Glacier County chief., 1939-04-21
Treasure State
News in Brief

PLENTYWOOD-George McNaugh-
ton, for eight years border patrolman
at brentwood, has been transferred
to Shelby
HARLOWTON-T local mill of the
Montana Flour Mills Co. resumed
grinding following a shutdown of about
three weeks. About 40 returned to work.
HELENA-Montana's state board of
examiners awarded a contract to the
Palmquist Electric Co. of Helena and
Great Falls for rewriting the state
board of health building.
MISSOULA-Senior students in eeol-
ogy at the State university plan to
take their annual spring field trip in
May this year. The trip Is scheduled
to extend as far south as Logan, Utah.
LIBBY-The spelling bee sponsored
the Libby Commercial club, As business
houses and organizations entered SPELL
ers. Rosamond Crater, 10, of Troy, won.
MISSOULA-C. c. Strong, assistant
regional forester in region /, was elect
ed chairman Of the northern Rocky
mountain division Of the Society of
American Foresters.
MARTINSDALE-J Berg of Mar
tinsdale, student at St. Olof's college,
Mortified, Mimi, will be one of the
st: Olof a cappella choir to go on tour
this spring.
GREAT FALLS Easter haircuts
were given 100 children at st. Thomas
Orphans home when the local BARRIERS
union paid its semiannual visit to the
home.
COLUMBIA FALLS-Carl Westrip.
%, Havre, who had Just completed an
enlistment in the civilian conservation
corps. was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the Maple hotel here
HELENA-The state railroad and
public service commission announced
1t would require all companies or in
fields of the state to post Surety bonds
in the amount of 5000.
RED LoDGE-The Red Lodge high
ROAD INTO Yellowstone park will be
opened about May IA, Red Lodge
Chamber of Commerce announced.
lhls IS a month earlier than the date
on which the road is usually opened.
DILLON-O. S. (Oley) Bird, ranch
laborer in Beaverhead county for 81
years, who was found dead in a cabin
west OF mere with shotgun wound in
MS head, evidently committed suicide.
officers report.
HELENA-State Treasurer Raw N.
Shannon reported state cash in banks
on April l this year was S8,81OI31.
compared with S7,145,8O3 on the same
GATE last year, or an increase well over
million dollars.
FORT BENTON-The road leading
from Fort Benton toward Shonkin and
Hlghwood, known as the canyon" road,
is being improved by county road men
County Surveyor Wood has run a new
grade line which will eliminate several
dangerous curves.
HELENA-The 1899 state legislature,
in prohibiting the construction of any
additional buildings at University of
Montana units during the next two
years, did not exceed its constitutional
powers, Attorney General H. J. Free
bourn ruled.
COLUMBIA FALLS-The Stoltz
Land & Lumber Co. opened its mill.
employing about 140 men who had been
out of work during the winter because
of the seasonal shutdown. The mill has
sufficient orders to operate well into
the summer.
GLASGOW-A jury acquitted Talbot
K. Hedges, 20, after two hours de-
liberation of a charge of manslaughter
in connection with the death of David
w. Hammond, IS, Fort Peck foreman.
Hammond died following fight in
night club last Nov. "a.
Irrigation in the area
Of the Powder and Big Horn river
basins Of Montana and Wyoming will
be studied in detail this summer,
Frank M. Clinton, engineer from the
Denver office Of the United States
bureau Of reclamation, announced
here.
CHNOOK-Mrs. Lucy Plunkett, 6e,
resident Of Chinook nearly 80 years,