Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
TROOPS MOBILIZE
At FORT HARRISON
swoRk GOING SMOOTHLY" SAYS
Adult. GEN. eREENAN OF
MONTANA GUARD.
PLANS BETTER STATE ROADS
Secretary of Highway Commission Says
Special Treatment is Necessary to
Withstand Automobile Traffic
To Apply Hot Asphaltum.
Helena.

Helena,
"The work of mobilizing the national
guard of Montana is going very
smoothly" said Adjt. Gen. Phil Green
an. 81 have received reports from all
of the company commanders, and the
men have reported in response to the
orders sent out. Recruiting stations
have been opened at all the towns at
which there are companies, and in
other cities i'm addition, and l have
received reports of a number of appli-
cations. Transportation for the CON-
panies has been arranged for.
Colonel Donohue arrived from Butte
as did the regimental adjutant, Capt.
J. V. King. All of the company com.
manders also reported here. 1t was *
pected the regiment would remain at
Fort Harrison for 10 days or longer, un-
til recruited to it's full war strength
of 1885 men.
Men and teams were hired to get
everything in readiness at Fort Harri-
son. 1t will be necessary to purchase
Is head of horses or mules here for
the regiment. The regiment will be
mustered in as a unit of the national
guard, and not as in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, as United States volunteers.
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Silver Bow county is planning upon
constructing oil-surfaced macadam
roads, according to G. w. Metien, Sec
rotary of the state highway commits
sion, who has been asked to
plans and specifications. Mr.. Metlen
has been making a study of the road
problem with particular reference to
auto traffic and says that the best
macadam road will not withstand mo-
tor traffic for any length of time I'M
less it is given an asphaltum coating,
over which finely crushed rock is
spread.
The highway commission, he states
is planning upon building two miles of
experimental road in the state-a
stretch at Billings, a stretch at Miles
City and another stretch in western
Montana. A machine will be purchased
for the application of hot asphaltum
to the roads. The process is not pat.
ented and can be applied at a cost of
not to exceed Is cents a square yard.
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Students Win Honors.
The winners of the c. A. Duniway
scholarship books, given annually to
students distinguishing themselves in
scholarship in the different depart
ments Of the State university, are
announced. Clyde A. Duniway, a for
mer president of the State university,
left a fund Of $500, which provides
standard books within the various
fields of knowledge for honor students.
Mlssoula leads with eight honor stu
dents: Clarence Cook in commerce
and accounting, Dorothea Davis in eco
nomics, Alice Phillips in English, Roy
Wilson in geology, Irene Shope in his
tory, ]. P. Grove in journalism, Gladys
Peterson in Latin and Greek and
James Friauf in mathematics.
Butte is second with three honor
students, Isabel Gilbert, who was CIV
en- the scholarship book In education
and in Romantic languages, Jennie Nell
son in German and Virginia Nuckolis
In literature. Fay Wolpert of Boulder
won the scholarship in botany, Robert
Oslund of Great Falls in biology. Mau.
rice Dietrich of Helena in public
speaking and Alpha Buse of Poison
in psychology.
Rate Hearing Continued.
Chairman Hall and Commissioners
Morley and Mccormick have returned
from Great Falls where they went to
hold a meeting ON complaints filed by
the Montana Grain Dealers association
and the Montana Society of Equity
concerning the rates on agricultural
products in intrastate commerce. The
hearing was continued until July 10,
at the request of the representatives
OF the railroads, who asked for time
In which to examine the exhibits of
the compliments.
Can't Collect For Disease.
h state industrial accident board
has denied the claim of A. e. Law
of Butte for compensation on
the ground that he is not suffering
from an injury, but from an occupa.
tional disease. Lawrence, who was
an employe of the Butte Electric COM
pany, claimed he was a sufferer from
what the doctors called multiple neur-
tits, resulting from inhaling fumes of
s%ulphuric acid, used in charging bat
teries.
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inexperience No Bar.
To hasten the recruiting of the Sec.
n regiment, national guard of Mon
tana, to war strength, an order has
been made by Acknowledgement Phil