The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15
STATE BRIEFS

Final plans for the eight annual Rose
bud County Corn show to be held in For
syth January p apd p are rapidly being
perfected.
otal shipments Of turkeys for the 1925
season passing through the Great North
ern express office at Malta tOtalled Ca
40S pounds.
Cascade eOunty's 1925 turkey crop
brought the growers approximately $135.-
600 more than last years crop, according
to railroad car and tonnage figures.
Cashier H. B. Greene, Of the Farmers &
Merchants bank Of Winnett, says that this
new bank will pay a dividend to the de-
p~OsitOrs Of the old Winnett AMI within
a short time.
More than One-half of the total amount
Of taxes to be collected for 1925 in Rose
bud county were paid in the first pay
ment in October and November, according
to John McGraw, county treasurer.
Lethbridge's Highland Scot band Of II
players, accompanied by four young wO-
Falls by the CaladOnian club for the cele-
bratiOn Of Bob5ie Burns birthday ami
versary' January %.
With the skull crushed, apparently nv
an ak, the body Of John Billstram, a cab
met maker Of Helena, was found the other
/ QaY IN the mountains several miles from
the Northern Pacific station Of BlOssburg,
west Of Helena.
Total shipments of turkeys for the 1925
ateS two HaYre stores and one in Chin
OOk, has purchased the Ben Goldman stock
and fixtures at Sidney with the intention
Of operating the fourth Of their strinr
there after the middle of the month.
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A proposal under which electric current
/ vwnu1d ha m0dn available m fhn fowv,,o ~
Fairfield and Augusta and for use in con.
structiOn on the Sun River irrigation pro.
tect has been agreed on at a meeting al
Fairfield Of Montana Power company re.
representatives. and business men Of the tive
towns.
Vital statistics for 1925 in Beaverheat
county show a slightly lower mOrtalit,
rate, there being but 81 deaths, while il
1924 there were 60. Births, also. wer,
slightly lower there being 70 in 1925 an,
81 in 1924. Of these, % were boys anC
81 girls. There were 20 marriages licenses
issued in 1925 and GO during 1924, shown,
a decided increase in marriages.
The California company has resume,
operations at it's we'll on the BOwes struc
ture, south Of Chinook, after having beef
shut down several weeks because Of cas-
ing trouble and other hindrances. TIL
well is understood to nOwtb eat $500 fee
the outlook for oil is regarded as hopeful
A heavy flow Of gas has been encounters
and a good showing of oil. There is
brisk sale f royalties on the structure.
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With 100000 tree plants growing at tn
Savenac nurseries, at Haugan the fOres
service is able to produce 100000 sma.
trees annually for planting purposes !
district 1 forests, G.. w. Jones, assistan
to the director Of the nurseries stated o
a visit to district headquarters here. O
the young trees distributed to the plant
ing crews, approximately 100000 are &
the western white pine type, and half {
the rest yellow pine.
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Herbert MarengO died at Poison recent
ly after an illness Of a few hours follow
ing the eating Of wild parsnips. HerbeI
and his brothers were trapping and cam
upon some muskrats eating parsnips. tn
boys were very hungry, so all decide
to eat some Of the parsnips, thinking the
would do them no harm as the muskrat
were eating them with no liz effects. TIL
two brothers with Herbert did not lk
them so spit them out after tasting th
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Hereford cattle, Mrs. Ella Jens Of th
Powder river community, purchased
registered Hereford bull from the Stat
college at BOzeman. Mrs. Jens started
the cattle business about eight years az,
with a few graded Hereford cows. TOda
she has a large herd of the highest tyr
beef cattle that can be found on the maj
ket anywhere. Last fall her fat steer
topped the Chicago market. Mrs. Jens
considered one Of the most successfJ
stOckraisers in eastern Montana.