The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-08-23

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1916 and 1926.
Passenger business ON the National
Parks Anyways has been to capacity,
the number of reservations assigned
to Helena for Great Falls and Butte
being taken daily.
The rapid growth of the city of
Great Falls is shown by statistical in
formation issued by the chamber of
commerce. 1t shows that building
permits in the past five years have
aggregated more than 100000.
The good results of the buck law
are now admitted by practically every
one who has visited the forest play
ground in the Belt mountains during
the last two years. Deer continue to
be so tame this summer that nearly
everybody reports seeing them. Bears
are also more numerous.
TWenty-seven lots have been sold
at the new townsite of Whitewater,
north of Saeo. One of the prosperous
farmers of that community has begun
the erection of a new dwelling and it
is expected that more houses and
business places will be started as soon
as lumber can be freighted out.
A novel weapon which Sheriff Jack
Rice of Missoula has ordered has a
point-blank range of 25 feet and
shoots cartridge containing small
charge of powder and three chemicals
which form tear gas when fired. 1t
looks like a fountain pen, both in its
design and harmless appearance.
Numerous requests are being re-
ceived by Commissioner of State
Lands |. NJ. Brandjord for the pur-
chase of land in northern and north
eastern Montana, with interest CEN
tering in the land in Daniels county
which is situated on the boundary and
is especially noted for its rich grain
lands.
With lal conditions favorable and
all indications pointing toward big
crops throughout the corn belt, Mon
tana sheepmens should have a good
market this fall for feeder lambs in
Chicago, according to Norman S.
Poole, general livestock agent of the
500 Line railroad, who was in Great
Falls recently.
With the combines humming their
merry tunes in the grain fields of the
Flathead, the flow of grain into box
cars for shipment to the mills has be-
gun, Northern Pacific officials say.
Loading of wheat on the Northern Pa
cific is now under way at Poison,
Roman, Charlo and at Pablo. All four
are collecting points for the great
wheat fields of the reservation.
Travel records for Yellowstone Ma
tlonal park have been sent tumbling
this season with the entrance of 121,-
935 tourists to Aug. 1, or 1886 more
than on the same date last year. On
July % an all-time mark was set
when 1869 persons passed into the
park. During the month just passed,
IA days showed an average of 5000,
while the average daily entrance for
the entire month was 1902.
Fifty-three candidates were initial
ed into the Knights of Columbus lodge
al Wolf Point recently when the first,
second and third degrees of the order
were exemplified. The majority Of
these will become members Of Malta
council No. 2124. The candidates came
from Glentana, Opheim Nashua, Fra
zier, Circle, Vida, Riverside, Poplar,
Julbertson, Scobey, Froid, Wolf Point
Ind the surrounding country.
What will probably be the last big
ound-up Of cattle in Montana is now
n progress on the range occupied by
Frank Heinrich, we'll known Big Horn
county stockman. The gathering
POINT is only 20 miles of Billings on
he new Hardin road and accessible
o all who desire to witness this spec
acle of the old west. Between 10000
md 10000 head Of "whitefaces" will
,e taken from range before the round
Up is completed in November.
While there were 228 fewer deaths
n Montana during the first six
1onths of this year as compared to
he same period a year ago, births |
kewise showed decrease, dropping
rom 4,728 in the first six months of |
927 to 4,647 in the first six months
{ the present year. This, according
} figures compiled by Lucian Benepe,
irector of the bureau of vital sta
sites of the state board of health, is
decrease from 17.2 per 1000 persons
| 1927 to II per 1000 in 1928.
FOR co-PARTNERsHIP
TATE OF WYOMING, |
County Of Park,
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