Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
MONTANA NEWS.

house just yet. For the loan Of S100.00o
!, with which to build one. ,lJG votes were
cast for it and l $50 against.
| The total assessment of the state last
year was a little over S1?,OO0,OoO. This
year is it Si07 900, 900 with the supple
mentary assessment. which will bring the
tetal to S111,OOO,OOO an increase OF
S2l 900, 900 for the year. or nearly ~
per cent.
The Paragon Mining Co.. Of Barker is
constantly receiving new supplies and
machinery with which to operate it's works.
| A fine double-cy Under hoisting engine aud
equipments, including IA 250-foot steel
cable. was recently unloaded at Monarch,
to be put into the mine.-The Monarch.
| Pentieoues aud his interesting following
| were in BILLINGS the latter part Of last
| week. Mr.. Pienticoues has plenty Of
| in the latest Grow style. II is authorita-
/ lively stated that s., 900 has been donated
| To him by number OF west end cattle
men, who are anxious to defeat the treaty
for the opening of the reserve.-Gazstte.
A freight train which left here at IL
O'Clock Tuesday night ran into "a bunch
Of cattle near Reeds Point and the engine
and twelve ears were ditched ON the side
of a rocky bluff. No lives were lost except
ing dozen cattle. There was one car Of stock
cattle among the number wrecked and
nearly every one Of those animals was
H. II. l..
first struck the cattle that had punched on
| he track it lifted them up against the side
of the blum and the carcasses rolled back
onto the track causing the cars and engine
to leave the track. Traffic WAS della y ed
nearly ten h"urs.--Gazette.
Now that there is to be "a mill com
pleted at Lswistown in readiness for the
manufacture of flour the farmers Of the
Judith valley will engage mere extensively
in raising wheat. There 10 IA" question Of
doubt but that the lands of the Judith
are well adapted to wheat growing, and
with milling facilities such as we learn srs
to be ready for operation at an early date
there il no reason why at least half Of the
cereal crop should not he wheat. Fergus
county may have railroad connection
within the next year, yet there is no Ger
tainty about this. and il il does not far
ners who raise extensively of wheat next
season will he all the better off. The
long distance which flour has tO he freight
ed by wagon would insure excellent
prices to those who raise crops of wheat
Husba ndman.
A large mountain lion was on exhibi-
tion at w. +. Sheard's gun store Thurs-
day. The animal measured eight feet
from tip To tip and was killed by Henry
Howell near the head of Deer creek. Mr..
Howell had killed two deer on Monday
and ON Tuesday morning took "a pack
horse from the camp and started after
his game. After loading one of the deer
he started over where the other one lay
behind a log to get il and upon coming up
to the log found the lion eating the deer.
As soon as the animal saw the intruder il
gave n loud growl and showed fight. Mr..
Howell had "a wet glove ON his hand which
could not be removed 10 that he could
use his gun, and fearing that he might he
attacked he took off his hat and, with IA
loud yell, threw il at the lion. This scared
the animal and as it ran away Mr.. Howell
shot it through the back. The pelt will
be mounted by W. +. Shearl.-Livingston
Enterprise.
The Silver Bell has been purchased by "a
company with NJ. r. Downs as its mana
GER for S1oo,ooO. This mine has formerly
been worked quite extensively, and now
has 200 feet of tunnsling besides other
valua BILE improvements. The same deal
clude.I the cid smelter, with the ore,
machinery, and other property on the
premises. II is not known whether the
company bought the smeter for the I,ur-
pose Of operating it, or simply to secure the
right to the Silver Bell they both being
property oi the same company before the
deal was made. While it is more probable
that the latter is true. experimentation
has proved that the former failure Of the
smelter was due to mismanagsment and
lack of experience on the part of the opera
tor In case the smelter is opened up,
there will be u demand for 80 or 10 more
men at Barker for its work alone, but
should it not bs reepened, the agent has
assured the camp that the men will be
put into the mine as fast AS they can find
room to work, and that the force will
reach 100 men before next spring. III. e..
Foster, the leading trustee oi the smeter
and mine. receives S25,0oO as his share
| in the sale.-The Monarch.