Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-19

George Wiedeman has been ap-
pointed guardian Of the person and
estate Of j. p. Corcoran and his bond
fixed at $4,000.
Reports from Big Timber are TO the
effect that grasshoppers have denud-
ed the range Of Sweet Grass county
and the outlook for sheep men and
cattle men is anything but promising.
The dining room of the L~ewistown
hotel will be ~re-opened tomorrow at
noon by II. Urbach & Co., who will
run 1t as he Bon Ton dining room.
Short orders will be served and reg
ular boarders can get meals at the
moderate prices.
The Deer Lodge assessment. which
showed an increase of eight million
dollars this year, has been cut down
eight and a quarter millions by the
board Of county commissioners. The
Amalgamated company is the winner
by the action of the commissioners.
The English-Americau Yacht races
begin tomorrow. 1t Is conceded that
Sir Thomas Upton has The fastest
yacht ever towcd across the Atlantic
To try for the cup, but the American
defender has always proved lust a IL.
Tie faster and enthusiastic Americans
believe she will do so this year.
In the weekly letter received Mon.
day Rosenbaum Bros. & Co, live
stock commission merchants Of Chica-
go. say: 1t Is very much to be re.
GREETED that, owing to unfavorable
conditions in a large section of the
range country, practically the entire
supply Of rangers so far this seaso
have not been in as good flesh as a
year ago, and as the receipts OF un.
finished natives continue liberal.
range cattle are selling at very low
prices. A few steers IN good condi-
ton were among the weeks arrivals
and sold at si.40 and s4.G5 per cwt.
James Il. Elliot. who came up from
Billings this week, says that the
grasshoppers have invaded Fergus
county and are playing havoc with
the range along the Musselshell river.
They have stripped the ground clean
around l.avina and have penetrated
as far north as the foothills of the
Snowy mountains. The Trask ranch
has been eaten almost bare and Louie
Lchfeldt is being rapidly deprived of
The g $ OF his range. This week he
turned his sheep out on his winter
range, hoping to derive some benefit
from IL while the hoppers are max.
i Inc nkInH with th. untfnY,.r IL.
announces that practically all of his
sheep are for sale. as he sees no way
of keeping them through the fall and
winter. The hoppers coming right in
the midst Of one OF the worst drouths
ever experienced in the southern part
OF the county makes the destruction
complete and the calamity doubly Sc
we're.
Last Saturday was chicken day
and the sportsmen OF Lewistown lost
no time In getting to the places where
the toothsome grouse is most fire.
quently found. Some started Friday
In order TO be on the ground by IL
o'clock that night. The greatest ex-
Odus occurred Sunday. when every
man and boy hat could buy. beg Or
borrow a gun OF any sort, shape or
description, got ont OF town before
the sun rose. Some report good luck
for the day. while others came back
em~pty-handed. From what the hunt
ers say the legislators made a mis-
take when they changed the open
season from September LIST TO August
18th. The birds are all very small
and some of the hunters soon got
tired of shooting birds which were no
larger than black birds. The next leg.
islature should remedy the matter by
changing the law to what II was be-
fore the last enactment. Give the
birds some show.