Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-01-14


Our asse.sur has Tor suuie tin,
past complained of an attack q
heart trouble, but we hope that the
result of the contest will help t.
alleviate the pain somewhat-per
haps.
The necessity of bringing the
primary elections within the opera
ton of the geneal election laws IL
strongly presented by John E. Mil.
holland in the January number Ol
the North American Review. The
vicious practices no longer possible
a. , lr polls are now, Mr.. Milholland
deciay"S, employed with astounding
SUCCESS in the caucus. The party
caucus is today THE Danger Point
i'm American Politics." AS ii is the
fountain head of power. so it is the
fountain head of corruption. Its
evil influence makes unworthy nomi-
nations habitual, the machine pos
sible, and bossism inevitable.
Sunday last Drs. Lindsey and
Long were called to Gilt Edge to
attend Angus Kerr. whose right
hand had been blown off at the
| wrist and his left hand severely in
jured. two fingers being entirely
lost. Mr.. Kerr had placed an over
head blast in the mine, where he was
working alone and the blast not hav-
ing exploded he was engaged In
withdra wing it when the accident
occurred. Stone and dirt asthrown
against his lace and breast, tearing
his clothing and scratching his face,
the serious injuries, however, being
confined tn his hands. He was I'M
conscious for a short time and then
proceeded to the boarding house, one
hand entirly lacking and the other
in shreds. Mr.. Kerr was brought to
Lewistown Monday and IL resting
easy at the Day House.
The many who did not attend the
lecture delivered at the Presbyterian
church Tuesday night Missed a
pleasure which they would not have
foregone had they realized the enter
tanning and Instructive manner in
which +. l.. Smith would treat the
subject, of self Made Men" The
lecturer proved by his efforts that he
had not only given the subject much
thought. but that his excellent de-
livery wns deserving of the applause
Of a much larger audience than that
which greeted him. The career of
some of our most distinguished self
made men, such as Franklin, Web
cited N it made lain that each
ones future may be made brilliant II
we but make use of the advantages
placed about us. The speaker devil
ated from his subject SO far az to
plead for the establishment of a pub
lie library and showed how easy it
would be to establish such II eve
thirty OF our citizens would take the
matter i'm hand. This is a most wise
suggestion and it is hoped will be
acted upon i'm the near future. The
musical portion of the program was
also much enjoyed, as well rs a read
ing by Mr.. Cort. The second i'm this
course of lectures will he announced
next week.
The residence of Geo. Ii. Diehl on
lower Spring creek was destroyed
by Monday afternoon, with all
its rs- "nts, the loss amounting to-
10 nAI l-rl ,. f AR and
Mrs. Diehl had come to town leaving
their children. a girl OF fifteen and
three Of five years and younger, on
the ranch. The little ones We're play
ing in the Kitchen and the older,
while out near the stable, noticed
smoke issuing from the roof. She
to the rescue and for u few
moments endeavored to quell the
flames, but to no avail. The children
were then taken to the granary and
the fire left to do its dreadful work.
One of the little ones had left u doll
i'm the house and ran back to get 1t,
narrowly escaping the smoke,
though not getting the doll. The
father and mother saw the flames
from town and believing ii tn he
their home drove rapidly back arriv-
ing just HIS the roof fell. Mr.. Diehl
Says he does not think the children
are responsible. hut that the fire
caught from II flue. He has pur-
chased the household goods of Chris
.Jeffries and will live in town this
winter, occupying the Phillip Laux
house. Mr.. Diehl has been very un-
fortunate for many years. having
lost considerable property i'm Lewis
and Clarke county and for some time
been unable tn work owing to rhe,l-
matism. Ii would seem that his
share of disaster should soon be ex-
hansted.