The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-04
IN FERGUS COUNTY'S SEAT
News of Lewistown and Neigh
boring Boroughs.
NOT A GOOD MAIL SERVICE
Residents Pray That the Officials at
= Washington Will Furnish Better
transportation Facilities
and That Soon.

= Lewistown, Jan. 3.--Rev. Mr.. Pfaus
has returned from his trip to Great
Falls and Stanford and held services as
usual on Sunday.
& The Hon. Percy w. Watkins, late
member of the state Legislature, was
presented with Il wheelbarrow by ad-
miring friends at Lewistown.
The county commissioners meet to-
day to consider matters left over from
their December meeting.
y In answer to an urgent telegram from
S. S. Hobson, the assistant postmaster
general has authorized the local post
master to obtain rates for the transpor-
tation of the mail between Great Falls
and Lewistown for the period ending
July l. 1898. 1t is stated here that the
stage from Great Falls has arrived in
Lewistown on time but once in the past
six weeks, and naturally the patience of
the residents of this town is worn out
with waiting for an improvement. They
hope that the new interest of the
Washington office in the matter will
amount to something and furnish an
improvement in the service.
A census is being taken of Lewis
town. Up to date the number of people
registered is SS1. this number being in
excess of the 1896 census by 16o names.
While the lists will be held open short
time longer, it is not thought that 1t
will be greatly increased. as the agent.
w. T. MacFarland, has made a house
to house canvass and cannot have
missed but few. Counting temporary
citizens Of Lewistown the population
may be safely placed at about 1000.
p. T. Butler of Butte has been placed
in charge of the new telephone ex-
change, which is now in full working or
der. The new long distance booths have
arrived and are being set up. and in a
few days all of the business houses of
the town will be in communication With
the cities of the state.
The following patents have been re-
ceived at the Lewistown land Office dur
ing the past week: Cash entries, W. Q.
Straw, d. l.. Hastings Anna Hoffman.
formerly Anna F'lukiger, y. r. Coe.
Luther Barber, G.. A. Parrot and Jacob
Schrader: homestead, l.. w. Acly, j.
/. Mckee c. b. Donaldson, c. w. Nc
Lean, August Josten, Anna Nelson.
George Shepard, David Bush. heirs of
Elmer Sprague. Fred II. Bean, b. +.
Moulton, Charles Maloy, L. c. Abbott
A. Mcmillan, d. L. Walton, John
Sweeney, John Bowe, Thompson
Fletcher
NJ. j. Garrett. for two years principal
of the LeWistown schools. has been APP
pointed by Governor Smith member of
the board of education to succeed w. Il.
Pigott of Great Falls. who was selected
to take the vacant seat on the supreme
bench caused by the death of Judge
Buck.
AIR. and Mrs. NJ. g. DarroW and
daughter Constance will soon leave for
Ohio. where they will spend the winter
visiting friends and relatives.
A very pleasant bali was given by
c. Il. Mahana at Cottonwood last Fri
day evening. Mr.. Mahana's entertain
ments are always anticipated with much
pleasure.
Reports from Gilt Edge state that
some 100 men are now employed in the
mill and mines Under the management
of Mr. King everything is operating
smoothly and the people are incalcul-
ably more hopeful than at any other
period since the inception of the camp
says the Fergus County Argus. Ope-
rationS are being conducted on d syste-
matte and business like basis and the
trend of events indicate that Gilt Edge
is about to assume rank as one of the
great mineral producing sections of the
Northwest.
William Melting returned Monday TO
Helena, where he will spend the re-
mainder of the winter He states that
ere long patent for the celebrated Look
out mine Will be applied for Mi Met
ting also states that his partner,
Schmitz, has been suffering severely
from the effects of a surgical opera
ton.
John Mccormick who was recently
stocktender at the Deerfield station on
the Lewistown and Fort Benton stage
line is now living in Boston, Mass.
John G. War; is in receipt of a letter
from his two daughters stating that
they are delighted with the educational
institution they are attending in KAN
sas City. Mrs. War;, who is also in
Kansas City, expresses a greater pref
erence for Montanas climate than that
of Missouri.