Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-10
Treasure State
News i'm Brief


time in 1888 was $6.661 ,61s.57.
WOLF POINT-Under direction Of
Pres. James Cowman, the junior cham
Der of commerce is planning to pur-
chase the present courthouse building
4 from the Great Northern railway and
transform it into a civic center.
BELTON - Going-to-the-Sun high
way over the continental divide in
Glacier park was opened for traffic
over its full length June l. The open
ing was the earliest on the highway
since it was completed in 1888.
BUTTE-Jack McCaughey, 15-year-
old sophomore student at Christian
Brothers high school here, died in a
local hospital from injuries suffered
in an automobile accident. Death was
attributed to broken neck.
GREAT FALLS-Frank G.. Hofer,
formerly for many years manager of
Hotel Rainbow and at present lessee
of the Park hotel dining room and
coffee shop, has purchased the Gron-
lund cafe at 100 Central avenue.
CHINOOK-Pearl Rooney, who has
been deputy clerk and recorder here
for three years, was appointed clerk
to succeed the late Fred G. Burgwald.
Isabel Balmer. assistant in the office,
was named deputy clerk.
ROUNDUP-Precipi here dur
ing 80 days totaled 3.27 inches. A total
of 206 inches of moisture was recorded
here in May, according to the monthly
report of r. r. Morris, cooperative
Roundup Coal Mining Co. at Camp 8.
MISSOULA-The northwest's 1899 |
cherry crop is moving to eastern mar |
kets. W. A. Helm, general perishables /
agent for the Northern Pacific rail- I
road. said. The cherry crop, he said, |
is expected to total between 300 and /
400 carloads.
HELENA-The Montana railroad and /
public service commission has approved |
a rate reduction for rural service Of
fered at Ennis by the Bozeman Norris
Telephone Co., John W. Bonner, sec
retary-counSel for the commission, an
nounced The reduction is from 81 per
month to so cents, he said.
ROUNDUP-Nick CBlackie) Ratkovich,
SO, sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder Of Steve Roncevich, 70,
last December, was taken to the state
penitentiary at Deer Lodge by Sheriff
Jess r. Burns of MusselShell county
Notice Of appeal has been filed.
BROWNING-Fred Lewis is increas-
ing his herd of cattle on Milk river
northeast of Browning, now one of
the best in that area. He returned
from the Spokane section, where he
purchased 500 cattle and will have
them transported to the reservation
ranch,
the loss of hundreds of small
trout daily, the state fish and game
department reported. They said the
loSs-exact total of which can only be
caused by improper re-
leasing of the tiny trout when they
have been hooked.
GLENDIVE-Willis Haskell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Haskell, has left
for st. Paul where he will be employed
by the claim department of the North
ern Pacific railway. Haskell was gradu-
ated from the Dawson County high
school and the State university In 1885.
He has been enjoyed on the Buffalo
Rapids project.
HELENA-Two graduates Of Carroll
college, James P. Dowdall Of Anacon- (
la and John A. Gallagher of Butte, j
5ook the solemn VOWS of the Roman j
Catholic priesthood at impressive rites (
n ST. Helenas cathedral The Most ]
Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore, bishop Of the
Helena diocese, was the ordaining cler-
lyman.
GREAT FALLS-A large percentage
If pupils in Great Falls grade schools :
lave been immunized against so-called
childhood diseases" according to rec
,rds Of the city-county health office.
More than 80 percent Of the pupils have I
)een vaccinated for smallpox, while
more than 10 percent have received {
liphtheria immunization treatment. I
FORT PECK-Ffeld offices of the I
department at the Fort :
Peck dam have been moved down. =
stream to position more centrally :
coated with reference to the dredgeS
md providing convenient access to the :
pumps on the dredgeS and floating
boosters, the majority Of which are
coated on the river side of the Wiota- e
Fort Peck railroad swing bridge E
COUTTS-Fire of undetermined or t
gin destroyed two landmarks here, e
he first store building built 30 years
lgo by Paul Audit and now owned by =
he Hall 81 Dickinson estate and leased
~ the Chris Transport firm of Leth- Z
fridge as a Storeroom, and the M. @. :
Jerburg office building, leased by the =
Joutts Hotel Co., and used as an Ice II
house and storeroom.
OAAA4NOOA " kUoOA Wtto
lected president of the Chinook Lions Q
Tub, w. H Canpfield, first vice presi- 7
lent; Art Peterson, second vice presi- Q
lent; Neal Young. third vice president;
Monte Burgess and P. G. Overcast, d. c
ectors; DR.. L. G. Wilson, secretary; &
!. v. Bogy, treasurer; Herbert Bonifas,
and Gale Kerns, Lion t
amer. z
SIDNEY-Members Of the Sidney
hapter of Future Farmers of America :
lave purchased comparatively five
Jmebred Poland China and five pure
bred Duroc young sows. These are
he property Of the r. F. A. chapter.
The gifts are loaned to boys interested :
n raising OF good hogs At the end Of :
he year each boy returns to the chap s
er from the first litter two gifts to !.
Day for the initial SOW borrowed.
WOLF PONT-John Stafne. 81, is {
lead and Frank Carter, about As, Is @
n Jail as result Of shooting at a
'oadh0use Just south OF the Wolf Point I
fridge in northern McCone county. O
The trouble Is said TO have started q
lVer a kit of carpenter'g tools faloTau- I n