Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24

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dith basin country there will be a large
town built in that country somewhere,
says a correspondent OF the Great Falls
Leader. There is a large town here right
now, and il is growing every day. II will
continue to grow, railroad or no railroad.
Newton Cowan came down from Maiden
Monday morning to superinteud the load
ing Of the boiler purchased OF the Judith
Lumber Co. by the Cave Group Mining Co,
III Maiden. The boiler was at the site of
the old mill on Big Casino creek. Marshall
Jackson has the hauling of the boiler to
Maiden.
Veterinary Surgeon Holloway says there
is a fine field for some practical work by
the society for the prevention OF cruelty to
animals by examining the stock OF the
Montana stage company, which he decla res
are using horses between stations in Fer
gus and Yellowst one counties that are alb
iect specimens OF poverty and i'll use.-In-
dependent.
The brick work on w. W. DeWitt's new
building is about completed and carpenters
are % engaged in putting on the roof.
The building will have a galvanized iron
cornice, which will add greatly to the APP
pearance of the structure. Plssterers are
now at work on the walls and the whole
building is pushed rapidly to completion.
Percy Kennett arrived from Helena sun
day evening, and will spend a couple OF
weeks at the ii ranch. He is accompanied
by Mr.. A. Harrity. the champion wing shot
OF the state, he having defeated Mr.. Ken
nett by one bird in a contest last month.
They will spend several days among the
grouse and chickens, and will no doubt
make a great killing.
On this page will he found the advertise
ment OF NJ. J. o'Brien, practical horse
sheer, who has rented Matt Slows build
ing on the east side and is already doing a
good business. Mr.. O'Brien will make a
| specially Of horse shoeing, and as he has
had years of experience in this particular
work, is enabled to give complete sat
isfaction ia his patrons. Give him u
patronage.
An exchange says the following may
prove valuable to miners who desire to
know how much ore they have in sight:
One cnbic loot OF lead ore weighs I74
| pounds; thus n vein Of galena or lead ore
one foot wide, six feet high and six feet long
will produce 1852 pounds, or a vein one
and one-half inches wide will net one ton,
| three inches wide two tons. six inches wide
four tons, etc. This will be a safe guide to
estimate by.
Two hundr and sixty cars hav We already
been ordered for shipments OF Montana
cattle from points east OF this city during
the coming week. The shipments will be
as follows: From Chinook, 15Ocars for the
Judith outfit, Broadwater & McCulloh,
Floweree Il Lowry and Mellick Il Brewster.
From Big Sandy, 10 cars for ~Broadwater
4 Mcnamara; go cars for j. Kennedy.
From Malta, 80 cars for Con Kohrs.-River
Press.
Capt. j. ID. Taylor returned today from
a fishing trip up Belt creek, with a gentle
man from the Judith Basin, who wears the
suggestive name-for n fisherman, OF Mr..
True. Were it not for this we might hest
tate to print their statistics on the fishing
question, which are o trout in two hours
and a half and 100 in a day,
which was not much ola fishing day either.
However as they left two fine specimens at
the Leader office our fish editor will swallow
the statistics and the trout without a mo-
ment's hesitation.-Great Falls Leader.
Johnny Lamont was in from his ranch
with a load of melons again last Friday.
He was four days making the trip, but was
not long in disposiug of his load. This
time he brought a few cantelopes and to-
matoes. He left at the ARGUS office three
varieties of corn grown this year-the flint,
early Cory and dent. TIL corn is OF fine
growth and fully ripened. Mr.. Lamont S
ranch is f~avorably located for raising corn
and vegetables. He says he raised several
acres OF melons last year, and the most OF
them rotted on the vines owing to the diff
Guilty in reaching a market. He thinks oil
making another trip to Lewistown soon,
and will visit us every season in the future
Saturday next should be a great day for
Lew istown. Some time since Mrs. Chas.
Burg undertook the task OF raising a sub
scription with which to purchase a flag fol
' our school. She has accomplished hei
purpose and Saturday morning at 9 a. m
: this emblem OF liberty will be run up on &
Z BOlFI NhAN "a Dt SCI ulitthig Ah " ~
the school house. Weather permitting, sew
eral prominent gentleman will make a few
remarks and the brass band will ren'iel
several patriotic airs. The children OF th'
school will sing two national hymns and
the whole affair will he one calculated Il
inspire patriotism. Remember the hon
and lend your presence to the occasion.
n A. nz,.l q IT,. e.. t,,.. :,
town Tuesday. He reports everybod,
, prosperous on the upper Judith. Crops O
every kind are very large. Mr.. David ha
sixty acres of oats which he thinks vii
{ average : bushels to the acre. He ha
purchased a band Of $500 head of sheeI
and will hereafter be counted among tn
, ~fiockmasters OF the county. The minin
outlook at Gogo he says is also very good
Mr.. Carroll, who represents Boston cap
taIists, is now east comforting with them i
relation to future development. Mr.. Pee
says he has been successful in securin
financial encouragement and VIII retur
e about October LIST, to prosecute work wit
renewed energy. There are a great man
fine prospects at Yogo and it will not b
o long before a smelter is built to treat til
ores.
e. Dan Tressler arrived in town from b
n home in the Little Rockies Monday eveI
lie ing, and made the ARGUS a pleasant cal
A. He comes after a band of sheep he ba
gained for last fall with Chas. Severance,
h Okla. Mr.. Tressler not only has Al fiji
h sheep ranch, but great on agriculture,
n would seem. He devoted about thr,
acres to a garden, and the harvest is ia
beyond his expectations. He has boz
500 head of cabbage, thirty bushels
ie corn. one quarter OF an acre of rutabaga
"a some of which will weigh eight pound
J about a wagon load of tomatoes. a larl