The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-08-23
MONTANA NEWS NOTES
TerseIy Told Tales Concerning
the Treasure State and
M0ntanans

M0ntanans
The Harlowton Rifle club will bt
represented by a team at the Nationa,
Rife shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio.
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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 to Montana In 1883.
Timber and rig irons for drilling OPP
GRAFTON on the Mendenhall structure
near Springdale are on hand and work
will start on a test well Immediately.
Mrs. Clara Montana Grady, the first
white woman born in Virginia City
during the Treasure states pioneer
days, died in Missoula at the age Of 81
years.
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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.
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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 blackleg are being received by
the county agent at Sidney. Vaccina-
ton is urged upon all those who have
young stock.
ALT Whitworth of Deer Lodge, was
elected grand high priest of the Mon
tana grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, during the closing business Of
the annual convention in the consistory
temple at Helena.
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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
$780, 900 damages.
The two elk which have inhabited
the paddock In Gibson park at Great
Falls, were turned on the Highwood
game preserve. They were 8 years old
and magnificent specimens. The game
preserve contains some so elk.
Raising of seed peas promises to de-
velop into a general and profitable in
dustry In the vicinity Of Dillon. The
soil and climatic conditions around
there are found to be especially adapt
ed to the early Alaskan variety Of peas.
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The state fish and game commission
held a meeting at the chamber of COM
merce rooms in Bozeman recently, at
which a large number of petitions were
received asking for an early opening
date for the bird seasons in various
counties. All told, some 20 petitions
rom as many counties were presented.
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There is great activity on the
campus Of the Montana State college I
1t Bozeman these days, for scores Of I
workers, carpenters, brick s
ayers, electricians, plumbers, structur- /
Il steel workers, laborers, engineers {
Ind other artisans are busy from morn I
ng to night at their varied tasks.
ushing the first five buildings of the
,reat building program to completion. S
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The freight situation continues to I
fleet local institutions at Stevensville. a
)ne instance is the operation of the q
aiming company at Bass Spur. Owing S
0 a lack of cans and failure to secure c
shipment of empty cans, due to the
situation, the cannery has
cen forced to divert the receipts of n
herries from the factory to the refrig- p
plant at the Bitter Root cream s
ry. il
The Montana Wheat Growers asso- e
lation received a telegram from Geo. v
|. Jewett, general manager of the a
'orthwest Wheat Growers association,
lat the loan applied for, for the
nancing Of the Montana pool this d
ear, has been granted by the War CT
corporation, this being a part O.
the eleven million dollars asked for OF
7 the wheat associations of the five A
orthwestern states. Ell
AS a result of the consummation OF 81
ng time contracts for the handling
the ores from the famous Hercules
ID Tamarack-Custer mines on the or
)uerur d'Alenes district by the ha
Smelling and Refining COM on
ny, the East Helena smelter of that or
mpany is to be greatly enlarged and M
capacity increased to take care of on
e additional tonnage, it has been an Of
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