The Western news., 1903-10-28

a splendid showing. At present they
are cutting logs far up the mountain
side, at an elevation of 6,10O feet.
The steam loader is working like a
charm, Engineer Tillbury and his as
sistants having loaded 10000 feet one
day last week.
~ marriage license was issued to-day
to Luther Thrower and Martha A.
Riddel, both of Woodside.
Howard Elliott, of st. Louis, second
vice-president of the Burlington sys
tenn, has been elected president of the
Northern Pacific Railway company to
to succeed Chas. S. Mellen, resigned.
Some good horse racing is billed to
take place at Victor next Saturday,
one of the events being three eighths
mile dash for purse of $50 and which
is open TO all Ravalli county horses.
In the evening social dance will be
given, under the management of w.
S.. Jones'
Mr.. Wilkins, a socialist national
organizer, will deliver lectures in Ra-
valli county as follows: Stevensville,
November 20; Victor, November 27;
Corvallis, November %; Hamilton,
December l; Darby, December 3.
Everyone invited. E. G. Wheeler,
secretary, Hamilton.
St, Agnes Guild Of the Episcopal
church will give Halloween party
on Saturday evening from seven until
ten at the rectory. Nuts, apples, pump
kins aud other specialties associated
sion. Admission Is cents, including
refreshments. Old and young invited.
Hamilton is to have another cloth
ing and mems furnishing store, to be
opened in the LUCKY Joe' building
on Main street shortly by Louis Peter
son. VIM. Lynch will have the man
agemen,. The new store will carry a
complete stock of mems cl othing, etc.,
and will no doubt merit a generous
share of the public patronage.
A party consisting of c. c. Coulter,
J. J. Sperry, h. G. Carpenter, Walter
Warren, Harold Cha bers and r. O.
Russell arrived home from Owl Greek
Monday. All speak enthusiastically
of the district. They made some good
locations. Messrs. Sperry and Rus
sell expect to return in a few days to
do some representation work.
Judge Webster convened district
court here last evening. A very brief
session was held, the court hearing a
few motions and demurrers and trans.
acting some probate business. Nc
investigate the lynching of Jackson
Court adjourned for the term. The
next regular term Of court will open
here Monday, Nov. 9.
w. .Heany, editor of the Basin
Progress died last Sunday at his home
in Basin after a short illness of uuic i
consumption. He was 20 years of age
and leaves wife and one child, a
girl two years of age. Mrs. Heany
is daughter of J ]. Brooks of the
Westside. The remains were shipped
to Hamilton arriving last evening
The funeral will be held from the
Brooks home this afternoon under the
auspices of local Tent of Mace bees
1t is believed here that the grain
crop of the Bitter Root Stock farm
this season is the largest produced by
any single grower ia Montana. The
total grain production of the ranch
was los, 900 bushels. OF this amour,
$4,000 bushels were oats, $4,000 whea,
and the remainder barley. All this
grain with the exception of about
1000 bushels of oats, has been thr esh.
ed and is now ready for market. The
ranch also raised about 10000 tons OF
hay. Baling has been started, but will
not be IN full blast until the hay has
cured little more.
Oscar Van Tassell of Bozeman, rep
resenting Col. o. p. Chisolm, Senator
Chas. Hoffman and other capitalists
OF Bozeman, has bonded the Nipper
group OF claims near the head of Owl
creek in the Mineral Hill district. The
Nipper is owned by Franklin Bros. of
Stevensville and two other parties,
and who have been doing development
work on 1t for several years. They
have run tunnel and cross cut a dis.
tance of 24O feet and have sunk a
shaft 2o feet on the ledge. 1t is sill
yer and copper proposition and carries
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