Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-10

he had spent nearly two months in
normal work. The professor enjoyed
his brief change of work very much
and returns fully refreshed after his
good work in the Lewistown
school last term. While somewhat
disappointed that the new high
school is not evident above ground,
he is full of encouragement and
hopes to be able to occupy the
building after the holiday vacation.
r. A. Hanke, manager of the
Lewistown Commercial Co., will
leave for Chicago Friday next.
Besides making heavy purchases for
the Commercial company Mr.. Hanke
has undertaken to fill special orders
and anyone who may wish purchases
of goods not handled in Lewistown
may entrust their business to him
with assurance that good taste will
be shown in selection and eastern
prices secured. Mr.. Hanke says he
will return to Lewistown alone.
The military roll of Fergus county.
completed by Assessor Plum, shows
the names of 1888 residents of this
county who on March LIST last, were
subject to military duty. Inasmuch
as the county, and almost exclusively
the east end of the county, sent out
one company to the first call, COM
posed of nearly n hundred men, it
may safely be stated that from
Fergus county eight per cent of those
subject to duty responded to the first
call OF the president for volunteers.
What county in the state or in the
United States can make as good a
showing?
We are are in receipt of the cata-
logue of the Great Falls Commercial
College, an English, Business and
Shorthand school, which has already
graduated many young men and
women with adequate knowledge
for a successful business career. The
catalogue overs a full description OF
the branches taught in the college
and the rates of tuition, and will be
sem to any address upon request.
The school is well worthy the
patronage of those in Northern
Montana who desire to enter upon a
business career The advertisement
of the college appears on this page.
The Standard prints a table show
ing the receipts at the principal post
offices of the state and the percentage
of increase Or decrease for 1898 as
compared with the previous year.
Butte heads the list with receipts of
$53,771, an increase of IL per cent over
last year; Helena, S39, 754, with a
loss OF = per cent; the next in order
are Anaconda, Great Falls and Mis-
soula, all showing an increase. Boze-
man shows the greatest increase, be-
ing % per cent; Lewistown next with
u per cent. The greatest loss in re-
ceipts was at Deer Lodge, being %
per cent; next Philipsburg, IA per
cent.
Assessor Plum has had some
trouble with persons and corpora
lions by reason of the refusal of the
latter to pay the poll tax assessed
to their employees. The law not only
requires every person, association or
corporation employing men to
furnish the assessor with a certified
list of the men employed, but Section
1870 Political Code says: Every
person, corporation or association
employing one or more men subject
to poll tax are liable for any and all
poll taxes that may be due O such
employees" while section 1872 makes
il the duty OF the assessor, in case OF
failure OF such person or corpora
ton 10 comply with section 1870, to
seize SO much OF the property of such
person OIL corporation as may be
necessary to satisfy the amount due,