The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01
STATE BRIEFS

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Darby-A new business block is 70 he
erected here this season.
BOzeman-The Gallatin bridge near LO- I
gan will be completed in a very short time.
KnIispeII-H. A. Kendall and c. S. Bald
win have formed a law partnership here.
s-weetgrass-The Great Northern railway
company plans to build a Y south of this
city:
Hardin-Lee COwan, aged 20. was seri-
Ously injured when run over by a tractor
recently.
KaIispelI-The boiler house and laundry
at Glacier Park station were destroyed by
fire recently.
Forsyth-Present indications point 70 a
greatly increased alfalfa acreage in Rose
bud county.
African order for 10 tons Of gopher
poison to be used in the JOckO valley has
been ordered.
CuIbertsOn-The annual meeting Of the
Roosevelt County Farm Bureau was held
here March 30.
Great FaTs-The Ideal laundry plans a
new building in this city soon, to be
erected this year.
S~imlns-Black walnuts are being sue
cessfully grown on the Jim Baker project
farm near here.
HeIena-The old dance hall at Montana
City, recently used as a school, was a few
days ago destroyed by fire.
ChOteau-Guy A.. Miller Of Bynum has
purchased the old Cushman ranch, a 1000
acre property near Bynum.
AIbertOn-William Ladiges, mayor of
AIbertOn. bagged a huge mountain lion re-
Gently in the Fish Greek district.
MissOuIa-The construction of the new
TX LO grade project on the Bitter Root
highway was started a few days ago.
DiIOn-The early lambing season has
started i'm Beaverhead county and a num-
Der of ranchers have crews at work.
D Great FaIIs-Walter Mackey, 50, died at
e mis- home at Sand COulee recently after he
had fired a revolver shot into his head.
C~hOteau-Five Idaho families arrived
{ here recently to join five other families
WhO have located on the Bynum project.
5 HeIena-MOre than 1900 have Joined the
: American Legion in Montana for 1927, ac-
3 cOrding to c.. c. LampOrt, state adjutant.
. MissOula-A night shift has started work
t at the A. c. NJ. mill at Bonner, approx
: mately fifty men being added to the crew.
e Geraldine-BishOp Lester Smith presided
o recently at the dedication ceremonies which
formally opened the new NJ. e. church here.
Butte-Rev. G.. S. BlackistOn. aged 81,
pioneer Episcopal missionary who came to
Butte in 1879, died recently at Portland,
y Ore.
C~hinOOk-The Utah-IdahO Sugar company
is expecting a 80 per cent increase in beet
acreage in the farming vicinity around
Chinook.
Sldney-At a large community meeting
held recently, the Andes community or
ganized for the holding of a community
r fair in 1927.
y observation-disclosures cOunty's 10000 acres
of winter wheat is coming through the
winter in good condition, according to all
reports received.
HamiltOn-The Ravalli board Of county
~ commissioners has appropriated $4,000 fol
the gopher determination campaign in the
county this year.
k Apgar-ROss Eakin, newly appointed
superintendent of Glacier National park
= expects to take over his new duties May /
according to word received here.
8 KalisDeIl-This city is planning a cam
i paign which looks toward the beautifca
= ton of the city The campaign is spOn
> sOred by the Kalispell Garden club.
!. Miles City-Elmer and Charles Wilson 0
4 ~GOldendale, Wash, have purchased tn
: Hugh Wells ranch of 1886 acres, locate
n on Sunday creek, north of Miles City.
Great Falls-A purebred HOlstein Gov
on owned by r. L. Erickson Of this city, lie
n all COW testing association cows of tn
"a state in February for butterfat production
IRIS Grass Range-A few days ago a deal wa
he cOnsummated between the First Nations
to bank and George Strange whereby the iai
ed ter becomes the owner of the John Sail
ed ranch.
in MissOuIa-Twelve thousand, three hun
dred and ffty-fve half-pint bottles Of mil
went to the children of the MiSsOula school
Q during the months of January and Eel
an rUaTy.
by Havre-John w. Warich, aged II, so
~ OI MIS-. Arthur WdElCu, WIS dCClueuIdll
are shot by his 13-year-Old brother a few day
for ago. The child died a few hours after IL
de- accident.
ted st. Ignatius-Dr. G. A. Armour, asSiste
as by other physicians, conducted an Aida
on clinic at the Holy Family hospital in tn
Ost town, treating many surgical cases, a fe
days ago.
ed Great FaIls-Lester HOwey, sub-forema
of for the Montana Power company here,
lgh few days ago came in contact with a Ii
vas wire carrying 100000 volts. The burr
ded proved fatal.
or MISUNDERSTANDING June 1, Lewiston
will have daily stage line connections wi
of Billings, according to announcement Of
the %. Osborn, president of the Pioneer Tran
the pOrtatiOn company.
lty- Butte-A. A. Rice, said to be a ~traveliI
est evangelist, has been arrested on q char
of of violating the Mann act at JackSOnvir
our Fla on q warrant out Of Montana juri
dictiOn Of the Federal court.
HRmiltOn-A new industry is to be esta
lished in the Bitter Root. This will be
evapOrating plant in which buttermiIk Al
ave skinned milk will be converted into DO
re- dered form for hog and chick feed.
Duc Chinook. c. CrOnk, breeder Of Perc
lry; erOn horses, has returned from Mai
rent where he disposed Of a number Of valuaI
animals. Thirteen horses were sold to
man known as 'the potato king" of Mai
leSe Great Falls-An award of $4,000 in fav
,uD- Of Harry B. Rogers, father Of Vir
Rogers, II years old, who was electrocut
in Judith Basin county when he came
On contact with live wires, has been render
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