Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-12
Treasure State
News in Brief

GREAT FALLs-Officlais Of the Great Fails
Badminton club have announced q state tour
nament would be held here March 2s and ~.
EEBBY-A district court jury convicted
grand larceny and recommended that he be
sentenced to two years In prison.
TOWNsEND-Quit claims In the Jenny and
Lucky Strike mines. located in the Park min
ing district, we're sold recently by w. r. stae-
nuke Of Billings to the Phoenix Mining Co.
HELENA-state Treasurer Ray n shannon,
chairman Of the Montana teachers retire.
meut fund board. announced z46 teachers
who have left active duty would be paid q
total OF ss,O34 for March.
FAIRFIELD-Dan letters Of ogden, Utah,
was the low bidder on the contract for con-
gtruction Of 80 additional miles OF laterals
and structures on the Sun river irrigation
project, the bureau Of reclamation office here
announced. letters bid $50, lO8.80.
FORT PECK-For the first time since the
beginning Of the Fort Peck dam project, en-
ployment has dropped below the 5000 mark.
Army engineers reported 2,976 persons EN-
pioyed on Feb is. At the end Of January
the total was 5,01s-
TOwNsEND-Leon Pinaxza Of Radersburg.
dismissed from the hospital recently after
recovering from a severe back strain received
IN n mine accident is back in the Broadwater
clinic and Hospital with fractured left foot
as the result Of another mine mishap
BozEMAN-Fire destroyed the Hyalite
ranger station barn. garage and shop for
Total property loss estimated at $4,000. Much
fire fighting equipment was lost In the blaze.
Sparks from g heating stove In the garage
were blamed for the fire.
smNEY-Montana fairs have planned IS
DAYS Of running races during the coming
summer, Jack suckstorff, secretary OF the
ROCKY Mountain Fair association, announced
Purses totaling s45.l0o win be offered he
said
WARM sPRTNGs-Dr. J. G. Dunn, acting
superintendent Of the state hospital here, re-
ported the institutions population dropped
one during the month Of February. At the
end of the month, he said, there were LOST
patients at the hospital.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS J. p sternhagen
has announced bids would be opened in Wash
ington March rs on Glasgow's new S240 600
rsostoffice and federal court building. the new
building is to be constructed during the COM
ing summer.
BoZEMAN-The Montana State college
Bobcat band opened its 2Sth concert tour Of
the state at Bozeman, March Is. Nineteen
concerts are scheduled for the tour. Cities
TO be visited include Lewistown, Great Falls,
Havre Miles City and Billings.
LEwIsTOWN-The Fergus county board Of
commissioners has offered g reward Of $500
for evidence which would lead to the arrest
and conviction Of the person, or persons, !
who allegedly murdered Joe De Claudio, Of
the Winifred area, two years ago.
MIssOULA-Federal Judge James H. Bald
win paid official tribute to the late Thomas
n Marlowe attorney and prominent sports
man. who died suddenly at Lewistown, Ida, |
jan l. Judge Baldwins statement was placed
in the court record and q copy sent to the /
family here.
RoUNDUP-A. W. Anderson of Butte. de-
partment commander Of the Veterans of For !
eign Wars Of the United States, was in Round |
up a few days ago contracting ex-service men
in connection with the new post Of the or
eanization that 1t is planned to establish
here in the near future.
MILES CITY-Flood waters washed out
both ends Of the Big Bar dam near Jordan, |
on which construction was begun last fall
by TomIinson and Arkwright Of Great Falls /
Persons living in the lower portions OF the |
town OF Jordan are reported to have evac-
uated their homes.
HARLEM-Iester Jolly and A. J. Granger |
of Harlem, who hunt coyotes by airplane, !
we're stranded for about 26 hours without