Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-02-20

o mereultn, supeIlutcnucut at the
New Year mines and mills, was in
Lewistown Monday. The company is
making arrangements for extensive
improvements in the spring.
DIR. Ralph Hedges contemplates re-
moving to Lewistown in the neal flu
ture. He is an able physician, and we
wish him success in his new home
Dawson County Review CGlendivel.
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Silyerthorn, aged two months, died at
the Nave residence in Lewistown sun
day, from pneumonia. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon. conducted
by Rev. Albert Pfaus, a delegation Of
Knights Of Pythias attending. The
child had been sick but a few days.
Mrs. Sloane, who was taken i'll with
pneumonia on the 18th inst. and has
been very sick for ten days past, isnow
slowly improving and unless some
complications ensue. is expectedto soon
recover. The lady is with her daughter,
Mrs. F. E. Wright, and her many
friends have made frequent inquiry.
The attending physician said the at
tack was very severe in character.
A certificate has been filed with the
secretary of state at Helena by the
clerk of the town of Fort Benton, set
ting forth the fact that in accordance
with the result of the recent nsu the
classification of Fort Benton has been
advanced from that Of a town to a city
of the third class, Similar action on
the part Of Lewistown authorities is
evidently necessary. The only impor-
tant change effected will be hat the
city treasurer and police magistrate
will be elective instead of appointive.
Salaries may be advanced, but the con-
dition of the Lewistown treasury will
hardly warrant any steps in this direc-
ton, unless il be to allow the police
magistrate a sufficient amount to war
rant the securing of better service than
can now be demanded, when the limit
is 500 a year.
At Helena last week a salesman for
the Helena Provision Co. was arrested
charged with selling prairie chickens.
He was found guilty and passed up a
fine of $3.50. At Belt several men are
under arrest for selling beaver hides
and the Cascade county authorities
promise to make a shining example Of
these law breakers. The greatest work
the members of the League of Ameri-
can Sportsmen can accomplish would be
the proper punishment of offenders
against the game laws, and from reports
we have heard there is good opportun-
ity for work OF this character in Fergus
county. Beaver hides and coats seem
to be more plentiful from year to year,
chickens have been offered for sale
within the past month and IL was re-
ported not long since that v~enison was
being sold in Lewistown.
r. ID. Redmon of Fargo, North Da-
kota, spent Monday in Lewistown. lie
is at present selling jacks, but always
on the lookout for mules, having ship
ped many large c~onsignments during
the past two seasons, upwards of l,900
of which came from Montana. Mr..
Redmon says that the British govern
ment has, during the past eighteen
months, purchased 10000 mules and
100, 900 horses in the United States and
shipped them from New Orleans for
South Africa. Even aged, retired sad
die horses are now being received, the
demand being so far in excess of the
supply. The breeding of mules has
been largely increased in Montana dur
ing the past few years and a number OF
Fergus county horsemen are now turn
ing their attention to mules. C. NJ
Goodell Of Philbrook has a very fine loI
of young stock.
John L. Beebe and fancee. Miss Bell,
Doolittle of Wisner, Neb., arrived from
Harlowton Saturday, whittier Mr.. Bee
be had gone to meet the lady, accom-
panied by L. ID. Blodgett. The sam,
evening the nuptials were celebrated a
the home which had been prepared fot
the reception Of his bride in one of tn,
Suffer cottages on Fifth avenue. Tn,
wedding was a very quiet affair, Rev
Pfaus performing the ceremony an'
the only ones in attendance being Mr.
Beebe's family and the members of tn
household, which included several o
the young men. The groom is the eff
cient and popular teller at the Bank o
Fergus county, generally and deserved
ly spoken of as n Of the best of tn,
younger men of town. as well as a val
: ued employee. The bride is a youni
a woman of much attraction and that tn
! union Of hearts may be blessed will
t sunshine and pleasure is the wish o
l the many friends.
:, John p. Barnes OF L%ewistown, VIII
has been in Helena for two weeks past
was interviewed by a reporter of tn
Helena Record, and concerning his min
ing properties in the North Moccasins
an interest in which he has sold to L
w. King and others. said the nes
; cyanide plant is under contract an,
will be completed by the first Of July
> II will have a capacity Of 200 tons an,
-s.u r. 100.