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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
e%ssIties and Injuries OF a frontier ex


istence.
Among the buildings which 1t is pro-
posed to erect In the heal future Is a
large block on the Cook & Hilger
property on the corner Of Fifth avenue
and Main street. while the plans have
been drawn for a $4,000 Methodist
church on the site of the present edi-
flee. The Bank of Fergus county con
templates the erection of a new bank
building at an early opportunity and
there is every possibility of the old
Lewistown hotel being torn down and
a first-class stone hotel with up-to-date
fixtures, built in its stead. When the
lease on the building now occupied by
the Power Mercantile Co. expires
Laux Bros. will conduct extensive i'm
provements and additions to the pres
ent structure which, after being thor
oughly renovated. will be occupied by
bertrand az LauN.
A large number of private residences
have been built during the past few
months and many more are in the
course OF construction. There is a
large demand for five and six room
houses that would rent for from SIS
TO $50 per month and rentable prop
erty of that description would be a
paying proposition. Gus Runzler has
a six room cottage in the course of
erection on Fourth avenue, while two
blocks away, o. w. Belden is building
an ornamental six room residence.
Irene Desy has a two story house on
Buckskin fiat in the course of cor.
struction. while ]. w. orion is having
a comfortable residence erected on
Evelyn street above West Fifth av.
enue. The Tubb Bros. have almost
completed a six room dwelling house
on the hill to the southwest of the
city, as has also j. C. Scott.
Joseph Choinard is erecting
a workshop and residence below the
Fergus county high school. Mrs. j.
II. willard is erecting a fine residence
on the hill above the high school,
which will be finished this sum-
mer. There is but little
doubt that when ii becomes
possible to obtain lumber and build
ing material in sufficient quantities,
that a considerable number Of small
private residences will be erected, but
at present the state of the roads pre-
vent lumber being hauled to town
from outside points,
]. l.. Bright has decided to build a
large stone ornamental dwelling
house on the site of the residenc that
he lost by fire some weeks age and F.
r. Warren will build In the same vicin.
ity. II not this year, early in the spring
of 1903.
In the near future 1t is
very possible that a new and elabor.
ate high school building will be built;
arrangements are being made by the
trustees to obtain a suitable site for
the structure. at the present time.
BY the first of July operations will
have commenced oil the putting in of
the Lewistown water system and with.
out doubt this summer will be a pros
porous one for the county seat OF
Fergus county.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
KNOCKERS" NOT IN FAVOR.
Some short-sighted People Evidently
Jealous Of Kendall.
.
(Kendall Chronicle.)

thendall Chronicle.)
There are a few people in Lewis.
town who feel some alarm less the
growth of Kendall may injure the
business and future prospects of the
former place. On occasion they dis.
play a spirit of envy and give vent to
their feeling in doing a little knock
ing" at the expense of the young, am
bilious and vigorous town of Kendall
the coming big mining camp of
Montana. To entertain such senti.
ments suggests narrow-mindedness
not to say short-sightedness. What.
ever good fortune may come to this
place, Lewistown will not suffer in
consequence. The future Importance
Of Kendall lies in the remarkable ore
deposit that exists in the North Mecca
sin. The extraction and milling of
this ore will involve large sums of
money expended in labor and for sup.
plies. This money will naturally flow
through the channels Of trade in the
town of Kendall, and thence to Lewis.
town and other places. The larger
the population here the greater will
be the demand for all kinds of farm
and garden products. In time Ken.
dali will furnish a ready market for
immense quantities Of eggs, butter,
vegetables, fruit, hay and grain. II
these are brought in from the farms
of Fergus county they will bring cash.
No matter how many hundred men
find employment here, not a dollar of
the payroll will be drawn from labor.
ers in Lewistown; on the contrary
much of it may find its way to that
place. The development of the min
eral of Fergus county
means the upbuilding of towns and
the enhancement of values in land,
thus adding to the wealth of the coun-
ty, of which Lewistown is the seat Of
government. Lewistown had its field
of trade before Kendall was thought
Of, and it will no doubt continue to
do business at the old stand" regard
less of what may be done here.
So there is no need of anyone vast.
ing time knocking" Kendall. AS long
as the mining business fiourishes in
the North Moccasin so long will Ken
dali be a place of Importance. The
good people of Lewistown can well
afford to stand in with the hustling
citizens here and help make Kendall
the big mining camp of Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
A Large Number OF Substantial I'm.
provements Have Been Added to
the City Of Lewistown.
BUSINESS HOUSES BEING BUILT
II is Proposed to Build Several Hand
some Additions to the City in
the Near Future.

The old frame store buildings which
have hitherto been prevalent in Lew.
istown are being rapidly replaced by
modern stone business blocks and one
by one the old landmarks are disap.
pearing under the increased influx OF
business and the consequent demand
for modern store facilities. During
the past six months several up-to-date
stores have been completed. some are
now on the point of completion and
on a number, work has just been com.
menced.
The Lewistown Commercial Co. has
erected a store, into which they NOV.
ed several months ago. which is fit
ted with every modern improvement
and equals in show room facilities any
store in the state. A large and varied
stock has been put in this spring and
everything from a package of pins tc
an elegant brussels carpet can be pur
chased at the establishment.
The Power Mercantile Co. has just
completed a business block, two storys
in heighth, which has almost contin
uous plate glass front for n hun
dred feet and is undoubtedly n OF
the most modern and up-to-date struc
lures in this section of the country
The upper floor is confined almost ex
clusiyely to a large stock of furni
ture and house furnishings. while the
first floor will contain a large stock
of dry goods. gents furnishings and
groceries to meet the increased de
mands of business.
The Barney Mcdonald beer hall Is
an elegant stone building, which Is
fitted with one of the best bowling
alleys that money could purchase and
a fifty foot stone addition has been
ouucu W thN iSeiiiau utpdi thutu'
store. The Citizens Electric Co.'S
new office building. which is built al
most entirely of cut stone and con,
tains, on the upper floor, a magnifi
cent lodge room, is a great improve.
ment to upper Main street and is fin,
ished in a manner which cannot be
surpassed.
A stone business house Is in course
Of construction on Fourth avenue,
which is being erected by o. Z. Ben.
nett. while work will be commenced
in the near future on a two-story
business block at the real of the AR.
GUS building by NJ. NJ. Woodman.
Operations have already commenced
on the erection OF an elegant office
building for the Lewistown Telephone
Co. and the Montana Hardware Co.
will, as soon as the weather settles,
build an addition to their store and
put in a new front. This last improve.
ment will necessitate the removal OF
the log store which was formerly &C
cupied by the Lewistown CONNER
cial Co.. and at an earlier date used
by Francis J~aneaux. the founder OF
the city, as a trading post where the
guileless redman and white and half,
breed trappers were supplied with
firewater, supplies in the shape OF
food and ammunition. and other nee.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
Whooping Cough.

A woman who has had experience
with this disease, tells how to pre-
vent any dangerous consequences
from it. She says: "Our three chill
dren took whooping cough last sum-
mer, our baby boy being only three
months old. and owing to our giving
them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
they lost 20 n OF their plumpness and
came out in much better health than
other children whose parents did not
use the remedy. Our oldest little girl
would call Justify for cough syrup be-
tween whoops.-Jessie Pinkey Hall,
Springville, Ala. 1 remedy is for
sale by C. H. Williams.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
Bids for Water Works.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the City Council of Lewistown up to
4 p. m. June 21st, 1902, for the con-
struction of a system of water works
according to plans and specifications
to be seen at the Office of the city en-
gineer. Bids must be accompanied by
a certified check for five per cent Of
bid made payable to A. T. Wright,
City Treasurer.
The council reserves the right to re.
ject any and all bids. Bids must be In
a sealed envelope marked Proposals
for Water System"
Address all communications to
E. p. CHANDLER,
City Clerk
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
PLACER IN NORTH moccAs,n.
Coarse Gold Found In Many OF the
Clutches Near Kendall.

Clutches Near Kendall.
Louis Feeley came to town Friday
with a quantity of gold dust taken
from the placers on Plum creek, one
Of the streams in the North Moccasin.
The gold was coarse. some OF the
grains being as large as peas. Most
Of 1t was rough, showing 1t had trav.
eled but a short distance before reach
ing bedrock. This is a characters
tic Of all the placer gold taken from
the gulches in these mountains. Fee
ley states that there is considerable
water Just now in the creek, but the
quantity is diminishing gradually,
and 500 placer mining will come to
IN end for the season. The placer
ground he worked belongs to Arnold
Bros, who have held 1t for years.
G.. A. Bishop is also placer mining
on Big Dog creek, a stream still near
err to Kendall. His work is reported
to be successful this year, the gold
being moderately coarse. and easily
washed In spite of the light flow Of
water. Mcclure is working his ground
on the north side, with average re
turns.
The amount of gold taken from the
gulches of the North Moccasin during
the past twenty-five years is some
thing enormous. There are no Off,
cial figures to draw from, but there
are men in Kendall who have kept a
close tab on the output, and say they
can come near stating the actual
amount taken from the gulches. These
are the estimates:
McClure's gulch, $50. 900; Iron gulch
$45, 900; Plum creek, $4,000; Last
Chance gulch. $4,000: Dog creek
$4,000; Fine Gold gulch. SIS, 900; Ma
sons gulch, $4,000.
The first placer location in the
North Moccasin was made by "old
man" Mcclure, as he is now called
a typical mountaineer, now over Sc
years of age. That was in 1880. From
that date to this time Mcclure has
led a hermit's life in the gulch of his
own name. There he has placer
mined every spring while there was
water. His seasons clean-ups have
been in large and small amounts,
Occasionally he has struck a rich
| streak of dirt and made a handsome
cleanup. He has in his W primitive
fashion taken out 100000. The next
locations were made in 1881, when
the Buchanan boys and John Brooks
took up ground in Iron gulch and on
| Plum creek. Brooks 500 sold to Ben
Dexter, well known from San Francis
co to the British line as a skillful
mill builder, and at one time a man
of large means. The Buchanans and
Dexter went to work, and having good
ground, would have done we'll had
the "diggings' been judiciously man
aged. The Buchanans for years held
most of the ground in Iron gulch and
Buck" Buchanan still has control oil
all the ground worth having in that
quarter. Owing to the limited supply
of water no attempt has ever been
made to work these placers on a
large scale. The rocker and sluice box
of rude construction have performed
the work.-Kendall Chronicle.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28

fall Miss Trepp caught hold of tho
bridge and broke loose and Alva Tul-
lock was swept down the creek. but
after going under once or twice man.
aged to scramble to the bank. Chas
Nave. while passing that way. saw
Lizzie Trepp floating In the stream
and holding on to the bridge; he ran
to her rescue and pulled her out of
danger Just as her overtaxed strength
was about exhausted. Luckily Meth.
er Of the girls are worse for their ex.
perience.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Two Girls Fall Into the River and
Nearly Drown.

Alva TulIock and Lizzie Trepp had
a very narrow escape from death b.
drowning on Sunday. The two girls
were crossing the foot log near the
power house; Alva Tullock became
dizzy and Miss Trepp. who had al
ready crossed. returned and took hei
by the hand; Miss Tullock slipped of
the log and fell into the creek, pull
ing Lizzie Trepp with her. During the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
WE PAY INTEREST ON THE
DEPOSITS.

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.papers in all weights 10 . dandy.
Something new to the trade and very
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28

Leader Letter files are The best. We
have them.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-05-28
judith BQyi1 Bunk
Lewistown, Montana.
incorporated Under the Laws Of Montana.
PAlD.UP CAPITAL, $4,000
SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $4,000
HERMAN OFTEN. President,
DAVID HILGER, Vice President,
GEORGE J. BACH, Cashier.
W. b. MINER, Asst Cashier.
DIRECTORS:

a general banking business transacted
Including tie purchase and sale OF State
and County Warrants, and Bounty Certii.
~icates; the selling OF exchange on all the
principal cities OF the United States and
Europe; the handling Of bullion; the trans.
fering Of money by telegraph. Careful atten-
tion given to collections, and the safe keeping
G. valuable papers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28
4 Rerivnl.

Revivalism in Jamaica has it's TRACE
dies and its comedies, but under no cir
cumstances its advantages. The excit-
ability of the black man is animal; it
leads him backward toward the jungle,
toward Obeahism. The noisy revival
istic meeting is more serious scandal
than tea party. A doctor told us that
not long since he was called i'm to a
meeting, where he saw woman lying
on the ground, while her coreligioniSts
danced asketch dance in frantic circle
around her. proclaiming her to be sin
de spirit" He found she was dead
from a fit caused by excitement. But
the consequences of these 'pious or
giesv may be merely inconvenient, as
in the case of the black lady who when
lin de spirit climbed upon her neigh
boris roof and sat there for two days.
The neighbor found this inconvenient
-Cornhill.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28

The session of the house was ocGu.
pied in the transaction of miscellane
Gus business. Several bills We're passed
by unanimous consent, including the
following: TO construct d lighthouse
keepers dwelling at Calumet harbor
Illinois, at a cost Of $500; to provide
an American register for the barker
tine Hawaii.
The officials Of the government board
for the st. Louis exposition and a mum
Der of st. Louis men identified with
that enterprise were before the house
committee on expositions during the
day in relation to the amount required
for the government exhibit.
Congress has appropriated $3.50, 00C
as part Of the amount for the building
but the amount for the exhibit itself
has been left open. Assistant Secre.
tary Of Agriculture j. III. Brigham
head of the government board, and his
associates calculate on 100000 for the
exhibit. They also desire a building to
cost $450000.
Supervising Architect Taylor of the
treasury stated that the building would
cost $4,000 to $4,000 more if built
within the time originally set for open
ing the exhibition than it would if an
other year was allowed. The various
officials explained the magnitude of the
work and the plans to make this gov
eminent exhibit in every way worthy
of the enterprise as a whole
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28
SKERIFE,S SALE.
In CHAEoERY OF New JERSEY.


Wherein Henry s. vanBeuren. Frederick n.
Van Beuren, Elizabeth 5 VanBeuren, Mary
Louise Davis. and Emily V. Reynolds, the
five children OF Mary $. VanBeuren, de-
ceased, Henry 5. NanBeuren and Frederick
T.. VanBeureD, as Trustees, for the said
children of Mary s VanBeuren, are Com
plainants, and The Peoples Bank Of East
Orange, are Defendants. Fl. f.. for sale
of mortgaged promises. Returnable TO May
term, A. D., 1902.
GUY MINTON, Solicitor.
by VIRTUE OF the above stated writ
u of Fieri Facias in my hands. ! shall ex-
pose for sale at Public Vendue at the Court
House in Morristown. N j.. on
MONDAY. THE 3lst DAY OF MARCH
next A. D.. 1902. between the hours of IL M.
and 5 z. M, that is to say at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon of said day. all those lots tracts or
parcel Of land, situate in the Township of
Morris, in the County of Morris State of New
Beinu thirty. five building lots numbered
from ten to forty four inclusive in b ock b,
as the same are laid down on q certain map
entitled. Map of Bellevue Park. South street,
MorristOwn New Jersey. the property of j A.
Whitney, 1886, : and wnich map was FLED in
the Morris County Clerks Office on the End
day of December, A. D., 1887 Also the follow
ing described farm lying West of Whitney
avenue as laid down on said map, bounded as
follows, to wit:
Whitney avenue, and the South East corner Of
lands. formerly belonging to Mrs. William b.
Skidm0re; thence ID South fifty nine degrees
and thirty minutes West six hundred and for
ty- five feet to 4 corner OF lands of Mrs How
land; thence CD south forty-six degrees and
five minutes West two thousand and one foot
to a corner of lands formerly belonging to
William Whitney deceased; thence 90 run.
ming at right angles South forty degrees
and forty eight minutes east eleven hundred
and thirty-two feet to q corner OF lands, form
erly belonging to George Il. Cobb, deceased
thence I'd north twenty-si degrees and thirty
minutes east twelve hundred and thirty-six
feet TO a corner OF lands belonging TO one
Charles Thiele; thence 80 south sixty-four de.
grees and thirty minutes east six hundred and
seventy-hve feet thence 60 Ina north-wester-
~ direction three hundred feet to the inter
section of whitney avenue with Pear street,
as laid down on said map; thence "a fol-
lowing the westerly side line.of Whitney ave-
nue. twelve hundred an eighty feet, more
or less to the place of beginning Containing
fifty acres Of land more or less,
CHARLES A. BAKER.
Sheriff.
Dated February 81, 1902. p. f. $.0S
Chronicle and Jerseyman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28
The KID Glove Kid.

The average kid glove, according to
those who should know, is not made Of
kid at all, but Of goat or lamb skin. The
kids from which the real kid glove is
made are nurtured and cared for al
most us carefully as are race horses.
Most of them are reared in mountains
Gus district of France. The kids are
nourished on milk alone and are never
allowed to eat grass, as that would
coarsen the skin. The kid is kept in a
pen where he can receive no scratch
or bruise. They are thus kept, as Il
were, in cotton wool until the age when
the skin is of most value. They are then
carefully killed and the skin dressed
with the utmost skill. Sheep, deer and
colts are also pressed into service for
SO called kid and dogslSin gloves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28
Administrators Sale Of Land

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER made ~ tie
Orphans Court Of the County OF Morris,
on the seventeenth day OF February nineteen
hundred q and Two, the subscriber, administers
tor OF the estate ct Aaron w. Smith, deceae-
ed, will sell at Public vendue on the premises
in Hanover township, on
SATURDAY, THE 5th DAY OF APRIL.
a. D.. 1902 between the hours Of IL o,cloc},
noon and Ave O'Clock in the afternoon that is|
to say at 2 o'cioek in tie afternoon Of said
day, al the right, title and interest Of the q.
tate OF the said Aaron w. Smith, Cleceased. of{
In and to the following desc ibed tracts Of
land and premises. to wit Situate lying and
being IN the township of Hanover ia the Coun-
First Tract conveyed by Harriet e. C0bb Ia
the said smith BY deed datet March 3lst 1886
recorded in Book IL, pages 4a9 &c.
Beginning at & rock IN the road leading from
Morristown to Pardis, the same being a
cornersof Daniel Smiths house lot; thence a
runninE along the line of Daniel Smiths lot
north sixteen degrees and thirty minutes west
seven chains another corner of Daniel Smiths
lot CD north seventy-one degrees forty 1--WE
minutes west four chains to stone fence
corner Of Judge Ford's line; 81 along Judge
Ford's line south nine degrees and forty. five
minutes west eleven chains to the center of
the road leading from M0rristOwn 10 Par
dis; I'D along the middle of said road north
~ II mine degrees east eighteen chains Is HE
beginning, Containing five acres strict meas
ure.
The Second Lot ii Tract No. y In aforesaid
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