Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-09-17
Treasure State
News in Brief

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train at Cole was struck and fnsEantIy
killed by lightning.
BUTTE-Four veteran mail carriers
reported in a QUESTIONABLE that the
question most often asked them was
where is my WPA check?"
BOZEAEAN--Joe Gamble. wheat FAR
mer near Bozemar reports he harvest
ed an average Of SIS bushels an acre
from 100 acres of dry land wheat The
wheat tested No. hard winter.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-Bears bit Of
persons in the park this year, despats
warnings posted throughout the park.
Only favorable indication In the score
Edmund B. Rogers said, was that ths
total was four below that OF last year
tered in the first 200 feet Of drilling for
oil on the Tiger Ridge structure south
west of Chinook and drillers expect to
tap a considerable flow in the next 200
feet in the Eagle sandstone and a still
larger volume at 1900 feet
GREAT FALLS-George Coutts, rs.
Of Lethbridge, who thrilled crowds here
on Labor day with his trick riding Of d
motorcycle, suffered a conclusion of
the brain when his machine upset after /
hitting 9 hole in an oiled road on the
outskirts Of the city.
HELENA Information charging the
Lovelace Motor Supply and w. a.
M0Ser, its manager, with violation of
the eight-hour law Was filed In district
court here by County Attorney Harold
K. Anderson at request OF the state
department Of labor.
MARTINsDAKsE-Tem resi-
dence Of workers on the upper Mussel-
-
enrolment In the Martlnsdale district.
Eighteen pupils enrolled In primary
grades, taught by Dorothy Lucas, and
Is In upper grades under Alice Brekke.
RuSSOULA-A special bond election,
to consider financing OF a proposed an
mex to Missoula County high school
through PWA loan and grant, was
called by the board of trustees for
Sept. g. The proposal Is for a $500, 900
building
BUTTE-The third annual conven- |
ton of the Helena diocese of the {
students Catholic action conferences |
will be held here Sept % and "A, It |
was announced. More than 1900 stud
ents attended last years conferences. {
and more were expected for the COM
ing session. s
HELENA "A percent decrease
from the 24,1O4 cars loaded during the =
first six months of 1887 was reported :
lor the first six months this year by 4
,he state railroad and public service !.
commission. Most marked drop in car
oadings was 6 ,488-car decrease in ore
shipping. 2
MTSSOULA-Paul Peterson, rancher Il
" the Elk creek territory, reported he d
believed marijuana responsible for the *
leath Of some 800 head of his sheep. q
The animals, he said were found stag ST
'ering around after feeding In a patch 81
# wild growth, and they later sue CT
umbed. Ia
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. L. @. Boedecker ~
the Montana state highway patrol -
dvocates the adoption of night speed %
NIT. The patrol chief declined TO state "
hat the recommended night speed - -
NIT should be, although he pointed ~ ~
ut several other states have limits Of ur
and so miles per hour at night. ev
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of possibility TIL
obtaining the Washington Junior ser
Ugh school building as site for the of
ute city hall was asked by Alderman fal
oseph Duffy at meeting Of the city DIR
'uncil. Transfer Of the city hall is SEE
scessary because the present building pr
inadequate, the alderman said. pa
FORT BENTON-Homer RugweIl, ln'
perintendent of the Montana Dis . us'
ict Council of the Assemblies of God, ~ ~
IS leased for his religious organization ~
e old CoatSworth building on Front
rect for one year. The building 20 &c
airs ago housed the old Board Of 80
'ade saloon. u
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SIS miles an
wn the treacherous Yellowstone river on
Om Fallon to Glendive, Clarence far
lies, A, local stock buyer, won q tiv
lger and many admirers. He swan thf
e distance In IL hours, and said he far
It fine, but tired when he crawled mo
om the water here. sue
GREAT FALLS-Whether northern see
ontana oil fields are potentially large lot
ale producers is expected to be de- "
mined by deep test well now being
llled by @. w. Chambers of Conrad, 80
the Pondera field. Chambers said -
expected to put the test well down es III
ne 5000 feet, into the Devonian ~
nation. pos
Springfield Fire g. n,
arine Insurance Co. was ordered by XXI
,ntana Insurance Commissioner John ~
Holmes to show cause why its H.
use should not be Cancelled for viola
n of the state agents counter-sig-
ture law. The hearing was set for
pit. %.
Rounding up the fam EX
mich cows without assistance is the
,omplishment credited TO BABE"
Idle pony owned by Russell Larry,
ing son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Try. The pony. Russell reported, ac-
lily rounds up the herd and brings =
to the barnyard every evening at y
king time. y
sOZENAN-A special city election, 10
consider bond issues Of s40,0 900 for "A
' reservoir for the municipal water 81
tenn, and $4,000 for new city hail IN
J called for Sept. 80 by the board OF h
commissioners here Both proposals r.
contingent upon approval Of the "a ~
jects and grants Of 45 percent OF t-a s,s
struction costs by the PWA, If APP c -
Veu ny Inc VoscAS. lis
4. ASrsOyU EIGHT ty,,~is drivers ON time
vad IN fhp Florf pqek dam left tn t4k&