The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-08-01
Treasure State Locals

John Fox, instructor, and Arthur
jacobson, student flyer of Butte, were
slightly injured when their plane nose
dived 125 feet.
Delmar we'll No. 2, SO miles north
of Billings, in Lake Basin field, pro-
ducing rs barrels day, is struck by
lightning and destroyed by fire.
Deep Creek fire, on the Lolo forest,
20 miles west of Missoula, now COW
ers $50 acres and threatens Green
Timber.
Slashing $4,000 from the city bud
get, the Havre city council succeeded
in reducing taxes for the next year
from 81 to 80 mills, making decrease
sufficient to bring the city taxes to
the lowest in years.
The first arson case ever filed in
Yellowstone county was put on record
when Mrs. Hilda Mulheim was ar
rested on a warrant charging her
with setting fire 40 a building at
Laurel known as the Midway rooms.
Mrs. Emma G.. Harris of Billings
elected president and Billings select
ed for next meeting of Montana Fed
Grafton of .Colored Women's Clubs,
which concludes annual session at Hell
ena.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has declined to review the action
of the Montana railroad commission
in reducing freight rates on petro-
leum and its products, the state body
was advised recently.
Burton Grooters, IL, was ID hours
recovering consciousness when the
horse he was riding was struck by
lightning and killed recently The boy
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Grooters, who live on farm neal
Bozeman.
The body of Robert Wright, 20,
was found near Mammoth, in Yellow
stone park, sitting upright against
the trunk of a tree that had been
split by lightning. The young man
a truck driver in the park, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward c. Wright
of Gardiner.
A lone robber walked into the SEN
ate Cigar store next door to the po-
lice station at Billings at 9 o'clock in
the morning, raped the clerk, B. M.
Bowman, over the head and walked
away with $500. After a general
roundup, SO men had passed under
Bowman's scrutiny but none was
identified as the robber.
Due to the rapidly increasing num-
bers of Rocky mountain goats in
Montana, demand has arisen for a
short open season ON the animals. Al
though the state fish and game com
mission has discussed the matter, no
formal petitions have been presented,
and no action taken to throw the
goats open to the onslaught of hunt
ers.
j. w. Hughes, one of the leading
anglers of Lewistown, had unique
experience on the Judith river. He
caught six fish, each of a different
variety These were a trout, gold
eye, sucker, carp, a pike and
cat fish. Mr.. Hughes says that in his
life long experience as a fisherman,
he has never had result of that
kind before.
Mrs. Dan Sinclair, Bakers only
gold star mother, is entertaining the
idea of accepting the governments
invitation to visit the grave of her
son, Harold, who is buried in the
Meuse-Argonne cemetery in France.
The pilgrimages will be made over
period of three years from May |,
1880, to Oct 81, 1893, at such times
as may be designated by the secretary
of war Harold Sinclair served as a
corporal with company of the 127th
infantry.
Norman Moody Of Roundup elected
president and Whitefish selected as
place for 1890 meeting of Montana
Association Of Moose, completing an
nual meeting at Roundup.
Quick action with garden hoses
saved the lives Of 100000 trout fry
and eggs in the process of incubation
at the Washoe fish hatchery at Ana
conda when the pipe line furnishing
the place with water burst and left
the fish almost high and dry. Garden
hoses were confiscated and put into
use for four hours to supply the fish
with water while the pipe line was
being repaired.