Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-28
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

HELENA-Jobless Montanans will
receive an average weekly benefit of
sl2.74 under the unemployment COM
pensation act Barclay craighead,
chairman of the state unemployment
compensation commission, said.
WHITEFISH-Fifty thousand trout
were released from the Smith lake
Whitefish lake. The rearing pond Is
sponsored by the Whitefish Rod and
Gun club.
HELENA-Dr. Louis H. F1igman, 81,
Helena's Oldest practicing physician
and Montana governor of the Amer
lean College of Physicians, died at
St. Peters hospital of complications
following an appendicitis operation.
WHITEFISH-Sam S. F.. Wallin, who
for two years has been business man.
ager for the Whitefish Pilot, accepted
a position with the unemployment in
surance commission as field auditor,
with headquarters at Livingston.
RED LODGE-P. w. Carolan of
Forsyth was reelected president of the
Montana State FiremenS association at
the close of the annual convention
here. Livingston was selected as the
site for the 1910 convention.
BILLINGS-Jack Cochrane, 10, of
East Helena was seriously injured
when the car he was driving left the
highway and overturned four times
about four miles east of Custer.
LIvINGSTON-Mrs. Wylie Hay, well
known resident of the upper Yellow
stone valley, died Of burns received
at her ranch home when she attempt
ed to start a kitchen fire with dis
tillate
RYEGATE-A carload of scrapiron
was loaded at the Milwaukee siding
here. The iron, which consists mostly
gathered by the Howry Wrecking Co.
of Roundup.
HELENA-Close to 10000 cattle have
March l., about Is percent more than
during the corresponding period OF
1888. The federal agricultural market
ing service said most of such shipments
have probably been breeding stock.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-Even ma
ture aided in a successful forest fire
fighting school here. Just as the last
class was dismissed a bolt OF lightning
started real woods fire, and the
graduates had a chance TO test thelr
technical knowledge.
HARLOWTON-Th local office Of
the MRS, according to the, manager,
j. H. Todd, has been ordered per-
manently closed by the county, COM
missioners. The list of employable un-
employed persons in this county mas
been almost exhausted.
GREAT FALLS-William lie N 1r,
about 30, rancher about 10 miles south
west of Great Falls. was drowned In
the Missouri river where 1t passes his
ranch. Sheriff Guy Palagi and his
deputies, aided by volunteer searchers,
dragged the river for the body.
CHINOOK-Funeral services were
held here for Mrs. William Skillen,
IS, who died at Warm Springs after a
long illness. Burial was in the local
cemetery beside her husband, who died
April / and had spent most of his life
in Montana as a soldier, Indian scout
and Stockman.
HARLOWTON The overpass on
highway here, which spans the Mil
waukee railways Great Falls line
tracks, is completed. The general con-
tractor on the project, Peter Hewitt
Sons & Co., with a bulldozer and
blade put the II miles of connecting
highway in condition.
GLASGOW-Fred Barnes, 23-year-
old beet worker, was drowned when
he was seized with cramps while SWIM
ming in the Milk river near Hinsdale.
Deputy Sheriff R. S. Drabbs and vol
unteer assistants recovered the body
with graphing hooks. Barnes came