Glacier County chief., 1939-04-28
Treasure State
News in Brief

WHITEFISH-Mrs. Coed Scholp is
the first woman to be appointed dog
catcher for Whitefish.
SCOBEY-The Rev. Melvin E. Ran
helm OF the Scobey Lutheran parish
accepted a call to Howard, S. D. He
and his family will move in June.
SUNBURsT-william Halter. mayor
elect of Sunburst, suffered a broken
collarbone when his automobile left
the highway and turned over on the
Sunshine trail mile north of here
BILLINGS-Ben Forbes, Lewistown
banker, completed construction of one
OF Montana's finest tourist cabins here
at cost of $4,000 1t is known as the
Westward Ho.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. Jean DeHart,
about 10. widow of Jacob L. DeHart
at one time state game warden and
a well known political figure, was
found dead in her room here. She
had been i'll about week.
HELENA-State Purchasing Agent +,
S. McQuitty announced equipment for
the Montana water conservation board
including a power shovel. two trucks
and a rotary drill outfit. had been
purchased at cost of sl1, 437
MISSOULA-Planttng of yellow pine
shrubs has begun in the Nine Mile
area of the Lolo forest. A crew of so
CCC enrollees from the Superior camp
has been assigned the task of plant
ing approximately 100000 shrubs this
season.
HAVRE-Troop No 81. sponsored by
the Havre Lions club. will be among
those Havre Scouts who will make the
goodwill trip to Medicine Hat. Alta.
to no l.
queen of England May 26. Medicine
Hat Scouts invited Havre boys to be
their guests.
HELENA-Gov. Roy E. Ayers has
announced appointment of a five-man
armory board. in accordance with a
law enacted by the 1889 legislature
Members are John A. Stagg, Anaconda,
chairman; H. NJ Morris. Billings
Nelson Story. Bozeman: Fred Bull
lock. LewistoTn: J. Russell Larcombe
Malta.
CUT BANK-J. J. Green, a former
judge of this district and for the past
10 years a member of the state board
of equalization. has opened a law Of
flee in Cut Bank. Judge Green served
as county attorney of Teton county
prior to the time Glacier county was
created.
SIDNEY-Albert Stickley and Nick
Cayko of Fairview pleaded guilty to
giving liquor to Douglas Hurley, IT, of
FalrvieW. They were fined $3.50 each
and will serve six months in the county
Jail, this being the minimum sentence. !
Douglas was paroled in custody OF his
father until he is 81.
GLENDIVE-Sixty- eight men with
two-horSe teams and 60 additional |
labOrcrS have been re-employed on !
lateral construction on Buffalo Rapids /
irrigation project. The force consists |
of four separate outfits and there are
no government camps operated in con- |
nection.
BIGFORK The Bigfork library |
which has been conducted by the WPA .
for two years. closed because of lack |
of funds. The library had developed |
from few castoff books into one with |
over 5000 volumes and serving about |
2 900 people. Two women were en-
ployed full time.
HELENA-The engineering labora-
tory at Montana State college, Boze-
man. henceforth will be known as the
Ryon engineering laboratory, the state
board of education decided. The deSig-
nation was made in honor of A. NJ
Ryon, first president Of the State
college.
GREAT FALSE w. Eyer of Glen
dive was elected chairman of the
American Waterworks association here