Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-01-29

Springs are given. Would it not be q good
scheme to have this journal write up Lewis
town and it's environments? Good adver.
tisement.
The attention OF our readers is directed
to the advertisement OF Mum & Co., pat
snt solicitors, in another column. Their
name is familiar to patestees throughout
the country. In connection with the pub
LEGATION Of the Scientific American for the
past forty five years they have made the
drawings and specifications for more than
one hundred and twenty thousand inven-
tions. and their facilities for obtaining pat
ents were never better than now.
Neihart Herald: George Falligan won a
bet the ether day off OF Steve Pierss. They
were both down to the Falls and Falligan
had with him a piece OF ore that was taken
from the Benton group. He offered to wager
that it would run $4,000 higher than In
gsrsoll ore. Pierse tool him up and they
had two chunks assayed-cne from the In
gersoll and the piece in question. The re-
suit showed Ingerson 81 200 and the Ben
ton specimen S23, 900 per ton.
County Attorney Smith received notice
from Washington this week that the con-
test over placer ground at Maide between
L. Balanger, ct. al, pretestants, and j.
Frank Sage, ct. al, claimants, has been de-
cided in favor OF protestants, by Commits
sioner Stone, of the General Land office.
This decision reverses that of the former
register of the Land office at Helena, 5. w.
II ..l~r.a " .a,aal 70 Tho Gacrsta rv -
the Interior will probably be taken. The
land in dispute comprises a portion OF the
townsite OF Maiden.
Frank Stoddard. a cousin OF Mrs. Len
Lewis and a wealthy stock man living near
FIT. Maginnis, made a visit to Castle a little
over two months ago and while there was
taken sick. They started howe with him
but on account OF his getting much werse
stopped with him at DIR. Clarke's ranch
zeal Martinsdale. The sickness proved to
he typhoid fever and his life was despaired
of. The fever has left him but he appears
to gain little or no strength. This week
DIR. Thompson, of Helena was sent for and
passed through to Martinsdale Wednesday.
1t is hoped Mr.. Stoddard may speedily re-
cover.
Mr.. Daniel Brereten went down to Chi
nook a few days ago on business and re-
turned yesterday morning. He gives us a
good account OF the Chinook well. Hssays
it 10 now plugged up, but by removing a
small wooden pin from the plug and apply
ing a match a strong flame will burn, thus
showing ~indisputable evidence of natural
gas, which forces itself through more than
800 feet Of water standing in the well. OF
the coal Mr.. Brereton says he believes the
measures OF that section are the same as
are found at Lethbridge, and that develop
ment will prove the Milk River coal to be
the same vein.-River Press
We heartily endorse the following from
the Madisenisn: We see that some Of our
state exchanges are advocating a change in
the game laws. They do not ray in what
particular they desire to have them changed.
We think eur game laws are well enough as
they are, and should not be changed Every
time the legislature meets some one thinks
he must do something, and when he can
think of nothing else that he can do to i'm
mortalize himself he goes for the gamelaws.
in which he makes radical changes, and as
a result OF this constant change the people
never know what the laws are. and persons
are led to a violation of them, because they
do not know hat their provisions are.
Let them alone. They give sufficient pro-
lection to the game, and the people are be-
ginning to understand and respect them.