Fergus County argus., 1902-12-24

Merry Christmas at the LewIstown
hotel tomorrow. Dinner from 1880 q.
m. to 5 p. m.
The Lewistown livery stable ia
now being run by w. r. Woods. he
having recently taken over the lease
OF skillman Bros.
William Small gave up ,su of his
money at the request OF Police Mag.
istrate MacGowan. Monday morning,
fight In the tenderloin district in
with one Of the girls receiving q
good drubbing from Small, being the
cause Of the assessment.
Mr. and Mrs. L. w. Eldridge enter.
tained the Tuesday club, Dec. 18th.
As usual, the club played progressive
euchre. Mrs. Miner received the
ladies' price an ornamental candle
stick. and Mr.. +. Z. Wright the gen
tleman's. a smoking tray, the prizes
being given for the highest scores.
The guests were. Mr.. and Mrs. Cook.
IT. and Mrs. Hilger, Mr.. and Mrs.
King and Mr.. Pfaus.
r. T. Robertson, chief constructing
engineer OF the Montana railroad,
and James McShane OF the frm OF
McShane, Elmore & Co., have been
In the city this week and last Satur.
day an outfit consisting OF fifty men
and between thirty and forty teams
commenced work on the heavy grad.
Ing work out on Beaver creek. Mr..
Robertson and his force OF surveyors
have been surveying on the route
out near town and In the city limits
this being one Of the most difficult
parts Of the entire road to get q cor.
rect grade.
Don't forget the turkey dinner st
the lewistown hotel tomorrow;
1880 q. m. to p. m.
The large amount OF Job work de.
sired by our patrons during this holi.
day season and the publication OF
the Christmas edition caused such
strain upon the capacity Of the Argus
office during the past three weeks
that, at great expense. all day power
was secured; but this II has been i'm.
possible to secure this week and will
not be until after the city pump Ia
set and water power substituted for
Under these circum.
stances we trust that our readers
will not find fault II our columns are
not as well filed with general news
as in previous months. Local mat
ters, however. will be fully reported.
The Presbyterians and theirfriends
are loking forward to next Sunday
with considerable interest. II is the
time appointed for Decision day which
In some respects TO what
Is known In some churches as Con.
firmation day. A number especially
among the young people expect to
unite with the church and the ordI.
nance OF baptism will - administer
ed to both children and adults. The
pastor will preach a Christmas SER
mon the subject being. THE Prepare.
ton Of the World for Christ" Text:
Gal. "A: But when the fullness Of
the time came, God sent forth His
Son." The ladies and young people
will emphasize the occasion by de-
corating the church. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all to attend.
The medals to be given by Young
q Weydert to each Of the three men
comprising the winning team In the
series OF games now being bowled
by the Lewistown Bowling associa-
ton have arrived and are on exhibit
tion in the show window OF Hemphill
& Wagner. at McKechnie q Aliens
drug store. They are very clever III.
tie emblems. being quite suggestive
OF the sport. At the top and bottom
are spaces for the wearer's name and
the name of the team to which he be-
longed. In the center are two bowl
ing pins crossed and supporting a
gold imitation of the lignum vitae
sphere. Since the arrival OF these
beautiful little tokens Of victory. the
boys are noticably Improving in their
game and II Is a toss up which three
Of the twelve will be the lucky trio.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railroad companies have is
sued circulars announcing a rate OF
$40 for the round trip to the sixth an
nual convention of the National Live
Stock association, which convenes at
Kansas City on January 18th, from
Great Falls. Helena and Butte, Mon
tana. and intermediate points; tick.
cts to be routed via Pocatello. From
points in the northern part OF Mon
tana the rates will be based on the
Great Falls rate, not to exceed $60.75.
From Idaho. Washington and Oregon
a rate OF $50 has been given from
Portland and common points. From
Spokane and contiguous territory,
the rate Is $55, and from Billings,
Montana, 1886. Those desiring to
go via st. Paul will be charged $5.75
and returning through
California $3.50 additional. tickets