Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-06
Treasure State
News in Brief

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HAVRE--work on the dormitory for IN
Northern Montana college has started. &C
|, c0rding to Dr. q. H. Vande Bogart
MTssoUL.A-Bunalo meat viii be on IN
menu at the Northern Pacific Veterans as
soeiation banquet here this summer.
HELENA--Frank II. johnson, Montana stat
bank examiner. and H6rB. johnson are &c Ser
Francisco and Los Angeles for brief vaea
tion.
Administrations degrees we're confer
red on a class Of II candidates ct the 2stf
annual reunion Of Scottish Rite bodies, vailel
Of Billings.
FORT BENTON Henry Davis reported ths
first robin OF the 1885 season to the River
Press office recently the bird being in evi-
dence on two successive days.
ToWNsEND-seyeral hundred Broadwatsr
county residents were present In Townsend
for the ceremony Of laying the cornerstone Of
the new BrcadWater county courthouse
HELKNA-The federal government has al
lotted the veterans hospital At Fort Har-
rison $4,000 for improvements and additions
70 the plant and grounds.
GARDNER-A serious early infestation Of
/ ticks IN elk in the Yellowstone park herd, par
ticularly among calves was reported here BY
/ State Game Warden Jack Carney.
RED L0DGE-Arrangements for QUILTING
the Red Lodge tourist park for opening on
/ May I are DeluH mace Dy tIt 0oafQ OF hIua~
tees Of that municipal enterprise.
Rn6HgI-A reconnaissance IN this territory
/ by Assistant Game Warden Tom Peasley
| found much more snow In the mountains than
year ago. Elk and deer throughout the
area are in good condition, he reported.
hussoULA-The proposition Of conducting
a beauty contest as a part Of the women's
events at the interschoiastie meet here in
Nay is being considered By State university
officials
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days ago for the roof Of the large water res
ervoir Yellowstone county is constructing on
its poor farm and hospital property north
east Of Billings.
BUTTE-catherine Lenz, grade Ia pupil
at the Garfield school, won the city Jacks
tournaments for girls with q score Of 1000.
She went through the entire routine without
a miss
POLsON-Contracts have been let and
few days ago the first OF the logs which have /
been cut By indian relief labor viii be hauled |
down off the mountain sides to the saw mill |
east Of Pablo.
BILLINGS-Travei by air in the United
States Is equally as good travel the same
way in Europe and more general" DR.. F. @.
Underhili, an American general practitioners
who resides in France. remarked here.
sOMERs-Arthur L. schimpf, who died here
recently for years operated the longest bar
Butte A brother-in-law, Carl Weiss lives at
Helena
BUTTE-Before leaving with the Bobcat
CAGE crew for Casper, Wyo., for a series Of
games with the Denver Pigs, Schubert Dyche,
Montana State college mentor, talked to the
Butte Rotary club on college athletics.
FORT BENTON-The Iona ferry has been
placed IN operation, according to County Sur
geyor F. J. CLARK. The ferry was placed in
he river and Is now operating. Work was
started recently to place the virselle ferry
n the river.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Babcock
.heatre, Quilted by fire Feb 81, began recently
md the playhouse is expected to be ready
or reopening IN three months Hyme Lipsker,
,wner announces. Cost Of repairs is es- [
imated at $4,000.
Administrations plans for the recently
addition to the Central school I
'uilding have been approved by local school
lfficials The firm Of McIver q Cohagen,
Irehitects. has been instructed to draw the de-
allied plans.
MILES CTTY-Plantlng Of trees shrubs and
awns along U. s. highway 10 miles west Of
lilies City In conjunction with 8 general
qualification scheme. is progressing rapidly
water system was first laid throughout the
trip to be improved.
HELENA-The resignation Of DR.. Harry J. =
OF Great Falls as a member Of the
Gontana relief commission was announced
ere by Gov. Frank H. Cooney on the eve
the first meeting Of the recently-revamped
elief body.
HARLOWTON-One raneher who believes
nat THIS Is real ana DE0tlAClAA winner -
ohm p Campbell Of Melville. He reports I'M =,
sual SHOWS in that locality and says there ~
plenty Of water in the Sweet Grass right v
ow. He has no fear Of a lack OF ample b
ater for irrigation the coming season. e
RONAN-The Roman high school girls bas- ii
stban team again claims the Western Mon
ina championship. In the past four years >,
le team has won four county championships, y
Tree district and two Western Montana titles. =
hey have played IS games in that time, los CT
e only four ST
LTVINGSTON-Based on a Joint count con- CT
acted by the park service and the state IL
sh and game commission. there now are g. n
8 elk in the northern Yellowstone park herd.
urinR the winter, with the open season ex-
nded, 300 we're either slaughtered or ship Dl
ID to other areas for stocking purposes. p
MILES CTTY-Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Will al
ms, ranchers In the Pine hills. were callers fr
the city recently Mr. Williams expressed
e opinion that the recent snow has buoy ~
up the hopes OF ranchers in his vicinity .. .
more and more optimistic outlook gen.
ally al
RED LODGE-John Murray was in Red
dge recently from his unirrigated farm near az
lesia He reports good rains there and some OF
ow but says that the snow drifted badly In be-
e high winds. Conditions as to moisture o.
e better, Mr. Murray believes, than they =
We been for number Of past seasons. al
BUTTE-Due to attacks by predatory hunt
and animals q herd OF between 40 and so
'untain sheep in the Rock Greek region Of
E Deer Lodge National forest has been re- ar
ced to less than 20 during the last two sU
ars, L. L. Lake, forest ranger Of the Phil
burg district, reported recently.
flow Of water was struck re- sec
atty at the Blakeslee FEFeA water well, be- re
drilled by Charley Davis when the bit tn'
1ke into the first Cat creek sand. The exl
ter rose rapidly to within 200 feet Of the 40
rface and was slowly making its way up !
casing at the last report. tie
LIVINGSTON Steve Cuneo Of Smelling Ho
ill.,, was a visitor at LIVINGSTON during the dnl