The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-04-21
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

rifle club has been organized ut
llendive. The membership list num-
bers 50.
The Schick test for diphtheria has
been given to approximately 200 chill
dren at Cascade.
Green A. Hathaway. aged ~. a resi-
dent of the state for the past 81 years,
lied recently mt Wilsall.
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A proposed six-mill school levy was
defeated by Il small margin at the
school election Mt Whitehall.
Work on four of the five new build,
ings at the Montana State college at
Bozeman is progressing rapidly.
John Mcdonnell, 80. one Of Mon
state since 1864, died at Bozeman.
TWO more surgeons have been added
to the staff of the public service hos
plfa at Fort Harrison, near Helena.
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hay arraigned before Judge Rourquin
at Butte on charges of violating the
national prohibition law.
Earl II. Miller of Harlem has ap-
piled for patent for an automatic
grain shocker, Il machine he has been
working on for several years.
organization of the Richland County
Taxpayers association was perfected
at meeting at Sidney attended by
about 80 taxpayers Of that county.
The Weowna refinery at Winnett
has new stills and boiler in operation,
and is running out an average Of one
carload Of commercial gasoline daily.
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Gallatin county high school won first
place in the first state interscholastic
music contest. which was recently con-
cludel at Big Timber. Glendive won
second place and Kalispell third.
An intertlenOminatiOnal conference
on church work among northwestern
Indians closed its session in Billings
last week. Indian missionaries from
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho at
tended.
According to Tom Rusha. state COM
| mander of the American Legion and
sub-district manager Of the veterans
bureau. district meeting Of the LIE.
gion may be held in Missoula some
time this spring.
The state board Of education has
voted to permit Billings to institute a
summer normal school for teachers
and to give regular credits to those
who complete the course as prescribed
for state nOrmals. The entire cost OF
the school is to be paid by the citizens
Of Billings
The jefferson county high school at
Boulder is recognized as one of the
accredited schools of the northwest in
the annual report Of the Northwest
Association Of Secondary and Higher
Schools. The report, which is dated
March 81. lists "a high schools in Mon.
tana.
Ten thousand acres of beets have
been contracted for thus far this sea
son with Midland Empire farmers by
the Great Western Sugar company
according to statement Saturday by
w. p. HOgarty. district manager. In
| 1927 on the same date contracts fol
| only $3.50 acres Of beets had beer
| signed.
There was on hand in the private
elevators and mills of the state on
| March l approximately 100000 bush.
| els Of grain. and on farms in the state
| $4,000 bushels, according to returns
made public last week by John NJ
| Davis. chief of the division Of grain
| standards and marketing of the state
| department. of agriculture.
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| The city treasurer of Great Fails
| has received check for S4n.25O from
The National Surety company. cover
| ing its liability nf city funds on de-
Nosit in the defunct American Bank
and Trust company of Great Falls
With the exception of a personal bond
covering Il small amount. that city is
now entirely reimbursed for its funds
| lost by the closing of the bank.
The state board Of health has issued
| an order prohibiting the importation OF
all shaving brushes made from horse
hair. The reason. it was said. was II
combat the increase Of the disease
known as anthrax. the germs of which
| are said to be carried by the horse
hair brushes. In the future no shaving
brushes made of horse hal: will bt
permitted to be sold in Montana.
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