Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-01-07
Treasure State
News in Brief

HELENA Secretary of State Sam
w. Mitchell approved an increase of
capital stock of the Connolly Machin-
cry Co. OF Billings from 100000 to
$3.50. 600.
GREAT FAILS-A resolution adopt
ed by the city council urges moderni-
zation and complete fireproofing of
the state mental hospital at Warm
/ Springs.
SHELBY-F'ire destroyed the Sulli-
van hotel here for a loss of SOS. 600,
covered by insurance. Six guests were
taken safely out of rooms after the
blaze started at about 80 o'clock in
the morning.
ROY-Wind was so intense In Roy
that the entire front Of one of the
largest buildings crashed. The building
broke just behind the first joist along
the side walls and made a clean cut
from the roof and attic floor.
KALISPELL-A committee headed
by r. D. Mcdaniel and Ward Nichols
will cooperate with Flathead county
farmers this winter in continuing the
Flathead SportSmen's associations
program Of feeding wildfowl through
out the valley.
ROUNDUP-Nick Popovich and Ra-
leigh Shields made the first coyote
hunting airplane flight on record here.
The two bagged the only coyote they
sighted during the flight. Shields Is
well known as top-flight rider at
Montana and Wyoming rodeos.
RED LODGE-Rad Maxey Of Hell
ena has been appointed secretary of
the Red Lodge Commercial club. Max
ey, who will assume his post here Jan
is, has been publicity director for
Montanans, Inc, the state chamber Of
commerce, for the past three years.
mSSOULA - Delivery Of western
Montana's 1888 sugar beet crop to the
Missoula refinery Of the American
Crystal Sugar Co. has been completed.
This years crop. which required 1888
railroad cars for transportation to the
factory, was the largest In several sea-
sons.
LIVINGSTON-Mrs. Walter Adams.
25, of Livingston was badly injured
when her automobile left the highway
west of here and plunged over an en-
bankment. Highway Patrolman Harry
Burnham reported the accident oc-
CURED when Mrs. Adams tainted at
the wheel.
HARLOWTON-Niss Pearl johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. John
son, Harlowton, who has been an in
structor In the high school at Big
Timber, has resigned that position and
mas accepted that OF English tnstruc-
tor at the Missoula County high
school.
MTSSOULA-The following Is evi-
dence Of western Montana soils: j. B.
Miller harvested cabbage crop aver
aging II tons an acre in the Bitter
Root valley and Henry Aishe of the
same territory reported a yield of %
tons Of sugar beetS an acre from a
seven-acre tract.
KALISPELL-D. S. Libbey recently
appointed superintendent of Glacier
national park, has arrived at the park
and assumed his duties. Superintend-
ent Libbey, formerly in charge of Hot
Springs national park, in Arkansas,
succeeded z. T. Scoyen, who was
named superintendent of Sequoia ma
tional park in California.
BIG TnNBER-At the annual meet
ing Of the congregation Of the Big
Timber Lutheran church on Friday
evening the Rev A. A. Holbeck, pastor,
rendered his resignation. The Rev. Mr..
Holbeck has been in charge here for
18h years. He has been asked to take
charge Of parishes at Ray and Tioga,
N. D.
MILES CITY,. H. Barringer Of
Rosebud is carrying on the tradition
brought to this part Of the state in
1885 by his father, John Barringer-
the tradition Of being a good raiser Of
corn. He was crowned "Corn King of
Montana" at. the show conducted re-
Gently at Billings, winning first on 10
ears and bushels Of yellow dent.
HFALTA-Despite drop Of about
Is degrees in temperature and light
fall of snow Maltas colony Of robins
has not changed Its coll
lective mind about spending the win
ter In Montana. Russian olive trees
on the courthouse grounds bore a
heavy crop Of fruit and robins are
fond Of the gray-green
Olives"
CHTNOOK-Marcus Howell, l03, was
found dead at his home near zurich |
discovered his death when ]
they went 70 the home TO investigate
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