The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-08-04
REGULAR SESSION
OF COMMISSIONERS

The Board of County Commissioner
met in regular session Monday an
continued Board meetings until YES
terday afternoon. Tax matters occu
pied the attention of the commission
ers during most of the three da,
| meeting. The sum of $3.50 was an
) propriated for expenses of exhibit
ing at the Montana State Fair anf
Midland Empire Fair.
The reports of Commissioners
Kelly, Gard and Convery on roads in
their respective districts were APPROX
ed. Regular monthly bills were
audited, approved and ordered paid.
Miss Abigail Doran, county super
lntendent of schools, visited the Dry
Head school last Thursday, which is
the only summer school being conduct
ed IN the county this year. -Four pu-
pills are enrolled for the summer
course. Miss Frances Gormley of
Medicine Lake is teacher.
Mrs. Walter Geist, who has been
visiting at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Chapman, for sew
eral months, departed Sunday for
Missoula to join her husband and
from there continue to Spokane. Her
son, Walter Geist, Jr., will remain in
Red Lodge for further stay. She
was accompanied as far as Billings
by Mrs. l.. P. Chapman, John Chap
man and her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. P. Normile left bv
car this morning for a weeks trip
through Yellowstone National Park.
expecting to stop at the hotels. The
trip promises to be very ENJOYABLE
one, particularly for Mrs. Normile
who went through the park in the
early days, when she was a young
girl, and before the Government had
set aside the park as recreation
center and established it's boundaries.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Madsen and
laughter returned to Red Lodge Sun
lay from a. vacation trip to points
along the Pacific coast. They visited in
Tacoma, at the home of Mrs. Mad
sens parents; in Seattle, cities in
IDAHO and Glacier National Park. At
Nhitefish, Montana, they were guests !
Il Mrs. Madsen's parents. Mr.. Madsen {
tated that crops in Carbon county !
to be better than any they :
lad seen in their travels, and saw no
oil that compared with the rich soil
f this county.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Downs and baby {
eturned Friday from a Fl day COM S
lined business and pleasure trip to S
Denver, Colorado Springs, Estes Park
nd Boulder, Colorado. Mr.. Downs O
arents reside at Boulder. Mr.. Downs 7
tated that roads were exceptionally $
God IN Colorado and Wyoming and D
rop conditions were fine, with the
RECEPTION of a stretch of country near t
ireeley, Colorado where all crops had b
cen destroyed or damaged by hail, to Y
ne extent of two million dollars. They Y
lso toured Yellowstone National n
ark. r
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Swab, two
aughters Edna and June, and son e
oseph returned early Friday morn W
lg from an auto trip to points in il
outh Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. t
lr. and Mrs. Swab and two daugh- n
ers left Red Lodge for the east on h
uly 7, and at jefferson, Wisconsin b
hey joined their son and brother. a
hey visited friends and relatives at
South Dakota. Cresco, Ii
ort Atkinson and Cedar Rapids, Q
IVA and Jefferson, Wisconsin and "
A the return trip to Red Lodge went O.
trough the famous Crystal Cave il
ear Rapid City, South Dakota. Mr.. O.
wab stated that crops looked good u
the states they visited, the roads
ere in good condition and the wea- Of
Ter was ideal during almost all of If
leir trip of three weeks. I;