The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
THE STATE


volunteer fire department.
KalispelI-Shriners residing her
have organized a club.
Butte-The Butte Street, Railwa,
company operated last year at a los
of $4,000.
Helena-Gilman Byllard Of Helen;
has been nominated to be surveyo-
general of Montana.
\ Culbertson-Culbertson is planning
the erection of a 100000 school build
ing.
Laurel-Over 100000 wiH be ex
pended on new buildings in Laure
during 1920.
HeIena-The Montana State Tea
chers' association expects to enrol
5000 members within the coming
year.
Helena. S. Lehman of Lohmar
has been appointed a member of the
State highway commission to succeed
Archie Mcmahon, who has resigned.
Helena-Max Kahn, formerly OF
Helena, and we'll known in Montana,
committed suicide in New York a few
days ago.
MissouIa-City officials are to re-
ceive a flat raise of $40 per month
regardless of what their compen-
saticn may be.
Butte-The Montana fire insur-
ance company has been merged with
the Home Fire & Marine Insurance
company of San Francisco.
Butte-Arthur Dorland, aged %,
was accidentally shot and killed
while hunting in the mountains ear
Melrose.
Helena-Voters in Montana will
general election, including the crea-
tion of a state tax commission and
Livingston-The government is
rushing hay to Yellowstone park to
save the great park elk herd, threat
ened with starvation.
Bainville-Clark Landquist has
purchased q pack of fast hounds,
with which he proposes to rid local
ranges of coyotes.
Harlowton = Herbert M. Peet,
editor of the Press, has issued a
statement to the effect that he is not
a candidate for congress.
HarIowton-R. H. Dunn, who for
eight years has been prominently
identified with the city, has disposed
of his interests here and will locate
in California.
Hardin-While R. B. Candee and
his family we're away from their
ranch property every building on the
was destroyed by fire.
HamiIton-E. f. Caster and John
have been named as alder
to succeed J. O.. Reed and Henry
Grover who have removed from the
city.
mission has decided upon the i'm
mediate completion of the Yellow
hatchery and improvements on
The Georgetown spawning quarters.
Butte-The commissioners of Sill
yer Bow county have purchased 80
acres near the city which will be
made into a landing place for air
planes.
Livingston-Wild elk from yell
Lowstone national park have been
shipped to the hunting country in
northern New York state where an
attempt will be made to propagate
hem.
Helena-George Thorson of Town
send was elected president of the
Montana Flour Mills Association at
annual meeting held here.
other officers are l.. j. Klyne, of Pol
on, vice president, N. S. Fairbanks
If Hobson, secretary treasurer.
Great FaIIs-About 100000 bu-
hels of seed wheat will be shipped
rom Calgary to Great Falls for farm
rs of northern Montana. The price
will be s3.75, plus freight from Cal
airy, bringing the cost up to about
4 to the farmer. :
HeIena-Chas. Stevens, aged 10 !
ears, is said to have confessed that
e robbed the Union Bank & Trust
ompany of $4,000 last November. :
he boy was employed as messenger :
4 the bank and was entrusted with {
ne money which he at first claimed \
ras taken from him by highwaymen. :
GIasgow-Rushed, to Glasgow at
inety miles an hour, fire in a burn :
lg car on the mail train from the :
asst was extinguished by the Glas- {
ow fire department. The fire was =
iscovered at Whaley, six miles east y
Glasgow. The train crew I'M ;,
,upled the other coaches and ran the .
x miles into Glasgow in four min :
ties. The mail was not damaged. 9
HeIena-Fees totaling ~$253,O90
ere paid to the insurance depart
.ent of the state during 1919 by 325 .
lsurance companies of all kinds a
oerating in Montana. The increase .
the year is about $500. r
board of administration; other a
provided for the invest =
.ent of school funds; a $15,000,000 4
,ad bond issue, the rehabilitation n
!, boxing, the closed presidential and =
referential primary laws. The only =
Litiative measure for which petitions +
re now being received is the pro- n
osed new compensation law i.
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