The Western news., 1908-11-18
STATE NEWS

: tlon having arrived in the Falls city to
J start the same.
Having paved several of it's streets
the past summer and now wishing to
keep them clean the city council of
3ozeman has purchased a street sweep
er and dump wagon.
The Ladies' Imperial band of Boze-
; man which has furnished quite an ad-
vertisement for that city has been re-
organized.
Will, am X. Willis has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Baird, Missoula
county. vice S. NJ Hauswirth, resigned.
The ranchers of Beaverhead, in the
vicinity of Dillon, has experimental
with sugar beets, having just shipped
four car loads to the sugar factory at
Blackfoot, Idaho. If the experiment
proves satisfactory the ranchers will
engage in the raising of sugar beets
on an extensive scale.
A meeting of the flockmasters of
Montana is being held in Helena to-
day, the purpose of which is to con-
fer with Chicago business men and
officials of the National Woolgrowers'
association, relative to the establish
ment Of a large warehouse and wool
market in Chicago.
The business men of Billings have
started out to raise 100000 toward
building street car line from their
city to Laurel distance of about sew
en- miles. They have already sub
scribed over $4,000 and from the in
terest that is being displayed will ex-
periencc little trouble in securing the
balance.
B:llings-Local option is to be put
up political issue in Yellowstone
county. That was decided at a recent
meeting. 1t is stated that the local
ministerial association is greatly in
terested in the matter, but that the
association IL 7c- responsible for TAX
ing the real initiative. number of
business men and citizens met and
considered the proposition of making
a campaign for statewide prohibition
or confirming the first efforts toward
securing local option for the city and
7 Yellowstone county. 1t was decided
to work out on the latter plan first.
Anaconda-The friends of Ed Burke.
who has for the fourth time been elect
ed to the Montana legislature. are
urging him to allow his name to he
used as candidate for the speaker
ship of the house when the legislature
convenes in Helena next January. He
again led the ticket in Deer Lodge
county, receiving more than two-th:rds
or the vote cast at the late election.
showing that he was the choice of
many republicans as we'll as the unani-
nous choice of his party as rep
resentative at the capitol He Is u
parllamentar'an of ability and has
frequently presided over the house
at previous sessions with perfect fair
"ooo anu dDlllly. Inc Deer Lodge
delegation will support him heartily
In case he will allow it, and others
are pressing Burke to enter the lists
Ihere is every possibility that Cen
eral Charles S. Warren will be given
the honor of going to Washington, D.
[ and Pactino
toral votes for w H Taft. The three
electors, William Gallick of Butte.
Paul Mccormick of Billings and Cen
eral Charles S. Warren of Butte. will
meet in Helena on the second Monday
in January and select messenger to
go to Washington empowered to cast
the electoral vote of the other two
according to an opinion handed
down by Attorney General Galen, Mon
tana has no lieutenant governor and
has not had since the election of a
successor to Senator Miles. He holds
mat under the law the term of State
senator Miles, who, as president of the
senate, was acting lieutenant governor
N the absence from the state of Gov
ernor Norris, expired when his success
'or was elected. AS the term of Mr.,
Allen does not begin until January. the
office is vacant. The, opinion was
given in reply to an inquiry from Gov
ernor Norris.
The state land board has received
silver Bow county courthouse bonds to
he amount of $25o.oOO and they were
urned over to State Treasurer Rice by
1egiSter Schmit The mnnau in nv