Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-09-16
I Gown, County ano state =
Lehman sells the Jewel heater.

Lehman sells the Jewel heater.
The Jewel heater is a jewel of a
heater. See them at Lehman's.
For souvenir china go to w. S.
Smiths.
Frank f. Smith left Thursday for
Helena % attend the annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Masons.
DR.. A. H. Russell, dentist, Main St.
one block east of court house.
Ben jeremiah, travelling solicitor for
the Great Falls Tribune, is in Lew
istown to attend the fair.
At the Eagle Cafe, Main street, you
can secure the incest short order
meal in Lewistown. Jas. +. Skinner,
Prop.
A boy was born to the wife of Joe
Chounard Monday morning. Mother
and child are doing as nicely as could
be wished.
Home rendered lard is the best
at the Lewistown Meat & Provision
Company.
Mrs. Joe Briggs and son, Fred, re-
turned Thursday from a three weeks
visit to Glendive, the home of Mrs.
Briggs mother and sister.
DR.. Carl Schulin, the well known
oculist and %aurist, will be here about
the middle of September for a few
days, at the Day House.
If you wish to buy a house, a lot, a
ranch or a gold mine, Oh loan your
money on real estate mortgages at a
good rate of interest, call on Kelly K
Moulton, Electric building. Lewistown.
J. l.. Wilcox, of Sand Point. Idaho
and who is interested in the Maginnis
mining scheme, left Saturday for Den
yer and other points in the interest
of the new company.
clean at the Acme Cafe. Come and
see for yourself that this is true.
.Ezekial Mcdonald, of Chestnut
Mound, Tenn, arrived in the city Sat.
urday and will probably make this
city his home. He is a nephew of
Henry Mcdonald, the carpenter and
contractor.
Take advantage OF the piano draw.
ing and make your purchase now at
Judith Hardware company.
Jim Mclean, until recently employ
ed in Cooks cash grocery, left the
middle of last week for Great Falls.
where he will look around for awhile
and If he likes 1t will probably locate.
If not he will go on to the coast.
You can get accurate assays. All
work is guaranteed by Wilton G.
Brown, Helena, Mont.
Mrs. Harry Boggs sang a solo at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning. She has a rich contralto
voice and will be a most valuable adj
dition to the musical circles of this
city.
George Cook is having a large barn
and warehouse erected on his place
back of his residence on Eighth ave
nue.. Ii Is SO X AZ feet in size and
the foundation will be seven feet high.
j. w. Hughes has the contract for the
masonry work. while George Brad
bury will do the carpenter work.
One week from next Saturday will
be Harvest, Home and Rally day at
the Presbyterian church and arrange
ments are being perfected to make 1t
one of the most interesting days in
the history of the church. Piled about
the altar will be specimens of all
sorts of grain, and exercises appro-
pirate to the occasion will be pre-
pared.
The officials of the Great Northern
railroad have arranged to run a train
out to the state fair grounds In Hell
ena every forty minutes from noon
to 4 o'clock. Trains will also run
out at frequent intervals in the morn.
ing. Helena is certainly putting forth
her best efforts to make the fair a
success and with anything like favor
able weather II will be largely attend
ed and a source of pride to every cit
izen of the state.
The many friends of the family of
| William Vannest. living about three
miles north Of town, will regret to
learn of the serious illness of Mrs.
! Vannest. Worry over the loss caused
by the hail OF last month and other
troubles, many of which were imagi.
nary, so preyed upon her mind that
she is temporarily demented, her de-
mentia taking the form of a belief
that someone is trying to poison her.
Her many friends hope that her un.
fortunate malady will Don pass away
s. B. Robbins, a member of the
United States Geological Survey, ar
rived in Lewistown last Friday and
left Monday for the eastern part of
the county, where he will spend sew
eral weeks surveying and inspecting
the land along Elk and Flatwillow
creeks, with the view of recommend
ing its withdrawal by the government
for irrigation purposes under the pro-
visions of the act of congress of June
II. 1902. Over forty townships of the
land on Box Elder and Flatwillow
creeks and Musselshell river were
withdrawn from entry under the pre-
visions of the act Of last spring. The
land which will be investigated by
Robbins lies between the two tracts
withdrawn at that time.
On another page of this paper will
be found an article relative to the
proposed excursion of the citizens OF
Helena to Lewistown upon the COM
pletion of the railroad TO this city.
From the contents of the article.
which was clipped from the Montana
Daily Record, II appears that the mat
ter has passed the period OF uncer-
tainty and is an assured fact so far
a several hundred citiznes of the cap
ital are concerned. The date OF the
excursion is necessarily uncertain,
but 1t would appear that the Business
Mems association Of this city should
take some action in the matter Of en-
Pertaining the visitors when they do