Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-01-07
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Falls ON Sundays coach.
G.. T.. Mahana will give n dance al
Cottonwood Friday evening. u l5tl
inst.
Weather permitting, Rev. Pfaus
will hold services at philbrook and
Utica next sunday ut the usual
hours.
VI. j.. Runzlcr arrived from Great
Falls last Friday, to take the posi-
tion Of pharmacist in e. II. Villa .is'
drug store.
The Big Timber Pioneer sends out
n very nea calandar for 1897. The
proprietor has our thanks for the
three bad boys"
The person or persons who Dor
rowed three volumes OF Encyclopedia
Brittanica from DR.. Lindsey's office
will please return them.
1t is reported that los. Sims of
I-avina, while in Minneapolis recently,
made IL contract to deliver eleven
teams Of horses i'm that city at S1Ij
per team'-Billings Gazette.
PROF. NJ. j. Garrett and the Misses
CLANCY and DeBord returned from
the state teachers association Sun
day last. They report n very inter
esting and profitable session.
q. NJ. Stone was in from Philbrook
Monday. Mr.. Stone has closed out
his interest in the Philbrook store to
his partner. Mr.. Phillips aud will
month or two.
Those who have been getting the
Inter Ocean on our offer .Of last
spring should remember that the
subscription expired on January LIST
it being IA campaign ofier. BY re-
newing your subscription to the
ARGUS at once there will be little or
NO lapse in your receipts of the Inter
Ocean.
Monday last the new officers and
holdovers were installed, though tho
event made little change i'm the in
habitants of the county house. One
office is now vacant, that of public
administrators, and il becomes Judge
ment, which he will probably due ut
an early date. So far as heard from
there are no applicants.
-Four gray wolves entered ID. l..
Skaters field on the bench last week
and killed n fine yearling steer. A
party hauling wood saw the attack
and left his team to brighten them
away Int he was too late to a We the
steer which had been brought to the
ground. The wolves ran ~ short
distance and stopped only to resume
their feast after the driver had re-
turned to- his team.
Hereafter the county officers will
he paid quarterly instead of monthly
ar heretofore. The deputies viii
continue tn receive their salary
monthly, but as il will hardly bs
necessary for the chairman tn come
in every month tn sign three or foul
warrants, some arrangement will b,
made 10y which these secondaries
will he paid according to law ant
yet not obliging the county to pa,
the cost of Chairman Warehan
attending to the matter except a
regular sessions of the board.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank Of Fergus
County was held at the bank Mon
day evening last, and the same corp
OF directors and officers elected TO
per cent on the capital stock was de
clared. The annual statement q
this institution appears i'm anothe
column by which il will be seen tina
the bank is in "A very healty condi
ton and earning good profits not
understanding the extreme dizziness q
the times, speaking well for the man
agement.
Among the decisions handed dow
by the supreme court Saturday last
the last day of the court as then cor
stituted, was that in the case of I
A. Sloan 1T al. VS.. John CLANCY, in
volving the right to use waters frOT
the irrigating ditch which traverse
the CLANCY property on lower Sprin
creek. The decision of the lowe
court is affirmed. The princips
point involved was whether tn
former owner of the land, Harri,
having had the right to use TIL
water, that right passed to Glanc
by virtue of his purchase OF the LAND
The court holds that it did an
CLANCY wins. Won Tobel 4 Cheadl
appear for CLANCY and W. NJ. Blacl
ford for Sloan.
Judge j. Leslie of Cascade count,
accompanied by Ste~nOgrapher Me
tier Of this district, and Attorney {
&. Newman of the firm of Walsh
Newman of Helena, arrived by Bel
ton coach Tuesday. Judge Lesl
opened court yesterday morning fC
the trial Of the contest case of Wa
ker vs.. Croft involving the assesso
ship of this county and the trial wi
probably asst several days. Judl
DuBose is expected to- reach Gres
Falls from the east this week an
will preside over the court i'm Ca
cade county during the trial of
number of cases i'm which Judge lie
lie had been interested prior tO h
election as Judge to succeed Judl
Benton, the judges exchangin
courtecies. Attorney Newman wi
appear i'm the contest case as ass
ciate counsel with Won Tobel