Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-09-05

Prof. Silloway returned Saturday
from his summer vacation'looking hale
and hearty.
Rev. August Lobitz, German Lutheran
minister of Bozeman. will hold services
in the Presbyterian church Sunday. the
9th inst, at . p. IN A cordial invita-
ton is extended.
The town council met in regular
monthly session, with Mayor Cook, who
had just returned fiom the National
Park, in the chair. There were Just
enough aldermen present to make a
quorum. the others being absent from
the city. The full report of the pro-
ceedings will be published in the next
issue of this paper.
L. X. Murray and family, of Phil
brook, made Lewistown a pleasant call
Saturday. Mr.. Murray is one of the
steadfast Republicans of the Judith
valley and evidently his good mission
airy work has been bearing fruit, for he
says that it is hardly possible that the
Denis. will be able to muster a corpor-
ais guard in that precinct. No less than
a dozen leading citizens of the valley.
who have heretofore supported Bryan
and Popocracy, have this year declared
their intentions of voting for Mckinley
and every Republican on the list. Con-
siderable rivalry seems to have been en-
gendered among the Republicans by
the result in Halbert two years ago and
the loyal Republicans of hat section
will have to make it unanimous this
year or possibly lose their place at the
head of Republican strongholds. Phil
brook will make them a warm race and
so will other precincts in the county.
The regular meeting of the town
council did not take place on Monday
evening owing to the fact that neither
Mayor Cook nor Mr.. Eldridge, president
of the council, were in town on that
date. The city fathers were thus left
without anyone to assume the gavel
and guide their footsteps through the
thorny mazes of a session. The major
ity of the aldermen. never before hav-
ing been confronted by such an anon
oily since the town was incorporated,
and, it being a legal holiday, some
doubt arose as to just what procedure
should be adopted. Unfortunately, the
man of law, Mr.. Cheadle, was also alb
sent from the town on a pilgrimage to
the Canterbury of Montana, and hence
there was no one left to unravel the
legal phases of the puzzle. Bycommon
consent, therefore, the meeting was
abandoned and the aldermen hied
themselves to Culver's hall to witness
the production of Penelope"
Penelope, the Milkman's Bride"
rendered under the auspices of the
Home Workers, Monday evening, proved
fairly entertaining, what there was of
it. The music was of a very light or
der and was far from being catchy.
The operetta was badly cut when as a
matter of fact il greatly needed pad
ding. Mrs. Leard, as Penelope, a SER
want, sang and acted her part most
creditably. Mrs Arthur, as the
"Missus,' looked charming and her
acting was natural. Mr.. Cort, as
pitcher in the Police" sang as well as
the music of the peace would permit.
Louis Blodgett. as "Tosser in the
Grenadiers," was the star of the even
ing. He is a natural actor and does
comedy parts well. His monologue at
the opening, created considerable mirth.
Oswald Lehman, was acceptable. IL
brevity is the soul of wit, then Pencil
ope should take high rank as a comic
opera. However, the audience seemed
to be pleased and no n should have n
kick coming. Possibly the reporter
was expecting toe much. The receipts
were about 500.
On Monday morning the last OF the
delegates TO the Republican state con-
v~ention left for Helena on the outgoing
coaches, the others having previously
started, either by stage or by pri-
| ~atn uAn.ar.ana. TL. uur1Avv .Iu.l,
conveyed as passengers, II. s.. Hamilton.
Hugh Green, J.. l.. Stuart. Jas. Croft
Alex Lehman and Halsey Il. Watson,
of the ARGUS. In addition 10 the dele
gates. there were several other passcn-
gers On the Harlow line, and the maE-
agement Of the company was Obliged to
put On an additional coach TO accommo-
date the increased traffic. ALI Stephen
and George Wiedeman went via Ben
ton, while E. X. Cheadle, Lou Eldridgc
and Jack Waite, who carries the proxy
of Frank Wright, drove over to Harlow
in a rig Of their own. Many Of thedel-
egates live in a remote part OF the
county and took the most expeditions
route to the capital. A more represen-
%tative and enthusiastic Republican del
egation never left this county To as
sist in the naming of a winning ticket.
They are all men of influence and pres
Itige who will give a good account Of
themselves at the proper time.