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


The grand aerie. Fraternal Order Of |
eagles, has been admitted to do life |
insurance business in. Montana.
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DR.. w. j. Butler. secretary of the
Livestock board, has COM
piled the livestock sanitary laws now
On the statute books and the rules
and regulations of the Montana live.'
stock sanitary board, and has issued
them In pamphlet form. The booklet
100 pages.
Preparations are being made at
Dillon for the first quarterly com.
of the 10000 school year
when a class Of new teachers will be
graduated at the state normal school.
At recent meeting Of the Lewis
town city council, delegation from
the Woman's club appeared to protest
against the petition Of the Glacier
club, formed to take over Kelly Bros.
pool rooms. to be conducted as a boys
and young mems club. After hearing
the women the council decided not to
grant the license.
Automobile licenses to the number
OF 59,27O have been issued SO fur this
year by the secretary of state. OF.
ficials in charge of the registration
feel confident the number will 90 over
the 10000 mark before the first of
January.
The federal railroad administration
Is sending 1927 cars to the Biackfeet
Indian reservation on rush orders to
move cattle, which have been grazing
there. according to DR.. Rudolph Sny.
der of the federal bureau of animal
industry.
Edward Waite. who left Lewistown
some II years ago for China, and who
has since risen to the important posi-
ton of vice president of Getz Bros.
company, being considered one of the
sS~oAAS6 OucAHNSS usCAs VI tuC UGICnt1
has just arrived in Lewistown, COM
ing direct from China. He is on his
way to New York City to assist in
opening a branch house. Mr.. Waite
was page in the legislative session
of 1903.
G., E. Mushback. at present deputy
game warden fos the state of Montana
will soon be federal game warden f0l
the district of Montana. having wor
that position through competitive ex
animation and earned the distinction
Of submitting the best examination
papers turned in by any of the $50 ap
plicants for similar appointments
Warden Mushback will assume ms lu
ties December l. He is resident o
Red Lodge.
Ex-State Senator Dan O'Shea, VIII,
is head of the federal reserve bank II
Spokane. has written to Secretary o
Agriculture and Publicity c, d. Green
field asking for 80 copies of the table,
showing the annual precipitation il
Montana since the establishment O
weather bureau stations. and declar
ing that it is essential that such in
formation be given as widespread cir
culatiOn as possible.
Washington dispatch says Senate
Myers declares he will stand pat OF
L. X. Devlin for collector of interna
revenue to succeed w. c. Whaley unit
the commissioner Of internal revenu
positively refuses to accept him. TIL
commissioner announces that none o
his force to fight booze or collec
taxes should be over IS years. "De,
lin is vigorous Of mind and body" sal
Senator Myers, land should have tn
position for which we recommends
him."
Inability of farmers to get suga
beets out of the ground in sufficier
numbers caused the closing of tn
Great Western Sugar cOmpany's in,
tory at Billings, and all 'beets no,
will be shipped to the factory at Lo,
ell, WyO.. which is considerably small
er than the Billings plant. Before clio.
ing down, the Billings factory had bee
running at half capacity for tw
weeks. Farmers throughout the di.
trict are again digging beets to lin
tied extent.
In federal court in Butte, Charlie
Lenz, a rancher near Billings, recei,
ed sentence of six months in the Ye
lOwstOne county Jail and fine of $6O
Lenz was held guilty Of ''moonshil
ing" on his farm, and convicted Q
three counts.
Wild game during this hunting Sc:
son has not been confined to elk an
deer. says Livingston report. moul
tain sheep and goats being numerou
in the lower attitudes, and even tt
hardy buffalo had to be herded in I'll
park to prevent them from trailin
north. Many bears and several silyt