The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-01-31
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings in Flathead County
During the Past Week of
Interest

Ourlng tne FaSt Week Oh
Interest
The Great Northern will put up ice At
the Little Bitter Root lake ~ usual this
year.
The district court has appointed John
Eicher ~ guardian Of the estate aud
person Of Thomas O'Connell.
Louiss Bliss alleges that John Bliss 10
too fond OF intoxicants and has deserted
her, therefore she wants divorce.
Application for divorce has been fled
in the district court by Irine H. Woods.
who desires separation from Jesse l..
Woods.
County Assessor G. II. Moody and
Commissioner J. E. White attended
the meeting Of state assessors in Butte
last week.
The Tobacco Plains Journal reports
that the recent cold wave was not e..
we're enough to injure the banana crop
to any serious extent.
| Swan Oleson, the man who 10 sup.
posed to have poisoned Charles Todd
in the Sylvanite district, has been de-
clared insane by jury.
Joe Motijeka. who was arrested on a
complaint Of killing deer out Of season,
pleaded guilty to the charge in justice
court at Kalispell Saturday and was
fined $1O0.-Columbian.i
I Frank johnson and Ed Sargent. who
are in Jail here on charge OF burglary
alleged to have been committed at
Whitefsh, will be tried on February 3rd
by the special jury drawn from jury box
| No. 3.-Kalispell Journal.
c. B. Roberts, secretary of the COM
mission appointed to apprais, the lands
on the Flathead Indian reservation, 10
in town for few days this week. Mr..
Roberts says the work is progressing
finely, the open winter being especially
favorable to the work Of the com mission.
-Kslispell Journal.
The planning mill Of the E ureka Lum
Der com pany ~ill resume operations or
Monday next and expects to run stead.
lily. The company has number o.
orders in hand, and zee the evidences o.
gradual resumption Of business tc
normal conditions.-Tobacco Plains
Journal.
1t was decided at meeting Of few
Of the members of the democratic cen
trail committee held last week that M
meeting would he called at present, ant
that later, come time after the stat.
committee meets, meeting will bt
.lled and reorganization effected anG
the date for the county convention se
at the same time.-Kalispell Journal.
John O. Olson returned from Seattle
the fret of the week, where he went Il
purchase hosting engine to be used il
dredging TIE slough to increase the ca
pacity for holding logs At the mill. Thu
engine will be on the ground in about
week and it is expected that work viii
be started with the dredge as soon a
the frost leaves the ground.-- Columbian
W. B. Rhoades, city attorney, receiv
ed letter Tuesday from Superinten
dent W. r. Smith, of Whitefish, stating
that he had received the >city's propo.i
ton to pay for the removal OF the com
pany buildings for the opening of Mai
street across the track, and had sub
mitted the same to the head Office, Will
a request that an order be made for tn
desired change. Journal.
Mrs. Luke Dillon, whose home was a
Columbia Falls, died last Saturday i
Seattle. Mrs. Dillon had been i'll for
number of years and had gone to tn
coast for her health, and it seemed for
time che was better, but relapse eet
and nothing could be done to fave he
The RENAME were brought 10 Kalispe
and laid to rest in the Conrad Memoirs
ceme,ery.-Kalispeli Journal.
s. G. Bottum has disposed If his il
terests in the Eureka Lum Der compan
to his associates, and 10 succeeded
the presidency Of the corporation BY Il
vice president, C. A. We'll. Mr.. Be
tum informs us that he ia undecided
to his future business movements, b,
will probable leave Eureka, which vi
b. much regretted by the many frien'
he and his estimable family have mat
during their residence here.-Tobac
Plains Journal.
Commissioner Halmar Lewis left Il
fret OF the week for Missoula to 10,
up some land entries along the bou
Diary between this county Sander
There 10 some misunderstanding 10
the exact location Of the dividing III
between the two counties and Il
stripr OF land has been assessed in Dol
counties. Mr.. Lewis will endeavor
straiRhten out the ENHANCEMENT viii
in Missouls, and will later 60 to But
to attend the assessors convention.
Ksliapell Journal.
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