Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-05-28

AAAAhSA LIZ BCeAAa IA A~%NNee%
of the Flathead Power Co, has de-
cided to use copper wire in the con-
struction Of the $4,000 REiA project
TOWNsEND-Four COWS were killed
on state highway No. 10 IN two ac-
cidents caused by poor vision in bind
ing rain.
HELENA-Gov. Roy E. Ayers abol-
ished the office of clerk OF the state
highway patrol. The office had been
held by William Wilds, 81, who dleo
suddenly.
E-Alexander j. Mcintyre,
VAUDEVILLE resident SIS years, died OF
wounds suffered when a shotgun he was
carrying accidentally discharged wneh
he stumbled.
SIDNEY-Farmers and residents OF
Richland county are urging war on
gray rats, says Theodore Fosse, county
agent. It is believed rats first came INTO
the county about 1885 with relief nay
or feed.
JORDAN-A ferry is now operating
across the Big Dry between here ana
Fort Peck near the William Nelson
ranch, 10 miles from its mouth. AS the
water level of the Dry rises the ferry
win be moved upstream.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. totaling Sll927
have been issued against the state
stock eStray fund during the first four
months Of 1898, State Auditor John =.
Holmes said. That total compared WIN
500. $40 for the same period in 1887
and s38,512 for the first four months
Of 1886.
GREAT FALLS-Bonded indebted
ness of Cascade county after July l
viii be but S188 900, or $470 per capita.
The per capita Indebtedness is among
the smallest for any county OF large
population, according to County Treas
urer M T. Iinnane.
HARLOWTON-Of the amount paid
out in payroll on the DeadmanS basin
irrigation project during the period
Oct. Is, 1885, to last March, residents
of this county received from WPA $780,
600. The sponsors share, for machinery
and equipment, was $500.
Taxpayers of Bozeman
school district will vote on bond issue
for funds with which to finance a new
school building program subject 70 a
PWA grant. The maximum limit Of the
bond issue has been set by the school
board at $3l6,5OO.
GREAT FALLS-Proceeds Of $91.95
from the printers rodeo dance staged
here recently have been turned over
to the iron lung" fund by the Allied
Printing Trades council as that organ
izationS donation to the movement to
procure one of the devices for local
use.
LEWISTOWN-Ded of st.
Leo's new Daniel j. Burke Memorial
building will be June 16, says the Rev
Fir. 7. o. ROGUE. Bishop E. V. OHara
Of Great Falls will deliver the ao Sn sS
The auditorium was opened May 70 tor
ei0nth GRADE graduation exercises of
st. Leo'S school.
LIBBY-Twenty-f dogs, taken in
a citywide roundup and awaiting death
in the dog pound, were at liberty as
the result Of a pound break" police
suspected was engineered from the
outside-possibly by youthful owners of
the pets. A gaping hole in the door OF
the pound told the story Of the break.
MIS- OULA-Western Montana's
sugar beet crop, though later than
usual is starting the 1888 season under
the best conditions that have prevailed
since the sugar factory was established
at MiSsoula, said M. B. Wilson, district
manager for the American Crystal
Sugar Co.
GREAT FALLS-Steve Richards of
Lewistown was first and Bob K. Mans
field of Great Falls second in council
wide Boy Scout safety contest. Other
contestants who won honorable mem
ton were John Kemp Of LewiStown,
Harry Parmelee and Keith Elmer Of
Waller, and Bill Paulson of HaWe.
BUTTE-Notice was served on relief
workers by the county welfare depart
ment that anyone campaigning for Of
flee is not eligible for relief. The order
of the Silver Bow county department Of
public welfare is signed by Emmett
O'Brien, Thomas Merkle and Dan d.
Sullivan, members of the board.
HELENA-The dairy division of the
state department of agriculture has is
sued q warning to creameries and
cream stations of the state that cream
being held for churning purposes
should be given the proper care, as
outlined in regulations promulgated by
the department. B. F. Thrailkill, chief
of the dairy division, said orders would :
be issued for the closing of creameries