Fergus County Democrat., 1910-03-29

Walter Winnett, the Flatwillow
stockman, is a business visitor to the
city
All churches in the city held i'm
pressiye Easter services last Sunday.
Special music and eloquent sermons
appropriate to the occasion made the
day notable one for the hundreds
| who crowded our various places of
worship.
I. 7. Colver who lived in this coun-
ty for many years but now a resident
OF southern California. arrived in the
city last Thursday evening to remain
Tor a week or ten days for the pur-
pose of closing up deal for the sale
OF his ranch on Warm Spring creek.
Mr.. Colver is now engaged III the
orange growing business, having a
| bearing orchard of ten acres near Los
| Angeles which nets him neat sum
each year. He states the son, on ac-
count of whose health the move from
Fergus county was made, is getting
along finely and strong hopes are now
| entertained for the young mans COM
| plete recovery
| Joe Folda last week closed deal
tor the purchase of the fine ranch or
Carl Anderson, a short distance below
this city, the price being fifty dollars
per acre for the 400-acre tract. Three
hundred acres of this land is below
the ditch and a large portion is splcn-
didly set in alfalfa. This is consid-
cred one of the finest irrigated
ranches i'll the county and Joe con-
siders that he got bargain He
sold his Cottonwood ranch last year
owing TO the i'll health Of his wife but
Mrs Folda is now rapidly improving
and wants to remain in the Judith
Basin as does Joe who thinks there
is no place like this. He is fine
farmer and we are glad to know that
he is to continue to make his resi-
dence near Lewistown
| G. L. Friedlne and Jack McKeen,
two good ball players who are now
making Lewistown their home, have
made proposition to take over the
management of the Lewistown base
ball club and say that if given the
!. proper encouragement, will put a
winning aggregation in the field here.
Moore, Philbrook, Judith Gap, Stan
ford and other live towns in this sec
ton are already lining tip for the sea
son and Lewistown should not be a
laggard III this respect There are
more real, live base ball fans to the
square inch in Lewistown than can
be found anywhere else On earth and
the county seat and metropolis Of the
: Inland Empire should be represented
by bunch of live ones Fri and
Mac are old heads at the business
and, in addition, have the confidence
OF the fans
! D. T. Smith, who is largely in
terested in a couple Of big Carey ac
irrigation projects in the lower par
of this county was in the city til.
\ latter part of the week on busines!
! in connection with those enterprises
ID. f. but recently returned from :
business trip to Chicago and St Pau
. and says that wherever he went, there
: were numerous inquiries about thu
Judith Basin, and Judging from wha
he heard in the railroad immigration
offices, he predicts that there will bt
thousands of visitors to this part o
the state before the present year i
ended. d. F, still holds responsible,
h position with the Great Northern
r Railroad company but when ques
toned as to the plans of that com
e pany with reference to any new build
d ing through this section, he suddenl,
e switched the subject to the weather
Hon. B. c. White and wife cam
in Friday evening from Caiforni
:, where they spent several weeks visit
: ing the various large cities and healtl
: resorts Of that state. They saw tn
sights Of Frisco, Los Angeles, Sa
Diego, Long Beach and numerou
j. smaller cities. B. c. says that he ra
! across large number Of Montanan
r and especially Fergus county peopl
: in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Sa
: Diego and all of those who have set
c tied permanently in the souther
o cline are doing well. He thinks Cal
J. ifornia wonderful state but hold
6 that it does not begin to compare wit
Montana and particularly Fergu
y county when it comes to affording op
Il portunities for investment or settle
J. ment. Some California barber go
hold of Mr.. White during his absenc
e and removed his mustache, and as
# result, he was not recognized b.
S some of his oldest acquaintance whe
G he walked up the streets of Lewis
It town.
= The United States Civil Servic
Commission announces that an exam
= ination for the position OF railwa