The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-08-05
THE STATE.


killing young stock in the vicinity of
GABRIELLE.
Kalispell-Rev. w. L. Thompson,
a local minister, was fined S25 for
riding his bicycle on the sidewalk.
Missoula-Hail in the vicinity of
Dixon has wrought havoc on growing
crops.
Great Falls-Many grain fields in
this neighborhood are ready for the
reapers. Harvest will be under way
in a few days.
Helena-Federal road projects now
under way will cost the state and ma
tional government in excess of 49,
900 900.
Red Lodge-Grasshoppers are in
juring crops in Carbon county. Far
mers are using poison bran mash on
them with good effect.
Butte-Nearly 200 Elks of the To-
cal lodge and their families are eX-
pected to attend the state convention
in Billings August IL, 13 and IA.
Sheridan-At a recent meeting of
the Madison county commissioners a
bond issue of $150,000 for county
road improvement was decided upon.
Livingston - A fall from a horse
while in faint is thought to have been
responsible for the death of Miss Haz-
Ell Mesher, 15-year-old resident of the
Shields valley.
Helena-Fer the year ending June
80, 1920, SO farmers of this state
went into bankruptcy and an equal
number of wage n adopted the
same course.
Miles City-The full value of tax
able wealth In Custer county is $685.
1885,, according to figures OBJ
tanned by the county assessor. Miles
City's valuation is over thirteen mil
lions.
Missou1a-R. S. Kellogg, a news
print expert of New York City, is
advocating the establishment of a pa
per manufacturing plant on the Flat
head reservation.
Helena-Record of the birth of
every baby in Montana born since
1907, as we'll as many prior to that
date, has been filed with the clerk
and recorders of the respective
counties in Montana.
Livingston-An abandoned moon
shine camp with the still removed
but mash and other material on hand
was discovered by Sheriff James Nc
CLARITY of Park county in the noun
tains near Clyde Park.
Glasgow-The petitions for the
creation of the county of Rock Creek,
which took in that territory in the
western part of Valley county were
denied by the board of county COM
miSSioners.
Observation-Disclosures of the Clyde
park school district have started suit
to prevent the Clyde park school
board from carrying out the construc-
tlon of a high school for which bonds
yer voted last spring.
Judith Gap-The TIBET Oil COM
pany's well, being put down on the
Judith Gap dome, four miles north of
satisfactory manner At a depth of
200 feet traces of both oil and gas
were encountered.
Sheridan - An unusually good
showing of gold and silver bearing
ore has been encountered in the Mar
ietta mine owned by the Barton
Gulch Mining Co., and located on the
head of Barton gulch about eight
eight miles southwest of Virginia
City.
Livingston - Mountain lions are
much damage to sheep and
stock in the grazing country near the
northern border of Yellowstone park
and Park county stockmen are seek
ing a state bounty on these prowl-
ers. Recently one lion entered a
.sheepfold and killed 60 animals be-
fore it was frightened off.
Red Lodge-Carbon county is
s2~3,195,253, not including
properties owned by the railway, tele-
graph and telephone companies. The
properties not included are estimat-
I'd at 100000 which brings the to-
al valuation up to more than $685.
700, 900, or $1,00O,00O more than the
assessment of last year.
HeIena-Rigid sanitary inspection
Of every ice cream parlor, restaurant,
hotel, cafe, grocery store, meat mar
zet and other places where food or
'ood products are served or offered
,or sale in Montana is being carried
)ut this and next month by H. M.
Shea, director of the division of food
Ind drugs of the state board of
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