Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-26

against individuals and corporation
in Yellowstone and Fergus countie
who are alleged to have made to-
liberal use of barbed wire and fences
in large portions of the public dc
main. No names have yet beel
made public. 1t is said suits will
also be brought against parties IL
Choteau, Teton and Cascade cOun
ties for the same offense.
w. F. Hanson Tuesday closed
deal with Thos. n. Brown of Spring
field, Mo-, a son-in-law of j. w. Becl
of Castle Butte, and a gentleman O
long mercantile experience, for tn
renting to Mr.. Brown. from March
18th, of the Hanson corner, now oc
cupied by Mrs. Hanson's millinery
parlors. Mr.. Brown will bring In
$4,000 stock of dry goods, clothing
millinery and notions and conduct q
The store will be a branch house ot
the well known Golden Rule Co. oI
ST. Louis.
A resident of the Boyd creek end
of the Lewistown district, inquired
of us last week as to what was the
intention of the school board In rela.
ton to the use of the school house
they built last year. The gentleman
suggested that, when the 3 1000
house was completed for which
bonds were voted Saturday, that
out of consideration of the distin-
guished services to the district of j.
1. Corbly, that gentleman be given
the frame building for 8 as a
granary, it having been conveniently
built for that purpose.
Henry C. Klenck, grand high priest
Encampment /. o. o. F., arrived ON
the Billings coach Friday night and
was received by Bros. j. NJ. CrOfta
II. A. Moulton, j. w. LeQuatte and
Jacob Holzemer. of the Judith Lodge
No. 30. L. o. o. F., and escorted to
the Day House for supper. after
which he participated In the festivi-
ties at Culver's hall. Mr.. Klenck has
an official mission here in the capac-
ity of special deputy grand patri-
arch, for the purpose of instituting
an Encampment l.. o. q. F., which
took place in the Odd Fellows hall
Monday evening.
The state board of examiners last
week allowed bounty claims to the
amount of S47 ,217. The j. b. Filter
claims, which are held by the Stock
mems National bank of Fort Benton
to the amount of 81, 1923, g. j, Weiser.
DEBORAH, Ia, 1856, and X. G. Wight,
White Sulphur Springs, $46, were
not passed upon, Most of these
claims are supposed to be fraudulent,
but how the board car determine
which are fraudulent and which just,
is a problem. Filters arrest at Dill
Ion, Oh the charge of violating the
bounty law will be remembered, also
his questionable transactions in this
county. He is now serving a term
in the pen.
a notice was posted in the post
office last week asking for bids for
carrying the mails from Lewistown
to Maiden, via Gilt Edge, and return
six times per week for four years be-
ginning July LIST, 1898. The notice is
signed by w. X. Hardin of Salt Lake
City, Utah, who says he has procured
the contract from the government.
Postmaster Stephens says Mr.. Har-
din took the contract for $500 per
annum. Mr.. Shields, who has ar
nearly two years past, has received
about $500 per year and has then,
even by the exercise of most econom-
ical methods, been able to make a
bare living. Such are the pernicious
results of the method of letting star
route contracts.
The Great Falls Leader says F. E.
Wright and j. ID. Waite left there
Thursday for Denver, where they
will attend the big stockgrowers
convention on February 18th and
take in the big barbecue to begiven
at that time. This feast will be his
toric for the reason that it will lie
the last time in America where but.
falo, bears, elk and antelope will be
served. The menu will consist OF
eight beeves, four buffalo, six elk, IL
antelope, four bears, 40 sheep, 10
pigs, 200 opossums, 10 barrels OF
pickles, half a ton of cheese, 40 bar.
rels of sweet potatoes, 5000 loaves
of bread, and 400 kegs of BEER
Messrs. Wright and Waite may not
be able to "take in" all of IL, but
there will not be two men in the
crowd who will get away with q
larger share.
Tuesday to pass upon the question o.
voting bonds to the amount of $685..
900, $4,000 of the proceeds to be used
to refund the outstanding bonds and
Sl7 900 for the erection of new school
houses, resulted in the proposition
carrying by a vote of 143 to q. Lit.
tie interest was munifested-rather a
contrast to the former attempt to
vote bonds for this purpose. But
this year the need of new school
houses was almost universally ad'
mitted and little opposition was ex.
pressed, the vote being very light in
consequence. The proposition hav.
ing carried without any display Of
hostile feeling by any faction the
board should act with the same i'm
partially and endeavor to sOexpend
the money, when procured, as to
leave no reasonable grounds for pro
test by any citizen.
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