The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-04
State Briefs

HamiltOn-Harry Chaffin, year old son |
Of harl Chaffin, suffered q compound frac- /
ture Of the lower right leg when he was
kicked by a horse.
LiBby-Members Of the Modern Wood /
men lodge nave decided to construct hall
which viii be about 40 by so feet. It viii
be Of brick veneer construction.
Great Falls-Six lakes In the Brady dis
trict have been planted with duck food
by Great Falls spOrtsmen in anticipation
Of the fall flight Of wild ducks.
Deer LOdge-One Of the biggest and
best home products shows ever held in
this city was brought to a close the other
night after three days Of successful eXhi-
bitiOn.
lIalta-COunty Superintendent Brine re-
LOrts that the SacO school district has
voted a special levy Of 8 mills. This levy
was necessary to put the district in good
| shape fOE the coming year.
VALERA marked increase in milk and
butter fat production is shown in the
April report Of the Waller Cow Testing
club. This club is composed Of nine herds
having a total Of % cows.
Observation-Disclosures is the only Montana
city included in the federal building eX-
tension bin which passed the senate re-
Gently, information received by the cham
Der Of commerce from Senator Thomas J..
Walsh states.
Butte-Mrs. Mary Sullivan, &c. we'll
known in Butte and widow Of Jerry Sulli-
ing the early history Of Butte, died re-
recently in Rochester, where she under
went an operation.
Wolf POint-WOlf Point established a
new record at a special election just held
on the question Of voting a special levy
Of 10 mills in addition to the regular levy
to maintain the public schools of district
45. The vote was solid for the special levy.
Libby-WOrk is now under way on the
! development Of the Lukens-Hazel mine.
Norris Pearson has arrived in Libby with
, four experienced miners from the Wallace
! district and is at work installing a pump
at the mine, with which to unwater the
shaft.
MaIta-The Big Dome Oil & Gas com
e pany is pulling the casing at the well
which It has been drilling on the OttersOu
e place northwest Of BOwdOin. The well was
B drilled to 1000 feet without finding gas
t which they had expected to use in drilling
e n second well.
Helena-COl. John H. Parker, Q. S. A.
retired, former colonel Of the 362nd infan-
T try, will not be able to attend the forth
: coming reunion Of the DIST division to b,
d held in Great Falls jointly with the de
+ partment convention of the American lie
giOn, June 17-19.
NissOuIa-Permits have been issued fO
8 the grazing of $4,000 sheep, 1340OO cattl,
4 and 10,20O horses on Montana natiOna
/, forests and for $500 and 800 cattle ant
% horses on northern Idaho forests, it ha
= been announced by Glen A. Smith, assist
% ant district forester.
e Nashua-At a meeting Of the director
of the First National bank Of Nashua A
n TQFkelsOn, one Of the original incOrpOra
d tors ana a director Of that bank since tn
1t issuance of the charter in 1917, was ad
% vanced to the presidency vacated by til
e death Of G. c. Sargent.
e HeIena-Dr. Rual u. Brown, Of Living
stOn, was elected a representative Of Al
e geria temple to supreme council whic
q meets this year in Philadelphia, at a meet
le ing Of the temple held at the spring cere
It mOnial. DR.. Brown succeeds George W
y Lanstrum, who resigned when he recent
% moved to Kaispen.
Butte-By a vote Of 300 to 151, the Butt
u Clerks union defeated the proposition t
q strike unless granted Saturday afternoon
y off during the months Of July, August
&c September and October. The matter
working but three nights before Christina
70 night, instead Of six, also was included il
y the strike proposal
l. Fort BentOR-Prelminary steps to arOus
d interest in a federal ai6 highway frOI
le Havre through Fort Benton to Great Fall
3 were taken at a dinner held here recent
" when five delegates from Havre 20 frOI
5 Fort Benton and vicinity discussed th
l. feasibility Of the project and ways an
ID means Of bringing it to a fruitiOn.
he Wolf POint-WOrk has been started @
m the new $4,000 Lutheran church which wi