Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-15

" DIS eeH years ago one OF the IIlOSt plO-
ductive agricultural districts in Mon
tana is now practically a barren
waste.
A plan to co1onize large portions of
Dawson county by small farmers from
the east will be put in operation in the
spring. A company is now formed
with headquarters at Glendive which
will advertise the advantages of that
section among the farmers of the mid
die west. Those who come will be
supplied with farm machinery and inn
plements by the company.
In his biennial report on the schools
of the state, Superintendent w. w.
WEIGH urges that the present plan OF
taking the school census in the state
be changed, the change suggested being
such as to save the state about So, $40
year, the amount now required to pay
the clerks of the school boards for TAX
ing the census.
The supreme court has granted
new trial in the celebrated Braodbent
and Donaldson sheep stealing case
from Dawson county on the ground
that the lower court committed errors
during the trial. Donaldson and
Broadbent were the two best known
stockmen of Dawson county, both being
wealthy. Each received sentence of
eight years for alleged theft of bands
Of sheep.
The many friends of Col. Chas. H.
Gould will learn with regret that he
suffered a second stroke of paralysis
at his home in Lincoln, Neb., on De-
cember %. Mrs. Gould writes that
this stroke was much heavier than the
first-which occurred over year ago
and that the colonel was great suf-
ferer for several days following the
seizure, but that he was now on the
mend and his case looked hopeful for
the present.
! The Great Northern has sent its reg
u1ar corps of lecturers into the eastern
and middle states to arouse interest in
the northwest and far west for the
coming springs movement of settlers.
Stereopticon views, showing scenes
between the twin cities and the coast,
are being furnished with the lectures.
The coast roads anticipate heavy
settlers movement during the dates Of
the application of settlers rates, which
is February IS to April 20.
At meeting of the Montana State
Humane society which was held in
introduce bill into the Legislature
during the present session constituting
the Montana State Humane Society a
bureau of child and animal protection.
The sense of this decision is that while
the present laws of the state are ample
for the protection of children and dumb
brutes, what is nesded is someone tt
enforce the laws, and this, a boart
with definite appropriation could do
If the eighth Legislative assembly
desires to get hold of topic for dis
cussion that will stir up interest ove1
the state, it can secure text by ap
plying to State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction w. w. WEIGH, WIN
receives letters bearing on the subjec
almost every week. 1t is the old, oil
question of using the school houses il
' the rural districts for dances, and
has been bobbing up serenely eve
since Montana established her educa
tional system.
Two appeals of interest to the tax
payers of Montana generally, and
those of Lewis and Clarke county il
: supreme court at Helena last week
They were the suits brought by Count
: Treasurer Steele to collect an occupa
v ton or franchise tax from two corpor
e atoms, the Rocky Mountain Bell Telt
= phone company and the Northern Paclfi
Express company. After argument
as to the proposed constitutionality {
~ the proposed procedure on the part {
u the county official, the court took tn
II cases under Amusement.
Interesting facts concerning the CO..
of maintaining the several department
;, of the state government Tor the tw
years that closed on the first day
December are to be secured by seq
regation of the many items on the bool,