The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-07
State Topics

Baker getting new $4,000 brick
hotel.
Hysham to have new bank with
10000 capital.
Plentywood- 900 raised for a
new hotel here.
Judith Gap-First creamery is be-
ing operated here.
Twodot- oil we'll here down 1000
fee.-,aJ;<ations good.
900 bond issue sold
or water filter plant.
Helena-Montana has $26,13O,000
invested in automobiles.
Butte capitalists have leased Cook
mines near Virginia City.
Great Falls is to have a half mil
lion dollar cement plant.
Enthusiastically Mine producing
100 tons of ore per day.
Big Sandy-M. & M. Company to
build elevator and mill here.
Chiaoo'l-177O feet bridge across
Milk River to be constructed.
Waldheim-New elevator being
erected here visible for miles.
Northern Pacific installing 200 miles
block signals from Glendive east.
Bllings-Growers will receive $6.65
per ton this year for sugar beets.
Glasgow-Northern Montana got a
3-day rain assuring bumper crops.
Miles City-Uncle Sam in the mar.
ket here for 62,842 mules and horses.
Fnch-Many new buildings going
Up, including 100000 bushel elevator.
Antelope -C,nstructi,i Of a new
Touring NIL to begin here right soon.
Glendive drilling seventh gas we'll
and laying mains for natural gas sup
ply.
Great Falls-Contract let for 25
mile extension of Big Blackfoot Rail-
way.
Observation-Disclosures and Utah Su-
gar Refining Company to erect plant
here.
Baker-Eastern capital has pur-
chased and will operate four mill
here.
Helena, July 3-Montana s. Copper
production for 1915 totals 1854 ,O00,-
900 pounds.
St. Ignsatius Chances bright for
locating sugar beet factory in this
part of western Montana.
Chicago capitalists have leased
and will operate the Peerless Jennie
Mine in the Rimini mining district.
Yellowstone Journa!-First boat
agates taken out of river valued at
81 900 is start of new industry.
Montana and Washington Mining
Co., reports ore three feet from
roots that assays S36 to $39 in gold
to the ton.
Stevens:iile cannery working or
large quantities and are very popular
with the trade on account Of their
high flavor
Libby-s41O,OOO dredging plan. &"
he installed on Libby Creek placer,
will han 'le 10000 to 10000 yarus
per day.
Thompson Falls-New Montana
power company plant to develop 5O,-
900 horse power will be completed by
September l.
Great Falls-From 1900 to 1900
men employed erecting building Of
new $2,OOO,OO0 zinc plant to be ready
for operation early in September.
In anticipation of war in Mexico,
the war department has advertised
in a Miles City newspaper for 62,.
842 horses, specified as follows: &c.
$50 cavalry horses; $1,000 artillery
horses; 8,100 wheel draft mules; g.
100 lead draft mules; 1000 pack
mules; 1872 light draft horses.
Railroad companies are doing much
construction work in northeastern
Montana. The Great Northern is
building branch line from Lambert
to Richey, while it is said that work
is to be begun by the Northern Paci-
fic on the 500 line into Sidney.
} Crops in Montana will be just as
) good this year as they were last
, and last year will be long remem-
} bered as Montana's bumper year, ac-
: .ording to reports that have come
: into the Northern Pacific offices al
} Butte. The ideal weather which
| has followed the cold winter and en-.
tire absence of the usual Montana
spring has been clear assurance OF
splendid crops in all branches O.
Montana agriculture.
One thousand five hundred anc
: eighty-five acres of state lands wer'
5 sold at auction in Billings last week
The state will receive S36,SS6 for thu
l,,d or an avorape of S23 q nor acre