Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-18

have received notice from the post office
department that regular rates will
apply between the United States and
Cuba after the first of April.
There is a rumor to the effect that the
Montana railroad intends to shortly
begin branch to Copperopolis in>
order to better care for the freight bust
ness that the road receives from the
copper mines. ~Gazette.
A Northern Pacific surveying party
is establishing line between Twin
Bridges and Virginia City. The party
is authority for the statement that cars
will be running between the two points
before the snow flies another winter.
White House Zephyr.
The heaviest and worst snow storm
of the year visited Carbon county last
week, So severe was the storm that
there were several narrow escapes fl ON
death. The storm was particularly Sc.
we're on Sage creek, in the eastern part
of the county.
Ihe sale OF thoroughbred horses owns
ed by the late Marcus Daily is said to
have realized about $500, 600, with a
number promising yearlings remain
ing unsold. 1t is proposed to use the
Daily ranch of $4,000 acres for the
Bitter Root beet ranch.
The stock men of Carbon comfy
were in session last week at Bridger.
One important feature of the associa-
ton was the paying of liberal boun-
ty on wolves that will justify system
attic effort being made to capture and
destroy this the leading pest to the
stock business in the northwest.
Paul Mccormick has just returned
from trip to Chicago. He states the
stock market is very en- couraging, be
ing at present on a high pressure OF
the wool outlook he heard but little,
but in his opinion the majority OF this
years clip will sell at about II cents.
Mr.. Mccormick says that the weather
in the east is chilly and wet.-Billings
Gazette.
Big Timber is to have woolen mill.
1t is thought the mill will be ready to
begin operations within two months.
The mill will have capacity of 500
pounds of wool per day, which will be
made up into blankets, dress goods and
shirting for the present, it being the
intention of the management to build
up local trade before undertaking to
supply markets outside the state.
A. A. Campbell, sub-agent of the
Crow Indians at the Pryor agency,
was in town Saturday with large
delegation of Indians for the purpose
of receiving seeds for sowing this sea-
son, says the Billings Gazette. There
were some IS teams and the Indians
made quite a procession as they passed
down the streets OH their way to the
reservation.
The annual convention of the Montana
Christian Endeavor union will be held
in the First Christian church at Butte,
June 13 and IA, and is expected to draw
together abont 120 delegates represent
ing eighty-three societies which have
an aggregate of at least 700 men,
h0rS This Nn~1,,1oo hA
pies society of the Baptist church and
the Epworth League of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Great alarm and fear are awakened
among the residents of the Bitter Root
valley by the recurrence of an epidemic
of a strange and fatal illness, that has
been appearing every spring for five
years. For want of better name it
has been termed "spotted fever" but as
the disease is confined to no particular
portion of the valley some physicians
are inclined to believe that it is the re-
result of mineral water. Several |
deaths have occurred. 1t is always
fatal and it's victims die in great agony.
Doctors are puzzled and the state is |
asked to have the government investi-
Bee.
The article published in this paper |
last week, regarding the probable extern
sion of the Milwaukee road into this |
has been the chief theme of |
cOnvorc finv, for covor,1 davc S.,h- |