Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12
A SHEEPH0[D UP
WYOMING AUTHORITIES PERSE.
CUTE BILLINGS sHEEPMAN.
BASE BALL LEAGUE is NO GO.
Want of Interest in Other Towns Will
Probably Defeat Project
Chaplain Stull's Loss.
Billings, Mont, Jan. 10, 1901.

who is accused of violating the Wyom-
ing law relative to trailing sheep from
this state into wyoming, brands the
case against him as "holdup or
steal.' 1t will be remembered that two
of Mr.. Barth's herders, while trailing
sheep from this state into Wyoming,
were arrested and taken before JUS
tice at Lowell. Both were bound over
ITO the district court, and then taken to
the county seat, Basin City, when the
county attorney, after inquiring into
the case, ordered the prisoners dis
charged. 1t seems that Mr.. Barth paid
taxes to the amount of $500 on these
sheep IN Wyoming last year, and they
had not been out of the state six months
when he was bringing them back again
for winter grazing. He has carefully
looked into the matter relative to the
inspection law and fails to find any
thing in the Wyoming law to the effect
tht an owner of sheep wishing to take
the same into Wyoming shall send a
draft of $3.50 to the state treasurer with
which to defray the expense of inspec-
ton. and he believes that it is nothing
more than ruling of the board of
sheep commissioners of that state, who
nope to make a rake-off. If the board
sheep over into that state for about Is
holds up every sheepman who trails his
or 20 miles, it will be kept busy. Mr..
Barth thinks such a law would not be
amlSS, II Montana was an infected
state, but in view of the fact that it
is not, and has not been. it is rather
premature. and if carried into effect
viii give the state of Montana a splen-
did opportunity for retaliation. Be-
sides. were it not for the Montana
@sheepmen, who winter their bands in
the northern part of Wyoming, the
ranchmen of that part of the state
would have Jared badly the past few
years, as the former have bought their
nay and feed. paying them good prices.
1t is more than likely that the case will
De dropped by the sheep commission
ers, as Mr.. Barth seems to have the
best of the proposition.
The meeting of the base ball enthusi
asts, which was to have beer held in
this city tonight for the purpose of or
ganizing an Eastern Montana Amateur
Base Ball league, has been indefinitely
postponed. The reason for such action
is the failure to get the cities Of Boze-
man and Sheridan interested 20 the ex-
tent that they would send representa-
two towns will be dropped from the list.
The Burlington railroad did not feel in
clined to aid the movement. for the pro-
smoters of the league could secure
promise of no better rate than one and
one-third fare for round trip at a rate IF
five cents per mile.
BY the fire which destroyed the coal
shed belonging to the Methodist Epis-
copal parsonage and badly damaging
the barn of c. NJ. Bair. on Saturday
night, Rev. George C. Stull lost all of
his Filipino relics and precious cab
met which were stored in the she'd
Those foreign relics consisted Of almost
every known article which Rev. Stull
had gathered while chaplain of the
First Montana regiment of volunteers
when it was stationed in the Philippine
islands, and the loss of the same can
mot be estimated, as they can never be
REPLACED. The cabinet was something
fhat had been in possession of the min
E1ster for years. 1t is believed that the
Nire was the result of incendiarism.
In view of the fact that Yellowstone
county Is not likely to have a new court
Alouse for a couple of years at least, i'm
CIV SAACAAo dIC W Ue uldue III the IN
Nerior of the court room and work on the
same has been commenced, so that the
room will be ready when court meets
next Tuesday. The ju Ase's desk. which
has always stood against the east wall,
has been changed to a position mi 1way
between the north wall and the railni,
dividing the attorneys positions from
the public to corresponding position.
This has been done for several reasons.
In the first place, there is no small dis
turbance and interruption caused to the
court by the heavy traffic along Twenty
seventh street, while this will be re-
leved to a great extent. as there is but
little traffic along First avenue. Then
too, all the big storms come from the
east, thus making the building very
uncomfortable along that side.
The annual meeting of the Billings
telephone company was held Monday
night at which time the old officers were
reelected as follows: President, A. l..
Rabcock; Vice President, l.. II. Fenske:
Treasurer. Chas Spear: Secretary. L. II.
Foster; Superintendent, f. NJ. Hunger
ford The directors decided to inaugur-
ate a Sunday service beginning next
Sunday, January 10. This additional
service has been brought about by the
growth of the system, together with the
connecting of outside toll lines. Other
changes are contemplated in the im-
,provement of the system.
IN
l. VIM. S. Hewitt, the bridge contrac-
| tor arrived in the city yesterday and
has furnished a bond to the county in
| the sum of $4,000 for the faithful per-
,formance in constructing the new East
Billings bridge. Mr.. Hewitt says he
|, will not be able to begin work until
aaftar the June rise comes and goes,
(which means that the bridge will not
| " completed until about August l, at
ethe earliest.
| An action has been filed in the dis
| trict court of this county wherein James
O Burlington brings suit against the
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