The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-09
SHELBY NEWS.

Braren is under the Woatn-
er with al attack of the grip.
Sam HI. w cd of the Montana Coop
~erative Ranch Co., visited Great Falls
last week.
Miss Carrie Hughes who has beer VS.
iting her home on the Marias. has re-
turned to the Sisters school at Leth-
bridge.
Charles FL. Pearson and AL. Woods
were in town this week, delivering bucks
to Jos. Escallier.
G. F. Moberly took a load of school
furniture to the Gold Butte school last
Sunday.
G. F. Norris, Grassy, after being
away for the past nine months herding
sheep for Herbert Joiner on Rocky
Ridge, is spending a few days in town
like a prince.
G. r. Scoffin had two fine i'm ported
Norman stations unloaded here last
week. They are for use on his Spring
creek ranch, and it the writer is any
judge of horse flesh, they are two of the
best of their kind ever brought to Mon
tana.
Mr.. Thompson passed through here
Monday with men and teams for the
purpose of constructing a reservoir for
Commissioner Connolly at mile board
on IN tho n n and ~ Rv
Bill Evarts crossed the Marias, Mon
day, with the vanguard of the T herd.
Bill says he had the toughest trip he ev-
err was on, being caught in the snow
storm while on the Muddy.
Jas. Hughes, the Pondera sheepman,
transacted busin ess in Shelby last Mon
day. He says that between 200 and 800
of his sheep were SO badly chilled dur
ing the last snowstorm, that most OF
them have since died.
Died: On May 9th ;, the infant daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sullivan. The
funeral took place at the home of the
parents on the 7th. and was attended by
, all who could possibly get away.
The smallpox has struck Teton coun-
ty at last, there being two well develop
ed cases at the Rocky Springs section
house. The county attorney was Motif
ed, but up to the present writing, no off
: cial steps have been taken to establish a
quarantine. It is reported that the men
: who have the disease were imported from
Canada by the G. f. and @. Co., in di-
rect violation of the contract labor law
Y and if such is the fact, the company
should be compelled to stand the ex
pense which will necessarily be incurr-
ed by the county.
Jas. Gibson, a swift man with the pen
tried his game at Gold Butte and was
successful in passing two checks witt
the forged signature of VIM. Simero.
He passed one on Austin McHale anc
one on JAS. Wright. Fortunately, Mr.
Simero came to camp the next day ano
! when shown the checks, pronounced
them forgeries. Mr.. McHale swore GU
a warrant, and in company with Fret
Q Maurer, started on Gibson's trail, which
they followed from Monday noon unit
3 o'clock Wednesday morning, wheI
they found him asleep in u coulee.
They woke him up and brought him t.
# Shelby, where he was lodged in jail.
II By way of showing his disgust with tn
proceedings, he attempted to break jail
but was foiled in the attempt. Later, h
= W as. taken to Gold Butte and arraigne'
"a before Judge Mcdowell, who held hin
il to answer before the district court a
N Fort Benton, upon his plea of guilty.
a Messrs. McHale and Naurer are entitled
q to credit for their untiring efforts in th
capture, as possible criminals will be di:
couraged from following Gibson's ez
G. ample.
II Sheepmen are feeling blue over tn
10 prospect for wool prices. which man
10 think will not be more than 10 cents.
"a With such a price, yeatlings can
bought after shearing, at ST. per head.