Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-03-02
Judith Hardware Co. for bobs.

Fowler & Smith sell fire, life and
plate glass insurance.
z. C. Limbach and wife OF whiskey
Gulch, we're registered at the Hoff.
man House last Friday.
Do you want a chance on the $3.50
piano? Eat at the Acme Cafe.
d. l.. Tyler and wife were In from
Forest Grove the first OF the week,
departing for home yesterday after
noon.
Hair Work made to order-Mn. A.
Mcleod, Boulevard, near Third Ave.
White Fish at Lehman's.
l.. +. Atchison, the boarding house
man un at the Gold Reef mine. Gilt
| Edge. was in the city after a load OF
supplies Monday and yesterday. He
says that things are strictly on the
boom around the big Drake camp.
Hall and Herring at Lehman's.
Mrs. Carrie Funk, of Virden, Ills.
arrived in the city Saturday via Ben
ton. and has entered upon the duties
as teacher in the seventh grade of
the public school. Mrs. Funk is a sis
ter of Prof. Silloway and has had sew.
eral years of experience in seventh
grade work.
Presto 5 cents package at Power
Mercantile Company.
Manitoba" Pete Perry, who runs
the saloon below the N-Bar ranch.
almost amputated all of the fingers
on his right hand last wednesday
while opening a bottle of beer. The
prompt measures Of some men who
happened to be present probably pre-
vented him from bleeding to death
as the cut was a very severe one.
Our neckwear is the finest line in
Lewistown. Power Mercantile Co.
Weigh your goods at Delzell Drug
Store scales. Prompt and reliable.
Charley Smith, Prop.
Rev. C.. H. Window arrived in the
city Saturday over the Benton stage
line and is now assisting Rev. Win
tiers in a series of evangelical serv-
ices at the Methodist church. The
gentleman is a forcible speaker and
thoroughly consecrated to his work.
A great enthusiasm has been aroused
and much good is being done for the
cause of the Master by the meetings.
Large crowds are present every even
ing and the interest is constantly in
~creasing.
White and neglige shirts, best quail
ity. lowest prices. at Power Mercan-
tile Company.
For railroad tickets call on or write
w. C. Doherty. ticket agent for the
Great Northern and Montana Central
railroad. Lewistown. Mont.
The crowded condition of the
public school which greatly inconven,
fenced the work all of last year and
up to the present this year, has dis
appeared with the removal of the
high school into the new building.
Three teachers. Misses Ward. Noble
and Stewart. and their pupils, nov
occupy the ward school building on
the hill and the school work can now
be done with much greater comfort
to both teacher and pupil. For the
present, at any rate, Lewistown will
not be crowded for school room but
at the rate which the city is growing
it will not be long before another
building will have to be built.
Leave orders for Borgh's coal with
l.. d. Blodgett at the Judith Hardware
company.
Rubber shoes and n excluders
All kinds. for men, women and chill,
dren at the Lewistown Commercial.
The committee having in charge
the solicitation of subscriptions to the
capital stock of the warehouse asso
citation. practically completed its la
bors Monday and that afternoon no
tees were mailed to all subscribers
requesting their attendance at the Of
fees of Hilger & Busenburg Friday
necessary preliminary steps to incor
poration will be undertaken and such
committees appointed as the stock
subscribers deem necessary to the ad
%vancement of the project. The tota
amount actually subscribed ant
promised is now $500 and an addi
tional $500 or 81 900 can be gained 4
deemed best. While railroad condi
lions are not encouraging, all real
lie that winter will surely be sue
ceeded by spring and that the pres
ent dull times afford excellent op
~portunity to prepare for the business
of the coming summer. Those VIII,
|, have already subscribed for stock, o.
any who will do SO are urged to at
tend this meeting that a full discus
, sion of the project may be had.
l When you want to make a trip, &c
in or send out express. use the Ben
+ ton Stage line. Never stuck In tn
: snow. Never late. Telephone 1928.
Our neckwear is the finest line II
|. Lewistown. Power Mercantile Co.
|. Tennessee has declared wal agains
China and the first engagement ha
D resulted in a draw. A certain wei
e known hotel in the city Is the seat o
|. war. The declaration of hostilitie
a was declared Saturday night whel
s Tennessee, who was employed in tai
capacity Of night clerk at the hoteI
went to the kitchen after a snack.
|; China, who prepares the provende
in the hosiery, didn't like the mar
= datory tone of Tennessee and refui
3 ed to open up the cupboard and swor
at Tennessee in good, plain Angle
Saxon. Tennessee didn't say muc
but his Andrew Jacksonian bloc
boiled at the idea OF being revile
by a contemplate celestial. Tim
& only added fuel to his passion an
by six o'clock the next morning =.
was prepared to pour out his wrat
in a substantial manner. China sal
ed along about that time and withot
s any warning Tennessee landed on hi
larboard side with a heavy volle.
China went down but came up agai
q Only to go under once more from