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Show INLAND NORTHWEST Mother Monica, pioneer nun of Mom tana, who has been revered in Anaconda Ana-conda and throughout the state since, 1SS4, died here from the effects of an operation which she underwent a tnonth ago. Hay may be shipped from Minnesota Minne-sota and sold at Slo a ton in Montana, in the opinion of Walter J. Hill, of St. Paul, son of the late J. J. Hill, railway magnatp. who is in Park county, Montana, Mon-tana, looking after his interest in the. UiU-McClelland Cat:! Corporation. A lnovemenl for a greater Yellowstone Yellow-stone park by addition of the Jackson Lake and (.'rand Teton country, which would menu so much to I'tah in getting get-ting tourists to come this way, was given an added impetus by Salt Lake Kotarians. A dynamite charge planted In the hopper of a brick augur at Billings, Montana, demolished the main machinery ma-chinery of the W. E. Dowlin brickyard. brick-yard. On April 27 a fire of unexplained unexplain-ed origin destroyed the plant. Operations Opera-tions were resumed less than a week ago. During a noon hour, while the dining din-ing room was filled with guests, Ted Ross shot and killed his wife in the kitchen of a hotel at Lewislown, Montana, Mon-tana, where she was employed as a cook. He then shot and perhaps fatally fat-ally wounded Enid Melton, a 14-year-old girl, and killed himself. An agreement for a new wage scale providing for an increase of ,fl a day for mine and smelter employees of tha Anaconda Copper company here and at Great Falls and Anaconda, Mont., was reached last week between C. F. Kelley, president of the company, and representatives of the employees. "Nine out of every ten men in Washington Wash-ington believe in the league of nations, na-tions, and even many of the Republican Republi-can senators now realize their mistake in fighting the league," says George II. Davis, an official of the United States railroad administration, who is touring the Rocky monnlain region, ascertaining the weaknesses and good qualities of the railroads under government gov-ernment control. Calling of a special session of the state legislature of Montana to amend the 1,V8 so as to enable slate and main highways already planned or to be planned to be constructed and thus afford employment immediately to many farmers is urged in a resolution adopted by a conference of representatives representa-tives of the Good Roads associations of Wibaux, Dawson, McCone and Richland Rich-land counties held at Glendive. The first announcement of proposed new railroad construction in Oregon since the war was formally made when J. AV. Foster of Portland, construction con-struction engineer, stated that the company which he represents will build from Mount Angel, bn the west side of the Cascades, to Bend, by way of Sislers, for the newly incorporated Portland & Southeastern Railway company. Dr. E. D. Hitchcock, formerly in the navy and last in the laboratory at Bremerton, Wash., has been named state bacteriologist of Montana, sue coeding the late Dr. A. II. McCray. Captain Millard Knowleton of the federal fed-eral public health service also came in today to begin a survey of the state. Lee Ah Jung and his wife, Wong Gun Took, and children, of Helena, Montana, were granted a passport in I he federal court to go to China, where they will visit for a year. Lee Jung, better known as Toy, and his wife, were born in San Francisco. Toy is widely known in Helena, where he was chef at the Montana club for many years. The Great Northern Railway company com-pany has listed 600 aliens with the state compensation board, which Is procuring data on the subject. The -Vnaconda Copper Mining company's Conner plant lists 217. A resolution asking for a permanent alary increase from $1300 to $2000 ,)er year for all letter carriers in the itate was passed at the annual convention con-vention here last week of the Colorado State Association of Letter Carriers. Miss Alice G. Cosgrove, county sup-rintendent sup-rintendent of public instruction for tiannock, has announced a teachers' ixamination to be held in this city July :4. Examinations will be given in the utbjects required for third, second, Irst. state and life certificates. District Judge Dean denied the mo-ion mo-ion of the defense to dismiss the con spiracy charge against President A. G. fownley of the National Nonpartisan eague and Joseph Gilbert, a league irganizer. Attorney George Hoke for he Q2fense then began his opening datemet. Charles M. Bair, a wealthy sheep-nan sheep-nan of Billings,' Montana, started the Salvation Army drive for $10,000 in killings with a contribution of $300. fhis city has been divided into 24 dis-ricts dis-ricts for solicitation of funds and ampaign managers expect to secure .his city's quota within a few hours ifter organized sjlicitation begins. After a search of more than two ears for their son, Wm. Watson, hrough several states, Mr. and Mrs. i'homas ; Watson, former residents of Vmerican Fork, but now residing in L'oalville, Utah, learned last month hat he had died In Rock Springs, i yo., last October, among strangers, ind was buried by the county Heavy shipments of live stock from "yewistown, Montana, to North and South Dakota are being made daily .'rom this section now, the owners hav-ng hav-ng arranged for grazing in thosa itates. |