Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-08-15
sheriff to Red Lodge and late Monday
night secured Ed Olcott and Mott
Golden as his sureties.
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Mrs. Dr. Reiger the osseopath
physician, has removed to one OF the
residences recently erected next to
the school house.
Miss Blanche Barker of Bozeman
returned to her home Monday after
spending a week as the guest of Mrs.
Charles e. Wright
John Peters. accompanied by
Mrs. Peters, returned from Billings the
first OF the week and again took charge
OF A. M. Peters tailor shop, his faith
er returning to Billings after being
here on a several weeks outing.
Rev. w. H. Watson. pastor Of the
Congregational church, last Sunday
afternoon performed the pleasing Ger
emony incident to the christening OF
Louise Florence Anderson, the infant
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Al
derson The event was celebrated at
the family residence without ostenta-
tion.
Rev NJ. E. Coen, who is now en-
gagged in ranching near lsecfsrts, thtD
week departed with his tally for q
tour Of YelioWston Park, being &C
companied by his parents aud his sis
ter. who recently arrived from the
east for the purpose Of viewing the
matchless wonders OF natures sublime
handiwork
AT this falls election a constitutions
al amendment will be submitted which
provides for change in the manner
of the election OF county commissions
ers. Instead of electing an entire
board for term of tour years as at
present, it is proposed that county
commissioners shall be elected to
serve six years and that one member
shall be elected every two years, thus
insuring the presence OF two eXper-
| fenced men, on the board all the time.
1t 10 reported that the Northern Pa
citic has practically cOnsummated the
deal for the purchase of the Chestnut
and Mountain Side coal mines, just
over the divide between Livingston
and Bozeman. These are the proper
ties which General Manager Bush Of
the Northwestern improvement COM
company inspected while on his recent
i trip to Red Lodge, and 1t Is said that
) the mines are to be speedily opened
D up on large scale and a force Of
: several hundred miners employed,
, Bridger Free Press: The Indian po-
! lice last week made roundup of
! range cattle along Cottonwood and
: Five Mile creeks that had gotten
across the imaginary line of the Crow
reservation. They took cattle to the
+ number OF nearly 300 belonging to
p ranchers in the vicinity of Gebo, who
4 are James Chaftin, Cowan Bros, Sam
Q Webb, r. Duncan, G. Leitch, James
! Austin, Heslop Bros, j. w. Blewett,
Q II. Brewington, A. p. Mcdonald and
Q Il. j. Wilson, These gentlemen have
!. been making tracks for the Agency on
i Pryor creek, where they have to pay
n at the rate Of 81 per head to get their
1 cattle out of soak"
L. b. DUNCAN came in from J.. G..
PiDer's ranch on the Rosebud last
Saturday and passed a check for $50
, upon D. Hawthorne. The paper was
a upon the National Park bank at Liv-
u ingston and when it reached there It
~ was returned to Mr. Hawthorne with 8
y, statement that the signature was not
g known at that bank. Mr.. DUNCAN was
g found by Sheriff Potter on Alkali creek
y and the sheephcrdcr explained that
2 pipera sheep boss had signed his
y employers name to the check and at
le fixed his own initials, wv. l.. H.
- thereto. Mr.. DUNCAN yesterday after
Y noon went cut to Mr. Pipers ranch to
10 haze the matter Strengthened out.
- Miss Edith Rozelle a romantic girl
= from Medora, n. d., arrived in Big
y Timber the other day looking for z. S.
= Mlledge who used to work in the
~ telegraph office at Medora and make
= love to Edith on the side. Edith told
~ the officers at Big Timber that Mil
= ledge wrote her to come to Big Tim
Der, where he was employed, and thai
when she got there she could not
find him. Luckily the misguided CIR
~ had a married sister living at Forsyth
and she was put aboard a train bound
ar for that place.
in Jack Turner, who served unde1
" General Howard at the time OF Chic
III Joseph's raid, is dead at Lewistown
er He drank too much wood alcohol a
le the end of spree.
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e. The King Bee.
ry OF railway trains in the Northwes
n and without superior II the worl'
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