Show NORTH WEST NOTES S SAn I II I An 01 opera house Is 1 to be erected atI at Thermopolis Wyo at a cost of I Control lines lilies have been established around the u most ost dangerous anger us forest fires In western Montana and northern Idaho Minors 1 over o 18 years cars of age will be permitted to take homesteads If it congress congress congress con con- gress passes passes a bill hill recently Introduced h by Senator tor Smoot of Utah Smallpox has been discovered at lI lIle Mont and strict quarantine quarantine tine has been ordered A number of cases are reported but bu- buthus thus tItUS far all are arc mild The city of Ontario Ore re will advertise advertise adver adver- er- er tise Use for bids for paving lug The bids call f for l' l the paving pa of 40 O city blocks s and the tha estimated proposed exp expenditure is Julius tr n r aged 12 was killed near Diamondville while hunting with witha a 22 calibre rifle the being discharged discharged dis dis- charged as g he was crawling through a wire fence f Raj mond Mercer ercer of Huntley Mont fell and amid his hand was mutilated by a api pi prickly pear He lIe asks s compensation the first ever applied for It is said for Injury b by a vegetable Philip 1 ja a Butte policeman recently recently re re- sentenced to the penitentiary for second degree assault will be admitted admitted admitted ad ad- to ball bap pending decision on his appeal to the supreme me supreme court The Great Northern railroad earned 82 In 1918 according to a report which It has filed with the state board of equalization of Idaho Idabo through E E. 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G Gallet state auditor Judges cannot be made to pay damages dam dam- damages ages in cases where their errors have cost litigants money moner but the state Itself is liable for these damages the Montana supreme court has decided George a brakeman of the Spokane division lies In a critical condition condition condition con con- at the Whitefish Mont hospital hospital hos lios pital as a result of a shooting affair with St Steve ve Harris a Fortine barber Mrs Jessie Case was killed when an automobile In which she was riding with her husband Oscar Case and their year ten son overturned east of Spokane not far from their home bome Some miscreant has been placing tacks In the road near Kemmerer W o causing grief to auto owners who declare If it the time guilty party Is caught he Ire will be prosecuted prosecuted- to the limit Requisition papers for Dan Merrl- Merrl gan accused of murdering James Ferry Ferry Ferry Fer Fer- ry ry In a Main street battle In B Butte tte on Nov 21 1912 have han hav been signed by byI I 1 Governor Stewart Is under arrest at Nevada Ne City Cal I Emphatic protests at the threatened loss t to Montana merchants and fruit dealers of the removal In transit privilege In hl car ar shipments sl from Washington Wash ington fruit districts Is to be made bythe by bythe the state railroad commission v I Harry arry C. C Hoffman state labor commissioner com com- commissioner missioner of of Wyoming In explaining the functions of his office says sas one of the most Important and mar far reach fag ing ng work Is the collection of just wage claims claims' throughout the state The R Roundup Mont creamery continues continues continues con con- to establish records and break them In amount of receipts of butterfat butterfat butterfat butter- butter fat per da day being paid farmers for cream ream cream delivered and S Saturday was ns required to pay for the days day's re Two cases of spotted fever one from Carbon Carbon county and one oue from yell Yellow fellow Yellowstone w- w stone stone county count have been reported to the Montana state board of health making a total of ten cases so 50 far far reported reported reported re re- ported tills this year year e lr Of the ten cases six have lia tiled died d ed Stealing stock animals which range on the Helena national forest reserve nail and adjacent t places is going to be discouraged discouraged discouraged dis dis- by the Crow and Indian Creek Creel Stock association which has filed articles of Incorporation with ith the secretary of state The rhe agricultural commissioner of thi state of Wa Washington has lias established established a n quarantine against alfalfa and other hay liay shipments from Utah and sections of Idaho Wyon Wyoming ng and Oregon Into Washington due to reports of widespread wide wide- widespread spread ad damages to hay crops in those states caused by the alfalfa weevil Itei Reputed to be the biggest man In n the world Fred Putney Is de dead d from the effects of dropsy at his ails home between Torrington I andLe Lii j A special casket had t to be ordered from Denver He lIe was C a feet 2 inches tall talland talland talland and weighed pounds Ills His measurement measurement meas meas- around the girth was 74 inches Children of Great Falls Mont who recently entered Into a dig dandelion ging contest were the guests of Ma Mayor or Louis Newman of Great Falls at a a pic pie i 1 ale nic The dandelion has bas long been thi the I pest of the city The mayor some time timo ago Induced the scholars to get out oui nd go after the weeds with the re re- that they were largely eradicated Instead of several se days days' trip by team or a day by train Its It's now n u matter of only two hours to negotiate the miles between Forsyth Mont I nt and Sheridan Wyo This feat was accomplished acc accomplished m- m pUshed last week by J Joseph Leiter Leifer In his big Curtiss airplane Formation of 12 lumber companies with a combined capital of is effected with the filing of articles ar tides of Incorporation for each In iu the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of the secretary of state at lid Hel Hel- ena Twelve Montana towns are named a as ag the borne offices of the several firms firms- J |