Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-05-05


grounds. two teams, OF four sports
men each, contested for a purse of %
The first team included the following
gentlemen. scores made being az
stated: F. f. Smith, Z; Sam Weaver.
Ii; Ed Wright, IL; j. ID. Waite. Is;
total, 40. The winning team and
scores made were as follows: David
Hilger, Is; J.. Kearney, 8; ID. j. Kane,
IA; Oswald Lehman, Ia; total, 81.
Others shooting, though not In the
contest were: C.. E. Mahana, Is;
Walter Hopes, IL.
Orlando Sawyer was In from Gilt
Edge Monday and reports all serene
at the gold camp. Pay day at the
mine has been set for Saturday next,
the monthly cleanup now being in
progress. Mr.. Sawyer says that on
Monday Chas. Powell commenced
the hauling Of 10000 feet of lumber
from Chase's saw mill on Spring
creek to the camp for Receiver Wood
bury. The use to which the lumber
will be put has not been made public.
The two properties of Mr.. Sawyer's
are opening up finely, he says.
j. E. Murray has made a notable
Improvement to Main street by put
ting a substantial sidewalk before
his lot between Fourth and Fifth
avenue. Pedestrians feel very CRATE
full to the Judge. Mr.. Murray states
that he will also place sidewalks be
ore his Fourth avenue property as
soon as the authorities drain or fill
up the mud hole on that block, but SO
long as a nuisance of that character
is maintained he will do nothing to
overcome the difficulties experienced
by residents of that section of town.
Surveyor Hogeland might with pro-
priety attend to this matter.
The decision of the commissioner
of the general land office upon the
appeal of the contestee in the con-
test case of w. A. Forsyth and John
L-aux VS.. Henry Weingart, Involving
an entry under the timber and stone
act for land a mile above Lewistown,
has bee received. The decision of
the local Office was i'm favor of Wein-
CART and this decision the commits
%reverses, holding that i'm
provements made by contestants
were sufficient to debar an entry un-
der the act above referred to, For
syth and Laux having previously
1neDtn1 tho land i'm nrn1finn nc n
building stone claim under the placer
act.
Surveyor Hogeland returned from
the Musselshell country Saturday
night, in the course of his travels
having visited he site of the new
bridge contracted for by Yellow
stone county and for which Fergus
county has agreed to pay 81 900.
Mr.. Hogeland says there is no doubt
but that the bridge should he erected,
the demands of travel necessitating
it and the citizens of that section of
the county being entitled to it.
While the attorney general has de
cided that all contracts for road or
bridge work must be made by the
surveyor, Mr.. Hogeland states that
he has no thought of questioning the
acted upon the counsel of their ad-
wiser, the county attorney, and should
have had to investigate the matter
thoroughly before approving the ex-
penditure of the surveyor, theirs be-
ing a veto power on all contracts
calling for an outlay of to xcee
800. Should any difficulty arise in
the matter Mr.. HOgeland says he
would c~heerfully sign an authoriza-
ton of the construction of the bridge.
Evidently our surveyor feels that he
was elected to- serve the interests of
the citizens of this county and not
to represent any clique or faction or
to split a hair for the sake of max
ing trouble.
Deputy Assessor Plum returned to
town Tuesday after a ten days trip
among the tax payers on the Mus
selshell. Mr.. Plum was met at
Lavina by Assessor Summers of Vel
lowstOne county, and together they
visited the residents along the border
between the two counties, thereby
preventing the lodging of taxes by
those, who when visited by a single
officer, would state their property
was i'm the other county. Mr.. Plum
said several such conversations as
the following occurred: Mr.. Summers
-"How many cattle have you In
Yellowstone county," Jones
''Three hundred" Summers-"Why,
you gave i'm twelve hundred last
year. Jones-"Yes, but there are
about 1000 head i'm Fergus county,
And after concluding the listing, MIR.
Summers would say: "Mr. Jones,
let me introduce Mr.. Plum, the new
deputy assessor from Fergus" much
to the chagrin of MI. Jones. This
scheme worked all right for two OF
three days by which time the resi-.
dents had been advised and the as.
SCISSORS were compelled to change
teams, SO az to avoid recognition
Mr.. Plum covered ala the border
line between this county and Daw.
son. Assessor Croft has been in the
Wolf creek section for a week past
and the assessment is fast approach
ing completion.