The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13
Treasure State
News in Brief

EUREKA-In one big celebration. Eureka
residents dedicated a new highway through
the city. a new jail and a new county high
school. all completed this fall.
MIssOULA-Wilbur Perrault of Sheridan,
81. university student. suffered fracture of
fall from an improvised platform on the
stage Of the Student union building.
MISSOULA-Eli Miller. summer fire guard
in the Seeley lake district. brought down a
three-year-old brown bear in the upper
Blackfoot country with bow and arrow. He
had gone into the area to hunt elk with his
primitive weapon.
~BILLINGS-Mrs. Gertrude Goodman of
Great Falls was elected chairman and Mrs.
J: H. Bridenbaugh of Billings. named vice
CLOSING session of the two-day annual state
conference held here.
ROMAN. w. Pearce. of Poison, has been
elected president of the recently organized
Lake County Dairy Herd Improvement as
ISOLATION. Ed Spencer. a graduate of the
University of Idaho, was named by the as
ISOLATION as supervisor Of the work.
HAvRE-Barnhard Merkel, Geraldine, was
named president Of the student cabinet Of
Northern Montana college here. Other Of
vice presidents: Betty Dahmer. Havre, secre-
tary, and Lester Hauge. Havre, treasurer.
LIVINGSTON-Just as they were about to
finish moving from RINGING to Bozeman, the
Pittman family lost all their household goods
when fire of undetermined origin destroyed
the articles on the moving van enroute here.
The family returned to Ringing.
~HAVRE-Tests conducted at a Northern
Montana college psychology class here re-
vealed that 20 percent Of the students were
''taste-blinG.' The students were given filter
papers treated with a bitter compound, and
it was found that 20 percent of them did not
notice the bitterness.
Observation-Disclosures for the Montana state
guide, compiled by the state federal writer's
project. has been completed and will be re-
leased soon in book form, Horace Chadbourne,
in charge of the state project, announced.
Most of the material has been sent to Wash
ington for final approval.
C~ORvALLIs-A rancher and a sugar beet
harvest hand suffered broken legs in two
mishaps near here. Frank Tanner 70, fell
from a WAGON on his ranch and broke his left
leg above the knee; Roy yolk suffered a frac.
between a truck and a sugar beet dump.
BUTTE-sportsmen from Six south central
Montana counties went on record here
against what they called illegal encroach-
ment of rights of Montana hunters by the
United States biological survey in closing
Red Rock lake to duck hunting. They also
urged a large state appropriation to be used
in lettering fish and game conditions.
MIsSoULA-Dr. E. H: Hendrikson Of the
English department of the university is in
viting all accredited high schools in Mon
tana to Join the state debate league. jan
uary l has been set as the deadline for
joining. The debate question this year was
proposed by the National University Extern
sion association. and will be used in ap-
proximately 80 states.
TWIN BRIDGEs-Rochester, a Montana
ghost town now experiencing a mild come
back, has lost its last pioneer supporter,
James Miller. who died during a heart at
tack a few days ago. He had been i'll a fort
night. Mr.. Miller came to Rochester nearly
five decades ago. He saw the settlement swell
into a booming mining town, then shrink to
a ghost town. For almost a century he lived
there. There were times when Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitcr->were the only residents. But never
once did he lose hope of once again seeing
Rochester a center of mining activity.
HARLOWTON-Not often does a hunter
meet q buck who. apparently. begs to be shot.
Perry Robertson of the Groveland area had
such IN experience recently near his ranch.
He started on a hunting expedition. Becom-
ing tired, Mr.. Robertson rested on a COM
Portable fallen tree. Two beautiful bucks
wandered slowly toward him. within a 35-
yard range. Both were fat, well-shaped, with
beautiful horns. Which should he shoot? At
last he decided. Taking careful aim he
fired the three shots in his gun. The bucks
ambled off in a circle. returning again to
present themselves, broadside. to Mr.. Rob-
ertson. He fired twice more, but neither
buck would lie down.