The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-30
THE STATE.

Helena-Constitutionality of Mon
tana's prohibition law was upheld BY
the supreme court.
Helena-About half the members
of the Business Before Pleasure
company, which closed it's season
here, owing to the fact that a weeks
salary for all hands was due and un-
paid, left for Chicago.
Butte-In an effort to form q
Montana manufacturers association
a mass meeting of all interested has
been called here. The sponsor is J
f. Manning, who recently has start
ed an overall factory here.
Missoula - Governor-elect Dixon
has refused to discuss the connection
of his name with the secretaryshir
of the interior in Harding's acbinet.
are confident he will not accept the
portfolio, owing to the present con-
ditions in this state.
Miles City-Preliminary work fol-
the construction of al oil refinery al
Miles City was begun with the clear
ing off of lots near the Milwaukee
right of way and hauling of gravel
for the concrete and lumber for the
stills. About 20 men are employed
and nothing above 80 below zero, it
is said, will stop the work.
Ka1ispell-Mrs. Josephine Moore,
the fifth defendant charged with sell
ing liquor to be tried during the pres
ent term of court, was found guilty
tho srIry fsv.-~ hnr rnschra4 - ~
one years Imprisonment and a $500
fine. Four ~bootleggers have been
convicted during this term of court
and a fifth pleaded guilty.
Anaconda - Certain Anaconda
girls under the compulsory school
age are in need of a spanking, &C
cording to Judge George B. Winston.
These are the girls who should go to
school, and apparently r not ma
king their own living, and who, when
they make their appearance in court,
are painted far more brilliantly than
the average footlight dancer.
Hamilton - The f~ruitgrowers of
the valley are encouraged as a re-
suit of the meetings held the past
week at Darby, Hamilton, Victor,
Stevensville and Florence, at all of
which the all-important question of
chow to eradicate the pest known as
the leaf roller" was thoroughly dis
cussed and definite measures taken
to stamp it out.
HarIowton-County seat boundar-
les change so rapidly these days that,
para6oxical as 1t may seem, members
of the legislature have to keep NOV
ing in order to keep seated. B. c..
White, holdover senator from Fer
gus county, is wise to tricks and is
about to establish residence in Lew
In order to hold his right to
represent Fergus county in the state
BilIings-Creation of the office of
state sheriff is to be proposed to the
legislature as a measure of prohibit
ton enforcement, according to Jo-
seph Pope, secretary of the Montana
league. An alternative,
Pope said, would be an a%ppropria-
ion of $4,000 or $4,000, to be
placed in the hands of the governor
% start a comprehensive special
agent system.
acknowledgements of the Montana
commission and all en-
paid a tribute to J. E. McCor-
nick when they presented him with
diamond scarf pin. Mccormick
will retire from the office on Jan.
}, to e succeeded by Samuel M. Ross.
1cCormick has been in the office for
TX years and has made many friends
lot only in the capital but through
tut the state.
Dil1On-RumorS are again current
hat the old Hecla mine at Hecla, in
his county, will be reopened next
ummer by an eastern group of CAPT
The mine is n of the most
amous s~ilver-lead producing proper
les in the west and produced mil
ions of dollars worth of metal in the
DOM days of the white metal in the
0's. Hecla is II miles west of Mel
ose, which is on the Oregon Short
line, and is connected with the ship
ing point with a wagon road.
Helena - Mountain sheep and
oats are becoming so numerous in
ne regions adjoining the Sun River
anne preserve on the east that the
ssidents of the locality want an open
on male animals, according to
{. S.. Carpenter of Belgrade, %secre-
Try of the State Rod and Gun club,
no was in Helena after attending
meeting at Choteau. The gather
lg was called to consider game laws
nd was attended by several trap
ers, in addition to many of the peo-
Ie of the community.