The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-08-20
Treasure State
News in Brief

R~osCOE-The nearly completed home being
built on ranch property four miles west Of
| here for Mr.. and Mrs. william Mackay Of
Tenafly, N. j., was destroyed by fire of un-
| known origin. Loss was estimated at $25, 1000.
DuLON-Beaverhead valley ranchers re-
| port the annual hay harvest almost completed,
with an almost average yield now stacked.
Harvesting Of wild hay in the Big Hole basin
territory starts soon.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A. Joy. supervisor Of
the Deer Lodge national forest, reported public
use of camping areas in the forest far ex-
| ceeds present development. He said cars from
SO states were noted at camp grounds one day
recently.
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK-Mrs. Ross Nc
Intire, wife of Capt. Ross Mc1ntire, President
park visitors recently. She was accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Mary B. Palmer, Of San
Diego. Calf.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inspector Jay
Severns reported q severe windstorm which
swept across the south end of the Bitter Root
valley damaged cherry and apple trees, and
raspberry briars. The storm reduced the po-
tential harvest slightly.
HAvRE-President G. H. vande Bogart has
announced the appointment of DR.. Merrill p.
physics and mathematics department Of
Northern Montana college. He is scheduled
to assume his duties in September.
LIvINGSTON-Roy N. Stewart, works prog
ress administration engineer in charge Of dis
trict 10. with HEADQUARTERS here. has been
transferred to zone 4, with headquarters at
Missoula. His successor here had not been
announced.
ANACONDA-The Montana Firemen's asso-
citation will have T. w. Carolan Of Forsyth
as president for the third consecutive year.
W. T. Cavett, Shelby. was reelected vice pres
ident, and Robert Thornburn, Billings, sec
retary-treasurer
BILLINGS-Thomas c. Cotton Of Wibaux
was appointed q special assistant to United
States District Attorney John B. Tansil and
COUNT attorney for IL years. was appointed
by Attorney General Homer s. Cummings.
FORT PECK-officials at the Fort Peck
dam reported tourists from Al of the 48
United States, Canada. Japan. China Africa,
Alaska. Russia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and PAN
anna have visited the worlds largest earth-fil
dam this summer. The only state not reported
was Louisiana.
MILES CITY-Charles Paine, rancher of the
Stacy community, died here of injuries he
suffered when his car plunged off a highway
about six miles west of Broadus. George
Miller, a passenger in the car, escaped in
jury. Paine, about 81, had been a resident
Of the south country the last 81 years.
HARLOWTON-Ten carloads of wool have
been shipped over the Milwaukee from Har-
lowton. most Of 1t going to Boston. Among
the principal shippers were James Law, J. p.
Cooney and the Glennie Brothers. Prominent
producers who expect to ship soon are Joseph
Muir, Labrie ranch company, J. E. Faster.
]. F. Ross, NJ. c. Singleton, L. j. Dahl and
Charles Beauchot.
BUTTE-Tentative plans have been made
by city officials here to install a two-way
radio communication system for the Butte
police force. Mayor Charles A: Hauswirth said
present plans call for receiving and sending
sets at the police station and in three auto
mobiles used by officers. 1t has been estimated
5000.
BILLINGS-R. E. Bateman, biological sur
vey district agent, announced a rat control
project probably would be started in Sidney
and Richland county. following discovery the
pests had invaded that area. Sidney, he said.
Is the second place in the state to become
infested with rats. They were discovered about
two years ago in Fergus county, and an ex-
termination program started there.
BUTTE-1ndicating the serious turn that
quota reductions have taken. the Montana
works progress administration has removed
Harry L. Hopkins from its employment list.
Officials disclosed, however, that the removal
necessary to meet a 1900 quota for July
and corresponding limitation Of funds-did
not apply to the national WPA administrator
but to a worker by the same name in western
Montana who was found ineligible for further
employment.
BOULDER-Mis Martha Ripley, a gradu-
ate OF the local high school last fall, recently
announced that she plans to 90 to Butte
where she will enter business college she
plans to continue her schooling there until
spring when she will leave for South America.
She plans to study there for one year when
she Will accept the position as private secre-
tary FOR her uncle. Arthur Taylor, who is
manager of the General Electric Company in
South America. AZ
BoULDER-Mis Jean Alton Pendergast
le1t Boulder for Seattle, where she will be
employed IN the Providence hospital. Miss
Pendergast has been nurse at the state school
lor the backward at Boulder for the last wear
ene Is q graduate of the local high school
hospital in Helena shortly thereafter. Due
10 the earthquakes which wrecked the build
ing she was forced to continue her training
IN st. AIMS hospital in Billings.