Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-11

rHt Soi' vi mllliueIy sllll on at
Madam Gleason's.
George j. Wiedeman is in Helena
on business this week.
The little baby OF George Stoudt was
very i'll the first part Of the week.
The quarantine was raised from the
house Of Judge Cheadle Tuesday morn.
ing.
Reliable data on all matters Of gen.
eral interest are contained In the
World almanaes, IS cents each at the
Argus office.
The new cut Of c. Z. Richards, the
undertaken, appears in this number.
He carries a full stock and is deserv-
ing of your patronage.
Dave Athcinson was laid up several
days the latter part of last week and
the first few days of this week with
a seyere attack of tonsilitis.
The Young Peoples society of Chris.
tian Endeayor will hold their weekly
meeting on Thursday night at eight
O'Clock at the Presbyterian church.
Harry Kits will lead. The services
next Sunday will be conducted, as usu.
al by the pastor.
Breck Ornbaun has at last obtained
and office, so it is reported. +. L..
Currie has declined the preferred APP.
pointment Of deputy assessor and last
evening il was stated that Mr.. Orn.
baum would be named by Assessor
Pick.
Beaverhead county stockmen are
complaining that this has been the
hardest winter in years. Stock has
suffered much for both feed and water.
the ranges having been covered with
a thick coat of ice. Many stock own.
ers have lost heavily in cattle. horses
and sheep.
Lost, S25-Near the Power store on
Main street. about three o'clock yes.
tedray afternoon, S25 in currency. The
finder will be rewarded with the pay
ment of s. for its return To this office.
As the owner is a poor girl its return
be an act of charity as well as
honesty.
Although il is by no means settled
upon, there is a possibility that the
railroads entrance into Lewistown
may not be along Eighth avenue after
all. Surveyors have been at work for
some time attempting to locate anoth-
er feasible route and, 1t is said. may
decided to come in along Little Casnio
creek and locate their yards on the
LAY anu sloTdSe TdcHeS.
Although positive arrangements
have not yet been made. it now looks
to be almost a certainty that a team of
bowlers from this city will go TO Great
next week. A letter was received
by Young & Weydert from the manag-
er of the Great Falls alleys saying
that they would be glad To meet a
team from Lewistown but nothing was
said concerning what part of the ex-
penses of the visiting team they would
he willing to put up. If they are at all
anxious to make good their boast that
Lewistown Is not in their class 1t
seems that the Great Falls boys should
be willing to defray part of the ok
penses at least. The locals are anx-
ious TO roll the smelterites but r
scarcely willing TO pay so much for the
privilege.
While out in the vicinity OF Stanford
DIR. Treacy accidentally stumbled upon
a curiosity which would be highly val
ued by the fossil and mammoth hunt.
ers Of the Smithsonian institute. The
curiosity is a petrified vertebra some
twenty inches in circumfrance and al
most perfect in its state OF preserva-
ton. Its similarity TO a human verte-
bra is most marked showing that II be-
to a genus Of the mammalian
class. The vertebra Is much larger
than a vertebra from the largest ele-
plant OF the present day which gives
idea of the tremendous size OF
the animal. II is doubtless from the
back bone Of a mammoth belonging 10
genus elephas primgenius Of the
pleistocene age. II was found by some
of the boys on the roundup on Sage
creek and they said there were a mum.
Der Of other rocks like II in the same
neighborhood.