The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-24
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

Members of the Afissoula County
War Veterans association have passed
| resolutions bitterly condemning an adj
| dress delivered by the Rev. $. II. Gate
~, of the Episcopal church ut Mis-
soula. in which he stated that "they
would steal anything they could lay
their hands on-the soldiers and sail
ors, both British and American One
had to keep his eye on his equipment
| all the time."
Receipts from the state land sale at
Fort Benton were S144,647, according
to Sidney Miller, register of state
lands. and his assistant. George r.
Hopkins, who conducted the sale. The
total number of acres sold was S.1o7.
and the average price per acre was
$3.50. One small tract was sold for
$40 per acre. All Of the land is in
ChOuteau county. The state has sold
10000 acres during the present year
for total of $2,247,OOO.
An ancient balancing scale, used in
the curly days to weigh gold at Fort
Benton has been brought to Helena
and placed in the collection of curios
IN the office OF Fl. s. Magraw, state
bank examiner. 1t was brought in by
Il. n. Hawkins, assistant to Mr.. Ma
graw. who recently visited Fort Ben
ton on business mission.
Prof. F. G. Snow has rendered his
resignation as assistant instructor of
CIVIL engineering at Montana State
college and will take position Janu-
airy as head Of the civil engineering
department of the Georgia School Of
Technology at Atlanta, Ga. succeeding
Prof. X. G. Kneale, formerly of the
college at Bozeman, who is planning to
engage in business.
Modern steel fire escapes are to be
installed on all of the buildings of the
state Industrial school at Miles City.
according to an announcement by the
state board OF examiners, following
recommendations made by State Fire
Marshal r. $. Mentrum. Mr., Mentrum
ana State Auditor George r. Porter. in
whose department the state fire pre-
vention bureau is included recently
completed tour of inspection ut all
STATE institutions. Changes and inn
provements which they recommended
have been ordered by the board Of
examiners.
Of the two methods of putting in
tlme IN acquiring title to homestead.
living on the land or serving in the
army, James Manitiu has chosen the
latter. He has filed on a homestead
near Stearns, following this action nv
enllstlng at Helena for three years in
the army.
The railroad administration has
granted the same rates on livestock
shipments from the northern states to
Colorado. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas.
New MeXlco and Arizona as have for
several years applied for like shin.
mehts from those states north. The
schedule. effective October &, has heen
received by Montana traffic officials
of the Northern Pacific.
The Nippon Fire Insurance companv
OF Toxic, Japan, has been Admired
by State Auditor George p. Porter to
carry on reinsurance business in this
state. This is the third oriental in.
surance company to enter this state.
Both the others are from China.
Livestock shipments from points ON
the Northern Pacific from Livingston
west to the Idaho line average 1884,
per cent greater from May to August.
inclusive. this year than they did in
the same period of 1913, according 10
ilgures announced by the Northern Pa
cine traffic office in Helena. In the
part OF the state east of Livingston
'he shipments were much greater.
railroad officials declare.
Ihree thousand dollars for the four
tons OF onions raised on less than an
acre OF the Alley farm near Libby in
the proceeds received by William Nor.
gan.
A group of IA Rumanian shepherd.
ers has left Montana for Indian Har.
DOR ILL.,, to get their passports vised
by the Rumanian consul and to return
10 their home for six months visit
10 Try to locate relatives of whom they
said they have received no word since
the war started five years ago. They
all intend to return to the United
States.
Frank l.. Mann of Billings has Just
received notice Of his promotion from
the position of district deputy collec-
TOR OF internal revenue in Montana to
that OF general deputy collector, with