Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-10-20

John Ross has received the ap
pointment OF postmaster at DentoI
to succeed III. F. Dent, resigned. TIL,
office is not a sinecure.
Frank MOshner, who was in towT
from Gilt Edge Monday. says that
from thirty to thirty-five men are be
ing employed by E. W. King in the
hills about the Gilt Edge camp.
Tunneling ia being done on several
properties with a view to opening
up a good body of ore. At present
two tunnels are being run on the
old Gilt Edge property, one on a
fraction lying between that mine
and the Lookout, and referred to
last week as being a promising pros
pect, and one tunnel on the Chicadee
Fraction, purchased of Charles Young
by Mr.. King. When the mill will
start up Is uncertain, but will de-
pend on the securing Of ore. Mr..
King Is in close business relations
with L. G. Phelps.
David Calbreath and wife returned
to the Judith last week from Salt
Lake City, and on Monday Mr. Cal
breath was in town. AS u result Of
their visit to the Mormon Mecca
Mrs. Calbreath's health, we are
pleased to announce, is much i'm
proved, and as this was the princi-
pal reason Of the visit Mr.. CalbreAth
is contented. OF times in Utah, Mr..
Calbreath has a sorry tale. He says
he was unable to secure a position
of any kind and that the wave of
prosperity seems to have passed en-
tirely around the state. He is such
an ardent advocate Of Organism that
1t is a question II he would recognize
prosperity II he saw 1t. Mr.. Cal
breath will spend the winter in his
old home on the Judith.
s. B. Flowers returned Monday
night from North Dakota, where he
had been looking after collections
for a month past. Mr.. Flowers has
sold several bands of horses in that
StAo AZ bPChoo cohlC llhlC lllCTc
each fall in securing the payment Of
obligations. MI. Flowers says that
he never before saw such a wonder
full change in a single year. That
while last year he had to tap those
who owed him on the shoulder in
order to get even the interest money,
this year his debtors greeted him
with the happy s~alutation, "Glad to
see you, l want to take up that note
of mine right away" Mr.. Flowers
says his nephew. Clinton, and his
wife, are now located In Omemee, N.
d., where he is conducting a livery
busting and doing well.
Three half-breed boys and n full
blooded Piegen boy, the eldest of
whom was about twelve years of
age, were taken into custody last
week by Sheriff Waite at the request
of the officer at the United States
Indian school at Sun River. The
boys had run away and had walked
to the breed settlement near Lewis
town, one child being a nephew of
Leon Paul. While the sheriff had no
legal warrant he detained the boys
in Jail and secured Paul to take them
back, but owing to certain entangle-
ments of the head and feet the party
did not leave Lewistown until Mon
day. Thursday three of the boys
escaped from jail little care having
been taken to keep them inside,
though it was not thought they
would break out. By the aid of a
poker they turned the key to the
door which had been left in the lock.
1t was little trouble t. again cap
ture them.
Messrs. Wareham and Goodell of
the board of county commissioners
are in special session today upon the
consideration of certain road mat
tiers. While here, steps will be taken
by them to make application for the
cemetery grounds west Of town, in
order that the legal forms will have
been complied with before the state
lands are offered for sale November
LIST. From the Law 1t would appear
that 1t least five acres Of the ground
occupied belongs to the citizens by
virtue of the same having been used
for cemetery purposes for five years
past, but the state is also empowered
to grant the board OF county conf
missioners, to hold for the benefit Oi
the citizens of ar unincorporated
village, additional land, not to ex-
coed 16O acres, for cemetery purposes
Twenty acres il all the citizens de-
sire and this additional fifteen acres
to the amount which is ours by right