The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-09
| News Of Montana
Brief Notes Conserving tho
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n some coming ITeSn. lneSe cow
have been ranged all summer in the
Bitter Root valley and are well ac-
clfmated. Mr.. Levinson is a well
known dealer in pure blood cattle,
among the shipments which he sent to
this state being a large consignment
soula. Mr.. Levinson expects to dis
pose of the entire shipment to local
farmers within the next few days. The
cattle are at the Earl Eastman ranch
west of Lewistown.
Farmer Struck BY Lightning
James E. Clark, a we'll known rancher
of the Square Butte section. near Fort
Benton, was struck by lightning while
standing on a drill, seeding. The bolt
knocked him unconscious. Medical
aid was summoned and the injured
man taken to Great Falls Immediately
to receive treatment.
To Sell Stand Of Timber.-A portion
of a large stand of lodge pole pine tim
Der in the Big Hole section near Mis-
soula, may be opened to sale in the
near future, Elers Koch, assistant dis
trict forester in charge of forest man
agement, stated on his return from nm
inspection of that section. Mr.. Koch's
trip to the timber stand was for the
purpose of making an estimate upon
the amount and to appraise it's value.
No decisions have beer made as to
| when the sale will be opened or how
much will be sold.
Teachers Form Association.-At a
meeting held recently at Dillon, the
local organization of the Montana Edu-
cation association was formed. Forty
| seven teachers from the Dillon public
schools, Beaverhead county high school
and the State normal college were in
attendance. Matters of business in
connection with the formation of the
local organization were transacted at
this time, and election of officers was
held.
Bandits Blow Safe.-Amateur ban
dts with safe blowing as their act, set
off an overdose of nit~roglycerine in
opening the safe of a Centerville soft
drink parlor at Butte, early Sept. 27,
the resulting explosion rocking the
suburb and hurting the safe door 40
feet before it lodged in the wall in the
ear of the building. A piece of the
safe was blown through the ceiling and
lodged in the floor of the apartment on
the second floor of the building, where
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hodges and their
five children were sleeping. The
thieves had taken $40 and a few fire
arms.
.Flaherty, IS, n of the pioneer ranch
men of Jefferson county. was a vic
tim Of fire that destroyed his residence
at Cold Springs ranch, Is miles from
Whitehall. The ranch had been the
home of Mr.. Flaherty for SO years. He
and his brother-in-law, George Muir
ray, were sleeping in the house, and
Mr.. Murray was awakened by the
flames. He made a desperate effort
to reach Mr.. Flaherty and rescue him,
but was unable to do so.
Hunter Lost For Two Days.-Two
days without food while lost in the vi
entity of Homestake failed to squelch
the ardor of Keith Pillsbury, 72-year-
old Butte nimrod, he told friends when
they found him trudging towards
Butte after a search Of one day and q
night. He was hungry and tired but
anxious to "get out hunting again
soon"
Complains Of Bird SIaughter.-Com-
are numerous in connection
with the ruling of the game depart
ment which closes Cascade county and [
hunters from that county to
come into Judith Basin county to hunt.
According to reports, Great Falls S
sportsmen have entered the western I
part of this county by the hundreds S
and have virtually wiped out the
and grouse in that section. c
Augusta to Get Standardization
covering a period of Is years, between I
Augusta and Gilman residents, was :
terminated Sept. 20, when the state
commission ordered the Great
Northern to move its station from Gill
nan to Augusta. The order will be eff q
'ective November Is, after which n
Augusta will be the terminus Of the +
River branch of the Great North q
a
Bull Cores Rancher.-Victor Erick- s
rancher of Whitepine, II miles n
vest of Thompson Falls, was gored to p
leath by a bull on his ranch a few q
avs ago, according to reports. Erick-
was last seen by neighbors about
wo weeks ago., and as he had been
wing alone on the ranch a search was
tarted for him after an absence of y
everal days. His body was found in |,
field where he had gone apparent u
' to get some cows. The cattle were u
razing about the field and near his $
ody was a %pichfork, which indicated "
had been used for protection in his u
ight with the bull. Il
A deal has just been completed be-
the Wood Livestock company of
iaho, one of the largest livestock OF