Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-09
Treasure State
News in Brief

chose Livingston as the site Of their
1899 meeting.
HELENA-R. Dale Woods Of Hobson
resigned from the state liquor control
board to seek the democratic nomina-
ton as state senator from Judith Basin
county.
GREAT FALLS-Bernard Wait, 81,
was injured fatally when his car struck
| q lamp post here. Wait was employed
/ on a ranch near here. Funeral services
and burial were at Chinook.
POPLAR-Work is progressing on
I the Poplar river dam project. Contract
/ for several additional deep test holes
was awarded to Alex Verdon OF Poplar.
A carload of curbing lumber for test
! drilling was received.
KALISPELIS-Mrs.B Burton K. Wheel
( er and two sons, Of Washington, d. G.,
and Butte, are at the fanily's summer
home on Lake Mcdonald in Glacier
national park. Senator Wheeler was ex-
pected to join them later.
CHTNOOK-Reports Of damage from
the flash floods which covered most
Of central Blaine county lnolcaCe lossss
in bridges and road grades carried away
will be $4,000 or more. About 80
bridges, mostly small ones, went out.
KALTsPELL-A few minutes before
the polls closed q rush OF voters ap-
proved the Sc, 900 school bond issue.
Less than an hour before the O'Clock
deadline, they lacked $50 of the 40 per-
cent necessary to validate the election
MusSOULA-Stephe Wyckoff, di-
rector of the northern Rocky mountain
forest experiment station here the last
two wears, has been transferred to-
Portland to become director of the ex-
pertinent station for Oregon and
Washington.
KALISPELI-Chairm George Lam
str1lm of the chamber OF commerce
road committee returned from Helena
with news that the bureau OF public
roads will let q contract for consJruc-
ton of 8 five-mile stretch on highway
No. 2 between Happy's inn and Libby.
BUTTE-An all-time record enroll
ment in Montana WPA adult education
classes was announced by State Adj
rninistrator Joseph E. Parker Figures
showed 1922 persons regularly enrolled
during June, almost 5000 more than
for the corresponding month year
ago.
ANACONDA-The south-central dis
trict Of the Montana Wildlife feder-
alton is opposing a proposed initiative
measure which would provide Tor re-
organization of the state fish and game
commission. Twenty-four delegates at
tended a meeting here at which 1t was
decided to oppose the measure.
HELENA-Law Risken, formerly
managing editor OF the Montana
Standard at Butte. is now acting editor
Of the Helena Independent. It was an
nounced VIII A. Campbell, editor OF
the independent, will take an extended
vacation in the interest Of his health
which has been poor for some time.
BUTTE-stanley Jensen Of Green
Vile. Mich complained to police that
he lost $1O0 matching pennies. He SAID
he was approached by two men shortly
after he arrived on q bus. They Sug-
gested q friendly game and Jensen won
Several times. When the game broke up
they had 500 of his money.
FORT -Chouteau county's
runaway ferry, which broke loose from
its moorings after swapping and sink
ing at Carter, was located several miles
down the river near the old Stevens
place. The county commissioners plan
to move the boat by heavy trucks back
to its regular location later on.
CONRAD-William Bauman, farmer
and poultry grower living near Ledger,
was invited to attend the seventh world
poultry congress this month at Cleve-
land. The invitation was issued by the
American Poultry association. Bauman
will probably take several birds TO the
congress.
GREAT FALLS-Information has
been received here of the election OF
D. S. Warden, Great Falls publisher,
as director for the 10th district OF the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
which includes eight western states.
Warden formerly was director OF the
eighth district, position he held Tor
five years.
Regional forest service
officials here announced temporary en-
oloyment would be given 468 men IN
on national forest projects
July this year and March l
next year. The men, working on era
projects, will be engaged IN fire con-
5rol. range development, campground
and rodent control
LTBBY-A blue carrier pigeon, bound
from somewhere to its home cage,
alighted on the doorstep Of Bud Farrell,
20 miles north Of Libby, at z O'Clock
he morning of June "a. Bud fed and
watered the bird and it took off at
1890 noon The pigeon wore band
On its right leg carrying the legend:
NO. K-H-G over an n. 164."
kALHSFEAAs-kT0m distant ArBSu-
ina, Francisco Marseillan Of Buenos
Aires brought greetings of friendship
md goodwill to Kalispeu Rotarians. In
he last quarter century the attitude
If South Americans has changed, he
aid, from a vague fear Of Yankee Inn
1erialism to one of understanding and
goodwill
MISSOULA-At least liz forest fires
we're caused by lightning on national
forests in the northern Rocky noun
ain region recently, but moisture IN
he woods and rain which accompanied
The electrical storms extinguished all
he blazes before appreciable damage
mad been done, the forest service office
1ere reported. The largest blaze burned
over less than q duarter-acre Of woods.
BOZENTAN-Kyle PodoIl, 10, Of Poca-
tello, Ida, was sentenced to. two years
IN state prison after pleading guilty
before District Judge Ben iagniU Il