The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-29
State Topics

Helena-House passed $4,000, 900
drouth aid bill.
Observation-Disclosures plant to be
developed on Grave creek.
Saco-98 per cent sign up for North
Milk River irrigation project.
Legislature could help farmers by
repeating fish license law.
Bainville-Roosevelt county will
spend 100000 on highways.
Clearing house to help farmers in
dry section established at Billings.
Is it not time the business elements
of the community get into a fair and
square frame of mind toward public
utilities and allow them to make mon
ey the same as any other business.
PAYER roads will link all national
scenic parks in western states.
Scobey-$145, 754.1O contract let for
construction of water and sewerage
system.
oSxOS llOoUly X
land sells for $100 per acre.
Butte is paving many streets and
is having cement cutters put in.
Great Falls-Anaconda was one
company which responded with alacrity
to Washington's call for manganese,
expanding $4,000 here for construc-
ton of a ferro-manganese plant.
About 1000 tons of ferro were produ-
ced which the company had to sell at
a sacrifice after having held it for
months and being threatened with a
still greater loss. 1t is now producing
carbide in the furnaces but hopes to
yet be able to produce ferro-manga-
nese.
Shelby let's $10,45O contract for con-
struction of new sewer system.
Ronan-Up-to-date cold storage
plant and meat market to be erected.
Helena-Modern hotel for tourists
to be built here.
Helena-Contracts for three new
road projects in Montana let for $685.
$40.
socialist demands for government
al price regulation will not be heed
ed-they should not be. The law pro-
vides means for curbing profiteers,
but we must accommodate ourselves
to the fact that basic prices, for prod
uce and labor and manufacturers will
remain comparatively high for a long
time, perhaps until the world has re-
covered from war, possibly perman-
ently.'-The Union, Indianapolis.
Dillon-Shipment of $4,000 rainbow
trout fry planted i. streams.
Wheat in Flathead valley yielding
IL to % bushels per acre.
Bids on 2 bridges across Missouri
river at Great Falls to be opened on
August rs. Estimated cost $467, 900.
Montana winter wheat yield aver
ages 5.5 bushels per acre.
Roosevelt Memorial association from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana met at Portland, Ore, August
10. Montana's quota $4,000.
Harlem Milling Co. now grinding
1919 wheat.
Havre-Hill county to vote on $780,
900 bond issue to provide seed for
farmers.
The milk wagon drivers want $55 a
week and six hour day. The railroad
firemen want increased wages, auto
matte feeders to fire the engines and
two firemen on the large engines to
watch the automatic feeder work.
Higher wages, less work, and shorter
hours is the slogan. The cost of high
living has only started if this program
Of decreased work and production is
continued.
Whitefiah-Local businessmen form
$40 900 corporation. To establish
creamery here.
Observation-Disclosures of temper
AIRY dam across north channel of Miss
oala river as site Of new theatre be-
gun.
Liviayst1n-Work on concrete
bridge acros Yellowstone river, on
Livingston-Helena park-to-park high
way commenced.
Cut Bank-City council awards
1872, 488 contract for sidewalks.
Belt-City council lets $21 $50 con-
tract for water plant improvements.
Missoula-Beet acreage in Bitter
Root valley to be doubled next season.
Wolf Point-site purchased for $685.