Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-29

weigh the mails which passed through
their hands for 30 consecutive days,
In order that the department might
know what amount OF business each
office handled. The result at the
Lewistown office was as follows:
First-class mail, $50 pounds, 9ounces;
second-class, 567 pounds, 5 ounces;
third and f~ourth-class, 1913 pounds;
government free mail, 1927 pounds,
10 ounces; equipment sacks, etc.
1855 pounds; total, 1898 pounds, s
ounces.
IT. ID. Barton. foreman ofthe ARGUS
office before his enlistment In CON-
pany |, has been chosen secretary OF
a Montana society recently formed
Id Manila. The organization is for
mutual benefit aud protection and
the only requirement is that the ap-
plicant must have at some time lived
ia Montana. The other officers are
NC. Smith, president; /. A. McAuley.
VIE president; j. j. Mullany, treas
utter. Forty men have Joined. Bar
ton remained In Manila when the
regiment left, accepting a position In
government printing Office.
A furry OF excitement prevailed
among the gold prospectors last week
as a result of reports brought from
the North Moccasin mountains by H.
t. Kendall. Mr.. Kendall had taken
some samples OF a sandstone forma-
tion lying a short distance above the
old saw mill, near the northeast
point, and the returns showed a
range Of from 80 to IS to the ton.
The ore would be very easily handled
by the cyanide process, and the body
is known to be Of large extent. A
number OF miners went to the noun
tains at once and many claims were
located.
A Missoula dispatch to the Stand
ard says that "Prof. L. A. Youtz OF
the Montana Wesleyan university
at Helena has been engaged to assist
In the work at the biological station
at Flathead lake next summer. The
announcement was made last
week that Prof. P. NJ. Silloway of
Lewistown would assist students In
the study of birds, while he himself
pursues study In this absorbing field"
Prof. Silloway Is greatly interested
In biology and especially in that por-
ton which concerns the bird king
dom and his assistance will no doubt
be very beneficial to the students.
A subscriber last week called the
attention of the local editor to the
fact that the condition of the weather
was seldom mentioned In these col.
umns, to which he pleaded guilty.
But Montana weather changes SO fire..
quently that unless the item is writ.
ten at the very last moment, the
the statement would likely appear
ridiculous when 1t met the reader
eyes. For a week past, however, w,
will venture to say that the climati,
condition could hardly be improved
upon. LATER-It Is raining ant
growing colder. LATER-Itis snow
ing and heavy clouds hang low.
Among the many Improvement
made by the ARGUS during the pas
four months Is the addition of alarg,
number OF new faces and sizes of jol
and advertising type. While thil
office was already fitted with I
greater assortment by far than an,
office within 100 miles, yet improve
ment was the order OF the day, ant
we are now better prepared thar
ever for the handling Of every style O
commercial printing and the present
ing to the public OF tasteful adver
tisements set In the latest styles o
typographical art. Orders for ad
vertislng or job work will hav'
prompt attention. and u prices ar
lower than can he secured anywher'
west Of st. Paul. when freight or ex
press charges are taken into consid
Grafton. Special discounts on larg'
orders.