The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-06-18
COUNTY NEWS
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Columbia Falls will celebrate on July ..
Instruments have been ordered for II
band ut Libby.
f. J. Murray has been nominated a.
the first mayor OF Columbia Falls
number of gypsies are travelling
through the county in their usual nona-
die style.
The potato crop in the vicinity of Lib
10y is going to he u very large one this
year. News.
Libby business men are preparing to
purchase chemical fire engine, accord
ing to the News.
Sign boards advertising the Libby sec
ton have been placed along the railroad
track at that place
{. w. Workman caught :5O-lh.
black bear in a trap last week, in the
Pinkham creek country. Tobacco Plains
Journal.
The wheat crop is looking fine, and
while it is little early to predict with
certainty, the prospects at this stage OF
the game certainly look bright for Il
bumper crop in the Plains Tobacco
Plains Journal.
a brown bear killed one of a. q.
Stations goats last week, and noticing
the commotion among the goats he and
Bertha went ont to investigate. They
found the bear, received good scare and
his bearship went on his way rejoicing
Columbian.
Mrs. Laura Shattuck, who, with her
husband, resides on their homestead
twelve miles west OF Marion, was in town
yesterday, and told the reporter OF their
catching a fine large jet black bear in a
trap. The skin of the animal measured
six feet.-kalispell Journal
Frank Matejka reports that COW
moose and yearling calf are making their
headquarters at his ranch and are play
ing havoc with his garden. As the law
says thou shalt not kill, trap or i'm
prison." he is wondering how he may
protect himself from the ravages of the
beasts columbian.
Julius Neils, w. Neils and A. Agathus,
OF Cass Lake, Mimi, are being entertain
ed by q. W. Milett, the resident agent
OF the Julius Neils Lumber Co. The
company has mill site near Bigfork
which Will certainly be utilized as soon
as the Milwaukee gets within reach of
the Swan lake extension, and the Neils
are also reported as interested in estab-
fishing bank at Bigfork. Bee.
A cool wave this week checked the
high water, and it is not now probable
that it will this year reach the unusual
stage which has been generally predicted.
Some damage on the kootenai is report
ed to lumber companies, where several
million feet of logs have been carried
away into kootenai lake, Canada, the
Boomers Ferry companies being the
greatest sufferers. Tobacco Plains Jour
nal
Some OF the Libby fans, not to be left
out in the cold by the organization of
what is known as the first team of Lib
by, have got together and organized a
second team with A. q. Beager manager,
and Jack Mccarthy, captain. One of
the boys stated that the team intends to
put in much time practicing and let
ter has been sent to the second nine of
kalispell asking what kind of arrang-
ments they could make for game be-
tween the two nines.-Western News.
George Snyder has a couple of cub
bears in his saloon at Belton They got
out the other night, knocked a bot
tie Of liquor over, and proceeded to lick
it up. After accommodating considerable
of a jag they proceeded to have time
up among the glasses on the back bar
and succeeded i'll breaking about ten
dollars worth of glassware When the
cubs were discovered they were having
the time of their lives with their reflec-
tons in the mirror. We suppose they
had a headache next day as is customary
after a night out.-Columbian.
People from Poison say the Reclama-
ton service engineers are at work putting
in temporary dam about three-quarters
of mile below the outlet of the lake for
the purpose of developing power to be
used in the construction work several
miles below. The power at the dam
now being constructed will be approx
imately POO horsepower. At point
four miles below the lake dam is to be
constructed 100 it. high. In order to
build it tunnel will be bored through a
HILL and diversion dam will turn the
entire flow of the river at low water
through the tunnel, leaving the channel