Fergus County Democrat., 1908-12-15

in the town and they are all pulling
together for the we'll being OF the
camp.
Early in the history of the town of
Kendall, it became evident to the
most casual observer that the de-
mands of the town required bank
ing institution; Prominent local men
Immediately organized the First State
Bank OF Kendall, placing the bulk of
the stock among local men, including
many Of the miners who had suffi-
cient funds saved up to take advant-
age of the opportunity. The man
agement of the bank was placed in
the hands of men who believed in the
conservative method of handling bus
iness. That the people of Kendall
believe in this bank is evidenced by
the fact that the deposits aggregate
81 5O,OOOOO, and that the bank has
met the demands of the people and
has proposed is evidenced by the fact
that it has paid its stockholders a
regular ten per cent annual dividend
and has also laid aside a nice reserve
fund
Gilt Edge.
One of the oldest camps in the
county, Gilt Edge, holds her place as
one Of the important trading points
in the county. No only does the
town receive the benefit from the big
pay roll from the mines but is the
center Of trade for an enormous
country which is being rapidly devel-
oped and settled.
Moore.
One Of the busiest country towns
in the state is the town Of Moore. To-
Gated in the center of one of the
greatest wheat growing sections in
the United States. It is the natural
trading point for hundreds Of ranch
ers and stockmen and the store keep
ers carry large and we'll assorted
stocks Of goods. The town boasts
two banks and both Of them are in
most prosperous condition
Roundup.
Less than two years old, the new
town of Roundup on the Musselshell
river, is one Of the lustest youngs-
ters in the northwest. It now
claims a population of one thousand
and every business man in the camp
is a live one, ALWAYS boosting for his
town. The paw roll from the mines
is big item but Roundup draws
trade from a big territory which is
being rapidly filled up with prosper,
Gus ranchers
Stanford.
The name of Stanford is familiar
one to all of the old timers Of Fergus
county but it has only been during
the last year or two that the town.
has come into her own In new
Stanford, there are now over 800 peo-
pie. They have one of the finest ho-
tells in the state, erected at a cost of
$20,O0OOO, and some splendid resi-
dences, one, that of ]. f. Hegeman,
costing $4,000 Other business plac-
es in Stanford which might be men
toned are the Butler livery stable
and buffet, Lewile livery barn, black
smith shop, two lumber yards, Board
of Trade saloon, Plumb & Wilson,
read estate office, lyle drug store
and barber shop Stanford has just
begun to grow.
Philbrook.
One of the best located towns in
the county is Philbrook on the Judith
river where that stream is crossed by
the Billings N orthern railroad 1t is
surrounded by one of the finest agri-
cultural and stock raisino sections in
the state and has future glowing
with promise The business firms
there include the Basin and Montana
lumber companies, Mike Nelson's sa-
loon, Ollie Whites saloon, Philbrook
hotel and two blacksmith shops.
Tom Murray has fine stone business
building and many Improvements
are being made.
Windham.
One of the first of the new towns
to spring up as result of the new
railroads is Windham, located in the
center of an immense section of vast
agricultural possibilities. Hundreds
of new settlers are locating within a
radius of ten miles of Windham which
will be their natural trading point.
Among the business representatives
may be mentioned the Goodridge.
Call and Montana lumber companies,
Peters & Dunsmore meat market,
Peters lodging house, Peters livery
barn, Mcdonald & Leslie saloon, Fer
gus County yHardware company store,
Windham Mercantile company, Will
McCullum buffet and Windham hotel.
Four new business buildings are now
in course of construction.
Utica.
Although not on one OF the rail-
roads, the old town of Utica fully in
tends to keep the pace set by some
of her younger and more ambitious
sisters. 1t is fine trading point. The
Utica Mercantile company have one
of the finest stone store buildings in
the state and carry one of the largest
stocks of goods to be found in the
Basin. They have good hotel there,
black smith shop, two or three we'll
conducted saloons and other bust
ness enterprises usually found in
town of that size
Garneill.
Up until few weeks ago, several
hundred railroad workers were camp