Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-30

a AFTERNOON Dy private conveyance
Mr.. Giles comes in the interest of his
house and will also visit the other
towns in the vicinity. He was accom-
panied by Andy Matthews, proprietor
of the well know Stanford hotel.
The Billings News makes the an
nouncement that Hon. Thos. j. Porter
of Miles City, Republican candidate for
attorney general at the last election,
was married at Northumberland, Pa,
Jan. %, TO Miss Elizabeth Hawley.
After the ceremony they will visit Phil'
adelphia and Washington, returning to
Miles City about Feb. Goth, where they
will make their home.
Dan Taillon, who has been absent the
past three weeks visiting in Helena and
Marysville, returned on the Monday
night coach from Benton. Mr.. Tallion
attended the legislative session regu-
larly while in the capital, and although
there was nothing thrown into his o
by the transom route he was greatly in
terested in watching the senatorial con-
test for the short term.
Steps are being taken looking to the
organization of a lodge of Knights of
Pythias at Garneill in the near future.
A petition to the Grand Chancellor of
the jurisdiction of Montana has been
circulated by some of the Knights re-
siding there and already has the sigma
lures of about thirty representative
men of that prosperous locality who de-
sire to become members.
John Nolan has sold the stock and
entire equippage of the Lewistown-
Maiden stage line to Hugh Dawes of
TIBET, who will manage 1t in the future.
The schedule of the line will not be
affected by the change of ownership
and Mr.. Dawes will endeavor to render
equally as good service to the travelling
public as has formerly been done under
the management of Mr.. Nolan.
Edward j. Grindrod, who was form
erly employed on the ARGUS staff, but
who has been absent from Lewistown
the past three months, returned on the
Harlowton coach this morning. Mr..
Grindrod was as far south as Fort
Worth, Texas, and visited several other
points in the southern states. He has
returned TO accept a position as stenog-
rapher in the Bank of Fergus County
and will remain here permanently.
ii. Ii. Varney, a prominent stock
the lower Musselshell valley, was an
arrival on the Sunday coach from Great
Falls. Mr.. Varney is returning to his
home after a visit of six weeks with
relatives and friends in Kansas and
Iowa. He states that the mild winter
we have here prevails in all the sections
he visited, and during his absence only
once did he have the sight of snow.
The colored supplement accompany
ing Sundays issue of the Great Falls
Tribune contains a well displayed ac-
count Of the Wilbur murder, which oc-
CURED near Lewistown many yearsago.
OF many of the statements concerning
the previous life of WILDER and his wife,
people in this section are not familiar,
but il they are no nearer the truth than
the account Of the murder and succeed
ing events, the story is largely on the
romance order.
A. A. Campbell, the lively solicitor of
the Helena Herald, arrived on the
Thursday morning coach from Harlow
ton. Mr.. Campbell was for many years
connected with the Independent in the
same capacity as he isnow employed by
the Herald and is well known through
out this section of the state. He will
extend his visit to the mining camps in
the vicinity Of Lewistown, and will be
around for a week or more looking
after the interests Of his paper.
i Thos. o. Caldwell of Virginia City
was in the city last week en- route to
Gilt Edge, Mont. Mr.. Caldwell has
many friends in Bozeman, having been
a graduate of the mechanical engineer
ing department Of the Montana state
college. He has for some time past
been engaged in ~assaying at Virginia
City and now goes to take a responsible
position in the assay department of the
Gilt Edge Mining company in Fergus
county. He is a cousin Of White Cald-
well of this city, and has a host OF
former college acquaintance here and
( elsewhere who will be pleased TO hear
: of his promotion.-Bozeman Chronicle.
' II will be of interest to all union
miners in this section to know that the
Anaconda Copper Mining company has
officially announced that it will inaugu.
rate the eight-hour work day system on
S February /. There is no political sig
S nifcance attached to this action of the
: company, as the matter has been under
consideration for some time, but it was
. only the past week that the date, Feb
4 /, was decided upon to put it into effect
Although no announcement has beer
made to that effect, it is thought that
the action of the Anaconda company
will influence the other big companies
operating in Butte to adopt the eight
= hour system and that Butte is destined
4 to very 500 become al eight-houl