Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-16
Q. H.. WILLIAMS.
Drugs

wife and family left Lewistown on
Monday morning for San Francisco.
Mr.. Ornbaum will remain there only a
few days, but his wife and family will
go to ornbaum, Mendicino county, Cal.
where they will spend the winter.
Mrs. Ornbaum has been in a poor state
Of health this summer and it is hoped
that the winters s%ojourn in the balmy
atmosphere of California will benefit
her health II not effect an entire cure.
A change has been made in the corps
Of instructors for the institute. because
of the Miss HARDWOOD. Mr.. Williams,
who holds the chair of Psychology and
Pedagogy at the Normal, will fill the
periods on the program assigned TO
Miss HARDWOOD and DIR, Swain. An ad-
mittance fee of rs cents will be charged
on Friday evening to help defray the
expenses of the institute. No reserved
seats. Evening programs begin at s p.
m. All sessions will be held at the new
school building.
The hunting party consisting of
Capt. barrow, Sam and James Weaver
and Tom Kelly, arrived home from
their trip to the head of Cottonwood
yesterday. The party had a fine time
and got game galore and have thor
oughly established their reputation as
bear hunters by killing a 3OO-pound
silvertip bear which was foolish enough
to cross their path. The only portion
of the meat that was brought to town
was a small piece which had been
spoken for by "Bill" Deaton before the
party started.
A consolidation between the Nickle
Plate and the Harvey-McKechnie stage
line interests between Lewistown and
Kendall has been effected and the COM
pany is now prepared to handle all
traffic between these points. A Con-
cord coach leaves Williams drug store
every morning and extra convey
ances are ready for use for the hand
ling of additional passengers, freight
or express. The four horse stock is all
fresh and the time is quick, ensuring
ample and comfortable accommoda-
tions. Z. F. McKechnie is agent
In the last report of the assay office
at Helena, Fergus county is quoted as
the third gold producing county in the
state with an output of bullion
amounting to s~23,44i.l3 during the
month Of September. 1t would be well
to mention in connection with this
statement that in the neighborhood of
sac 900 worth of bullion is sent every
month direct from Fergus county to
the United States mintat Philadelphia. |
This amount added to the above fg-
ures would put Fergus county in the
lead as a gold producing county which
undoubtedly is its rightful position.
As a result Of a quarrel over range
George w. Barney, a Rock Creek ranch
er, is suffering from a broken arm and
James Shadwell, also a resident Of the
Rock Creek district, is under a bond Of
$3.50 to appear before the district court
charged with assault in the second de-
gree. Barney's cattle had been tres
passing OF the Shadwell place and the
latter thought he had a kick coming,
and made it in a manner that caused a
feeling of enmity to exist between
Barney and himself. On the day the
trouble occurred ~Shadwell was hauling
a load of grain to a threshing machine,
and on passing the Barney ranch he
was asked to stop and talk the matter
over. After a warm discussion, Shad-
well claims that Barney asked him to
get off his wagon, which he did and
took with him a pitchfork which he had
on the load with him. lie says that
Barney made agrab for the fork, where
upon he drew back and hit him with
the handle, the blow breaking Barney's
arm. Mr.. Barney came to town and
fled a complaint against Shadwell, who
had already come to town and given
himself up. The defendant was taken
before Justice Mcfarland on Saturday
afternoon and bound over to the district
court.
James Pratt Of Cottonwood was In
town last week and while here made
the acquaintance of Warren Atchison,
who arrived in Lewistown this summer
on a visit to his father, j. B. Atchison.
Mr.. Pratt has a good-sized reputation
for speed in a short run, aud Mr.. Atchi-
son is also swift when IL comes to a 100
yard dash. The consequence was that
a race was arranged and a forfeit of
s25 apiece wasdeposited with Alexander
Van Iderstein. On Thursday afternoon
the principals in the affair, accompa-
MED by a large crowd of friends, went
to the Lewistown ball grounds, where
the race was pulled off. Bart Noble
and Cal Lewis acted as judges, while
Walker Wells was chosen as referee.
George Gordon acted as starter and the
runners were away simultaneously
with the crack of the gun. II was m
easy thing for Atchison, who came
down the track four feet ahead of Pratt
and at the finish had increased his lead
to six feet. The track was slow and
the time made was not taken, but the
race was a good n and strictly on the
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