The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-26
STATE BRIEFS

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authorized the payment Of a second divi-
aend or 10 per cent to the depOsitOrs of
the FIRST National bank Of Moore.
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Revival Of mining in Jefferson county
IS enltVening the industrial ASPECT there. /
sccOrdlng to Z. N. J%offray, representative
from JEFFERSON county in the 1925 state
assembly.
Not a single hopeless case Of ~infantile
paralysis as The result Of the epidemic of
1924 has been brought to the attention Of
the clinic maintained at MissOula to permit
expert OrthOpedie treatment.
Tentative dates for the state convention
or Eagles to be held in MissOula are
August 3, 4 and 3. Don King Of Butte,
state president, is expected to begin on
arrangements Tor the meeting soon.
During the month Of January births in
cascade county exceeded deaths on a ratio
OF more than three to one, according %
the monthly report Of T. f. Walker of the
city and county health department.
John AZ. Campbell, rancher near Glen
Lake IN Lincoln county was saved by his
dog from being gOred seriously by a bull
recently. The dog attacked the heels of
the bull after the latter charged Mr..
Campbell.
Col William Il. Baker, father-in-laW Of
=. V. Stewart, former governor, died at the
stewart home in Helena recently. Death
was due to a cancer, in connection with
which he submitted to a surgical opera
ton last October.
A snecisl rate e . s8%So .na ~, Co.
bali has been granted by the Northern
Pacific railway to the annual convention of
the Montana Stock Growers association,
which meets at Billings, March 30 and 81.
Ihe rate applies to all Montana points.
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Miss Margaret Pimperton of Belt was
crowned Queen OF Beauty as the closing
event OF a program held at the Normal
college, at Dillon recently. Her selection
as the most beautiful and popular young
woman at the college was. made by ballot.
Slaughter Of Montana range horses and
the packing Of horse meat for shipment
TO Europe viii be commenced on April 10
by the Hansen Packing company, Of Butte,
according to advices received by the state
live stock commission and the live stock
sanitary board.
One Of the biggest producing wells on
the east side Of the Kevin-Sunburst field
Montana Oil company when its No. 6 well
was drillen into the Ellis sand at L42f
feet. The well flowed at the rate of 36OC
barrels a day.
Approximately $4,000 was distributed
among the Flathead Indians at Arlee. st
lgnatlus, Roman, Pablo, Dayton. CANA,
and Poison. Each Indian received S25. Thi,
sum of money has accumulated in tn,
Indian department treasury from the sal,
Of timber on tribal lands.
Wolf Points new city well is finished
and was subjected to "a twO-day test t,
prove its flow. The test has proven tina
it Will supply water for a city seyera
times the population Of Wolf Point, and tn
city council and citizens in general ar
much elated over its success.
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Cascade cOunty's agricultural area Ia
an average growing season Of 12T days
an average altitude Of 3,4O0 feet, a mea
5 annual temperature Of 44.S6 degrees and
normal precipitation OF 1874 inches, accord
. ing to figures compiled by $. L. Peterson
secretary Of the Great Falls COmmercia
clgb.
[ Plans for drilling 60 new wells With
2 the next year have been announced by 5
c. Ferdig, one of the large independen
operators in the east Kelvin Sunburst fielC
Mr.. Ferdig stated that contracts for 2
- wells already have been let and that IOca
tons for others would be decided With
! a short time.
A special rate Of a fare and a half for tn
o. round trip has been granted by tn
Northern Pacific railway to the tourns
ment Of the Montana State Bowling asso
citation, which will be held at MissOul
from March % to q. The rate is based o
49, pam 9AhaEAE " a AhAAAAAAMA
attendance Of 100.
q Walter Shorty" Hard, proprietor Of tn
- Gap cafe at Judith Gap, who punched cow
all over central Montana in the early day.
thinks that something is amiss that we u
S longer have the hard winters the pioneer
experienced. He thinks that the earthquaE
Of last summer may in some way be a,
f countable for the lack Of winter weathe
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W. II. Hoover Of the firm of COOpe
q stephenson and Hoover, was elected pres
o dent Of the Cascade County Bar asSOci;
ton at a meeting Of that organization II
Gently. He succeeds James w. Freeman. /
o II. Glover was chosen vice president, 10
j. MOlumby was named secretary an
= George G. Harris will serve during ID
coming year as treasurer.
The store building at Browning recentI
damaged by fire is the old trading Do
q of Joseph Kipp who was one OF the earl
Indian traders and prominent in the earl
- history Of this country. IL was built befOI
the railroad, during the time when a
the freighting was across country al
d, though it has been remOdeled in the Ia
few years is one Of the old landmark
in Glacier county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Schnee have le
Great Falls for Vancouver. b. c., fro
whence they win sail for Shanghai, Chin
l. Mr.. Schnee goes to the Orient to establis
an ice cream factory for HenningsC
Creamery company Of Portland, Ore. /
= cream is virtually unknown in China Al
II the ice cream factory to be installed in q
Shanghai will be the first Of its kind theI
The nucleus Of several bronze turkey al