Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-03

Toe Atkinson made a business trip
To this city yesterday.
Harry Wight and wife, of Philbrook.
were in this city the first of the week.
A marriage license was granted last
Thursday to Richard O'Brien and An
ME DAILY, both of Gilt Edge.
David Walker has sold to e. e.
Duvall 100 acres on Cottonwood creek
for a consideration OF s1,077.34.
Mrs. ]. H. Lane is reported to be
quite sick. Her mother arrived yes
terday from Harlowton to attend her.
Wentworth G. Decker put a bran
new passenger wagon on their Lew
lstown-Gilt Edge stage route yester-
day.
N. NJ. McCauley. of Grass Range.
and j. f. Frye and T. l.. Frost of
Mcdonald creek. were in the city on
road badness yesterday.
S. S. Hobson. of this place, has been
appointed by the county commission
ers as the Fergus county member of
the state fair commission.
Miss Grace Penwell, one of the ef.
ficient nurses at the hospital, has been
sick Tor the past week with a very
bad cold and a threatened attack of
pneumonia.
Go to the judith bakery for fresh
bread, cakes, pies. confectionery and
fruit. Telephone orders receive very
prompt attention.
John S. Boone and Clinton Fitzhugh.
two well known carpenters of this
city, are engaged in building a resi-
dence for Frank Mitchell on upper
Warm Spring creek near Maiden.
The nice weather which has pre-
vailed in this section for the past
week has greatly improved the roads
and many business firms OF the city
were made glad by the arrival of some
much needed and long delayed freight.
The committee is hard at work ar
ranging the events for the Fourth OF
July celebration, which Is certainly GO
ing TO be the greatest thing in the
shape of a whole days entertainment
ever seen in the Judith Basin.
Angus d. Nelson. of Denton, has
sold to J. ID. Waite. j. b. Elliot and
c. V. Peck 1861 acres OF land, de.
scribed as lots 3 and 4 In section 5,
lot I. In section 6. tp Is n, r lie. and
the swl4 swh. and the sA sell, sell
swii, and lots /, =, 3 and 4, sec 3, TIP
- n, r II g. Consideration s1,45U.
Frank Mitchell is building a hand
some cottage on his ranch on Warm
Spring creek about five miles below
Maiden. Mr.. Mitchell's ranch Is one
OF the prettiest locations in the beau
tiful Warm Spring valley. and with
the completion Of his new residence
he will have an ideal country home.
There are at present more families
residing in Maiden than at any time
during the last eight years and the old
camp begins 10 look as IL It we're 60
ing to be a live town once more.
The daily mail service recently es-
tablished there is giving much sat.
isfaction. and the old-time patronage
OF the Office is fast being restored.
Beginning June LIST terms are cash
at the harness and saddIery store of
George NJ. Stafford. Mr.. Stafford be-
lieyes that upon a cash basis he can
afford to offer goods at much lower
prices than eve before and that 1t
will prove more advantageous both to
buyer and seller. See his advertise.
ment this week and watch for bar
gains in next weeks paper.
A gentleman who signs himself cit.
izen," In a letter TO the Argus, takes
occasion to commend the course of
the officers OF the county and city In
Kidding this place Of the tin horns,
who had infested the town in droves
for a few months prior to the closing
up edict. On his way to the city re-
Gently he met four members OF the
green cloth fraternity "hoofing il" for
other parts.
Hons. j. ID. Waite. +. w. King and
David Hilger. our legislative represen-
tatives and Judge T.. X. Cheadle, r.
Won Tobel and John NJ. vrooman. re-
turned Sunday from Helena and Butte,
where they went to see President
Roosevelt. All remained In Helena
except Hilger and Cheadle, who went
TO Butte. the former to attend the
Mullins banquet and the latter as a
delegate from the II. Bruce Wallace
camp Of Spanish-American volunteers
to the state encampment. which was
held in that place during the week.
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