The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
STATE BRIEFS

MlssOuIa-A meeting Of the State
Dairymen's association will be held here
June IA.
StevensvIne-Plans are being made
for the annual creamery picnic to be
held here August IL.
HObsOn-Frank Lamb, ST., died recent
Iy at his home here. He was a pioneer
of Central Montana.
LaureI-Plans are in hand by the local
city council for the graveling of the
city's principal streets.
CircIe-The Great Northern railway
company's surveying crew is continuing
its work in this vicinity.
Observation-Disclosures Victor Day recently
announced tina a Catholic hoo is to
be built in East Helena.
LaureI-The English Lutheran congre-
cation here is planning on remodeling a
large building for church purposes.
HamiItOn-W. Townsend Edwards of
Hamilton will head the Ravali county
fair board as president this year.
Butte-Pacihc coast states are now
shipping 100000 sheep to Craze in Mon
tana forests during the summer Of 1927.
Butte-One hundred big Rainbow trout
were planted in Silver lake recently by
members of the Anaconda Anglers club.
farming sections in the vicinity OF Molt
are to the effect that wheat is looking
fine.
Deer LOdge--The condition Of the
range throughout Powell county is ex-
cellent. Reports state that it was never
better.
Great FaIIs-The farmers of Sun River
district are planning a wheat pool SINH
lar to that in effect in Canadian COM
munities.
Butte-O. A. Dingman was elected
commander of the Silver Bow Post No.
1 of the American Legion, at a recent
meeting.
Fort BentOn-Army cutworms nave in
vaded certain portions Of Chouteau
county and are spreading, according to
County Agent Pugh.
Lame Deer-Donald E. HARRISON, newly
appointed ranger for the Tongue River
Indian reservation, has arrived here and
taken over his duties.
Miles City-Mrs. Chris Stoltz's Springer
spaniel champion Princess Craigie Of
Spokane was adjudged the best at the re-
cent Kennel club show here.
HarIem-During the severest part Of a
recent thunderstorm, the Ellis store was
struck by lightning, a hole eight inches
in diameter being torn in the tar roof.
Stevensville-A reptile seldom found in
cold weather was picked up a few days
ago by William Potts, a school boy. 1t
was a brown lizard Of the tropical
variety.
HamiItOn--Word from Hollywood tells
= Hamilton folks that a Bitter Root valley
boy, Arthur Granke, plays the part OF
r the money changer" in 1.-The King OF
e Kings"
BiIIings-Prospects for good farm re-
y turns have seldom been as good as this
I year in the Shields river valley. Many
I farmers in that section are entering thC
J hog business.
= Libby-Work was begun recently OF
= the construction of the new concen
traitor Of the Midas Gold Mining anC
Q Milling company at its mine 26 miles
south Of Libby.
v Martinsdale-Very little open land still
n remains in Meagher county, and hna
a papers on original homesteads are a mat
S, ter of m in the local lar com
l. mtssioneris Office.
n Observation-Disclosures road work
to be done in the vicinity Of the borde
= this season, according to a recent a n
nouncement made by County Commits
re sioner j. G. Kielbaugh.
le Observation-Disclosures of an air ma
port in Billings is a possibility If the cit
is able to provide a landing field an
hangers, and help underwrite a mini
mum quantity Of mail.
MaIta-Frank Hromas was elected con
ne mander Of the American Legion here {
the recent annual meeting. Mr.. HromS
fs is manager of the local offices of tn
to Montana Power company.
er Circle-The unusual amount of raj
during the past few weeks has contrib
ID. uted greatly to the improvement of rams
in conditions in McCone county, and loo
ly stockmen state that grass is better the
he it has been for years.
lce Nashua-Charles Delger, John Helm
n and Bert j. Tooley have been engaged
the state highway commission to recol
struct the federal highway that begil
We east of here n continues eastward
"a the North Dakota state line.
as Miles City-That the rainfall in Il
nS south country along the upper reach
Re of Powder river has been abundant
80 the information brought to Miles CT
.@V recently by ]. G. Gardner, rancher al
a. fruit grower of that region.
o. Great Falls-Miss Phyllis Cooper, fc
ley mer Great Falls girl, has been chos
it queen Of Montana at a recent lance
the Montana l in Los Angeles, tn
no. becoming a candidate for queen of
he the societies Of states in that city.
ire. Wolf POint-What is believed to be t
of oldest sewing machine in the Unit
Ien States was recently discovered at Fro
it by L.. l.. Bogut Of this city, when
Up called on Mrs. David Gunderson to |
on and sell her a new machine. The m
CO. chine was made "a years ago.
mo BiIlings-A carload of registered CHI
ms ter White hogs, described by livesto
Cns men as the "prettiest bunch" ever
mo sembled in Billings, was loaded at I
US. stockyards a few days ago for shipme
to Dillon where they went to be distr
uOC uted to Beaverhead county farmers.