The Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1918-1919, 1919-05-08
MONTANA NOTES |
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

lighters WHO gave up tllelf lives uuI-
ing the war.
A chapel and assembly hall are be-
ing ,rected at the state penitentiary
at Deer Lodge by the prisoners, ac-
cording to members of the state board
of examiners. The prisoners are max
ing the brick, SO the cost to the state
will be small
The Security State bank of Dillon
is paying the children of that commu-
nifty a premium for silver dollars. In
stead of paying express charges on sill
yer dollars shipped from the east, the
Dillon concern has decided to give the
youngsters the benefit. For every 10
silver dollars they present at the bank
they are given Il $40 currency note and
dime besides.
c. N. Davidson, United States com
missioner at Bolton. has been appoint
ed assistant attorney general of Mon
tana. to succeed Il. l.. Mitchell. re-
signed. Attorney General S. G. Ford
made the announcement. Mr.. Davidson
was a practicing attorney in Butte for
a number of years before moving to
Bolton.
According to the announcement from
| the Silver Bow Employers association,
| 9S per cent of the employers have vot
| ed in favor of keeping wages in Butte
| at the present level. The other two per
| cent would like to revise the wages
| downward. This view is taken be
cause there has been no perceptible re-
ducton in the cost of living up to the
present time. Wartime wages are
pretty generally in effect throughout
the country. according to statistics fur
niShed by the government in its labor
bureau reports
| The Helena office of the United
| States employment bureau announces
that 100 ranch hands could be placed
| in that vicinity. The demand for labor
exceeds the supply in numer of in
| GuStricS.
| Considerable interest is being taken
by other land owners in project I'M
dertaken by A. J. Cummings for the
irrigation of $40 acres on Sadie Bot
tom. in Custer county. by pumpir g
from the river. An irrigatiun eng-
neer who has been employed to look
after the project estimates the install
| latiOn charge will be about SIS an acre
and the maintenance charge ST year.
Crude oil will be used in the engines
driving the pumps and it is said that
power for pumping can be generated
by the use of three fourths of a pint of
oil per horsepower for each hour the
engine is run.
Joseph Farquahar. representa-" Hal
lowell X Donald of Boston, annOunc.
ed in Great Falls the purchase at Har-
lowton of the Glenny clip at - cents
the pound This is the second high
est price automatically reported, the
other bring for the Snyder wool ut
Billings, for which 60 cents pound
was paid.
While State Game Warden !. l.. De
Hart was at the state fish hatchery
at Georgetown lake. near Anaconda
he caught rainbow trout weighing
20 pounds, 81 inches long and meas
uring 14h inches around the middle
The trout was caught in the fish traps
and will probably be exhibited at the
State fair next fall. \ special tank
has been prepared for the big fellow
by the officials of the hatchery.
The Wife of Lieut. Fletcher Wool
ston of Forsyth sustained slight in
jurieS when the Curtis arplane il
which they We're travelling from Bill
!, lings to Forsyth was unable to main
tain its equilibrium owing to cross III
, currents, compelling a forced landing
, at the eastern edge of Billings. Tn,
!, airplane was totally wrecked Mrs
Woolston is the daughter of Senate
; J. +. Edwards of Rosebud county
Lieutenant Woolston was uninjured.
, Hunting and fishing licenses for 1911
expire May l, and Game Warden J. J.
DeIIart estimates 100000 new license
will be required for 1919. ReSiden
licenses cost $50, nonresident hunt
ing and fishing licenses $50. non-resi
; dent feathered game and fishing Ii
!, censes Sl5. alien fishing licenses $:
and alien big game licenses So, an
the alien license to possess firearms
$50.
Sidney Sanner. formerly an assoc
ate justice of the Montana suprem
court who resigned to enter the lega
, department of the army as major. ha