Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-05-19
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

Monday OF last week Miss E,lna Taft
Jack Coburn, the man recently shot by
Mrs. Dake on Antelope creek, was buried al
Utica Friday morning last.
Philbrook freighters. who have been So
jonrning for the past month on the road
between here and the Falls, are struggling
home one by one.
Lew Eldridge the assessor still hover-
gently near this community. When We are
dead and gone we may possibly get away
from the tax man.
Nathan Platt recently sold his residence
property in Philbrook to Chas. f. Hess.
Mr.. Hess, after making some additions.
will move into il with his bride.
G. NJ. Goodell and Frank Prouett have
recently constructed "A 20o-foot fiume for
their ditch across the Judith at Philbrook.
their old ruIu- was torn away with the
old bridge.
The corner stone of the new Methodist
church on Beaver creek was laid last week
with appropriate services. The money
subscribed has all been paid in. Who said
hard times
Two r~ustling Young men from kalispell
have opened a saloon at Utica. IL is
stated that they have rented for two wears
all the buildings in that place. belonging Ia
GAM 4 Klein.
The firm Of F.. F. Hersey x CO., mer
chants "r phiihr""k, has been dissolved 10y
mutual consent. Horace Phillips HAVING
purchased the stock will in the future con
duet the hI Ane4s st the old stand.
Saturday last Rev. Craven and family
started Tnr Boz-mnn, where they will sI,-nd
their vacation until next August. Our
pastor il absent. hut mark We, the devil
stiIl continues at the original place al hnsi-
NESS.
SATURDAY last a hmnch Of 800 steers, one
aud TIVE years nIi, brought from Helena,
were turned loose on the bench Just north
OF Philbrook. They belong tn "a Mr..
Grimes, who recently purchased the cattle
ON this range bearing the broadaxe brand.
Mr.. Mcssncr 81 Utica, late of ClIas. Lcli,-
man a Co.. will probably embark soon in
the sheep business, for he has apprenticcl
himself To lack Waite to learn the ins and
| outs ell the trade lie II now lhillltTset III
the mysteries Of lambing.
Jack Friend. who has been riding the
range III this vicinity for T.. j. Morrison for
the past four years, has gone to join the
Bear Paw roundup, where he will ride for
ole Tho rson, of STANFORD. Little Jack"
was accompanied by our other local cow
boys who are on the lookout for u place to
work.
John Pearson. the cattleman, was in
Philhrpnk last Thursday and heard for the
first time of the homicide OF Antelope
creek. Boys" said Pearson. with much
feeling, III anything should ever happen to
me my address is Union Stock Yards, Chi
cago.'
Winter lefurc last Thompson, the fruit
Utica, and While there he lost in one of the
fields n purse containing a S75 cheeh which
he afterwards tried in vain tn duplicate.
Mr.. Thompson recently found the purse
with the cheek in good condition.
John Meyer, of TIBET, came to Philbrook
last week for surgical Treatment. About "a
month ago he in some way injured his
hand aud blnVi poisoning ensued. The
bones of the middle finger became decayed,
and it WAS found necessary To amputate
the menlher at the second joint.
Utica is sadly in need of a school teacher.
The trustees want to the school
at once, but there is nobody To take the
intellectual sprinkling pot and teach the
young and tender ideas how to shoot. II
does seem that this year school teachers
are scarcer than hens teeth.
The many would he otticehollers who are
Just now tiutiering about the candle of po-
litiral aspirations say with one accord
that they are in the hands OF their friends.
When the smoke Of battle has cleared
away, however. many will find themselves
in the hands oi their enemies.
II was "a bright Summer morning, and a
glori"nsly invigorating sun shone in all its
streets and narrow alleys 81 Utica. The
sun did all this. and still there WAS sun
| shine lett more than sufficient IT, Gid Jack
Murphy beard aud chase away f"r "a tipe
at least the gloom from Hauserman'-
ditch. Utica was then called the sporting
center, and indeed il was well named. for
wasnnt Jim shelton, Taylor Allen, "WaNy'
Weatherwax and sam Scott all living
there? Within Jim SI,-lton's place all was
bright ness itself. The bloom WAS ON the
brandy bottle. aud the fragrance OF ,1Ig-
grtt Havanas filled the air with it, sweet
fragrance. All was gay aud light hearted
this morning, even though it foIlnwcd SO
closely upon a night Of revelry, puGctnated
- -I g.l.g-l - L.. 4l-II-.-
up" at the bar. We said all were Joyous:
but stop, there was one filed with doubt
and anxiety. Sam Scott, the generous
hearted carpenter. sat nervously in one
corner will an eye riveted upon the ceiling
above him. Sam stared and pondered
and stared again until he could no longer
stand the suspense. Jim" said sam;
"Jim, come here" Jim FASTENED to his
side. and followed with his eyes the finger
Of Scott as it pointed TREMENDOUSLY to the
roof above. In ii subdued tone barely dis
%guising his great earnestness Scott said:
Jim, is that n fly , YES, said Shelton,
lit is Il fly Well piped Scott in a re-
assured voice. III that is - fly ] am all
right. The moral to this true story is:
BE sure YOU are right then 20 ahead"
Apropos of the anecdote of Scott and the
fly is one we recently heard of n man who
went to Dwight and successfully took the
treatment for the opium habit. 1t is well
to set the reader Alright by stating that the
burden al "a mans illusion when in that
condition is a never ending procession
passing before him Of monkeys Of every
size, form and color, with a plenteous back
ground of more monkeys. This man re-
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