The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-13
News OF the State.

Under the new game law there
is no closed season for fishing.
The Big Seven MIXING company
at Neihart declared $4,000
dividend last week.
N. E. Brown a brakeman, was
killed Thur sday at Horse Plains,
Mont., while coupling cars.
Henry Messenger, known as
"Dutch Henry" committed suicide
on public street in Butte by cut
ting his throat with a razor.
DR. c. K. Cole and W. NJ. Bick.
ford, mem oers of the Montana
capitol commission, will sue Fred
Whiteside, Of Flathead county, fol
libel.
The text book commission has
adopted CHM & Cos Stickney
readers for the public schools.
Twenty-one companies have bids
in to supply Moatana with sch Dol
books.
The hearing 10 the application
for the injunction against the
Butte labor unions to restrain
them from boycotting the Chinese
el aged in business in that city
has been postponed until May 27.
Acting under instructions from
the interior depar, ment, the kal-
ispeu land Office will open 70,
business on the first Monday in
June. Mr.. Whips and Mr.. Nash
have received their commissions as
receiver and regis Ger, Inter Lake.
News from Great Talls is to the
effect that many OF the miners at
Sand Coulee have been laid off and
that The works will soon be- aban
doned. A new coal field aoout
eight miles from Sand Coulee is
about to be opened, IN which the
discharged men expect to find em
| ploynent. River Press.
That must be gloomy condition
Of Affairs in the Oaigley mining
camp chat inspires the Lock Greek
Z. Record to thus aaptct it: "Tw'
sucTdl2s; ola man 0uigsey broK,
ard demented: several fortune:
lost; a deserted village, a profit
gate expenditure OF monies, ia
ability to further proceed; fondes
hopes destroyed. Such is thu
history in brief OF the youns
mining camp of Quigley."
The steamer Ruth plying be-
tween Jennings, Mont, and Fort
Steele, B c.. went to pieces four
miles north of Jennings on the TT
loaded with a cargo Of ore an6
having p passengers, and crew
were saved but the cargo and boa
are a total loss. The river is very
narrow anG swift at this point. ant
it is dangerous when any mishaE
overtakes a steamer. The point al
which the boat foundcred is in &
very rocky portion of the river.
Its reported that a mammoth
cave has been discovered anOui
four miles south Of Sand Coulee
, aud from mcagre investigation i
is thought TO be one OF the most
,acious caves uf the Rocky noun
tain range. The cave has been
explored for a distance Of abou
two hundred feet, and from til,
farthest portion, it is thought.
'at wv" p'So" ~ i>oNo law q" az
ditional cavern. The cave which
has been explored is over dfty feel
wide, with perfectly smooth tloni
and a dome like ceiling abe u
thirty feet high, the dome bein!
thickly set with transparent staI
actit > in every grotesqle ans
artistic form. Great Falls News
The follow ng is The new roaC
. law, pertaining to the duties Of
). road managers:
Sec. s. The county surveyor
Shall have power 10 employ suit
able laborers. teams and imple
ments necessary in the perform
] ance of any work required to bt
done by him und1r the provision,
of this act, and to appoint somt
person as manager of such work
who shall at all times be under tbs
ulder and control Of the surveyor
of roads, and to receive labor il
\ pa, mcut Of the special road tax a!
A is Hv Ian provided. But no person