The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-24
THE STATE.

GlasgOw-There are 638 pupils al
tending the Glasgow p..bli: schools
according to a census just completed
Miles City-The entire business
section of the village of Kinsey, Ii
miles east of here, was burned to the
ground at a loss of $4,000.
Miles City A bootleg brewery
was raided here a few days ago by
Sheriff Farnum and a large quantity
of beer confiscated. The plant was
destroyed. Jack Grums and Dick
Kelly were arrested.
Great Falls-Agreement of Great
Falls with the Federal Labor union
to pay $3.50 a day for all unskilled
labor In city work will be abrogated
in so days, according to action by the
council.
LivingstOn-The board of county
commissioners has extended until the
first of next year time for the repay
ment of seed grain loans that were
due the first of this year. The board
loaned a total of $4,000.
Great Falls - The locomotive re-
pair department of the Great North
ern shops here will be closed, laying
off 200 men, according to A. H. Me-
lenka, shop superintendent, who re-
ceived the orders from st. Paul.
Missoula-In celebration of estab-
fishing the first Methodist church in
Missoula, SO years ago, local Method
,cko o-o 1, NJ n }h,aa 1au 5,,hi10o
to be held in May. Bishop Charles
Wesley Burns of Helena is expected
to be present.
Melstone-To combat the gumbo,
which renders travel slow and diff
cult in wet weather, the town has de-
cided to put a filler of railroad Gin
ders on the streets, and has awarded
a contract at a price of 33 1-3 cents
a yard.
Livingston-A call has been issued
to soldiers who SAL service in the
362nd infantry regiment, with which
the Second Montana was merged, to
meet in Lewistown next June, when
the Montana legion convention will
be held. Colonel John H. Parker of
st. Louis, who commanded the regi-
ment, will attend.
Harlem-The Harlem Commercial
club has gone into the ice business.
When Ort Irons decided to quit the
club took up the matter. The result
was that it rented Irons icehouse and
equipment and has let a contract to
him. He is to put up 800 tons of ice
at So a ton packed in the ice house.
Livingston-Jerome Locks, of Liv-
ingston; James Johnson of Shelby
and Henry GerhartZ, former surveyor
general of Montana, have been des-
to go to Washington to rep
the state at the senate cOm-
hearing on Senator Walsh's
dill granting the state authority to
the flood waters of Yellow
lake for irrigation purposes.
Helena-Game Warden M. w. Pot
.er has been advised that J. V. Gep-
hart of Saltese, pleaded guilty at SUI
perior to killing a deer out of sea-
son. He was fined $3.50. Potter has
also been advised by telephone that
northern Montana a man was fined
800 for selling deer meat and three
were fined $25 apiece for kill
ng deer out of season.
IIuIAtlCg"A1l uhoOio IN III thO
ownsites of Huntley and Osborne,
IN the Huntley irrigation project in
Iontana, are to be offered at public
ale on April 16. The sale will in
Jude business, residence and acre
lots, the terms to be one-fifth cash,
in five annual installments
t 6 per cent. Any lots not sold will
alter be appraised and offered for
ash at appraised values.
Virginia City-The alleged neg !
ect of James Vanderbeck of Virginia
,ity to pay the municipal govern !
lent SIS which it is said it expended :
q laying a sidewalk in front of his I
ouse after he had failed to do it
imself, put him in a position where !
e had either to buy back his auto +
or lose it. He bid In the car !
DR. $78 at the auction which the city r
onducted. After he failed to pay =
Or the improvement the city attach =
1 the car. 2
Great Falls-Children are not be- !
lg adopted these days, if the exper- r
,nces of St. Thomas Orphans home v
ere for the last year are an indica- v
of the general condition. 1t has =
a year now since anybody has q
to the home and adopted a a
lid, the sisters say, and they can't n
1plain the reason for this change. a
he high cost of living or the disin- Il
nation of people to take more res "
visibility than they must are sug- a
as reasons. n