Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-18
Pigs for sale by r, E. Hamilton, city

Pigs for sale by X. e Hamilton. city.
Furnished room; inquire at this of.
fee.
Fire sale OF millinery still on at
Madam Gleason's.
For Sale, by Kelly & Moulton. 1000
acres of land near Ross Fork.
Wanted-Desirable house to rent: will
pay s25 per month. Address X Argus
office.
Hair Work made to order-Mrs. A.
Mcleod, Boulevard. near Third Ave.
W. II. Peck. Garneill. can receive
land proofs. See advertisement.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Bright left y~ester-
day for Helena where they will visit
friends for several days,
Several Gilt Edge and Kendall adj
nirers of the tistic art came in Monday
night to see the Herrera Malchow
bout.
A meeting of the ladies Of st. James
Guild will be held at the residence of
Mrs. Edmund Wright, on Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Father vermaat returned Sunday
from a trip TO the eastern part of the
state. lie in company with several other
priests from Helena and Butte paid a
visit to Father Van ~Clarenbeck, in Bill
lings, during the trip.
Several Of the prominent business
men and ranchers in Bridger and yicin-
ity have formed a cooperative cream
cry company, and plans have already
been made for the erection of substan-
tial buildings for the new enterprise.
J. II. Atkins returned yesterday from
a trip to st. Louis and New York.
where he has been for the past several
weeks buying for the Golden Rule
store. Mrs. Atkins did not return with
him but he is expecting her out in a
short time.
Ed Skinner returned Monday from
Nebraska in response to a telegram
telling of the serious illness of his baby.
lie got here too late for the funeral and
wishes to sincerely thank the many
friends who so kindly rendered their
assistance to his wife during the last
illness and funeral of his child.
Dana Hemphill leaves in a few days
for the Pacific coast on a several weeks
trip. He will take in all of the princi
pal cities between here and Portland
from which place he will go down to
Los Angeles, stopping off for several
deys in San Francisco. He may tour
Old Mexico before returning, about the
first of May.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Montana Hardware company, held
last Saturday night, much important
business was transacted. All old Off
GERS and directors were reelected and
the capital stock of the company was
increased from s25, 900 TO s75, 900. The
$4,000 of new stock was paid up in
full, plainly showing that the Mon.
tana Hardware is one of the most pros
porous and substantial commercial Or
CARNATIONS in the state.
Senator Clark, in a communication
to Billings parties, states that he is
using every endeavor to get the bill,
opening up the Grow reservation
through congress, that being the prin-
cipal Legislation which he has on hand
at the present session. He says that
it was impossible to get the bill through
III lbS nfsb ioIib anu he iotIu IL utCth-
sary to have a bill framed that would
fully reimburse the government for
the amount paid the Indians for the
land in order to stand any show Of be-
ing successful.
Ed Foster. harness maker. died in
the room back of Schneider's sa-
loon at : o'clock Sunday morning OF
pneumonia. The nan had been sick
for three or four days though it was
not thought that his condition was Sc
serious. His body vas taken To the
undertaking parlors of George
Creel from which place the funeral
services were conducted by Rev. A. w.
Bell Of the Episcopal church Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Foster has been
around in this part of the state for
several years, most of his time being
spent in travelling from one big COW
or sheep outfit to another mending the
harness and doing other odd jobs. Tn
til recently he has been working for
Oscar Stephens,