Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-11-25
MOTOR
CARS IN STATE
INCREASE OF 10000 OVER LAST YEAR
is SHOWN IN FIGURES COMPILED
AT STATE CAPITOL
Nearly 1000 Gasoline Dealers Licenses
Have Been Issued by Public Service
Commission; Nurses Take State Board
Examinations; Bean Crop at $50 Cars

(By Our Helena Correspondent
There were 10, 900 more motor Veh1c-
les in Montana this year than last,
with a value of S4,77S,435 greater than
the total of the year before, county
assessors report to the state board OF
equalization.
In a compilation of assessment figures
for this year, a total Of 81 ,224 motor We
hicles is shown, against 1890 for 1925.
Silver Bow county led with 8,870, an in
crease of 769. Cascades increase was still
greater, its total Of 5,916 representing a
gain OF Obs machines. Yellowstone,
though third on the list OF numbers,
gained more than either-1,469 cars,
bringing It's total to 5.764. Missoula.
though still fourth. lost 103 cars during
the year and finds itself, with 1888 cars.
closely pressed by Gallatin, with 1882.
an increase of 558 over the preceding
year.
There were four counties, other than
Missoula, where the figures for he year
represented decreases in number rather
than increases. These we're Hill, Jeffer-
son, Petroleum n Richland.
The value of all motor vehicles was
assessed at $27, 435 1915, as against $22,-
CSC, $40 last year, and the board finds
the average value per car to be S300.75.
Gasoline licenses issued to dealers In
A4OllIdAla ~ tllC SoDOAaiiC AlStAl1lAAS NJ
vision of the Montana Public Service
commission nave reached 1887. according
to the report submitted to the commits
sion. The state has realized 81, 1853 in fees
from these licenses on the set rate Of 81
for each license Issued and 81 for each
additional license.
Nurses practicing in hospitals in va
rious Montana cities recently took exam
nations for registration in the senate
chamber at the state capitol. There
were % candidates representative of 10
Montana hospitals.
The state board of examiners for nurses
which conducted the examination is COM
posed Of Miss E. Augusta Ariss Of Great
Falls, president and inspector of training;
Mrs. Margaret Seguin of Missoula; Mrs.
Ida Hills Nepper of Butte; Sister Rita Of
Helena, and Frances Friederichs, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Glass No. l railroads Of United States
in the first nine months this year in
stalled So, 705 freight cars in service, ac-
cording to a report filed with the Mon
tapa railroad commission. This was a de-
crease OF 26,578 cars compared with the
number placed in service during the cor
responding period last year.
OF the total number placed in service
in the first nine months this year, the
AdllIOdQS lHotdllcQ osfol AACiSut Sdlb III
the month Of September, which included
| 8 ,O60 box cars, 2.615 coal cars and 397
refrigerator cars.
H. B. Schaeffer. traffic expert for the
Montana Railroad commission, investi-
gated the bean and pea industry to de-
termine the transportation rates neces-
sary to enable producers in hat part OF
the state to compete with growers in Big
Horn county, Wyoming.
Mr.. Schaeffer estimates the bean crop
in Yellowstone, Big Horn. Saltwater. Car
bon and Treasure counties at 81, 900 ,00C
pounds, basing his figures ON $50 car
loads at $4,000 pounds each.