The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-11-30
THE STATE

guards has been formed here.
Malta.-A new building has been
erected here for the county free pub
lie library.
Roundup. - The new Baptist
church, a fine brick edifice, has been
opened for service.
Gilman.-Eighty cans of trout fry
have been planted in the North Fork
canyon above the dam.
Winnett. - Fergus and Dawson
county will build Jointly bridge
across the Musselshell river at Mosby
| crossing.
Butte.-Mayor Maloney has sum-
marily cancelled the licenses of two
local coal dealers charged with CIV
ing short weights.
Great Falls.-Three large ware
houses are to be erected here on the
Milwaukee right of way, leases hay
ing been granted by the railroad.
Observation-Disclosures this city
will become incorporated has been
submitted to the court on questions
raised by those opposing the move.
Sidney.-Mrs. Emagene Lectra has
been named county superintendent of
schools to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Belle Hoyt.
Great Falls.-The Montana Farm
ers' union will hold a state conven-
ton here December Is and IA. Rob-
ert Irwin of Telstad is the secretary.
Miles City.-W. j. Howell, ex-as-
sistant postmaster here, has been
called to Washington to go to France
to help handle mail for the army in
Europe.
Lewistown.-The arrest of Amos
Holt, an Everson rancher, on charge
of allowing Russian thistles on his
place to go to seed, is the first of the
kind to take place in Fergus county.
Fort DECENTRALIZATION have been
filed with the board of county COM
missioners asking for the creation OF
herd district to embrace a large
area north of Iona and Fort Ben
ton.
Roundup.-A patent has been Sc
cured by Roy Endicott of this place
on machine for cutting barbed wire
entanglements and it will be turned
over to the federal government if it
is interested.
Livingston.-Gold bearing sand
has been found in a we'll being
drilled on G street by the Yellow
stone Oil and Development company.
1t is said to be rich enough to ex-
plore on commercial basis.
Whitehall.-Contra for plant
ing 5000 acres to sugar beets have
been signed by farmers in this dis
trict thus assuring the building of a
sugar factory here. Sites for factory
buildings have already been surveyed.
Terry.-L. H. Gaffney of this city
has received patent on device for
cutting leather, betting, linoleum, ETC.
Until it's invention they were cut by
hand. Experiments just completed
in the east prove the machine big
success.
Bozeman.-The Montana state col
lege quintet Of student Judges won
first place in the students judging
contest at the Portland, Ore, live
stock show, with Oregon Agricultural
college second and Washington state
college third.
LewistoWn. Christmas packages
aggregating 200 pounds have been
sent to General Pershing by a group
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. women with
instructions to distribute them to SOL
diers, who might otherwise not re-
ceive Christmas packages.
Billings.-Member of the Bill
lings Woman's club have decided to
secure the services Of nurse from
the staff of Dr. Robert w. Lovett
of New York to come here and take
charge of infantile paralysis cases.
The treatment she gives will be free.
Helena.-Helena is to have a $780,
600 Y. w. G.. A. building. A site has
been donated by A. B. Cook of Helena
and j. Fl. Empson of Denver, who
is interested here. Two friends,
whose names are unknown, have
given $4,000 toward the structure
and the public has raised like sum.
misunderstanding fees in national
forests will not be increased for the
present, according to information re-
ceived by Forest Supervisor ]. B.
Seeley, it being the opinion of Sec
rotary of Agriculture Houston that
every effort should be made during
the war to increase the production of
live stock.
Missoula.-The Milwaukee rail-
road has paid $89,264 to the district
and burned, damage done by con-
SLICdIIlS, cIC., Ill
the line and interest at per cent.
The latter sum amounts to $20,775.
The matter has been in litigation for
several years.
Missoula.-The first payment for
beets made by the Great Western
Sugar company to growers in the ter
ritory of the Missoula factory totaled
$4,000. On December Is another
payment in excess of 100000 will
be made. Most of the beets were
grown in the Bitter Root, Flathead
and Flint Creek valleys.
BOzeman. - W. T. Thompson, in
charge of the federal fish hatchery
here, has been ordered to investigate
proposed sites for a fish hatchery
to be built in Glacier national park,
where fish will be raised to stock
park streams in the Blackfoot Indian
reservation. 1t is planned to have
the building erected by June 20,
1918.