Fergus County Democrat., 1914-03-17

praCtlCe--1S COnCeQeQ TO De the most
difficult antagonist of any of the quar-
tet. Mr.. Cook is accredited by all
with being the most brilliant player
in the county. His play, however, Is
largely impromptu. He meets condi-
tions as they arise and his perception
as to developments is something Won
derful. Barr is the strategist of the
lot and is famous for digging pitfalls
for his opponents. He appears to see
a mile ahead and while his opponent
seems to be fairly sweeping all before
him, he is quite apt to suddenly fall
into hole from which there is no
escape. Mr.. Buntin plays a little sys-
TEN, is something of strategist and
is cautious and conservative at all
times, SO that it is difficult to put any
thing over OH him. Local followers
of the game would like to have the
question of supremacy among these
four adopts settled and then have the
winner meet Mr.. Canning.
A very peculiar situation has recent
ly arisen down at Glengary and the
good church people there, as well as
in LeWistown, received something of
a shock, although they now see the
humor of it all. The Presbyterians
of Glengary, assisted by their Lewis
town friends, some time ago decided
to build a church there. The arrange
ments were made for loan from the
general board of the church in the
east. The lot was secured and the
deed was sent on east as a prelimi-
nary to the loan. Now it seems that
there was in the deed reservation
providing against the sale of liquor
on those premises, this condition be-
ing set out with all the formality of
the law. TO the surprise of the local
people the deed was returned by the
board with the notification that the
church did not make loans in any case
where there were reservations in the
deed. Therefore, as there were re-
strictions in this deed, the defect
would have to be remedied before pro-
ceeding further. OF course this rule
is merely general one, and the deed,
no doubt, was submitted to the legal
advisors OF the board, who were not
Informed as to any difference between
restrictions. To them, as lawyers, a
restriction is restriction and that S
all there is to it. The incident is not
without very humorous side and it
would be interesting to know just how
the good pillars of the church in the
east felt when they found they had
| been placed on record as refusing to
accept any restriction concerning the
dispensing of firewater on church
premises.
|
The sheriff's office has Just been
provided with motorcycle and it has
already proved Of the greatest bene
fit in saving time and permitting one
deputy to get through as much work
in day as formerly required three
For serving papers within the city and
a considerable distance outside il
beats any other sort of conveyance
by mile. Dan Crowley has mas
tered the cycle and Guy Tullock is
able to handle the gasoline eater il
pretty good shape. AS yet, however
Undersheriff Slater has not shown any
particular desire to mount the con
traption, but his friends expect to SEE
him skimming along on the wild In
dian before long.
1t was at first feared that there
would be no proper and fitting observ
ance of st. Patrick's day in Lewis
town today, but Col. G. B. Nolan occu
pied the entire morning in making ar
argument in Judge Poindexter's di
vision of the district court and so al
is WELL