The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-10-25
TREASURE STATE BRIEFS
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Discontinuance of the p~ostoffice at
Okla has been ordered by the post
masetr general, according to reports
in Harlowton.
Forty car loads of apples were ship
ped out of the Bitter Root valley over
the Northern Pacific recently. Of this
number Is were loads of fancy fruit
for the New York market.
Montana is credited with an increase
of 100, from 12,64S to 12,SOS, in Indian
population. These figures are based
on reports made by field agents and
reservation supervisors.
At least two business houses at
Baker will not be troubled by the coal
problem next winter. Realizing that
every property owner in Baker has
enough gas under his holdings t. fur
nish him with fuel for the remainder
of his life, P. e. Hubbard of the Baker
Hardware company and Ed Lake, own
er of the Lake theatre, have spudded
in a gas well on a lot In the rear of
their establishments. According to
Mr.. Lake, the expense of drilling the
well will not exceed the combined gas
bills of the two firms for one year.
Frank B. Scovel, pioneer, Is dead
at his home in Lewistown. Mr.. Scovel
had lived in that section for 40 years.
He was born in Stewartsville. Mo,
September 6, 1857, and resided there
until 1882, when he came west and To-
Gated in Lewisotwn, which then was
connected with outside points by stage
lines. Mr.. Scovel drove stage between
Lewistown and Okla and Ubet for some
time and was known as one Of the
most expert drivers In the country.
Later he engaged in ranching, operat-
ing what is known as the Posey Elston
ranch On Beaver creek.
While Claude Taylor, who resides on
the t. H. Burke farm a few miles
north of Hardin was in town, Mrs.
Taylor noticed a pail OF oats on the
cellar floor and carried them out and
fed them to the horses. A few minutes
later she saw hat the animals were III
and shortly thereafter both horses
were dead. It is thought that a for
mer tenant had used oats. treated with
for killing prairie dogs and
had ~carelessley left some in the cellar. |
The team had been purchased by Mr..
only a few days before.
B. F. Tudor, only Mexican war vet
eran residing in Montana and a resi-
dent of this state since the days of
Alder Gulch, is dead at his home at
Victor. He was In his 9th year, hav-
ing been born In Kentucky in Nav.
1927. He had been a resident of the
Root valley since 1868. Tudor
came west during the days of the gold
stampede to California.
When residents of Boulder saw Mrs.
Emma Nelson digging what appeared
% be intended for a grave, they be-
alarmed for the safety of her
-hree children and caused her arrest
IN an insanity charge. When question
I'd about the grave. Mrs. Nelson de-
dared it was dug to beautify her home
grounds. She was orderd committed
o the state sanatarium. The children
we're placed in the care of her mother.
Four vertebrae of q b"rontausaurus
we're found recently by r. f. Runkle
n the mountains near Billings. They
ave been identified by the Field Mus
of Natural History as bones of a
eptile that existed on earth 10000 OO
ears ago.
f. e. Bennett, manager Of the lumber
ard at L~odgegrass is dead. While
ssisting in the search for the body of
!. G.. Foster, who was drowned in the
ig Horn during the recent floods. Mr..
emmett contracted a severe attack of
onsilitis which developed into blood
oisoning from which he was unable
!, recover.