Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-16
FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS JAN. 16, 1901. :

The proprietor Of the Lewistown
Hotel is having several substantial ad-
ditious and improvements made to that
popular inn. The additions consist Of
a room two stories high, 27xlG feet in
the rea of, and the lower story con-
Getting with, the buffet. The ground
floor Of this Don will be used as a club
room. A second story is being added
to the buffet which connecting with
the second story of the other addition
mentioned, will make the entire addi-
ton to the second story OF the building
63xi6 feet, and this part will be divided
into eight sleeping rooms. The inten-
tons Of the management are toenlarge.
renovate and refit the buffet through
out and the new club room will be the
h~andsomest place of the kind in the
city. ID. W. Cassidy is the contractor,
and he states that the additions will be
ready for the plasterers within a week.
A stockholders meeting of the Fer
gus County Agricultural. Mineral and
Stock Association was held Monday
afternoon in the Bank of Fergus Coun-
ty. with l.. w. Eldridge. president of
the association, presiding. a majority
of the stock of the association was rep
resented. The only business transact
ed by the stockholders meeting was
the election Of a board Of trustees 10
serve for the ensuing wear, the follow
ing named gentlemen being chosen. D..
NJ. Crowley, +. Z. Wright. X. Won
Tobel, James A. Weaver, samuel Phil
lips, David IIilger, l. W. Eldridge and
w. ID. Symmes. There being no furth-
er business the meeting adjourned.
Immediately after the adjournment Of
the stockholders the newly elected
board of trustees met and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, +. L. Wright; vicc-president,
David Hilger; secretary, o. w. Belden;
treasurer, w. ID. Symmes. The debt of
the association has been reduced the
past three years from $1,000 until now
it is but a little more than 500. The
association owns property valued at
about $4,000 and the trustees meeting
authorized the president and secretary
to secure a note for the total amount of
indebtedness. Altogether the affairs
Of the association are in a prosperous
condition and the sentiment of this
meeting was that a fair should be held
next fall, but no definite action will be
taken in that matter until SOM time
in the spring.
A meeting of members of Company
was held in Judge Netherlands office
last night for the purpose of consider
ing the question of organizing a camp
of Spanish-American War Veterans.
Thirteen members of the company were
present, and several who were unable
to attend had signified their intention
to cooperate with the others in carry
ing the movement to a successful con-
clusion. Several communications were
read from Lieut.. Col. Byron II. Cook,
the adjutant of the state association of
Spanish-American War Veterans, who
will likely be the mu~stering-in. officer
when the camp is formed. Col. Cook
was very popular among the men OF
the regiment and it would be "A pleasure
indeed to the men Of Company | tc
have him as mustering-in officer wheT
the camp is organized. The report 81
the committee of arrangements fol
the Company | Christmas ball was re
ceived and accepted and the committe,
discharged. The report showed tha'
the company had cleared $50. 10 on thciI
ball, above all the expense of recover
ing the bell from Capt. Preston ant
otherwise. 1t was voted that thi
money should be used in defraying thu
expense of organizing the camp. Afte
reading the constitution Il vote wa
taken on the question Of applying L
the national association for a charter
Carried. Nearly all of those prcsen
signed the application for a charter
and Corporal Thos. G.. Nelson wa
appointed 10 circulate it among thos
who were not present. and as Don as
sufficient number of signatures hay
been secured the application will b
forwarded to the secretary Of the ma
tional association. No other meetin
will be held until the charters receive
and everything is ready for organize
tion