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STATE BRIEFS Geyser-Miss Luella King, state rural school inspector, and Miss Maybird Beaman, county superintendent, met with rural teachers at Geyser. Simms-The I. O. U. W. lodge has purchased Ryan's hall and are remodeling and refurnishing it for lodge rooms and dancing. Stanford-The first issue of the "Judith Basin Echo," a semimonthly publication of Stanford high school, is off the press. John Mican won the prize for the most appropriate name. Roundup-Miss Hazel Eccies, efficiency clerk of the Commercial Service association, has been appointed to a civil service position with the internal revenue department, Washington. Fairview-R. M. Alexander, cashier, Fairview State Bank, who has been seriously ill for the last month following an operation for appendicitis at Sidney has been taken to a hospital at Minot. Anaconda-Robert Keffer, 38, chief chemist at the Anaconda reduction works, passed away at the Mercy hospital in San Diego, Calif., where he had gone early in November for the benefit of his health. Helena-Miss May Trumper, state superintendent of public instruction, who sustained a broken ankle when she slipped on the steps of the Northern Pacific depot in Glendive, has returned to Helena. Moccasin-The Latin club entertained the high school with a party at community hall. It represented the last day of school in 1904 and all were dressed accordingly. Burmah Ashcroft and Dan McRae won prizes. Martinsdale-A motor from the General Electric company has superseded the old Ford, which has supplied the town, with little inconvenience to light users. The new plant has a capacaty far beyond the present needs, according to Delbert Carmichael, manager. Helena-I. M. Brandjord, commissioner, state lands and investments, who, in company with L. E. Chouquette, state land agent, recently completed a series of state land sales in Montana, went to Ronan for a few days to attend to state and personal business. Eureka-The Farmers' and Merchants' State bank which closed its doors here two years ago, is paying a 10 per cent dividend. This is the third dividend that the receiver, O. F. Wolf, has paid since taking charge of the bank, making 50 per cent to date. Wolf Point-The Great Northern office railway building, used by Roosevelt county for the last 3 years for county offices has been again leased by the cound ty commissioners for two years, with the privilege of five. The interior will be repainted and varnished. e Helena-Russell D. Miller, secretary of e the state board of equalization, recently 1 went to Butte on work in connection e with inheritance tax. Mr. Miller recentc, ly completed matters relative to the W t A. Clark estate, which was divided by the district court of Silver Bow county. s Roundup-F. J. McCullough has reS. signed as receiver of the First National t and Roundup National banks and will t leave soon for Minneapolis and Brisbane r N.D., to attend to business. He is presie dent of the First State bank, Brisbane Arthur Evenson, assistant receiver a k Harlowton and Moore banks, succeeds e Mr. McCullough. e Hamilton-Daniel S. Driggs, for many years a resident of Darby, was found dead W at his cabin on the west side of that town. Driggs was nearing his 80th year n and had been in ill health for many years. He was the father of nine chil e dren, six of whom are now living. Hi wife, from whom he was estranged, i