The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-15
sOuIRRs-

Six victims Of the mine disaster AZ
Red Lodge-Thomas Shelley, Terence
Fleming, Michael Carriage, William
Bailey, Alvin McFate and Matt Reik.
ka-were buried Saturday, the whole
town %suspending business and paying
tribute. The fire is still burning in
the mine.
Percy jonathan Hanson. a section
foreman, was fatally shot by William
Hanson a prominent fockmaster at
Harlem, recently.
1t is said that Beaver Creek, near
Havre, is a mile wide.
Two officers, Vasco and Calderwood
from Hinsdale, were robbed lately by
supposed cattle rustlers. The officers
were out looking for the rustlers to
arrest them when they were held up
at a house 20 miles from Hinsdale.
When they entered the house they
were covered with guns by several
men and all their possessions. save
their clothes, including their livery
stable team, were stolen from them.
The identity of the robbers is not
definitely known.
Excessive rains in Eeastern Mon.
tana have almost paralyzed the rail-
road traffic.
The coroner's jury inquiring into the
death of Thomas Ford of Anaconda,
foreman of the Allen Gold Mining com.
pany. who was found near his cabin
in French gulch with his throat cut,
returned a verdict that the man came
to his death from having his throat
cut by unknown persons.
County Attorney Leon LaCroix has
filed information against six women,
residents of the Union depot section,
of Helena, charging them with shop
lifting.
Thousands of sheep and lambs have
been drowned in the Montana floods
Ranchers are still forced from their
ranches into the towns and the Milk
river. Missouri and other streams are
out of their banks and still rising.
IDAHO NOTES.
The state board of education has for
some time had under consideration the
plan of establishing a school at Boise
for the dumb and blind of the state.
The matter has been held In allegiance
the past few days pending the return
of Attorney General Guheen. The
latter says the question has been as
to the authority for the board to take
such action. Mr.. Guheen thinks 1t
can be done.
A m is current that Bayacd 7.
Byrnes has purchased for the regents
of the University of Idaho the Carl
theirs residence property on University
hill, Moscow. 1t is believed the
property will be used as the site Of
the new agricultural department build
ing.
Michael Burns, Frank Brown and
Fred Stang have been arrested at
Lewiston by Police Officer Dent
with having committed seven
.burglaries in Charleston. The police
recovered, $500 worth of merchandise
practically everything that was stolen
from Charleston stores except the
money. The latter had been used to
buy a team and wagon, with which the
men were preparing to get out of the
country at the time they were arrest
ed.
Bids have been opened by the Rath,
drum village council for the sale oil
bonds to the amount of $lzi
800, and the bonds were sold to the
Bankers & Lumberman's bank of Port
land, Ore, at 8 per cent premium
The proceeds will be expended to puf
chase a water system.
The Idaho state encampment OF the
3. A. r. viii be held at Payette, com
nencing June &c and lasting three
lays.
Owing to the cold weather, the an'
lual pioneer picnic at Moscow was
so much of a success as in othei
Andrew Gilstrom, aged so years, EN-,
as a blacksmith for seyerai
ears, committed suicide at his hom'
n Post Falls recently.
John H. Newbury of Mullan has sem
n his resignation as postmaster %
lccount of his suffering with rneu
natism. He has recommended Ham,
INGALLS, as his and he wiz
doubtless receive the appointment a
here is no opposition.
At a recent meeting Of the ldan.
tate land board a date was set for DIV
# the biggest timber sales ever helu
he state of timber scattered over gov
ores of state land in Kootenai couny
The timber is of a miscellaneous on~
Icter, white pine, fir. tamsrsok' eO,.
md it has been carefully estimated
90, 900, 900 feet. The upset price 10
zen approximately figured at S,tS,
100. The sale will be held at hs.
rum July 20 and it is reported We
very indication point to lively bldo~s