The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-02-04


Lodge, the council of that town re-
Gently passed an ordinance prohibits
ing steam engines from whistling
or blowing off steam between the
hours of 10 o. m. and a. m. within
/ the city limits.
Among the injured in the wreck
near Bluegrass, N. d., on the North
ern Pacific express No. 7, were w. e.
Olson and wife of Laurel, Mrs. Col
leran and Barney Colleran of Miles
City and G. D. Ekin of Helena.
The Great Falls board of commerce
last week appointed a committee to
leave for Washington to arrive there
before the first of February, to make
an effort to secure an appropriation
from congress for carrying on the work
of the Sun River irrigation project.
By attention to matters of local
Importance in regard to his road,
President Louis w. Hill of the Great
Northern appears to have changed
the sentiment in Kalispell in regard
to the road, so thar it is favorable.
United States Customs Collector
Clinton H. Moore has issued informa-
tion concerning the necessity of
managing officials of corporations
filing their annual statements, on
which is based the special income tax
prior to March of each year.
From the report OF the National
Association of the wool Manufac-
lures Tor 1909 it is seen that the state
of Montana has larger flock of sheep
than any other state, numbering about
5000, 900 sheep. Montana is mention
ed in the report as being one of the
states in which the tendency toward
the production of finer wool is
noted.
Recently it was discovered that
between Butte and Missoula there
were 265 broken rails. The discovery
was made after great many broken
rails had been seen and traffic was
changed to the single track. Old
railroad men say that the condition
5 was worse than any similar one they
had ever known.
At the Milk River irrigation con-
ference two weeks ago it was decided
to send representatives to Washing
ton to determine whether or not the
: government will complete the work
on the projects so that they may be
useful, and if not to see that some
! thing is done so that private manage
= ment may take the matter in hand.
The meeting was well attended and
its results will be useful.
George Davis, clerk to the Carey
land act board, has prepared a table
showing the status of the various
Montana projects which have been
inaugurated under the provisions
of that law. States have limitation
of l 900, 900 acres Hereunder, and the
recapitulation shows that Montana
has availed itself of about two-ffths
OF that limitation, or 1888, 1882 acres.
Since the knowledge of the fact
that the state railroad commissioners
sent word to the Montana, Wyoming
& Southern Railroad company that
it must care for the business of the
Bear Creek Coal fields was made pub
lie, it has bSen rumored that the
Northern Pacific company will build
a line to the place where so much
difficulty is had with transportation.
A meeting held at Belt recently,
at which representatives Of the local
United Mine Workers of the World
were present, for the purpose of
determining on some action to stop
the sending of men to Belt for employ
ment that cannot be afforded them
there. 1t is alleged that employment
agencies sent them to that section of
the country and stop off in Belt.
where there is no employment to fill
all their demands, and where they
are becoming nuisance.
The jury which has been hearing
the case of the government against
K. Takabashi, charged with import.
ing woman for immoral purposes
after short elaboration, brought
in verdict Wednesday afternoon oil
guilty.
That Billings is to be widely anC
most effectively advertised in the
columns of the War Cry, the officials
publication of the Salvation Army
has just been learned by the receipt
of communication by Eusigr
Omann from Col. William Cox, editor
in-chief, of New York City.
Never in the history of any lane
district in the United States has Their,
II honn N