The Daily Missoulian., 1917-03-24
Montana Notes

Montana Notes
Iieutena mt Governor Mcdowell in announcing his
candidacy for governor in 1920 said he believed in
the legislatures meeting in four and for
a four months session.
April is the day the new eight t-hour day for
women goes into effect. 1t appears though most
of the depar stores in the state will open at
o'clock in the morning and close at In the even
ing.
new 100000 theater for Helena will be built
this summer and Is expected to be the finest in the
state. 1t will be named the NARROW after Thomas
a. NARROW, responsible for the enterprise.
Billings has done away with the expense of
primary election. Each candidate an inde-
pendent and there candidates at the NOM
mating election none is held.
This winter was n severe one at Havre The Oc-
tober weather the coldest in Is years, Novem-
ber coolest in five December coldes in 80. January
coldest in four and February the codest since 1911
A 200 pound German walked into the store at
Baker recently and boasted that ne could lick any
seven Americans in the place. One punch from
| Justice Of the Peace f. l.. Mccarthy, 125 pounds
change dthe Teutons mind and he walked out again.
A full page ad will be placed in each Butte paper
Saturday to advertise the GO to Church" Sunday
the next day.
| A New York concern has offered to take all the
beans that the farmers of Montana can raise 1t is
expected that experiments will be made in the state
this year to see if beans can be grown here.
| A homesteadcr of Havre returned to his land one
day recently only to find that nearly completed
house and other improvements had been removed te
spot unknown.
Montana money may keep the industry of shipping
booze into Washington going three weeks longer
Under the Washington state law shpment
cease June o. If referendum be successfully in
| tiated the law will be held up. But on July tn
federal law barring shipments into dry" territor
takes effect. that the time gained would be mere
ly three weeks At that 1t would pay Montana liq
uor interests to aid in putting the referendum
through for it is said that $4,000 worth of booz
could shipped there in that small space of time.
A secret service agent may be sent to Butte t
investigate alleged cases of counterfeiting. TIL
nearest agent at present is in Salt Lake. The sc
cret service branch of the federal government
used almost entirely In the treasurer's departmer
:, now as the department of justice employs speci'
- investigators.
The nucleus of machine company of TT
Montana guard has been organized at Helena
Lieutenant II. N. Johnson.
| Frank Noble of the Butte country club says th
If golf players OF six of the states country clubs
get together. state tourney can be held next sun
y, mcnt lie suggests Butte as the tournament city
- Superintendent Maddox of the Helena schoc
~, has determined to enlist many pupils possit
- in a home gardening corps to aid In reducing t
sb high cost of living.
A campaign against the woodtick will be launch
when the state, board of entomology meets in Mi
-, soua April 7. Drs. Fricks King and Wohlback t
-, latter a bacteriologist of Harvard university. "
continue the research work begun sometime ago.
!, The Helena Independent has been a victim Of t
~ same purveyors of startling rumors that ha
caused the Missoulian force such trouble lately
~ reporter kept busy for hours the other niG
-. denying over the telephone that the president h
-, been shot. One questoner. woman, when inform
NC of Mr. Wilson's safety, cried Thank God"
ict There has been more snow in Helena this win
3D. than during any since 1897.
,rs In a raid fan tan game in Butte the police
ar rested Mongolian who said he,wa the grand m'
ot ter of the Chinese Free Mason society Of San Fra
cir cisco.
We -
u A special officer of the Northern Pacific at 4
:" lings twice forced to flee to the police for pl
lection the other night from sang Of yard switc
men who persisted in bullying him and upon wh'
as he afraid to a new sx-shooter.