Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
News Of Montana



guson' forest supervisor OF the Bear
tooth national forests. fs In the stiil
water district where he win be en-
gagged In the administrative work o
checking up timber sales, for the pas
year. and the outlook for 1924 sales
Thirty-five million two hundred thou
sand feet OF timber was cut from tn.
national forests in District 1 In tn,
first quarter OF 1924, according to Z
report Issued by the forest service ai
Missouia. During the same period II
1923 the cut was 21,615,OOO feet. The
Increase for 1924 is about 20 per cent
The amount OF the timber cut in the
first quarter is S93.74s.T4, amounting
to about S2.75 per 1000 feet OF the
total OF 847 commercial sales of tim
her made in 1923 from the "a national
forests OF Montana and northern Idaho.
$50 were under 500 In value. This
means, federal foresters say, that the
national forests are fulfilling an Inn
mediate purpose Of contributing 10 the
industry and development Of the small
er communities adjacent to the ma
tional forests.
cayuses a ProbIenn.-What Is to be
done TO rid Montana's ranges Of the
cayuses, estimated TO number a half
million, that are depicting the forage
and which serve no useful purposef
This is a question that E. A. Phillips,
secretary Of the state livestock asso-
citation, is attempting to find the an
swer for, with the cooperation Of the
livestock men who appointed a COM
mittee at the recent convention at
Dillon to work on the problem. The
automobile has destroyed whatever
market there was for the 7O0-pound to
9OO-pound range pony. Secretary Phil
lips declares, and month by month
their numbers are increasing on the |
range until the public pastures are
1verrun with them and the problem |
las become a serious one. Secretary
Phillips states that livestock men esti-
nate that one range horse consumes
II destroys twice as much range as a
'ow, so II the worthless wild horse
,ould be driven out Of Montana, he
Ieclares, additional range would he
upplied for approximately a miiIiop
attic.
Coal Industry orows-Coal mining
; rapidIE becoming enc of the most
Important industries in northern Mon
ana. Large coal areas are extensively
through all Of the upper Milk
liver valley, and II is said there is
lmost an lnexhaustible supply. There
re several coal mines operating both
orth and south of Chinook, but the
lost largely developed is the Milk
liver coal mine, two and One-haff
lies from Chinook. The mine has
cen tunneled over a half mile. and
le coal Is being taken out below tho
)0-foot surface Already $65,000 has
zen expended IN developing the mine,
I'd II Is expected Il will be more high
developed the coming year. I
Gold Strike at Basin.-What many {
lIeve to be the greatest gold strike !
recent years was made ia the Katie
Inc Of the Jib Consolidated company n
Basin. The strike was made on the c
0-f0ot level. while the high grade
In is four feet In width. Streaks Of \
veral inches are interpreted q
roughout the ledge that win assay 0
tier than 100000 ton. One sack q
ore taken by Manager o. II. Brin- 81
! to his office weighed 10 pounds e.
a was valued at $1,000. In the
nioD Of Mr.. Brinton, the strike is a b.
of the old vein that In m
territorial daxS ranked the @
tie with the Cable. Drum Lummon fs
! other famous gold mines. W
Lion KFiIed.@The hide Of ct
enormous mountain lion that WIS tn
.ged by Richard Johnson of Fish ST
elk has b0en on display at MIssoula. pS
! animal. which measured nine feet be
inch from tip to tip. WAS killed by hs
Johnson at the head of Petty pr
*, II Is reported. The animal had by
q killing deer in that section and tn
johnson started out after him. st'
dog treed the animal after a long ed
se. and Mr.. johnson shot him with tn
difficnlty. tn
IeepIns Sickness Case. III. A. to
eau. Milwaukee brakeman, Is
ously IN at Holy Rosary hospital at
ps City. suffering from sleeping
ness. The cause Of the ailment lie
not been determined by physicians. sh'
tor
or INTEREST TO Is.