Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-23
MONTANA SQUIBS

ton met at Miles City April 20-21.
Joseph p. Wilde was elected chief
of the fire department at Whitefish;
R. Shoaf was elected president and
B. O. Mulling reelected secretary.
\ trust company of Seattle has pur-
chased S150,000 of local Improvement
bonds of the cities of Billings and
Bohemian.
Several acres of winter wheat have
been destroyed in the vicinity of Pom
pey's Pillar, 81 miles east of Billings,
by an insect pest supposed to be the
army worm.
Montana postmasters were appoint
ed Saturday as follows. Edgar +.
Hersey, Lehigh, Fergus county, new
office; Frank R. Adams, Rudyard,
vice d. G. Afflerbaugh, retired.
Beginning this week the Milwaukee
will start a new service which will
begin at Missoula instead OF at Bon
ner. and continue through to Potomac.
This will be daily except Sunday
| Since the federal law prohibiting
the sale of drugs went into effect, IS
drug users in Montana have been
committed to the state hospital for
the insane. Seven were women.
Thieves entered the Silver Dollar
saloon at Great Falls Sunday night
and stole valuable collection OF old
coins William Rance proprietor,
estimates the value OF the collection
at $4,000. There is no clue.
Five hundred men from Utah and
three hundred from the state OF
| Washington, together with several
hundreds from other points arrived In
Butte during the past week, accord
ing to reports.
At the recent state convention Mrs
Gertrude Preston of Billings was elect
ed delegate to the national convention
of the Ladies of the Maccabees, to be
held in New York May 20, and Mrs
Hespie Allison of Great Falls was cho
sen as alternate.
Orders have been received by Ad
iutant General Greenan to hold thu
camp of instruction for officers of thu
Montana national guard at Fort Har
lrison from May 10 to Is. The origina
: orders were for the holding of CAM
at Fort Missoula.
. Unless the tariffs disclose some
, thing not now anticipated, the grant
: ing of a lower railroad rate to Spc
/ kane, where the railroads will distri
butte freight in the competitive tel
ritory created by the Panama cana
: competition will not affect Butte jot
bers.
The chamber of commerce of Bill
lings recommends that $4,000 be il
l cluded in their annual budget to pro
: mote a class D baseball league, in OF
t ganizing of which the LEWISTON
; Chamber of Commerce has taken tn
a initiative. Other cities mentioned i
:, the tentative circuit are Great Fall:
: Helena, Livingston and BoZeman.
!. Reports of damage to winter whea
j. by army worms are coming in fror
:. various localities near Great Falls, bu
e except in about two districts the dan
), age so far does not appear to hav
! been serious. Near Box Elder. b.
tween Havre and Great Falls, conside
able damage has been done, and nea
= Portage there has also been damag
e of the growing wheat. No other CROP
4 appear to have been harmed so far
mot guilty." was the verdict RI
u turned at Bozeman in the case
which Burt Riley, former president {
= the Butte Miners union, was charge
, with kidnapping William Leduc, for
4 man of the Black Rock. The jur
!. in the case of Joseph Hardness we
/. discharged after being out n houl
e and not reaching a verdict. The r
n trial of this case and that of Waite
Little will be continued until the NJ
/ vember term of the district court.
;. Two. deeds recorded recently in th
! office of the clerk and recorder of R
E, valli county relate the financial sic
d of large farm deal. A warranty dee
A. dated February l. 1915, conveys abo'
d 1927 acres from the Bitter Root Vale
. Irrigation company to the Sinnissip
is Farm and Orchard company, for 1921
D. 500. A trust deed of the same date ar
= covering the same land, given by II
!, Sinnissippi Farm and Orchard Col
N pany to Frank l. Bennett, trustee, s
Al cures the deferred purchase none
IF amounting to $4,000, payable in fo'
le equal instruments beginning In 19'
IN and extending over four years. I'll
lie cash payment amounted to $S5,500.
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