The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings in Flathetd County
During the Past Week of
Interest

Interest
A rife club is being organized at Col
umbia Falls.
The Western Union will put in tele-
graph Office at Somers.
Elton A, Emory, an old soldier and
we'll known in the county, was found
dead in his cabin near Sedan last week.
The mill OF the Kalispell Lumber COM
pany resumed saving at Athens Tues
day with full force OF men.-Kalispell
Journal.
Norman Lee, who is trapping this
winter on the North Fork, was in town
several days the first Of the week. He
brought in 80 lynx hides, Is mink and
number Of coyote skins, which was his
catch 30 far this eason.--Columbian.
Mr.. Lappen, the veteran hotel keeper
at Gateway, Mont, was suddenly strick-
en- with dropsv last week and went to
Fernie for relief; but the dreaded disease
had gone too lar and he died.-Tobacco
Plains Journal.
Ed. Potter, the oil..prospector Of K;ntla
lake fame, leaves tonight tor visit at
his old home in Iowa. He expects to
return in the spring and complete the
task OF fully developing those enormous
oil wells in the Kintla countIy.-Kalis-
pell Journal.
J. NJ. Brooke. of the U. S. customs OF.
flee, at Gateway, was in town Monday.
renewing acquaint ances with Kalispell
friends. Mr.. Brooke says the Michel
branch will soon be completed. and that
shipments of coal through Gateway will
be greatly increased.-Inter Lake.
Governor Robert B. Smith returned
from Butte the first Of the week to be
with his family on Christmas day. For
a man who was reported as dangerously
i'll so short time since, Governor Smith
is looking remarkably we'll, and Gays the
accounts of his sickness were very much
overdrawn.-Inter Lake.
WI. Loveall and his crew OF men
were down from his logging camp Christ
mas and spent the day at their respec-
tive homes. Mr.. Loveall is logging the
Hardin and Fitzpatrick ranches on the
South Fork for the Hunt-Hollister Lum-
Der company. He has the Hardin ranch
cut and in II few more DAYS will complete
the work OF banking and skidding, when
he will begin work on the Joe Fitzpat-
rick TIMBER Columbian.
Gordon Sales and Mr.. Cation had a lot
of sport the other day when they ran
across one old lion and three little ones.
They made short work of the old one,
but got the little ones alive and are keep
ing them at Mr.. Sales place until thy
find buyer. A few days later Albert
and Henry Sales killed two old lions, a
young one, and captured another kit.
These eight mountain lions had they
been left undisturbed would have killed
more deer this winter than twenty men
would kill in two years, and we hope
they will be exterminated from this part
of the coun,ry.-kalispell Journal.
NJ. Young has made his annual state
ment of the financial condition of Flat
head county. 1t is a most gratifying
statement. The net indebtedness of the
county is $l33, 900 in round NUM- ers, be-
ing u reduction of $l3, 900 the past year.
This in the face of the fact that the
board OF county commissioners nas ex-
pended large amount Of money the
past year in the construction of roads
and bridges. Under the present adj
miuistration OF the com missionere the
Indebtedness Df the county is being re.
duced over 81 900 month, and to all
intents and purposes the county 10 get
ting just as good if not better service
than under previous administrations
when the showings we're not 80 good
Western News.
State Game Warden Scott, in com.
pany with Deputy l.. J. Lowndes, made
a thorough examination of the falls in
the kootenai river while in the west end
OF the county last week, with view to
ascertaining the feasibility of installing
a fishway in that river, an appropriation
for which WAS made by the last legisla
ture. Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Lowndes are
both of the opinion that it would be use
less to install any sort Of a mocha MICA
contrivante, as the high and extremely
swift water every spring would certainly
carry it out. After Mr.. Lowndes re-
turns from Helena he will make NOR
complete investigation, and it is though
great deal Of good would come from
blasting out a number of the large
boulders IN the channel of the river
thus giving the fish a better passage ~
river, and is probable the money apprO
priated will be expended in this way
Kaliepell Journal.