The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-04-14
THE STATE.

erected mayor at the recent municipal
election.
Helena - Reports from all over
Montana indicate that the winter
wheat crop is in fine condition.
Klein - A nine-hole course has
been laid out on the hillside above
Glbbtown and play will begin in g
few days by members of the Klein
Golf club.
Hardin - With the shipment oil
several carloads of drilling equip
ment to this point, interest in the oil
development around Hardin is stead
lily growing.
Miles City-Three hundred trees
will be furnished the people Of Miles
City at cost as a part of the city beau
tlflcation program of the chamber OF
commerce.
Miles City-By a vote of $40 to so
the electors of school district No. 1
agreed to a bond issue of 800, 900
for h construction of a school build
ing.
Helena-Ray Brent, first Montana
soldier to be killed in the world war,
sleeps in Resurrection cemetery in
Helena. The body was brought from
France and inferred with most i'm
pressive ceremonies.
Miles City-More than a score of
local business and professional men
visited the Crow Rock oil structure,
upon which will be drilled a well In
the course of a couple of weeks by
the Crow Rock Oil Co.
Helena-Dr. w. J.. Butler, state
QfQrin arion hos hanp no ,nNo;-faI
by Governor Dixon. The legislature
raised the pay of the office from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year.
Butte-"Be With Bill in Butte" is
the slogan which has been adopted by
Silver Bow lodge of Elks, hosts of the
Elks of the state who are to meet in
annual convention in Butte July 1
to 4.
Miles City - Mrs. w. W. Andrus
has been appointed president for the
Montana branch of the National Fed
GRAFTON of Musical clubs, by Mrs.
Frank A. Seiberling of Ohio, the ma
tional president. She succeeds Mrs.
O. F. Wadsworth of Great Falls.
LivingstOn-An information charg-
ing manslaughter against DR.. H. L..
DEWEY, Livingston dentist, as the re-
suit of the death of Miss Mural Por-
ter of Butte in an automobile acct
dent several weeks age, was dismiss
sed in local district cost recently.
MissOula-Joe Vuchoyich showed
no emotion as he stood in the district
court and heard District Judge Theo-
dore Lentz read the verdict Of a jury
which fixed Vuckovich's penalty at
hanging and fixed the date of the
execution between the hours OF 6 a.
m. and 8 p. m. Friday, May 81.
Miles City-Judgment in favor Of
U. Kern, administrative of the
estate of Henry L. Kern, versus John
Barton Payne, former director gen
eral of the railroads, for the SUM Of
$4,000 vas returned by the jury
after the case had been under con-
for three hours.
Dillon-It is reported from the
5mallhorn field near here that the
cleaning out of the old Beaverhead-
Alberta we'll has been completed and
ON at a depth of LOO feet. The
I'D rig has been remodeled into the
Attest style standard outfit.
Livingston-Through the efforts
# Secretary Holmes of the local
:hamber of commerce, every section
# the county that has agricultural or
population has been organ
zed into a community club, IA COM
and community club organi-
atoms.
Butte-James G.. Cooking, republi-
an, was elected mayor of Butte over
William Davey, democrat, by a ma
GRITTY of 1900. Strasburger, republi-
an candidate for treasurer, was
by a majority of 240. Dan f.
hea, democrat, a blind youth who
as been admitted to the bar, was
police magistrate.
Miles City-Creation of an irriga-
on district to embrace Toll acres
n the Yellowstone river between Pa 2
agon and Calabar on the Milwaukee,
as been recommended by the county
lrveyor. A steam plant of 1900
orsepower, two pumps, and two
itches are included at a cost of :
100000. l
Ka1ispell-Eggs here have dropped
25 cents a dozen and scores of
oultrymen are putting them down in b
alter glass and other pre~servatives
stead of marketing them. This Is
lie lowest price for eggs here since
10 beginning of the war. Potatoes
e bringing SO to rs, cents on the :
cal market. :
Kalispell-Ninety dollars was paid :
T a Duroc-Jersey hog at an auc-
on sale here, being bought by j. d. :
ouden. The other high figures were R
IS paid by John Kuntz and $61 by 3
Nelson. All the animals offered
ere Duroc-Jerseys. The prices aver :
with those received at the sales
Id recently in Great Falls and Bill L
gs. l.