The Western news., 1903-01-21
,. u. Murray, the Missoula attorney,

levied upon the property of Rees Pow
ell of Three Mile. Mr.. Murray de-
tended Powell when he was on trial
lor murder and the attachment is
made to recover attorney fees amount
ing to S474.7O.
! Jo1n "A. Smith was down from Ross
dore several days the past week. He
reports foot of snow in the Hole, and
that stock are in good condition. Mr..
Smith says many deer have been
slaug htered in that vicinage Of late
| both by hunters and coyotes. The
latter chase the deer over the crusted
snow until exhausted and then dis
patch them at leisure.
Miles Romney returned Thursday
from Helena where he was in attend
ance at the convention Of mayors.
The convention agreed upon mum ber
of changes in municipal laws and
which will be recommended to the
| legislature. A recess was taken until
~
ties will again assemble at the capital
to urge the enactment of legislation
desired.
The sale of real estate for delinquent
taxes was conducted by County Treas
urer Buck last Thursday and the bulk
of it was bid in BY the county. About
81, 400 out Of the total delinquent had
been paid since the books were closed
and which together with the tax on
script lands which is being fought
through the courts by the Northern
Pacific, reduces the net delinquent tax
to very small figure.
Many old timers from the Bitter
Root attended the funeral of the late
Chas. w. Bishop at Missoula last
Thursday. The funeral was held un-
der the auspices Of the Masonic frater-
nifty. Mr.. Bishop was one of the best
known business men of Missoula and
was highly esteemed by all who knew
/ him. He formerly conducted store
in Corvallis in partnership with the
late Allen Fowler of Victor.
a large party gathered at the Geo.
H. Taylor home Friday night in honor
of the Goth birthday of George Taylor,
jr. The affair was a complete surprise
to the popular young gentleman, who,
on very plausible pretext, had been
lured away from home and kept in
blissful ignorance of what was doing
until on his return he found the crowd
assembled. A most enjoyable time
was reported by every one present.
Mr.. Lancaster of Ravalli presented
to the house IS yards of signatures to
a petition for Sunday closing law
for saloons. Some of the members
felt badly over being deprived of the
opportunity to read the several names
appended to the petition, and Mr.
Duggan was anxious to scrutinize the
list, explaining to the house that he
had heard one man who had signed
the petition was not resident of the
state. The pleasure of reading the
names was given to the committee on
judiciary Butte Inter Mountain.
Hog cholera has made its appear.
ance among the porkers on the
Reinkeh ranch near Victor. Assistant
State Veterinarian Nash was over
from Helena last week and pronounces
it the real thing. This species of
cholera is sure death and only thing
that can be done is to separate the
sick hogs from their mates. Mr.. Nash
in the course of his investigations
found that the disease had made its
first appearance in the valley less
than year ago. Heretofore this Sec
ton has been entirely free of the dis.
order. The disease can only be con
tracted by infection and the veterin-
narian's theory is that its seeds were
sown in the droppings from stock
shipments along the line of railway.
|
Write Briggs, of Victor, for nursery