Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-20
Treasure State
News in Brief

WHITEFIsH-A new group of the
southeast Of Whitefish. Charles Beiler
is president.
LIBBY The bridge across the
Fisher river near the McKilup cabin
has been finished. It is 100 feet long
and is made of piling.
HELENA-Chief of Police Roger
smith announced a 16- year old
Helena boy, whose name he did not
disclose, had confessed % burglaries
here during recent months.
SWEET GRASS Harry Osborn.
superintendent of the Hannah-Porter
oil refinery in the Red Coulee field
west Of town, suffered a broken leg
wnen ne fell on an Icy sidewalk here.
HELENA-The state had a cash
balance of s8,056, 485 at the end of the
calendar year. State Treasurer Ray N
s246,194 less than the 1882 ,67s on
hand in banks the last of 1887, he
said.
NASHUA.Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hal
version left for Bozeman to open an
apparel shop. The Halversons were
formerly in business in Nashua and
Park Grove and retain their mems
furnishings store at Glasgow.
BIG TINIBER-The Big Timber
Lutheran church received the Rev.
A. A. Holbecks resignation. He has
been in charge here for 49, years. He
will take charge of parishes at Ray
and Tioga, N. D.
DILLON Sam Freeman, Dillon
rancher, has just filed a homestead
patent he applied for May Is, 1893
Although the rancher lived on the
land during the intervening 40 years,
the patent was not granted until May
Il, 1888, due to legal obstacles.
BUTTE-C. A. Joy, forest super
visor, said more livestock will Craze
In the Deer Lodge forest this year
than the 31,371 cattle and sheep in
1888. Joy said several thousand addi-
tlonal head will be allowed to Craze
in the area, which has a set limit of
1886 animals.
BIG TIMBER-Fire destroyed the
ranch home of Sven Stenberg, located
miles from town. Everything was lost.
1t is presumed an overheated chimney
was the cause. There was no insur-
ance.
GREAT FALLS-Dan Noble, agri-
cultural development agent for the
Milwaukee railroad, reported winter
wheat conditions in nearly all sections
OF Montana satisfactory. Noble said
more moisture than usual was re-
ceived, and soil conditions are SUBJ
stantially above average.
MSSOULA-Search parties for
lost hunters cost the forest service
sl,059 during the 1888 fall hunting
season, the regional headquarters here
announced. The report showed four
hunters who were lost were found, two
were not found, and the body of an
other located.
HELENA - Montana mining men
will discuss the silver situation and
reciprocal trade agreements affecting
manganese, zinc and lead at a meet.
ing of the Mining Association of Mon
tana here Tuesday, Jan. "a. Mem
beers of the legislature will be guests
OF honor at a banquet.
CHOTEAU- E. }. Jourdonnais, pub
Usher of the Choteau Acantha,
W wis,sy newspaper here, sold it to Karl
Blshop OF DEBORAH, Ia. Bishop is
nephew of Max Bishop, who sold the
Acantha to Jourdonnais 20 wears ago
Jourdonnais had not announced his
plans for the future.
GREAT FALLS-when a WOODY
drivers car bumped into one driven
by c. R. Jewett here. both drivers
stepped out to survey the damage. The
woozy one, after sizing up the situa-
ton, took his keys from his pocket,
handed them to Jewett. Here are the
keys; take the car" he said. No one
has seen him since.
BILLINGS-Leo ]. DAILY, So, Boston
wool buyer and a former Ril1inoc ,,,er
chant, died at Boston of pneumonia,
according to word received here. DAILY,
a graduate of Harvard, came west so
years ago as a wool buyer. and for