The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-01-22
Treasure State
News in Brief

~HAvRE-The northern Montana district
meeting Of the Veterans of Foreign wars
was held here Jan. 16.
LlVINGSTON-Amos Cooke Hause, so. Of
Jardine. the tirst white child born in the
mining camp Of Cooke City, died in . hos.
pital here after an illness of several days.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY resident freebo,ders NJ
the Grandview and North Elevation subdi-
visions OF Billings petitioned the city council.
oo'eetlns 10 tne city's proposal to make the
area a part Of Billings.
BoCLDER-The Boulder Hot Springs. popu-
lar pleasure and health resort, will open
within the next few weeks, according to the
new proprietor, Frank Chamberlain. The re-.
sort has been completely renovated.
DEER LODGE-Harry Puttes, 40. transient
was taken from a freight train to a hospital
here with both feet frozen. He said he froze
his feet while riding on the train from Mis-
soula in 2o-below zero weather.
BILLINGS-A half dozen persons were
overcome by gas when the furnace chimney
at the WPA sewing room became clogged
mere: All were rendered unconscious and
three most seriously gassed were taken to
their homes in an ambulance.
MISSOULA-Two government hunters Ron-
aid and Carroll Thompson, brothers, camped
on the trail OF a mountain lion for three days
and two nights before they shot the animal in
NILS west OF here. The lion measured 9 feet
and 4 inches.
bAodkAo COuTSe MI AEl0JlOn
will be offered to so Billings high school
students during the coming winter term of
the school. Officials announced a few days
ago. The students will be instructed by A a
Green, a licensed pilot and an engineer.
HAMILTON-Holding his first session of
district court in Ravali county, District
judge Ralph L. Arnold of Missoula sentenced
Remus Tanner, %, to three years in prison
after Tanner pleaded guilty to a charge of
robbing a beer parlor here Dec. 4.
GREAT FALLs-o. S. Warden, president OF
the national reclamation association, an
nounced the appointment of F. o. Hagie Of
Yakima. WASH, to be executive secretary Of
the association with headquarters in WASH
ington, D. C.
BILL1NGS-The Billings Gazette recently
received word from United States Senator
B. K. Wheeler of Montana, saying he intro
duced a bill in congress seeking to appropri-
ate $4,000 for erection of a Custer battle
field memorial.
BoULDER-Frank E. Lightfoot, newly elect
ed county superintendent of schools. assumed
his duties and appointed Miss Margaret Gill
lick. DAUGHTER of Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Gillick,
his assistant. w. L.. McMillen, former super
intendent. is vacationing in eastern Mon
tana.
ROMAN. J. Johnson has received q letter
which was carried in the airplane that
ing the lives Of Joe Livermore and Arthur
Haid. pilots. Johnson's letter, sent from
New York Dec. 16, was remailed from Calder.
Ida, to Spokane, and then to Roman.
STEvENSvILLE-The local city council will
Just have to guess at the order of business
of its last monthly meeting in December.
Fire that destroyed the Thomas block with
an estimated loss Of 500, 900 last month, de-
stroyed the councils records and ordinance
book.
~LIBBY-District Judge J. E. lockwood Of
Kalispell, appointed william H. Kemp of
Libby a Lincoln county commissioner. after
it was shown that the residence Of william H..
Kemp of Warland, elected to the office
Nov. 3, was just outside the county bound
airy.