Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-05
Treasure State
News in Brief

ployes have been added to the labor
list OF the Buffalo Rapids project. The
payroll for the first half Of October
was over $1,000
HELENA-The state fish and game
department liberated more than 5000
Chinese pheasants in 50 counties Of
the state IN preparation for the five
day open season which began Sunday,
Oct 80.
KALISPELL-Walter W. Stearns, 81,
OF Kalispell, was killed when run over
by a truck hauling wood. When the
driveshaft snapped on steep hill,
Stearns jumped but was thrown under
the rear wheels and run over.
BUTTE-Earl M. Latte was fined
$500 on his plea Of guilty to a drunk
driving charge in district court. Latte
was involved in an accident Sept. "a
in which his wife was injured. and
( charges we're filed subsequently.
ROUNDUP-Miss Anne Picchioni Of
/ Klein, senior in the school Of piar-
macy at the State university. accord
/ ing to information received here, holds
the highest scholastic record in phar-
macy Of any college student in the
/ United States.
GEYSER-The manager Of the state
liquor store here reported thieves
gained entrance to the store by break
ing a glass panel in the front door
and carried away 16 cases OF whisky
and wine. No trace Of the robbers had
been found.
Observation-Disclosures county
had 81 ,240, 400 IN unpaid taxes for all
years on the books Of the county clerk
says a report issued by the Montana
Taxpayers association. Estimated pen
atty and interest on delinquent taxes
from 1880 TO 1885 totals $500, 718.
MILES CrTY-Claude M. Jones has
arrived from East Grand Forks, MINI,
to assume his duties as vice president
of the First National bank of Miles
City. At East Grand Forks. Jones was
associated with q bank Of the. First
Bank Stock Corp.
LEWISTOWN-C. M Wall Of Hell
ena was chosen president Of the Mon
tana Hardware and Implement asso-
citation at the groups annual meeting
here. Charles Wallace of Anaconda
was elected vice president and Martin
P Trenne of Helena, secretary
treasurer.
HINSDALE-Sugar beet harvest was
concluded at Hinsdale with 3,450 tons
received at the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. !
loader, according to Walter Hoerster |
operator. Tonnage was Is percent over /
the 3000-ton estimate made by the /
sugar company before the harvest |
started.
NTISSOULA-The first 1888 ship |
ments Of Christmas trees from western |
Montana forests to eastern markets /
City. Thousands Of the evergreens are I
harvested in the Libby, Whitefish and I
Plains areas for eastern markets each /
fall.
TOWNSEND-The latest thing in
tear gas guns has been added to the
equipment of the Broadwater county
jail The weapon fires both tear and
vomiting gas shells. The proJecttles
measure one and a half inches and
are not to be fired directly at the
victim. according to the directions.
INSTRUMENTATION took 1855
deer and % elk out of the upper
Judith river area Of the Belt noun
tains in the first eight days Of the
season, William Voorhees,, deputy
game warden, said. Tt is a record kill
for the territory. Last years kill Of
100 deer, three elk and one bear was
the previous record.
HELENA-Frank Mulch and H. W.
Daley, both of Butte, were killed nine
miles south of here when their truck
owned by a Butte school district,
missed an overpass and crashed 100
were taking band instruments to Hell
ena for football game between Butte
and Helena high schools.
GREAT FALLS-The Great Falls re-
duction plant of the Anaconda Copper
NT{7fr7er ~ hos roc11r0aH normal on I
erations with l 400 men at work, COM
pany officials announced. Seven OF the
eight units Of the zinc plant are in
operation. The plant was operating at
about half its capacity during the
summer.
YELLOWSTONE park. e. Flint,
Livingston publisher, has been named
q director of the Yellowstone Library
and Museum association. The board,
IN charge of distribution and sale of
all publications in the park, was re-
Gently increased from seven to nine
members. The other member will be
elected next year.
GREAT FALLS-No information has
been obtained as to the whereabouts
Of Magnus Forum, rancher 40 miles
from Big Sandy, who has been missing
since July 20. Forum, known to have
L..
Glacier park in July, disappeared
July 20 and has not been heard Of
since.
HELENA-With egg stripping OPP ,
arations already begun on Loeb Leven
trout at three state spawning stations
On the upper Madison river, this years
egg crop Is expected to be larger than
the 100000 egg take there last year,
according to John w. Schofield, state
Of fisheries and hatch
cries. The eggs are distributed to state
hatcheries for cultivation.
ST. IGNATTUS-G. L. Sperry, engi-
neer of the FIathead irrigation prof. |
ect, and j. A. Medaris, senior clerk,
have gone to Los Angeles to attend
the opening of bids for pumps. The I
project, to cost $5OO,O00 is designed to
elevate water from the Flathead river :
onto the hillside and into a canal that
will divert it to the Flathead project
irrigation system.
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