Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-19


The apparatus of the Lewistown
gymnasium is now in place and the
members OF the club are enjoying the
healthful recreation. The club meets
mt Culver's hall, where n complete
outfit of travelling and swinging
rings, clubs, dumb bells, chest weights,
boxing gloves, punching bags, etc,
are conveniently arranged. The
officers OF the club are Marion Burke,
president. and l.. l.. Worden, secre-
tary and treasurer. Should any
Others desire to become members, the
club would be glad To receive their
names, which may be presented to
the secretary, Mr.. Worden. A
gymnasium has been much needed by
the young e in town who do not
desire to spend their evenings on tn
streets or in the saloons and the club
il not only assured permanency but
success in all features.
Another important transfer of
Lewistown real estate occurred Mon
day, Mrs NJ. l.. Hanson, through
Cook & Hilger, selling her residence
property on Fifth avenue, fronting
on Janeaux street, together with
improvements thereon, to Geo. Nj.
Stone and DR.. W. A. Long for $4,000.
DR.. Hanson went to Chicago last
fall after the disposal of the Main
street property to III. III. Hodgson,
but is now in Los Angeles, California,
where he will be joined by his wife
about June LIST. When DR.. Hanson
come to Lewistown the ~postOffice
had but shortly before been moved
from old Reedsfort; when he built his
stone block on Fifth avenue and Main
street he was far from the business
center and the investment was
deemed a hazardous one. Today
that corner is equal to any in the
city, and Lewistown real estate il
commanding good figures.
Walter A. Waite has been spending
several days in town. He came
down from Utica attired i'm an ''ice
cream suit and expected to intro
duce spring to his old friends here,
but a cold wave followed him in and
caused him to keep close to n stove.
Mr.. Waite says that Utica is certainly
ON the road to prosperity; both
stores are doing a good business and
the ranchmen and stockmen about
feel that this season il to be one OF
good crops and good prices. Twelve
Tennesseeans arrived in Utica ashort
time ago seeking work and quite a
number of laborers have come in
from Belt and vicinity. All these
men seem to average good character
and are accepting work az fast AZ
offered. 1t is the expectation among
Utica people, says Mr.. Waite, that
from eighty to one hundred men will
shortly be put to work in the sap
phire fields, which are but afew miles
from Utica, and that during the
season this industry will prove a
great boon to business.
Last week Wednesday the people
living IN the low land along the
channel of Spring creek were much
concerned, as the water rose steady
and rapidly until the lower floors Of
the houses We're threatened with
inundation. The foot bridges across
the stream were either torn out by
hands or carried away by water,
and ii looked for hours as tho the
restaurant building near the Tepee
saloon would be dropped into the
roaring torrent, while Il. Won Tobel's
residence was almost completely
surrounded and much Of his fire
wood floated away. The worst was
reached about Z p. m. and soon al
ter that the floods receded and the
creek, tho high, is well within its
banks. Had the restaurant fallen
into the creek, the heavy wagon
bridge would have been hard pressed
to withstand the shock, as the water
was already above the truss and the
narrow channel would have been
completely damned until the water
broke across the street at either side
Of the bridge. The closing OF the
channel OF the stream by the erection
OF buildings seems to augment the
danger from high water.