The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-08
STATE BRIEFS

AT Rk44AOL LAlWAuH0 CIUU 1
has been organized by q. s.. ShOrtess Of
Chicago. The club starts with SO members.
Bmings-The dining car service Of the
Northern Pacific railway and the Milwau-
kee railway are featuring Rosebud melons
this year.
Butte-Thomas Nolan, q, injured. when
the driver OF an automobile in which he
was a passenger, crashed into a wall, /
September 3, has died.
Wolf POint-John Stanley, believed to be
an 1. w. w. organizer, is lodged in the
county jail here, following his arrest at
BainviIle on a charge OF extOrtiOn.
BuffaIO-Because Of the increased enroll
ment in the grades of the Buffalo school
it has been necessary to move the seventh
and eighth grades to the old bank build
ing.
R~Oundup-Miss Sylvia Johnson was SER
iOuSly injured and her girl companion was
hurt slightly when an automobile driven
by Maurice Smith turned over on the Bill
lings road.
Miles City-A resident of Custer county
Humes, 6s, of this city, died recently in a
local hospital where she had been con-
fined for the last several weeks.
Great Fans-Harry A. Kuno, has been
appointed adjutant of the Great Falls post
of the American Legion, according to an
nOuncement made by William G.. O'COnner,
recently elected post commander.
Butte-Ben (Jiggs) Atkinson, 10, was
fatally injured by the explosion of a dyn-
amite cap which he held in his hand. The
accident occurred at $50 P. NJ. and the boy
died at the Murray hospital at II rs.
HeleDa-Plans are being actively work
ed out in this city for the entertainment
of approximately 700 public school teachers
at the annual convention Of the western
district of the Montana Education assO-
citation October % and %.
Butte. B. Clark, prisoner in the city
Jail attempted to commit suicide by slash
ing one of the large veins Of his right arm
with a razor blade. His attempt was frus-
trated by the quick work Of Jailer Will
liam Taylor.
DentOn-A large number Of transfers of
city and country property in this immed-
late section is following the harvesting of
another bumper crop. At least u houses
in town have been purchased during the
past month.
neutrality-suspicious. 500. the Iarg-
est first year class in the history of the
school registered on the first day for the
fall quarter. The figures, given by the
registrar, do not include transfers from
! of the schools.
Miles City-Yeggs broke into the Vel
lowstOne Lumber cOmpany's office here the
other night and after hammering the COM
b~tnatiOn off the safe, stole checks and cash
amounting to approximately $175, and left
leaving no clews.
Terry-Sheriff Ben Bragg Of Prairie
county, who has a farm on the YELLOW
stone river from Terry, recently sent
samples Of ores, found On his place to be
assayed. The assay office reported there
was about % cents worth of gold to the
ton.
BiIIings-First and third awards for the
best displays of honey, at the Midland
Empire fair went Frank Ewing of Hardin
and George Benson, also a Hardin pro
ducer. Second place went to J. H. Mueller
of Worden, whose apiary is on the Hunt
ley project.
MISUNDERSTANDING owners in the Bitter
Root valley this year predicted the fines
7 apples in the world, Edward Dickey, stat
hOrticulturist, says. In many instances thu
orchards run as high as 70 per cent extra
fancy as to grade, while in all the orchards
= the grade is unusually high.
Great FaIIs-Plans for the erection of
S1OO,OOO labor temple in Great Falls ar
nearing completion and it is possible tina
= construction will start before the begin
5 ming of the new year, it has been announces
by James e. WHISKY, president Of the Cas-
cade Trades and labor assembly.
, ~Eureka-Oscar T. Void, receiver for tn
Farmers and Mechants' bank, which ha
2 been closed since October 1925, has peti
- toned the district court to authorize tn
payment Of a 20 per cent dividend to tn
creditors. The total amount Of the Givi
dend will be in excess of $4,000.
Shelby-TwO wells north Of the Kelvin
Sunburst oil field, located in territory tina
, has claimed much interest among opera
E0A9 4 kAG A40L LII III UE start
ed soon. The work at both will be car
S ried on with the Intention Of registerin
competitions some distance in advance of tn
opening of winter.
ChinOOk-Harry J. McCabe has been elect
ed cashier Of the Farmers National ban
Of Chinook to succeed f. NJ. Burks. Nj
McCabe is q young man who has speI
most Of his life in Chinook. He has bee
assistant cashier of the bank for the las
10 years and has a wide acquaintanC
, throughout the county and state.
Great FalIs-Thirty-One samples O
spring wheat from Cascade county recent
It ly tested by the Montana grain inspe,
a ton laboratory at BOzeman averaged 49,
a per cent protein. The state average fl
season, computed from nearly 500 sample
from some 30 Of the more important whe,
growing counties, apprOximates IA pc
. cent.
MISUNDERSTANDING in Grade lake, WO
he lake and Cascade lake in Yellowstone PAL
ut has been closed until July 2, 1927, aeeOrC
j. ing to an announcement made by Sup
p. Horace M. Albright. He also made publ
to the notice that on and after October l.
at 1926, the Madison river and its tributa
eP les in Yellowstone park viii be closed
er fishing.
MissOula-For the fifth time in Gig
er years, the safe of the MissOula LaundI
e company was blown by yeggs the 9th
u night. The attempt to gain entrance
r the safe was unsuccessful; the inner col
iS partment of the safe being unframed
=, the nirrOglicerine charge, the cOmbinati
> of the outer shell being all that was blow
OF away by the explosion.
AT Helena-MOntana labor viii receive 50