Show MONTANAS NEW GOVERNOR lion Preston II Leslie of Kentucky Lately Appointed For many years past the territories have been asking as a favor or demanding as aright a-right that their Federal officers be appointed from among their actual residents and their main argument has been that ent b t and self rel ibr n go to the far west f to live that such J k men understand them and fall into M their ways as political F po-litical dudes from f1 I Washington do not If self reliant qt energy and western Yr push is what they 4 I want Montana poor poo-r ifplo will certainly be charmed with their newly appointed Y ap-pointed governor HON P II LESLIE Hon Preston II Leslie of Kentucky He is certainly as self reliant energetic and altogether self made as the most exacting Montanian can wish Those qualities show in every lineament of the portrait of Mr Leslie Les-lie which is herewith presented Ho has filled in succession each post from cart driver to governor and the Montanian who drove a mule team across the plains to his new home cannot object that a new governor has been made from a decayed politician Born in Clinton county Ky Mr Leslie has lived for twentyfive years past at Glasgow in that state and has been prominent promin-ent in public life Left an orphan at an early age he began as driver of a cart in Louisville at 14 ho became a wood chopper at 15 a ferryman then a farm laborer and at the early age of 23 a lawyer After a local career in politics he was elected to the state senate and chosen president of that body Soon after Governor Hehn died Lieutenant Governor Stevenson took his place and Mr Leslie advanced from president of the senate to lieutenant governor Soon after Governor Stevenson was elected to tho Unired States senate and Mr Leslie succeeded as governor At the next election he was chosen governor by a majority of 37150 over his Republican competitor Gen James Harlan now associate associ-ate justice of the United States Later he was elected circuit judge All these positions lie has ably and faithfully filled A Great Novelty The latest craze in fancy work is a handknit Oriental Smyrna Rug 34x64 inches the first manufactured in Utah This elegant Turkish wool rug was made at Mrs McEwans Employment Office No GO W First South street and is on exhibition there It is to be raffled for at 50 cents a chance |