Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-01-02
MONTANA BRIEFS

The payroll for the year in Butte
VIII be right around the 100000
mark.
A jury at Anaconda returned ver-
dlet that the death of Mrs Joseph
Godfrey was due to heart failure.
County claims for 1918 will aggre-
gate 100000 according to r. N. Hawk
ms, clerk of the state board of exam
liners.
Harry D. Adams of Butte was re.
Gently robbed by three bandits, who
secured $1,000 in money and diamonds
valued at $500.
Hon. w. c. Whaley of Townsend is
now collector of internal revenue for
the district, embracing Utah, Mon.
tana and Idaho.
Governor Stewart was at Sheridan,
manson county, to attend the funeral
OF .. b. Barber, who for many years
was close friend of the executive.
-Four Butte men in four days last
week died of broken necks. They were
Leon Paiclleron, aged SO, and Holland
Richards, Louis Kapeye and Walter
Sincox.
AT meeting of the executive CON-
mittee of the State Teachers associa-
tlon Butte was selected as the meet
ing place for 1914 and the date of the
convention was set for the three days
preceding Thanksgiving day.
Governor S. v. Stewart has appoint
ed John Sanderson of Red Lodge state
coal mine inspector for a four-year
term beginning January l. Mr.. San
derson succeeds ]. B. McDermott, who
held the position about 10 years.
According to George R. Metlen, sec.
rotary of the Montana highway com.
mission, the governors of all the land
grant states in the west are using
their Influence to help the scheme
started by the Montana commission
to secure from congress strip of gov.
eminent domain, the proceeds from
the sale of which will be devoted to
the building and improvement of the
roads in these states.
S. N. Nicholson. deputy collector of
internal revenue in district compris-
ing 1S counties in the state, acting I'M
der instructions from Collector Wha-
ley, is preparing list of persons,
firms, co-partnerships, companies, cor
porations, joint stock companies or as
sociations, insurance companies, etc,
who, in his opinion, will be required to
lille income tax returns under the pro.
visions OF the income tax law.
That the foresters who enlist in I'm.
Gle Sans service are not all idlers is
shown by the statistics given out by
the district office at Missoula. Four
hundred and forty-seven miles of tele.
phone line and 300 miles of trail were
completed in the national forests Of
Montana and northern Idaho during
the past summer and fall by the Uni.
ted States forest service. This gives
total OF 3,133 miles of telephone lines
and 4,303 miles of trail
Official confirmation of the report
ed promotion of Superintendent C. C.
Anderson of the Montana properties
of the Northwestern Improvement
company, to the general managership
OF the company, vice c. R. C. Laghorn,
resigned, was received at the Red
Lodge offices of the company from
Thomas Cooper, vice president of the
Northern Pacific at st. Paul. Mr.. An
derson will remove from Red Lodge
to Tacoma, the headquarters of the
company to reside.
To the people of the state who deal
in dairy products, as we'll as those who
consume milk and butter, the figures
contained in the annual report OF
the State Dairy Commissioner doubt
less will be interesting.
Montana creameries and diaries are
furnishing employment to 5000 men
and are working into dairy products
the milk of $4,000 cows.
"The sanitary conditions Of the dair
les as rule, are good" says the com
missioner in his report.
considerable time has been spent
in assisting the creameries, also in as
sisting in organizing new ones, as We
feel that the best way to promote the
dairy industry of the state is to es
tablish good markets for the dairy
mans products. In this work we fee
that we have been great help to the
dairymen and the smaller creameries
throughout the state.