Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

! ufdaN, wnere nc went 10 ulspoSt vi hiH
wool clip. Mr.. Stuart says that owing
to the immense amount of wool put on
the market the buyers almost had their
own way in the matter of prices.
The Grand hotel of Great Falls mar
rowly escaped being destroyed by fire
last week. The conflagration started
in the laundry, which is situated in the
basement, but owing to the prompt ac-
tion of the fire department was extin-
guished before serious damage was
done.
w. d. Symmes returned from Salt
Lake City this week. He says that
while at Harlowton he saw samples OF
the ore which has caused so much eX'
citement there lately, but owing TO the
fact that the assay was placed so ride
ulously high, he did not take any stock
in the reports.
Work on the tramway at the New
Year property is being pushed rapidly
and the timber is all on the ground.
The lumber, which is being supplied by
Cox Il Skaggs, is being hauled, and the
contract, which is held by the Montana
Hardware company, is to be finished by
| November lst.
A sale was negotiated by Messrs
Cook & Hilger this week of the fine
ranch owned by William Slower, which
is situated on the west side of the Ju.
dith river near Samples crossing. The
ranch was sold TO John Parsons of Phil
brook who will run sheep there. The
consideration was 81 900.
1t is not generally known that the
time of taking the school census of the
various school districts has been
changed by the action of the new law.
The old law provided that it should be
done between August ist and the Goth
while the new law says that it should
be taken between September lst and
Goth.
Frank Sink, the Big Coulee sheep
man, was in town last week. He took
his wool to the Billings market aud re-
ceived l2ls cents for il, while, accord
ing to Mr.. Sink, sheepmen who live in
his immediate vicinity and had the
same grade of wool obtained from one
TO two cents higher on the Great Falls
market.
Chas. Wright of the Lewistown hotel
has just received from his old home in
New York, a cup won by him in the
road race at Chicago on May 80, 1897.
He also received a billiard cue which
he won in a billiard tournament and
both trophies in company with others
won by him, are on exhibition in the
bar room of the hotel.
A shipment of 1900 head of Texas
cattle, says the InterMountain, has been
received at Moorcroft, Wyoming, by A.
b. Farnum on behalf of the E2 and
others. The E2 contingent will num-
Der about 600 head and the balance be-
long to Jay Miles, Geo. Deering and ii.
n. Gilmore, all Miles City parties, and
will be trailed to their respective des-
tinations.
n. p. Osgood of st. Louis was in Lew
istown last week. He has been en-
gagged in purchasing horses for st.
Louis firm this summer throughout
Montana, and says that owing to the
scarcity of pasturage in Kansas and
Missouri the market there is extremely
poor and he has quit shipping to points
south. Mr.. Osgood is now buying work
horses for the Dakota market.
George Finch of Ubet was in town
last Saturday. He has lately been to
the Kansas and Missouri markets with
shipment of horses, in the sale of
which he had considerable trouble. ow-
ing TO the poor market caused by the
drought this summer. The Kansas,
st. Louis and Omaha markets were Wis
tied before any sale was made, and then
the horses brought very low price.
DIR. Parberry, who has been suffering
from broken leg which he received in
the collapse of the grandstand at base
ball game in Bozeman, is progressing
nicely, and the IIusbandman says the
indications are that he will be able to
chase the infatuating ball in boyish
glee again in few months. However.
fat on his back us he is, and with the
broken member encased in plaster, he
still enjoys a joke.
|. A. Woodson arrived in the city
from White Sulphur Springs lask week
While in that section Of the country he
visited the Copperopolis mining district
and says that the DAILY properties there
are shut down pending the arrival of
new machinery. Mr.. Woodson will
stay in Fergus county for a month and
while here will visit the various mining
properties in the vicinity of Maiden
and also many other mining camps in
the county.
Deputy Game Warden Jack Hall
stopped over night in Lewistown on
Sunday. Hr. Halls district comprises
Cascade, Meagher and Fergus counties,
and he SAYS he is earnestly endeavorinp