Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-08-23

The FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS ha,
passed the eleventh year of it's usefu
existence. The ARGUS is one OF tn.
Chronicles brightest exchanges and il
a most welcome visitor weekly. II
enjoys "a wide circulation and is de
servedly popular in Fergus county
which it has assisted so materially tC
build up.-Bozeman Chronicle.
Father van den Heuvel leaves Lew
istown this week andit snot expected
that he will return. The Helena dio
cese is short of priests and Father
van den Heuvel Is called to fill N oI
the vacancies. The Benton priest
will visit Lewistown at intervals dur
ing the winter but Lewistown will have
no resident priest until next spring at
least. Father van den Heuvel has
made many warm friends, not only
among his parishers but among prot
estants who admired the father
spirit OF liberality and good fellowship.
VIC !" ittCikt vi " Ctt
Mrs. Dollie O'Donovan in which she
states that it is her intention to have
a fine display OF county minerals at
the coming fair. She desires that
those having specimens oil ore or coal
which they would like to exhibit would
send them either to her at Maiden or
leave them ut the ARGUS Office. Mrs.
O'Donovan states that she had charge
OF the first mineral display at the
Helena state fair and will use her best
efforts to make this exhibit as much
of a success as that at Helena. Miners
should lend the lady their aid.
Helena Independent: Fergus coun-
tvs real estate valuation as returned
10y the county board received the high
est raise OF any county yet acted upon.
The county boar;l returned u real es-
tate assessment Of $4S5, TAT, which
was over $4,000 less than the assess
mentr eturnedlby the county assessor.
and $414,S 2S as the valuation OF inn
Blo CiiiCiiNoy WhiNu was Tx I'll
amount as returned by the assessor.
The state board increased the real
estate assessment 40 per cent, and the
valuation OF improvements on that
class OF property was raised 20 per
cent. The total assessments equalized
by the county boards that have been
rannrtal fhI,l for a ra ne f0llourS. RoA-
verhead county, S,562,1O6; Choteau,
50 ,T5G,115; Custer, SO, 266, $50;
1920, $50; Dawson, $1,s97, 7S9;
Fergus, $3,674, 765; Gallatin, $780,
SCI; Granite, 81, $751; 6l; jefferson,
S3.103, 74O; Meagher, S4,2s4,452;
Park, S3,932, ISL; RavalIi, 81, $780,
7s2; Silver Bow, S2O,O33,1 1875; Teton,
Sl,4O7,137; Valley, S924,624; yell
lowstone, SO, 741.2 35.
The family and friends of Paul
Morase, an old-timer of Lewistown,
have for some time been worried as
to his whereabouts. He started on
the 25th OF May last to visit his
brother in the Northwest territory
accompanied by Jerry St. John, a
French breed. Nothing had been
heard from him and in answer to an
inquiry his brother wrote that he had
not seen Paul. Doc Beaupre returned
from Great Falls last week and re-
ported having seen St. John who told
IA rather incredible story about his
i'll fortune. St. John related that
their horses and wagons had been
stolen from them and that he had
been ''dead broke" until his father in
Worcester. Mass, had sent him 500.
st. John displayed quite a roll of
money but the same night got on a
spree and was robbed so that on the
following morning he obtained
fifty cents from Beaupre to purchase
a breakfast. When Morase's friends
heard this story they feared Morase
had been foully dealt with and i'm
mediately procured a warrant for st.
Johns arrest and Sheriff Deaton
SttTItu iOE predt fdlHS- III COIlpli-
ance with teleeraphic request Detec-
tive Germ of Great Falls arrested st.
John and held him until Sheriff Dea-
ton could arrive. Monday afternoon
Sheriff Deaton telegraphed from
Shelby Junction near Havre, "Paul
Morase all right" but the particulars
OF Morase's strange actions were not
known until the sheriff returned. In
quiry among settlers proved that the
party had lost their horses as St.
John related and that Morase was at
present in the Sweet Grass hills hunt
ing horses and prospecting. One of
the settlers told Sheriff Deaton that
Moraseh had spent a night at his ranch
a few weeks ago and while there said
he guessed his family was worried
about him but that he would not write
home until he had found his horses.
st. John has been discharged.