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MONTANA HAPPENINGS TOLD IN A FEW WORDS Interesting News Items About Montana and What They Are Doing A yield of 75 bushels per acre of oats at the Sam Frame ranch in the Shields river valley near Livington 18 reported. .. The Yellowstone post of the American Legion will send John R. Kelley to the national convention to be held In New Orleans from October 16 to 20 this year. 00 John C. Lyndes of Helena was appointed by Judge Robert C. Stong of the district court as receiver for the Mutual State bank of Broadview, which closed Its doors on September 22, last. O o One of the features of the Northern Montana Corn and Potato show to be held In Malta November 9, 10 and 11, will be exhibits of standard varieties of small grain, grasses and forage crops. 00 Work of graveling the four mile stretch of the Sun River-Sims road has been commenced. This road, when completed, will give pratically a 55-mile graveled road from Great Falls to Augusta. 00 I J. E. Hiber, rancher, whose place is about a mile west of Shepherd, was $ brought to Billings, suffering from bullet wounds Inflicted by his son. 8 Lee, 16 years old, during a quarrel between the two at the Hiber ranch. O O 1 e Application for an injunction to keep I the names of Socialist nominees for a congressional and state offices off the N ballot in the general election in Novem$ ber has been filed with the state su a preme court by R. M. Mills of Helena. O O In the case of county commissioners S against Irish and Donavan, ranchers I residing in the Garnell country, the A supreme court held that a road that I had been used by the public for more R than 20 years constituted a public high. j way and might not be obstructed. W O O Ja Hearing has been begun in the state supreme court on the writ of injunction procured by R. M. Mills of Helena to B restrain Secretary of State Charles T R Stewart from placing names of So B clalist candidates for congressional and fl state offices on the ballot in the gen Ca eral election. h O O W A fire originating between the celling of the waiting room and the roof or the Milwaukee depot at Harlowtor fr caused a loss of about $1,200. The S cause of the blaze is unknown but If m It thought to have been a spark from S0 switch engine. The roof was badly VS damaged. ce O O W The state highway commision and be the state school funds each received $39,109.52 through the goverment from oil royalties and rentals, under the be mineral leasing act of 1920, for the qu year ended June 30, 1922, George W. to Lanstrum, highway commissioner, has sh been notified. st O O fe Roy J. Molumby of Great Falls pr American Legion commander in the gr department of Montana and member of the Montana Veteran's Welfare com In mission, will make the trip from Great Falls to the American Legion national ha W convention at New Orleans, La., by airplane, he has announced. gli O O an Fe Displayed in a Laurel drug store we window are sweet potatoes raised in se he vicinity of Laurel which are on a ar in size and flavor with those proM fuced in the southern states. The weet potatoes were grown on the Sherrow brothers' ranch south of ml die aurel from slips shipped from IndiW na. O O of sto Deputy Game Warden Minugh of lin Iarlem, gives out the information that con nyone caught hunting birds out of eason, or hunting and fishing without the ad cense, will forfeit his guns and amunition or fishing tackle, in addition being compelled to pay the usual I WI ine. This is a feature of the game WS which has been overlooked until ple tro ately. O o sup bee Thirteen thousand forest fires which overed an area of approximately 44,for 00 acres, have been reported to date bef district No. 1, according to the inFei ormation given out at the district rec sio eadquarters at Missoula. Seven and ne-half per cent of the total number ste