Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-06-14

position. Success To you. Henry, in
your new field.
Miss Minnie Render, the popular
school mistress OF Fort Maginnis,
made her many friends happy by her
presence Sunday. She reports good
attendance at her school.
w. A. Strain. a mining man OF con-
siderable experience, and lessee OF the
Maginnis properties, was I'm town
Sunday. Mr.. Strain has also leased
several miles of the creek, which IL
rich in tailings. He has one of the
finest properties in the state. About
) 5000 tons OF high grade ore il on the
dump. This was thrown over the
waste dump as worthless by former
managers, the rock being so different
from the main ore. Mr. Strain is
now employing IA few men in testing
the cyanide process on the tailings.
The mill, with its S0-horse power en-
gine and 10 stamps, will be placed in
repair as soon as the missing parts
can arrive from San Francisco. The
mill, being idle and unguarded, has
been looted OF most Of the movable
parts. The property will be system
atically worked and the work pushed
as fast as conditions warrant. Until
the needed machinery arrives Mr..
Strain will direct his attention to the
cyanide process and cleaning up the
mine and mill. When this minestarts
up in full blast it will give work to a
great many men, which means more
prosperous times for this section of
the country. That Mr.. strain has
the best wishes Of our people goes
without saying.
j. h. Brown, the celebrated singer
and pianist of Lewistown. is spend
ing several days in Gilt Edge. We
are always glad to see j. *. intown.
Pursuant to announcement the
band entertainment was given Satur-
day evening, the program as rend-
cred differing somewhat from the list
in last issue. The band played on
the street, alluring quite a large
crowd to the hall. They then opened
the entertainment with the selection
Marguerite" which was well han
died, considering they have only had
two weeks practice. We predict
great success for this organization.
Both the individual members and
Frank Clark az instructor deserve
great credit. Owing to the limited
space we cannot dwell on the merits
OF each rendition. All acquitted them
selves well, making the evening one
of the most pleasant that Gilt Edge
has been INDUCED in. We cannot
pass from This, however, without
mention of the excellent work done
by the quartet, Messrs. King, Poland,
Clark and Caldwell, in rendering
America" +. W. King. the COM
pany'sable and popular superintend-
ent, demonstrated that he could han
die the cornet, as well as a mill. His
selection. "Silver Star Polka" brot
forth round after round OF applause,
and a German friend sitting next to
me remarked, "Dot little Teller plays
big, don't it," We thought the APP
plause would never quit when Mrs.
Badger sang "My Lover Is a Sailor
Lad" She responded 10 the encore
with a pretty character song entitled
"Tit for Tat" which met with en-
thusiastic cheers. Mrs. Badger dem
onstrated that Git Edge has IA sin
ger that would do credit to any
place in the state. VIM. Hanna did
some clever work in the fancy step
dance. DR.. Tillotson held the audi
ence in wonder and admiration at his
evolutionary powers as he dramat-
ically depicted the mlsadventures OF
Green's boy and the flying machine.
Special interest attached to thepiece,
as the principal actor described is