The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-06-28

10 Il 0elSHDOI ) HOlne anu Wdo iiiliit-
diately rushed to the Lewistown hos
pital.
Miles City is busily preparing for
its sixteenth annual roundup, and also
for the observance of the fiftieth an
niversary of the citys founding. The
celebration will be for three days,
July 3, A and 5.
Walter Burrel and Tom Duncan,
both of Missoula and students in the
journalism school of the University
of Montana, who are floating down
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to
New Orleans, have reached Sioux
City, Ia.
Cold weather is retarding the
growth of crops in Beaverhead county.
Gail Mas, young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Mas of Baylor, lost his
left eye when little stick flew into
the eye while he was chopping kind
ling, necessitating the removal of the
eye. The sight of the other eye is not
affected and the youngster has re-
covered from the shock.
Lower freight rates on all grain and
grain products from Montana to all
markets was urged by H. B. Schaefer,
traffic expert of the Montana railroad
commission.
Dale Clark, 16, who was formerly
employed on dairy ranch south Of
Conrad, was arrested on the charge of
burglary. Someone broke into the
Pondera Drug store and stole a guam
tity of merchandise and about $50 in
change. Suspicion rested upon young
Clark when he quit his job, checked
his baggage at the depot and prepared
TO leave town.
Hatchery men from many parts of
Montana organized in Helena the
Montana Baby Chick association. The
purpose of the organization is to en-
courage the purchase of baby chickens
from Montana hatcheries and to slim
ulate better breeding and accrediting.
Hearing on the application of the
Great Northern railway to close its
agency at Stockett has been set by
the state railway commission for July
earnings of the agency do not war
rant it's continue.
The western half of Richland coun-
ty has been created into a roundup
district for the purpose Of rounding
up all stray, unclaimed and unbranded
horses which have been growing to
such numbers that it is seriously af
fecting the grazing conditions of that
section. When the roundup is COM
pleted a day will be set for the sale,
following a two weeks advertising
campaign, descriptions being fur
nished so that owners can put in their
claim, retaining such property as
they have proof. The sale will be held
at Lane.
Road work about Moccasin is near
ing completion. Gravel has been laid
on the main roads leading to and from
town. The principal streets of the
town have been graveled and every
thing is ready for heavy tourist
trade.
George D. Broudus, rancher who
lives near Olive, pleaded guilty to a
charge of criminal assault upon his
II. year-old daughter and was SEN
fenced to 30 to 60 years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Plans are going forward for an air
port at Forsyth, due to the efforts of
the Forsyth Lions club.
Victor Koetitz, son of a Grass
Range miller, is convinced that he
was born under an unlucky star. He
spent the major part of the winter in
the Mayo hospital at Rochester, MINI.
where he received treatment for an
injured kneecap. On his return he
met W 18th an accident resulting from
the removal of high powered rifle
from his auto seat which accidently
discharged going through his left arm
barely missing the bone. Now he has
met with serious accident while en-
gagged in operating tractor, his foot
being badly crushed.
Twenty-three Montana buffaloes
will form the nucleus of herd to be
begun in northern Alaska. The ami
mails selected from the herd at the ma
tional bison range at Moiese were each
Grated in an individual container and
loaded into cars for shipment to Seat
tie, from where they will be trans
ferred to ships and sent to Alaska.
1t is estimated that over half mil
lion bushels of grain were held in the
Redwater country awaiting the COM
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