Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Mrs. W. :. Hurst and Miss Nellie
Hurst nf Glcndiye, mother and sister
of Mrs. Cliff Lindsey, are visiting with
the latter and will remain indefinitely.
In response To three petitions pray
ing for the appointment OF a fish and
game warden, signed by $50 taxpay-
ers and presented to the county COM
m%issioners at their last session, the
board named John E. Frye as such
officer. to hold Office at the pleasure
Of the board. His salary was fixed
at $50 per month.
NJ. b. barrow Sunday received a
letter from W. X. Walker dated ut
Seattle on the 9th inst. Mr.. Walker
says that he and John Nodson ar
rived there that night and would
sail the following day for Nome City
on the steamship Victoria. Chas.
Willard and W. X. Hopes sailed two
days before on the Centennial. The
writer adds that there arc many
bunco men in Seattle and that he
was pleased he would not have tore
main there but a day.
\ fishing party, which included Il.
\. Hanke. NJ. j. Costello, G. W. Bay
lies, r. VI. Shaw and Others went to
FlatwillOw Saturday afternoon and
enjoyed Il day OF sport with the iinny
tribe of that stream. They returned
Monday morning bringing about
scv%cnty-iive fine trout OF from eight
to seventeen inches long and said
they had eaten quite Ms many as they
brought back. The party was I'M
fortunate in losingtheir horses Satur-
day night. They put them in what
they presumed to he nm enclosure,
but which proved To have been
fenced ON one side only. This action
may he accounted for by the fact
that they had not then reached the
fishing grounds and consequently
the supply of bait was still ample.
In another column appears n COM
munication from Hon. JAS. Fergus,
who was in town last week, calling
"a convention of stockmen to meet at
the court house next Saturday, June
10Th. for the purpose OF taking some
steps toward organization for the
suppression OF the wolves and coy
otes and other animals which prey
upon stock To such an extent as to
cause an enormous loss each year.
IL is hoped every stockman will read
this letter from Mr.. Fergus and that
attendance AT the meeting will he
large and representative Of each
branch OF stock raising and each Sec
tion OF the county. Though the
time between the publication OF the
call aud the date of the meeting IL
short, attendance should he large.
Thos. Duffey came in from Fort
Maginnis last week. bringing with
him the three daughters OF Harry
Bradstrcet. who died at Mr.. Duffy's
home last winter. The children are
bright, pruinlsinglooking young girls
and are at present at the American
house. The county commissioners
and county attorney at first thought
il best to send the little ones back to
their mother in New Hampshire. who
desires them, but after some investi-
cation the officers determined that
the mother was unworthy the re-
spOnsibility and it would be to the
children's best interests to find homes
for them in the west. Mrs. Brad
street had not lived with her hus-
band for some considerable time be-
fore his death. When court cunvenes
on the 18th inst. application will lie
made for the appointment Of a guar
dian for them and they will either be
sent To the state orphan asylum or
taken by some charitable mothers in
this county.