Fergus County Democrat., 1913-06-10

Lewis B. Rogers, the Salt Lake in.
surance man, paid Lewistown a visit
at the end of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Burnett and Rep
resentative Harvey Burnett were over
from Gilt Edge Sunday.
| U. P. Reed is back in town after
spending some time with his family
at the ranch near Denton.
Fred Munger, proprietor of the
Bright cafe, was in Helena last week
looking after his interests there.
| Frank Strouf was in town last week
on business and reports that the Den
ton section is in splendid shape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lont have gone to
Thermopolis, Wyoming, where Mr.
Lont will seek relief from rheumatism
Mrs. Julia Van Iderstein, formerly
with Lehman's and now with Strain
Bros. at Great Falls, was visiting here
last week.
| Mrs. Alice Waite returned last week
from Missoula with her children
Grace and Jack, who have been at.
tending the Sacred Heart academy
there.
Palace hotel at Missoula, has Joined
has taken the night trick at that hos.
telry.
| Great Falls Tribune: Miss NJ
Anderson, of Lewistown, arrived yes
terday to accept position as stem.
ographer at the lew office of Veazey
& Veazey.
Miss Alice Clancy has returned to
the city from South Bend, Washing
ton, where she is assistant principal
of the high school, and will spend her
vacation here.
The Woman's club will have "Tag
Day. in Lewistown on circus day and
as the proceeds will go entirely to
improving the city, the patronage Of
all is asked.
Until the close on June 13, the pub
, lie schools will open at $3.50 a. M, the
session to continue, with intermis-
sions, until 1890, the afternoon ses-
sions being dispensed with.
| Manager Gus Hodl is making some
extensive improvements at the Lew
istown brewery and will hereafter
work two shifts instead Of one. Next
year it is intended to rebuild the en-
tire plant.
Mr.. Twoovey, of Illinois, last week
purchased the old Sweeney ranch of
800 acres, about three miles west of
/ Lewistown, the consideration, it is un.
| derstood, being a little better than
$50 an acre.
Commissioner SWindlehurst, of the
; state department of labor and indus
try, has completed report showing
the number of newspapers in Mon
tana. Fergus county is credited with
eleven newspapers.
| Ed J. Rule paid the county seat a
visit last week and states that Gilt
Edge is developing into a fine trading
center, owing to the settlement of the
surrounding country and the building
up of the farming industry.
News has been received here of the
death at Springfield, ILL.,, of Miss
Laura Mahanna, formerly with the
millinery department of SWeitZer's s
and who had many friends in Lewis
town. Miss Mahanna died following
a surgical operation. The funeral was
held at Decatur, Illinois.
Misses Edith and Newell Lane, who
have been studying at Boston for some
time past, gave their former fellow
students at the high school an enjoy
able half hour of music Friday morn
, ing. The Misses Lane are talented
musicians and have made marked
progress during their absence. The
program carried out by them at the
school was as follows:
VOice-(a) "Tic Tao Toe" Bullard; !;
(b) "Hoffnung," Reichardt; Miss
Edith Lane. PianO-Mozart Sym
phony in E. Flat, Miss Newell Lane.
Voice-(a) "The Grey OWL" Dudley
Buck; Co "The Pine" Huntington
Woodman; Miss Edith Lane.
George J. Walls, agent for the
Henningsen Creamery company of
Great Falls, has opened branch in
the Brown-Fagley building ON First
avenue, where cash will be paid for
cream. The station is equipped for
testing, which will be done free. This
will give the farmers of this section
a convenient cash market for all
their cream.
Mrs. Alice B. Waite was painfully
injured Thursday afternoon by being
thrown from buggy. While riding
near Judith Place, the horses became
frightened at threshing outfit and
upset the vehicle, throwing Mrs. Waite
and John Biglen out. Mr.. Biglen held
on to the lines until they broke and
was unhurt. Mrs. Waite's injuries
were found to be not of a serious ma
ture, although painful.
Meagher County Republican: The
owners of the Sutter & Saxl ranch,
west of town, when here this week for
the purpose of looking over their
property, announced that they intend
to continue breaking as much new
land as possible and improve the
ranch. They are putting in 1875 acres
of fall wheat and Alsace clover, and
will have about 400 acres in crop this
fall.