Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-01-11
IS A YOUNG
MANS TOWN
LeWistown Business Houses Are Al.
most Without Exception Owned
or Managed by Young Men.
YOUNG MEN IN PROFESSIONS
Many County and City Offices Held
by Men Who Are Not Far Ad.
vanced in Years.

in one way and another and most of
it is good. The famous saying of t
great man, GO west, young man,
has been followed by hundreds of
young men and the consequence is
that Montana has drawn her share
Of those who came west to seek then
fortunes. Lewistown is not behind
her sister cities of the state in this
respect and the young men in this
City would compare favorably with
those of any in the country.
Much is heard of the opportunities
for young men in the west and it i"
often question whether this is not
overdone. Perhaps it is in some re-
spects, but of the many young men
in LewistOwn the larger portion is
doing well and making a good living.
Lewistown is a town of young men.
Young men are at the head of all the
principal businesses of the city and
are making successes in their various
lines. The people of the city scarce
ly realize how true this is and the
fact is only brought home to them
Wh:, they take careful survey OF
the business of the town and see
those who are at the heads of the
different business enterprises.
Taking a brief look into the bust
ness of the city and at those who are
responsible for the good business
done we find among the doctors. Dr.
+. F. Attix, DR.. H. X. Wilson and Dr.
ARA Noble, ali of them high up in
their profession and doing exceed
lngly we'll Notwithstanding the fact
that they are young men. They are
all building up good practices in the
city and county and are among the
best citizens 81 LCwistOwn.
Going on among the business houses
we find George J. Bach, cashier of the
First National Bank; A. B. Lehman
manager of the Chas. Lehman & Co
store; l.. C. Wilson and e. F. Nc
kechnie, composing the drug firm OF
Wilson & Mckechnie; G. R. Marsh
and Noble Walker, managers of the
Lewistown Furniture Co.; H. l.. DC
Kalb, a young lawyer and city attor
ney; w. M. MCLEAN and O. +. Was
mansdorff, civil engineers; Dr.. Brice
young dentist, recently moved her,
but already having a large practice
G. A. and Dan Delzell, composing Tx
firm known as the Delzell Drug Co.
w. w. White proprietor of the Fai1
store; Waiter Knight, tailor; DR.. M
r.. Curtiss and Dr.. A. e. Long, den
fists.
w. J. Edgecombe, the proprietor o.
the Silver Moon Cafe; w. d. Symmes
manager for the Power Mercantile
Co. Mr. Symmes, although young
man, has been manager of this grea
business for years. George J. Wiede
man, manager of the Montana Hard
ware Co., one of the biggest hard
ware businesses in the state; JOhr
Abel, of the firm of Abel Bros, in the
Central Meat Market, and j. E. Pink
ley, proprietor of the Elkhorn livery
Austin w. War; is the assistan
cashier of the Bank of Fergus County
and interested in a number of thu
business houses of the town, chic
among them being the LewistOWl
Telephone company; W. H. Hopkins
of the firm of A. Hopkins & Sons
and the manager of the business
Wagner & Suffer, jewelers., both o
them young men; f. G. Sweitzef
manager for Hart 4 Co., large DIR,
goods and clothing house; John Z
Rauch, manager of the Judith Hard
ware Co., and success in the hard
h,,c "a
of the Montana Lumber Co.; ALDER
Johnson, barber; l.. N. Du Clos and J
Walden, tailors; F. B. Peterson an
f. SaXl, proprietors of the Art MI
sic Store; Edmund Wright, JUNO
member of the firm of Wright Bros
insurance and abstract company: W
H. Smith, lawyer and member o
the firm of Huntoon, Worden {
Smith, Halsey R. Watson, manage
of the Fergus County Argus; w. II
Fernald, manager of the Fergus Coull
ty Hardware Co.: A. l.. dAutremon1
proprietor of the Fad Shoe Store: i.
H. Atkins, manager of the Golden Rui
Store; Stout & Kelly, prOprietOrs q
the Fergus County Democrat; II.
Brown, proprietor of first-class ful
nishing store for men; Chas. Kelly
abstracter; BlackfOrd & BlackfOrt
attorneys, and o. w. Belden, lawye
and formerly county attorney.
In the county offices are numbe
of young men. John B. Ritch is cler
of the court; Frank J. Hazen, cler
and recorder; l.. P. Slater, sheriff
Roy E. Ayers, county attorney, an
H. B. Gibson, court stenographel
Judge E. X. Cheadle is young ma
himself. as are all of the attorneys a
the Fergus county bar.
There are, perhaps, others whom W
have unintentiOnally overlooked, VIII
should be in the list.
With this brief summary it ca
reauay be seen that Lewistown is tyl
.ically young mans town and on
IN which the young men have bee
given the opportunities to get in tn
front rank.