Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-08

richer as result of the ladies' en-
terprise. They served excellent meals
and fully deserved the patronage they
received.
Harry wager. business manager of
the Montana Daily Record, was one
of the lively ones in the bunch. There
was always something doing around
in Harry's vicinity.
Secretary of State George Hayes
had nothing but the warmest praise
for Lewistown and the Judith Basin
country. 1T is one of the finest trips
ever took" said the secretary OF
state. ''and | might add the most sur
prising. have been up as far as
Lavina on the Musselshell, but never
got over into the basin before this
The possibilities of this country are
something wonderful. Your hun
dreds of thousands OF sheep and tens
OF thousands of cattle and horses
represent many big fortunes. YouI
great mines over there In those noun
tains are known from one side of the
country to the other and | am in
formed by competent mining men
that you have not yet scratched youl
mineral bearing rock In the Mecca
sins and Judiths. But greater, per
haps, In their bearing on the future
prosperity of Fergus county than the
gold mines or the great ranches, are
the thousands of acres of fine agricul
tural lands which are now being uset
for grazing purposes. Within the
next three or four years you will ge,
hundreds of good substantial settlers
into this county and this land vii
be quickly taken up and made tC
raise grain and horticultural products
in great quantities. There is not &
more beautiful or more favored sec
ton of country in the west than lie.
on the four sides of Lewistown, which
should be proud of the title you have
given her, the Queen City of tn,
Inland Empire"
John w. Pace, editor of the bes
agricultural journal published in tn,
state and secretary of the state fail
board, was All interested visitor Il
Lewistown. Whatever he may bt
doing and wherever he may be doint
It, Mr.. Pace does not permit an op
portunity to boost the fair to escape
him. I'VE are going to have grea
fair this year." said Mr.. Pace to thu
Argus news gatherer. 1T was con
sidered a pretty good show last yea
but 1t is going to be far better thu
coming fall. We are looking for ,
fine exhibit from Fergus county thi
year, now that the railroad is in op
Grafton. There is no reason why yo,
should not make one of the best gen
eral displays of all the counties o
the state. expect to be back int
this county some time before the fai
to push the matter"
Many of the visitors were attract
ed to the store of Woodman & Char
tiers by the display of sixteen gol,
bricks valued at $4,000 taken from
the Barnes-King mine. No bette
evidence of the development of on
of Fergus county's greatest resour
ces could have been presented. Tn
display was in charge Of the West
ern Mining and Real Estate Bureau
who presented each visitor with |
photo of the gold and an advertise
ment of the bureau.
| Ex-Governor Samuel Hauser enjoy
ed the trip with the best of them
He has many friends in the Bash
who were glad to see him with tn
gang"
Frank J. Lange, assistant treasure
of the Thomas Cruise Savings Bank
was in Lewistown for the first time
although he has made several trip
to the N-Bar ranch. He always cam
up from Billings and never had al
opportunity to come the rest OF tn
way into the city.
A. NJ. Fenton, general agent TO
the Northwestern railway, says ey
cursions have their drawbacks.
| 1t was a great day for H. A. Ben
ner, the father of the excursion.
Judge Cheadle's church" commit
tee were not overcrowded with CON
mittee work. They were rather bus.
otherwise.
The following resolutions wer
passed by the visitors upon their re
turn to their home city:
Whereas, A delegation consisting
of over $50 members of the Busines
Mems association of Helena, visitin
the city of Lewistown to congratulate
the people of Fergus county on tn
completion of the Montana railroad
was received by the citizens Of Lew
istown in a cordial spirit and enter
tained In a royal manner; and
Whereas, We, the members of tn
party, desire to express to the cit
zens of Lewistown our appreciation
of their friendship and hospitality
therefore. be 1t
Resolved, That we jointly and Sc,
orally extend to our hosts hearty cor
gratulations on the completion of tn
highway which brings our home
closer together; and We likewise ter
der them our cordial acknowledG
ments of the wholesale and generou
hospitality through which they hav
made our sojourn in their midst