Glacier County chief., 1939-09-15
News Briefs

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FRAZER-Mrs. william GAS will
be matron at the Frazer school dor
mitory.
HELENA -Firefighters brought un-
der control a 500-acre forest blaze near
Wolf Greek, SO miles north of here. The
town Of Wolf Greek was threatened
for a time but smokechasers succeeded
IN hating the advance of the fire.
MSSOULA-Forest fires in region
l took their third life of the season
go. CCC youth fighting the Kelley
creek blaze in the Nez Perez forest
near higgins, Idaho.
BHLINGS-Herman Julius Nord-
Strom, so, Of Spokane, a federal land
bank examiner, died in Billings hos
pital recently after an illness Of near
y two weeks, He had been suffering
from peritonitis.
BUTTE-Eddie OConnor, Butte's
hiccuping policeman, returned to work
cured Of the hiccups which he has
had since last April /, O'Connor's con-
dition Is improved sufficiently to allow
him to work.
HYSHAM-Taton Byrd, negro, was
shot and killed by State Highway
Patrolman G. A. Hunter when he and
e negro companion. Robert Dorsey
county Jail here. Dencon was captured
shortly Afterwards.
PLENTYWOOD-Su E. H. Fell
baum announced that the vacancy
created in the department of home
economics by the resignation OF Myrtle
johnson has been filled by Margaret
Hill Of Drummond, graduate of the
Utah State Agricultural college.
HARLOWTON- George Semmlow,
Chicago advertising man who is tax
ing points on the Milwaukee railway,
gave much attention to Sixteen Mile
canyon, the Gallatin valley and Gal
latin Gateway inn.
Observation-Disclosures gasoline tax
collections during August totaled $685.
208. highest of any month this year
and well above the August, 1898, rec
said gas tax income in August of last
year was s606,234.
GREAT FALLS-Twelve accidents
were reported and 10 persons were in
jured. Ten were collisions between
motor vehicles and 2 were collisions
between cars and pedestrians. Fifteen
accidents were reported in August,
1900, alo A1sS pSAooAS "SAS AiJuAeo.
HELENA-Co-operati of Montana
motorists in protecting school children
was asked by Lou Boedecker, super
visor of the state highway patrol. Boo
decker advised motorists to drive slowly
and cautiously near schools. He added
the law requiring drivers to stop while
school buses pick up and discharge
pupils will be strictly enforced.
GREAT FALLS-Recently completed
buildings at the municipal airport have
been protected against tornado. hail
and falling aircraft. The administra-
ton building, hangar and other build
ings are insured for 100000 against
tornado and hail and $4,000 against
loss by falling aircraft.
FORT BENTON-Roy Gallagher took
over management of the Fay Adams
meat market here. Junior Tschache,
who had been operating the market,
will attend college this fall. Gallagher
has been in the meat business here
for a number of years, operating the
Valley market, which he leased little
over year ago.
STANFORD-Ben Butler Hinkle, "a,
Stanford justice of peace, died here
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Payne
Hinkle, to whom he was married Dec.
26, 1886. A resident of Judith Basin
county nearly 80 years, he lived at
Windham prior to coming to Stanford
in 1925.
BIG TIMBER-Clara Blakely, young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles /
Blakely of Boulder valley, was injured
at her ranch home when she was
thrown from a horse. She was taken /
to a Bozeman hospital where it was
found she had spine injury. An
emergency operation was performed !
and her recovery will be slow.
CUT BANK-Cut Bank high school
is offering three new subjects this
year on its curriculum. They are
physical education. journalism and
third year home economics. The sched- |
ule has been rearranged to allow for
more time to be devoted to the music
departments of the school, under the |
direction of Miss Babette Millspaugh
and N. T. Haburchak.
HAVRE-Axel Carlson, %, was killed |
when the truck ne was driving home
from Joplin left the grade three miles
from Chester, turned over and rolled
across the road. Carlson had been to
Joplin to obtain combine repairs. The
accident occurred not far from his
home. He was believed to have gone to
The body was badly mangled.
FORT BENTON-Two prairie fires
which burned considerable areas were
extinguished by rain. One fire near
the Conrad Kulage ranch, now OPP
Grated by Diekhans, was quickly put
out by a downpour. A bigger fire in
the Square Butte section burned 500
to 1000 acres, including part of the
Osnes estate and W. P. Sullivan and
Stillwell land, and was extinguished
by the same shower.
HELENA-Tourist travel in Montana
headed for new records with 103,36
out of state automobiles counted since
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