Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-01
NO SERVICES
A1CHURCHES
ORDER MADE eY THE COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH-Exc)TE.
MENT At THE SALOONS.

Owing to the action taken by the
county board of health last Satur-
day IN ordering that all public assem-
blages be discontinued in Lewistown
for tie present, there were no SER
vices at any of the churches Sunday,
1t was not generally known that
such an order had been made until
Sunday morning, and the public was
only appraised of the fact that some
thing unusual was In the wind when
it was noticed that the church bells
did not ring. Inquiry quickly brought
out the information That there would
be no services. The action of the
health Officers was due to their strong
desire to prevent smallpox from gain
ing any foothold in this community.
While there was no likelihood of such
thing occurring under conditions
formerly prevailing, the officials deem
ed it the part of wisdom to take the
step, being moved teereto primarily
-" development OF one case OF
smallpox in Iewistown. The patient
is Mr.. jeff Tubb, the we'll known con-
tractor. whose case is thought to be
a mild one. Mr.. Tuhb was promptly
quarantined, and there is little dam
ger OF other cases developing from
it.
Meeting Of Ministers.
The church people decided to obey
the order OF the officers, although
there were some murmurings at first.
Later on Sunday, a meeting Of the
clergy and some members of the con-
gregations was held in order that an
expression Of views might be had.
every minister in the city, including
Rev. rather Van Ciarenbeck, OF the
Catholic church. was present. Rev.
II. G. Wakefield presided, with Geo.
Zang as secretary. 1t was decided
that If the church services were to
be suspended. the health officer should
also prohibit the congregating of men
In saloons. a matter of far greater
danger than the church meetings. In
order to present the actual conditions
with regard to this saloon feature,
three canvasses were taken by the
ministers and aymen of the saloons.
The first commenced at 12 O'Clock
noon, and coupled half an hour. Dur
ing that time II saloons were visited
and the count showed 1853 men con-
gregated in them. Some ladies took
part in this canvass. and the sudden
appearance of the church people, to-
gether VITA their peculiar maneuvers,
created CONSERVATION in the resorts.
1t was thought by many that list
OF names was being taken for some
mysterious purpose, and great agility
was displayed by numerous persons
in maAAng their getaway"
Before the excitement caused by
the first visitation had died away, an
other call was made. and this time
the canvassers found l81 persons as
sembled In the same resorts. At 8
o'clock in the evening. third and fin
al visit was paid, and this time ISL
persons were counted in the same sa-
looms.
No Chance in the Order.
These facts were later presented
to County Physician H. H. Wilson,
with the request that the order be
made applicable to the saloons. The
request was not granted, as the doc
tor stated that the saloons were reg
ularly licensed places of business, and
he had no more authority to deal with I,
tlem than with other places of busi- !
ness.
There is in Lewisto IN Just one
case Of smallpox, and that mild one. |
With the regulations now In force, |
there is no danger at all of an cpl !
demic. and no cause for alarm. There
have been some sensational reports |
Of smallpox at Moore, and some in
sent to the Great Falls Trlb- |
une report stating that there were !,
twenty cases at that place. AS a |
matter of fact. as shown by the cor
from that place. which !
in this issue OF the Argus. ,
there are now only two cases in the
of Moore, and those are two
The school board held a meeting
The school board hel da meeting
Monday, and decided TO extend the
order requiring all pupils and teach
prS Of tho puhIic schools to be yacci-