The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-09-14
NEWS.

Peter Koch has been elected Vice Presi-
dent of the Bozeman National Bank, vice
Thos. Lewis, resigned.
Frank Miles says he has cut $50 tons of
timothy and clover on 800 acres belonging to
his ranch near Stuart. It is put up in four
teen stacks of immense size.
3. f.. Mahan has resigned the position of
postmaster at Anaconda, and the citizens
have sent a petition to Washington asking
the appointment of Charles II. Tracy to sue
coed him.
Hon. E. G. Waters, of Billings, was the re-
cipient Of a "neat and appropriate" vote of
thanks from the Republican Convention at
Billings last Saturday for a "Harrison &
Morton Protection Banner presented by
him to the Billings Republican Club.
The passenger travel is very heavy east
now, the tide which always flows west in the
spring in the fall turns eastward. The num-
erous excursions and excursionists are on
their way back from the Pacific coast to
their homes in the East.-Enterprise.
At about 1880 o'clock Thursday evening a
pile of cordwood near the High Ore mine,
and containing about 200 cords, was set on
fire, presumably by sparks from a passing
locomotive, and burned. It belonged to the
Chambers Syndicate. The loss is about $500
or ST, O00.-Mter Mountain.
Morehouse and Albertson, of the firm of
Morehouse. Albertson & Blevins, have sold
to H. l.. Baker their share of the racers
owned by them. The string includes such
we'll known horses as Ida Glenn, Daniel b.,
Nevada and X. Mr.. Blevins still retains a
third interest in the stable.
The miners at the head of Wolf Cree in
the Judith Basin held a meeting last week,
staked off a town site of 16O acres and christ
ened it Dry Wolf. Many good placer claims
are now being worked in that camp and
SOM quartz leads are being prospected.
About ITO men are permanently located in the
camp. "
Adelbert and Chauncey Austin, from Big
Timber, Mont, bound for Lansing, Mich,
stopped Tuesday night at the Palace hotel,
on Dearborn Street, Chicago. The next
morning the smell of chloroform was in the
room and $3.50 was missing. Mrs. Roth,
keeper of the hotel, and her son were ar
rested.
There is a small sized stampede to the head
Of Wolf Creek, in the Belt Mountains.
Placer locations are being taken up on what
is known as Dry Wolf Creek, and consider
able work has already been done. Several
Lewiston parties are in the new diggings,
and feel confident that they have struck it
rich.-Argus.
1t seems that the privilege of crossing
herds of cattle on the Fort Keogh reserva-
ton, which has always been accorded to
cattle men, is just now likely to be with
drawn, owing to the lawless actions of the
Nm cowboys, who have been camped there
cross:n g the large number of cattle belong
ing to that outfit which were being driven
north.
The Custer County cattle men are discuss |
ing the question of the liability of their herds
to taxation after being brought from another
section to this country. The law as held by
the County Assessor compels them to paw
taxes on cattle brought into this county dur
ing the term Of the assessing year whether
taxes have been paid previously during that
year in some other locality or not.-Enter-
prise.
A sheep herder named Smith was found
quite a distance from Choteau City recently
at the end of a lariat, which was attached to
an old cayuse. When found life was extinct.
He was scarcely recognizable, being pounded
and mashed in q terrible manner and all but
naked. The supposition is that he went to
sleep, and to keep the pony from straying
put the lariat around his waist, and the cay
use, becoming frightened, started of, knock.
ing Smith insensible before he could help
himself.
The recent strike of c%arbonates in German
Gulch promises to bring that camp into
prominence very soon. Assays made of a