The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-06-27
MONTANA HAPPENINGS
TOLD IN FEW WORDS
Interesting News Items About Mon
tanans and What They
Are Doing

An unsuccessful attempt was re-
Gently made to burn the hotel at Gid
ford.
Presbyterians of Montana will hold
a summer conference at Bozeman, July
5 to IL.
The explosion of a w~atchman's lam
tern caused the burning Of the Hanson
Iath mill at Radnor.
The Billings Red Cross chapter has
raised 1895 to continue It's work until
August.
The Seven-day Adventist confer
at Great Falls.
The postoffice at Essex was recently
robbed, SIS In cash and stamps and
496 money orders being taken.
Work of erecting q modern three
story Masonic building at Butte at q
cost of S250,0OO will shortly be begun,
The annual convention of the Mon
ANA Hotel Mems association will be
held at Hunters Hot Springs this
year.
Grasshoppers have been multiplying
In such hordes near Mott that farmers
have organized to start a poison drive
on the pests.
Controlling interest In the Montana
Refining company of Billings has been
acquired by the Lewistown Oil and
Refining company.
Gilman and Augusta will celebrate
the Fourth of July this year with q
two-day entertainment staged by the
Gilman Fair association.
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Sam L%indquist, IT, was instantly
killed and Ed Oliver, is, was temper
arily incapacitated by lightning during
an electrical storm at Butte.
Rober Johnson, one Of Miles Cityf
Oldest residents and a veteran Of the
Indian wars of the south and north
west, died at his home in that city.
Montana Baptists will combine their
state convention and summer assembly
at an encampment at the Broadwater
Resort at Helena, June % to July 8
The Ingomar sheep shearing plant
the second largest in Montana, has
opened for the season. Between $4,000
and 10000 sheep have been booked for
shearing.
The Firestone Tire company of Ak
Ohio, has opened distributing
headquarters for two-thirds of Mon
tana and the northern half of Wyoming
in Billings.
At a meeting held in Bozeman, at
tended by representatives of eight or
ganizations, a permanent organization
of the Montana Women's Legislative
council was effected.
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With 227 enrolled the eastern Mon
tana summer school attendance al
Miles City exceeds that of last years
opening session. Anticipated arrivals
are expected to swell the total to 300
Washington J. Mccormick Of Mis-
soula, congressman from the first Mon
tana district, has filed with the secre-
of state his declaration of inten.
ton to seek denomination and re-elec
ton on the Republican ticket.
Blaming her for his wife divorcing {
him, Fred d. Mill of Billings, shot and '
wounded his sister-in-law and at
tempted to take his own life by turn.
Ing the pistol on himself and inflicting {
two bullet wounds in his forehead. {
Fred Falk declares he will never 7
smoke another cigar. He was arrested '
charged with breaking into a box car |
at Livingston and stealing two boxes
Of cigars, and was sentenced to serve
from one to two years in the state s
prison at Deer Lodge. !
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Butter Girl Mooie Segis, owned by G. S
Loud Of Miles City, has been de |
,lared a new champion for Montana for c
the 305-day division class by the Hol- q
stein-Freisian association of America. !
She produced 11.435..4 pounds Of milk
md 4O1 .9S pounds of butter fat.
Montana will be represented at the
American Library association, which \
.onvenes at Detroit, Mich, June %. 1t 0
will send an exhibit of the extension v
work being done from its county H. Il
,~raries, which are sending books to
,eople who cannot reach the library a
lirect. t
fse Q Q
NM Kootcnaf Forest office at Libby