The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-30

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The bow and arrow hunters Of San
Francisco have been indicated and
the exultatiOn of the old timers of the
Yellowstone park country was short
lived. DR.. Saxon Pope and his party
Of expert archers, seeking grizzly bear
in their haunts in the Yellowstone mark
with special permit. have completed
successful expedition. having shot
four grizzlies with bow and arrows.
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United States Senator Thomas ].
Walsh Of Helena has returned to tho
city for the summer and will meet
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dam
iels and Secretary of the Interior
Payne on their arrival Mt Helena about
July % and with them the senator
will make trip through Yellowstone
park.
Efforts to test the constitutionality
Of the Montana law by which the state
livestock commission controls ship
ments Of sheep into Montana. are be-
ing made in the suit started against
the board in the United States district
court by the Wood Livestock company
OF Idaho. The company is attempting
to resist orders of the board to dip
and quarantine sheep billed for Mon
tana.
In the United States court at Hell
ena in the case Of the government
against the Northern Pacific Railway
company, the defendant made no de-
tense, and a judgment filming it 500
and costs was entered. The charge
was that the railway kept hogs too
long without water, and the hogs
squealed on 1t.
Mrs. Nellie Simpson. aged g., rode
on train for the first time in her
life last week when she journeyetl
from Arkansas to Butte. She had
never ridden in street car and en-
joyed her first motor trip when a
taxtcab conveyed her from the depot
to hotel.
Petition for creation Of state SUPER
vfsed irrigation projects include 16S.-
700 acres Of land. according to state
ment of the Montana irrigation COM
mission. The largest single project
planned contemplates reclamation Of
10000 acres in the Judith Basin, which
will cost In the neighborho0d of So
100000. So far Is petitions have been
filed.
Application Of the Montana Power
company for r increaseof 40 per cent
In steam heating rates in Butte will
be set for hearing by the public serv-
Ice commission early in August and
will be heard in Butte. according to
members of the commission. The ap-
plicatfon requests that the new rates
go into effect at the beginning of the
next heating season.
Billings voters at special election
approved by large majorities $780,
600 bond issue for the Improvement Of
schools and a proposition to impose
three and one-half mill levy to increase
salaries of teachers. The vote on the
bonds was PSI to 81, and the levy vote
was 175 to 50.
A campaign to arouse sentiment for
the appointment OF western man as
secretary Of the interior will be launch
ed by the Yellowstone Irrigation asso-
citation, Livingston officials announc.
ed following the receipt Of a telegram
from Secretary Jerome G. Locke, who
was in Spokane comforting with off,
Gals of Washington chambers of COM
merce.
The first three weeks Of the sea-
son the Yellowstone National park en-
tertained $4,000 rail and auto tour
lists. breaking all previous opening rec
orls. The auto tourists did not en-
coed those of last year. hut this Is ac-
counted for by the fact that the period
was very wet and roads in consequent
bad condition. The estimated travel
for the season is now being placed at
125, 600.
But for the new million gallon res
ervoir Just completed. Roundup would
have suffered water famine on July
when the river rose suddenly and
flooded the pump house to n depth of
II feet. Fortunately the reservoir had
been partly filled and the supply last
ed until the pump house could be
drained and the machinery put in
commission again.
Efforts to initiate a bill to be voted
on at the fall elections to place tax
on all metal mines of Montana in nd