Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-26
OF
FERGUSCOUNTY
Society Formed Only Last Week
Springs Into Instant Favor With
All the OId.Timers.
MANY LADIES HAVE JOINED
Membership Is Already Upwards Of
One Hundred and Fifty-Re.
union in December,

The Society of Fergus County Pion.
eers is evidently destined to quickly
become, if it is not already, the most
popular organization ever formed in
the Judith Basin. Starting off with
a membership of So on the night the
first meeting was held, it already has
membership Of upward of $50, and
new names are being added to the
rolls every day. Secretary Frank E
Smith did little circulating during
the last two days of the fair. and
practically every man he approached
on the subject was eager to become Il
member of this society. There are
yet scores and scores Of persons elig.
ible for membership who will send
in their names as soon as they are not
ified as to what has been done.
Popular With the Ladies.
At the initial meeting Wednesday
night. no ladies attended, as it had
not been made plain that they were
eligible. They will all be welcomed
as members, and many of them have
already joined. The ladies look upon
this organization with the utmost Ia.
vor, and by the end of this month
the fair sex will be we'll represented
in the membership.
Fergus County Day.
While no formal action on the mat
ter has been taken. a proposal to
make the first Monday in September,
the anniversary of the creation of Fer
gus county, the occasion for a reun-
ion has met with general favor, and
that date will undoubtedly be fixed for
the next meeting of the society. A
program including the reading of some
papers relating to the early history
of the county and other interesting
features will be arranged.
List Of the Members.
Following is a list of those who
have so far signed the membership
roll:
Roy E. Ayers. F.. J. King. f. c. Alb
bott. w. w. Watson. T. I. Vehawn,
Griffin McHugh. F.. p. Chandler
Henry Shea, D. S. Lutz. r. S. Smith.
P. c. McHugh. Firman Tullock. A.
Branson. VIM. T. Mcfarland. c. NJ.
Clary. Samuel Lutz. r. f. Jackson.
James Raw. Fred Jenni. ]. NJ. vroo-
man. r. Won Tobel, I. M. Hobensack,
F. B. Scovel, H. r. Watson, G.. w.
Ayers, l.. W. ETdridge. c. P. Colver,
G. A. Reeder. R. r. Thompson, p. c.
Weydert. G. J. Wiedeman. F.. w.
Mitchell. I. M. Beatty. R. G. Poland.
G. w. Cook. J. S. Jenni. JEFF Sher-
Packard, W. s. Smith. F. F.. Wright.
David Hilger, All J. Stephens. w. A.
Hedges. J. E. Wasson. H. T. Ken
dali. z. s. Baker, F. E. Smith. Jos.
Jackson, Donald Fowler. ]. c. Walk
er, J. P. Barnes, Mrs. F.. F. Hampson,
w. F. McCollum. Jno. Ross. Otto An.
derson. ThOs. Kerr. Thos. Duffy. Jno.
Brooks. N. A. Lewis. r. A. Jellison,
J. Holzemer. F. T. Swanser, r. w.
Clifford. D. NJ. Sherman, John d.
Waite. G. P. Burnett. w. w. Wunder-
lin, H. G. Phillips. Eugene Lewright,
Samuel Anderson. G. F. Wright, c. L.
Meyersick. VIM. Ettien. ]. B. Ritch.
Minnie R. Ritch, F. W. Meyersick.
Thos. Kelley. L. 8. Butler. Nathalie
Belanger Nathalie B. Smith. Gorilla
B. Mckee. J. NJ Weldon, F. v. Bless
ing. J. H. Crowley. VIM. Hortop. Frank
Pick. F. E. Pruett. Alice J. Pruett,
Sarah Spangler. Abraham Hogeland.
Mary Hogeland. A. II. Hogeland. Car.
oline H. Hogeland. Elizabeth 8. Hoge-
land, Recina Brassey. W. G. Norman.
S. J. Harding. B. F. Moulton, Albert
Schneider. A. Jackman. A. ]. Slough.
]. H. Willard. J. A. J. Dawes. c. e.
Smith. G. A. Parrott. W. w. Bennett.
Mrs. W. W. Bennett. Chas. c. Long.
NJ. I. Burke, VIM. Medigar, jeremiah
Lewis. Charlotte Lewis. Ira Dundom.
G. J. Bach. H. O. Wareham. Jeptha
Wareham. Jno. Shea. F. T. Colver.
J. L. Harmon. ]. T. Clegg. Octave Lu-
cier. Frank Montgomery. o. w. Steph-
ems. w. B. Jones. N. NJ. McCauley,
Alice d. BarrOws. Maggie l.. Norman.
]. II. Hartman. c. Ward Stone. F. A.
Lyon. Mary f. Lyon. Frank o. Lyon.
W. H. Lyon. Thos. l.. Frost. JOS Ma
son. Thos NJ. Shaw. Frank Moshner.
John Burke, Edna NJ. Shaw. John Sell
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