The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-12
STATE BRIEFS

Ill
ing 1925 amounted to ~S24,63OT3. sccordin0
to Treasurer T. J Mccarthy.
Butte VIII De host to the 1925 convention
Is, is and IL, Secretary JOhn Romersa OF
Helena has announced.
The McKeever Brothers, ranchers north
Of Iona, have captured SO coyotes this
winter. At $40 or more for each pelt this
makes a profitable Pastime.
SuDt. ]. u. Williams has been rp-eIactad
as snperintendent Of the Poison nIbIic
schools by the school board. He was
elected for a term Of three years.
Mrs. Ellen Lowell be9ueathed her resi-
dence, one OF the finest in Dillon to the
Barrett Hospital association. The remain
der Of the estate was left to relatives.
Construction of a warm water fish cn1-
tural station ct Fort GeOgh is sought by
the Miles City Rod and Gun club for the
purpose Of supplying fish for spOrtsmen Of
eastern Montana" o o O
Appraisal Of the reclamation property at
Paisley in Milk River Valley has been com
pleted according to Project Manager
erty Is to be sold at public auction
March 20.
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Preliminary hearing on charges Of inter-
fering with a federal officer, filed against
Rodney Salisbury, sheriff; Claire Stoner.
undersheriff, and A.. G. Erickson, county
attorney Of Sheridan county, has been con
tinued until February 10.
Frank Becker, y, a veteran Of the Indian
wars, who has been living in Billings for
the last year, has just been granted a pen
sion Of $50 a month. dating from March 4,
1917. The first payment on Mr.. Becker's
pension will amount to $500.
Two hundred and ten thousand bushels
Of wheat have been shipped from Rosebud
county since last harvest, and it is estim-
ated that the average price paid for the
wheat was $3.50 a bushel. This gives the
farmers shipping the wheat, $4,000.
The construction Of the new swimming
pool at the Montana State Normal college is
practically completed. The completion OF
the plunge will make the entire gymna-
SUM, with the exception Of handball
courts and bowling alley, available for use
Gross earnings Of the Montana Power
company in Great Falls for 1925 tOtalled
$64O,371, according to figures submitted to
the city council, and Of this amount the
city received $6,403 as a 1 per cent tax
for franchise privileges granted the com
pany.
Full settlement with interest from Febru.
airy IL, 1924, has been made by the Ameri.
can Surety company of New York OF its
county deposits in the Commercial NatiOna
bank at Miles City. Litigation on this
bond has been pending in the federal cOur
since last May.
Montana is destined to become one o
the greatest seed growing states in tn
Union, in the opinion Of H. r. WahOske
division freight and passenger agent o
the chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul rail
road. Already potato and alfalfa seed from
this state have won wide recognition
: throughout the nation, he points out.
w. p. Sullivan Of Square Butte, who ha
a 5000 acre ranch in that district, per
5 manently entertains a herd Of 125 ante
lOpe. Mr.. Sullivan has been at some pain
to protect these animals, being an arden
= the LewistOwn Rod and Gun club, tina
| his place be made a game preserve.
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, Montana university students are takin.
advantage of the physical education facili
ties offered in the new gymnasium at tn
university in MiSsOula, 1888 men an
women being registered for work unde
the direction Of the physical education an
= athletic departments, according to DR.. "
g 3. Schneider, physical education director
i John R. Oliver, state senator from Cal
4 & GOu4AI III LnG 4O@O 4CSA0A4k4AGg ia
4 announced from his home at Ekalaka, this
L he will be a candidate for the %republica
nomination for congress from the easter
. Montana district. The term Of Scott LeaN
), lit, Of Great Falls, expires this year. NJ
divers candidacy is the first to be al
nOunced.
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o Sheriff Metzel and Undersheriff Dale (
Madison county and Sheriff Mooney
Beaverhead. combined forces in raiding
y small distillery 20 miles northwest
e Dillon in Madison county, capturing a q
q gallon still, 80 gallons of the finished pr,
. duct and 10 barrels of mash. No arresr
d were made, as the plant had not been
e operation for about a week.
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g Valley county not only had the large
display Of seeds at the eastern MOntaI
L corn and seed show at Miles City, but VIC
e the first three places for Montana SO du
ham wheat, according to c. d. Greenfiel
n agricultural development agent for Il
= Great Northern railroad. In the MOntaI
Sc class, Carl Redding, Fraser, won frs
e Thomas Wagner, Nashau, second, and
c.. Briggs, Glasgow, third. The alfal
seed exhibits we're unusually large, N
Greenfield said.