The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-13
TRADE BETTER IN
TREASURE STATE
FEWER MERCANTILE FAILURES
ARE REPORTED THIS YEAR
THAN IN 1925
Montana Has 400 Licensed Real Es-
tate Brokers and Statesmen; War
trophies to Decorate the State
house Lawn; Birthrate Gains
FrOm on HeIena CorresDondentl

CFrOm Our Helena Correspondent
the number of mercantile failures as
we'll as total liabilities Of business CON
Germs in Montana for the first six months
OF the present year, show q decided de-
crease, as against the figures for the
same period last year, according TO a
statement by r. g. Dunn & Co, COMPLIED
at the request of the publicity depart
ment OF the state department Of agricuI-
tuEe. There were 20 failures this year
land 30 last year. The total liabilities
this year were only S6I6,S48 as com
pared to $1,152,31O at the close of the
first six months Of 1925.
In Montana the situation, which has re-
suited in a country wide complaint that
business is being OverdOne, is being grad
ually corrected, the records Of the mer-
camille agency show, in that there has been
a small reduction in numbers of concerns
In business at the end Of each six months
period. On June 80, 1925, there were 1867
concerns in business in the state. This wear
at the same time there were 9,511. During
the first six months Of this year 997 mer-
camille firms entered business in the state
and during the year ending June 80, there
were 1859 new concerns in business, while
2,1OO had sold out or otherwise discOntin.
ued business in that time, representing a
turnover Of a little more than p per cent.
o 9 8
There are a total Of 400 licensed and
bonded real estate brokers and statesmen
in Montana, according TO figures compiled
In the office Of the state commissioner OF
L6LL~GAF0LCs 0ACaE III ACuA1 Will ~ anu
Billings is second with 81. Butte has "A.
MissOula, %; BOzeman, II; Kalispell, IA
Shelby, 10; Roundup, g.; Helena, p; and
Miles City and Anaconda each 8 There
are Sc towns in which there is only one
broker.
"The public is advised" says W. F.
Casey, in charge of the realty bureau and
in the department, 'that in buying real
estate from an unlicensed broker, the pur-
chaser is not protected against misrepre-
sentation. This office holds a bond for
$1,000 for each licensed broker, and in the
event Of misrepresentation, the buyer can
bring action in the courts against the bond
to make good any loss sustained"
MOntana's 1926 wool crop is placed al
2 100000 pounds and the lamb crop for
the year at 1,S71,OOO, by the state and fed
eFal department Of agriculture. These fig.
ures represent gains Of 100000 lambs and
1925. The wool clip this year is the larg.
est since 1917, when 23,342 900 pounds were
secured, and represented a gain Of 10000
pounds over the clip of 1920. the low pOin.
in the post war period. The lamb crOI
is likewise the largest for the post war per
iOd and in 1,171,000 larger than the low
point reached in 1920 when the crop wa.
100000.
In MOntanas allotment Of wal trOphie
the adjutant general has received a mum
Der OF heavy cannon, a dozen Of which vii
! be reserved for OrnamentatiOn Of the stat
- E1N[&N 49, 1893 0NA4 ~
examiners has made an appropriation suffi
Client to defray the expense Of prOvidin.
them with concrete bases.
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Figures In the office Of the bureau o
vital statistics Of the state board Of healt
indicate that the stOrk Outdistanced th
grim reaper during the first six month
Of the present year. There were. 5,O4
/ deaths thi syear over last HTAOINaypt
births and 2,S16 deaths. During the sam
.lperiOd last year there were $3.50 births an
) 2,611 deaths. The increase in deaths thi
/ year over last Is attributed IN large meas
} ure to influenza. There we're only 80 death
, from this cause during the first six month
Of last year. This year they nUmbere
l 158.
? -Four more rail carriers have announce
q reduction Of three cents a hundred O
4 grain and grain products from MissOul
I river territory, by way Of Minneapolis {
. points east Of Illinois. This rate was DU
into effect by the Minneapolis and S
Louis railroad, the $500 Line, on July Il
I The 500 line has nearly 100 miles Of trac