The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-03-31
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerninf the |
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The new school building at Custer
is completed and ready to be occupied.
Plans are being made at Livingston
to organize II branch of the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars.
W. &. I. L. held it's annual meeting
in Harlowtown March 1916
Salaries of Billings teachers have
been cut $3.50 Il year. The new scale
ranges from s1.05O per year to $1,000.
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A large number Of taxpayers from
all parts Of POndera county met In
Conrad recently and perfected county
organization to he known rs the Tax
payers Association Of Pondera county.
With the coming Of warm weather 1t
is expected that gas mains will be laid
in FrOmberg to permit residents to
connect up with the Ohio cOn,pany's
pipe line leading to Billings from the
Elk Basin field.
The Glendive chamber of commerce
| contemplates putting on a membership
| drive in the near future. A committee
il already at work lining up list
Of prospects, and making budget for
the ensuing year.
OF the 20 cases Of alleged bookkeeping
now pending before Judge Frank p.
Leiper in the Dawson county court
been tried. There were six convictions
and one acquittal.
Three dismOunted bOxcars. used a.
homes and storage sheds were con.
sumed in the first fire Of any proper.
tons Bridger has had for some time
past. The cars were situated on thu
N. +. rlght-of-way.
Montana coal miners are In favor q
II strike, in the event unions and op
orators fail to reach q new agreemeu,
by April l, according to partial re
turns received at the headquarters a
Billings Of District =.
The fifth company Of the new stat,
militia organized will he sworn in 4
Culbertson on March Is by Adjutan
General Charles L. Sheridan and Majo
Keene, federal inspector Of militia TO
Montana.
Park post of the American legion a
Livingston recently gave a dance TO
the benefit of the proposed municipa
swimming pool at that place. 1t /
planned to raise $4,000 to build tn
tank by a series Of entertainments an
dances.
The state supreme court has begu
hearings Of cases on the March caleu
dar. There are 81 new cases and tw
to he re-argued. Judge Harry f
!, Ewing Of Great Falls is sitting with tn
court in place of Associate Justic
Frank b. Reynolds, who is i'll in tn
east.
The vault and safe in the AnacOnd
high school were recently rifled
, robbers, who gained entrance to tn
!. building through a window. The los
: could not he stated by authorities.
window was cut with a glass cutie
|, and the robbers reached in and force
the lock.
The Odd Fellow organizations q
Miles City are considering plans fo
campaign to finance the erectio
Of a temple and are having plans fo
! such building drawn by an architec
= The site is selected diagonally acroe
from the court house, but constructio
may not commence until next year.
Great Northern shops at Havr
which have been closed since Februal
l. have been reopened, re-employir
:. the same force which was working
the time Of the shut down. Practical
all Of the 200 men who were laid o
: have reported and are hack at wor
= This includes the 10 men who wei
laid off on the rip track force.
Paul Jackson Of the Wibaux count
high school at Wibaux. won the sta1
extemporaneous speaking contest r
: Gently held in Missoula. Second plat
e went to John Bolton of the Flathes
county high school at Kalispell. ar
a third place went to Miss Margar
e Duffy OF the Thompson Falls hig
d school.
Finding that the accusations
custer proceedings Instituted son
time ago by six taxpayers Of Musse
shell county against n. r. MacDonal
e chairman Of the hoard of county cor
le missioners. and County Commission.
le r. l.. Wood. had not been sustaint