Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-04
RGUS AND INTER OCEAN, $3.50
RCUS AND COSMOPOLITAN $2.75
ARCUS & lESlIf'S WEEKLY, 1915
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

S1..1 per head at the ranch.
Miss Mackey is nov visiting Miss
Belle Frields at Benton. She is ex-
pected in Lewistown on Saturday of
this week.
L. NJ. Clark has purchased of Busch
to be delivered at the ranch. Terms
are private.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to NJ. T.. Tigen, III, of Grass
Range, and Elsie Bordson. q. Of
llelena.-Helena Herald.
Rev. Pfaus went to Great Falls
Monday to attend "A meeting of Pres
bytery. He will return in time to
fill his regular appointments at Phil
brook and Utica next Sunday.
II. b. McShane. the genial solicitor
OF the Omaha Stock Yards and for
merly superintendent of the Bay
State Cattle Co in this county, is
spending n few days among the cat
tlemen Of this section.
w. ID. Deaton has sold tow. A. Hamp-
ton of Nebraska from 800 to 600 head
of stock cattle at private terms. Mr..
Deaton will make delivery in the Bur-
lington yards at Billings, starting
Monday with h herd.
The Oscar Stephens clip of LOG, 200
pounds of fine wool was shipped to
Justice, Bateman 4 Co., of Philadel-
r.hiu af nm nlunn.a nf ni0ht cnnfa
Prices offered for the clip at Benton
were so low that it was withdrawn
from the market.
L. NJ. Clark from south of the
Snowies was a caller at this Office
last week. The firm of Cook & Clark
has been dissolved, Mr.. Clark pur-
chasing the Cook interests. Mr..
Clark has sold 1000 mutton wethers
to l.. T.. Southworth at $2.75, Octo-
Der delivery.
q. w. Trask and Geo. Pirrie were
i'm from south of the mountains the
first of the week. Little things are
all that trouble these gentlemen no
adays as the great difficulty of max
ing both ends meet has been settled,
thanks to the action Of other states
than Montana.
Geo. Anderson spent Sunday in
Lewistown. Mr.. Anderson is en-
gagged in building a house for Column
bus Regli on the latter's Beaver
creek ranch. The house will be 20X46
with a mansard roof on the main
building 2Ox30. 1t il expected to be
finished in about two weeks.
Great Falls papers report that a
second dividend of 10 rer rent. to
Northwestern Bank depositors has
been declared by Comptroller Eckels
and will be paid as soon as the checks
arrive from Washington. This will
make a total of 60 per cent. and a
third dividend is expected soon.
ID. w. Slayton Of Folsom, n of
the three gentlemen who will assume
the pleasing CD duties ofcounty COM
missioner next November, was in
town Friday last on land business.
He says the sheep men and settlers
generally south of the SnOwies feel
that better times are at hand.
Thos. Gregory was In town Tues
day from Buffalo creek. accompanied
by Mr.. Jonas Cook, an old friend
and schoolmate. Mr.. Cook was in
%structor in the Boulder schools and
also in the Phillipsburg schools last
season and has been engaged as
principal at Philipsburg for the COM
ing term.
The concert an d social given at the
Trout creek school house last week
proved a great success, $47 being re.
allied for the part purchase of an or.
gan and nearly one hundred persons
enjoyed "a merry time. The speaking
and singing was excellent, thanks to
the training of Prof. Gordon. and ice
cream, cake and fruit was served by
the ladies.
The Anaconda Standard in sum
ming up the result of the race meet
ing, which closed there on July 23rd
reports that Glen Smart won purses
to the amount Of 1865 and John l.
Wiedeman Sl,34O. The biggest win
ming was that of Marcus DAILY
amounting to $685.. The meeting
in Butte opened July 9TH and will
continue for five weeks.
The county board of equalization
completed it's revision of the assess
ment Monday evening and today
the board listened to protests o
those who demanded decreases o
demurred to the changes made in tn
figures al returned by the assessor
They will be in session for severe
days. As the list now stands tn
total assessment il much create
than when completed by Assesso
Croft.
j. I'll. Mcknight, G. w. Frields an,
Stock Inspector Lund were anon,
nine passengers on the Benton coacl
Monday night. Oscar Johnston
held the ribbons on the trip and re
ports bad luck. AT Arrow creek tn
coach encountered a cloud burs
which literally flooded the countr.
and made the hill almost impossible
to climb. Passengers were com
PEELED to walk and even then tn
horses had all they could haul. tn
ground being SO slippery that a foot
hold was difficult to obtain making
ascent of the hill dangerous.