Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-07
LOCAL BREVITIES

Alex. Weir came in from Gilt Edge
Sunday.
w. c. Nichols was in from Kendall
yesterday.
Gordon o. Shafer, the Moore banker,
spent Sunday in the city.
Fred Finkbeiner, of Grass Range,
was in the city yesterday.
w. z. Admire, Louise creek ranch
er, is under arrest for making alleged
threats against members of his fam
lily.
The Bank of Fergus County has sold
to j. P. Jensen, of Gilt Edge, for $500,
lots /, 2, 3. 4 and 5, block rs. at Gilt
Edge.
Mrs. M. E. Peters, the expert alb
stractor, has returned from an ex-
tended visit to Colorado, and resumed
work.
S. e. Peterson, the new editor and
proprietor of the Inland Empire, has
arrived at Moore from the east, and
has taken charge of the paper.
White Sulphur Springs Gazette
Frank Stephens and wife, of Lewis
town, are visiting with Mr.. Stephens
father and mother at Fort Logan this
week.
Deputy Sheriff Slverthorne was yes
terday the recipient of very hand
some present from his friend, Frank
Stephens, in the shape of fine gold
watch and chain.
Father Francis Van Clarenbeck, who
left last week for Europe to look after
some personal business matters, was
presented with a purse of 1918 on the
evening of his departure by his parish
oners.
County Attorney Roy E. Ayers was
handing out cigars yesterday, and they
were not campaign smokes either. A
little daughter arrived at the Ayers
home Sunday, and Mrs. Ayers, whose
condition for a time was serious, is
now reported as doing very well.
Tom Iverson, of Fort Maginnis, and
Miss Anita Anderson, of Lewistown,
were married in this city last Friday
by Rev. J. A. Martin, of the First Meth
odist church. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson
have gone to their home at Fort Ma
ginnis, where they will in future re-
side
The Grass Range Mercantile COM
pany filed articles of incorporation yes
terday. The company is formed to
cary on a general mercantile business
at Grass Range, and is capitalized at
$4,000. The directors are E. o. Bus.
enburg, of Lewistown; Knute Opheim,
of Helena; Charles Frost and ]. H.
Charters, of Grass Range.
4 The Benton Sheep company has re.
ceived by express from Milford Cen
ter, Ohio, three fine registered Ram.
bouillet bucks whose pedigree quail.
fies them as among the best represen'
tatives Of that class of stock. Their
cost laid down here, says the River
Press, is about $3.50 per head, the ex.
press charges alone being 500.
Father Van Derbroeck, who sue
ceeds Father Van Clarenbeck as priest
in charge of st. Leos church, has ar
rived here, and is getting acquainted
with the Catholics of this community
He was at one time stationed at Great
Falls, and is a man of marked ability
and has made al excellent impression
upon all who have come in contact
with him.
| Tom Stout forgot all about the cam.
paign last Friday. There were doings
of vastly more importance at the
Stout home, and if the whole world
had gone Democratic, it would not
have pleased the colonel half as much
The cause of all the Joy was the ar.
rival of ten-pound boy and the latest
report is "all WELL" Here's to Tom
and the latest arrival, and If the lat
ter follows the footsteps of his daddy
and makes good" we promise to con.
fer on him the rank of general at
least.
A blaze in the basement Of the cen.
trail school building caused some ex.
element yesterday morning, but it
turned out to be small affair, and the
damage done was nominal. The floor
in the kindergarten room caught fire
from the furnace, and in getting at
the blaze Chief Bebb's men cut a
small hole through the wood, and the
basement was pretty well flooded with
water. The blaze occurred some time
before the pupils assembled, and ii
was necessary to declare a half holi
day while things were Strengthened
out.
! E. G. Henry, representative of the
MINING WOTlQ, VINO mas recently lnVeS
tigated the situation in the Little Rock
les district, was among the arrivals
today, says the River Press. Mr.. Henry
informs us that in his opinion the dis
trict will develop into one of the best
gold camps in the west, its ore de
posits being superior to those of Ken
dali. The Ruby Gulch property, accord
ing to Mr.. Henry, contains vein &c
feet in width and carries an average
value of $14 per ton, and the net pro
fits from which go over $11 per ton
He describes it as quarry rather than
a mine, as it is so easily worked.
a pretty wedding occurred Sunday
afternoon at the ranch home of Mrs
M. A. Sitzler, near Kendall, when hei
daughter, Miss Martha Lavina Sitz
Ter, and Mr.. J. A. Irvine were mar
ried, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. H. G. Wakefield, of the Epis
copal church. Following the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine drove to this city
} and left yesterday morning for Town
send, where they will reside for time
The bride is popular and accomplish
ed young lady who came to this coun
ty from Baltimore a year and a hall
ago. She was for some time the man