The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-02
THE STATE.

Whitefish.-A new library is to
be built here.
Lewistown.-An Irish fellowship
club has been organized here.
Hinsdala.-The local Equity as
soclation will build flour mill in
the early spring.
Cascade.-For every wolf that is
killed the ranchers of Cascade will
pay bounty OF $50.
Whitefish.-The Great Northern
will build double tracks from this
city to Columbia Falls.
Fairfield.-A telephone system,
which will connect this place with
nearby farms is to be built.
Roundup.-A farm loan associa-
tlon has been formed at Lake Mason
1t starts with Is members, whose
applications for loans total $4,000.
Circle is to have a
bank. The incorporators are J. D.
Walsh and T. F. Hagen of Glendive
and Messrs. Mutt and Barrett of Sid
ney.
Whitefish.-The work on the
double tracking of the Great North
ern between this city and Columbia
Falls will start in the middle of
March.
Great Falls-Litt1e Chicago, the
smelter suburb of THIS city, is to have
separate postoffice with name
chosen by the people of the district
to be served.
Fairfield.-Telephon lines are to
hn nvforHoI IN ho :o1. y
and surrounding territory and it is
expected that central station will
be installed here.
Missoula.-The single footing of
the fox trotters of this city is so eff
fectlve that the walls of the largest
public dance halls are in danger and
the building may be condemned.
Lewistown.-James Weaver, dep
uty game warden, has received an
order for two cars of elk to be de-
livered at a point near the Belt noun
tains where they will be turned
loose.
Fort Benton.-The Grand Union
hotel, one of the landmarks of north
ern Montana, has been sold by G. o.
Vowel to Charles Lepley. stockman
and capitalist. The hotel was con-
structed in 1881 on the old steamboat
levee.
Sidney-Richey, one of the newest
towns in the state, is about ready to
have a full electric light system. Fred
Lucksinger of Lambert will install
the plant. The power will be gaso-
line engine large enough for many
more years to come.
RounduI-The six-year-old son of
Jeff Holiday of the Parrot Creek
district has successfully undergone
an operation by which an injured eye
was provided with an artificial pu-
pill. The boy was injured last sum-
mer by the explosion of a dynamite
cap.
Harlem-In a blizzard that came
up suddenly, Otto Liese, a sheepman
residing near Little Jewell, 35 miles
northeast of here, lost sheep valued
at $1,000 and all but lost his own
life hunting for the sheepherder, who
already had taken refuge at the
home of a neighboring farmer.
Lewistown.-Theh high school DOR
mitory, erected by syndicate of cit
liens and leased to the high school,
has been completed. One floor will
be devoted to the boys and another
to the girls. The building will be
opened in few days and it is ex-
pected that the Accommodations will
be taxed from the start.
Medicine Lake-In conformity
with an intimation from Sheriff Jack
Bennett, local saloon men have
thrown all cards, dice and other
games of chance into the discard.
Anything that might have tendency
to obstruct the view of the bar from
the outside, during the hours when
the places of business are closed, has
been removed.
Helena-Ben Phillips, owners of
extensive property in Phillips county,
which is named for MIN, has pleaded
guilty in the federal court here to a
charge of conspiring to defraud the
government out of public lands. The
charge was brought eight years ago.
He was fined $1,500 and costs. The
conviction will turn back to the gov
ernment much valuable land. He
is one of the wealthiest men in
Phillips county and also has large
interests in Oakland, Cal, where he
maintains a residence.