Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-08-30
MONTANA NEWS.

Butte is soon To have the free delivery
, system.
= The Northern Pacific payroll at Billings
p amounts to about 81, 900 per month.
Marcus Daly's horse. Senator, won the
2:21 race at Helena last week in three
? straight heats. Time, 2:2s, 2:24k. 2:25.
A man named Dorothy stabbed two men
in n Butte saloon Few days ago and both
Of his victims have since died from their
wounds.
A monster silver tip bear was killed in
, sight Of Townsend n few days since. He
was about To make meal off from n COW
he had killed.
The first freight load of bullion from the
Castle smelter was that Of Jack Hoyt load.
ing Tuesday with q. 500 pounds for Living
ston.-News.
Fisher Blevins. son Of Daniel Blevins, Of
Fort Benton. was killed on the race track
at Helena last week by the horse he was
riding falling upon him.
The gross earnings of the Northern Pa
cifie for the first week in August were 1913
532, an increase Of ssl 1915 over the CORE
spending week in 1887.
! j. d. Matl,.son. one of the oldest resi-
dents of Billings and for "a time editor OF
the Post aud Gazette, has gone to Ana
conda To locate permanently.
Fears are enter itaine,l that "a large band
of theyennes have left their reservation ON
tn" war path to murder unprepa re, whites
On the Tongue aud Powder rivers.
| The first enca ca,npment of the Montana
militia occurred in Helena last week. They
parasle'i the streets of Helena with Gov.
Leslie, commander in-chief, in the lead.
| The contract for the Belt mountains
branch Of tI,e Montana Central will be let
in II short time, and whoever gets it must
give bond Ia have the road completed in
~ days.
The Boston a Montana Consolidated
company turned out 2.Wb0, 900 pounds of
copper in July aud has money enough in
the treasury I" pay ~ second dividend of
S2o0,W".
The Granite Mountain Mining company,
Deer Lodge county, gives in for assessment
its net output for the year ending July 81
1T 81, ,2'"',Wo0. No other silver mine in the
world can make such ~ showing.
Northwest.
IN less than u month hence the works of
the M"nts k'a Smelling company, in the
ncighborhs1,d of this city, will be ready to
reluce ores. Before that time the assay
office will he open, and the company will he
prepared to buy all the ores that are
ofiercd.-Great Falls Tribune
y. Beidler is driving u Wakefield team
through I he Park and entertaining the we'll
to-'io l,ilerins with stories from real lif-
Wakefield employed him ON condition that
he (X) wouldn't tell ~ lie and y. insists
that he has kept his word to the letter,
which is. pe, haps, the most asst ounding pre-.
variation that he was sever guilty of.-Boze-
man Courier.
c.V Peek Of Flat Willow. who has been
hale fellow well met" for the last lew
weeks, while attending To the sale Of his
wool clip, left Saturday for the Boulder
country by way Of Big Timber. He has
purchased u bunch OF horses there which he
proposes To drive to his ranch. There are
twenty head of mares and ten of geldings
and colts. and all are very promising stock
d;azette.
Grea, Falls begins Ia put ON the appear
ance of n smelling town already. Almost
daily loads oi ore arrive from the Belt
mountains. most Of which is being stored
to await the starting of the big smelter.
cur merchants advertise ore sacks and
mining To11Is Tor sale, and We noticed to-day
- large stock Of ore at Murphy, Maclay 4
90. =. the property of Northam. Wilson s.
20. of Neihart. threat Falls Tribune.
party III engineers under NC. Ray.
who has been in charge of the Montana
Central work on the Butte division for sev-
eral months, arrived yesterday and pro
cee,i.d this morning Ia the line 81 the Belt
mountains branch. They will begin at
ono. the work "f locating the line Of road.
The engineering party ia the field now num-
lers something over twenty-five, showing
how they ~. rushing n,att-rs.-t;reat Falls
Tribune.
Travel on the N"rthern Pacific is con
,tan,ly on the increase. The gradual de
yelopmrut of Montana makes il necessary
f,, the road to increase its facilities in
every way New freieh, ears, passenger
ears. locomotives and telegraph wires ars
Ie;np prcss.,l int % service, and the company
* ,,,a,an,Iv Obliged To ,se nearly all it's
,,lliu. stock at once to meet demands
uo,I.. ON it, We are glad to see it. May
the road con, inue to prosper. Courier.
re. Morrow, whose ranch is ON Clear
creek. brought in bunch of oats Monday
nearly four feet high. sown May :, har-
vested Aup. =. aud Hailed l2 bushels tn the
acre. Mr. Morrow has no bitches con
ior irrigating purposes. and says
h.. meyer seen better crops any place. His
no, ,to.s are 50 large now that by the time
they ue, done growing "a man may sit on
, no end Of one and eat off the other end oi
I, he same potato. Mr.. Morrow intends I"
hiring more of his produce into town, which
will Ia. sent to the immigration agent at st.
p,ul bv Agent Dalzrll.-Glendive Independ-
ent.
Mai. Carroll Of Fort Assinnaboine, Lieut.
Galbraith Of Fort Custer. and I'r. Piche,
lni,-d states veterinarian, have been ~
billings the last few days receiving horses
furnished under cont traet by Mr.. sidney
I'ar.t oi Miles city. They obtained te"
head from Mr. :. Durbin and four Others
from various parties, paying all the way
from So. to Sioo per head for them IL ~
"a good move on the part oi the government
to purcia-. HORSES that arr ae'hh''e"
and can endure th. hardships II ~ some