Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-15
THE STATE.

Wult6lISus - "A CQdmD6r VI COuA-
merce has been organized here.
Cascade.-A campaign is on here,
with the sanction of the mayor, for
the suppression of punch boards and
slot machines.
Billings.-The bank c~learings here
for a period of three weeks were
same period in 1915.
Conrad.-With a huge Christmas
tree erected in the center of the town
a community celebration will be held
in the open Christmas eve if the W a.
Their permits.
Missoula.-The Women's club and
posal to hold a stampede, or wild
west show" here next July on the
ground that some of it's features are
inhuman.
Great Falls.-The municipal park
board is making preparations to take
over and open to the public the Mo-
rony natatorium, erected as a mem
orial in one of the city parks.
Missoula.-The Sixth Rotary club
to be established in Montana has
been organized here with 16 charter
members. The other clubs are at
Anaconda, Great Falls, Butte, Lewis
town and Billings.
Missoula.-The city limits of Mis-
soula are to be extended to include
a two-block park given to the city
by a land company The chamber
of has offered a prize for
the best design for laying out the
park.
Helena.-Mrs. Amelia Kirschbaum
of Meagher county is the first woman
!, ever convicted in this county of cattle
stealing. A jury has found her
guilty of stealing three calves from
5 w. J. Cockrill of Meagher county
. last April.
l Helena.-The state railroad com
. mission has denied the request OF
the railroads operating in Montana
for an increase in demurrage rates
I basing the refusal on testimony thai
they did not collect demurrage IL
all cases.
Havre.-Fifty pupils in the rura
!, schools of Hill county who have beer
neither absent nor tardy for 81,
D months have received certificates o
merit from the county superintend
emit. Only two maintained that pac
for a year.
Butte.-Residents of this city he I
u started a boycott on milk since tn
y price went to Is cents a quart an,
70 the consumption has been cut nearl
in half, according to several dealers
4 Local dealers are daily expecting
!, boycott on eggs as we'll.
BOzeman.-The appointment of
* market specialist and farm org
izer for Montana has been authorize
by the federal office of markets an
an expert will be named to the pos
shortly, according to F. S. Coole.
G director of the State College exensio
department.
Great Falls.-Peter Macdonald
U, who came to Montana in 1879 an
"a was a resident at different times
Us Fort Benton, Butte and Great Fall
d. is dead. He served here as count
~ and city jailer and as constable. +
was formerly a member of he Can
40 dian Mounted police.
n, Great FaIls.-The bakers of tn
Us city have abolished the five-cent loa
IL Neutrality-suspicious. furnisht
IL by the state to students on their W;
to and from the institutions of tt
,es University of Montana is advocate
Dy by Chancellor E. G. Elliott. He e
.ty Inmates the cost at $1,000 to $500
" a year..
Butte.-"Sign that divorce col
plant and I'll kill myself" said &
husband of Anna Boraticki, who h
followed her to an attorneys offiC
When she had written half her naI
NY Boraticki drew a revolver and pull
W" back the hammer. The WON
90 rushed into his arms and the ATTIC
vi ney tore up the papers. ct know
10 10 loves me, and it's all off," said t
woman.
10 Havre. = The secretary of t
chamber is making a campaign
~ get the farmers of Hill county
subscribe for the controlling int
" est in the stock of the proposed Fl
Fiber Products company. The pla
is expected to return them a 10 I
cent dividend every year and to fl
oosae nish them a market for all the fl
~. straw they can raise at a price
lower than Sc a ton.
On, Butte.-Chilean copper mines a
az nitrate deposits are being work
day and night in response to hea
81 war orders, according to H. r. Ct
ham, superintendent of the Brad
Mining company of Rancagna, Chi
who has been in this city inspect
the mines of the Anaconda CopI
on Mining company. The production
has curtailed only by the lack of sh
d. ping facilities, he said.
We are ALWAYS demanding justi