The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-11
State Capita
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MENACE or WOODTlCK
THIS YEAR

REDUCED THIS YEAR
nR. w. F. COgswell. secretary of the
II state board of health. reports that
the wOOdtick menace in Montana this
year is less than it has been for sew
eral previous years. To date 10 cases
Of spotted fever and two cases Of tick
paralysis have occurred. Only two
deaths have been reported. Or. Cogs-
well attributes this favorable condition
TO publicity, which has moved the
people Of Montana against tick bites.
Though the number of cases is com
paratively small, the malady generally
is distributed Over the state. People
have been stricken in Carbon, Rose
bud. Flathead, and Ravalli counties.
One case has been reported in Lewis
and Clark. The month Of May and the
first half Of June. in past years. have
been the most dangerous months, and
though DIR. COgSwell is hopeful that the
present encouraging situation will con-
tinue, he urges those who visit the
woods to exercise every precautiOn I'M
til July l. when the danger season
virtually ends.
ARMY OF PEACE
TAKING HELENA
MOUNTAINS great army of peace,
IL the 163rd infantry regiment, goes
into encampment at Fort Harrison,
near Helena. June IA. With 81 com
missioned officers and LOO enlisted
men, the national guard will hold its
summer workout near the state capital.
The regiment will be under the com
mand Of Col. Erastus Williams. The
encampment will center in that place
the military men and equipment from
many parts Of Montana. The medical
detachment from Poplar, in northeast
Montana, will come under the direc-
ton of Captain Clarence Munich. There
will be the big service company from
BOzeman, including the 163rd regiment
band, pride Of the national guard in
this state. This band now has AZ
musicians signed up under the direc-
ton of Warrant Officer John Fechter,
one Of the most experienced band men
Of the northwest.
COURT AFFIRMs AUTHORITY
FOR BOND ISSUE
THE supreme court has affirmed the
II authority of Fergus county com
missioners to sell $4,000 in refunding
bonds for the purpose Of meeting cur
rent expenses of the high school which
: has SG5.3S9.32 tied up in insOlvent
banks in Lewistown. The ruling was
made in the injunction proceedings Of
A. A. Frankie, a property owner In
Fergus county, who sought to prevent
sale of the bonds on the grounds that
it would bring the bonded Indebtedness
above the prescribed 3 per cent Of the
cOunty's assessed valuation. In the
decision. which was delivered by
Chief Justice Galloway, the court de
clares the 5-per-cent law was not
l meant to exclude emergency issues OF
e this nature which are specifically and
c separately authorized by statute.
d EIGHT HIGHWAY PROJECTS
f FOR SUMMERS WORK
a G. CLARK, senior engineer, an
"a nounces that eight contracts fol
4 highway projects are TO be let this
summer by the bureau Of public roads
" these being: Tarkio flats, OF Yellow
d stone trail. in Mineral county; Nine
Mile hill, west Of MissOula; Bolton
Java. over divide; Monarch-Riceville
near Great Falls; last section of ives
Gallatin road into Yellowstone park
Yankee Jim canyon road on main high
a way from Gardiner TO Yellowston.
Y park entrance; LOlo pass, Idaho sum
st nit section. and Eureka-Whitefish
" is CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE
le OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
" G.. TOOMEY, secretary and cour
LIE sci Of the Montana railroad CON
:, mission has filed his declaration o
candidacy on the Republican ticket 70
attorney general. 1t his letter Of trans
initial Toomey declares that If electe
he will try the states cases In tn
courts and not in the newspapers an
in and out Of political seasons an
. that he viii give the supreme court tn
"mOst loyal and helpful service that
r. possible with the means at hand"
he FILES FOR CLERK OF
4 SUPREME COURT
re 7 WARD CROSBY, who was al
gc Os pointed clerk Of the Montana 81
al preme court to succeed the late Dan
NJ. Easton. has filed his declaration I
candidacy on the Republican ticket fl
" election to the office he now hold
Crosbv's home s in Livingston. r
saw service in the World war, beir
severely wounded in both legs and Il
hip. He lost a part of both Re,
\ through amputation.
CANDIDATES MUST FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
CANDIDATES in the last preside
tial preferential primary are T
minded by Secretary OF State Stewa
Of the law requiring them to file e
pense accounts with his office with
Is days after the election. Sever
candidates already have returned {
U expense account blanks which N
Stewart sent ont 70 all candidat