Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-16

Inc ladies' OF the CathOitc churcf
will give a dinner In the Liant build
Ing, next to the Day House. on July
3rd. Everybody is cordially invited
to have dinner with them.
Guy Norman and wife expect tC
leave this week for a visit at Hun
ters' Hot Springs and in the Yellow,
stone park. They will be accom-
panied ON their tour by Miss Grace
Rauch. who after viewing the won.
ders of the national park, ~willjourney
west to Oregon. where she will make
her future home with relatives. Mrs.
DR.. Lindsey, Miss Hurst and Mrs.
Carroll will accompany the party as
far as the railroad, the two former go
ing to their home I'm Glendive and the
latter to Livingston for short visits.
The first wool buyer to arrive this
season is c. p. Patterson represent
ing jeremiah Williams & Co., of Bos-
ton, who came I'm this morning. He
reports that there il a large number
of the boys I'm Idaho picking up thu.
clip there, whom he says will be here
within "A week. Regarding the price
to be paid for wool I'm this market
this year, Mr.. Patterson says IL will
all depend ON the grade of the wool
and from what he hears, this years
clip is good In quality and quantity.
The price this year., he a II, will be
much better than last.-Great Falls
correspondence of the Standard.
Calamity Jane" who has been in
the city for a couple of months past
selling the history of her eventful
pioneer life, says she will go east
about the first of August to travel
through the large cities under the
direction of Kohl & Middleton, the
dime museum managers of Cincin-
natl. Dressed in a buckskin suit,
Jane will ~impersonate the female
scout, while as a counter attraction
a Wyoming cowboy will represent
the wild and woody puncher of the
much-abused west. Jane will get
500 a month for her services and
will no doubt be n picturesque figure
al the female scout.-Billings
Gazette.
G.. NJ. Stone and DIR. w. A. Long
Monday last made a considerable
real estate and stock heal with l..
III. Paine Of PhilbrOok. Mr.. Paine
purchased of Will Gray last March
400 acres of land and his undivided
one-half interest I'm the firm of Gray
Bros. This land and interest Messrs.
Stone and Long have now secured,
the purchase price being $500, and
the deal including the land above
named, which is some of the finest
the Judith river and adjoins that
of s. s. Hobson, 4,2OO head of sheep
of which 1900 are lambs, 80 head of
horses, about 10000 pounds of wool.
Theo. Gray retains his own land and
a one-half interest in the above
named personal property.
Thursday last C. w. Shannon was
found on the bench about one-fourth
of u mile from F. r. Warren's ranch
Utica, with his throatcut. The
matter was at once reported to the
and he and the county at
torney visited the scene. The cir
all pointed to suicide and
a verdict of such was returned.
had visited this section at
intervals for II years, being n sheep
and herder. He had been
about Utica for q few days and COM
planned that some n was trying
to shoot or hang him, he evidently
being mentally deranged. The
ing previous to the finding of the
body he had been at Warren's camp
but efused to sleep there fearing
violence and left In the darkness. He
was about Is years Of age.
David Hilger says that he will
commence shearing at his place to-
morrow and that after the clip ia
shOrn his entire flock will be started
north with the intention of ranging
north OF Malta during the summer.
In the fall he will ship a considerable
portion of the flock, keeping only the
young ewes. Mr.. Hilger says that
although there Is sufficient grass on
the Dog creek range to fatten sheep.
that unless we get rain very soon
and plenty of it there will be no win
ter feed at all and that it behooves
the stockmen to ship a great pOr-
ton of their flOcks as under existing
conditions the country is greatly
~overstocked. Had there been cOpiOus
June rains, making good range and
replenishing the streams, the neces-
sity would not have arisen, although
there is no question but that a con,
siderable reduction in the number of
sheep now ranging would have been
advisable.