The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-09-07
MONTANA NEWS NOTES
lersely Told Tales Concerning
the Treasure State and
M0ntananS

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M0ntananS
The Harlowton Rifle club will bt
represented by a team at the National
Rifle shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio.
~Forty-three mixers of MisSouLa have
formed a Hikers' club for the purpose
OF stimulating interest in mountain
climbing.
Gustave Strobel, president of the
State Publishing company of Helena,
died recently after a prolonged Illness
He came 10 Montana In 1888.
Timber and rig irons for drilling OPP
Grafton OIL the Mendenhall structure
near SpringdaIe are on hand and work
will start On q test well Immediately.
Mrs. Clara Montana Grady, the first
white born in Virginia City
during the Treasure states pioneer
days, died in Missoula at the age of 81
years.
Nearly $50 tons of poisoned bran
were fed to grasshoppers by Cascade
county farmers In their desperate
fight against the pests this season, &C
cording to the county agent.
Republican supporters of Governor
Dixon and his policies from a score OF
counties Of Montana met recently In
Helena to lay plans for the windup
of the state primary campaign.
Reports from the outlying ranges to
the effect that many cattle are dying
from bln ckleg are being resolved BY
the county agent at Sidney. vaeana-
tion h urged upon all those who have
young stock.
ALI Whitworth Of Deer Lodge, was
grand high priest Of the Mon
tana grand chapter Of Royal Arch
Masons, during the closing business Of
the annual convention in the consistory
at Helena.
Alleging breach OF contract, the
Wyoming Exploration company has
brought suit In the district court at
Billings against J. r. Prigmore and
Gus Peterson Of Seattle, asking for
s790, 900 damages.
The two elk which have inhabited
he paddock in Gibson park at Great
Fails, were turned on the Highwood
game preserve. They were 8 years old
and magnificent specimens. The game
preserve contains some 80 elk.
Raising Of seed peas promises to de-
into a general and profitable in
in the vicinity OF Dillon. The
soil and climatic conditions around
are found to be especially adapt
I'd to the early Alaskan variety of peas.
The state fish and game commission
leId q meeting at the chamber Of COM
nerce rooms In Bozeman recently, at
which a large number Of petitions were
'eceived asking for ar early opening
late for the bird seasons In various
,ounties. All told, some 20 petitions
rom as many counties were presented.
There is great activity on the
ampus of the Montana State college
{ Bozeman these days, for scores of
oncrete workers, carpenters, brick
ayers, electricians, plumbers, structur.
l steel workers, laborers, engineers
nd other artisans are busy from morn
ng to night at their varied tasks,
the first five buildings of the
reat building program to completion.
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The freight situation continues TO
fleet local institutions at S~tevensvllle.
me instance is the operation of the
aiming company at Bass Spur. Owing
} a lack of cans and failure to secure
shipment of empty cans, due to the
situation, the cannery has
cen forced to divert the receipts of
berries from the factory TO the refrig-
plant at the Bitter Root cream.
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The Montana Wheat Growers asso- I
alton received a telegram from Geo, I
Jewett, general manager of the !
'orthwest Wheat Growers association,
rat the loan applied for, for the
nancing of the Montana pool this z
has been granted by the Wal S
corporation, this being a part f
the eleven million dollars asked for ]
? the wheat associations Of the five c
Drthwestern states. /
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AS a result of the contamination of a
time contracts for the handling f
the pres from the famous Hercules +
Id Tamarack-Custer mines on the o
puerur d'Alenes district by the \
.erican Smelling and Refining com ?
my, the East Helena smelter of that 3
is to be greatly enlarged and =
5 capacity increased to take care of