Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-09

II DIR. Wamsley of Choteau, came I
t from the the Falls Sunday and N
2 manned until tOday. The doctor l
acting as deputy state veterinarian
and while here examined sever
r horses reported to be afflicted wit
CHAMBERS. At Frank Moshner's h
. ordered one Guaranteed awaiting
developments.
: The Ease of the state versus Arthur
: McCarty, held upon the charge of en-
ticing a minor away from home fOl
immoral purposes, the preliminary
examination in which occupied thu
attention Of the justice court fol
four days, came to a sudden termi
nation in the district court Monday
1t had been the intention of County
Attorney Cheadle, by arrangement
with defendant's attorney, Black
ford, to try the case this term, but
upon the converting of the afternoon
session, Mr.. Cheadle stated that dur
ing the past hour the knowledge
of certain additional testimony had
reached him and that II an offense
had been committed it had been
within the borders Of Meagher
county, therefore this court having
no Jurisdiction, he asked that he be
given time to prepare a statement
and that the prisoner be held await
Ing action of Meagher county Off
GERS with whom he would commune
cate at once. While no positive
statement was made it is under
stood that If McCarty is tried at all
it will be upon the charge of rape.
Meagher county officers are expected
to reach Lewistown today.-LATER-
The Meagher county officers have
wired that owing to the insufficiency
of the evidence they are doubtful
II conviction on the charge of rape
could be secured.
Register Hilger is in receipt of a
letter from the state board of land
commissioners to the effect that they
have been advised by Deputy Reece
of IN desire of the citizens of Lewis
W ButSiftSC u Y Ndlu DOEllOI
of section 16 for cemetery purposes
and that they will sell such portion
as may be needed, providing that
the land selected shall be contiguous
to n quarter-section line, at the mini
mum price of $40 per acre. Mr.. Hill
ger says ten acres can be selected
which will lie rs the board directs is
necessary and include all the land
now used az a cemetery beside suffi-
cient additional acreage. as will be
needed for many years. The title to
this land must be vested in a prop
erly organized society with officers
duly elected and this to end q public
meeting is called for Thursday even
ing of this week, at 1870 p. m, In the
Presbyterian church, to organize such
a society and take such action as IL
necessary to provide for the raising
of the purchase price. 1t has been
suggested that the land be plated
and that the relatives of those who
lie in the cemetery be asked to con-
tribute n proportion to amount of
land they have or desire and that a
price be fixed at which lots will in
the future be sold, so that a small in
come may be provided for necessary
improvements. The county has
agreed to contribute in accordance
with this plan. Let the meeting be
well attended for the care of the
loved mes who have departed this
life should not be neglected.
The Anaconda Standard COM
mented in a recent ISSUE upon the
list of applicants from this state for
positions in the gift of the national
administration, the Information be-
ing furnished by A. H.. Hersey. at
present in Washington. There are
l5S on the list and the Standards
computOr announces that this In one
for every 66 votes cast for Mckinley
applicants and their residence, they
assign but four to Lewistown, put
ting us in the same class as Living
ston, Miles City and other minor
points. This is entirely wrong;
Miles City has been given notoriety
at our expense, for in the list credi-
ted to that flag station is Thomas
Gregory and Donald Fowler, both
of Lewistown and candidates for
the LewistOwn land Office. Beside,
whether Intentionally or otherw wise.
at least two otheg candidates for
positions i'm this land office were not
mentioned at all. To say nothing
of candidates for postmasters, we
know of eight Fergus county men
who are anxious to serve their coun-
try, which is an average OF one man
to every 80 votes cast for Mckinley
in this county, and while this is be-
low the state average, it is sufficient
to put us away ahead of town like
Miles City or Livingston. The eight
referred to are: r. Won TObel, for
consul to Zurich, Switzerland; l.. w.
Eldridge. for receiver of the Lewis
town land office; Edward Brassey
and Donald Fowler, for register of
the land office; Cyrus Stiles and W.
II. Mcfarland for either register or
receiver; II. W. Noble for timber in
spector for Montana; T. l.. Halbert
Jr. for any good position. There
may be others; II there are the omis-
| sion of their names ia unintentional.