The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
T HE STATE

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ton will erect a new building.
KaIispeII - Flathead county re
Gently paid $4,000 on her bonded
Indebtedness.
Bainville - The Bainville Phar
macy, owned by DR.. a. c. Spooner
has been sold to- Arthur c. Coulston
Hardin-Hardin has just complet
| ed a high school building, at cos1
of 100000.
DilIon-Dillon post, American le-
gion, will finance semi-professiona
baseball team for the coming season
Wickes-H. E. Lockowich has re-
ceived the appointment as postmas-
ter.
Helena-The premium list of the
Montana State fair will be ready for
distribution about April Is.
Butte-William j. Flynn, chief OF
the United States secret service, is in
Montana looking into conditions.
Helena-John Firth, who came to
Montana in 1866, crossed the great
divide ew days ago.
Harlowton-The mercantile house
of w. H. Fisher, completed only a
short time ago, was destroyed by fire
recently.
Dillon-The weather has been so
warm in the Dillon country that ice
dealers are concerned about the ice
crop.
DilIon-The census count is about
completed and will show that during
the past 10 years the city has doubled
it's population, and contains about
1000 souls.
Choteau-F'red Spellman, returned
soldier who had been gassed on the
battlefield and had become deranged
in consequence, committed suicide re-
Gently by shooting himself.
Butte-Following a quarrel John
Rolich was shot and killed by Frank
Eltz, his brother-in-law. Eltz at
tempted suicide, failed, and fled to
the hills, where he was captured.
Highwood-When George Died
rick, local banker, sneezed, he threw
his shoulder out of joint, and had to
be given an anaesthetic to have it re-
placed.
Helena-The shimmy dance is to
be barred in Helena dance halls. 1t
seems that the Helena aldermen
could not master the intricate steps
thereof.
Great Falls - One of the latest
road projects is an international
highway running from Calgary, AL
berta, to Salt Lake City, passing
through various Montana cities, and
leaving the state just south of Dillon.
Livingston-Park county chamber
of commerce has been notified by
Congressman Carl Riddick that there
will be no conversion of public land
near Yellowstone park for wild game
preserve purposes.
Thompson Falls = A charivari
party at Whitepine took tragic turn
when Carroll Norton, aged 21, was
shot and killed by a
stray bullet, fired from the gun of
one of the noisemakers.
Helena-Montana has in her cash
According to the last report of the
about $1O,500,000 is in
vested in various securities. Bonds
and warrants to the extent of $685.
900 were redeemed January.
Missoula-Seventeen hundred dol
ars was subscribed in few hours by
fellow railroad workers for the bene-
it of the wife and children of J.
Wood, a sub-station tender who died
If influenza and left his family in
destitute circumstances.
MissouIa-Charles P. Voolfolk, a |
pioneer steamboat captain on the
Upper Missouri, and who for num-
,er of years had been connected with |
he Northern Pacific railroad, died |
lere recently. He was rs years of
.ge and came to Montana in 1876.
Deer Lodge - Thomas Walker,
light operator at the Milwaukee de-
,ot, right under the shadow of the
'enitentiary, was held up at the point
# gun and robbed in his office one
light recently. After taking all the
money in the till, the robber shook
lands with his victim and departed.
HeIena-Revenue amounting to
1000 has been derived by the state
rom leaseS on state-owned oil lands
uring the past four months The
entail has been fixed at 500 year
er section. In addition the state is