Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-12-20
MONTANA NEWS

Bentnns new bridge across the Missouri
IL NOW open to public travel.
sunday two cowboys started ~ monte
"-nap' on "a capital "f 81. Yesterday, Us
n result of :sG hours winnings. they d-po-
tied S2.2oo in the stoekgrowers' National
bank. Church papers will not copy this
reward of merit.
stock Inspecto or Hubbard last week raised
a cache of five horses that had been hidden
ia thick brush On the reservation, about
twenty miles from Billings, at the mouth of
Clorke's Fork. They belonged to the Will
ard Cattle company and range On the Mus
selsh-ll, and are supposed to have bech leit
in their place of eoucealment by Russell
and Adams. the Benton horse thieves.
Prof. CO Furgcr-on aud his two whisky
faced assistants showed ia Corvallis, Tues
day night, to lean, lank and cada verous
audience. The larger part of the audience
was On the out side with coal oil cans. and
kept pretty good time and symphony with
the instrumental and vocal music of the
wrecks. Snide transformers are not very
enthusiastically received ia Corvallis. Ter
ritorial papers copy at cash rates.-Ncw
Idea.
The Toston smelling works have closed
down. the lease III llauser n Go. having ex-
pired, and the familiar smoke over the up
per valley is no longer seen. We are told
that the Toston smelling Co. will not re-
sumo operations before May next, furthe
than To secure ores. fuel. etc., for contnu-
Gus work next season. The stoppagc will
result seriously To the residents of Toston
and affect to IA l,roportionate degree the
whole surrounding country.-Tranchant
The Florence canal which takes il 5 source
from the south fork Of sun river, is com
pleted. The canal is about fifteen miles ia
length, is twenty feet wide on the bottom.
fort y-threc feet wide ON top and five feet
deep, and has IA capacity of 10000 miners
inches Of water. A large reservoir formed
10y IA natural basin about one mile in diam
eter has also been constructed, and this is
to be- used as storage reservoir. The
quantity of land covered by these works IL
almost unlimited, and much of it still open
W h'iiifs''hb W wv -
acre.
A. VI. Hotter l. reminded that il was just
twenty-five years ago to-day that he had
an encounter with George Ives, at that
time one of the most noted road agents
and dcSperadocs in Montana. Ives held
Mr. Hotter up, aud because lac didn't have
any money shot point-bsnk AT y. Ms
head. Mr.. Hotter ducked his head and the
ball grazcd the scalp, cutting Il neat swath
through the hair. Mr.. Hotter was driving
- bull team at the time Ives WAS after
ward hung by the viglantcs. May A. NJ.
live To tell the story twenty-five years from
now Herald.
Ia speaking of Montana ~ ~ naming roun-
try. til" Denver Mining Industry makes the
following hcalt hiul admission: Montana is
the country which will sap the life out al
our smrltiug industry ii our people do not
hrsiir themselves to hold the advantages
they NOW possrss. Montana j. posslss'd
nf even greater mineral and othcrnatiY re
soUuts than '',,I. -sGdt., ana isu, -, pa
active aud cnterprisirg. She viii 500. ac-
quirc the dignity of statchood aud then
she will boom, not in one town like Denver,
but all over her limits.