Fergus County Democrat., 1914-03-17

w. R. French, of Denton, paid the
county seat visit at the end of the
week.
F. B. Raymond and c. R. Beals, of
Miller, South Dakota, are at the
Bright.
William D. Welch, Geraldine's lead
ing business man, was in the city
Thursday.
G. H. Perry, of Butte, was business
visitor to Lewistown at the end of
the week.
J. E. Stevens, of Coffee Creek, paid
the county seat visit at the end of
the week.
Carl B. Jensen, representing the
Butte Electric Supply company, is in
the city on business.
Edgar G. Worden, attorney-at-Iaw,
Mcdonald & Charters Building, Lew.
istown, Mont.-Adv.
! H. H. Pickett, a prominent Helena
business man, paid Lewistown visit
at the end of the week.
Mollie Luddy, proprietor of the
Bright news stand, returned last week
from visit to Great Falls.
Roy Hatten, J. E. Smith, Clifford
Burkhardt and James Crump, of Den
ton transacted business here Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. William Saltmarsh,
who now reside at Stanford, are visit
ing Mrs. Saltmarsh's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. D. Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Julian Sutter and Mr.. and Mrs
J. c. Plumb went to Great Falls last
week to attend the theater.
The Montana Livestock & Casualty
company, through J. E. Pinkley, the
local agent, last week paid Coroner
George Creel $3.50 for the loss Of a
mare.
L. F. Johnson, formerly messenger
on the Butte-Lewistown passenger run,
has accepted position with the bridge
a?d building department of the Mil
waukee.
Rev. A. Lunde, of Great Falls, will
hold services at the Presbyterian
church Monday evening, March %, at
8 o'clock. Rev. Lunde is Norwegian
Lutheran minister at Great Falls.
The Judith Auto Co. received three
new REQ cars last week and all were
sold two days after unloading. The
company has another full car of these
autos on the road.
The Allen Electric company, a new
concern, has opened an establishment
in the store building formerly occ,,-
pied by w. w. White, adjoining the
Daily News. R. e. Allen is the man
ager.
The Milwaukee Railway company
has just issued an order changing the
name of the town of Barre, one of the
stations on the Great Falls-Lewistown
line, to Acushnet.
Strhn ~ yu;~ C,,y
opera house on Friday, March 9th
under the auspices of the Home Work
ers. This is the most interesting play
ever given by amateurs in Lewistown
The eclipse of the moon Wednesday
night was observed by hundreds OF
people in Lewistown. The night was
cloudless. The moon began entering
the shadow of the earth shortly after
o'clock and emerged at 10:30.
The LewistOwn Austrian club has
filed articles of incorporation with
County Clerk and Recorder F. R. Gun
ningbam. This is social organiza
tion, the officers being Wheel Kala
fatich, president; John Butorac, vice
president, and John Skolls, secretary
and treasurer.
Just as soon as the Continental
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the Continental Telegraph company
will be handling commercial business
between Lewistown and Great Falls
direct, the line between the two cities
having been completed and made
ready to go into commission.
B. Fullenwider, the well-knowr
painter of this city, who was arrested
here last week and taken to Grea1
Falls on charge of failing to &C
} count for moneys collected for the In
ternational Motor League, was tried
> last week and acquitted, there being
) no evidence to sustain the charge.
George Steif left last week for Sal
Lake City, where he will meet Chri.
Jordan, who for brief period held thu
middleweight championship, on the
: mat. Mike Yokel thinks very highly
of Steif and will put him in line fol
some other matches while he is dowr
there. Steif expects to be here Apri
to take on Otto Suter