The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
Treasure State
News in Brief

ANA P~RAIRIE-James M. Holland. Butte
is visiting relatives here before leaving fol
Alaska next week on a whaling EXPEDITION
LIvINGSTON-A rate reduction Of about Il
percent was recently put into effect by the
Livingston municipal water department.
B~UTTE-Plunging 60 feet from the top Of a
roller coaster at Coludmbia Gardens here,
suited in his death.
THOMPSON FALLs-children at play found
the unidentified body Of an elderly man
near Quinn's springs. The coroner said the
man had been dead for some time"
wHITEFIsH-A New Guinea string bean 80
inches long and weighing three pounds was on
exhibition here the other day. 1t was grown
by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kelm. ranchers in this
vicinity.
BUTTE-Myles Newcomb was elected pres
ident of the Rocky Mountain Riding club, an
organization to promote interest in good
horses. The club will work toward the pro-
motion of a horse show each year.
vALIER-The Waller irrigation project pro-
duced 10 cars of sugar beets and 500. 600
bushels of wheat this year. Four hundred
acres of beets have been signed for next
year.
THOMPSON FALLS-Organization of a fire
department of 90 members is under way by
system has increased water facilities and
pressure and made a fire department prac-
teal
LIVINGSTON-Thirteen drivers. taking q
caravan of &c new cars through the state,
were arrested here by Patrolman E. H. Sex
ton after he found that none of the men
possessed Montana drivers licenses. Each was
fined SIS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. county recently be-
came the third county in Montana with q
registered vote of more than $4,000 eligible
electors. which shifts the duties of super
vising county roads from the board of county
commissioners to the county surveyor.
MISSOULA-A cross-bred male bison and
domestic cow. called a catolo bull. was driven
through Missoula by an employe of the
Lelan c. Wilson ranch near Colville. Wash.
The animal pulled a two-wheeled canvas-cov-
cred cart. The hybrid was 5 feet 4 inches tall
and weighed $3.50 pounds.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Shields river
dam and irrigation system near here were
advised recently that federal officials in
WASHINGTON. D. c., rejected the project be-
cause not sufficient water originates from
the drainage slopes to take care of the water
needs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the first snow Of
the season in the mountains east Of here
about $50 bluebirds flocked to the Great
Northern station to feed on berries growing
in the station park. They disappeared toward
the south after the Empire Builder pulled
out.
PHILIPSBURG-A crew of so men recently
began work on the $50. 900 Flint creek irri-
cation and water conservation project near
here on Rock creek. Clifton & Apologize are
in charge Of digging the canal and Barnard
& Curtis have the contract for building the
dam.
GLASGOW-The Fort Peck project, the
largest single federal job in the United States,
has almost double the number Of men en-
ployed than the next largest western dam.
Grand Coulee in WASHINGTON. Recent figures
at Fort Peck showed 1885 workers were en-
ployed on every feature of the control project.
HAVRE-Commencement exercises for the
graduates from the School of Nursing Of the
Sacred Heart hospital in Havre were held in
st. Jude Thaddeus church. The graduates
this year were Betty Hammond, Havre; Muir
lei Donaldson, Wolf Point: Kathryn Hall,
Malta; Virginia Saunders. Kalispell; Grace
Sherry. Redstone: Margaret Redwing, Havre.
and Ruth Whitcomb of Cut Bank and Fort
man.
WHITEFISH-Mr and Mrs. c. R.: McAllster
and two small children who motored over
from their home at GLASGOW to spend several
days with relatives have returned to their
home by train. The car in which they motored
over lies at the foot of the steep hill near
Red Eagle, or Nyack as it is also known, with
in 100 feet OF two other cars wrecked at the
same spot. Neither of the three autos can be
removed because Of the steep hillside, and
remain as mute testimony of accidents at that
particular point on the road,