The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.

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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Cattle in the vicinity of the Bear Paws
are suffering because the last chinook
did not break the snow in that country.
Members of the legislature OF Mon.
tana can save many legislative ruptures
in the future. and educate our best
young men at home by voting for the
consolidation Of educational institutions
for higher observation-disclosures Fri.
bunc.
The region along the Shonkin, the
Big Sag and Upper IlighWoOd is being
rapidly filled up with nice residences.
and all that section across the Missouri
is assuming an air of prosperity no.
where To be exceeded in tine state
Benton Press.
Thursday next, February ~. is the
day set apart 10y an oId-time saving, for
the g%roundhog to M out Of his or her
hole. II the sun is shining and he or
she, as the case may be, sees his or her
shadow, we will. accOrdin. to tradition.
have six weeks more winter.
Nrtirirs OF Incorporation were filed in
the OiIlcC OF the secretary of state this
week by the Montana Irrigation and I'm
Nus hil'tl tpill tldIlg WIN IL Ca iluI slDCh
Of - 100000. Canals will be constructed
from the south and north forks OF sun
river and Willow creek and reservoirs
built for the storage of water with which
10 irrigatc the company's lands.
\ portion Of the pupils in the Pony
school are row reading Shakespeare
plays Macbeth being dissected this
week. One of the boys who has dis
played considerable interest in this
study has named his f~avorite hen Mac
Dun, because it wants it to lay on. In
cidentially we might say that eggs are
now :3l2 cents per decentralization Co.
Monitor.
The average grade of the Great North
err railroad is about 30 per cent of that
Of the Canadian Pacific. There are only
three short stretches of heavy grades.
These are: Eight miles in the Rocky
mountains, Is per cent; thirteen miles
in the koOtenai range, Id per cent. and
in the Cascades, ID per cent. not includ-
ing the swl:chback, which is only tenn
porary, pending the construction of the
tunncl through the mountain.
The Dillon mine SITUATED in the Bald
Mountain mining district was bonded
last week by "a Chicago syndicate for ST.
UUo,OuO. The expert who examined the
mine pronounced it II of the greatest
prospects in the state. The Dillon mn
was bought last year for the trifling sum
Of $4,000 by a syndicate of Helena men
comprising \. j. Steele, Phillip Miller.
\. b. Clements, ID, q. Linn. W. II. Lit
tie, Judge Bach, Chas :. Jackman. and
others.
Mrs. Josephine Whitlatch. widow of
Jim Whitlach, is suing in "A Brooklyn.
y. y, court, the Fidelity and Casualty
company, of New York. to recover on a
policy Of insurance for $4,000. issued on
her husband'slifc. There are few people in
Montana. who did not know or who have
not heard Of Jim Nhllatch. He died
in August. 1890, at a lodging house IN
San Francisco. The company contests
his widows claim on the ground that
Nhitlach committed suicide. Mrs.
Whitlach says her husband was muir
dered, and the question of suicide or
murder will be settled at the trial.
Lowenbelc IL Co, of California. have
begun a suit in the United States cir
court against &. NJ. Jelfris and the
Merchants national bank for Sll,5JS.Sl
with interest. They obtained Judge
mcnt against GreehOOd, BONN IL Co. for
this amount in the district court on
April |, lS92, Lowenberg ~ Co. claim
that Mr.. Jetfris, who was sheriff of Lewis
and Clarke county at the time, on Feb.
IL, 1892 attached for them abou, $4,000
worth Of goods belonging to GrccnhOod,
liOhm d Co. bat that he afterwards sur
possession Of them upon the
and encouragement of the
National bank.
y new sheep dip. which any sheep
man can make. is given as follows: "l'if-
teen pounds Of unslacked lime. thirty
pounds Of sulphur, hall il pound Of con
lyc, tn Ouc hundred gallons Of
wafer; boil together in less wafer for
or twenty minutes, or until sui
phur has dissolved and solution has AS
Il dark brown color; and then add
sufficient water to mako one hundred
lmmcrsc sheep for two min
airs al Il temperature Of 40 degrees"
This dip contains no poisonous ingre-
ilcnts, and i one Of the best dips that
;an bn used; provided the wool grower
Is willing 70 take his chances in the
threatened discrimination against "sul-
Dhured WOOL, which, 1t is thought will
amount to nOthing.-l'enton Press.
Great Falls Retail Markets.,