The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
THE STATE

D1Ilon-Thirty three students O
the State Normal school will grad
uate on May 26.
Helena-Yellowstone county lead,
the state in the number of cases o.
measles reported for last week. The
total lumber in Yellowstone is So.
Great Falls = The Great Falls
Commercial club is advised that the
railroads will ask for an increase OF
23.9 per cent in freight rates.
Llbby-Forestry officials say re-
cent rains viii have a marked in
fluence for good in connection with
forest protection this summer.
Poplar-Chris Christensen, a far
mer, about IS years of age, was
found dead on the road about a mile
south of Arthur.
Butte-Fred Richie, proprietor of
the old Theater Comique, in the days
when Butte was a lively town, died
on May IL at his home at Red Bluff,
Cal.
Sheridan, May Is - Farmers in
this community report the ground in
better condition for crops this sea-
son than it has been for the past
three years.
Bainville-George w. Rowland,
"a years old, who claimed to have
been a relative of John D. Rookie
Teller, died suddenly in the field at
his ranch home, near here.
Helena $1,000 loan has been
made by James A. Murray of Butte
on the Broadwater Hotel company,
which is to be opened for the tour
lists trade soon.
Livingston - Lillian Clark Cary,
national president of the Woman's
auxiliary of the Grand Army of the
Republic, will attend the state con-
vention of the G. A. R., to be held
here in June.
Manhattan-The Manhattan Malt
ing plant will be reopened shortly for
the manufacture of malt from Gala
tin county barley for export. The
plant will buy about$500,0 900 worth
of barley from local growers.
Anaconda - Richmond Mitchell,
survivor of the Confederate priva-
teer Alabama, died at Warm Springs
a few days ago, aged 88 years. For
the past 35 years he was. a rancher
in the Deer Lodge valley.
DilIon-Albert Yek, on trial for
the murder of Sheriff Wyman at
Monida April 81, has acted the part
of the maniac with considerable
dramatic skill since his case was call
ed a few days ago.
Helena-Priest Pass highway, link
ing the White trail with the Yellow
stone trail out of Helena, on which
several motor trucks were marooned
Ill night in six feet of snow a few
lays ago, has been opened.
Miles City = Assistant Attorney
General A. A. Grorud, has been in
Niles City several days probing con-
resulting from the raid and
he Investigations which were con-
lucted by Attorney General s.. G.
ford.
Helena = Recommendations that
highway construction work be post
'oned for a year, because of unfavor-
BILE conditions, is the reply which
he state highway commission has
eceived from the Theodore Roose-
cit Trail association, at Duluth.
Miles City-Pending settlement in
he courts, A. G. Dorr, president of
he Custer county farm bureau, has
nnounced that a temporary agree
lent had been reached whereby
rater will be turned into the Ton
ne river ditch for the use of the
Livingston-Free shows, band and
rchestra music, dancing and swim
lg at Hunters Hot Springs and a
street carnival are some of the
fractions included in the program
IF the state convention of the
merican Legion at Livingston June
and 20.
Deer Lodge-Work on the tearing
OWN of the old court house has been
opped pending the sale of the court
1use bonds. With the old court
)use a complete wreck and no sale
r the bonds it looks rather dis
,artening for the building of a new
for the county records.
Ka1ispelI-The Grand Commando
y, knights Templar of Montana,
ay buy Wild Goose island, which
IS just west of Wild Horse island,
Flathead lake. The plan is to i'm
owe the island so that it may be
ed as a camp and meeting place for
lnual conclaves. The island COM :
Uses about ga acres.
Butte-Montana and Arizona both
ored against the blue-blooded, blue
ass race horses of Kentucky when
larles w. Clark's 2-year-old United
erde captured the Bashford Manor
axes, amounting to $4,000, on the
lurchill Downs racetrack at Louis
lie, on May IL, against a classy
I'D.
Helena - Pledging themselves to
y no new shoes, clothes or hats
r six months, so long as these ar
les may be patched, repatched and
and when no longer service
lie then the men are to buy denims