The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-13
L STATE NEWS.

GENEkAL STATE NEWS.
The price Of lumber Ia keeping pace
with the advance OF other commuditie,
and the dealers Of the state IRE cores
%pondingly prosperous.
Blooming buttercups Oh the hills and
green straw berries III the garden Ia al
item in last weeks winter report 81
the weather in the Bitter Root valley.
There were $25, $50 IN bounty claims
fled with the secretary Of the state
during the month Of January. The
largest amount came from Custer ooun.
ty, $494. .4...
It Ia announced that Senator CLARK
will soon make a splendid endowment
for the state university, enabling 1t to
compete with any educational institu.
tion in the west. IF
It is reported that the Oregon Short
Line is making arrangements for put.
ting on dining cars Oh it's line between
Salt Lake city and Butte, thus aban-
doning their present eating stations.
Martin Hoffman Of Bohemian, re.
ceived a letter last week from Bates
county, Missouri, containing the infor.
nation that thirty families will leave
that section Of the state February 12th
to find homes IN the west. One huff Of
them will stop in Gallatin county and
the remainder will continue their jour.
ney to Washington.
Western News: It is said that a
band Of wei 400 black tail deer are
wintering in Ross Hole. The old
timers declare that the action Of the
deer this winter IL a good indication
that very little severe winter weather
may be expected, and that II the deer
could talk they would be record break.
ing prognosticators.
The Catholics Of Great Fails are
planning to erect q $25, 900 church
building. The building will be a hand.
some structure, and IL IL intended to
have it especially handsome III Its III.
terror appointments. When Il shall
have been completed, the present
church building will be used for other
purposes, not yet decided upon.
The rally Of the representatives Of
the two M%ethodists churches OF Mon.
tana that WAS arranged for at the last
annual conference Of the churches Of
the state, will take place III Helena
March 7 and 8. There will be a two
days session, during which there will
be discussions Of topics Of interest to
M%ethodists BY representatives OF the
ministry Of both.
Lewistown Argus: One Of our
northern exchanges gives an account Of
u prairie fire IN January. But WI Gun
call all such items. A prospeotor In
from the North Moccasins last Satnr.
day said he pluoked u beautiful bouquet
Of anemones the day before ut an nlti.
tude muoh higher than Lewistown.
The man who fought a swarm OF flying
ants with a bunch of sage brush ~ due
here tomorrow.
The courts cannot resolve themselves
into %canvassiNg boards md nass upon
the correctness Of property assessments
that have heen made by county nsses.
sors and approved By county boards Of
equalization except where there are
evidences Of fraud. This IN the sub.
stance of Il decision rendered by the
supreme court Saturday In "A onse In
which a taxpayer sought to secure II
ruling ar to the proper assessment that
had been placed upon his property.
Havre, Montana, was the coolest
place in the United States Thur4day,
the temperature there being thirty.
eight below zero. tho minimum for tho
twenty -four hours, while the maximum
was 0 below. Tho cold weather III
Montana has done nc damage s0 fnf.
and eannot do any unless there should
be much mare snow, but other states
arc not no lucky. A blizzard ms b0on
raging over Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico, ind IL especially severe
In Now Mexico, where there ~ zor0
temperature aud heavy snow. Tho
storm IN tho worst ver experienced NJ
Springer, N. NJ, whore thera VIM Il
drop Of twenty. five degrees In az many
minutes.
An action Of vAst Importance IN the
taxpayers Of the state, aud especially 10
tho assessors md county clerks III Tho
different counties. IN tho famous ohse NJ
thu stats on ral thu atato b0nid 0f equals
against County CLERK Fortune
Of Cascade county In MnndAllus pros
seedlings 10 compel tho county official
10 show why he did not follow tho in'
0f tina stata board Ut eqnAli'
aation last year aud rnise tlts asasss.
ment of live sloak 10 tho figures fixed
BY tina ntnta haArd This matter Will