The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
MONTANA IN BRIEF

Butte.-Cobblers have advanced the
pr1ce OF shoe repairing Is per cent.
Dllon. The registration of Beaver
head county is 3,S7S, Of which 1900
are in Dillon precincts.
Thompson Falls.-Elmer Irving is
making a canvass of farmers in this
nelghborhood with the idea Of opening
up a creamery.
Bozeman.-R. w. Lysle of Chicago
Of Chicago is asking the city Of Boze-
man for a water gas franchise. He
proposes to put in a system which will
cost $15O.OOO.
Great Falls.-The school popula-
ton Of this city has increased almost
l6 per cent within a year, according
to figures given out by +. d. Black.
clerk of the school board.
Great Falls 1.-THE city council has
made arrangements to purchase the
land for a 20-acre park on the site of
the Lewis and Clark encampment of
Ill years ago. A highway so feet in
- VI nv VIE itltt W lllc pilk.
Helena.-Colonel Dan Donahue.
commanding the Second Montana, just
returned from the Mexican border,
says the militia system is a failure
because it puts the burden on the few.
lie predicts compulsory military serv-
ice.
White Sulphur Springs. = Mrs.
James Suther]in, a pioneer of this
valley, recently died here at the home
other daughter, Mrs. James Chamber
lain, at the age of 81. The Suther-
Inns settled in the early days in the
once famous Diamond City.
Helena.-The supreme court has af-
firmed the validity of the poll tax,
holding that it is a police regulation.
not a taxation measure. The case was
carried before the court on appeal of
E c. Pohl, a Deer Lodge railroad man.
against the Chicago & Milwaukee.
Stevensville. -Johnny Dawson, 3
years old, and Olive Dawson, 5. chill
dren Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Daw-
son, were burned to death in a fire
that destroyed their ranch. Eva Daw-
son, the ~13-year-old daughter, received
burns hat probably will cause her
death.
Missoula.- Dc Loss Smith, head of
the music department of The Univcr-
sity of Montana, in organizing the
university glec club in preparation
for a tour Of the state during the
Christmas holidays. The itinerary is
expected to include all Of the cities
Of Montana.
Missoula states have sent
from one to 10 students to take
courses in the school of forestry of
the University of Montana this year.
The outside states represented are
Washington, North Dakota, Illinois,
Indiana, Utah, Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio
and New York.
Great Falls.-E. p. Mathewson, who
recently resigned as manager of the
; Washoe smelter, was a guest at a fare
we'll party at the Hotel Rainbow here
OF his way to eastern Canada to his
new post. The farewell was given
by the Cascade County Good Roads
: association. Mr.. M%athewson was long
president of the state association.
Helena.-A hundred thousand per-
sons in the United States are employ
ed in manufacturing holiday goods
} which before the war were imported,
2 according to B. j. Locker Of this city.
2 He maintains that the country has at
tanned an expertncss in the new in
dustries that will insure their continu-
, anc after the close of the war.
t Anaconda-After being lost for two
days in a heavy belt of timber north
of Kalispell where they were hunting.
big game, James Finlen and Charles
Kammercr, superintendent of the
: dredges at Ruby, We're found by
scarchers from the main camp of the
/ hunters. They We're rescued after a
, storm had ONE up. Thew had been
without food for many hours.
Butte.-The ministers of the Ger
man Lutheran church of Montana at
: the annual conference held here re-
' elected the officers of the preceding
year and selected Kalispell as the
8 meeting place for 1917. The officers
are: President, Rev. M. D. Hudtloff
? Butte; vice president. Rev. E. Wach.
smuth. Great Falls; Secretary, Rev
0. Heilman, Helena; treasurer, Rev
E. Zeigler, Kalispell.