Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-08
THE STATE.

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county.
Fairfield.-A passenger and freight
depot building is being constructed
here. Regular passenger service to
this point is soon to be started by
the Milwaukee.
Great FalIs.-The BARRIERS here
have followed Butte, Helena, Anacon-
da and Lewistown is raising the price
of a haircut to SO cents. Bald heads
are congratulating themselves.
Butte.-Five hundred steel ore
cars have been forwarded to this d.
vision from the Mesaba iron ore dis
trict of the Great Northern to be used
in the transportation of ore and coal.
Eureka.-A logging railroad in all
probability will be constructed by the
Eureka Lumber company in the
spring. The output of the sawmill for
this season has been nearly 60,000,-
900 feet of lumber.
TrOy.-The distributing system of
the water works that are about to be
constructed by this city is so designed
that it will meet the demands of a
city of 1000 to 10000 population
without enlargement of the mains.
Great Falls.-President Cal Hub
bard of the city council has charged
Alderman Chester Hartman with at
tempt to bride, in connection with the
awarding of a city contract. Alder
man Hartman denies the charge, and
an investigation is promised.
Butte.-Sam Hill, real estate op-
orator who figured largely in Butte
10 years ago, and was sentenced to
IA years in the ~penitentiary, may
have his sentence committed. Gov
ernor Stewart has passed f~avorably
on his case to the state pardon board.
Philipsburg.-A total of $123,-
367.69 will be received by the Gran
lite county treasurer this year, an in
crease of $2,921.95 over last year.
More than one-third of the total, or
~S46,152.23, has been paid by the Nor
thern Pacific and Milwaukee rail-
roads.
Butte.-Wicked Butte is raising
100000 for a Y. M. G. A. building;
Church-going Helena has raised
100000 for a new theater building,
} while Great Falls, one of the few
cities of the state to vote wet, will
produce $4,000 for a Salvation Ar
my barracks.
Conrad.-The building and con-
tents of the Power-Wilson company's
big store here was completely des-
troyed by fire, with a total loss of
$S5, 900. The elevator Of the Con-
rad Mercantile company, which con-
tanned $4,000 bushels of grain, was
saved by a hard fight.
/ Whitehall.-A labor-saving device
that is the wonder of the surround
ing country has been invented by
Road Supervisor Dick Flaherty OF
. North Boulder. 1t consists of a bug
gy fastened on behind the drag Sc
the operator may ride while dragging
; the roads.
, Butte.-The chamber of commerce
of this city has given it's support to g
movement to obain the establishment
= here of a flour mill of a capacity
: sufficient to take over a large pro
= portion of the wheat and oats thai
are normally shipped east through
this point.
Missoula.-The students of the
4 state university are to vote shortly OF
the question of whether or not they
s shall take military training. Shoult
= they decide to drill, the federal gov
eminent will pay each student $40 {
month and furnish uniforms free
8 The university would also give credi
|, for drill.
Butte. - Arctic owls, which stu
dents of bird lore say make a south
9 ern pilgrimage every seventh year
have been observed flying recently tt
: Montana lakes and other points il
the northwest. Two of the birds
which have beautiful fleecy white
8 feathers, have been shot in the Rec
2 Rock country.
Gs6rnu H. 4I0 f,4A.s-~ - A..
river a steady stream of grain wagons
has been crossing from the east side
Even with steady hauling all thu
grain in the district across the rive
cannot be marketed until the first O.
the year as the yield has been heavy
The east side district was cut off fol
three weeks after a pontoon bridge
went out,
Helena.-The district court herr
has denied American citizenship tt
Sher Bahadur Kahn, Afghan subject
The examiner had commended that hi
was not a white man, that as a Mo
hammedan he belonged to a polygam
GUS faith and that in renouncing hi.
old allegiance he had wrongly giver
Turkey IS the country of which HI
was a citizen.
Helena-The foot and mouth scar
is expected to raise the price of beef
Butte.-Deputy Sheriff Bert Hen
derson, bought a stack of chips in
poker game the other night. TIL,
players did not know him. But the,
made his acquaintance a few minute,
later when the patrol wagon backet
up to the place and took them all tt
the county Jail.
Butte-For three years Peter Tru
del had electricity in his house ant
paid nothing. Then it was discov
cred that the current had been sur
reptitiously connected with an aban
doned meter. Trudel pleaded gull
ty to defrauding the company ant
paid a fine of $40. Now he won
ders whether it is cheaper to pa.
fines or light bills.
Kalispell.-The Montana Teachers
association, in convention here, elect
ed the following officers: President
H. A. Davee; first vice president
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