The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-05-01
Treasure State
News in Brief

MIssOULA-Sugar beet planting in western
Montana fields has started. Contracts have
been completed for 10, 500 acres OF sugar
beets in the Missoula factory district.
DEER LODGE-Golfers from Dillon, Butte,
Helena and Missoula have been invited to
attend the annual tournament OF the Deer
Lodge Country club May "a.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. May 1 Supervisor
G. NJ. Brandborg said the Moose creek ranger
district. inaccessible to auto travel would be
serviced by airplane from Missoula. rood
stuffs were formerly carried in by pack horse.
c~oRvALL1s-A new post office will be
erected here on the site Of the old federal
building, which is being moved to another
location. The old structure was put UP 40
years ago.
MISSOULA-Robert H. Williams and VIII
liam Kelly. both colored, are held at the
county Jail here in connection with the
stabbing of two soldiers in a recent alterca-
ton at a sandwich stand.
DnLoN-Dell A. Lloyd. .Jpad construction
enpleye' dived head cad, first +, Su,nSstt St. the he. ra ada
squat in the mountai.s> recently. and suf-
fered a deep cash on the head. He was
brought here for treatment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. prominent In ma
tional and state circles will speak at the
annual state convention OF the Medical
Association OIL MOuIdIa IeIc lily o dlu D.
it was announced by DR.. E. G.. Balsam. secre-
tary of the organization.
THOMPSON FALLs-when a dynamite blast
Erickson. So, was instantly killed. Erickson.
who was doing assessment work on the claim.
was apparently standing about is feet from
the charge when 1t exploded.
GREAT FALLs-Postmaster W.. A. Brown,
checking through some records Of his office,
~1&-1~o that IA = -Nr a,.a~A
brother of the founder Of the Townsend old
age pension plan. was a Great Falls postai
clerk and carrier from 1914 to 1922.
MISUNDERSTANDING 95 percent Of
Montanas federal highway allotment in the
last three years, 500, 900, 900, Is under con.
tract, it was announced recently. The sum
was augmented by approximately $4,000, 900
in state and local funds.
HAvRE-The Great Northern Veterans tss.
ISOLATION will hold its annual convention ID
Havre June 6. J. A. Laird. president, notified
is a possibility 300 or 900 persons will at
tend out Of a membership Of 400.
BILLINGS-L. H. Larom Of Valley, Wyo.,
president of the Dude Ranchers' association,
said here recently before entraining for the
east that the demand for horses in recent
months has been so heavy that dude ranchers
are experiencing difficulty in getting enough
GOOD SadolefS 1or the 1885 season.
BHLINGS-The job Of clearing snow off the
Red Lodge-Cooke City highway. scenic route
to Yellowstone national park, is under way.
The road is being opened to traffic earlier
this season than ever before, even though
there was more snow on the Beartooth sum-
mits now than in many years past.
BILLINGS-The eastern Montana section Of
the northwest chapter of the Transportation
Association Of America was organized rere by
representatives Of the Billings Commercial
club and Curtis L.. Mosher, MINNEAPOLIS.
chapter organization head. The temporary
chairman is George Smell of Billings.
BILLINGS-Eleven biological survey hunt
ers and individual co-operators killed 1874
coyotes in the state last month, R. E. Bate
man, survey leader, reported. Losses from
predatory animals during the month in
cluded 10 sheep, 26 deer, three sage hens,
two turkeys, IA chickens and two hogs.
MILES CITY-F1oyd Tollefson, %, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Tollefson of Jordan died
here recently from a se1f-inflicted wound. The
young man arose from bed one morning and
told his father that he was going out. He
went into his fathers place Of business. re-
moved a pistol from a drawer behind the
counter and shot himself.
MISSOULA-Andrew v. CORY. instructor in
the English department at Montana State
university. resigned, the Presidents office
end of the summer session. He will resume
his studies at Harvard where he received
a bachelor Of arts degree in 1926. He re-
ceiyed his masters degree at Oxford in 1o2a