Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-04

John Duffield came over from Utica
on a business trip last saturday.
FL Paasdo cigars.
James b. Elliot, of Billings. is a
business visitor TO the city this week.
Wood & Mace or Norman's coal at
Kits & Hassett's yard.
william Hendricks. a Yogo sapphire
miner. visited Lewistown Saturday.
Blackford & BlacKford, attorneys,
office in Judith Basin Bank building.
Jim SINNERS place,
II. j. Ford and wife. of Utica, were
trading and shopping IN this place
Monday.
Treasurer James VI. Croft announ.
ces that taxes are coming in rapidly
about $4,000 having been collected up
TO this morning,
In consideration of $500 Teddy Que.
llette has transferred TO Henry Vein
CART the sI2 sell, s1a swA, sec 10, tp
Is n, r is e, including in all 100 acres.
Z. Matthias, accompanied by his
wife and sister.in.law. Miss Myrtle
Sullivan. came in from his ranch in
the vicinity OF Moore last Monday on
a short business trip.
The stone work on the new school
house is practically completed and
the carpenters are now putting up the
ceiling joists and fire wall. Excellent
progress has been made during the
past week and there seems little doubt
that the contractors will be able to
complete the building within the con.
tract time.
L. p. Benedict. chief clerk OF the
Bureau of Agriculture. Labor and In.
dustry, is in Lewistown this week
looking up statistics for the next re-
port OF the bureau. The last book Of
statistics which this department got
out vas one of the most complete of
its sort ever published and brought
forth many favorable comments from
the press of the state. Mr.. Benedict
states that though they appreciate
that il will be a difficult matter to i'm
prove on the last report, a great effort
will be made by the department TO do
so.
The only unpleasant reaturc of the
entertainment given In the opera
house Friday evening was the dis
gracefully rowdy conduct of several
boys who had seats in the gallery
Throughout the entire performance
they were so noisy as TO rob the en-
tertainment of much Of It's pleasure
for those seated in the rear of the
hall. In the first place, parents
should see TO IL that their children be
have themselves when they go to the
opera house; and If parents will moi
do so, the opera house authorities
should either put them out in double
quick time or make them keep quiet
Mrs. Lizzie Beck was found by some
ladies last Friday afternoon wadin;
around in the creek near her home II
the northern part OF town. She wal
taken from the stream to her home
where the ladies attended her unit
DIR. Peasants was called about nin'
O'Clock in the evening. Mrs. Beck saiC
that she was trying to commit suicide
and, in addition to throwing herself IL
the creek. had taken a big dose o
strychnine. An examination by tn
doctor showed the latter statement IN
correct. She was very cold from tn
exposure and will be confined to he
bed for some days. Her desire TO
self-desruction is attributed 10 an i'll
ness from which she is just recover
ing.
What for a few moments looked a
If II might develop into a very SCI
ious fire, was started in the alley be
hind the Argus building Monday al
%ternoon by the ignition OF some tai
which was being heated preparation
to being placed on the roof of the neN
Woodman building. The tar tank an
q barrel were o o afire and in a mt
ment the flames were spreading to
board fence which runs along the a
ley. The alarm was turned in and bt
fore the fire had reached any danger
ous size the boys were on hand wit
the hose cart. One stream Of waite
soon eytinguished the blaze. A fir
will have to have a mighty good star
these days to get away from the Lew
istown Volunteer Fire department.