Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-03
TREASURE STATE FARM and LIVESTOCK
STATE BRIEFS

pany mere is enlarglng It's building.
Missoula-A meeting OF the State
Dairymen's association will be held here
June IA.
Hobson-Frank Lamb, Sr., died recent
ly at his home here. He was q pioneer
Of Central Montana.
Stevensville-Plans are being made
for the annual creamery picnic to be
held here August IL.
Laurel-Plans are in hand by the local
city council for the crawling Of the
citys principal streets.
Grass Range-The local American Le-
gion post has elected Winfield Finkbein-
er as post commander.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Victor Day recently
announced that a Catholic school is to
be built in East Helena.
Shelby-Fire did considerable damage
at the Toole County Refinery company's
plant at Oilmont recently.
~FOrsyth-A campaign has been inaug-
urated here with a view to raising SO, 1000
for the local hospital fund.
Hamilton-W. Townsend Edwards of
Hamilton will head the Ravalli county
fair board as president this year.
Laurel-The English Lutheran congre-
CATION here is planning on remodeling a
large building for church purposes.
Butte-Paciflc coast states are now
shipping 100, 900 sheep to Craze in Mon
tana forests during the summer Of 1927.
Butte-One hundred big Rainbow trout
were planted in Silver lake recently by
members of the Anaconda Anglers club,
Laurel-Reports from the dry land
farming sections in the vicinity of Molt
are to the effect that wheat is looking
fine.
POplar-Fire Of undetermined origin
recently destroyed the farm home of
John Bawde across the river from Pop
lar.
price OF gasoline and kerosene has been
put into effect by the Westland Oil COM
pany.
Great Falls-The farmers of Sun River
district are planning a wheat pool SINH
lar to hat in effect in Canadian COM
munities.
Butte-O. A. Dingman was elected
commander of the Silver Bow Post No.
l of the American Legion, at a recent
meeting.
Deer Lodge-The condition of the
range throughout Powell county is ex-
cellent. Reports state that 1t was never
better.
Lewistown-A big new dairy barn on
the ]. N. Osborne ranch 3h miles east Of
this city on the Gilt Edge road. has been
completed.
Fort Benton-Army cutworms have in
vaded certain portions of Chouteau
county and are spreading, according to
County Agent Pugh.
Kalispell-The ranch home of Harry L.
Houston at Ashley creek, n the pump
house nearby were completely destroyed
by fire a few days ago.
lama naar Doro1d II IJorI{co, ,auylv
appointed ranger for the Tongue River
Indian reservation, has arrived here and
taken over his duties.
Miles City-Mrs. Chris Stoltz's Springer
spaniel champion Princess Craigie of
Spokane was adjudged the best at the re-
cent Kennel club show here.
Harlem-During the severest part of a
recent thunderstorm, the ELLIS store was
struck by lightning, a hole eight inches
in diameter being torn in the tar roof.
Stevensville-A reptile seldom found in
/ cold weather was picked up a few days
} ago by William Potts, a school boy. 1t
was a brown lizard Of the tropical
variety.
Hamilton-Word from Hollywood tells
Hamilton folks that a Bitter Root valley
boy. Arthur Granke, plays the part Of
the money changer" in THE King OF
Kings"
Whitehsh-Roosevelt Post of the
, American Legion at a recent meeting in
! stalled its new officers with l.. G.. Larson
receiving the honors as the new com
> mander.
, Billings-Prospects for good farm re-
turns have seldom been as good as this
year in the Shields river valley. Many
l farmers in that section are entering the
} hog business.
Libby-Work was begun recently on
! the construction of the new concen-
traitor of the Midas Gold Mining and
south Of Libby.
; Martinsdale-very little open land still
> remains in Meagher county. and final
papers on original homesteads are a mat
ter Of comment In the local land COM
= m~issioner's office.
Observation-Disclosures Of an air mail
J port in Billings is a possibility If the city
is able to provide a landing field and
hangers. and help underwrite a mini
mum quantity Of mail.
Sweetgrass-Considerable road work IL
to be done in the vicinity Of the border
: this season, according to a recent ar
nouncement made by County Commits
sioner j. c. Kielbaugh.
Malta-Frank Hromas was elected com.
i, mander of the American Legion here al
|, the recent annual meeting. Mr.. Hromas
! is manager OF the local offices of the
4 Montana Power company.
Kalispell-A carload Of hogs raised III
the Flathead valley was shipped out over
the N. P. from Poison to Livingston re-
Gently. The sale Of the hogs brought
about $4,000 to the growers.
LewistOwn-The receiver Of the defunci
First National bank here, a few days age
turned over to County Treasurer E. o
Hedrick a check for $58, 1896. 16, being the
county's share of the second dividend.
Miles City-That the rainfall In the
south country along the upper reaches
of Powder river has been abundant ii
. the information brought to Miles City
a recently by j.. G. Gardner, rancher anc
fruit grower OF that region.
Great Falls-Miss Phyllis Cooper, for.
s queen of Montana at a recent dance Of
D the Montana club in Los Angeles, thu
becoming a candidate for queen of al
1 the societies of states in hat city.
: Wolf Point-What is believed to be the
= Oldest sewing machine in the United
: States was recently discovered at Froid
! by l.. L. Bogut OF this city. when he
J called on Mrs. David Gunderson to tr,
9 and sell her a new machine. The ma
= chine was made IA years ago.
!, Billings-A carload Of registered Ches
ter White hogs, described by livestock
. men as the ''prettiest bunch" ever as
= sembled in Billings, was loaded at the
stockyards a few days ago for shipmen'
i to Dillon where they went to be distrib'
e uted to Beaverhead county farmers
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