Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-27
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THREE CAMPS
Business and Mining Notes Of Inter.
est From the Home Of the Great
Gold Reef.
MUCH ACTIVITY At KENDALL
Diamond Drills Are Still Kept Busy
maiden 10 Now Enjoying =
Building Boom.


Building Boom.
Gilt Edge, Oct. 26.-G. P. Burnett
left for Billings last week with a train
load of cattle, which he will ship on
the 26th from that point.
]. L. Westergreen and Joe Dearon
left last Saturday for Landusky, where
Mr.. Westergreen has number of
mining claims.
Chas. Keene, of Kendall, was bus.
mess visitor here last week.
Elias Anderson, brother of Lois An
derson, arrived here last week from
Grand Fork, Minn., and expects to
remain here.
Peter Mungall is the champion in
the gun club and wears the gold med
al.
Jacob Moore returned from a So
journ of several months in the Da.
kotas.
w. G. Allen was the successful per-
son in winning $65 shot gun, which
was raffled off few evenings ago.
H. M. Rae spent a few days last
week at Kendall and Lewistown.
VIM. Young, of Kendall, was a Wis.,
itor here for several days and return
ed to Kendall last Sunday.
Geo. S. Allis left for Butte last week
to attend to some mining business.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. j. Callahan died last Tuesday
morning and was buried in the Cath
Olic cemetery at Lewistown last Fri.
day. The child was but months and
1 day old, and was sick but short
time. The parents have the sympa.
thy of the entire community.
Mrs. Lena Ryan has been confined
to her room for some time, and we
hope for her speedy recovery.
Mrs. John Mengelkoch returned
from the Chico springs this week and
is much improved in health
Mrs. Fred Stowell and daughter re
turned last week from Iowa, where
| they spent several months.
Chas. Thaler left with several men
to do assessment on Ruby Gulch prop
erty owned by DR.. w. A. Allen.
Geo. Campbell returned last week
from an extended eastern trip, and
is much improved in health.
Chas. Young is on the sick list.
M. and Mrs. Albert Schneider were
business visitors to Lewistown last
Saturday.
The last cold snap did lots of dam
age to the potato crop in this section
Most of the farmers had not dug their
| "spuds" and will lose about half OF
their crop.
The Modern Woodmen of America
have decided to give masquerade
ball here on the evening of Thanks
giving day. The Modern Woodmen
of America have the reputation o1
giving the best dances in this section
of the country. Those fortunate
enough to attend will be assured of g
good time.
The population of Gilt Edge is still
increasing. Born, to Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Allen, daughter, to Mr.. anG
Mrs. R. N Phipps, daughter, max
ing a total of five births this month
All are doing we'll.
The following sonnet was composed
by the poet laureate of the gulch or
the charvari of Mr.. and Mrs. Tin
Moran:
| 1.-THE Charvar."
With fans and pens and dainty hands
The echoes filed the air;
None was too small, if it could craw
To gaze upon the pair.
A merry sound came from the ground
| Old earth began to sweat,
A miners voice was heard to say,
"You bet, I'll marry yet"
Too late, too late. the echo came,
The wind sighed through the trees
The quivering aspen shook its head
And nodded to the breeze.
A. Lehman. of the Lehman store
was business visitor here this week
DR.. l. M. Beatty, of Lewistown, was
here attending to some business mat
ters this week.
Rev. Sheron, of Cottonwood, held
services here last Tuesday evening.
F. A. Barnes and family left Thurs
day for Eldorado Springs, Mo-, to Wis
1t his parents and expects to be gone
six weeks or more. Mrs. Barnes was
| raised at Eldorado Springs, and has
not been there since 1887.
R. NJ. and Ben Dougherty have pur
chased from the Cold Reef Mining
Co. all their coal teams, wagons and
| harness. The outfit consists of 21
horses and harness, also nine wag
ons. They have the contract to hau
the coal for the Gold Reef mines.
VIM. MCLEAN and Mr.. Newell, o1
Lewistown, were here this week.
| Pres. Alex. Fairgrave, of the Mon
tana Federation of Labor was visvitine
the Miners union this week. Mr.
Fairgrave is much pleased with the
outlook of this section
The schools closed last Wednesda,
on account of the teachers, A. C
Drinkard, Miss Bentson and Mis-.
Sawyer, attending the institute.
Cassie Dahl is visiting at home dur
ing the vacation of the high school
Building Boon at Maiden.
| Maiden. Oct. 26.-The people have
| been doing considerable building al