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8 FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS. FEBRUARY 8. 1907. \I NSILIC: I •1 one thing they did not hear of was - eitat-Mes-Seettelsese alreadyebsicome very wealthy man, and stands a fair chance of getting into the millionaire class. That this may be his fate is the wish - of all who knew him here. Tully, by the way, is a brother of Dave Scott, the popular young attor- ney who is Just now at Goldfield. 'rully's good fortune is indicated in the following story now going the Tully Scott of Cripple Creek, in whose mine gold has been struck in a vein of unexampled richness—$25 to the pound of $50,000 to the ton— esid,at a congratulatory dinner: \This stroke of luck has come to rne at a time when I am able to take it tranquilly. \I used to know a miner whom a lucky strike made a drunkard of. He remained a drunkard all of his life. Nothing could wean hint from the whisky. \A churn of his once read him, by eay of warning, a spontaneous com- bustion story—a story of a man so saturated with liquor that once, when he went to blow out a candle, his breath took fire from the flame and he burnt to death. \The well meaning chum, at the end of his tale, looked at the repro- bate young miner and said solemnly: \'There Horace, let that be a warning tO you.' \'It Horace answered in an awed voice. 'By heaven, I'll never blow out a candle again the longest day I live.'\ GOSSIP out of this place 2,500 pounds of mail Yesterday'e morning stage carried for Lewistown and intermediate points and from now on and until the 'conditions along the railroad im- prove, the stages out of this place will be heavily loaded with mail. Under the management of W. C. Doherty, owner of the stage line, dai- ly trips have been made by the stages and in spite of almost unsurmountable obstacles the service has been main- tained. Not a trip has been missed and the drivers and teams have re- mained at their work regardless of the storms and excessive cold. The coal dealers say that on on an average, about 50 tons of coal was sold right here in Lewistown daily during January, when practically everyone kept roaring fires going night and dayeepis would make a total of something like 1.550 tons of coal for the month, or about $9,000, at the prices asked for coal here. This reminds us that one head of a family who had been trying to economize on his coal bills announced to another gentleman that he had solved the problem by using slack, \for which\ said he, \I pay only $3 a ton. \That beats me a little.\ replied the other. \I pay $6 a ton for my slack.\ All funny stories, it is said, can be traced to one of two sources—Joe Miller's Joke Book or John B. Ritch. This story is told by the latter. The summer of '86 was the dryest and hot- test ever known in the eountry. ani for some strange reason Montana was the hottest place in the Union. and Fort Benton was the hottest spot iii the territory. George Goodman, a well known freighter, was engaged in hauling coal from Belt to Benton, and on the hottest stay of that year he ar- rived at the latter place with a load of coal. No one wanted it—no one viould accept it as a gift. But the residents were all decent about it with one exception. Cash Utilising, a pop- ular jeweler, was approached by Good- man, who tried to work up a deal for the sale of the fuel. Lanning gave the freighter the laugh, and in order to rub it in good and plenty, insisted that Goodman should sell him a load of ice. Coal was not to be thought of, but ice- that was the thing. Could Goodman oblige him? Goodman could rot and went his way. Now the fol- lowing winter, as it happened, was about the coldest ever known at Ben- ton. The mercury dropped entirely e put of sight and the snow, so John eseise-was 12 feet deep on the level. (Take that either way you want to.) Fuel was the scarcest thing In the town, but Goodman finally got through. Of course everyone wanted his coal. Goodman was a popular freighter that day. One of the first to hunt him up was Mr. Lanning, who greeted him effusively and at once led up to the point. \George.\ said the jeweler, - \can't you let me have a load of coal today\ Goodman looked him over curiously, and then drawled, \No. I can't, but I can furnish you with that load of ice you was sceking.\ We learn from the papers that dur- ing the recent cold snap, nearly all the cities of the state suffered from lack of fuel. In Helena church see vices were suspended: In Chouteau the court house had to be closed up; In Great Falls fuel was difficult to se- cure. During that same period Lewis- town had plently of coal, and despite the unprecedented local demand, everyone had enough. There's where Lewistown adds another feather to its well plumed cap. Our coal deposits may not be as deep as some wells but they are wider than any barn door, and will serve. An abundance of fuel right at our doors is going to prove a big factor In the building lip of Lewistown MAIL BY STAGE. How Uncle Sam Got Around the Rail- way Blockade. Great Falls Tribune: Uncle Sam hag expressed a great amount of con- fidence in the abilities of the Great Falls & Lewistown stage company to maintain its schedule between this city and Lewistown and has issued or- ders that all mall destined for the metropolis of Fergus county be car- ried by this stage line instead of be the Montana railroad. The stage company, which operates a line between this city and Lewis- town over 120 Ittlieft of rough roads through a bleak open country, has, In spite of the blizzards and the ex- treme cold of the absent winter, maintainee its schedule and with the exception of being behind time for a number of hours on various occa- sions has never failed to make daily deltvery of the mails Intrusted to it. On the other hand the Montana railroad, which has the contract for carrying the greater portion of the mails in and out of Lewistown, has been blockaded at times by the snow and is now at a complete standstill. Uncle Sam insists that his mall be carried through no matter what the conditions and to that end the postal department has Instructed the main office in the state that all mail for Lewistown he routed via Great Falls for an indefinite period and that they be carried overland by the stage com- pany. 711111111111M ---- I .OF 'THE TOWN Many Lewistown people will remem- ber Tully Scott, who tame here from Cripple Creek a few years ago to op- erate the Mammoth mine ,at Gilt Edge. Mr. Scott did not remain very long, but he formed a wide circle of friends while he was a resident. of Fergus. and he was considered one FATHER VAUGHAN COMING. FamousDramatic Orator Will Lec- ture Here February 20. Everything now indicates that Fath- er Vaughan, the next attraction in the course of the Lewistown Lecture Club, will be able to fill, his date here on Feb. 20 without any difficulty. The following from the Minneapolis Trib- une will be of interest in connection with the coming of this noted speak- er and Shakesperian scholar: When seen yesterday, at the Ryan hotel, St. Paul, while on his way to fill engagements at Calumet, Hancock, Houghton, Marquette and other points of the most effective orators ever Five drivers are employed on the in the upper peninsula, Father L. .1. heard here. At the last election, he line each driver covering one-half of Vaughan, the dramatic orator, who will lecture here Friday evening, was chosen as a state senator. and the distance between the two points, his local friends heard of that, but while the teams are changed each 18 Nov. 2nd, under the auspices of the o matter how bad Teachers' Club at the Fine Baptist the church, was quite reluctant about talking ,was viiiiiioritritr his work: - By dint of much questioning, he was at last interested and proved a very at- tractive talker. He looks the actor; is tall and well built, has a graceful way of putting things as well as of making gestures, while added to this is a sincerity of purpose that inspires. Above all, he Is original in his man- ner and speech. When asked about the Altoona In- stitute, a school for poor boys and girls, which he has founded, and which is supported almost entirely by his lecture income, he said he preferred that others do the talking on that sub- ject, but when told that others Could not know of his plans or of his work so well as he himself, he said: \When I was on the stage I saw a great deal of real life in the big cit- ies. The most pitiful thing to me is to see a young man or boy going in the wrong direction. Some of these unfortunates I was able to help, but I never could do much while on the stage and that was one of the rea- sons for my leaving it. I experiment- ed with several boys whom I picked up in the slums, in fact they came from some of the worst dives on State and Clark streets, Chicago. One of them was 16 years old when I found him. He seemed to know of noth- ing but vice and sin, ause he had been brought up in tat atmosphere and knew nothing else. He was not essentially bad, but what chance had he under the environment of his 'home?' I supported these boys while they were given an education and have been amply repaid for my efforts for all of them are doing well. The one I referred to as the most hopeless case I ever knew, Is now a mechani- cal engineer earning a salary of $1,- 800.00 ae year, but what is more im- portant. \he is a useful citizen and member of society. These experi- ments convinced me that a school for such boys, where they would be giv- en a good education, and at the same time be given the moral training they have so sadly lacked in their early childhood, would do a great good. Ever since I entered the priesthood, I have had this project in my mind, but the lack of funds has been the c6ief barrier in the way. To raise the funds I secured the Permission of my bishop to devote all my time to lecturing. After three years on the regular lecture platform, I now see my plans and hopes about to be fulfilled as our school was opened last September with about 150 boys and girls in attendance. We are now planning three new buildings which we expect to erect in the spring, when we will add a manual training school and a school of art and music. When these new buildings are completed we will be able to take care of about 600 students. We have that many applicants for admission now.\ \I am told that a new play you have written will be brought out this season.\ \Yes I have finished a play written especially for Annie Mack te star in and it will be given its initial per- formance in Chicago at McVickees some time this season.\ \Would you care to tell me some- thing about your life on the stage? Who was the best actor or actress with whom you have ever played?\ \Weil. I hardly like to answer that question. Robert Mantell, when I ap- peared with him in \Members was very good, but I do not think he is as good an actor now as he was then. His voice is not nearly so flexible and is too throaty. If you were to ask me who was the most remarkable ac- tor with whom I have played, I would not hesitate to say Madame Janes- cheke, the great emotional actress. I think she was truly great. But why I remember her so vividly is because of the difficulties under which she ap- peared. When I was yeah her com- pany, she was so afflicted with rheu• matiem that it was necessary to wheel her about in an invalid's chair. It required two maids to dress her and night after night we could hear her moans of pain coming from lie\ dress- ing room, while her maids were pre- paring her ter her appearance on the stage. When she was ready she was placed -in the invalid's chair and wheeled into the wings of tee stage, where she waited for her cse to go on. When it came, the trensforma- lion was the most remarkable I have ever seen. She would arise from the chair without any aid and make her entry like the queen that she was. She was magnificent, and not a soul on the other side of the footlights ever dreamed that she was not a young woman in the best of health. No, I do not believe in Christian Science. but that was the best exam- ple of the control of the mind over the body I ever knew.\ \While speaking of actors, whom do you consider the greatest actor of today on the American stage?\ \That is another question that I do not like to answer. If I were to answer and name some well known actor, which is what you would ex- pect me to do, I would not be telling you what I really think. If I were to name the one whom I consider the greatest, you would not know him and the public would say they never heard of him. Thus it is in real life— the greatest actors are not always the stars—In fact, they are seldom the stars. Motives are often mixed and managers do not always star an act- or or actress because they think he or she is a great artist. It is not so much s question of art as It Is 'will the public take to this player?' Our best musical organizations are seldom self-supporting and I feel quite sure that a theatre run for art's sake would not make money. Manages are In- terested in the box office receipts. Once in a while a great aRest is also financially successful. Nearly every actor or actress who Is starring today has had ROMP manager behind him or her who was willing to spend a for- tune In etidcating the pettlie to think he or she is great. At the present time, no matter how great your art, If you were not to have the support of such a manager, you probably would never be heard of, for you would not have the chance to get a hearing.\ \Speaking of art, what is art?\ \I heard a noted actor say at •ban - driver haws fatted -to-start- upon his trip and in every nstance the trip has been completed, not a teeth having ben brought back with- out covering its share of the roast. LATEST STANFORD NEWS. Stanford, Feb. 7.—W. M. Skelton has sold all his cattle, excepting those he sent to Canada last fall, to Peter Vann, the bunch numbering about 75 heed and the purchase price was not given. The scarcity of feed on the range made It difficult for Mr. Skel- ton to winter these cattle but Mr. Vann has a good supply of hay. Mr. Skelton wil probably move to Canada next spring. Dave Simpson, who has been' living on the Croft place below Stanford, has purchased a ranch in the vicinity of Monarch and with his family will move there soon. ' Owing to the heavy crust on the snow over the ice on Wolf creek, Stanford business men have been cut- ting ice from a beaver dam on the Bower ranch. on Surprise creek. The Campbell threshing machine engine is being used to grind feed for stock for anuniber of ranches in the neighborhood. The Yeer sawmill is delft a heavy business this winter. Owing to the amount of lumber uses in railroad construction, the price is very high, Mr. Yeer has one contract for lum- ber at $30 per thousand. Other pro- ducts are also very high. Hay is sel- ling at $20 per ton and oats at $2 per hundred, on the local market. SY , kes Waggoner. who has won quite a little local fame as a trap- per, has been made an excellent offer by a St. Louis fur firm, to write for them as to his methods of trapping. During the past week the thee mometei has recorded a maximum temperature of 5 - 0 degrees and a min- imum of 26 below zero on Feb. 3. Monday and Tuesday were fairly cold, tut Wednesday a chtnook reached a portion of the country west of Stan- ford Wednesday evening it began to snow again and the thermometer has seen below zero since Thursday morn- ing. It is almost needless tos ay that conditions are less favorable for stock- men than a week ago.' Most of the cattle are showing the effects of the hard winter and stock- men who have not an abundance of hay fear a. heavy loss, if the present bad weather continues. Except on the side hills, and the lower land which the wind of Wednesday laid compara- tively hare, cattle have little chance to feed as the snow is deep and heav- ily crusted. The sheep men are feed- ing the greater pert of their flocks. The work on the railroad is not very extensive nor heavy at present, owing to the extreme cold. An electric &fighting plant was established some time ago in the Surprise creek tunnel and work there is going on quite rap - I idly , Mitchell & Simkins, who had large bands of sheep wintering donw on the Muselshell, have recently sold them at an excellent figure. Stanford people ate busy hauling ice, some from Wolf creek and others teem Surprise creek. Mr. Buteer line put up a new ice house. We are all glad to see the chinook. A Valentine dance is to be given at Stanford Feb. 13. St. Valentine's eve. TREASURER SKIPS. Valley County Official Is Short In His Accounts. Glasgow, Feb. 7.—County Treasur- er William Wofford, who is alleged to have embezzled funds belonging to the county, to the amount of $8.- 000, and possibly more, has disappear- ed and no trace of his whereabouts can be learned. On account of his lavish expendi- tures of money during the past year, his bondsmen became suspicious and recently sent for the state examiner to come and check up the books. Up- on the arrival of the state examiner, an investigation of the books disclos- ed Mr. Wofford in arrears of about $8,000, for which he claimed the Wil- low Creek Sheep company, of which he is a member, was responsible. At 7:30 Wednesday evening, Mr. Wofford left the office, where the in- vestigation was in progress, promising to be on hand the following morning. when the investigation would be re - mimed. Later in the s evening a search was instituted, for the purpose of making the arrest of Mr. Wofford, but no trace of him could be found, although dispatches were sent to all the sur- rounding towns to ascertain if he had taken any trains out of Glasgow. Mr. Wofford came to Glasgow a number of years ago and for some years was in the employ of the Great Northern Railway company as a fire- man, but two years ago last fall he was elected to the office of county treasurer and was a candidate for re- election in the last campaign, but was defeated by 17 votes. Previous to his election as treasurer. Mr. Wofford was highly respected as a citizen and it is supposed heavy gambling tempt- ed him to appropriate the county funds. The county is protected by an in- demnifying bond, in the sum of $10.- 000, with E. D. Coleman, R. M. Lew- is and J. L. Truscott as sureties, so the loss will be sustained by the bonds- men. Mrs. Longworth III. Washington, Feb. 7.—Mrs. Alice Roosevelt-Longworth, wife of Repre- sentative Longworth of Ohio and daughter of the president, Is in at her home in this city with what la stat- ed at her home to be a slight attack o(, the grip. President and Mrs. Roosevelt spent some time at the Longworth home to- day and were very much concerned about their daughter's health when they were informed by the attending physician that her temperature had gone up to 102. Mee Longworth contracted a severe cold while attending the White House reception last Thursday night and has been confined to her bed for three days. ittETSIEDIETCURE Enloe Vidsuoya and Illaddsr SluM 'Pint not so long ago, that art is copy- ing nature, an d the closer an actor THE ISSUANCE copies natu re , the greater an artist would he be. Let us take Mrs. Pat- rick Campbell, for instance, in one of her emotional scenes, where she - weeps until she is hysterical. Would you consider her a great actress if she were to weep for a few minutes and then take her handkerchief and blow her nose? still, she would be copying nature, for I challenge any woman to cry for one minute without blowing her nose. This may not be AS TO THE as reined an illustration as I might pee, but I think it is the mast forci- ble. Then I would say that real art le not necessarily copying nature, but Department Order is Received—New idealizing nature.\ Clerk for the Land \Would you care to express your Office, opinion of Richard Mansfield? You know he is characterized as America's most popular actor.\ Register McKoin and Receiver \No .doubt hes. Is_eatr Welt .Poieller actor, but that does not necessarily ges have- received this week the mean that he is our greatest. I do following instructions regarding the not say this to criticise him. I have issuing of final certificates to entry not heard him since he played \Ivan. men, which have been issued by the the Terrible.' In many things he was department of the interior in the form superb, but for some reason he never of a cireular letter from President lets you forget that it is Mansfield Roosevelt. The letter is as follows: who is playing. The great arthe \Washington. Jan. 25, 1907e—To pre - should so lose himself in the part vent the fraud now practiced in the that the audience never thinks of the acquisition of public lands of the United States, I have to direct that hereafter no final certificate, patent or other evidence of title shall be issued under the public land laws un- til an actual examination has been made on the ground by an authorized officer of the government, but the following shall be expected from the force of this order: \1—All claims which have hereto- fore been examined on the ground by an authorized officer of the govern- ment whose report is found satis- factory. \2—All claims where heretofore an officer of the government other than officers authorized to take final proof, shall have been present at the tak- ing of final proof to cross-examine claimant and witnesses, if such proof is found satisfactory. \3—All claims where claimant's compliance with law has been estab- lished by contest or other regular ad- verse proceedings. \4—Entries which may have been confirmed by virtue of any act of con- gress. \5—Selections and entries in which no residence or Improvement is re- quired by law, when the lands em- braced therein are strictly speaking in agricultural districts, or when their character has been fixed by in- vestigation and classification made in accordance with law. \6—Cases of reissuance of patents because of some clerical error occur - ling in the patent heretofore issued. \7—All Indian allotments which have been regularly approved in ac - OF PATENTS President's Order Regarding the mat- ter Received at Land Office. COAL identity of personality of the actor, but only of the character portrayed. If this . rule is to be followed, then I should say that Mansfield is not a great actor like Joseph Jefferson.\ \What do you think of the modern plays being produced on our stage?\ \To tell the truth, I know very lit- tle about most of them, for I do not have the opportunity to hear them. I have heard a few and if they were a fair example, I must confess reluct- sully that I was not favorably im- pressed. Take for instance, \The Lion and the Mouse,\ which is mak- ing such record-breaking runs. The whole play seemed ludicrous to me. I ask any careful thinking man, aside from a few clever lines, what is there really in the play? Is it true to life? Are the scenes either probable or pos- sible? Does the play present a single real character? Practically all of them appealed to me as caricatures. Then \The Girl of the Golden West\ is eyed worse, for there are some parts that should not be permitted on any stage. The whole play Is impossible. Still it is spoken of as all the rage and what pleases the managers most. it Is making money. Nobody but Belas- co would put on such an Impossible production. I am glad to say there are some good plays, notably 'The Music Master,' and 'The Stolen Story,' hut the latter was playing to very slim houses when I saw it a few weeks ago at the Studebaker at Chicago. A higher standard, both in plays and players, should be demanded by the public. The public has it in its Pow- er to secure this higher standard, but they may rest assured there will be no change for the better until they refuse to patronize the kind of attrac- tions now offered. The managers will make no Improvements so long as the 1 ox office receipts e'rae satisfactory. We should have fewer plays with sug- gestive situation, in fact they should be eliminated entirely.\ STOUT SECURES FURTHER DELAY (Continuist from page 1.) and has been 'since the 7th day of January, 1907, Chairman of the defen- dant board of county commissioners above named; that he has reason to eelleve and does believe that the sahl defendants cannot have a fair and impartial hearing and trial before the Hon. E. K. Cheadle, judge of the aSove entitled court, by reason of the bias and prejudice of said judge. \JULIUS PETERSEN.\ When the case came up for heseing yesterday, County Attorney Ayers was conspiclous by his absence. No ex- planation of this has been made, but it is said that Mr. Ayers is not in sympathy with the move to disqualify Judge Cheadle, being perfectly aatis- tied that the court would not and could not be swayed by \bias or prejudice. - ComIssioners Parrent and Neill were also absent, of course, and it is further said that Commissioner Parrent does not support the claim that Judge Cheadle would not give the defendant board a fair and im- partial trial. Mr. Neill, of course, never did hold such a view as that formulated in the Petersen affidavit. Its Sufficiency Attacked. The attorneys for the plaintiff made a motion to the effect that the hear- ing be proceeded with yesterday, and attacked the affidavit of disqualifica- tion on the ground of insufficiency. Attention was called to the fact that it was not signed by Julius Petersen as chairman of the board, but in his individual capacity; that as an indivi- dual, he is not a party to the suit at all; that there is nothing in the rec- ords to show that the board as a board, has ever taken any action on the matter whatever. Formal objec- tion was also made to the appearance of ellackford & Blackford as attorneys for the defendant board, as there was nothing in the minutes of the proceed- ings of that body to show that they had ever been employed by the board to represent it. Judge Cheadle deplored the delay that must result from this move, and said that when the case was finally taken up, it would have to come 11II on its merits. William Blackford intimated that this would not be the case, as when it did come up, he proposed to raise the point that the proceeding insti- tuted was not the proper one, which would mean still further delay. The matter as to the sufficiency of the disqualifying affidavit was taken un- der advisement by Judge Cheadle. and there the matter eats for the present. The only satisfaction that Mr. Stout can get out of the move instigated by him and his attorneys is that be has succeeded in securing consider- able delay, with a fair prospect of preventing an adjudication of the dis- pute for a considerable further time, but during the pendency of the action, the temporary injunction remains in full force and effect, and the Argus Is the official paper of the county. The Gem barber shop opposite post - office. tt Seven Wonders of the World. Whom will the Republicans name for president? Where is the Thanks- giving turkey to come from? Can I go through the winter on my old suit of clothes? What is the president find- ing out at Panama? Can we get through the winter on twelve tons of coal? Is there any danger that Stan- dard 011 will get \its?' What must I buy for Christmas presents.—Kan- sag City Times. Want eds. In he Argus brfc gulch results. On ,t ly d\.. \la a LANDS , cordance with lastructioris of the sec- retary of the interior. \You will Lane all necessary in- structions to carry this order into ef- fect. \This order is in lieu of my order of December 13, 1906.\ To Prevent Fraud.' The following order has also been received at the local land office: \January 16 the secretary issued the following order: \By direction of the president, all orders heretofore issued withdraw- ing public lands from entry under coal land laws are hereby amended as follows: \Nothing in any withdrawal of lands from coal entry heretofore made shall impair any right acquired in good faith under the coal land laws and existent at the date of such with- drawal.\ \The above order merely permits the completion of filings made sneer to the withdrawal, and which had not expired at the date thereof. Thee filings must be completed within die prescribed time less that covered by the withdrawal. It also permits all persons who had within 60 days prior to such withdrawal, opened and improved a coal mine upon public surveyed lands, and who were pre- vented from filing their claims bo- cause of such withdrawal, to file dec- laratory statements. Claims upon un- surveyed lands within such withdraw- als must be placed on record within 40 days after the filing of the plat of survey in the local land office. In no other case will any person be per- mitted to initiate a filing or make an entry upon such lands. \Any person seeking to perfect a right alleged to have been existent at the date of the withdrawal must, in addition to the showing now re- quired by the rgulations, submit his affidavit or that of his duly author- ized agent setting forth specifically the conditions under which the claim was made and the different steps tak- en to perfect the same. \You will receive all the proofs submitted in support of any claims asserted under the above order, plac- ing any money accompanying the same to the credit of the unearned fee account. But you will not issue final certificates on any claim assert- ed under the above order except upon the report of a special agent showing full compliance with law. In order that the agent may be enabled to make such report, you will at the time the offer to purchase is made furnish such agent a memorandum or state- ment of the claim and thereafter await his return. \In any case sought to be perfect- ed under the above order which does not come within the above require- menet, you will reject the same, with the right of appeal to this office. In such cages notice to the special agent will not be required. \You will follow, so far as aPPLica - ble, the circular of December 7, 1906, defining the action to be taken on anal proofs generally. You will give the utmost publicity hereto, and ad- visss all persons who had existing - coal declaratory statements pending at the date of the withdrawals. \Very Respectfully, \W. A. RICHARDS, Commissioner. \Approved January 21, 1907. \E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary.\ A New Clerk. Robert D. Longbot tom, late of Seattle, Washington, has arri...d hero to take the place left vacant at the land office by the resignation of Mrs. Kelly, and has already entered upon his duties as clerk. THE WOOL MARKET. Some Contracts Have Been Made in - Other States. According to Associated Press dis- patches, there has been considerable contracting for wool in Utah and Ida- ho during the past two weeks, and generally the market is considered strong. Following is Dun's current review: \Quiet conditions in eastern wool markets are not accompanied by an, evidence of weakness, holders insist- ing on fully maintained quotations, and in some instances sales are not effected because further advances are asked. Favorable progress at the London auction sale is reported in cables of each day's business, con- tinental and American competition be- ing active for all offerings. In sever- e! cases prices showed further gains, Victoria superior lambs' wool realiz- ing a rise of three per cent. on Tues- day over the last previous sale. \Boston—The wool market is quiet end firm. New business of the week Is confined to small lots. Importa- tions from Australia and South Amen., Ica are large and from now on will be heavy. Manufacturers are approv- ing of these purchases and are not giving much attention to placing new contracts. However, there is a steady demand and a fair volume of sales in domestic territory scoured and in Aus- tralian and New Zealand stock. The entire market is very firm and ask- ing prices in some instances have been advanced. Fleece wools are notably strong though quiet . No important Western contracts are made public this week. Growers are all very firm in their views. Foreign advices con- tinue strong, with values fully main- tained in London and all colonial cen- ters. The receipts of the week, large- ly foreign, are 6,200,000 pounds and deliveries 5,800,000 pounds.\ Two as -good -as -new Remington type- writers for sale at the Argus office. Both are bargains. The Weekly Inter Ocean and... ThefergasCountyArgus Both for One Year to New Subscribers to The Argus $2 .50 Both for One Year to Old Subscribers to The Argus $2 .75 THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN is the best paper pub - Hatted in the United States; for years it has been very popular throughout the entire middle west and has been a welcome weekly visitor to many Fergus County homes. - REMIT PROMPTIY TO Ms ARGUS by cub, check or money order, $250 if you are • New subscriber to The Argus. $2.75 if you are a present subscriber to The Argus and you will receive both The Argus and The Inter Ocean for one year. Thiff 1 er May Not Last Long so DO IT NOWI /4 1=1111i (Ledgers ''''\91 Loose Leaf )Transfer Binder iBill Heads Statements 411 In the most up-to-date styles and sizes are carried in stock in the Argus Supply Department and at the same price as charged for the same goods by ea stern houses. lif During the past six months we have furnished twelve firms or indi- viduals with loose leaf sets; all of them were well satisfied and none of them paid one cent more for their ledgers binders or sheete than they would have paid had they sent to St. Paul or Chicago. q No delays in filling orders; the goods are here for immediate delivery and the sheets can be printed, perfor- ated and punched for you within three days after reciept of order. q Loose leaf ledgers and bill sheets are now in use by the best houses; they save time and time is money. q Prices and samples on application. Argus Supply Department Lewistown, Mont. I. 244et t Cor04 1103:1 FOURTH AVENUE Opp. the Postoffice MEATS, FISH, AND VEGETABLES Bryant Bros. dig Fred Johnson, PROPRIIITORe Stock Directory. 0. E. 000DItee, owner of the following brand. (quarter circle T) on right should- er. Vent 4.0 (half circle °rand). Cattle brand- ed same on right ribs. Ranch, PhUbrook. Moo- res; range. Judith river to Willow creek. Portoface address. Philbrook I. 11. HOBSON, owner of the following brands on right shoulder: also#on left shoul- der or thigh. Cattle branded Ij left ribs Also J M on left ribs: also on left shoulder. Riutch.near Utica Ranch. between Judith and Wolf creeks. 0. address, Utica. KINZER owner of the following brands 111 on left htp.III on right hit,. Range on Upper Judith River, Portoffice, Utica Montana. I Patrick MIMI! J. D. Malcolm 1111 1 1 N m I t I L I L o L L a m I I I ca. .. . e . e .:k Bldg. i Moore, Montana Nab WE handle farming lands, stock ranches town lots, live stock of all kinds, fire and plate glass In - 'unlace. Long time loons new°. dated. Prompt attention given to collections and notarial business. Office of Justice of the Peace. OMR FIRST QUALITY REISTLE 5 PLATES ARE RIGHT REI5T1E5 RATES ARE RIGHT •\) VIA OUR CUTS PRINT FAIR PRICE< • • • e 04,
