Big Timber Pioneer 1906

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BIG TIMBElt. MONTANA. THURSDAY, .JANUARY 4 ,  I9(\ft
NO. 8
MONTANA CATTLE.
Big Timber Cash Grocery Store
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Sl*iiCiAL AiThlSTION GIVEN TO BOARDERS AND TRANSIENTS.
Rates Reasonable.
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HEAR OK liliAND HOTEL
A Great Reduction on ail
of our China and Glassware. It has got to go.
Come now and get the
benefit of the reduction.
C R.Gates
WE* WANTWpqyg
FUR S *
HIDES
PELTS
M MILLAN
FUR   \  WOOL    CO.
.Desert
Two  Hundred   and   Sixty-Eight   Thousand Head Shipped Out of the
State Last Year.
The uniiuul report of tho state  board
of stock commissioners, signed by  President John T.   Murphy   and   Secretary
1'reuitt, goes into the work of tin; hoard
during the past year in detail, and   presents many faets of interest concerning
tho cattle industry of Montana.
After summarizing the proceedings of
the annual meeting of the hoard and detailing the appointments of the inspector force for the year, the report, says:
•'The board has maintained the largest inspection force in its history this
year, and a perusal of tho results of
their work is most convincing of the
efficiency o! the inspection system.
•'The inspectors' reports for the year
show u total of J29 arrests made during
the year, mostly for violation of the
stocK laws; of this number 37 wore convicted, while four jumped their bonds-
and there are 10 cases pending.
"Among tho convictions was one from
Custer county for defrauding the state
under the wolf and coyote bounty law
while nix cases for a similar offence are
pending in Custer and Rosebud counties
and one jumped the bonds for a similar
offense.
"Among tho duties of the inspectors
is the inspection of the hides of stock
killed on the railroad within the state,
a report of which is riled with the secretary of this hoard and notices sent
to the individual owners to enable them
to recover the value of their stock
killed. During the year there were 4.10
cattle recovered for the owners through
this system.
••This year 1903 was considered an exceptionally unfavorable one for the stock
interests, and because of market condi
tions in 1903, a large number of cattle
were held over to be shipped the next
year; but during 1904 the packing house
strike occurred, and after that was settled the shortage of curs prevented a
large number of cattle from going to
market, and the\ were held over till this
year, which brought lots of cattle on
the market from Montana, the total
hipments out of the state numbering
X)0, of which number -*»7,1I7 went,
iu eastern markets and S.00S to l'a-
cilic coast markets and |,r>ll wont to
Canada.
••Out of tho shipments the inspectors
recovered 34,S'29 head of strays, of which
number 2,014 were paid . through the
Montana Stock Grower's association,
while the remainder of :ii*.ilir> were remitted fur to the owners from the place
of the sale. Forty-two head of cattli
wore found in Canada,and sold, proceeds
being remitted to Montana owners
t trough the Montana Stock Growers' as
social ion
"Tli" shipments of horses for the year
J 1)05 aggregated lib'.oOO head, nil of
which were inspected by the stuck i i -
spoclois or sheriffs in the county from
which they were shipped. This is a decrease of 11 /.yj head over what, were
shipped out Inst yunr and the range
horses in Montana have been pretty well
shipped out.
"Cattle, values have remained about
the same a.-, they were last year, both
for range beef cattle and stock cattle,
und very few cattle have been shipped
into Montana for range purposes, aggregating not over 8.~iUO head.
"The board of sheep commissioners at
their meeting last spring voted in   favor
of paying three-sevenths of the  bounty
expense, which they did, and   the  board
of stock commissioners   in   conjunction
with the board of   sheep commissioners
have employed lawyers in different parts
of the state to look after the boiwity law
and inspectors in a   general   way,   and
much credit is due them for their work;
and the fraud practiced heretofore   will
be eliminated to a marked degree.   The
convictions obtained in Custer county
and the cases on   trial   there  now   will
have a good effect on this class of fraud.
"The legislature passed what is known
as the 'scab law' and which   law   makes
the  stock   inspectors  deputy   veterinarians, and the law was   very well   carried out as much as could   be  expected
the first year; and a   great  cumber  of
HeumefttlK) following witnesses to prove cattle were dipped and treated for   this
Jm?""      * ,^^lg■,io,l and '"•■"•■tiou of Mid   digga^
William   Brown, William   Dudley.  Porter'    "The law requiring shippers of   cattle
Byer., Thomas Sitla* of Bi*Ti.»ber. Mont.      | to unload every 28  hours  has  caused
I much opposition, and   memorials  have
I been sent to our representatives in  con-
{areas asking them to use all  their efforts to get this law changed so as to
Rankin Guilty of Manslaughter.
District court reconvened Wednesday.
The first i:,i-e was J. W. Rankin, charg-
with the murder of Frank Morris. The
defendant was represented by attorneys
J. T. Vaughn and A. G. Hatch while
County Attorney Barbour represented
tho state. " "-
The case was stubbornly contested on
both sides. The defendants attorneys
made a splendid tight, but e\idenee that
the accused had made statements after
he had been assaulted  by  Morris,  that,
he  "would   kill   the ,   even   if   I
swing for it.:" and that after the assault
which later tv.-ujted in Morris' death.
Kankin, not knowing the serious. character of the injury, said he was sorry he
had not killed him. was1 to strong for
even the attorneys to overcome.
The case was given to the jury just
before dinner and at about four o'clock
it reported a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The jury was composed of.~
F.B.Taylor, foreman, Wilber Marsh,
F. J. Hem, J. A. Post, Knuto Hanson,
Geo. \V. Moore, H. P. Franklin," Henry
Shrader, Wm. Widdioombe, Win. Hawks,
Hans Rudd, O. B. Curtis.
Rankin wiil be sentenced Saturday
morning. The maximum penalty is ten
years in the pen.
The trial of W. E. You mans charged -
with slaughtering a steer belonging to
another is on today. County Attorney
Barbour is representing the state and
Attorneys Fox of Red Lodge and Hath,
horn of Billings represent the defendant. The jury is composed of J. \V.
Hubbard, G. H. Howard, J. C. Hines,
Peter Itorgman, L. R. Knapp, E. L.
Patterson, James Vestal, Harry Snyder,
E. H. Dahl, O. P. Jasper, John Elliott.
T. G. Shipton.
The Sweet Grass water right case is
set for Jan. 15. There are about So
witnesses in this case and it will probably occupy the attention of the court the.
remainder of the month,
HORSES HOME
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Livery And Feed Stable.
First Class Teams?and Rigs.
Big Timber, Mont.
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Rooms 2 and 3 Irvine Block.
Mu: Timuki:
Mont,
Desert   Land.   Final   Proof—Notice
for Publication
United Status Land Oiilce. lluzetmin, Mont
Dee.!). lH.Ki,
Notice is hereby Rivcu that Charles H. Shook
of Hunters Hot Springs, Sweet, Grass County!
.Montana. JiiiHlilvri notice or intention to make
^"^"''I'^'I^crtliiiHtelnimXo. l:i||. for the
NEM. Sec. :a, T. - X. |{. 12 K. 31. P. 31. before
C. N. Skillmnn.
II. S. Commissioner, in his oflicontBiir Timber
Uontntiii, oiiTlmisciny, tho IXth day of Jnnu-
a ry, twlii.
He names the following witnesses to provo
1 the complete irrigation unit reeliimution of snid
1    Cliarlet.il.Cruno awl Ulysses U. Binder,   of
' H".UHrBiH.ot«Sp.ril."''s/,.?,,S2.t" Jol,n  '»• Morris
.did Bird C. Vestal of Rig Timber, Mont.
1 M. It. Wilhos, Ruffister.
First Publication Doc. 14. I'jfjr,.
Land.  Final   Proof— Kotice
Publication.
For
United Slates Land Office, Bozoman, Montana.
December 2.1««.
J)2i *%'* £eroJ?y «'TBn tlmt Alexander (Irani.
I1' Bif5,mber- 8Yeet Gr?" County, Montana
line filed notice of intention to make proof on
I'is deyert-Und.claim No. lit*, for the S%X Wu
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31. P. M. before
C. X. .Skillmsu,
I]. S. Commissioner in his office at Bis; Timber,
Montana, on Thnrsday. th« Jsth day of Janu.
ary, iSfv.
M. R. Wilsoji. Register.
First Publication Dec. II. IKS.
Notice'or  Publication.
>t of the   Interior, Land OUtm at
mmb, Montana, Dee. 2, IMS.
•NulfMbr aenbv aim that tfae.fouowiaa
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C. N. BkUlaMB,
V. 8. CoMiwioMr, i. kk omer at Bi«Tuae«r,
Moataaa. oa Jaaaary lit, NW.
CUriMM.gbook, H. K. No, 4181. for the
g-.Nni.aadbotoia.gM.i.T.'lN. LI2I.
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aCliariMH.Craaeaad VlyMf* 0. Mate, of
8oatmaWta>riag».lf««t.r3eli» CMarria,
and Bird C VaUal, of W* Timber,
M. K. Wiiaon,
:  Pint PablieatiMi Dee. 14.
allow* runs of 36 hoars to be made, holding that cattle arrive in much better
condition if not unloaded ao much.
toward Stray Cattle.
I will pay ■ liberal reward  for iofor
mtion leading to the recovery of cattle
bearing the foUo'wing brands:
00 right thigh and B lazy U
on left shoulder.
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Howie Items.
Hon. Hen 0- Forsythe spent several
days with friends here during tho holidays.
Mr. Satn Solbcrg and Aiiss higa Sol-
berg left, for the Sute Ayrieulturo Col-
h-geTiiesdiiy. Mr Solberi; is taking ;i
eonrsc,in engineer!nsf.
M'r. ii.-d .Mrs. Miiriin Crest,are  spend-"
inga few days with relatives here.
John I'JIiinirson has been with us ocens-
ionally during the last, few days.
The holidays have been unusally
••\entful this year. The Christinas en-
terlainmcnt given by the school iuid
some of the young people was a suueoss.
Very creditable work wa-- done by the
band, and the readings by the Mis-.es
(Jena Uosted, fnga Sol burg and Steliu
Severnon were vury eominendable, The
pretention of Dtckeu's Dombey and
Son, by Miss .Stella Severson showed a
good share of natural abilty. intense
feiJiug, and beautiful lone color.. The
seini-diamatie production Ijy tho pupils
of the school was app eciitjd in general
although the immature years of some
of the pupils ,'h well as a lack of room
and mechanical facility,somewhat hampered a just presentation of a work so
full of pathetic import.
Miss Anna W.rak in the costume- nf
Mary Magdelene recited part of Edwin
Arnolds 'Kessurection" Though wellprt.-
pined, she was compelled to retire from
the stage on account of a -evero colu
which had settled in her throat. The
audience appauded her brave attempt
very enthusiastically.
Social gatherings have been held at
the homes of Messrs Henry Burtels and
and Ole Crest.
The entertainment and basket social
given for tho benefit of the band en
i'riday evening met with universal approval. From social and financial stand
points it was a grand success. After
several selections by the band and an interesting dialogue by Messrs. Helmar
Pederson, Oswald Crest and Miss Severson' the sale of baskets commenced.
Mr. 1'ierson acted as auctioneer and although there were scarcely more than
twenty-rive baskets the sale brought one-
hundred and ten dollars and eighty
cents into the treasury ef the band boys
enabling them to pay all the encum.
brance which had retarded them for some
time.
The dialogues by Messrs. Edward
Bartets, Pete Gottlob, Sam Sotberv,
Creston Crest, Con Solberg, Emma P»d-
eison, Inga Solberg and Geoa Rooted
were well rendered and heartily applaud
ed. All seemed to have enjoyed the
evening immensely and gaastal good
will of all who participated made this
evening memorable in simple history of
the band and tU people of Bowls.
The people of tho Howls district pre.
seated Mr. Tank with a beaatifal seventeen ieweled gold tilled watch aadavery
pretty gold filled chain. No woadoir ho
likes Howie.