The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-29
STATE BRIEFS

a serious menace to StOckmen in RavsIlf
county, according to Stock Inspector ].
w. Fitzpatrick.
With the cooperation of the agriculture
Flathead county %dairymen have Organized
a cow testing accociation.
Mrs. G. L. Partridge has been appointed
by County Superintendent Brine to fill the
vacancy on the Malta school board left bv
the death of E. o. Caufmann.
The Silver Bow county pest house was
broken into recently by unknown thieves
who stole the plumbing and other fixtures
and stripped the interior Of the building.
Construction of a refrigerator box at
an estimated cost Of $1,000 to accommO-
date the storage Of 800 cases of eggs has
been started by the Poison Creamery com
pany.
Twenty thousand pounds more turkey
meat from Blaine county Will be shipped
this month to eastern markets., according
to Andrew Christensen, manager of the
Blaine County Marketing association.
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The trans and platform for the new
planning mill Of the Dewey Lumber com
pany at Poison are nearing completion and
the machinery for the mill will be installed
soon. Foul million feet of lumber will be
planned by the company.
Two hundred and sixty-three students Of
the Great Falls high school won places on
the honor roll for the third month of the
school year. ended December %. Of those.
- were in the first rank, % in the second
and 90 in the third.
Former Gov. Joseph NJ. Dixon now is
sole .Owner of the Montana building in
MiSsOula as the result Of the biggest real
estate deal that has been cOnsummated in
MiSsOula since the sale of the Smead-
Simons building two years ago.
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Alfred Anderson and Jack BOstrom.
farmers living near the Canadian line, lost
Special Agent Henry A. Roberts and Immi-
grafton Officer C.. L. George cOnfiScated
t two loads Of Canadian wheat in Saco IL.
) other day.
The Indians of the Fort Peck reserva-
t ton held an interesting and unique cele-
, the Rev. Joseph Rogers. an Indian mis-
SiOnary who has worked among the In
dams of the Fort Peck reservation FOL
. more than 40 years.
Private and municipal construction and
improvements in Havre during 1925 tOtalet
-, S232,66S, according to figures at the city
. engineers office. OF the municipal i'm
= followed by lighting district No. 1 wher,
the cost of rewriting was $I,91G.SO.
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g In all probabilities a creamery will b
o opened at Fort Benton in the near future
q number of creamery companies Of tn
. state having investigated the matter witt
S a view of locating there. Enough cream i
being shipped out of Fort Benton to war
rant a local creamery business men say.
e From 1925 farms and ranches operates
in Valley county during the year 1929.
total wealth of $S,117,G73 was produced. O
: which S4,61O.5O0, or IS - per cent is rep
resented in cash crops Of wheat and fla.
and S3,5O1,173, or 43 ID per cent in othe
srs,-.g nnI 1fr-oeFn,I~ onT 1s-,aA,,T- a,lT--A.
Homer c.. Ellsworth, surveyor for Madi
son county, has just completed s%urveyin
Il piece of land at McAllister for Seymour
J.. Potter. Mr.. Potter c~Ontemplates build
ing a Summer resort for the accOmmOda
ton Of tourists and SpOrtsmen. This WOr
is to be completed during the coming sum
mer.
Harry Thompson had a narrow escap
recently while repairing a spout in a graf
bin at the Equity elevator in HOlsOn. TIL
bottom of the bin gave way and release
about one thousand bushels Of whea
which about buried Harry. One of u
smalls bones in his foot was fractured an
his back injured.
Silver Bow cOunty'S courts are putting
sting in the alimOny dOles which are OccG
siOnally allowed when wives obtain divOrC
DEGREES, and the other day one husban
was sent to the county jail until default {
payments are settled. He is the secOn
divorce defendant to be placed in this il
stitution within q week;
The milk ordinance that has been pendin
at Billings since late in November of 1872
was unanimously passed by the city cOuI
Gil the other night. The ordinance impose
rigid regulations upon the dairymen SUI
plying milk to the city and was designe
for the purpose Of assuring a sanitary pre-
duct ocity milk consumers.
Striking Of sulphur water in the we
drilled at Bynum by the O'Neill Brother
resulted in the announcement that the no
will be plugged and abandoned. The wat,
was found at $3.50 feet, 10 feet below Il
bottom of the hole as the well stood whe
operations were suspended 10 days ago
test out the extent of the saturation di
covered at approximately 1900 feet.
Members of the Montana State Be
keepers association, meeting in annu
convention at Billings elected Chris ]
Britenhoff of Manhattan president for Il
ensuing year. o. A. Sipple of BOZeman WI
reelected secretary-treasurer and Ca
Bowman of Hardin was named vice pres
dent. J. L. Pithaud of FrOmberg, e.
Fisher of Joliet and F.. J. Weber
Laurel were elected members of the exec
tive committee.
Albert E. HOwarth, a pipefitter, ell
plOyed at the Anaconda Copper Mimi
cOmpany's smelter at Great Falls, has le
for BarquitO, Chile, where he will be
foreman on construction work on a ne
power plant Of the Andes Copper cOmpan
Mr.. HOwarth has been at the Great FaI
plant for several years. He will remain
Chile for approximately three years. T
BarquitO plant will be located a shO
distance from the coast.
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4 Student enrolment for the winter qua
ter at the State University of Montana
MissOula shows an increase of 1O3 studen
over the total Of the fall quarter. The
are 1885 students registered at present,
I'LL whom 75S are men and 577, women. SchS
astic deficiency caused A men and
women to leave school as the result
autumn quarter examinations, while on
four were re-admitted. To date Al M
students and q former students have e
lN tered school.