The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-03-06
AROUND THE COUNTY
Happenings in Flatflead County
During the Past Week of
Interest

Lydia Comeau is suing for divorce
from Dennis Comeau.
Kalispell is making arrangements for
a monthly market day"
The county commissioners have been
in session this week.
Candidates for city Offices are show.
ing up in Kalispell.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Collins Of White
fish were visiting friends in Kalispell a
few days this week.-Kalispell journal.
The bill to provide funds for the sur
vey Of ship canal At Kalispell will not
be acted upon at THE session OF congress,
according to letter received from Con-
gresham Pray.
Fire started in the home occupied by
Mrs. Foose on Sunday afternoon, COM
pletely destroying the building and con-
siderable furniture and other household
Observation-Disclosures.
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visitor in town Wednesday. Ed has a
crew Of men at work making ties on his
Lake Five ranch and says he has 4 mar
ket for them at IS cents per tie.-Col-
umbian.
Mr.. Shaffroth, the expert machinist,
is still engaged in the installation Of the
new plant for the Flathead Valley Wa.
ter Power Co., at Bigfork, but expects
to have all his work done within two
weeks.-Kalispell Bee.
Sheriff O'Connell left Tuesday night
for Wooster. Ohio, where he went TO
bring hack to Flathead county one Jay
Reed, who is wanted here OH statutory
charge. He went by way OF Helena to
secure the necessary extradition papers.
-Kalispell Journal.
The commissioners met Monday to
canvass the returns OF the election held
in the Ashley Lake Irrigation district,
and found that NJ. r. Conant, John
Eisenhower and e. f. Kelley had been
elected directors, with no votes in oppo.
sition.- Inter Lake.
One OF the most worthy institutions
Of which Flathead county can boast,
was completed last Saturday night when
Contractors knight & Nelson put the
= finishing touches on the new poor house
which has been in course Of construction
for the past few months.-Kalispell
4 Journal.
Murray 4 Junkins have received q
carload OF cement for the contractor
who are to build the South Fork bridge
Other materials will be on the ground
by the first Of next week and work will
BE- started at once. Contracts have been
let by the government for tools and
II dynamite for the excavation of the roa.
through Badrock canyon and the worh
on this will also be begun as coon as the
contractors can get the men and materia
on the ground. --Colunlbian.
Pluid Bros. have finished their, win
ter's log cut. and the men came in yes
terday. About 1000, 900 feet have beer
put in this season. We understand tina
this firm will retire from logging oper
atoms and turn their attention to othel
business. The Fluids have been Will
the Eureka Lumber company since Au
gust, 1906, coming to this place from
Whitefish, whore they had been engag
ed extensively in the same line OF bust
ness.-Tobacco Plains Journal.
John Keife, who was quite we'll know
here, having worked in Kalispell ant
tho valley for the past six years, droppe'
dead at the home OF b. NJ. Smith, cas-
Of the river, Sunday. Kettle had appar
entity been in his usual health on tn
day of his death, and after completing
his work about the farm went into tn
house and took up book and bega1
reading. One of the children playin
in. the room noticed him straighten OIL
and gasp for breath, and at once notifie
her father, but before Mr.. Smith coul
reach him he had died.-Kaiispe
Journal.
A. Benedict, father-in-law Of S. 6
Bottnm, was the victim OF seriou
runaway accident last Tuesday aftel
noon. He was returning from one {
the camps with the mill company
team Of bay roa.lsters, when they wer
frightened as he was entering the tow
and ran away. Striking the Pluid hous
Benedict was thrown violently to I'll
ground. Several ribs we're crushed i,
his nose fractured and other injuries il
flicted. He Was taken at once to III