Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-01-31
CORRESPONDENCE
GARNTlll 6ltNlNGS.

Miss Rosa Bell Of Lcwis,uwn was the bright
particular star Of the cutllon given in honorot
her visit by the "mouushJnrrs at GafneIll
Jan. 10.
Almost all of the members NJ John Edwards
large family were dUwusick at ouc time last
week, but at the present wtilug they are get
ting into shape again where lie lsn't such a
''demnition hard grind.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. IL. Pcrlnc and W. I. Neil
and family were over 10 hear the Hon. J.. n.
Cheadle tell Of the monkey and parrot time he
had during his Fourteen Months a NOlun-
tcer."
The Garneill school. under The aide manage.
ment Of Prot. J. NJ. McCaulcy is coming to the
front as one of the finest educational inSiitu-
tions in the state. In the regular examination.
just passed. the scholars showed the splendid
effects OF Prot. McCaulcy's system Of teach.
ing. ] had the pleasure Of booking over some
of the examination paper In Tie study ot civ
les, and the answers correctly gwen TO qucs-
tiOns In that particular study would lead one 10
believe some day in the future OF the country
We can puint with pride to q u cmhcr ~ the SUI
prene bench Of the United States and say his
head was shaped for his work Ia the school
house 1t GaruClll.
ARA Noble, slwnll came up thi, week to
cut couple of hundred thuI-and feet ui lum-
Der for {, II Prrunc. Since the Garneill boom
started a year ago the capacity ut one mill has
not been found equal "a thr demand for lum-
bcr EI JclIsuu moved M, MIL In here last
summer aud cut one stand Of go,O0 feet, the
demand Tor lumber beng so great that thou
sands uf feet Of II were loaded onto waiting
wagons bot of the saw. Cla,, Stewart having
bought the Jcilison mill, will soon begin the
cutting OF 100000 feet of lugs be and his partner
smith are getting out, In the sprlng the John
sun brothers and I'd Beach will also put in a
mill at a point a few miles above Stewart *
Smiths mill, where they are as busy as beavers
getting out iOo,uO feet uf logs. Truly, Gar
neil's spring boom eau lie spelled with ahig Is.
BY order of King Carnival fancy dress ball
will be given nj Ganclll on Washington's
birthday, Feb. q. \ fancy ires, dance gives
the widest range tu the ingenuity Of those
dressing the different characters. The charac-
tiers already selected To- appear that night range
from KIM Lear To- Patty dr Clam and Marie
Antoinette to Lydia Pinkham.
On Saturday night, Jan. 70, large audience
greeted 4. X. Cheadle as he stepped upon the
platform to tell them the good, bad and indif.
ferent things he saw during his term of four.
teen months a volunteer. We left Garneill at
1870 p. Nor were We caried away by the
speakerI-went to the ISLAND of Luzon and re-.
turned at 9:SO, and We certainly had a most de-
lightful run for our money. After we left Gar.
NELL We joined the First Montana, Co. /. on
the flats outside Of Lrwistuwn. climbed into
the dead-aN wagons had our ubs telcscoped
and our spines bumped into our hats, with the
rest OF the BOYS. We landed In the rice field a,
Camp Smith. The boys ruarrd loud and long
about the moist condition Of their fro.t room
floors. but an allwise governor, with an eye 70
the future, thought best To put the boys on IA.
miliar terms with rice dikes and mud Hats. and
agood lesson II was, for they never found any.
thing worse on the islands than Camp Smith
From Camp Smith We climbed INTO the cars fo,
Frisco and had lots Of fun on the way guyinp
the Rubens, winking at the pretty girls and
jollying the train hands. The sneaker rushed
us on board the transport Pennsylvania. wber,
We ate green meat, lluc bpclit and drank pinE
tea and black coffee. and while We were sur.
rounded with water We hadn't drnp Ia drink
or nearly So, and irtcrsprrscl the time her,
and there between FRISCO and Manila by lininu
mp ON the rail with the tc.tH them and tryinu
to throw up our mortal soul. Wlrn We landp,
at tavite the speaker ,howclus Where "ouI
George ripped the Spanish uayy M the back
From Cavite We were rushed over INTO Manila
lay around camp for a while, Wcu. ,ntroducet
10 those fellows, the surgeons. were yarcinatet
for camp diaffhCea, and Il took 81, did th,
diarrhoea. Pretty soon after that the uigper,
took a shot at us, We uulmhcted and CAV,
them a volley. and then viii First Niontan,
yell that was heard around tbe world a.,
raced the camas out of the nigrers uIl "a,
reached Laloma church, where the snc,Le,
fnding We were painting for breath. On, n,
aboard i transport for Gameill, where we land,
ed at $3.50 p. m, having been away ,ust ,u,
hours and ready to start again, especially nm,
der the leadership Of 50 delightful A eonduc,o,
as the Hon. L. X. Cheadle. When ve ,,,i,s,
at home the mayor accused me of putting IN,
bottle of Old Crow in the "parson', knaus,rL
said ! was just mean enough for il Rr, ,,n,
fellows who were there know that isn't so.
JINKs.
Garneill. Jan. q, 1900.