The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-24
Denersville.

Spring wheat in the Flathead country ia 36
inches high and never did look 60 prrmis-
ing.
School district No. 48 has an enrolment
of 20 scholars and it is said the school is
progressing finely.
], E. Clifford and Geo. F. Stannard are
fixing up the city hall in grand style. A
new floor is being put in, the music stand
moved to the end of the hall, and the CELL
ing will be treated to a coat of paint.
The committee on programme az we'll as
the different committees have exerted them
selves to the utmost to arrange pro-
gramme for the Fourth of July in Demers-
vile, that will please the entire Flathead
valley.
The game warden's attention is again
called to the unlawful, wholesale slaughter
of deer near White Fish lake q few DAYS
ago. Z. H. Silsbee whorecently came from
there, reports that two young ambitious
hunters. whose names he mentioned, killed
some eight or ten does, bucks aud fawns,
regardless of the law.
Choteau.
seacsl closed close last Friday an eleven
Northern Montana is being we'll supplied
with rain*this season.
Wild strawberries in great profusion are
now ripe and'ready to pick.
The best musicians ever in Choteau will
play for the dance on the Fourth.
No prettier spot can'be found in Montana
than Hamilton's grove, just across Spring
S s.sat' where the forthcoming picnic is to be
It rained quite heavily on Sun river on
Sunday and Tuesday last. On the bench
six miles this side of Sun river the hail lay
two and three inches deep.
! Scout Roench, of Fort Shaw, has been
here looking after. the Cree Indians, who
are loafpg around this vicinity. He went
where complaints have come regarding
these, renegAdes frightening the settlers
families. This may be unintentional on the
part OF the Indians, but it's tough on the
white women and children to be scared
out br their wits every time the husband
and father leaves home for few hours.
Miles City.
The hail storm on Friday morning killed
p calf in town which happened to be out of
the stable.
Bob Walsh has gone to tho Indian terri
tory with car load of fine mares for which
Mr.. o. H. Wallop received contract.
Capt. John Tully has gone to Washington
to receive the special and private instruc-
tions of the interior department., before as
Stunning the charge of the Cheyenne Indian
agency, to which he has just been APP
pointed.
Louis King was out on his ranch Friday,
and brought in some timothy raised on his
ranch. 1t is thirty-eiRht inches high, with
fine tassel. Mr.. King has ten acres of
this, and about fifteen acres of the finest
alfalfa ever seen in this country.
Joe Arnett while trying to head off
small bunch of cattle on Tuesday met with
an accident which left him with broken
shoulder. His horse stuck his foot in
gopher hole and fell with the result to Joe
as above stated
Mayor Fred Kreidler, H. b. WHY, Prof.
Templeton, Chas. N. Strevell and City
Treasurer H. w. McIntire went to Milton
on Thursday to remain there till Saturday
evening seeking for geological specimens in
the Iron bluff, near that station.
Frank w. Smith was in town this week.
Frank, while not wild. is considerably
'wooly," as he has just completed the
shearing of his band of sheep and shipping
the wool. The clip amounted to $4,000
pounds, averaging between 6 and pounds
to the fleece. The increase of the band this
year was IS per cent.
Major Roberts, father of Mrs. z. T. Cox,
Of Tongue river, died on Wednesday of last
week at the ranch on Hanging Woman's
creek. and was buried next day. The
major, who was prominent lawyer in New
Orleans, came out to visit his daughter and
her husband about three weeks ago, in the
hope of regaining his health, which had
been failing for some time, but the sudden
and sad end was not looked for.