The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-05-08

Boulder y 70 have = teleDAone go.
change. : ssaass'
Helena Il 70 have a autoneatle
laundry wagon.
Madison county commissioners W1ly
purchase poor farm. "
Grading work upon the wfdsnIne
the Great Falls = Canada railway 10(
started. b
Most Of tho seeding ior wA1at w
completed. and the grain u making ~
fine start FOR the crop OF 1904.
A number Of the leading phyulcaaNo
Of Helena organised the L0wis ~
Clarke County Medical society. &
Work has been suspended tompofk
arily on the new city hall q Biljlno
on account Of lack Of material.
John r. Sanford. ons IT the ploaoo(o
Of Montana And u other NorthWesta1
states. died In Helena last week. ss
Last week Thomas b. Doug1aa O.
Columbia Falls VA struck ANA kiI1o4
by . Northern Pacific passenger tslln.
near Eddy.
Sheriff Potter. Of Red Lodge, whos
has been on the trail o. the Brideof
horsethieves, captured David Hriooo
about thirty miles east Of Bridger lasts
week.
State Treasurer A. H. Barrst -
completed the report showing balancoe
on the funds Of the state Tho totaa
o. money on hand 10 reported O ~.
GLASS;.
The Northern Pacific Railroad cons-
pany has flled with the stats two mort
cages. One was the first supplemeat
t. the general lien mortgage, ana -.
resents 966 700 900. and the other -
the second supplement 10 the prior lien
mortgage and represented oo4, 00O. 600.
II has been decided BY tho stats
board of land commissioners 10 Sota1n
the claim to al sections Of land IN n;
dian reservations. to which The atates
10 entitled because Of the varjouo
grants from the government. This
means that much land will b Of no ne
to tho state for some time. but, q most
Of It 10 valuable. the board believes -:
will gain by the action.
A. G. Quaintance OF the Boulder val-
ley has made another shipment q catr
tie to the northern part Of the stats.
There are about 400 head Of 3.yearlOld
steers in the lot and George Barrow =
the purchaser.
According to the books in the olace
Of Register Of State Lands Thomas D.
Long. at the close OF business April -.
Montana II receiving m annual income
from the renting Of lands Of $685.
1862. This represents the payments
for the use Of 1.4S1. 263.49 acres.
Hugh McQuaid. . pioneer Of Mon
tana. one Of the owners Of the Helena
Independent. an old time Newspaper
man and one Of the best known min
Ing promoters OF the northwest. died
suddenly In Helena last Saturday o.
apoplexy. His biggest deal was the
sale Of the Drumlummon mine to ID
English syndicate. in which he was ~
ISOLATED with Henry Bratnober. He
was so years Of age and was born IN
Wisconsin.
w. J. Fransham. the saddle horse
buyer at Dillon. has secured . carload
of good saddlers for the South African
service. He will secure another car.
load before he leaves the county.
A shooting ARRAY occurred ct Gardi-
ner last week In which Charles Brown
was dangerously wounded BY John Bal.
linger Both men had attended . card
party. and while Brown was on his way
home with lady was waylaid and
shot by Ballinger. Jealousy is believed
to have been the motive Of the crime.
William Howard. who . month ago
killed Ed. Stokes during row in Great
Falls, has been acquitted by jury Of
the crime. Haywood hit Stokes over
the head with An iron pipe. the act, Il
was alleged, being done In self defense.