The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

costing Sl,06z,0OO, Will be completed
this year.
Missoula-Lolo grade on Bitter
Root highway to be reduced and i'm
proved.
Milestone Electrical current brot
into Godfrey Canyon for ranch use.
Great Falls-Eagles Lodge pro-
poses to build 100000 lodge hall.
Missoula-Heron Lumber Company
dismantling old logging railroad, to
move to new stand.
Great Falls-H. H. Rooney will
build $4,000 garage on First Avenue
South.
Eureka-During February, 70 cars
of ties were shipped from here.
Stevensville - Local creamery's
powdered milk factory will handle
100000 pounds year.
Stevensville - Everbearing straw
berry crop for 1927 is estimated at
$4,000 crates.
Gregson Springs Rebuilding old
hotel, destroyed by fire, will cost $780,
900.
Ohio Oil Sunburst Oil & Refining
Company will drill ten promising
Sweetgrass oil structures.
Abel Oil Company and D. A. S.
Oil Company merge to operate in
Kevin-Sunburst field.
Billings-Crystal Carbon Company
will reopen its carbon black plant at
Coombs Siding.
In 1926, Montana refineries produc-
ed 37,212,681 gallons gasoline; the
state used 1864, 801 gallons.
$50" Petroleum Company has paid
$6T0,140 in dividends.
Hamilton-Main Street to be ma
cadamized this season.
Grantsdale-Cheese factory to be
built for this seasons operation.
Fairfield-New Fairfield Mercan-
tile Company store opened here.
FOrsyth-Large acreage of peGi-
greed Grimm alfalfa will be planted
this year.
Great Falls-55 new families brot
to Bynum, Fairfield and Sun River in
last 80 days.
observation-disclosures Silver Mining
Company will do extensive develop
ment work this year.
DillOn-Derrick being built fol-
observation-disclosures oil well in Frying
Pan Basin.
HarlOwton - Milwaukee Railroad
begins $4,000 terminal improvements
here.
Great Falls-Plans being made fol-
labor temple to be built this year.
Great Falls-Belt highway to be
resurfaced this year.
Big Timber-Montana Oil & De
velopment Company ready to start
4,5OO-fOOt oil prospect well.
Sldney-Dairymen meet to consid-
er establishment of cooperative cream
station and poultry pool.
Great Falls Chamber of Commerce
will raise 100 acres sugar beets fol
sugar test.
Opheim-Wool pool of 1905
fleeces sold at "a cents a pound.
ChinoOk-Farmers here will rails
TOO acres sugar beets for Utah-Idah
sugar factory.
PolsOn-Knights Templar stat
lodge develops Melita Island, Flat
head Lake, for summer camp.
Miles City-Famout Idaho grove
will raise large acreage certified DO
tatOes here.
Belt-LOng-delayed Peterson roa,
to be built at once.
Ronan-MasOn's Willowbrook farm
sold to Canadian silver fox grower
for fur farm.
Shelby-Ohio Oil and Sunburst Oh
Companies will drill ten wells i
Sweetgrass section, hoping to ge
gas for Great Falls supply.
Shelby - Kelvin Flathead Compan
will drill on 1000-acre Toole struC
ture.
Shelby-Eleven new wells starteC
five spudded in, and one completed
for week ended March II.
Phillipsburg-Heavy demand fc
manganese ores gives local mines i'm
pOrtant boom.
Lewistown-40,0OO acres winte
wheat in Fergus County is winterin
we'll
Miles City-County installs MOI
than 100 highway signs.
Sweet Grass-Great Northern Raj
road buys land to build switching y
Baker-Kierle garage recent
burned will be replaced by fire-resis
ant structure.
Wyola-Contract let for constru,
ton of road southwark from WvoI
to Wyoming line.
Butte-Municipal golf course to /
established at city park.
Hot Springs-Plans under WAY f.
incorporating this town.
Miles City-Municipal electric ligl
plant to be sold to private compan
Billings-Plans discussed for e
adjustment of $4,000 new cannin
factory here.
Great Falls-$5O, bond issue
be voted on for construction of nun
cipal swimming pool.
Butte-New business building b.
ing erected corner Main and Caller
Streets.
Butte-2O cars of livestock shippe
from Big Hole Basin recently.
Plentywood - Dooley Implemel
Company establishing branch stol
in this town.
Observation-Disclosures has bee
commenced on the S250,OOO Milwal
kee Gateway Hotel.
Keystone Amalgamated Meta
Mines Company will operate the o.
King and Queen Mines.
Barker-George MCGEE buvs II
Hughesville Mining Company mir
property for $4,000.
Deer Lodge-Bonanza mine in Il
Emery district will build a concel
tration mill.
Slmms-Large test acreage of 81
gar beets will be planted this wear.
West and Central Montana stool