Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-21

The easter bonnet made its ap-
pearance last Sunday under most
favorable conditions. OF course. AZ
usual, 1t was lust too sweet for any
thing"
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. j. Callahan, friends
| of Mrs. James Motheral. are recent
arrivals in this vicinity from Sank
county, Wisconsin. They will re-
main here during the summer and
possibly locate permanently.
Tuesday evening Rev. Robbins OF
FIT. Benton, held Episcopal services
at the Presbyterian church. preach
ing to a large congregation. Thurs
day afternoon at 4 O'Clock the rector
will hold communion services at the
home of Mrs. W. A. Long. which all
EpiscOpalians are requested to at
tend.
The ARGUS has just received a new
stock of stationery from the east and
is prepared to give complete salts
faction in all kinds of commercial
printing. II in need of billheads,
l%etterheads, noteheads, statements,
cards, envelopes, or anything In this
lime. call or send in your orders at
once.
Miss Harriet ~F1orentine, daughter
Of l.. S. Woodbury., and Edward
Taylor Wright were married Mon
day at high noon in b Episcopal
church Of the Incarnation at Great
Falls, the ceremony being very ella
borate, and the occasion one of the
most notable i'm Great Falls society.
The Falls papers speak very highly
of the young couple.
W. X. Aldridge returned to Lewis
town last week after having Travelled
during the winter. both east and
west i'm search of n better location.
Like many others he has decided
there IL no better chance for mer-
chant or labOring man than Lewis
town and the Judith Basin Affords.
He reports that the scale of wages
is higher here than i'm any locality he
visited.
The result of the trial of Andrew
Burnett and Russell HOrtOp on the
charge of disorderIy conduct, which
was In progress when we vent to
press last week, was that the boys
We're found guilty and each lined $l5.
which was promptly paid. Henry
Stow was arrested Thursday for
completely in the same affair and ON
Saturday pleaded guilty and vas
fined so by Justice Gudgell. While the
fines are generally considered very
light, 1T is hoped that h boys and
Mr.. Stow have been given n lesson
which will deter them from such out
rageous conduct in the future.
Next Saturday evening an enter
tainment will be given at the Pres
byterian church which will combine
several of the leading attractions at
the recent school entertainment and
some of the numbers on the program
advertised SO extensively, but which
were postponed owing to sickness
and other unforeseen difficulties. The
tableaux scenes from Cinderella will
he given with the aid of Mr.. Pfaus'
calcium light which will display the
costumes to much better advantage
than when given al the hall. The
program promises to be very enter
tanning and it is hoped the church
will be crowded.
The state examiner has instructed
the county treasurers of the state to
collect licenses from banks, except
national banks, stage lines, express
companies, common carriers and tel
ephOne companies, under n section of
the codes which was not heretofore
obeyed owing to doubts concerning
it's legality. Banks are classified
according to the amount of business
done and must pay license of from
80 to 800 per quarter, there being
five classes. Telephone companies
must pay license of 70 cents per year
on each instrument i'm 8
At a meeting Of the trustees of the
fair association held Friday last the
next fair was set for September y,
% and 80, the association feeling that
it was necessary to make earlier or
later dates than heretofore owing
to the bad weather experienced dur
ing former meeting. The racing pro-
gram will be found in this issue and
the premium list will be published as
soon az completed by the committee.
Arrangements are made sufficiently
early to justify expectations for II
more successful meeting than pre-
viously held. Let the citizens of Fer
gus county interest themselves in
this matter and thereby guarantee
good racing and fine exhibits.
Easter was a beautiful day, the
sun shining brilliantly and but for a
June day. The several churches
were handsomely decorated and
their seating capacity crowded at
each service. The Methodist congre-
cation attended services in the Pres
byterian church i'm the morning,
where Rev. Pfaus preached from
| the text: "Who will roll the stone
away" The choir sang appropriate
selections and the church was made
fragrant with flowers, which were
~tastefully banked about the pulpit,
| At the Methodist church In the
evening the congregations were
again united, the children of the NJ.
Z. Sunday school participating In
| the service. At the Catholic church
the crowd was SO great i'm h morn
ing that many could not gain admis-
/ sian The church Maa lncarafed