The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-03-05
State News.

Fire is still raging in the Boze
man tunnel and it is thought tha,
the entire timber work will be
consumed.
James Carr.ngton and Robt.
Coryell, two old time counterfeiters
have been arrested in Butte. They
had q full set of couuterfeiters
tools.
J. J. Hill has purchased 300
acres of land for the railroad com
pany just south of the shops anG
round house in Great Sails and
comprising the flat that lies be
tween the old yard limits and Sun
river. The purchase of this large
tract of land for yard purposes in.
dicates that Hill has large ideas OF
the future of Great Falls as rail
road centre, and speaks louder
than words as to what he thinks
about the prospects of Great Falls
IN the years to come.
2. N. Nelson, deputy sheep in
spector, is now visiting the various
camps III Choteau county that are
supposed to reed attention and
seeing that quarantine regulations
are complied with. J. o. Patter
sons flocks have not yet shown
any extensive signs of disease,
only few bucks showing signs OF
it and these are being properly
cared for. John Patterson is not
quite so fortunate; i; he has thor.
oughly dipped all his rams, abou
$50 head of his ews band, and i;
isolating the infected sheep as soor
as discovered. J. w. Woodcoch
will begin dipping a band of 1900
head of ewes on Friday next. In
this bunch as we'll as the buck herd
the disease has shown up stren q
and prompt remedial measures
were considered advisable. G, G,
Records is now building large
dipping tank in which his outfit
will be treated the early part OF
next week.
Alex. Ledeaux, French haf
breed, was taken from the missi on
to Great Falls last Wednesday be-
cause he was deemed insane. AT
his examination he told the court
that wind was blowing in his
ears and he thought Father Red
mond, of the mission, had caused
it to be there, and as result he
did not like the church nor those
who attended the sacred cdifice
The Sunday before he secured a
rifle anu concealed himself in the
brush surrounding the chape! and,
just to freighten them he said, with
a cunning smile, he took shot at
the crowd as they were leaving the
structure. The bullet whistied
uncomfortably close to members Of
the congregation and they ran hin
down and placed him in the hands
of Constable Hall, of Cascade, wbt
took him to Great Falls. Ladeau,
lost his wife recently and it is be
lievcd her death unsettled his
mind. He was sent to the Warn
Syringe asylum for treatment.
An organization has been formed
which is styled the Saloonkeepers,
Protective Association of Silver
Bow County. The organization
starts off with about 70 mem bers
and it is proposed to enlist in The
organization all the saIoonkeepers
of the county. The object of tht
organization are to work for the
protection of the saloon interests
it being considered that more car
be done by working together thar
by working at swords points
The saloonkeerers will be organized
all over the state, and there will
probably be IA state organization, a.
is the case in most Eastern states
The immediate object of the organ
ization is to compel everybody to pa!
license. 1t is believed by the sa
loon keepers that favoritism i