Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-22
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| NRGUS & lESuIE'S WEEKLY, 1915
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
We wish you a merry Christmas.

We wish you a merry Christmas.
The ARGUS Is in favor of 1S-cen
wool, $40 per month wages and :
for publishing final proofs.
River Press: Mrs. Culver ant
family, OF Warm Spring creek, Fer
gus county arrived from the eas
today on their way home.
The Christmas V care and dane
ing party announced to have beer
given at Maiden Friday evening, DE
ccmbcr 9th. has been postponed.
Snow storms succeed fair weather
and chinooks the storms, in regular
succession, this section being treated
Il little of each kind during the past
week.
Billings Gazette: Mrs. z. /. Moulc
is i'm the city today from Merrill and
will leave i'll the morning for Free
DOM, Maine, to spend h winter
with relatives.
There will be Christmas exercises
at the Methodist church Friday
evening at 100, followed by the dis
tribution of presents by Santa Claus.
The tree is open for anyone who de-
sires to give presents to friends.
The Christmas exercises of the
Presbyterian Sunday school will be
held at the church Friday afternoon
at , O'Clock. An attractive holiday
program has been arranged and all
interested are invited to be present.
ON the opposite page Will tie found
the advertisement of Samuel LutZ,
the TIBET merchant. Mr.. Lutz re-
turned from Big Timber last week
with Al winters supply of merchan-
disc, which he will sell at cost, freight
added.
Saturday il Christmas day and the
ARGUS force intends to properly OBJ
serve it if the necessary is forth
coming. Our subscribers should not
forget. in this connection, TON
K Jerrys" as well az print paper.
cost money.
S. 5. Hobson is in town this week,
after an absence of a fortnight at
Great Falls. Mr.. Hobson says that
the citizens of Great Falls are max
ing a strong pull for the appoint
ment of w. Il. Pigott to the supreme
bench, though Judge DuBose has
many supporters.
According to the Big Timber Pho
neer, an agreement is being circulat-
ed and signed by the stockmen of
Sweet Grass county for the protec-
ton OF their stock from the wolves,
whereby they agree to pay the sum
OF 81 as a private bounty for each
wolf killed in the county.
Jacob Schaedler waived eXamina-
ton in Justice McFarland's court on
the 18th inst. to the charge of bur
glary in the second degree and will
appear at the next term of b dis
trict court for trial. The complain
ant liz John Lee, Golden jack,
who alleges that Schaedler appropri-
ated to himself an axe and twenty
pounds OF giant powder.
L. 5. Wilson of Highfield, was in
Lewistown last week. Mr.. Wilson
is the manager of the r. b. Thomp-
son interests south of the Snowies.
He says it is quite probable that Mr..
Thompson will locate permanently
in Nebraska. Fergus county citi-
zens will regret to hear this report
confirmed for a nor iovial gentle
man or a better citizen is not en-
rolled upon this county's roster.
John A. Willard, OF Mankato,
Mimi, and president of the Willard
Livestock Co. of Lavina, died sud-
denly last week at his Minnesota
home, the result of an operation.
For many years he had been a prom
inent citizen of Minnesota and was
identified with many strong finan-
cial concerns. The failure OF one in
situation resulted in financial en-
barrassments and, no doubt, hurried
his death.
A telephone exchange will be in
a%ugurated in Lewistown early in
the spring. Tuesday a number OF
our business men We're intervied by
President Wright Of the Lewistown
& Great Falls Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. and before noon, subscrip-
lions for ~ phones had been secured,
nearly all in business houses, though
several are to be placed in residences.
The rates charged will be, per month:
81 for mercantile connections: 50 for
residence connections; SO for connec-
tions between residence and place of
business.
We are authorized by the principal
to announce, that the reason Com
missioner Slayton did not attend the
last meeting of the board was be-
cause he was detained to welcome
the coming of young Miss Slayton
who made her debut on the 10th inst.
Mr.. Slayton says that the snow
which has lain for a straight month
is being whipped about by "a strong
wind, but there il scarcely any bare
ground in the Musso lshell section.
The bottom is very hard and moth
ing but u strong thawing wind can
clear the ranges. Stock of all kinds
have suffered.
Our attention has been called 10y
numerous subscribers at Cotton
wood, Tibet, Philbrook, Stanford and
Utica, to the fact that the ARGUS of
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