Glacier County chief., 1939-06-16
Treasure State
News in Brief

WHITEFISH-Win B. Barry. a for
mer druggist of Whitefish, died at Pom
Ilac. H., where he was visiting. He
to Ill health. >'Ne
GLEND1VE-Fr. Andrew Zarek re-
Selpea ms transfer from Glendive to
OF st. Patrick's church at Billings. Fr
A. j. walsh of Sidney will come here.
SDNEY-Sidney's school enrolment
has shown % percent increase dIIring
the last years. The year lust ended
nad an enrolment of 1,1O5. This in
cluded 80 boys from the CCC camp.
GLENDIVE--N. G. Ashley, field rep
rreSentative of the Western WildIffe
league, has been urging elk for the
reolanos south Of Glendive There is
good range. country in draws and on
pia1eaus out 1t is not suitable for stock.
BUTTE-Dr,. W. wurth Kreigel an
instructor at the state school OF mines
d. 6utte. mas accepted a professorship
IN ceramics engineering at North Car
nounced. GIL
HARLOWTON- Cameron NJ
t1ndon received medical aid for in
Jurles received while helping his father
yaccinate horses for sleeping Sickness
one OF the animals reared and strIlck
nm on the head with both front hoofs
Inc injuries are severe but not serious.
GREAT FALLS-Members of the
Great Falls police departments traffic
evasion travelled 42,O89 miles during
the first five months this wear accorde
ing. to records kept by Sere Arthur
Golngs: During May each officer drove
about 1000 miles.
DEER LODGE-Warden Tbeodore
4. Bergstrom reported 529 inmates at
tne state .penitentiary here Nav 81
seven less than when the month Start
ca. one prisoner escaped during the
month, he said.
HELENA The state board of equal
lzation reported May gasoline tax re-
celpts, collected on gasoline sales dur
ing April. totaled 2o,839.79, the sec
Inc previous high May was in 1927
when the collections totaled $3.50 zoos. ia.
WHITEFIsH-Jim Evans, employed
as woodsman with Green g. Sons.
loggers of Columbia Falls, escaped with
a fractured right arm when hit by a
Hmo broken from a standing tree nv
tree which he was Telling.
WHITEFISH-Willi Hunt. e-year.
OLD son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hunt.
was injured when he was struck bv
an automobile while riding his bicycle
over a v1aduct. The car was driven bv
+ j, Weller. Weller took the bow to
the parents. eo
CHINOOK-Gordon Browning, high
way patrolman in Helena and Great
Falls areas, was assigned to the Chi.
nook section. With his wife and two
chlldren, he will live here. A. A. Kemp
patroiman here for two years. moved
with his family to Choteau to work ont
of that place o"'
WH1TEFISH-H. E. jacobson of
Malta, who purchased the Gamble
store stock from c. B. Rogers here,
mas arrived and taken possession He
was accompanied by his wife and his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. jacobson.
also OF Malta, who will live here
Rogers will devote his time to man
agement of his cabin tourist camp.
BILLINGS-Sale of 10000 fleeces.
comprising the Musselshell Sealed hid
collection for % cents a pound to Hills
Oglible, Boston wool merchant, was
announced here by w. F. Trask, sec
[ rasay OF the marketing group. There
Frank P. Mackey of Billings represent
ed the buyer
LIBBY-While enroute to the c;1a-
cter-Silver-Lead mine a car driven Nv
Mrs. Dan Cole and one driven by Garth
kenelty, collided head on. Neither driy-
er was hurt but Mrs. Isabel Cole. a
passenger in one Of the cars. was
InroWn through the windshield and
lacerated face
CUT BANK-Dan MILESTONE, Cut
Bank publisher, said Cut Bank and
tam a suitable airport in this section.
MILESTONE said efforts were being
made to acquire the use of a 4OO-acre
tract on the Blackfeet, Indian reserya-
tlon, lust across the Marias river from
Cut Bank.
+ SIDNEY-Ronald w. Cook, SUPER
visor OF music in Opheim schools for
tnres years; Will be music supervisor
will be in Missoula this summer where
COOK will attend the first six weeks
OF the summer session at Montana
State university.
EAST HELENA John d. Couch
city clerk, water commissioner, street
commissioner and city marshal for
East Helena, has been removed from
office pending complete Investigation
The city council removed Cough after
state Examiner w. A. Brown reported
that preliminary audit showed Cough
was s2,401 short In his accounts.
HELENA-Bond redemption and in
terest payments totaling more than
S3OO.O00 were made, State Treasurer
Ray N. Shannon reported. He, said
capitol funding bonds totaling $751;
5O0 were paid of, as was 81. 300 in
interest on other capitol funding
bonds. In addition, $50, S4375 In state
highway debenture coupons was re-