The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-03
Treasure State
News in Brief
McCONE CITY-ThiS Fort Peck boom town
now boasts of a population of 600 residents.

McCONE CITY-This Fort Peck boom towr
now boasts of a population Of 600 residents.
~BUTTE-More than 500 Butte business es.
Establishments closed their doors from IL to :
in observance of Good Friday.
BILLINGS-Wiliam Jones. So. carpente,
and caretaker for the Billings brewery since
1908. died after an extended illness.
vALIER-The first shipment Of equipment
for the new road Job west of Waller arrived
recently. and it is expected work will start as
soon as weather conditions permit.
Observation-Disclosures will go western" in
typical manner July 3 and 4 in a revival Of
the pony express. DR.. c. H. Stevens is genera
chairman Of the event.
HAvRE- Horses belonging to 'Tomilson &
Arkwright of Great Falls, who have the con-
tract for the extension of the Wild Horse
trail. were brought to Havre recently.
BILLINGS-Preparatory excavation work TO,
the construction Of administration and edu-
cational units of the Eastern Montana Nor
NAL school started recently.
COLUMBIA ~FALLS-Joseph Imholt. who as a
carpenter worked on the first building erected
on the present site of kaliSpell. died at his
home here. He was g..
MISSOULA-From 10 to so carloads of hay
are being loaded daily in western Montana
for shipment into eastern drouth counties and
into the DakotaS and Wyoming.
LIVINGSTON-Lillian Carroll has enlisted
the aid of eastern Montana authorities in
searching for Charles A. Carroll, alias Moore,
a maker of artificial flowers.
, GREAT FALLS-A searchlight which for
years stood atop q business building here
costing its rays far beyond the city limits
has been purchased by the city for $500 and
Will be installed at the airport.
MISSOTLA-Frank Vessel, Grizzly grid and
baseball player, has gone to Chattanooga.
Tenn. for tryout with the Southern associa-
ton team of that city. He is from Round
up.
LIvINGSTON-Mayor Walter House an
Eounced he would appoint David Fitzgerald,
LIVINGSTON attorney and graduate of the
State university law school. as city attorney
when the mayor takes office in May.
BILLINGS-Dr. Wendell S. Brooks. of Bill
inss Polytechnic institute. is the author of
an article entitled, Cabot on the College
Curriculum" in the current issue of School
and Society" a periodical of education.
MAMMOTH-Low hanr!ns clouds, fog and
genuine poor visibility all throuGhout this area
have DELAYED a final alrpianc count of the
elk herd in northern Yellowstone park, Of
fICialS announce.
Observation-Disclosures hons rrow big in
Mineral county. William and Charles MCGEE
exhibited two huge animals here. both trap
ped in the Ward creek district. one of which
measured 10 feet from nose to tail.
DILLoN-Approximately 200 c workers
Will be stationed at a camp on Birch creek
this summer. The principal project will be the
construction OF ~ miles Of road. including one
from Birch creek to Elkhorn. another from
Birch creek to the Argenta vicinity.
LIVINGSTON-Five LIVINGSTON and Boze-
mar young men were injured when their car
skidded on ice of the West Yellowstone route
and overturned. John McConville Jr.. of Boze-
man. the most seriously hurt, was taken to
the hospital.
Observation-Disclosures work has started
on the federal building grounds here. The
program includes planting SO trees and 81
pushes and seeding the entire lawn. The same
type OF program is in progress at the federal
building in Helena.
CLDER-A a special election held re-
Gently high school district No. l voted to
receive the sum Of $500 from the public
works administration. The sum will be used
to repair the roof of the school building and
tc install a new heating plant.
GREAT FALLS-George Chick" Brown.
Great Falls air pilot. probably won't bother
to have the airport lights turned on when
they are available, for he now has 100 hours
flying time by dark with a number of land
ings on unlighted fields.
BUTTE-As the result of a saloon brawl.
Fred Lammi, 81, is in St. James hospital with
a dangerous knife wound Just below his heart.
and Jacob Makki is held by police for ques-
tioning in connection with the assault. Both
are miners.
GREAT FALLS-Local borrowers from the
Home Owners Loan corporation have been
permitted to make monthly repayments to
state Headquarters here as a matter of con-