Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-18
Treasure State
News in Brief

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BELToN-rwo feet Of snow was reported :
few days ago at the Waterton ranger station
In Glacier national park.
mssOULA-In 1885 the bureau OF public
roads administered 20T projects in this state
involving an expenditure Of sl2.os8.ss7.
P0LsON-A surprise party was given at
L the RivervieW pavilion on New Years eve
ming for Mr.. and Mrs. George Mangels, IN
celebration Of their 25th wedding anniversary.
BILLINGs-Postal receipts here in 1885
went over the $4,000 mark. Postmaster
MearI L. Fagg said slightly more than 10
percent in excess Of 1884.
BUTRE-A Butte manufacturer show will
be held here in February, at which viii be
displayed products from rs or so factories
here.
BEL4LINGs--More homes we're built IN Bill
lngs ana lis environs in 1885 than in any
yearend records Of J. r. Balm, city building
inspector.
MILES CITy-Lieut Col. Henry Gibbons
| formerly CONN andant at Fort Keogh here,
was promoted 80 the rank Of brisRdier gen.
erai, It was le4rned here. Colonel Gibbons
left here in 1922 for Washington barracks.
BILLNGs-Dsud Pitsch. Big Horn county
stockman residing about 10 miles south Of
Bardin, recently paid q 500 fine on pleading
guilty 70 a drunken driving charge in the
justice court Of T. W. Polly.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at st. Peters hos
pital said recently that John J. Holiness state
auditor, who underwent an emergency oper-
alton for appendicitis was making g good
recovery.
BnLNGs-More than 500 automobiles and
nj 49,
clinic since the city began its regulation Of
compulsory vehicle testing Oct. 2, said May
or c. }. Williams recently.
BUTTE-Hn three separate cribs, Butte's
newest residents gave new year greeting to
1886. Two girls and q boy were born Jan.
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Haller, Mr.. and Mrs,
James Brainer and Mr.. and Mrs. F. O. Tar
diff.
BLLTNGs-officials Of the Billings Live
stock Commission Co. predicted q 80 is per-
cent increase in the firms transactions in
1885 compared with 1885. Last year the
company sold II. 132 cattle and 1891 horses
for gross return Of about s4,OOo.OO0.
HAvRR-The Northern Montana Student
cabinet ruled that all nonstudents attending
a college social function must present guest
card signed by the dean Of women The rule
was made to halt an epidemic OF gate
crashing"
BILLINGs-The first wool sale Of the year
In this vicinity was reported by r. w. Foulkes.
buyer who said the company he represents
paid 26ls cents at the sale Of q 1885 clip Of
10000 pounds belonging to L. r. Hines. which
had been in storage
HELENA-Gov. Elmer Holt said recently that
Montana requisltioned governors Of other
states for the return Of % criminals In
1885. In the same time only 10 prisoners,
apprehended In Montana. we're extradited for
other states.
MIssoULA-CCc company 1910, one Of three
units assigned to the Nine Mile camp west
Of Missoula, will leave eatly this month for
Camp Dix. company at Big Bend, near
st. Regis. will replace the unit leaving for
Camp Dix.
BUTTE-The Oregon Short Line. Montanas
oldest railroad. has changed It's name again.
The road started business in 1882 as the
Utah Northern, then became the OREGON
Short Line. 1t now Is a part Of the Union
Pacific system.
HELENA-The Montana highway commission
completed construction of its first main
tenance house on Macdonald pass west Of
here. designed to provide more economical
maintenance and to provide a safety station
at an isolated point.
BILLINGs-Thomas A. 5nidow, prominent
Montana sheepman and former member OF
the state legislature, who died here short
This Is shown ia the petition for probate
Of the win filed in district court recently.
BUTTE-D. II. Dickson, special agent Of
the department Of Justice, announced classes
on finger print Identification and elementary
and secondary police work win be held soon
at Butte offices OF the department The
training will be given representative officers
from police forces throughout the state.
JACKsoN-Pstriek Tourney. rs, was found
dead few days ago in q beer parlor here,
with q bullet hole in his neck. Authorities
said circumstances indicated the wound was
self-inf1icted. No inquest Will be held they
said. Tourney was q barber. He Is survived
by his father at Butte and his mother ct
Los Angeles
HELENA P Bruce, Montana agriculture
ticultural department report showed 756
carloads OF fruits and vegetables were in
spected between last June and September |
by department agents at 10 boundary In |
spection stations. In the same period in 1884, |
inspections Of 357 carloads we're made, and in
1888, $50 carloads, Bruce stated.
BILLINGs-Mrs Henrietta Crockett OF Hell |
ena, secretary Of the Montana Tuberculosis
er a few days ago after she left a grocery 1
store at the edge Of the business district with /
a bag of apples and her purse tucked under |
an arm. A youth grabbed her purse and fled |
It contained $40 and three annual railroad
passes
MISSOULA--Hale g. Bates Construction co. |
Of Missoula submitted the low bid for con-
struction OF diversion works and the main
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