The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-30
STATE TABLOIDS

There are now 4,7O0 members of
the American Legion in Montana and
an increased membership is expected
between now and the state conven-
ton at Havre in June, &c. Lamport,
state adjutant, said at Helena.
The Montana Petroleum company,
of Baker, petitioned the Montana
railroad commission for an order au-
thorizing its monthly minimum charge
for service increased from rs cents
to $3.50.
Lavina was chosen by civilian rifle
clubs of the state for the elimination
shoot which will determine members
of the team to represent the associa-
ton in the national matches at Camp
Perry, Ohio, this fall. August 8 is
the date for the Lavina shoot.
Small stations on the Milwaukee
railroad between Baker and Deer
Park are entitled to daylight service,
the Montana railroad commission
ruled in denying the railroads appli-
cation to discontinue several stops be-
tween those two places.
Arno Burt of Toston is drafting his
own papers and will fight his own
case, without an attorney, his suit,
filed in federal court at Helena,
against the federal government for
$6,842.50, which he claims is due him
on war risk insurance, reveals.
R. c. Taylor, assistant superintend-
emit of dining car service on the
Northern Pacific, announced recently
that girls are being trained to replace
negro walters, chefs and assistant
chefs on their trains running between
Livingston and Gardiner, Montana.
The city council of Froid has passed
a resolution to purchase from }. w.
Schnitzler the remaining townsite
property, tract of about II acres.
The price was $500. About half of
this will be surveyed and sold as
residence lots.
Livingston has candidate for the
title of "meanest man." While the
pastor of the Methodist church and
his family were attending a church
play, sneak thieves ransacked the
parsonage, next door, turning every
drawer upside down on the floor and
generally raised havoc. They took
S12 in cash and robbed the ice box.
Mayor Arthur Trenerry of Billings
has signed an amendment to the
parking ordinance which provides that
cars cannot be left on streets in the
downtown section between 2 and 6 in
the morning. The purpose of the
ordnance is to assist the street de-
partment in flushing pavements ano
cutters every night.
In preparation for the new fast
schedule on the Milwaukee's main
line heavy rails will replace the rails
now in use between Harlowton anc
Ryegate, and gang of more than &
hundred men is at present rebuilding
and reballasting the tracks prepare
tory to running the heavy engines
which will be put into commission
when the schedule starts June 9.
Fourteen federal aid road ant
bridge projects, representing an ex
penditure of $467,000, were PLACED
under contract by the Montana high
way commission at Helena recently
The letting was the ,hird this yea
and provided for 81 ,O96 miles of grad
ing and surfacing, 44.807 miles o
surfacing and construction Of l
bridges. The improvements are to b
made in Is counties.
Mark J. Blackely, sc, Civil wa
veteran, and Mrs. Helma R. Davis
rs, widow Of veteran, were Marie
at Kalispell.
Mail poundage on the Nations
Parks Always line between Gre;
Falls and Salt Lake City has Il
creased 100 per cent since the revisio
of the time schedule which permittt
better service to eastern and westel
sections of the country, according
Felix Steinle, chief of operation
Night flying to Salt Lake will be in
tiated next fall with the installatit
of beacon lights along the rout
Steiple announced.