Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-17

attending church and Sunday during
that time.
F. f Smith and f. W. Morrison left yes
terday Tor Fit. Benton to attend the fall
term OF court for Choteau county, which
opens next Monday. They will also visit
Helena before returning home. Mr.. Smith
was also accompanied by his aunt. Miss
Jennings, who is on her return to her home
in New York state.
The steamerville Townsite Improvement
&c. has been Incorporated, with a capital
stock of $4,000. to sell land in Fergus
county. The incorporators are Henry Gil
lis, ID. NJ. ellis, A. j. Sullivan and II. t.
Oakland. The proposed town is being
doomed in anticipation of the railroad line
through the Judith.-River Press.
A meeting Of the school board was held
on August 23th last at which Al special
levy Of two mills on the dollar was made
OH all property in district No l. The oh
iect is to pay the interest and accumulate
a fund to redeem the outstanding bonds at
maturity. The greater assessment this
year raises the fund in this district nearly
$500.
Harry Kendall and Newton Cowan were
down from Maiden Monday in the interest
Of the Maiden smelter project. They made
arrangements to purchase the boiler of the
old Casino mill from the Judith Lumber
Co. while here. From Mr.. Cowan we learn
that IA large body of ore has been struck in
the Spotted Horse mine, and that the mill
| Will start AGAIN the lattar mart nf tl.a
mouth.
The board of county commissioner lie
cided not To take any further steps toward
bonding at present, but left the question
for consideration at some future meeting.
The money derived from taxes will go a
good way toward paying outstanding war
rants, and il was thought best to let the
matter drop until there is an Improvement
in the money market.
Mrs. Daniel Quinby, al Bea yer creek. visi.
ted Lewistown Tuesday, and left the ARGUS
office a fine specimen of transcendent crab
apples of her own raising. There is a clus.
ter oi eleven apples in a space of six inches.
The fruit is ripe, large and of excellent fla
vor. This shows what can be lone in this
locality in the way Of irnit raising, and
should encourage others in his direction.
NJ. j. O'Brien has rented Matt Stough's
blacksmith shop, east side. and is ready
for business. Mr.. O'Brien, il will be remem-
bered, arrived from Helena about three
weeks ago. He was for some time connect
ed with the Montana racing circuit, and is
an expert at horse shoeing, which he will
make "A speciality. Mr.. O'Brien has come
here TO remain, and as he does first class
work will undoubtedly receive a liberal
patronage.
We received "a call yesterday from j. j.
Shepherd, of FIT. Maginnis. Mr.. shepherd
was one OF the early settlers in the county,
having taken up an adjoining ranch with
q. w. Hunter near FIT. Maginnis in 1850.
where he remained until forced to aban-
don his claim by the military authorities.
He has since been living on the Yellowstone
near Billings. He has returned to Fit. Ma
ginnis to locate on the property he origin
ally took up and TO which he feels that he
has a just claim.
Services were conducted in the Catholic
church last Sunday by Rev. Father Dolls,
of Great Falls. A large congregation at
tended both morning and evening. In the
morning a collection was taken up to de-
fray the expenses of plastering the editice
and $500 was raised for hat purpose.
Rev. Dolls considered his trip to the Basin
a very successful one and wishes us to
thank the community for the kind recep-
ton given him. He baptised thirteen chill
dren at Lewistown and five elsewhere in
the Basin. He returned to Great Falls
Tuesday. Rev. Schuler, Of st. Peters Mis-
sion, arrived last week, and will conduct
high mass at the Catholic church next Sun
day morning at ten o'clock. From here he
goes to Maiden to be gone some days.
A representative of the River Press made
a trip over the Great Northern so lar as
| other things has this to say OF the line: "A
ma ximum grade Of one per cent means
that a rise of 2 so feet to the mile is the
highest hill on the road. II also means
that a single engine on the Great Northern
can pull about twice as much freight to the
summit OF the Rockies as a single engine of
equal power can pull to the summit on any
of the Older roads. This is a fact which
the Goulds. Huntingtons and billions will
have TO reckon with when the Great North
ern's representatives go into the Transcon-
~tinental association two years hence and
take a hand in making through rates"
f. A. Huson Was in town yesterday. Mr..
Huson had blood in his eye and with good
reason. A few days since some miscreants
broke into one of his cabins and completely
ruined a fine large cooking range, breaking
the griddles and turning the stove up side
down. As the range is very heavy it re-
| quired several men to turn it over. Mr..
Huson says he will pay a reward of $500
for evidence that will lead TO the conviction
of the parties doing the damage. This is a
contemplate trick and no one but a vaga-
bond would he engaged in such work. Here
in Montana sheep men and cattle men have
exercised great liberality in leaving their
cabins open, and it proves "a CONVENIENT har-
Dor for ira velers over the prairie. That
there could be men Tor thlngs) mean
enough to take advantage of such conf
dence can hardly be believed. We trust
| the pa rties will be brought To Justice.
JUDITH BASIN ROLLER MILLS.