Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-07-10
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The machinery for the Weaver &
Beebe steam laundry will arrive in
Lewistown about the 18th of July.
Two horses belonging to G.. w. Reid,
which were in Frank Moshner's pas
ture, were killed by lightning on Mon
day night.
j. w. Arthur left Lewistown this
morning for Great Falls, where he will
join Mrs. Arthur and be present during
the carnival.
Lewistown has been visited by sew
eral tropical rain showers during the
last As hours, which flooded the streets
and assisted in cooling the atmosphere
considerably.
A decision rendered lately by the
attorney general requires the assessor
to enter the road tax on the assessment
list of each tax payer. Anybody who
has paid the tax must be prepared to
show the tax receipt on presentation of
the assessment list for payment.
W. d. Symmes, accompanied by Mrs.
Symmes and Mrs. F. E. Wright left
Lewistown by private conveyance last
Friday, for Great Falls and will be pre-
sent during the street carnival. Mr..
Wright left on the Benton stage this
morning and will join the party at
Great Falls.
Early cattle shipments will in all
probability be few this year, owing to
the softness of the range feed, arising
from the cold rains this summer. 1t
will be a month before grass on the
ranges will begin to cure and two weeks
after that before beef will harden suf-
ficiently for shipment.
An examination of the government
land surveys which have taken place in
Montana is being conducted by J. Scott
Harrison, who is the official examiner
of Public land surveys. Mr.. Harrison
is a nephew of the late Benjamin Har-
rison and is accompanied by A. j. Har-
rison, j. NJ. Cooney and Ralph Burton.
Harry Somers, general manager for
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co.
in Montana, with headquarters at Hell
ena, arrived in Lewistown Tuesday.
Mr.. Somers comes to examine the tele-
phone lines now owned by the Lewis
town Telephone Co. and the Lewis
town & Great Falls Tel. & Tel. Co.,
negotiations for the purchase of which
are pending.
Notice appears in the Great Falls
papers Of the dissolution of partnership
of the firm of Sydney Pace Il Ii. D..
Larned, who have been conducting the
bar business in the Milwaukee hotel of
that place. Mr.. Larned, who was form
erly the manager of the Lewistown
hotel in this city, will in the future run
the business himself.
A peddler by the name of n. Butler
was arrested here on Monday by Under
Sheriff Slater on information received
from Sheriff c. W. Hill of White Sui
phur Springs. According to what is
known at present, Butler is charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Further particulars will no
doubt be learned on the arrival of
Sheriff Hill to take charge of the pris-
oner.
We acknowledge the receipt of the
following notice from the Adventist
ministers now in the city and cheerful
ly give it space. "a hearty invita-
tion is extended to the people of Lewis
town and vicinity by the Adventist
ministers TO attend the lectures now
being held in the tent on the second
coming Of Christ. Millennium and kim
dred subjects Of interest and import
ance to all"
Ed. Folmsbee's suburban residence on
the Cottonwood bench was visited by a
deputation of light fingered humanity
on the Fourth, while Mr.. Folmsbee and
family were spending the day in town,
who stole everything there with the
exception of the house, which, luckily,
was of substantial build, or it would
undoubtedly have gone with the rest.
The good old days when a man could
leave his shanty Hospitality open are
past, with the advent ofthe genus hobo
who is not content with a good meal,
but is instantly seized with a desire to
steal everything in sight.