The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-20
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Montana IS to have record showing
this year at International Livestock
Show at Chicago.
BOzeman-Lewis & Clark Dairy
Herd Improvement Association led in
january with highest average milk
and butterfat production.
Per capita production of wool in
Montana is 1874 pounds created than
the average per capita consumption
in the United Sites.
Great Falls-Hard Rock Oil Com
pany buys 100 acres adjoining Genou
producing wells in Bannatyne field.
Great Falls-Ccuncil approves $751;
600 improvement projects.
Anaconda-New zinc smelter uses
10000 electrical horse power.
LeWistown-New unit of Fergus
county high school nearly completed.
Hardin-HOlly Sugar Co. urged to
bring sugar factory here.
Livingstonis building wing dam to
protect against Yellowstone river
flood
Lame Deer-Factory NAV be built
here to make Mitchell oat cleaner.
Milwaukee railroad buys 1850 cars
of various classes.
D0tIC"DClltlOHl Ill1llG, lulG since last
fall, reOpens with 500 miners.
Great Northern Utilities buys pri-
vate power plants at Sunburst and
Cut Bank.
Polson-Excavatio under way for
two-story bank and Masonic Hall.
Stevensville-Ravalli Canning Co.
expects to use output of 1000 acres of
: peas.
: Great Falls-Great Northern is coil
= structing new Sun River bridge.
l Great Northern brings 100 carloads
of farm machinery to Montana in one
: week.
Kalispell-City buys rock crusher
!, and will gravel and oil streets.
: Kalispell may get an extension OF
I the Milwaukee railroad from Black
n foot
e Townsend Work begins on new
Brown Brothers lumber and Imple
ment building.
Roundup-Roundup Plumbing Co
will build new store building here.
Billings -McClarnon 6OO-acre dr.,
land farm sells for $4,000
Shelby-Joe Baker pays $4,000 TO
Jones so acres adjoining Baker-Barn
hill Corey-Barger well.
Great Falls-Paris Dry Goods ca
may build new store building up t.
six stories.
Montana shipped 147,O34 pounds o
butter to California in February.
Baker-New chick hatchery open
with heavy orders.
Baker-New grade schoolhouse
dedicated.
Helena-Seven-U "dude ranch"
to be opened on Blackfoot river nea
Lincoln.
Shelby-The Cooperative ProduC
ers well was brought in as 20 to 3
barrel well.
Thompson Falls-New Clark's For
bridge will have 275 foot span.
Deer Lodge-Potato. warehouse is
be built along Milwaukee right-o.
way.
St. Regis-Annual spring log driv
starts with heavy log cut.
Hamilton-Bitter Root Valley wi
raise about 240O acres of sugar bee
this year.
Montana's $50 cars of certified SEE
6 potatoes are estimated worth S40O, 90
: Great Falls-T. P. Stewart w
4 build large business block addition.
: Montana's 1927 hay crop is estima
r ed as worth $50, $4,000
G Butte has just paid off $4,000 ci
Indebtedness.
Missoula growers will raise abo
1000 acres of sugar beets for new ia
VT tory.
Il Butte-Amalgamated Sugar {
opens employment office here for Bi
aul, ings and Whitehall beet fields.
on Kalispell-First residential hou,
ner boat is built for Flathead Lake.
lips Poison will buy machinery for hea
at road improvement.
by Forsyth-Cartersville Co-operat
Pro- Association is organized by farmers
10Th Great Falls-East End orders grs
ling curb and walk improvements.
son Roundup-Work begins on new n
nicipal swimming pool.
rae Great Northern will put 90-fb st
new on Great Falls-Butte line.
H, Great Falls building record for
nley month of March passed $225,0OO.
rcle, quicksilver Bow county roads
dbl being repaired and modernized.
Helena-Montgomery Ward &
ence plan warehouse and retail store hi
cted Hardin-Big Horn Oil & Gas
Nc vii Immediately begin drilling for
orlr- Chinook-New cold storage plan
flies opened here.
lie & Scobey-New stores VIII be built
sites of old ones recently burned.