Fergus County argus., 1903-09-30
Iewel heaters at Lehman,s.

James J. woodhouse was attending
to legal matters in the city Friday.
Buggies for everybody at the Judith
Hardware Co.
o. C. Dunn and Edward Shearson
of Gilt Edge, were transacting bust.
ness In the land office Thursday.
French to German souvenir china at
w. S. Smiths.
John r. Cook came in Friday morn.
ing from Spokane. He tells us that
the fire at Ubet Thursday evening
was plainly visible to passengers on
the train for an hour before the sta.
ton at Garneill was reached
Go to the Waite rooming house the
best in the city. Over the Mcdonnell
building.
Arthur Kelly. assayer at the Barnes
King mines, was in the city Friday
night and left Saturday for Bozeman
with E. w. King. Mr.. Kelly will have
a short outing in the Gallatin valley
metropolis. after which he will re-
sumo his duties at the mines.
Fred Coos. was in the city from
Gilt Edge Saturday. He has put up
large quantity of hay on his ranch
near Gilt Edge for the coming winter
and reports his stock as being in good
shape. The Coos ranch is one of the
Oldest and best ranches in the Gilt
Edge country.
Benjamin Rogers spent several
days in the city the past week from
Valentine in the northeastern part of
the county. Mr.. Rogers Is one Of the
Oldest settlers around Valentine
Springs. He reports the range In his
section as being as good as usual and
stock In fairly good condition to meet
the winter.
Andy Moulton. rancher and stock.
man, was In the city from Deerfield
Friday. Mr.. Moulton is one of the old
timers in the county. having been the
village blacksmith in Stanford when
the cowboys overran the entire coun.
try. He now has good ranch and
nice bunch of cattle in the vicinity
of Deerfield.
Andrew NJ. Mathews came over
from Stanford Thursday evening to
visit with his family, who are tenn
porarily residing in the city. The pri
mary cause of Mr.. Mathews frequent
visits now is a healthy little daugh
ter that came to brighten the family
circle the last day of the fair. Mrs
Mathews Is at the Shaules hospital
and both she and the babe are doine
well.
Prof. +. B. Linfield, director of the
Montana experiment station, says II
has been decided by the administra
tive board of farmers institutes tC
hold meeting in Helena during tn.
state fair and to hold meetings in DC
tober and November in the following
counties: Jefferson, Madison, Silvel
Bow, Broadwater, Gallatin, Fergus
Meagher, Sweet Grass, Park, Yellow
stone, Rosebud, Carbon. Custer an,
Dawson.
The marriage of Frank r. Spence
and Katie Balm. both OF Stanford, wal
performed In the parlors of the Lew
istown hotel last Wednesday evening
Rev. Albert Pfaus officiating. Mr.
Spencer is a rancher and stockmaI
of the Wolf creek valley and Mis-
Balm Is a daughter a Lee Balm, ;
well known stock grower OF the Stan
ford country. Mr.. and Mrs. Spence
will m 10 fhnir hnraA hn
ranch on Wolf creek below Stanford
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frank Ware, Mis-
Grace Griffith and r. A. Hanke form
ed party that left Monday for
weeks outing in the Snowy mour
iains. They will enjoy themselves i
hunting and fishing and. incidentally
listening in the evening to the result
of Mr.. Hanke's representative imaf
ination. Employees of the Montan
Hardware company tell that Dick ha
contracted for about two tons OF bca
meat, most of which, of course, Wi
be delivered in the hide.
Work is in progress for the patent
| ing of the entire group of minin
properties owned by the Chicago-M
tana Gold Mining company in tn
Whiskey gulch country. The compan
owns thirty-four claims. for all q
which applications will be made 70
patent. We learn that Clarence '
Hopkins and A. T. Goodspeed hav
the contract for the surveying an
other engineering work on the grou
and Rudolf Won Tobel will appear a
attorney for the company.
Long Bros. have purchased fror
Paul p. Gurney, of Alexandria, Ohit
20 OF the registered bucks that Nj
Gurney has at the Park stables. say
the Great Falls Tribune. Those s,
cured by Long Bros. are the heav
shearing American Merfnos, guarar
teed to shear between 80 and 35 lbi
each every IL months. They no
have seven months growth of woo
on them and are in splendid cond
ton. Sheepmen who have seen theI
generally pronounce them the bes
bucks ever brought to the city.
The Argus has this week mailed {
many of its patrons copies of the frs
catalog II has ever issued, which 4
by the way, the first catalog to be 4
sued by a business house in Fergu
county. The catalog is a comprehel
sive one in the lines In which 1t deal
stationery, office supplies. typewritt
goods and legal blanks. The Job d
partment OF this paper has long mad
a speciality of the handling of fri
grade articles in these lines. and tn
catalog is but an indication of III
growth to which this department /,
our business has attained.
Fire Marshal John C.. Bebb left Sa
urday morning for Great Falls, whel
he will represent the Lewistown d
partment at the meeting Of the Sta
Firemens association. II was expec
ed that other members OF the local d
partment would accompany chief Bel
but they failed to do SO. The chi
will make an earnest effort to secul
the next meeting Of the state associ
ton for Lewistown and thinks he ms