Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-11-16
Treasure State
News in Brief

HARLOwToN-Roy owens was killed in
an auto accident recently near this city.
\ LAUREL-Halloween pranksters burned q
I $1,000 garage and car In this city recently.
NnssoULA-Howard Scott Of technocracy
fame win deliver a series Of talks Nov. Is.
BUTTE-Alphonss Beaudry. a Canadian.
I was fined 500 and sent to Jail for six
months for Illegal entry
LAUREI-The icehouse Of the Northern
Pacific railway was destroyed recently with
loss estimated at $500.
! ETvNGsTON-Provision and SCOPE Of the
eight-hour day for clerks and other work
ers was explained by Labor Commissioner
oByrne.
HELENA-wlth a sudden influx Of visitors
during recent earthquakes. Helena cafes were
crowded, many times persons being required
70 stand in line waiting for meals.
nssOULA-Admittins an assault on VIII
Ham Wallace over rental Of property, E. A.
Goltz was recently fined $50 and sentenced
TO jail for four months.
ATssoULA-A ceiling Hight to determine
the height OF clouds at night was recently
installed at the Missoula airport. The light
throws beam upward 2.5o0 to 5000 feet
EAEERY-This mining camp has finally
been connected to the outside world by tele-
phone through construction Of q line to
Deer Lodge.
HELENA-Though the mountain sides Of
Helena and Butte are literally honeycombed
with mines, shafts and tunnels, they are ell
believed to have escaped recent earthquakes
with no more than shaking.
HAvRE-Charsing Illegal arrest and re-
fusal to release him after bond was posted
Jack Armstrong instituted suit in Hill coun-
" district court against Sheriff Angus Nc
Donald Of Granite county for $4,000.
RED LoDGE-John Peters was recently
elected president Of the newly formed Red
Lodge Commercial club, when some 30 mem
bcrs and other interested persons gathered
HAvRE-willam seamon Beatty. q tran
silent, pleaded guilty recently to a statutory
charEe and was sentenced to serve 40 years
in the state penitntiary at Deer Lodge by
Judge O. B, Elweil
RussoULA-Thomas shinnick, S. suffered
severe burns In the rescue Of his son. Jesse, 1
from second floor room Of their burning 1
home Eight members Of the family es-
caped from the dwelling lightly clad.
COLUMBIA FAILs-wirian John Spur
zen. S. died at his sons home in Half
Moon. He was an early day settler in Fiat
head valley and at one time farm foreman
for Q. z. Conrad
SWEET GRAss--AEartin McGerry. rs, an
old-timer Of this section, died at his home
following a six months Illness, brought on
By q stroke Of paralysis. Mr. Mcderry had
been a border resident for IS years, coming
here IA 1900
MARLOwTON-S6arcel CoIIant was acci-
dentaily shot while hunting on Lebo creek
near here. He laid his shotgun on the
ground and asked his pal, James Hunter, 10
hand Il to him. The trigEer caught on
twir and the weapon was DISCHARGED.
ADMINISTRATORS Dean, 81. Of Boze-
man an employee &C Manhattan Of the state
hiQhway commission was killed near Man
haitian recently when shotgun he was tax
IND out OF an automobile DISCHARGED. HIS
mother, Mrs. Evalyn Dean, ia proprtetress o.
the BILLINGS hotel.
fxpTN0sT0N--A caravan Of new automo-
biIes. passing through Montana for Pacific
eoast distribution points, was held over In
fhls city all one forenoon while drivers
wnFmed them up after leaving them on the
strsets tnrcuRhout q cold night
nUwTN-Aaalcolm Dryaan rs, was found
ssns recently In his paftial1y burned cabin
n nsiies south o. here. Officials said an over
snmted stnre had CAUSED the fire. The body
a. IRE aKa6 mar was slightly burned but
dsash according 70 the ceronsF, vas caused
sv euffocn4ion. II