The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-03-20
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings in Flathead County
During the Past Week Of
interest

During the Past Week OF
Interest
Measles are showing up around the
county.
A case Of smallpox developed at T. oy
last week.
Kslisp.ll citizens have raised $500
to keep up Chamber Of Commerce.
The Kalispell school board has taken !
steps to prevent calami.ies in the schools
in case Of Gre.
Reports from all sections OF Flathead |
county show that many new people ara
coming into this valley to secure homes. |
At Kalispell on Thursday night OF last
week occurred the marriage Of Hslmar
Lewis, county commissioner, and Mrs.
Belle Winnett.
school district M. 6. Columbia Falls,
will vote upon the proposition OF bond
ing the district for $4,000 to build
school house.
| J. Coram's mill, which has been
eating lumber on Ingalls, & Winston's
place four miles soath OF town, has
closed down, the timber being about all
cut. --kalispell Inter Lake.
People who have been in the North
Fork country, report that the deer and
elk there are very plentiful. They
seemed to have Wintered in large num-
! bers in that section and around Lake
Mcdonald. Kalispell Journal.
C. C. Miller and ]. +. Lewis drove
down to Big Fork the first OF the week
and bought 5000 worth OF fur. They
report Big Fork enjoying q steady boom
and that every business house in town
ia doing good business.
Herman Bockman returned from
Whitefish last Friday, where he had
been for several days paperiny Father
McGlynn's residence. He was acc' m
panied to Whitefish by Mrs. Zimmerer,
who will keep house for Father Nc
t1lynn.-Western Newe.
G. w. Avery, one OF the fathers OF
our sister city Of Whitefish. WAS visitor
to the county seat OH Monday. Mr..
Avery is interested in forming some or
; xanization in the nature of q building
and loan association for his town, and
was down investigating the methods and
, work OF the association here.-Kalispell
, Journal.
!. j. f.. Lewia, pro. rietor OF the Glacier
, h tel ut Lake Mcdonald, is taking ad-
vantage OF the forces Of nature for the
> convenience Of his summer visitors, He
has hxrnessed the creek that emptiet
into tire lake beeids tke hotel, and which
is 4 fine water power, by building q
dam, and bv putting in water vince
and hitching ii to n dynamo will be able
I to light his premises by electricity Will
!. very little cost .-kalispell Journal.
> Mrssrs. VIM. Irwin and j. W. Mario
proprie,ors OF the Whitefish Meat com
> pany, have bought the interests Of tl'
Fulton Meat company at this rlace, in
: Guiding the Montana Market on Mali
= street. These gentlemen have bee,
!. successfully engaged in the business n
- Whtefish for some time. and when the
engage in the same line here it is not L
be doubted that they will meet with tn
~ same satisfactory success AS they enjoys
in the town by the lake.-Kslispe|
Journal.
re Arthur F. Stall was down from Fol
d tine Monday bringing with him the pei
and head Of what wss probably tn
largest mountain lion killed this winter
He had a rather exciting hunt with tn
r. big fellow. His two dogs treed tho an
FL NAL and Mr. Stahl went to the house I
"a get the gun and OH returning he foun
that the b~aet had come down out {
as the tree and was engaged in furious CON
bat with the dogs. A well directed blu
k let put sudden end to the ixht.-Ka
Sr ispell journal.
ii Charley Ordish came in last Saturds
from another successful lion hunt On Il
,ol Fisl,er river, bringing with him tw
young lions alive and the old one he hs
L.. killed. lie also killed two lynx on !,
he last "trip. This brings his total Of liol
killed and captured for the winter !
IA to 81, besides q number OF lynx. !
he left Monday for the Yahk basin, in Il
at- west end OF the county, and expects
ill make substantial addition to his c,
lection Of trophies, ~ il 10 report
there are many lions in that locality.
nv Kalispell Journal.
P. r Nelson. who has the contrs
'"' for building the dam IN Wl,itsf3sh cres
;, which is to bring the waters Of that ID
INC to the doors Of the city. went up to
=" gin work on the enterprise. The peoj
~ OF Whitefsh have blown out the {
WV dam and have secured the foods
:" rights along the stream where it 10 u