The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Treasure State
News in Brief

nLINGS-Hele Schmidt. overcome by gas
at her home here last week and considered In
a critical condition for a time was repofteo
by her physician to be rapidly recovering.
after his automobile skidded from the Para
dise-St. Regis highway and catapulted into the
Clark's Fork river. The automobile was almost
entirely submerged. 20 feet from shore.
BHLINGS-Diplomas were given seven
women students at Eastern Montana Normal
school at the 10th annual fall quarter COM
mencement exercises. DR.. W.. A. Petzoldt. head
Of the Baptist Indian mission at Lodge Grass.
delivered the address.
MILES C~ITY-Nelson Shrout, returned to
Miles City from Detroit, pleaded guilty to a
charge Of forgery when arraigned before Dis.
trict Judge s. d. McKinnon and was sentenced
to serve two years in the state penitentiary
at Deer Lodge.
BUTTE-Coroner M. F. Duff announced that
Investigation into the death of an Unidentified
man whose body was found near Melrose had
been dropped due to lack Of tangible clews.
Coroner Duff said he was convinced that death
was due to natural causes.
GREAT FALLS-The Great Falls chapter of
the 1zaak Walton league is circulating over the
state petitions to congress to remove all do
nestle stock from the national forests. reseed
former grazing areas, start reforestation OF
burned areas and purchase marginal lands for
forest pastures.
SIDNEY-L. W. Thompson. formerly of Fair
view will start a real estate and insurance
business in office rooms over the Sidney Ma
tional bank. For the last two years he has
been looking after land interests of the Union
Central Life Insurance company in eastern
Montana and western North Dakota.
GREAT FALLS-The Rt. Rev. Edwin v.
O'Hara, bishop of Great Falls. has announced
a diocesan eucharistic congress. to be held
here May 9 and 10, in conjunction with the
international congress at Budapest and the
national congress at New Orleans.
GREAT ~FALLS-Clarence Hanley, assistant
attorney general, was here investigating the
appropriation Of approximately $4,000 worth OF
commodities by a group Of persons who took
over the state welfare departments commodity
depot. Hanley said his findings would be SUBJ
mitted to Attorney Gen. H. J. Freebourn.
ROMAN. A. Lawry. whose store was
robbed recently, said he had a proposition to
make to whoever entered the establishment
Lawry explained that among things taken
were two shoes, one black and one brown
and both for the same. foot. He said If the
party who took them will return one Of the
shoes. he will give him the mate to the other,
and then, well both have a pair of shoes.
sIDNEY-Claget T. Sanders Of Great Falls
has located in Sidney for the practice OF law
with offices over the Sidney National bank
Mr.. Sanders graduated in law from Montana
university. class Of 1885, since which time he
has been with the General Motors Acceptance
corporation at Great Falls. In that connection
he frequently visited Sidney and decided upon
the location for legal practice as a result.
BUTTE-W. E. Coyle was elected president
of the Silver Bow County Bar association al
a meeting in Judge J. j. Lynch's courtroom
in the courthouse. Other officers chosen fol
the ensuing year are: John 3. McLernan, vice
PRESIDENT; N. A. Rotering Jr., treasurer; Man
Galasso, secretary, and Floyd c.. Fluent, E. M.
Lamb. w. D. Kyle, John A. Shelton and T. J.
Walker, members of the executive committee,
H. A. Tyvand. the outgoing president. presided