Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-21

The annual meeting Of the Lewis
town Rod & Gun Club was held a
the office Of the secretary Friday last
the following officers being electe
for the ensuing term: president, T
Z. Smith; vice-presideut, John Keal
ney secretary and treasurer, Ed
mund Wright, reelected. The frs
| regular shoot was set for next Frida,
| afternoon and it was ordered tina
| the secretary procure three badge
to be awarded for the best record
i'm the three ~claesses. Class A vii
include those making an averag
score of so per cent or better In tn
first four shoots, class b those max
ing an average Of from 20 to 80 pc
cent and class c those making a
average of less than 60 per cent
the badges being Rewarded at tn
end of each four shoots. The secre
tary was instructed also, to CORES
pond with the Benton club in rela
ton to a match.
Friday evening the concluding
number of a series of progressive
whist parties was held at the Sunset
club and at the close four prizes were
awarded. The series included thirty
five games of two hands each. The
first ladies prize, a beautiful souvenir
spoon with the word Sunset n
graved I'm the bowl, was won by
Mrs. w. w. White, who had made a
q Of 100, and the second. u half
dozen Haviland China sauce dishes,
by, Mrs. r. G.. Cooper. whose score
was SO. The first g~entleman's prize
was won by Halsey II. Watson, on a
of 80, and was a sterling silver
match box bearing the word Sunset,
and the second, a handsome copy of
POe's "LenOre" was awarded G. w.
Frields on a score Of IS. The first
three winners played the entire five
evenings while MIR. Frields was pres
ent but the first three, consequently
holding n better average than the
Others. There were As participants
in the contest.
On the first page will be found an
account of the arrest of j.
B. Filter on thechargeo Of perjury, and
his erratic actions. This culprit will
be remembered as having prOmi-
nently figured for some time on the
upper Judith. While here he was
generally regarded as partially in
sane, though not no far off as to pre-
vent his being In considerable trouble
yet always smooth enough to avoid
arrest. He was thought to be the
man who set fire to j. s. Huntoon's
sheep sheds and also one who at
tempted to pass a forged assignment
upon the land officials, but the Fer
gus county officers could not gain
evidence In either case to
warrant arrest. He attempted his
"skin" game On Clerk Perkins but
that official was too wary for him
and refused to issue bounty certifi-
Gates 81 the hides presented. Filter
left this sectian last fall, shortly
after a fistic encounter with James
Weaver, at the close OF which
he was lodged in Jail for a night.
While Filter is undoubtedly pro-
vided with q varied assortment of
wheels, he is not the kind of q man
should be acquitted of a crime
on the grounds of insanity; the pen
itentiary is the place for him. There
is no credence placed in his ''confes-
of several murders.
The supreme court last week
down several decisions
among which were the following:
appealed from this county: Gus
tave VOigt VS.. II. p. Brooks &
Bros. This was an action on an
account stated. The defendants de-
INJURED. The demurrer was over
ruled, and the defendants electing to
stand upon their demurrer, the court
rendered judgment In favor of plain
tiff. The appeal is from the judg-
ment. Judgment affirmed. John
Mcdonnell VS.. Il. E. Collins and j. T.
Arlington. The plaintiff brought
action in the district court to recover
the amount Of an account claimed
to be owing by the defendants,
who appeared and filed a demurrer
to the complaint, at the same time
filing an affidavit Of merits and a
demand for a change of venue, claim
ing that both Of the defendants re-
sided In Cascade county. The court
refused to change the place Of trial.
Chief Justice PembertOa reverses the
ruling and the case il remanded
with instructions to grant a change
of venue.
The Fergus county board of com.
missiOners and Clerk Perkins returned
from the Musselshell Sunday, where
they met Messrs. Bond and Grewel
of the Yellowstone county hoard
and after consideration of the mat
ter determined to build a bridge
across the Musselshell at the lower
crossing, being the stage road from
F1atwillOw to Junction. Boil
boards had received bids for tn,
work, the lowest Of which was "a, $50
but II. X. Fitch, Butte agent of tn,
Gillette-HerzOg Co. Of Minneapolis
who was present. finally agreed t.
do the work satisfactorily for $500
and he was awarded the contract
OF this amount Fergus county will
pay $1,000 and Yellowstone, 81. 200
the residents of that section to built
suitable approaches without charg,
to either county. The bridge will b.
of the combination order. having
piles driven to bed rock and thre,
and one-half foot steel tubes from