Fergus County Democrat., 1908-04-21
ALL OVER MONTANA

Stockman around Billings are now
engaged in moving their herds into
the hills. The pasture is good.
A new ordinance passed in Great
Falls provides that CANNES must be
confined to their owners yards.
The dog poisoner has turned loose
again and over at Anaconda a num-
Der of valuable CANNES have been dis
posed of.
Mrs. Peter Larson has donated a
valuable site for the new $4,000
Carnegie library to be erected in Hell
ena. The city council is to donate
$500 annually for its maintenance.
James Richardson, a retired stock
man of Billings, died last Monday.
He was one Of the pioneers Of the
section and was highly respected over
the eastern part of the state.
The democrats of Teton county
met at Choteau last Saturday night
and organized a Bryan club. It was
one of the largest and most enthu-
siastic meetings ever held in the
county.
Poker chips and cards taken by
the sheriffs office in raids in Helena
have been sent to the inmates of the
poor farm where they may be used
by some of the older persons for
recreation.
Jeffy Johns is boosting for a
Fourth of July celebration and it
was Jeffy also it must be remembered
who brought Otto Schoenfeld for
secretary of state on the democratic
and our own Judge Cheadle for gov
ernor on the republican ticket.
The war department has ordered
Lieutenant Colonel William A. Mann,
Dakota at St. Paul, and Lieutenant
Colonel J. Estcourt Sawyer, chief
quartermaster, to proceed to Fort
Assinniboine, to prepare the build
ings for the incoming. garrison.
The late Sheriff Webb, of Yellow
stone county, who was murdered
left an estate of something like 3d.
600, which included $500 in cash on
deposit in local bank. His brother
has been appointed administrator.
J. R. Lewis, who blazed the trails
into Montana in 1864 died Of old age
in Jecerson county last Wednesday
He was quite we'll known in this
sectio nof the state.
Over at Thompson Falls in San
ders county, 80 vags took possession
of freight train on Wednesday and
rode as far as Missoula, distance
of 1O4 miles. Sheriff Campbell, with
posse, endeavored to capture the
weary Willies but they made their
escape.
Henry Rodda, the blind miner OF
Butte, received word Wednesday
from William M Porter, in charge
of the mining congress which will be
opened next month in Madison
Square Garden, New York, which
assures a drilling contest there be-
tween himself and his partner, Mike
Davies, also blind.
Fred Dow, aged Is, died Tuesday
at Billings from the effects Of a
wound received in runaway near
Musselshell the middle of last
month Details of the accident arr
lacking but in some manner or other
the wagon which Dow was driving
tipped over on him.
William H. Treacy, a highly re-
spected pioneer of Bozeman, died
Wednesday. While driving Monday
afternoon he was thrown from his
buggy His condition was not con-
sidered serious until shortly before
his death when internal injuries de-
veloped. He came to Montana in
1864.
The men who pound gold, who
drill molars, who bridge dental
chasms and who crown with gold
the cahing bicuspid-who still pain
and heighten beauty-will all talk
about how to do it April II and is
at the top floor of the Silver Bow
block, in Butte. This is the annual
meeting of the Montana Dental So
ciety, and members of the profession
from all parts of the state will be
present.
The Choteau county authorities
are in receipt of word from the
sheriff of Henry county, Indiana, that
he has in custody a man who an
swers to the description of John
Smith, who is wanted here on the
charge of killing Marshal Fred Ste
vens at Havre, about four years ago
The Indiana officer is believed to
have captured the wrong man, as
Smith is said to be serving life
sentence in the Illinois penitentiary
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In preparation for the observance
of the Sunday and midnight closing
ordinance recently passed at Boze-
man the directors of the Gallatin
Valley club last night voted to re-
move the bar from its present cen
trail location in the rooms of the club
to a rear room adjoining the as