The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-28
| MONTANA NOTES |
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSElY TOLD

barn which stands ut the corner Oi
TOwnr street and Kendrick avenue ut
C}lendive, will be started soon. and IN
It's place II new concrete building Of
the modern type will be erected to b.
! used as "a garage.
The state hoard Of canvassers an.
noiinces that the official vote i'm the
state III the primary Of April 2s was:
republican ticket - For president:
Harding. 722: Hoover. sob: Johnson,
91.OSl; l.owtien. yfi4H2: Wood. 6.197.
Democratic licket--Vice president: :.
I v. Stewart. 1913,
With a going scale Of So month
| for farm and rtncl, labor, the present
season Witnesses the highest wages
ever paid for this kind Of work in
Montana. according to the records OF
employment agencies in the state.
/ Many specially skilled ranch hands re.
ceive as high rs $50 and $50. and in
few instances there is record of farm
wages going over the 500 mark. Free
board and room go with the wages.
| Judge Lynch at Butte directed that
a verdict Of not guilty he returned in
the case Of former Police Officer An
drew Brady. charged with the ,n,,drer
Of Sylvester J. I'renatt. When Steve
Byrne. Theodore chronos, Tom vii.
liainS and Gust AniptoS were tried
and convicted Of the murder. evidence
was introduced To the effect that
Brady was Implicated.
There will he close to u million and
u half acres in wheat in Montana this
season. according to +. W. Hpicr Jr..
Montana field agent for the bureau Of
crop estimates. Mr.. Reier'S depart
ment places the winter acreage at 42:J.
Wn acres and the April report showed
It's condition 81 per cent of normal.
James Wright. an 11-year-oll hoy,
died at his home near Nina. in Me-
Cone county, as the result Of being Ac-
cidentalIy shot when IL 3S-caliber re-.
v"lver in the hands Of Il playmate was
discharged.
Herds "f cattle ar sheep that are in.
fected with >cab or mango or that have
been exposed to this disease will not
he permitted to range in the .Ieffer.
son or Lewis and Clark forests, it has
been announced hy W. Il. Wiley. dis.
trlct forest Inspector. StOckmpn. he.
fore they Will he permitted To use the
forest range. will he required to pro.
duce u certificate from the state or
federal veterinarians Statin. that their
herds are free.
Heinz Rehler. nine vear-old son of
A. +. Hehlcr> restaurant owner Of
Hamilton. Was struck by lightning
while on his way home from his grand.
mothers ana instantly killed. The lit
tie fellow WAS hurryiny along Third
street. two blocks from Main stree,
when people from their windows were
horror stricken TO see the lad S,ruck
down.
State fair rates from points along
the lines of the Wesie3a Passenger
association will be based ION fare and
One-haif. ut the fares in effect April
I. 1920. For fairs held before Sep.
TENDER ! the minimum fare will be ~
cents and after that date the rates
will not he less than fare ana n half
on the basis of fares in effect April !.
standing army OF over q Thousand
men will he maintained by the federal
forest service in the woods of Mon.
tana and Idaho during the fire hazar,
season Of this summer and fall. Pa.
trOlmen and smOkP-thasers will mum.
her 625 this season and will take to the
woods during the coming month.
To date 3,S15 signatures to petitions
for initiative measure No. II. amend
ing the workmen's compensation law
materially. have been received from y;
counties in Montana by Secretary OF
State Z. +. Stewart.
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For the fiNSt time in fonr and one
half months. Andrew and Carl Erick
son. brothers. walked without snow
shoes when they visited Missoula re-
Gently to dispose If furs which the,
had gathered during the winter trap
ping In the wil,ls Of the Clearwater
country southwest Of that city. The,
brought in some fine pelts. which the,
disposed Ut for $1.c7l. Earlier in III,
year, they had received an equa
amount for other furs they had ship
ped in.
A proposition will be placed hefor,
the faculty and student body of Mon
tana State college to name the perma
nent athletic field at the institution
"Gatton Field" in honor Of ICY" Cat
ton. who was killed in France. CAT
ton was one Of the best known col