The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-20

tu0 wax USpdIIm0uI anu his SIIOEtD
apparently have been realized, for the
chamber of commerce received let
ter from Mccormick which indicates
that the fort will have a regular gar
rison soon.
Helena-The Montana state rail-
way commission has ordered a 20
per cent reduction on freight for
sand, gravel, crushed rock and CO.
ment for shipments within the state
of Montana. The order goes into eff
feet on May 20 and will be effective
until November 20. This is an en-
Urgency rate reduction to encourage
building and road construction with
in the state and eliminates the 25
per cent increased tariff which was
put in force September /, 1920.
Billings-Daily airplane passenger
service from Billings to the Cat
Creek oil field will be established
within fortnight by L. G.. Rees
and L. w. Lamb, who arrived here
in a Lincoln Standard "ship" after
a flight from Lincoln, Neb.. where
1t was purchased. The flight con-
sumed II hours, flying time, al
though billiards extended the actual
time to several days. A "pathfind-
ing" flight to Winnett will be made
shortly. The route will be by way
OF Roundup.
Billings - Hardy w. Campbell,
known as the father of dry land or
rain land farming, will give personal
direction to the farmers of this COM
munity during the next three months
and instruct them how to apply the
so-called Campbell methods of agri-
culture on non-irrigated land. A
dozen or more communities have
united In the project of employing
Campbells services and each is
standing its proportion of the ex-
pense which the instructions will &C.
casion.
Red Lodge-H. NJ. Dengler, fed.
eral prohibition officer in charge OF
the Montana district, swooped down
on Red Lodge q few days ago, made
II raids on search warrants and IL
arrests for violation Of the federal
prohibition law. So quietly did the
officers do their work and so rapid
were their movements that there was
no time to spread the alarm amone
the bootlegging fraternity. The ar.
rested persons will be turned over tc
the Carbon county court for trial
thus relieving the federal docket.
Helena = BY letting the contract
for publishing the revised codes Of
the state of Montana to an outside
concern and refusing to permit 6
Montana firm to revise its bid, while
permitting the outside publishers tt
revise their prices, the state board o.
examiners has taken 100000 out Of
the printing industries of Montana
according to members of the Employ
ing Printers league.
Butte The bachelor tax, which
provides for the collection Of 5:
from bachelors not the heads of fam
lilies. and which was held out of the
salary checks Of local men who were
thought single. is meeting with con
siderable protest in this county. Las,
week Is men brought in affidavits t.
the effect that they were heads o.
families, being the only support O.
widowed mothers and received a re
fund. One Of the men was fathe,
of four children and q divorced man
Helena-R. s. Zahniser, who unit
recently has been office engineer To-
the state highway commission, wa
honored by the employees of the com
mission at the state house when h,
was presented with a beautiful lea
Their portfolio as q token Of the es
TEEN with which he is held by hi
associates. Zahniser has been EN-
ployed as local manager of the Hell
ena Cement Pipe company and
leaving the states employ. He
we'll known all over Montana and ha
been the diplomat" for the commits
sion for some time.