Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-15
MILLIONS Of
MONTANA SHEEP
LARGE INCREASE OVER LAST
YEARS FIGURES.
GREAT GAIN In CLIP OF WOOL
THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS WERE
KILLED BY WILD ANIMALS
Low PRICE FOR WOOL.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, April 15.--The annual report of
the state board of sheep commissioners,
just completed shows that there were
nearly 100000 sheep in the state March
|, 1901, and 1,61o,0 ,0OU lambs. an increase
of 100000 over March l, 1900. AT the
close of 1900 more wool remained unsold
or on consignment that in any previous
year. More than half the clip was con-
signed east at II or II cents a pound.
The clip was q, 100000 pounds against 23,-
100000 pounds in the previous year. an
average of seven pounds per head for
each animal sheared. The increase is
partly due the use of shearing ma
chinery. Most of the sheepmen Of Cto-
teau and Valley counties sold their clip
on contract early in 1900 at price, as high
as twenty cents, while the market was
high, but the average for the rest of the
state was only about l4h cents. There
were shipped into the state last year
144,S0O sheep, including between 5000 and
10000 rams; slaughtered or sold
nearly 100000; pelts sold. $4,000, at an
average of nine cents per pound. About
$4,000 head, or nearly one per cent, were
destroyed b. wild animals.
st. Peters Episcopal church cleared off
the last of its debt at Easter. Seven
years ago it was $21 900, and at Easter
had been cut down to $4,000. The East ar
offerings We're $500 and the last $500 was
raised last week.
Mayor Edwards ran an excursion ira n
of four coaches we'll loaded with voters
to Winston to see the Beaver Creek water
supply recently bought by the city The
stream is estimated to supply 200 to 80
inches. and the city by running bedrock
dl II, will be abe to double the supply by
catching the seepage through gravel.
The supreme court today affirmed the
Judgment and order refusing a new trial
in the case of Lbbie l.. Ackey VS.. Phoe-
nix Fire Insurance TO-, of Brooklyn. Mrs.
Ackley had a drug store AT Sand Coulae,
which, with the stock contained, was in
sufed for 50 $50. The main ground on
which the company sought to have a
judgment for that amount set aside was
she did not really own the store and kept
ether, gasoline, and benzine in stock con-
traly to the terms of policy. The cour,
, says those artial- S are usually included
in a stock of drugs.
The judgme mt in the case of the yell
lowstone National bank of Billings VS.. e.
H. Gagnon was affirmed mainly on the
81 ound of failure to comply with the
rules 1t was a suit on notes
The judgment was set aside in the case
of Alexander Mckay VS.. w. j. McDou "a II
which was sent back to the district court
of Madison county for new trial. Nc
Kay sued for damages for treSpaSs on
! the Shoof1y placer claim in Madison coun-
| ty, and for a perpetual injunction re-
straning the defendant from interfering
with his possession. The district court
| found for the defendant with $l,S00 dam
| ages on counter claims. The supreme
| court found errors in the instructions to
| the Jury.
Judge Smith to-day granted leave to
| file new information charging forgery
! against e. d. Mccall. who was dis
| charged Saturday on the charge of mar
| rying the wife of another, and his bail
was fixed at $3.50.
| The new trial of DR.. T.. S. Kellogg
| set for this morning, was continued to
| May l. Judge Smith being Occupied with
! the long -drawn-out Weinscheimer will
! contest.
Articles of Incorporation of the Ale
! shire utnerianG Go. of Butte were tilei
| today. 1t has power to do a general mer-
chandise and brokerage business. en-
| gage in the manufacture and sale OF
wines, liquors and tobaccos do minln:
milling and smelling business. build rail
roads. canals, bitches and fumes TIE,
| directors are II. F. Aleshire Fred :
Sutherland and Louis Frank The capi-
tai is $10600 in $40 shares of which three
shares are subscribed and paid for the
| balance in treasury stock.
The Flathsad Brick company. of Kal-
ispeil. filed articles of incorporation |,
. manufacture and sell brick, tile, clay
pipe, etc. The capital stock is s. 3oeD
subscribed by B. B. Gilliland, J. G. Stahl
| w. j. Blake, Theodore Ekstrom.