Show NORTHWEST WEST NOTES NOTES' Montanans are interested In a re- re Pont poet that oil has bas been discovered on the tho John ranch near neal Hamilton close to the Marcus Dal Daly ranch The plant of f the Libby i Electric Light company furnishing light water and power to the city of Libby Mont was totally destroyed by fire last week The gate gat of th the mountains near Helena Mont has been selected definitely definitely defy def def- by the Montana Epworth league as the location for a permanent permanent perma perma- nent sum summer institute Need N-ed of high salaries for sheriffs to enable them to meet the hl high h cost of living was given ghen unanimous ls approval approval ap ap- at the tile sheriffs sheriffs' and peace officers officers' cers cers' cers convention con at nol Boise e Idaho Mrs Mary a n familiar character throughout hout southern Montana Mon Mon- tuna tana and said Raid to have e been the first white woman woman- in Beaverhead county was adjudged Insane In Dillon last week Federal Fed ral veterinary surgeons after alte- Inquiry Into the thc mysterious malady that has been carrying off stock In northern Montana are said Mid to have have decided that It is influenza or hemorrhagic hem hem- septicemia emla Harry Barry Dunn Durin 28 son of the late Matt fatt Dunn one of the he founders of Great Falls FaHs Mont font and a leader In social life among the younger set committed suicide by shooting himself just below the heart The Madison Valley alley Commercial club Is making preparations toward a landing place near near J. J Ennis Mont for forthe forthe forthe the government airplane I which are going to patrol the forest In this section section sec sec- tion the coming summer ummer Mrs It R. K Parker of Shelley Idaho Is slowly recovering from burns suffered suffered suffered suf suf- early In the week through the explosion of a n gasoline lamp The Tile lamp which was suspended S from the ceiling fell to the moor The biggest prize IM list t la In the history of state bowling tournaments In Montana Montana Mon Ion tana Is promised by 11 the managers of the forthcoming competition which will be held in Missoula March 20 20 2025 Full Fully 2500 Is to to be offered Good seed will bo scarce this year a and 1 Idaho growers will find themselves themselves' themselves themselves' them them- selves selves' confronted with a big shortage shortage short short- hortage age at planting time according to B B. F. F Sheehan field agronomist 0 of the university extension division The large e Irrl Irrigation atlon project of the Cottonwood t De Development company Which some time under ago the Carey act partly constructed a canal annul for the purpose purpose- purpose purpose-of of Irrigating atin lands hutch In the Green River valley Wyoming will be completed some time lime ibis year yeaT I Orville aged 14 H. H was wa found dead In ht a snowbank about seven miles from his home In the Sheep ep Mountain l country near Miles Mile City CIO Mont The Thebo bo boy left home borne January 18 IS S told mid because became luca ne lost In a blizzard blIzzard his hlA body l being eng found nearly three weeks later P Peter Ieter ter Pen Perrin 00 years old ohI who was In the audience e at ut Fords Ford's theatre atthe nt at the national capital l the night when John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Pres Pres- ident Glent Lincoln and who cume carne to Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming as u a settler settler In the days when this state was a part lart of the Dakota territory I Is still a. a resident of W 15 Wyoming According to the tho report j of f the superintendent sup sup- nr of ot the Jackson lake luke reservoir res- res re res reservoir the precipitation at ut Moran Wyo for January Januar was 28 Inches and the total precipitation since September Septem ber her 1 1919 1001 Inches This Is conSiderably considerably con con- I con above e the average for the corresponding five fi months since 1912 A. A W. W Gould an engineer Is in a St. St Maries Mantes Idaho hospital In a serious ser ser- Er ious lous condition as ac the result of being shocked when he tried to raise the pantograph of t hIs Ms electric locomotive locomotive tive the with a. a fish pole which slipped and came In contact with the volt volt cable Gerald also ulso sustained severe seere severe se se- vere ere burns Belief that Max Iu IL of ot Portland Tort Port land Ore by reason n of tit hi his his- connection connection connection tion with the United StateS States Grain Gran corporation corporation cor cor- has leas been abl able to manipulate and find operate grain companies which he formerly owned to an immense profit to himself and lind associates is expressed In the findings of a u United States grand Jury at ut Spokane lne Prospectors for oil oll or mineral minerai e have no right to trespass on hom homestead claims against the will of the homesteaders home home- and the hind cal cannot not be lc leased sed until patent Is obtained is the substance substance sub sub- i istance stance of a ruling made matJe by Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- Clay Tallman of the general land office forwarded fon to Re Register lster George Myers of the Miles Mlles City Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana land district In recognition of the heroic efforts of the late hate A A. A E. E Pet Peterson an electrician electrician elec- elec to save Robert Pontet from the flames which filled the he bedroom of his home In Great Falls Mont last April Peterson losing his hili life a as a result his widow will receive a n pension pension pen pen pen- sion slon of 80 per month for a period of ot 15 HS years from from- the Carnegie Hero ro roMedal Medal association In 1919 there were marriages and 1728 divorces In Montana a percentage percentage percentage per per- of 20 26 of ot the marriages b bIng being be- be Ing failures This Is an increase In business of two per let cent over 1918 1018 when there were 8 marriages aria and 1490 1406 divorces throughout the state stute Because Tie he e bad had been heard to express express ex ex- press his belief in the principles of ot Ole I. I W. W W. W Mike i e of Ital Italy but a 1 resident of Little Ch ago rapo 11 0 the smelter suburb of Great I Falls Mont for the tho past 15 years was waR denied citizenship when he appe appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap pe red in the district court |