The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-04

ports t. the state department that the
samples. consisting of twors show cases
containing full samples Of cereals, with
stalks and grain in the ear. have ar
rived at Melbourne. The most in
tercsting samples. he says. are those
Of bearded wheat and beardIess. hull
less barley. BY direction of the prime
minister the show cases were exhib-
tied in Queens hall. Parliament house
In addition to the full samples in the
ear, the senator received upwards of
500 pounds of selected grain. including
brardlcss. huii-Iess barley. peas oats
wheat, maize an millet, produced in
the dry farming districts Of Montana,
Colorado and Wyoming. Arrangements
have been made for As samples of the
grain tn be sent to the forthcoming
Queensland jubilee exhibition at Bris-
bane.
John w. Malionee has been commits
stoned fourth-claSs postmaster at
Frombcrg.
Special postal service from Leedy to
kismet was discontinued on Septem-
Der 30.
A civil service examination will be
held 10y the commission at Missoula
on October q for the purpose of Sc
curing teachers of mechanical drawing
in the Indian service at annual sal
aries of from 5000 to $50.
The census bureau has issued sta
tistics on the electric fire alarm and
police patrol systems in operation in
Montana OF the former six are i'm
operation In the state OF the lines
of construction, Il are owned and 80
are leased wire or cable pole lines;
there are los signaling stations on
poles or pests: five special telephones:
during 1906 a total of $50 fire alarms
were received over the lines; one au-
tomato transmitter handled the bust
ness: there were nine receiving regis
tiers, seven receiving circuits, four
transmitting circuits. one single cir
cult, five switchboards, 1ss primary
battery cells. 1874 storage battery cells.
The following statistics are given
/ for the combined and interchangeable
| signaling systems In Montana:
One system of 20 miles of leased
wires, A. miles of overhead open wire
on pole or roof line. 30 signaling sta
tions, PA fire alarms received, | trans
mitter ? receiving registers. 4 receiv-
ing circuits, / telegraph switchboard
with capacity of eight circuits, l
telephone switchboard with a capacity
of four drops or jacks. So primary and
$50 storage battery cells.
The establishment OF special service
at Riverside. Gallatin county. from
Grayling, on October /, has been or
dered by the postofffce department
To place the two Carter boys i'm
school here. Mrs. Thomas II. Carter of
| Helena, wife of the Montana senator,
has returned to Washington for the
| winter.
| L. l.. Martin of Helena was n recent
| visitor here.
While out on Sightseeing ex-
petition in an automobile of the
| fuhhef-neck" kind here the other
day on their first visit to Washington
| Thomas l. Martin and his son, Leo
Martin, of Helena. were robbed of s125
| by bold pickpnckets. The elder Mar
tin was relieved of his pockethook CON
tanning $65. and young Martin lost his
pocketbook in the same manner. con-
tanning s6n, The Martins put detec-
| tiScs on the case &E@ ~+
The Saypo. Teton county. postofficc
has been ordered discontinued on Oc-
+ toher 18th.
The president has reappointod Eu-
gene Il. tlinEan as postmaster at Belt
Charles Frost has been commissioned
| fourth class postmaster at Dayton.
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