Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-09-27
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BORN, To Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. T..
Turner OF Stanford, Mont, Sept. Is,
1899, a 8 pound girl.
Horace Hill has bought an interest
in the Silver Dollar buffet and the
firm il now Taillon & Hill.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Methodist church
will be held with Mrs. NJ. Is. barrow
Friday afternoon at 2:3O.
Rev. Kenneth Brown left on Mon
days Benton coach to attend the
semi-annual meeting o, the Great
Falls presbytery and state synod.
At Great Falls Saturday a marriage
license was issued TO James l.. Van
nest Of Lewistown, his bride being
given az Miss Grace Marie Norton Of
Great Falls. Mr.. Vannest is a son Of
VIM. Vannest of Lewist0wn.
The Great Northern has notified
cattle shippers along its line in Mon
tana that it will not furnish engines
for more than five trains of cattle
each day, a ruling which causes great
loss and annoyance to beef shippers.
River Press: G. H. Claussen. OF
Galena, Ills, who has been visiting
old friends here for a few days past,
left for Lewistown This morning. Mr..
Claussen is very favorably impressed
with Montana and may go into bust
ness In this state.
George NJ. Stafford last week dis
posed of all of his bench land property
between LewistOwn and Cottonwood
comprising 1,760 acres, to Herman
Often, the purchase price being 5000.
All save 400 acres Is fenced and has
been used for pasture purposes for
some years past.
River Press: John +. Patterson OF
the Shonkiu will soun deliver to e. III.
Merritt all of his spring lambs, at
~. so per head, a price above the ur-
was made last fall. Mr.. Patterson
has also sold a small bunch of 3-year-
old Hereford steers at $50.
The stock a famine in northern
MOntOna has been slightly relieved
by a gracious act of the Chicago &
Northwestern. This road operates
its own stable cars, and it lent the
Street Stable Car Co, several hundred
of its cars i'm the central states, en-
abling the Street people to accOmmo-
date shippers on the Great Northern
with a like number.
River Press: Judge DuBose is in
receipt of the resignation of +. w.
Mettler, court ste~nOgrapher, who
has concluded to open a law office at
Anvil City, the business center OF the
Cape Nome district in Alaska. 1t Is
understood that Judge DnBose has
filled the vacancy caused by Mr..
Mettler's resignation, hut the name
Of therapeutics is not yet announced.
A. y. Wright of the New Year was
in town last week and said that he
expects to have the mill ready for
operation by October IL, providing
bad weather does not seriously ill.,
terfere with the plans. Much muney
has been expended on roads and de-
velopment work and when the mill
is started sufficient ore is ready to
keep it in constant operation indefi,
nitely.
Wallace $. Perrine of L lea, one of
the teachers in attendance uDon the
institute last week, made this office
a pleasant call. Mr., Perrine has been
retained as principal OF the 'Union
School at Utica and will he assisted
10y Miss Wright. another proficient
instructor. The new building will he
completed shortly and a ter months
term IL contemplated. Utica will
find that good schools result in n
greater and more substantial up
building of a town than any other
one thing.