Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-20

discovery found by Andrew GOWNS and
George Hartley. The lead is located N
the Tolgate Gulch on the road to old
Yogo and is of porphyry and limestone
formation. There is no doubt that
there are immense values in ores In this
section of the Belt mountains which
will some day be discovered and II
this promising country to be opened up
in the right manner.
A v%accinating boom was started one
day last week in a Minneapolis police
court by the advent of a Montana man
showing signs Of smallpox. The legal
lights and dignitaries stampeded into
one corner of the court room and armed
themselves with heavy legal quotations
for purposes Of defense against any
microbes that might come their way.
The health officers were called in and
the situation was pronounced serious
and everybody from the Judge 10 the
lahllOf was
W. II. Culver informs us that hc has
secured Miners Little Californians
for Il three day engagement at the
opera house beginning Monday even
ing. The troupe occupied the stage at
Townsend a few nights since and re-
ceived a lattering welcome, as has been
their experience ut many other points
on their tour. Ed Miner and others Of
the troupe are by no means strangers
to Montana audiences and doubtless
their engagement in Lewistown will
afford an opportunity for much amusc-
ment.
The state of Montana has received
another large deed for lands from the
general government. The commissioner
Of the general land office sent the state
a deed for Of 900 acres of school indcm.
nifty land. The land is located in Fer
gus county. 1t is lieu land being given
by the government in exchange for
school lands that the state loses upon
the Blackfeet Indian reservation be-
cause that tract is not open to the pub
lie. The land was selected by the state
and is already under lease at $50 per
section per annum Helena Herald.
The two new laws effecting mining
locations have been signed by the gov
ernor. One provides that the work
must be done within sixty days after
the location is made, instead of ninety
as formerly, and the erection Of monu.
ments must be done within thirty days
after location. The other law provides
for the fling of an amended declaratory
statement-if at any time the locator
shall find his first location was defect
i've. he desires to alter his boundaries,
or for any other reason, except that
such amendment shall not work a for
fixture of the rights of Others.
Minute inquiries have been made late
ly by one OF the largest manufacturing
iewelry houses Of New York City in re-
gard TO Montana sapphires. They init
mate that they are willing to put a
large sum of money into Montana sap
phire fields if a paying property is oh
tainable. Tiffany & Co. have already a
large interest in the Yogo mines and il
is probable that other jewelry houses
are attempting to prevent them getting
a monopoly on the entire sapphire
fields. These native gems are IL much
greater demand than formerly on ac-
count of sapphires being again in fash
ion in the east and in Europe.
A sample of the first sixteen pages Of
the Argus souvenir arrived Monday
and the remaining forty-eight pages
will be in hand within a few days, soon
after which the entire edition will be
received by freight from the printers
in the east. Many admiring eyes have
examined the sample in hand and all
seemed 70 well pleased that our only
fear is that the edition will be INSULT
cient to meet the demand. Anyone in
terested in the advance sheets may see
the sample at this Office. While the en-
tire work will not be ready by the 25th
inst. as we planned, the delay has been
necessary OF account of damp weather
prevailing where the printing was be-
ing done. Under such circumstances it
is almost impossible to properly dry
the pictures and a greater time was
necessary than had been planned.
A dispatch from Helena states that
it has been discovered that Represen-
tatiye Lehman bill extending the
statute of limitations which was signed
by the governor last week. is discoy-
cred not To have passed the senate.
This bill has 4 peculiar history. There
was positively no opposition to IL, says
Mr.. Lehman, but it was not reported
by the house committee until late In
the session. 1t passed unanimously
but when it reached the senate was in
definitely postponed on n motion made
by Senator Stanton who had misunder
stood what the bill was for. Later it
came up again and vas reported AS
passed and signed iy the speaker.
Thi, appeared strange, but was nc
counted for by tic haste Of the last few
hours. Gov. Toole signed IL and now
it is said it never passed mt al.-did not
even pass the house the dispatch states.
II was a fine day Tuesday and the