Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

Ben Neill was up from Rosebud
Saturday.
c. 3. jackson was here Friday from
Bozeman.
A complete line of stationery at the
News office.
]. NJ. T. Hague was up from Glen
dive Saturday.
Elmer Holt made a short visit to
Miles Monday.
Jas. Graham was visitor in Miles
City Tuesday.
Austin Middleton left for a short
visit to Miles City last evening.
Bailey s. Terrett handle all kindSsof
ammunition at the lowest prices. !"
A. Mitchell was guest at the Amer
lean Saturday, registering from Rose
bud.
Gay Huff will have the largest as
sortment of Christmas toys ever in
Forsyth. =
Chas. Straw, the Rosebud rancher
and stockgrower, was in town from
his ranch Tuesday.
]. w. Hathaway, deputy collector
for this district, was calling on For
syth business men Monday.
A ticket TO Hunters Hot springs and
return, including board and baths at
the hotel for one week, for only So.
Apply at N. p. ticket office. :;
The American Cultyator says: The
shipments of wool from Boston since
Jan. have been $50, ASS. 942 pounds and
the receipts go, 455,G42 pounds, gains
1+2, 404 500 pounds shipped and 49,,
5l2,Oo pounds received the same part
of 1900. The stock on hand Jan. l was
76 800, 500 pounds. and now it is 49,,
S44,697 pounds.
T. f. Hammond. Of Forsyth. was
rammed through the peculiar evolu-
tons deemed necessary for one to be
effectively christened as Il brother
Elk last evening. BY some strategy
Mr.. Hammond avoided his Forsyth
compatriats. come to Miles City and
went through the ordeal without the
loving sympathy which they would
doubtless have cheerfully extended. -
Yellowstone Journal.
Secretary Wilson has ISSUED! a proc
lamation directing that horses and cat
tie from the Philippines be excluded
from the United States. Agents of the
department of agriculture have found,
after investigation. that the horses OF
the islands are afflicted with surra, a
disease contracted by the army horses
Of the Indian regiments serving in that
rinderpest. the worst Of ali diseases
among ruminautS.
According to the reports from the
agricultural department. the highest
average wages paid to farm hands
goes to Montana at SS2.15: Nevada,
$40. In North Dakota the average is
ST. 81: III South Dakota. $50. II; Min
nesota. Sl9.o3: Iowa. Slo.S3 Wiscon-
sin, 1880. Going east the average de-
clines to S15.37 in Ohio: S14S1 in
Pennsylvania. aud then rises to SIS
and SlS.75 in the New England states.
In all cases these wages include board.
The Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany has announced a rate OF one and
one-third fare for the round trip from
Forsyth and other Montana points to
Missoula during the meeting of the
State Teachers association to be held
in that city on the Goth, 9th and 18th
OF this month. The rate, however, will
be subject to an attendance of 50 per-
sons. Tickets will be on sale three
days before the opening day of the
meeting. X
Trains have been delayed more or
less during the past week, principally
by storms, but the longest suspension
of traffic of any for months was occa-
stoned by a wreck Il few miles rest of
harrison on Friday night. at which
time an entire train load of cotton and
other merchandise went into the Mis-
. soura river. The wreck is supposed
to have been caused by the breaking of
a t1ange or rail. but there is some
doubt as to exactly what might have
been the cause thereof Traffic was
practically SuSpendcd on the road for