The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-01-13

LOCAL ullEfS-
A daughter ives sotn so Mn and
lars. Wiulam 1an1essen. 3eneAry oth
Chester weash<rs. IA tcwA TasS1Ay
from tAs Mpsis country. rsporte1 thu
arrival at HE home January, :. Of I
new aaughtet In he family. The new
conner weighed nias po6nds AID haa
bceos aane@ Pafalse Grace Weather.
Powder river On Tuesday commenced
overflowing its Ice and made III travel
out Ct the question for automobilea
and even . dubious proposition foi
horseback riders and wagons.
r.. @. Shireman, Broadus- Moorhead
mail carrier, broke trail through the
sncw ON the county road Tuesday with
team and wagon. In coming from
Moorhead he was compelled to desert
the Ice on the river because Of its
overflow.
J. +. BeDell, Pinto postmaster. was
in the ccunty seat Monday and Tues.
day.
A. q. Shaw Of the Biddle country
was in town Monday.
Fred Ross Of Pinto was in town the
first Of the week.
]. I. Westphai of the high school
faculty returned Sunday from a ten
DAY trip t. Wisconsin where he had
been called by the death Of an uncle.
II you are feeling badly, put your
troubles away by taking Tanlac. 5.
A. Holt, Broadus, Mont.
j. H. Morris, chairman of the board
Of county commissioners: Treasurer J.
T. Wilson and Assessor J. u. Williams
were engaged the first Of the week in
drawing names OF resident taxpayers
who could be summoned on dist rict
court jury venires during the present
year.
The annual ice harvest in Broadus
got under good Roadway the first Of
the week. The ice is being taken
from Powder river and is of excep-
tional good quality this year. clear as
crystals. and in thickness from 10 tc
- inches. Chas. q. Lewis. S. A. Holt
and VILLAS Martin are all putting up
ice to the limit Of their storage space.
Charles :. Einsel returned Saturday
from San francisco, where he en-
joyed the holiday vacation with his
v
daughter Miss Elizabeth
Mr. and Mrs. s. a. Holt were hosts
at nest pleasant 500 card party
Saturday evening, First prizes were
awarded to 4. W. Heitlel and Miss Ethel
summers. Additional prizes were won
by n. a. Rurkey and Mrs. Chas. b.
Lewis. Dainty refreshments concluded
an enjoyable entertainments
Guy Dean from Snrfnr craaL tr,,,
acted business in town Monday
silk train passed through Miles
city this week en- route from Seattle
10 New York. 1t comprised II cars.
each holding from $4,000 to 10000
pounds OF silk. and valued at $50, 900
to 100000 per car The cost of trans
pertat1on of this big silk shipment will
approximate 100000
A special train of 100 steel freight
ears loaded with 500 automobile.
passed through Miles City this week. |
s"ipped from New York To Los Angeles |
ihe weight is declared tc be l,1s6, 500
POUNDS ana the train is nearly a mile
iohe. Freight charges will total about
soo,eeV. This shipment is one of the
f:ost spectacular incidents of trans
continental freight service.
Ianiac is we'll advertised. but ad- !
Vsrt'sing alone could not have pro-
duced Tanlac's popularity. 1t had to
nave merit. s. A. Holt. Broadus.
Inc Glengarry Mining company Of !
Niles city. in which considerable can
ial from Powder River county is in
vested. has secured a tract of land =,
Laurel. and proposes to build n I OOo. |
ton smelling plant for the treatment .,
us own ore which will be taken from |
It's property near Cooke city. The |
pant Will be built at an estimated COS,
81 100000 and it is believed thar
work will be started within wear A.
YET there 1s no railroad to the vas,
ore deposits but preliminary work on
4 read from Columbus to Cooke nm
tne saltwater has been started, AND
II Is said construction work has hsen
Planned Tor next spring. In addition
10 opening up the vast timber and min.
eraI reserves. the road road will OFF,,
\ water grade shortcut frcm Columbus
TO the Seliows1on. park. shortening
the distance $50 miles.
snlQmentscon wilifohf dlu shrdlu sh
Ell Severovic was in town Monday
from the Kingsley country.
y. Z. Cramer was down frcm tn. r.
iHVlde country Friday with a load of
mats.
Mr. ana Mrs. Sam Smith from the
oAVe country were in Broadu. Satur
lay.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Witcher an, bah.
"@Ne taken apartments at Flanerx'S
'estaurant for the winter .n.rth..
u. r. Wiebe, who has been employed
y uuy Dean on Spring creek, was
town Friday. He is an ex-seryice
nan and while serving with the mill
cry polaee on the Alsace-Lorraine |.
foht inquired in an aerial raid. He :.
escaped death by his steel helmet taxi
ns the blunt Of a proectile tina, .