Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05
(By Our Helena Correspondent

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Road and bridge contracts involving
more h a a third of a million dollars
and bringing Montana's 1928 highway
program to within $50 miles of COM
pletion have been let by the state
highway commission.
The road projects by counties were
awarded as follows:
Construction Of a hard surface project
on the Great FallS-east road in Cascade
county. 2.85 miles, S. Birch g. o Con-
struction company of Great Falls, $685.
900.
Grading and construction of small
drainage structures on Bearmouth-Deer
Lodge road in Granite inc Powell county,
Is .88 miles, j. N. Brown & Son of Boze-
man. S56,618.
drainage structures on Dillon-Butte road
in Beaverhead. Madison and Silver Bow
counties, 1851 miles. O'Conner g. Pat
rick OF Dillon. $40. 172.
Surfacing with hard grave1 and placing
of guard rails on section D of Helena
Townsend road in jefferson and Broad
water counties, 10.967 miles, w. j. Doust
of Spokane, S28.583.
Grading nd construction OF necessary
drainage structures on Rocky canyon
road in Gallatin county. 3.167 miles, H.
& B. Construction company of Bozeman,
$40, 248.
Regarding of certain portions and sur
facing with crushed gravel Of the entire
length of Section A, 5.977 miles, and
grading and construction of small drain
age structures n surfacing with
crushed gravel Of Section B. 1923 miles,
on Grass Range-Roundup road in Fergus
county, j. M. Carter of Billings, 1913, 379.
Grading and installation of small
drainage structures on Forsyth-Miles
City road in Rosebud and Custer coun-
ties, 9.84 miles, j. M. Carter of Billings,
$50, 500.
The bridge projects by counties were
awarded as follow
Construction of two steel, one-beam
bridges, with concrete decks and abut-
ments on Forsyth-Miles City road in
Rosebud and Custer counties, E.. r. Hays
of Bozeman. $9,331.
Construction of 25-foot steel, one-beam
bridge across Custer coulee on Yellow
stone trail in Yellowstone county, yell
lowstone Construction company of Bill
lings, "a, 781.
The Yellow Cab company Of Great
Falls has been awarded q franchise by the
state railway commission to operate ar
automobile stage between Great Falls
and Hughesville The stage will make
a daily trip and return, stopping at Bel
and Monarch as well as Hughesville. L
Is expected that during the winte.
months Of heavy snowfall, it will b,
necessary to resort to horse-drawn sleigh
but the schedule will be maintained a
closely as possible.
S. D. Largent, superintendent o
schools at Great Falls, was appointed t.
the state board of education by Gov.
E. Erickson. He succeeds Judge w. I
Rhoades of Great Falls, whose term ex
pired and who did not seek reappoint
ment.
Superintendent Largent has game
wide recognition in Montana for hi
educational work. He served as a mem
Der of the board Of education from 19l
to 1916. during the administration c
Gov. S. ". Stewart. He has been superir
tendent of Great Falls schools for a num
Der Of years and has served on sewers
important committees Of the Montan
Education association.
His appointment takes effect immed.
ately and is for the term ending Feb.
1882.
With Missoula Ravalli counties q
ready accredited n cattle in Lake, Fla
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reports submitted to Washington, MOI
tana now has the largest tuberculos
free accredited area in the nation, Z
w. j. Butler, state veterinarian, has al
nounced. He explained that the accredi
ing work in connection with cattle HI
taken several years, as every head
cattle in a county must be tuberculil
tested and then examined a few da
later before the county can be accredite
Montana State college at Bozeman
to receive a $4,000 appropriation fro
the federal government for the fiscal We
beginning July /. 1923, and an add
tional amount for each succeeding yes
IThat information was contained in a lie
ter received by Gov. j. E. Erickson fro
Secretary of Agriculture w. M. Jardir
An act donating public lands to Il
several states and territories, which m
provide colleges for the benefit OF agi
culture and the mechanic arts, approx
July 2, 1862, and other acts supplement
airy thereto, received, the letter said, t
approval of President Coolidge May
and thus became law.
Secretary Jardine said a formal asse
to the provisions of the act must
given by the state legislature or the 60
ernor and that each succeeding year
III additional QmOlIpt uriI1 ha ouatIah1a Z