Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-20

asserting that the attorney appointed
by the court was not defending him
properly. Prelux has gone under nine
different aliases and escaped from
Montana after committing his crime.
He told fellow prisoner in Michigan
Jail of his exploit and his extradition
and conviction followed.
Preparations are now under way to-
ward throwing the Flathead Indian
reservation of northwestern Montana
open for settlement. Charles S. Nc
Nichols, special agent of the depart
ment of the interior, is in the state
looking after the matter. He has been
ascertaining what Indians have real
rights on the reservation. Although
Mr.. McNichols refuses to be inter-
viewed on that question, it is known
that his work is preparatory to giving
to those natives that have rights allot-
ments, and giving the rest of the rich
lands to the white man.
According to report recently COM
piled by the Office of the state super
intendent of instruction, the male teach
ers throughout the state have received
$24.13 a month more than the young
women who have been struggling with
the problem how best to teach young
America. The figures show that dur
ing the past school year the average
salary paid to male teachers month
was SIS. SO and to female teachers $51. 10.
There is distinct increase in the SAL
aries paid the past year over the pre-
vlous year, when the average salary
paid to male teachers was 500. 0+. The
frocked pedagogues average ed $5O.3
Reports comes from Wash ington that
the government is contemplating the
extension of the rural free delivery of
mails during the coming year. In the
country there are now II, $50 rural de-
livery routes, costing the public some
thing like four million a year. In
spite of this enormous expense, it is
generally agreed that the benefits are
far greater than the expenses. No
community now enjoying the benefits
is willing to give them up and the post
office department reports that the de-
mands for the extension of the service
to new communities have become ire
sistable. Within three years it is
promised that the system of rural free
delivery of mail will cover the entire
country.
Report, from all over the state indi-
cate that the new ballot, with the circle
removed, has been received with gen
eral favor. Never before in the history
OF Montana has there been so much
| independent voting as in the recent
election. With the removal of the cir
Gle the voting of straight-p party tickets
| appears to be a thing of the past. This
means that parties can no longer afford
to nominate unpopular men with the
expectation that the bad will be elected
along with the good. In some places
| the new ballot has operated to the ad-
| vantage of one party, and in others to
the benefit of the other party; so it can
not be looked upon as special benefit
to either. But it does benefit the good
nominee and therefore it is good
ballot.
The board of state examiners is in
session to consider the deficiency
claims that must be passed on by the
legislature. Chief among these are
the bills of sheritfs Of the various coun-
ties of the state for mileage in taking
prisoners to the state penitentiary.
There is no appropriation by the legis-
lature for this part of the cost of the
state government and the sheriffs must
wait two years for some of their cash.
Ney n. Davidson, clerk of the state
board, said that the items on file with
him to date amounted to about ten
thousand dollars. The claims of
Sheriff O'Connell of Lewis and Clarke
county for the two years amount to
about seven hundred dollars. The
cost of conveying a prisoner from Hell
ena to Deer Lodge is. $500. Com
pared with the cost of taking a pris-
orer from some of the eastern counties
these figures resemble thirty cents.
he United States district court will
have to settle the dispute between sew