The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-02-05
COUNTY NEWS
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Baker Bros. have bought the tie stump
age on part of the Schwarder timber
land, Glen lake, and began the work of
getting them out yesterday Tobacco
Plains journal.
The cars of a Great Northern wire
stringing crew occupied the house track
in Libby last week. The boys are put
ting up another Western Union WIRE
Western News.
The Western News states that Rev. W.
T. LAWN, pastor of the Libby Methodist
church, has resigned and will go into
the real estate business in Libby. Rev.
LAWN formerly had charge of the White
fish Methodist church and is we'll known
here.
Ora Reeves and May Henry were tried
before Justice Wallace Friday on a
charge of illegal cohabitation, and after
hearing the case it was dismissed for lack
of sufficient evidence. The charge of
arson, in connection with the attempt to
fire the Hotel Gaylord at Columbia Falls
several weeks ago, is still pending against
these two.-Kalispell Journal.
A large flock of wild geese circled over
Libby at a very low altitude last Thurs
day night. On Friday morning large
swan and couple of wild geese were
seen flying south. Old timers in Libby
say this is very peculiar happening for
this time of the year, but think that they
were driven out of their winter quarters
by stOrm.-Western News.
Station Agent Cummns, of Bolton,
was in Columbia Falls yesterday. He
states that the G. N. will construct
a fine new rustic depot OH the side hill
there this spring. The grounds will lie
terraced down to the track and passen-
ger shed built over the platform. A fine
tourist hotel is also to be built to accom-
modate travel ers. The plans have been
approved by the necessary officials and
work will begin just as soon as weather
permits. Columbian.
An enigma in the form of fallen tree
has puzzled the brain of many in this To-
cality. Said tree lies on the timber
premises of G. O. Woldstad near Swan
river, and is several feet III diameter.
Good judges of the age of fallen timber
say it has lain there for at least seventy
five years. The mystery is, who cut 1t
down and for what purpose? Evidence
shows it was felled by white mans axe
Was it done by a member of the Hudson
Bay Co.? Was it bear tree or bee
tree? Will someone solve the mystery?
-Bigfork News.
The Chamber of Commerce is prepar-
ing material for new booklet setting
forth the attractions of Flathead county
for the hunter, fisherman and tourist.
This book will contain a map showing
the location of every lake, stream and
hotel in the county and the distances
from Kalispell to same. 1t will be ready
for distribution before the Seattle exposi-
ton opens and will be distributed through
the east with the purpose of getting the
exposition visitors to stop off at our num-
erous resorts. The tourists leave plenty
of cash behind them and are usually en-
thusiastlc takers, and do great amount
of good advertising for us in this way
among their eastern friends. 1t is ear
nestly desired that our amateur photog-
raphers, hunters and fishermen will i'm
mediately furnish the Chamber of Com
merce with suitable pictures showing
beautiful scenery and the results of ex-
PLOTS with rod and gun. Lake.
AT meeting of the Kalispell druggists
held the latter part of last week the ban
was placed on cocaine, and hereafter the
sale of this deadly drug will be positively
refused, except on physicians prescrip-
tons. With one not acquainted with the
harmful effects resulting from the habit
of using this drug, the action of the home
druggists seems of little consequence, but
we are informed that the cocaine habit
has been growing with alarming rapidity
here, as has been the case in almost every
other section of the country, and the
druggists, who see the evil tendency more
than anyone else, realized that something
had to be done to check its use. 1t is a
fact that more depredations result from
the use of cocaine than any other drugs,
and the liquor habit pals into insgnifi-
canoe in comparison with the terrible cf-
fects of this deadly stimulant. The drug
gists are to be commended for taking the
initiative in stamping out this evil Kali
ispell Journal.