Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-12-24

posts will be set $50 feet apart and will
stand twenty-one feet above ground.
Eleven stations will be established on the
entire route, and messages will be trans
United the entire length ofthe line without
repeating. The line will run along the main
travelled road all the way, and cross the
Musselshell at Merino. Mr.. Watson has
had several years experience in the tele-
phone business and will begin stringing wire
and placing machines as soon as the set
ting of the posts is well under way.
County Clerk Kelly is getting in trim for
his race next year. While out hunting in
the brakes of the Judith he flushed a bay
steer in a narrow defile, which showed a
willingness to contest the ground with him.
With tail erect and blood in it's eye the
b. s. started for Mr.. Kelly. Here was a race
tor a few minutes that was interesting to
one at least. As the steer was gaining
ground rapidly Will half turned and DOL
a shot at the animal with his Winchester,
~wounding him in the fieshy part of the
shoulder. The shot had the effect OF check
ing the animals speed, but tsow with viii.
He took little longer strides, il anything,
and finally found refuge by going over a cut
bank and taking a long drawn out slide to
the bottom of the coulee. At first we ook
Mr.. Keliy's statement with a grain ofallow-
ance, thinking perhaps it might be an ex-
cuse for having hot a steer by mistaking
it for a deer, but Morris Sullivan, who was
a witness to the race, says he never saw
such u ~commotion in the air for a brief
f;,,a Tt ..s .st.,;,It ,oo1sp
The writer, in company with G. W. Cook,
David Hilger, and j. l.. Stuart, enjoyed a
hunt in the brakes of the Judith a few daye
since. The party made camp about fifteen
miles from Mr.. Cooks ranch on the after
noon of December 18th, and remained until
the 14th. Wm. Fergus Jr. Joined the party
on the 18th. Five mighty nimrods man.
aged to check the career OF five black tail
deer during the hunt and as many more
were severely wounded. The party camped
about six miles from the Judith on a beau
tiful plateau surrounded on three sides by
trees and abrupt canyons Camp life was
the enjoyable feature OF the outing, the
only thing to disturb it's peace and quiet be-
ing the strong percentage Of alkali in the
water. It's evil effects were somewhat neu
tralized by the use of 'old McBrayer' in
small doses. At present there are more
steers thar deer in the brakes OF the Judith,
a great many Of the latter ha wing been
killed in the locality visited during the fall.
Copies OF the penal code OF Montana, as
adopted and reported by the code commits
sion, have been received by the clerk of
court, for examination by member Of the
bar OF the county. The systematic orderly
arrangement Of the different subjects treat
ed will be n great improvement upon the
old statutes, and it will now be possible
for a person to know whether any act Of
his is criminal or not. Many important
changes have been made in the system Of
criminal law and procedure as now in force
in the state, and, as far as We can judge,
these changes are all in line with the more
advanced codes of this country, and are
improvements upon our present code. We
notice many typographical errors. which
in a measure detract from the appearance
OF the work, but as the present publication
is merely in the form of a bill to be intro
duced into the legislature, in accordance
with an act passed at the last session,
these errors can be eliminated before the
force OF law is given to it. We will call at
~tention to the more important changes in
the future.
We are in receipt OF a neat circular APP
pertaining to the meeting OF the state irri-
CATION convention, which will be held in
Helena on January 9TH, 1892. The COM
mittee OF arrangements consists OF Ex-
Donald Bradford, A. NJ. Hotter, E. p. Ster-
ling, John w. Thompson and John T.
Murphy. The convention will be called to
order at IL O'Clock, m. by Ex-Governor
Hauser, and addresses OF welcome will be
delivered by Governor Toole. Lieut.. Gov.
Richards, and Mayor T.. H.. Kleinschmidt.
Arrangements have been made with the
several railroad companies within the
state whereby delegates to the convention
will be furnished transportation to Helena
and return for one fare for the round trip.
Delegates are requested to procure from
the county clerks OF their respective coun-
ties certificates OF their appointment,
which will be presented to the local agent
of the railroad at the points where they
take passage. Our commissioners have
made a good selection of delegates, and it
is probable a majority OF them will attend.
w. w. DEwITT's NEW STORE.