Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-06-05

appointed u speclul cpLllnlNttc lpI VHS
purpose of working for the enactment
of a law by congress which shall pro-
vide for the inspection of wooden goods
and shall compel manufacturers TO
label their products as all wool or part
cotton or part shoddy as the case may
be. Ex-senator 4. C. Power is a mem
Der Of the committee.
A new stone warehouse will shortly
be erected by the Montana Hardware
company which will be loOx9o feet in
extent and will cover the ground now
occupied by the old sheds, which will
be pulled down. The erection ofa stone
warehouse in place of the old buildings
viii give the block 4 much more bust
ncss-like appearance and also afford
storage facilities which will enable the
Montana Hardware Co. to carry a much
larger stock.
DIR. VI. L. Knowles, state veterinari-
an, has returned to Montana from Il
| trip To North Dakota, where he ar
ranged with the state veterinarian of
that state TO accept his health c~ertili-
Gates for live stock. This will save
Montana stockman 81 Il head on horses,
10 cents a head on cattle and > cents a
head on sheep, the fees for inspection
provided by the North Dakota law, as
well as some delay in transit.-Billings
Gazette.
Gov. j. X. Toole has granted a par
don to Little Whirlwind, the Indian
who was sent to the Deer Lodge peni-
Tertiary for life on the charge of com
plicity in the murder of John Hoover, a
| sheepherder. whose bullet-riddlcd body
was found near the reservation in 1895.
Throughout the United States Indian
rights societies took hold of the case.
Judges, statesmen and business men
interested themselves. Petition after
petition was forwarded 10 the governor.
Even the officials of the interior depart
ment of the United States government
became interested. They united with
the others in favoring executive elem
ency.
The show windows of the Lewistown
Commercial company presented a very
realistic appearance on Memorial Day
on which occasion Mr.. Il. \. llanke had
constructed a very faithful representa-
tion of a soldiers grave. The white
columns of the monument were draped
with the national colors in whose folds
rested powdcr-stained cannon balls
which had the appearance of having
Just been gathered from the field of
battle. On either side of the monument
were stands OF arms and a%ccoutre-
ments which were used by the boys Of
Company | in the Philippines and above
this display the starry folds Of ''old
Glory completed a scene which was at
once patriotic and inspiring,
A decision was handed down by the
United States supreme court last week
at Washington sustaing the decision
of the supreme court of Colorado in the
case of the Calhoun Gold mining com.
pany against the Ajax Gold Mining
company is regarded in mining circles
here as of special Importance in that il
forever settles the question Of owner,
ship of all lodes and veins found with,
in the boundaries of n legally estab,
lished mining claim. The court holds
that n locator of a mining claim holds
all veins apeXing within the boundary
of his claim without respect to cross OF
parallel veins, and that between two
conflicting lode locations the senior
would take all the veins apexing with.
in the conflict.
Ex-senator L. C. Power, who is here
this week, says that the Power com.
pany will Immediately proceed in the
erection of their large store building.
so long talked of and the plans for
which were erected some months ago.
The foundation will be heayy-sudi-
cient to carry five stories, should fur
Their erection prove necessary in the
future, though the present plans con.
template but n two story building,
covering the entire property from tn,
corner OF Third avenue to the furniture
store erected by the Power Company
last year. Several OF the contracts fol-
the building were let some time ago
Mr.. Power looks for an exceedingly
bright future for Lewistown and be
lieves mis- company should be in a posi-
ton to share in its opportunities.
One Of the most remarkable but leas
/, noticed facts in connection with tht
war in the Transvaal is the extrem,
= youth Of a large part Of General d.
Vets army When hostilities BROKE
out almost every grown man enlisted
even the ~enfeebled, but the pace ha.
been too rapid for the venerable
burghers. As they were killed or in
capacitated their places have gradual!
been taken by mere school children
many only thirteen or fourteen year
{ of age. Under the title of 18th,
; Youngest Soldiers in the World" il
J the June Cosmopolitan Allen Sangre
d throws more light on the makeup an,
{ life of General De Vets commando
than anything heretofore published
> The naive. simple letter from fourteen
; year-old Deneys Reitz 10 his father, III
secretary of state Of the Transvaal Re-