The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
Treasure State
News in Brief

HAvRE-The shambo schoolhouse and all
its contents were destroyed by fire. Many
patrons Of the school said they suspected
incendiarism.
W~INIFRED-A junior high department has
been added to the Winifred schools to be
run in conjunction with the senior high
school.
MILES IN CMat) Elgin. "a.
pioneer Miles City rancher, died at his home
here. He had lived in the Miles City country
for the last 60 years.
EKALAKA-Earl A. Tooke, SO. a southern
died of a stroke while feeding hogs at his
ranch II miles southwest of here.
ANACONDA-Ired by the poisoning of about
10 dogs recently. dog owners posted rewards
totaling SIPS for the arrest and conviction
Of the poisoner.
PLAINs-Plains voters. at a special election,
granted the Montana Power Co. a 3O-year
franchise to operate the Plains water system,
The vote was IA to 16.
bridge Is miles south of here
on federal highway No. 2 gave way under a
truckload of logs and was demolished. Neil
Blanchard, driver of the truck, was uninjured.
Travel was routed over a detour.
GLENTANA-Emil Eliason was severely in
jured when a car he was driving collided with
an eastbound train. The car was demolished
but two horses which Eliason had tied to it
broke loose and were not hurt.
1"OOD-CIUIIld fld11, special nealtl
nurse, announced that GO of POT Sheridan
county rural school children examined by her
have been for medical or dental
treatment.
MIssoULA-John W: Nichols obtained a
divorce here. His brother, Willard, was d-
vorced By Mary Nichols. The same day John
Nichols and Mary Nichols were married at
Hamilton.
CASCADE-Prof. Orville Lester Davis, for
mer pastor of the Cascade Methodist Epis-
am oI,S~oI n t1o,. ,lo-k~l -
idency of Leonard Theological college, Jubbul-
pore, India. and sailed for his new post re-
Gently. friends here were advised.
BUTTE-A mother and her son were married
here at a double ceremony in which each
stood up for the other. Clarence Click, 10,
married Mercedes Churchill, ID, while his
mother, Mrs. Bessie Click, 81. was married
to Clayton Ricard, 81. All are Butte residents.
~BUTTE-The assessed valuation Of property
in Butte to be used as a basis of municipal
$40 more than last year. City Treasurer Ber-
nard E.. Holland reported. The taxable valu-
alton is placed at $14,350, ITS or $462, $50 more
than last year.
DlLLON-Bernard MCKINLEY, Of Butte. was
elected president of the senior class at Mon
tana State Normal college here when the
class met to organize. Other officers elected
included Violet A. Brown, Manhattan. vice
president, and Selena Adams. Browning,
ecretary-treasurer
Slllel val LeCQner an
nounced the first arrest here under a new
city ordinance prohibiting door to door SELL
ing. Bernice Todd, who told officers she was
a daughter of Street Commissioner A.. B.. Todd
Of New York City, was arrested and fined
$40 for selling magazines from door to door,
FORT PECK-C. E. Parkinson, chief enein-
eer OF the Queensland, Australia, irritation.
sewerage and water supply commission, spent
q day at the Fort Peck dam studying con-
struction features before leaving for Bonnie
vile and Grand Coulee dams. He is visiting
most OF the large construction projects on
this continent.
MISSOULA-J. G. Hagens, state water con-
servatlon BOARD engineer. went into the upper
Bitter Root valley this week to examine the
site for a proposed dam on the west fork
OF the Bitter Root river. The site is 30 miles
waters of the Bitter Root river during the
spring runoff. to be released during the sum
mer. providing irrigation water for canals
which have their source in the river.