Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-28
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] ARGUS & IESIIE'S WEEKLY, 1915
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

James Weaver has decided to go
into business at Billings.
VIM. Jenkins now occupies his new
quarters in the Norman building.
Miss Walker OF the Judith. is visit
ing with Mrs. W. A. Long this week.
Remember. Gov. Smith has desig-
mated May IL AZ Arbor day. Let it
be observed.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Vim
son on Thursday, April 22nd. n girl,
Weight, * pounds.
Mrs. Theodore Sloan and daughter
left for Texas last week, where they
will spend the summer.
w. W. White. of the Power Mer-
camille Co., returned from a hurried
trip tn Chicago, Tuesday morning
on the delayed Benton coach.
Several new desks for the court
house arrived Monday and have
been put into use by officers Cheadle,
Parent, Hogeland and Croft.
Mrs. n. NJ. Erickson and family,
accompanied by her mother and Sis
ter, returned from California Mon
day, where they had spent the win
ter.
New books for the school library
to the number of 276 have been
ordered by Prof. Garrett. The
library will thus be increased to
nearly 800 volumns.
In their adj on first page the
Power Mercantile Co. have some
thing to say about their new stock
of goods. Read carefully before max
ing your purchases.
j. W. Akerly and son, who have
been working i'm the mines at Gilt
Edge during the winter, are now
located i'm the New Year district and
report very promising development.
DIR. Lindsey will this week move
into the Richards building formerly
occupied by DIR. Stone, where he can
hereafter be found by those desiring
his services. Opposite the Day
House.
The Postal Bulletin of April 18th
announces that the department has
established star service from Belmont
to Wilder, 81 miles, round trip once a
week by u schedule of not to exceed
eleven hours each way.
Note the change of matter and
position of the Montana Hardware
Co. Their al will now be found on
editorial page. They handle every
thing in the line of hardware and
machinery and will not be undersold.
Mondays coach from Benton, due
to arrive that evening, did not reach
LEWISTON until 3 a. m. Tuesday,
owing to an extra heavy load OF pas
sengers and trunks and the arrange
ments not being fully perfected for
the summer schedule.
+. A. Barnes and family of Maiden,
passed through Lewistown Monday
en- route to Castle Butte. where they
will live during the summer, Mr.,
Barnes having been employed to
n sthoo IA hot "
n six months term beginning Monday
next.
During the year 1896 forty-thret
aliens were naturalized by the dis.
nativity al the applicants We're ar
follows: Canada, IL; England, 8;
Germany, =; Scotland, 4; Ireland, 8
Switzerland, 3; Sweden, >; Itlay. 4
Norway, |; Wales, l.
Attention is called to the advertise
mcnt i'm another column for bids fol-
grading on the Surprise creek hill Oh
the Great Falls and Lewistowns stage
road. The county surveyor ant
board of county commissioners will
meet ut the site Oh May 18th to re
ceive bids and award the contract.
The abandonment of electricity M
"A motive power will probably b,
necessary To restore the old tim'
prices ON horses, but If you want t.
learn about that wave of prosperit!
ask the man who has cattle, sheep q
wool for sale. He can locate tn
wave exactly Tor he Is strictly in tn
swim"
Helena independents: The board O
land commissioners yesterday mad
an order directing Deputy LAM
Agent Thomas Reece to go to Fergu
county and begin the a~ppraisement
of lands In that section. 1t vii
probably take hin three months t.
complete the appraisement in Fergu
county.
Robert Emmett Hamilton and Mis-
Catherine Reed, of Lewistown, we
married last evening at 4I6 Lawrenc
street, by Rev. Carleton +. Brown
pastor of the First Unitarian church
Helena Independent. The cor
tracing parties are well know I'm thi
section and have the best wishes G
mere friends.
o. W. Bobbs, a bright young Mi,
souri, farmer, arrived from hat stat
Friday night, and will look up locs
tions for several of his relatives. III
left on Mondays coach or Fergus
where he expected to conduct a farr
for II. B. Thompson. the wool grower
He is a relative OF Judge Gillespie {
Columbus, Mo-, who was here las
year on business connected with til
George B. Parker estate.-Billing
Times.