Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-03
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wife, who has been spending the
summer in Lewistown.
A deed to an interest in the sap
phire mines above Utica, filed or rec
ord last week, had 300 i'm INTERNAL
revenue stamps affixed to it. This
will probably stand as the record, in
Fergus county at least.
Billings Times: Last week j. b. FL
liot completed the purchase of the
ranch and stock OF Lee Jacobs. MI.
Jacobs, who has been DESTROYS of
leaving this part Of the country for
some time, will probably nov to
Oklahoma.
H. Arthur T. Wright vi the Bank of
Fergus county, returned Friday last
from New York state, where he has
been visiting for several weeks.
While absent, Mr.. Wright also spent
q few days at the Omaha exposition
and in Chicago and New York city.
W. b. Miner, of the Bank of Fergus
County, accompanied by his wife,
leaves i'm a few days for Omaha to be
absent two months. Omaha is Mr..
Miners former home and beside en-
joying the sights of the exposition he
will visit with his parents and
relatives.
Ranchmen and stockgrowers in
hereafter rem 'mber that r. l.. Pot
ter, an experienced harness and sad
die maker, has opened a shop in
Utica and is prepared to giveprompt
attention to all their wants in the
lines of his trade.
Great Falls Tribune: The first
northern Montana beef shipment of
the season left Malta on Wednesday,
the Bloom outfit sending forward a
train of Il ears on that date. The
Miner Live tockcompany and Robt.
Coburn have ordered cars at Malta
for Aug. l. and "a.
G.. NJ. Stafford has rented the
Stoddard house on Fifth Avenue
and will occupy it with his family
until he has erected anotherresidence
Nor himself, his present homestead
having been sold to l.. w. Eldridge.
Mr.. Eldridge will move his family
from Cottonwood soon after Septm-
Der LIST.
Billings Gazette: The postoffice EN-
ployes are now having their troubles
made harder by the individuals who
put war revenue stamps on their let
tiers. Needless to say, these letters
never reach their destinations and
the senders might as well forego the
mental strain of composing such let
tiers. Not only this, but the postof-
flee officials are put to extra trouble.
Put postage stamps On letters.
Guy Norman arrived last week
from Oregon and says he intends to
resume his residence in Lewistown
and give his attention not only to
his mines, but to the jewelry bust
ness. Mrs. Norman has been visiting
in Wisconsin during the summer but
will come to Lewistown in the fall.
Mr.. Norman says that in his travels
east and west he has not been able
to settle upon u better location than
in Fergus county.
Saturday last the land office was
moved from it's old quarters into the
new building adjoining, erected this
summer by W. F. Hanson, for it's
accommodation. The building al
fords facilities for the better trans
action of business, a real room being
. provided for the hearing OF contests
and protests, thereby permitting
other business to be carried on
simultaneously. The building is
fire proof and we'll arranged.
Referring to the beef market out
look, keenan, < Sons live stock re-
port says: with the present de-
mand we feel confident that western
cattle will bring good prices the
coming season, selling at from $3.50
to $500 per cwt. for beef, while
feeders will be ready buyers at from
to $3.50. Native feeders being
very scarce. cattle feeders will have
to buy Texans oil westerns to eat
the immense corn crop that is assur-
ed"
Sheriff Waite and Cashier Wright
were among incoming passengers
on last Fridays Benton coach,
both gentlemen having been at Great
Falls looking after their wool clips
and incidentally taking in the races
,t D,,ttn A. lV,;ta --, ,;-ol
Immediately OF the Rolling murder
and from Great Falls sent the de-
scription OF the murderer, Howell, to
all sheriffs in the state besides taking
other necessary steps for Howell's
apprehension.
The almost unanimous report from
about the country is that employers