The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-12-16
NEWS OF THE STATE
Items gathered from our contemporaries

saved from similar fate once before
during the trip. The complainant
asks for $4,000 damages.
f, Fl. r. Cunningham, insurance COM
missioner of this state has submitted
to Acting Governor Allen his annual
report for the twelve months ending
| last Wednesday. 1t shows hat the in
surance receipts were seven thousand
nine hundred and twenty six dollars
and fifty six cents exclusive of those
paid under the provisions of the coal
mine laws. III e receipts are wholly
from the fees collect ed from Insurance
com panies doing business in this state.
The commissioner expressed himself
as highly gratitied with the showing,
indicating as it does very healthful
the Treasure state.
| f. H. Ray, register of the state
land Office Wednesday submitted to
Acting Governor Allen the report of
the operation of his department for
the fiscal year. With single eXcep-
ton, the receipts are the largest on
record and even this exception would
not exist save for large cash sales of
timber lands in the Flathead country.
The receipts for the year amounted
to 1896, 1913 SO, derived from the fol-
lowing sources: Sales 1886, 26O. A; tim
Der sales, Sl4, 722 81; leases, $3.50, $780,
rs: interest, Sl9, 09l SO; coal royalties,
$l,l7l.55, and fees SIS, 750.40 The
lease receipts are SOL larger than last
years.
His body shaken with agony and
tears almost bursting from his eyes
young d. Williams, youthful oiler at
the Neversweat mine, begged the
surgeons at st. James hospital in Butte
last week not to amputate his arm.
1t was the right arm, and muscles.
tendOns and bones were severed at the
wrist. The hand hung only by shreds.
Yet in his mighty wish. Williams
believed that perhapes the tissues
might grow together again, and the
! doctors listened to his piteous plea.
j. j. McDermott, state coal mine
inspector, is in receipt of letter
from the United States bureau of
mines to the effect that rescue car
| No. 5, which is to travel through
Montana and later be stationed at
Billings, will stop at the different
mining camps for demonstrations and
for training men in first aid to the
| injured and in helmet work The
Car will arrive at Billings the evening
of Dec. % and will proceed to Red
Lodge on the oath and there remain
until Jan. 3, 1t will then visit the
other mining camps of the state.
Dan ID. Sullivan was elected presi-
dent of the Miners Union of Butte at
the election last week. 1t took two
days of continuous labor to count the
votes. The officers elected are as fol-
lows: President, Dan ID. Sullivan;
vice president, Joe Guelti; recording
secretary, John Vickers; secretary
treasurer, Joe McKinnon: assistant
secretary. treasurer, Dan S. Markch:
warden, Mike Neary; conductor, II. }.
Booher; members Of finance commit
tee, John r. O'Brien, Max Marvin
and John Byrne.
9. b. kumpe, state examiner, has
issued statement showing the con-
ditlon of the 80 state banks and trust
companies of Montana under the
supervision OF his department on
Nov. 10, the date of the last call, to-
gether with a. comparison with the
corresponding call Of last September.
Five new banks are included in the
| report, having been organized in the
interim. The institutions are shown
to have resources of S32, O67, OS3 as
against 1872 ,O39,l76 in September as
follows: Capital stock, $4,62l 400:
surplus, 81, l26, ITO, undivided profits,
1885, 260; deposits, S24, l69, 422; bills
payable, 1854, 900; other items, $40, $50.
The new banks eslabl ished are. Con-
rad Trust Il Savings bank Of Helena,
capital $l77, 200; Benton State bank of
Fort Benton, capital $4,000; Lewis
town State bank of LeWistoWn, capi-
tai $4,000; Milk River Valley bank of
Glasgow, capital $4,000; The First
State bank of Chester has increased
its capital $1,000: and the Carbon
County Bank of Red Lodge,
and the Flathead Valley State Bank