Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30
STATE BRIEFS

tain the office OF +. A. GlVan as county
agent. The contract holds until the be-
ginning of the fiscal year, July /, 1929.
Missoula-The early December storm
period left los inches of snow in the
Bitter Root mountains on the Idaho
Montana boundary. 1t is reported.
Observation-Disclosures at the Western
Montana Poultry show were taken by C.
M. Reardon with Barred Rocks and by
George Brown. with Rhode Island Reds.
GIendiye-56 below was the lowest
temperature reported during Montana's
recent blizzard. j. N. Rock, q farmer liv-
ing Ia miles west of Glendive, said it was
that cold at his ranch at 8 a. M, Dec. 8.
Butte-The small amateur transmit
ting station, installed by the Butte Radio
club, has already been in communica-
ton with every sevtion OF the United
States and points in Africa n New
Zealand.
Great Falls-Ray H. Walker. proprietor
Of an alleged night club, was arrested by
Prohibition Officers Ed Donovan n D.
j. Corcoran, who claim they seized six
quarts of whisky. Walker is at liberty on
a $500 bond
Kalispell-L. E.. Setter. captain Of the
local of the Montana national
guard, will leave the first OF February
for Georgia where he will enter IN Of
icers' training school for q period Of
three months.
Great Falls-Mrs. r. C. Combs asserts
in a complaint filed in the justice court
that her husband, Robert O., struck and
kicked her and made threats to do her
further bodily injury. She gives the date
as December 6.
Helena-The state industrial accident
board is being swamped with applica-
lions for compensation. Each day sees
five or six workmen from various COM
panies appearing before the board In be-
half of their claims.
Sidney-One hundred and twenty-four
teachers are now employed in the Rich
land county school system, according to
Bess M. Ralston, county superintendent
This is the greatest number in the his
tory of the county.
Lewistown-Robert G. She'll has COM
pleted a deal for the purchase Of the
large band of sheep of o Quickenden
chairman OF the board Of county com
missioners, representing in this purchase
Harry E. Strong Of Moore.
Butte-Despondency brought on by Ill
health caused Mrs. H.. G. Crosby, 81
mother Of five children between the ages
of 2 and II, to take lysol, which caused
her death several hours afterwards al
her home at Ramsay, near Butte.
INSTRUMENTATION matters with refer
ence to the ~refinancing of the Big Horn
Tullock irrigation project were discussed
with the county commissioners OF Treas
ure county by Jack Corbin, representing
a Spokane financial institution.
Pendroy-During the past blizzard. MI
and Mrs. Ross Scriber and Rosco Dea
sought refuge from the storm in a hay
stack. They were prisoners of the storm
for 10 hours. Deal and Scriber were driv-
ing trucks loaded with oil well supple;
when the storm set in.
st. Regis-A fall down the stairway
from the kitchen to the basement
caused the death here of Mrs. Henry
Meyer of Seattle. h was visiting at TIT
home of her son, Arthur Malone. Mrs
Meyer sustained a fracture Of the skull
from which she died within two hour
after the injury.
Observation-Disclosures luminaries were
discovered among school children In Ana
conda. Intelligence tests conducted in
the city schools revealed l8 children ir
the seventh and eighth grades SEQ ms
more than lao, which, it is explained
lists them in the class of genius" OF
near genius"
Helena-Glenn d. Wiles, director Of the
food and drug division Of the state board
Of health, is now mailing out licenses tC
luedI uldIkeLS pubic edblLS places, 1OOC
manufacturing establishments, soda
fountain and soft drink establishments
The present list includes 1868 such
places in Montana, which Mr.. Wiles be-
lieves will be increased to 1000 during
1923.
observation-disclosures he wanted to study
Alidar Zisbarth of Plentywood provided {
weekend mystery for the University Of
Montana student body. zisbarth was
missed a Thursday afternoon from his
fraternity house. Search wa unavailing
He turned up for dinner Sunday with
the explanation that he had retired to 6
hotel room to be uninterrupted in prepa.
rations for the midterm examinations.
Butte-Leon Coco seeks $35, 900 dam.
ages from the Halloran-Bennett Motto
company for the death Of his 4-year-olo
son killed by a motor driven by In agent
OF the company, according to a suit just
filed here. TIL boy was struck on JUNE
ID, 1926, and died the following day
Zoco was awarded a $4,000 judgment
against Ralph Megale, driver Of the car
some time ago.
: Anac0nda-Oscar and James Mcvey
! brothers. were brought to a local hospital
) both victims Of accidents at widely sep
arated points and under unusual condi'
l lions. Oscar, q rider at the Home ranch
} on the Big Hole, suffered a broken LEI
when his mount fell as he was rounding
up cattle in snowdrifts. James was in
Jured when the radiator of his car burst
endangering his eyesight.
!, Bearcreek-Word has been received b,
q DR.. j. G. F. Siegfriedt from the Carnegie
museum Of Pittsburgh that DR.. J. Lero,
, Kay, field man M paleontologist. will
arrive about January l to begin furthe.
research work In the fossil bed Of tn,
Eagle coal mine in the Bearcreek field
Last summer he made a cursory investi.
! cation of the fossil bed and gathered
! several hundred pounds OF matrix IL
7 which fossils we're found.