The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-08-27
Treasure State
News in Brief

u.,t,1 ToN-Funeral services were held at
Grantsdale for Mrs. Elizabeth Squires' os, VIM
died at her home here. Mrs; Sauites. . s AZ
of Ogden, Utah, had resided at 1fan'soaie
and Hamilton the past 66 years.
DEER LopGE-construction Of a s73, 900
postoffice building started here the other
day. The contractor is the B; H. Sneidon
company of Colfax. Wash, and the ouliolas
is to be completed within ~ months'
GREAT FALLS-Great Falls authorities were
investigating possibilities three recent fires,
which caused an estimated loss or s2oooo.
were of incendiary origin. All three OF the
blazes have been on railroad property.
DEER LoDGE-victor N. Weber. past state
deputy. will represent Montana members OF
the knights of Columbus lodge at the organ
ization'S national convention In san Antonio'
Tex.
SWEET GRASS-Mr. and Mrs. John Beckett,
ormerly OF Michigan, have commenced pub
LEGATION Of a newspaper here, known as the
Toole County Citizen. The first issue ap-
peared a few days ago.
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 IN
Missoula.
MSsoULA-Dr. Fred Alexander Barkley.
formerly a member of the faculty OF Wash
ington university, st: Louis MO. mas 2een
tana State university, Pres. George Finlay
Simmons announced.
DILLON-R. M. Barrett was elected pres
ident of the newly organized Dillon Chamber
Of at the first meeting OF the board
of directors. The directors announced they
would meet later to name an executive Sec
rotary of the chamber.
THOMPSON FALLS-Felix Carter, pitcher
for the Thompson Falls baseball team, turned
on a little too much steam" In a game with
Libby recently and has a broken arm as the
result ThonnS0n Falls won, 10 to 81, despite
the accident to the Finger"
GREAT FALLS-The fourteenth annual ses-
sion of the Montana state conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church was held here
Aug. II to %. The First Methodist church
of Great Falls acted as host church to the
convention delegates and the Rev. Cecil F.
Ristow was host pastor.
BUTTE-Work on a SAC, 900 improvement
project at the Butte airport will be started
Aug. 26. County Surveyor Jack Healy has
furnish 1000 for materials, and the WPA
will furnish labor for the project. Grounds,
hangers and lighting system will be improved.
MIssoULA-ore traffic on the Occur d.
Alene branch of the Northern Pacific railroad
has increased to the extent that an extra
ready making the run through Wallace. Burke
and the Sunshine mine in the Idaho pam
handle.
BILLINGS-Thomas c. Cotton, Of Wibaux.
has been appointed a special assistant to the
United States District Attorney John B.
Tansil, and has assumed his new duties.
Cotton, Wibaux county attorney for the past
IL years, was appointed by Attorney General
Homer s. Cummings.
ACI NATIONAL PARK-Howard H.
Hayes, president of the Glacier Park Trans
portation Co., announced plans were well ad-
vanced for the parks first museum. Work
on the museum, to be located on the shore of
Two Medicine lake, will be started immedi-
ately, he said. The museum house relics which
will tell the history of the Blackfeet Indian
tribe and will be a memorial to the late
General Hugh L. Scott.
FOR PECK-Curtailment Of work on the
Fort Peck DAM. IN order to release power for
other industrial activities in Montana, would
cause a delay which would cost the govern
ment an estimated 81, 900, 900 and possibly
endanger the entire dam should heavy rains
fall. army engineers told a COMMITTEES from
the Cascade County Trades and Labor as
sembly. In addition, the engineers said, 1t
would cause 1850 workers on the project to
lose their Jobs.
CORVALLIS-An official meeting Of the
school board resulted in the election of three
new teachers to the staff of the local school.
They are for the fourth, fifth and seventh
grades. and are Miss Dorothy johnson of
Missoula, Miss Ethel Swanson Of Anaconda,
and Miss Annette Kelly Of st. Ignatius. The
contracts will be mailed to them for their
signatures. The eighth grade position made
vacant by the resignation Of Sam Cappious,
remains to be filled.