Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-09
GILT IDGI N0ItS.

The new year, the new CVH'ul' ""'
the new month were ushered In NJ
Gilt Edge by the blowingot Whistles
ringing bells aud the roar al arlu-
lery. All the miners and prospectors
were ready with their shots. Inc
sound oi the whistles at T. O'Clock
was n warning for presto change
and everyone thought the whole Jul
atm maintains would bc thrown in
To the valley. The music in the nan
ceased and thcdaucerss stood alniiz'u'
The finish lightscould be seen plainly
The engineer ON the night shit VINO
rave the alarm, had n little eNper-
ieneo of his W that wasn't cXnctly
what he was looking for. IL" had
made arrangements To tie the WINS
lie cord down and blow fo~ronrhonr'
but there were others who wtnt'd
tn have n handin the New lenrsport'
so before the night man came on
duty they tied n heavy weight aud
drop 10 the whistle lever, ana also
attnched another cord to the electro
lights, so that when Il 1'rlolk came
the engineer pulled his whistle cord
the whistle blew loud ana strong ANA
the lights went OUT. The cord wus
loosened and still the whistle blew.
He was working hard 10 stop the
Noise when someone broke the Tutrr
glass. which threw steam MI AROUND
him, and he was in cloud ~ steam
aud tntll Iarku ~. tie managed To-
reach the fluor and went toth' cyan
ile mrn aud procured "a light, ana
when hp returned shut oil the steam
mud replaced hi- water glass. Ry
this time Il was ! O'Clock, 81 he Geve
one whistle and said, "A hnppy New
Year
The first annual bail ui the judith
Mountain Mincrs'UniUn, No. luI. was
given nj Rafter's hall New Year we.
one hundred aud four tickets were
sold. Everything WINS properly ar
ranged by the union ana when The
time came rnch man knew his place
and wis ON hand To attend 10 II.
The arrangements wcrccumplrtca ara
everyone wus we'll cared Tor. The
music was excellent and the supper
fine. The miners are not a class OF
people that max" aftilurc of any
thing they start In for. All those
present will speak uf this ball ms one
of the social events al Gilt Edge long
to be remembered. All joinch in wish
Ing "a long life To the miners union,
may they succeed and prosper"
T. j. Nichols has sold his huusc In
Gilt Edge to G. IL. Dahl, who expects
to move into 1t 10y the lotd inst.
Frank Limb takes the Cave
Gulch boarding house now occupied
by Mr.. Dahl.
4 little excitement occurred nj tn"
Silver Dollar IN the evening vi Jhnu'
airy Bird, which was rather amusing
although Il came near being serious.
Fortunately no n wns injured. "A
little difficulty occurred between >.
q, Gibson and Oscar Patrick, in
which Gibson drew his revolver. A
stampede was on hand mt once, as
about thirty persons were in the
room, Billy Anderson c!imbedtothe
top Of the chandelier and shouted,
.'Shout low" John Callahan started
for the side window, but stone wall
prevented IN escape; Al. l.amson got
I'm the ice chest; Tom McGee hid be-
hind "A Chinese lantern; Sandy Iarr
ran behind the glass showcase; Jake
Hoffman laid down beside IA whlskey
barrel; "Hencoop Shorty" got be-
hind the stove; Dick Jones wasatthe
end of the bar and said the ball passed
30 close TO his knees that he felt the
effects; and the rest were tumbiing
over each other to get out and rat
rick was making II two-miuute gait
for the door. After the fist shot
Mrs. Gibson caught hold uf Gibson,
but he loosened himself and fired the
second shot as Patrick was going
through thedoOr. The bullet passed
through the door. through Patrick's
pants neal the ankle and on through
n plank outside the sidewalk aud has
not been heard of since. The papers
were issued and Constable CaldweI
took Gibson in charge and the hear
ing Is set for January 9th. So many
In the Don and no one hurt Is 4
mystery.
Col. Bates Is here In the interest %
a newspaper and thinks he VIII har'
thing here and he rendy To star
a paper by the first OF March.
Vincent Koran has purchased Thu
Klondike sample room AMI IL now
ready. in his pleasant and agreeable
way, to accommodate everyone wh'
goes with u pleasant smile; yes, tive
smiles.
Il. NJ. Dougherty has purchased th'
Klondike livery stable uf John Zig
len and Is now on hand to inrnisl
YOU with hrst-class rigs ut any time
W. J.. Rafterh ns the new hall nearly
sided, SO il will be more comiortabl'
hereafter.
j. A. Winston, the foreman OF th'
New Year mine, was In town las