The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-14
| MONTANA NOTES |
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSElY TOLD

/ >o''SS NV mystery winch mas sur
rounded the finding Of Il trail of blood
in the Hell Roaring country by Gartli-
! her residents last February. Both
rect had been frozen from the body. 1t
IS believed that the victim was caught
| III the severe storms of last NOvem-
her ana after spending several weeks
~ ranger cabin was forced to leave
when II" supply Of food and fuel be-
| came exhausted. lie travelled away
IRON civilization instead nf toward It
| ana fi"'lhdeivtl in the snow. freezing
both feet and finally lyin. from ex-
posture.
Interest In Ml,S>elShell cn,,nty's lost
sapphire mine WAS revived by the an.
h"uncrment by J. ". cadt. :, rancher
1T the Emory district. that he has
discovered some exceptionally fine
specimens an his ranch Mr.. ('nde
snbstanti;te> bis story by producing
the goods. and four of the gems now
IN possession OF citizens Of Roundup
w"nl'' seem t" Indicate that his field
may prove to he Of great value.
comparison by County Clerk John T..
Moran Of Cascade county of animal,
statements issued by Mon,ana's sew
"ral counties establishes the fact that
III '"I!' Cascade had II higher taxable
variation than any other county in the
state. In actual valuation It ranks
second. hut for taxation purposes it
exceeded Silver Bow. it's closest CON.
petitor. by $3.OOO.OOO.
Figures compiled by Secretary of
State e. 7. Stewart show that rs
companies have been formed, in the
state Of Montana since January I To
explore for oil. \ total Of 1877 oil
companies have been formed in Mon.
tana since January I. 1910.
Montana is one Of the four states.
the war department has announced
that had not Il general officer serving
In the World war.
me new high school building i'm
shelby has been completed. This is
Il "'le-st"ry. mission plan building. in
the center of which is huilt }, uynn,.
Stun. \ stage is built at one end Of
the gym and cla>SroOmS on all the
'ther sides. This $4O.O,W building vii,
accommodate" about 100 pupils. 1t has
wen equipped stage and commercial
ana domestic science departments.
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IN spite Ut the fact that the only
bih FOR its construction was consider.
AMY higher than the estimate ,ho
city council Of Ryegate has Lot tho con.
'ract Tor the new municipal wafer
works. Work is tn start imme,]io,e,v
anu I" be completed by October
The sewer system which is also to no
hnlIt. and for which no bids were 20.
'elVeh. will he readvprtiSe,l. and an.
other effort will he made To- secnr.
It's construction. After several disus-
tr"nS fires. which could have been
averted by modern fire fighting fo-
cllitie>. Ryegate Will take no moro
chances
IW" circulars recently issued nj
the Montana experiment station of es.
p'cla interest in Montana at this time.
are "l'ry Farming in the Plains A"e;
OF Montana. and "A Further Repor,
IN Montana Climate" Considerable,
demand is evidenced for each of the
'ircularS.
-
y subcommittee nf the house COM
Mite" on Indian affairs will vi>i, the
tiathead and Crow reservations in
May.
In the recent municipal election NJ
Grass Range the total returns rs nm.
noun'td hy the Judges gave Oscar +
Hintl'art for mayor II majority of one
vote over Frank +. Miles. II bunker and
the opposing candidate. \ proceeding
mas been initiated al Iewi>town 1o
contest the election of Mr.. Rhine
hart upon the ground that in one of
the awards. the judge allowed persons
MOI qualified as electors to vote. and
alleging that of the legal vnreS cast, |
MI. Miles has !: majority.
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Although ::' city and county health |
Officers "f Montana failed tn reporr
diseases for last week. the
state is in the midst of IL mild epi- |
demic Of measles which has increased
from III to 1870 new cases during the
week.
"i'"re is Il decided tendency to es-
tah'ish Il teachers training course in
me high schools of Montana and
many are awaiting themselves of these
rou''Se> since there has been II gem
rrai increase in teachers salaries"
Miss May rrumper. state s,lperintend-
pnt OF public instruction reports
after II trip through the eastern part
IT the state. Already more than 20
high schools have installed the courses
md many girls are taking them.