The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-02-21
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings in Flathead County
During the Past Week of
Interest

Many new people are coming into the
county.
Robins are reported to have arrived
in some parts Of the county.
Miller 4 Lewis. the Columbia Falls
fur buyers, report that they have bought
an unusually large number of lynx hides
this winter.
McNanamee's mill will start up Mon
day to make = email cut. There is about
400, 600 feet OF logs to be dressed this
season. NKalispell Bee.
The county commissioners have re-
voked the saloon license of w. E. Mo-
rand, who conducted saloon at the
steel bridge near Kalispell.
s. G. Bottum will return in day or
two from Seattle. to which place he and
his family will remove in the near
Plains Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. Dow are in town
from Bolton. Mr.. Dow eays the snow
is two feet deep At Bolton and rapidly
deepens furthur back in the hills.-Kal-
ispell Inter Lake.
Trainmaster Geo. T. Van, J. D. Per.
due, NJ. P. Fitzpatrick, w. M. Deerlnge'
r. L. Bodey, ]. Strantz and ]. A. Sam
son came over from Whitefish to attend
the big doings Of the Elk lodge.-Bee.
The camp 1t the State mill is under
quarantine on account of smallpox. The
patient is recent arrival from Newport
| WASH, and it is feared that several were
exposed, although no new cases have
yet develor 81. Columbian.
Besides the large number of mountain
lions that have been killed this winter
an unusually large number OF lynx have
been killed, one party from Big Forh
stating that he knew of over hundred
that had been taken on the North Forl
and in the Swan lake country.-Kalis
pell Journal.
Dallas Haskill circulated a petition
the first Of The week, asking the county
commissioners to reappoint Thos. Laine
az road supervisor OF Columbia Falls
district. The petition was signed freely
Tom is a good man for the position ant
makes tia point to get over all the road
in his district to the satisfaction OF al
residents concerned Columbian.
Thos. Porter and family recently ar
rived from Priest River, Idaho, anc
rented the home OF w. H. Valentine
which they are now occupying. Mr.
Valentine and family will depart Mon
day for Puyallup, wash. where they
will occupy their fruit ranch, purchased
by Mr.. Valentine year ago.-Colum
bian.
The dredger and other machinery t
be ueed in dredging the log slough u
the John 0. Olson Co. mill is on thu
ground and is being put in place on
large scow. 1t is the intention of tn
company to dredge the .!ough from tn
mill to the inlet and increase it's capac
i,y for holding logs. 1t is expected tina
the work will begin some time mex
week.-Columbian.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Barber are pre-
pairing to remove to Minneapolis, ant
will make their home in that city. TIL
Northwestern Lumber Co. has opene'
an Office in Minneapolis. and have mad
that city the headquarters for their sale
department, as it is more convenient t
the territory in which large part G
their output is sold. The department
is under the direction Of Mr.. Barber
and the change takes him to Minneapo
lis.-Inter Lake.
j. L. McIntire drove up from his Po
son store Monday to spend the wee
with his family in Kalispell. He had
hard trip, part Of the road which Ii
travelled for "a hours being very bad
There is no snow at the south end {
the lake, and very little between ther
and Kalispell, except on the mountai
road. The Poison people think the
were lucky to get 7-inch ice for the sun
mer store and have finished filling thei
ice houses with this light freeze. Bee.