The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04
Treasure State
.. News in Brief

HAMILToN-John Summerville Weatherin.
81. resident of. Hamilton for 20 years, died
here a few days ago.
RED DGE- Red Lodge Rod and Gun
club has planted 60, 900 Loeb Leven trout IN
Clark's Fork river near here. The 1lsh were
brought here from the state hatchery al Big
Timber.
WEST YELLOWSTONE-Earl Roach, about
40, forest service employe,. was injured Ia.
tally when a telephone pole upon whieh ne
was working toppled to the ground Hoach
suffered a broken neck.
GREAT FALLS-One thousand new trees
have been planted along local bouleVards'
Mayor Julius ]. Wuerthner announced. me
new trees we're planted to replace trees mai
had died.
FALLS-Fores service officials
recently announced Melville Walker, Mlssoula
civil engineer. will be ASSIGNED to the sta11 OF
the cabinet forest. He will have charge OF
construction work on the Indian service ROAD
leading toward Basso peak.
Observation-Disclosures wickware of Waller.
will be crowned queen at the annual May
fete during commencement week at Montana
State university here. Miss Wickware Will re-
ceive a bachelors degree in domestic science
at the commencement exercises.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A. Joy. forest super
visor. announced only the approval of the
secretary of the interior is now necessary
for creation of a primitive area emoraclng
ll2, 900 acres in Isl square miles of the Deer
Lodge national forest southwest of here.
GREAT FALLS-Morris Bynum. about 40.
employed at the Montana Silver Queen mine
at Neihart. was injured fatally by a cave-in
on one of the lower levels of the mine. Bynum
was discovered some time after the accident,
by fellow workmen.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS-The newly
orEanized Meagher county Rod and Gun cluo
has voted to ask the state fish and game
commission to close to hunting all the waters
impoundcd by the Smith river dam, thus
establishing a migratory waterfowl refuge.
STANFoRD-Plans for a Judith river ir-
~rigation storage protect were advanced at
recent conferences of rancherS with the county
plannin- committee. The proposal is for n
dam above Utica to store water that will be
supplemental to the Ackley lake project now
under construction near Hobson.
MILES CITY-a vi=orous campaign to ex-
terminate wild morning glory, or blindweed,
has beer planned BY farmers on land SfrNfa
by the TONGUE and Yellowstone lrFi:2llo1
projects in this section. a chemical, which
kills the roots of the weed. is to be spread
over infested lands.
LIyINGSTON-Water was turned into the
LIVINGSTON ditch. first completed Park county
water conservation project 4 ftw DAYS ago.
Irritation for several thousand acres OF farm
land in the immediate vicinity Of Livlngston
will be provided by the ditch. completed at
an estimated cost Of 10000.
LArREL-Joliet city authorities expect the
new weter works system there to be in OPP
Grafton some time during July. Work on con-
struction has progressed rapidly. The job in
cludes the laying Of several miles of water
mains, and the construction OF a storage
reservoir and pumping station.
GREAT F~ALLS-County Agent Dan P.
Thurber announced the 1887 war against
the millions Of Mormon crickets which infest
Cascade county fields has started, with a
crew of q men already at work spreading
poison dust over the fields. He said the crew
would be ENLARGED soon. !
driverless automobiles ran
wild the other day. and came to rest in the
Flathead river. The machines had been
parked on a down-grade at a labor camp. One
started down hill. struck the other. and the
parade was on. Both cars were badly dam
aged.
~TTE- Lillian Abt, 10, Butte Girl
Scout. received the Girl Scout golden eaglet
award, highest award given by %scouting or
SANITATION, during a special court OF honor
ceremonial at Great Falls. The award was
presented Miss Abt by Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
president of the national executive council
of the Girl Scouts.
LIyINGSToN-The 1897 fight against Nor
mon crickets was begun in Park county. A
crew of resettlement administration workmen'
armed with dust guns and poison bait, have
commenced busting three infected areas
near Clyde Park. Other sections OF the county
are scheduled to be busted IN the near
future.
GLENDIyE-Ray Bjork. for the last seven
wears assistant principal of Custer county
high school at Miles City, was recently elect
ed superintendent of schools at Glendlve.
He will be in charge Of the Dawson. county
high school and the Glendive grade schoools:
Biorks succeeds Ralph Scudder as head OF
the local school system.
LAUREL-William McMurphy OF HaVre, as
sistant director for Montana Of the national
youth administration, recently announceo ~
IVA camp for young women between the ages
of 10 and IS will be held at Laurel this sum-
1ner. To attend the camp, young women must
belong to families eligible for resettlement or
WPA employment. Attendants at the camp
VIII earn S39 per month.
TJET ENA HAS HARD