Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-01-07

w. Il. oiiNeI'hoIh mas Oeen appoint
ed as the additional deputy sheriff tc
Sheriff l.. p. Slater by the county
commissioners.
Judge L. A. Luce. n Of the mos,
prominent attorneys OF this state
died at his home in Bozeman early
Sunday morning.
The Reveille. published In Butte in
the interest of F. Augustus Heinze.
is to be issued as a daily in the i'm,
mediate future.
Harry Boggs has moved his office
from the room opposite the Argus of.
fee to the rooms over Stafford's har.
ness and saddlery shop.
Robert C. She'll. proprietor Of the
Garneill hotel, is going to give a
calico ball" In Johnson's hall on the
evening Of the 25tb. All are invited
to be present and a good time is
guaranteed.
Eddie, the ten year old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Barry. of Gilt Edge.
died at the home of his parents of
scarlet fever Sunday afternoon about
three o'clock and was buried Mon
day afternoon.
There has been some complaint
from different quarters over the fail.
ure of the county health officer to
properly quarantine scarlet fever
cases throughout the county. There
have been several cases in Gilt Edge
but no notices posted.
Miss Ada A. Myersick returned Fri.
day from Dillon where she has been
attending the state normal school,
and along with the rest of the new.
ly elected county officials, took
charge Of her office as superintendent
of public instruction. last Monday.
The New Years edition of the
Butte Inter Mountain was one of the
most successful journalistic efforts in
the history of Montana newspapers.
The half tones were especially good
and the reading matter was got up in
a compact yet entertaining manner.
The paper contained 60 pages and
was a veritable mine Of information
concerning the history and resources
of Montana.
T. c. Benbow, tho Absarokee aeri.
alist, has about completed his air ship
and expects to make his experimental
flying trip within the next sixty days.
The inventor confidently expects to
be a competitor in the 100000 air
ship race at the worlds fair in 1904.
According to the railroad gazette.
only SO miles of railroad were built
in Montana during the year just gone
by.
An outfit of about 1900 wethers
was sold in Beaverhead county last
week to San Francisco parties for
$500 per head. Good stock Is bring
ing high prices in the Chicago mar.
ket. Ralph Berry, a Meager county
sheepman, who has been feeding at
La Fox, Ills, sold some 12Tpound
wethers last week at sAso per head;
and MI. Hamilton of Winona, Mimi,
marketed some 130-pound Montana
wethers at the same fgue.-River
Press.
The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Bank of Fergus
County was held at the bank last
Monday evening. AS will be seen by
the report of its condition found else.
where this old financial institution
has passed the million dollar mark In
its volume of business, the total being
81 .035, 763.72. The regular annual
dividend of ten per cent was declar
ed-ive per cent payable February
LIST, and the same amount August /
Old officers and directors were elect
ed for the ensuing year.
! John B. Ritch has retired from the
position of city editor of the Demo
crat and Jefferson Johns now has full
control of the organ of Fergus coun
ty democracy. Mr.. Johns In his sal
utatory, that he will, In
the future. utterly and absolutely liz
more personalities and in the follow
ing editorial, calls his worthy con
temporary. Mr.. Walsh. an ~"irrespon
sible, unmitigated and conscienceless
liar" II that is simply a ~fraterna'
take off, II is to be hoped that Bre'l
Johns will keep his word and not In
dulge in any personalities sure
enough lea personalities.