Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-20
Borgh's bright bitumlnous coal.


Hardware Co.
C. NJ. Goodell and family, of Phil.
brook, spent Sunday in Moore.
Blackford & Blackford, attorneys,
office in Judith Basin Bank building
Architect ]. II. Kent, of Helena.
came in Saturday evening on the
train.
Highest market price paid for chick
ems. Lewistown Meat & Provision
Co.
Fred Bacon went to Moore Friday
morning to change the telephone Of
flee at that place.
George Wells, the resident manag-
er of the Yogo Mining Syndicate.
spent Sunday IN Lewistown.
Percy Smith, a brother OF Frank E.
Smith. returned Monday from a visit
at the Saunders ranch in the bad
lands. He was away two months.
Ground bone will make chickens
lay. For sale by Lewistown Meat &
Provision Co.
Sol. Poznanski, the state manager
of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company, is in the city on business.
Judge Mcconnell, of Helena, was
in Lewistown Friday on business con-
nected with the Pirrie-Moul water
right Ease.
Milwaukee mowers, rakes and bind
ers for sale by Geo. NJ. Stafford, Lew.
istown.
For your Sunday dinner go to Mrs.
VIM. Bebb's in the Cochran house
near the Central school building.
Mrs. John l.. Bright returned Thurs
day evening from a visit in the east.
She stopped at Deer Lodge for a few
days on her way home.
We wash, starch and dry your la
dies clothes. Iron your fiat work and
handkerchiefs all for Csc per dozen.
Judith Steam Laundry.
For an ideal meal try Shaw's Best
Hot Cake & Muffin flour; for sale at
Hopkins & Sons and Bertrand &
Shannon.
F. w. Klippel, general agent of the
Burlington Route at Billings, is in
Lewistown looning after wool ship
ments and working up business for
the road.
The case of the city versus Annie
Macarthur for assault and battery was
continued from Monday afternoon to
Friday on account of the absence of
two material witnesses.
High quality and low prices are the
points of interest at Power Mercan-
tile clearance sale.
The Ralph Pulitzer case has been
continued until July 2Sth on account
of the sickness of the defendant.
Some of the witnesses got here but
will be held until after the trial.
It will pay you to go to A. Dahl,
the shoe man, when purchasing shoes.
He carries a full line of mems, ladies'
and children's shoes and will sell
them at prices which cannot be dup
Heated in the city.
A good sized crowd was present at
each performance of the Passion Play
last week and felt fully repaid for go.
ing. The pictures were good and the
singing of Mrs. Pittwood was excel
lent. Louis, the boy singer, sang very
well indeed for so young a child.
Louis Latraye is suffering from a
painful wound on his right hand. He
is employed on the N-Bar ranch and
while engaged in ropjng some stock
last week his thumb was caught be.
tween the horn of the saddle and the
rope and was pulled apart at the first
Joint. He came to town and had the
hand dressed.
All summer merchandise to be clos
ed out regardless of cost, at the Pow
er Mercantile Co.
The base ball dance given Saturday
evening in Culver's hall for the ben
eft of the base ball team was a great
success. There were fifty couples in
attendance and the boys cleared S2I
as a result. Mr.. Culver made a spec
ial price to the boys for the hall and
music and furnished an orchestra OF
six pieces. The dancing stopped at
II o'clock.
Thomas p. Knight, who has been
working in the Lehman store for over
a year, left Friday morning for his
home near Nashville, Tenn, having
been called there on account Of the
serious illness of his father. Mr.
Knights father is a confederate veter
an and his illness is a direct result
of a wound received during the war
Tom has the sympathy of a large
number of friends here in Lewis
town.
Our great July clearance sale is
proving wonderfully successful. Pow
err Mercantile Co.
A big time was had at Moore last
Sunday with base ball, horse racing
and boxing. In the base ball game
between Moore and Glengary the for
mer won by the score of IA to Z. Dick
Hanke. of this city, umpired the game
in faultless style, giving satisfaction
to both sides. The boxing match be
tween Billy SchIu m, of Butte and Kic
Croaker, of Denver, resulted in a vic
tory of Schrum. Tilzey's and Coff
mans horses won the horse races.
People who live in the neighbor
hood of Main street and Eighth ave
nue. are complaining that stray cattle
are in the habit of making their lawns
a pasture ground during the night
much to the detriment of the fiowe'
beds and grass. This is something
that should be looked into by tn
proper authorities. as there Is an or
dinance against letting cattle run a
large. There seems to be a great I'm
certainty in the city as to whethe
or not there Is a city poundmaster
and II such there be the majority o
the residents OF Lewistown are igno
rant of the fact. Nevertheless some
thing should be done to stop the nuts
ance complained of and the most ef
%fectual way would appear to be tina
of taking up all stray cattle and keer
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