The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-01-22

place Ill Jile 0pIiIS.
Billings.-The eighth annual man.
ufacutrer's exposition and automobile
show conducted by the Billines Emo
sition, Inc. will be held here February
Is, 26 and 27.
Great Falls.-During December 283
carloads of wheat were inspected in
the Montana district of federal grain
supervision, it is reported by R. w.
Shelton, supervisor, with offices here.
ewistown.-During the last year
229 miles of Fergus county highways
were graded, SO miles elevated and
"a miles of road graveled, reports
Frank Hogeland, county surveyor.
Helena.-Jury service for women.
concession they will seek from the leg
islature now in session, was the lead
ing topic of discussion at the sessions
of the annual convention of the Mon
tana League of Women Voters here.
Three Forks.-Constructio of
$4,000 gymnasium was authorized
by taxpayers of the consolidated
school district. The buildings, which
will be used by both high and grade
school students.
acknowledgement are happy at
the report brought back from eastern
wool centers by Lewis PenWell, prom
inent Montana grower, who anticipates
sharp stiffening of wool prices early
in 1881.
Wolf Point.-Survey work on the
highway leading north from Wolf
Point to Scobey is under way. This
unit will extend 80 miles north to the
north line of the Fort Peck reserva-
ton.
Kalispel.-Plots of head lettuce
varying in size from one-fourth of an
acre to three acres will be grown here
this year by 10 farmers and five stu
dents of the agriculture class of the
high school to determine if the crop is
practical one in Flathead valley.
MissouIa-W. T. Beaumont, secre
tary of the Montana Taxpayers, as
ISOLATION, declared this state was
spending $12,000,000 annually on the
education of its children, in his adj
dress here before the Montana School
Boards association.
Roundup.-In line with other eff
forts being made to help the unem-
ployed, the Roundup Central Trades
and Labor council sponsored a dance,
the proceeds of which were used to
help those of the community in need
Of help.
Roy.-W. w. Jennings, farmer
living 10 miles east of Roy, is hauling
hay from Brooks, a distance of 43
miles from his home. Mr.. Jennings
makes the round trip of SO miles each
day with large truch, on which he
has a rack.
Glendive.-From New England, N.
D., has come the report of plan to
create new state by combining
western North Dakota and eastern
Montan The principal advocate of
The movement is A. B. Landquist of
Amidon.
Missoula.-Capt Herman H. Weim-
~ national commander of the Disabl-
ed American Veterans, told a group
OF ex-service men here that the only
way to remedy conditions at the Hell
ena Veterans hospital is to tear down
he old building and erect a new one.
He said congress will be asked to APP
nropriate million dollars to be used
in construction and equipment of
new Montana hospital. The organi-
cation, he said, is asking 5000 more
beds and hospital facilities for the dis.
abled veterans.
Roy-Pat Doyle, ranchman ner
Roy, recently shipped a carload of
lambs to Chicago He was one Of the
farmers Of this section who believed
that the best way to dispose of sur
plus wheat was to feed it to stock
rather than to sell it at a low price.
Last fall when SO many sheepmen
feared shortage of feed in this local
ity, Mr.. Doyle bought some lambs,
took them to the ranch of his nephew,
Leslie Simkins, one mile west of Roy
and fed them wheat along with alfalfa
hay. These lambs gained in few
weeks more than 20 pounds each.