Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-12-28

lite field were unsuccessful, and
M. E. Martin, pr~ospector, started
to make the tests single-handed.
! Forty-three were graduated in
the class of '32 at Carbon High
school.
Latest oil producer in Dry
Greek was the Montana-Industrial
No. 2 of the Ohio company.
Almost a month before the US
ual time when the Cody-Shoshone
is open for travel, the Red Lodge
Cooke route was clear enough to
allow the Morrison-Knudsen COM
pany to resume construction.
June.
Forty-three petitions were filed
for county offices, subject to the
primary election in July.
Heavy rains caused high water.
Damages to roads and bridges in
the county were estimated at $780,
900.
c. M. Thorpe, who made the
original plat of the city of Red
Lodge, visited, June %.
Orders to close the mine of the
Northwestern Improvement COM
pany were received at Red Lodge.
Shortly afterward, all coal mines
in the state were closed during
negotiations between operators
and miners on wage contracts; in
the Red Lodge, Bearcreek, Round
up and Stockett fields, 1900 were
out of work.
The geological research camp
opened near Red Lodge, as scien-
lists from Princeton and other
universities came west to spend
the summer in the Beartooth-Big
Horn region.
July.
Thousands witnessed the annual
Red Lodge rodeo during the
Fourth of July holiday. A good
boxing card was staged. Thrown
open for public travel, the canyon
switchback route of the new Bear
tooth highway was driven and adj
mired by mor than 500 people.
Bridger had it's thrill when the
American National bank was
robbed, July 6. James C. Lewis of
Boston, and Milo Walker of Bridg-
err were captured the same day,
held to account for the crime.
Another bank robber found out
that sooner or later this county
gets 'em. Claude Harrell brought
from California, to answer for
robbery of the Edgar State bank
on July II, 1881.
Four buildings were damaged
or destroyed by a fire at Belfry.
c. G. Anderson, general man
ager of the N. w. I. company,
stated that the Red Lodge mine
would not operate again. AS the
work of pulling pumps and track
age and dismantling machinery
began, 43 years of mining activity
at Red Lodge became history.
Political parties selected candi-
dates on July 10.
DR.. Erling Dorf of Princeton
discovered more excellent speci-
mems of fossilized fish in the rock
of Beartooth butte, while other
biologists cruised by airplane,
auto and foot between the Yellow
stone and the Big Horn country.
august.
James Lewis and Claude Har-
rell went to Deer Lodge, with 10.
, year sentences for bank robbery.
Protests were filed against the
intention of the Northern Pacific
railway company to discontinue
rail service to Red Lodge anc
Bridger.
Half a dozen prohibition agents
held cleanup day in Red Lodge.
Intention to withhold wheat
!, from market was declared by az
| association of Carbon county far
: mers, in line with farm STRIKES
in other parts of the country.
Members of the Southeastern
. Sportsmen's association visited
i. the Beartooths to plan a fish.
planting campaign.
Mines at Bearcreek and Washot
resumed operation.
| Horace Albright, national parks
: service director, was impressed
by his first trip over the Beartootf
highway route.
: September.
Schools opened with record reg
istrations at some.
Fromberg claims county base.
E. ball championship.
Six hundred cattle, 1888 sheer
were loaded out in first cattle
shipment from county this year.
October.
First snowfall of the winter oc
Cured October 5.
Emergency Relief committee be.
gan ministration to jobless anC
needy in county.
Political heat rose as Scot
Leavitt and Roy Ayers spoke il
the county. Registration for th'
general election reached a RECORD
mark in This county &c in many