The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-02
STATE BRIEFS

SacO-An animal circus playing at
Whitewater lost three Shetland ponies
that ate poisoned oats used for gophers.
COnrad-The county commissioners
have cut the tax levy 1 mill Tor next
year. They also educed the bonded In
debtednesS Of the county $4,000.
POlsOn-Dr. Trieste, Helena, superin-
tendent of Montana fisheries, recently
spent 10 DAYS in Flathead, Lincoln and
Lake counties inspecting hatcheries.
HeIena-H. c.. Burgess, Twin Bridges.
Madison county extension agent, will
judge the horse show at the Montana
state fair, Helena, Sept. So, according to
w. F. Casey, fair secretary.
POIsOn-Work has been resumed on the
new stucco hotel building on the site
overlooking Flathead lake here after a
delay caused by Investigations into the
foundation.
HamiItOn-Western Montana onion sets
are superior to those grown in Cook
county, Illinois, according to J. v. ODile,
Chicago, who attended a meeting Of seed
growers at Hamilton.
Bmings-Taxpayers in Billings will pay
on a 65.8-mill levy this year, and those
outside the corporate cities and towns in
Yellowstone county will pay 26.83 mills
on assessed valuation.
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new bridge to span the Pend d'Oreille
river at Poison. Creosoted piles are being
driven daily and clay for the I'LL Of the
east approach is being hauled.
Helena-Jack Higgins, well known
Montana sportsman, ran over and killed
a mountain lion and two cubs On the
White Tail divide between Boulder n
Whitehall when the animals became
blinded by his headlights.
Fort BentOn-Chouteau county high
school opens Sept. 10, the school board
has decided late date is set be-
cause many students living in the coun-
try are engaged in harvest work and the
bountiful crop this year requires addi-
tional labor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cent stamps
will be issued at the Boy Scout head
quarters which the boys may purchase,
saving them until they W. So worth,
when a certificate emitting them to the
privilege of attending the next annual
camp will be issued.
HeIenaAExhibits of forage crops COM
ing to the Montana state fair in Helena,
Sept. 5-9, from Park county in crop dis
trict No. 8, will be the greatest show that
Park county has ever presented at any
fair. according to j. M. L. Payne, Living
ston, in charge Of the exhibit.
Great Falls-Health conditions in Great
Falls are apparently improving, as the
city-county detention hospital is with
out a patient and the county, for the
second time since establishment of the
health department, has passed a week
without a case Of reportable disease.
Great FaIls-Search for an automobile
belonging to John Hagen which he re-
ported as being stolen, was cut short
when police found the machine at the
1 county Jail. The car was seized by Dep
2 uty Sheriff G. G. Johnson, when he found
I it did not have 1927 license plates at
. tached.
: Flfe-Farmers Of the Fife area rushed
to the j. D. o farm, a mile northeast
: Of Fife, to check a fire which destroyed
50-acre field Of wheat, threatened thu
: Dobbs house and spread toward Fife be-
= fore it could be eXttnguished. The eX
|, haust Of a grain truck is thought tx
= have caused the fire.
Martinsdale-Of % school districts IL
e Meagher county, seven will make no spe
cial tax levy during the coming year. Ac
cording to the nnual report of Mrs
Bertha H. Upton, county superintendent
Of schools, balance on hand for the va
: rious districts at the beginning of tn
current fiscal year range from $97 t.
$6,26S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. valued at abou
SIS, 900 have been received in preparatio,
for opening of school next month. TIL
fund available for this purpose total
about $4,000, the remaining $1,000 bein
n held by the board as a reserve for re
placement of books at the end Of tn
first semester.
l. MissOula-Pioneer Construction com
pany, Bozeman, was low bidder for tn
n Sheep creek highway project on tn
Y-G-B line between Great Falls an
White Sulphur Springs on which est
Inmates were opened at the offices Of tn
ID bureau Of public roads here. The hi
lie was $50, 399 60.
is Ho-Ioukov, n-o-aSe9.- n~o.35o-4 49,
idge he will not be required to wear
war bonnet, and assuring Col. Charles
u Lindbergh that Harlowton offers ide;
landing grounds for a stop over on h.
western itinerary, Harlowton eXtende
- invitations to them to attend it's secon
annual days Of '49" celebration, Sep
ID.
Butte-The government has assigne
aviation examination duties to DR.. E.
Person Of Murray hospital, for all pilo'
who come under federal Jurisdiction. D
Person is the only examiner in the stat
Physical examination is compulsory II
student pilots, those engaged in CONNIE
n cial activities and any pilots who engal
in interstate transportation or flying.
Great FaIls-Dr. Fritz Brakeman
Germany, who is studying agriculture
the United States under a student e.
change arrangement, was a speaker
the monthly meeting Of the Fort Sha
Farmers club. He told of the inten
cultivation in his country and the nun
Der Of men required in farming oper
tions in contrast with the machine met
DDS in America.
MissOula-Josiah Shull, 70, resident
western Montana for 45 years, died h
after a brief illness. Mr.. Shull, a We
known attorney, was president Of Il
Western Montana Bar association. N
ShuI1 was the first clerk and recorder
Granite county, and also served tn
county as county attorney before cor
ing to Missoula in 1901.
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