Fergus County argus., 1901-07-31
will Peters of Sage Creek is in the

city.
Montana is well adapted TO the rails
ing of quail, and reports both from
Great Falls and KaliSpell, where ship
ments have been turned loose. show
that the birds when protected increase
rapidly. Nowhere in the state can a
more suitable place be found for the
raising Of these birds than in the vicin-
ity of Castle Butte and in the brush.
covered bottoms OF Spring creek There
is no doubt that il the sportsmen of
Lewistown would import few dozen
of these birds to be turned loose for
breeding purposes IL would be but a
short time until the plaintive cry of
Bob White" would bc heard in every
brushpile in the creek bottom.
The souvenir edition of the Western
Mining World is a complete history OF
the various mining propertie, Of this
state which is extremely interesting
and furnishes information which for
accuracy and minutencSS of detail has
never before been attempted 10y any
state publication. The mining adyan.
tages of Montana are set forth in AN
entertaining and readable manner and
will no doubt be conducive 10 the fur
ther opening up of the vast mineral re.
sources of the state. \ three-eolumn
article appears in the edition written
by j. B. Ritch, which gives very com
plete and faithful description of the
great mining properties of Fergus
county.
ON his return last week from n trip
To Great Falls and Helena Frank l..
Wright was interviewed hy an ARGus
reporter on the railroad possibilities of
the judith and said that from what in
formation he had gathered ON his trip
il is his firm opinion that the Burling-
ton will build through the basin inside
of year, and II possible would com
mence operations this year. lie had.
while in Great Falls, an opportunity To
ask Senator Gibson's opinion ON the
matter, and the senator firmly stands
by his former statement that the Bur
lington will extend its line through the
Judith within year. Ii isthe opinion
of those who are officially connected
with the road that it will tap the rich
mining districts in the vicinity of Lew
istown and from here proceed to Great
Falls by a route which will take in the
upper Judith. A prominent st. Paul
capitalist, in conversation with Mr..
Wright, expressed himself as convinced
that the road would extend through the
Judith by way of Lewistown as soon as
possible, and that in all probability If
the men could be obtained to carry on
the work it would be commenced this
fall.
Hailstorms are becoming altogether
too frequent for the good of the farmer
in this section. Friday night, preced-
ing heavy rainfall, considerable hail
fell for few moments in Lewistown,
while near the foothills Of the Judith
crops were either severely damaged or
ruined. At the Pulletsville poultry
ranch the hail felled seventy-five acres
of grain, quantities Of garden truck
and injured the hay crop severely, as
we'll as killing numbers of fowls. The
proprietors had expended much labor
and money in establishing themselves
in business and the loss is severe one,
representing not only an actual loss OF
upwards of 81 900, but it forces them TO
sacrifice considerable portion of their
stock, as they will not have feed to
winter them. For the following two
weeks they offer blooded fowls at the
prices of common breeds, the line in
cluding White Wyandotte, Buff Cochin,
Light Brahma, Indian Game and Plym-
outh Rock chickens, Bronze turkeys,
Mammoth Pekin ducks, Embden and
Toulouse geese. Prices on Belgian
hares will also be much reduced for the
same period The misfortunes of Others
afford an opportunity to buy fowls
cheap.
Some two weeks since it was noted
that in the report of the 1901 assess
ment for Fergus county monet proceeds
Of mines had been reported, which
seems strange when it was the general
belief that two or more of the mining
companys were dividend paying. As
SCISSOR Fowler has twice interviewed
Manager King of the Great Northern
Mining 4 Development CO. on the sub
iect and also received reports from the
New Mine Sapphire Syndicate. Mr.
King reports net proceeds of s25, 900 on
behalf of his company, being ten pei
cent dividend on the capital stock oI
the company, while the Sapphire Syn
dicate reports net proceeds Of 200
These items add sac 900 to the assess
ment and with the raises made by th,
commissioners last week brings the To
tai assessment to within about foul
thousand dollars of six million. Tn,
Kendall company had not been opcrat
ing sufficient time 10 accumulate ;
surplus. the Central Montana Company
did not start Whisky Gulch mill unit
February 9TH. and the New Year Com
pany has been deyoting its encrgici
wholly to development work. NexI
year the net proceeds should not be fal
below $4,000.
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