Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-05-04
STATE BRIEFS

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eating about $4,000 viii be advertised
by Z. A. Phillips. secretary OF the state
livestock commission. Notices will be
this month.
Choteau-Mrs. Maude Bolton, grand
matron of Eastern Star, visited the Cho-
teau chapter recently. She was enter
tanned at a banquet which was followed
by the regular order of business.
Nalier-Under the auspices OF the Va
lier Women's club. pupils of the seventh
and eighth grades will repeat the oper-
eta. In india" which they presented at
the high school under direction Of Mar
ion Lund.
Observation-Disclosures supreme court COM
pleted its hearings on the April calendar
and fixed its calendar for May. Several
opinions affecting the April calendar Will
be filed soon. The May calendar includes
l3 cases.
DISQUALIFICATION Piers of Great Falls
has arrived here to exhibit a number Of
his western paintings. They will be dis
State university. according to Clifford
Riedell. professor of n arts.
Belt-Mrs. Maude Bolton, grand ma
iron of Eastern Star. visited the Belt
chapter. A banquet was served at the
Black Diamond cafe following work for
the evening and Mrs. Bolton was pre-
sented with a gift from the Belt lodge.
Bozeman-Col. c. r. w. Morrison, in
charge of military training at Montana
State college for five years, will be trans
ferred this summer to an infantry sta
ton at Fort Eustis, Va, says word re-
ceived here by acting President F.. B..
Linfield.
Lewistown-Charles Pfau, L%ewistown
business man, has left for Portsmouth,
Ohio. with his noted high school" mare,
Flora D., perhaps the best trained equine
in Montana. He sold the mare to Roger
Selby, millionaire shoe manufacturer of
Portsmouth.
~hoteau-The annual luncheon of the
Woman's club was given at the Post tav-
ern here. Social activities of the year will
close with a calico ball May 81. The club
will sponsor a. display for forestry week,
which will be directed by the president,
Mrs. A. B. Guthrie.
Helena-For construction of an addi-
ton to the present school building and
for installation of a water system, the
school district including Drummond, in
Grant, county. will offer for sale bonds
in the amount of $4,000, May 5. The
district now has no Indebtedness.
Helena-Wool production for Montana
as revised Jan. /, 1923 by the United
States department of agriculture, shows
that the state produced during 1927, a.
299, 900 pounds Of wool. Two states ex-
ceedlng Montana were Texas, with 3d.
7 5000, n Wyoming, with 25, 000, 900.
Helena - Commencement dates for
units OF the Greater University of Mon
tana are announced as follows: Eastern
Montana Normal, Billings, May 20; Nor
nal college, Dillon, May 81; School Of
Mines, Butte, June l; State university,
Missoula, June 4; State college, Boze-
man, June s.
iiayre-Tude Carlson, arrested here for
being drunk and disorderly and on a
charge of assault, was returned to the
state penitentiary at Deer Lodge, from
which he nae been released on parole.
Carlson had served most Of his time on a
two-year sentence for violation Of mar
cotic regulations.
Missoula-Sixteen entries in the little
theater interscholastic play contest to
be held here May Oil are Ranelie. Ana
conda, Helena. Sacred Heart academy.
Missoula; Hardin, Sheridan, Three Forks,
Flathead county, Gallatin, Missoula, Ur-
suline academy, Great Falls; Florence
Carlton, Butte, Whitehall, Park county,
Roman.
Havre-Seven members have enrolled
in the All capon club in the district
south Of Gildford under the local lead
ership of Mildred Bennett, scholarship
winner last year in the turkey club work
of Hill county. E. B. Duncan. county
agent. expects to organize three more
new clubs, Mountain View, Pride of the
Prairie and Cottonwood.
Forsyth-Domer Nance, we'll known
cowboy and rancher Of this country, has
to his home at Hathaway, after
having been in a Miles City hospital
since early in March, when a saddle
horse fell with him n dragged him a
short distance. His leg was broken and
he suffered other injuries, being uncon-
scious for more than a week.
Lewistown-Plans are complete for q
city garden contest here this summer,
with cash prizes for winners of various
classes. The committee named to act as
judges comprises G. G. Brown, Mrs.
Charles Cook, Judge E. X. Cheadle, G. w.
Dykins, Mayor Jack Briscoe, Mrs. G.. j.
Weideman, Mrs. t. H.. Peasants, Mrs. E.
B.. Andrus and Charles w. Buntin.
Lewistown-Walter Bright, long man
ager of the old Bright hotel here, is in
the city on a brief visit. He is now en-
gagged in manufacturing business at Chi
10o bAt ciJ tlldt Wa ~ he WAAillAlEf
formerly superintendent of this division
of the Milwaukee, has made a notable
success in his position as superintendent
of the terminal at the new union depot
in Chicago.
C0nrad-A chick hatchery has been
opened at Conrad by Dan Cotton and
A. l.. Rich, under the management of
Mr.. Cotton, who has had several years
experience in hatcheries on the coast.
They have installed on incubator with
an egg capacity of 2,400, and several
smaller ones, making a total of 1000
egg capacity. They are also building q
modern brooder house.
Sldney-Unusual interest Is being
shown by farmers Of Richland county in
certified Bliss Triumph seed potatoes for
southern seed trade. Local supplies of
seed are becoming scarce. Some growers
are joining with the State Marketing as
ISOLATION and plans are being made to
send a marketing agent to Texas to con-