Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-22
Treasure State
News in Brief

WTsDOM-Argyle stephens addex
to his flocks by purchasing 300 head
Of excellent lambs from Boss EmericA
of Dillon.
BUTTE-The st. lawrence mine has
been reopened with crew Of 400 men
It is the fourth Of the Anaconda COM
pany mines IA Butte to be placed IL
commission since early September.
HELENA-wiIllam E. Simpson ID
KaIispell win succeed Norman Kurta
as manager Of the Western Union Of
flee here. Kurtz left to take over the
managership Of the Great Falls Office
VIRGINIA CTTY-Norman Mae
Lean, owner OF the Revenue mine,
died recently in Boston, Mass where
he had gone to live several months
ago with a sister.
MILES CITY,. r. Reagan, travel
ing freight and passenger agent for
the transit Missouri division OF the MIL
waukee railroad. has gone to Spokane
/ to take I'D a similar position on the
coast division Of the line.
Federal Judge james
n. Baldwin attacked persons who sell
| liquor to Indians when he sentenced
Frank Michel TO serve four months IN
prison for the staying Feb. 20 Of An-
| toine Paul. Michel was found guilty or
involuntary granddaughter by jury
ENNTs-Tne home Of L. D. Piper, .
landmark of the area since the early
sixties, was destroyed IN fire recent
". Quick action by the neighb0rs tn
response to a general telephone ring
was instrumental In saving some flir-
niture and household effects.
LEWTsTOwN-with the harvesting
practically completed In central Mon
tana, shipments Of grain to the east
have RAPIDLY diminihed, according 70
the reports Of the railroads, which also
state that the cattle shipments have
been practically nothing this fan.
BOZENEAN-The marker designating
the site of old Fort Ellis, four miles
east OF here on q. S. highway No. 10.
has been replaced The first bronze
plate was removed by vandals IA 1875.
The fort was established IN 1867 py
Pres. Andrew Jackson and was aoan-
doned In 1885.
PARADTSE-To within the last year
or so, onion raising In this valley mas
been a discouraging proposition pc
cause Of the onion worm or "Trip, pug
to prove that 1t can be most success
fully done, Charles Bowser THIS year
raised 900 pounds on plot OF ground
about as feet wide and 80 feet long.
HELENA-Deputy Game Warden
Jack Carney found a three-year -oid
bull moose grazing among the tomb
stones and grave markers OF the geo
F'ellow's cemetery here. After shooting
several pictures Carney and his as
sistants chased the stranger toward
Seventeen Mile creek
,WTNTFRED-Wil1iam Schiefler,
while blowing, ran into what appears
to be the bones of a huge dinosaur
about is feet from tip to tip. A party
from the CCC camp, including Mars.
william Barry, Mr.. and Mrs. White
SUPERINTENDENT Bosworth and Ideuten-
ant Stewart spent a day digging out
parts Of it,
HELENA-The Helena city council
has asked for bids for construction OF
a new fire station and remodeling OF
the Algeria Shrine temple for use as
a city hall. A PWA grant OF $28,zTT
has been made the city for the recon
struction work on the building recently
purchased from the Shrine organiza-
ton.
FORT PECK-Changes in construc-
ton resulting from an earth slide at
the Fort Peck dam Sept. 20 has re-
suited in an increase in employment /
on the project, army engineers report !
ed. The engineers said 1890 men were
employed Oct. IL, compared with 4.l52
listed on payrolls when the month !
opened.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-The ma
tionaI park service announced 1t viii |
install coin meters for electricity for |
trailers at the Mammoth campground.
Twenty-Five cents win buy all the |
current trailer's gadgets can use Tor
"a hours. II the experiment is success
full the service may be extended to |
other national parks.
HELENA-The state of Virginia has
Joined an interstate compact for the |
supervision of prison PAROLES and pro-
bationers, and now Is cooperating |
with Montana and "A other states, w. |
L. Fitzsimmons, clerk Of the state |
board of examiners, has been informed. |
The compact does away with the ne
ceSsity for extradition papers when |
states In the organization desire to re-
turn parole violators.
FORT PECK Surveys to determine
potential uses Of electric power de-
veloped at the Fort Peck dam for ir-
rigation in eastern Montana have been
started by the bureau of reclamation.
NJ @. Sloan of the bureaus Denver
office said the surveys are TO continue
into next year and may include the
drainage areas of the Missouri, MILK
and Yellowstone rivers.
FORT BENTON--Word was received
by w. S. Towner that Frank Mac
Donald sold his interests in New zea-
land and win return TO this country.
he win arrive at Los Angeles Nov. 20
and return to Montana in the spring:
New Zealand for several years. About
IS years ago he was sheriff Of Chou
teau county.