Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-24
(By Our Helena Correspondent

(By Our Helena Correspondent
Insurance companies face all kinds
of problems. but one company seems
to be unable to decide a case invOlv-
Ing an employe In a slaughter house
In Billings. The insurance agent has
written the State Industrial accident
board for a solution of his problem.
1t appears that last year while the
employe was killing q pig for the meat
company, the animal kicked hin in the
neck. His throat began to bother him
and he went to a doctor. The doctor
! advised immediate removal OF the ton
sils, but he did not think we'll of the
idea. Believing that a lump was growing
at the base of his throat, he applied
through his employer for industrial COM
pensation.
Further investigation revealed that the
same employe. about six months prior to
this accident, while in the act Of slaught-
ering a hog, got a hair from the hogs
back lodged in his throat. He thinks
that this also might account for his
present trouble. The insurance agent
has applied to the state insurance board
to solve his problem.
The total number of acres OF crop
land in Montana at the close of the 1927
crop season was 9,486, 900 of which T.
COS 900 acres had been seeded to crops
during the season and $780, 900 acres
were idle and fallow, say the 1927 Mon
tana Farm review, now being prepared by
r. c.. Ross, assistant federal agricultural
statistician In cooperation with the state
department of agriculture, division of
publicity.
OF the land in crops 5,057, 900 acres
were in grain crops, $40. 900 acres In other
seed crops! 2. 139 900 in hay and forage
crops; $4,000 acres in potatoes and other
vegetables; 10000 acres in sugar beets
and 5000 acres in fruit crops.
! Only 10000 acres of Montana's crop
land registered crop failure in 1927 as
against 1876, 900 acres in 1926. Acreage OF
crop failure for the past four years has
been, 1924. $685. 900 acres: 1925. $4,000
acres; 1926, 785, 900 acres and 1927. no.
900 acres.
White whiskers of MIR. Antelope whose
head holds a prominent position on the
walls Of the state fish and game depart
ment, were turned to a light brown when
flames leaping from a wastepaper basket
ignited q picture n calendar hung on
the wall close to the mounted animals
head. Luckily for MIR. Antelope the dep
uty state game warden kept his waste
paper basket slightly to the right Of q
direct line of fire.
Smoke crept along the lower corridor
VI LIE CdpllOl, WulCll, lOI LlllC, lOOhcu do
If the entire basement were on fire.
A lighted match was thrown in the
direction Of a cuspidor u instead land
ed il a wicker basket about half filled
with paper. Not knowing the match was
still lighted, the deputy warden left the
room for the postoffice. When the chief
warden reached the room. the wall was in
flames.
Forty-seven different prices are charged
for gasoline throughout the United
States the Montana Automobile associa-
ton has been advised by the American
Automobile association which conducted
a recent survey through It's affiliated or
CARNATIONS, to determine the various
motor fuel costs. The lowest figures for
straight run gasoline vas 10 cents at
Peoria, Illinois, while the highest was
27 cents, at Phoenix, Ariz.
charges in various Montana towns were
Missoula, % 1-2 cents; Billings, 30 cents;
Helena, Great Falls and Butte, "a 1-2
cents. In Washington charges in various
centers were: Wenatchee. 23 cents; Seat
tie, 10 Ia cents; Spokane, 30 IL cents;
Aberdeen, 81 cents and Everett IS cents
The Mississippi valley average is the
lowest recorde by the survey, being l9
cents, while the average on the Pacific
coast Is 40 cents and on the atlantic sea-
bord Is % cents. All of these figures are
without special state taxes, which range
from n cent to five cents q gallon.