Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-09-26

=. W. Sheldon. came in from Harlow
last night.
Yesterday afternoon J.. Il. Elliot and
Alexander Morrison through their at
torney Z. X. Cheadle, began an action
of replevin in the district court against
NJ. +. Trask and two of his employees
to recover the possession of a band
of about GO sheep which the de-
PENDANTS unlawfully Withhold from the
plaintiffs, according to the language of
the complaint. The complaint further
says that the defendant and his en-
ployes purposely mixed these sheep
with a band of their own and after
wards upon demand, refused to give
them up. Two separate criminal COM
plants were also sworn out by the
plaintiffs in the civil action against
Mr.. Trask's employees, accusing them
Of having unlawfully injured certain
sheep belonging to them in the manner
set forth and of having driven them
from their customary range. War
rants for the arrest Of the parties were
sworn out before Judge MacGowan and
placed in the hands 81 Special Deputy
Mike Riser, who win serve these pa,
pers at the same time that he serves
the papers in the civil action. The
place where the alleged offeuscs were
committed is south of the Snowy noun
taius.
The time to answer in the east initia.
tiated by Co. | against its former cap.
tain G.. II. Preston, TO recover posses.
sion of the bell brought by the boys in
the company from thc Philippines. cN-
pired on tine cath of This month with
ont any appearance being made on the
part of the defendant. +. X. Chrndlc.
attorney for the company SAYS he will
apply for Judgment before the present
session of court adjourus and when the
same has been entered mp the property
will be turned over to its owners to be
disposed of as they mas hereafter de.
termine. As oon rs they can he called
together for the purpose of considering
the matter, the members of the com
pany will probably agree unanimously
to present the bell to the town author.
tiles in accordance with their original
intention. j. c. Stubs from who's,
possession the bell was taken by tn,
company, disclaims any right or au'
thority over the same and for Captain
Preston. If he had any color OF title t.
the bell he would have appeared ant
defended his rights. The costs of tn,
action will be assessed against Mr.
Preston who low resides in Big Tim
Der. but it is doubtful whether the,
can be collected 81 easily as the bel
was obtained when once the sheriff
started after it.
Owing to improper heating OF som,
of the rooms of the new school build
ing, no session has been held in then
since last Monday morning at 10 o'clocl
and the pupils have been sent home I,
await for either the cold weather t.
disappear or for something to be don,
toward r~emedying the existing trouble
No one seems to know exactly what /
the matter, but no doubt there is some
thing defective about the construction
of the furnace in the basement Of tn
building. The temperature Of some q
the rooms is easily maintained at
comfortable point, while that of tn
other rooms is so low as to make it i'm
possible for the pupils TO remain in j
without seriously endangering life AM
health. One member Of the boar,
stated yesterday that in his opinion
the trouble was with the chimney o
: the furnace and not with the furnac
itself and accordingly steps have bee
> taken to have the chimney made niue
higher. Storm windows have ais
: been ordered and will be put on a
soon as they arrive. Everything pc,
> sible is being done to solve this vexa
4 tious problem, but thus far withou
satisfactory results. More or les
trouble of the same kind was exper
{ enced last year and the matter is on
I" warranting the serious consideratio
. of the board. II should not be above
. to run on in this way any longer.
The delegates to the Democratic col
{ v~ention returned home Monday nigh
: but not overlooking with enthusiasm
u not by any means. Perhaps the caus
! was that the night was cold and po
7 sibly il was that the weeks work Ia
u resulted far from satisfactorily. II
; most sanguine Of all was 4. j. John
[ who actually believed that the tick,
, named would be partially successful q
ANpNtlIlItl VII LINZ OllI'ln vi lllf Nt
u egation, he thought the claims of II
Silver Bow delegation which was r.
" fused seats were stronger than II
v Clark crowd which was seated and
I may be said To be the practically unaI
imous opinion Of the delegation tina
y a mistake was made in that rcgar
i which ultimately resulted in the split
y Mr.. Johns predicts that the Democrat
Il convention which is called 10 meet
l Butte next Tuesday will name TO.
: Smith for governor, {. ). Hartman &
L congress and c. Il. Nolan for atturHr
j general and probably endorse C.. :
Hays for secretary Of state. He say
Col. Nolan has promised to speak !