The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-12
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from the federal government for bet
ter roads is $4,000.
Anaconda-The Rotary club of An
aconda has started a movement look
ing to the construction of a federal
building here.
Helena.-Attorney General Ford is
issuing a letter to all the county at
torneys Of the state advising them
to enforce the laws against restricted
districts.
Lewistown-A rush of settlers has
begun here to take advantage of the
64O-acre homestead law. The filings
are merely noted now, receiving pref
erence in the order in which they are
made.
Malta.-Ideal winter weather pre-
walls in Northern Montana. The mer-
curry has been above zero for several
days, and stockmen are beginning to
consider the possibility of range
feeding if the pleasant weather con-
tinues.
Helena - Miss Kathleen Heath,
that was, is M girl that can keep
a secret. She was married on Oct.
10 to John P. Nelson, and the mar
riage did not become known until a
few days ago, when she left Helena
to join her husband.
Deer LOdge-David G. Irvine, who
came to Montana in 1866, arriving at
Alder Gulch in September of that
year, is dead at the age of u. He
took up a homestead neal this city
in the early days and lived continu-
ously in Deer Lodge valley.
AnacOnda-An advance of $40 a
month in salary has been granted to
the policemen of this city, which
brings the pay of the ordinary patrol
mar to $3.50 a month. The increase
is intended to be in keeping with the
general advance in wages in Ana
condo and vicinity.
Greet Falls-C. H. Mitchell has
been transferred from the post of
freight and passenger agent for the
northern Montana division of the
Milwaukee with headquarters. at
Great Falls to the position of freight
and passenger agent of the divisions
constituting the main line with head
quarters at Butte.
Great Falls-Building permits is
sued during 1916 in Great Falls,
called for $~1,,65O,0OO in improve
ments and an actual property value
increase of more than $4,000 900, &C.
cording to Inspector Woodahl's show
ing to the city council. This is a
greater total than for any three years
in the city's history.
Butte - The first bacteria count
tests taken by the city health de-
partment show that the milk sold in
Butte is exceptionally pure. Only
two dealers were found to have an
excessive number of bacteria in their
milk. Bacteria tests will be taken
each week hereafter and added to the
butterfat and solids report.
ROundup-Meetings of farmers in
the Wheaton district are being held
for the purpose of organizing under
the federal farm loan act, and it is
expected that an association will have
been perfected by the time the bank
at Spokane isin operation. Two as
sociations WIN be formed, one at
Mason.
Helena-Debt has been cleared
from the St. Helena cathedral, the
finest church edifice between St.
Paul and San Francisco, erected at
a cost of 100000. Three marble
affairs, ordered in Carrara, Italy, at
a cost of $4,000. will arrive in a few
days. The cathedral will be conse-
Grated sometime during the present
year.
Great Falls-Punchboards have
disappeared from the counters of
cigar stores and pool halls in this
city in obedience to an order issued
by the county attorney, who an
nounced his intention of enforc-
ing strictly the state law prescribing
such devices. Vending machines are
still in use as the dealers declare that
they comply with the state law.
Helena-The University of Mon
tana will not take equal rank with
institutions of learning in neighbor-
ing states, unless the people of Mon
tana provide more support and m re
adequate facilities, Chancellor E. c.
Elliott declares in his report to the
state board of education, in which
he outlines the work that has been
done under his administration.
ROundup-It is understood that
| the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany will relinquish many of the
mineral lands it now holds in Carbon
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