Glacier County chief., 1939-10-13
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

from the Treasure State
HELENA-Montana farmers planted
more than 336,0O trees last year under
the federal state cooperative plan, the
forest service has reported
GREAT FALLS-The third annual
sugar beet field day will be held here
Nov. %. Cash prizes and merchandise
awards will be given for the finest
beets displayed.
HELENA-Only 81 cases of equine
sleeping sickness have been reported
IN Montana this year, compared to
thousands in 1888, DR.. w. j. Butler,
state veterinarian, announced.
STANFORD-Thef first annual Junior
tat stock show for Judith Basin county
VIII be held at Stanford. Oct. 81 H. L.
Dusenberry is chairman of the COM
mlttee in charge.
GLASGOW-M Kathryn Worrell
OF Glasgow has been named supervisor
OF public health nurses for the western
Montana district. Miss Worrell had
oeen health nurse of Valley county.
MISSOULA Perry A. Thompson,
formerly OF Missoula, has been named
chief Of the division of personnel man.
agement of the forest service. He has
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on temporary assignment.
DILLON-A. R. and Sidney Smith,
Madison county sheepmen, were paid
pound wool clip. This was the highest
price paid for wool in this section for
several years.
HAVRE-A term of the Hill county
district court has been set by Judge
c: B. Elwell for Oct. "a, and a venire
OF 45 Jurors was summoned. Seven
criminal and five civil cases are on
the docket.
ANACONDA-The Mount Haggin
Land and Livestock Co. of this vicinity,
took first prize for pens of three ram
lambs at the Golden Gate Information
al wool show at San Francisco re-
Gently.
BRENTWOOD -Four freight cars
and an oil tank were derailed here
Just east Of the Great Northern yards.
1t was believed a broken brake beam
or flat wheel caused heavily laden
wheat car to jump switch.
GREAT FALLS Harold Howard;
station manager here for Western Air
Express, has accepted a position with
the civil aeronautics authority airway
traffic control division. Howard has
been assigned to the union air terminal
at Burbank, Calf.
WEST YELLOWSTONE "A syndi-
cate of West Yellowstone and Bozeman
men announced they have struck oil at
depth of only as feet after drilling
in the heart Of this town at the west
ern entrance to Yellowstone national
park.
HAVRE-Pres. G. H. Vande Bogart
OF Northern Montana college has an
nounced establishment of civilian
pilot training course here, similar to
the courses being offered at the Mon
tana School of Mines, Carroll college
and the Billings Polytechnic institute
SUNBURST-Bids for $4,000 worth
of new equipment for the Sunburst
schools were opened here recently. The
new equipment includes living room
furniture for the girls practice house
and ITO individual seats for the grade
school,
GREAT FALLS Construction work
on this cityS civic center, auditorium
and indoor hockey rink is progressing
rapidly and the general construction
work is about 40 percent completed,
according to an official of the j. C.
Boespflug Construction Co., the con-
tractor.
BUTTE-Word of the death of JOS
inent Butte business man and con-
tractor, at Los Angeles recently has
been received here. Riddell was buried
In ForeSt Lawn cemetery beside his
son. Arthur M. Riddell who died in
June. 1888.
HAMILTON-Edward Pangborn, IA,
died of paralysis resulting from a bull
let wound suffered in a playtime acct
gent on Aug: 7. The boys parents are
M: and Mrs. David Pangborn of
Minneapolis. Pangborn is a construc-
ton worker at the United States pub
lie health laboratory.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. Harriet Bull
lard, SO. who had been a resident of
the city for 50 years. died recently
Her late husband. w F. Billiard,
hauled freight from Fort Benton to
Cascade in early days Mrs. Billiard
was member of the Montana So
ciety of Pioneers.
GLENDIVE- Bill Holzworth. who
last May rode go miles from Glendive
to Billings in % hours, has abandoned
his plans to make pony express" to
the Golden Gate exposition at San
ised a movie contract if he could make
the Glendive- Golden Gate ride in
II days.
BUTTE-Student musicians of Butte
high school will form a symphonic
orchestra this fall. it was announced
by Henry ]. Scheisser. music super
visor for the Butte school system. A
class for drum majors has been opened
with 100 students enrolled. A mass
performance of these students at some
of the football games is planned.
Thirteen applicants who
passed tests given by the state bar
examining board have been admitted
to practice law in Montana They are:
H. j. Dwyer. Anaconda: E. L. Kleff-
man, Belt: Merrill Grafton. Billings:
E. L. Arpin and John T Maloney.
Butte: Harry A. Wooster. Estacada,
Ore: John T. Weaver. Great Falls:
James c. Porter, La Crosse. Wis;
George w. Richardson, Miles City: J.
E. Busey, Missoula: NJ. J. Wilson,