The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-23
STATE TABLOIDS

Dates for the state convention of
real estate dealers and insurance
agents at Billings have been definitely
set for June 26 and 27.
Money received from the sale Of
automobile licenses may be used for
the Improvement of city streets under
the 1927 act, L. Y. Ketter, acting at
torney general, says.
Montana highway commission con-
fers with Saskatchewan officials to
assure agreement on connecting road
plans.
Stewart Grey, Oliver T. Gray and
Herbert Gray are sentenced at Sidney
to 40 years in prison for their parts
in the Fairview State bank robbery
of May 2. Arthur Baker was SEN
fenced to a 20-year term.
A monthly report Of activities of
federal prohibition agents shows five
automobiles were taken, eight stills
were confiscated and liquor seized
including 937 gallons of beer, 1,06S
gallons of whisky and 51-S gallons of
wine.
Despite the competition from other
sports and the automobile, baseball
still holds staunch adherents through
out Montana. Consequently, plans
for organizing leagues and individual
clubs are seriously considered in
many cities and towns.
Mayor Kerr Beadle has officially
designated the week of June "a to
80 as "home coming week" for the
City of Butte and urges all Mon
tanans to return when Montana is
at her loveliest in scenic beauty" The
idea is endorsed by the "old Timers
club" and by the Fraternal Order Of
Eagles, whose state convention will
be held there during that period.
A. P. Stevenson and J. 0. Peterson,
both Of Butte, and secretary, respec-
lively Of the Montana Retail Fuel
Dealers association. The first con-
vention since organization of the as
ISOLATION year ago, was held at Hell
ena recently. Missoula was chosen
as the meeting place for 1880.
Operations of criminals, ranging
from the sneak thief to the profess
sional burglar and car thief, in Great
Falls du1;ng the 10-month period from
July 1, 1928, to April 81, 1929, re-
suited in the theft Of property valued
at $131,317 of which most all has
been recovered.
Just before his arrest on a charge
Of violating the national liquor laws
Charles Root of Great Falls got into
an alteration with a neighbor, whom
he apparently blamed for his trouble
and shortly afterwards he was
charged with burglary. He provided
$4,000 bond in the liquor case ano
$4,000 additional on the burglary
charge.
The Kyote of Billings high schoo
and the Fergus of Fergus county higf
school of Lewistown, were awarded
the cups of the State Press associa
ton as the best school papers of theil
classes in Montana. The Centralit'
of Butte Central was awarded thu
Sigma Delta Chi. trophy, and thu
| Buzzer Of Noxon, the Theta Sign;
Phi trophy for excellence in their di
vision.
Something new in the way of thief
was encountered by officers at Shell
by recently. A man tried to steal ;
locomotive. The engine was jus
backing out Of the Great Northern
roundhouse when employees over
powered the driver. The man, a form
er railroad engineer is under treat
ment here as a drug addict.
Robert Heady, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Herman Heady of near Ashland, ha
perfect attendance record for tn
five years he has attended schoo
Robert, who is IL years of age vii
complete the fifth grade this year a
the South End school near Ashland
/ During his five years in school he ha
never missed day or been late t
school.
City Of Libby joins Neils Lumbe
company in protest against remova
of interstate utilities telegraph ser
vice from that city.
After Is years in the employee o
the Mountain States Telephone an
Telegraph company, IL years of whic
has been spent in Forsyth as manage
of the local exchange, Mrs. Gladys +
Shaw has resigned. Mrs. Shaw ha
been one of the most efficient man
ayers Forsyth has ever had, and yer
few complaints have come to her OF
flee from patrons during her years Q
service. Miss Carrie Dross Of Fol-
syth is taking her place as manager