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


The Montana supreme court has up
held the classified property taxation
law.
Acreage seeded this fall to winter
wheat in Montana will fall far short
of the acreage seeded last year. ac-
cOrding to reports made from IL coun-
ties to CliaS y. Greenfield, state CONF
missioner of agriculture and publicity.
The growing importance Of corn in
the crop scheme Of Montana is indicat-
ed by the fact that it yielded from to
II bushels per acre under the same
conditions where spring wheat yielded
from to s bushels.
]. NJ. Kennedy of Libby, publisher Of
weekly newspaper and former state
commissioner Of agriculture and pub
licity, has been selected as business
manager of the Anaconda Standard
to succeed w. A. Bower who recently
resigned to devote his time to his oil
interests in Texas.
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When james w. Altman. a petty of
ficer of the navy. arrived in Missoula
last week to surprise his wife, he was
himself surprised. for he found her
living at local hotel as the wife Of
Corporal Raymond Pugh, stationed at
the army recruiting station in Mis-
soula. He had the pair arrested ana
the woman was sentenced to 30 days in
Jail and the man was fined $50
Request for information regarding
the administrative plan Of the Mon
tana workmen's compensation law has
been received by the state industrial
accident board from state officials Of
Alabama, where compensation law
| recently was enacted and will become
operative on January l, 1920.
. .
BY the end of 1919 Montana resi-
dents will have spent $51, 1850 in
motor vehicles of all kinds. according
to figures compiled from the registra-
ton of motor cars, motorcycles. trucks
and motor bicycles. To date there are
registered $500 motor vehicles. in
Guiding cars and trucks. an increase
from last year of 6.OOO machines.
The movement Of western Montana
sugar beets to the Billings factory Of
the Great Western Sugar company has
begun. The crop is valued at $780,
600. or 10000 tons. 1t will take about
10 days to move this crop, it is thought.
Nearly every mining camp around
| n,0n l,o,
start of big silver mining is pending.
according to prominent mining men
who point to renewed activities
throughout the mines in the Helena
district, and the developments Of
properties by the investment Of much
eastern and other outside capital
Repeated quarrelS over ranch
resulted in the murder of Andrew
5 cob Maxi. owner OF the ranch. near
Roberts. The double killing was done
with a single shot. 12-guage shotgun.
In the presence of the wife Of the
murdered man.
A. r. Day. of Anaconda. IS years
old, drove his Ford off Howell point
: on the Libby-Troy road. The car
crashed and hurtled 200 feet down the
n slope and stopped, a mass Of junk
!. The aged driver was shaken out about
), so feet below the road. chung to the
q slope, and is practically unhurt.
"a Acting under an order of the Mon
|. tana public service commission the
II Havre Natural Gas company has dis
q continued the furnishing Of gas for
y heating or Industrial plants and has
given notice to all such consumers OF
such discontinuance. This action was
10 taken due to the inadequate supply oi
r, gas and with the idea of looking frs,
IT to the needs of the domestic con
10 sumerS.
Il Petitions are being circulated among
r. Shriners of eastern Montana for til.
, establishment in Billings OF tempt,
N of the Ancient Arabic Order, Noble.
n. of the Mystic Shrine. The petitions
10 will be presented, it is contemplated
n and the forthcoming session of Algeri:
10 temple at Helena and Bagdad tempt,
~. at Butte. with which all Montan;
Oh Shriners are now affiliated.
" At the recent election in Billing
81, both the 100000 storm sewer bon
he issue and the $4,000 park improve
"a. ment bond issue carried, the forme
IS by majority OF % votes and the In
ny Ter by majority OF 35.
he
tie Mining operations in the old minin
of town of Bannack are again taking "a
of new life and with the incorporate
he of a new company the Bannack Mil
to ing and Milling company, several .
mt the best claims will be worked IN 6
IN. pacity. 1t is the intention of the ne.