Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

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Friday, July 9th, at 3 o'clock. Al
members are requested to attend.
". W. Dewitt is in receipt OF a
letter from Miss Trace Hoberton
dated at Trempleau, Wisconsin, in
which she resigns her position in the
Lewistown school.
Rev. T. A.. Girvin, formerly of Lew
istown but recently from Sand Coulee,
will occupy the pulpit 1T the Metho-
dist church next sunday morning and
evening. Rev. Hawk left yesterday
and Mr.. Parrot will leave Friday for
Arlington to meet the advance guard
of the Methodist clergy who will be in
attendance at conference.
Frank Scott, agent of the Great
Falls & Lewistown Stage Co., an
nounces that hereafter coaches will
make the run in twenty-four hours,
leaving Lewistown at noon and ar
irving al Great Falls the following
day in time for the trains going east
and west. Our Great Falls and Hell
ena mails will reach US at : a. m.
Norman Poland, who has been at
tending college at New Brunswick, New
Jersey, for the past four years, is
spending vacation with his parents in
Maiden. Norman was at the county
seat Wednesday and made the ARGUS
a pleasant call. He has grown tall
and good looking and is well informed.
He is al excellent scholar and has i'm
proved his opportunities to get an
education.
At a meeting of the base ball play
ers OF Lewistown held on Saturday
evening last, the Lewlstown Electric
base ball nine was organized with
membership as follows: +. Ill. Sher-
wood, j. G. Bebb, II. j. Johns, F.. A.
Foster, John Lyons, John Arthur, f.
b. Shafer, W. III. Parrott, AL Samuels
and W. 4. Draper. r.. II. Sherwood
was elect ell captain and +. +. Smith
manager. The boys have already be-
gun practice with the expectation of
making the weather torrid for the
Benton nine during fair week.
The Great Falls department OF the
Anaconda Standard of the 18th inst.
contains the following: Freight
teams yesterday brought in ten tons
OF ore from the Spotted Horse mine
mt Maiden, n distance OF 16O miles.
the ore is from the rich pocket re-
Gently discovered in that famous mine,
some OF which assays rs high as Sl5,-
600 to the to the ton. Inasmuch as
the freight charges aggregate nearly
S25 per ton, 1t takes pretty good ore
to pay even freight on the wealth
snatched from the EARTH"
At the recent meeting of the board
OF county commissioners the propo-
sition of striking mortgages from the
assessment was considered. These
yield almost no evenue while their
assessment raises the totals by a
quarter million. No authority for
dropping them, however, could be
found and they will stand rs listed by
the assessor. Could authority have
been found and they had been dropped
Fergus county would fall into the
third class, which would have made a
a considerable lowering of thecounty's
expenses.
Tribune: There was an important
meeting held at the Park hotel last
evening relative to the construction Of
and Lewistown, and other sections OF
the Judith basin. Many of the most
prominent citizens of the various Sec
tions interested were present, and
after some informal conversation or
the subject it was agreed to circulate
a subscription paper in the different
localities to promote the reconstruction
OF the line. There now seems to be
a very favorable view of the enter
prise being inaugurated.
Lewistown is o enjoying good
stage service and our citizens trust
that rivalry between the several lines
will continue. The Montana Stage
company is now running a four-horse
coach from Great Falls and making
the trip in from fourteen to sixteen
hours. The Great Falls 4 Lewistown
company deliver Great Falls papers
here twenty-four hours after issue, ar
irving in the morning. The Billings
coach is coming i'll on time and the
Benton four-horse line arrives regu-
larry. Competition is dong what
protest, petition and remembrance