Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-06-19

schOol matters for county Superlnten-
dents and he has informed State Super
intendent Welch of his decision. All
legal phases of school affairs must be
decided in the future by the county at
torneys who, says the attorney general.
are the legal advisors of the county
superintendent.
Shearing is progressing rapidly at
the Lewistown plant and in the neigh
borhood of 5000 fleeces are being tied
daily. The wool so far has been ex-
tremely heavy, a bunch of yearlings
belonging TO William Fergus Il Sons
going : pounds to the fleece. In spite
of the late heavy rains the wool is in
good shape, and the sheep themselves.
owing to the abundance of feed on the
ranges, are rolling fat.
The Rev. Pfaus and o. w. Belden re-
turned from a trip TO Utica last Sat
urday and both gentlemen are loud in
their praises of the agricultural outlook
of that section Of the country. The
Rev. Pfaus mentioned that while in
Utica they attended the social given by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
there last Friday evening, which was
an entire success, as such functions
always are in that lively little city.
The editor acknowledges receipt of a
letter. mailed in Lewistown. and inclos-
ing a few verses of poetry" evidently
written from the heart and with local
application. but the author, as a coy
young maiden hides her face behind her
fan, is lost in the signature Common
Price" Not necessarily for publica-
ton, but as a guarantee of good faith,
the name of the author must be made
known to the editor-anonymous com
m~unications cannot be regarded.
A birthday party will be given at the
residence of Mrs. Geo. Bach on Thurs
day evening under the auspices of the
st. James Guild. A large number of
very neat invitations in well written
rhyme have been sent GU and the
ladies of the Guild wish to state that
''if you did not receive n do not feel
sighted, for you are cordially invited
to attend" All children are welcome
but those over five years of age will be
expected to pay twenty-five cents.
W.. ID. Symmes, NJ. j. Costello and
Archibald Gray went to Utica on Sat
urdav last, returning on Sunday. Mr..
Symmes says that the Great Northern
prospecting outfit, which has been
working in the vicinity of Utica for the
last six months, has struck artesian
water one-half mile distant from Utica.
Four inch pipe is used in the well
which is near the new steel bridge on
the Judith. The output is forty bar
rels an hour, the water being excellent.
A proposition to divide the state into
four districts will be submitted at a
meeting of the executive committee of
the State Christian Endeavor union,
which will soon be called by the Rev.
Joseph p. MCCARTHY, the president.
This move is in accordance with the
suggestion of Francis f. Clark, founder
of the union, who delivered an address
at the annual meeting in Butte re-
Gently. If the division is made a con-
vention will be held in each district
each year.-Montana Record.
County Attorney Odell of Helena
rendered an opinion last week, which,
if applied throughout the state, will be
hard on the county surveyors. lie
holds that the repeating of the law
which provided for a per diem payment
of the county surveyor, made no provis-
ion whatever for the payment of such
an official. There is only one reference
made in the Jaw passed by the last
legislature. which clause provides that
the county surveyor be paid s. per day
when requested by county commission
ers to plat a public highway. and no
more.
Petitions urging the city council to
submit to the people a proposition for
the municipal ownership of water works
and sewerage are in circulation about
town and are being very generally
signed. Public opinion seems quite
unanimous in favor Of municipal owner
ship and il is known that when the sub
iect was first preached Mayor Cook and
a majority If not all of the aldermen
declared they would submit the ques-
ton to the people, that municipal own
ership might be decided, before grant
ing a franchise to any private corpora
ton.
Sales of wool aggregating 1000, 900
pounds are reported by eastern buyers
at Caldwell and Mountainhome, Ida,
according TO a recent Salt Lake Tri-
bune. The following representatives
of Boston firms are reported as having
bought as follows: l.. Eismann. s00.-
200 pounds; ]. Patterson, 400. 900; Ar
thur Dupee, 10000; James Salter, 10000;
John johnson. 10000: Alex Livingston,
$4,000. The prices quoted were . to L.
cents. II. S. Hallet. Of Boston, has just
bought five cars Of Soda Springs wool,
l1O,OOO pounds, and four ears Of wool
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