Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-23
STATE BRIEFS

MIssoula-Dr. A. S. Cross has assumed
his new %pastorate at the First Baptist
church here.
Hamilton-Sam Morton has received
nearly 81. 700 for lettuce grown on a half
acre tract near here.
Neihart-The Silver Dyke Mining COM
pany suspended operations December /,
pending extensive repairs to the plant.
Great Falls-Joe Russell. 81. a sheep
herder. was found dead in his cabin on
the Murphy raneh. Death was due to
pneumonia.
Harlowton-W. l.. Hanson, formerly
clerk and recorder of Ravalli county, has
purchased the Santa Ynez Valley News
at Solvang. Calf.
Dilon-when the office of the Beaver
head Lumber company was entered, bur
glars secured S34.l5 when they forced
open q small safe.
sidney-Twenty-four ONE n girls
are now being employed in the Fairview
factory OF the Jerome b.. Rice Seed COM
pany sorting beans.
Missoula-A silk train composed of Is
carloads of silk, each valued at one and
one-half million. passed through here en-
route to New Jersey.
hTtit IdffN-1tt lGW oiiQSC ONtT OQll
river, south of Great Falls. has been COM
pleted at a cost Of s57, 795. according to
the county surveyor.
Kalispell-Mr. and Mrs. George Cloth
Ter, among the earliest settlers on the
Flathead reservation, recently celebrated
their golden wedding.
Great Falls-Lieut. Ray S. Gaunt was
reelected president of the Great Falls
Police Protective association at 1T annu-
al meeting held here.
Red Lodge-The ranch home of L. E
Chappell was destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at $40, 900. The Chappell
ranch is Is miles east of here.
Observation-Disclosures Buchanan, charged
with having stolen q gun belonging to
Charles Smith, was fined $50 and sem
fenced to serve 80 days In the county
Jail.
Corvallis-Six trappers' licenses were
issued to six local men and boys at the
opening of the trapping season here. Fur
buyers are offering 81 and 50 for muskrat
skins.
Neihart-The Neihart Mining and Mill
ing company has recently constructed a
1otation mill. The mill is operated en-
tirely by electricity. 1t has a capacity of
$50 tons.
Hamilton-Robert Nicol. deputy sher-
III, q few weeks ago shot a wild mallard
duck bearing leg brand No. 456,356. He
learned later the duck had been banded
in Moiese. Mont.
Virginia City-The court house was
damaged to the extent of $500 when gas
exploded in the boiler room of the struc-
ture. Two men working in the room
escaped uninjured.
A~naconda-A Seattle radio station is
seeking Thomas Murphy. said to be trav-
cling in a Chevrolet car, license No. o.
684 to inform him there is serious i'll
ness in his family.
A~nac0nda~-A man who gave his name
as Frank Doolittle was arrested and
charged with maintaining a nuisance and
with having m%oonshine in his possession.
He put up a $3.50 bond.
Butte-Mrs. Mary Hart Goodine OF
Portland, Me, is seeking the whereabouts
of her father, John Kelley. who resided
in Butte several years ago. Her address
is box 652, Portland, Me.
victor-People returning from a pic
ture show late at night discovered O blaze
In the rear of the Enterprise Mercantile
store. Men battled the flames while the
women and children spread the alarm
Martinsdale-The Martinsdale school,