Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-20
MONTANA NEWS

An opium joint was raided by the
police at Great Falls. Three colored
men We're captured and sent to Jail in
iefault of 500 bonds.
The base ball craze is on in Missoula.
Good teams will play there, and the
games will surpass in excellence the
gcoC games Of last year.
Jim O'Brien is under arrest at Mis-
soula, charged with stealing diamonds
from Halle Goldsmith. Both are habi-
tues of the Redlight district.
The city council of Livingston has
adopted a resolution providing for a
free library tax. The matter will be
submitted to the VOTERS at the election
April Z.
Plans for a new school building at
Livingston have been accepted. 1t will
cost $21 500. and is to be 6Ox1l5 feet in
the foundation. The building will be
ready for the fall term.
The district court has been adjourned
at Great Falls tor month, on account
of the illness of Judge Leslie. Jurors
have been excused, and all cases will
go over to the next term.
Three car loads of saddle horses We're
shipped from Dillon recently by J. w.
Conway to POcatellO, to be inspected
for the British service. Mr.. Conway
secured another load near Drummond.
Preparations for spring work are
progressing rapidly in Sweet Grass
county. More ranch land will be under
cultivation tLan ever before. and pros
poets for a successful season are excel
lent.
The report Of the Commercial Nation
al Rank of BOZcnlGn shows that it is in
a healthy condition financially. 1t has
on deposit, subject to check, $406 29l .93,
With leans and discounts amounting to
1896 1S4.OO.
William Clark is under arrest at Bill
ings The charge against him is that
he enticed a fifteen-year-old girl from
her home in Missoula and is living with
her in Billings. He is an aged man.
His bail was fixed at $1,000.
An edict has been issued by Newman
Kline, superintendent of the Glendive
division of the Northern Pacific, that
all railroad employees who have not
been successfully vaccinated within five
years must be vaccinated at once.
Thomas Tighe is in Jail at Winston
charged with stabbing Paul Koch. The
men quarreled at the East Pacific mine,
and Tighe used a carving knife with
fatal effect. The murdered man was
once resident Of Butte.
The Powell county officials have re
been installed. The segregation of the
Of
STATED transcribing the records. and
the task has just been completed.
Preparations are being made to start
up the old silver smelter at Great Falls.
Charles Kretlow writes that the money
has been set apart by the company for
remodeling the plant and that the work
of treating ore will soon begin.
The Great Northern has issued an or.
der denying stop-over privileges on
tickets east of Havre. This will pre-
vent homeseekers from seeing the Milk
River valley, and residents of Chinook
have petitioned that the order be re-
scinded.
News has been received at Great
Falls tending to show that Mrs. circuit
who killed her husband at Billings a
few days ago, is known at the Cascade
county capital and has varied matri-
monial experience. The Billings au-
.horities are investigating the story.
During the trip which Deputy Game
Warden Henry Avsrre made in the Big
Hole basin, a few days ago, he discov-
cred and confiscated nine fine beaver
skins. The man who trapped the bea-
yer got wind of the coming of the ward
en- and made his escape into Idaho.
Percy Willmont had narrow escape
from death at the converters at Great
Falls He fell from a position several
feet above the floor and was rendered
uncons cious by the shock. A pot of
melted metal was dislodged, and hung
perilolisly near him while he lay sense
ess.
Eugene Carrier, q demented man, at
MissCula, attempted to escape from the
officers. He was sent to the hospital
for insane. His downfall dates from
the time his wife left him and took up
a life of adventure among the mining
camps, where the couple formerly
lived.
William LINDSAY, president Of the
Dawson County Woolgrowers' associa-
ton, has issued a call for a meeting of
the association in Glendive, at the court
house. April Z. The object of the call is
to take action to prevent floating herds
of sCabby sheep from coming into the
county.
The board of county commissioners
adjourned at BOzeman for the March
term. One of the most important bust
ness transactions was the letting of d
contract to build steel truss bridge
across the East Gallatin, at Nelson's
crossing, which contract was awarded
70 F. w. Vreeland for 81 .760.