The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
STATE BRIEFS


Cut Bank-The handsome tile building of
the Cut Bank Light & Power company has
been completed.
Wolf POint-John Curran Of Poplar has
been appointed deputy treasurer to take
the place Of William Rhea, who recently
resigned.
GIasgOw-ValIey county is preparing tha
largest corn exhibit ever sent TO the north-
eastern corn pure seed show to be held at /
Havre in October.
Harlem-LOuis Callahan, who was found /
dead near the railroad tracks was killed /
by being struck by passing train, a cor |
Oner's jury decided.
LewistOwn-Walter Winnett. niopaar
stockman of the Winnett county. has sold
off his cattle, 900 head, to Carl HunfIaT
OF Wisconsin, the deal involving $4,000. !
Helena-Enrollment of Helena's Dublic
school teachers in the Montana HducstjoH
association is expected to be 100 Tjer cent
according TO Superintendent John Deitricb
Great Falls-Jack Abrams was elected
chef de gare of the Great Falls 40 AMI
Legion, at the annual election held re-
Gently. Ae
Butte-Enr0llment at the state school of
mines at Butte, will exceed anv nravio1S
eIhroIImenL or approximately 200 Two new
classes Will be added to the school's roo.
ular curriculum. 10
Great Falls-LOrraine THOMPSON. 17-vasr
ola girl, was deprived the right to oper-
ate an automobile for 90 days as the re-
ceeding the speed limit.
MissOula-Dean c. w Ieaphart Of tbo
state university law school, who under
went an operation at St. Patrick's aos
pltal, was taken to his home in the RATTLE
snake and Is now resting easily.
HeIena-The trial Of W. s. Goodyer for
| larceny or FUNDS from the Farmers and
Mechanics state bank, will be held in fbe
November term Of court according to Conn
ty Attorney George w. Padbury, Jr.
Great FalIs-A serious situation exists
as regards the Black Easle water supply
and analysis shows that the water now
used is unsafe according to announcements
ficer. N-'' He'i'H OA-
Butte-Dr: II. J. Mcdonald, pioneer phv-
slelan OF this city, has left for Seattle
Mnere ne VIII sail for tour Of the Orient
His travelling companion will be an old
time friend, A. M. Chisholm of Duluth.
MINI.
AnacOnda-The Margaret and Imnerial
Shheaters Inca nave been purchased by the Wa
SnOe amusement company, operators OF tbe
biueDlrd Cheater, in one Of the biggest re.
atty transfers in Anaconda in the last few
years. N0"
) Great Falls--Ralph Lowry, recently con
+ structlon engineer at the Mckay dam In
{ oregon, has been transferred TO the SnT
E River irrigation project to supervise tb,
construction fthe Gibson reservoir n
1 Beaver creek. .
Butte-A Arrangements for the National
! WOOL Growers convention which will d,
! ! held in Butte in January are now in tb,
hands Of a chamber of commerce com
. mittee of which Senator Harry A. GalIwe,
: is chairman.
t Butte-Steve LOckner, age 3S, and VIII
/ nam iSaacsen, age 81, both miners, wer,
: ing accident at the Mountain consoIidsta,
= mine on the 5000 foot level. There wer
e no witnesses.
= Laurel-AnOther dividend by the defunc
e american ban kOf Laurel has been pai,
t by the receiver, George W. Graft. mi
e was the third dividend paid by the ham
{ since its closing last May, making a tOta
n of 20 per cent.
3 Sweetgrass-JOhn Powers, a resident O
q Montana for 46 years, died here few day
= state in 1880 from Wisconsin IocstinC q
b Butte. In 1908 he moved from that elf
ID to Sweetgrass.
LewistOwn-FOr the sixth time With
n three years the store Of the Hanover Mer
= camille company at Hanover was entere
] EBy burglars the other morning A smsl
= = sum OF money and considerable merchan
= disc was stolen.
POPlar-Excavating for the new Catholi
eGni9rcR mere was begun a few days age
4 as the excavation is finished, and il
y planned to have the building compIete
% % by December first Of this year.
4 HamiltOn-A modern apple packing plar
= Is Oelng rushed to construction at Darb
Is miles south Of Hamilton The buiIdiD
is brick and concrete structure of tyy
stories, the first being a concrete has,
ment with 25,000 box capacity.
J. Great Falls-Cigarettes in whoIesa
quantities were stolen one night recent
Dy burglars who forced an entrance int
" the +. J. Gies warehouse. The cigarett,
r were, however, recovered by CAPTAIN Ere
v Locker, acting chief of police.
p LewistOwn-In the FlatwiIlow section
70 Petroleum county during an electrics
u storm, a stack Of alfalfa on the Henry s
IL bert ranch was struck by tightening ar
e more than 200 tons Of alfalfa destroye
The loss amounted to more than 81 ,OOO
AnacOnda--O. B. Hundley, assistant T
ducuon superintendent at the Chile q
ploratlon company reduction plant at Ch
Is qulcamata, Chile, and Mrs. Hundley ha
,r been spending a few days in Butte al
: Anaconda visiting the smelter and mine
HeIena-E. T. Payne, a well-knov
lS rancher in Helena valley, committed s
al icide by shooting himself in the head wi
at a shotgun. The tragic deed was commit
oe in his bedroom. The heavy charge fro
- the gun blew his head almost complete
nt Butte-A decrease Of 1O3 from last We
a. in the first-day registration of the cit
Ipublic schools was shown in figures Civ
out by Supt A. H. Douglass. The enro
. menC COCdl, Wnlcn does not include th
of rural schools in this district, is plac
at 7,15O.
Great Falls-An expenditure Of not Il
than $4,000 will probably be required (
the establishment Of a municipal BATH
pool, fully equipped and modern in eve
respect, according to specifications Co
pleted by r. ]. Woodward, deputy cl
engineer.
Harlem-The city council has voted
purchase a fire siren and in addition
pay into the treasury Of the fire depa
ment 81 per hour for each fireman who
in attendance at the fires, the number
be turned in at each monthly meeting
auditing.
Great FalIs-A levy Of SS5, ,196O3 viii
imposed on property benefited by c
garbage service in order to defray G
Of maintaining the service during
year ending September 80, 1928, SecO,
ing to resolution adopted by the e
council.
Glendive-While driving his car arOu
curve and while apparently lOOki
either to the side or rear OF the car, ch
les B. Douthit hit a COW in the road
car rolling over a slx-fOOt embankm
near Hodges, Mont, on top Of him, aim
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