The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-07
C. E. Trescott, Publisher.
Local and State News.
Colin Anderson A became citizen


postal system now. The city has
popn!atiou OF IL, 900.
Ther, is NOR business done ia
The two stores in Dupuyer than in
all the other mercantile houses in
the county put together.
"Veno, the healer,' who has
been cutting wide swath in Butte
Is wanted oy tn Sheriff, he havluy
turned up Ii issiug when waited oy
his creditors.
The Butte postoffice showed the
last year tue second largest t
increase OF auy city in the United
States, being exceeded only by the
post office at Los Angeles.
The headquarters Of the inspect>
ors of the oostofflce department
has been removed from Heieua 10
SpokaDe. Under tne new division
vi districts Montana is Included
with Idaho. 0 egon, Washington
aud Alaska in "a new district.
Hu n l>os', COWBOY well known
IN this section, id who has been
working for Mac Namara near Gas.
gov this summer, has been lad up
since the l3 b Of the last month in
hat town with inf amnalor;
Rheumatism Last week bis
brother Angus went d)wn from
Sun River to take hin to Great
I a S. FROM there, if The doctors
advise it, he will be taken to the
4,'rm sp'ings
IA -pnakips y. Il !ul-n Lonyh
ray il was teartiyu hat here has
been no provision made for deprp
dation :laic s made sin 3e 1894, and
the depre Iations must have been
done prior to the passage Of the
act iii 1891, transferring the
Jurisdiction in these matters to the
court of claims. Hence there Is
no recourse to be had through this
medium by those who have had
depredAtions committed upon them
since 1891 1p,aSS rnng~a-S rtkp,
further arj'us "a lhH r14Jtrf, 40
can any cltl.na be al y2u uppu tna'
w2rt not presented p.ior t. 1874
The following aifj.ia! information
has been received dire from
Commissioner Hermann: nrhp
ceded portion of 'ht. Blackfept Ind
ian reservation in Montana was
accepted oy ,h7 act Or J1na IL,
1898. The lands are yel in a. STATE
of reservation. When opened the
lands will be subject TO entry under
the mining laws only. The survey
is completed and the cedcd lands
will be open TO loca ion without
further announcement after the
fling IL the local lln1 office for
the district IN which h land>
are situated, of the approved plat
of survey, which filing will prob
ably be made within the next
ninety days" This Information
is the most Trustworthy the Acan>
tina has to hand.
Lyter & Gormley, of Graa Falls.
have b en- retain d W the sheriff
o Meagher couu',s and the clerk
and recorder Of Teton county to
institute in their behalf suits to
determine how many deputies they
are entitled TO emp ov The law
provides that each couaty official
may employ depu les 30, in excess
of a certain nun her. The count,
commissioners throughout 'he state
have uniformity held that they
have the power to further limit the
number OF deputies and havs done
so in nearly every county, greatly
10 the disadvan tage of the officials.
The offici ais claim that they should
be Allowed TO en- ,Ioy be N TX IN IN
number of deputl : prescribed by
law and that they can co 1pel the
commissioner to allow reasonable
compensation for the services of
ali deputies. The suits will be of
state wide interest to public off
cials. as we as the''av PAYERS, as
the decision W eff ct IN, dauu4i
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