Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-20

respected resident Of Billings, is dead
from pneumonia.
The first rural mail route to be es.
tablished in Montana. was put in opera
ton on. of Billings recently. S. J. Hop.
pie is the carrier.
The jury in the breach Of promise case
of Mrs Meggie Yeaton VS.. John j. Mar
tin. for IS, 900 damages, returned a ver-
dict awarding the plaintiff $1,000.
The auxiliary steam plant of the Bos
ton & Montana smelter at Great Falls,
is completed. 1t enables the smelter to
run when the water in the river is low.
| Frank j. Neville and Henry Wiegand
had a heated controversy over a fence
near Cascade last week The latter ac
cused the former of drawing a gun on
hin: and threatening his life.
A telegram received at Great Falls by
his family contained the announcement
| that Peter Won Bank. proprietor Of the
| ST. Paul hotel of Great Falls. died at
LIE Mars. Iowa, where he had gone for
medical treatment.
judge Henry imposed a fine of $4,000
on Joseph Stanley, who was convicted
of assault in the second degree at Liv-
| ingston. Stanley has not yet paid the
fine. it being reported that he is con-
siderins whether to appeal the case or
| not
| George A. Baker, one of the pioneers
of Montana, is dead at ST. Louis, Mo.
word having been received to that eff
fest at Helena. Mr.. Baker was, for a
number of years, the Junior member of
the firm of I. G. Baker & Bro, of Fort
Senton.
May Thompson. a denizen Of the SO.
cial evil district at Butte. attempted SUI
icide with the assistance of morphine.
She is also known as May Smith. De-
spondency over the death of her lover. a
former pugilist, was the cause of her
,ct. She will recover the doctors say.
At the special school election at Liv-
ingston, for the purpose or voting s., 500
bonds to build and equip one or more
school houses, 1859 votes We're cast. 165
being for the bonds. The polls We're at
the East Side school house, and though
the day was not desirable for the cleo
ton. it showing nearly all the time, con-
adorable interest was shown.
The county attorney at Butte has Civ.
en- a., opinion that the road supervisors
recently appointed under the new law
| SIlOu.it COBeCL Etttu taxes, IIStttu Vi tIle
assessors. While the attorney was sat
isfied that the law YVES conflicting, still
as it made no particular difference wha
cole cted the tax, he made the sugges-
ton that the supervisors do the collect.
ing.
Ben Miles of Boulder near Big Tim
Der. reports excellent success with his
Experiment. in raising hogs on alfalfa
| l. c.,s L..
have tried hog raising in that country
he is satisfied that there is a good profit
in tn, business. His experiment was
on a sn all scale, but next year he vii
branch out, and raise hogs for the out
side n arket, as we'll as for the home
trade.
Development of the oil fields in thu
vicinity of Kalispell is progressing rap
idly. The North Montana Oil company
has located forty claims on Quart;
creek sixty on Anaconda NEAR the
mountains) and three sections on Ca
mas creek. The same company is UNI
der contract to drill a well near Uncle
Jeff's. between Anaconda and Logging
1t will also put up line of road house.
, from the Meadows to Kintla lake, ant
telephone line from Kalispel to thu
: | IleluS. ne JouIlc VII tOIIlDdiiy ID
ing great progress.
The lun, bermen in the vicinity of Ka1
fspell have combined for mutual protec
ton in an organization known as Thu
Flathead's Lumbermen's board of trade
They have also passed resolution de
carinE that they will not recognize an.
labor union, and will not be governed b.
any resolutions passed by union. II
opposition to this the Federal Labo
, union has passed a resolution calling
for $3.50 q day for nine hours, with S
cents an hour for overtime, to take eff
feet April /. With these opposing posi-
tons taken, 1t looks as though Their
might he trouble ahead.
Postmaster Burkett Of BoZeyDan ha
received letter from J. M. Master
acting first assistant postmaster gener
al, stating that he had sent a supply o
letter boxes, twenty posts, carriers
, satchels and carriers straps, to be use
in connection with the free delivery q
mail which will be put in operatio
June l next. Mr.. Burkett is also in re
: ceipt Of letters with reference to the rs
| Enlistment of two rural free deliver
routes in that county, one to be know
as the Middle Creel. route and the 9th
err as the Flathead. A special agen
will soon be in Bozeman to look owe
the field and to hold examinations o
applicants for carriers.