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

j. Is. LOOMS, a practical uphol.
%sterer, arrived from Helena a few
days since to take a position In W.
5. Smiths furniture house.
The seven-year-old daughter OF
Mrs. l.. s. Butler was taken down
last week with what was said To be
d%iphtheria. The little girl Is rapidly
recovering.
The Billings Gazette of the 23dInst.
contains the following personal: w.
II. Simons, a prominent woolgrower
and formerly county assessor OF Fer
gus county, has been spending sew
eral days In the city.
Billings Gazette: Y. II. Elliot, the
sheepman, returned to Billings We'd
nesday morning from n two months
tour of England and Scotland. He
says he is glad to once more get back
In the land Of sunshine.
Who comprises the "Lewistown
Publishing Company" Are the gen
tlemen ashamed to give their names?
That trick will fool no one, and
should not head off thar injunction.
The company consists Of Mrs. Susie
Johns and T. j. Johns. See mort
gage records, clerk and recorders
Office, court house.
Freighter Matheson arrived from
Great Falls last Friday, after n trip
requiring twelve days. lie said the
roads were az soft MS usually found
in April nearly all the way between
Lewistown and Great Falls. He
said "Of course 1t was all right over
head, but l wasn't travelling that
way"
j. A. Gordon, formerly with W. s.
Smith In the upholstering and re-
pairing department, has secured W.
II. Culver's old photograph gallery
where he is prepared to do all work
in the line of upholstcring, repairing,
refinishing and paper hanging. viii
also carry a full line Of wall paper,
carpets, draperies, etc.
The Billings Gazette says n Demo-
cratic plot has been laid mt Helena to
work the wolfers and stockmen of
Montana for so per cent Of their 1893
bounty certificates. W. y. Seely. OF
Flatwillow, n teamstcr in the en-
ploy Of II. +. Clement, OF Billings,
has received a letter from Shearer
& Hawkins, of Helena, asking him ii
he wished to dispose of his bounty
claim for fifty cents on the dollar
referring Mr.. Seely to State Treasurer
7. l.. Collins. Mr.. Secly communi-
Gated with Mr.. Clement and the lat
ter wrote to Helena to ascertain
when the old bounty warrants would
be paid and vas advised that 1893
warrants would in all likelihood, be
paid this fall. This prompt inquiry
and the publication ri the cores
pondencc has doubtless saved many
n poor wolfer n good many hard.
earned dollars. Commenting on the
correspondence the Gazette says:
THAT Is the whole story, but IL il
sufficient to prove that Il Democratic
plot has been laid 10 work" the
wolfers and stockmen to the extent
Of one-half OF their '3 bounty certi-
ficates. And State Treasurer T. +.
Collins, evidently, who il now
down at Washington purifying
Montana politics In the Clark inves.
~tigation, is 'in" on the deal. II not,
why do Messrs. Shearer & Hawkins,
who are poor newspaper men work
ing for salaries, refer to Mr.. Collins
''by permission" As there must be
at least $1,000 worth OF '93 bounty
certificates outstanding, Mr.. Collins
name in connection with the matter
e~xcites the suspicion that he IL put,
ting up the money, with the agree
ment, probably, that he is to get hal
OF the rake off,"