The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-13
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSEIY TOLD

~. VI TtTi Denton Il;tS lieu suit
in the district court there against the
Montana Life Insurance company of
Helena to collect $5MN he alleges is
due the estate on IL life insurance
policy. Gerard l.inge was killed in
battle at Bots lie tharey. France, from
an explosion of shrapnel. the complaint
says, and added that the policy was
issued in October. 1918. and Linye
met his death the next month.
new lath mill is being built ut
Lake Five, near Bolton. by II. II. Will
Der. The machinery. which will have
Il capacity Of 10 cords per day, is now
on the ground.
Governor Sam. V. Stewart has des-
ignaIed February l6 to 80 as father
and son week. during which functions
and exercises aimed to bring father
and son closer together will be in
order.
petition to establish Shrine tenn
PIE IN Billings is to be presented by
Billings SllrinerS to the imperial coun-
ell at Portland, Ore. next June This
action was decided at IA meeting Of
Billings feZ wearers.
Alleging that Lewis and Clark coun-
ty assessed machinery worth sos, 4UO
| at 10 per cent of it's value instead Ut
ut ~ per cent. the Northern Pacific
| railroad has sued the county for the
| recovery OF $425O6, taxes paid under
protest.
Blanks on which personal income
TAX returns are to be made are being
mailed to all persons in the Montana
district who received them last year.
1t is reported by w. Z. Whaley, col
lectOr of internal revenue for the dis
trict. with headquarters in Helena.
The corporation tax blanks have also
been received and will be sent out as
soon as possible.
A bond issue of $6OO.COO for the con
structl0n of Il new high school building
is to be submitted to Billings voters
at the regular school election April
.. according to announcement of the
school board. The present school
building. completed in 1914, is now
declared inadequate in size.
The first shipment of elk from Vel
loWstone park to Il point outside the
United States left Gardiner last week
for Rocky Mountain park Banff, Al
berta. Two hundred one and two
year Old elk were loaded in four car,
ana shipped by express to the Cana
dian park. where they will be turned
loose. Howard Siebald chief game
warden for Canadian parks. accompa-
nieu the shipment and promised park
OFFICIALS to return the courtesy by
sending mountain goats from Banff 10
Yellowstone if the park authorities de-
sire them.
; Methods of grazing elk herds and
caring for other wild game on forest
reserves. as well as grazing cattle on
the reserves. will be discussed at Il
$ meeting of state and federal forestry
and game officials OF western states
' to be held in Salt Lake. February ii.
' Jake l.. DeHart. state game and fish
| warden. intends to he present at t,e
, meeting. Stockgrowers will also la
, present
;. Approval by the secretary Of ayrl-
t culture Of the United States for two
I federal aid road projects in Montana
: has been received by the state high
: way commission. The projects are.
D No. Ga, for construction Of Is miles of
: highway between Great Falls and Belt
on the Great Falls-Monarch road. and
> No 80, for 3S miles of construction on
the Choteau-Sun River project
: Fifty thousand dollars will be ex-
pended by the Northern Pacific rail-
= way at Polnpeys Pillar. in the eastern
:, part of the state. this year in rp-ral-
" ping the river bank to protect railway
=" and other property.
Divorces are Il luxury. say members
: of the Western Montana Bar a>Soci;,-
< ton and hence should cost more Su
L it Was decided at the annual meetin.
: Of the association ut Missoul;, that
the cost of legal separations will all
! vance from 500 to $50. as Il minimum
, fee. \ new scale for services other
than the securing of divorces also WI,
= adopted.
Senator Frank Cone. market investi.
Z gator for the Montana trade commits.
: sion. is making an inventory of the
Z books and records of the department
When completed he will turn the Gal:l
, over to the state railroad commission
with all supplies. and the Mountains,