Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-25
STATE BRIEFS

kut fttuk-MAIllu d. tldAhNAobhf ud1ti
of Cut Bank. died suddenly a few days ago.
Lewistown-This city IS concentrating
plans for an elaborate Fourth OF July cele-
hration.
Arlee-John s. Innes has sold a herd of
fine Holstein cows to Los Angeles, Calf,
buyers.
MISUNDERSTANDING April l. the city
water department will reduce charges for
service another . per cent.
siduey-Richland county's new court
house will be built during the summer. at
an estimated cost of $4,000.
Helena-The 1927 convention OF the Mon
tana Laundry Owners association win be
held in Helena May 20 and 21.
Butte-Percy Weingartner. %. a native
of this city. was killed recently in an
automobile accident In Arizona.
Great FalIs-A total OF 1850 acres of
sugar heets has been signed up in the Sun
River district west of this city.
acknowledgements IS to so. inclusive.
are the dates set by the Flathead County
Fair commission for the 1927 fair.
Observation-Disclosures c. C. Still Of the
First National Bank will shortly disburse
a ten per cent dividend TO depositors.
Deer Lodge-Work is soon TO start on
the erection of q mill which will be used
to crush ore from the Bonanza mine.
KaIispell-E. VI. Child has been appoint
led count attorney to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of f.. ID. Lingenfelter.
Poplar-An Indian payment of $50 per
capita, ~totaling about $4,000, will be made
on the Fort Peck reservation about April l..
Glasgow-The local chapter of the Ameri-
can Legion is conducting a marble tourna-
ment among the boys at the grades schools
here.
Lewistown-The institution of the Julia
Hancock chapter of the ID. A. r. here COM
pletes a full round dozen chapters In the
state.
M~alta-Plans for a mosquito extermina-
ton campaign to be waged this summer in
the vicinity of this city were recently made
public.
GIasgow-The Glasgow flour mill shipped
n total of 100 carloads of -four to New
York state and different Montana points
during 1926.
Miles City-Narrowly missing the jugular
vein in his neck. an angry bull gored
Thomas Dudley, a cowhand, on a ranch
near Coalwood.
Lewistown-The officers and directors of
the old Montana Wheat Growers associa-
ton met here recently and wound up the
affairs OF the organization.
Fort Benton-J. A Robinson, receiver of
the Stockman's National bank, recently an
n%ounced the payment of a 20 per cent divi-
dend. t~otalling SS4.943.2O.
L~ewistown-The local post of the Ameri.
can Legion is arranging for a conference OF
representatives OF Hi ptStS III CeUITd1 MOL
tana to be held here April s.
Great FaIls-Isaac Massard lighted a
match to see how much gasoline he had In
the tank of his automobile. The local fire
department put out the blaze.
White Sulphur springs-R. T. Ringing
who with Mr.. Kealey operates a poultry
farm at Holt, Fla, reports that the venture
is proving a wonderful success.
/ C1endive-Reports from all parts of Daw
sou t3unty indicate that the winter wheat
crop is in excellent condition. Farmers in
this section are very optimistic.
superior-The Iron Mountain Mining
company has decided to pump out the shat
to the 1890 foot level, and 1t Is believed
that operations will start shortly.
r Popiar-The Poplar Commercial club, a
1 a recent meeting decided to expend q largt
sum of money in the Improvement OF the
: road leading into the north country.
a Baker-The farm residences of Anthem,
( J. Schorsch, % miles south of Baker ant
4 Newt MeCullom, five miles south of Web
ster were recently destroyed by fire.
!. Great Falls-A campaign for 5000 will
! which to complete the Paris Gibson Memo
! rial fund has been launched by a specia
! committee of the local Commercial club.
D Great Falls-The Anaconda Copper Min
ing company has taken an option on thu
Stag dump of the East Helena plant OF tn,
American Smelling & Refining company.
Bilings-The Kyote. Billings high schoo
weekly newspaper, received honorable men
ton in the Columbia Scholastic Press as
ISOLATION contest conducted in New York
Hayre-Peddling bills against the wishe
of property owners, or so that they may q,
on the street or on the yards is made
nuisance in an order passed by the loca
council.
Levistown-In a very short time Lewis
town will have another industry, this beins
an up-to-date cheese factory, to be oper
ated in connection with the Fergus Count.
creamery.
Chinook-The sugar beet growers o
Blaine county formed an organization her
recently. w. d. Smotherman was elected
president and Hugh Murphy secretary
treasurer.
Sfdney-Surveying crews working unde
the orders Of the state highway commission
have started work of surveying the intend
ed road to be built south of here TOWARD
Glendiye.
Harlem-The city council has ordered
the city water mains to be mapped ant
measured so that the cost of replacing tn
wooden pipes with ones made of iron ma,
be estimated.
Forsyth--Fred Baringer, who has one 0
the largest irrigated farms In Rosebud
county, will seed between 600 and T0
acres Of land this year, all of which will
be under irrigation.
Bozeman-Fred Burkhardt, charged wit
murder in the first degree for the stabbinI
OF Quo uelierlHdu at DeiSTdue, nus ell
tered a plea of guilty, and has been sen
fenced to life imprisonment.
tMissouIa-Ffteen hundred pounds 0
yellow pine seed gathered from cones col
lected In the Bitter Root last fall, hav
been shipped to the Savenac nursery iron
the local forestry planting Office.
Red Lodge-Mrs. Chas. Hevosma die,
suddenly at her home here. Weakened b.
a paralytic stroke a few months ago, sh
attempted to rise, but sank beside her be-
In such a way as to break her neck.
Wibaux-The agricultural department 0
the Northern Pacific has announced tn
location of two Nebraska farmers on land
In this territory. More are to follow dur
ing the spring months. the report says.
: R~onan-Toppled to the ground from
. Hatcar on which he was riding at Colleg
Camp near here, by a projecting log, tn
body Of Henry J. Roberts, scaler an'
brakeman, was picked up. His neck hal