The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-16
the STATE

Livingston-A taxpayers league
has been organized here.
Red Lodge-A theatrical club has
been organized here.
Augusta small coal mine has
been opened near Augusta and is fur
nlsnlng local residents with fuel.
Butte-During the recent snow
storm Butte expended $4,000 in
cleaning off sidewalks.
Melst0ne-L. Boucher, a Miles
City jeweler, has opened jewelry
store here.
Helena Charles A. Whipple, state
land agent for the past eight years,
has rendered his resignation.
Missoula-White pine blister has
been discovered in the forests of
northwestern Montana.
LivingstOn-Walter Goodman was
arrested here few days ago on a
charge of wife desertion
Thompson Falls-A local school
bond issue of 100000 was sold at
par to Denver firm, few days ago.
Missoula-The Polleys lumber mill
will resume operations Immediately,
affording employment for 100 men.
Shelby-As the result of the find
ing of gold float here recently, 40
mining claims have been staked
around the discovery claim.
Miles City-John johnson, 80, a
homesteader, caught in a blizzard
eway from his home a few days ago,
was frozen to death.
Livingston-E. A. Flavell. an ad-
; mitted forger, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for two years, here a
few days ago.
BOzeman - The railroads have
agreed on far and half for those
attending farmers week here Janu-
airy 9 to Is.
Windham-Otis Salter, lost in the
mountains while on a hunting trip,
had both feet so badly frozen that
amputatiOn may be necessary.
Columbia Falls-"Linger Longer
Lodge" is the name to be given a
new hotel to be built on the western
shore of Lake Macdonald.
| Helena-FOrt Harrison is to be en-
larged and a vocational school for
soldiers established there by the
federal government.
| Helena-Montana will get $780,
900 for building roads, under the
new federal appropriation of $751;
900 900 for the entire United States.
Miles 'City-Many farmers of this
section of Custer couny have given
pledges that they will go in for sum-
mer fallow next year.
POplar-Poplar has passed an Or
dinance barring all youths under Is
from public dances unless accompan-
led by a chaperon.
Glendive-The Glendive chamber
OF commerce has made survey of the
Ignite coal deposits in eastern Mon
tana, which are very extensive.
Great Falls-Over 800 carloads OF
Canadian beef cattle have been ship.
ped across the Montana border dur
ing the past three months.
Helena-There were So cases OF
|smallpox in Montana last week, Is
cases Of diphtheria, IA Of scarlet few.
er, tuberculosis 6, typhoid 1.
Thompson Falls-Charles Vaughn
q ranchman living near here, was
seriously and perhaps fatally gored
by a blooded bull, which attacked
him while he was feeding his cattle.
Great Falls-In order to effect q
saving of $1,000 per year the Great
Falls city council will meet twice q
month, instead of weekly, in the
future.
Missoula-James Kerloo, a placer
miner, was frozen to death while he
was travelling from his placer dig.
gings toward Missoula a few days
|ago.
Livingston - Thomas O'Connor
said to be drug addict, is alleged tt
have cut hole through the rear dool
of q local drug store and helped him
self to large quantity of morphine
Butte-William Harris, paroled
convict. and one of the five men ar
rested in connection with the murder
of Cyril Schilling, has confessed tt
numerous recent Butte burglaries
Helena-Three prisoners, Ed Wal
ker, Roy Jones and Ray Phillips, es
capped jail here one night recently, BY
saving out the bars of q Jail win
dow.
Livingston-The Potter basin OF
! we'll has reached a depth of 1856
feet, with q fine oil showing. Tit