Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-05-08
Treasure State |
News in Brief

LEWIsToWN-Herbert s. woodward, for
mer Hobson banker. viii be cashier and man
aging officer Of the new Columbia beients
state bank which is to open in Minneapolis
this month.
GREAT FAILs-The second Oldest building
In Great Fails. where In 1884 O. N. Dickinson
opened a butcher shop. Is being torn down
to make room for q new, modern garage
building
BUTrE-Trarrlc officer Eddie o'connor,
astride his trusty motorcycle stopped genu-
inc one-horse runaway on East Park street
here The horse Miss Edna Poitras was riding
in the city cleanup parade bolted and ran
GREAT FALLs-Charley r. Dawley, of Great
Fails manager OF the st. LoutS-Fort Benton
motor boat race, reported 81. Louis MO-
would supply five entries in the race sched-
uled to start May Is.
POPLAR-Ieibert Mcclellan. 8. was seri-
ously injured when he came in contact with
! a hiEh-yoltage electric line near here. Physi-
clans found It necessary to amputate the lads
right arm His face and chest were badly
burned.
WTgDOM-Completely submerged when their
car rolled over three times and stopped in
| four feet Of water, Ed Classy and Andy
U1rich had narrow escapes from death few
days ago The car wrecked when a tie-rod
broke as the men we're motoring to Butte.
BUTrE-Phil o'Donneu chief deputy county
attorney, has announced the state will ask
the death penalty when Arthur wallace. Of
Butte is tried for the Staying Of Pred Shan
non here Feb 15 The trial Of Wallace is ex-
pected to start soon.
HELENA--John J. Murphy Of Butte, q ju-
Nor, was elected president Of the Carroll col
lege student council by q marEin Of nine
votes. Other officers elected are James White,
Kalispell, secretary-tTeasurer. and Vincent
Boyle. Butte, vice president.
GLACIER PARK-Goine- to- he-Sun is the
only highway in Glacier park stin closed to
traffic because OF snow. Supt e. T. Scoyen
expects the scenic route will be paSsabe
June IL, after removal Of about 100000 cubic
yards OF snow.
Park" pageant written by Walter E. Taylor,
OF Red Lodge. will be presented during July
in Red Lodges giant outdoor theater. Maurice
Johnson, Of Helena, district recreational di-
rector for the PWA, viii direct the production.
MISREPRESENTATION park service Off
cials have announced the purchase Of Al
new buses to be used In transporting visitors
through Yellowstone park. The new machines
VIII replace older-type buses in service for
the last several years
BUTTE-Montana School Of Mines win
award degrees to 43 candidates, including stu
dents from four foreign countries and eight
states, at commencement exercises here June
4, the registrar announced The commence
ment address viii be delivered by United
States Senator Burton X. Wheeler
BOZEMAN-With bullet wound IN his
chest, Dean Cowboy White, 20, was in a ser
ious condition In a hospital here. He told
Sheriff Levitt I. westlake the shooting was
self-fnflicted, but accidental. Hospital at
tendants said the man repeatedly stated he
wished to die
BUTTE--Aiss Dorothy Ann Davis, student
at Montana Normal college, Dillon, and Miss
Helen Sandvig, student at Montana State
college Bozeman are TO be among the Rocky
Mountain region delegates to the Grl Scout
silver Jubilee encampment in New York in
August.
MELRosE-Sman boys returning from the
postoffice with large packages recently in
dicated that cowboy hats are popular this
season Boys go to school In partial and
total eclipse. The embryonic cowpunchers have
hats ranging from the plain to the de
luxe" All are gratifying wide-brimmed and
wild-western.
MIssoULA--Pater Murphy, 6tevensville,
and WOODBURY. Brown, Hamilton, were nom
mated as candidates for the office OF pres
ident OF the Montana State university stu
dent body, az a primary held on the campus
recently. June Pauison, Harlowton, and Jean
Fritz. Roman weFs nominated "a candidates
for the office Of vice president