Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05

to go snipe hunting and Is delegated
to hold the sack.
Mr.. Pierce T. Butler has been sue
ceeded In the telephone Office by w
W. Badger. The Standardization
are now being received and until tn
pole can be erected and the signal
are received from the department
the forecast will appear on the tele
phone window each morning.
Ernest Bushe and Mrs. Dinah AL
beers were married in Great Falls OF
the 1st instant. The groom Ia q
highly respected and popular wool
grower of East Fork, whose many
friends will wish him full q O
joy. He is one of the most substan
tial citizens of the county. TIL,
bride, according to the Great Falli
Tribune, has been a resident of thai
city for several years and is very
popular with all acquaintance
The ARGUS extends congratula
tions.
Under date of December 25th, the
Anaconda Standard contained in the
department devoted to Northern
Montana news, the following item
THE Pleasant Hour Club gave a bal
masque at Culyer's hall ON New
Years eve. Numerous prizes were
given by the business firms of the
town, and a large crowd was In at
tendance. The arrival Of the new
year was appropriately observed
The STANDARD in reporting an event
a week before it took place is not to
be out-classed as a metropolitan
journal.
With the first report of MIR. MOrony
withdrawn and it's subsequent pub
lication repudiated by its author, his
second report considered and Sheriff
Waite, against whom charges were
made, completely exonerated upon
motion of the Democratic member of
the board of county commissioners,
the contract for county printing dis
posed of for two years and the stand
of the Republicans upon the ruling
of David Hilger made painfully ap-
parent, possibly our contemporary
will of necessity devote a small por-
ton of it's sheet to the news of the
day.
"Hopest Bob" Ammon is again in
trouble, according to the New York
journal. This time the federal
government is after him on similar
charges to those brought about a
month ago by the state authorities,
charging him with connection with
the bucket shop firm of Sam Keller
& Co. which has beer fleeing people
right and left for some time. While
AmmOn has up to this time escaped
punishment, the day is o far dis
tant when he will receive his Just
dues and we hardly know of anyone
familiar with his operations at Gilt
Edge who will regret hearing of his
conviction.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Fergus County
was held at the bank Monday even.
ing. The old board of directors was
reelected with the exception of l.. HI,
Hershfield and A. c. Johnson, these
gentlemen being succeeded by P. w
Meadow of Puta Gorda, Florida,
and W. ID. Symmes of Lewistown
subsequently the directors met and
reelected the corps of officers which
has served the bank SO well fol
several years, and declared the regu
lar dividend of 10 per cent. Thu
~semi-annual statement of the banl
appears in another column.
Some few citizens seem to Lave re
ceived the impression that the Citi
zens Electric company had beer
started with a view to driving Mr.
Stiles from business or running hi
chances 81 reasonable profit. So fal
as our representative has been abb
to earn from those whose opinion
will dominate the new company
such is not the intention-at leas
not with but one or two. AS a com
pany no such desire prevails and it ii
not at all improbable that If Messrs
Stiles x Waldorf will agree upon ,
fair price for the machinery nov
used the new company will purchase
|. Certainly it would be to their advant
age to do away with competition
else neither company will be able tt
realize any profits from their invest
ments.
Il Tuesday the board of county com
m~issioners opened the bids for count,
printing submitted by the ARGUl
and its contemporary. After deliber
ate consideration of the matter ant
in response t. the almost unanimou
desire of citizens of Fergus county
, the board exercised it's privilege fl
accordance with the opinion of At
; torney General Nolan. which ap
: peared in our contemporary las
week, and awarded the contract t,
the ARGUS for a term of two year
: from January LIST, 1898. While MI
: Corbly, the minority representative
I desired to be recorded as voting mo
ON this proposition, we entertain n
, resentment whatever, realizing tina
, he did so purely because oppose,
politically and % because of enter
tanning any question as to whic
paper was the most competent t.
perform the work and would give tn
, county the best service.
+ The preliminary hearing in the al
I ton for criminal libel brought by tn
State of Montana VS.. T. j. John
!, and Fred Hoffman, was held in Jul
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