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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
CANNERY OPENS
HERE THURSDAY
New Equipment Installed;
Crop Damages May
Limit Output

Operation of the packing plant
of the Red Lodge Canning COM
pany will be started Thursday
for the seventh season of pro-
duction. Workers for the past
week have been conditioning
machinery and equipment for a
heavy run by the factory this
summer.
1t is expected hat the cannery
output will be somewhat larger
than last season, when the drought
caused a shortage in the county
pea crop. Excessive rain this
spring damaged a number of pro-
missing crops, however, and hail
completed the harm done by
blight in some sections.
The plant win produce canned
peas for the most part, says NH.
Mann, manager, altho the good
string bean crop this summer will
warrant a small bean pack. About
200 people will be employed dir
ectly in the plant when operation
is fully under way. The factory
will operate for six or seven weeks
according to Mr.. Mann.
Vining stations have been set
on the Joki farm on the west
bench near Fox, on the Sparr
place on the east bench.
In preparation for the 1882 act
ivity, the cannery heating plant is
being equipped with modern COM
bustion appliances. The Montana
Power company this week install
led four industrial conversion
burners under the boilers, repla-
cling the coal CRATES formerly in
use.
From the Red Lodge cannery
last year, 10000 cases of canned
Carbon county vegetables went ON
the market in Pacific Northwest,
and for the first time since the
plant was opened in 1926 a ship
ment was made east of Omaha,
Nebr. A carload consignment to
New York, the second to be ship
ped from here, went out this week.
Expansion of the market for
the Red Lodge product has been
steady since the conversion of the
old brewery, altho the excellent
quality of peas, beans and carrots
raised and packed in this region
is more appreciated in several out
of-state market than it is in this
town, where foreign brands still
supplant the home town product
to a considerable extent.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
-FOUR STRUCTURES
BURNED AT BELFRY
Fire Starts in the Lester
Hotel; Half of Block
Raced by Blaze

-Four buildings were burned by
fire on the main business street
of Belfry last Friday afternoon,
The fire started in the Lester ho-
tel building and advanced beyond
control due to lack of proper fire
fighting equipment in the town.
An explosion of gasoline in the
hotel building started the blaze.
Mrs. Charles Dewing, whose fam
lily occupies the hotel, was using
the gasoline for cleaning. She was
burned on the face, arms and legs,
but was not seriously injured.
Bucket brigades were organized
by townspeople, but the spread of
the fire could not be prevented
from including the adjoining pool
hall and garage, which were
burned to the ground. An old lum-
Der shed, and a number of smaller
sheds, also were RACED.
In the lumber shed was stored a
quantity of wool owned by Leon
O'Donnell, all Of which was lost.
The pool hall was the property
of Mike Markovich, and the gar
age was the one operated by Ed
Milligan. 1t is said that both build
ings are almost total losses.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
UNIT B CONTRACT
WORK is STARTED
Job Seekers Throng Muddy
Greek Camp; Machinery
Near Beartooth

Harry Mitchell, resident engin-
eer of the Red Lodge-Cooke high
way project, returned this week
from the vicinity of Cooke to re-
port that McNutt & Pyle, Oregon
contractors on the Unit B section
have started the summers work
on the other side of the noun
tains.
The Unit B contract, started at
the Clark's Fork river near the
Nordquist dude ranch below Cooke
has been carried northeast into
the mountains as far as Beartooth
lake. A rough grade capable OF
bearing auto traffic has been
built.
The Unit B job is employing
approximately 126 men on two
Genes of activity, and the con-
tractors are beseiged by an equal
number of men seeking work,
Jack McNutt, superintendent, says
that his company has been ex-
pending about SIS a day in feed
ing the idle swarm that has at
tached itself to his main camp at
Muddy creek. Work has been Civ
en- as far as possible, but no fur
Their employment can be offered,
according to Mr.. McNutt.
Three power shovels, three cat
erpillar graders and several bull
dozers are in operation. The head
shovel is working opposite Bear
creek falls, below the outlet on
the south end of Bearthooth lake.
Twenty-six men are employed
there.
A hundred men are working
near the highway camp at Muddy
Greek between the river and the
lake. Two power shovels and two
caterpillar outfits are trimming
the grade.
Bridge work is being started at
various places on the McNutt G.
Pyle contract, Mitchell said. A
crew of IL stonemasons began
work last week on the ornamental
bridges along the route.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
GEOLOGIC GROUP
BACK FROM PARK
Engineers Meeting at Old
Faithful Attended BY
Princeton Men

A party of five members of the
Cooperative Research expedition
returned Monday from an excur-
sion in the Yellowstone park,
where they attended the conven-
ton of the National Engineers
society which opened July6th at
Old Faithful.
DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Thorn, Jr.,
Prof. R. T. Chamberlin, T. j.
Gillen and R C. Doolittle entered
the park at the Shoshone en-
trance with DR.. R. M. Field of
Columbia university, to attend
the gathering of engineers at Old
Faithful inn.
Last Thursday a party of eng
ineers were conducted on an ex-
cursion to the Devils Slide below
Gardiner by DR.. Thorn and DR..
Field.
With the same two acting as
geological interpreters on Friday,
a party of engineers explored the
grand canyon of the Yellowstone.
The excursion route Saturday led
a party over the Dunraven pass
road and Mount Washburn.
DR.. Field motored with one
group out thru Cooke, down to
the Clark's Fork river, and up on
the new grade Of the Red Lodge
Cooke road almost as far as Bear
tooth lake.
The convention was concluded
Sunday with a dinner at the Lake
hotel and a trip out thru the Sho-
shone canyon, where the geolo-
gists demonstrated the unique
formations of the region. From
Cody DR.. Field left for the east.
DR.. Thorn and T. j. Gillen, Prince
ton undergraduate, left yesterday
for explorations near Elk Basin,
as Prof. w. A. Bucher and Mrs.
Bucher returned from Beartooth
lake, where a group headed by DR..
Erling Dorf has been making
studies in paleontology.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
COMMISSIONERS CUT
OF COUNTY
HI SCHOOL

High schools in the county will
operate at minimum costs to the
taxpayers during the next school
year, as shown by reductions eff
fected by the board Of county
commissioners on preliminary
budgets which amounted to $5,-
1919. 20.
The board considered budgets
of high schools at the regular
monthly meeting last week, MAX
ing preliminary revisons subject
to final approval by the board of
budget supervisors.
Carbon county high school at
Red Lodge budgeted for $26,776,
amount was reduced to $25,911..
Bridger high requester 1898, re-
duced to $$8,249 by the board.
Joliet's request for 1898 was re-
duced to $7,935.28; Roberts &c.
349.41 to $5,628.88; Fromberg's
S9,l75 to S8,25l.60; Bearcreek's
$8,90O.60 to $8,O05; Edgar's $5,-
900 to S5,286.37; Belfrey's &c.
919.11 to S6,519. The total amount
of the budgets as revised by the
commissioners is S75.786.92.
Final revision and approval of
the amounts will be made by the
board of budget supervisors, con-
sisting of ]. B. Convery, chairman
of the board of commissioners;
Miss Elizabeth Duffield, superin-
tendent of schools; and the chair
man of each school board. The
board will meet July 18, and
probably July 49,.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
BUSINESS
BRISK I'M DISTRICT
u THIS WEEK

Three couples were granted
legal dissolution of wedlock by
the Thirteenth district court in
session here Tuesday. Judge o. F.
Goddard of Billings dismissed q
fourth divorce case, arbitrated a
dispute over irrigation wates,,
reviewed several probate and pen
sion cases.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Doyle was
granted separation from Michael
Doyle on a plea of desertion and
non-support, the defendant fail
ing to appear in the case. She
was given custody Of her child.
Mrs. Augusta L~aatikainen
charging Jacob L. Laatikainer
with cruelty and non-xlpport,
was given a %divorcce, with a ildg-
ment for care and support of her
children. Jerry Hribar of Bear
creek won hAA suit for divorce
from Antonio Hsi8ar. The case oil
Yrs. Madeline P. Mccall against
Donald Mccall was dismissed
without prejudice by the court.
In regard to a dispute between
Harry Shupak and Joe Kuchinski
over water, Lawrence v. Veegaete
was appointed as a commissioner
N the case.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
NEWSPAPER TELLS
0LDTIMER'S STORY
G. Z. Thompson Was One Of
Early Settlers In
This State

Displayed in the feature see
ton of last Sundays Billings
Gazette was an article chronic
ling experiences of C. E. Thorn
pson of Carbon county who is
credited with being one of the
oldtimers of the county and state
having come West with the ear,
lier settlers in the year 1880.
By riverboat and stagecoach, Mr.
Thompson { then a boy of 10 D.,
with his father and stepmother,
travelled to Montana from Council
Bluffs, Iowa. An uncle of Mr..
Thompson's father had previously
come to Montana in the gold rush
days.
The family made the journey
up the Missouri river to Fort
Benton, terminus of the river
traffic. From there they journeyed
overland to Helena, where they
made their home.
WITCH iC u man., MI
Thompson was for q number of
years engaged as a railroader in
Montana, later moving to Colo.
He came to Carbon county from
Denver in the fall of 1908, locating
at Bridger when the Clark's Fork
town was yet a "string town.. He
entered the mercantile and real
estate business there. In 1907 he
was married to Colds Gebo.
"Cuz" served as the second
mayor of Bridger, and as United
States commissioner there he re-
ceived many of the dry-land
Filings in the region. During his
IL years as postmaster he secured
the first postal savings bank for
a third-class p~ostoffice in this
state.
Since his first election as county
clerk and recorder he has lived
fConunues' on pare ~
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
LAUREL MAN UP ON
CHARGES OF ARSON

Harvey E. Freebury of Laurel
appeared in the justice court of
E. B. Provinse in Red Lodge Mon
day to answer a complaint charg-
ing arson. In connection with the
burning of a dwelling house at
Belfry, June 26, George Moran of
Belfry is also involved, a comp
laint having been sworn out a.
gainst him by w. G. Brooks, state
fire marshal.
Freebury, owner Of the burned
house, was charged with having
deliberately caused the fire to be
set. Moran, who was living In the
house before it burned is accused
of abetting in the act. He is said
to have confessed setting the fire.
Mr.. Provinse set Freebury's
bond at $1,000, which was furn-
ished. and named July 20 as the
date for a preliminary hearing.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

through the business section, the
drill teams and drum corps pre-
senting special maneuvers for the
occasion.
Elections will be held Friday,
with installations on Saturday af-
ternoon. Many visitors, the con-
vention committee has been in
formed, are planning to round out
convention week by a tour of yell
lowstone park.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
STOLEN HORSE, SADDLE
RECOVERED BY SHERIFF

On a trip to Henderson, Wyo.,
Monday, Sheriff John Albert re-
covered a horse and saddle, with
chaps, bride and spurs, stolen
from Lou Tunnicliff of Roberts
last June. Bob Meyers, who con-
fessed the theft, is now in the
Carbon county jail on default of
$1,000 bond after arrangement by
Justice of the Peace E. B. Pro-
vinse.
Meyers was taken by the sheriff
at Big Timber, June 80, shortly
after the horse and outfit had
been rustled from Tunnicliff.
The horse of Will Bailey and
John Cartwright, taken on the
night of July 1 near Red Lodge,
were also recovered for the own
ers, the thieves being held for
trial at Cody, Wyoming.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

No resumption in coal mining
activity at Red Lodge was fore
cast by G.. G.. Anderson, general
manager of the Northwestern
Improvement company who has
been visiting here for the past
several days from Seattle, Wash.
Trends of the commercial coal
market and the condition of the
local mining field make it unlikely
that the mine here will ever be
reopened.
"As far as we can see' said Mr..
Anderson Monday evening, "the
mine here has closed for good. 1t
is not only the temporary bust
ness slump over the country at
the present, but the general trend
of the coal market that makes the
shutdown permanent"
Demands for coal have fallen
off considerably in the past sew
eral years, he said. The railroads
in particular are using less coal,
both because of decreased activity
and because of the use Of oil and
electricity for power. Increased
usage of gas and electricity in in
dustry has had its effect.
Supplies of commercial coal
from this area can best be fur
nished by the Bearcreek mines in
the future, it was pointed out.
The best veins in the Red Lodge
field were played out five years
ago, while the Bearcreek field yet
contains large and easily avail
able deposits.
Equipment of the Bearcreek
mines, with the fact that most
veins over the hill lie in more level
and regular slopes, make COM
mercial mining there most prac-
teal.
The electrical power distribu-
ton system will be maintained in
Red Lodge by the Northwestern
Improvement company, continuing
with power procured from the
Montana Power company.
The last slope in operation at
Red Lodge, the No. 8, is being
abandoned, removal of pumps,
tracks, electricity, water and air
conduits marking it's desertipn.
Some of the machinery formerly
operated in the mine works will be
transferred for use elsewhere,
while a great deal of deprecated
equipment will be abandoned.
The cessation of mining here
should not materially affect the
welfare of many Red Lodge citi-
zens, nor disturb the economic
stability of the city, remarked Mr..
Anderson. Many miners normally
in the employ of the Bearcreek
mines reside here, and the re-
sumption of operations over the
hill should give employment to
more Red Lodge miners. And in
the future are to be seen the pros
pect of the new federal highway
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
RED LODGE MINE SHUTDOWN
Permanent SAYS NW| HEAD
OPERATION Is NO LONGER PRACTICAL IN
VIEW OF LOWER MARKET N LOCAL
C0NDITIONS-ANDERSON

to Cooke, with its possibilities of
ore development of the Hellroar-
ing chromite field.
Mr.. Anderson, who was a resi-
dent of Red Lodge during the ac-
tive years in the coal industry
here, left these parts in 1914. He
was accompanied on his visit here
this week by Mrs. Anderson and
his son, A. C. Anderson, assistant
general manager of the N. w. |.
company.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
TO TRY YOUTHS
FOR BANK THEFT
Lewis and Walker Appear
in Court on Bridger Bank
Robbery Charge

Milo Walker end James C.
Lewis, youths h4ld by Carbon
county for robbery of the Ameri-
can National bank of Bridger last
Wednesday, were arraigned in
the district court Tuesday before
Judge 0. F. Goddard.
Appearing separately before
the court, each entered a plea of
not guilty. Their bonds were set
at $4,000 each, and they were re-
manded to the custody of the
sheriff, to remain in the county
Jail or default Of bond. j. G. Skin
ner appeared with Lewis, Walker
coming into court without coun-
sci.
The pair will be tried when the
next jury session of the court con-
venes. On complaint of County
Attorney E. P. Conwell they were
arraigned in the justice court of
E. B. Provinse at Red Lodge last
thursday afternoon and bound
over to the district court on in
formation by the county attorney.
Walker and Lewis were ques-
toned further by the sheriff and
Deputy Ed Penrod of Billings, but
neither had anything further to
say than the admission made by
Lewis shortly after his capture.
He has admitted having held up
Miss Olga Campbell, bank cashier,
and forcing her to hand over more
than $1,000 in currency.
The robbery occurred shortly
after noon Wednesday. Accord
ing to observers in the Bridger
streets, Lewis was alone in the car
when It was driven up to the
bank. Upon leaving with the
loot, he drove south out of town.
Walker is said to have joined him
outside the town limits.
From Bridger the two drove to
Elk Basin, where a stop was made
to refuel the cara 1882 model
Ford coupe, bearing mud splashed
Montana license plates. Earl t.
Keefer, superintendent of the Mid
west company at Elk Basin, serv-
iced their car, and while so doing
noticed that the appearance of the
car and the men and the license
number tailed with radio descrip-
tions to which he had been listen
ing.
Keefer Immediately phoned his
information to Sheriff Albert at
Bridger, while Walker and Lewis
drove their car on to the ] c. Hen
derson oil well, where they aban-
doned the machine and struck off
on foot up a gulch. They in
tended to get away into the hills,
according to remarks made later
by Walker, but were frightened by
an airplane passing overhead and
took refuge in a cabin four miles
south of the oil village.
Sheriff Albert and Deputy
Tracy Mccall of Fromberg ar
rived at Elk Basin to meet Sheriff
Frank Blackburn of Cody, Wyo.,
with his undersheriff.
1t was Howard Hawk of the
Henderson Oil company who
steered the officers on the trail of
the fugitives. With a posse
formed of workers from the oil
companies, the officers sur
rounded the cain and Smoked
out" their prisoners.
When brought to Red Lodge
Wednesday evening the two young
men were dressed in overalls and
Continued on Page 81
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
COMMISSIONERS MEET
TO DRAFT BUDGET

The Carbon county board of
commissioners held a special ses-
sion in the court house at Red
Lodge Monday to draft the budget
for expenses Of the board during
the next year.
July 81 has been set by the COM
missioners for the meeting at
which budgets of the several
county offices viii be submitted
for approval. Official publication
of the commissioners budget and
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
MARRIAGE

July 6-Clarence Burll Nay,
and Alice Weber, both Of Powell,
Wyo.
July 10-Einer N eilsen, and
Elbie Juanita Fleming, both of
Cody, Wyo.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

CHEYENNE, Wyo, July T.
(AP)-Four new cases of Rocky
mountain snotted fever were re-
ported during the past week to
DR.. H. w. Hassed, state health
officer.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
FLuzN
Of IL FE

BOSTON-Henri Deglane and
Gus Sonnenberg, grunt and groan
specialists, pushed, tugged, girl
maced for an hour and a half last
night. Deglane got exhausted. So
did Sonnenberg. They tried to
lean on one another. Then both
flopped and were counted out.
SARAJEVO-A baby's wall led
peasants strolling a lonely wooded
path to investigate. They found
the wallis owner, hungry but un-
hurt, lying in the lap of its dead
mother, killed by lightning the day
before.
LUBLJANA, Jugoslavia-Kste
V~elikovich, native Californian, is a
widow. Waldo, her husband, of
such short stature that he would
walk upright through any two
foot aperture, was reputed to be
the worlds shortest man. He died
yesterday on his side-show plat
form while the curious whose
dimes had enabled the little man
and his wife to see nearly all the
world, watched.
CHURCHILL, Man.-This new
stunt of making whales mad at
one another is great sport. The
idea is to heave a SNOWFALL at a
whale when he comes up to sport.
He thinks another whale smacked
him and decides to retaliate. The
resulting battle, they say, Is
something.
NEW. YORK-The march of
progress has put the Kibosh on
the superstition that every town
contains as many red-headed
women as white horses. The So
ciety which used to conduct an
annual poll has given up in dis
gust because red hair now comes
out of a bottle and white horses
are scarcer every year.
WASHINGTON-Speaker John
N. Gamers wife who tends the
office coffee pot, says she may
move it and her knitting right
over to the vice presidents office
mot if, but when, the Roose-
velt-Garner ticket goes in"
NEW YORK-Captain Alexan-
der Collie of the liner Caledonia
claims a record, 40 miles at sea,
with the aid of binoculars, he saw
the towers of Manhattan. Il am
not sure" he said, "but it seems
to me | saw a youth on top of the
Empire State building, trying to
kiss a pretty girl-and succeed
ing"
WASHINGTON-The B. E. F.
is going to get some chow out of
thin air. Walter w. Waters,
commander-in-chief of the biv-
ouacked veterans, is planning to
fly to New York and bring back a
ton of meat that has been do
mated.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13
G L OPEN STATE
MEETING AT BOHEMIAN

Bozeman, Mont, July 13-AP
Several hundred members of the
Eagles lodge today began the an
nual sessions Of the state associ-
alton of Montana lodges, with in
dications that, before the end of
the convention, Saturday, regis
tration will have reached 700, the
number which the Bozeman aerie
has arranged to entertain.
Sessions are being held in the
new home of the local Aerie and
the Bozeman members have ex-
erted themselves in providing di-
version for the visitors.
Drill teams, degree teams, drum
corps and women's drill teams will
compete during the four days for
$500 in prizes. On Thursday eve
ming, the entire group will parade
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

A. S. Waugh Of Butte was in
the city Monday.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

the county office budgets will be
made in The News before the
budgets are finally adopted.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-07-13

WASHINGTON-Speaker John
N. Gamers wife who tends the
office coffee pot, says she may
move it and her knitting right
over to the vice presidents office
mot if, but when, the Roose-
velt-Garner ticket goes in"
Evening star., 1932-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs Russell Curtiss Parr
were honor guests at the Ten O'Clock
Club which entertained with tea yes
terday afternoon following the opening