The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
THE STATE.

Observation-Disclosures of incorpora-
tion for a bank at Kolin, rapidly
growing town % miles west of here,
have been filed. The capitalization
is $4,000.
Billings.-While trying to ride a
horse he had bought with the recon-
that it has been thorough
ly broken, George Jackson of Hib-
bard was thrown and fatally injured.
Harlem.-Severe weather has halt
ed the hauling of grain in this vicin-
ity. The town was in darkness for
two days after breakdown of the
gasoline engine at the electric light
plant.
Bozeman.-After telephoning for a
friend to relieve him as night watch
man of a seed company's warehouse,
John P. Barney dropped dead. He
was found a few hours later by the
man who came in response to h1e
summons.
COnrad.-After remaining closed
for several days on account of car
shortage, the plant of the Northern
Flax Fiber company has resumed op-
erations in the threshing department
where there is still more than two
months work to be done.
Billings. - The Polytechnic insti-
tute of this city has been constituted
a college under the auspices of the
Congregational church with author
ity to confer the A. B. degree. An
ofF }, ~ cam .
900 in subscriptions for buildings
and endowment.
Butte.-A small pet dog bit at the
heels of William Thomas at his home
near Rocker until the annoyance
caused him to stop beating his wife
over the head with a revolver, &C.
cording to the account given to at
taches of the sheriff's office by the
woman, who fled to safety with he1
neighbors.
Butte.-The municipal Christmas
tree erected for the celebration of the
evening of December % is to be GOV.
cred with varicolored electric lights
and topped by a large star. Mrs. G
Musical club, under whose auspices
the celebration is to be given, says
it will be held regardless of the
weather.
Helena. biennial report o1
Percy l.. Brown, state boiler inspec
tor, shows that in the past two years
his office has produced a revenue o.
$7,765 over expenses. In the pas
four years. there has not been q
boiler explosion nor serious acci
dent of any kind in connection witt
the boilers which come under the in
spection of the department..
Butte.-Phil Levy and G. w. Eek
hardt were reelected president ant
vice president respectfully of th'
Montana Motion Picture Exhibitors
league, and A. Heineckle of Lewis
town was again chosen vice presiden
at the convention of the league helt
here. A stand was taken against th'
extra charges demanded by film pro
ducers for feature plays.
Helena.-The Roman Catholic ca
| thedral here, one of the finest churcl
edifices in the country, expects t.
be entirely free from debt by Christ
mas morning. OF debt of $45,787.
IS, the other parishes of the dioces'
of Helena promised to donate $35,
1878. with the understanding tina
the local members of the Catholic
church subscribe the remaining $40.
900.
Havre.-Six deer, five bucks on
doe, and an armfu1 of frozen trout
some of them weighing from sever
to eight pounds, were unloaded from
the baggage car when H. F. Meyer
Frank Ellis and Ed Sundberg re
turned from a weeks hunting tril
on the west side of the North fork
Their headquarters for the weel
were at Belton entrance to Glacier
National park.
Helena.-A bill providing for th'
automatic apportionment of repre-
sentation in the legislature ever,
four years will be introduced at th'
coming session of the legislature
The advocates of the bill, who hal
from the eastern part of the state
favor a plan limiting the member
ship in the lower house to 100 mem
| bers, representation to be based upol
the vote for governor.
| Helena.-The wholesale grocers O
the state have undertaken a cam
paign against the high cost of liv
ing. According to Amos Booth o
Butte, president of the newly organ
lied Montana Wholesale Grocers' as
sociation, the grocers, wholesale an,
retail, are operating on smalle
margin of profit at present than eve
before and are just as anxious to Sc
the cost of living reduced as is tn
consumer. The executive committe
of the association has been empow
red to grapple with the problem
which will be taken up again at
meeting of the association to be he'll
at Butte some time in February.