Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-21

1t is probable Il rural free delivery
of.mails will be established in the
valley west OF Billings ior ii distance
of 20 miles.
| Mail will be sent by the post Office
department regularly to Nome this
winter by the overland route in addit-
ion to that sent down the Yukon from
Dawson. Steamers will leave Juneau
December !, January and February
! for katmai and from there the mail
will be sent overland to Nome.
| Montana schoolma ans and school
masters are looking forward to "A good
time intellectually ana socially. ut tn,
forthcoming meeting Of the state teach
ers association, which begins in Mis-
oula ON Thursday evening Dec. 20.
i The Marcus Dalv association of
! Butte has decided To erect a bronze
statue OF the copper magnate in Butte
| At an early date. III. l.. Frank. VIM.
Scallon aud j. Il. Ryan have bee n ap-
pointed 4 committee to select the
statute and the site.
! The many Late discoveries Of oil In
| this state have given rise to a number
OF nerplexing questions over which
there is a wide diversity of opinion.
The law regarding the location of oil
and petroleum bearing claims is The
same Us that governing placer claims
state Treasurer a. II. Barrett haS
announced that about the middle Of
Of December he will cali in abou,
$500 600 in outstanding general fun,A
warrants. This Will pick up all
warrants registered to date. The
treasurer says that money is coming
| III rapiIlly from counties in the state
from the western part Of the state
come, IN G report that some Of the In
! dians who have been afflicted with
smallpox. have aped fromtb agency
?t which they were mined and have
mingled with the men working along
! the grading camps ot the Great North
crn. In consequence considerable eX-
cltcnlent is said to exist in Flathead
county, where the Indians and graders
are. Should the disease manifest il
self among the latter they viii b.
quarantined and all work vii have To-
be stopped until thu mllady has run
its course
! The shipping season in Montana for
ran gc cattle is about over, only n fey,
scattering punches now being shipped
The season has been a good one for
the range cattlcman, and he is salts
fled with the prices he has received
for his cattle. Unlike many years
there have been no violent slumps in
! the market, sand the quotations have
b zen more regular than for many
! years, the general average being good
F, But few poor animals were shipped.
there being no demand for feeder
stuff on account Of the reduced corn
crop, and that III part accounts for
the good average prices. But the de-
mand has been good. Many of the
Montana rangers were bought for the
export trade, and the market would
have stood heavier shipments without
showing a break. While the figures
on the shipments from Montana are
not Yet available, there is no question
but they have been considerably below
those OF last year and IN fact less
than for a number of years
This year is to pass into history a.
the banner year Of the state land of
flee. The receipts up to the close oi
business for the week ending yester-
day were more than so, 600 in excess
OF the receipts for last year. and there
are yet two weeks TO be included in
the showing before the fiscal year ends
1t is not unlikely that the receipts will
approximate the good round total OF
$500, 200 by November 80. The exact
total up 10 date is ~27o, l7l.l9.
Dealers in tobacco and cigars in
addressing lmerous letters to the
Helena Internal revenue office, asking
when tfclr rebate on internal revenue
stamps from the statements sent in
July !. viii be forthcoming. For the
Information OF all such inqurers, Cap
tain II. =. Howell, chief clerk in the
Ill,