Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-10

Transportation Co., for a consideration
of nearly a million dollars. Among the
items transferred were the Mammoth
Hot Springs hotel, recently built for
5000. 900; the Fountain hotel, 500, 600
Grand Canyon hotel, 100000 and the
Lake hotel, $4,000, big buildings for
lunch station and other property.
Great Falls lodge, No.9l4, b. P. o. E
has conferred upon United States Sena'
tor Gibson the honor of honorary life
membership in that order. 1t is very
seldom that any member of this organi'
zation receives that especial honor, and
It has never before been conferred by
the Great Falls lodge. The ceremony
was one of much impressiveness and a
very eloquent address was delivered by
w. f. Chamberlain, the exalted ruler
of the lodge.
Capt. Stafford and wife of Canyon
Ferry, Montana, spent three days in
Lewistown last week the guests o their
son. G.. NJ. Stafford. Capt. and Mrs.
Stafford returned from Alaska last year.
after nearly two years at Dawson and
Nome. 1t has been many years since
they were in Lewistown and were dis.
appointed that their visit should have
necessarily been so short as to make il
impossible to meet many of the old
time friends in this section.
The examination OF applicants for
medical certificates, before the state
board of medical examiners at Helena,
began last week. The following were
the candidates: Burdett O'Connor, W.
Il. Fox, W. L. Clarkson, Butte; w. l..
Gardner, Miles City; Edgar |. Bradley,
Elkhorn; Willis Y. Kingsbury, Dillon;
Fred +. Attix; Gilt Edge; William p.
Reynolds, Aldridge; W. S. Nichol, NAL
ia; w. n. Peek, Thompson; WE. Clark
son, r. w. Blades, Pipestone Springs.
Butte seems to be a shining mark for
faith healers, ghosts, s~piritualists and
grafters Of every description. The latest
flake" worked in the smoky city is by a
smooth individual from the east, who
spots a family he thinks will work easy,
claims relationship and tells a hard luck
story, asking financial assistance till he
can send home for money. Seldom he
talks in vain, for according 10 Butte
papers he is carrying n pocketful OF
riches gained in this nefarious manner,
An antiquated derelict on the high
seas of iniquity, by name l.. II. Knapp,
from the head Of Rock creek, was tried
in Justice Goodell's court Saturday for
a criminal assault upon the ~ll-year-old
grand daughter of a nearby neighbor.
The evidence was such that although
conviction could not be made, yet it cast
severe censure upon his actions, for in
stead of using his age and experience
SCR the protection of childhood, he acted
in a manner which caused his arres'
and trial before a police justice.
Much confusion is created among
electric light users by a misunderstood
ing Of the term candle power" 1t il
purely an arbitrary term TO denote tn,
light yielded by a candle SO made as t.
burn rs grams of %spermaceti per hour
Electrically l-32 of an ampere of current
at l0i volts pressure will give n candle
power in any standard incandescen
lamp. As a basis of comparison it ma.
be noted that a Rochester coal oil lam
of the large t size is rated at 400 candl,
power, while a one-inch fiat wick is sup
posed to be good for IS to 40.
Governor j. X. Toole and Secretar,
of State G.. NJ. Hays have left for tn,
east to examine and enquire into tn
manner in which other state capitol
are furnished in order TO introduce tn,
best ideas in the furnishing of Mon
tana's new state house. They will g
as representatives Of the state furnish
ing board and will visit many of tn
principal cities of the east. Although
it will be nearly II not quite six month
before the capital can be furnished, tn
furnishing board proposesto have every
thing contracted for long before tina
time so as To ensure delivery when tn,
furnishing, are needed.
George Walters OF Fort Benton ha
invented n water motor, for use in rails
ing water for irrigating purposes. Tn
machine is a steel floating motor an,
can be made any size desired. 1t is con
structed of steel blades so arrange.
that they overcome all resistance of th
air, the machine requiring very littl
attention. The wheel will work In al
overflow or an open stream, and is 5
placed that it can pass over drifttimbe
or floating ice, and once In place, nee
not be moved. Each motor Is % mad
that IL can be transported without IN
juring and when il arrives at the strcaI
where it is TO be placed, il is ready :
be rolled into the stream. IL is swun
at right angles to the current, and
chain is attached to a water elevator
the motor operating the elevator at tn
speed produced by the current. One q
the motors is now in successful opera
ton at the w. X. Embleton ranch, 81
miles from Fort Benton. and other
will be installed in a short timea othe
places. The motor at the Embleto
place is running an elevator with a C;
pacity of $500 gallons per minute, at
cost of less than 10 cents ner dav of 2