The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05
THE STATE

Fort Benton-Contracts have been
let for the erection of Carnegie IL
brary.
Big Timber-The Northern Pacific
is going to double track from Living
ston to Mission.
Circle-A shaft is to be sunk to
tap 25-foot vein of coal that under
lies this townsite.
Billings-The annual convention
OF Baptist churches in Montana will
be held here October to -.
Bozeman--The Gallatin County
Poultry association is making ar
engagements for a show in January.
BOZeman-The Gallatin entrance
to the national park has been logged
and route card covering it is to be
printed.
Helena-The name of the Second
Montana infantry has been changed
to the One Hundred and Sixty Third
Infantry.
Steyensville-Free mail delivery
is to be established here as soon as
the streets are named and the houses
all numbered.
Missoula-The city council has
passed an ordinance providing for
labelling of all bread sold in the city,
giving the exact weight.
Great Falls-Secretaries of COM
mercial clubs in the state will hold
their annual meeting in Great Falls
the first week in November.
Sweetgrass - Patriotic citizens
have raised fund of $500 to be CIV
en- the first Toole county soldier to
capture a German, dead or alive.
Culbertson-Several rural tele-
phone systems in this vicinity have
been consolidated, giving this city a
free service into Sioux Pass and Sid
ney.
Missoula-Harry Hendrickson of
Joplin, a member of the Second Mon
tana regiment, was killed by train
while guarding Northern Pacific
bridge three miles east of Missoula.
Deer Lodge-W. A. Clark, Jr., has
just contributed $1,000 to be used in
purchasing new books for the prison
library, which was established by
him several years ago at an expendi-
ture of $25,o00.
Havre-A Great Northern train,
loaded with milk valued at $780,
600, while running at the rate of so
miles an hour, was ditched near here
by broken rail. The cargo was not
greatly damaged.
Butte-The. Butte Daily Bulletin
is the name of new incorporation
perfected in the copper camp, whose
object is said to be the publication of
daily newspaper to take the place of
the strikers daily bulletin.
Great Fa11S-E,rad Woir forn,or1v
train master of the Butte division of
the Great Northern, has become sup
erintendent of that division, succeed
ing G. e. Votaw, who becomes sup
erintendent of the Portland division
of the North Bank route.
Great Falls-George Norton, To-
cal business man, while out hunting
had his auto stuck in the mud and
started to walk to town. He became
chilled and exhausted and while a
companion carried him for some dis
lance, he died before reaching town.
! Plentywood-Nels M. Olson, a
farmer living near Outlook, has in
vented a binder attachment designed
to save short grain. BY attaching IL
extra reels and lacking strip of
rubberoid six inches wide on the
Stats of the ~ reels, the shortest
grain can be harvested easily.
Great Falls-This city has appro-
priated $4,000 for improvement and
Identification and to pay for a mu-
nicipal development plan to meet a
growth of population to 100000 or
100000 in 80 years. Morrell and
Nichols, Minneapolis engineers, have
been employed to make the plans.
Helena-While grouse hunting on
Priests pass, Private Anil Bourquin,
home on furlough from Vancouver,