The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-03
MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Libby-Zonolite mining and manu-
facture promises to be great industry
Great Falls-No Jack oil we'll comes
in with flow Of nearly 5000 barrels a
day.
Billings-Great Western sugar fac
| tory will smake 100000 sacks sugar
this year
Butte-City buys road equipment
for cleaning streets of snow.
Whitefish- Great Northern pays
city $4,000 a year for water service.
Saco-Money raised to put down
test oil and gas we'll here.
Glendive Circle Brockway branch
lime should be built by June.
TrOy-Yaak River Gold Syndicate
will work placer deposits on Yak
River.
Contract is made for 80 oil wells to
be drilled in Pondera field.
Kelvin Sunburst oil field has 1906
wells drilled, 845 producing oil and 90
gas.
Shclby-E. o. Adams invents port
able drill outfit
Great Falls-Because of hard win
ter, Kelvin gas line will be delayed
until March.
Helena-Spring Hill mine and mill
will soon operate to capacity.
MISUNDERSTANDING mill to be
increased to meet mines capacity.
POlsOn-Old half mile timber bridge
across Flathead River will be remov-
ed
Great Falls-Ninth Street North to
be paved under cooperative plan.
Great Falls will spend 100000 on
Waterworks Improvements this ear.
Iwo-thirds of Montana's 1927 wheat
crop was raised on tractor farms.
SacO.-Farmers & Merchants State
Bank of Saco pays 1919 dividend.
PlentywOOd-Defunct State Bank
OF Plentywood pays 20 per cent divi-
Approximately 100000 pounds of
turkeys, bringing gross return of
nearly 100000 were sold through
count ycooperative marketing pools in
Montana during December.
HOrtOn-Northern Pacific Railway
Company to open new gravel-washing
plant here early in the spring.
Havre-Engineering work rushed
for 16-mile Box Elder highway.
kalispell-Deal pending to form
great 100000 Zonolite corporation.
Great Falls bank clearances for
1927 were $8,OOO,OOO above 1926.
Great Falls had $18,5O0,OOO bank
deposits, January 1.
Martinsdale - Bair Co. contracts
1928 wool clip at 40 cents a pound
Great FaIls-Home or housing i'm
provements here during 1927 cost
$482,1O
Montana Stockmen's Association
Will meet at Havre, April IL and 10.
Malta-Local bank resources, liza
20, are 10 per cent gain since Octo-
Der 10th.
Hamilton Testing Association has
one cow that yielded 58.5 pounds but.
terfat during December.
Great Falls-Sunburst Co. has so.
barrel flow from 26O6-foot Flat Con.
lee well.
Great Falls-1O0 men 90 to work or
gas line from Kelvin Sunburst field
Deer LOdge-School district navs
last of S37, 800 bill for old College OF
Montana property.
Deer LOdge-Hidden Hand mine
tunnel is in 755 feet, with fine ore
prospect.
Montana's hav crop for 1927 wa:
S,1O,OOO tons, a top record.
Miles City-Rebuilt Yellowston.
Trail highway will eliminate NAM
crossings. mon
Shelby-Majestic Oil Co. brin~s !,
Kelvin. 'io''
Shelby-Cooperative-Adams No
well output reaches 100 barrels a dav
HamltOn-Local cannery gets blan
t ket order for all 1928 pumpkin outnnt
f Great Falls-Henry Linpshire WOO
4 clip, $500 fleeces, sells at 40 cents.
| Mountain States Co. will install
telephone exchange at Ouheim.
Northern Pacific will build S12O
e 900 gravel-washing plant at Horton
for track ballast.
3 GlasgOw.-New congressional hi
!, provides $125,000 for post office here
). Great Falls will sell bonds for 81
e 100000 high school.
o Great Falls-Hanan Gulcb f;c
! hatchery on Sun River will open thi
d year.
" S~Ah NAOAlIdud SIupp0Q II cal
o holiday turkeys, worth above 500
900.
: Montana highway, reclamation, ci,
a lc and railway building for 1928
n estimated at $35,0O0,00O.
IS MISUNDERSTANDING 1927 Meagh,
e County shipped $1,1OO,OOO worth {
lie cattle and $650,000 wool.
Great Falls Montana hatcher,
N will sell 100000 chicks this year.
i Great Falls-Great Northern shol
lie here receive steel for building cars
id Great Northern has shipped 2E
a 100000 bushels Montana wheat fro
10 1927 crop.
d. HARDING. H. Butler raises Al
sacks potatoes to the acre, and su
RS plies Burlington Route dining cars.
rs Hillyard- Northern bull
la four super giant freight engines her
I'd MissOula-Steam shovel and pill
a. driver work being done on Bit
Root branch.
Milwaukee Railroad is showing
ne the East a comprehensive Montal
farm exhibit.
st Wolf POint-Work may start du
p ing 1928 on $450,OOO Missouri Riv
bridge.