The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
GEN ERAL STATE NEWS.

W1ll10M brOWn u IeOrRo Ih'
Kumpe, Of this state, have been mp.
pointed first lieuteDAnts IN the regular
army.
It In reported that about thirty.six OF
tie Montana boys have enlisted Ii the
new volunteer regiments being organic.
ed IN the Philippines. They have had
IL taste Of military life and want some
more Of It.
The directors Of the county free high
school III Gallatin county, have rented
the old Academy building III BoYeman
il Which to conduct the school for the
present. There will BE- three teachers
to start with.
Copper Ia the name Of II new post.
office established for tho convenience Ut
the people III the C%opperopolis di.trict,
Meagher county, with Arthur HIM Ms az
postmaster. Mail vel vices three times
u week has been provided from White
Sulphur Springs
The majority ia favor Of the estnb.
lisbment Of II Fergus county nigh
school ut Lewistown was 1877. Frank
T.. Wright, David Hilger, Edwin K.
Cheadle. Cornelius Hedges, Charles
Young aud Theordore Hogeland huve
been appointed trustees.
The secretary Of the interior has af.
firmed the land Office decision IN the
case Of r. NJ. Lamb W. the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, from Bone.
mnn district. The hearing wns order.
ed to determine whether the lNud ~
mineral Or agricultural.
investigation Of the recent "white.
cap outrage ut Chinook has resulted
in the arresting Of two men. +. An.
dfews and +. Nessler, and the officers
ore working Oh clews that promise 10
leud to the identity Of several other
participants IN the affair.
The contractors If the Montana Con,
trial near veronn IRE still calling for
men, wanting $50 more. They are
Offering ~ per day and charge ID rer
week for board, which Ia said to BE-
good. Several agents are IN Great
Falls, trying to secure men.
Stock inspectors and others connected
with the state board Of stock commits.
sioners have been moved 10 exceptional
activity recently III compelling the Oh.
fol cement Of the law requiring butch.
ers to make u full record Of the marks
and brands Of cattle slaughtered BY
them, and to file the record with tho
county clerk each month. The activity
ID no. confined to any u locality IL
the state, but Is general, and II IN the
intention Of those authorities to 400
that the law ~ enforced IN every
county.
The flromen OF the state will be IN.
terested in u decision that Attorney
General Nolan has rendered IN 70 the
liability Of hremen for poll tax. Tho
chief OF the fire. department. NJ HAvre,
j. B. Pony, wrote to the attorney gen.
eral TO know II the city authorities had
a right to collect u poll tax from tho
members Of the department. The ~.
torney general holds that any one who
has served five years In n pnid depart.
ment ia exempt, Under that period
they must pay. All volunteer tromen,
however. aro exempt from tho Tux
whether they have served yonr OF
Ave. Az tho Havre Are chief receives
o. for each fra md tho mon M for
each fire attended all will have 10 pay
the tax unless they have served ilvo
years.
The Indians Of the Fort nolknRp pos.
ervation. II IL thought, will within u
few years BIO elf.supp0rtinR. The gov.
ernMent In now building them Nh OK.
tensive irrigation system TINT will
bring II larRe aroA undor cultivation
aud provide homes for all, md its
wards IRE acquiring habits Of industry
by working Oh tho construction 0f tho
improvements that will aomo day ba
their own. II viii take three years 10
complete the work, but when " IN done
IL will bo worth ", for then every
family who wants ono will have "A firm
OF twenty two acres Of arabic lAnd with
plenty Of water, IN addition 70 Tho hNe
ranges VI the reserve, and " II Thought
that tho government Will he Nhle with
safety to Withdraw "A considerable pro-
portion ~ thu support II hNs given In
the past, Tho indians will not need
issues 0f rations whom lhey aPo able 10
earn their own way,
Tho at0ne cutters employed by tho
Montana Building company ON tho
state capitol went on strike Monday
morning, Twanty,f0un cutters refused
10 ~ 10 work, Last saturday Con,
tractor aoas discharged three Mttevs
heeauso they were Incompetent, THAT
morning tina other cutters waited on
Foreman Hamilton and sAid they do,
muDded tho discharged men no peln'
stated, Latter they waited nN Con-
tvAotol a0ss and demanded that ha dis,
charge Foreman HAmilt0n, claiming
Tint ha In ton axaauna, This tho cen
tlaotM refused w d. Then thn men
Quit, Tho hpiek layers, stone aetlaps
and 0ther employed about the building