The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-22
THE STATE.

erect a new modern hospital building
practically in the heart of the city.
Helena-United States Senator T
J.. Walsh returned to Helena a few
days ago and will remain in Mon
tana during the summer.
Butte-Silver mining in Walker
vile still is increasing, with nearly
every mine in that ocality operating
full-handed.
Missoula-Ham Lay, a Chinese,
aged IS, was arrested by Chief OF
Police Moore and opium valued at
$500 vas found on his person.
Butte-Mrs. Nellie Simpson, aged
81, rode on a train for the first time
in her life last week when she jour
neyed to Butte from Arkansas.
Kalispe1-Fire caused by light
ming during a storm completely des-
troyed the store of the Flathead Com
mercial company, at Big Fork, on
Flathead lake, near here.
Helena-Initial meetings of the
state board of equalization for 1920
assessments will be held this month,
beginning on July &c, according to
the state laws.
Butte-The rain and hail storm of
June % already has cost the city
about $4,000 in labor and material,
and the work of making repairs is not
yet completed.
Livingston-No difficulty has yet
been experienced in supplying ranch
ers of Park county with labor, ac-
cording to O. M. Holmes, secretary of
the Park county chamber of COM
MERGE.
KalispelI-P. S. O'Brien of Butte,
and T. w. Harger of Billings, shot a
tie in the Montana state champion
ship shoot with a total of 292 out of
300 targets each. O'Brien won in
the shoot-off.
Great Falls - With their golden
wedding anniversary only three years
distant, Mr.. and Mrs. John Frisch of
this city were disvorced in a decree
issued to the husband in district court
by Judge H. H. Ewing.
Hardin-At a meeting of the local
chamber of commerce board of
trustees it was decided definitely to
hold a county fair this fall, in con-
nection with a carnival lasting a
week. September 10 and II are the
fair dates.
Acknowledgements Adams, IA,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Adams of Spokane, was seriously in
jured in Glacier park when she was
thrown from a horse and dragged SO
feet over the rocks, suffering a frac-
ture of the skull.
Missoula-The ready made cigar
cite is banned and those who desire
may smoke only the "makin's'' in the
national forest near here this year.
That is the ruling which the forest
headquarters of District No.
1 here has sent out to all forest work
ers.
Helena-The land area of Montana
as given in the government report is
93,568,640 acreS OF this land in
round numbers 100000 acres have
been surveyed leaving 100000 yet
to be surveyed. OF this ~unsurveyed
area a large amount is in the national
forest reserve, Montana having an
acreage of 10000 acres under this
head.
Helena - Vocational training at
government expense has been approx
v q VI G1OOV dlOoOlCd thO1-
according to Lief ~Fredericks,
placement officer. He adds
sos have been placed in training
with pay while the others have re-
;eived free tuition, books and tools.
N addition there are go veterans who
nave tuberculosis.
Livingston - The bow and arrow
hunters of San Francisco have been
and the exultation of the
I'D timers of the Yellowstone park
was short-1ived. DR.. Saxon
Pope and his party of expert archers,
seeking grizzly bear in their haunts
n the Yellowstone park with a spe-
,ial permit, have completed a sue
.essful expedition, having shot four
with bows and arrows.
ADMINISTRATIONS for creation of
tate supervised irrigation projects
168,700 acres of land, ac-
aording to a statement of the Mon
ana irrigation commission. The
argest single project planned con-
emplates reclamation of 10000
ores in the Judith Basin, which will s
ost in the neighborhood of $4,000
100. So far 10 petitions have been
lied.
MissouIa - Dominick G%asperino, [
Who left Missoula September %,
.914, to fight in the Italian army
.gainst Germany and Austria, is re- i
a warm greeting at the tia :
ian colony in Missoula. He has prob {
bly, seen longer active service |
gainst the enemies of the United l
tates and their allies than any other /
peal warrior. He served Sc months t
nth the Italian army. I
Livingston-A call of heads won a /
aving contract at a meeting of the
city council when the two
ompeting contractors presented /
IDENTICAL sealed bids. DR.. G. A. Wind /
or, an officer in the G.. T. Heaton t
obstruction company, proposed the L
of a coin to settle the con- p
'act after the councilmen had admit '
I'd they were stumped. Both con- i
firms are local concerns. The t
oss of the coin brought defeat to DR.. \
Tindsor's company and the paving q
f a large area of alleys was awarded e
} the Mclaughlin G. O'Neil company. t.