Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-28
MONTANA BRIEFS

Preparations are going on daily TO
the sixth annual Lincoln county fail
Mcleod of Butte won the Karste,
cup at the state tennis tournament a
Hunters Hot Springs Saturday.
The chime bells donated by Co
Thomas Cruise to the new st. Heleni
cathedral were dedicated Sunday.
The executive committe of the Mile
City chamber of commerce has set tn,
dates of the corn exposition as Dec
/ to 5.
William H. MARI, aged II, a char
acter around Walkerville since 1871
and a resident of Montana half a cen
fury, died recently at Butte.
The county commissioners and tax
payers of Lincoln county recently re,
ceived much praise for the excellent
roads and the work done upon them,
Allan Dixon, an employ at Lakin
Bros ranch at Clearmont was killed
recently by being run over by the
wheel of a wagon while hauling oats.
Senator Myers has introduced a bill
providing that prices on Flathead lands
shall not exceed the appraised prices
determined by the commissioners in
1907 and 1908.
After setting fire to his grain stacks
ID residence, Fred Landau, a farmer
living nine miles northwest of Bill
ings, committed suicide by taking poi
son. He leaves a wife and nine chill
|dren. "
An important meeting will be held
in Helena October l, 2 and 8, when
the delegates from the 16 arid land
states of the country meet to launch
he Interstate Irrigation commits
sion"
The Montana Bankers association
Saturday elected the following Off
GERS: c. G. Swinborne. Butte, presi-
dent; Frank Bosart of Helena, vice
president; H. V. Award of Kalispell.
secretary-treasurer.
Acting Supervisor Whitman and
Harold Rixon of Billings have left for
he higher ground of the Beartooth
crest, and while gone will attempt to
climb Granite peak, which towers to
height of 1880 feet.
Crowds at the 1914 Montana state
fair will be Accommodated with sleeping
service by the banking of 10 Pullman
sleepers at the Great Northern depot
platform, where complete hotel ac-
comodations will be provided.
Primary elections were held through.
out the state Tuesday. Two represent
atives in congress, members of the
legislature, a supreme court Judge and
county officers were nominated. Mon
tana does not elect a United States
senator this year.
A memorial in the form { = large
log cabin to Paul Mccormick, one of
the first white settlers in Eastern
Montana, is to be built half way up
the trail from East Rosebud lake to
the summit of the mountain by w. H.
Mccormick, his nephew.
The sound of the t~hrashing machine
is general all over Gallatin valley.
Thousands of bushels of the golden
grain are being marketed every day.
1t is estimated that more than one
half of the Gallatin county wheat has
been sold and the largest percentage
sold for more than 70 cents.
Farm laborers of Montana work on
an average of 8 hours and A minutes
per day, according to a report which
has just been issued by the United
States department of agriculture.
More than Is, 900 laborers are en-
ployed Oh Montana farms and the av-
erage monthly compensation is 1920
with board and $54 if the laborer
boards himself.
The county commissioners have de-
termined to settle for good the long
time dispute over boundary lines be.
rex Madison and jefferson counties
existing arGefferson Island. There
is a considerable strip of valuable
ranch land and several miles of rail-
road, the latter assessed from SIS, 900
to 100000 per mile, Oh which Jefferson
has been collecting taxes for the past
40 years, the strip now being claimed
by Madison county.
Hunting distress signals:-"When a
man is lost or injured and needs help,
a signal by shooting should be given.
The signal is the firing of a gun once,
with an interval of 10 seconds before
he second shot, then an intermission
of 60 seconds then a third shot. II
no answer is received to this signal
it should be repeated after an inter
mission of five minutes. The answer
) to this signal is a single shot from
I the rescuing party, followed by one
, recognition shot from the lost man. B,
careful of time and remain in plac,
=, when answer is heard.
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