Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-11-10

The report of the local land office
Tor the month of October shows:
1857 acres entered under the desert
land act and final proof made on
12S0 acres under hat act; % home
stead entries aggregating 1888 acres
and 8 homestead proofs aggregating
l440 acres; 2 timber-culture final
proofs aggregating 800 acres and one
sale Of public lands including 12l
acres. Rather than being on a de-
cline Register Hilger says the land
office business during his incumbency
shows n considerable increase over
the same time during the tenure of
Register Burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bebb returned
Thursday last. after nearly a year
spent in Washington, Idaho and
British Columbia. Mr.. Bebb had
been employed at Whitewater, B. c..
for some time, but decided Lewis
had found since he left. Mrs. Bebb
is very unwell and will probably
have to undergo a difficult surgical
operation. Their many friends well
them home and trust Mrs.
Bebb may be fully restored to health.
In the district court the criminal
case against Geo. Ayres was con-
tinued by agreement, neither the
lfafa or fha dafansa hainn oIla n,
secure essential witnesses, several of
whom had gone to Chicago with
cattle. The case against Ed Walters
for assault, was dismissed owing to
the death of the principal witness
for the state, w. H. Babcock. OF
the three large mining cases, that of
Moshner * Butts VS.. VIM. Netting
and Herman Schmitz, was transferred
to Helena by consent; in the action
entitled Moshner and Butts VS..
Ammon-Stivers Mining Co. ct al,
the service was not complete and
that of Jos. Kidd ct al VS.. VIM Atchi-
son ct al, wa continued owing to
the sickness of the plaintiff.
Several citizens of Utica and vicin-
ity have lately shown a disposition
to be bad, one set emulating the
crowd taking their cue from Anar-
chist Debs. Last week the peace
loving members of the community
called for the county officers and
County Attorney Cheadle and Deputy
Sheriff Woods responded, returning
Sunday and Monday with a record
for prompt and effective action.
Two weeks ago John Murphy and
Ole Wight, while under the influence
of liquor. prOmiscuously discharged
revolvers In the vicinity of the school
house where a dance was being held,
and for this breach of the peace were
fined $4l.50 each by Justice Korell.
Last week Valentine Gates, well
known throughout the county, hav-
ing before been in the tolls, attemp-
ted the organization of the herders
working for the Sage Creek Sheep
Co. and a demand for higher wages,
asking $35 per month. While nearly
all signed the agreement, only eight
appeared at the ranch at the desig-
mated time. The company had been
warned and had new men at hand,
promptly discharging all who would
no longer work for $50. Gates re-
fused to give up the sheep and made
other breaches of the peace for which
he paid a fine of $40, and is looking
for a job. The officers also brought
in j. H. Fisher, a boy about u years
old, who persists in getting drunk
and is otherwise incorrigable. The
lad will probably be sent to the re-
form school by Judge DuBOse. Utica
citizens contemplate building a jail,
and it would appear, they needed
one.
Saturday last u number of the
prominent business men of Lewis.
town, an invitation having been
extended to all, met to consider the
present mail service afforded our citi.
zens and after the matter had been
thoroughly discussed, decided upon
a course of action. 1t appears that
the schedule on line from Great Falls
calls for a stage via Sand COulee,
but until recently a special service
has been given that coal camp by the
contractor and the Lewistown stage
has not gone that way. When the
new schedule went into effect on the
LIST inst. the special Sand Coulee SER
vice was discontinued and the Lew
istown stage SEM that way, adding