The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-02-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Happenings Which
Occurred During the
Week.

Occurred During the
Week.
Missoula has the smallpox.
Cascade 10 TO have a -four mill.
Great Falls is com planning Of too many
dogs.
Havre will not allow roller skating on
Sunday.
The Great Northern will build depot
At Dodson, near Malta.
The time OF resuming work in the
Butte mines is still inde6nite.
L.ewistown il planning to have a
market day" once a month.
Work upon the new court house in
Silver Bow county will start about May ! .
Work 10 to be started near Helena
soon to build the third dam across the
Missouri river.
Chinook's town council has under ad-
visement two applications for franchise
for an electric lighting system.
The government has leased 10000
acres OF land in Fort Belknap Indian
reservation, to be used in the culture of
sugar beets.
Milk River Valley residents have sent
delegation to Washington to intercede
in behalf Of the government irrigation
project in that country.
Anew Office which will be filled by
the voters in Montana this fall is that
Of railroad commissioner, the other two
members holding over.
"A prominent railroad man" is quot
ed by the Billings Gazette as predicting
that the immigration to Montana this
year will be- record breaker.
= L. C. Larson of Trout Greek began
1907 with a fock Of 146 chickens, and at
the close of the year had IT'S left, besides
clearing 1915, net, above expenses.
Two Chippewa Indians died at Jocko,
on the Flathead reservation, last week
Being unable to get whisky, they took
bay rum as a substitute, with fatal re-
suits.
Hinsdale citizens want passenger
train No. 3 to stop at their town, and
have pelitioned the state railroad com.
mission to have the railroad mpany
comply with their wishes.
Alfred Hampton, inspector in charge
OF the immigration service, with head
quarters III Helena, has received instruc-
lions from the department to make an
investigation. beginning March l, OF all
penal and other institutions in Montana
and Wyoming to ascertain the number
of aliens 20 confined.
The A. b. Clarke stock ranch, aggre-
eating more than ~, 100 acres, on Tongue
river. and comprising one Of ths largest
ranches III The northwest, has been sold
to William Holton Dye Of Indianapolis,
Ind, representing Indiana and OHIO par
ties. .Acco, ding to MIR. Dye the in,ens
tion is to divide up the ranch into small
farms, in iurtherancs Of u colonization
scheme.
The Montana Mining association is
sending out circular requesting all
persons having had conflicts with the
Northern Pacific Railroad company,
wherein the mineral land classticat ton
in Montana is involved, to file their
complaints with. the secretary Of the
association, which Will later be incorpor-
ated in report to the president OF the
United States with a request for an in
vestigation VI the alleged fraudulent
classification Of mineral lands in Mon
tana.
One OF the most desperate criminals
in the history Of Missoula county is
thought 10 have been captured by Dep
uty sheriff Pat Callahan ut Taft. He
had his preliminary hearing at that
town on the charge OF assault in tlle
first degree, and during the progress OF
the hearing he shot at the deputy sheriff
thee times. All Of the bullets went
wild altknnuh anna NJ the man l., .I,.,
court room had narrow escapes. He
was put in irons and taken to Missoula
by Sheriff Campbell. The man gave
his name as John Coleman. and is said
to have All ugly criminal record.