Glacier County chief., 1939-03-17
Treasure State
News in Brief

ROY II About 100 waxwings have
visited Roy every day for a week. They
attract considerable interest because
they are the first ever seen here
HELENA-Friends here were advised
OF the death of George w. Mccartney,
". FOR Is years manager of the Mon
tana club in Helena. in a Des Moines
hospital
RYEGATE-Harold Rediske will rep
resent the local high school band at
the northwest music educators con-
ference in Tacoma March 90 to April
l. He plays the sousaphone
HELENA-Officials of Helena Fish
and Game association set a goal of
LOCO members for the 1899 season. The
association was to further conservation
and propagation OF wildlife.
LAUREL-E. P, Ruckman, for %
years resident of Reed Point, has
taken over management of the Laurel
Gamble store. e. L. Finch. former pro-
Prletor. moved with his family to
BoZeman.
COLUMBUS-Malcol W. Miller. So
year-old native of Columbus and mem
Der of prominent early day cattle
raising family in this area, was found
dead in the garage in the rear of his
home, bullet hole through his heart.
LIBBY-Twenty-fi boys between
the ages of 10 and IL years were or
ganized by Ralph ChiIds. field Scout
executive, into a cub pack of the Boy
Scouts. Four den mothers met with
them and each was apportioned a part
of the enrolment.
COLUMBIA FALLS-Columbis Falls
camera enthusiasts organized the Co.
lumbia Camera club. Officers are
Thomas A. Caverly. president; Mahlon
Drury, vice president: Mrs. Julia Skill
llngs. secretary, and John Clapper,
treasurer
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and improve
ment plans for the Butte airport were
agreed upon by committee represent
ing the local chamber of. commerce. the
WPA, and Northwest airlines officials
1t is proposed to make Butte airport
one of the best in the west.
RED LODGE-Edward olcott sr..
Red Lodge business man, died at Long
Beach, Calf, from heart attack. He
went to California shortly after Jan.
to join Mrs. Olcott. The body was
brought to Red Lodge for funeral
WHITEFISH-Geor W. Mansfield
q Sons disposed of their retail lumber
yard at Whitefish to W. E. Fredenbere
of Lewiston. Idaho. The Mansfields
VIII continue to operate their mill
| which is now finishing a cut in the
Swan river country.
DILLON-Loren Iroin, 20, of Arm
stead was fatally injured when a
motorized bu1lrake he was driving to
Dillon for repairs went out of control
tore through guard rail and plunged
over an embankment. Iroin died at
the hospital here a few hours after
the accident.
STANFORD-Co-oper with c..
H. Lyman, state director of the his
torlcal records survey, the Stanford
| journalism class will take up research
work with reference to historical data
of the Judith basin, stressing products,
occupations, origin of the name of the
county and history of the courthouse.
GREAT FALLS Although MANY
citizens Of Great Falls will refuse to
believe 1t there is now about 30 inches
of frost in the ground. The municipal
water department and city engineering
crews have discovered this to their
marked Inconvenience, according to
City Engineer Ed Henen.
GLACIER PARK-Miss Karola Man.
kenberg, former resident Of Glacier
Park, Is one Of two students at the
University Of Washington recently
honorary society. Membership is deter
mined by scholarship and artistic abil-
ity. Miss Mankenberg studied under a
famous artist from New York, Weinald
Reiss, Tor Two summers at Glacier park.
BUTTE@Transfer Of the WPA his
torich records survey headquarters for