The Montana courier. [volume] (Shelby, Mont.) 1922-192?, 1922-09-06
INTERESTING news
NOTES OF MONTANA
Short News Paragraphs COVERING Ac-
tivities of M~ontanans for
Busy Readers

A vein of silver ore four feet in
width has been struck in the Mountain
Lion mine near Deer Lodge.
Labor day will be celebrated in
Laurel this year on the biggest scale
the city has seen for any celebration
in a number of years.
The annual beef roundup in the Gus
ter national forest has started. The
stock Is fat and the range in good
condition.
Paving construction and drainage
work or Main street in Laurel has
started and full operation is expected
within the week.
The town of Belfry will shortly en-
joy electric lights and power which
will be furnished by the Montana Utili-
ties company. A pole line from Bridg-
er will carry the current to Belfry.
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The election of officers and the
selection of Deer Lodge as the hex
meeting place was the closing business
Of the Both annual session of the So
ciety of Montana Pioneers in Missoula.
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With only five small fires having
been started with a resultant loss of
$50 the Deer Lodge national forest
promises to establish a record this
year, according to Supervisor Fay G.
Clark.
In order to test out the Ignite coal
mined In the vicinity of Miles City, for
b%riquette, it has been decided to send
three samples of Ignite, amounting to
300 pounds, to the experiment station
of North Dakota.
From Flatwillow comes the word
that Jim Wilson's wheat crop went So
bushels to the acre and that he thresh-
ed 1000 bushels of wheat. Two large
trucks have been hauling this crop to
Winnett to be marketed.
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Only about so per cent of the regis
tered voters of Billings cast ballots in
the recent primary election. The total
vote cast in the II precincts Of the
city was 3,441, while the total regis
tration for the city was 6,141.
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There are fewer horses in Montana
this year than last, but stocks of cat
tie and sheep have increased in num-
Der, according to the rolls of the as
SCISSORS Of the 81 counties of the state,
returned to the state board of equal
ization at Helena.
Visitors to the Montana state fair at
Helena. September 26-30, will have an
opportunity to see the greatest dairy
COW in the state. Grace Koningen,
which recently topped all Montana
records for milk and butter fat pro-
duction with a years test of 29,647
pounds of milk and 931.41 pounds of
butterfat.
OHe Ol tHe WOTSC HdliSlOTHuS lndI
ever visited the Dillon section of the
state occurred recently. The hail fell
in such quantities that it lay eight
deep. and in some cases was as
as a hens egg. Crops lying in
the path of the storm were completely
destroyed. The damage is estimated
at between five and ten thousand dol
lars.
One carload of trout fry, destined for
he future happiness of the anglers Of
Yellowstone county, were received by
he Billings Rod and Gun club from
he u. S. fish hatcheries at Emigrant,
lbove Livingston. The shipment in
'luded 125 cans of the rainbow variety,
II $4,000 rainbow fry. There were also
5000 eastern brook trout fry, accord
ng to A. Trenerry, secretary of the
lub.
Added awards for the swine depart
lent of the Midland Empire fair, at
Billings, which opens it's gates on Sep
ember 10, next, have been announced ]
v the board of fair commissioners. S
'hese consist of two splendid cups !
alued at $50 each to be contested for t
v breeders of Chester White and /
hampshire swine. The added offer )
lgs, it is anticipated. will attract I
cen rivalry in each of these breeds. 3
A resident Of Washoe has discovered
new way to put money into circula- a
on, but unfortunately his plan does c
seem to be of any great benefit to s
lie community at large. The cloud I
lrst which swept through a portion {
that town a few days ago is said to r
ave entered the cellar of this resident, Z
emily gathered on It's crest a can con- <
lining $500 in currency which the U
xner thereof was afraid to entrust to e
le banks. and carried 1t to parts I'M II
lown. 81
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