Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

culinary art. After every one was sat
isfed, the metaphorical twelve baskets
were left over, a ten cent lunch being
given at noon Thursday TO dispose of
the extra supplies. The price of dinner
was so cents which was extremely rea-
sonable considering the quality of the
banquet. s4s were realized after paying
expenses.
Much work is being done on the Ken
dali property this spring and the dis
covery grows in richness with develop
ment. A 300-foot tunnel has been run,
which shows a solid mass OF ore all the
way through. A crosscut was made,
which gives ore to the extent of $50 feet
on one side and So feet on the other
side of the intersecting point. In one
place a cut has been opened showing
ore from the grass roots down, which is
obtained by quarrying. There are inn
mense values in ore in sight and it is
undoubtedly one of the richest proper
ties in the state.
It is with Joy we noticed that the city
authorities have taken the question Of
street drainage in hand. A crossing has
been constructed between the Power
Mercantile Co. store and the Bank of
Fergus County, with a nume running
the whole length directly underneath,
for the purpose of running off the large
amount OF water which accumulates in
that section of the street. II the chan
nels on either side of the street were
kept in good shape and a series o fthese
fumes placed throughout the city. the
condition of the streets would no doubt
Impress a strangermuch more fovorably
than they did heretofore.
1t has been extremely squally during
the past week in the vicinity Of Lewis
town and several snow and rain show
ers have scattered much moisture
throughout the country. Yesterday
snow began TO fall heavily at : o'clock
in the evening and this morning there
was three inches ofsnow on the ground,
and it was still storming. The local
weather observer submits the following
weather report for the past month;
Mean temperature - degrees, maxi
mum GA on the 10th and the minimum &c
on the 4th. There were thirteen clear
days, seven partly cloudy and eleven
cloudy during the month. The snow
fall for the past thirty days was eleven
inches.
Prof. j. NJ. Parent seriously demur-
rers to our i~nsinuation oflast week that
he would accept a nomination for dog
catcher. While the assertion was fig
uratively used the professor does not
take it so, and rather than mortally Of
fend one who has been prominent in
Lewistown for many years, is identified
with our educational interests and has
always proved an agreeable and not
dangerous political opponent, we sim
cerely retract the statement to which
he has taken offensc. So far as the dan
ger of cutting our heart out is con-
cerned, that is trivial, for it was long
ago said that ''the man on the ARGUS
had no heart and we have almost
reached the conclusion that this suppo-
sition is relatively correct. Come, pro-
fessor, let's call il quits for this spring.
More campaigns are in sight and, judg-
ing the future by the past, you, AS well
as the ARGUS, will be strictly in it. You
can't always win land there are others.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction w. w. WEIGH, in an opinion
rendered last week, states that school
trustees cannot remove the school build
ing without submitting the question to
the vote Of the electors Of the district.
The question was brought up by a let
ter from w. c. Sherrie of Pyretees, RAJ
valli county, who states that the trus-
tees of his district submitted the ques-
ton of issuing bonds and locating a
site for a school building at the same
time. The proposition carried and there
were two sites submitted to the trustees
for their consideration. The trustees
selected one of these, which, according
TO Mr.. Sherrie, was not the one wanted
by the majority of the patrons Of tbs
district. He believes that the trustee
took an arbitrary position in selecting
the site without submitting the other
site to the people of the district for APP
proval or rejection. Superintendent
Welch in his opinion supports the con-
tention OF Mr.. Sherrie.
Governor Joseph X. Toole has named
May 18th as the day to be observed in
Montana as Arbor day. The governor
calls special attentiod to the advantages
accruing from the planting Of trees and
says: The custom Is a beautiful and
beneficial one and worthy Of our con
tinued observance. No man can plant
a tree in Montana without becoming n
public bencfactor. No man can live
among trees, and make himself familiar
with nature in her varied exhibitionsof
beauty, without becoming "A purcr and
better man. Therefore, !. Joseph h.
Toole, governor Of the state Of Mon
tana, pursuant TO law, do hereby pro
claim May lith, 1891, as Arbor day, and
request that all Of our citizens observe
the day by planting trees, identifying
homes, cemeteries, highways, public
grounds and landscapes, and that the