Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-03-16

The latest reports from w. d
Symmes, manager Of the Powel
Mercantile Co., are to the effect thai
he is confined To his bed at the Veto
ria hotel, Chicago, with a severe at
tack Of la grippe.
Friday evening last the concluding
whist party in a series of four played
during the winter by Sunset Clut
members, was held at the clut
rooms. The prizes for the greatest
number of points were awarded t.
w. T. Mcfarland and j. w. Arthur
for the gentlemen and to Miss Alice
Mackey and Mrs. c. A. TillotsOn
for the ladies.
lii response to the petition
circulated requesting the county
commissioners to take action to-
ward the appointment of IA board OF
health and necessary steps to the
cleaning of the streets and alleys in
Lewistown, the board has appoint
ed DIR. Il. III. Monahan to act with
them in that capacity. II aggressive
movement is made and a few of
those residents whose back yards
and alleys adjoining now look like
dumping grounds, are required to
clean up at once or suffer a penalty,
the board will have little trouble in
their work.
X. A. Hanke and james Laidley
returned Saturday from the east,
where they purchased a large stock
Of goods, gents furnishings and mil
linery for the new firm, the Lewis
town Commercial Co, of which they
are members. The goods are ex-
pected at Great Falls this week and
the opening of the new store will de-
pend upon how soon the remodling
OF the building can be completed.
The front, purchased east earlier i'm
the season by Mr.. Stoddard, is being
rapidly placed in position. The
boys" report a general good time
with eastern friends, among whom
were w. w. White and L. j. Wier.
The county commissioners went to
Gilt Edge Sunday last to look into
the needs of the gold camp for u jail
building and after their return
a contract for the same to
Hugh Green. The building will be of
2x6 timbers spiked together and be
l4x16 feet in dimensions and divided
into two cells and a corridor. While
this building would hardly detain
any very bad criminals it will make
convenient repository for the
"plain drunks" with
which the camp is afflicted and re-
suit in a saving to the county with
In a very few months. The cost of
the jail is placed at $3.50.
f. w. King of the Gilt Edge has
been in town several days. Mr.. King
believes 1t quite probable that the
suits involving title to the Peerless
and Plattsburg lodes claimed by
Martin Maginnis and n. j. Littlejohn
and contested by several parties,
will be tried at the session of the
district court converting neXt week.
Mr.. King is very anxious to have the
suits disposed of in order that all
questions as to title may be
at as early a day as
possible, it being altogether prob
able that appeal will be taken to the
supreme court by the losing party
in the district court. Mr.. King says
the vein upon which he Is now work
ing is dipping rapidly and he is con-
templating the placing of n hoist at
an early date.
On the 10th inst. Supt. Parent
apportioned among the several
school districts of the county
$1,32S.4O, $1,O04,4O which was re-
ceived from the state as Fergus
county's proportion of the amount
received from the sale and leasing of
state lands, and $324.00 from taxes
and fines. The amount apportioned
to each district was as follows:
District No. /. S432. IA; 2-$24.60; 3
S22.14; 4-$lS.S6; 5-s1l4.S0; 6-$41;
7-$34.44; S-$31.9s; 9-$45.92; 10
$31. To-; 11-S17.22; 12-$37.72; 49,
S31.16; 14-S23.7S; 15-S2l.32; 16-
$3.50; I7-S2O.5O; 1S-$2O.5O; ISIS
So; 2O-S27.SS; 2l-$45.1O; 22-S2O.50
23-$22.96; 24-$64.7S; 25-$6.56; 26-
$27.SS; H-S31.9 2S-$6.56 29-$1S..
04; 30-$7.3S; 31-$25.42; 32-$14.76
33-S12.3O.
Lieut.. Wallace of the End Cavalry
U. S. A, and ut present detailed
mastering officer for the state o.
Montana, il expected to reach
Lewistown Friday night or Satur
day, pursuant TO published notice
and Saturday evening at the court
house, will muster in the Lewistowr
company of the National Guard
The boys are drilling regularly ant
each drill shows Il marked improve
menti in their marching and manever
ing. The war scare caused a mum
her of those who had signed thu
preliminary roll to withdraw, rather
a contrast to the effect upon thu
companies of the National guard il
in other cities of the state. Reports
from Great Falls are to the effec'
that during the past three weeks
applications for enlistment hav,
been received from n greater numbeI
of men than the company "a &C
cept and Adjutant General brennan
says that the same conditions pre-
vail among other enlisted companies
i'm the State. Immediately after tn,
mastering in next Saturday even
ing, election of one captnin ant
two lieutenats will be held, tn
minor officers being appointed b,
the canfaip yisifars are invited II