The enterprise., 1916-12-28
THE STATE.

Helena.-The Canadian Pacific is
buying alfalfa seed in Montana.
Kalispell.-The bank of commerce
will construct new bank building.
Butte.-The Butte holiday trade is
said to have been the greatest in the
copper camps history.
ChOteau.-With the weather maxi
ing it almost impossible to work
many fields of grain in the north
country remain unthreshed.
Helena.-The total expenditures of
all candidates for office during the
recent election was $4,000, accord
ing to the report of the secretary OF
state.
Butte.-The Christmas present to
Sam Hall, formerly a prominent real
estate operator, and serving a IA year
sentence for embezz1ement, was a
free pardon.
Washington-1t is not probable
that the bill providing for the open
ing Of the Grow Indian reservation
will become law at the present ses-
sion of congress-.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the school
board accepted the provisional resig-
nation of Principal G. L. Markley,
800 pupils of the Anaconda high
school went on strike.
shelby-Albert j. Murdock has
sold his 800 acre farm to Otto Lyon
for $4,000. Murdoch paid for the
farm with one carload of wheat which
was grown on it this season.
Missoula-Forest fires in western
Montana destroyed lumber worth
$4,327 during the year. This loss is
the smallest in years, and indicates
good service on the part of the forest
ers.
Helena-Weather records indicate
that December of this year was cold
er on an average than December of a
year ago. The record was fine until
this "white Christmas" season made
itself manifest.
Missoula. Congressman Evans
says several million dollars will be
needed for Indian reservations and
improvements in Glacier park, and
that he expects to secure the neces-
sary appropriations.
| Helena.-Fifty cents per message
is the maximum charge which West
ern Union and any other line may col
lect for messages passing over two
lines, according to rule put into
effect by the public service commits
sion.
Helena-S. G. Ford, attorney gen
eral-elect, has announced that houses
of i'll fame everywhere throughout
the state must go out of business
after January 1. Prosecutions will
first he undertaken against the own
ers of buildings.
Helena.-Miss Jeanette Rankin
congresswoman elect for Montana
expended $1,700 to win at the polls
according to her statement filed with
the secretary of state. She will draw
salary of $500 per year, and
mileage to and from Washington.
Helena-The receipts of the secre
tary of state in the last two years
from the registration of autos were
$88,640, according to the biennial re
port filed with the governor. The ex
penses for the same period were
$6.127. The balance of $82,5l3 Wa'
converted into the state highWa!
fund.
Butte-Chester Morterude, a car
| penter, lost chest of tools. Will
the assistance of the police, n
searched the town in vain for them
Abandoning hope of their recovery
he went into a secondhand stor'
here to buy a new outfit. Here
among other chests offered, was tn
one he had lost.
Miles City.-More than 5000
pounds of alfalfa seed grown on dr.
land was brought here from the DIV
country by Wilbur Titus. This is tn
largest consignment of seed ever re
ceived in Miles City and is the out
growth of the recently orgaElIed Al
falia seed grow BIS association o
Custer county.
Butte.-Montana woolgrowers wi
realize approximately $6,500,000 70
their 1916 crop of fleece, accordin
to E. A. Gray, general agent of tn
Chicago & Northwestern Railwa
company. The clip for this year, es
timated at 21,5O0,000 pounds, is 8
100000 pounds less than 1915 an
100000 pounds less than 1914
However, due to higher wool price
e the net revenue will be as large thi
: year as usual.
Bozeman.-Carl S. Vrooman, a.
r sistant secretary of the United State
department of agriculture, will nc
only speak to the farmers of til
state gathered at the state colleg
for the annual Farmers week prt
= gram, January % to 27, but wi
probably also address the member
!, of the Montana legislature at Helen
e during his visit to the west. Mis-
. Mary Rausch, extension specialist
home economics at the Washingto
s state university, Seattle, has been Ell
] gagged to give cooking demonstrf
!: tions to Montana women during th
week. She will make public az
= dress on the "Home Budget"
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