Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-14
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

The Judith roundup closed IFS lahors
last week.
Wild straw berries are ripening ia great
abundance.
This country is becoming noted for it's
mean annual rainfall.
Dirt roofs are yielding an enormous crop
al grasses and w~-,ls.
Sheep shearing isrnmplrted and the wool
is now on the way To- the market.
Ed Moran returned last week from Great
Falls, where he recently went to dispose al
some horses. He reports the market as
being fairly good.
Mr.. Cook, Of the firm of Cook 4 Clark.
woolgrnwers of Ross Fork, is now at the
from his home i'm Pasadena, California.
Mr.. Cook will shortly visit Neihart, where
he is Interested in n furniture store.
Bob and Eva Mckinley will give one oI
their comedy performances at their hall in
philbrook next Friday evening. the 18th
inst. The people of the Judith will remeni-
Der the pleasing performance they gave
here two years ago. Recently the company
has been greatly strengthened by the addi-
ton of two speciality artists late of Harry
Miners aud Tony Pastors theat-r, New
York. Come aud hear the brass band and
give Bob and eva n rousing house.
There are pilgrims and pilgrims. The
nnr If it were not for his clean collar y"u
could not tell from the man grown up with
the country: the other you can generally
single out by the way he saddle IA horse
and the breaks that are continually being
registered against him. We once knew a
pilgrim who for an entire twelve months
conld not give the .lifferential diagnosis be-
tween IA coyote and "a cayuse. He was an
own brother to the pilgrim who worked for
four months at the head OF Rock creek
getting out fence poles ON the shares, lac
taking hall for the privilege of cutting.
Horace Phillis, Philbrook's accommodate
ing merchant, ia succeeding admirably ia
his new role. So adept has Horace become
that as soon as IA customer steps into the
store he eau always tell what he wants
without either asking questions ar feeling
his pulse or pocket. Horace has been ia
| Tue Jublth NtlIrN now seven OF ttknt years
| When he first came of course he had to
make "A beginning, so he hired out to Hauck
X Shorry tn herd sheep. Horace WAS ttsu "A
youth with several changes yet of unsoiled
linen in the b"ttom oi his trunk as smooth
and as immaculate as when they canr
from the laundry away back in Pennsylyu.
MIA. Every evening he had IA e~urdliup story
tp tell Mr.. Hauck ahont the coyotes that
constantly worried his sheep. How many
we're they ," asked Mr.. Hanck. Il saw
thirty yesterday and about fnrty-hve To.
day answered Phillips. Mr.. Hanck Ice
coming alarmed at the sudden aud unpre
cedented increase in coyotes, went out tn,
next day tn investigate. There. Their,
goes one" excitedly exclaimed Phillips. as
he pointed toa gopher that scampered int.
it's hole a few feet away. Horace continued
to hold down his job, but it was n Ions
time before he heard the last of it. This IL
the last Of it.
Our postmaster recently received "A letter
Of inquiry from n lady living in Washing
ton, ID. g., asking the origin of Philhrook
the well known metropolis of the Judith
valley. Without going into the musty ar
chives of the past for facts and figures, we