Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
Treasure State
News in Brief

GREAT FALLs-John Brumer. a laborer, wa
I aFraigned In Justice court on q charge Of
drunken driving and was fined $50.
GANHATTAN-AGrs Minnie Decker, 60 for
mer Belgrade hotel operator, suecumbed e
illness few days ago in Oregon
vAExER-Edward Hostetter. rs, . resident
Of the Waller vicinity since 1916, died ct his
ranch home a few days ago following an
extended illness.
POLARIs-A two-point buck deer was seen
the other day peacefully feeding at the Frank
Marchesseau ranch in plain view OF the
highway.
LTYINGsTON-Dr. L. H. Huber, prominent
eye, ear, nose and throat specialist dieo ~
bis home here q few days ago. He was %
and had been in failing health Tor some time
ANACONDA seventy-eisht men and women
70 Deer Lodge county received their first oid
age pension checks few days ago under the
Montana pension plan
BILLINGs-Funds aaIlable for water con-
servation projects In Montana under the
bureau Of reclamation for the fiscal year OF
les6-i937 amount to IS, $4,000.
HAvRE-J. h. "scotty" Martin. formerly
Of the GLASGOW Country club, has been named
professional and caretaker OF the Hayre
Country club.
BEILINGs-Harry Alexander Milohoy, in
FAINT son Of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Milohov
Of Billings, was drowned when he fe1 into
an irritation ditch on the George hhonoV
farm five miles east Of Pompey's Pillar.
LTvTNGsTON-The chief Yellowstone park
rangers daily travel report the other day
showed an increase Of 10000 visitors to the
area this year as compared with the same
date last year.
BUTTE-Joe Heimes was named Great Nor
shern railway general agent Tor Butte, sue
ceeding the late W. L. Rooth. @. F. o'Hara' as
sistant general freight and passenger agent
for the road, announces.
MussOULA-Dr George Finlay Simmons,
president Of Montana State university LETT
for the middle west to study courses OF m
structioin at various universities and col
Ieges
BUTTE-United States secret service head
quarters here viii be moved to Spokane, Wash
The office has as its territory Montana
northern Idaho and eastern washington ana
was moved here 10 months ago from Spokane.
BUTTON Breaking all past records for
maturity, wheat crops in the Dutton area
we're ready for harvest in exactly IS days
from the time OF seeding. The usual length OF
time necessary to bring wheat to the harvest
stage Is estimated at 11s to l21 days.
BUTTE-First aid teams from the Anselmo
and Leonard mines tied for first honors In
the annual first aid contest sponsored by the
united states DuAcdu OF AltANs &A4 WAC ~
reau of safety OF the Anaconda Copper Min
ING co.
LTvINGsTON-Nort Pacific officials
said the Job Of removing abandoned tracks
from Butte to north Walkervilie Is nearing
completion and 100000 pounds OF steel rails
removed will be exported to Japan Tor use as
scrap in Japanese mills
HELENA-The 1896 lamb crop in Montana
Is estimated at 2,2ls,O00 head, slightly under
the crop Of last year and ID percent less
than that Of 1884, in the July report issued
By Jay c. Diamond statistieian Tor the d. 4
vision Of crop and livestock estimates
COLUMBIA FALLs-Eght CCC youths we're
injured, two Of them requiring hospital treat +
ment, when the truck in which they were
riding from the Olney camp to Bolton Tor q
baseball game overturned about mile south (
Of here.
BUTTE-waiter Hayden, arrested for vag-
rancy, went through the pockets OF six other
TO the station and had removed from them
among other things, army discharge papers
Of one Of the men.
HARLEAE-Lewis stone. TO- Of Fort Dodge,
ia, suffered a serious foot injury when he
fell from q freight train in the yards here.
said he had been at work In the Idaho
woods and was enroute to Michigan.
BmLTNGs-Three COWS bound for market
we're killed II other animals were dumped
Put to roam on the highway and truck
belonging to Harold Lindstrand Of Grass
Range was badly damaged In an accident a
Ihort time ago on g highway is miles west
II here.
WHTTEFTsH-The first convention Of the
Four States Highway associa-
ion viii be held at Whitefish, Sept 10. The
association was organized at Las VEGAS,
1ev., early this year to insure further i'm
,rovement and betterment Of United States
highway ss, traversing the states Of Montana,
IDAHO, California and Nevada.
R0NAN-Roy Downs, whose farm is 10
lated four miles southeast Of st. Ignatius,
vas IN Roman the other day displaying some
lIfalfa that measured "a inches without the
DOT. His peas were also Of exceptional quail
ty, some pods being three inches In length,
illed solidly and with an average Of eight
'eas TO the pod. Alfalfa throughout the valley
g very good this year 1t is more free from
weeds than for a number Of years.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-GeorEe wilderspin,
tort WoEth, Tex, cowboy made a wilder spin
With his lariat than he expected when he
oped a cub bear in the national park. The
,ear's mother objected when Wilderspin,
rho had been camping at Madison Junction,
lropped a moose neatly over her offspring's
lead. The cowboy dropped the rope when
mamma bear started toward him. The rope
ecame entangled in a tree and the cub
TRs choked to death. Park rangers arrested
vilderspin.