Fergus County argus., 1903-06-24

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Arthur II. T. Bird, the mining man
of Salt Lake City. is in this city this
week, having arrived Sunday.
d. E. Hemphill, the watch maker,
has returned and is now prepared
to do your fine watch work.
For a consideration of $3.50 Margie
E. Scott has sold to Charles M. Bel
den one lot in the town Of Utica.
The Norwich Fire Insurance Society
of England Is one Of the strongest in
the world. Kelly & Moulton. agents.
Seventy-five dollars is the amount
to be given to the winner of the rop-
ing contest at Lewistown on the
Fourth.
The Catholic ladies of Lewistown
will be entertained by Mrs. F. F. Mac
Gowan next Thursday afternoon from
until p. m.
Thomas Deckert, a well known bar.
ber Of Billings. committed suicide Sat
urday morning. Financial difficulties
are given as the cause of his rash act.
e. w. Hayden, who has been run
ming a barber shop in Kendall for the
past year and half, has set up a
shop in the lobby of the Lewistown
hotel.
Now is the time to paint your house
and Devoe's paint Is the paint to use
and the Montana Hardware Co. is the
place to buy. Prices and paints guar.
anteed.
Joe Baker, the Gilt Edge tonsorial-
ist, was in the city Sunday and at
tended a meeting of the Eagle lodge,
of which fraternity he is an enthusi-
astic member.
Good before meals, good after meals
Gretchen cigars.
John Jackson, Sr., and wife, of Cho-
teau, came through this city Friday
on their way to Kendall to visit their
son John, Jr. They were met in this
city by their son, who accompanied
them to Kendall.
Kelly & Moulton furnish abstracts
of city, ranch or mining property.
About dozen sheep shearers ar
rived In Lewistown Sunday from Wy
oming, and after looking around for
awhile left Monday morning for Ube.,
where Clarence Barrows was badly
in need of shearers. They are all ex.
perienced men.
| Kelly & Moulton represent the
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. of
Philadelphia.
Ben Mcleod, foreman of the Waite
sheep interests near Utica, was in
the city the first of the week. He re-
ports range conditions good in his
section of the county and says that
stock is looking well. He states that
the wool this year looks good and with
other conditions should bring as much
as it did last year.
Milwaukee moving machines and
rakes are the best. See Geo. M. Stat.
ford.
Meat and Milk Inspector Treacy
announces that all dealers in meat
and owners of dairies who have not
taken out the necessary license by
next Sunday, June 2S, will be COM
PEELED to place an unlicensed" sign
on their milk wagon or over the door
of their shops. This includes all dair-
les where five or more cows are milk
ed and the milk sold.
Blackford & Blackford, attorneys,
office In Judith Basin Bank building.
Shelley, the 1O-year-old daughter If
c. A. Cobb and wife, who reside on
the Cruise ranch, fell from a horse
near the our mill Friday evening and
suffered severe fracture Of one of the
bones OF the left arm. The arm was
also dislocated and as the break Is
right at the elbow Joint it is quite
serious for the child. DR.. Atchison
was called and set the bone.
'Tis matter of opinion as to what
constitutes the best eating place. A
great many claim that their respective
places are the best. It's a personal
conceit. We know that the Acme Cafe
when judged by cooking, cleanliness.
service and variety for the table, is
the best offered to the Lewistown pub
lie. Don't take our word. Come and
try our place and form your own opin-
ion.
The fact that Lewistown has raised
1900 for Fourth Of July celebration
seems to have causeu establishment
In all parts of the state. There are
probably but very few instances in
the state when sucI an amount has
been raised, and when 1t Is consider
ed that it was done by city of less
than 1000 inhabitants 1t Is all the
more remarkable. Lewistown has an
enviable reputation the state over for
push and progressiveness and bids
fair to keep it up in every particular.
Paint your house with Devoe paints.
They are guaranteed.
At Indianapolis Saturday last Bar
|, ney Oldfield drove his automobile one
mile in SO 3-5 seconds, and five miles
in 3-5 seconds. That's going some,
as the saying is, but the probability
Is that Barney's record will be back
number after the race at Lewistown
on the Fourth OF July. The E. w.
King machine is an extraordinarily
fast machine and still may have to
take dust from the f. e. Wright ma.
chine, which will likely be driven by
f. E. Rink, an experienced automo.
bilist.
E Kelly & Moulton have some excel
1 lent bargains in lots, houses and
2 ranches.
Under Sheriff Ed. Martin had very
: dangerous runaway while coming from
Kendall with Joe Mcdonnell last Fri
! day morning. The team started to
{ run and before Ed. could get them
; checked the buggy struck a gopher
: hole. throwing out both of the occu
: pants. Ed. got tangled up In the
: wheels and was pretty badly knocked
/, around before he got clear OF the rig
A badly damaged ear was the only
visible injury, but Ed. is still sore
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