The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-02
STATE BRIEFS

Butte-MOntana Power company earned
500 a share on the common stock in 1928
against $4.4S a share the year before.
Great Falls-One. million rainbow trout
eggs have arrived in Great Falls and will
be Matched at the state hatchery at Giant
Springs.
MaIta-FOrty-twO cripples, both adults
and children, were examined at the OrtnO-
pedic clinic conducted at Malta by DR..
Louis W. Allard, specialist, of Billings. =.
Martfnsdale-C. e. Chapel, manager OF
the Mountain States Telephone company,
at HarlOEtOn says that the company mas
set aside $4,000 for extension Of the line
through TwOdOt and Martinsdale.
Great FaIIs-Increased traffic on the
street car lines Of Great Falls has made
| necessary the purchase Of three new cars,
| which will be used to supplement the 10
now in operation on the various lines OF
the city.
MissSuIa-TwO extra gangs, one Of 50
and the other Of 40 men, have started on
the biggest rail laying job on the Rocky
| Mountain division of the Northern Pacific
this spring, working between EllistOn and
Great FaIIs-A referendum to determine
the opinion Of Great Falls taxpayers as
regards the dandeliOn eradication Drum
ance will in all probability be held MOh0ay;
/ April 3, in conjunction with the annual
MSissouIa-After E. G.. Morrison, recently
convicted in district court on a robbery
| charge, had been taken to Deer Lodge 70
start serving a term Of one to " years.
/ officers discovered that he was Preparing
to escape from the MiSsOula county jail.
Morrison had cut a hole through the cell
] ing of the Jail corridor.
! Biliings-Farmers in the vicinity OF
Billings have been planting String wheat
for the last two weeks and with goOQ
weather there will be a large acreage; "OrK
on farms is going forward rapidly ana
ground is being prepared Tor DeeCs ana DOr
later grain crops. Employment offices re-
port a large demand for help. -
Butte-Fred W. BacOrn, director and
treasurer Of the Jardine Mining company
and interested in many other properties IN
/ various sections Of MOtana, died at a
hospital here, after an illness of i've days.
He was 50 years of age, a native Of Chica-
go, coming to Montana when ne was ~
years old and locating in Marysville.
Great FaIls-Births exceeded deaths in
Cascade county during the year 1SZ9 by
more than two to one. The report shows
that during the year a total OF S3S births
were recorded as compared with 81 Deaths
rate of 21.92. Four hundred and twenty
six Of the children were males and AZ
females.
Bmings-LOchren DOnnelly, son Of Presi-
dent Charles DOnnelly of the Northern Pa.
cific railroad, died the other day Of heart
disease in the Northern Pacific hospital al
GlendiVe. Mr.. DOnnelly was % years Of
age, recently married, and for some lint
past had been superintendent OF TIT
Northern Pacific's coal mining opperatOni
at COlstrip, Mont.
Great EaliS-UpOn the recommendation o.
the finance committee the board Of trustees
Of Great Falls School District I has au
thOrized the clerk, Victor r. Gibson, u
purchase a $4,000 block Of 4 Ter cen
bonds Of this district now held by Wells
Dickey company. These bonds are not dui
until July 1, 1929, but their retirement a
this time viii save the district $2,T5
accrued interest.
Methodist minister Of northern MOntans
was found dead in his bed at his nom
in Helena the other day. BE was for man,
years stationed at Fort Benton, Cascad
and ChOteau, but had made his home 4
Helena for the last II years. he came Z
Montana in 1889 and for a time Caugn
school near Fort Benton.
Billngs-COpies Of the articles OF incOE
pOratiOn Of the Crystal Carbon company
Of Denver, capitalized at $4,000 have bee
filed in the office Of the county clerk an
recorder. The company is a subsidiary q
the United Carbon company OF Charleston
W. Va, which Is starting to build the 1iri
unit, valued at $4,000, Of q carbon blae
plant two miles north Of COMBS on t1
Lake Basin branch Of the Northern PacL1l
Great Faus-DecisiOn by the San Fran
cisco court Of appeals On the appeal {
lGOrdOn Campbell, discOVerer Of the keVlI
= Sunburst oil fields, is expected within Z
DAYS. according to Mr.. Campbell, who hl
returned from San Francisco. Campbe
was found guilty here Of using the mai
for fraudulent purposes In promoting Q
oil syndicate and vas sentenced By judo
George M. B%0urquin to serve 30 months
the LeaVenwOrth penitenuarys and % pc
a $1,000 fine.