Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-06-20
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Every Section Shows General
Growth-Many Accidents and Per-
sonaI Happenings.
MONTANA.

The Livingston brass band will 60
to Bozeman for the Fourth.
Missoula will this year celebrate
July 4th on most elaborate scale
Samudel G. Mackey, who came to
Helena in sc, crossing the plains with
other pioneers, died at Boulder recent
ly.
At Bozeman it is reported that work
will commence on the new properties
Of the Anaconda Copper company this
week.
George Horkan of Mise City has
sold his wool clip of $4,000 pounds to
G. w. Smith of ]. Koshland & Co., at
Is cents.
Senator Paris Gibson has arrived in
Great Falls from washington after
seven months spent in Washington in
the national senate.
Benjamin w. Toole, brother of Gov
ernor ]. X. Toole, has been appointed
custodian of the capitol at Helena at
a salary of 500 month.
A new newspaper has made its ap-
pearance in Butte under the title of
the New Age. 1t is published in the
interest Of the colored race.
A telegram received at Fort Keogh
last week states that companies A and
d, Of che 21st infantry has left San
Francisco for the Montana post.
Laurin M. Ringer, who was confined
at Red Lodge waiting trial on the
charge of having stabbed Louis Speth-
man in September of 1900. has made
his second escape from the county JAIL
Chief Engineer Brice of the Montana
Central says all the laborers and teams
that can be secured are to be engag-
ed at once to rush the completion of
the standardizing of the Great Falls
e Canada road.
The county commissioners at Miles
City at their recent meeting instruct
ed the county attorney to, take pro
ceedings at once to enforce the col
lection of all delinquint licenses by
bringing action in the court.
Prof. Marcus S. Farr of the geolog-
ical department in the Princeton, N. j.,
university, has announced that ar
rangements had been made for geo
logical expedition to Montana.
The Helena Hotel has been sold
again to Louisa Schwegler of New
York. The consideration stated is 81.
but the deed bears a $40 revenue
stamp, indicating that the price Is
$4,000, subject to a $4,000 mortgage.
j. w. Shupe, head brakeman on the
Bitter Root train, was instantly killed
recently while switching at Riverside.
The train was late and Shupe. while
attempting to make a flying switch,
fell between the cars. the wheels
passing directly over his body and al
most severing the trunk.
Several inquiries have lately been
received at the state land office re-
garding story to the effect that the
Burlington had bought school sec
ton in the Judith basin and contem-
plated establishing town. Deputy
Register John P. Schmit replied to the
letters with denial of that story Of
the purchase, and adding that the rail
road company has never made applica-
ton for the land.
Il. @. Parker Of Deer Lodge short
time ago received a notification of the
death of George w. Steinberg, young
miner, well known in Butte and in
the mining camps of Granite county.
According to the first news of the af-
fair Steinberg was accidentally drown
ed in White river but from recent
dispatch it appears that he was MUIR
dered and that the Canadian authori-
ties are after the murderer.