Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-05-26
MONTANA NOTES.

will aggregate slightly more than A.
100000 pounds. and Of this amount
more than 25,OO0,0O0 pounds have
been contracted for on the Sleeps
backs at prices averaging about p
cents a pound. 1t is estimated that
there are 100000 sheep in Montana
and the average clip will be about six
pounds. Thus Montana sheepmen will
realize close to $9,00O,000 for wool
alone, and as the price for mutton is
above the usual figure, the year will
be one of the most prosperous in the
history of the state so far as sheep
men are concerned.
Sim Goode, the IL year old SON Of
John Goode, was instantly killed at
Belt, a coal mining town, % miles
from Great Falls. He was run over
by coal train and his head and right
arm cut of.
On the ground that the antitrust law
of Montana is unconstitutional Judge
Henry c. Smith in the district court
at Helena sustained the demurrer to
the information in the criminal pro-
ceedings instituted against five Chi
cago packing houses. M. s. Gum OF
Helena. representing the defendants,
Npresented the demurrer. and after
hearing arguments the court sustain
ed it. The state viii appeal.
Jerry Slattery, charged with the
murder Of Patrick Maloney, secured q
change of venue to Lewis and Clark
county. Juries disagreed in two trials
of his case in Butte.
David Eccles, a capitalist of Ogden
Utah, who is interested In sugar beet
factories at La Grande, Ore, and
Raymond, Alta, has announced the
intention Of building factory at Kali
ispell, so as to be ready for the mex
years crop. Guarantees of 1000 acres
of beets are required.
: Arthur Barnard, aged IA, was drown
ed in the Missouri river about twC
miles above Great Falls. In compan!
with another boy, he was fishing from
boat and stood up in the boat, los
his balance and fell into the water
The body has not been recovered.
Butte.-A special from Washington
says that President Roosevelt has is
sued a proclamation establishing thu
; Elkhorn forest reserve in Montana
The Elkhorn reserve will be one of tn
largest reserves in the west. The re
serve will be about as large as tn
Bitter Root reserve in Idaho, and viii
embrace the Crazy mountains.
! Montana State Federation of Won
ems clubs, Deer Lodge, June 6-S.
A pool Of 16 cattlemen on the soutl
I side of the Yellowstone river ha
: been formed at Miles City, to be cal
ed the Tongue river pool. w. w. Tel
! rett is the president. The expenses o
the roundup are to be paid by tn
: members in proportion to the numbe
: of cattle run. All mavericks rounde,
up will be sold to the highest bidder
8 the proceeds to go to the pool.
The receipts of the Butte postoff1c
for the past year were $4,000. Tel
e years ago the receipts amounted t
. about $4,000.
Erret L. Smith, for ten years in tn
e employ of the Bank Of Fergus county
e is under arrest charged with gram
larceny. His accounts are short abou
$500, it is alleged
{ N. j. Bielenberg and William T. d
! lott, Deer Lodge valley ranchers
e have brought suit in the district cour
of Powell county for an injunctiol
g restraining the Anaconda Copper Mir
:, ing company and the Washoe Mimi
2 company from operating the big reduC
ton works of those companies at Ana
q conda. These works are the largest i
: the world, and the claim is made b
s the plaintiffs that the smoke and ga
/ from the big stacks are destroying tn
T live stock in what they designate a
t the smoke zone and that their land
in consequence Of the chemicals an
other deposits from the smelter, ar
deteriorating in value.