The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

For Insurance that insures see Os-
car P. Roop, Room LOG, First National
Bank building.
Senator Myers of Montana has in
troduced a bill permitting persons who
have taken desert land claims of 32O
acres a right to take 100 acres more
under the enlarged homestead law.
Another new postoffice has been es-
tablished on the Fl. Peck reservation,
about half way between Nashua and
Baylor. Grain is the name of the
new postoffice and J. A. Weber is the
new postmaster.
Mrs. Sidney J. Rumble of this city
was awarded fourth prize in a cook
ing school letter contest at Long
Beach, California, recently. Thou
sands of letters were judged, but Mrs.
Rundle's was considered among the
four highest.
Clyde Pence is up from Glasgow
looking after the business of the Run
die Abstract Co. Mr.. Pence is a mar
with years of experience in the alb
stract work and should he decide to
remain in Malta will make a good mar
for the company.-Malta Enterprise.
In a match game at the Crescent
Bowling alleys, Tuesday night, the
Toggery team, composed of Fred
Fischl and Fred Weigel defeated the
Hub team, of Sam Rugg and Maurice
Reuler in a three game series. The
v~ictors challenge any two man team
in town.
The Montana state fair will be held
September II to %. This date was
fixed by the board of directors. The
directors will ask the legislature for
$4,000 for a woman's education build
ing at the grounds, $500 for the i'm
provement and betterment of the in
stitution and $4,000 a year for the
maintenance of the fair for the next
two years.
John E. Mackey, a former Butte
miner, who enlisted with the Second
Montana and served on the border, is
in Fort Leavenworth prison, awaiting
trial for desertion, according to word
that has been received by Colonel Dan
Donohue. He was one of the Montana
men reported missing and who were
believed to have been shot while
across the border.
1t is reported here that the United
States secret service operatives, act
ing on information furnished by one
of the Billings banks, are Investigate
ing the flood of spurious dollars that
was turned loose all over Montana
during the holiday season. 1t is sale
that bad coins are almost a perfect
reproduction of genuine ones; the only
dierence being in weight.
Miss Nellie %Johonnot, county su'
l perintendent of schools, returned this
. week from Helena where she at
tended a conference called by Miss
t Mae Trumper, state superintendent Of
public instruction, for the purpose Of
= outlining the chief work that will be
taken up this year and also to ascer
. tain the views of the county superin
tendent regarding the bills now pend
ing in the legislature.
. District Court is grinding along a
= a record rate and many cases are be
}. ing disposed of. Judge Hurley will
!, establish a precedent for himself a
!. this term of court which will, if fol
lowed, be a revelation to the people
of this end of the state. The civil
calendar is being cleaned up at a rapit
rate and the criminal calendar will
be long.-Froid Tribune.
Warm, comfortable quarters will b.
provided for Troop A, Montana cav
!. airy, when it returns from the border
says Adjutant General Phil Greenan
The building will lbe secured near For
William Henry Harrison, in order thai
the men may not have to camp II
tents and suffer the rigors of winter
after their long %sojourn in the warmer
climate. General Greenan says thu
mastering out ceremonies will b.
rushed.
AS the agricultural sections of Mon
tana settle up, the danger from in
creasing weed seeds becomes greater
according to B. w. Whitlock, who is il
charge of the state grain laboratory
From an examination of 10000 sam
Piles of seed in three years, it has bee,
observed that in that period wild mus
tard has increased in frequency of oc
currence in wheat samples from l t.
10 per cent.
George E. Engstrom has openet
a tailor shop and dry cleaning es