Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-12

Ernest Busch. of Edgewater, was IN
the city the latter part of the week.
DR.. A. H. Russell, dentist, Main St.,
one block east of court house.
]. c. Stapleton. of Rockford, made
a business trip to Lewistown Thurs,
day.
Don't forget the Home Workers
concert at the Presbyterian church
Thursday night.
County Attorney o. W. Belden left
yesterday for Helena on business per.
tanning to his office.
Don't buy a mower or rake until
you have seen our Straight Lift Deer.
ing. Montana Hardware company.
\. j. Akin returned Thursday from
the eastern markets. where he has
been buying goods ion the Golden
Rule store.
Dain Haystackers and Rakes are the
only haying tools that give satisfac-
ton. Sold by the Montana Hardware
company.
Walker Wells went to Harlowton
Thursday and met Harry Ray. OF Chi
cago, who Joined the campers-out at
Camp George Friday. He will bet ne
guest of the Wells family for several
weeks.
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.
James Awberry, OF Kendall, was in
the city on land business Thursday.
Mr.. Awberry was in the sheep bust
ness on the lower Judith during the
winter but disposed of his sheep inter-
ests in the early spring.
The Great Falls stage leave Lewis.
town daily at Z a. m, arrives at Great
Falls at 3 a. m. Cheapest, quickest
and most comfortable line to Great
Falls and points on the Great Northern
railroad.
l.. p. Slater took lis family out to
Grass Range Friday, where they will
visit the family of Tom Shaw for a
week. En- route Sheriff Slater and
his wife attended the big red barn
dance heal Forest Grove Friday even
ing.
E. III. Crabtree, assays, examinations
and reports. Mining properties listed
fap ca1a unnd 1ict pf ppAnun1nnnI
properties now offered on reasonable
terms. Cyanide propositions a spec
ialty, Lewistown. Mont.
NJ. l.. Woodman and John Charters
announce that they will start a
hardware store in the new building
being erected by Mr.. Woodman on
Fifth avenue just above the Argus Of
fee. A complete stock of hardware
will be put in and as both are good
business men and acquainted with
the hardware trade. they will. no
doubt, make a success of the new VEN
ture.
Ed. Barry. who was knocked out by
Dummy Rowan in a boxing exhibition
III NnlS Wy idSl may, itll laol WEN
for San Francisco, where he and AL.
Neil, OF that city, are scheduled to go
on in the preliminary to the Corbett-
Jeffries championship fight. Jack Ma
gee, of this place. went along with
Barry and will act as his sparring
partner in preparing him for the
bout. Barry is fairly clever but has
seen his best days as a pug.
Allen & Robinson, of Kendall. last
Wednesday let the contract for lie
construction of their new business
building on Main street between Leh-
mans and the Golden Rule, to John
Foster. whose bid was $1,000. The
building will be of stone, two stories
high and finished up in the most mod
ern manner. The contract calls for
completion by January l, 1904. Wal
ter Smith will occupy the larger part
of the new building with his furniture
establishment.
The Home Workers will give a mus
icale at the Presbyterian church to-
morrow evening when Roy Hoffman,
the talented young violinist of Lewis
town, will be one of the principal per-
formers. Roy has played in private
several times and once or twice In
public since coming back from school
but this will lie the first opportunity
a Lewistown audience will have OF
hearing him in many of his favorite
selections. He possesses more than
ordinary accomplishment or the vio'
lin and those who are present tomor.
row evening are assured of a musical
treat of the rarest sort.
A balky horse was the center of at
traction for a large crowd on Main
street Friday evening. The "critter'
got tired of walking and just stopped
and the utmost endeavors of several
men, who know all about horses, fail,
ed to induce him to move along.
When they had despaired of ever get
ting him off of the street with any
thing less than a freight team, Stock
Inspector Theodore Nichols came
along, sized up the situation and very
promptly put into execution a little
scheme he learned when he was a
boy. He tied a string around the ami
mails ear. and then after a little coax
ing the horse walked along and he
has never baked since.
Last Saturday evening a discussion
came up down at McKechnle's drug
store as TO the champion bicycle rid.
er of the city. Dana Hemphill mod.
estly referred to himself as one who
could pedal a wheel some. Cy. Brown
volunteered the information that
while he didn't have any medals fol-
riding, he believed that he was more
than a match for any presumptuous
clock fxer, AFTER o short argument
il was mutually decided that the best