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

ordered Sheriff Waite to reduce his
present force of deputies by one man
after April LIST.
James Fetzer, the bounty thief and
monumental liar of state wide repu-
tation, was the defendant in a
divorce suit at Salt Lake City last
week. His wife, Elizabeth Fetzer,
easily secured the desired decree of
separation.
A party OF men worked the sand
bars in the Yello wstone river at
Miles City last summer and realized
$3 per day to the man. This beats
going to the klondike, but it would
be difficult to make the yahoos be-
lieve it. They expect 80 to the pan,
If not more.
Matt Murphy, the Montana Cattle
king, who spent the past week in
this city, is negotiating for the
purchase of Ryan Bros. big herd of
cattle ranging in eastern Montana.
The herd comprises between $1,000
Is, 900 cattle of all ages and should
the deal be consumated, as now
seems probable, Mr.. Murphy will be
the chef cattleman of the entire west.
Billings Gazette.
Both Miles City and Billings are
enjoying prosperity and are looking
for a substantial boom the coming
summer. At Miles work has already
commenced on a large hotel to be
erected nj the corner of Main and
Fifth streets, by a syndicate Of local
capitalists. Besides this a convent
and a number of residents are to be
erected. Billing il the best city of it's
size in h state and has taken great
strides since the entrance of the Burl-
ingtOn road. With the immense trib-
utary country OIL all sides and the
carrying out of the proposed irriga-
ton enterprise by the state and the
Northern Pacific jointly, Billings
has a bright future.
Monday last. pursuance to order
from the department. Postmaster
Stephens posted in the office al
advertisement for bids for u new
stage service from Lewistown. The
route is via Cottonwood, Ubet, Okla
and M~artinsdale to Castle, n distance
of 96 miles and the schedule six times
a week, twenty-four hours running
time each day. The new service Ii
to go into effect July LIST and u bond
of $1,000 is required from bidders. II
is thought here that the project II
one of the Montana Railroad Co.
whose line runs from Lombard, Oh
the Northern Pacific, to Leadboro
near Castle. The company's agent
Mr.. Wells, who was in LewistowI
last fall, said the company woult
establish a fast stage line from
LeadborO to Lewistown in tn
spring and this mail contract is sup
!, posed to be in sympathy with tina
: plan. While the schedule allows tn
carrier "A hours in which to make tn
, trip it is not improbable that mucl
: better time will be made-probabl.
/, as good as that made to Benton, TO
: the distance il about the same ant
the road ia much better. The MOI
A tana Railroad Co. is very anxiou
D to share this Lewistown bushes
I with the competing roads and com
petition in the stage business-as Ii
all other lines-is what the people c
this section desire. The establish
ment of this line will unquestionabl,
= result in a change in the line to Bi
lings, for the government certainl
will not parallel the present servic
t from Ubet to Lewistown. Posi-
master Stephens thinks 1t probabl
the change will be a far reaching ont
t involving the route from Big Timbe
g to Martinsdale and that along tn
M~usselshell river. The resident
v along East Fork and south of til
snowies have long agitated til
establishment of a service direct I
Lewistown from Lavina, via ii
road through the mountains, an
'e probably this scheme might
brought to a successful conclusiO
1t by prompt action at this time. Bi
,e p, lings people would also be intereste
g. in this, for On the surface it now a
pears likely that a direct line fro
that prosperous city to lewiston
will soon be a thing of the past.