The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
STATE BRIEFS

MaIta-The bid of the Phillips County
Publishing company for the county print
ing was accepted by the commissioners
January 9.
DentOn-The Farmers o cooperative Ele-
VatOr company has announced that IL will
receive bids for the gravel for construction
or its new 100000 warehouse.
MOOre-The comptroller of the currency
mas authorized the payment of a third
dividend OF 70 per cent to the depositors
or the First National bank of Moore.
Wolf POint-GeOrge Burshia. who on
december 3 pleaded guilty to grand lar
ceny, was sentenced by fudge s ri PsnI
to serve from one to two years In the
state penitentiary.
H~elena-GeOrge P. Porter. state auditor
mas announced the resignation Of his CHIEF
deputy, w. A. Logan. He said Mr.. IOgan
expected to leave in the near future but
his successor had not been selected.
Sidney-At a cost Of $4,000 the Method
list church here has Just Completed . new
enuTch building built In memory Of John
City, la. ~
ChInOOk-The Chinook station. durinc
1910, handled S,5O5 carloads Of produce
raised or produced in Blaine county, ac.
corning 20 william Brusewitz, station
agent. incoming shipments tOtaIled 9g9
carloads. 'OO
HeIena-Taylor & Son, dealers m farm
implements at Geraldine, have filed arti-
cies or incorporation with the secretary of
state. Their capital stock is $40 non In
corpOratOrs are: Albert, Walter r. and
Murriel Taylor. - ~
Sidney-The Russell Milling company has
appointed 5. A. Anderson manager of fhe
Sidney 1000 barrel mill which Serves the
territory Of eastern Montana. western
NOrth Dakota and South Dakota along the
Milwaukee system. VIZ
ACCOMPLISHMENTS poison, which he con-
sIIcIeu SIX months ago while making fly
m = nG0ks, caused the death here recently
or JOhn Graham, aged 81 wears. for "a
years a bridge carpenter for the Northern
Pacific at Livingston.
Observation-Disclosures Of a dividapd % :
per cent, apprOximating a total of S35 OO0.
10 creditors of the Banking COrDOratiOn
mas Deen authorized by Judge w. H. Poor
tLa ~ Ine district court, on petition Of
the receiver, Claude G. Gray.
Terry-AccOrding to figures given ou+
by w. }. Burton, clerk and recorder for
Prairie county, there were u births in
Terry in December. The number of births
rOr TUG year is above 69: This greatly out
numbers the deaths that have occurred.
Great FaIls-The assessed valuation of
cascade county in 1927 will be $1,000. OOO
greater than in 1926, according to County
assessor Harold M. Mady, who said nal
INSPIRATIONS were under way for the COM
mencement OF the spring assessment work.
Great FaIls-The cash balance of the
~ n aAAn OA OhuudEY l. 1871
was $549,O33.76 as compared with SAP,
1897 on December 1, 1926, or an increase
or S136,451.79 during the month, accord
ing to the monthly report of w. P. Wren.
PlentywOOd-The Wolf Creek community
farmers nave organized q farmers club
Members met at the home of Jack Benkf
recently and elected officers as follows
Charles Marsh, president; Dan Campbell
vice president and D. NJ. Machines, secre.
tary.
, Great FaUs-AIbert Christ. SO. was sen.
! fenced to serve not less than 20 or more
{ than 40 years in the state penitentiary a.
: Deer Lodge, by Judge H. H. Ewing il
district court here, following his con
vlctiOn on a charge Of Obstructing rail
road property.
DMIOn-Craig Cornell, father of Nayo
+ Roscoe Cornell of this city has Just passeC
. his SSth birthday. In 1866 he settled upoI
f the ranch where he now resides. That wa
4 IA years before the town Of Dillon wa
: founded. TIL outskirts Of the city nov
border his ranch.
Bilings-Billings is one Of the cite
very much in the running for first plac
in the United States among those of RI
e fourth class for minimum fire loss dur
i ing 1926, according to V. II. Steele, VIII
has completed his report for the NatiOna
Fire Waste council.
g Great Notwithstanding Of the Grea
Falls-Belt highway for a distance Of 1
y miles from near the Great Falls cit
limits will begin next spring as a resul
OF an agreement reached between the Cas-
l. cade county commissioners and the stat
highway commission.
~Froid-Charles Holland, one Of the Die
t. neer settlers Of this section Of the cOuntr.
l. now living on the reservation nOrthwe'
l. Of FrOid, was arrested by. Sheriff job
IF Anderson Of Roosevelt Ounty on q chare
/ Of rape, preferred by Mrs. Mabel Peterson
formerly Mabel Baker, of this place.
N HeIena-Harry Wright was denied b
the state railroad commission authority
- operate a passenger bus line within IL
city of Billings and envirOns. The boar
took the position that the eight license
~ operators Of that city are able to tai
care of the transportation business.
HeIena-William l.. Jones, for the la
n two and a half years, state adjutant f.
in the American Legion, has resigned If
al personal reasons" he said. Jones came
a Helena from Glendive, where he had bet
IS employed in a bank. He says his plans a
Of indefinite. o. G. Lambert is in temporal
be charge Of the office.
re BilIings-Knights CT Columbus four
OF degree work will be exemplified in Bill
20 ings for the first time, when about /
81 candidates from all parts Of the sta
"a gather here for the work on Sunda
IS; February 81. In past years all fourth d
m gree work for the order has been Civ
in Butte.
3 PIentywOOd-One Of PlentywoOd's Olde
n residents, John Erickson, % years, died
~ few days ago. Mr.. Erickson came to t
United States from Sweden in 1880 Al
settled first near Alexandria, Mimi. Twel
no years ago he came to Sheridan count
We hOmesteaded here and had lived in t
ng county since.
he DUIOn-Mike Smith, arrested here as
man wanted in Wyoming on a charge
)r- murder has admitted that he IS sought
lte Green River. WyO. authorities for I
in alleged murder of Charles Urullia, a sheC
herder. He says he had been in jail I
fore on the same charge but claims he "
gh released for lack of evidence.
IN RiUings-During the month of Deeemb
Ire 40 regular salaried hunters and 26
ar operative hunters connected with the To-
IS office of federal predatory animal cont
Of cau9ht 75S covotes- ri bOhcats. n
OILS mountain lions. one lvnx. three badgI
I'D
m.