The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-28
STATES FREIGHT
BUSINESS GROWS
CARLOADINGS FOR MARCH, 1926,
SHOW AN UPWARD
TREND
Secretary of State Stewart Rules Can
didates Must File Nominating Pc
titiOns Not Later than June "a;
DR.. COgsweU to go East on Trip
RY Our Helena Correspondentl

Recovery from the winter SLUMP in move
ment of Montana products to outside mar
kets is plainly evident in the reports Of
March car lOadings as made to the Mon
tana railroad commission. OF still further
satisfaction is the improvement shown in
the report over shiLmentS during the same
period last year. The margin is not great,
but it is pointed out that it indicates an
advance and a peruSal Of the items shows
that the number of increases is greater
than the number Of losses.
Fhe report shows movement Of 24,265
cars Of all types Of products during March,
as against 23.356 in February and 24,21S
in March. 1925.
Of considerable interest was the record
Of gains in shipment Of products of the
mines over April and most items over the
previous month. Petroleum shipments, both
refined and crude, continued their gains. A
movement Of 1,lO6 cars of. wheat is shown
and hay continued to move to markets else
where. Potatoes have kept up their trek
to the outside to the extent of 1875 cars
and there were 68 cars Of dried peas and
beans shown on the report.
Movement of forest products started with
a rush during March, shipments have
doubled those Of April.
! Movement Of livestock also was double
that Of the previous months and 100 cars
greater than in March, 1925, principally be-
cause of the movement of range horses to
the canneries. Only one car of wool moved.
Under a ruling announced by Secretary
of State c. 7. Stewart all nominating Lett
tiOns of candidates seeking party nOmina-
ton at the primary election Of August g,
must be filed not later than June a, in
accordance with the provisions Of chapter
l133, laws of 1923, as amending section 641
of the direct primary law, which requires
that nominating petitions must be filed not
later than 40 days prior to the primary
election.
Secretary Stewart says there appears tC
be a misunderstanding as to this matter
due TO the passage Of chapter "a, Of the
laws of 1925, as amending section 618 OF
TIE Revised Codes, relating TO the filing Of
certificates of nomination, This act Of the
last legislature requires that certificates
Of nomination must be filed with the secre
ltary Of state not less than 80 days no
more than 60 days prior to the election
Mr.. Stewart states that this act refers Only
. to the filing Of certificates Of nomination
:. Of such candidates as nay have beer
nominated at a convention.
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Authority to DR.. w. F.. COgswell, secre
tary Of the state board Of health, to attend
? health meetings in Atlantic City, Washing
ton and New York, has been given BY tn
2 state board Of examiners. The action o.
the board was taken upon q communication
lfrOm the state board Of health in which /
was stated that in the last three years u
lCOgsWell, as secretary OF the state bOarl
= of health, has been able to secure from tn
Rockefeller Foundation S10,5OO for healtl
pOnsible for the United States publi
2 health service again taking up the spOtte'
. fever work in Montana, this service spend
ing between $4,000 and $4,000 each yea
in the Bitter Root valley; and that he ha
been able to do this largely through hi
e contact with public health workers in tn
east at the yearly conference Of the Stat