The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-01-03


of petitions over the state asking that
voters request the legislature to
separate the institutions now at
Boulder where the school for the Fee
BILE Minded and the school for the
Deaf are operated under state super
vision jointly. Montana is the only
state in the Union which schools the
deaf, blind and predetermined in the
same institution.
The State Rambouillet Breeders
association will meet at Billings at
the Northern hotel January Is, the
day preceding the convention OF the
Montana Woolgrowers association,
which will conclude a tkree-day ses-
sion at Billings, January 10.
Montana's forests and streams, its
lakes, parks and summer Fairgrounds
are gaining greater recognition
rapidly throughout the east, and at
the recent Fifteenth Annual Nation
al Game conference under the aus
pieces of the American Game Protect
i've association at New York, Mon
tana's fish and game resources were
given enviable attention.
A victim of "soxphobia,' new
disease which affects the afflicted
with mania for stealing socks, was
discovered in Butte with the arrest of
a Mexican, Narciar Sofa, who at
tempted to run from a store with. p
pairs of socks under his arm.
For the first time this winter the
Northern Pacific last week used its
rotary snow pillow, on the Rocky
Mountain division.
The Great Northern railway will
spend $150,000 to enlarge the round
house at Havre early next spring.
A feature of an address of the
opening session of the delegate as
sembly of Montana Education asso-
citation was an attack on "poolroom
statesmen who attempt to dictate
the policies of high school athletics.
The speaker, Fred w. Graft of Laur-
Ell, argued for higher standard of
morals in interscholastic athletics.
Weather conditions so far this Win
ter have been favorable to fruit trees
in western Montana.
More couples were married in Mon
tana in 1927 than in 1926, but with
the increase in marriage licenses
came an advance in divorce DEGREES.
In percentage of increase, however,
marriages continued to hold an edge.
Total deposits of the First Nation
al bank of Glasgow have passed the
$2,000000 mark This institution is
the strongest in northeastern Mon
tana and was founded by the present
management in 1891.
With the temperatures well below
the freezing point for weeks, it
looks as though courageous robin
had either long since neglected his
opportunities, or had decided that the
exhilarating weather of Bozeman was
preferable to other climes.
Two trunk loads of toys were deliv-
cred Christmas Eve at Twin Bridges
to be distributed to the orphans in
the state home. They were gifts
from officials of the Anaconda COM
pany, who annually send the young
sters presents ranging from saxo-
phones to electric trains and dolls to
dresses.
Discontinuance by the Northern Pa
cific of it's Sunday mixed train be-
tween Livingston and Gardiner will
be effective until May IS. Mixed
train service will continue on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday during
the winter.
The new $4,000 highway between
Arlee and Ravalli is now being used.
The Montana Farmers Grain Deal
ers' association will hold its third an
nual convention in Havre, June II,
Is and 10.
The safe of the Hanson Simons
Amusement company of Missoula
was robbed Of $500 by a youthful
appearing robber. He entered the
theatre offices while the safe was
open and compelled the elevator boy
and theatre manager to lie on the
floor uhi1a ha invncti atnd tho rom