SheriffWaito returned from Miles^City and Deer Lodge on Wednesday^evening of last week. He says Peer^Lodge county .and a gn at portion of^the Yellowstone valley suffered severe^^ly from the drouth in May. He says^the Judith Basin lookt better than^any region he vi.-ited while away. Mr.^Waite found a number o: wool-buyers^at t he Calls anxious to secure clips^and think-farmers aregoing to realize^better prices than were anticipated.^He says as high as lO cents has been^offered 'or unshorn wool. There will^be plenty of buyers in the iield this^year.
County.attorney Smith and at. von
Tobelreturned from Helena Monday^night on the Benton conch. They^feel quite sanguine that Fergus^count y w ill get the soldiers' home as^it nresented much the best bid.^This feeling is strengthened from the^fact that the state has no money^available for purchasing or putting^a home in condition for occupancy.^In fact there is no money to pay the^traveling expenses of the commis^^sioners, who will leave Helena on July^Bth on a tour of inspection. They^w ill reach Lewistown about July 18th,^coming by the way of White Sulphur^Springs.
MissWatson will open a kinder^garten on July 8th, in the old school^house on Main street. Tuition, $1^per week. Patronage of parents is
asked.
Mrs.Laura E. Howey left on Mon^day's Benton coach for her home in^Helena, alter the close of a very sue^cessful term of school in Lewistown^The parents were generally pleased^with her work here.
CharleyRussell, ^the cow boy^art ist,^ arrived in town last week^from Great Falls and will visit in this^section for a short time. It was^while riding the Judith range that he^developed a talent for sketching and^painting which has -nice made him^famous. He has done considerable^work with the brush in the past year.
