The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-11
THE STATE

Cut Bank-Two hundred citizens
OF Cut Bank are i'll in al unpreced.
ented wave of epidemics.
Great Falls-Alumi of the Univer.
sity of Minnesota who live in Mon
tana are planning a reunion to be
held on March 13 in Great Falls.
Helena - During February t h {
state loans on improved farm lands
amounted to $112,50O, bringing the
total of state loans to s3,542,820.
Helena-At close of business Feb
rary 29 Montana had a balance OF
$2,835,884, according to H. l.. Hart,
state treasurer.
Livingston-Jack Teal of Glasgow
has been made ranch superintendent
of the Hill-McClelland Land & Cattle
company at Livingston, succeeding
R. P. McClelland.
quicksilver Bow county ranked
first, Lewis & Clark second and Cas-
cade third in the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals, according to Sarah
Morse, chairman for the state.
Butte-Montana men between the
ages of Is and 81 examined for mill
tary service were acceptable accord
ing to army standards, reports of the
draft boards show.
Great Falls-A special train from
Great Falls to the annual meeting
of the Montana Stockgrowers ~associa-
ton at Billings in April is considered
an assured fact.
Great Falls-The annual Great
Falls Auto show will be held late in
March in the big building of the Mon
tana Distributing company on Cen
trail avenue
Great Falls-The campaign for
funds to support Boy Scout work in
Great Falls has been successfully
handled by the Rotary club which
has raised $4,000 for that purpose.
Bainville-A well-attended meet
ing of members of the Northeast
Montana Farmers Cooperative Ele-
vator association was held on March
5, with a strong program.
Missoula-The Montana Bowling
association will hold a statewide
tournament on March 20-25 at Mis-
soula, and many entries have been
received from all over the state.
Butte-Charles Swanson, former
president of the Butte city council,
was shot and killed by an unknown
assailant, and the cash which he
carried was not removed from his
clothing by his assailant.
Helena-The special rate from the
southwest on shipments into the
state on cottonseed cake and meal,
and on linseed oil meal and cake
from the east, will be continued until
April l..
Joplin - The final creation of
county has forced some
changes locally, one of them being
the adoption by the Hill County
Leader, a local paper, of the new
name the North Montana Enterprise.
Livingston-Only n bid was
made for 100000 worth of paving
a district proposed for Livingston
and the city council rejected it on
the ground that the cost was ex-
cessive.
Livingston-The local factory of
the W. M. Finck Overall Company of
Detroit will be rebuilt during the
year. The recent fire caus-
a loss of $1,000 600 of which only
800, 900 was covered by insurance.
Glasgow-Masons of Glasgow have
secured the site for the construction
If a Masonic temple and club house.
Work will be started soon, and the
structure complete is estimated to
cost 100000.
Observation-Disclosures of a bust
block of II stories and a eight
story hotel for Helena at a cost of
$4,000 600 is f%orecasted by an
option filed on Haymarket Square at
! consideration of $4,000.
misunderstanding to Bishop r. j.
Jooke, the northwestern Methodist
comprising Montana, North
Dakota and Idaho, has raised the
UNI of $2,043,00O for schools, col
eyes and hospitals during the past
our years.
HeIena-The peak in the influenza
vave in the state has passed by in
he judgement of officials of the
tate board of health, who report that
he total number of influenza cases
isted with them during the past two
lonths is 5,445.