Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27
STATE BRIEFS

~ 1AtNoNCAS 1N 0AN 0@AR
Whitefsh-"Scotty" Henderson has re-
turned from q our months trip to Scot
land. He visited at Perth, Dundee, Aber-
deem, Inverness and other cities.
Butte-Mrs. Margaret Hogan. Tor Al
years a resident OF this city. and twice
elected superintendent of schools, passed
away here following a heart attack.
Columbus-Cows at the R. j. Dickson
sale near Absarokee brought as high as
S13l. A number OF cows sold for more
than 500 each. while other farm pro
duce brought attractive prices.
MIssoula-Tom Busha, Great Falls. a
graduate from the State university, was
nominated as a three-year delegate at a
meeting Of the executive committee OF
the State university Alumni association.
Butte-NIore than s24, 900 has been
collected by Butte from bootleggers for
maintaining a nuisance" during the
first three months OF the present year.
records OF City Treasurer Mccarthy show.
Missoula-A park. north of the state
University grounds and near the Nilsson
la river, will be started by the forestry
school on Arbor day, annual cleanup day
on the campus which will be held soon.
More than 1000 shrubs and seed trees
have been collected by the students.
Columbus-Streets Of Columbus have
been improved by graveling, which was
intended to have been completed last
fall but. due to weather conditions was
postponed. Through subscriptions last
fall. $1,000 was raised among Columbus
people, which is helping in the project.
Forsyth-A nutrition survey OF the
school children of Rosebud county has
been started by Miss Jessie Mcqueen.
Bozeman, state nutrition specialist, as
sisted by Miss Agnes Johnson, home
demonstration agent, M Miss Argyll Ad-
ans. county superintendent OF schools.
Bozeman-"The Gallatin." publication
of Gallatin county high school, which
won first place at the state meet in Mis-
soula last year, has won second place in
the national high school newspaper con-
test sponsored by Columbia Scholastic
Press association, Columbia university.
Butte-President Bill Carpenter and
his Butte anglers have swung into action
with a vim that promises good fishing in
this section for years TO come. During
the past week 225 900 rainbow trout fin
gerlings have been placed IN the tribu-
taries of the Big Hole river, near Maiden
Rock.
Conrad-A serious accident was mar
rowly averted. when a young daughter
OF John Filings. living east of Conrad.
killed the engine of her car while cross
ing railroad tracks in front of passenger
train No. 43. She became excited but
jumped from the car. The car was de-
molished.
Harlem-At the school election here.
Carl Dolven and E.. p. Ekegren won over
four other contestants. Other contest
ants were Louis Veseth, Charles Schil-
ling, James Allen and Ole Sanvik. The
school board now consists of Carl Dol
ven. E. p. Ekegren, Dave Ring. James
Minugh nj job Cloyne.
Great Falls-Many paid aribute to the
memory of Rasmus Jorgensen, early
Great Falls resident, who passed away
here recently. He was a member Of the
Woodmen of the World, the Scandinavi-
an fraternity, II the Fraternal Order Of
Eagles. and represented Cascade county
in the lower house in 1915.
Forsyth-A touring car driven by Ed
Albright skidded and turned completely
over on the Yellowstone trail q mile west
of Rosebud. The five occupants of the
car were pinned beneath, but managed
to extricate themselves and walk to town
before help arrived. They received bruises
but othrwise escaped injury.
Great ~Falls-Some members of the
Great Falls Lions club will make the
blAp w dig llIlDcI LOT Jne SLdLe COuNen-
ton in an airplane. The club has been
divided into two teams for the purpose
of getting new members. The team get
ting 25 members first gets the trip
through the air to the state meeting.
MISUNDERSTANDING n fraternal as
s~ociates paid last tribute to the memory
OF DR.. Maria Craft, veteran osteopath.
The funeral was held in the mortuary
chapel of the c.. A. Tuttle company, with
services in the Christian church. The
service was under the auspices of the Re-
bekah lodge, n the Rev. Dan w. Brown
OBLIGATED.
Hamilton-Mrs. It. H. Sherman was re-
elected president Of the Hamilton Wom-
ems club and Mrs. J. H. Veeder and Mrs.
G. w. Leichner were reelected vice presi-
dents: Mrs. Grant Shellhamer, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. F.. j. Valance
succeeds Mrs. Roy Stitzel as treasurer
and Mrs. Boni Fileff replaces Mrs. E.. R.
Hammond as recording secretary.
Missoula-''This is the first time that I
have seen bare ground for six MONTHS
Frank Mccarthy. Seeley lake rancher,
said Upon his arrival In Missoula from
that district. 1--WE are still having win
ter up there, but the snow is melting off
now. However, 1t will be some time yet
before we see the bare graund in the
Seeley lake district, as there is plenty of
snow there"
Fort Benton-John A. Robinson will
be retained as receiver of the Stockmen's
National bank here, according to q tele-
gram received by Judge Charles S. Hart
man OF Fort Benton, from Senator T. j..
Walsh. The department of the comptrol-
Ter made the decision. according to the
dispatch. That department previously
had planned to place the receivership of
the Stockmen's bank and the CONNER
cial National bank Of Great Falls under
one Office.
Helena-J. s. James, state engineer,
declares that If contemplated flood con-
troll work, as deschibed In an announce
ment from Washington, becomes a real
ity on the Madison, Jefferson, Marias,
Musselshell, Yellowstone and Little Mis-
souri, rivers in this state, much further
development Of Montana resources along
those rivers will be possible. He said,
"All OF the streams will serve for back
water and irrigation, judging from the
contour Of land"
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