Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-07-31
MONTANA BRIEFS

Fire destroyed B. f. Dawson's gen
eral mercantile establishment at Glen
dive Saturday.
Dominick Mcclure of Hamilton is
president of the Farmers Society of
Equity of the Bitter Root valley.
Beyond question the proposed county
of Wibaux will be created as a result
of the special election on Aug. 1.
UP to Saturday night nine candidates
for railway commissioner have filed
their statements with the secretary of
state.
The contract for the last section of
the cooperative Big Hole road at the
head of the Bitter Root Valley was
let recently.
Directors of the Kendall Mining Co.
have declared a dividend of 6 cents a
share totaling 100000 on all stock of
the company.
The first regular meeting of the
newly organized fourth Montana dis
trict of the Rebekah lodge was held
in Bozeman Saturday.
The body of a a found in the riv-
er at Spokane is that of William Cass,
aged II, a paperhanger, who lived at
Butte a number of years.
Official notice has been received of
the expulsion of the Butte No. Al of
the Journeymen Plumbers ~associa-
ton by their international.
Several speakers of national reputa.
tion will address the Montana Bank
ers' association at its annual conven.
ton in Butte, beginning August 10.
During one of the most severe cleo.
trical storms W. experienced at Liv'
ingston, the home of John Everett, an
insurance agent, was badly damaged
A panoramic view of Glacier Ma
tional park, showing the characteristic
features of the landscape, has just
been issued by direction of Secretary
Lane.
Oho1lCS LeOOlACLbs tAC yOuu6 ludL
who killed a sheepherder known as
"Cayuse" Saturday in the Centennia.
valley, gave himself up. The shoot
ing was the result of a range fight.
With one-third of it's area Topped of
by the formation of Richland county
Dawson made substantial gains in as
sessments during the last IL months
The total valuation is given as $11,
852,448.
Belief that oil in marketable guam
titles exists in the Great Falls section
as well as in the Calgary district has
impelled spectators to activities il
the corraling of large tracts of land il
that vicinity.
Vernon Dunn, age %, motorcycles
and machinist, was almost instantly
killed Sunday afternoon and his com
panion aboard his motorcycle, Miss
Sofie Shosser, age, Is, probably fatally
injured when Dunns' machine, travel
ing at a high rate of speed, struck
horse attached to a vehicle on a curve
The horse was killed.
Latest news concerning the opening
Of the large tract of land between Ju
dlth Gap and Harlowton, which fol
several years has been tied up by thu
Carey act is that it will be thrown
open for filing as homesteads within
the next few days. Most of the trac
| hos hn0n CnTYottna IN hu hnrn ncfnodnr,
since last fall and these people will
be given the preference in making fiji
ings, providing they have complied
with the law.
An account of an area of workable
coal recently examined by G. S. Roc
ers of the United States geological
survey, in the northern part of Big
horn county, only 8 or A miles from
Waco station on the Northern Pacifi
railway, has recently been published
The coal-bearing area lies on Pin
Ridge, between the Yellowstone an
the Bighorn rivers, at the head of Mis-
sion and Sorrel Horse creek, begir
ming about eight miles southeast Q
custer and Gaping the ridge Tor 81
miles. The coal is of good subbitr
minous grade, black and lustrous.
The final and most important bus
ness meeting of the Montana Stat
Press association was held at Lewis
town July %. By unanimous vote, tn
invitation of Billings to hold the col
vention in that city next year was a.
cepted. The following officers wei
elected: ]. R. Faulds, Stevensvill
president; Walter Anderson, Re
: Lodge, first vice president; Geo. T
!, Cade, K%alispell, second vice president
! Fl. B. Mitchell, Great Falls, treasure
and S. E. Peterson, Moore, secretar
: The republican editors formed a S
ciety to be known as the Republics
, State Press club, with S. w. Teagarde
Of Forest Grove as president.
While insufficient capital" is OF
of the stock causes of failure Ell
ployed by the commercial agencie
there are MANY concerns who fs