Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-03

Our rates on express are the same
as the railroad. Telephone l2S. Ben
ton stage Co.
|. A. Cross. the well known and
popular young druggist of Kendall.
was in the city yesterday.
Weigh your goods at Delzell Drug
Store scales. Prompt and reliable.
Charley Smith, Prop.
When you want to make a trip. get
In or send out express. use the Ben
ton Stage line. Never stuck in the
snow. Never late. Telephone l2S.
For Rent-A good office building
on corner of Fourth venue and Ju-
neaux street, Apply TO d. f. Hemp
hill.
George Pirrie, of Rothiemay, is a
visitor To this city this week on land
business. He says that the sheep
are looking well in the southern part
of the county.
De Kalb & Ayers, attorneys at law.
Office Allen & Robinson building.
The report of the local wcatia" Oh.
server for the month OF January
shows a mean temperature Of q
the mean maximum was So and he
mean minimum was IA. The cold.
est days were the 18th and 2Oth.
when ten below zero was recorded
and the warmest day of the month
was the Sth. when the temperature
rose TO 5G During the month the
snowfall was nine and o~ne-quarter
inches, high winds accompanying each
storm but one, causing heavy drifting.
There were eight clear days. ten part
ly cloudy and thirteen cloudy days.
The early part of the month was gen
orally warm and pleasant while since
the cold storm of the 9th and Goth.
bad weather has prevailed. Sunday,
the 3lst, was bright and pleasant, hut
toward midnight the wind came up
again from tne northwest and was
oon followed by a severe blizzard.
Only once during the month was the
WIZ. from the east, west and north
west and southwest winds prevailing
during thirty days of the month.
The greater number of the sport
lovers of Lewistown were evidently
otherwise engaged last Thursday ey-
ening. as but about fifty of them gath.
cred at the Tivoli theater TO witness
the boxing bout scheduled to be for
twenty rounds between George Sid
dons and Dude Lewis. After waiting
until 10 o'clock for someone TO come.
Manager Kimball announced that ow-
ing to the small house the bout would
go but ten rounds. After a rather one
sided preliminary the principals en-.
tered the ring. Lewis looked the
larger of the two and was evidently
In the better condition. as Siddons
was considerably distressed from
nothing more nor less than lack OF
condition before the fight had gone
two rounds. He recuperated. how
ever. and made a good showing in
the last rounds. Lewis did most OF
the work. Siddons being content. for
the most part. with blocking the ter.
rife swings and vicious iabs OF his
opponent. He landed one or two eff.
fective rights to the stomach but 9th.
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Lewis was willing enough but could
not get past Siddons' excellent de-
Tense. His greater height gave him
an opportunity To land often and hard
with his right on SiddOns' ribs. but
the white boy didn't appear to mind
the beating very much. The last
round was Il warmer, both rushing
with the evident desire of landing the
coveted sleep producer, but the round
ended with both men in good shape
and Referee Joe Murray called the
bout a draw. The fight Melted the
boys about one meal ticket each.
BE prepared to get the best of the
argument by certifying yourself with
information from the World Almanac
for 1904. Price 35 cents at the office
] or sent by mail for 45 cents.