The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-18
THE STATE.

DeeIl I0dppOluleu TeSlSleT OIL LnG lduu
office here.
Plentywood - The Non-Partisan
league farmers will hold a picnic
here July IA.
Hayre - Jestrab Brothers have
sold their S00-acre ranch north of
town to Iowa men for S20,000.
Harlem-Sheepmen in this vicin-
ity are losing many lambs on account
of shortage of grass for the ewes.
Plentywood-The high school de-
partment of the local schools has
closed so that the boys can go to
work on the farms
Sidney-Sidney is planning an
elaborate park system, the first of
their parks to consist of a plot of two
blocks in the town.
Livingston-Esther Caldwell has
filed suit against the city for $1,000
for broken leg sustained as the re-
suit of an icy sidewalk.
Hayre-City laborers here went on
strike for $4 day, or so cents more
than they are now getting. The
raise has not been granted.
Helena-The Sour Dough mining
claims in Jefferson county have been
purchased by the American Smelling
& Refining company for $250,O00.
Great Falls-Vice President Ken
ny, of the Great Northern, says there
are 600 places held by men on that
railroad that will be filled by women
Lewistown-Miss Margaret Moore
of New York City has completed the
organization of the women here for
Red Cross and other patriotic work.
Lewistown - P. S. Hettenstein,
who held 1900 bushels of wheat off
the market in spite of the tempting
prices offered earlier, has disposed
of the lot for seed for s5,000.
Livingston-Mr. and Mrs. w. j.
Kaiser, German-American citizens,
have demonstrated their loyalty
through the enlistment of three of
their sons in the army and navy.
Whitefish-Fisherm in this vi
cinity are wondering what killed all
the fish in Blanchard lake. The un-
usually thick ice over the lake this
winter may have smothered them.
Helena-Edwin x. Thomas, who
brought the first wagon into Alder
gulch in 1863, died here, aged S.
He was engaged in the mercantile |
business in many cities of the state.
Havre-Nels Ness is the first lazy 7!
husband to be up in court here. He
was given a 60-day suspended SEN
tence and told it would be healthy
for him to go to work and support |
his wife and children.
Brockton-The recent warm spell |
has permitted farmers in this part of
Sheridan county to get a lot of |
spring seeding done. Lien Brothers,
a mercantile firm, are farming $500
acres, using three tractors.
LeWistoWn - Fergus county COM
miissioners have been petitioned to
join with Dawson county in putting
a bridge across the Musselshell at
Nasty, where there is dangerous
ford and many have been drowned.
Helena-Governor Stewart has
the discrimination against Montana
in the selection of men for the Off
GERS training camps. There are
only two examining officers in Mon
tana, while other states have many.
Helena--The Montana Southern
Railway company was incorporated
to build a line from Divide, Silver
Bow county, to Wisdom and Ralston
and the Elkhorn mining district in
Beaverhead county. 1t is capitalized
at 100000. Butte men are inter
ested.
Butte-Moved to sction by the loss
of 1 straight games, the howls of
the fans and newspaper criticism, the
directors of the Butte Baseball club
sent wires to Milwaukee,, where two
American associationists are said to
be available, and to other eastern
clubs.
Sidney-C. F. Woodward has been
advised by the Canadian war depart
ment that his son, Fred e. Wood
ward, had been wounded in battle in
France. Young Woodward went to
the front with the first Canadian
contingent and was employed as q
sharpshooter.
Butte-A highwaymon, shot and
killed in a battle with police Officers
who surprised him and three co n
panions while holding up saloon,
has been identified as William S.
Popst, an ex-convict Deputy Sher-
iff Ed Doherty, who was shot in the
face. will recover.
BOzeman-The concensus of re-
county agents who are now working
in every agricultural county in Mon
tana, is that because of the lateness
of the season it will be impossible for
Montana to secure the hoped-for in
crease in spring wheat acreage.
Wolf Point-With his leg broken
near the hip, his body bruised in sew
eral places and his left arm broken
near the shoulder, o. d. Carson, aged
54, lay in a field for three days and
nights without food or water. He
had been discing field and his team
started to run. His foot caught be-
tween the sections of the disc and he
was dragged. He will recover,
Butte-While directing traffic at
the corner of Main and Park, Officer
Tom Edmunds was slashed across the
face with a horseWhip by two Ana
conda women, who took offense when
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