Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-10-01

fireworks are peculiarly associated with
the 4th Of July.
Frank Day acted N. one Of the judges
Thursday.
Parties Who are familiar with Helena's
6rst attempts at . fair say the people oil
Fergus county can well De proud Oh the
exhibits and attractions offered here this
year.
There 10 ono point about which there
appeared to be o slight Misunderstanding
and it is important that the public should
know the faets, as 1t was thee earnest desire
and effort OF the people oil Lewistown and
the fair association to leave no chance for
complaint from anyone. We have reIer-
ence to the ball games ON the association
the courtesy OF the association with the
understanding the grounds would be vaca-
ted by 1890 or before the lair gates were
opened. The association offered no purse
for the games and they were as much An
independent attraction as the theater,
only they were given the use OF fairgrounds
because OF the enclosure. The game on
Wednesday dragged along until it en-
coaches upon the time OF the fair and the
players were compelled to quit before the
game was finished. Many who came down
late supposed that tickets to the ball
k8u1S enc@ - luo t8tE 6uo ~
were u lew who demonstrated and could
not be made to believe but that they were
being imposed upon; such was not the case,
however. Hereafter there should be no
chance for misunderstanding as the ball
games can as well he played on grounds
ses secured bv donations from the crowd.
The ball game played in the morning be.
tween the Assinniboine nine and the home
| tao M roonlfoA IN q vicfnrv for tho onldtora
by a score Of II to z, seven innings being
played. The local team was outclassed at
every point, the colored boys would knock
the ball clear out over the track and run
bases like professional footracsrs, several
| home runs being made. The home team
made a great many more errors than they
did runs and played a generally ragged
game. In the field the soldiers played q
strong game, hardly q muff was made and
the ball kept in rapid action. 1t was a
pleasure to see such q good game, by one
side, at least.
The officers OF the Tenth Cavalry were
entertained last evening at the Sunset
| Club rooms by the citizens, some forty
OF our most prominent business and pro-
fessional men endeavoring to make the
last evening OF the troops In Lewistown
/ an enjoyable one. Several bottles were
broken. Manager Linden OF the theatre
cal trOup. furnished much of the enter
tainment, ~reciting several standard poems
and telling capital stories.
Miss Mackey and Miss Cook are
in charge of the ladies' department.
| Miss Mackey has aided in this work
several years and visitors are always
glad to see her, while Miss Cook
makes a popular assist ant.
The Power and Montana exhibits
are attracting much attention and
deservedly 80 for they r certainly
handsome. Many expressed surprize
that such nice furniture could be pur-
chased in LewistOwn. One would be
hard to please who could not find a
stove to suit them among the varie-
ties displayed in that building.
Hobensack & Sloan exhibit two
very fine ranges I'm Exhibition hail..
The judges are giving almost uni
versal satisfaction. But n man
was heard to charge q job and he
had just dropped a few dollars.
No poultry or stock, with the ex-
ception of a few bucks, have yet ar
rived but the pens will be full before
the close of b meeting.
The gate receipts yesterday were
about 500, a very good showing for
the first day.
There is a notable lack of 'skin
games," largely due to the Chandler
anti-gambling law aud the precau-
lions taken by the trustees not to
grant permits TO anything which
may oe '.uin.Ion vi tnas Just law.
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Of n hies 1rassss and 1ra;ns
la. Hogeiand exhibits some fine look.
ing onions. mangeI wurtzels and
POTATOES, while some farmer, whose
display is on the center rack. shows
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