Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-11

For rent, a siX-roOm house. In
Quire at this office.
3 Should the Benton ball team ig'
|, more the challenge for Fair week, the
Belt boys say they will accept an i'll
vitation t. fill the dates.
Cameron Bros, from South of the
Snowies, spent several days i'm town
this week. They talk some of hunt
ing up a new location i'm Wyoming.
Bill Atkinson, of Belt, formerly of
Gilt Edge, spent several days in town
the past week attending to business
i'm connection with his mining inter
est at Gilt Edge.
The preliminary examination of
Ed Pagel and John Bowc at Utica
last week, TN the charge of assault
in the second degree upon w. A.
Waite's her,ler named Priess, re-
suited i'm the defendants being bound
over L the district court. In the
same court Ed Waters was examined
Thursday upon the charge of bur-
glary upon the camp of w. III. Ball.
cock, and he was also bound over
to the upper court
David Bowman last week handed
in a card of thanks which i'm some
manner failed to get on the copy
hook. MIR. Bowman, In hehalf of the
family, wishes to express his graft
tude and heartfelt thanks to all
L f,tan.lS an.l nai.r,h.,r, urhn sn EtrHlu
extended aid during the late illness
Of and at the funeral services of his
mother. Their kindness and efforts
to assuage the sorrow of the be-
reaved will ever be remembered.
l.. w. Gerlich, for several years an
employee of the ARGUS office, arrived
from Great Falls Friday and will be
employed in the Democrat Office for
three weeks. w. w. Kimball will
take a brief vacation. Mr.. Gerlich is
pleased to be afforded the opportuD-
ity of fishing in Spring creek, though
from his experience Sunday, he says
the sport is nothing compared with
what 1t was a few years ago. He
finds Lewistown much changed, al
most losing himself on the side
streets, N says we certainly have
nothing to- complain of I'm the way of
hard times. Such Is the comment of
all who visit Lewistown after several
years absence.
The county board of equalization
completed its labors Monday fore
noon and the minutes of the meeting
will be found in this issue. The tax
levy for this year was fixed at "a
mills, as against % mills a year.
The increase is one mill in school
tax and one and one-half mills in
bounty tax, the poor tax being one
half mill less this year. The raise in
bounty tai was in accordance with
the law passed at the last session of
the Legislature and, of course, only
affects stock taxes. livestock indem-
nifty and the stock inspector and de-
tective fund levies also exclusively
affect stock interests, the general tax
for h county being 10 mills.
y. LIZ u oidiio was III III
Edge Monday. He reports that the
parties who are working Spotted
Horse tailings by the cyanide pro-
cess n making money fast, the re-
suits being ever more profitable than
it was thought when the work was
started. Mr.. Poland also says that
there il rumor in Gilt Edge that w.
del. Benedict, who, at reported last
week, had bonded the New Year
properties and placed location noti-
ces on ground partly covered by the
Lookout and Lucky lodes, would
soon control. either by purchase,
lease or bond, all the MOshner &
Butts Bros. and Woodbury. inter-
ests In Gilt Edge. The up
pears to be well founded from some
matters which have come to light in
Lewistown, though how soon the
deal, II concluded, will be made pub
lie, is u matter of doubt.
Chester Dean, who was sentenced
to six months in Jail at the Novem-
Der term of court last year for steal
ing a horse and saddle from j. H..
Magallon, and who concluded his
term of imprisonment in April last,
is again In the county bastile. After
release from jail he was given en-
ployment by Sheriff Waite on his
sheep ranch, but was discharged by
the foreman for retaining small arti-
cles In his pocket which did not be-
long to him. Since arrest he has
held a spite toward j. H. Magallon
and last week robbed Mr.. MagallOn's
house on Mcdonald creek. This time
he will probably be sent to Deer
Lodge. Jailer Waite reports that
the second day after Dean was
placed in Jail, a letter arrived for
him from a distance, addressed in
care of the jailor, from which 1t
would appear that Dean either antic-
ipated his address and so ordered
his mail, or his correspondent sus-
pected his residence.
About half past two o'clock last
Thursday afternoon, at Reese Ander-
derson's ranch near For Maginnis,
a load of hay being driven to
the stack by Mr.. Anderson was
struck by lightning and his thir.
teen year old son, Willie, seri.
|. ously injured. On the load were Mr.,
Anderson, the son Willie and a
|, younger brother. Lightning had
been playing about for some time
and MIR. Anderson intended abandon
!, ing the work as soon as he reached
the stack with this load. When
within a few feet of the stack the