Fergus County argus., 1900-12-05
Neil Meponald is spendIng tew

ligence of the fatal shooting Of her
brother, Allen Fisher, at Carlton, Texas
presumably on the day before, though |
the telegram failed to give the date Of
the occurrence. The telegram conveyed
no information whatever as to the cause
of the shooting. The news was a severe
blow TO Mrs Deaton. The deceased
was "a years of age.
The county commissioners are in ses-
sion this week, settling up the business
for the year, They will be occupied the
entire week. Clerk Kelly must neces-
sarily be constant in his attentions up
on the meeting of the board and this,
together with the delay in receiving the
report of the county treasurer is likely |
to prevent him from having his annual |
report ready for the examination Of the
board at this session.
The demand foe the Hour manufaci- !
urcd by the Judith Basin Roller Mills !
is considerably in eXcrSs Of supply, !
said tico.J Bach on Monday. Mr. Sym
mes of the Power Mercantile Co. would |
take the entire product. were it good
policy To limit the handling of the flour
to one firm; Lehman u Go. are handling !
the home product almost exclusively
and other firms take all that we can
make" Mr. Bach said that considerable !
good wheat was being brought in and
the mills were receiving all which was
of good quality. The supply will be
sufficient to keep the mill running until
! March lst, at least, and but for the
hail last summer, they could probably
have secured enough torun all summer. |
of course. the mill is not now run to its !
full capacity and after next season,
should the growers yield he as large as
contemplated, larger force will he
required and capacity increased. The
product is giving good satisfaction.
The credit system is abused by such
large number that it is little wonder
merchants are forced to refuse accom-.
mediation even To the best customers
and require cash payments on all goods
purchased. "A striking instance of
this is in Lewistown," says John Borg,
proprietor of the Lewistown Meat
Market. Mr.. Borg has gone to great
expense in fitting meat market and in
supplying it with the best meats OBJ
tainable, but he is greatly disappointed
with results. Instead Of the public
showing appreciation of his outlay of a
clean, well kept shop and of his APP
proved methods of handling meats, he
says he believes he would have done
quite as much business had he moved
his slaughter house to Lcwistown and
opened his shop in the back end. On
December lst he had bills of nearly
$4,000, large portion Of which were
past due, patrons showing little dispo-
sition to pay the accounts, though con
stantly ordering meats. Like many
other merchants in town, he complains
OF the comparatively small inducements
offered Legitimate business while gamb-
ling dens and brothels do thriving
business and the proprietors wax fat
More encouragement To enterprise
should be given by the people of Lew
istown.
A horse belonging TO the New Year
company had a rather disagrecable eX-
perience last week and one that came
near terminating his life. The horse
was used by Superintendent Meredith
and others for visiting the properties Of
the company and on several occasions
was given the bride. or halter. and or
dcred to return to the mill ridcrlesS,
which he did without mishap or delay,
Early last week an employe rode To the
mine and dismounting gave the animal
his liberty, thinking he would return
as usual to the mill. lie failed to do 81
and search was instituted. Two men
were employed four or five days in the
search, which extended over much Of
the Judith mountains and rs far north
as the North Moccasin. several trails
proving fruitlcss. Saturday morning
Mr.. Meredith, before leaving for Lew.
5 istown, instructed the men IN continue
the search. believing the animal to be
r fastened somewhere in the brush and
: he didn't want it to meet such a death.
5 Upon arriving in Lcwistown Mr. Mcr-
= edith received a telephone message
: stating that the horse had been found
} tangled in thicket not great ways
from where it had been turned loose
4 some days before. He recommended
E very careful feeding on cruel and re-
: turned to camp as soon as possible 10
I give the faithful animal his personal
| attention. Mr.. Meredith said the horse
a would be all right in a few days with
/, proper attention TO his diet.
: John II. White, would-be bad man,
came TO town last week and made rep,
utation for himself with very little
, trouble. At the Tiyoli he manifested a
disposition to run the place. After
n shaking dice with the bar tender ant
k losing he refused to pay. SomeoE,
S standing by, to whom the question wa'
d referred, decided White had lost
IS Seemingly accepting the decision Whit,
o plunged his hand in his pocket, but in
e stead of bringing forth the money h'
, produced a murderous looking weapon
t. and pointed it at the bar tender. Tn,
4 latter did not throw up his hands-no
!, ! nv a good 1pal-but came around thi