The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
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organized. 40 oo'ne
Phiilipsburg-A rifle club ia beins
organized here.
GlasgoW-The Shannon hotel will
be enlarged to 12O rooms.
butte-A modern Hotel To cost
SoOo'oOO Is planned for Butte.
AvlngstOn-An ornamental street
Hghtlng system is to be installed
here.
Baker - Warren Armington NJ
Pueblo, will build 200 barrel flour
mill here.
Fort Benton-The Chouteau conn.
ty fair will be held September II
10 and 20.
Gilman. S. Poole has Dur
chased 5000 head of sheep from
John Gingass.
Big Sandy-The contract has been
let for construction of water and
sewer systems.
Havre-Crop prospects for this
season were never better at this sea-
son of the year.
Great Falls.-The Great Northern
Will make shop improvements to the
extent of 100000.
Billings-A five story APARTMENT
house, to cost 100000 will be con-
structed Immediately.
Billings-Great floods and ice gorg-
es are expected along the Yellow
stone river this spring.
Harlem - Thomas Buckley has
sold 1900 head of sheep to J. Sta
pier for $11.50 per head.
Malta-The Malta creamery will
establish an ice cream factory in con-
nectlon with the business.
LeWistOWn-Gambl raided one
night recently paid fines into the city
treasury aggregating $4,000.
Fort Benton-The county author
tiles have decided to establish a fer
ry across the Missouri river at Car
ter.
Roundup-Roundup is to have a
city auditor, who will be in effect a
city manager, at salary of $1,000
per year.
Helena-A home guard company,
composed of men between the ages
OF IS and 60 years, is being organ
lied here.
HarloWton - The Continental
Bank and Trust company has been
organized here by local men. The
capital is $4,000.
Great Falls-The labor differ
ences have been adjusted. Both sides
have agreed to submit all future
wage problems to arbitration.
acknowledgements Stewart is con-
sldering the advisability of creating
a commission with the idea of in
creasing the seeded area this year.
Plains-For the first time in Is
years the farmers of this section
have been obliged to ship in hay. It
Is costing from $25 to $35 laid down
Helena-Montana at present con-
tains 10000 Catholics, according to
the 1917 edition of the official Cath
Ole directory, published in New
York.
Billings-Over 100 farmers are in
terested in the Yellowstone Farmers
Cooperative Seed Company, just in
corporated with a capitalization of
$4,000.
Hanover-Work on the $1,000
600 cement plant to be erected here.
is being pushed. A large hotel has
been erected to accommodate the
workers.
Butte-All air entering the new
Rialto Thrayer will be washed. It
will be pumped through a thin sheet
Of water, which will catch all the
dust particles.
Billings-The Billings budget for
city government for the ensuing year
amount to $1O1,190. The police de-
oartment has an appropriation of
$50, 160, the largest single item,
Helena-There is invested in the
larry industry In the state, according
% the figures of Dairy Commissioner
\. G. Scholes, $17,775, 900, while the
annual production is worth $11,252,-
200.
Butte. D. Hemple has sold his
'tock and sheep outfit, near Melrose,
or $S7,500. He has also disposed
# his Alder gulch land and sheep
interests to Louis R. Hanson for
'62.50O.
Red Lodge-Red Lodge has &C
epted the proposal of the Carnagie
oundation, which was to build a
$4,000 library building, providing
he city would guarantee its main
enance.
Iewistown-Fred De Meanwhile
viii ship 5000 head of cattle into
lontana in May to be sold to the
anchors of northern Montana. The
attic are Herefords, Durhams and
Black Polls.
Deer Lodge-Frank Conley, ward
n of the penitentiary, has been
lected mayor of Deer Lodge for the
eventeenth time. In point of con-
lnuous service he is the oldest may
r in Montana.
Great Falls-Adjustment of labor
differences here has started build
lg boom of proportions. 1t is esti-