The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-05

ooii eouhey people 10 secure Une nigh
way.
The highway from Red Lodge to
Cooke City will entail So miles of
construction, with an additional four
miles from Cooke City to the park
line and will cost more than $4,000. 900.
Helena.-Flathead county is con-
formulating the issuance of S125000
worth of county high school bonds for
a new building and additions to the
present structure.
Helena.-Some 40 men were added
to the force of the East Helena nlant
of the American Smelling and Refn-
ing company as a result of the oman
ing of an additional furnace.
Rutte.-The Montana Power COM
pany will offer Montana residents a
limited allotment of preferred stock
shares of its Sc series, Frank M. Kerr,
vice president and general manager,
announced.
Lewistown-The city council has
approved the Lewistown Natural Gas
company, successor of the Armells
Petroleum comnanv. application to
hold a special election on a franchise
to supply Lewistown with natural gas.
Helena.-An investigation of the
strange Harrison State bank robbery
which eliminated in the shaving of
Sheriff Frank Metzel of Madison coun-
tv last October has been started by
the state attorneys generals office
LaureI.-The Sinoing Mothers, an
outprowth of the Parent-Teacher as
ISOLATION, met the other dav at the
home of Mrs. D NJ. McCaulev for a
session devoted TO singing and perfect
ing the organization.
Great FalIs.-T.oans will be avail
able to farmers in drouth and storm
areas who have no other means of fl
nancing their cron production in 1921
the local agricultural extension office
has been notified bv the federal di-
rector of extension work.
Bi'lings-Plans for a deem test we'll
the first to be made in Montana. were
announced here by the Dalmar Oil
company. The test is TO he drilled tt
a depth of at least 1000 feet in the
heart of the Lake Basin field, near
here.
Great Falls.-The Montana Hereford
Breeders association has secured the
use of the livestock building at the
North Montana fair grounds to hole
a purebred Hereford sale, tentative
dates of which have been fixed fol
March II and 18.
Helena.-A contract for construc-
ton of the Wolf Creek-Aneusta road
a project financed by a 100000 bono
issue by Lewis and Clark county,, tc
match federal aid funds, will be among
those scheduled to be let by the state
highway commission at it's April meet
ing.
Great Falls.-Disnlavs from each Of
the communities in Cascade county ant
collective exhibits from other counties
throughout Montana will be one Of
the outstanding features of the NORTH
Montana fair to be held here August
24-28.
Fairfeld.-An imnortant step has
been taken to ponulate the Sun river
project. The Milwaukee Railroad
company. through IFS DEVELOPMENT anC
colonization department, has engaged
special agent who will give his en-
tire time to getting settlers for this
project.
Polson.-The newest station on thu
Northern Pacific is Ceramic" This
station is located near Pablo, which il
the junction point of the Northern
Pacific and a spur recently built tt
the Flathead power site where worl
is under way by the Montana Power
company in the construction of g
$4,000 900 hydro-electric plant.
Helena Receipt of gift of $500,
900 to the Billings Polytechnic insti
tute was announced here by Senator
Ernest T. Eaton, financial director anC
one of the founders of the institution
The gift, Senator Eaton said, comes
from the estate Of Chicago pionee-
who played an important part in tina
city's development. At the reques
of administrators, the name of the do
nor will not be made known.
Butte.-Dave Jenkins, old-time bar
tender who conducted his own cas-
in federal court here recently on
charge of illegal possession of liquor
was found guilty by jury of II mer
The twelfth juror, Mike Bisko, faile
to accompany the others when they re
tired with the case. He sat dow
among the audience. After his pres
ence there was discovered, Judge Gee
M. Bourquin ordered the II jurors t
rrooaod with their deliberations. Bris