Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-04
MANY RANCHERS IN
N0NTANA'SSE
RANCHERS AND STOCKMEN WILL
FORM LARGEST GROUP IN
UPPER HOUSE
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by Our Helena Correspondent

UPPER HOUSE
tBy Our Helena Correspondent
Ranchers and stockmen will form
the LARGEST group in the next Mon
tuna senate but their number is
closely Appropriated by the attorneys
and merchants. Seventeen profess
sions and occupations are represent
ed i'm the membership.
There are Is ranchers and stock
men, II attorneys, II merchants. 5
bankers, 2 mine operators. 2 automobile
dealers and one representative for each
CT the following: Physicians. dentists,
railroad employees, educators, news
paper men, laundrymen, realtors, lum-
bermen, a~bstractors, insurance men,
accountants. In the house, also,
ranchers and stockmen are far in the
lead, with merchants second and at
torneys third in numbers. There are
40 rancher-stockmen in the lower body,
II attorneys, 8 clerical workers, 6 abb
%Stractors or insurance men, 4 physi-
clans or dentists, 3 newspaper men, 2
each Of the following: Bankers, mine
operators, railroad employees, smelter-
men, civil engineers, hotelmen, house
wives, and n auctioneer. In the as
Sembly next session are six pairs of
twins" There are two Smiths in the
senate. In the house are two Arnolds,
two Browns, two Hamiltons, two Ue-
lands and two Watsons and, to make
matters more complicated, either of the
Uelands may answer to "Ueland of
Sheridan"
Helena high schools senior class this
year includes a membership of 100, So
boys and Sc girls, and may be judged
a tentative graduation list for 1881
At the graduation exercises last June,
1903 received diplomas.
The Farmers Elevator company of
Froid, Roosevelt county, has filed ar
ticles of incorporation with the score
tary Of state. 1t is capitalized for
$4,000, with the following residents of
Froid a. the beard of trustees. j. P.
Miller, Peter Johnson, c. c.. Scott.
Neils Sorenson, Henry Hoye, John Lee
Nal and Victor Nyquist. The company
VIII store and market grain of all kinds
and will build and operate elevators.
The Burgess Implement company, to
deal in machinery and toois of all
kinds, also has filed articles. The cap
ital stock is 10000 and Monte A. Bur-
CESS, A. M. Burgess and Harold c..
Walters are directors. All are residents
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located Articles Of continuance of ex-
lstence for 20 years were filed by the
Sanoen & Ferguson company of Hell
ena, which operates a department store.
The original articles of Incorporation
were fled in the state department Dec.
81, 1910, for a term of 20 years
Montana stockmen are feeding about
the same number Of animals this WIN
ter as last, the Office of the federal
statistician finds. A decrease of pos
Slbiy Is per cent in numbers OF old
ewes and cattle is shown in reports,
while the number of lambs on feed is
about equal to the average. More than
100, 900 Montana sheep and lambs are
being fed IN transit outside OF Mon
tana, principally in the Dakotas and
Minnesota. some cattle also were sent
out of the state to feed. Improvement
OF ranges and stock water supplies dur
ing the fall enabled Montana growers
to spread out their marketings. Hay
prices Nov. l averaged about $11 20 in
stack and $l525 baled, reports show.
The state railroad and public service
commission held public hearings at
Hathaway Dec. 2 at $50 a. m; at Benz
Dec. 2 at 2:30 p. m, and at Big Horn
Dec. 3 at 1890 a. m. The meetings
were for the purpose Of considering
the application of the Northern Pa
cifc Railway company for authority
to discontinue its agencies at the three
stations named. The application Of
the railway company was filed some
weeks ago, and it was alleged that the
small amount of business at these sta
tons, which are in Treasure and Rose
bud counties, made their continuance
Improbable.
Members of the state board of equal
ization have returned from Townsend,
where they met Nov. 81 to consider ap-
pealS for decreases in assessed valua-
ton. Among the petitioners were Har-
vey Cook and the New Day Oil com
pany. Mr.. Cook protested the assess
ments on several tracts of land in
Broadwater county, including the site
| Of the home Of the late A.. B. Cook
near Townsend and the Bedford Mills
property several miles west. Some
changes were made in valuations in
member that, will you Ted?"