The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
THE STATE.

Livingston-Miss Carol Taylor !
teaching the smallest school in Mon
tana. She has but two pupils.
Hamilton - Six thousand sheel
have been shipped from here t
Denver, having been purchased b,
Rae brothers.
Corvallis-The Rev. l.. Hulser
who organized the Corvallis Unite'
church two years ago, has tenderet
his resignation as it's pastor.
Livingston-The city council ha
decided upon the purchase of a steam
siren to warn residents of a fire il
the city.
Miles City-Poles for the southern
extension of the eastern Montan;
Telephone company have been set al
far as Coalwood.
Chinook-Howard Brown of thu
Bogy Mercantile company of Zuricf
was seriously burned Sunday even
ing when a gasoline lamp exploded
in the kitchen of his home.
Boulder-Copper ore, which is be
lieved to carry high values, was dis
covered in a recently uncovered leac
in the Crystal mine, in the Cataraci
district.
Miles City-The shipment of cattle
from this region to the markets d
the east is now in full progress and
in a few weeks will be practically
completed for the season.
Great Falls-Montana leads the
United States in providing dormi-
tories in connection with high schools
says Miss Edith A. Lathrop, special
ist in rural education for the United
States bureau of education.
Manhattan-The alleged monde
livery of water for irrigation in this
ed in eight suits brought by farmers
against the High Line and Low Line
Irrigation companies.
Notwithstanding that it's ser
vice at present is adequate, the Mil
waukee railroad has replied to the
Montana railway commission and re-
fused to establish a Butte-Lewistown
local train for better service at LON
bard for connection to Helena.
Deer Lodge-The acquisition of a
municipality owned water works sys-
tenn for Deer Lodge is the subject
of the day here and chances seem to
be equally favored for buying the
two plants or establishing an entire
new system.
HamiIton-Erection of a suitable
memorial statue in honor of the Ra-
valli county men and women who
served in the world war is the object
of a campaign undertaken by the
Service Star league.
HeIena-The total registration of
the state, exclusive of two counties
not reporting, is $4,000, which
means that more than half the peo-
pie of Montana, including children,
is entitled to a vote at the Novem-
Der elections.
Miles City = Announcement is
made by the officials and directors
of the Commercial State bank, with
capitalization of $4,000, and the
State National Bank, with a capitali-
of 100000, of their merger
which is to take place on OF about
December 1.
Miles City-Corey Wilson of Gala
bar is here advocating irrigation and
says he proved the success of his
scheme by raising good crops during
several years. He says he raised
land values from SIS ar acre to
5000. His method is to build dams
across gulches above his farm land
and to store flood waters.
Deer Lodge-The loss of a trunk
resulted in a verdict for $868.90 with
interest on the amount from March
26, 1918, in favor of Miss Fay Cru
entwald, a local stenographer. She
lost her trunk on a trip to Bozeman
and brought suit to 0 it's
Miles City-Making sorghum ap-
pears to be a new industry for Mon
tana. H. D. Frankforter, a farmer
of Broadus, has decided to
put up 1900 gallons of it and has
Just bought a 500-gallon tank to be
used in the industry. Frankforter
has 35 acres of cane, which he ex-
poets to net 1900 gallons of sor-
ghum.
Miles City-The stalking out of
Petrolia, Montana's newest town, has
again the agitation for the
completion of the proposed line OF
The Great Northern from Winnett to
.ichey.
Baker-Baker lost it's entire rail-
road force last week when the fore
and all his men decided to en-
in the United States navy.
Oswego-A half section of land
about eight miles northwest of Os-
xego was sold last week to an Iowa
nan for $50 per acre.
Runaway Boys Found