Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
b. +. Lepper of Flatwillow was in

l.ewistown yesterday accompanied
by his father, Peter Lepper Of Akron,
Ohio, who Is visiting at his sons
ranch. The coming VI the elder was
n complete surprise TO the son, who
had not seen him in IL years.
W. D. Sullenger, Of Grass Range,
was In town Monday. lie has al
ready sheared his wool and the pro-
duct passed through town last week
en- route for the Great Falls market.
This Is believed to be the first clip of
Judith Basin wool for the season OF
1900.
G. NJ. Stone and W. A. Long will
shortly commence the erection OF n
frame Office building on the corner OF
Fifth avenue and J~anpaux street, op-
posite the Presbyterian church,
which, when completed, will be occu-
pied by DR.. W. A. Long, the Citizens
Electric Co. and the Lewistown Fuel
Co.
Mrs. j. III. willard returned Friday
evening last from the east, accom-
panied by Miss Willard, OF Lancas-
ter, Ohio, who will visit with her
brother, DIR. willard, for a short time.
Mrs. Willard visited her son, Lieut..
willard. during her absence. The
lieutenant is now a first Lieutenant
Of the second cavalry and stationed
at Matansas, Cuba.
A. C. Greene and F. X. Warren,
prominent woOlgrowers OF Utica,
camel to LewistOwn yesterday. Both
gentlemen report very successful
Landing eason and say the wool
clip this year will he as good or bet
ter than In any previous year. They
do not expect prices will range much
higher than last season, but on ac-
count OF the additional weight Of
this years ~fleeces, the results will he
much better.
I. X. Carson, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, spentseveral days
In Lcwistown during the past week
looking after some business matters.
They Travelled by their own convey
ance and returned to Great Falls
Monday. Mr.. Carson ha become II
leading politician since he went to
Great Falls and Joined the W. A..
Clark VindicatiOn Co. lie il a dele
gate to the state convention at Butte
this month.
c. X. Cunningham, OF Gilt Edge,
returned from the west Monday
evening, accompanied by Mrs. Gun
n~ingham, the happy affair taking
place last week at Baker City, Ore
gon. When Mr.. Cunningham left II
was reported he was going to Cape
Nome. but whether he preferred to
seek warmer surroundings, or the
Cape Nome story was IA complete
hoax, we leave readers to Judge.
The ARGUS joins in congratulations.
The scarcity OF marriageable
women In this section IL the subject
OF frequent consideration. The writ
er knows OF a young man, industri-
Gus, possessed OF upwards Of 1000
sheep free from incumbrance, who
would make some woman n good
husband, ready and anxious to adopt
a married state, but no mate. We
are not running a heart and hand
agency, but yet might he willing to
name the man II coyly asked by some
modest, young women, worthy Of
this opportunity.
A press dispatch from Helena an
nounces that Rev. w. l.. Spar. Of
Belgrade, was run over blythe North
ern Pacific flyer near Belgrade on the
18th inst. and killed. He was driving
across the railroad track in II light
buggy when the train ran him down.
Deceased was the father OF Chas. W.
Spar, manager OF the Belgrade
Mercantile Co., who Ii well-known in
Lewistown where he lived for mum
Der Of years. The accident IL u pecu-
liarly sad one and the responsibility
for the occurrence should be prompt
ly fixed.
j. L. Calvin, while standing 1T the
Office bar yesterday morning, short
ly before noon, suddenly drew a re-
volver from his pocket and ~discharg-
ed the ball through the ceiling. The
cause of the act IL quite IA mystery,
though by some il IL explained by
the fact that Calvin and Mr.. Johns,
Of the Democrat, mad held a wordy
encounter the evening before and the
former intended the shooting az a
warning to his enemy. Marshal Kane
arrested the offender and he was put
under 800 bonds to appear this al
ternoon far trial. W. W. LARSEN
went on the bond.
The new announcement Of the
Judith Hardware Co., successors to
Hobensack 4 Stoddard, appears In
this issue. With the large increase Of
capital provided by the reorganiza-
ton, the company will be better pre-
pared than ever to handle the nor
nous business which they have built
up by persistent solicitation and fair
dealing. Messrs. Hobensack, Stod-
dard and Sherwood will he found in
the same places as before, rcndy TO
attend all calls. During the summer