Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-07-26
Tom Gilmore, government trapper

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: The mother wolf escaped. or th'
. pups six we're killed. Within the pas
few months amateur hunters havs
!. trapped three other wolves. The pail
hunted by Gilmore attacked several
bands of sheep early In the season ant
caused a loss estimated at $1,000.
Fred Metzenberg 10 at home in Eka
! TAXA after practically six years over
seas, and expects to remain there II
he can be content with the simple life
He left July 5. 1877. to enlist in the
army. and he has been overseas al
most all of the time since then. He
was among the last of the force to
leave the Rhine, which was in Febru'
airy of this year. He has been sta
toned at Coblenz. He was discharged
at Fort Screven, Ca, July /.
The wool clip in the vicinity of Miles
City this year is more than two mil
lion pounds, according 10 figures COM
piled by wool buyers of that place.
approximately that amount has al
ready been delivered TO the Northern
Pacific wool warehouse and several
cars have been shipped from way
stations In the vicinity. The wool is
being held, In the majority of cases,
both growers and dealers being I'M
willing to sell at the prevailing prices.
After defying capture and leading
his band on ~maraudlng expeditions
that worked havoc with herds Of cat
tie and bands OF sheep for more than
three years past the leader of the ia
nous Terry wolf pack has been cap
tured. The capture was effected by
G. n. Arnoson, a government trapper,
on Cottonwood creek. The pelt of the
wolf believed responsible for most of
the depredations in that section
measured six feet from tip to tip.
In addition to the 500, 448 which the
government collected on the sale of
tickets to the Dempsey-G Gibbons fight
July 4, s115,679 will be collected in
income tax, c. A. Rasmussen, col
lector of internal revenue for Montana.
has announced. OF this sum Kearns
must pay 1888 and Dempsey ST.
146. The governments total revenue
from the fight, fight concessions,
training camp admissions and personal
income is SAC. 700, compared to total
gate receipts of approximately s2O1, 900
Rasmussen stated.
Starting northwest of Roundup and
moving a swath five miles wide a tor
nado-like hail and rain storm swept
the eastern end of the state and
caused damage of more than a million
dollars, according to reports from
Roundup. Along Halfbreed creek, be-
tween Klein and Roundup, houses of
miners were washed against the rail-
road tracks and more than two hun
dred people had to flee to the hills
for safety. Trees were stripped of
leaves, crops ruined, and in some
places hardly a speer OF. grass is left
growing. Much damage was lone to
buildings in the path Of the storm.
Water in dry gulches poured in tor
rents, some of the larger ones filling
with water to a depth of fifteen feet.
In Roundup the hail broke all the
on the street light clusters.
Out on $1,000 bond, after arraign-
ment before the federal court on a
of interfering with the United
States mail. Elmer Thompson. the
Whitehall rancher who, refusing to ac-
cept settlement for right of way
through his land tore up 100 feet of
the 500 Line track and e%ntrenched
himself In the gap, is back at his
'fort" and still defying the railroad
company. He did not resist arrest
and although an attempt was made by
the railroad to replace the torn up
while he was In the custody Of
In time to Illustrate the track layers.
Mail to Whitehall is being detoured
and passengers on the 500 Line finish
the trip into Whitetal, nine miles, by
automobile. The railroad will apply
10 the court for n restraining order TO /
prevent Thompson from molesting the
track, attorneys for the company inti-
mate.
With George III. Stanton claiming
which he advanced when the
second 100000 was paid Jack Kearns,
manager Of Dempsey and the Shelby
championship battle of July Fourth
saved again, and Ter claims
from $4,000 down TO mlscel-
items of a thousand dollars
Or so, a recent meeting OF creditors in
Great Falls came to the decision that
100000 will be needed to clear the
date of all fight debts. Those rep
resented at the meeting. besides the
creditor, Mr.. Stanton, were
he Monarch Lumber company of
Great Falls, $4,000; The weil-Mon-
ana Lumber company, being the COM
,any Of Major J. e. Lane, who tried
o settle the last payment and through
whom the fight finally went on. s&3.-
100; The G. and ID. company Of Shell
~, $4,000; J. w. Speer, representing
unnamed clients, $500; Jack Hughes
If Great Falls, contractor, $4,000, and
Architect Kent of Shelby, $4,000. The