The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-11-26
MONTANA NOTES


hIEn school bonds for $S2:M.OCN and
highway bonds for 800. 900 were sold
by the Custer county commissioners ut
Miles City to the firm Of Drake. Ral.
lart; 4 Company of Minneapolis. on
the bid which was higher than that
of eight other bidders. Several COM
panies withdrew their bids just prior
to the sale.
'There are no strikes in Montana at
this time" w. J. Swindiehurs,. COM
missioner Of labor and industry, said
in answer to II question in regard to
the labor situation in Montana. He
said the status is about Ike same as
1t has been at this time in the state
for several years. with many men drift
ing into the cities with the slump in
farm work as the harvest is completed.
Establishment of new national
park Il short distance from BDxeman
in Gallatin county is being urged by
residents Of that section. The pro-
posed new park is located in the
,,
famous for it's scenic beauty.
BY the safe margin Of 443 votes the
city Of Conrad won the Pondera county
fight for permanent county sent To-
cation.
Vaccination Of the buffalo rnlr hero!
IN the Yellowstone national park has
been carried out by DR.. Neal Plank IF
Billings under the supervision Of nr.
Rudolph Snyder. chief of the bureau
Of animal industry for Montana. The
herd, between GU and 100 head, was in
oculated against henlorrllasic scpticae-
mia.
Senator T. J. Walsh. y
Montana during the PRO
Rod. has returned to W.
c. Senator Walsh has recovered from,
q severe cold from which he suffer
ed for several days.
Wheat shipments from the district
along the Great Northern between Bill
lings and Great Falls and Butte nn,f
Great Falls this season are larger.
than ever before. according TO t;rpa;
Falls officials Of the Great Northern.
The shipments from this district are
expected to total 1900 carloads.
The public service commission Gr
Montana has made an order granting
the Butte Electric Railway company
the. right to charge n sArnight eight
cent cash fare for carrying paSScn-
gers on lines of the company in the
city Of Butte. This order was made
following the application of the COM
pany. which was made some time ago.
and is to remain in effect until Jan.
/. 1921.
While diskins in his field several
miles southwest Of Galata. lanes f.
Gillespie. 40 was instantly killed when
his team ran away and he was thrown
In front OF the disk. which passed over
him. cutting him badly and crushing
his skull. Gillespie leaves wife and
three sons.
Emil cerecco. a rancher Of White
hall. died in the city patrol wagon
enroute to the Butte emergency hos
pital. Physicians state that piecs
Of meat had lodged in his aesophayu~
In such 81 manner as to cause strun.t-
lation. cerecco had been eating in :,
r<><,S thn 81;
depot and was observed To suddenly
clutch at his throat. He dashed ,''
If the door and fell unconscious on III.
sidewalk.
Petitions are heing circulated III
many cities in Montana which vii, 10.
sent Ia Governor-elect Joseph y! DIX
on. asking the appointment -: Major
Charles l.. Sheridan Of Brze,nnn TO ,h,
office Of ndjutant general Of Mnn;a.r
Tx service men are circulating the ne
titiOns.
Reports to the state board of henlin
show four cases Of infantile paralysis
in the state. two from Scohey and one
each IN Fergus and RnVnlli counties.
The measles epidemic is decreasing.
o
Earl Wade acted without malice
when he killed nine head OF tre~pnss-
ing cattle belonging to G. NJ. Iirmle',
near Huntley. II jury in district court
ut Billings found. in freeing Wade.
1t developed at the trial that Wade
continued shooting the cattle on adj
vice Of his attorney after he had been
arrested and released on bond for kill
ing the first three.
Henry Schultz and Charles Taylor
have brought suit at KaliSnel against
the Great Northern for $500 damages
each. They claim they We're nut OFF
train No. ~ after they had offered 10
pay their fare in cash. and instsnl