Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-16

where by the Colonel Hodgson property
on Fifth avenue was purchased BY
Messrs. Cook & Hilger. Though thu
consideration is private, it is surmisec
that the price paid was in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The deal was mad
directly with Colonel Hodgson, who is a
present in Salt Lake City.
A $40 treasury note was taken in a
the st. Louis p~ostoffice last week which
is thought to be one of the notes which
were stolen from the Great Northern
express a by the Curry gang. The
note purports to have been issued by
the Montana National bank at Helena
but contains signatures which are no,
those of the president and cashier Of
that bank.
Mrs. ]. C. Tintinger, of Absarokee,
died last Saturday from stomach trou-
BILE, the nature of which the physicians
in attendance were unable to determine.
Mrs. Tintinger was but 81 years old
and was married to J. c. Tintinger,
one of the prominent and prosperous
cattlemen Of the Saltwater country,
about eight months ago. She was a
native of Whittemore, Iowa, where the
body was taken for burial.
When President j. j. Hill, of the
Great Northern railway system was
shown a dispatch from New York stat
ing that a plan had been formulated
and practically agreed upon for the
formation of a new company, which
should take over the management of
the Great Northern, the Northern
Pacific and the Burlington, he said
briefly: THAT is simply a sensational
story. There is no truth in it. Not a
word of truth in it,"
A half-interest in the Kendall town
site has been purchased by j. r. Cook,
who is already heavily interested in
real estate in Lewistown. The prop
erty formerly belonged to Shaules &
Flanagan, and Mr.. Cook bought Mr..
Flanagan's half-interest for So, 900. The
TOWNSHIP will be at once re-platted and
laid out to the best advantage, and in
the near future a prospectus will be
issued for the purpose of bringing this
lively little mining camp to the notice
of business men and investors.
Mrs. o. A. Aynslee, who formerly lived
near Philbrook, lost some valuable jew
elry on a return trip from the east,
where she had been visiting. The fol-
lowing dispatch gives the particulars
of the unfortunate occurrence: "St.
Paul, Oct. 10.-Mrs. o. A. Aynsley OF
Great Falls, Mont, this morning lost a
valise containing two pearl necklaces
valued at 81, 200. She arrived in st.
Paul at 7:45 over the Milwaukee road
on her way home from England. Mrs.
Aynsley thinks she left her valise on a
bench in the Union depot waiting
room. The police believe she left it on
the Milwaukee train.
A magnificent specimen of the car
Donate of lime formation which is to be
found in the Gilt Edge cave, was pre-
sented to the Judith Basin bank by Mr..
King last Friday. The specimen is in
the form of a crystal of calcium carbon
ate Of the mammillary order and is pro-
duced by the action of lime-impregnated
water upon the carboniferous deposits
of the under world. There is an acre of
this crystal formation in all kinds of
grotesque and beautiful shapes IN the
wonderful cav lately discovered near
Gilt Edge, and in addition to this there
are twelve chambers, from the roof and
floor of which project stalagmites and
stalactites Of wonderful and unique
formation which are well worth a trip
to the mountains to see
Jas. Murray, a freighter between this
city and Lewistown, was arrested this
morning charged with stealing three
sheep from j. +. Patterson on Septem.
Der 9th, says the River Press. On that
date Murray came to the herder's camp
at HARDWOOD lake and tried to buy a
mutton, but as the herder was moi
authorized to sell he did not succeed.
During the night the sheep were reused
a few times, but the herder supposed il
was by wolves and contented himself
with hanging out a lantern. Next
morning he discovered signs of sheep
having been butchered at Murray's
camp and found mutton on his wagons,
later finding the heads, feet and hides
of the three sheep cached nearby. To.
day Murray was arrested here on his
arrival from Lewistown with his freight
outfit. His bail was fixed at 5000,
Late this afternoon Murray paid fol
the sheep and costs and the charge was
dismissed.
The first completed section Of the big
Dearborn canal, with which it is in
tended to irrigate the immense arid re
gion in the vicinity of Flat creek, wa
formally opened last week. This gi
!, gantic irrigating enterprise is situated
close to the southwesterly corner o
Cascade county and is about 20 mile
distant from Great Falls. Under thu
Carey arid land act the state commits
sion may select such land as are avail
!, able for irrigation, withdraw then
from entry and after irrigation sci