Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-02
TO RECEIVE
THE RETURNS
ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO GIVE
PROMPTLY RESULT OF ELEc-.
TON TUESDAY.

Plans for the receipt of the election
news in Lewistown and at other
points in Fergus county are being
rapidly perfected by Mr.. Watson Of
the Argus and Mr.. Stout of the Dem
ocrat, who are acting jointly in the
arrangements and will together re-
ceive the first news Of the result and
send out the bulletins to the anxious
ly awaiting people.
This year the returns will be re-
ceived in the Argus building A spec
ial Western Union telegraph wire has
been run in and election night D. A.
Kable, railway agent and an old-time
operator, will receive the national
and state returns in dots and dashes.
This is the first year that Lewistown
has had telegraphic connections with
the outside world and the receipt Of
election news will consequently be
more prompt and far more accurate
than heretofore, when the telephone
had to be depended upon and at every
station along the line from Great Falls
there was some one trying to get the
news.
With the cooperation Of the repre-
sentatives of the telephone companies,
returns from the county should be re-
ceived much more promptly than in
previous years for this year there are
very few precincts in the county
which do not have direct telephone
connections with Lewistown.
Returns from Stanford, PhilbroOk,
Utica, Gilt Edge, Deerfield, Maiden,
New Year, Kendall, Moore, Garneill,
Trout creek and Straw will come in
over the Bell telephone company
lines at once and the returns from
Wareham, Sapphire, Stuart, Rockford
and Halbert can be expected over the
Bell lines just as soon as the report
reaches the nearest telephone.
Over the Mutual lines the precincts
Of Grass Range, Forest Grove, Box
Elder, Alder Grove, Cottonwood, Up
per Cottonwood, Ross Fork, East
Fork, Pipers, Natal Flatwillow, Elso,
Cruise, Musselshell Moccasin, La
VIVA and Pine Grove should be heard
from early in the night and later prob
ably the Edgewater, Valentine and
Weede returns will come in over the
/ line from Flatwillow or Grass Range.
The vote of Brass and Moccasin
City is usually brought in by messen-
ger during the night, but for the vote
from Everson, Knerrville, Judith,
probably have to be depended upon
At the Argus office Mr.. Watson and
Mr.. Stout will be assisted by compe-
tent helpers and as rapidly as re-
ceived and arranged the bulletins will
be sent out to Moore, Kendall and
Gilt Edge, where special arrange
ments have been made for their re-
ceipt and summary of the news to
. all points having tpleDhOna cOnnec-
ton.
In Lewistown the bulletins will be
posted at the Silver Dollar, Weaver
Bros, G. E. Wright's, the Majestic,
the Judith Club and possibly one 9th.
er place.
Judges of election throughout the
county are urged to send in the news
by wire just as promptly as possible
charges will be jointly paid by the
Argus and the Democrat and in eX.
change for this assistance the news
of the election, so far as known at
that time will be gladly furnished.
In Precincts not connected by wire
with Lewistown, one of the judges
!, is requested to mark the returns on
ballot and forward it by messenger
to the nearest telephone point to be
wired in, or if this is mpracticable
send in the news by letter.
i. Before morning dawns On the It'll
of November Lewistown people should
not only have heard who is elected in
Fergus county-unless the contest be
exceedingly close, but know who the
! successful candidates are in the state
/ of Montana and every other state OF
: the union.