The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13

spectors and the travelling auditor for
the industrial accident board I've been
ordered toNdiscontinue their work until
July /, because of the depletion Of the
administrative funds of the board. The
condition Of the finances of the board
was found when the new chairman, j..
Burke Clements, assumed his duties.
On the first of July, money appropri-
the next will be available n
the inspectors will resume their duties.
Construction of the 500, 900 bridge at
Poison n Flathead county has been ap-
proved by the United States war depart
ment, according to a wire received by
the state highway commission
The bridge, which was included in the
1927 construction program of the COM
mission, is on government territory and
the entire amount of 100000 is federal
aid.
1.-THE bridge was one project which we
were uncertain Of" said w. H. Holmes,
chief engineer, but the approval of the
war department adds one more link in
the assurance of receiving the total
amount of federal aid. The bridge is
1900 feet long and will be constructed
OF treated timber with a concrete floor.
Bids will be let on this project with sew
eral others some time the last Of this
month"
Application for permission to operate
a motor bus line between Columbia Falls
and Half Moon, touching Columbia Falls,
White1sh, Kalispell, the state soldiers
home, Coram and Bolton, a been made
at headquarters of the state railroad
commission by Walter M. Smith of CO.
lumbia Falls. A similar application for
a certl1cate OF public necessity to oper-
ate a freight and passenger motor bus
between MiSSoula and P~hilipsburg has
been nled by E. w. Bennett.
Tina the Great Northern towns Of Ac-
ton, in Yellowstone county, and Warland,
in Lincoln county, will bitterly oppose
the application Of h railway for per-
mission to close it's stations at those
points is indicated by protests which are
being received by the Montana railroad
commission.
From Leila Daniel, postmistress at
Warland, has been received a letter stat
ing that a petition in protest of the
change is being circulated there. She
states that if the Warland station is
closed its nearest railway station will be
20 miles away. She says only two fami-
lies will be affected by the closing of the
lumber shipments, whereas there are re-
naming 25 to 80 families of the perma-
nent ranch type.
Regarding the Acton matter, a protest
from the Acton Farm Women's club, with
a membership of 1876, another petition
DCdI1hS ~ SIGNATURES ana several leGGerS
OF protest have been received by the COM
mission. The Great Northern has been
notified of these protests and has been
advised that it may demand a hearing
If it wishes to carry the matter further.
Hamilton was definitely chosen as the
: site for the new board of entomology
laboratory, following a hearing conduct
ed by the board in Hamilton, according
to DR.. w. F. Cogswell, secretary Of the
board of health.
Many protests have been entered by
citizens of Hamilton against locating the
laboratory on the east side of the river
but on recommendation of the Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce, block No. 10, or
the outskirts of town was chosen, thu
club having spent $500 for the site.
plans n specifications for the con.
struction will be ready the first of thu
week." said DR.. Cogswell, and they will
then be presented to the state board o
examiners for approval and advertisinl
for bids"