The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-06-17
HE STATE.

Fowler-Jessie F. Gordon ha
been commissioned postmaster a
toWler' a fourth class postoffice.
great many Dillon PEG
pie are lighting mad over a large
number OF cases of dog poisoning.
Glasgow-Gustave Lang, a prom
inent farmer living about a mile
south of Glasgow, was drowned IL
Milk river a few days ago.
Helena-Goyernor S.. V. Stewarr
has ~re-appointed DR.. E. M. Porter O
Great Falls a member of the state
board of health.
Bozeman - The Trail garage a
Salesv1lle was entirely destroyed by
fire n day this week, with a tota.
loss of $4,000.
Great Falls-Using gasoline as ar
explosive, amateur cracksmen tried
Sunday night to force the safe in the
office of the Kaffara Lumber com.
pany at Sand CouIee.
Great Falls - Possibility of re-
sumption of construction work or
the Lewistown-ew Rockford cutoff
OF the Great Northern is creating in
terest In this part of the state.
Helena-It is estimated that the
attendance at Montana summer
schools this season is between 1000
and 1900 and made up mostly OF
school teachers from all parts of the
state.
Great Falls-Complete informa-
ton concerning the condition of Cas-
cade county highways, or even of
trunk roads extending we'll into adj
joining counties, will be furnished
hereafter by a service bureau.
D1ilon-In line with the road i'm
provement work throughout the
county the commissioners of Beaver
head county have purchased 10
trucks from the state highway COM
mission.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which the vet
Grams welfare commission of Mon
tana gave her several months toward
meeting part of the salaries of heads
of four free employment offices in
Montana was withdrawn June 1.
Bainville-The body of Peter J.
Milkowski, who was drowned in the
Missouri river when he fell from the
Great Northern railway bridge at
Snowden, was recovered about a mile
below Mondak after a diligent search
lasting for eight days.
Helena-'Deer were never more
plentiful in the game ranges of Mon
tana than this spring." ]. L. DeHart,
state game and fish warden, said
after compiling reports from all sec
tions of the state. He estimates the
losses of deer last fall and winter at
5000 and of elk at 1000.
Great FaIls-Faced with a threat
that the boulevards of the city would
be turned back to the property own
ers for their care, the Federal labor
union, with which are affiliated the
boulevard and park 1aborers of the
city, has accepted the wage offer of
the city council.
Great Falls-Frenzied by her be-
lief that the recent arrival of Pearl
of Lethbridge had something
to do with the dissolution of her
partnership with Charlie Rose in the
ownership of a line of taxicabs, Mrs.
Lulu Ashley shot and seriously
wounded Miss Miller.
Butte-If a man builds a higher
house than his neighbor owns and
thus invites the smoke from his
chimneys to float in
through the upper doors and win
dows, no blame attaches to the neigh
Dor. That was the ruling on section
5 of ordinance 118 handed down by
Magistrate Grimes in the case
brought by Mr.. and Mrs. John Blee
against Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel C. Rob
erts.
Butte-In 1919 Montana led the
nation in the production of mangan-
csc. At that the states output was
only o~ne-seventh of the 1918 total.
Six companies shipped a total of 26,-
1913 tons of manganese. In 1918, a
total of 199,932 tons we're shipped
by 81 operators. Colorado and Cali
were the only other states to
produce any considerable amount of
manganese. In 1918 manganese
was largely produced on account of
he demand created by the war. In
he year of 1919 it dropped to a large
Since January, this year,
has been a revival in mangan-
sse mining, and it is predicted this
rear will exceed that of last. A large
of manganese now is being !
mined in the districts of Butte and