Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-20
Everything in vehicles at the Judith
Hardware Co.

Everything in vehicles at the Judith
Hardware Co.
Best lime for sale by Pete Tus.
6Oc per bushel in town; soc at kiln.
Kelly & Moulton furnish abstracts
of city. ranch or mining property.
A good Planet Jr. horse hoe. Six
dollars. A bargain. See Daniel Bean,
Lewistown.
ID. z. Hemphill, the watch maker.
has returned and is now prepared
to do your fine watch work.
Ralph Kahn, tn 17-year-old son of
w. G. Kain, a prominent Billings mer.
chant, was drowned last Tuesday ey.
ening after falling from a raft in Vel
lowstone river. His body was recov-
cred the next day.
For Rent-A nicely furnished room
with an alcove. Apply of DR.. Russell
care of DR.. Attix.
DR.. Frederick Treacy returned last
Thursday from a trip to Great Falls.
Helena and Butte, most of his time
having been spent with his brother
in Helena. He reports a most pleas
ant trip.
Use formaldehyde. the sure proven
titive in wheat and oats. For sale
at McKechnie & Allan's.
George Finch, foreman of the Ju.
dith Basin horse roundup, vas in the
city the latter part of the week and
announces that the roundup will
start on the 25th and that everything
is being put in readiness for il at
the present time,
For Rent-The Boarding house and
appliances at the Barnes.Kin mine
in Kendall to responsible party. APP
ply at the office Of the company in
Kendall, Mont.
Del. Morris, AL. Weydert. Cy. Gray
and Emil Jensen were the only fish
erman Of the city who had the hardi-
hood to brave the fierce storm Sunday
morning to indulge in the favorite
pastime. The entire bunch caught
about a dozen fish.
Examine and test at your home a
White sewing machine sold by the
Judith Hardware Co. You would then
be pleased and buy 10 other.
Mrs. Z. A. Larock. the wife of one
Of Valley county's most prominent
sheep men, has sued for a divorce,
alleging extreme cruelty as the cause
Of the desired dissolution of the bonds
of wedlock. Aside from the divorce
she prays for 5000 spending money,
5000 attorneys fees and 800 per
month alimony. Larock intends to
fight the proceedings to a finish.
In last weeks issue of the Argus
there were 6,S32 lines Of reading mat
ter; this figures up a total Of 1884
words and in setting 1t up the machine
operator touched the keys 239,120
times, that representing the number
Of letters and spaces contained in the
issue. There were 80 columns Of
reading matter, of which 10 columns
were entirely local in their nature.
Mrs. William Mclean returned
home Sunday from an extended trip
through the east. On her way back
she went out and spent a few days
with her husband, who is putting up
the mill in the Little Rockies near
Landusky. She was accompanied to
this place by Mr.. McLean's neice, Miss
Vera Mclean, Of Moline, ILL.,, who
will spend the summer in this city
for the benefit of her health.
Billy Lee, accompanied by his faith
er, left for his old home in Texas
Saturday morning after having been
under the care of a physician for
several months. He broke one of his
legs last fall. The break never prop
erly mended and he has had a very
serious time in getting it put back
in shape. Though yet far from well
he was able to travel and his friends
here hope that under the III Of his
father, who is a physician, he will
recover entirely from his injury.
vaclav Pulec has filed a suit in the
district court against Jacob w. Chan
and Katrina Chan for $500.95, a
part of which was for services rem
dered for the said Chan in attending
to and working on defendants ranch
from July 9Th to the 10th of Septem-
Der. Another part amounting to 800
the plaintiff claims is due him for his
services in performing all Of the work
necessary to the change of title from
Frank Moshner to Chan, when the lat
ter purchased the ranch last sum-
mer, and the sum of $3.50 Is alleged
to be due for some pigs which plain
tiff sold to defendant.
Forwarding Agent G. A. Bishop, OF
Harlowton. states that 1t would take
200 teams to move the freight now
piled up at Harlowton and that 1t Is
being hauled in there much faster
than 1t is being taken away. Never
before were the freighting facilities
so poor as at present and the urgent
need of a railroad was never o
apparent. The amount of goods nee
essary to supply the business houses
of Lewistown Is reaching such a vol
umn that 1t is impossible for freight
ers to handle II with the dispatch re-
quired by present business methods.
IL will indeed be a red letter day
In the history of Lewistown when the
locomotive brings in her first load OF
cars.