The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-10

State Flashes
Five Injured IT, oc:;apse.-F'ive mt

Five Injured IT, So:.apse.-Five men
were injured in Eutte when the pillars
supporting part of the second floor
Of the new Ben Bank Realty company
building gave way without warning.
Now N. p. Car shops.-Contracts
have been awarded for the construc-
ton of new Northern Pacific car shops
at Laurel. Contracts have also been
made for the building OF new round-
house at Bozeman. The new improve
ments will cost $4,000.
3o,Gco Acres Grain Enthusiastically
10000 acres of grain crops have been
insured with the state against hail
losses in Fergus county in the country
surrounding Lewistown.
Good Roads Conventional conven-
ton in Denver June IS of delegates
from Montana. Wyoming, Colorado
and New Mexico to consider the con
struc,ion through government aid Of Il
! great military, commercial. and tour
list highway from the Mexican boun-
dairy to the Canadian border Is pro-
posed by the state highway commits
sioner of Colorado.
Musseisheii Farmers to Picnic
| Twelve farmers picnics are planned
| In Musselshell county for this sum
mer in compliance with the request OF
! the United States department of agri-
culture. Patriotic, agricultural and
domestic science lectures will be given
at each gathering.
| Mayors Salary Eoosted.-The mayor
! of Lewistown in the future will re-
ceive $2,C00sa year tor his salary in
| place Of the $500 formerly given. He
devote all his time TO city affairs. The
aldermen will receive SO each for each
meeting of the city council.
| Girl Is Firing.-What is thought to
| be the first woman fireman in the
| state has been pat to work on a switch
engine in the Northern Pacific yards
at Livin gston. She Is sticking to the
job, although she confcsses the work is
F, more strenuous than she had antici-
| pated
Break " M. c. A. Ground.-With
appropriate ceremony the first ground
{, for the new Butte Y. NJ. c. a. build
| ing has been broken. Recently Butte
! conducted 4 whirwind campaign for
funds for a suitable home for young
| men "hc work OF building will be
rushed at top speed.
VII, Chez: En- ur.-1he sheriff of
Lewis ana Clark county is making a
new use of the federal draft law. He
has issued orders to all saloon men te
require youths who claim their age is
y ana who DO not look the part tc
show their registration certificates
before they can be Sold a drink.
Mystery Near Great Fal's.-Evidenc,
of a mysterious murder which it is
thought took pace several months age
has developed at Great Falls when the
| body Of an unknown man with three
deep gashes in the head was founo
entangled in a wire fence crosstn$
Muddy creek % miles west Of tn.
Falls. The body is so badly decom
posed it cannot be Identified.
Brothers Charged With Murder.-E'
and John Talley, brothers, residing or
farm near Custer. arc in the Yellow
stone county Jail charged by coro
ner's jury with responsibility for tn,
death Of \. ]. Dickerynan at thai place
registration day. The trouble aros,
over 4 pool game in a saloon, durins
which a quarrel arose.
Union VII Erect Office Building
Through a referendum taken anon!
the members Of the Great Falls Mil
and Smeiter Mems union, q three-sto
, commercial and office building will b
erected by the union upor Il coupl
lots it already owns. The cost will b
approximately $50 900.
Gas Well Near Chinook.--We drill
ers west OF Chinook have struck
strong flow OF natural gas at the $50
2 foot level Efforts will be made t
3 shut Off the flow of water in order t
g ! bore still further with the eXpectatio
of finding q stronger body of gas.