Fergus County argus., 1889-10-31

WheH We speak oi Northern Mountains we
mean Chotrs,u aud that l,orii"n ui Fcren-
county ADJOINING a. un the east ~ a part
ri cascade and mort hern Lewis aud Clarke
county. Fort benton l. al-n shipping ont
the bulk oi Northern Nnniana cattle. This
week alone thrrr viii hr between i5o aud
l9o ears nf rasge caitlr principally from
Fergus county. loaded at our stock yards.
Fort Benton il the natural shippin. point
f"r Northern Montana AVID ~" mistake.
River Press.
The Judith Basin Owners have Divided
their larg. beef herd into three parts. The
hrst herd. a. stated elsewhere. j. being
shipped to-day Tne Second herd, now
near this city. which will be loaded ia "A day
or two. belongs to Jesse Phelps X 60. " :.
True, Ole Thore-on, ~. sweet. :. TnttI-.
aud j Carter a Bro. The third herd IL.
longs to ;. :. !i"bson. Perry We-tiall. Ien
ID. Phillips. Georgr Barrows. aud Me,-rs
Curtis. Pearson aud Beldrn. II will take
about 12o ears to move the two las, -na med
herds, which, with 3o ears out to-day.
makes = total Of lJo ears of cattle that
will leave the Benton stock yards within
the next iour days River Prcss.
The teachers institute held last week was
4 marked success. some features oi III.
programme had to he omitted. owing to
the absence ~ those expscted 10 take part
Prof Logan failed to put in an appearance.
aud Hon. Granville stuart had gone Ia
Helena on business. However, the teach
ers engaged IN many interesting discussions
aud treated the ,arious SUBJECTS in a man
nsr that cannot help hut result in good.
IN interchange of view. ia methods eli
teaching is b. rhei aim of these yearly
gatherings. aud their Importance should
NO, be uuderestimated. Fellowship aud
the social amenities are also of some con
sidstation. Miss rorbin deserves great
credit for her efforts To make the institute
a success. The evening entertainments
were highly eny"ysd by our ciiiz-ns, who
regret that they are infrelurnt ia their
occurrence.
After much red tape" the official votrnf
Fergus county hn, probably reached the
secretary of the territory. The .M.ntana
STATUTES say IN rrirr"ilrr fo the vote. - The
county clerk shall make u copy of each of
said abstracts and transmit the same, u,
mail ns II registered, paekagA, t.the auditor
of the t.rritory AT the seat of government.
etc. This would seem Ia be plain enough.
But section 9TH, of Ordinance H. of the
Constitution. says: "and the return-
of said election shall l,e mad. To the Secre-
iary ri the Territory, who. with the Gov
ernor and thi-f Justice al the Territory.
or any two al them shall constitute u
board of ranvussers etc. Here would
appear to lac a conflict of authority.
but lawyers constru~ that the serre-
tury is the one To- receive the returns.
We understand that the trrrit"ria auditor
offered to turn over the >ri sent to him to
the secretary and take u receipt Tor them,
hut Mr.. Walker would not receive them
and tn" returns w"r- ,ent back to this
county. But Mr. Nelly ha. made out II
new sci and srnt them ou before the thcr-
reached him. i'erhat. Mr.. Walker thought
there might lac AN Internal machine at
tachcd To- those IN the hands oi he auditor
Everyb",iy is mighty suspicious mp west
these days.