Fergus County Democrat., 1906-12-04
Outing flannel sales. Lehman's.
Read Opportunity" on page five.

Read Opportunity" on page five.
Johnnie Lyons was in the city last
| Thursday from Gilt Edge.
Choice confectionery and fresh fruits
always on hand at Frank Picks.
| J. r. Mason, thee Little Rock creek
! sheepman, was in the city for several
days last week transacting business
We carry the best line Of furniture In
Fergus county Our prices are right.
Parrott Furniture Co.
| Frank Z. Smith has removed his law
Offices from the postofIice building to
the Laux building, which is heated by
/ steam.
| f, G. Campbell, the principal of the
| Gilt Edge schools, was in the city from
| the Gold Reef camp the latter part of
| last week on business. He reports the
| schools of the Judith mountain camp
as progressing.
| Roy E. Ayers. attorney at law. post
Office building.
| The monthly report of Treasurer
| Chandler for the month ending Oct.
| 2lst has been made and shows that a
! little over one hundred thousand dol
lars was in the county strong box at
that time. The expenditures during
the month amounted to $lO.o39.l ~, Whlle
thu receipts were $15,40423.
Flat Cost Furniture Sale. Lehman's.
Sheriff Slater returned from the
Little Rockies last Saturday with Zach
Gardipee in his possession. Gardlpee IS
wanted as witness in the case of the
state VS.. Hedgan. AT the time the
case was originally tried Gardlpee
could not be found, and an attachment
for defanlting was served on him by
Sheriff Slater.
Charles Mcdonald has disposed or
his interests in the bowling alley to
G. p Newell for a consideration Of ST.
200 Mr.. Newell will conduct the estab-
lishment in the future in the same
first class manner as it has been con
Quoted in the past. Mr.. Mcdonald will
60 into the hay and grain business with
John H. Charters, in this city
Opportunity is knocking at your door
Read page FIVE.
Lee Balm of Arlington has transfer-
red several tracts of land in the north
western part of the county to Mrs
Laura Hackett of the same place. For
a consideration Of $4,000 a tract IN sec
ton 8, township 16 north. range II east,
and for 81, 500 some land in the townsite
of Dubuque, this county, is also trans
ferred to her.
Outing flannel sales. Lehmans.
Flat Cost Furniture Sale. Lehman's.
Flat Cost Furniture Sale. Lehman's.
The Belt mountains We're besieged
with huntsmen and their rifles toward
the close of the hunting season, many
of them being from this city and vic
nifty A wagon load Of deer were land
ed by a party composed of the follow
ing: Jack Foster. Eugene Young, Chas.
Dooittle Lee Hash, Lou Blodgett, Carl
Drinkard, Ed Shortly, Jack Beebe and
William Gordon of Beaver creek. They
spent two weeks in the hunters par
adise.
Jeff and George Tubb returned last
Thursday evening from a months Wis
III TO NdSnNllle. ltilIl., w mere 'IleH NSlc
recently called by the seriousness and
what proved to be the fatal illness of
their father, w. r. Tubb, who was
well-to-do- famer living near the Ten
| nessee capital. At the time of his de-
mise the father was surrounded by
nine of ten children, two of them going
from Montana to be at the bedside
when the end came Death occurred on
| Nov. 2lst, the funeral taking place on
| the following day. The deceased had
| lived to the ripe old age of 50, and
! was a well known and highly respected
resident of the southern state during
| all of his life. His wife is still living
and all of the ten children who We're
born from the happy union survive
him.
That an option has been secured on
49, 900 acres of land in the Sage creek
region by the same parties who have an
option on the land of the Sage Creek
Sheep company, was reliably reported
to the Democrat last week by men who
are in position to know whereof they
speak. All of this land, which includes
principally that of the Sage Creek
Sheep company, Stack and Messner
ranches, has been secured upon the
same terms. viz, $40 per acre. 1t is fur
ther stated from the same source that
16-foot vein of the finest coal in the
state has been discovered 500 feet un-
derneath the Sage Creek company's 3
holdings. 7-fOot layer of this body
is reported to be the finest of anthra-
| cite, while the remaining 9 feet are BIZ
luminous, with small layer of slate
| through the vein. Should these rumOrs
| be true. one of the largest coal cities
in the west will grow up on Sage creek
| bench.
Outing flannel sales. Lehman's.
Owing to the lack of space and time
| no mention was made last week of the
| wedding of Miss Elizabeth Brass,
daughter of a we'll known Beaver creek
rancher, to Joseph Chan, a progressive
young Red Lodge merchant, phich was
held in this city last Tuesday at 10 D.
m. Father Van den Brock of the
| Catholic church officiated and many
| friends We're present at the ceremony.
| which was an impreSSiye one Immedi-