The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-08
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are now within six miles of Richie,
one of the new towns of Dawson
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 Falls.-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 di-
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 6O,000,-
600 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
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 city contract. Alder
man Hartman denies the charge, and
an investigation is promised.
Butte.-Sam Hill, real estate OPP
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 favorably
on his case to the state pardon board.
Philipsburg.-At total of $123,-
367.69 will be received by the Gran
lte-eeunty treasurer this year, an in
crease of $2,921.95 over last year.
More than one-third of the total, or
SAG, 1929, 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 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
$4,000. The elevator of the Con-
rad Mercantile company, which con-
tanned $4,000 bushels of grain, was
saved by 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 so
the operator may ride while dragging
the roads.
Butte.-The chamber of commerce
of this city has given it's support to
movement to obain the establishment
here of a flour mill of capacity
sufficient to take over a large pro-
portion of the wheat and oats that
are normally shipped east through
this point.
Missoula.-The students of the
state university are to vote shortly on
the question of whether or not they
shall take military training. Should
they decide to drill, the federal gov
eminent will pay each student $40
month and furnish uniforms free.
The university would also give credit
for drill
Butte. Arctic owls, which stu
dents Of bird lore say make a south
ern pilgrimage every seventh year,
have been observed flying recently to
Montana lakes and other points in
the northwest. Two of the birds,
which have beautiful fleecy white
feathers, have been shot in the Red
Rock country.
Sidney.-Since the freezing of the
river steady stream of grain wagons
has been crossing from the east side.
Even with steady hauling all the
grain in the district across the river
cannot be marketed until the first of
the year as the yield has been heavy.
The east side district was cut off for
three weeks after a pontoon bridge
went out.
Helena.-The district court here
has denied American citizenship to
Sher Bahadur Kahn, Afghan subject
TIE examiner had contended that he
was not white man, that as Mo-
hammedan he belonged to polygam-
Gus faith and that in renouncing his
old allegiance he had wrongly given
Turkey IS the country of which he
was a citizen.
Helena-The foot and mouth scare
is expected to raise the price of beef
Butte.-Deputy Sheriff Bert Hen
derson, bought a stack of chips in a
poker game the other night. The
players did not know him. But they
made his acquaintance a few minutes
later when the patrol wagon backed
up to the place and took them all to
the county Jail.
Butte-For three years Peter Tru-
del had electricity in his house and
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 and
paid a fine of $40. Now he Won
ders whether it is cheaper to pay
fines or light hills