Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-01

sam Hurv1tcn Is IN from Gilt Edge
For camping parties. herders, pros
pectors. nothing so handy as Shaw's
already prepared -four. Try it. til
The Bon Ton has opened their new
fountain and is prepared to treat you
in soda water, ice cream and crush
ed fruits. Call on J. c. Bebb for some
thing nice. 4-1O-ati
Orrin B. LOOMS. special correspond
ent and descriptive writer for the Chi.
cago Daily News, arrived in the city
Saturday night for the purpose of TAX.
ing subscriptions and writing up Lew.
istown and the resources and indus.
tries of Fergus county. Mr.. L-oomis
is An old-time friend Of the proprietor
of the Argus.
A. NJ. Mead. Of the Lewistown Hide
& Fur Co., will contract or buy your
hides, pelts, etc. See him before con-
tracing or selling pelts. This will
be to your interest, as We have no one
contracting for us. aft
Norman Poland and Grant Robinson
are fitting up the ware room in the
rear of the Allen & Robinson block
on Main street and will shortly en-
gage in the wholesale liquor business
They intend to handle liquors and
beer on large scale, and will have d
bOttling and cold storage plant in con-
nection with their ware house.
Thos. Downing, representing the
Chicago Hide Co., will hereafter be
found at the Dark Horse barn on 5th
Ave. He is prepared at all times to
pay the highest cash price for hides,
pelts, and wool. 4-13tf
S. w. GebO, of Bridger, owner of
the Spring Creek coal mines, is in the
city completing the arrangements for
starting up the mines within a short
time. Mr. Gebo is installing consider
able machinery, and will have first
class plant in good running order
shortly. He proposes to considerably
increase the output of the mines.
If you buy it of Hart & Co. it will
be right in quality, style and price.
We handle only goods that We can
guarantee as to quality. Harris.
The monthly meeting of the Home
Workers and the missionary society
will be held on Friday afternoon, May
O. w. Belden. Mrs. Belden will be as
sisted in entertaining by Mrs. Hal
Gibson and Mrs James Campbell, and
the ladies cordially invite all interest
ed in the work of these societies to
be present.
J. c. Huntoon, lawyer; telephone
No. I'd Bell phone, No. 76 Mutual.
Office opposite Day House. aft
Cards have been received here an
the marriage at Dubuque,
Iowa, on April 25, of Miss Clara Pierce
and Alfred B. Claussen. The bride is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Pierce, prominent residents of Du-
buque, and Mr.. Claussen is brother
of Mrs. Harry C. Brown, of this city.
He formerly lived in Lewistown, hav-
ing been connected with the Power
Mercantile company, and has many
friends in this city.
The month of April, just closed,
has been warm and dry-according to
many, the dryest April for years. The
local observer reports that the mean
minimum temperature for the month
was go, the mean minimum 800 and
the mean 46o. On the 22nd the tenn.
perature rose to S6' and the coolest
recorded during the month was 40, on
the 3rd. Twenty days of the month
the temperature did not fall below
the freezing point day or night. A
few flurries of light snow were noted
and q little rain, but the precipitation
recorded was only one-tenth of an
inch. There were fourteen clear days,
six partly cloudy and ten cloudy.