Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-07-17
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The large stone warehouse for the
Montana Hardware Co. is being con-
structed rapidly and at its present rate
of progress will be completed during
the first part of August.
Joseph Magalon went through Lewis.
town yesterday with GOO Oregon bucks
which he had brought from the railroad
and was taking to the old I. j. ranch
south of the Judith mountains.
Miss Mabel Montana Gormley, sister
to Attorney A. C. Gormley of Great
Falls, who died last week as the result
of an operation for appendicitis, was
buried from the residence of her broth
er on July 18th.
Pat Mill was in from Ross Fork on
Monday and said that he had finished
shearing and had a fine clip of $4,000
pounds of clean wool. 1t is Mr.. Nihill's
opinion that wool prices will improve
as the season advances.
Doctor e. ii. Stoll went to Harlowton
last week to meet his wife and two
children, who arrived from the east last
Wednesday. The doctor and his family
returned to Lewistown on Friday and
will reside on the south side of town.
Avery Belcher, a large cattle owner
and a prominent member of the Bear
Paw pool, died at Long Beach, Cal, on
July 5th. Until about a year ago he
was president of the Bank of Boulder,
he being n Of the organizers of that
institution. "
Chas. Schneider, the Billings foot
racer, says the Billings News, ran 100
yards at Butte in the remarkable time
OF nine and four-ffths seconds. This
is said to equal the worlds record,
made nearly ten years ago and never
since equalled.
Thomas Carr, a well known mining
man and rancher of Maiden, paid the
county seat a visit on Monday and says
that everything in that section of the
country is prosperous and that the
Spotted Horse mill will be running full
blast in a few days.
Jean Ackley was in the city from
Philbrook yesterday and says that a
severe hailstorm visited that section of
the county last Saturday. breaking
many window lights and doing consid-
cradle damage to the gardens in the
vicinity of Philbrook.
G.. w. Tower, Jr., who represents
Heinze of Butte, accompanied by j. w.
Baxter of Spokane, arrived in Lewis
town this week and as soon as possible
departed for the Moccasin mountains
for the purpose of visiting some of the
mining properties in that district.
1t is inconceivable that any citizen
who has the slightest regard for the
nerves of his neighbors will keep a
worthless, NANCY eur to sit and bark
at the moon or his own shadow after
bedtime. How about the dog law
Are such dogs licensed to disturb
people? We doubt it.
Percy de Wolf was arrested in Kalis-
pei last Friday by order Of a telegram
received from the United States mar.
shall. 1t is said he is wanted on a
charge of cattle rustling on the Black
foot reservation and by staying on the
other side of the international bound
airy has evaded capture for some time.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Beaver
creek, will give a literary and musical
program and serve refreshments at the
Beaver creek Methodist church Thurs
day evening, the 25th inst, to which {
general invitation is extended. Tn,
price of admission will be fifty cents
children owe ~ one-half price, undeI
twelve free.
Sheriff Shaw returned this week from
Billings, accompanied by his sister-in
law, Mrs. Snyder, who arrived from
Omaha with her children and will spent
the summer with Mrs. Shaw and othe,
relatives in the county. The sher
if says that gambling has beef
running wide open in Billings this sum
mer but that while he was there fifteel
proprietors Of gambling houses wer
arrested and fined SIS as a slight init
nation as to what would happen ifthe.
persisted in their evil ways.
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