Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-30

Dillon is to have water works sys-
tenn costing Sol. 900.
A strike of the laundry workers was
declared at Kalispell last week. The
wage scale is the bone of contention.
The Dillon Creamery plant was
totally destroyed by fire Friday. The
loss is estimated at SIS, 900, covered by
So, 500 insurance.
The farmers of the Bitter Root are
getting together and erecting tele-
phone line of their own, to be owned
and controlled by them.
Martin Zitmiere was sentenced last
week to hang September 4, for the MUIR
der of George Reider, Trail creek
rancher, about two years.
The Granite Bi-Metallic mill at
Phillipsburg is broken into and $50
pounds of bullion valued at $1,000
lifted. No trace of the thieves.
Edward Hays a pioneer of Alder
gulch near Virginia City is found dead
in his cabin. He was a sufferer from
Bright's disease and was living alone.
John Hunenga, young Hollander
living near Bozeman, committed suicide
because his sweetheart back in Hol-
land refused to come to montana and
marry him.
Harry Harrington, Northern Paci-
fic brakeman is killed by falling be-
meath a moving freight train a short
distance west of DeSmit, a small sta
tion seven miles west of Missou1a.
The annual grand lodge of the
knights of Pythias of Montana will
meet in Butte, August 4, IS and 6. at
what promises to be the best attended
and most successful session in the his
tory of the order in the state.
The twelve cattlemen who G. w.
Brown, the sheepman, accused of as
saulting him near Bridger sometime
ago were pronounced not guilty, it de-
veloping that Brown was the ar-
.gressor.
Frank Ostoif was unprecedented at
Butte last Friday. Ostoff is the man
who is wanted in Wyoming for holding
up a stage near Rawlins and securing
stamps to the amount of $40, also a
stage between Sheridan and Buffalo.
He sent the stamps to Sears, Roebuck
* Co., Chicago, in payment for arti-
cles ordered from them. He boldly in
formed the authorities of his intention
to do some holdup work in Butte if the
opportunity presented itself
"A special to the Butte Miner dated
July "a, says: At meeting held this
afternoon and attended by the full
board, the state board of equalization
adopted the recommendations of Gov
ernor Joseph X. Toole and made a
comparatively heavy raise in all
of the railroad assessments of the state.
All railroads in the state are raised
ten per cent on last years valuation,
with the following exceptions: The
Bighorn Southern, the Elkhorn branch,
the Montana railroad and the Chicago,
burlington and Quincy, whose assess
ments are the same as last year, and
the Montana and Great Northern rail-
road, formerly the Great Falls and
Canada, which is raised from So, 500
per mile to $4,000. This raise will
mean that the railroad assessments of
the state will be increased over SIS. OOO,-
900. Clerk ]. J. Ryan has not vet COM
pleted the detailed assessments of the
various roads, but this afternoon esti-
mated that the railroad assessment
in the state for this year would be APP
p"oximately $55, 45O,OO The railroad
assessment of the state last year was
$32,OS6, sos. Governor Toole presented
a message to the board advocating the
gradual increasing of the railroad as
sessment until an amount approximate
ing their value is reached. The other
members of the board are Secretary of
State Hays, State Auditor Calderhead,
Attorney General Donovan and State
Treasurer Barrett. The representa-
tives of the railroads were notified that
the board would listen to such protests
as they cared to make July so.
Is There Anything In It,
Wonderland is in receipt of the follow
inc letter from the d ST riot ormanizer Of