The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-02

the Fifth legislative assembly OF Mon
tana, who stole the salary bill one year
ago, preventing its enactment on the last
day of the session, must serve one year
in the penitentiary for his crime. The
supreme court, in AN opinion by Justice
Hunt, has affirmed the Judgment OF the
lower court and the order denying new
trial, thereby removing Bloors last hope
of escape. The opinion was unanimously
concurred in by the court, which, after
carefully reviewing the evidence, says
that "the jury was amply justified in find
ing the defendant guilty, providing the
evidence was credible"
General Manager David s. Murray OF
Salt Lake, OF the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company, has closed a contract
with the mill at Heron, Mont, for 1000
telephone poles to be used in the construc-
ton of line from Missoula to Mullan,
Idaho which viii close gap of lbs miles
in the connection between Livingston,
Mont, on the extreme east, and the Pa
cific coast, and when completed will give
the longest telephone connection in the
world
The comptroller of the currency has
made public an abstract of the report of
the condition on February Is of the 81 ma
tional banks in Montana. 1t shows that
since the date of the last report, December
10, total resources decreased from $l6,63l,-
7S0 to Sl4SlS,9ll; loans and discounts
decreased from $7,737 $40 to 81 ,6S2 1882;
reserves decreased from 81 ,S96,030 to 81,
$50 1888, of which gold holdings increased
from S64o,7l7 to $73S,932. The deposits
decreased from l,ll9,549 to $9,976,ll6,
and the average reserve held decreased
from 1920 per cent to 40.l4 per cent.
"a large number OF Montana horses were
purchased by the government a few years
ago for the cavalry" said State NeteIina-
rian NJ. +. Knowles the other day, land l
understand that they proved entirely sat
isfactory. OF late years the government
has been securing good share of its
horses in Kentucky. Montana can fur
nish as good horses as any state in the
Union Any kind of horse can be found
here, for there are well bred horses as well
as cayuses. Teton county has many horses
that would be suitable for cavalry service.
There are some excellent horses in Custer
county. For that matter, good horses can
be found in every county in the state. Our
native-bred Montana horses will stand
more hard work than those of any Other
section of the country, in my opinion"
One of the largest transfers in ranch
and stock property for some time past
was consummated recently between Jur
gen Kuhr and Ernest Schluter both OF
Cleveland Mr.. Schluter sold his ranch
of l60 acres patented and a 320-acre des
ert claim for $4,000, and 5000 sheep al
1925 a head. The sheep We're a gooC
bunch, made up of young ewes straight
, Idaho.
: Asa Abbott has begun the publication O
the Silver Blade at Belvue.
The Baptists at Cottonwood hav,
y broken ground for church building.
) Governor Steunenberg has issued a proc
lamation offering a reward of 5000 eael
= for the arrest and conviction of each of tn
members of the mob that murdered Fred
; eriek d. Whitney at Gem on December %
1897.
A petition has been sent to Washington
: asking that mail service be established be
+ tween Riddles and Mountain City, via tn
Duck Valley Indian reservation. If this
granted it will make mail, connection con
tinuous between Mountain Home an
Elko, New, distance of about 200 miles.
y There are at least 100000 sheep winter
e ing near Raft river. in southern Idaho
y Mr.. Mccormick has $4,000 there, anothe
: owner 10000, and besides these there al
s numerous smaller focks of several thou
sand each. The grass got such goo
> start last fall that now the sheep refus
, the hay fed them, trample it under foe
D and 90 in search of the fresh green grass.
+. w. Vogler of Blaefoot has secured tn
Il bid for the next four years ON the ma
i contract from Red Rock, Mont, to Sa
mon City. He has bought up the stool
u, stages and complete outfit now on the lin
= belonging to Emerson Hill, who has ha
the contract for the past four years {
= more, and entered into possession of tn
u line. In the transfer the sum of $1,000
changed hands. 1t is one of the best lin,
=, in the country, owning and controllin
- its own eating houses on the line. NJ
Vogler will also run the line from Salmo
City to Gibbonsville from July l. II
officers of the company are: +. w. Vo,
= Ter, president and genral manager; f. Hill
- vice president; Mrs. V. c. Vogler, seer
tary and treasurer.
A petition has been sent to Washin,
Is ton asking that mail service Sc estabHsl
~ ed between i,:d5iss sid Mountain Cit