The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
STATE TABLOIDS

Supreme court decided petition of
residents of school district Al in Fer
gus county was sufficient in every
respect to require the trustees to call
an election to- select school site.
Announcement has been made that
an air passenger route, offering daily
service between Butte and Spokane,
Washington, will be opened within go
days.
Billings new city directory show
the city has had an increase in popula-
tion of over 1900 the past year. The
new book lists 1916 names COM
pared to 1,750 in 1928.
From Butte comes a report that
placer mining activities are expected
to boom in Montana this summer, due
to unusually heavy snowfall in most
parts of the state. Operations are
expected to last a month longer than
they did last year.
A special meeting of the White
Sulphur Springs city council was held
to discuss ways and means of meet
ing city debts that will fall due within
the next few years. Unless special
levies are increased, registered war
rants will have to be given for bonds.
The Sunnyside golf club of Glas-
gov, has voted to purchase the Nairtz
farm of 320 acres, located west of the
city and to incorporate a golf club
for improvements and use of the site.
It is proposed to engage a competent
golf course designer and lay out a
nine-hole course.
Receipts from the March oil pro-
duction license tax will bring $31,
030.98 to the public high schools Of
Montana counties, a report at the
state treasurer's office reveals. The
schools receive 25 per cent of the
total tax, with each countys share
being based on aggregate days of
high school attendance.
Determined to make Missoula one
of the best radio reception towns IN
the northwest, the city council passed
an ordinance regarded as one of the
most radical ever suggested. 1t pro-
vides that all electrical mediums OF
radio reception interference will be
eliminated through the employment
of an Inspector; and that expenses OF
such inspection service will be borne
by owners of radio sets, the owner:
to pay tax toward a general fund
Purchase of $4,000 worth of build
ing bonds, issued by two school dis
tricts, was announced by the stat,
board of land commissioners recently
District 10 in Blaine county issuet
bonds in the amount of $4,000 fo
completion of grade school buildin,
and equipment for high school. TIL
district in which Terry is located of
fered for sale a $65,000 issue fo
erection of high school building an
installation of heating and ventilat
ing system in a grade school buildin
at that place.
Frank j. Haddock, secretary treas
urer of the Great Falls chapter of tn
National Aeronautic association re
ports the receipt of new air traffi
map of Montana, which show mt
nicipal landing fields located at Butt
Billings, Glasgow, Glendive, Helen;
Kalispell, Livingston, Manhattan
Miles City, Missoula, Twin Bridge
Wolf Point and Laurel. The privat
fields are that of the Terry Aero clu
at Terry and of State Senator |. Y
Schnitzler at Froid Belgrade ded
Gated a municipal airport recent
and now should be included in tt
municipal as we'll as the commerce.
list.
Rev. Raymond Walker, pastor
the First Congregational church
Billings, one of Montana's most pror
inent ministers, has resigned to acce
the pastorate of like church at POI
land, Oregon.
The oratorical championship
Montana was captured at Great Fa
by Erma May Rogers, senior stude
of Billings high school, representa-
the Billings district. Second pla
was taken by James Sonstelie of K;
ispell, speaking for the Kalisp
district. Virginia Randolph of Dillt
representing the Butte district, plac
third.