The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-08-11
MONTANA ITEMS.

MONTANA ITEMS.
Reports of activity of surveyors in
the Flathead reservation make the
possible opening of the lands to set
tiers next year almost a certainty.
Ed Debeau, who is nearly 80 years
Of age, made several desperate at
tempts at suicide at the Silver Bow
county hospital day or two ago.
Albert Winters, aged SIS, living near
Arlington, Cascade county, was re-
Gently struck by lightning while on
horseback. Rider and horse were
killed.
D. c. Wade, who was appointed
chief justice of Montana territory by
president Hayes and held that Office
| 5 years, died recently at his home in
Little Medford, Ohio, aged IS years.
Judge Hunt in the United States
court has awarded to Indians on the
Fort Belknap reservation 5000 inches of
water of the Milk river, in the case of
the United States against Nose An
derson and others.
| Butte may soon invest fortune in
public baths. An ordinance giving cit
liens a chance to vote on a bond issue
of $450,0U0 has been proposed, the
purpose of this bond issue being to
purchase and equip public Fairgrounds
present outstanding Indebtedness of
the city.
Judge William Hunt of the federal
court for the district of Montana will
reach Portland August % to take up
the land fraud trials where they will
be relinquished by Judge Dehaven,
who has left Portland for San Fran
cisco and will remain there engaged
with the business that has arisen in
his district.
A petition to Governor Toole asking
him to grant full pardon to Milton
| o. Howell, who is serving life sem
tence for the murder of Thomas Roll
ing, has been forwarded to Helena
from Lewistown. 1t is signed by about
800 residents of Fergus county and
several residents Of Meagher, Yellow
stoned nd Deer Lodge counties. and in
addition bears the signatures of 400
residents of the section of Texas where
Howell was reared.
| James Albert Long, employed as a
miner at the Granite Hill mine, in
Josephine county, disappeared in April
after having been paiu off and starting
for Grant pass to spend few days
with his bride of two months.
At Poison, the border town on Flat
head lake and about 40 miles from
Kalispell, recently, Pete Mats, half,
breed of dubious reputation, who had
imbibed freely of whisky, ran across
Eugene Anderson, II year Old boy,
and playfully pulling a gun, ordered
the boy to dance. He enforced his
remarks by shooting at the ground in
fornt of the boy. The second bullet
probably glanced or Pete's aim was
poor, and the little fellow received
the bullet in his left ankle.
Charging that one of the wealthiest
men in the country, who is also a
member of the United States senate,
was a beneficiary of illegal methods in
prying valuable lands out of the public
domain and into private ownership
the government will at the October
term of the supreme court press its
case against Senator William A. Clark
of this state The papers in the case
have been filed with the clerk of the
court. Senator Clark has twice won
the case below, which involves the
Ownership of II, 4SO acres of land.
OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
The fourth district fair in eastern
Oregon will be held at Baker City,
IContorobor 1920 inclusive