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

Moccasih mines yesterday.
Miss Rose Main. Of Pittsfeld, H.,
who has spent the last year ut
Davenport, Washington. is visiting
her sister, Miss Clara Main,
Hon. +. X. Cheadlc will lecture at
the NJ. +. Church, at Beaver Creek,
Saturday evening, May 18th, at )
o'clock. Subject, Fourteen months
n Volunteer" All are invited to at
tend.
Geo. Z. Finch, n OF the managers
Of the horse roundup, was In town
this morning. He is at work from
Cottonwood to Ross Fork, and
other outfits are engaged through
out the county.
Matthias Wannebo, who purchased
the old Wilmer place on Beaver
Creek, OF G.. W. Cook, is now on his
wav west from Lacrosse, Wis, with
his family and two ear loads of
stock and household goods.
On the first page will he found the
advertisement of a. Hopkins & Sons,
grucers. They have n fresh stock of
staple and fancy groceries and for
thepurpose ofintroduction, announce
some heavy cuts in prevailing prices.
Read their advertisement.
David Hilger is in receipt OF a lettcr
from c. L. LeMunyon, dated Honolu-
lu. in which the writer says he has
sold ont his photograph gallery and
kindred business interests there and
will go via Japan and China to
Manila where he expects to relocate.
He assigns i'll health us a cause of the
change.
At a meeting OF the local school
board last Saturday Miss Abbie
Larned was engaged to succeed
Miss Luton as teacher Of the first in
termediate department the ensuing
year, at n salury OF 500 per month.
No consideration was given the mat
ter OF u principal. Beside the princi-
pal there are two other vacancies to
fill.
The product OF the Maiden Brewing
Co. will be Oh the market this week
Saturday and may be found at T.. s.
Schneider's or any other saloon In
town. Messrs. Schneider & Flelner,
proprietors, have received many
compliments on the quality OF their
product and feel sure that purchas-
ers will not be disappointed. Their
advertisement appears in another
column this week.
Mayor Cook desires that all citizens
be lr In mind that the town ordin-
ances will be strictly enforced. Some
owners OF cows ana other stock seem
to have gained the impression that
the pound ordinance will not be en-
forced, but this Is n mistake. II
stock Is allowed 10 run at large the
marshal will take care OF it and the
costs will be upon The owners.
The strike ON thr Montana Central
railroad from llayre to Butte war
called of Tuesday, after six days
continuation. Mutual concessions
were made by both the company and
the strikers. Passenger traffic was
NOT at any time seriously interrupt
ed, but the freight business was at Il
standstill. All il again running
s smoothly.
T.. :. Bromley came down from
Maiden yesterday, bringing Geo.
Eastman who that morning sprain-
ed his ankle in falling from "A wagon,
the reach breaking and throwing the
occupants To the ground. Mcssrs.
Bromley and Eastman have been
engaged in logging on Warm Spring
creek. near Maiden, and the product
Is now on the market, Stout 4 Brass
having about completed the saving.
In addition to the names OF T.. +.
Hersey aud j.. NJ. Croft, previously
announced, the Anaconda Standard
says the following census enuinera-
tors have been appointed for Fergus
county: j. Clyde Mathies, Lewis
town; David III. Michaelson, Gnrneill;
Martin Messner, Utica; Albert G..
Stoutenberg, Philbrook; Edwin e.
Hill, Garueill; Warren W. Badger,
Gilt Edge; Frank Il. Hassctt, Gar.
neill.
The supreme court, in a decision
handed down Monday. again decides
that the state board uf equalization
Exceeded It's authority in ordering
the assessment raised upon certain
kinds of stock and other personal
property. Last year few county
clerks PAID any attention to the
boards order and the result was n
suit brought to give the court n
chance 10 modify its previous dcci-
sion. but this the court refuses to do.
Chas. l.. Wright, brother Of +. f.,
Edmund, md A. T. Wright, arrived
Monday uightirom the east and eX-
poets 10 remain in Fergus county.
He has spent the winter at his old
home In Penn Yam, New York. but
for some years he was engaged In
business in Chicago. Later his wife
will probably Join him. The many
friends ~ the Wright brothers wei
come the young man 10 Lcwistown