The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-04-09
COUNTY NEWS
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A steady stream of homeseekers con-
tinues to come into the county.
The county commissioners will hold a
special session on Tuesday, April Is.
The Libby baseball fans are getting
their diamond in shape for the season $
sport.
Libby will hold big celebration on
Lincoln county.
The county commissioners have re-
jected the petition of Geo. f. Snyder for
a liquor license at Bolton.
The official bond of IL. II. Carr. JUS
tice of the peace in Whiteiish, has been
approved 10y the county commissioners
The song of the saw and hammer can
Toe heard from early morn till late in the
evening. IT'S welcome sound-Big-
fork News.
1t is now thought that preparations
will not be completed so that the Fla
head reservation can be opened to se:-
Element before September l.
According to the program decided on
by the city council, several more saloons
will be closed up within the next two
weeks, as the present licenses expire
Inter Lake.
The new fire hall is rapidly nearing
completion. The bell will be put III po-
sition soon. The hall is quite an addi-
ton to our town and very presentablc
building -Columbian
Superintendent Smith of the kalispel
division, Great Northern railway, was a
business visitor here last Tuesday. Mr.
Smith says he wants to buy a piece of
land here when we get the big ditch
Tobacco Plains Journal.
Allen Calbick came in from the Flat
head national forest Saturday. At pres
ent the rangers are kept busy surveying
and estimating the timber that is to be
cut by the Great Northern Railway COM
pany in order 70 remove the Instructions
to the view between the right of way and
the mountain scenery.-Inter Lake.
In accordance with the new ordinance
all the saloons of the city closed at mid
night last Thursday night, and all OF
them were tightly closed yesterday. The
police report that the observance of the
terms of the ordinance is genuine, and
that no back doors are open.-kalispell
Journal.
People who are not fortunate in draw
ing piece of land when the reservation
is opened will still have the opportunity
of renting lands from the Indians. These
allotted lands are said to be the choicest
on the reserve, at least the Indians and
their advisors tried to get the best.-kal.
ispell Journal.
Three surveying crews are busily at
work in the neighborhood of Poison, two
of them Great Northern men, and the
other in the reclamation service. 1t is
said to be the intention of the govern
ment to put in the big dam on the Pend
d'Oreille at once and develop the water
power and irrigating possibilities soon as
possible .-kalispell Journal.
The publicity committee is having
three mammoth signboards painted, one
to be placed at the railway junction al
Columbia Falls and two at the Eureka
depot. The committee is also arranging
to get out 5000 illustrated folders, handy
to enclose in letters; also 'writeup''
stationery for general use, and is taking
up line of advertising in eastern pa
pers-Tobacco Plains Journal
To Rev. Father Chas. B. McGlynn o
Whitetish the Western News man is in
debted for some very nice news. The
same news will be received by the citi
zens of this section of the new county
with much favor. Libby is to have :
Catholic church, school building and ,
residence. The church is to cost between
seven and ten thousand dollars and tn
school and residence buildings are t,
cost many thousands of dollars more
Western News.
Major NJ. D. Baldwin has received no
tice from the state fish hatchery that {
shipment of eastern brook trout for Flat
head waters will arrive here on April 10
The application was for 100000 OF tn
fish, and it is supposed there will be tina
many in the shipment. The greater nun
Der of them have already been apphe'
for, but there may be some for other
who apply in time. the hatchery Off
cals request that those who want fist
for the fall distribution make application
as early as possible. Major Baldwin ha
supply of the application blanks, am
will supply them to anyone who wishe