Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-10-20
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ARCUS & lESlIE'S WEEKLY, 1875
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

BoRN-TO Mr.. and Mrs. g.. NJ
Stafford, on "Wednesday, October 20
a girl.
Chas. Maloy and sister left thi,
morning for Wisconsin to visit rela
tives for a
Mrs. +. X. Cheadle and family ex
pect to- return from the east early in
November.
Rev. Pfaus announced from the
pulpit Sunday that Rev. Geo. Ed
wards would occupy the desk next
Sunday morning and evening.
III. Brown, arrived from Chicago
Monday night and has accepted a
position in the dry goods depart.
ment of the Power Mercantile Co.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Green Of Gilt Edge. Wednesday,
October 18th, a girl. Hugh was in
town Monday and wore rather a
broader smile than usual.
Should any OF our readers desire to
learn the answer to the question,
lis a skunk harmless when held sus-
pended by thetail?' we areauthorized
to refer them to Mr.. o. W. Kelly.
In the case of Frank Moshner ct al,
W.. Herman Schmitz and VIM. Nett
ing. defendants attorney has filed
a motion for a change of venue from
Fergus to- Lewis 4 Clarke county.
b. C. Wiedeman, younger brother
of George Wiedeman of the Montana
Hardware Co., arrived in Lewistown
last week from Ohio, and will make
his home here, being employed at the
hardware store.
Mrs. VIM. Atkinson Of Belt arrived
on Tuesdays Falls coach and will
visit with her sister, Mrs. j. F. Nc
Cam, for two or three months. Mr..
Atkinson has been In Lewistown for
the past ten days.
Fergus county boasts Of few large
ranches, but yet 36 stacks is no
small threshing. This amount was
the product of the ranch on Warm
Spring creek, formerly the property
of the Huson Live Stock Co.
Nels Jensen was In town last week
and on Thursday left for the Belt
mining district to work on several
placer and quartz claims belonging
to Chas. Lehman. Nels has spent
many years in that district and be-
lieves it will some day be n great
gold producer.
ID. NJ. crowley and Felix McGinn
were passengers out of Lewistown
this morning on the Benton coach.
Mr.. Crowley goes east to visit his
relatives in New York state for a
time and Mr.. McGinn to Illinois on
the same errand.
Nelson A. Littlejohn filed I'm the
office of the county clerk on Septem-
Der 3Oth, a notice of location of the
P%lattsburg quartz lode mining claim,
certified to be a relocation of the
Gilt Edge mining claim. forfeited by
the Ammon-Stivers Mining Co.
C. Section, an employee of Z. p.
Chandler left town Tuesday morn.
ing on his horse, and when passing
the Fair grounds the horse stumbled
throwing his rider and d%islocating
Mr.. Sections shoulder. He was
brought back to town and Is at the
Lewistown Hotel.
r. G. Cooper's injuries, which he re.
ceived in a runaway early last week,
appear to have bee more serious than
heretofore reported, the arm being
broken In two places. Fortunately
Mr.. Cooper carried an accident insur
ance policy and is receiving $25 q
week while detained In his home.
Joe Likes, formerly an employee O
G.. NJ. Stafford, writes from Salt
Lake City, where Mr.. Likes has spen-
the summer, to a Lewistown friend
that the revival OF business In tina,
city since asst spring is really mar
velous; that In all lines the resump
ton of activity has been cause Of re
joicing.
The new Helena office Of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone Co., wa
opened the 10th inst, with a forma
reception, to which we acknowledge
an invitation. Theconstantly grow
ing business of this company necessi
tated larger quarters and their new
building ia a credit to the city o
Helena, as the company Is to tn,
state.
Is there not some young man IL
Fergus county who would like {,
take "a three months term in tn
Helena Business College? The ARGUi
has such a scholarship for sale at +,
discount. The expenses OF living II
Helena would be minimized by secur
ing a place in a private family. q
which the principal of the school ha
several to offer.
Clay Robinson & Co.'S report O
cattle and sheep sales for Octobe
18th, reports the Following cattl
sold from Fergus county ranges
Judith Cattle Co.. 81 steers, 1909, a
81, and 60 cows, 1.O9S, $3.65; Herman
Often, "a steers, 1,H5, 81 and 63cows
l,O66, $500. Montana range sheeI
sold at $50 o tor wethers and $2.4
for common ewes.
Billings Gazette: George Ayers
j. HI. Charters and Mr.. Burnett, Eel
gus county stOckmen, returned t
Billings last night from Omaha, t
which place they made large shiI
ments of beef cattle. They repor
the market strong, NOTWITHSTANDING
the big receipts Of western cattle
Mr.. Charters had two steers In hi
shipment which netted him S6S eacf