The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09
THE STATE.

has JUST UGoA COmpAOtCu AL oSOOSy Wv
cost of $4,000.
Highwood.-The commercial club
will endeavor to secure water sys-
tenn for the town.
Bozeman-Forty-fiv youths are
being instructed by the agricultural
college in grain grading.
LeWistoWn-The Great Northern
has carried it's survey out from Win
nett on through the Musselshell val
ley. the grade being 165 feet above
the river bed at Weede.
Lewistown-1he Winnett business
men have organized commercial
club with O H. Badger as president;
P. j. Anderson vice-president and
A. w. Ogg secretary and treasurer.
Hamilton-Construc of a sugar
factory here is assured, it is announc-
ed, as a result of the sale of bonds
by the Montana-Utah Sugar company.
It is expected work will be started In
the spring.
Plentywood-Farm all through
Sheridan county have been adding
their membership to the Non-Par-
tisan League at rapid rate this win
| ter. 1t is believed the county now
has 5000 members.
Bozeman-Two months in the
county Jail was the penalty imposed
upon r. l.. johnson who pleaded
guilty to stealing some socks from a
local shoe store and disposing OF
them at second hand dealers few
moments later.
Helena-Antone Rasmussen OF
Musselshell county is the second far
mer to negotiate a loan from the
state. He was paying IL per cent
interest and secured $4,000 on 800
acre farm at six per cent. His saw
ing in interest will be $50 per year.
Harlenl-With more than three
score cases at one time, this city is
in the midst of the worst typhoid
fever epidemic in it's history. Many
patients have been sent away to
Great Falls, Havre and Glasgow hos
pitfalls. Both the local hospitals are
full.
Roundup-Falling backwards into
pot of grease in which his mother
had been cooking goose, the 18-
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vince Oset, residing just outside the
city limits of Roundup, was so badly
burned that death came 48 hours
later.
Helena-Clerks of the courts of
several Montana counties met here
and organized state association OF
court clerks. The officers elected
were: j. l.. Martin of Lewistown,
president; P. J. Day of Shelby, vice
president, and w. D. Jarrett Of
Roundup, secretary treasurer.
Roundup-His chest crushed be-
tween a hayrack and gatepost
when he attempted to reach his
horses heads to prevent a runaway
John S. Glenn of the Emory district
was so badly injured that death came
after few hours. Glenn, who was
80 years old, was prosperous
rancher.
Roundup-Nearly 500 men are
on the payroll of the Republic Goa
company at Klein, near here, and the
production breaks all previous rec
,, ords. 1t is averaging in excess o.
$1,000 tons week at present. The
mine is operating on full time anC
:, all the output is taken by the Mil
waukee to operate it's trains.
Missoula-Mrs. Ada Lee, says the
: physician attending her, is alive ant
y getting we'll solely because she drank
n large amount of Whiskey before
= taking carbolic acid Mrs. Lee, OF
:, account of love affair, made elab
- - crate preparations for suicide, includ
. . ing the writing of numerous letters
e and the disposition of her money.
Livingston-This city won the fin
. al round in it's seven-year battle fo1
q the right to construct and operate ;
I municipally-o water plant whel
the supreme court of the state deniet
: the Livingston Water Works com
pany, owned by James A. Murray o
Butte, rehearing of the case decided
against it by that tribunal last Oc
tober.
Helena-R. r. Sidebotham and J
G. G.. Wilmot, founders of the North
western Trustee company, have bee
convicted of using the mails to de
\ fraud and sentenced to 13 month
in the federal prison at Fort Leaven
worth. They are required to pa
the cost of the trial, about $4,000
None of the 13 other defendants wa
found guilty.
Savoy-The last of the old tow
of Savoy was moved to the new town
site a few days ago, when the Good
heart hotel was finally placed on it
foundation on prominent corner
On account OIL lJS great weight, M
Goodheart was unable to move hi
hotel when the rest of the bushes
houses were moved last fall, an
had to wait until the ground frozt
Butte-With all the milk dealer
complying with the city milk ord
nance in the amount of butter ia
solids and bacteria, and majorit
of grocery stores, confectionery store
and restaurants rated at 100 per cen
Milk Inspector j. P Riordan has is
sued what he terms the "most salts
factory report this year." Twent!
four dairies are included in the rt