Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-16
Treasure State
News in Brief

MILES CITY-Dr Sadie Lindberg, cit
health officer. reported about 100 cases o
= influenza In the city. nearly all OF which oc
Cured since Christmas.
KALIsPELL-Dan Freeman Sc. died here O.
injuries suffered when he was crushed between
a car and truck at a Tossing camp neal
Whitefish He is survived by his widow al
FairvteW and son at Boomers Ferry, Ida
BOzEMAN--J. L. Mcconaughey. OF Bore.
man, was reelected president OF Montana
Conference Of Seventh Day Adventlsts FOL
the next two years at the close Of the groups
32d biennial session here.
KALIsPELL,-Leon Lemon. who complained
and was elected on the slogan. Just an Or
binary Dirt Farmer" took office on the board
OF county commissioners in Flathead county
to succeed A. N. Smith.
MIssOULA-A manslaughter charge against
cused Of the alleged beating death Of I'd
Threlkeid, has been dismissed motion OF
/ the county attorney. The county attorney said
the evidence was not sufficient
LEwIsToWN-A ton Of rat poison and /, 800
traps arrived IN the city as the first step In
a campaign to rid the city of its overabund-
ance OF the pests. The determination win be
carried on as a WPA protect in cooperation
with city and county authorities
RED LODGE-Flre believed to have been
started by q defective chimney destroyed the
dry goods department Of the Imperial Mer-
camille co. here, causing an estimated $4,000
DAMAGE Fire companies we're unable to save
the department, but kept the flames from
reaching the rest OF the building.
BUTTE-"How cold IS it," The question
came over the phone to a Helena news
paper office early one night recently. Twelve
below" was the answer. There was note Of
Incredibly at the other end OF the wire. mo,
mean outside" the questioner patiently ex-
planned.
KALTSPELL-The population OF Flathead
county increased by 152 persons during 1886
as births totaled $40, compared with 2l8
deaths, according to the annual report Of
DR.. J. Arthur Lamb, city-county health Of
fcer Heart disease took the greatest num-
Der of lives, 40, the report said. while ac-
cidental deaths totaled 10.
BUTTE-An automobile emerged slowly from
the alley leading into North Dakota street
one morning recently. feminine pedestrian
with head down. shielded against the cold,
the front wheels Of the car. It passed over
her. She stood up, bent her head against the
cold and hurried off.
KALIsPELL-G. M. Houtz. former publisher
OF the old Herald-Journal in this city, is ad-
vertising for lost bound file Of his paper
for i8s5-e6 Some doggone lawyer borrowed
the file In 1896" Houtz says, land never
brought 1t back" He offers a reward II any
grandchildren OF the villain" can find It In |
their homes.
RTsSOULA-President George Finlay Sim |
mons was selected man OF the year" at |
Montana State university, by the student /
newspaper editorial board. DR.. Simmons. in |
augurated as seventh president Of the school, |
received more newspaper space than any other |
person on the campus in the last year. Coach |
Dough Fessenden, man Of the year. in 1885, /
vas selected as satellite" for his work with
he university football team in the 1886 sea-
ION.
BABB-The only portable customhouse on the
canadian boundary, one in use last sum-
ner on the Chief Mountain highway near the
eastern edge Of Glacier national park four
niles north Of here, may give way to o
tructure of more permanent type. w. II. Bart
ey, collector OF customs for the Montana
district, has asked that the FORMULATING
a school bus converted into a
railer, be replaced by one OF stationary
ype. The movable station was shifted
round last summer while contractors were
t work on the new Kennedy creek cutoff
ighway between Glacier and waterton Lakes
ationRl parks.