The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-08-05
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

number of regiStrnntS at the state uni.
versity at Mi>souIa far exceeds tina.
of any other summer session. The
total number of students attending the
university in the summer Of 1920 was
800
The rays Of the sun Wednesday
pouring down upon the sheet metal
walls of the warehouse Of the Owen
house Hardware company ut Bohemian,
started blaze in the piles of binding
Irvine stored in the building Forty
thousand pounds Of Irvine had been
stored there and the damage was esti-
mated at $1,000.
Oil lease filings literally have FLOOD.
ed" the office Of +. 4. West, county
clerk and recorder Mt Broadus. For
the most part the leases are on tho
Coalwood structure and represent the
oil aspirations of scores of companies.
Recording fees from these filings are
from $1.5O to 81 for each leasN
Fred T.. Woodward Of Sidney, Mont,
for whom American legion posts all
over Montana have been making a
search since he disappeared in Great
Falls on his way home from the state
convention at Lewistown. crossed the
border into Canada on July l. accord.
ing to information received "Wednesday
by 10y J. Molumby. vice commas der
OF the state organization of the Ameri.
can legion.
have purer water supply than Red
Lodge, is the statement Of II. r. F'oote.
representative of the Montana state
board of health, who inspected the
water supply but on account Of the
rapid growth of the city the water
system is being rapidly outgrown and
there is grave danger of the high stand.
ard being lowered on account of the
necessity OF pumping water into the
mains from the main creek to supple
inent the gravity supply from the west
fork.
Grain harvest began in the Yellow.
stone valley and on the surrounding
dry land benches last week and will he
in full swing this week. Reports from
employment agents of Billings who
supply labor for farms within radius
of 100 miles or more. state the crop as
whole. probably will not equal last
years in this section. although In
places it will be much heavier.
Fire Chief Charles Collins has re.
ceived notice that the annual conven.
ton Of fire chiefs of the Pacific coast
will be held in Butte on August %
% and 50.
The Thomas H. lnce fire prevention
trophy cup. won by Anaconda a year
ago on the strength Of the best fire
prevention record in eight western
states. was received Friday night from
San Francisco. 1t has been exhibited
in coast cities for two months.
to cover period Of two years for an
investigation to disclose the source OF
spotted fever in the Bitter Root val,
ley may be asked Of the United States
public health department.. according ia
a statement made Saturday by DR.. F.
T. Foard, U. s. public health officer
o
Nominations at Washington last Fri
day included Frank Seymour Reed oi
Culbertson. Montanu. to he receiver OF
public moneys at Glasgow. Mont. and
Edwin Malcolm Kirton, Of Malta, Mont.
to be register Of the land office, Glas
gov.
The death rate of women in child
birth is higher in proportion to popu
, !atiOn in Montana than in any othel
state in the union. according to sta
| tistics presented at the meeting Of
| physicians and health workers 10 Bill
| ligs last week. according to DR. Alloy
sius Dolan. Of Great Falls. who wa.
elected vice president OF the STATE
medical association.
| The current Issue Of Patent New,
contains description Of paten
spring catch for washboa rds and tubs
perfected by Mrs. Sena +. johnson o
kalispell. Mrs. Johnson has received
a patent in the United States and Can
ada and is now having her invent'o,
registered in Great Britain.
Miles Olsen OF the department o
agriculture Is making n prel!minar
survey Of the historical and econo
nomical side Of the farming iniussr
Of Roosevelt county.
Chinook will have her main stree
graveiei by the legion boys next weel
and made ready for the Duluth RoOs>
welt highway tourists. The organiza
tiOn has borrowed six motor truck