Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03
MONTANA NOTES.


Montana's wool clip for this season
will aggregate slightly more than A.
100000 pounds, and of this amount
more than 25,000,000 pounds have
been contracted for on the Sleeps
backs at prices averaging about Fl
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 100000 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 II 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 off.
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,
presented the demurrer, and after
hearing arguments the court sustain
ed it, The state will appeal.
Jerry Slattery, charged with the
murder of Patrick Maloney, secured a
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 next
years crop. Guarantees of 1000 acres
of beets are required.
Arthur Barnard, aged IA, was drown
ed in the Missouri river about two
miles above Great Falls. In company
with another boy, he was fishing from
boat and stood up in-the boat, lost
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 the
Elkhorn forest reserve in Montana
The Elkhorn reserve will be one of the
largest reserves in the west. The re
serve will be about as large as the
Bitter Root reserve in Idaho and will
embrace the Crazy mountains.
Montana State Federation of Won
ems clubs, Deer Lodge. June 6-S.
pool of 16 cattlemen on the sOutf
side of the Yellowstone river has
been formed at Miles City, to be call
ed the Tongue river pool. w. w. Ter
rett is the president. The expenses Of
the roundup are to be paid by the
members in proportion to the number
of cattle run. All mavericks rounded
up will be sold to the highest bidder
the proceeds to go to the pool.
The receipts of the Butte postoffict
for the past year were $4,000. Ter
years ago the receipts amounted tC
about $4,000.
Erret l.. Smith, for ten years in the
employ of the Bank of Fergus county
I is under arrest charged with grand
larceny. His accounts are short about
$500, it is alleged.
N. ]. Bielenberg and William T. Ell
lott, Deer Lodge valley ranchers
have brought suit in the district court
of Powell county for an injunction
restraining the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company and the Washoe Mining
company from operating the big reduc
ton works of those companies at Ana
conda. These works are the largest II
the world, and the claim is made by
the plaintiffs that the smoke and gas
from the big stacks are destroying the
live stock in what they designate as
the Smoke zone," and that their lands
in consequence of the chemicals an6
other deposits from the smelter, are
deteriorating in value.
Unveil Galveston Monument.