The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22

Loren Gompf started their car which was
standing in front of the house. 1t ran across
the street and smashed into a tree. The front
OF the car was badly damaged. The little tot
escaped with a few scratches and bruises.
DUTTON-Fred E. Smith, 76, for many
years a prominent figure in educational
circles Of North and South Dakota. and a
past grand master of the North Dakota grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, died at his home here
after several years of i'll health.
MISSOULA-The national bison range at
Moiese is the driest that it has been in IS
years. DR.. r. Norton, warden. said here. He
said 1t may be necessary to feed animals on
the ls'5oO-acre reserve this winter. The herd
also may be reduced from 46O to 300 head
during the cold months.
DILLON-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 in
cluded Violet Brown. Manhattan. vice pres
ident, and Selena Adams, Browning, secretary
treasurer.
member of the Butte fire de-
partment for many years. Harold Fleming, is
used to climbing around in high places. Now
he's confined to his home with a leg injury
suffered when he fell three feet from a win
dow ledge while attempting to open a window
in the Quartz street fire station.
M~ISSOULA-R. H. Weidman of Missoula,
senior sllvlculturist IN charee of forest plant
ing research on the staff OF the northern
Rocky mountain forest and range experiment
. W ais - llC AL Lin 1OlSSl
and range experiment station. Stephen N.
WyckoIf, director of the northern station,
said.
MILES CITY-Work is being resumed on
the Tongue river dam project, now that a
contract has been signed by Tongue river
and Yellowstone river iris alton district and
water users. State and public works admin
lstratlon officials attended the conferences
with officers OF the ditch company and the
water users.
~ENNIS-Charles Stoltz. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold StoltZ. underwent an operation for
the removal OF his eye, which was injured by
q piece of flying copper from a bullet shell
which he was pounding. The copper caused
infection He underwent the operation at the
Murray hospital in Butte. His parents were
with him.
GLASGOW-Ray J. Lewis, recreational di-
rector at Fort Peck dam for the last three
as secretary of the Montana State Temper
ance COMMISSION. and would leave soon for
Helena to assume his new duties. Lewis was
elected secretary at the commissions recent
organization meeting at the capital.
BILLINGS-Walter J. Derrick, supervisor
of the Custer national forest, following an
inspection trip of grazing areas in the forest,
said forest reserves will require careful use
to bring them back to their carrying capacity
of 1927, their best year" He said all divisions
of the Custer forest are below normal in graz
ing carrying capacity.
TERRY-A. P. Jones of Yuma, Ariz.. has
arrived here to assume his duties as resident
engineer in charge OF construction of the
Fallon-G lendive unit of the Buffalo Rapids
reclamation project. The Fallon-G lendi unit
will include a pumping system to irrigate
$1,000 acres of land, to be built in approx
mately two years at an estimated cost of
81, Cos, 900.