Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-12-14
MONTANA NEWS.

Big Timber is to have Il fifty-barrel tiour
mill next spring.
The Butte city street railway has proven
IA losing venture.
The Montana National bank OF Helena
opened its doors for business last Monday.
Before penalty day Silver Bow Taxpayers
contributed to the treasury of that county
$685.. 900 out of a possible $4,000 ~ leav'
ing delinquent the sum of S135,000.
The Shonkin stock association are pay
ing five dollars for the pelt of every wolf
killed on their range. 1t is claimed
that the loss to stock from these pests is
at least twenty-five per cent.
Peter May. "A well known old timer of
Barker, fell dead on the streets of that
/ place a few mornings since. Death wasdue
to heart disease. The deceased had gath
cred much property in Barker and has left
"a Wild circle OF friends.
The Northern Pacific train robbers, Jas.
Smoot and Charles Jones, who are also
charged with murder of one of the posse
which was in pursuit of them, pleaded not
guilty yesterday in the federal court. Their
trials were set for December 10 and 90
Herald.
Francis Pope, a colt bred and raised by
Col. Hundley of Helena, and named after
the secretary OF the Helena Fair and Rae
ing association, Francis Pope, won the
Mexican Derby, mile and ~one-fourth, at
the City of Mexico on December 9Th and
carried 122 pounds.
James Stewart, who was rescued from
the mountains north of Drummond with a
broken leg some two weeks ago. is getting
along very nicely. He is being well cared
for and his leg is mending rapidly. He is
passed all danger and will be out as soon
as could be expected.-Philipsburg Mail.
A telegram from Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada, says that Tom Purcell, an old
whisky trader, and Dave Akers got into a
quarrel at Fort Whooup IA few days ago
and that Akers was killed. Purcell sur
rendered himself to the Lethbridge author
tiles and says that he shot and killed
/ Akers in self defense. They had been
friends for forty years and the day of the
shooting quarreled over "a cattle deal. The
old timers oil northern Montana will recol-
Iect these men for they were among the
early settlers in this section.-Tribune.
VIM. Gay, the notorious outlaw and
murderer Of Sheriff RAIDER, whose where
abouts are unknown, lost a law suit "A few
DAVIS ago which involved IL valuable tract
of Iand neal Castle. The Helena land office
is in receipt OF the decision from the secre-
tary OF the interior in the case between
VIM. Gay and n. K. Benson The latter
made a homestead entry OF "A tract OF land
adjoining the Castle TOWNSHIP i'm 1892.
GAY contested, and the land office decided
in favor OF Benson. This decision is
affirmed. Benson was editor and proprie-
tor oil the Castle Reporter and his printing
Office was destroyed by fire set by Gay.
daring robbery occurred at Big Timber
last Sunday morning about 10 o'clock.
At that hour two masked men entered
Lily Il McDonald's saloon. One had a
large, eloquent six-shooter in his hand.
The other displayed no firearms. Mr.. Lily
and two or three men we're in the room at
the time. The man with the six-shooter
demanded all the money Mr.. Lilly had.
Under the inducement of the gun Mr.. Lily
opened the safe and handed out about $50.
He then told the highwaymen he had so
in his pockets, but they were content to
let him keep the change. AT this iuncture
Clerk Davis OF the Big Timber hotel came
in hurriedly and asked for change for So.
''Give me you five," abruptly demanded
the stranger with the gun. Though he
had never been formally introduced to NJ.
H~ighwayman. the clerk obliged him with
the So. Both robbers then left the saloon
and were soon lost to sight in the dark
ness.
The experiment OF removing the great
masses of snow from the hill above Lion
CITY with giant powder was tried Sunday
morning under the direction of S. A. Bar.
bour, the mine superintendent, and proved
successful. The heavy explosions resulted
in a third immense snowslide. which car
ried all the snow off the side OF the hill and
at the same time swept away the Cleopatra
mine tramway and the big blacksmith
shop, but no one was injured. Everything
is now rega rded as perfectly safe and the
families are moving back to Lion City from
Glendale. Mr.. Knippenberg states that
great credit is due to Mr.. Barbour for the
heroic manner in which he kept his men in
line in the rescue and in cheering up the
sufferers. Additional shows
that fourteen people were buried in Friday
nights snowslide instead OF seven, of whom
eleven were rescued. The two slides buried
in all nineteen people, killing six.-Helena
Herald.