The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-12-18
Treasure State
News in Brief

BILLINGS-Six robberies here within 10 days
Melted bandits a total of $500. Two holdups
occurred on the east bridge over the Yellow
stone river.
Z LODGE-The body of M. j. Roysdon,
pioneer Red Lodge lumber dealer who moved
to Wenatchee, Wash. six years ago, was
broupht here for burial. Mr.. Roysdon was
once county commissioner of Carbon county.
GREAT FAILS-N. A. MacPhee, secretary
treasurer and assistant manager of Great
Falls Brcweries, Inc. was elected manager Of
Edmonton Breweries. Inc, at Edmonton, Alta,
and will take over his new duties the first
of the year.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. other purebred Here
ford sales made recently by Ross Higgins,
Ringing stockman. is one OF six yearling
bulls to Frank Ha2elbaker of Dillon. Delivery
was made by truck to Mr.. HaZelbaker's ranch
near Wisdom. in the Big Hole basin.
LNINGsFoN-For the fifth successive year,
James F. O'Connor. cong~ ressman-elect from
the eastern Montana district, has been
elected president of the LIVINGSTON Roundup
association. Others reelected included Tay-
lor NJ. Dar-och. vice president; Joseph SWIM
dlehurst, treasurer, and Sol Frank. secretary.
B~UTTE-Butte's new BLACK Maria" arrived
in the city a few days ago wearing a green
dress instead of the conventional black. The
machine is one of the latest models, stream
lined. with small barred windows and a load
in; door full width. The capacity is 10 per-
sons.
LIvINGSToN-A. w. Chadbourn. 90. left
here with two cars of fat lambs for the east,
the second shipment the elderly stockman has
made this winter. Chadbourn said he has
been shipping stock over the Northern Pacific
railroad ever since the line first offered this
service in Montana.
HARLOWTON-Thown &c feet in his auto
mobile. John Mccall suffered a fractured
left arm and gashed nose when his car and
another machine crashed on Route 10 between
Bozeman and LIVINGSTON. Mr.: Mccall said
th. 0thcr car anDrnachinC on the WRONG
si6e OF the road, hit his machine, knocking
it IS feet. Both cars were damaged.
MISSOULA-Man-caused forest fires are
flaming in northern Idaho and
Washington-under careful supervision of the
forest service. They were started deliberately
to rid the important lumber area Of menac-
ing fire-killcd SnacS and tinder-dry fuel as
a measure of protection for nearby valuable
timber. regional forest Headquarters here eX-
Eained.
the Big Hole basin. was brought to the Bar
rctt hospital to receive treatment for a broken
leg. suffered when the horse he was riding
fell and threw him to the ground. Helpless to
move any great distance. he lay on the frozen
ground. for some time before he was able to
attract the attention Of occupants Of a car
passing on the nearby road.
MISSOULA-Ray FLANAGAN of Springdale, a
lumber worker. died at a local hospital as
the result Of injuries suffered when his car
slipped off the highway near here and over
turned. He sustained q fractured shoulder.
four shattered neck bones and severe lacera-
tons. Tim Miller. Stevensville, who was in
the car with FLANAGAN. suffered a possible
skull fracture. a fractured shoulder blade,
severe conclusion, a fractured right maxilla,
fractures of three ribs. a deep hin lacera-
ton and four deep decorations about the right
eye. Doctors said his injuries we're serious
but not likely to be fatal.
BUTTE-Death outstripped a plane and am
bulance in a heroic but tragic race from the
eastern rim of Idaho 100 miles to Butte in
a vain attempt to save the life of Harold
Cochran. 10, of May, Idaho. The desperately
i'll son Of a prominent rancher in the Pah-
simeroi valley was taken aboard a private
plane at Salmon, Idaho. under doctors orders
and with A. A. Bennett at the controls sped
to Dillon. Fearing that the 'bumpy"
atmosphere was distressing his passenger,
Bennett set the plane down on the Dillon
field and m an ambulance. The last
go miles of the trip brought Cochran to a
Butte hospital where he died. Cause Of death
was given as epidemic cerebro-spinal menin-
gifts.
VICTOR-Joe Item of Hamilton and his SUBJ
contractors recently completed work on the
Bitter Root river channel. doing considerable
DREDGING to force the water to pass under
after year, at high-water time, the water had
made deeper and wider channels to the small
bridges. taxing their capacity and finally TAX
ing out a bridge last spring. A comparative
small amount OF water was passing under a
large bridge. The dredging was lone a short
distance south Of the second steel bridge in
the upper Victor river crossing and d dam
was constructed to prevent the water from
running to the nearby lowland and small
bridges, thereby insuring q safe crossing to
the public during high-water time.