The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-12-11
STATE BRIEFS

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In the Red Cross roll call conducted by
tHe cascade county chapter from Armis-
1lee Day until Thanksgiving, a total Of
$IVO4SO was raised in Great Falls.
Representatives Of four electric owe
have been negotiating with
former Senator Fishbeck, with a view Of
purchasing the electric light system in
erection Of n community chapel will be
started by the Great Falls West Side
Methodist church as soon as the funds are
available, it has been announced by the
PASTOR the Rev. H. B. Ricketts,.
Appointment Of Z. c. LOngnecker and
.. y. Boyd as members of the Great Falls
police commission for three and twO-year
terms, respectively, were unanimously rati-
lied at a meeting Of the Great Falls city
cOunci
Mrs. Esther Crabtree Of Fort Shaw, died
at Great Falls the other day from injuries
received in a automobile accident, which
occurred near Fort Shaw. Her husband
was killed 10 years ago in a race track
accident.
Forest Carter, formerly superintendent
Of Platt national park of Oklahoma, ar
rived at Glacier Park headquarters the
other day to replace James p. Brooks, who
resigned his position as assistant superin-
tendent September L.
Miss Eleanor Kurth Of Portland, Ore,
has been appointed supervisor of music
in the Great Falls public schools to sue
coed Miss Lena NJ. SpOOr, who resigned
in October to accept a supervisory position
at Marys Institute at st. Louis, Mo.
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a heavy flow Of gas has been struck in
a water well being drilled on the L. u. s..
ranch located virtually in the center of
the old tOwnsite of Medicine Lake. The
first gas was found at 50 feet and a much
stronger flow was reached at 100 feet.
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Members of the program committee for
the Montana Federation of WOmen's clubs
set the dates Of the state convention
to be held in Livingston, as Oct. il, /
and 10, 1926. The committee outlined the
program as far as possible at this time.
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At a meeting of the Libby Rod and Gun
club, attended by p members, it was de-
Cided to assess the membership 80 cents
each to provide funds with which to pay
eXpences. the organizations other funds
having been tied up by the bank suspen-
sion at Libby.
The Peterson brothers, who are active
in the management of the Peterson Mer-
camille company at Shelby announce that
they are quitting, business at Shelby that
they may enter the same line on the new
railway that is now being extended west
from Scobey, and where they have other
interests.
Announcement is made by the forest
service of the appointment Of Joseph NJ.
Dixon of MisSOula, former governor of the
state, as state chairman of the American
forest week committee for Montana. He
succeeds Kenneth Ross, who has held the
position for several years, but who has
retired from the lumber industry.
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Bullets from the pistol Of James B.
O'Flynn, undersheriff, tore three tires
from a liquOr-laden truck before a five
mile race through Great Falls streets
truck sharply blocked the officers car and
escaped into an alley, abandoning SO sacks
of Canadian beer and a sack of whisky.
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Forty stands of bees have been lately
imported into Phillips county by bee en-
thusiasts in the vicinity Of Malta. i. +,
Schuster recently purchased from Sher-
man Mcqueen of Fraser 40 stands, which
have been resOld as follows: Clarence Mis-
felt, 20; Jack LANCE, four; Milton Porter
two; Fred Hall, one; John S%urvant, two
Ernest ChabOt, one, and Mr.. Sehuster kept
the remainder.
Paragraph q of the will Of the late
Senator w. A. Shark Of Butte, is null and
void, inasmuch as it conflicts with the
Montana code of 1921. So announced Judge
J. J. Lynch of the district court in dis
missing a petition Of executors and execu-
trices of the state for appointment Of
James NJ. Mcdonald Of New York as
executor in place Of Mrs. Annie 3. Clark
the widow, resigned.
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Payment of a dividend hat will approx
mate $1,OO0,O00 to the creditors Of the de
funct First National bank Of Fergus cOun.
ty, LewistOwn, has been authorized in thu
Great Falls federal court by Judge Charles
n. Pray. Final authority to pay the divi
lend n the exact amount will be an
nOunced by the comptroller Of the curren
cy, the courts order being a necessary
preliminary to action by that official.
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With the distant sGccess which attended
the first rOdeO sponsored, still a fresl
memory, the Great Falls Advertising clul
has under way a we'll organized program
for the staging of an even greater show il
1926. Plans now being worked out by tn
clubs rOdeO committee are for a rOde'
that will rank with the PendletOn ROUNDUP
and the Cheyenne Frontier day, which
would mean that the greatest stars Of tn.
rOdeO arena and the most famous OUTLAW
horses in America would annually perform
here.