Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-02
G. II. VII
The Leading
Druggist.
LewistOWn, nOntana.

The attendance at the Firemen's ball
New Years eve. was not large, but
those who attended report a good time.
About forty-six couples were present.
The county commissioners meet in
special session next Monday To award
contracts for care of the county poor.
furnishing of medical supplies and Of
professional attention for the ensuing
year. Several other matters will re-
eeive attention at the same time.
James Donovan, attorney general
elect, has announced the appointment
of Thomas ID. Long of Kalispell to be
his assistant. Mr., Long is a graduate
of Cornell, class of lssS, and Of the law
school of the University Of Michigan at
Ann Arbor, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1891, being a class mate of At
torneys Gormley, Largent and Freeman
of Great Falls.
At the meeting of the Montana State
Teachers association, held in Butte last
week, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President, G..
L. Bramble of Deer Lodge county; first
vice-president, Harriet lTord of Missoula:
second vice-president, Miss Annie IIar-
wood of Dillon; secretary. Prof. w. NJ.
Cobleigh of Gallatin county; treasurer,
Miss Della Dorchester of Great Falls.
The next place of holding the meeting
of the association will be Missoula. W..
w. WEIGH, state Observation-Disclosures,
was made president of the superintend-
ent department.
Sheriff w. ID. Hagen of Teton county
was in the city this morning on his way
to Helena to secure the person of Percy
De Wolf, who was arrested several
weeks ago by the United States author
tiles for the theftof cattle on the Black
feet reservation. De Wolf secured his
release yesterday on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, but was Immediately rear
rested upon a warrant sworn out by
Stock Inspector Harry Lund of Teton
county, charging him with the theft of
cattle from residents of that county.
De Wolf will be taken to Choteau to-
morrow.-Great Falls Leader.
d. W. Cassidy has been awarded the
contract for the building of the extern
sion to the Lewistown hotel and work
will be hurried. The present hotel
building will be extended in the rear
the new part to include eight rooms on
the second floor and corresponding
floor space below. The present bar
room will be altered into n club room
and in the extension a handsome bill
lard room and bar room have been
planned. AS early in the spring as
practicable Mr.. Wright, the proprietor,
expects to make further additions to
include twenty-five new rooms.
The editor of one of our exchanges
relates his holiday experiences as fol-
lows: ''Sing a song of swelled head,
a fellow full Of gin, coming home at 4
a. m, his wife won't let him in. His
feet are full of tanglefoot, his head is
full of wheels; the key hole runs around
the knob, he a funny feeling feels. lie
puts his feet upon the porch, his head
upon the ground, and all the time with
in his mug the wheels are going
round. He thinks that he is sober and
everyone is tight, and thinks he's in his
bed room, instead of out all night. lie
thinks the moons a dollar and will buy
a dozen drinks; but when the morning
cometh-and it cometh soon at that
he looks around and murmurs, Great
Snakes, where am | at?"
Geo. Pirrie of Halbert, Mont, was il
the city yesterday returning from al
eastern trip, While absent he pur
chased four blooded stations and tw,
blooded bulls for his ranch. The TIVE
stations, which are French Coach
Percheron, Shire and standard bret
Hamiltonian, are as fine a lot of horse
as have ever been shipped into this sec
ton. and each one has a long pedigree
Mr.. Pirrie has quite a horse ranch il
Fergus county and is raising nothing
but fine animals. lie believes that in
side of the next two or three year
good horses are going to comman'
fancy prices. During his trip east h
saw but very few good horses on tn
farms, which bears out the statemen
made some time ago that the caster
farmers have to a great degree discon
tinued the raising Of horses. Mr.. Pin
rie will leave this morning with hi
stock for his ranch.-Billings Gazette
Mr.. r. X. Neill Of Spokane Falls wa
in Lewistown a couple of days las
week. Mr.. Neill Is chief consulting en-
gineer and general manager for Fine
& Campbell of Spokane, one Of IL
largest operators in the Couer d'Alen
mining districtin Idaho. Accompanie
by Mr.. Z. w. King of the Great Nortt
ern Mining & Development Co. Of Gil
Edge, Mr.. Neill spent tel days loolsin
over the mining properties and pro.
poets in the Judith and Moccasi
mountains. He seemed much impresse
with the mining outlook here and it
not unlikely That his trim of ~inspectio