Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-01-15
MONTANA SQUIBS

IA Goou Iemplar lodge has bee
formed at Willow Creek.
Bozeman business men are now dis
cussing a new system of street lights
Jacob Hartwig, a pioneer of Dillol
since 1863, died recently after a lony
Illness.
Montana produced over 100, 900 ton,
of zinc sulphide concentrate in 1914
practically all at Butte.
Evidences of the presence of oil il
the borings within the city limits O
Great Falls has caused a jubilant feel
ing.
Gunnar Johnson, aged "a, a laborel
at the lime quarry at Lime Spur, was
killed Saturday while at work on 8
derrick when it broke.
Miss Jeanette Rankin of Missoula
one of the new members of the con.
OCCASIONAL committee of the National
Suffrage association, is at the capital
William Palmer, w%ell-known wrest.
Ter and boxer, formerly of Dillon, Sat.
urday at Casper, Wyo., shot and killed
his wife and then shot and probably ia.
tally wounded himself.
The news has been received of the
death OF G. d. Joslyn of Deer Lodge
at Arkansas Hot Springs. Death oc-
Cured the night of Jan. s. Arterial
trouble was the cause.
A large number of retail merchants
OF Butte will be represented at the
annual convention of the Retail Mer-
chants association of Montana in Hell
ena on Jan. Is to Jan. 20.
z. f. Walker, who buys for a Port
land firm, recently shipped nine cars
OF fat mutton lambs to Chicago from
Dillon. Mr.. Walker purchased the
lambs from Ed Hollingsworth and Ed
Smith.
IN 1910 the children of school age
i n the state numbered SS,S05; this year
there are 126,723, an increase of over
37,91S. Silver Bow has more children
of school age-from 6 to Ethan any
other county.
Charles E. Wright. for evera wears
active in newspaper work in Montana.
former secretary of the state senate
and prominent in political and indus
trial activity in the state, died Satur-
day in Butte.
The country around Valentine. in
the Musselshell country, has been set
tied up so rapidly of late that the com
mlssioners have appointed G. f. Bud
weiser justice of the peace and C. S.
thompson constable for the township.
In four years there has been an in
crease OF APT per cent in the number
OF children of school age in Montana
II the same ratio has been maintained
In the total population there are $780,,
627 persons living in Montana at the
present time.
Colonel Richard H. Wilson, com
handing the Fourteenth infantry. sta
toned at Fort George Wright, Fort
Missoula and Fort Lawton, has been
ordered to take command of the Sew
enth brigade of the army, including all
OF the posts in the Northwest.
The metal output of Montana for
1914 was seriously affected by the con-
dltlons of the copper market due to
the European war, as Montana is pri-
marily a copper producer. The value
or gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc
from Montana mines decreased. ac-
cordlng to estimates by V. G.. Helkes
OF the United States geological survey,
from nearly $62, 900 1000 in 1918 to
about $4S,00O,00 in 1914. The de-
crease in copper was large and that
IN silver was notable, but there were
considerable increases in gold. lead
and zinc. The value of the silver and
copper yield was greatly reduced on
account of the great decline in prices
these metals in 1914.
In a Commercial Way.
G. A. Wright has purchased tbe i'm
plement business of Grayson Bros. AT
Dooley.
j.. n. Mass of Occur d'Alene, Idaho. !
mas a. plans made for the erection of
a one-story cement building 25x10O
feet with basement 40x24 feet. at
LIBBY, in which he will open a gen.
eraI store in the spring.
AUDITORIUM THEATRE. SPOKANE
This Weeks Offering.