The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
THE STATE.

Malta-Marshall Simmons, wife
beaten, was given go days in Jail re-
Gently.
Acknowledgement Stewart has re-
turned from the east and the tenure
of office Of Acting Governor Burlin-
game is at an end.
Havre-The December records of
the Havre postoffice show an increase
of 40 per cent i've December, 1915.
Butte-Ths is a week of prayer"
in Butte and all the Protestant
churches are holding revival services.
Dillon.-All public entertainments
were called off here for several days
on account of the shortage of coal.
The situation has now been relieved
by the arrival of shipments.
DillOn-DillOn has two banks, bOtt
old time institutions, but the extraor-
binary prosperity of B~eaverhead
county has attracted outside capital
lists and two additional banks are ex-
pected to be opened here shortly.
Great Falls-A cheese IA feet and
2 1-2 inches in circumference and 3
feet and Z IL inches in height has
been on display in a show window
AOIO. ~ 10 6dlu W VIC INV OAooS0S
cheese EVER in the state.
Helena-Several newspapers of the
state are %agitating the division of
Montana into two congressional dis
tricts. Both congressman are now
elected from the state at large, and
when Miss Rankin takes her seat,
both members of the lower house will
be residents of Missoula.
Observation-Disclosures Of Missoula
are divided into two hostile camps
those who shovel snow off their side
walks, and those who do not. One of
the results of the controversy will be
an attempt to secure the passage of
a law which will permit of a munich
pality clearing the sidewalks of the
property owner who neglects to re-
move the snow, and assessing the cost
against the propertv of the offender.
Helena-The trustees of the Mon
tana Wesleyan university have invited
Rev. DR.. Leon H. Sweetland of Chi
cago to come and look over the local
field, with a view to becoming pres
ident of the institution. DR.. Sweet
land is pastor of haywood Methodist
Episcopal church, Chicago. The pre-
sidency of the school was vacated re-
Gently by Rev. DR.. Charles L. Bovard,
who resigned to become presiding cid
er of this district.
Billings-Billings is to have a new
parochial school, the gift of Mrs.
Kate Frat, widow of David Frat,
the livestock magnat y. Mrs Frat has
decided to the educational depart.
ment of the Catholic church, IL lots
valued at $4,000, as a site, and has
signified her intention of providing
$4,000 for the buildings. David
Frat was an associate in the early
days of D. A. G. Flowerree, John T
Murphy and George w, Cook.
Great Falls-For IN attempt to
cheat the Great Northern railroad
company out of two hours work al
rs cents an hour, George Warner was
fined $50. Warner was arrested by
a special officer employed by the
railroad after his foreman had com
planned that he had marked up nine
hours for one day as time worked OF
the repair track when he had givel
the company only seven hours of hi
time.
Helena-Sportsmen of Montan;
who desire to restock the old ell
ranges have their chance this winter
according to Game Warden j. D. De
Hart. He states that all Indication
are it will be an easy matter to tral
live elk this winter, and the depart
ment will be glad to undertake tn
work providing any applications ar
received. 1t costs about $40 a hea'
to trap and ship an elk, and not les
than a carload-about 80 animals
is handled at a time.
Conrad-Thcre appeared in a loca
paper under the caption, "Tetol
county 20 years ago." an item tina
E. E. Leach was going to ship 500
sheep from Great Fails to eastern
markets. The next day a man witt
baggage already to ship stepped int
) the newspaper office and asked wher
he would be able to get an interview
, with Mr.. Leech, as ne wanted to G.