The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Treasure State Locals

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Wheeler Coy, Republican, is named
treasurer of Cascade county, to sue
coed Wynn Jeffries, who has been
appointed deputy state treasurer.
Lester w. Cross, born in Iowa and
former resident of Anaconda, hlngs
himself in the veterans hospital at
Fort Harrison.
Authority for construction of fed
eral building at Sidney was asked IN
a bill introduced by Senator l. j.
Walsh recently.
Mild in nature but large in numbers,
a scarlet fever epidemic has struck
Cascade county and sent several score
residents to their homes under quar-
antine or to the detention hospital. In
size the epidemic is the largest since
1917.
Harold Lowther, 63, who for many
years lived on his ranch, 'Northfields
Roundup" at Billings, was killed when
thrown from his horse while hunting
in Bicester, England. He was broth
er of Lord Ullswater and a kinsman
of the Lonsdale family.
No accident of any kind, either to
employees or passengers of the north
ern Montana division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, st. Paul & Pacific rail
road, has been reported for the last
three months, according to M. b.
Randall, freight and passenger agent,
with headquarter ism Great Falls.
An explosion that drove brick walls
out of alignment in the new Noun
tain States Telephone building at
Great Falls, caused only slight injury
to two men working in manhole
where the blast originated, cut an
other with flying glass and fourth
with debris.
Plans are under way for the organ
ization of an automobile insurance
company in Montana which will cover
all members of family. 1t is to be
known as Montana Automobile Acct
dent Insurance company with head
quarters at Great Falls. Attorney jess
H. Stevens of Shelby is one of the
principal promoters of the new COM
pany, which is the first of its kline
ever formed in the state.
Selection of Havre as the place fol-
the next meeting, election of Officers
and choice of dates for fairs for 1880
occupies delegates of the Rocky Noun
tain Association of Fairs in their clos.
ing session at Missoula Of a two-daS
convention. Officers elected are j. M
Bresnahan of Billings, manager of the
Midland Empire fair, president; A. D
Thomas of Helena, secretary of The
Montana State fair, vice president
Earl Watson of Havre, secretary OIL
the Hill County fair, secretary treas.
urer.
The rat eradication campai, spon
sored by the city administration viii
have it's inception the early part O
January, according to Mayor Osca
Mueller of Lewistown. Several week:
ago E. c. Gates and w. w. Smith
department of agricultural, who's,
work in rodent control department ha
won them considerable fame, made ;
survey of the city and plans wer,
made for the campai., n. Communit,
clubs are cooperating with the cit,
in an effort to rid the country of rats
Fifteen carloads of fir and spruc
trees have been shipped from Kaispel
to cities for Christmas decorations
Illinois, South Dakota and southern
California have received most of tn
trees. The j. Hoford company of Pay
allup, Wash, had the contract for cut
ting and shipping. The trees hav
been taken from the territory aroun
Stryker, Eureka, Bolton, Kalispell an
Somers, and next year the Hofor
company plans to ship at least 10
carloads of trees for Christmas frol
about the same territory.
Insurance companies writing acc
dent compensation have notified tt
state industrial accident board Thu c
December 81 they will establish fc
Montana a new set of rates. Undt
one of the three plans of compens;
ton for injured workers, employer
NAV contract with private insuran,
companies. Under other plans, IL
state insures the employer or he ma
carry his own insurance. The state
rates are unchanged. The new insu
ance company rates embody a M
terial advance in premiums charge
some industries and smaller increa,
in rates for others.