Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29
GILT EDGE IS
BUSY CAMP
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
HOME OF THE FAMOUS
GOLD REEF.

Gilt Edge, March 29.-Mrs. F. E.
Stowell left for Iowa last week to WIS.,
it her parents, and expects to be gone
about six months. Mr.. Stowell &C
companied her to Lewistown.
Mrs. Fred France, of Alpine, was in
town last week.
Robert Mungall, one of the leading
Democrats of Gilt Edge, was in Lew
istown attending to some business last
week.
Geo. Evans, who was employed as i
engineer at the Gold Reef mines, left
for Kendall last week.
The infant child of John Stemper
has been sick for some time with a
whooping cough
David Wills accepted position at
the city meat market of A. Schneider.
DR.. I. M. Beatty, of Lewistown, was
business visitor here last Thurs
day.
Cliff Washburn fell and dislocated
his arm last week.
Fred Quibell left for Chico Springs
last Thursday. Mr.. Quibell has had
friends hope for his speedy recovery.
Douglas Washburn has leased DR..
l. NJ. Beatty's ranch and is putting
in crop.
G.. p. Burnett, one of our prominent
stock growers, was a business visitor
in Lewistown last Saturday.
Ed. Lee and Joe Tabor left for Lew
istown last Friday, where they have
taken a contract to break some land
for Chas. M. Williams.
D. Green left Monday for Kendall.
Mr.. Green was employed at the Mon
day Club for sixteen months and
made many friends who wish him sue
cess.
A. Audett, who purchased the in
terest OF G. Miller of the firm of Mil
Ter & Reed, moved to Kendall last
Monday. The firm will be known as
: Audett & Reed. The building is on
Main street and has frontage of &C
: feet, and contains saloon, restaurant
and barber shop. Mr.. Audett has
been here about four years, and was
very successful in business, and had
one of the neatest places in Gilt Edge
3 Mr.. and Mrs. Audett have many
2 friends here who regret their depar
, ture and wish them success and hap
f piness in their new home.
M. M. Young was in Lewistown or
business last week.
VIM. Duke has been suffering from
tumor in his face fol some time.
j. P. Anderson had runaway las
: week at the Culver ranch, one of hi!
. horses being injured so much that HI
:. will probably lose it. Mr.. Anderson
, : is unfortunate with his horses, as las
!; year he lost so many head in mys
:. FERROUS manner.
: Mrs O'Brien, of the Miners Uniol
:, y hospital, spent several days in Lewis
=. town last week, visiting her man
6 friends.
+ Mrs. Poland has let a contract 70
. a stone building on her lot on Mai
~ street in LeWistown to be complete
g by the first of June. Mrs. Poland ha
u owned the lot for about 20 years an
&c her prophecy that Lewistown propert
e. would bring good returns certainl
~ came true.
u DIR. F. F. Attix was in town las
u Friday on his way to Maiden, to a
le tend the little son of c. H. Crabtret
~ who has been very sick.
:, J. B. Townsend, of Fort Maginni
Va was in town last week. Mr.. Tow
~ send has many mining claims in tn
y Cone Butte district, and says he ha
10 been getting some very good assay
r. from them. He has been doing som
vi development work this winter.
~ E. Brooks spent several days
~ Lewistown last week.
Ia Ia G. M. Nelson, president of tn
hi NE~r r.l/l ;rs,, NJ
r. and Rudolf Won Tobel, were hel
IN last Saturday to appear before Jude
~: Sawyer in suit brought by G.
VI Caldwell against the company. M
Nelson asked the men to give him I
TO days in which to settle all the i
"a, debtedness and confess judgment
vi mutual consent, providing that tt
l., party agreed upon a stay of execute
ne for 40 days, as it will take that mut
time to straighten out the affairs
es' the company, and that the compaI
=, will then resume work. Mr.. Nels(
IN. says it will take 20 days to give n
tlce to stockholders and a meetil
will be held in Chicago and he b
lieves all claims will be settled
he full.
ALT. ]. Stephens, of Lewistown, w
here last week on his return from
"a visit to his brother, Oscar Stepher
I'M, and his sister, Mrs. Calph.
ss. Chas. Young and Mike McCle
moved the household effects of p
or er Morris to Kendall last Monda
,sa Mr.. Morris is employed in the min
m of Kendall.
nd Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Martin NOV
no to Kendall last week. They ha
nc the best wishes of many friends.
Our genial deputy sheriff, Oh;
,ho Whitcomb, was in LewistOwn on O.
sas cial business last week.
Ian Anderson, our merchant tail
" has just received fine line of spri
~; and summer samples. Anyone wa
~: ing a fine suit and good fit call
49, 80. Mr. Anderson.
~ Mr.. Geo. w. Drinkard, father
a"' Mrs. E. P. Stowell, is visiting he
Mr.. Drinkard recently came from v
!. oming.
Jas. L. Wood and son, of Raide
burg, Mont, were here for a few DE-
last week. Mr.. Wood, Jr., is an
eip sayer, and has position with
Elkhorn mines and comes to look
les er the cyanide works here, and ST
,wn this is the best part of Montana q
ap- he hopes to return again soon.
feel County Assessor Frank Pick v
of here on his regular assessment
tate last week and says that the asst
hat ment in Gilt Edge is about the sa
.lo,, as last wear