The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
BRIEFS

TO automobile traffic.
Sweetgrass-The Iambing season is well
under way here and the lamb crop is
good.
sidney-Sidney's new $4,000 whiteway
was completed recently and the lights
turned on.
HarIem-A carload of seed potatoes
were shipped from this point to farmers
i n Hill county.
POlson-The Masonic orders of lake
county plan to hold a May Day picnic
Friday, May 20.
Observation-Disclosures Bros. of Roundup
have purchased 240 head of cattle from
ranchers near here.
Steyensville-Peter Russell is erecting
a cheese factory on the Joe Lybarger
farm in this vicinity.
Medicine Lake-The farm home of Mr..
and Mrs. Leo rancis was completely de-
stroyed by fire recently.
Lame Deer-An achievement day pro-
gram was staged by club members in
this community May Ii.
HamiItOn-Real estate deals in this
section are prominent, many transfers
having been made recently.
MISUNDERSTANDING growers in the
Bitter Root valley expect to ship so to so
carloads of their fruit this season.
Winnett-Edward Adam, a rancher liv-
ing near here, died a few days ago Of
spotted fever, the result of a tick bite.
Great Falls-More thar 500 acres in
the irrigated areas tributary to Great
Falls will be planted to sugar beetS this
season.
Stevensyille-The first carload of pow
dered milk manufactured in western
Montana left the Stevensville creamery
recently.
HObsOn-Floyd M. Johnson of Bench
land has purchased an additional 400
acres Of the a Motherall ranch at $50
an acre.
Observation-Disclosures $4,000 and 10000
Oregon and Washington sheep are to be
grazed on the ranges in district No. l
this season.
Vida-Radio Station KICK, Vida,
started operation recently with programs
designed especially for the benefit of
rural population.
Great FaIls-More than 1000 people at
tended the annual food and products
held here recently.
Helena-Jay G. Larson, state superin-
tendent of banks, has been named re-
ceiver of the American Bank and Trust
company at Missoula.
Butte-An explosion of what is
thought to have been a dynamite cap
resulted in the serious injury of Frank
64d5CIy 4O-yGdI-C1Q DOy.
POlsOn-Plans for the Melita Island
Melita Island board. 1t is planned to
spend $4,000 instead of $500.
Great FalIs-Building improvements
requiring an expenditure of $670,076
were constructed in Great Falls during
the fiscal year ending April 80, 1927.
Lame Deer-A plan calling for the ex-
penditure of $4,000 for fire protection
on the Tongue River reservation within
the next five years has been prepared.
HamiItOn-Ravalli county will pur-
chase $4,000 worth of Skalkaho roao
bonds. The purchase will reduce the
county levy almost two mills, it is said.
PlentywOOd-At the recent meeting OF
the local chamber of commerce., it was
decided to place markers on all the main
roads and highways leading to and from
P~lentywood.
Butte-But fifty carloads of cattle re.
main TO be shipped from the Big Hole
Basin. The Northern Pacific sent out 81
carloads May 10, nearly cleaning up the
winter feed stock.
Observation-Disclosures along the cas-
side r~ight-of-way of the Northern Pacific
in the Bitter Root have been notified tC
remove property from the right-of-way
within 80 days.
StevensviIIe-R. j. William Nelson. 1s
49, "OAAS0 ia q Ao441 III Ills COuSIl
near here. was killed recently when
spirited farm horse bolted and dragged
him for some distance.
Butte-The Northern Pacific has
query from Stevensville asking for tn,
rate on horses to Dubois, Pa. Bronchoi
too good for butchering are to be shipped
to the eastern point.
Apgar-Col. Frederick Mears, Seattle
assistant chief engineer Of the Grea
Northern, expects to begin construction
at once on n of the finest summe
homes at the head of Lake Mcdonald.
Great Falls-Farmers of the lower SUI
River valley, just west Of this city, or
ganized the third farmers communit,
club to be formed in this county thi
spring. Ninety-six members were en-
rolled at the first meeting.
Great Falls-For the third consecutive
year, H. A. Shepherd city police magis
trate, and w. P. Wren, city treasurer
were recently elected president and sec
retary-treasurer respectively of the Cas-
lcade County Old-Timers' association.