The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-25
THE STATE

Ismay-A company has been or
g~anized to drill for oil near Ismay .
Whitefsh-J. E. Skyles, mayor Of
Whitefish and resident of the towr
for 81 years, is dead.
BOulder-Bertha w. Heagan has
been appointed postmistress at Elk
horn.
Deer Lodge-Robert Stage, a resi-
dent of Deer Lodge for more than SO
years, is dead.
Dillon-A movement has been
started here looking to the erection
of a Y. M. G. A. building.
G1asgow-During the past week
27 aliens have been given citizenship
by Judge H. G. Hall.
Helena-The quarantine on hay
shipped from certain parts of Idaho
has been lifted.
Butte-The clerks union of Butte
is back of a movement looking to the
adoption of the daylight saving plan.
Great Falls-Peter Duffy of Butte,
moonshiner who vas caught running
a still, has been sentenced to six
months in jail.
Great FalIs-Of 20 criminal de-
PENDANTS who appeared before the
federal court here recently, Is were
bootleggers.
Miles City,. M. Kreidler, 81
years of age, is dead. For years he
was editor of the Stockgrowers'
Journal.
Roundup-The Great Western Oil
company, a Miles City concern, will
commence drilling operations in the
near future.
Helena-The state highway COM
mission will receive bids for three
federal aid projects, located in Sill
yer Bow, Wibeau and Carter count
les, on March 10.
resent the local branch at the ex-
e%cutive committee meeting of the
American legion to be held in Wash
ington March %.
Helena-C. A. Whipple, state land
agent, says indications for a bumper
crop throughout the central portion
of the state we're never better at this
season of the year.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS is a can
didate for the 1921 district conven-
ton of rotary clubs. The district
comprises the states of Montana,
Idaho and Utah.
Great Falls-F. J. Huba, a local
artist, has painted a large portrait
of Brother VAN Orsdel,. for the
Van Orsdel Methodist Episcopal
church of Havre.
Bozeman-Mrs. Georgia G. Roose-
welt of the Agricultural college ex-
tension department is conducting
sewing and millinery classes in
various communities about the state.
Butte-City detectives James l..
Casey and James Cusick, members of
the Butte police department, have
been discharged following their hear
ing on charges of extortion.
Livingston-Fish and game clubs
of Montana will be asked to send re-
representatives. to meet with the game
and fish commission to discuss
changes in game laws. The confer
ence will be held in a few weeks.
Gilman-The Wymont Oil COM
pany, which has taken over the hold
ings of the Sun River Oil company,
will drill the bore of the old COM
pany now down 1900 feet to a depth
of 300 felt.
Helena-The weekly report of the
q Oo1 vi hOd1bh lAo1SabOo bAI
influenza has about run it's course.
During the epidemic 6,165 cases
reported with 206 cases for the
current week.
Great Falls - Local knights of
are planning the erection
of a 100000 building. f. r. Van
de Putte is president of the Columbia
corporation which has the undertake
ing in charge.
Helena-George Dyer, who while
being taken to the ~penitentiary in
January 1914 escaped from the Of
ficers has been located in the Colo
RADIO State prison. He will be
brought back to Montana to serve
out a 10 year sentence.
Helena-A labor shortage in Mon
Jana as soon as spring opens is the
prediction of Major Charles L. Sheri-
Ian, federal director of employment
Montana. Requests are pouring
INTO his office for help which he is
able to supply.
Observation-Disclosures Logan, former
mayor and postmaster of Missoula,
las found fortune in the oilfields of
where he has spent the
past two years. 1t is stated that he
las disposed of his holdings near
Casper for 100000.
Twin Bridges-Fred Bryant, con-
yicted of trapping beaver unlawfully,
vas fined 500. Bryant who was
given a license to trap beaver On his
,wn property, authorized two others
trap, and caught beaver on the
property of others.
Livingston-There has been a very
loss of elk on account of [
weather. conditions in the Yellow
tone park country, according to for
.stry officials. The early reports t
we're to the effect that thousands f
lad persisted from the cold and lack ]
# forage. {
Dillion-The ranch property of t
ohm Peterson, one of the largest t
under fence in Beaverhead s
ounty, has been sold to William Car I
er and associates of Spokane. 1t in {
olives $4,000 acres of irrigated land,
900 head of cattle and 800 head of
.orses, the consideration being $780, e
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