Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-03-10
MAIDEN LOCALS.

J. F. Cole has moved out to the Savage
mine.
Billy AckIy, of Plum creek, was in town
Saturday.
Ed Larawny. Of Deer creek, was in town
Saturday.
Recce Anderson, of Fort Maginris, sun
daycd in town.
The corpulent form Of Phil Saunders is
hearty.
Frank Pick. our genial blacksmith, is kept
busy, and reports all the work that lac can
attend To.
Ed Anderson and Henry Munson have
moved up To their claim on Crystal moun-
tain tn work during TIA" summer.
Johnnie Edwards, foreman of the y Bar
ranch, accompanied by John Cameron, of
the Circle Bar, spent Saturday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Johnson and Mr..
and Mrs. J.. Conlcy attended the dance at
Mrs. Nnnncst's place last Friday evening.
Johnnie Fisher came i'm from Deer creek
last week and brought two fine diamond
willow canes. Mr.. W. Z. johnson secured
one oil them.
The calico ball To be given at the Inter
national hotel on the 18th of this month,
will without a doubt lie the grnndest affair
nj the season. Everybody invited.
The progress of our public school and the
rapid strides the scholars are making
towards proficiency is sufficient evidence
that a. a teacher Miss Gertrude Shipman
is second to none.
Johnnie Vert has sold his ranch three
miles west of town t" Mr. Deatnn. foreman
nf the Horseshoe Bar. for ) 5.0nu. Mr..
Vert will turn his attention To his valu-
all" mining prospects in this camp.
Aunt Fannie Ferguson, VIII" has been a
resident ri this town inr q number of years,
left last week T." visit her laughter at Great
Falls. She rendered very valuable services
here a. n nurse, and will bc missed at the
bedside oi the sick and afflicted.
For Salc-A one hundred ton smrltcr in
good running order and especially adapted
for campaign purposes. This %proparty
was erected during the campaign of 1870
at Maiden, Fergus county, aud has since
answered the purpose Of "a monument to
the defeated citizen of Jackson, Mich, Tor
state senator. For further particulars ad.
dress General Manager, Campaign Sruelter.
Maiden, Mont.
On Tuesday. March LIST, owing to the
tropical influence of the beautiful weather
We have had to contend thforth winter,
we ~sharpcned our jack knife and removed
the fur collar and cuffs from IA back num-
Der dnster that has done duty as an over
coat during the winter, and thus arrayed
and equipped we accepted an invitation
from IL. l.. Kendall, general manager al
the Cav Group Mining Co., to take Il trip
through the banana belt OF Fergus county,
and mounted behind "a spirited span oi
Montana thoroughbreds, we soon found
ourselves spinning along down the mean
behring's OF Warm Spring creek until we
passed the Horse Bar ranch. then our
course WAS uurthward about four miles un-
til we came to the tropical farm OF Blu
chauun Bros. Here we found Bill busily
engaged pruning his ALMOND bushes and re-
planting his orange grove. We were cor
daily invited to unlock, and make our
selves at home, au invitation We were
never know n 10 refuse. shortly afterward
Buck made his appearance from the
famous Bob mine, where he bad been at
work, and after ~partaking of their hospi-
tally To our hearts content and placing
our team under their guardian eye, we pro-
reeded to the alpine residence OF Messrs.
Draper and Dwine!le. where We found them
at work on the Black Hawk mine, "a very
promising prospect 81 the North Mecca
sins. hut owing To our limited amount oi
leisure we were only able to rNamin a very
few OF numerous prospects. Among those
seen and sampled were the Bob, owned by
Buchanan Bros, Black Hawk and Pontiac.
owned by Draper and Dwinclle, Blu Jay.
owned by NoGel and Hortop. Anderson,
owned by Arnold and Rizer. All OF these
claims are being worked at present and are
showing some very ilattering results We
regret exceedingly that we were so pressed
for time that we could not visit all of the
clains and make "A more minute report OF
the same. but after enjoying the hospitality
OF Messrs. Draper and Dwinclle for tia.
evening. We returned To Maiden, promising
Buck aud Bill To return in orange season
and sa nipple their fruit.