Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-10-18
A a load of the celebrated Charter


: the mordern imp ovements. Thes,
stoves will he received this week b,
the Montana Hardware Co. and they
propose to- sell them away down DOM
buy until you see their stock and heal
their prices.
Culver's hal will see a lively weel
beginning the 22nd instant. Hal. S
Corbett speaks Monday evening, De
Judges Troubadours give an enter
tainment Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, the Helena campaigners ],
A. Largent and j. X. Barrows speak
Wednesday evening and Senator
Power and Judge Hedges will prob,
ably occupy the rostrum Friday even.
ing.
Teachers Institute is in session at
the school house with a good attend
ance. The roll of members includes
our next superintendent as all three
candidates are participants. The
evening exercises are held in the Pres
byterian church, the program last
evening including an interesting lecture
by Mrs. Laura E. Howey. This even
ing State Superintendent Steere and
+. X. Cheadle will lecture.
b. c. White on Monday last paid an
election bet which had been hanging
over him for two years. MIR. White
while c~anvassing for Grover Cleveland
wagered George Pirrie of Halbert that
in the event OF Cleveland election Mr..
Pirrie would receive more for his wool
in 1898 than he did in 1892. MIR. Pr
RE now ear a new hat but it is
small recompensefor a fall in the price
OF his wool from 10 cents in 1892 to
81 cents in 1898.
The Republican candidate for clerk
and recorder, W. S. Perkins, enjoys
heconfidence and esteem of the voters
of this county. Had lie been defeated
IN convention he would have accepted
the result gracefully and been found
working for the whole ticket, instead
OF conapiring with the opposition for
it's defeat. He is every inch a man OF
the people, and while he makes no
grand stand" play for votes he qui-
city says if elected he intends to con-
duct his office with just as little cleri-
cal force as possible to dispense with
the business. Having had experience
in a clerk and recorders office in ILL
nois he would not enter upon his
duties as a green hand. lie is worthy
of the solid support of the party.
A vote for John ID. Waite candidate
for sheriff, will be a vote cast for a
gentleman of character and ability, a
man of uniform kindness of heart ap-
proachable and agreeable at all times.
No man who knows him well would
say that he is stuck up or aristocratic.
He is a pioneer in Fergus county and
''roughed it" along with others. Pri-
vate business in remote parts will not
give a man the opportunity to meet
people As frequently as it does a man
holding a public office or one located
i'll a county seat or town. The asser-
ton that Mr.. Waite feels above his
fellows is a cold blooded lie, reiterated
in certain quarters to prejudice voters
who have never met him. We believe
the voters of this county possess too
much intelligence and manhood to be
misled by such dirty methods.
We are in receipt of the October
number of the Good Roads," which
contains several valuable contribu-
tons on the subject OF Montana, the
Treasure State" The Introductory
is by F.. H. Ray. The "Roads of
Montana" are treated by Prof. Trap
hagen, Public Education in Mon
tana" by Chief Clerk Wylie of the
Board of Education, Montana Agri-
culture" by Prof. Emery. All of the
articles are well written and display
in good form Montana's greatness.
Good Roads" is the official organ OF
the League OF American Wheelmen and
is doing good work in thecause of bet
ter roads throughout the country.
The price is ten cents per copy. The
October number will prove a good ad-
vertisement for Montana and is an
excellent number to send among your
friends.
Geo. Baker, who was up from Sour
Dough Springs last week. related u
peculiar incident in animal life. Mr..
Baker, in company with Frank Camp
bell, are wolfing in the brakes OF the
Missouri. A short time since MIR.
Campbell, in riding over the country
looking after his bats, observed two
animals at a distance apparently en-
gagged in mortal combat. Changing
his course he rode towards the
objects, and, as he approached,
discovered that two antelope had
locked horns and were making n des-
perate effort to free themselves. He
put spurs to his horse, and upon
reaching the scene dismounted and
quickly relieved the animals from slow
but certain death by cutting the
throats of both with his hunting knife.
Mr.. Baker said that the horns of one
OF the antelope turned in toward
each other instead of back, as usual,
this freak accounting for the DEATH
lock in which they were found. Mr..
Baker has preserved the horns as they
were fastened, so that anyone car see
them at his cabin if they doubt his
veracity.