Show INLAND NORTHWEST the oro croix ix de guerre has been a awarded warded to john adams of 0 Kall mont together with alth a citation by general petain AIt without hout the solicitation of a single person miles db mont on the opening day subscribed veil over a fourth of the entire quota 0 of victory bonds allotment returns received indicate that the voters oters of have linse approved by a iota tote of 6 to 1 the proposed pio posed highway bond issue A light vote mas uns cast r J buhite of missoula was elected president of group 3 0 of the montana bankers lis association at an organization session ot of the executive committee at missoula soula it Is announced officially that 1119 Monti nans landed at american ports during the past pat vv eek from army camps abroad butte and billings men comprise the largest number A prize tight fight which was nas to hae taen taken place at deer lodge mont was stopped in the middle of the firch round by sheriff thomas mullen and county attorney weekly cash prizes to talling GOO will bo be awarded the blue ribbon winners at the first fair of the silver bow county association to be held in butte one before the state fair A minimum price of 3 all around for plain shoeing was mas fixed by the MoL tant master rs as assoria socia aion lon fit itt the business meeting at helena bute butte was nas selected for the next hect tag ing place it Is 19 announced that george pope it of eastern montana one of the largest heep men of that section has sold his present bears wool clip to the union ool company of boston for CO 50 cents per pound by the end of october shipbuilding operations in portland will have lime end ed d according to present indications so joseph J bowles president of the northwest west steel company told a con ference arence of shipbuilders ship builders bessie burt was given a pre limin ary hearing at havre mont and en hemd a plea of not guilty to the killing of bernice wilber in her candy store in first street april 10 her ball was fixed at and she was ae re X lauded to jiji the salvation Salv atlon army officials at butte collected last lat week by salt abnegation and requests for aid from friends tills this money will be used in missionary work halt half being expended in the united states the sum of was collected by the children the price of seed wheat for spring seeding has caused many farmers of abe be roundup mont bloat section to think twice before before plan planting tini the tile a acreage creage they figured on n seed has been exceeding ly scarce scarce and it baa has been necessary to ship wheat from other points making the cost to the farmer about delivered in roundup secretary of state stewart has learned he says that there are more persons owning automobiles in montana whose bank accounts are of the mythical type than would be expected now all checks rec elied in payment for registration plates are placed for collection and the plates are not issued until the check has been honored the strike of 1000 metal miners en ginders and which began at leadville colo because of disagreement between the men and the operators over the amount of a wage waga reduction was nas settled three daas dai later when the miners committee and the operators agreed on a dally daily wage nage of 1 representing a reduction of 50 cents nine aliens who have been confined at the m war ar prison barracks at fort rort douglas utah were released on parole april 21 this completes the list of who were nere pronounced not dangerous by dave gershon department of justice P special agent agents but it Is ex peeled that small numbers will be released from the prison camp from time to time within the next few weeks robert pontet for fifteen sears chief of 0 police of great falls mont until his resignation two tao deara ago was burned to death in his home last week neel alvin peterson rooming ft in the same house carried mr ponte L part way to a window when he lie was ws over come by smoer sil loko and fell through a window to the ground sixteen feet below being injured by the fill pill and cut by glass the northwestern fly casters association will hold its 1919 1019 championship in portland august 1 2 and 3 the event will be staged in a new concrete pool now under construction and the winner of the all nil round championship pion Plon ship will be able to enter the national tournament at chicago august 20 22 K E lawrence larence Relf gelfenstein enstein aged 22 bears ears entered a plea of guilty to a charge charle of bigamy in the superior cout at spokane and wis sentenced ced to a it term of six months to five years in the state reformatory nt at monroe rive hundred members of the regiment part of the wild AN est dill division slon of the american army were entertained in reno en route from I 1 trance francq to their homes in california where here the will be mustered out at the presidio Pre dlo of san sail I 1 fancisco ran cisco orchards Or chardi of utah have not jet vt been hurt by frosts Is the belief of the state crop In inspector who has inspected a number of orchards in the halt balt lake the fruit buds were not far enough to bo hurt and aud the indications for a bountis Q fruit rop ivare ue cear or bet teter ter than now non ii |