The Ronan pioneer., 1917-01-26
THE STAT e.

Billings-C. l.. Wilcox, rancher
of this vicinity, lost $50 sheep in one
night last week in wind and snow
storm. He places his loss at $4,000,
as only the pelts of the dead sheep
could be saved.
Butte-The Anaconda Copper Min
Ing company produced more copper
IN 1916 than any other individual
mining company. With the enlarged
smelters In full swing, the output
was 36,900,000 pounds.
Sweetgrass-A meeting of citizens
Will probably be called within a few
days to consider the question of in
cooperating this town. Sweetgrass
has grown considerably within the
past year and the need is felt for i'm
provements that might be obtained
under city government.
Butte-A site at the northwest
corner of West Park and Washington
streets has been purchased for $685.
600 for the new 100000 Young
Mems Christian association building.
The lot is 1875 by 100 feet. The
building will probably be four
story structure.
Fort Benton-Articles of incor-
poration have been filed with the
secretary of state by the Spring
Creek Livestock company, of Fort
Benton, with a capital stock of $780,
900. The incorporators are Jos. S.
Brown and Henry Bucholz, of this
city, and John B. Rauch and J. l..
Stuart of Lewistown.
Forsyth-The Rea ranch, consist
ing of about $4,000 acres and lying
from one to five miles north of For
syth, has been sold to the Clockskin
Land and Loan company Of this CITY,
The price paid was not disclosed. The
plan Of the purchasers is to divide
the ranch up into smaller tracts,
which will be sold to settlers.
Roundup-Fiye sections of coal
bearing land south of Klein have
been sold by the Northern Pacific
railroad to the Republic Coal COM
pany for a consideration said to be
less than $4,000. 1t is presumed the
Republic company made the pur-
chase for the purpose of extending
it's workings at Klein. A bill is be-
fore congress which would author
ize the secretary of the interior to
sell the Republic company an ad-
ditional 1000 acres of coal land.
Havre-Harry l.. Downs of Den
yer has filed for record IA leases for
oil and gas on farm lands just south
and east of St. Joseph. The leases
provide that drilling for oil and gas
must be begun by June IL, 1917, or
in lieu thereof the lessor can collect
25 cents per acre per year in advance
on all lands under lease. If Oil or
gas is found in marketable quantities
the lessons are to receive 5000 year
for all gas wells payable in advance,
and one-tenth of the output OF all Oil
wells.
Roundup-More than 400 persons
of school age have come to Mussel-
shell county since the last apportion-
ment of school money. In some dis
tricts farm buildings have been rent
ed for school purposes. There are in
the county 72 school districts with a
total of 11S buildings in which 100
teachers are given employment, an
increase of 80 teachers over last
year. In virtually every district the
buildings are crowded and the prob
lem of providing sufficient room is
a serious one.
Stanford.-A movement has been
started in towns Of the Judith basin
adjacent to the Little Belt to stock
that range further with elk. 1t is
proposed that each Of the smaller
towns raise 500 and that Lewis
town contribute $500. Deputy Game
i Warden Weaver, who is encouraging
the movement, says 800 will pay for
catching and transporting ten elk
from Yellowstone park to the Little
Belt mountains, and it is figured
that if as much money is raised as is
expected 100 elk will be released in
the hills before spring.
Harlem-In one year the depo IS
of the Harlem banks have doubled.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National bank
of that city it was shown that the
deposits, according to statement of
December 27, were SAT- ,602.44,
compared with 1924, ,163.02 on De-
cember 81, 1915. d ring the same
period the total footing increased
from $297,667.S7 to $512,667.87. At
} the meeting Of the stockholders of
the Blaine County State bank it was
} brought out that the deposits in a
! year had increased from $5S, ,690.74
to $120,S65.84, more than 100 per
cent.