The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-05-23
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Next Five Years to See Ten Millions
Spent Developing Western Oil
Fields-Great Improvement An
nouneed in Machinery to Harvest
Sugar Beet Crop

nounced in Machinery to Harvest
Sugar Beet Crop
Havre-s250,000 signed for reopen
ing of bank.
Wolf Point selected for. the 1924
northern Montana corn show.
Great Falls has completed concrete
storm sewer and gutter work.
Hardin-Largest wheat ranch in
Montana, owned by the Campbell
Farming corporation, is being planted
to flax.
Culbertson-Rreparations are being
made by Culbersson men to sponsor
much larger ard better northeastern
corn show this fall than last year.
Forsyth-American National bank
reopens its doors for business.
Lewistown -- Irrigation steadily
growing in Fergus county, survey
shows $4,000 acres under ditch. Win
net irrigation project has 10000 acres;
Flatwi.,ow will add from 1000 to 10,-
900 acres bringing total to 10000
acres.
Great FaIls--Contracts closed with
25 Rocky Boy Indians to handle labor
on sugar beet acreage at Fort Shaw
and Simms.
Three-In-One Syndicate has moved
a rig on the Mid-Field Syndicate lease
to deepen an oil well shut down at
-1481 feet.
Harve-New Catholic church to be
built, will cost $4,000.
Potlatch No. ] Adams, sec. 21-34-lw
developed flow of gas estimated at
100000 cubic feet in Sundurst sand
at 1165 feet.
Montana refineries produced total
of 2,885,554 gallons gasoline first
quarter of present year.
Contract for Pablo-Polson road lei
for S36,s77.44.
Harlem-Farmers in territory be
tween Harlem and Lehman will plant
300 acres of beans, potatoes and corn
Northern Pacific may extend west
end division terminal from Paradise
to Trout Creek.
Chinook is center of considerable
a
activity in validating, Californi,
company to make several tests.
Milestone New line Of business
started here-furnishing mine prop
to those mines not in q wooded dis
trict.
Butte-Gontract for new Elks hom'
will be let July /. Total cost will b
$4,000.
Dillon-AGontract will soon be lie
on three normal school buildings, II
brary, gymnasium and heating plan
to cost s260,OOO ~
Kalispell-Highest producing GOV
in Flat head country for April i
owned by o. X. Iverson. She pro
duced 1920 pounds milk and g..
pounds butterfat.
The Van Nicer Storm No. well i
sensation Of Kevin-Sunburst field
producing 1875 barrels an hour.
Glacier county issues neat bbookle
showing opportunities for those il
search of new locations for farming
and stockraising.
Toole county's taxes are consider
able lower this year.
Cascade county will receive S1,190,
OF from forest department for schoo
and road funds.
.Sidney--City let's contract for gray
cling one-half mile on Hicks street.
Harve-Hill county starts import
ant highway project leading to Can
adian line.
Malta--Flax and corn will show a
increased acreage in Phillips count
this year. Flax acreage will be in
creased about 5000 acres, corn, 60
900 acres.
Poplar-The Interior Department
will shortly offer 800 acres Of land
on Fort Peck Indian reservation 70
lease for oil and gas development. N
bids of less than 81 per acre will b
considered. If oil or gas is discovere
a royalty of IL per cent must be pal
the government One well must b
drilled within year after the leas
to $500 feet depth unless oil or ga
is found in paying quantities at a LEI
ser depth.
While motor trucks are being en-
ployed as an auxiliary service, the
can never take theSplace Of the raj
road as wholesale carriers. With a
average capacity for trucks of tor
and an average capacity Of 40 tor
for freigh. cars, it ;TeHld tslSs aoQy0Q9
mn t~,solro a. arss - 81 49, HI1s- ~.