Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-07-24
STANFORD kOTES.

$1,000 - :"
trip To New York.
Parties are now out in the noun
talns spotting tie timber.
l.. W.Snow is pushing development
work on apromising cyanide lead on
Wolf creek.
Jas. \. Stewart leaves Tuesday for
Canada, where he will settle up the
estate ofhlsfathcr, whodied recently.
The Dcutschcr Bros. bought n bill
Of lumber and pulled out Monday for
Kendall, where they will build a first
class livery and feed stable.
a very promising copper prospect
is now being opened upon Wolfcreck
and all assays so far have been more
than satisfactory to the owners.
Mr.. A. j. Slough nf the big store is
in the Falls experimenting the load
ing oil teams with five cars OF. mcr-
chandise which has just arrived,
among which is AGAR of very fine fur
uiture.
Shcarlng tx in full blast and the
roads are packed with wool teams.
The ileeccs are light. but exceedingly
clean. ana prices nre now predicted
Ia reach the l6-cent mark. Sofar the
prices have been very satisfactory
and our sheepmen ARE all smiling.
The storms this month in this see
tion have been simply terrific in their
violence. lmmcnscamounts Of water
have fallen, in many instances
amounting to almost n cloudburst,
while the hail has been SO heavy that
all gardens and quite II lot of grain
have been destroyed. Experts claim
that the sever electrical storms of
this ncighhorhuOd are caused by the
country being so heavily mincralized
Slough X Mitchell have started
some more large outfits for Kendall
loaded with lumber. They havesold
some lnrge bills there lately and will
keep their teams pullingitovcrstcad-
lily from now on. They have over
half u million feet Of rough lumber
and dimension stuff on hand and
have just received two cars OF Star
x Star shingles and flooring. siding
and ceiling from Washington. Their
mill Is runningstcadily aud their only
fear is thut they will not lie able Ia
get it out rapidly enough to supply
the largely increased demand for 1t,
both here at home md at Kendall,
Mr.. O. Metcalic, who Is well known
To all old residents Of the Basin, has
charge Of the Kendall yard and viii
be pleased to fill orders nj that point.
All Of our miners arc busy at work
developing their claims, and dumps
are growing larger daily. Copper
gold, silver and lead claims are hcinl
opened up in anticipation Of the rail
road AMI cheap transportation. J
j. Hills representative was outlook
, ing over his iron property on VOL
? creek n few dnys back and there is n,
question In the world but that worl
4 will bc commenced on the railroa'
from Arlington into the basin bcior
p snow flies. Work will lie rapid.
pushed until Wolf creek IL reached
q Stanford being the end of the divis
ion-and from here tn Lewistown u,
Y trouble at all will he encountere,
$ that will rctard rapid work. 1t Is
positive fact that work would hay
Y been started ere this had Ii not bee
that every idle ma has been put I
y work on the Crows Nest road an
= that they are still short ofmcn ther'
= Mark this prediction: We will hay
q the railroad ind n smelter startc
. here at stanford before winter.
oil Tuesday morning ut about 10
o'clock Mrs. Mary Petty, wife
n Richard Petty, who IL foreman a
A Shannon Bros, ranch, started
n visit with Mrs. Jack SHELTON VIII
lives on Wolfe butte. On arriving ,
% the house she found the folks abseI
Il and started Mt once to retur
u home. A short distance from I'll
house a storm came up and wishin
~ to hurry the horse she struck hi
ls with IA whip. lie started ut once
IN buck and threw her to the groun
AZ where she struck on her head an
10 lay unconscious. The horse did M
H. return to the ranch until late
night. when searching parties we
d Immediately organized. They hun
70 ed all the night in the storm withol
I. locating her. About 10 O'Clock Il
At next morning n party composed
ne Mrs. Jack SHELTON, her son Fred M
Id Mr.. Peter Van, found thepOOr wOmf
ia within n short distance Of the hnu
III lying In n gulch. They immediate
D. cai ried her to their home and call,
Il. DR.. Mccoy Of Utica. who arriv,
X. promptly and found the lady IN
n terrible condition, her limbs havir
d. Swollen so that her clothing had
10 be cut from her body. The dOct'
r. says that with good nursing, viii,
. she wiIlcertainly receive at the han,
OF Mrs. SHELTON, she will pull throul
unless brain fever should set in. IL
exncrlence Mns certainly a most e