The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
STATE BRIEFS

Comanche-The wheat on the Fairway
farm, conducted by F. S. Davis made as
high as so bushels to the acre.
Westby-Forty-hve hundred pounds of
Irvine was taken from the OF
the Farmers elevator at Alkabo recently. [
BOuIder-Miss Lille M. Hall, county
health nurse, expects to arrive in Boulder
the first part of September to begin an ,
extensive health campaign.
MissOuIa-A. A. Apologize, former in
structor in journalism at Montana State
University, has Joined the reportor1al
staff Of the Oregonian in Portland.
Fort BentOn-Fire from the exhaust of
a motor truck ignited a stubble and
wheat field belonging to MAJ Wise, four
miles south of Fort Benton, and % acres
of 5O-bushel wheat were destroyed be-
fore the blaze was extinguished.
Sweetgrass-An records are being shat
tered for large numbers Of potatoes per
hill and for weight this season. AS high
as SO good potatoes in one hill have been
counted in the boundary country weigh
ing 10 pounds, some Of the larger pota-
toes Weighing as much as one and a half
pounds each.
Martinsdale-An trespass livestock not
removed by n before September 10
will be taken up without further notice,
says Ranger L.. L.. Lake, Castle district,
Jefferson forest, and sold at public auc-
ton.
Martinsdale-Lloyd Haymaker, rider for
the Castle Mountain Livestock associa-
ton, reports 1900 head Of stock in his
charge on Flagstaff and Blackhawk
ranges. The cattle are well distributed
and, with the present excellent range, are
putting on fat fast.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Squires, son Of
Editor Howard Squires, Harlowton Times,
has returned from Anaconda, where he
has been employed as city reporter on
the Standard for six months. He has re-
Joined the force in the Times office.
Slmms-Projects in vocational agricul-
ture for 1928 that are being conduct
ed by Smith-HugheS students OF the
Simms high school are the largest and
most successful in the history Of the
school. Thirty-one students are taking
the work under the supervision OF <. P.
Mowery, local Smith-Hughes instructor
Great Falls-Rev. ]. A. Martin, field
superintendent for the Deaconess hos
pital, and other occupants Of his car mar
rowly escaped death or serious injury
when their machine was struck by an
other car a short distance from Carter.
Lodge Grass-At a council meeting OF
Crow Indians at Crow Agency, attended
by a number of reservation Stockmen, the
Indians decided to hold out for a price
| u " AC0o VIGIL w CAAe 60 ~ WNN-
the present leases expire. The stockmer
state that 80 cents is too high.
Martinsdale-A 15-button rattlesnakC
measuring 6 feet z inches was killed be-
|. side the railroad track near Selkirk BY
Ed Vandola, foreman Of the milwaukee,
section crew. Split and stretched on {
board the skin measured IA inches IL
width.
!, IngOmar-Splendid crop yield reports
l are coming in from the country north o
3 Ingomar. Albert Kruse of Brussett i
2 combining winter wheat that is yielding
l Al bushels an acre. His spring whea
r averages SO bushels. The grain is Of ex
cellent quality and weighs So pounds to
bushel.
: MaIta-Phillips county commissioner
have petitioned the state highway com
mission asking that the proposed stat
{ highway from Malta to Hinsdale folloV
the Great Northern railway to Stratel
then north n east to Lake Bowdotn
along the inc Of the Montana Powe
company to Woodbridge and into Sac
parallel to the Great Northern.
HarlOwtOn-C. K. Moore, ~trueasurer c
i Wheatland county, has been appointe
T by Mayor L. L. Kalberg as alderman 70
: the first ward, to I'LL the vacancy create
by the removal Of Alderman E. M. Carve
to Mobridge, s. D.
i Frazer-D. F.. Mcintosh, formerly c
WiIliston, N. D., has arrived with hi
: ferry boat to operate at Frazer. The boo
= was formerly located south Of Willistol
where the Lewis and Clark bridge we
= recently completed.
MartinsdaIe-Death camas is causin
trouble to sheep growers in h Findo
district. Louis Cameron reports poison
ing Of so head, with the loss, howeve
Of only a few animals.
\ Medicine Lake.. E. Fulkerson, livir
\ four miles from Medicine Lake, cut ar
} threshed rs acres Of wheat with a con
bine at a cost of $40. The yield was 2
l. Nc. 1 and weighed 81 pounds to til
bUshel.
Red LOdge-WiIliam Bolt, Jr., Is, SUI
tanned a fractured right leg, scalp WOUND
+ and other injuries when his truck W;
struck by train No.. 913 at a priva-
crossing above the coal mines at Re
Lodge. The truck was wrecked.
Hysham-One thousand acres Of whei
was destroyed here in about 20 minuta
r by a hail storm which passed across IL
Yellowstone valley to the hills of tt
: southeast. The storm came from Il
5 northwest and was accompanied by
2 heavy rain, destroying crops i n a path
mile wide.
: Great FalIs-President Coolidge in h
= trip through Montana to Yellowstol
I park showed great interest in the crC
situation and the general prosperity
the state and vas much pleased wi
I'd what he learned and saw, according
Congressman Scott Leavitt, who met t.
m presidents party at Billings.
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