The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-08-08
STATE TABLOIDS

Gasoline tax income for fiscal year
ending June 80 totaled $2,689, 1858
from which refunds amounting to
$500, 1850 were deducted.
Red Cross terminates relief work
at Wibaux, with conditions again ap-
proximating normal.
College students from practically
every state in the union are employed
in the Yellowstone National park dur
ing the summer months.
Robbers took $1,100 from till of
a soft drink place at Butte and were
captured after the truck in which
they fled turned over in ditch.
Capt. P. J. Crichton, pilot of the en-
durance monoplane "The Minnesota"
who was killed in fall of the plane,
enlisted in the twelfth aerial squad
ron at Great Falls in 1917.
A breeze that brushed the canvas
tent against lighted gasoline stove
brought death to Russell, 10month-
old son of c. J. Fleming, as he lay
sleeping in buggy at the famIly's
tent home in a tourist park at Bill
lings.
While fighting the worst phase of
the blaze at Helena, number OF fire
men were overcome by smoke. A case
of prescription whisky, held in the
Chatfield drugstore, also burning,
fell open. The restorative served to
revive the firemen and several suf-
fering spectators and volunteer fire
fighters also were aided in this way.
Three men entered the Great North
ern station at Helena recently and
after beating up travelling salesman,
fired shot at Elmer E. Rink, the sta
ton agent, which struck glancing
blow across his forehead, and took all
the money from the safe and the cash
drawer.
Two new champions rule the Mon
tana amateur golfers as Carl Loeb,
Jr., of Anaconda and Mrs. Frank
Tucker, also of Anaconda, came
through grueling matches to emerge
title holders in the 18th annual Mon
tana State Golf association tourna-
ment held at Anaconda.
Leonard mine, Butte, won first
place in the state championship first
aid contests held at Butte in connec-
ton with the annual miners field day.
It's team scored 485 out of a possible
800 points on three problems. Other
teams placed as follows: Second, Zinc
plant, Great Falls, 484; third, Emma
mine, Butte, 478; fifth, Furnace re-
finery, Great Falls, 470; sixth, Con-
contractor, Anaconda, 457.
The probable necessities of dynamit-
ing Lake Como to kill all predatory
fish that are causing extinction of
trout in the lake has been expressed
by members of the state fish and
game commission. Vast numbers of
squawfish and suckers inhabit the
lake, located in the Hamilton district.
Dynamiting would kill all fish in the
lake, which could then be restocked
with trout, it was pointed out.
trapped III dill eIIuileu anu pid1-
ing sedan, Matthias Garding, Al, Havre
garage man, received burns. from
which he died. When Garding finally
fought his way out of the burning
car, his clothes were ablaze and he
was terribly burned. A farmer found
him wandering on the prairie, de-
lirious, blind and speechless, his ears
burned off and his body scorched from
head to foot.
State Auditor Porter ordered State
Fire Marshall Brooks to remain in
Helena until all fire hazards are
cleaned out as result of that city's
second costly blaze within year.
An electrical storm visited the Glas-
gov community and lightning set
fire to the Mack Hunter barn about
10 miles south of Glasgow, burning it
to the ground. Frank Leslie, who lives
at the place, was entering the corral
at the time and received severe
shock and burns. His shirt was burned
from his body. The storm lasted only
a short time and brought only few
drops of rain.