Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-10

Fort Yellowstone, but their term of en-
listment has expired. The buys re.
gard Keogh as far ahead of Fort Vel
lowstone. as the nearest town TO the
latter place is seven miles away and
has only about 100 Inhabitants.
Pierre Wibaux has arrived from
France. He will remain in Miles City
few days and then return to France.
He was much pleased with the ap.
pearance of cattle and range. Mr..
Wibaux has several thousand head of
cattle on the way from Texas.
Arthur Harm had a narrow escape
from being kicked by horse in the alb
domen Thursday afternoon. The ami
NAL was frightened by piece of flying
paper and broke his halter, and ran
down Main street and as Harm was in
the act of stopping him he turned
around and kicked at him.
School election was held in the Miles
City school building. Trustee w. E.
votes. The proposition for free coun-
ty high school was submitted, there be-
ing 1917 votes for and but two against
it. Prof. Leavenworth, T. Browning
and H. B. Twombly acted as judges.
The pupils of the high school have
been making strenuous efforts to raise
a fund for the purchase of piano.
BY means of entertainments already
given they have amassed 500. Mrs.
7. J. Porter and Miss Thompson will
present the play entitled "Tom
Thumbs Wedding," and will embrace
in it's personnel only the little folks of
of the school, The production will be
given on two nights, Friday and Sat
urday of the present week.
The Twentieth Century club met
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Naples Sat
urday evening. Progressive euchre
was played, Mrs. Orschel and H. G.
Potter winning the prizes. Owing to
the fact that Messr. Potter, Andrus
and McIntire tied for the mems prize,
the matter was adjusted by the ladies
cutting for the winners. Mrs. John
Holt filled the place of E. H. Johnson
and throughout the evening was dubbed
with the familiar cognomen, ''Skew."
Alex Nc Donald, who has charge of
J. G. Howe's sheep on the north side
near Sixteen Springs. has lost but
thirteen head out of a band of 3, 500 dur
ing the recent storm. Though the
sheep found in the Flatwllow country
by Herder Dodge were identified by
Mcdonald as belonging to Howe, he
arrival OF Mr.. Howe, who is expected
to arrive from the east soon. Dodge
demanded reward and charges for
wintering of s. per head.
The L r outfit left Thursday for the
north side to commence rounding IN
horses preparatory to the cattle roundup.
Manager de Graffenreid is expecting
Mr.. Lemon to put in his appear
ance about April 10 or II. 1t is ex.
pected the Lake Tombs company will
clean out its entire holdings in Mon.
tana this summer, shipping the steers
and trailing the cows to South Dakota
where the company las extensive
range. Mrs. Lemon is expected to &C
company her husband.
The city election Monday was fol
one alderman in each ward and t.
decide the question of bonding the city
for SIS, 900 to extend the city water
system to the Yellowstone river. Some
excitement was caused in the SECOND
ward by the opponents of the proposed
opera house bringing in c. F. Inger
soil as candidate in opposition t.
Alderman Tom Glib at the last mo
ment. The result was as follow S
First ward De Darle for alderman
IS; nine blank and one for DR.. T. G
Mathews. For extending water sys
tenn SIS, against 10. Second ward
For alderman, Glib 90, Ingersoll 81
For bonding II, against 50.
John Samlin and Dave William
arrived from Tom Cotter's ranch OF
the north side Saturday and state,
that out of about $4,000 sheep Cote
lost not more than twenty as the result
OF the recent big storm. One wool
grower, whose name Samlin did no
know, lost his entire band in charg
of a herder. and neither have been see