The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-01-24
STATE NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Happenings Which
Occurred During the
Week.

| Chester wants doctor.
Choteau wants railroad.
i Cut Bank has the mumps
Glasgow is to have Carnegie library.
J The National Woolgrowers' association
met in Helena last week.
4 Basin lie to have electric lights, to be
furnished by one Of the mines there.
i A recent census gives Malta 1884, Hins-
/ dale, 13l, Saco, 178 and Culbertson, 44O.
4 A tie vote was cast at Cnlbertson en-
/ the proposition to incorporate the town.
Trout Creek citizens are Offering re-
ward for the parties who tried to burn
the town.
H Robert Dugan died in Conrad last
week from the effects of prolonged de-
bauch.
II The State Savings bank OF Butte Is to
reopen for business and pay off deposit
tors in full.
H Robbers tried to open the safe of
Deer Lodge bank last week, but were
foiled in their attempt.
| w. H. Thoregard, former resident of
Cut Bank, is in the county Jail in Fort
Benton, alleged to be insane.
Judge Donlan OF Butte is sending VIC
Tins Of the morphine habit to the in
sane asylum for treatment.
The city authorities at Billings have
placed tin cans on the street corners in
to which rubbish may be placed.
II Uniform demurrage rates throughout
8, the railroad commission having issued
an order to this effect.
J. H. Penisten was killed at saw
mill near Thompson last week. fly
ing piece OF wood from broken pulley
fractured his skull.
Passenger Conductor Thos. F. Richard
son OF Great Falls was appointed travel
ing chairman OF the o. r. c., in St.
Paul recently, vice w. J. Mcmillan re-
signed.
The, Billings Journal is responsible for
the statement that so pounds of opium
is consumed in that city every week bv
"dope fends," made up OF Chinese,
japanese, whites and negroes.
In reply to a query from the county
attorney of Deer Lodge Attorney Gen
eral Galen holds that school boards
have the power to determine rates OF
pupils.
Attorney General Galen has ruled
that any person serving venison or other
game killed out of seaon to boarders. or
in any case where money is received 70,
such meals, is guilty OF violating the
game laws.
The Great Falls city council will
probably adopt an ordinance providing
that all dogs running at large will be
shot. Great Falls people believe that
a licensed evil is just as bad as one that
is unlicensed.
Articles OF Incorporation of the Eureka
Creamery company Of Eureka, Flatllead
county, have been fled in the Office o
the secretary of state in Helena. The
concern is capitalized at 5000, and wat
incorporated bv A. D. Baker and others
If the present plans Of Engineers Rob
bins and Savage carry. June II next vii
be red letter day in the history of Sur
River, according to the Great Fall'
Leader. for upon that dav they have
planned that the water will be turned
e upon the land for the first time. ''~~'
During the months of October, Novem
Der and December last bounty claiml
to the amount OF 81 500 were presented
to the state board OF examiners, enc
having been allowed, the force in STATE
Auditor Cunningham Office is nov
busily engaged in preparing and forward
ing the vouchers. Every section of thu
state is interested to greater or less ex
tent.
The sportsmen of Carbon county, o
which Red Lodge is the county seat
are arranging for coyote drive in tn
near future. Coyotes are very numerou
this winter, and the ranchers have sui
fered severely by their raids on chicken
and turkey coops. 1t is proposed to form
q circle ten miles in diameter and driv
the animals to destruction. 1t is prob
able 100 huntsmen will take part in TIL
drive.
The Leedy correspondent Of the Glas
gov News reports that j. B. Nelson re
Gently killed the large silver tipped bea
that was famous in the year 1902 by be
ing the means Of leading to the convie
ton Of Elmer Nelson for the murder G
Oxley Drabbs. The bear was an oil
resident Of that part Of the county an
in the year above mentioned dug up tn
body OF Oxley Drabbs. who had bee
murdered in 1900, and by thus leadin
IN thu ros.ovarv If the rouoir q nj ~ ~