The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-08-06
Treasure State
News in Brief

GERALDINE-A. W.. Mechling has retired
after carrying rural mail routes in this area
since Sept. 2. 1916. He estimated he Travelled
100000 miles IN the 81 years Of service.
MILES CITY, G. Boespflus. Miles oity
contractor, said work on the Tongue river
irritation dam project would be suspended un-
til more water users sign the final contract
with the state water conservation board to
use water impounded by the $1,000. 600 project.
WIBAUX-Prof. E. L. Anglemyer left with
his family for Brady, where they will reside.
Mr.. Anglemyer has been principal Of the WI
baux county high school for six years, during
which time the new addition was built onto
the old building.
DILLON-Clark Gable, enroute to HOLLYWOOD
after a vacation in Montana's Flathead coun-
try, stopped here to cast for trout in the
Beaverhead, accompanied by Ted Renfro, Dillon
sportsman. He announced plans for a hunting
trip in the Treasure state in the fall
GREAT ~FALLS-Members of the Montana
Veterinary association, at the closing session
of the EXAMINATIONS annual convention here,
elected DR.. A. G. Morrow, of Dillon, president.
He succeeds DR.. L. E. Patton, Of Billings. The
convention closed July %, with a banquet
and dance.
DEER LODGE-Sam Etchareff. "a, was found
dead at his cabin at the Emery mine here.
Death apparently was from natural causes.
Etchareff had made his home in and near
Deer Lodge for several years. working as q
miner. He came to this section from Montreal.
Canada.
BUTTE-Students at Montana School Of
Mines earned approximately SIS. 900 from part
time work on about 100 Jobs on N. Y. A. prof.
ectS. in the Butte mines and in the residence
hall on the Mines campus during the 1936-37
school year, Business Manager w.. M. Brown
reported.
~BUTTE-Toy guns using rubber bands as
ammunition" in the hands Of Butte young
sters, have resulted in serious injury to sew
eral Butte children, a Butte doctor has re-
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lost their eyesisht during the last three
months and several other children have been
less seriously injured.
YELLOWSTONE K-Tourist travel
through Yellowstone park is now 81 percent
ahead of the same period in 1886, when new
park attendance records were set, national
parks officials reported. At the time OF the
report, 179, 1886 persons had entered the play
ground this year, compared with 164,982 reg
istered at the same time a year ago.
DILLON-Cloudbursts have uncovered gold
bearing ore OF high grade in the vicinity OF
Maybe springs, IA miles south of Dillon. min
ing men here state. The country was first
prospected 40 years ago. but findings were not
sufficient to warrant DEVELOPMENT Now, with
the uncovering Of new ore, several prospectors
are at work in the area.
BUTTE-A. C.. Parsons, former Lewis and
Clark county sheriff, has a trophy. He dis
played a rattlesnake tail with 10 rattles and q
button to friends in this city the other day.
Hd1ooAo n24ASS tAC v oA tAC Aooo AVoA
Three Forks. He heard the snake buzz as he
was getting out Of his car. The ex-sheriff, hav-
ing a gun in his car, followed the 'let i'm
have it, slogan on the rattleSnake.
~BUTTE-Two Montana youths were placed
on the United States Navy waiting List, &C.
cording to word received at the Butte re-
cruiting office. They were Henry Metz XII
patrick Of Three Forks and william Albert
Sharp OF Belsrade. Their applications for en-,
in the future from Salt Lake City, according
to A. T. Harrison, CMM in charge Of the Butte
substation.
CORvALLIS-Work Of building the l25-mile
rural power line Of the Ravaln County Electric
mence following receipt Of instructions from
the rural electrification authority in WASH
ington to proceed with construction" Con-
tract for building the line. which will serve
approximately $50 homes in the Bitter Root
valley, has been let to a Spokane firm for
SOS. so.
HAvRE-within the last few days two &C.
tivities on the Great Northern showed that
the upward trend in business still continues
as far as railroad affairs are concerned. For
student brakemen have been sent out for trial
and instruction runs. This is in anticipation
of the need for more train crews in the fall
when wheat shipments start. Not since the
peak year of 1929 has there been a need for
more men than have been carried on active
and extra rolls.
RED LODGE-Charles Carroll, of Billings.
was elected president of the Montana State
Elks association for the coming year at the
closing business session of the organization's
annual convention here. Anaconda was chosen
for the 1898 convention city. Other officers
elected included Ed Johnson Of Anaconda, first
vice president; Frank Sicora of Red Lodge,
second vice president; Art Trennery Of Bill.
lings, secretary-treasurer and Art Baker Of
Lewistown. Leon Choquette of Helena, and
Manley Holbert Of Virginia City, trustees.