The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-24
State Capital
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supplied by Jerome @. Locke. chair
SILVER SOW man of the state
LEADS Industrial accident
board. During the year there were
81 fatalities as a result Of industrial
accidents, 90 of which occurred in the
mines. The coal mines are debited
with 10 deaths and the quartz mines
with A. There were 80 permanent in
1uries. Silver Bow county, owing to
the larger scale Of mining operations
has furnished a large percentage Of
- Ia. t~hirty-four being debited to the
Butte mines. This is higher than any
year except 1917 when the disastrous
Spectator fire caused such a heavy
loss that the total fatalities in Silver
Bow for that year were 327.
According to officials Of the in
dustrial accident board, the number of
permanent disabilities resulting from
ACCIDENTS is slightly higher than the
number Of deaths, which have aver
GS25 about 80 a year for seven years,
and the number Of temporary disabili-
ties Is about seventy times the number
Of fatalities. The total amount paid
out in compensation claims, including
funeral expenses, medical service to
employees not under hospital contracts,
TO the families Of workmen who were
killed and to wOrkmen who suffered
disability al the result of non fatal ac-
cidents was $473, 1899. On June 30
Of this year there were 2,696 employ
ers and 1855 workmen under the
compensation act.
ET4ITE FUNERAL Of Jack Burke,
4 prominent stockman Of the state
and president of the state livestock
commission and livestock sanitary
'uard, who was killed in an auto
;.TOcKMAN LAID accident near
At REST Great Falls was
teld Monday afternoon, October 10.
services were held In st. Peters Epis-
,Opal church, the 1T. Rev. William b.
ifaber, Bishop Of Montana, officiating.
Tnterment was IN FOrestdale cemetery.
The services were attended by many
livestock men from all parts Of the
state. The pail bearers we're: O. F..
White of Augusta, Fl. F. Bowman Of
Wolf Creek, w. K. F1oweree, Jr, of
Great Falls, John NJ. Power, DR.. W. J.
Butler and II. .. Hammond Of Helena.
Ecrorary-W. P. Kenney Of St. Paul,
A. G. Leonard of Chicago, Andrew
jameson of Dublin. Ireland, Henry L.
Folsom Of New York City, Charles N
Kessler Of San Francisco, f. R. Van
de Putte Of Great Falls, Oliver Wads-
worth, Jr.. Of Great Falls, Jesse Tay-
Tor of Sweet Grass, Charles B. Power
Il. A. NARROW of Helena, and w. X
FlOweree, ST., Of Great Falls.
THE LABOR SITUATION in Mon
q tana is more nearly balanced N
present than at any time since las.
March, according to a summary Of the
State Depar'r'ont Of Agriculture and
SKILLED METAL Labor, baseC
MINERS SCARCE upon report.
from private and public employment
agencies, large employers Of labor ant
county agents.
The only real shortage Ia Of skilled
metal miners, of whom Butte, alone
could use one thousand. The western
Montana logging camps can place 30
men, but anticipate no difficulty Il
obtaining that number. In a few agri
cultural districts there is a small short
age Of labor for sugar beet work, appl
picking and other seasonal activity
While a few instances Of shortage /
road and highway lab0rers are report
ed most Of the larger towns report
surplus Of common labor and of crafts
me2 In the more OmmOn lines.
As soon as threShing is concludes
It Is believed, many men will return t
the mines and logging camps.
DUBLIC HEALTH films and slide
4 possessed by the state board {
health will be loaned free Of charge
responsible persons or organization
for public health education, accOrdir
HEALTH FILMS to DIR. w. f. Cog
LOANED we'll, secretary
the board. At the present time the fc
lowing films are available:
The Priceless Gift of Health, OF
reel; The Fly as a Disease Carrie
n reel How Disease Is Spread, OF
reel; How to Prevent Disease, Of
reel; Mouth Hygiene, one reel Co
qUering Dlphtheria, one reel; II
Health Twins at Work, one reel; T.
Gift Of Life, four reels Our Childre
one reel; The Knowing Gnome, o
reel.
FWOM SILLERS, custodian of t
a state house building and groun
has potted the transplanted flowe
which were raised during the SUNNI
on the lawn surrounding the capt
FLOWERS FOR and the executi
HOSPITAL mansion, occupi
by Governor Dixon and his family, a
has taken them to the veterans hosp
al at Fort Harrison.