Fergus County argus., 1891-10-15

Friday and returned home Tuesday From
him we learn that his brother, w. T.. re-
turned from Chicago last week where he
went with mutton wethers. David Higer
and family are expected home from the
east this week.
F. Waldorf, Esq, father OF Mr.. Waldorf
Of the Judith Basin Roller Mills, arrived in
town last Sunday on visit to his son.
Mr.. Waldorf is "A wealthy and influential
citizen OF Monroe, Mich, where he has re-
sided since 1872. He is much pleased with
Lewistown and the Judith Basin.
Elsewhere will be found the advertise
ment of p. j. Hatton. the well known Ubet
blacksmith. Mr.. Hatton is now located
nne-quarter OF mile from Ubet on the
stage road, where he has opened hotel
and blacksmith shop for the accommoda-
tion Of settlers and the travelling public.
Give him a share of your patronage.
James Shelton, OF Utica, was in town
last Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. shelton
has closed out his business at Utica sud
leaves this week for Knlispel, Flathead
country. to reside in the future. Mr.. Shell
ton has many friends in the county VINO will
regret to learn of his departure. We wish
him success in his new location.
The cattle brought from Fergus county
by r. f. Hamilton were crossed this after
noon at VIM. Rowe's ranch below this
city, and will be driven to the stockyards
and loaded tomorrow. Mr.. Hamilton's
father, Mr.. X. S. Hamilton, a prominent
capitalist of Helena, has been in the city
for several days to superintend the load
ng-River Press.
C. f. Richards and family and Rev. Ed
wards and sister OF Lewistown are to leave
today for Townsend. Rev. Edwards and
sister are going to Anaconda to attend
presbytery from whence they go to Du-
buque and other eastern points, while Mr..
Richards goes to southern California hop
ing the climate may improve his wife's
health.
Z. j. Morrison last week sold $500 stock
sheep to c. c. David, OF Pig Eye Basin.
The price was SO per head for old sheep
| and So for lambs. He also sold to Fred
Sager, of TIBET, 500 lambs and 325 old
sheep. Price 50 straight. Mr.. Morrison
| also sold thirty head Of thoroughbred and
half-hlood Shropshire bucks to WIN. Logan,
of Trout creek.
William Gray is visitor in the city from
Phlbrook, Fergus county. Mr.. Gray is
one Of the pioneer settlers of the fertile
Judith Basin, having moved out on the
frontier as early as 1878. This is his first
visit to Helena in seven years and no ex-
pressed great surprise at her growth and
prosperity since the advent OF railroads.
| Herald.
Herbert Devivier was in from Warm
Spring creek Tuesday. Mr.. Devivier saws
he has excellent crops this year. Although
surface water is not plentiful on his place,
he sunk well fourteen feet last year and
the water is now nearly up to the curb and
more than enough for one mill. He thinks
Of putting up another mill should next sea
son prove to be dry and believes he will be
able to irrigate considerable land by this
| means.
.o Bacon, the pleasant little chap who
used to represent the Gilmer x Salisbury
stage line in this section, recently skipped
from Great Falls with about thousand
dollars OF the company funds, or at least
he was defaulter to that amount. He
doubtless had spent most of it before he
left-Buulder Age. A prominent gentle
man in this city observed that it was graf
flying to hear that at last some one had
got the best OF the stage company.
Vim. Denner, merchant at the Spotted
Horse, visited Lewistown Tuesday, and
made the ARGUS a pleasant call. From
him we learned that the mill will start VI
again in four or five days, with a force o
forty or fifty men employed. The della.
was owing to a scarcity OF fuel. The MINI
is looking well and the prospects are goo'
for long run. Mr.. Burgess is getting th
Maginnis mill ready for operation and ha'
a force of men at work on the mine takini
out ore. Good progress is being made will
the smelter plant. Altogether the outlool
is good for the camp.
r. A. Martin arrived in town yesterda,
evening with 12O head OF Oxford and Mer
ino bucks which he will close out to wool
growers in this section. These bucks hav
been advertised for several weeks in tn
ARGUS. Mr.. Martin left the ranch near Bill
; lings with ESQ head and has disposed o
l3O on his way in. He encountered consid
erable bad weather, but did not lose ;
head. He says he will start with 500 mex
season. Mr.. Martin would like to pun
chase some stock sheep or lambs to driv
back He says Billings is a good marke
for sheep at present.
We acknowledge a pleasant call iron
( Alex. c. Green, of the firm of Perrine, Gree
4 White, woolgrowers of TIBET. Mr.. Gree
! had not been in town for eighteen month
and noticed with pleasure the improvement
, our little city had made since that tims
He informed MS that the railroad as SUI
, veyed runs through their ranches, cuttin
them up badly. He said that several day
were sometimes spent in getting one curve
and that they were camped near TIBET fo
six weeks. Although Mr.. Green does no
expect to see the road built at once, b
considers this survey more than n mel
pleasure trip, and that within two yeai
trains will be running through the gap.
THE FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD.
| snccess of the Efforts Tn Sooteh Rad Bakiu