The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-05-05

Judge Green is interested in oil de.
velopment in his home district and he
and associates are said to have their
eyes on the Kevin-Sunburst field
also.
Upon a visit to Shelby the first of
the week by the editor of The Courier
town is feeling the effects of the oil
strike and the increasing activity in
the new field and many citizens there
anticipate a steady new growth for
their town. They likewise think
well of Kevin's future and are not
at all envious but realize that the
prospective oil area is large enough
for all.
George Shaw, member Ct the con-
tracing firm of Fredickson & Shaw,
left Saturday for a business visit to
his former home at Big Sandy. He
will return with his Ford, having
been unable to negotiate the roads at
the time he came here first, soon af-
ter the strike.
A. E.. Gaines, one Of Kevin's early
new business men, returned Monday
from a business trip of several days
duration down the line.
The dance to be given the evening
of Friday, May -, will take the
place of the regular Saturday night
dances and no dance will be given
the following Saturday.
H. J. Knapp, who came from Sweet
Grass where he had done contracting
and building for some years, hit Ke-
vim after the strike and has been
kept busy in the work of helping to
build the new Kelvin.
A bungalow is being erected by
the Gordon Campbell company on the
heights Just north of the new bust
ness section of Kelvin and this will
be used as a home for the steno-
graphers and Office girls of the COM
pany.
c. c.. Bulmer, Kevin's live wire
barber, has added a second chair to
the shop he opened in the Al Coed
dertz building and installed mirrors
and %uptodate fixtures.
Mrs. j.. L. Nett recently arrived
from Choteau and Joined her hus-
band and they are comfortably dom
inciled in a farm cottage a short dis
lance southeast of town. Mr.. Nett
has ruin a bus line here since Kelvin
became an oil town.
AS the weather and roads improve
an increasing number of people come
to Kelvin and visit the discovery well.
Sunday a number of car loads of men
and ome inspected the well.
County Commissioner Nichols and
Sheriff J. s.. Alsup were southbound
passengers Monday, the former going
to the county seat to attend a meet
ing of the board.
Editor E. r. Holderby of the Sweet
Grass Advocate stopped in Kelvin
Tuesday, while enroute home from
Shelby where he had been on bust
ness. Editor Holderby was favor
ably impressed with the progress be-
ing made here and when successful
drilling has been accomplished near
his home town, as is sure to be done,
he will be a still more ardent booser
if that is possible.
J. l.. Rookie was called out south
east Monday to pull in a stalled car,
but finding the cripple unable to
travel even with assistance the cars
occupants decided to return to She'll
by-so to Shelby they went in a
hurry.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Austin of Alb
erdeen, S. d. arrived last week and
are now at home in a hastily con-
structed cottage east of the station.
Mr.. Austin holds a chair in the Bull
mer barber shop.
A commodious icebox is being in
stalled in the Reagen & Thompson
meat market, the proprietors believ-
ing Gas the rest of us are hoping)
vuarnar weather coOn will he |
here. This shop is now equipped to