The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
News Of Montana
Brief Notes CONCERNING the
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berculosis. !: typhoid fever, ,: small.
rox. :; diphtheria. 3: scarlet fever,
u; measles. j.: German measles, L:
whOOping cough. |; chickenpOx. -;
mtllnps. l: Influenza. >: Rocky noun.
tain spotted fever. =; trachoma, -;
venereal diseases. ~.
Increase of more than $iO.OOO in the
amount of freight and passenger bust.
ness handled by the Libby office of
the Great Northern railway during the
month of June as compared with the
same month in 1918. has led to n move
on the part Of local residents for a
more modern depot there.
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President Alfred Atkinson an i.
nOunces that Prof. J. NJ. Hamilton. his
predecessor. has consented to remain
on the faculty Of the state agricul-
tural college, in the chair of economics.
Reports to the state government
show that Of 7G. employees Of the
Northwestern Improvement company
ut Red Lodge. Il coal mining concern,
$40 are aliens.
Thfrty-Seven natiOnalitieS were rep
resented in the Butte Americunization
school which has closed for the sum
mer recess and will open in September.
There was Il maximum enrolment
since the opening. on January ~ Of
this year. Of 517. Of which number Ala
were men and 1U, women.
Application Of the Monitlah Trust
company to be permitted to reduce it's
rates for water in the city of Living
stOn 70 per cent was approved in an
order handed down by the public util-
tiles commission
One hundred dollars reward has
been offered for any information that
will lead to the whereabouts of Seth
r.. Dodge. superintendent of the I.iv-
ingSton flour mill. who has been MISS
ing since June 3. His wife put up the
reward.
1t is likely that Cardinal Mercier
the Belgian prelate. will be invited
I" visit Helena next fall during his
journey through the United States.
Monsignor Victor Day Of Helena an.
nounces that the matter will be taken
up with Bishop John +. Carroll of the
Helena diocese.
United States Marshal Joseph l..
Asbridse sold six automobiles at Dixon
recently. the cars having been cOnfis.
Gated after being caught in the liquor
traffic on Indian reservations. A total
Of 81 .dss' WAS realized from the sale.
These ears We're sold NJ the following
prices: Buick. $3.50: vele. $40:
bort. 500; Grant. $3.50; Overland.
Sis.
Adjntant General Phil Greenan has
received IA telegram from the war de-
Iartment telling him to have the Mon.
tana rifle team come ut once for the
national rifle matches to be held there
from August : to ~. He had previ.
0uSly received Il message saying thar
the matches had been postponed he.
cause Of the heavy rains in New .Jer-
Sey which had placed the range in bad
condition. There are II men in the
Montana team.
Fishermen from the Big Hole. in the
vicinity of Divide. did IL rushing bust
peSs on the opening day of the public
market in Butte. diSpoSing Of 300
pounds Of whitefi>h ut liz cents IN
less than half an hour. The wagon
was surrounded when it was backed
up To the curb and the Two men sold
the fish as fast as they could handle
them.
After being temporarily in quarters
on AMI off the campus of the Mon
tana State college ut Bozeman for the
past three years. the chemistry de-
partment OF the college is now moy-
ing into one of the most completely
equipped and perfectly arranged chem
zeal laboratories in the United States.
which has just been completed to take
the place "f the building that burned
down nearly three years ago.S
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George and Francis RnZ,lech have
brought suit against the Montana
Ranches company for $1,000 damages,
alleging that the defendant defrautied
them in land sale. selling arid land
with the false representation that It
carried Il water right from Mcclellan
creek. The Roz,lechs say they lived
in Illinois and had to rely on the
statements of the defendants agents.
r. II. Johnson. one Of Miles (ity's
hest known residents. ia dead ut his
home in that city at the age Of q,
Mr.. Johnson was the first mayor of
Miles cipy and was elected to that
office in 1887. Later he served two
terms in the state legislature.