The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-24
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
BRIEFS

sldney-One Of the worst epidemics of
distemper ever known in the histOry of /
the horse range of eastern Montana Is |
prevalent among the range horses here. !
FairfieId-The Utah Construction com. !
pany, low bidder for the construction of |
the Beaver creek dam Of the Sun River |
reclamation project, plans to open an office |
here soon.
Butte-Struck on the forhead bv q bould.
er which rolled down steep incline on
Big Butte, Jackie Weaver, six-year-old son
OF Mr.. ana Mrs. j. B. Weaver, suffered
fractured skull.
Deer LOdge-Barney O'Neill, 65, old time
eOnsin was found dead the other morning
in his cabin here. Death apparentlv was
due to heart failure.
Helena-The 1927 meeting of dairy pro-
ducts manufacturers, including creamery
men and cheese makers, will be held in
Butte in January, it was decided at a spe-
cial meeting held here.
Eureka-The Montana Products company
began running three shifts a few days ago,
after having been completely Overhauled.
on the three-shift basis.
AnacOnda-F. N. Bingham will resurface
the paving on West Park avenue. His bid
tOtalling $4,000, $2,310 below that of the
only other bidder, L. 7. Lawler, was ac-
eepted by the city council the other night
to Harlem recently after an absence of
over year. They have decided to re-
establish homes here and have purchased
the Joe Ostle house on south Main street.
ROuDdup-Ivanho dome, a potential oil
structure in the extreme northeastern corn
er Of Musselshell county, is soon to be
tested with the drill according to f. V.
DreeS and DR.. s. A. Grouse, Of Milestone.
Great Fals-L. B. Evensen, former city
engineer of Great Falls, died at Rochester,
Il Uannrr
EYensen, was native of Norway and has
been resident Of Great Falls for 2Syears
ChinOOk-SO far Stanley Vogt, living
southeast of Chinook, helds the record
for wheat yields in this section. He has
90 acres Of winter wheat which yielded
general average Of 81 bushels an acre
Great FalIs-ThOmas E. Davis of Mime
apolts, nonpaltisan candidate for governor
in the recent Minnesota primary election
recently visited the Kelvin Sunburst oil
oil transaction.
Sidney-On a $6,0OO,OOO assessed valua-
tion, an increase of $5OO,OOO the most Of
which was in the city of Sidney, the Rich
land county board Of commissioners have
reduced the 1926 levy to IL mills. 1t was
10 mills last year.
Great FRIIs-Seventy-five births MAX
ing the birth rate 22.1O per 10000 popula-
tion were recorded in Cascade county dur
ing August. Of these there were "a white
were male and 81 female.
HarIem-A night time fire recently des-
| troyed the st. Anthony & Dakota eleVa-
tor at Savoy. The fire, of undetermined
origin, had such a start when discovered
| that neither the building nor the con-
tents could be saved.
Great FalIs-One Of the largest ceremon-
les ever held by the Knights of Columbus
in Great Falls took place recently when
under the direction Of Great Falls council
NO: LABS, class or 30 candidates was ini-
tiated into the first degree.
Butte-An indication of it's UNQUALIFIED
belief in the sound, steady growth of
Butte, is seen in the completion by the Pr
| Oneer Fuel company Of its gigantic coal
elevator. The new elevator is the largest
OF its kind west Of the Mississippi.
Great FaIls-Two hundred and thirty
eight new buildings were constructed in
Great Falls from September 1, 1925 to
september L, 1926, at a cost of approximate
ely $I50,OOO, according to survey by Bert
BuIlard, deputy city building inspector
Observation-Disclosures carloads Of straw
berries have been shipped from the Bitter
Root valley in car lots and, according to ar
estimate on the shipping for the season
the berries that have gone by express will
make the crop run close to so carloads fol
the season.
Malta-The Grace Chapel community
church of Malta has purchased the ole
Odd Fellows hall building from the lOaI
company, which now owns it, for the sun
Of $1,000, with $500 paid down and the re
malnder Of the payments to be made owe
an eight-year period.
Libby-Fire destroyed the planning mil
of the Warland Lumber company at War
land the other night. An ample suppl.
of water and the lack of wind enabled
= the fire fighters to save the sawmiIl ant
the stock of lumber on hand. The los
is estimated at from $65,O0O to $75, ,OOC
Great Falls-William C. Coffman, wh
organized First Church Of Christ, Sclen
= tiSt, In Great Falls in 1904 and who ha
been resident Of this city for % years
leaves the latter part Of this manth 70
1 San Francisco, where ne will continue hi
work as a Christian Science practitiOnel
S MissouIa-The month Of August, matri
> monialIy speaking, was a flop. It wa
: only the issue Of a marriage license o
the final day, and at the last pOssibl
: second, that kept the total from slippin
: into the insignificant teens. As it is,
not too healthy 20 is the mark for th
month.
POIsOn-Melita island, Flathead lake, bt
longing to the Knights Templar Of th
state, was a busy place recently whe
Q Thompson Falls, Whitefish and Poison bc
!, gan the work Of preparing the island fC
O the 1877 conclave OF the Knights Templs
: and Royal Arch MasOns.
HeIena-C. Edison Smith, veteran exhil
{ itor OF agricultural products, who display
n so sweepstakes with the exhibit represent
!. ing Ravaln county at the state fair. IT
! large display consisting OF sheaved an
q threshed grains, grasses and root crOI
!. quired two booths.
{ Martinsdale-J. P. Bonham, forest ran,
s er, reports the opening Of a new sprin
at the head water OF Haymaker, flown
rom 40 to 90 miners inches OF water
III is supposed that the spring opened afts
the July 1925 earthquake, and was dii
foil rNs 49, Ar
mountains this season.
Ronan-Hugh d. Frazier, who formerl
lived on ranch northwest OF Roman. a
tended the Roman schools, and enjoyed
wide aequaintanceship here has won
600 prize through selecting a yinniu
title for the cover OF Liberty magazin
issued July "a, this year. Frazier no
lives in Oakland California.
sidney-Three million gallons Of wate
the largest month in a 10-yesr period. we
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