Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
RGUS AND INTER OCEAN, $3.50
~ RCUS AND COSMOPOLITAN $2.75
! lRCUS & lESuIE'S WEEKLY, 1915
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

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OF brain fever. The child was laid
to rest Friday.
The board ofcounty commissioners
will meet in regular sess on mex
Monday. AS business is heaviest al
the December session the board will
probably be engaged o the entire
week. if not longer.
Miss PEBBLES arrived from Stan
ford last week and is ready for the
opening of the new department ofthe
public school, which will be started
as soon as the trustees and health
officers deem 1t safe to reopen the
school.
The funeral of S. I'll. sherwood was
held from the Methodist church
Thursday last, and attended by
many of the friends of the deceased
and his bereaved family, The re-
mains were laid to rest i'm the public
cemetery.
Herman Clausen, of Cottonwood,
called last week and says he contem-
plates going to Alaska in the spring.
He is a miner of large experience, be-
ing one of the old timers, and though
he has given his attention TO agri-
cultural and stockgrowing pursuits
for many years, feels a desire to join
the rush for Klondike and dig for
gold.
Taxes are coming in very rapidly,
much better than ever before. Treas
urer Cook and his deputy, Miss Cook,
have been busily engaged for ten
days and the great rush will not set
in before Friday. Monday is delin-
quent day and all taxpayers who
do not settle before 6 p. IN. of that
day will have to pay an additional
ten per cent.
The new wheel for the Electric
Light company, is reliably reported
to have been loaded by Leo Keller
ten days ago and with the least
abatement of the weather it may be
expected to reach Lewistown. When
the wheel is really installed 1t will be
a cause of rejoicing. for the present
wheel is utterly inadequate for the
lights now used.
A gentleman who came to Lewis
town last week via the Great Falls
stage line, reports hat some time
ago he had contemplated going to
Alaska in the spring but had aban-
doned the idea owing to the reported
severity of the trip. He has renewed
his intention, however, saying 1.-THE
trip to Klondike must be a snap at
the side of the trip from Great Falls
A decision Of considerable interest
to county sheriffs, and incidently to
the community at large, was rendered
by the state supreme court recently.
1t holds that sheriffs are entitled to
mileage at the rate of ten cents per
mile while transporting prisoners
and Others at the expense of the
state. The state authorities had
been allowing them actual expenses
or less.
VIM. Graham, the popular post
master OF Gilt Edge, telephone opera.
tor and all-round good fellow wal
over from Gilt Edge Monday. III,
reports that the Sons of Rest held &
meeting recently for reorganization
Norman Poland was elected chair
man and j. G. Rice secretary. Tht
first meeting of the Sons will be helt
nm Naw Nanrs uyhan IN honnuaf Uyil
be spread and the easo auspiciously
opened.
l.. S. Woodbury., who is now In
charge Of operations at the Spotted
Horse mine, was in town Monda,
and Tuesday. Mr.. Woodbury. hai
sent to the Woodhurst mine, nea,
Stanford, to procure a small hoist
ing apparatus, which will be PLACED
on the sixth level in the Spottet
Horse and sinking begun on the con
tact, about IDS feet from the mali
shaft. Sinking on the main shat
has been discontinued for the pres
ent.
Letters received Tuesday Sunday
mail) from Senator Carter at Wash
ington, assure our citizens that b
will look after the Great Falls ant
Lewistown stage service at once II
one letter he says: Yours contain
ing account of meeting of bushes
men and petitions signed by you
citizens, was received. l will visi
the department in an hour and sc
that the matter is adjusted as yol
desire" Letters from Senator Mar
tie also assure US of his support II
the controversy and the outlook 70
a better service is encouraging.
Today the p~ostoffice was remove
from the store of j. E. Murray t
that of A. j. Stephens, being directl
across the street. and Postmaste
Stephens is dealing out the "Pleas
RENTS" consequent upon the first c
the month, without fear OIL favor
With the termination of MIR. Mul
rays term, j. w. Gray retires froI
the postofice, which he held as chi,
for four years and where he officiate
as deputy for nearly four years, dul
ing this time establishing a reputs
ton for accommodation which ma
be equaled but cannot be excelled b
any who may succeed him in b
duties. The new postmaster will /
pleased to have every patron ca
four times q day for his mail. espec
ally when no coaches have arrive
for three days, and will open the Off,
any time OF the day OF night, 81
days in the year, for the man VIII
uaver 0eta a letter,