Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-03-24
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

Nj. MrSsner, al liict' lai a valuable
driving horse lie last week.
Willie Newton was over from l.ewistown
last week to participat-in the ST. Patrick's
lny festivities.
Philhronk now can boast oi two hotels.
W. +" was opened hast week. and will he
conducted 10y In". Schaal. Mr.. SehaaI has
lao ~ feed stable in connection. He So
licits u share ri the patronage Of the tray
ding public.
A mans makeup must he entirely def
cient "f the milk ri human kindness who
| viii sit all night AT "A card table in "A saloon
shile his pati,nt horse, doubled up in the
cold like "a Jack knife, stands out ia the
street tied {" - post.
There was much swearing and gnashing
If teeth last week. in the vicinity of Jakey
Hoover retreat ON the south fork nf the
Judith. .Irwaculum Juice canyon never
Def"rr heard the like; and il all cameabout
10y .IuLey setting a hear trap and catching
a Gayorite steer.
-. I'atrick's day passed very pleasantly
ia phiIbronk. with horse racing, loot rae
ing. aud the other amusements usually in
dnlged in an that glad day. The ball in
the evening was well attended, and JOY
reigned supreme among the dancers until
morning. 'Sic transit gloria st. Patrick
In "A recent issue OF Frank LesIie's Illus
tratcd Newspaper it was stated in a per-
fectly matter of fact manner that many of
the extensive stock graziers of the north
western states had equipped their herds
with blue goggles to prevent their eyes from
becoming infiamed by the glare OF the sun
upon the crusted surface of the snow. This
Munchausen narrative is twice as hard to
assimilate as the one told OF 1.-THE mean man
who placed green goggles before the eyes OF
his mule so as to enable him to mastieate
with a greater relish his diet of shavings.
Your correspondent has received fresh
from the inside some startling facts that
will dispel forever the vexed question of a
local railway. These facts we say are
startling. because of their directness and
the certainty that the Burlington & North
ern will complete a road through the Ju-
dith basin the present year. The line will
terminate at Great Falls, from which point
the Burlington and Great Northern will
use IN common a single line to the coast.
Already there is great excitement upon the
Judith. and soon there will spring up as if
by magic a town located probably on Mr..
Hobson's ranch two miles below Utica.
My! what "a rush there will be from Lewis
town by people anxious to get in out OF the
rain. We prophesy that within one years
time nothing will remain in the county seat
but Spring creek, the iron bridge and the
steel cages in the court house.
lin Shelton was for many years the
leading spirit OF Utica. He then loved that
place as a mother loves her offspring. But
Jim got stuck on the Flathead country,
and it TOOL hut a few short months to di-
vorce him entirely from his first love. His
recent financial successes in the boom town
of kalispel shows that Jim selected wisely
when he cut loose from the sporting center
on the Judith. However, many were the
Jokes told on Jim, who never ceased to eN-
patiate at length ON the merits ri the new
region. Many Of the Utica people went SO
far as to claim that Shelton was of" in
the upper story, and the following incident
Was old To strengthen that belief; One
dag "A friend hailed .iim's little daughter
/ iiti lNhF'l nav HFf ItiIbh hdb1 Wv ~ NAV
tune had not returned from the Flathead
region. 'nh. papa is sick Where -
i"kingly asked the friend: lin the chest on
in the i-rt d" He il sick in the Hat head, y
drmur-iy answered the little maiden.
The day il coming On apace when the I'M
sophisticated aud guileless candidate for
office, together With campaign lies, both
Il ~. 4s..a .H H.. ....t AZ ..-l Al. V.asla.l
kind, will lac chasing each other from pillar
tu post throughout the county. This itch
ing for public office seems unusually preva-
lent this year, coming rs il does upon the
heels of the grip, when the poor patient
has every pore open, as 1t were. Indeed,
many al the worthy citizens of this locality
have been Tor some time uueasily and sur
reptitinusly scratching the body polite
until ut this early day political ~pustnleq'
have 81 far developed as to catch the ewes
OF the neighbors. 1t might not he too
and for many miles OF it's course is heavily
wooded with political timber running all
all the way from the tall and slender sap
ling TO the hoary old king of the forest
| Through whose branches the cyclones OF
many campaigns have passed, though he
ing yet able to raise them toward heaven
and thanh God that the political sap per-
enuially rises and that the old root still
stands This motley crowd of office seek
ers are now pelagic, or in other words, they
are submerged in the deep, deep sea OF
doubt aud uncertainty. but with the adj
liournment OF the conventions and the re-
I..A-.I ~ +Ia p,,InS ,-f-anI; ao,b u;lI
know his place and what is expected of him
by a loving people.
Yooo, Mont. March q, '92.
Correspondent ARGUS, Philbrook. Mont.
DEAR SIR:-In the L~ewistown ARGUS of
the Bird inst. lsee an insertion which sounds
very much like your writing and therefore |
take it that you fathered the article in
question, which announces "A red letter day
for Philbrook on the 18th inst, reland's
great day, and in the absence of the Hiber-
mans, that | have consented 10 be pres
ent to give the days proceedings an Erin
go bragh expression Of c~ountenance.' In
answer to the above allow me to say all
OF your suppositions are erroneous. Red
eye and "snaiN are no longer my asso-
%ciates, and | am now an honored and re-
spected citizen of Yogo. 1t is a mistake to
suppose that | am an Irishman. / am an
American, aud the only day / celebrate is
the birthday of our country, the fourth of
July. and the only flag ! bow to is the
Stars and Stripes. | draw the line right
here aud If you will take the trouble to
hunt the geneology of my name. you will
find that the mann of Mulvey is of French
descent. Very respectfully
HoM II. MULvEY.
We are glad to give to the world the fact
that Mr.. Mulvey, or Red" as he is famil-
iarly known, or "Reddie'' as he is called by
his warme friends, as to his being an