, Mont
Our specialty is buying sheep
on orders for our customers. If
you have any for sale for deliv
ery in the spring, or after shear
ing, write us giving description
and price
We make no charges.
HIRAM F. SMITH.
Cattle branded <m
right ribs.
Horses same brand
on right shoulder.
Vent for cattle and
horses, same brand
on right hip.
P. O. address—
Whitlash, Moat
Note—Address is given wrong in brand book ■
H. T. Smith, nigh wood.
MILNER CATTLE CO.
M. £. Milnkr , Pres. and Manager, Fort Benton.
Main brands a
ahown in the m §
companying eats.
Also own i U
cattle bearing ths
■ingle " square')
.brand, and all
rebranded cattls
bearing only
cross P.
Also own brand
on right hip called
"square
Range from Boat
aw mountains east
ward to rort Peck
between the Milk and
Missouri rivers. Alse
south of the Hi),
souri river, bitws—
Arrow (reek and Belt
crook, Hhonkin rang
Hors«
brand 01
left thigh.
WHO KNOWS?
WHAT|Y0U;WISH TO SELL, or
WHAT V0U WISH TO BUY
Unless you tell them about it. If yon
wish to sell or buy livestock, real
estate, or any other kind of property,
or to recover estrays, inform the pub
lic by placing an advertisement in
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