The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-08
STATE BRIEFS

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Eureka-Crop prospects are good in the
Tobacco valley.
Miles City--Grain samples brought
here show exceptional growth.
Darby-Coyotes have killed several
sheep and attacked shepherds here.
HeIena-Flood damage has cost the
Milwaukee $1OO,000 in this county.
Sidney-Several new buildings will be
constructed for the Richland county fair.
HeIena-The Montana Bankers asso-
citation meets in Helena starting July 21.
DiIlOn-Fire alarm apparatus will be
manufactured here by the new Talafire
company.
MissOuIa-The Montana Nurses asso-
citation convenes here in state convention
July 1914.
HeIena-Montana will spend So 900 900
on highways during the fiscal year start
ing July 1.
MissOula-The Montana Medical asso-
citation meets here in state convention
here July 1915.
CircIe-The Great Northern is planning |
construction of Is miles of road between |
here and Richey.
Belfry-William BunneN will be bac-
teriologist in the state department of |
health, Massachusetts,.
Terry-The Terry band plans to sere-
made President and Mrs. Coolidge at their |
summer home this summer.
Helena-The Lewis and Clark county
wool pool now includes 23,038 clips, ap-
proximately 100000 pounds.
Billings-Registratio Of the regional
summer schools are: Billings, 211; Dillon,
378; Miles City, 1877; Havre, 113.
SheIby-There are now 1913 oil wells
producing approximately 10000 barrels
daily in the Kevin-Sunburst field.
BiIIings-Raymond E. Dorius, Salt
, Lake, believes the Garden of Eden was
in America, he told the Lions club here.
HamiltOn-The new Kraft cheese plant
p is now operating at Grantsdale, 6,O79
} pounds Of milk being made into cheese
, the first day.
! BiIIings-Robert Shelton, first aid and
! life saving expert of the American Red
2 Cross will give demonstrations in Bill
: lings July 29-30.
f StevensvilIe - Twenty five purebred
e stock owners will hold an exhibit at the
o annual Stevensville Creamery picnic here
q August 10-11.
q cannery man, says the cannery will start
in July and will pack about $4,000 cases
Of cherries this year.
IS Observation-Disclosures Montana Poultry
e association May figures show 2,719 hens
o of nine members laid 56,881 eggs, an
average Of 20.92 eggs each.
Helena-Grain crops in Montana never
manager of the Helena branch, Interna-
toinal Harvester company.
? StevensvilIe-Paul S. Carnes, manager
OF the Bitter Root creamery, Stevensville
says the plant will produce 100000
pounds of butter this year.
Libby-The county commissioners re-
4 moved the Lincoln county fair board fol
removing sections Of buildings to pro-
vide backstop for the baseball diamond
Observation-Disclosures and squawfish are
s. being removed from the Clearwater lakes
N by the state fish and game commission
- by nets and traps, to improve trout fish
ID ing.
az Helena-Northern Montana will har
vest its largest crop of hay and graiI
this season, according to Geo. w. Now
1 rancher living near Thoeny, in Vale!
4 county.
L BilIings-Thomas D. Campbell presi
: dent of the Montana Farming corpora
q tion, Big Horn county, has insured hi
7,5O0-acre wheat tract against hail TO
100000.
r Observation-Disclosures Mines cor
q poration here has bought claims and will
: build a large mill. A high grade or
Y body has been encountered in the Eas
Pacific mine.
TX Helena-Contractor John Dryburgh
so former Helena mayor, has been awarded
d. the contract to build the new Odd Eel
as lows home in the valley, costing from
D pOO,OOO TO pOOsOOO.
ad Bainville-W j. Hall, E. E. Hall, Balm
vile, and w. H. MCGEE, Poplar, have in
ne corporated the w. ]. Hall company a
p- Bainville. Capital stock is set at $4,000
40 of which $4,000 has been subscribed.
re MissOuIa-With more than 400 stu
th dents registered at the State universit
as summer session, total enrolment 70
o. three periods of the summer session viii
he more than exceed the 429 persons Of las
W year.
HamiltOn-SqUab raising is a profit
K able industry here. v. B. Valleau noV
Irt has 600 pigeons and markets squads Q
or from IL to IA ounces at six weeks. H
lie says there is a market for all the squad
e. he can raise.
n Helena-The fourth annual Lewis an
ed Clark women's camp will be at Broad
water hotel grounds July Is. DR.. Caro-
n line Hedger, Chicago, will discuss chill
,at welfare and Chancellor Melvin A. Bran
he non Of Montanas greater university, wi
le- speak.
~ Miles City-By an act of legislature i
TO 1877, the Little Big Horn river wa
ao changed in name to the Custer rive
Lor honortng Gen. George A. Custer. Thoug
ST. the stream has been known by its frs
N name since, the Montana railroad com
al mission will use the name Custer o
M its new map.
- PlentywOOd - Agricultural count
-, agents Of northern Montana countiC
m have decided to hold the northern Nor
a1 tana Corn show here next fall. ATTEND
ias Ing the meeting were K. B. Duncan, Hill
oS Mac Legge, Blaine; H. L. Lantz, Phillips
,oe 0 G. H. Wilson, Valley; A. w. Wardel
he Roosevelt; M. P. Ostby, Sheridan. Count
~ Agent Ostby is secretary of the comir
show by election Of other agents.
The
om tion to the Montana railroad corouot