Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-07-24

will be edited by w. shannon. Dan
Carney, one of the conductors on the
Great Falls & Canada railroad, is a
financial hacker of the enterprise.
Thomas Garlick of Warm Spring
creek was in the city yesterday and says
that during the last storm the creek
rose two feet higher than he had ever
seen it. Mr.. Garlick has lost four head
of cattle this spring through lightning.
Shearing was brought to a close at
the Lewistown plant last Wednesday
evening. Over fifty thousand sheep
were clipped at the plant this season
and with the exception of two small
clips all the wool went TO Great Falls
and Benton.
Old Fort Keogh will not be abandon
ed as was reported lately. The denial
comes indirectly from General Miles,
who proposes to keep the place garri-
soned with both cavalry and infantry
on account Of its close proximity TO the
Indian reservations.
Sportsmen who are preparing to take
to the field for birds must remember
that the season for prairie chicken and
grouse does not open until Sept. LIST,
the date having been changed by the
last Legislature. BE careful or you
may fall into the clutches of the law.
A decision, which is important to
mining men, has lately been handed
down by the secretary of the interior.
The secretary holds in effect that an
unnecessary delay in applying for a
patent for a mining claim cannot be
permitted. In other words parties can
not hope to hold mining claim forever
by simply doing the annual representa-
ton work.
Mr.. A. s. Bunker and sister, of Gilt
Edge, left for Livingston this week
where they will meet their father and
mother, and will, in company with
them, make an extended tour of the
Yellowstone National Park. On their
return Mr.. and Mrs. Bunker Sr. will
visit Lewistown and Gilt Edge. Mr..
Bunker Sr. is interested financially in
the Great Northern Mining a. Develop
ment Co.
On the front page of the issue of
July 18th of the Mining and Scientific
Press, published in San Francisco, APP
peared two fine cuts which were used
in the souvenir edition of the Fergus
County Argus. The cuts are represen
tative of operations at Kendall and are
accompanied by a three-quarter column
on the Kendall mines by J. ID. Ritch,
the representative of the Fergus Coun-
ty Business Mems Association.
A Butte syndicate has raised $4,000
for the purpose of building a natorium.
The plans for the proposed structure
are in the hands of an architect. The
plans call for a plunge Gox90 feet and
of varying depth on the ground floor.
In addition to the plunge there will be
a number of private baths. The water
will be heated by a series of monster
boilers and will be m~ineralized before
is is turned into the plunge.
Water was turned into the large irri-
eating canal below Townsend on Satur-
day last and 10Y supplies water to
many ranches in hat vicinity. The
ditch cost in the neighborhood of s20,-
| 900 and is said TO be worth many times
that sum TO the persons who receive
benefit from it. 1t holds 1000 inches
of water and is so constructed at its
source that no matter how low the Mis-
souri, river may be water can still be let
into 1t.
Rufus u Thompson was in the city
Saturday from his ranch south of the
Snowy mountains. Mr.. Thompson was
one of the first wool growers to sell on
the Billings market this season and OBJ
tanned lsk cents for his wool. lie says
that he could have realized 10 or l3ii
cents by waiting but Is satisfied with
the price he got. lie says the samples
of wool shown on the Billings market
were of good staple quality and better
than those OF last year.
Treasurer j. VI. Croft has received a
I communication from State Examiner
lludnall as 10 the collection Of licenses
from telegraph and telephone com
I panics, aud alsJ from common carriers
in accordanco with the opinion given
by Attorney General Donovan last
week. The treasurer is Informed that
IL is his duty to collect such licenses
for the present year and also back
licenses for two years past rs expressed
in section SEA Of the code of civil pro-
cedure.
Though Lewistown has no railroad
1t is the center Of transportation forthe
Judith Basin and surrounding local.
ties; its many stage lines affording IA
%cilities 10 the travelling public, which,
in their completeness, surprise visitors
to the city. Within ten hours of start
ing from Lewistown the traveller viii
reach Harlowton, the terminus of the
Montana railroad, or in twenty-foui
hours can be transplanted TO the rail
road center of Great Falls, l22 miles