The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-06-18
NEWS

Engineer II. :. Lands was in town
Monday from Spokane.
Harvey Swisher returned to work the
, first of the week as call boy.
Brakeman Walter Pickett was in town
last Friday from Kalispell.
Boilermaker Fred Ferguson was in
kalispell the first of the week.
Engineer Ward Forcum left Saturday
for a trip to Montezuma, Ia.
The work of laying new steel between
Summit and Columbia Falls is in progress.
VIM Kelley, general master mechanic
of the western district, was IN town yes
terday.
Signal Inspector Rossan stopped off
here Monday on business connected with
his office.
Engineer Chas. Smith returned Satur-
day from visit to Butte, Li>ingst ~ and
other points,
Engineer VIM. Udell and family re-
turned from an extended visit in the
east Saturday.
Engineer r. A. Forcum and wife left
Sunday for Montezuma, Ia, where they
will visit relatives.
Henry lima, formerly call boy, has
taken position in the roundhouse as
boilermaker's helper.
The Great Northern has called for bids
for the construction of new round hou e
of 10 stalls at Great Falls.
w. p. Olson has accepted the position
OF cashier in the depot here, having ar
rived here the first OF the week . from Sc
beka, Mimi.
Superintendent of Motive Power Emer-
son and Assistant General Superintt H.
dent F. l.. Brown came in on No. t
Sunday and stopped off here.
Mac Bailey has resigned the position
of cashier at the depot here and left Sat
, urday for a trip to the Seattle exposition.
He expects to locate in California.
VIM. Deeringer was able to leave the
hospital and walk down town Sunday,
, for the first time since he suffered the
injury which made the amputation of q
leg necessary.
This has been rather strenuous week
on the road, due largely to number Of
minor accidents at time of heavy
traffic, and the local officials have beer
. unusually busy.
F. A. Flanagan, dispatcher in til
; local offices OF the Great Northern, let
yesterday for visit with relatives il
< Alexander. Mimi. He will visit also il
b. Detroit, Mich. and other eastern points
before returning.
e. Conductor A. NJ Mathews is ''cham
o peen" fisherman among the passenge
conductors having distanced even Tedd!
Logan. Mr. Mathews came in from til,
S lake Saturday night with 10 large salmon
trout, all caught by trolling.
H. L. Lawrence and Thos. Curral
: were arrested in Columbia Falls Sunda,
y charged with grand larceny, under TIN
supposition that they were the partie
d who stole valise belonging to Conduc
II tor j. D. Hartley, and which contained
the tickets of the passengers on hi
a train.
k According to information received her
the Corbin engineers who have bee
n working north of the international boun
l. Diary line tied their line to the Milwaukee
survey at the boundary last Thurday
The Corbin survey is an extension OF tn
AZ present line from the Crows Nest roa
l. to the coal fields 20 miles north of tn
boundary, and it is supposed to mea
N that the Corbin people will put in tn
re link necessary to connect the Milwaukee
with the Canadian Pacific and Civ
access to the immense coal fields acros
- the border -kalispell Bee.
The Great Northern engineers VII
were working OH the east side OF til
river have run lines east from poil
~ nearly opposite Demersville far enous
to get around the big bend in the rive
r and then south to a connection with II
to line previously surveyed from Holt soutl
The preliminary survey has been mad
w and they are now checking back. III
h engineer in charge when asked what WI
being done declined to give any informs
ton, further than that they were testil
'st all possible lines to be certain where tt
ca building should be done.-Inter Lake.