Fergus County argus., 1901-11-06

and two-year-old dogies were unloade'
at the stockyards this morning by Jo'
King, the well known Judith Basir
stockman. He bought the outfit In
Chicago, where he had just sold hi'
matured Montana-bred beef. Mr. Kinl
says that such stock can be bought OF
the Chicago market this year at prices
which will make them much cheaper
after paying freight, than young range
steers.-River Press.
Judge Cornelius Hedges was the
guest Of honor at a banquet given al
noon Monday in honor of his roth birth
day. Fully $50 Masons sat down to a
spread in Masonic Temple and rose in
a body when the Judge was escorted to
the room. He was taken completely
by surprise and following the banquet
there was season of speechmaking,
when many felicitous toasts were re-
sponded to, and the guest of honor
fittingly eulogized for his conspicuous
service to the order and as citizen OF
Montana.-Helena Herald.
Michael Welsh, of Narcotic creek,
was up before Justice Mcfarland last
week charged with setting out fires in
the vicinity of his ranch which he al
lowed TO get beyond his control. The
complaint was made by E. S. Eckert
and it seems that Welsh set fire to a
lot of brush that was cumbering the
ground of his ranch and carelessly al
lowed ihe fire to spread to the sur
rounding timber. The defendant was
bound over in the sum of $500 to ap-
pear before the district court and on
his failing to find bonds was taken TO
the bastile.
Commissioner Neill was in the city
on Monday from Garneill and said that
several flying surveys are being made
in the vicinity of Garneill and Ubet
One line of survey runs from Okla close
to Garneill and from thence down Ross
Fork, while one strikes about mile
below Ubet and crosses the Dawes,
Lutz and Hatten ranches. There is
also another one, according to the COM
missioner, running close to the noun
tains about four miles above Ubet. Mr..
Neill has been to Miles City and while
returning from Billings, ran across a
party of twenty surveyors who are
setting the preliminary stakes of the
survey.
The criminal and civil dockets were
read on Monday morning when eight
criminal and twenty civil cases were
set for trial. The criminal cases were
set in the following rotation: AL.
Murphy, assault in second degree;
Stephen j. Harding, grand larceny,
BENZ. Chappelle, rape; w. j. Rafter,
grand larceny; f. H. Parker, forgery;
Jas. Shadwell, assault second degree;
Frank Connolly, assault second degree;
Michael Welsh setting fire to timber
and grass. The fall jury term will
commence next Monday, November
1lth, for which date the jurymen have
been instructed to be ON hand.
The third annual ball of the Lewis
town Fire Company will be held at
Culver's hall on Thursday evening,
November 2sth. First-class music and
an excellent supper will be provided on
the occasion and every effort will be
made to make the event an entire sue
cess. The annual ball last year, though
socially successful, was failure finan-
cially and the members of the company
had to subscribe over SIS among
themselves in order to pay expenses.
1t is up to the citizens of Lewistown to
make the ball financial success as
we'll as social triumph and to show
their appreciation Of volunteer fire pro-
lection by buying tickets galore.
On Tuesday, November 11th an elec-
ton will be held in Lewistown for the
purpose of placing before the taxpay-
ers the question whether the city shall
issue s5O,OO0 worth of interest bearing
bonds for the purpose OF raising funds
to pay for the instituting of a system
of waterworks and sewerage in the
city. The question of raising the in
debtedness of the city was decided in
the affirmative at the election of a
month ago and II this election is also
decided in the affirmative, the question
of municipal ownership of the water
works will be settled and on the sale
of the bonds, operations will be at
once commenced on the placing in OF
the system.
George Bach and family returned
last "Wednesday after sixty days tour,
visiting points Of interest in the east.
The Buffalo exposition was visited and
Mr.. Bach mentions the fact, that since
the assassination of President McKin-
ley the attendance had fallen from in
the neighborhood Of 100000 daily to
10000. The place where the president
stood when shot by Czolgosz is sur.
rounded by brass railing and on the
identical spot where he fell, a spike
has been driven in order TO avoid the
many inquiries made by the visiting
multitudes. While in New York Mr..
Bach visited the Waldorf-Astoria and
there met Harry t. Kendall who stated
that it was his intention to put up
there this winter. While crossing the
laLaa NJ Raoh xyas aAiictad with an