The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-02-21
THE STATE

Melstone-Local oil operators are
planning an early test of the Ragged
Point district.
Butte James R. Veitch, Milwau-
kee railroad official, who was well
known in Montana, died in Seattle
a few days ago.
Bozeman- Mrs. Nelson Story, wife
of the founder of the Montana family
by that name, is dead. She came to
Montana in 1863.
Butte George Woodwork, Big
Hole Basin, Montana, rancher since
1855, died at his winter home at
Long Beach, a few days ago.
Great Falls Wolf packs which
heretofore have done much damage
in the Highwood hill, have been
pretty well cleaned out by hunters.
Great Falls-Two increases in the
price of oil is expected to greatly
stimulate development work in the
northern oil fields during the coming
season.
Helena In the year 1910 typhoid
fever took 1913 persons out of every
4OVgVOU III llOILaAd. I'll 1870 LIE
ratio was only three persons to the
loo, 900.
Lewistown- S.. L. Cleve of the
state banking department has issued
a statement to the effect that the
closed Empire and State bank will
pay out in full.
Conrad With the first signs of
spring, interest in oil development is
being revived, and 1t looks now as
though this section would see the
greatest activity in this respect that
it has had yet.
Miles City The identity of the
young M who died in a local
hospital recently after giving the
name of Mrs. Brown" has been as
certained as that of Mrs. Vaughn
Lockhart, of Seattle, Wash.
Great Falls A. J.. Breitenstein,
manager of the Hotel Rainbow, was
elected secretary of the Montana Ho-
tel Mems association, at a meeting
of the association which was held at
the New Finlen hotel in Butte.
Dutton-"As near as I can esti-
mate at this time there will be about
three times the acreage planted to
corn this year in this country tribu-
tary to Dutton that there was last
year" said c. o. Juelfs, a successful
farmer near here.
Miles City Engaged in repairing
the roof of a homestead shack near
Brunelda, Mont, an inland pointn
100 miles northwest of this city,
Fred Hest, a rancher in the Hole in
the Rock region, was shot down in
aaI1 h1aA1 h-v n ~ Nn1ynAurn oncos1o ~
who made his escape.
Havre-The Great Northern rail
way will spend approximately ST.
0O0,0 900 on the Montana division,
which extends from Williston, N. D.,
to Cut Bank, this coming summer,
according to Great Northern officials.
OF this $1,000,000 about 100000
will be spent in the vicinity of Havre
alone.
Cut Bank Seven million eight
hundred thousand lbs of coal was
consumed by locomotives and other
power in the roundhouse during jan
uary. This is half of the usual
amount of this kind of fuel. In adj
dition to this big item, $500 gal
Ions of fuel oil was also consumed.
This means that an average of 49,
500 gallons were used daily.
Helena During the month of
December, 1928, for which reports
the oil transportation concerns
have just reached the office of the
railroad commission, 148, 859.75
of oil were received by the
pipe line companies operating in the
Cat Greek, and the Kevin-Sunburst
during the month ~aggregating
1872 ,901.85 barrels. The great bulk
If this movement was in the Cat
Creek field where the posted field
price was 95 cts per barrel through
)ut the month.