Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-17
STATE BRIEFS

pllll u iNN bAAiQiAS ltits
Anaconda-Police tagged 81 Anaconda
cars with 1927 licenses Feb. /.
Belgrade-Livestock men of Gallatin
county have formed a shipping associa-
ton.
Anaconda-An automobile sled is being
rigged to carry passengers to Georgetown
lake.
Chinook-A father and son banquet to
promote interest in Boy Scouts was held
here.
Butte-The Mining journal, London,
devoted space to a Montana mining re-
view for 1927.
podson-Phillips County fair directors
met here to plan the exposition planned
for Sept. 1916.
Butte-Tokens from IA cities were used
to pay fares on Butte street cars during
the last six months.
kalispelI-The Holt ferry will be moved
by electric power instead OF q gas motor
when ice breaks this spring.
Melstone-s Miss Murray, visitor from
Nebraska, was half-scalped when she was
thrown against the top OF a car.
Missoula-Men at A. c.. M. Blackfoot
valley lumber camps read 1894 books
last year from the company library.
Butte-L. L.. Benepe. Montana state
board OF health representative, declares
the spinal meningitis situation at Butte
is exaggerated.
Butte-More than 200 Butte high
students made the honor roll for the
hrst semester, according to Principal j.
G.. Ragsdale.
Helena-There are 10 per cent fewer
cattle on feed in Montana than last year.
In 1927 there were $4,000 head; now
there are $4,000.
Moore-The Booster club gave a benefit
dance here at the high school auditori-
UNI. Only q fair crowd attended and
the net proceeds were about $50.
Ielena-Mining operations of the IA
nous Spring Hill gold mine near Helena
have begun, A mill and new machinery
recently completed cost 800. 00o.
Malta-Stockholders of the Phillips
County Creamery and Produce company
Will dispose OF the creamery. Present
obligations amount to about $4,000.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. associations
OF Missoula schools met to indorse the
proposed $3.50, 600 bond issue for i'm
provements for the school system.
Wolf Point-More than 100 new books
have been added to the city library. They
were purchased with tax money voted by
the city for support Of the library.
Butte-"I came back to Butte because
it is the softest town in the country In
which to buy DOPE" said Joe Roe in
col here. He was told to leave town.
Cut Bank-The meat market belonging
to A. E. Peterson was broken into and
about $40 taken from the safe, which
was blown open. The robbers have not
been apprehended.
JOrdan-Wireless messages can be sent
n received here now, since County
Treasurer e. H. Weimer has rugged up q
set and is at his post ready for messages
at 5 p. m. every day.
observation-disclosures one-third OF school
of business administration graduates at
the State university here go into retail
stores a course in retail stores will be
offered in the spring quarter.
saco-The Great Northern railroad
handled SAB cars from Saco during 1927.
There were 208 cars Of grain, represent
ing about $4,000 bushels; "a cars of
horses and 8 cars Of sheep shipped from
here.
C~hinOok-The sugar company Is ship
ping heavily. Farmers are loading about
eight cars of wheat a week, potatoes are
moving south freely, and sand and gravel
are being shipped to Blackfoot for ter
minal construction work.
INSTRUMENTATION F.. Meyers, Missoula
youth, will enter the Los Angeles-New
York cross countrv marathon. He has
gone to California, from where he will
start the 2.000-mile hike. The race
starts March 4 for a prize Of $4,000.
Glasg0w-The Rev. J. M. Currie, evan
gelist for the Mountaineering Baptist
organization, addressed the high school
student body here. Miss Agnes Ruddy,
Great Falls. has accepted a position as
teacher of the Rosedale school, recently
vacated by Mrs. Hugh Cook.
Wolf Point-The Indian %subagency Of
flee building at Oldtown burned, de-
stroying not only the building but q
large number OF valuable records, deeds
and the like. Origin OF the fire Is not
definitely known but 1t Ia thought to
have been caused from the stove.
Malta-B. D. Lott. representative OF the
Utah Idaho Sugar factory, Chinook. who
has been contracting beet acreage for the
1928 season n Phillips county. say he
been meeting with gratifying re-
Spouse. Some TOO acres have been con-
for and a large part Of the terri
tory Is still to be worked.
Hamilton-Louis Goldstein. a resident
Hamilton for 20 years, died at his
home after an illness OF several days with
Mr.. Goldstein was "a years
old and a native Of Poland. He Is sur
vived by his widow and one son. Louis.
Jr, 90. The body was shipped to Butte
for burial following Jewish services.
Hamilton-Funeral services for Ben
jamin w. Strange, who died at the Sol
home, Columbia Falls. were held
the Masonic temple. burial being
made at Corvallis. Mr.. Strange was 4
of the Bitter Roo valley. having
come to Corvallis in 1874. His brother,
William, who survives him, came to the
valley In 1866.
COlumbus-The draft on 8. SHERMAN
e. Sons. Chicago, to the saltwater Wool
Growers association having been paid
the secretary, John Logan, he has been
busy making payments on contracts on
basis Of 81 on each fleece. The payment
was $103 900, which is the largest check
to any stockman or association in