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A1 Around Fergus County Items of Interest to Our Readers Clipped From Our Contemporaries. HARLOWTON (Musselshell News.) Bert Blethen, assistant fire chief of Harlowton, has just completed the new house for the chemical engine. A house had to be erected that would keep the frost out, as frost will dam age the engine. At a meeting of the citizens of Harlowton, Bert Blethen was appointed assistant lire chief with authority to build a suitable building for the engine. Mr. Blethen has con structed a house with a lire place at one end and with plenty of room for the engine and one who can taki proper care of it. The house is built back of Mr. Blcthcn's shop and is so situated that the grounds in front of the building is sloping which would give the engine an impetus at the start. It has taken some time to gei the engine house in shape, but tin work has been done neatly and well. Mr. Jenizen returned from Omaha on the 28th after a trip to market with three carloads of cattle. Mr Jenizen brought back three canaries, one of which he presented to Mrs. J. H. Duff, the other to Mrs. C. N Friday and the third to his wife. Any person wishing to hear the birds sing may listen to them in the Mussel shell Valley National Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Goss went to Lew istovvn Tuesday, returning Wcdnes day. Mr. Goss has recently landed the contract for putting in the heat ing plant in the new hotel. We know now that the hotel will have a good heating plant. "Billy" Windlan, the barber at Mar tinsdale, died suddenly on the 24th. Mr. Windlan was sick only a short time, having taken sick on the 21st This is sad news to his friends in Harlowton and sadder still bccaust no relatives were at the bed side. Mi. W. C. Qualls went down to Martins dale on Monday to attend to the burial. Mr. Windlan was a member in good standing of the Journeymen Barbers International Union of Amer ica, No. 578. He belonged to tin union at Helena for five years. The electric light franchise wa> granted last Monday by a majority oi 20 . Mayor Anderson returned to Hai lowton last Saturday morning. Sen ator Tooley hurried on through 0 Helena to attend the state legislature They composed the committee se lected by the Musselshell Valley Bus iness Men's Association to go to Washington to propose the establish ment of a United Slates land office at Harlowton. They bring home ; favorable report. When the com mittee arrived at Washington they re paired to Carter's office where tin bill was drafted and prepared for in troduciton. The proposed new dis trict contains five and one-half mil lion acres, comprising the land bordering on and adjacent to the Mus selshell river. The proposed district is traversed by the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul Railroad, making a practical and convenient district The bill was introduced in the senate on December 18th by Senator Carter anl was then referred to the senate committee on public lands, of which Senator Hansborough, of North Da kota, is chairman and Senator Dixon, of Montana, is a member. Senator D ixon stated to the committee in an interview, "Senator Tooley can have anything I have got in my office." JUDITH GAP (Judith Gap Journal.) Attorney G. S. Bills went to Har .Stock Reducing Owing to the fine open winter we find ourselves overstocked with seasonable merchandise, and are going to let go regardless of profit. We believe in giving anything in the way of cut prices to the people of Fergus county, and not to outsiders. Just A Pew Quotations Xo Show We Mean Business Boss of Road Overalls, Regular Price 85c, Sale Price...... 65c Boss oi Road lined Overalls, Regu lar Price 1.75, Sale Price . 1.25 Gordon & Ferguson Russian Calf Fur Coats, Regular Price 30.00, Sale Price.............. 20.00 Gordon Hats, Regular price 3.00, Sale price................ 1.95 Fleeced lined Underwear, Regular price 75c, Sale price........ 40c High Cut shoes, Regular price 6.00, Sale price................ 3.95 Four Buckle Ball Brand Overshoes, Reg. price 3.00, sale price. .2.25 Corduroy sheep lined coats, fur col lar, Regular price 7.50, Sale price.............. 4.75 Any Suit afCIsthes in the house except blocks ond blues, values up t 2 $30 SALE PRICE Sheep lined coats, corduroy collar, Regular price 4.50, Sale price............... 3.25 Sheep lined coats, Wombat collar, Regular price. 9.00, Sale price................ 6.00 Full length Sheep lined epats, Wom bat collar, Regular price 15.00, Sale price............. 10.00 Four Buckle Overshoes at... . 1.75 Four Buckle Red Sole Overshoesi Regular price 3.50,Saleprice2.50 Full fur lined coat, Regular price $50, sale price.......... 35.00 Men's work shirts, regular price 75 cents, sale price........... 40c Men's dress shirts, stiff bosom, Reg ular price, $1.25, sale price.. SOc Lamb lined gloves, regular price $2.50, sale price........ l.SO Remember We haOe no shoddy shelf Worn goods to sell at any price, neither do We betieVe in giving money to outsiders. Yours for a square deal 'Sr FAD 8M0E AND CLOTHING CO. 'Sr ST lowton Tuesday to defend Conrad Hanson who was tried there on the charge of inciting a riot in Judith Gap. The riot was the occasion of the Jap scare i at the round house some time ago . Hanson had a jury trial Tuesday evening and was lined $15 and costs, amounting to $50 in all. We understand that the jury stood five for not guilty and one for con viction, and that the verdict of $15 and costs was a compromise. Sheriff Williams and Deputy Sheriff Johnson of Harlowton, were in Ju dith Gap Wednesday. The sheriff was here for the purpose of appoint ing a deputy who would live in Ju dith Gap, and Constable E. W. Taylor drew the prize. The December salary of the Garneill deputy was stopped, after the Journal called attention t the matter, thus saving the Meaghei county taxpayers $85 that would have gone to Fergus county without anj services being rendered for the same. The Journal and the sheriff have a perfect understanding now, and arc on the best of terms since the ap pointment of Mr. Taylor. Charles Schmidt rode up from Har lowton Christmas day to pay some acqauintance in the country near Ju difch Gap a visit. When he arrived in town it was quite dark. He rode out to Mr. Dolan's ranch near the township school house and inquired the way to the farm house of the mai he was going to visit. Dolan advised him to go back to town and put up for the night, but he said he could find the way. He got to the school house and put his horse in the build ing and staid there all night. The school officers swore out a warrant for Schmidt's arrest for defacing a public building and he was arrested and taken before Judge Bain, who sentenced him to 60 days in the county jail. Sheriff Williams being in town Wednesday took the prison er to White Sulphur Springs to serve out his sentence. J. M. Croft, secretary of the Lew , istown commercial club, was in Ju dith Gap Tuesday, on his way from Stanford. Mr. Croft says the public lands are about all gone in the Basin, and that he has been directing ever;, body in search of homesteads down to Judith Gap, where good claims can still be had near the railroad. Ik says Lewistown has a manufactory of a good quality of brick and could lay the same down in Judith Gap much cheaper than they can be had any where else. He is in favor of the Milwaukee putting in a "Y" here which would surely be of great bene fit to Lewistown. Vic Martin proved up on his home stead this week before U. S. Com missioner Peck. Wednesday Mr. Martin received his receipt from the Lewistown land office. These facts in themselves are not unusual, but taken in connection with the fact that Martin's claim is located in the same section, township and range with that of N. K. Nelson's, the commutation fee of whose final proof was refused by the land office officials at Lewis town last week, makes the item oi considerable interest . There seems to be a muddle here somewhere. Ii Nelson's claim is coal land, Martin's certainty is also, as they are contig uous, and in a township classified as coal lands. MOORE (Inland Empire.) Jolm^ Lester, the coal miner, trans acted business here Monday. Mr. Lester is inteersted with several local parties, in some promising coal claims in the foothills of the Belt mountains, a few miles west of Straw. The fue. has been pronounced by experts lg be second to none in the state and ii is probable that within a year a branch will be built to the mines by either the Billings-Northern or the St. Paul road, thus affording a market for the coal at a minimum of ex pense. Representatives of different railroads and big mining corporations are looking at the properties and no doubt options will soon be taken. The dance Christmas night, given by F. M. Clark, of the Park Hotel, was one of the best of the season, and, desptie the unfavorable weather, a large crowd from Philbrook, Straw and the surrounding country were in attendance. No efforts were spared by the management to make this an enjoyable affair, the music and sup per being of the highest order. A few speeches, not on the regular pro gram, were pulled off and helped to keep everyone in good humor. A. L. Fleming had charge of the floor and kept the crowd busy all the time. Mr. Clark announces another dance for New Year night, and the success of the Christmas dance is sufficient guarantee of a good time for all who attend. W. A. Scott, transacted business in Moore Tuesday. Mr. Scott is in terested in the recently discovered valuable sapphire deposits above Utica. He with several others now are promoting a big mining company to develop the claims. Experts who have gone over the properties report they have one of the greatest sap phire mines in the world. J. F. Shaughnessey, who has beer, employed for several months as stem ographer in the William H. Brown Co. office at Moore, is being held at Harlowton and will be brought back by Officer Hawkins this evening, to answer to the charge of gambling, he being among those caught in County Attorney Ayers' drag-net. It is also alleged that Shaughnessey has issued worthless checks to local parties from time to time in the past. Sev eral in this vicinity are interested in* the proceedings and it is said the end is not yet. Several of the brethren who slip the pasteboards have been struck the past week by the moral wave that is sweeping over Fergus county and it is apparent that the work of the "lau and order league" is extending be yond Kendall. Fergus county's Fran cis J. Honey, County Attorney Roj E. Ayers, surprised the gambling fra ternity of the west end of the county by landing on a few as a sort o'grand finale and parting shot before leaving his office. If officers see violations of the law they must enforce them. It bodes no good for a community to give the outside world an impression that its residents are crooks o thieves. Claire McKay, of Rrooks, Iowa, a brother-in-law of Perry Black, arriv ed Saturday to visit relatives here ami look over our famous farming coun try. Mr. -McKay was more than satis fied with the outlook in the Judith Basin and already has his eye on ; piece of land. He left for his home Wednesday and expects to be back again in two months to locate here permanently. Windham enjoyed its first Christ mas tree festival on Christmas eve, the exercises being listened to by a large assemblage. The hall was ap propriately decorated with festoons and mottos and after the program consisting of music, singing, recita tions, dialogues, marches and tableaus, the appearance of Santa Claus coming through the ceiling seemed to com plete the children's happiness. Then presents of every description, togeth er with candies and such refresh were distributed lavishly, thanks to the liberal donations. ROUNDUP (Roundup Record.) The foundation for a six-room parsonage was laid out at Mussel shell on Tuesday and the lumber con traded for, and 'ere long a splendid home for the minister will be raised The people are enthusiastic over this project and are in hopes of being able to build a church in the spring S. H. Ramsell, of Lewistown, has rented the north half of the Dean & Skeie building and will open up a confectionery store therein as soon as his stock of goods arrives. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsell are now here get ting things in readiness for the open ing of their place of business which will be in about a week or ten days. A local cabin of the Fraternal Order of Mountaineers was organized here -Monday evening with sixty-five charter members, this establishing : record for the number of names or, the charter list of any cabin in the state in towns much larger than Roundup, and conies within fifteen members of the Anaconda cabin when it was first organized. Grand Chiet Mountaineer Pease, who has been in Roundup several weeks in the interest of the order, was highly pleased with the- results of his work here, and the enthusiasm displyaed in this new order by the members was a matter of much comment by him. James Carr, an old timer in this section, died suddenly of pneumonia some time Wednesday night and was buried the following day in the Mus selshell cemetery, Rev. Haynes con ducting the funeral services. "Jimmie" as he was commonly called, had been working for F. J. Nolan for a con siderable length of time and was well liked by his employer and also had a great many friends in this part of the country. The funeral was held at the Hill Top hotel where Mr. Carr had been stopping for some time. A petition is being circulated for the re-establishment of a post office at Wolfspring with William McGin nis as postmaster. Wolfspring is about 17 miles south of Musselshell on the old Custer stage route, and bids fair to become quite a point within the next year. Warren C. Niles, accompanied by Airs. Dhale, both of Mosby, Mont., were attending to land and business matters Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mr. Niles states that he re sides tributary to this section but it requires a journey of over 250 miles to reach Glendive, his county seat. PHILBROOK (Judith Basin Star.) A construction train passed through one day last week and gathered up the dump cars, not to go to work on the new Hobson-Philbrook-somc where branch, but to store them aavay at Armington. Silas and Mrs. Mark left yesterday for Billings where they will spend a few days waiting for Mr. Mark's brother, Ed, who is the big end of the firm, and will be out next week to look the field over and help get the bank started as soon as possible. H. E. Warren and F. W. Steven son were Philbrook callers Sunday. Mr. Stevenson has raised two crops of wheat in the Judith Basin and is more than pleased with the outcome. Two years ago he had a big ranch leased and raised several thousand bushels of Turkey Red at the rate of 50 bushels to the acre. This year on his own ranch, on sod, he raised 18 bushels of spring wheat in spite of the unfavorable season. The two years' experience satisfies Mr. Ste venson that wheat raising is going to be a big and paying business in this vicinity. H. E. Warren, Dr. Haycraft, F. W. .Stevenson and others due south eight •miles or more, have called our at tention to the necessity of a road from that splendod section of the country into Philbrook. We trus, someone will take the matter up in the shape of a petition and have i' presented to the county board. That is territory that naturally belongs to us. While general news items are more scarce this week than they have been for a long time, the unfailing source of new railroads projected still re mains. We can report two new roads this week. One is to run either from the pit north of town, or Hauck's sid ing, and strike Moore and Lewistown Surveying is to begin immediately after the holiday's. The other is a road from Judith Gap to the new gold and copper n nes in the Snowies We trust we will soon be able to an nounce one to haul sapphires. GARNEILL Messrs. Neill and Erickson have been busy the past week superintend ing the installing of the new Water bury stove in the school house Louis Stigen, of Straw, is a visitor in Garneill today, being accompanied by his daughter, Neva, who is attend ing the school here. A large crowd attended the New Year ball, in the town hall. Judith Gap sent a full delegation. Straw was well represented and the new towns of Oxford and Hedges also sent representations, which all went to make the ball a "splendishous" af fair. The Messrs. Kettlcson, Wolles and Tillesen, of Oxford, took in the New Year ball. Those gentlemen are late arrivals from the Alberta county, arc up-to-date farmers and say this coun try looks good to them. A regretable accident occurred to a party from Judith Gap while on their way to the New Year dance. In some manner, the team they were driving became unmanageable and getting beyond control of the driver, dashed down a steep -hill, throwing the occupants out and seriously in juring Miss Skiffington, the popular teacher of Judith Gap. Dr. Betten attended the injured lady and inform ed us she has sustained a broken col lar bone. The others of the party were more or less bruised up, but were able to get along without the help of a physician. W ehtiched on to our old buck board one day last week and drove over a section of country, between Garneill and the Musselshell, where in years gone by, we tended our flocks by the murmuring streams. No iwoolies or gentle shepherds were to be seen. What was once a vast prairie is now a large farm, compris ing thousands of acres, divided into 160 and 320 acre lots; fine houses and barns are being erected, the land will soon be all under cultivation, and every one we met seemed to be satis fied and contented with their pros pects. In our humble opinion, land through this section will, in a few years, be worth $75.00 an acre. The fine range is indeed a thing of the past and the sheep owners, who be wail this fact, must, like their brother, the farmer, get down to stern reality. If they have not already got theirs, they can no longer depend on fine range to help them out. The rail roads have started the wheels of progress in this section, the new and enterprising settlers are here to stay, and while it may be a little hard for us old stagers to get used to the new state, the fact is, the new state is here. Therefore, we grasp the hand of the new comer, bid him welcome, and wish him success, in this "Land of Opportunity." We have applications for several thousand sheep of all classes. In quire Brassey & Stack. 12-29-2t An Appetizing Cut of well cooked meat ia always a boon to the hungry. We boast that even those who are not hungry can relish a slice of our excellent meats. The Beef, Veal, Mutton and Pork we handle is of the choicest, best-fed, best-reared cattle. It is properly slaughtered and dressed, and is in sudh prime condition when offered to the public that we are enabled to defy all competitors on the question of quality as well as of price. ABELBROS. STEPHENS ft JEFFREY Successors to GEORGE M. STAFFORD BEST STOCK OF HARNESS AND SADOLES and all sorts of leather goods in > Fergus County. A full line of bicycles and bicycle sundries. WE HANDLE LUMBER in large puantities and have every -modern facility for furnishing the very best rough or dressed LUMBER of every description. We are thus enabled to make the very best prices for lumber of such high grade. We will be pleased to figure on your con tracts. MONTANA Lumber Co. .ASSAYING. Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc and other metals. Correctly Determined. —AT— A. L. HAWKINS & GO. Assay Office j 207 5th. Ave. Lewistown, Mont.