Fergus County argus., 1900-08-15

Republican primaries will be held
throughout the county next Saturday.
The Republican primaries in Lewis
town will be held at the town council
chamber and at Simpsons livery stable
next Saturday afternoon. The town
wards have been ignored in this gem
eral election and the two precincts are
east and west Lewistown, as they were
two years ago. the creek being the di-
viding line.
Assessor Fowler, in response TO re-
quest of Chairman Cort. has furnished
the school district board with approxi-
mate figures on the assessment in this
district. upon which the tax levy will
be based. The total is Sl.0s0. .705. an
increase of S2Oo,25G over that of 1899.
II represents about one-ifth of the as
sessed value of the whole county.
Delegates to the Republican county
convention will be chosen at primaries
to be held in each election district next
Saturday. Attendance should be very
general. Representative men should be
sent from every precinct, which will
insure the nomination of representa-
tive ticket that every Republican can
honestly and enthusiastically support.
DIR. Cliff Lindsey has decided to offer
for sale all his household goods and
personal property, including his horse
Distance and light buggy. The fur
niture will be sold in lots to suit pur-
chaser. About the first of the month
the doctor and family will go to Chi
cago to spend the winter and theirplans
for next year have not been determined
upon.
John Simpson had hoped to open his
new livery and feed stable for public
patronage next Monday, but fears that
he will be unavoidably delayed for a
few days He has the most commodious
barn in town and will endeavor to
merit a share of the large patronage
accorded by Lewistown people and Wis
itors. His livery turn-outs. he says,
will be of the very best and he expects
to have as many of them as the demand
will justify.
According TO observations by the old
est settlers, says the Miles City Journal,
the Yellowstone is lower than it has
been at any time since Jim Sipes and
Rube Riley dug the channel for it..
Bars and rocks are showing in places
where such distractions have never be-
fore been seen and it would require
more than ordinary skill to navigate
it with Hat boat As il is still falling
the river promises to become fordable
at points never known since the settle
ment of the valley.
For some months past the ARGUS has
had in contemplation the issue of an IL
lustrated souvenir of Fergus county for
general distribution. and active work
will be undertaken and its publication
hurried soon after the forthcoming
election. The work will contain write
ups of the leading industries of the
county, statistics of its wealth and pos
siUilities. figures on the amount of land
available educational and church sta
tistics, illustrations of principal towns
and business houses therein. etc. AL
together ii will be just what is needed
to advertise the county The edition
will be large and quite the handsomest
Further announcement will be made
later.
Five Cape Nomers have returned
and glad TO get back. They are AL
Hopes, Chas. Millard, John Nodson, Of
Lewistown, Frank Samples, of Deer
field, and Tom Calder, formerly of
Highfield. The four first named reach.
ed Lewistown yesterday morning, but
Mr.. Calder stopped at Martinsdale
The report they bring back is anything
but complimentary of the northern
gold fields Mr.. Hopes said that while
there was doubtless a great deal of
gold in that country and some very fine
claims, that there were 10000 people TO
do the work of ; 1000 and IL was the fin
est place TO starvc for work that he
ever heard of. without an exception,
every one who went north from Lewis
town is disappointed, and probably all
will be home within month. John
Vert is said to be doing well He went
TO Nome last season. Mr.. Hopes said
that the day before he left for home he
talked with Judge Dul}ose and from
the conversation he thinks the Judge
has determined TO remain thcre-at
least he has no idea Of returning Ia
Montana at present. The new judge
for the district had arrived and much
litigation was promised. The returned
gold seekers are good naturedly taking
the joking of their friends, 50 well
pleased are they to be buck, Montana
is pretty good country Nfter all