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

Iuring the present month and Dec
ember. farmers institutes will be held
at Chinook, Great Falls, Helena, Bill
ings, Bozeman and Hamilton, on dates
to be announced by Secretary F,rtier
ot the administrative board OF Mon
tana Farmers Institutes.
John Bullman, the Helcra lad who
has achieved fame and fortune in the
last few years as a jockey, has signed
contract with August Belmont, who
has one of the finest racing stables in
the country fer next year. He viii
receive $4,000 for the season.
Miles City has taken the second
step in the direction of gaining the
benefit Of the Carnegie offer to endow
a library in that place. A lot has
been purchased OH which to erect The
building and it is believed that the
$4,000 which the millionaire philan-
thropist has promised will soon D..
forthcoming.
Judge Dupose, formerly Of Montana
hut now serving a term in California
for contempt of court, will be released
from the Alameda Jail Jan. ~, when
his six months sentence will expire.
Judge DuBose expects to visit northern
Montana Immediately after his re-
lease.
During the past four years Il great
revolution of sentiment concerning the
use of blackleg vaccine has occurred
among the stocklncn of Montana.
When State Veterinarian NJ. +. Know
les introduced it in 1897. II was look
ed upon almost with suspicion by the
majority Of Montana owners of cattle.
Now its use is general all over the
state and it is increasing every wear.
Figures demonstrate this without
question. Last month, by actual
count. Is, 40 doses Of the vaccine we're
ordered from the bureau of animal in
dustry in Washington, y. g.. through
the Office Of the state veterinarian
alone. This does rot represent more
than Il third of the amount probably
used during that time.
Both fruit and produce are much
higher in price this year than they
have been for a number of years, and
the thrifty housewife will have TO
look sharp if she makes the same sum
OF money do for her store bills this
year which she did last. Butter and
eggs are always up as we'll as the old
Irish standby. Fruit is scarce this
season, as Il result Of which prices
are high. The quality is also slightly
inferior. 1t is estimated that the crop
all over the country is much less than
year ago.
The anual meeting of the state board
of sheep commissioners convened At
Helena, Tuesday, being earlier than
the usual date for holding the CON
vention, which generally meets the
first Monday in December The
reason for calling the meeting at this
time was to enable those desiring to
do SO to attend the meeting of the
National Live Stock association at
Chicago. In addition TO the regular
business which will come before the
board an effort will also be made to
ascertain the feeling of the flocSmas-
ters in reference to the question of
leasing government lands for grazing
as the subject is billed for
discussion by the nation
al association.
Custer county, Montana and Crook
county across the border in Wyoming
both have murder mysteries which an
effort IS being made to clear up. but
as yet nnsuccessfully, though there is
considerable more likelihood of the
Crook county matter Deing solved than
the Custer county affair. for the reason
that, in the latter, an unknown man
WAS killed by a party also unknown.
while in the former case the man who
is missing is known as is the party
with whom he was last seen in com
pany, the difficulty being that the
murder cannot be proved until the
dead body is found.
Governor Toole has received a peti-
ton bearing several hundred names
those OF citizen of Fergus county, |
asking him to commute to imprison-
ment for life the death sentence re-
Gently passed unOn Milton u Houau |