Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-20

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fenced to imprisonment for life. The
jury was out thirty-four hours and nm.
ill the last ballot were equally divided,
six being ormurder in the first degree.
Wertin, who was born in 1859, is pre-
maturely aged and will not live long in
prison.
The old silver smelter at Great Falls
has just closed down for good, 50 1t is
stated by the owners. 1t is claimed
that the mines from the Neihart and
Barker districts cannot keen, supplied
and the termination of their Butte con
tracts makes it impossible TO longer
continue operations. The pay roll was
$4,000 a month when it was running
full time.
A sheep herder with q gay and fes-
tive disposition came to Lewistown one
sunny day last week and after making
a series Of sociable calls on the principal
saloons in town got tired and laid down
in a peaceful state of mind to slumber
on the public sidewalk. The city mar
shal objected to his choice of a bed and
took him up the hill to finish his
slumbers in the city Jail.
Mr.. e. l.. Leary of Duluth. Wis, or
ganizer of the Knights of the Royal
Arch, has organized a local Arch in
Helena. The new organization starts
out under most favorable auspices,
having already a large membershiproll
and many applications for initiation.
The total membership of the Arch is
1855, 900 and it is growing rapidly. A
lodge will be instituted at Great Falls.
J. II. Longmaid has let a contract for
200, 900 feet of lumber and acorrespond-
ing amount of shingles for the rebuild
ing of the buildings at the Elkhorn
mine near Helena. The mine has yield
ed upward of a million and Il half in
gold and silver and the present lessees
believe that il is by no means worked
out. CharlesI II. Longmaid, well known
in Lewistown, is interested in this
property.
Frank Stephens met with a very SER
ious accident last week while riding
the range at the head Of Spring creek.
1t seems he roped a broncho and snub-
bed it to the horn of his saddle and the
cinch being weak it broke, allowing
him and the saddle TO be pulled heavily
to the ground. He was very badly
bruised but managed to reach the Stod-
dard ranch, where his injuries were at
tended to.
A lively runaway occurred on the
Maiden stage line in the streets of Lew
istown last week, which was stopped
from assuming serious proportions by
the presence of mind of the driver. The
team was feeling too gay and started to
run from the p~ostoflice. The driver got
thcih lulheu anu SiitiSu dIouuu thc
back streets until they were cooled
down, finally stopping them in front of
the Day House.
Miss Whipple, who has been waiting
on table at the American House for the
past few months, developed a full
fedged case of smallpox Monday morn
ing. Doctor Long. who is health Off
Ger for the city of Lewistown, at once
established a strict quarantine on the
house and posted notices to that effect.
T. Hughes was appointed deputy mar
shal and given the duty of preventing
any traffic to or from the hotel.
The discovery has been made of a
promising copper prospect in Tollgate
Gulch, in the vicinity Of the Yogo sap
phire mines. The find was made by
Andy Goyris and George Hartley, who
reside in that locality. This discovery
justifics the opinion of old prospectors
in that district that the foothills in the
vicinity of Yogo contain much mineral
wealth and that some time in the neal
future discoveries will be made which
will a.ain ouen up the old time camp.
Johl Blcwitt and Joseph Graham OF
C~oppcyopoli, were in Lewistown last
Monday. Messrs. Hewitt and Graham
were the owners of the C~opperopoli'
mining property on which the DAILY es
tate held Il bond, which expired Marcf
LIST. The company has taken up tn,
bond, which is for $1,000 and viii
make extensive developments on tn,
property this summer Mr.. Blewitt ha,
bought the entire herd Of cattle be
longing to John and George Negas
who are located at the head of the Mus
selshell. and is in the Basin looking
for a ranch location for the purpose o
moving the herd into the Judith.
A well illustrated case Of the nemesi
OF crime overtaking the evil doer hap
> pened near Collins, about thirty-fv,
miles north of Great Falls, one day las
week. Two tramps arrived at the cam
E of a sheepman while he was away AM
stole two suits of clothes which the,
= found there and retiring to the seclu
sion Of the painless prairie, donne'
5 their i'll gotten garments and threy
4 away their old ones. The sheepmen re
turned shortly after the thieves ha
!. left and finding their clothes gone STAR
ed in pursuit, o%vertaking them insid
a of five miles. IL was then the sheer
mems turn and they made the strat
glers from the path of virtue doff thci