Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-03-13

The telephone rates Of the Lewis.
town 4 Billings Mutual Telephone Z
Telegraph Co. are $3.50 per month In
business houses and $3.50 per month
in residences.
Montana garden seeds. Lehmans.
There will be stereopticon lee.
ture of unusual interest at the High
School assembly room, Friday eve.
ming, March 18th when Prof. Silloway
vii present Studies in Montana
Trees" The pictures that will be pre-
sented were all taken by Prof. Silloway
and most of them were taken within
the last year. The collection covers
pl actically the entire state and is a
! particularly thorough study of the
great forests in the northwestern por-
ton of Montana The stereopticon lee
lures given by Prof. Siiioway and Prof.
E,rod of the State University are fam
GUS all over Montana and this will be
one of the best. The admission will be
, twenty five cents, the proceeds to go
10 the High School A. A.
A. M. 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.
Telmo gallon apples. Lehman's
Articles of incorporation of the
Farmers Mutual Telephone company
have been filed with the county clerk
and recorder The company is form
ed to operate telephone line having
terminals at Posy T. Elston's ranch on
Beaver creek and Lewistown. 1t is
capitalized at $4,000, and the shares
have a par value of 800 each. The
trustees are E. 8. Smith, Mat. Wannc.
DO and H. G. Often, and they, with
the following parties. have subscrib
ed for one share Of stock each: W.
l.. Hatch, ]. G. Pratt, w. B. Smith
Harper & Jones, B. c. Odds, A. B
Sheldon, E. E. Duvall, X. c. Mier
F L. Kelly, Ralph Pratt, P. T. Elston
Andrew A. Lish, Atila s. Iish, Ezra
Deffenbugh, Geo. Hunkley, e. NJ. Irish
G. H. Longman, John Tresch, E. 8
Fowler, H. N. Clingan, John Whipple
G. c. Long.
Next time you go shopping, tie {
string around your finger-it will re
mind you to buy can Of Japa-Lac, {
wonderful finish for metal and wooder
things around the house Judith Hard
ware Co. sells it.
The Montana Railroad is securin,
information regarding Horses TO
Sale" this spring, along the line with ;
view of placing same before easter
buyers and will be glad to have own
ers cooperate by sending to the near
est railroad agent of the company
their names, postoffice address,, mum
Der of horses, average weight AM
prices.
;, Montana garden seeds. Lehman's
The latest abstract showing the con
dition of the 5,911 national banks II
: the United States, issued by the CONF
trCller of the currency, is very in
teresting statement to bankers, an
shows that the national banks of thi
J state are in wonderfully prosperou
{. condition. Assistant Cashier Harr
Yeager, of the First National of Lew
istown, points out that of the immed
, ate demand liabilities of the Montan
national banks, 1921 per cent is hel
in cash and in reserve agents hands
In other words, more than One-thir
of their cash is held on hand for an
sort of an emergency, while the Me-
York banks, for instance, have onl
!, 22.O8 per cent of the same funds o
3 hand, or a trifle more than one-fiftl
4 Only four states in the Union have
y a larger percentage of the reserve hel
Is than Montana. They are Arizona, Or
s. gon. Texas and the District of COlun
(, bia. OF the cash on hand, and du
}. from approved reserve agents, thel
J. are but two states that show large
n percentage than Montana-Oklahom
l, and Colorado.
TelmO gallon apples. Lehman's.
, Go to friends for advice, to wome
}. for pity, to strangers for charity,
relations for nothing. But when "