The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
STATE BRIEFS

the other day at the family home in Deer
Lodge.
MissOuIa-As a result Of a grade crossing
accident at Superior in which the auto
mobile was thrown 20 feet and demolished
Deputy State Bank Examiner Williams
was badly injured.
Miles City-This city was named as the
1927 meeting place Of the REPRESENTATIVES,
and delegates from the Red Cross chap
ters Of southeastern Montana according to
the meeting held at Glendive.
MissOula-In attempting to drive out a
stray bull which had entered the yard with
other stock, Mrs. r. W. McWuirk Of Stew
ensviIle was severely gOred about the alb
dOmen. by the animal when it turned on
her.
MissOula-Arthur Betor Of Helena, travel
ing salesman, lost his life when the auto
mobile ne was driving plunged over a
grade near Saltese, west Of MissOula. Mr..
Betor was alone at the time Of the acct
dent.
Butee-Five hundred n twenty-nine
police court cases during the month Of
July netted the city $7,727 in fines and for
FIXTURES, according to a report made to
the city council by Police Magistrate Dan
f.. O'Shea.
AnacOnda-James Mcdonald employed at
the COttreu treaters at the foot Of the
Big Stack was electrOcuted. He was rap
ping the chains in the t~reaters it is said
with a pole that was damp and 6,5OO volts
passed through his body.
Butee-Butte's fire loss for the month
Of uly was S2.A26. 70. according to q report
made to the city council last night by
Fire Chief Fred Martin. The report shows
that % fires during the month involved
property valued at $5O,O45.5O.
Great Falls-JOhn Baptiste Martin, 81,
mechanic employed at the Great Northern
shops, died the other evening while seated
at the supper table in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. POgreba. Death was due to a
heart attack super-induced by choking.
A-nscOnda-The Anaconda Rotary club
discussed the proposed cutoff which would
max the ShalkahO highway between 10
and - miles shorter after a communication
from Hamilton business men, asking for
cooperation in securing the new road.
KaIlspeH-Actual fur raising, a cOmpar-
itively new industry In the Fiathead began
recently on the Monte Carlo Fox & Fur
cOmpany's rearing farm three miles west Of
the city, when about $50 blue fox pdps,
shipped from Petersburg, Alaska, arrived
here.
Malta-As proof Of his assertion that
Montana is one Of the best states for
honey production, NJ. II. Misfeldt, who has
gone extensively into the bee business this
year, cites that his so colonies will pro-
duce more than three tons Of honey this
season.
MaIta-Eighteen carloads CT wool have
been shipped from Malta this season, ac-
cOrding to J. A. Eubaugh, Malta represent
alive for the National Wool exchange, BOs-
ton. This represents 1851 sacks, or 592,-
149 pounds, an increase Of about 100000
pounds over 1925.
Great FaIIs-A decision. unanimously
made by members of the executive council
Gil Of the Montana Education association
fixes Great Falls as the meeting place for
the thirty-seventh annual convention Of
the North Central district o. the Organi-
zatiOn. October . n q
Forsyth large number Of stOckmen in
Rosebud county have shipped their cattle
to eastern markets because Of the short
age Of feed in the country as awhOle, while
others have sent cattle to other sections
Of the state where feed is more plentiful.
MlssOuIa-Travel over the three Montana
highway entrances in one day showed tina
1,O1O cars used the road between six O'Clock
in the morning and 10 O'Clock at night,
according to statistics compiled by the bu-
under construction on these highways.
Red LOdge-A Smith-Hughes department
Of agriculture will be established in the
Carbon county high school in thefall term.
University Of Idaho, is in charge Of the
work and is now busy getting the de-
partment ready for the opening Of school.
Miles City-The body Of George Davis
80, was brought to the city after having
been taken from the Tongue river at a
point near the upper dam, about 80 miles
south Of the city, where he had been in
swimming. He was sliced with cramps
and drowned.
G~Iendive-After assisting his wife to es-
cape from their sedan, overturned in an
irrigation ditch. Andrew FOss, Dawson
county pioneer, was drowned the other
night. FOss is said to have mistaken q
telephone pole for the side Of the bridge
over the ditch.
Great FaIls-The Rev. Fred W. Shorter
pastor Of the First Congregational church
has rendered his resignation Of the Great
Falls passionate to Mrs. L. III. Hamilton
chairman of the pulpit committee, to ac-
cept a call to the Pilgrim Congregations
church at Seattle.
B-uttes-GeOrge Pallis doesn't know who
hit him or why. He picked up a ride
with a mOtOrist at Silver Bow. He was
coming to Butte when a speeding mOtOrist
came from behind, struck the machine and
!Pallis was thrown out Of the car. He was
knocked unconscious.
MssOuIa-The 10Th postOffice in MissOuls
county to be known as G~reenbOugh, hat
been established at the GreenbOugh ranch
In the BlaekfOOt valley, principally for th'
: accommodation Of the several hundred EN-
plOyees OF the A. G.. NJ. logging department
now working in that vicinity.
Great Fals-James NJ. Thompson, gener
al secretary Of the Great Falls Y. M. G. A
= has handed his resignation to the boar
! Of directors to take effect September 1. Ill
position will be filled at that time by p
70. .HOldeman, who is now physical direc
F. tor Of the Y. M. c. A. at Eugene Oregon
Great TaIs-Damages Of $4,000 for al
- legged defamation Of character and in
ury to reputation and credit are asked i
a libel action filed in district court by. J
I II. Wellens against M. A.. Ford. The sui
B, arises from an action instituted by th
p defendant on July %, in which he reques
= ed cancellation Of a contract pertaining {
i the sale Of an automobile.
t POplar-Lucien Walking Eagle, Fol
O Peck Indian, who was arrested July 40
for the stabbing Of Leroy Battling Thu
2 der at Atkinson, east Of Poplar, where In
s dams Of the Fort Peck reservation wei
holding a celebration, has waived prelim
/, mary hearing and is out under bond unit
= federal court opens.
r GIasgOw-Durlng July, the GlasgOl
s. Creamery purchased 12,862.6S pounds {
= butter fat for which farmers were pal
S,3O61L During the same period 1911
r hounds Of butter we're manufactured III
l. was slightly better than the figures "a
.s June, teh sum paid TO farmers for eEeal
3 during that month tOtalllng @AOl0.01.
. Cut Bank-WIuiam c.. Gird, proprtetl
" OF the Buffalo Herd ranch on St. Mary
lake between st. M0ry's mad Babb, la
announced his intention Of turning b
place into q dude" ranch. This win
the first ranch Of its kind In the Glaei'
2 Park country. Gird was born and ralEs
IN Glacier Park and for the last 10 yea
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