The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1919-09-12
Newsof Montana
Brief Notes Concernin1 the
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Nine bushels Of wheat to the acre
were harvested from the state college
farm near Moccasin in
Fergus county this season. This was
from unirrigated land that had been
summer fall"wed last year. The yield
which was much above the average
for dry land in this vicinity indicates
that careful methods will produce nay
ing crops even under the extreme and
abnormal conditions of the past sea-
son.
F. G. Lavigne, chief stock inspector
of Montana, says nine arrests for rust
ling have been made in the state re-
Gently and he thinks the epidemic 10
cured. He said one rustling gang en-
braces Il woman. but he has been un-
able to apprehend her.
The state hail insurance board has
fixed the premium ut $1.2O an acre on
grain and 80 cents on hay.
Beware or you'll be hurt" is the
terse warning given by two farmers to
thieves who have been stripping apple
trees in the vicinity of Libby. The
warning is being published in the form
Of an advertisement in the local news
papers. 1t states that shOtgunS loaded
with salt and shot have been set out
in the orchards, and that anyone who
enters the orchards will do so at his
peril.
NJ. B"urquin overruling a demurrer
filed by William l.. Lippincott. attor.
ney for Howard Rockefeller in the
suit Of the United States against Mr..
Rockefeller on IL charge Of hunting
ducks with a power boat. it was held
that the enforcement of the migra-
tory bird law by the government was
legal and was not in any sense usur-
patton of the powers Of the state.
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State Auditor George p. Porter Is
in New York attending meeting Of
the state insurance officials of Amer
ica. He was joined Mt st. Paul by
W. s. Hosking, actuary of the Mon
tana insurance department. which is a
branch Of Mr.. POrter's office. and both
are taking part in the New York meet
ing.
John \. Edy has assumed his new
duties as chief engineer of the state
highway commission. succeeding Paul
D. Pratt. who resigned to engage in
private business. Reorganization of
the engineering staff is proceeding
as two heads of departments resigned
to engage in business with Mr.. Pratt,
and others are going to nearby states.
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s. L. Peterson has begun his duties
as state high school supervisor, having
been appointed by Miss May Trumper
state superintendent of public instruc.
ton, to replace l.. II. Foote. who re-
| signed to become state vocational di.
| rector. Mr.. Peterson formerly was
superintendent of the Wibaux schools
and principal Of the county high
school.
Miles City dairymen have raised the
price of milk to local consumers to Is
cents Il quart.
Two whiskey stills. three kegs OF
liquor and several demiiohnS pf moon
shine and barrel of homemade beel
were seized by the state when spe
cial Officers employed by the count,
raided Il private residence in Butte.
Judge ]. NJ. Clements. for 1G year,
on the district bench at Helen;
and a resident of the city since 1856
has left for Alaska to assume his du
ties as United States district attOrne,
for the Second division in Alaska. H,
had just recently returned from Wash
ington, where he conferred with Attor
ney General Palmer.
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While playing about chicken hous,
on the ranch of Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma
W. WynkOpp near Roundup, their
three-year-old son, Kenneth. found
bottle of arsenic which had fallen t,
the ground. The child ate SO much o
the poison that death resulted in al
hour and a half.
A report filed with the state compen
sation board, which is gathering Stats
tics on the Americanization of alien
shows that in the quarter ending Jun
80. last. all but 100 of the 7S7 alien
in the employ of the Anaconda Cope
company had taken steps toward nat
uralizatiOn. The figures show tina
few Firms, who once were numerous
remain in the company's employ, an,
that Irish and English predominant.
Governor Stewart will meet Presi
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