Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-02
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Percy de Wolfe, charged with horse
stealing, was released from the Cascade
county Jail last Saturday afternoon on
a SIS, 900 bond given by Pat Kelly and
Tom Curry Of Great Falls.
The Dearborn Canal company, which
is constructing an immense i~rrigating
ditch in the northern part of Lewis and
Clark county. is backed by an immense
amount of st. Louis capital.
Mayor Cook is in receipt of a COM
munication from Harris 81 Co., who are
a prominent firm of Chicago bankers
and who are DESTROYS of obtaining par
ticulars Of the proposed issue of inter-
est-bearing bonds by the city of Lewis
town.
The city was again in complete dark
ness on Monday night owing to a break
in the ditch leading to the electric light
plant. Ten feet of the under wall,
about fifty feet from the Hallway,
washed out and it took a large force of
men the principal part of the night to
repair the damage.
An immense pumpkin was on exhibit
tion in the window of Chas, Williams
pharmacy yesterday, which would
challenge the pumpkin-raising south
for an equal. 1t weighed los pounds
and was raised by Fred 0fferman on
Warm Spring creek, a short distance
above Geo. w. Bauley's ranch.
Owing to the non-arrival Of a ship
ment of channel iron, work was sus-
pended on the new building of the
Power Mercantile Co. last week, but on
Monday last on the arrival of the ship
ment a force of men was again put to
work and building operations are
again in progress.
Harry T. Kendall made application
for a SlOO,O 900 life insurance policy last
week through Don Davenport, the spe-
cial travelling agent of the Mutual Life
of New York. The local agents for the
company here are Wright Bros, and
the application was secured through
them. This is undoubtedly one Of the
largest policies eve called for in this
section Of the state and the premium
on it will amount to several thou
sand dollarsyearly.
The question has been raised at Red
Lodge, SIS a school district authorized
to collect apportionment for a married
woman under 81 years of age?" The
law says that school districts shall re-
ceive money from the state for all
children between the ages of 6 months
and 81 years of age. Mr.. WEIGH, the
state school superintendent, is of the
opinion that SO long as the student is
under the statutory age it is not mate
rial whether she is married or not.
Many of the old-timers in this sec
ton predict a mild and open winter,
their theory being based on the fact
that at the change of the moon at the
time when the equinoxial period com,
menced, the weather was warm and
fine. This in their opinion being a
sure indication of an easy winter.
However, the ranchers and farmers in
this county are well prepared for any
kind of weather, a the hay crop this
year was very plentiful and there is
not the slightest danger of their being
any shortage of feed for stock of any
description.
Anthrax, the dreaded ''black plague
which Is so fatal to animal and even
10 human life, has broken out in viru'
lent form in Assiniboia and Alberta in
Canada and fears are entertained that
t,e disease may be communicated to
sock in the northern part of the state.
The gravest feature in the matter is the
fact that there are practically no fence:
inthat section and the infected cattle
may be driven south into Montrna by
the severity Of the winter storms,
Every precaution will be taken by
State Veterinarian Knowles to proven,
the spreading of the plague, but 1t il
almost an impossibility to enforce q
quarantine owing to the vastness OF
tn, ranges of the northern country.
There is an ever-growing demand in
Levistown for a business college OF
nifht school at which a general bust
mss education could be obtained by
those DESTROYS of lettering their con
dtion and improving their value a.
wage arners. As the result of in.
cuiries made by the local man on the
lReUs, IL has been ascertained that Q
lumber Of young people in the city are
anxious to obtain such instruction and
when the matter was mentioned tc
Prof. BusenburgAh he stated that many
inquiries had beeh made of him on the
subject and ths professor said that
though owing q his many duties In
connection with The public schools he
could not give any time to the instruc'
ton Of classes, he was certain that an
educational enterD rise of that descrip'
ton would be an unqualified success.