Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
Treasure State
News in Brief

POLSON-Fire recently destroved
the Dewey Lumber Co.'S saw mill and
planning mill here. All buildings of the
plant were burned to the ground in
ttle spectacular blaze which could be
seen as far as 30 miles south of here
FORT PECK-Army engineers said
Fort Peck dam had been Strengthened
SSuIiiclently since an earth slip there
last september to be in no danger of
giving way under spring floods of the
Missouri river.
GLASGOW-A. B. Freedlund was
elected president of the Glasgow cham
Der of Commerce and Agricrlture nv
the directors. Otto M Christinson was
selected as vice president and Josef
SkloWer. secretary and j. P. Stern
hagen, treasurer, were reelected.
MARTNSDALE- The Martinsdale
School board has given a quit claim
deed to Dudley HART for the land on
which the Selkirk school building
stands. The board opened bids on the
oulldlng. accepting the bid of sl27
from the Bair Co.
GERALDINE-H. D. Myrick, ranch
er of this section. was elected chair
man OF the board of directors of the
succeed J. E. O'Connell, who resigned
from that position the first of the
year ''-e
M1SSOULA-Contra for finishing
the fourth floor of the pharmacy7
chemistry building at Montana State
university and installing a freight eIe
Vator was awarded to Jerome c. Boes-
plug. Miles City contractor. who has
the general contract on the building
GREAT FALLs-A set of eight text
BOOKS dealing with safety education.
for pupils from the first to the seventh
grades, has been adopted by the state
textbook commission and will be used
In the schools Of Cascade county, ac-
corolng to Miss Margaret Holland.
county school superintendent.
HARLOWTON-Cha uncey P Biffle
is manager Of the southeastern district
OF the national Unemployment service
WIN headquarters at Miles City. He
was at one time employed by the old
Farmers National bank here and was
a clerk In the chief carpenters office
OF the Milwaukee railway.
WHITEFISH-Harlan E. Wells was
reelected president of the Whitefish
Cnamber OF Commerce The election
was unanimous. H B. Markus was
elected first vice president; r. D. Tate,
second vice president; C. H. Jennings
reelected treasurer, and Thomas
Dempsey, rehired as secretary.
DLLON-A Bucks" club has been
organized by the Dillon Elks lodge,
Members of the lodge who wish to join
VIII pay 81 fee on their BIRTHDAYS,
the proceeds to be used in the treat
ment of crippled children. The chill
dren treated must be residents of
Dillon.
HAVRE-The first annual Havre
auto snow, mercantile exhibit and car
nlVal will be the week of March Is
under sponsorship of the Elks and
with the cooperation of the Havre
chamber of Commerce. The exhibit
VIII be in the new Hill county ware
house. Dedication of the building will
occur the first day of the show.
DILLON-The works progress admin
lstratlon has approved an allotment
OF 81 .184 70 prepare and serve lunches
IN the Dillon public schools The
lunches Will be served without cost to
needy or undernourished children of
the community. Notice Of the approval
was received in telegram from Sen
ator Wheeler.
GLASGOW-R. H Fried, old-time
resident of Glasgow and father of DR..
A. w. Fried of Great Falls, died at
Thermopolis, Wyo. The elder Fried
had been called to the Wyoming city
recently by the illness of another son,
Richard, who underwent an operation