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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION : United

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION - United
IN States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont-
June 2. 1879.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Saturday, July 10, 1893, viz:
JOHN NODSON,
who made H.. L. No. 6S6. for the es sell, s1e
neh, sec 5, tip 10 n, T Is Z. Mont. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Zachariah Baker, George w. Rohrbacker, Jo-
seph Lebert and William Jones. all of Lewis
town. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First pub June
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF,,Notic

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
- for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown, Mont. May IL, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
BRUNDAGE kEIRSTEAD,
of Fergus county, has filed notice of intention
to make proof on his desert land claim No. 1852
for the neli nwa and lots 1. 2 and 3. sec 10. tip 1!
n, r III e (unsurveyedl, Montana p. NJ; and
FRANK A. SPRAGG,
OF Fergus county, Mont, has filed notice of in
%tention to make proof on his desert land claim
No. $50, for the seha swlI, w1s seA, nell sell
sl2 nell, neA neli, sec IS: nwh nwA sec IL, II
10 n. r 10 Z nnsurveyedl, Montana p. NJ. be-
fore the register and receiver at Lewistown
Mont, on Thursday, June -, 1899
They name the following WITNESSES to prove
their complete irrigation and reclamation OF
said land:
Buundage Keirstead. Henry Nelson, Angus
Nelson, John Gilbert and Frank Spragg. all OF
Denton, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication May "a
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publicatiop-United States Land Office

at Lewistown, Mont. June IL. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that
WILLIAM PIKE,
of TIBET, Mont, has filed notice of inten-
ton 10 make proof on his desert land claim No.
i96, for the lots / and 2, and els nwi4, sec Is tp
IL n T Is e, Montana p. NJ, before the reg
ister and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Thursday, July 70. 1899.
He names tine following witnesses 10 prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF said
land:
William Gordon. Theodore Nichols, David
Sherman and Frank Alexander, all of Ubet,
Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication June Il
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
DESERT LAND FINAL PRooF,Notic'

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown. Mont, May Is. 1883.
Notice is hereby given that
MARY +. LINCOLN,
Assignee OF George c. Robbins,
has filed notice of intention To make proof on
her desert land claim No. 81, forthe VIZ sch,
sw14 neA, sec "a, tp II n, T l6 e, Montana L. NJ;
and
ALVIN LINCOLN,
assignee of Mary Elmira Lincoln,
of Fergus county, Mont, ha. filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert land claim
No. $50 for the sa nw4, MA swti, sec IL. tp II
n. r Is e, before the register and receiver al
LewistoHn, Mont, on Friday, June 30, 1899.
their complete irrigation and reclamation OF
said land:
William X. Woods, Leslie Mccain and Da-
vid {. White. of Lewistown, Mont, and Ed
ward Nave, of Deerfield. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication MAY "A
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION = United
~ States Land Office at Lewistown. Mont,
June 6, 1889.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
saturday, July IL. le.9, viz
WILLIAM w. LARSEN, q.
who made II. +. No. 1446. for the VIE nw14,
SEX nwI, sec 8; swl4 swh sec H. II n r 20 e,
Montana y. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
William Fergus, Jr. of TT. Maginnis. Mont. /;
William i. Gilmore, Halsey X. Watson and
Walker Wells. ot ' ewistown, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
First pub June7
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

NOTICE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
~ Fergus County, Montana, April 4, 1899.
To William Vantilburgh. his heirs, assigns,
or legal representatives. You are hereby mott
fed that |, the undersigned, your co-owner.
have expended one hundred (1O0l dollars In
labor and Improvements upon the North Ken
lucky quartz lode mining claim. situate. lying
and being in Warm Spring mining district
(unorRanizedl, in the county of Fergus and
State of Montana. and recorded in the office of
the clerk and recorder of said county, in Book
2 OF Lode locations, on page a9. as will APP
pear by a certificate filed Jan. l6, 1898. in the
Office of the recorder Of said county. IN ordert to
hold said premises, under the provisions of
section 2S24, Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending Dec. 81. 1898, and II
within ninety days after this notice by publica-
ton you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as a co-owner,
amounting TO $50, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the subscriber I'M
der said section 2324.
CHARLES LINDNER.
First pub, April
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EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
First publication May IL

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown, Mont. June 8, leS9.
Notice is hereby given that
MATTE VI. PHILLIPS.
of Utica. Fergus county, Montana, has
filed notice of intention to make proof or
her desert land claim No. 37i. for the seA mel
sec q, tp IL n, r l6 e, Montana p. NJ, before the
register and receiver at Le~wistown, Mont, on
Monday. July "a. 1899.
She names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation of said
land:
John A. Dover. James Ettien. William Jack.
son, Jr., and Jonathan 5. Phillips. all of Utica
Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register.
First publication June IA
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
~ States Land Office al Lewistoyn. Mont.
First publication June II

IN States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
June ~, $50.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support OF his claim and
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Thursday, July 20, 1879, viz:
WILLIAM PIKE,
who made H.. +. No. $40, for the eIs nwk, el6
sNll sec !. p ~ n, T l6 e. Montana p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
William Gordon, Theodore Nichols, David
Sherman and Frank Alexander, all OF TIBET,
Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication June IA
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
Nv States Land Office al IeMisfnMn. Mont.

~ States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
MAY %, 1899.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Saturday, July 1, 1888, viz;
LEONARD l.. RICHARDSON,
who made IL. 4. No. 1885. for the e1e seh sec
1. swl4 swh sec 3, nw14 nwA sec 10, tip Is n, re
% e, Mont. i. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Thomas NJ. shaw of Lewistown, Oscar Ste
phens, JOIN Stephens and George Huxley of
1T. Maginnis, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First pub May q.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notic
- for publication-Uuited States Land Otfic

~ for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown, Mont, May 10, 1879.
Notice is hereby given that
FRANK f. PROUETT.
OF P~hilbrook, Mont, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make proof on his desert land claim No.
ll9. for the nwii sun sec %. tp l6 u. r. l5e, Mon
tana p. NJ, before the register and receiver at
Lewistown, Mont, on Friday, June q, 1870.
He names the following witnesses 10 prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation of said
land.
George A. Lamb, William s. Dickson, Eu-
gene Peacock and Mary A. Lamb. all OF Phil
brook, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication May Il
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21
THE DOCTORS MISTAKE.

The doctor made mistake in the num-
Der and called at the wrong house. No
woman calls a doctor after she is once
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

SAINT PHILLIPS, Chairmen.
Attest: c, NJ. KELLY. Clerk.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION - United
~ States Land Office at I.ewistown, Mont,
June II, 1889.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support Of her claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana, on
Saturday. July 20. 1893, viz:
ETTIE l.. WOODHOCSE.
who made Il; +. Nc. i22s' for the sTh W.
Mont. p. NJ.
She m the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Richard Cox and Susan Jane Coke Cotton
wood, Mont; Emit Marcellus and Mary A
Marcellus, of Ubet, Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First pub June n
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown, Mont, May II. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that
JOSEPH SCHNEIDER,
of Utica, Mont, has filed notice Of intention 10
make proof on his desert land claim No. 59i, for
the nell nell sec Is. tp Ii II, T II e. Montana Z.
Nj, before the register and receiver at Lewis
town. Mont, on Thursday, June %, 1899.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF said
land.
George Bach, of Lewistown. Mont: Anton
Schafer, David Simpson and Robert Dunsmore,
of Stanford. Mont.
EDWARD BRAssEY. Register,
First publication May II
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-21

: UIlCE TOCREDlTORS.-Es Estate of John
y Raw. Sr, deceased: Notice is hereby
given ty the undersigned, executor of the
estate Of John Raw. ST., deceased. to the cred
TORS OF. and all persons having claims against.
the said deceased, to exhibit them. with the
the first publication of this notice, to the said
executor, at his residence at Pleasant Valley.
near philbrook, or at the law Office of VIM. NJ.
Blackford, his attorney. at Lewistown, in the
county of Fergus.
Dated at Lewistown. Mont, May q, 1899.
RICHARD RAW,
Executor of the estate of John Raw, ST., de-
ceased.
WIN. Nj. BLACKBOARD, Attorney for Executor.
First publication May 81
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-15
news OF The COUNTY.
POndcrA.

On the 5th special train went south
carrying the officials OF the G. &c,
BY.
J. Wallenstein ard Tom Miller were
in town for goods.
Our burg is full of shearers and violin,
ste end more arriving daily.
B. ]. Mathews has very snug frame
building under course Of erection,
which will be used for saloon. Ole
Strand is the builder.
Last Monday the sheep men held
meeting to fix rate for shearing and it
was decided to pays cents per head.
Mr.. Darling is bRck from Fort Benton,
A. K. Prescott has been here for
week and left for Helena today.
w. Hickey and A. Finlayson have re-,
turned from Great Falls.
H. c. Joiner was here arranging for
shearing his sheep.
Graham & Co., have secured the ser.
vice of Mr.. and Mrs. Downey for the
summer.
Quite lot of men here looking for
work. Shearing will begin tomorrow
18th inst.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF TETON COUNTY.
c. E. Trescott. Publisher.
OUR LAST ISSUE

Ever since the first issue of The Acan-
tina, Sept. Is, 1894, our enemies and the
good Lord knows we have plenty of
them-have worked zealously for, and
have confidently predicted speedy
demise.
At this time-mueh as we regret it
we are compelled to make the announce
ment that this is THE LAST issue of
The Dupuyer Acantha lin it's present
form).
Next week it will be published as a
five-column, eight page paper, and ii our
business continues to increase as it has
during the past six months the paper
will be again enlarged.
In the meantime, the price Of sub
scription remains the same-S1. 90 per
year, and if you are too poor to pay that
amount, make affidavit to it and we will
send it year for nothing. IS
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Partnership Notice.

To whom it may concern: This is to
certify that the membership of they6rm Of
Jos. Hirshberg and Co., doing business
at Dupuyer, Montana, heretofore con,
sisting of Joseph Hirshberg, Julius
Hirshberg, Alfred Harris and Carl
Harris, was on the Goth day of May,
1899, changed, by the said Alfred Harris
withdrawing from said partnership firm
by mutual consent of all Of the parties
to said partnership.
The partnership firm of Jos. Hirshberg
and Co, of Dupuyer, Montana, now CON
sists of Joseph Hirshberg, of Helena,
Montana, julius Hirshberg, of Chateau,
Moptans and Carl Harris, of Dupuyet
Montana.
In witness whereof the partners in said
partnership hav9 hereunto set their
hands and seals this 9Th day of june,
1899. JosEPH HIRsHBERG. TSeal.l i
julius HIRsHBERG. fSeal.l
CARL HARRIS, [Seall
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Commissioners Proceedings.
IOFFICIALl

[oFFICIAL]
Synopsis of the proceedings of the
Board of County commissioners Of
Teton County, Montana, at regular June
meeting, 1899.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-15
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Board reassembled 2 p. IN. All present.
Auditing claims against county re-
sumed, warrants ordered for those
allowed.
S. Y. Penrod presented contract for
construction of bridge across Muddy,
accompanied by bond in sum of
10000 with G NJ Coffey and L W Lehr.
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OFFICIAL
Synopsis of the proceedings of the
Board of County Commissioners Of
Teton County, Montana, at regular June
meeting, 1899.
Choteau, Mont. June 5, 1898.
Board met in regular June session. at
10 o'clock a. M, at, the Office OF the
county clerk. Present Chairman G. B.
Perkins, Commissioners w. M. Foster
and a. Connolly, ane the clerk.
Minutes of regular March meeting
read and approved.
Board proceeded to examine reports of
county and township officers for the
quarter ending May 81, 1899. The fol-
lowing were approved and ordered filed.
Sterling Mcdonald, clerk dist. court.
Fees collected amounting to $7555.
A. c. Warner, county clerk. Fees
collected amounting to 5279:3O.
4. @. Warner, county clerk. Warrants
issued in payments of salaries, amount
ing to s., ,45908 on contingent fund and
B675!:0 on general fund.
W. D. Hagen, sheriff. Fees collected,
amounting to $1,000
VIM. D. Hagen, sheriff. Report of
Jail boarders. Warrant ordered for ex-
penses incurred.
D. A. Penry, assessor Special taxes
collected as follows. Poor $4,000; road
1878.
VIM. Bruce, poor contractor, showing
5 inmates cared for.
Adjourned to 2p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board reassembled 2 p. m. all mem
bers present. Consideration of reports
continued, and following approved and
ordered FLED:
Fl. Beaupre, ]. P. Choteau township.
Warrant ordered for costs incurred.
M. D. Cooper, J. P. Choteau township.
Warrant ordered for costs incurred.
F. Ii. Federhen, J. p Dlpuyer town
ship. Warrants ordered for costs in
Cured. Adjourned to 10 a. m. June G..
SECOND DAY.
June 6, Board pact at 10 a. m. All
members present.
Report of VIM. Dawes, J. P. Marias
township, examined, approved and
ordered filed. Warrant ordered for
costs incurred.
Petition presented for appointment of
deputy sheriff and erection of Jail at
Shelby. Appointment of deputy sheriff
at $4,000 per month authorized.
Board proceeded to audit claims
against comfy. Warrants ordered for
those allowed.
Claim Of Thos D. Long for legal ser
vices in state vs. Beeler, disalloWed.
Adjourned 2 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board reassembled p M. all present
Following reports examined, approved
and ordered filed.
H. F. Stoltenberg, constable Marias
township. Warrant ordered for fees.
Fannie e. Chenoweth, supt. schools
showing visits made, permits issued and
an examination held.
Jno. W. Shields, county surveyor
showing work dono.
Sterling Mcdonald, clerk district
court. Report of warrants issued as
follows, to jurors s638O, witness S5O8.2
Board ordered that following roads be
declared opened. Dupuyer and old saw
mill site road.
Dupuyer and Robare road. Bircl
Creek and Birch Creek Canyon ROAD.
Reports of road viewers considered
Following accepted, and roads ordered
surveyed and opened.
Change in Choteau and Belleviev
-oad from d corner common tosections
% and %, township "a n, range W.
thence southeast to intersection of pre-
sentsurveyed road.
Beginning at a point on the BircI
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ordered tnag Deglnnlng June lO, 1899,
all special deputies appointed by the
sheriff or by any of his deputy sheriffs,
in all cases, shall be allowed compensa-
tion at the rate of $500 per diem.
Board then examined plat of the town
of Shelby, presented by Henry F Guth,
and approved sane.
Ordered that clerk shall not deliver
warrants drawn in favor of DR.. W. H.
Titus until DR.. Titus shall have settled
his license indebtedness.
A communication was read from the
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. concerning
the Marias River Bridge, informing that
it was their intention to begin work on
the erection at once after the June rise.
Board then audited claims of its mem
bers, and ordered warrants drawn in
payment of sage.
Board then adjourned sine die.
During the session warrants were
ordered as follows:
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Fivs dollars reward viii be paid for
the return of one gray horse, described
as follows; Collar marks on shoulders;
branded B S on left shoulder and Il
The above reward will be paid for the
return or recovery of said horse.
Bull SHOE, Piegan, Mont
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as sureties. Bond approved and con
tract signed.
DR.. 7 Brooks presented contract for
medical attendance, accompanied by
bond in sum of $500 with j. E. DeHaas
and Samuel L Mitchell as sureties.
Bond approved and contract signed.
Report of ] M Wilcox, j. P. Marias
township, examined. approved and
ordered filed.
Ordered that warrant for S1804.5O on
sinking fuhd, be drawn 70 pay July in
terest on bonds.
Ordered that clerk purchase suitable
shelving for county treasurer's vault
Boara then examines S,treasurer's re
pert. List of licenses was compared
with license books, and found correct.
After checking report with county
clerks books cash balances were found
r.
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

The GLORY OF THEBEs.--A des-
patch from Cairo last week con-
veyed to antiquarians the deplora-
BILE intelligence that no less than
nine of the mighty pillars at Kar-
max had fallen to the ground. The
catastrophe is not altogether sur
prising, seeing that these awe-in-
spring relics OF antiquity have de-
fed time and tempest for three
thousand years and more. The
history Of Karnak and its ruined
temples takes US back to the most
glorious epoch Of Egyptian history
under the 10Th dynasty OF her kings,
a period roughly extending from
1900 to 1880 B. c. 1t vas Seti who
began, and Rameses the Great who
completed, what an able authority
has termed "the noblest effort oil
architectural magnifcenSe ever
produced by the hand OF man."
There were no less than eleven
temples at KaTnak in the palmy
days OF Egyptian Thebes, and to
make circuit Of the crude brick
walls was and is a journey of
two and half miles, which makes
it easier to understand that the
cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
would stand comfortably on the
surface covered by the Great Hall.
A curious feature OF the architec-
ture OF these old days, of which
traces still survive, was the long
avenues OF cro-sphinxes or rams
that formed the approaches to some
Of the temples. Passing down one
OF these avenues the visitor reaches
a vast open court, where once
stood stltelY array OF huge coll
umnS, on which was chiselled in
strange hieroglyphics the history
Of many a stricken field. Further
on, up flight OF seven steps and
down lofty passage, the stranger
stands on the threshold OF that
pillared hall, once the glory Of
Thebes, a veritable wonder OF the
world, and still majestic though in
rum" Experts have made vary
ing calculations, but practically
the hall was originally about $50
feet long by I7o wide, with a root
Of 70 feet above the floor, and sup
ported by I64 columns, arranged
IN three groups. In the centre
stood twelve gigantic pillars SO
feet in girth, hanked on each side
by rows OF slightly smaller giants.
These columns, it should be ex.
planned, were not single stones
like Cleopatra's needle, but
built cOmpactlV Of great blocks
hewn from the solid rock by the
labor of an army of saptives. The
Hall Of Columns presents a specta-
Gle Of infinite grandeur. "It is a
masterpiece of the highest class"
says Rawlinson, 80 vast as to over
whelm the mind Of the spectator,
so lavishlY ornamented as to excite
his astonishment and admiration,
so beautifully proportioned as to
satisfy the requirements oil the most
refined taste, so entirely in har-
mony with its surroundings as to
please even the most ignorant.
Egypt's architectural power culmi-
mates in this wonderful edi6ce.-
Lk0TaS Weekly.