Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-10-25
Apples at Lehman's next week.


Six weeks ofgoud weather Is greatly
needed to complete the buildings now
in course of erection. win the clerk
Of the weather please give his tele-
phone number.
Although II w8sileal duck weather
last Sunday it took three Of ouryoung
bloods to bag one lone mallard. Some
are mean enough to say theduck had
been wounded before.
County Superintendent PEBBLES re-
turned last Saturday from N ex-
tended trip In the southern part of
the county where she went to look
after the schools.
The boys reachedGreat Falls at 300
yesterday afternoon after an eventful
day at Butte. They leave for Lewis.
town this morning. Meet them on the
bench from which they LETT eighteen
months ago.
The Great Falls Tribune says that
the smallpox quarantine has been
raised in that city and the opera
house, concert halls, churches, lodge
rooms and schools are now open and
public gatherings of all kinds are per-
mitted.
Mrs. Beebe and son, mother and
brother of Mr.. John Beebe of the
Bank Of Fergus County, are expected
from Chicago this week and will make
their home In Lewistown, occupying
the residcnc formerly occupied by
DR.. Hogan and family.
Billings Gazette: Captain +. j.
Mills Of Salt Lake, who shot and
killed j. G. O'Melveny In that city u
couple Of months ago, on account OF
the latter's supposed intimacy with
the formers wife, IL n brother of Rev.
Jacob Mills of Helena, formerly Of
Billings. Rev. Mills has ius%treturned
from visiting his brother.
The following cattlesale Of interest
to Montanans TOOK place in Chicago
last week: Oscar stephens, 2lS, av-
eraging 1881, 81 so; CusterCattleCo.,
los hrifers, averaging 1864, S425; Cua-
ter Cattle Co.. POI cows, averaging
1856, S3,0S; Thos. Cruise, 10, averag-
Ing 1894, $3.50: Thos. Cruise, 1874 COWS,
averaging 1865, $3.50.
The Montana Railroad Company
completed it's line to Martinsdale this
week. The new town of Martinsdale
IL located about one mile from the
old townsite and is seventy one miles
from Lewistown. 1t il the purpose
of the Montana Railroad Company
to offer special inducements for the
Lewistown passenger business. Ii
will run "A fast passenger, express and
mail train from Lombard To Martins
dale and return each day, connecting
with both the east and west-bound
Northern Pacific trains and the Lew
istown stages. The accommodations
at Lombard are iirst-class. The
stage service bet Lewistowna and
Martinsdale IL excellent in every par
~ticular. 1t was not phased by the
snow storms of last winter. Ii Il
understood that the freight rates
from eastern and western terminal
points to Martinsdale will be the
same as to Helena, which il prac-
tically the same as the Great Falls
rate, so that merchants can lay down
goods at M%artinsdale at the same
prices at which they can lay them
down at Great Falls, with the al.
vantage oi fifty miles wagon haul in
favor of M~artinsdalc, and the wagon
road from Lewistownto Martinsdalt
IL not excelled by any In Montana,
Mr.. +. W. Sheldon, travelling freight
and passenger agent Of the Montana
Railroad Company, islocatedi IA Lew,
ist0wn. He will be glad to give any
information that may he required.