The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-31

been WantOnly slaughtered by hunters
in Mineral county, according to an Of |
fetal report to headquarters of forest
service district No. at Missoula. The
animals were rounded up in pasture
and shot as they ''milled' helplessly. |
They were protected under the law
which designates certain districts Of
the state within which they must not
he shot. They were accustomed to
man.
Hubert McGinty. a merchant of East
Helena. established precedent In a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy filed
in federal court Mt Helena, in which he
gave among other assets, deposits of
$2.261 in a local bank. His total liza
bilities were listed at $S,494 and his
assets at $5,477, of which he claimed
1906 exempt. Among the assets is
listed IN automobile valued ut 500,
and debts due on open accounts $1,516.
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Good results are being obtained
throughout the state in the campaign
for full weight loaves, inaugurated by
Secretary of State Charles Il. Stewart,
according to word received in his Of
flee, and the circular to all county au-
ditors and deputy inspectors calling
for inspection of weights of lOaves is
being complied with, reports show.
The law Is being observed generally
in the counties reporting, with the ex-
ofs foSr
Work is to begin shortly on brick
building Mt the state tuberculosis sani-
tarium at Galen to take care of about
30 patients at a cost of approximately
$4,000. Plans have been approved
for the building and Superintendent
G. E. X. Vidal ordered to proceed with
the construction.
The mammoth skeleton in possess
sion of Octave Forth of Tregon may
he turned over to the Smithsonian in
stitute ut Washington. This is the
advice given DR.. Scion h. Stone of
Troy. by Judge w. Y. Pemberton, his
tOrical librarian, to whom the COM
municatiOn was given by Secretary of
State Charles r. Stewart. The state
has no museum to care for the man.
moth.
For the first time in years wheat Is
being shipped into Montana for mill
Bailey, big grain dealer with offices
in Helena. Mr.. Bailey said the ship
ments are coming largely from the
west and from Nebraska and the
shortage Of cars is being felt by grain
dealers in the middle west.
Mrs. Harry Richards Of Marysville
has been awarded 4,o25 in lump set
Element by the state industrial acct
dent board for the death Of her hus-
band, who fell to his death in an ore
chute at the Gloster mine in Helena re-
Gently. Strange fatality has followed
Mrs. Richards, according to informa-
ton received by the board. Three
husbands. brother and son have all
been killed accidentally in mines.
After having carried bullet in his
shoulder the last 10 years. w. c. Tay-
Tor, patrolman Of the Butte police
force. has decided that if his health
is to be saved the bullet must be re-
moved. and he has accordingly de-
cided to submit to such an operation.
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Crop failures have not damDened
the ardOr of farmers in the northern
part of the state according to Chan
cellOr e. c. Elliott. who has returned
to Helena from trip to the state
experiment stations in Hill and Blaine
counties. He reports that farmers are
| going ahead with fall work and are
preparing to put in good crops again
next spring.
Seed buyers from the east and mid
die west are now securing Montana for
choice alfalfa seed and their efforts
are bringing raising tendency to the
| Montana market. according to seed
men of the state. The prices this
year are the highest ever paid for the
| NAOuNNLN pAouuSls WHICH Is T0CO$sulZeU
as the premier of its class in the
! country.
A Washington dispatch says the sen.
ate has passed and sent to the house
a bill by Senator Walsh Of Montana,
providing for opening of the Crow In.
dian reservation in Montana. Under
the bill 100000 acres would be avail.
able for settlement and the Indians
would be allowed to homestead 800
acres and sell the remainder of the al.
l0tments.
Barracks for the accommodation of
federal troops to be quartered in Butte
permanently are to be constructed in
South Butte. according to information
arising in that city. 1t is said the gov.
ernment intends constructing barracks
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