The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-02-04
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Laramie bank clerk has gpne TO
Canada, but he hal leave Of absence,
Charles A Richgrds Of Lander coun.
", New, il in the field as candidate
for congress.
The Butte authorities have ihhugu.
rated a crusade against the dealers IN
bogus butter.
Helena. Mont, ministers have insti'
tuted n movement for the relief Of
starving CubanS
The estate OF the late r A. Largey,
the Butte banker who was murdered,
Is valued at s4Oo.OOO. .....'
Insurance companies propose 10 get
at the facts Of the lire at the Boston
store at Butte before paying losses
and have engaged Pinkertons.
The parsonage, or living house. OF
clergyman is not exempt from taxation
In Montana, according To AN opinion
rendered by Attorney General Nolan.
Ruble Rivera, sheep inspector for
Carbon county, wyo.. reports that the
long continued cold weather is killing
a large number of sheep, especially in
the bands Of old owes.
r. S. Davidson Of Great Falls under-
took TO eat gallon Of oysters at one
sitting IN order to win q wager. but
quit When he had devoured just u
pint and n half.
The committee appointed TO raise
the subscription towards the sisters
hospital at Billings. Mont, report tho
full amount Of the sum OF $4,000 sub.
scribcd and the offer Of several eligible
sites free.
Under Gov. Smiths proclamation
against oil Southern cattle" mono
can be imported into Montana with.
out nine days quarantine at the own
er's expense before being allowed to
go Mt large.
The little one month old child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Al Davis Of Laramie. was
given n morphine tablet by mistake,
and II died last week, after two doc
tors had laborcd In vain for many
hours To save its life.
How Con sullivan got into ST. James
hospital is said by the Butte Miner TO
be n mystery, but he was found by n
Sister Of Charity lying ON the floor Of
the waiting room, last week with his
skull crushed. lie Is still alive.
N.tls ,..Aa t,u. l..,, L., ,.,,,, e.,
Big Horn basin, Montana, for the past
three months, reports the basin ranges
In fairly good condition, and says that
the winter thus far has been EXTREMITY
favorable To stock interests. There
are In the neighborhood OF 100000
head of sheep being wintered In tho
| basin. ~
II, 4. Halliday Of Galvcstiue, Tex.
has made proposition TO Herman w.
Kraus OF Great Falls by WHICH the
latter is TO put In thirty sheep shear
ing machines at Poudera, with all the
requisite sheds and like, while Hail.
day is TO furnish the machines The
condition required by Halliday Is that
he be given guarantee OF $4,000
sheep 10 shear.
A few years ago the umatilla In
dams wealth In Nevada was rcolSoned
by 'hr number OF cayuses he possessed.
When short OF cash he was always
able to turn of some OF those small
but sturdy little animals At fair prices.
but with the advent OF the white man.
however, his range has decreased aud
30 has his herds. Now he must live on
The rent OF his land, aud the few
cAyuses left will bring him about So
head,
shortly after the passage OF
freight train last week, the Northern
Pacific bridge across the Boulder river,
about mile below Big Timber, was
discovered to be on fire by the watch.
man. The bridge Is about 800 feet
long and one OF the most important
on the road. An alarm was given and
a wagon load OF men with ropes and
buckets was hurried 10 the seeue be
fore much damage was done.
]. Il. Filter, who Ia serving two
years In the penitenttiary for bounty
frauds committed In Beaverhead
county offers, upon promise OF Inn
munity from further imprisonment, TO
make some disclosures that may be
decidedly sensational aud rather I'M
pleasant for certain county clerks and
recorders In Montana In reguard 10
bounty frauds perpetrated In several
counties.
The fact that the Butte reduction
works is now building new stalls for
roasting ore In the open air is unwel-
come news to the people OF Butte,
ignifying that this company has no
Intention Of giving up the barbarous
method OF roasting ores. The Parrot
company will soon remove TO its new
shelters at Gaylord, but the butte re-
duction works will remain In Butte,
aud Its plan seems 10 be TO keep on In
the old way and let the people Of Butte
| cough or get out, as they choose.