The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-07-13
THE STATE

Laredo-The Laredo Tribune has
made it's initial appearance.
charlottesville city council has
decided to build new town hall.
Polson-The Big Blackfoot COM
pany will erect a saw mill near this
place
Deer Lodge-Powell county crops
are in good condition, but rain is
needed.
Billings-Under a new ordinance
no milk will be sold in Billings that
is not pasteurized.
Rudyard-The Buttery-Swift Mer-
camille company is one of the newest
business houses here.
Helena-The Montana Y. M. G.. A.
war fund is rapidly approaching the
$4,000 mark set for it.
Winnifred-A monster celebration
is planned to mark the completion of
the railroad into this place.
Livingston-The sheriff of Park
county is putting all county prisoners
at work on the county roads.
Walkerville-The city council has
determined upon extensive improve
ments in the way or street grading
Deer Lodge-The division head
quarters of the Milwaukee road have
been moved from Missoula to this
place.
Lewistown-The Fergus county de-
Tense council is making a campaign
for the handling of the crops with the
least possible wastage.
MissoMla-More than 5000 men
in the lumber districts west of Mis-
soula are out of employment as the
result of labor difficulties.
Great Falls-Electors have voted
favorably of a proposal to issue
$3.50 in bonds for the erection of
additional school buildings.
Neihartr-The federal government
ton of the parkto-park highway be-
tween this place and Monarch.
Deer Lodge-Harry Allen, who
served a term in the Montana peni-
Tertiary for robbery, was killed in
duel with a Spokane officer recent
ly.
Livingston-With both ears cut
off, the body of man supposed to
be Verge Wauvrin, was found on an
island in the Yellowstone river near
this city.
Butte-Mayor Maloney is organic
ing Butte automobile dealers to the
end that they will instruct their GUS
toners carefully in the art of auto
mobile driving.
Marysville-A discovery of gold
ore that assays from $500 to $500 to
the ton has been made here. The
vein is over two feet wide, and pros
pectors are flocking in.
Helena-Chief Justice Brantley
holds that chiropractors must be IL
censed by the state board of osteo-
pathy before they may practice their
profession in Montana.
Livingston-Miss Minnie Dibbs of
Great Falls has been electer grand
guardian of the Women of Wood
craft, and Helena will be the place
of the next annual meeting.
LewistoWn-W.H H. Barney has just
sold his ranch of 1,760 acres near the
Snowy mountains, together with 215
head of cattle and some horses, to
Frank Wisdom of Moore for ST., 00O
Butte-Six boys who attacked the
carriers of the Butte Evening Post
and would not permit them to deliv-
er papers, have been sentenced to
spend 80 days in the Industrial
school.
LeWistoWn-The sheriff has arrest
ed Charles Smack at Kolin, e. r.
Logan at Danvers and S. o. Johnson
at Fare, all charged with selling Ii
quor in violation of the new liquor
law, not having licenses.
Of tho oo+io,, of
the interstate railway commission in
denying the Is per cent freight in
crease the hearing before the state
commission dealing with the same
question has been abandoned.
Great Falls-The local Red Cross
is raising money by giving boulevard
dances on the street. Several thou
sand young people one-stepped up
and down the paved area to the mu-
sic of brass band on the opening
night.
Butte-For the first time in years
the city council has ordered the pur-
chase of a horse for city work. Meat
Inspector Rhule refused to do his
work in an automobile and the coun-
Gil decided to buy him horse and
buggy.
Conrad-Private Forrest Cobb.
Company H, Second Montana, station
ed out of Monson in Teton county, ac-
cidentally shot himself in the foot
with shotgun while rabbit hunting.
His foot has been amputated and his
condition is extremely serious.
Butte-Miss Gertrude Nichols is
the first woman to be named lib ari-
an for the Butte library. The post
carries with it a salary of $4,000 per
year. Miss Nichols has served in
the library for 10 years and was as
sistant librarian when she received
this appointment.
Hinsdale-Three people were seri-
ously injured when a fast Great
Northern passenger train struck an
automobile near here on a crossing.
Those injured were Mr.. and Mrs.
Drew and Miss Leo Sidden, all of
Crescent, Oklahoma. They were TAX
en- to the hospital at Glasgow.
Helena-Two cents postage will
carry letter to American soldiers in