The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

Que uay, July 10,
Construction of a new elevator to re-
place the one destroyed by fire last
February has been begun by the H.
Earl Clack company at Havre.
The defense in the case of the state
against former Warden Frank Conley,
of the Montana p~enitentiary has con-
cluded the Introduction of its evidence.
Among the outstanding developments
of a mining nature in the vicinity Of
Libby during recent weeks was the dis
covery of molybdenum ore On Par
menter creek.
According to reports from the state
capital, the parimutel bill will be the
only survivor of the laws proposed to
be initiated to be voted upon in the
coming election.
Expenditures Of ~$142,17S.35 on about
% miles of road are provided in con-
tracts which have been awarded by
the state highway commission for road
work near Helena.
Large patches of grasshoppers have
appeared in several parts of Madison
county but in sections where they were
a serious pest last year they appear to
be less numerous this season.
A rate of a fare and one-half on the
certificate plan has been granted by
the Great Northern railway for the
| state convention of the American Lee
gion at Kalispell July 20, 81 and q.
Three suspects arrested in connec-
tionwith the dynamiting Of the ranch
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Urbach
near Livingston, AVE furnished alibis
and have been released.
The work on the new buildings at
the Montana State college at Bozeman
is progressing rapidly. All of the
buildings have the foundation laid and
the structural work is nearing COM
pletion.
During a wind storm at Great Falls
recently the roof was blown off the
grandstand in Earling baseball park
In which between 800 and 900 persons
were seated. No one was seriously
injured.
Twenty-one cars Of cattle, valued at
$4,000, representing the largest cattle
shipment to Montana from an outside
state in many years, passed through
Butte recently en- route from Utah to
Pompey's Pillar, Mont
Members Of wrecking crews now on
strike at Great Falls have Offered their
services without compensation to the
Great Northern Railway company, in
case of a main line blockade or a wreck
endangering public safety.
Records of the clerk Of the court
at Billings show that the annual crop
Of June brides in Yellowstone county
took a decided slump this year. There
were ca licenses issued during the
month as against 70 in June last year.
With the arrival in Miles City of the
first carload of crude oil from the
"Fifty-Six'' Oil company's well in the
Cat Creek field, announcement was
made that the Miles City oil refinery
would begin turning out refined prod
ucts at once.
In an endeavor to establish a record
for the flight from Minneapolis to
Butte, two Butte ayiators will leave
the Twin cities In a new 160-horse-
three-passenger Curtis airplane.
The flight will be made without a stop
one days time, If possible.
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The plant Of the Montana Brewing
company at Great Falls, valued by Its
,wners at $4,000, seized by the state
Under a search warrant for alleged :
violation of the prohibition law, has
,een ordered restored to its owners
Ind confiscation proceedings against !,
( dismissed.
That the prairie chicken crop will
,e large in the Simms section this fall .
wing to splendid weather for Matching :
5 now assured, according to farmers r
rom various points who claim they
ave never seen the like Of the large
lied broods trailing through the grass
With the hens.
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There is a total Of 1,614,663.25 acres