The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
THE STATE

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glst' is Choteau's new postmaster
Drummond-A creamery is abou
to be established here.
Great FalIs-An automobile shoy
will be held here March 1920.
Great Fal1s-There are over 500,
pupils attending the Great Fall
schools.
Great Falls-Woolgrowers predic
that wool will sell nearer 70 cents
than 60 cents this year.
Shelby-Toole county has voted
overwhelmingly in favor of tn,
$150,000 seed bond issue.
White Sulphur Springs - Betty
Smith and Ella Jewell, arrested fol-
selling moonshine whisky, were sen,
fenced to 80 days in the county Jail
Helena-The state board of health
is expected to put into effect an or
der that all eggs shipped into Mon
tana in the future must be candled.
Miles City-The oil excitement has
spread to Milestown. There is a
wild scramble for leases in the Moon
creek district.
: Anaconda - Anaconda Council,
Knights of Columbus, will build a
$150,000 club house this year. A
ond issue is being placed among
local members of the order.
missoula Dependency, brought
on by i'll health caused by injuries
received in railroad wrecks, result
ed in William D. Lane taking his
own life by shooting.
Helena-The navy department will
put on a campaign in the state to
secure sufficient enlistments of ma
tive born Montanans to man the
superdreadnaught Montana.
Missoula-A. l.. Strausz, who has
served Montana for the past two
years as state horticulturist, has
gone to Yakima, Washington, where
he will manage a large orchard.
Missou1a-Beet growers in Mon
lana have been paid a bonus of 81
per ton for all beets sold during
he season of last year. The dis
,ribution was made a few days ago.
Great Falls-Any person whom
he census e~numerators have over
ooked are asked to write the sur
flOOl VI CChOuOg dI G1GdL II dis. 11 lS-
or Billings.
He1ena-State Auditor Poreter is
planning a statewide anti-fire cam
to be staged during the early
.ummer, in an effort to cut down
ire losses, which ave been heavier
han usual recently.
HeIena-Miss Emma Martin, a
lousemaid at the tuberculosis sani-
who fell off a toboggan while
casting and injured herself, has
sked the industrial accident board |
or compensation.
Great Falls - Left Fredericks,
tate placement officer, says excell-
MT progress is being made in Non
ana by the federal vocational board
q its efforts to provide vocational
for disabled soldiers.
Dillon-An irrigation district is
eing organized to include $4,000
cres of land on the bench east of
The water would come from
lrasshopper creek, in connection
18th which a large reservoir would
Q costructed.
Lfvingston-R. P. McClelland,
Walter Hills cattle partner, and one'
the big stockmen of the state, says
Iontana stockmen will have to go
Ito the southern states to stock
anges, depleted by drouth condi-
.ons.
Livingston-Permission has been
btained from the interior depart
tent for the construction of a hard
lrfaced road from Cook City to the
orthern Pacific railroad. The road
ill be used to haul ores from the
ook City district.
Butte-Myrtle C. Thompson of
has written to the Butte
lief of police to ascertain her name
nd age. She was adopted into a
by the name of Thompson
bout &c years ago, and has no
nowledge of her real parents.
Helena - Montana produced g.
10000 tons of coal last year, as
4,532,000 tons during 1918,
lie shrinkage being due to the strike.
bout $500 men are employed in the
Mines are now running
about 95 per cent of capacity.
Helena - While Is 100000 is
,eded for the completion of irriga-
On projects already started or con-
mplated in Montana the fund avail
lie for federal reclamation works
all the arid land states for the
ming year contains only $6,000,-
10. :
Helena-The supreme court has :
icided that George f. Coulter and
ok Mabie of Havre, bondsmen for
long George" Francis must pay
200 to Hill county. Francis, out
bonds disappeared and surrender
after he had been at liberty sever ,
months. =
Miles City-James G. Ramsey, a
oneer newspaperman of this sec
IN, is dead. He was secretary of
e Montana commission to the
licago worlds fair, receiver of
les City land office in 1894. He :
unded the News and later the In u
pendent at Miles City. :
HeIena-During the past year 80 n
were written by members b
the supreme court, of these Chief /
stice Brantly wrote, Is; Justice t
,lloway, 40; Justice Cooper, 25; t
Patton (three months in Of +
q; Justice Hurry (four months q
office), 13; Justice Matthews Zone
,nth in office), 2; by the court,