Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-25

Mrs. AL. Klein is numbered among
the sick this week.
G. II. Ketchmer. of Stanford, was
a visitor to Lewistown the latter part
OF the week.
DO not fail to see the Nursery
Maids" at Culver's hall Thursday ey-
ening, June End.
I. w. Baylies, who manipulates the
hosting machinery at the Barnes
King mine, is In the city for a visit
OF a few days.
Mrs. DR.. ]. B. Atchison and daueb.
ter arrived In Lewistown Friday night
from Denver and will spend the sum-
mer with the doctor.
The May crop OF the beautiful"
liz not quite come up TO the output
OF last year, nevertheless, is sufficient
for all urgent needs.
Theo. Nichols was in from his
ranch near Garneill the latter part
of the week. Theo. is a full hedged
rancher now and looks as ii the life
is agreeing with him.
Sam Quinless, the brakeman who
was knocked from a freight car of the
Montana railroad by a telephone WIRE
n suffered a number of broken ribs
and other injuries, is able to be up
and about the streets but is not yet
able to resume work on the road.
The annual entertainment of the
Lewistown public schools will be held
in Culyer's hall Thursday evening.
June md. The program will appear
In the Argus next week. The clos
ing exercises of the school will be
held In the assembly room of the
school the afternoon or evening OF
June Bird.
A party OF ten sheep shearers. most
OF them Mexicans. In charge of Nick
Guzman, arrived in the city last
night from Reno, Nevada, where they
have just finished the shearing sea.
on. Their appearance here is time.
ly as several outfits are on the look
out for shearers. They have not de-
cided yet as to which outfit they will
join.
Landing Is practically over in Fer.
gus county and reports from all sec.
lions of the county show that this has
been one of the best years ever ex-
~perienced by sheepmen. The per
centage OF young lambs is unusually
high and unless a bad storm comes
along now, most of them will be saw
ed. The storm this week did very
little damage.
Does your feet ache? Yes. Why
don't you go to the chiropodist, Mrs.
Leese? did, and now they feel Just
fine.
A young man put in appearance al
Red Lodge last week and quietly In
formed the people of the big coal
camp that he was Ray Stannard Bak-
er, the magazine writer, and that he
was on the look out for material for
a magazine article. He also stated
that he rode over from Great Falls
to Lewistown and went from this city
to Forsyth. Although Ray did not
drop in for a fraternal visit while in
this city and we are therefore in no
position to Judge accurately, We are
nevertheless of the opinion that he Is
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bats or Is doing a Baron Munchausen
stunt for the benefit OF the Picket's
space writer.
Jack-of-All.Trades gasoline engines
at Judith Hardware Co.
Harry Kendall. from whom the IA
nous Kendall mine took its name,
arrived in l.ewistown Saturday for a
visit Of two weeks or more with old
friends in Fergus county. Mr.. Ken.
Gall is enjoying excellent health and
Is prospecting in his new home in ras.
adena. Cal. but he still holds a warm
, spot In his heart for Fergus county,
where he was a resident for years,
and where he still has extensive finan.
cial interests. While here he will
visit Kendall and Stanford. He ex-
pected to leave for home next week.
but may decide to remain over until
after the Helena excursion, Saturday
week. lie is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Austin w. War;.
De Kalb & Ayers, attorneys at law.
Office Allen & Robinson building.
Arthur Clifford. who has charge of
the sheep belonging to the N-Bar out.
Mt. was in the city Saturday and Sun
day looking for shearers. He wanted
twelve men and had difficulty In find
ing that number, as shearers are very
scarce In the county Just now. They
will finish their work In the Billings
country within a few days, however,
and will then commence to drift up
this way. The N-Bar shearing crew
which Clifford was getting together,
intended to start to shearing this
morning IN a band OF bucks belong
ing TO the Mcdonald Greek Sheep
company. From there the crew will be
taken to Ashley, from which place
they will gradually shear up this
way. They have $4,000 head of sheep
TO shear and Clifford does not want
to lose any time getting at 1t.
The prices on soaps will move them
quick. See display table in Power
Mercantile Co.'s grocery department.
Register Brassey and Receiver Ed
ridge last Thursday submitted to the
commissioner Of the general land OF.
fee their decision in the contest case
OF Brew VS.. COX. In February OF this
year Allen II. Brew filed an affidavit
OF contest, alleging that ID. l.. L. No.
1890. made by Charles Z. Cox In 1900,
was more valuable for coal than for
agriculture aud that the land was not
desert in character" The ease was
set for April %, 1904, upon which date
the contestant and his witnesses ap.
naarad aud nora rrnGc axamiuad b.r
David Hilger, attorney for the claim.
ant. The claimant did not appear
and no testimony was submitted in
his behalf. The decision Of the land
office officials Is in substance as fol-
lows: we are Of the opinion that
the testimony shows that the SEA
swA, sec 10, tip Is n, r 10 e, is more
valuable for coal than for agricul-
ture. and that the neh swh, sec 10,
to Is n. r ICE, should be Cancelled and