The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-09
WANT COUNTY DIVISION.
Lobbyists Working In the Interests
Of Choteau and Flathead
Segregation.
Tho Teton People Are In the
Capital to Stay to q
Finish.
a New Town %sprinaing Up ON Nsa
Lodge C~resk-Othsr stats
News.

J.W Mcknight csms In from DupuysE
LAST Friday evening ON his way - Helens.
whore no will make . strong EFFORT TO have
Dupuysr named BY the Legislature % che
county ssas Of Teton county, failtnR In
which hs will oppose The formation Of the
new county TO ths best Of his ability. This
IL bat natural On bid part. - hs owns the
townsits thsrs. having purchased u for
speculation, but II 10 terribly rosGh ON his
nsighbers. Mask's interests In the pro-
possd new county do not extend outsids Of
Che sacred prssincts Of his townsits, any
thing which would jeopardizs his chances
u booming Dupuysr does mot meet with his
approval. 3. r. Butler has gone to Helena
In the interests Of Teton county and
Chossau fer the county seat. The pro-
jeotors Of Teton county have established
headquarters At Helena, and will
spare no effort to have the bill
passed providing for the creation Of this
new county. W. H. Webb and Enginssr
Day have completed = map Of the proposed
legislative assembly, in their action in the
matter. II 10 probably the most complete
MAJ of western Chotsau county ever gotten
up. embracing nearly all the geographical
details within those limits and giving much
valuable information never before outlined
glance the location Of Chotsau aad Dupuy-
Or 40 to center Of population and wealth.
in lands and other interests. Mr.. Webb
did the d~raughting, the engineer supplying
the data.-Montanian,
d. d. Bogart, sx-clsFk and recorder OF
Aks- 1900. = IL. El~lAAA nm1l{r~ HNs Aha
Flathead county division scheme and In
cidsntaliy looking ont to see that his name
10 placed opposite the name of treasurer
IN the roster OF ths new county's oficiais.-
4issoulian.
Il. j. Wadsworth, who was in from Red
that there is quite q settlement Of the
mouth Of Volnsy creek. About . dozen
families have taken mp fine ranches the
land 10 we'll watsrsd md there il svery in
dication of q donrishing town being started.
which has bsen named Kirkvills. Mr..
Wadsworth took eut q blaeksmithing ont
At mt will start . shop for the eonvsnisnoe
Of the settlers. This Ia but one of the many
new settlements ON the ceded reservation
tributary TO Red Lodge. from which the
town will derive q fourishinR trade in the
spring.-Rsd Lodge Picket.
A strong petition 10 the Legislature was
received By the secretary Of the Missoxla
Unworthy club from Thompson Falls to
locate the university in Missoula. The pc
titions from other towns will be forwarded
a. soon as Observation-Disclosures.
Last season William Bods raised two and
one-half bushels of black Japansss buck
wheat from n quart Of seed on his ranch
in the Yellowstone valley.
An aged gentleman named Sims. who
was In farmer years. . freightsr in northern
Montana, but who has recently been max
ing his homo with Heany brothers. On the
T~k~- 0AHk GmAA~1A- ~ynvSN -, hA.k-:1I~
Tenn. where he will live with relatives.
Mr.. Sims is 81 years Of age. and although
almost blind, insisted ON returning to his
boyhood home. and will make the entire
"trip alone.-Rivsr Press.
John +. Corbett. of Arland, Wyo., called
cally denied the report published in the
daily press. and copied in this paper last
week. Of the killing of a half dozen officers
and cattle ~rustlsrs in the Big Horn basin
recently. Mr.. Co1bstt says that every
thing 10 quiet in in that section at present,
reports only injure the country" said Mr..
CoIbett. "and keep people from coming in.
Asa. schook. who the papers say Ia a cattle
thief, n Was killed AZ the head Of No
Wood. ia a good. honest man, and IL alive
and well. n Bill Nuoher, also reported as
killed. is now above the N bar ranch OF
Owl creek.
NJ. Flanagan has been busy all the week
grading the land which he plowsd last fall.
lie started on Thursday to SOW twenty acres
OF oats. as the ground IL now in fair condi-
tlon, and he has become convinced that the
earlier he can get his oats into the ground
the greater will BIZ the yield. Sowing oats
ern farmers but 1t - = fact n~evertheless.-
Billings Gazette.
A Laurel correspondent Of the Billings
Gazette says: Some Of ths Indians who
have taken up land in ssveralty consider
they are full fledged American citizens, and
with the white man's FIRE water and start
ing out forthwith to paint the country
red" Ed George, while at work on his
claim q few days ago. was suddenly oon-
fEonted by two or three indiana on horse
back who tried TO ride him down. Present.
~ they alighted and one fellow who had
more bug juice than tho others struck at
Mr.. George with the butt of his quirt. Ed
went At him with an N. He struck over
and the helve OF the AZ Was splintersd over
our red citizens head, telling him to the
ground. The others. seeing blood in Eds
and retired from the aeld. They returned
later with achievements. but their enemy
had flown. thinking discretion the botter
part of valor.
We are rather shy of paying any conpli-
nents to the weather with which the Yell
ioWbtOu0 valley II IAVoEeu, previous EFFORTS
we have made in that line having some
times resulted in = change for tho worse.
But the magnificent September weather
that January has go far brought Us ia de-
serving of the highest enoomiums that pen
or tongue are capable of. Clear. bright,
sunshiny weather. with no snow visible,
excepting that whitening tho rugged sum
mits Of the Yellowstone range. ninety miles
away, is the kind the Yellowstone valley
folks are now enioying.-Billings Gazette.
Cards are out announcing the marriage OF
Senator Il. b. Hyde, of Spokane. Wash, to
Miss Florence Molinelli, OF the same place.
The bride ia q sister to the manager and
editor OF tho Missoulian, Mr.. Hyde being
an ex-senator Of the new state and prssi-
dent Of the Citixsns' National bail Of Spo.
Al . meeting Of tho directors Of tho Gal
latin bank, held on Dec, 81. IL was agreed
to raise the surplus from go. COO to $50. 600. |
which 10 equivalent to increasing the capt. |
tai Of tho bank to $780, OO.
Alderman Ellis returned from q trip TO
Helena Saturday. M. ELLIS went TO tho
capital ostensibly to assist in the selection
of Sanders for the senate; but rsturned
without having accomplished has end
Six carloads of coal for the use Of the
paNiFo ~orA ahtunad - J.r..-