The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
STATE BRIEFS

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here.
Cb,nook-More than 400 baby chicks varo
received here by express one morning re-
Gently.
Miles City-The Custer chapter of the
Order of DeMOlay recelVeu IL charter a
few days ago.
P-h1ipsburg-The ranch house Of G r
Adams. on Rock creek, was burned to the
ground recently.
POIsOn-MOre than 100 men will be en-
lDlOyed in the Dewey Lumber company mill
here this season.
Great FaIIs-A. G.. Schrupp has accented
the appointment Of customs collector at the
port of ROOsville.
sidney-The production of dairy prod
| uctS in Richland county has 1nreased GO
per cent during the past two years.
HeIena-J. D. Veach, former president of
the Montana Poultry association, died q
few days ago at Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Helena-The Spring Hill mine will begin
operations as soon as the weatneT permits.
A new $4,000 mill is to be Installed.
Deer Understanding to information
given out recently, work of erecting .
school at Garrison is to begin at once.
ChinOOk-Lambing started here April 1
Nearly all labOrers on the streets of Chi
nook have been taken out to the sheen
ranches.
Big Timber-Eleven Sweet Grass county
farmers have organized a new rural tele-
phone company. The line will be built this
summer.
il SweetErass-The store Of the Inferno.
tiOnal Meat company here was burglarized
a few nights, the bandits getting over $50
in cash.
HamiItOn-A record lamb crop that so
far has shown an increase Of 152 per cent
is reported at the Mcintosh MOrella farms
near Darby.
Helena-The Helena Light & Railway
lcOmpany'S receivership recently was Dre-
sented with an income tax claim due for
! four years.
DiIIOn-A new sawmin will begin opera-
tiOns shortly about 49, miles above the
Selway Sheep company ranch, in the Black
tail district.
, Darby-McIntOsh MOrella Orchards COM
pany has shipped out its fourth carload
of potatoes. This car was billed to Cas-
per, Wyoming.
! Butte. r. HaZelbaker of Dillon was
l elected governor of the sixth district OF
t Rotary international at the recent cOnven.
ton held here.
l Neihart-Bandits who a few nights age
I broke into the Omer & Gutman pool hal
= here secured loot to the value Of S185. A
. suspect has been arrested.
n Lodge ~Grass-VOters at the recent schoO
election here approved a project which viii
add six rooms and a gymnasium to thu
V local high school building.
S StanfOrd-The Kiwanis club Of stanford
was presented with a Canadian flag at
recent meeting. The flag was the gift o
~ bhC AANdlAAo CAuU VI OdlSdLtB A4Jds
5 HamiltOn-The strawberry industry o
u the Upper Bitter Root valley will be ex
= banded greatly this year, according to re
ports brought here by the growers.
NissOuIa-The Mcdonald CONSTRUCTION
- company of st. Louis, Mo. has been award
ed the final contract for the remOdeling o
the present Mtssoula federal building,
Observation-Disclosures Of a new stee
S, bridge over the Dearborn river, Is mile
north OF Wolf Creek on the road between
ne Helena and Augusta, has been started.
"a DiIOn-Nearly 10000 lambs have bee
u contracted here during the past u DAYS b.
Re Charles Burden, local commission man
N Prices ranged between 10 and IL cents.
% Ennis-Quite a little trouble has been ex
r perlenced by Sheepmen on Jack creek. Mos
r OF the lambs Of the district have been lost
ct Ihls has been attributed to bad water.
k Miles ity-Wit the price averagin,
E. from % to 30 cents per pound, alfalfa seel
~ to the value Of 100000 has been shippe,
out from this point to eastern centers.
Ie DiIIOn-Every indication is to the ehec
- that the next few years will see a great
~ industrial revival in Beaverhead county. a
general revival Of mining is now imminent
AnacOnda-B. L. Ezell, foreman Of thu
phosphate department at the smelter was
g a few days ago awarded a silver medal as
., recognition for bravery in first aid work
al ChinOOk-Reports have been brought int
a. Chinook that a large flock of swans wa:
< seen in the waters of West Fork. Large
lg fOcks of geese have also been seen neal
he here.
re Darby-Officials Of the Anaconda Copper
K Mining company have announced that gi
t. gantic logging operations will be opened
he in the timber south of Darby within 81
Is days.
s. Great FaIls-Sale of all remaining asset
is of the American Bank & Trust COMPANY
the court room Of the Cascade county cOur
house.
a. POlsOn-The Lake County Livestocl
n Shipping association was organized at
~ meeting of the stOckmen of the Flathea,
irrigation project at Round Butte las
a month.
to POIsOn-There have been a lumber o
Ike real estate transfers near Poison recently
er, the tracts changing hands being lOcatet
v. for the most part along the shores of Flat
head lake.
rk BiHings-Governor J. E.. Erickson ha
re again accepted the invitation of the Mid
land Empire Fair commission to be tn
guest of Billings at the opening day o
the 1927 fair.
En- ~Malta-Murray Stebbins, secretary Of tn
Il, Montana WOOlgrOwers' association, recent
-, held a conference with interested sheepmeT
cd Mr.; Stebbins took up problems Of feedin
Gu and marketing ambs.
on Great Falls-A new bridge to replac
IT'S the recently condemned Peck and Lac
span on the HighwOod road viii be cor
- structed in the near future by the cOuntie
of Cascade and Chouteau.
Great FaIls-PermissiOn to spend mono
now in the Great Falls school district trea,
ury for the erection of a new grammg
school building was given the trustees ;
the recent school election.
COrdweI-Mr. Robert DeAtley, a forme
resident of Cardwell, died at his ranch
Boyd recently. Mr.. DeAtley was a Nor
tana pioneer Of the early days, he havin
come to the territory in 1868.
Helena-New York financial interas
have purchased the bond and lease of n
- East Pacific mine, a lead and silver Or,
- Queer near Helena for $4,000. A mill is
be established to take care Of the prOduc
COrvalIis-A contract for 1000 rabbits
be delivered when they weigh one and On
half pounds at the state laboratories
Hamilton, has been awarded Henry S0uir
OF this place, and will be filed this yes
Observation-Disclosures Of the erect,
Of a parish house at a cost Of $40, 600: r
GENTLY announced marks the beginning OF
hve-year building program that will invoI
a total expenditure Of more than $115.W
Terry-At the annual meeting Of the pr,
RE County Livestock Shipping ASSOCIATE
held here recently Earl Reyman and w
Sheets were reelected directors and Hsr
y. Smith was named to succeed Arth
III Grimes