The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-11-20
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
= = Treasure State = =

for Sweet Grass county are all in thu
hands of property owners and many
payments are being made daily. In
stead CT taking advantage of the semi
, annual payment privileges, according
to Treasurer Davis, a big majority OF
people are paying the whole amount OF
their tax in one sum at this time. This
would indicate that the people Of Sweet
Grass county are in much better shape
financially than for some years pre-
vious. There has also been a notable
reduction in taxes in this county.
.Frenchmen Visit FaIIs.-Frederick
Ledoux, president of the Penarroya
company of France, the largest French
producers of lead, accompanied by two
netallurgical engineers of his company,
were in Great Falls to study methods
used by the Anaconda Copper Mining
company at its Great Falls property.
Mr.. LedOux and his party are making a
tour of the United States and plan to
return to France in December. The
party went to Butte for a ~three-day
stay.
Powder River Bridge Open.-The re-
constructed bridge across Powder river
was opened to public traffic last week.
The two steel spans installed last fall
are 240 feet in length, the steel span
just installed is 1872 feet and in addi-
ton there is a wood bridge at the west
end of 100 feet, making the reconstruc-
ted bridge 522 feet from bank to bank.
The new concrete pier is Is feet high
above the water level and is eight feet
into the sand, making it % feet in all.
Payments To BIackfeet.-The second
lease payment for 1925 for Indian
lands on the Blackfoot reservation be-
gan November 1, when lease money col
lected by the agency for all lands held
in trust was due the Indians. The
work will continue until all payments
have been made. Practically all allot-
ments held in trust, not occupied by
the owners, are leased and members
of the Blackfeet draw a large revenue
from this source twice a year.
Fourth Arrest.-M. A. Anderson, for
mer cashier of the failed State Bank
Of Coffee Greek, was arrested on an in
iictment charging him with having re-
ceived deposits after the bank was in
Mr.. Anderson gave bond Of
$500 to ecu his appearance when
This makes four arrests in
connection with the banks, two former
Coffee Creek bank officials and two
Who were officials Of the Hilger State
{
Car Thief Sent Up.-Hugh Shivley, q
vOung auto thief who pleaded guilty
o grand larceny, was sentenced by I
Judge B. B. Law to serve two to six !
in the ~penitentiary. Shivley,
Who says he came from Scotia, Wash ;
ngton, stole a Chevrolet car belonging '
0 John Mclaughlin from in front Of :
he Holy Cross church, Sunday. Oc- :
10. The young man and the car .
vere later caught at Forsyth. I
Given More Trackage.-Completion :
the laying of / 800 feet of additional =
-ackage at Kelvin will take care of in
reased loading from the oil fields due {
the present record production, ac- :
ording to Fred Wear, division super =
ltendent of the Great Northern. The =
also cOntempIates laying approx =
ately 1000 feet of additional trackage a.
Sunburst to increase loading facil- :
les there, Mr.. Wear said. =
Creamery for BeIgrade.-Frank Pike :
I'd Harl Caven of the Bozeman
reamery company are installing a
'anch creamery at Belgrade. The
ant will have a capacity of 100000 =,
unds of butter annually and will bear :
e name Of Belgrade creamery" The "
Nv enterprise will be ready for opera -
On within a few days.
Big Horn Man Escapes.-State pris~
authorities and Powell county Of TN
,ers are searching for George Kirch- 80
ok. alias Roy Moore, who escaped 81
lille working on an outside job. Kirch- =,
ck was sent from Big Horn county on m,
charge Of grand larceny to serve -,
om four to eight years. He was due No
be paroled November 4. -
Man Dead Two Days Found.-Hud- VS.
ed on a bed in a cheap lodging house, on
z OOUy u OOlOAchSh, ~, was VIZ
und by a caretaker. Indications, &C. 10
to the authorities, are that the rio
IN had been dead for at least two
VS.. The body bore no marks of vio-
ice. Nothing found in the room gave
y information as to relatives. N
Alert Crew Prevents Accident-An sit
.rt engine crew on the Northern Pa ito
&c saved the lives of two persons wa
% were in an automobile that stalled CHI,
a grade crossing near Clinton. En- rer
leer w. E. Brunson and other mem de,
IS of the train crew had brought the IN
in to a stop before it came upon the S
and woman in the car. her
Plant for Manhattan.-H ass
MS now under way mature at Man Ser
tan, a pea canning factory will be JUG
operation there next year. The old Mo
lting plant is to be utilized and it fro
said that 1000 acres of peas will be the
nted if the plant is assured. me-