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STATE BRIEFS Albert M. Easterday, foreman of the park roads in Glacier National park, has resigned to accept a position with the state irrigation department of New Mexico. Judith Gap business men are co-operating with the Central Montana Chauber of Commerce at Lewistown in placing good grade milch cows on the farms in that vicinity. An expenditure of $500,000 on the Custer Battlefield highway in Montana next year is announced by W. D. Fisher, Mitchell, S. D., secretary of the association backing that national route. Lewis and Clark county's potato crop is worth a quarter million, according to estimates of L. G. DeVore, county agent and Tom Herrin, president of the Montana Potato Growers association. . Two hundred and seventy-five carloads of "wine" grapes, representing 3,510 tons, have been shipped into Montana during the later part of the summer and fall to date, according to shippers' figures from all over the state, compiled at Butte. + © © The Missoula Public Service company is spending $250,000 this season to add to the efficiency of its plant through improvements starting 20 miles up the Rattlesnake valley and continuing into the water main system in the city itself. © W. M. Wayman, receiver for the last two years of the First National bank at Shelby, Cut Bank, Joplin and Galata, has been appointed by the comptroller of the currency as receiver of the First National bank of Libby, which recently closed its doors. ... Production of wheat, oats and hay in Meagher county during the crop year of 1924 practically doubled that of the crop year of 1919, with which comparisons are made by the U. S. department of commerce inits afrm census of htat county for January 1, 1925. . Enrollment at Intermountain Union collego at Helena shows an increase of 22 per cent over last year. There are 25 seniors, 93 freshmen, and a total of 189 college students this year as compared to 16 seniors, 74 freshmen and a total of 158 college students last year. According to the report of C. A. Arnett, who has just completed his first month of testing for the Lake County Cow Testing association, the herd of six Holsteins owned by Lars Beck of Round Butte, had the highest butter fat production for September, with record of 38 pounds of fat. % @ After being lost for two days and nights in the mountains of the upper Bitter Root valley. Roscoe Hamm of Darby, was found about seven miles up the East Fork of the Bitter Root river. He had been without food or shelter and his feet were badly frosted, but this is thought not serious. Vernon G. Mays, principal of the Great Falls high school was reelected president of the north central division of the Montana Education association at the Great Falls meeting. J. R. Culver of Belt. reiring secretary, was chosen vice president and Miss Elizabeth Ireland of Havre, was made secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Jennie T. Duglas, at one time a teacher in the Great Falls high school, and later in Gallatin county high school, has left for a trip to Adgar, Madras, India, to attend the 50th anniversary of the founding of hte Theosop socelty, where it is expected there will be delegates from every part of the World. © Announcement has been made by Judson Bibb, manager of the Libby Water & Electric company, that his company's interests in Libby have been purchased by the Mountain States Power company, a subsidiary of the H. M. Byllesby company of Chicage. Possession of the Libby property was taken as of October 1. . Officers elected for district No. 1 of the Montana Federation of Women's clubs are Mrs. Henry Good, Whitefish, president Mrs. A. N. Tobie, Kalispell. first vice president; Mrs. C. B. Hamilton, Eureka, seTroy, recording secretary; Mrs. W. J Powers, Whitefish, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Ethel Long, Eureka, treasurer J. L. Baltazar, Great Falls policeman was named defendant in a $5,000 slander suit filed in the district court by Isabell Chumi, recently dismissed on an insanity charge brought by Patrolman Baltazar and a half a dozen neighbors. The slander ac e to tion is based on statements alleged have been publicly made by the patrolman reflecting character. on her mentality, honesty and Suit has been filed in the district court at Forsyth by Mrs. Mae Costello against No. 33 of Rosebud county to recover the sum of $668.88 with interest at 8 per cent from January 19, 1925, claimed as back salary due her as teacher in the Ingomar c public schools, together with $200 for at torney fees. Henry Youngblood, a rancher on the East Boulder, is in the Big Timber hospi tal with a holt through the bridge of his nose an dother severe injuries about his head and body as the result of a peculia P accident. Leaving his farm work he wen out to the road to help a passing friend re Lair a flat tire. Just as the repairs were made and the tire inflated, It "blew out, literally shooting the old-fashioned inne Try the New
