Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-19

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APurs Grape Cream Of Tartar Powder.
40 YEARS THE
Monday afternoon last W. E. Bon
ham. "the special errand boy Of tn
Democrat, made an assault-un
d~oubtedly p~rearranged with othe
parties-upon the editor pro TEN o
the ARGUS and succeeded in creating
amusement for a large crowd ant
the assaulted for a few moments
He pleaded guilty to assault ant
was fined $40, rather more than h,
should have been considering 1t cos
the assaulted but the price of a new
stiffhat. Following this incident, and
with a n evident desire to get even
BOnham secured a warrant from
Justice Gudgel for the arrest OF w,
w. Larrsen of the ARGUS office on
the charge Of assault. As this case
ia now pending and will be heard
Friday afternoon, we refrain from
further comment at this time. The
whole affair Is a political row and
grew out of an attempt of the DEM
ocrat's messenger to obtain print
paper from this Office under false pre-
lenses. an attempt in which they got
decidedly left.
+. r. Warren and A. e. Green OF
Utica called at this office Saturday
to protest against the method sug.
gested last week for making both
ends meet in the matter of bounties
on stock destroying animals. II
was suggested that the bounty ON
wolves be increased to $5 and that
now offered on coyotes be taken off,
upon the theory that wolves de
stroyed more stock and in killing
wolves. many coyotes would be
slaughtered. The gentleman sale
that wolves about a sheep camp are
hardly known while coyotes dc
great damage, while the opposite ID
the case as regards cattle. Ter
tainly no solution which would re
lieve the sheepmen of protection
could be entertained, while the
bounty on wolves should rather b,
increased than diminished. Messrs
Warren and Green were asked i
they thought it practicable to in
crease the bounty tax, but to thil
they demurred, saying the taxei
were now about as high as they
could stand.
Friday morning of last week tn,
Photographic studio and dwelling O
C. E. LeMunyon, on the East side
was destroyed by fire, the contentl
being saved though badly damaged
The flames caught from a thimbl,
about the stove pipe in the kitchen
and though the bucket brigade
was promptly Oh hand, that part o
the building not burned was sc
badly damaged from fire and wateI
that the structure will have to b,
rebuilt. Mr.. LeMunyon had q few
days before insured the building TO
$500 and the stock for 800, probably
$3.50 of which he will obtain, though
his loss al double that amount
This fire served to demonstrate tn,
urgent need of some sort of fire pro
lection. The creek runs under tn,
back part of the LeMunyon buildin,
and with the aid of a cheap pumpin,
apparatus and the number of mel
who promptly gathered, no dOub'
the flames might have been placed
under control i'm a very few moment
and the loss minimized. Mr.. LIE
MunyOn was a new resident in on,
midst and his loss was deeply re
GREETED by many friends.
Lewistown is soon to have anothe,
mercantile establishment which will
handle a line of dry goods and gent'
furnishings. The company is to b,
Incorporated under the name of tn,
Lewistown Commercial Co. and itl
principal stockholders will be A. w
Stoddard of Lewistown, l.. W
Eldridge of Cottonwood and r. A
Hanke and James Laidley of Lewis
town. Mr.. Hanke will resign hi
position in the Montana Hardwar,
Co. and MI. Laidley has already re
tired from the Chas Lehman com
pany, and these gentlemen will leav,
for Chicago about February LIST t.
purchase the stock, which will be &
heavier line of gents furnishings thai
is now on sale in Lewistown an(
equally as large an assortment O
dry goods as is now carried in thu
city. Mr.. Stoddard has already
arranged for the fixtures and the
building adjoining the Montana
Hardware Co. will be occupied by
the new company, which hopes t.
be ready for business by March 18th,
though delay in receiving goods may
postpone the opening to a later
date. All the gentlemen are well
known in Lewistown, they are young
men of much business ability and
have many friends, a large portion
of whose patronage they will com.
mand from the first.