The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-30
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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Union Telegraph company workin,
through the Helena relay office, it il
announced by General Manager A. B
Cowan of Denver, here on his semi
annual tour of inspection. The centra
accounting idea was proposed by DIS
trict Commercial Manager U. G. Lii.
of Salt Lake, and simply means tina
the accounts will be handled here ant
will be in the hands of expert account
ants. Installation of the center is ii
charge of H. H. Hardy, division com.
mercial manager, and R. Van Time
division auditor, both of Denver.
Trapper Makes Record.-T W e n t y
four coyotes in six days was the record
made by a transient trapper in the
Long Butte country, 10 miles south of
Simms, according to ranchers from
that section, who claim that the trap
per now at work there gets coyotes
faster than anybody they ever saw
According to the ranchers, the trapper
is using the strychnine method of bring
ing down the quarry, and he handles
this poison so skillfully that coyotes
fall for the bait like a child does for
candy. Some difficulty is being ex-
perienced by the trapper, however, as
the cattle that range over the baited
area smell the bait, and in many in
stances trample 1t to pieces. The coy
ote menace in this section had become
so alarming that stockmen, it is be-
lieved, are paying the hunter good
wages in his attempt to eradicate the
pests.
New Company Soon To Operate
James Keith of Spokane and DR.. J.. B.
Peeso of New York City, leading stock
holders in the Zonolite company of Lib
by, were recently looking I'VE the COM
pany's property. The oven which e. N.
Alley has under construction will be
ready for the fires in about another
week, after which time the company
will be prepared to take care of large
scale orders. Zonolite, the product
which the company is mining, is at
tracing considerable attention in the
commercial world not only as an IN
usually high class insulator but for the
many other uses to which 1t is adapted.
University Has Large Library.-The
state university library at Missoula
now contains 100000 volumes ranging
first editions to modern text
books, according to- Miss Gertrude
librarian. To care for
these books requires. Six full-time Ii
brarians, one full-time stenographer,
one half-time clerk, and nine students
receiving from $40 to $25 per month
according to their efficiency and the
line they work. These students are
from the class in library econ
my.
Paying Back Taxes.-That a large
of delinquent taxes are being
,aid in Richland county by farmers
Who have threshed their grain is re-
'orted by Delbert Dotson, treasurer.
of the farmers were in arrears
in 1918, said Mr.. Dotson. The
is said to be true of Roosevelt
ounty, according to the treasurer at
Volt Point.
Close Irrigation CanaI.-The High
inc Ditch company at its annual
recently decided to turn off
ne water October Is for this year, in
that all repairs needed may be
one this fall, when the farmer share
olders can assist, and that at the busy
me in the spring when water will be
eeded and all the farmers will be
usy putting in their crops, there need
e no delay to make repairs.
Masons Award neutrality-suspicious.
lodge, Corinthian No. II, at Laurel,
as authorized a scholarship of 500
} be awarded annually to the most |
romising student in the Laurel high |
.hool, the fund to be made available {
hen the student becomes enrolled in
)me institution of higher learning up
successful completion Of his work,
ccording to Superintendent Graft. He
lated that the purpose is to ncourage r
.bition for higher learning and to c
ssist in a small way the fulfillment OF +.
Ich desire. 6
Trying to Pass.-Miss Pearl Travis t
a compound fracture Of the r
ght arm and was badly bruised, while a
Putnam and Bernice Dahl c
ere slightly injured, when an auto n
tobile driven by Miss Putnam over n
lrned on the highway between Shelby Il
nd Dunkirk, Oct. 10. Miss Putnam n
as attempting to pass another car, v
hen loose gravel on the edge of the n
lad gave way, causing the car to skid
I'd turn turtle.
Put Lid on GambIing.-Card games,
inch boards and all other forms Of s
must go, Miles City council Ii
at its meeting recently when e
report of the police and fire commit r,
e recommending such action was ac- Fl
opted. The committee also investi- q
ated the police operation and condi- a
pms and found considerable friction "
Id jealousy which is detrimental, ac- il
riding to the report. b
MANY Would Buy Sheep,-COunty