Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-04

Watson, who runs the dynamo, VII
superintend the erection of the tele
phone line from Maiden to Gilt Edgs
via Spotted Horse, which Mrs. n
Belanger is building. The line may
possibly be in operation by Monday
The following patents have beer
received at the local land office dur
ing the past week: Desert-Anna ID
Wight. Mary A. Wight, Fred Wight,
assg., T. j. Jellison, ID. l.. Hastings,
assg., Martin Messner, assg., Ed.
O'Rourke. u. s.. Peck, Lucy E. Waite.
assg. HoInestead-L. H. Awe. Ed.
O'Rourke, Alice Is. Barrows, Chas.
III. Platt, Frederick E.. Carr. Harry
X. Monroe, Joseph Smith, WIN. j.
Bower.
According to the annual report of
h register and recei yer of the j Judith
land district for the fiscal year end
ing June 18th, 1897, the lands i'm
Fergus county are divided as follows:
surveyed INDICATED, 2.605, 433 acres;
~unsurveyed INDICATED. 2.1l4. 705 acres;
total, 4,720,l 3S acres; total lands re-
served. 1899 acres; total lands
upon which filings have been made,
752,942 acres; total area of county,
5.647. 900 acres.
The eclipse which the ARGUS an
nOunced fol- Thursday last did not
materialize, many citizens being dis
appointed after preparing smoked
glass with which to view the phe-
nomenon. The sun lever WINGED all
day. but held it's own against the
ment was the World almanac and
the Anaconda Standard the affair
may be characterized as another
broken promise of the Democrats.
Anaconda Standard: Jacob Harris,
known throughout Montana as "Jew
Jake" has finally pulled up stakes
and left Lapdusky, where for the past
two years. or since the brutal murder
of Pike Landusky, he has been the
prosecuted victim OF a gang ofcrooks,
thugs, and thieves, and is now To-
Gated i'm the thriving camp of Gilt
Edge, in Fergus county where he will
engage in merchandising. Harris has
faults galore, but he is known as a
big-hearted, generous fellow and
until driven out of Landusky did
more to develop that camp than all
Others combined.
E. +. Lonabaugh, who visited this
| cacttan uifb a. II Dr,n 70 Loci,
into mining matters at Gilt Edge,
played ball with the boys Sunday
afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed
the sport, even though he was on
the losing side. He said it had been
twelve years since he played ball,
but at that time he considered himself
a good player, and, Judging from the
way he handled the ball, as he was
credited with II put-outs by the
scorer Sunday, he a q but little of
his youthful requirements. The gen.
tleman is interested in his home nine,
the Sheridan, Wyo., team, and served
as its captain for some time.
CIV. Trask has purchased of Jacob
Hoover the latter's interests on the
south fork of the Judith. including a
settlers right to a homestead on I'M
surveyed ground, 160 acres of desert
land, 40 head of cattle and improve
ments. The price paid was 5000.
Mr.. Trask has filed on 160 acres, Miss
Charlotte Pirrie on 100 acres and
Miss Jane Pirrie on 160 acres, all
under the desert land act, the land
lying along and adjacent to the
property bought of Hoover. Mr..
Trask has already settled in his new
home and rumor has it he will
shortly be -oined by n life companion.
Mr.. Hoover intends going to Alaska.
John b. Rauch and Mrs. Chas.
east. Mrs. Lehman feft her son,
Charles, at Waukesha, where he is
slowly recovering from the malady
which seemed to have n permanent
grasp OF his once vigorous constitu-
ton. Mr.. Lehman will probably re-
main at Waukesha the rest of the
summer and in the fall go south to
Arizona or possibly old Mexico, his
physicians deeming it necessary that
he remain In a warm climate. MIR.
Rauch reports n very enjoyable visit
at his old home i'm Illinois, in Milwau-
kee and other Wisconsin points
which he visited. He returns much
refreshed from his vacation.
Cna.;aI Arn uaatnn nf fhn
Interior department, Edw. Brassey
and John Duffy on Friday last finished
the appraisal of the lands of the Fit.
Maginnis military reservation. One
thousand three hundred and twenty
acres were granted to the state with
the buildings and these were not APP
praised. The remainder was APP
praised at 81 an acre, with the ex-
ception of about 200 acres of bottom
land, the value of which was placed
at 81 per acre. The law under which
the lands will be disposed OF says
that sale shall not be made for less
than the appraised price nor less
than $l.25 per acre. 1t will be noted
that nearly all the land is appraised
at 81 per acre, which is certainly
every cent that it is worth, being
stony and billy and no water OBJ
tainable. Whether this land will be
sold at less than S1.25 is very doubt
full, and If not, the government will
probably retain it for some time.
Mr.. Hossington left Monday for the
reservations to appraise.
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