Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

Inc rev. GeOrge Lamp Will leave
Kendall for a vacation after the Goth
of this month and Prof. L. W. Miller
of Auburn. n. Y. will occupy his pull
pit during the summer months.
The Moore ball team want Lewis
town TO get up a big excursion aud
come out some Sunday for a game.
The idea will be taken up at this end
and, If found practicable, the excur.
sion will be arranged.
Charlie Wentworth brought over Is
iull grown passengers from Gilt Edge
yesterday afternoon and made the
trip in . hours and 50 minutes. Char
lie says that II was a record break
Ing load for a stage coach.
p. II. Tooley has been appointed
postmaster at Moore and as soon as
bond has been furnished and supplies
received. the office will be- opened.
Rockford will be continued. with ser.
vice from Moore as now.
Weaver Bros. are now having their
place, the Occidental. torn up prcpar-
atory to the laying of a new floor aud
the building of a new front. They
viii make a thorough job OF II anG
when II Is completed the Occidental
Will be n of the most upto-date
bulfets in the west.
The Revs. George Lamb and Henry
Quickenden exchanged pulpits last
Sunday. The Rev. Lamb preached
two instructive and inspiring sermons
In the Lewistown church Sunday
morning and evening and large
crowds greeted his appearance here.
He is a good man and an eloquent
expounder of the gospel.
The county commissioners last
week sold the old jail and the fence
which surrounded IL to Jefferson
Tubb. SIS being the purchase price.
The fence has already been torn down
and as o o as all of the iron fixtures
are moved into the new Jail. the old
building will be moved away. The
prisoners are nov being kept in the
cells under the court house and will
remain there until the new Jail is
ready to receive occupants. All of
the iron work for the new jail has
arrived and is being placed this week.
The stone work Is progressing as rap
idly as possible and IL will be but a
short while before the Jail will be
ready for use.
The Presbyterian ladies' induced
Mrs. Anna Colburn Plummer to give
a concert in the church Saturday cy-
ening. The church was crowded,
many who heard the accomplished
vocalist at her first concert being
present at the second concert. The
program was varied in several in.
stances and was a most entertaining
one from beginning to end. During
her stay in Lewistown as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Andrus, Mrs.
Plummer quite captivated every one
by her beautiful singing and charm
Ing personality. She left Monday
morning for Great Falls, where she
will give one more concert, after
which she will return to her home in
Salt Lake.
A farmers institute meeting is in
progress In the assembly room OF the
high school building this afternoon.
having begun at 2 o'clock. Profs. ".
N. Sutothul, VI tut DOLtildu AeIIeul|
ture college, and +. B. Linfeld, of
the same institution. and Mr.. /. d..
O'Donnell, OF Billings, will be the
speakers both this afternoon and cv.
ening. Prof. Chestnut is considered
one of the best experts on poisonous
plants In the west. He will give a
good pract!ca! talk or that subject
and II should be Of great value to the
stockmen Of this county. who lose
thousands OF dollars annually from
the effects of poisonous plants. Prot.
Linfeld, who Is the secretary of the
board Of farmers Institutes, will talk
on live stock and dalrying topics and
there Is not a man In the state bet.
ter prepared to speak with authority
on those topics than Prof. Linfeld
Mr.. O'Donnell Is known TO every man
In the state as the best informed man
In the west on the subject of the
growing and feeding OF alfalfa. He
has gained his knowledge by engag-
Ing In the alfalfa business on an ex.
tensive scale In Yellowstone county,
and what he has to say on the sub.
ject will be of vital interest TO ranch.
ers and stockmen of Fergus county.
The gentlemen will drive TO Utica to-
morrow and hold an institute and no
doubt a cordial reception will be Civ.
en- them by the people OF the west.
ern end OF the county.