Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-13

The school board Is still waiting
for the opinion OF Chairman Cort be.
fore making any move In the school
house matter. They have notified
the contractor and bondsmen that
they will not accept the building and
are growing n little concerning
public feeling on the subject, but still
the new building Is vacant and Jack
soncullects his rent. while the teachers
and children suffer.
Herman Often has been suffering
for a fortnight past from blood pois-
oning, resulting from stepping on n
nall. At first the wound did not APP
pear serious and little attention WINS
given to it. In this interval the
poison spread through the system
and at one time last week DIR. Wilson
felt much concerned M to the post
billty OF recovery, but the patient is
now improving and il Is thought all
danger has passed.
The laws OF Montana now provide
that persons filing water rights must
state the amount Of water they
claim In cubic feet per second. The
old law recognized the time-honored
western measurement In miners
inches, each being the amount of
water that would flow through n
hole n inch square under n head OF
six inches. With slight variations
this rule held good from Missouri 20
the Golden Gate. The new system
will be easily understood when IL il
known that one cubic foot per second
equals 40 miners inches.
How many taxpayers of Lewis
town realize that the council found
bills To the amount of 1900 await
ing their action ut the last meeting
and that the mayor admits that
there will be- deficit on May LIST next,
to say nothing Of the $500 To he paid
for n lot and n shack? At the rate
this council is spending money the
deficit will be nearly $1,000 the first
day Of next May, nine months after
Incorporation. and by midsummer
there will he IA proposition To bond
the town To meet the outstanding
obligations. Yet this IL the ad-
ministration pledged to no unncc-
essary expenditures.
Friday afternoon last j. G. Bcbb
suffered "A loss Of clnthing valued at
upwards OF $500. by fire. Mr.. Bebb
had gone home about IL O'Clock to
take some provisions for dinner and
upon entering the house from the
open air smcllcd smoke. Going into
the dining room Of his home he pre-
ceived the smoke entering from n bed
room, and upon throwing open the
closet door Of the bed room, n sheet
Of flame flew out which severely
scOrched Mr.. Bcbb and set fire to
the bed, extending across the room
and igniting the curtains. With rare
presence OF mind Mr.. Bebb slammed
the door, quickly su%ppressing the fire
in the room and FASTENED for water,
realizing that the delay In calling the
department might result in loss OF
the whole house and its contents.
Twice water was thrown in the
closet before the flames were under
control. All Of the clothing belong
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Bebb was hang
ing Ia the closet, except such as they
were wearing Mt the time and not an
article was saved. IL was discover
ed later that when the house was
built a small hole had been left in the
chimney flue near the floor Of the
closet, for the purposes Of cleaning,
IL IL supposed, and that this hole had
been covered with wall paper. The
SCOT in the chimney had taken fire
during the morning and the fire ig-
nited the wall paper through this
hole. But for the unusual early hour
at which Mr.. Bebb went to dinner
and his prompt action, 1t would have
been very difficult to save the house.
The loss is partially covered by In
surance.