The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
STATE BRIEFS

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It is expected that the 1926 state con-
Vention OF the Montana Aerie Of Eagles
will be held at Missoula the first week Of
August this year.
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president Of the Glacier Three Link assO-
citation at a quarterly meeting Of the or
ganizatiOn in Conrad.
A sudden attack Of heart trouble. re-
suited in the death Of ". A. Vending,
dairyman of Great Falls, whose body was
found in the seat off his delivery truck.
The former Equity elevator containing
about 5000 bushels Of grain, was Destroy
ed by fire at Shelby recently, entailing a
loss OF S30,OOO' which is partially covered
by insurance.
Ira L. Wight Of Helena, secretary Of the
Montana Wool Growers Exchange, spoke
on Financing the Wool Clip" at the 10Th
annual convention Of the Oregon Wool
Growers association, held at Pendleton.
L. c. Stevenson. head Of the sunburst
oil interests, has been elected president of
the Great Falls Commercial club. He sue
ceeds A. 10. Wiggin, superintendent Of the
Great Falls plant Of the Anaconda Copper
mining company.
Members OF the Bozeman chamber Of
commerce reelected W. ii. LOvelace as
president. Other officers named were
Charles ~VandenhOck, first vice president;
J. p. Fabrick, second vice president, and
George Cox treasurer.
Carl Leavitt Of Fowler was elected presl-
dent Of the POndera Poultry Growers assO-
citation for the coming year at a meeting
Theodore Crawford, Waller, vice president;
Mrs. L. AlQuist, secretary and treasurer.
Frank Merritt. 2 worker at the labora-
tory for spotted fever Investigations at
Hamilton, is critically i'll at the Hamilton
hospital with spotted fever. The young
man contracted the disease while caring
tor animals at the labOraOry, it is an
bounced.
A. P. Smerud was elected president Of
the Flaxville Commercial club at u meet
ing held recently. Other officers named
were Rasmus Nelson, vice president
George Lane, secretary and treasurer ;
? and Harry Banhart, fire chief.
Superintendent s. d. Largent, head OF
5 the Great Falls public school system since
/ 1893, has been unanimously reappOinted "a
e that office for a period of three years. The
t appointment becomes effective september 1
1926 at the expiration Of his present tern
of office.
S Winning sweepstakes for the best 10 ears
and for the best bushel o. dent corn il
o the nOn-irrigated class, 1. 7. PembertOn o.
g the Forsyth Flat, had the outstanding
exhibit at the ninth annual Rosebud
County Corn and Bean show held a
@ Forsyth.
Replacement of $4,000 ties on the Rock,
: Mountain division Of the Northern Pacifi
: in Montana will cost the railway approx
mateiy S2SO.OOG this spring. Work on tn
q tie requirements will not start for severa
n weeks yet, as crews are now busy layin.
steel on the division.
Directors to the decision of Mrs. Alice I
Knapp, county superintendent of school
Of Daniels county, to create school distriC
and 1, won a point when the county com
m~isiOners, at an adjourned meeting, sus
n tanned the objection.
About so miles of rural telephone lin
were connected with the Mountain State
line at Frazer recently. This line serve
the farmers directly north Of Frazer for
distance of 81 miles, ana also serves thOs
lie in the Lustre nGighbOrhOOd. This line
Or known as the North Star Telephone line.
ne Real estate and improvements in CaScad
Ounty are greater in value than these {
any other MOntana county, according I
ID detailed figures released at Helena by I'll
Sc state board Of equalization. Beaverhead
the premier livestock county and in OthC
tie personal property Silver Bow is well
a the lead.
Five students at Montana State COLES
at BOzeman made "A-flush'' grades duTin
the last quarter with more than thr'
ne points per credit. These students we
an Miss Edith Swingle Of BOzeman, Mi
K Alene Morris of BOzeman, Harry KligOl
on of Butte, Miss Ruth Swingle of BOzema
ne and Max Legge Of Dagmar.
ISL A supply of narcotics seized at warrior
points in Montana sufficient to permit
score Of 'peddlers'' to wax opulent, hi
al been shipped by federal narcotic agen
a at Butte to Washington, d. G.. The shi
,r- ment contained cocaine, opium, herOin al
he yen shee and it is estimated that the who
nd would be worth $15O,OOO to 100000 at T
tail prices.
To Silver Bow county funds are in such
cd condition that there will not be any nece
Of sity for registering warrants and the
will be plenty Of money on hand to me
all requirements until the half yearly pa
ment Of taxes in May. Such was the stat
IN ment Of County Commissioner Villa
bic Gemmell, after going through the repO
rk, Of County Treasurer Brett.
err @ o q
Sc The Rosebud Mercantile company
ill Rosebud, has purchased and shipped
to cars of alfalfa seed, containing in
led 100000 pounds, according to T.. BrysC
lad manager. This greatly increases the pr
for ductiOn Of alfalfa seed for Rosebud cOun
IN over the estimation made according
figures available a few weeks ago..