The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-07-09


Forester John c. Van Hook to take
advantage OF the law enacted at the
last session Of the legislature, under
| the terms of Which an appropriations
Of $4,000 was made for the erection Of
Il state forestry building at the State
fair grounds. A condition of the APP
preparation was that in addition to the
amount appropriated by the state.
| 5000 to be secured from other
sources. making $4,000 available for
| the construction Of the building. Mr..
Van Hook Is seeking donations from
| lumber companies and other interested
parties.
In the case Of the Builders Brick
| company. the Butte Sewer Pipe and
| Tile company and the Northwest Coal
company. of Butte. charged with com
bining tn restrain trade. Il jury return
ed verdict Of not guilty after de-
liberating 10 minutes. The case was
before the district court at Butte for
| seven days.
John Arthur. a we'll known resident
OF Klein. was robbed by masked rob
bers at his home in Klein. About mid
| night someone Knocked ut his door and
when he opened it. two masked men
with guns in their hands demanded adj
mittance and ordered him to hand
| over trunk which was supposed to
contain a large sum Of money. The
robbers secured 5000 in coin and sew
eral liberty bonds.
The Butte city council has appro-
priated 5000 for the laying out of
baseball diamond in the south side
park.
Shrfners from many parts Of the
| United States. particularly W. Free
land kendrick Of Philadelphia. imperi-
| al potentant. were present in Helena
last week for the cornerstone LAYING
ceremonfals of the mosque being erect
ed by Algeria temple Of Helena ut a
cost Of S25O.OOO.
Roy smith. aged four. is dead ut
Miles City from injuries received from
the Kick of horse. The child play
fully threw Il tin can which struck
the horse on the hoof.
Leaving note advising his parents
| OF MS intention to end his life. vii.
nam Rollins. age II. committed sui
eide at his home in the town Of Rol.
linS. on FlatheAd lake. by shootiny
himself in the head with a pistol. His
parents and brothers were away from
home at the time. The boy had been
morose and melancholy for some time.
4 death at Roundup from Rocky
Mountain spotted fever is the first fa-
ta'lty in the state this year from the
disease. according to reports received
by the state board Of health. Fig
'lres received by DIR. John J. Sppv.
state epidemiologist. show one new
case of spotted fever in the state for
the week, in Musselshell county.
! Application has been filed at Mis-
s"'lla in the office Of the registrar of
public lands by the Rocky Mountain
company of Butte for permit tn H..
velop waterpOwer on the Flathead
river. The proposed development. it is
declared. would involve construction
OF five dams with an expenditure or
1ive to ten million dollars. The appli-
cation Is the first filed in the state.
under the terms of the new federal
waterpower BILL
ihe Yellowstone National park
opening has broken all previous en-
trance records The private ears en-
terlng the opening day numbered Oh.
ana gate admission of tourists arriving
by train numbered 173. Including
tourists who had toured the park pre-
vious to the official opening. the torol
admissions the evening of the frs,
day numbered Las.
At meeting Of the Livingston CITY
council few weeks ago. in the a,,-
sence OF il couple Of aldermen. a re>o-
lntlon presented by the trades council.
demanding Sc as the wage for all COM
mon labor employed by the municinal-
ity. was adopted. At meeting ,wo
weeks later after warm debate, The
resolution was reScinded. Five dollars
day for common labor is the going
wage in Livingston. and there Is a con.
siderable surplus Of men at the price.
Figures by f. l.. Coleman. traffic.
director OF the Billings Commercial
club. show that during the year 1919
Billings paid the railroads S4.O45 a!a, s.,
for freight and passenger service. and
that of this amount. $2.S7S. .1lo was COL
lected on shipments Of freight. The
figures relate to the Northern Pacific.
Great Northern and Rnrliny.on Wi,