Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-08-27
MON TANA MATTERS.
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS.
Rewritten, Clipped and Con
densed From Our Valued
Exchanges.

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Miners union was held at Anacor
da Monday and was a grand sue
cess.
The state fair and races al Helen
was financial success. Nearl
100000 passed through the poo
boxes.
W. M. Neagle, yourg man from
Dillon, is under arrest at Butte fo
passing worthless checks for small
sums.
Gen. Geo A. Sheridan has ius
completed a successful tour of Mon
tana, making stirring republican
speeches in all the large towns.
Dick Irvine and James Brown
wanted for burglarizing residence
at Anaconda, were arrested at Hell
ena and returned to the former
city.
The Northern Pacific has declar.
ed a reduction Of about two and a
half per cent on stock rates from
Montana and the Dakotas to Chi
cago.
The mills of the Granite COM
pany, at Granite, have closed down.
but it is said they will be started
next spring with double their pres
ent capacity.
Hon. W. NJ. NJ. Bickford SAYS
that Montana's display at the
Worlds fair Of oats, wheat, alfalfa,
CARROTS, beets, sugar beets and
similar products Will be second to
none in the world.
4 sensation was caused in Butte
Monday by the refusal Of the First
National band to cash the checks
Of the Boston & Montana company.
The company claims that the
money expected from the east is on
the way and has been delayed.
Mrs. Eva Woods, the wife of
Tommy Woods, a dealer at the
Board Of Trade gambling house at
Virginia City, suicided by swollow-
ing dose Of morphine. She was
the daughter Of a wealthy Cincin-
natl family, where the remains were
The body Of c. J. Bollander, who
disappeared from
kaispell about year ago, was
found on an island in the river near
that place. His skull was fractured
and it is thought he was murdered
for the $500 he was known to have
On bis person.
Stockgrowers' Journal Charles
O'Neil has purchased C. L. Mer-
riIl's sheep ranch with all improve
ments on the Powder river divide,
$4,000. The sale in
Guided 1920 stock sheep at $3.50
per head. Mr.. Merrill will run his
sheep on Horse creek and Powder
.iver
Deer Lodge Northwest: Henry
Edmunson, who is serving a four
,een-year sentence at the state
prison for horse stealing, has been
granted pardon by Governor
Foole, subject to the approval of
he state board of pardons. Ed
nunson was a member of the Con.
Murphy gang and has been an in
nate Of the prison since 1884.
At the annual meeting Of the
society Of Montana Pioneers,
leld at Helena last week, the fol-
owing officers were elected for the
year: Walter Cooper of
3ozeman, president; Cha1les J. D.
curtis, secretary; Cornelius Hedg-
S, treasurer. The newly appointed
xecutive committee consists of the
the secretary, the treas
lrer, Homer HeWins and Nicholas
fritz.
A state league Of building and
oan associations has been formed
nd the following officers elected:
PRESIDENT. John Steadman Of Hell
ma. first vice-president, L. Whit
ev Of Billings. second vice-pre 81
|ent, E. G. Stoddard, of Missoula;
ecretary, S. n. Kemper Of Butte;
reasurer, George L. Ramsey Of
5ozeman; executive committee, e.
|. Talcott Livingston A. B. Glenn
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