The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-07
MONTANA.


Virginia city has $50 children of
school age.
Flathead county reports 1928 men
subject to military duty.
Alexander N. Moore, a Montana pio-
neer died last week at Spokane.
There are over 60 lawyers names
given in the Helena directory.
Martin Mantha, an old-timer, died |
recently at his home near Laurin.
The Cascade County Liuqor Dealers |
Protective association has been organ
lied at Great Falls.
A golf expert has been in Missoula
laying out a course. The links are
situated between the university and the
Missoula river.
Black-bordered invitations to the
execution of Daniel Lucey which is
scheduled to take place in the yard of
the county Jail at Butte between and
o'clock on the 18th, have been order
ed printed.
County treasurer Davis has return
ed from his ranch east of Belgrade,
having completed threshing his wheat.
The yield was a good one, running
from 221a bushels on the uplands to 40
bushels on the land near the river.
There are now three cases of small
pox at the pest house at Butte, Rich
ard Watson being the last patient ad-
mitted. The quarantine over the, two
cases on Galena street will be raised
/, today, and the city will be clear of the
= disease.
The Butte Business Mems associa-
ton has reelected o. Hight president
, Judge Spear reported progress in the
; matter of the union depot, and d. j.
Hennessy announced that he had re-
ceived letter from Senator Carter
stating that work on the federal build
= ing would soon be started.
OF the 81 applicants for teachers Ger
: tificates who took the recent examina
r ton before county Superintendent
+ Downey, at Butte only two failed tt
: pass. The other 25 were given Ger
,. tificates. Three are of the profession
:. al grade, eight of the first grade, II o
= the second grade and three of the thirC
. grade.
). T. S. Lowrie, T. D. Duncan and some
QUIET ptOple VI luO lciIuOelu NoAA~l
0 who planted what were supposed to b.
+ prune trees several years ago, have ;
+ fine article of plums that they would
6 like to know the name in order to pro
t cure some more of the same kind. TIL
/ plums are of fine quality, ripen yer,
= early, and seem to be exactly what i
l. wanted.
e R. B. Vickers, of Virginia City ha
r received a letter from j. d. Foster, on
e of the Company D. boys who Joined tn
It Thirty-sixth regiment, conveying tn
r. sad news that Tom Wilson, anothe
e Company D. boy, had committed SUI
s eide. He had been in the guar
?. house for some misdemeanor and whe
released he took a rife, placed it to hi
eye and pulled the trigger, blowing tn
= whole top of his head off. Wilson Ell
- listed with Company D. at Twin Brio
ges.
= Col. H. H. Horst, one of the pioneer
!, of Montana, died at his home in Butt
-. last week. Col. Horst had been on tn
. streets up to a week ago, and was SUI
posed by his friends to be in the bes
~ of health. His death was due to
~ complication of ailments. He was col
ie scious to the last and passed peac
fully away in the presence of his fan
- :, lily.
IL Montana horses seem to be in gref
., demand, judging from the number {
IL men who are securing the Gallati
county for saddle horses, no less tina
!" three different parties are in the mar
Ae ct for we'll broken horses for cavalI
~ use and every animal that fills the r
- quirements is snapped up forthmit
" and at prices that would have purcha
y, ~ ed a considerable bunch few yea
L. ago when horsefesh was drug on II
80 market. Between the cavalry ar
90 the canning establishments the Mo
tana horse finds himself a much sougl
- after beast.
OREGnN.