Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07
Treasure State
News in Brief
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gutenso h n

HELENA-During the first half OF
June contractors on Montana highways
employed ,256 men, Sc more than dur
ing the second half OF May. state high
way engineer said all but 63 were Mon
tananS.
CHINOOK-A. E. CARRIER, president
of the Chinook Rod and Gun club
lingering were planted in Clear creek
They We're shipped from the Great
Falls hatchery.
HELENA-About 500 hail insurance
policies have been issued by the state
hail commission since June l. They
average Slightly more than $1,000 In
risk.
HARLOWTON-Rai have bright
ened crops prospects in this country,
with 3.75 inches of precipitation since
June l. Rain water is standing in
puddles in .plowed fields. Dirt roads
are nearly impossible.
wINNETT-word was received here
from Washington, D. c., that bids for
the soil conservation service. The serv-
ice expects to find artesian water at
1900 feet.
BRENTWOOD Old-timers peered
deeply into the past to find that, eX-
cept for 1906, the rain which has
drenched northeastern Montana since
June is the biggest deluge ever known
to the area.
HELENA-An injunction to keep the
state highway department from build
ing a feeder road from Helena to
Lincoln is sought in district court by
Mary Raymond of Helena. She said
TO certain mineral deposits on her
land.
BUTTE-Announcem was made
by the Montana Power Co. that the
regular quarterly dividend of 81 so per
share on its outstanding preferred
stock, Sc series, has been declared
payable Aug. l. 1899, to stockholders
of record at the close of business July
II, 1899.
HELENA-Attorney General Harri-
son j.. Freebourn held that funding
county under chapter 1888 of the 1889
sessions laws are not debt or liza
bility for a single purpose. Cascade
County Attorney Phil G. Greenan re-
Quested the opinion.
MSSOULA-Mrs Mary Houtchens,
80 Montana pioneer, died here of
long illness. She came to MisSoula with
her husband, John, in 1888, a year
viously they lived in Virginia City.
Houtchens operated charcoal burner
between Butte and Melrose in 1872.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-Miss Jessie
Van Brunt of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
given two stained glass windows for
the picturesque little Yellowstone ma
tional park chapel at Mammoth Hot
Springs. The windows, designed and
constructed by Miss Van Brunt, will
be installed early in July.
HELENA-A ut ON biles used by
house,,to-house drug or proprietary
Montana law, Attorney General H. ].
Freebourn ruled. The opinion, written
for j. A. Reidel OF Boulder, secretary
of the Montana pharmacy board, held
such statesmen must pay s. state Ii
cenSe fee.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-A sign
painter would have done it cheaper
but it cost Leland D. Moreillon, IS, of
Vevay, Ind, 81 letter to write his
park. A period after his last name
cost him an additional dollar when
he pleaded guilty in a United States
commissioner court.
WHITEFISH-Ira A. Winey, boiler
maker helper at the Great Northern
roundhouse. slipped off an engine decl
and sustained fracture of the left
shoulder and hip. He was placed aboard
the Empire Builder for Minneapolis,
where he will be under the care OF
DR.. Webb, Great Northern surgeon.
Winey would have retired in December
YELLOWSTONE PARK-The Mon
tana Banking association elected o.
NJ. Jorgenson OF Billings as its presi-
dent for the next year. r. D. Noun
tain of Shelby succeeded Jorgenson
as first vice president. ]. A. Sanderson
president and Mrs. E. w. Walker Of
Helena was reelected secretary
treasurer.
PLENTYWOOD-A. C. Erickson was
elected president of the Lions club. c.
w. Peterson, first vice president; Elmer
jackson, second vice president, and w.
J. Hagen, third vice president. G. E.
Fulkerson IS hon-tamer, the Rev. o.
A Schmidt. taI-twlster; A. J. LANCER,
rectors are P. G. Neville and DR.. W.
D. Roy.
HAVRE-Hays Starks, Hill county
Hill County Farmers union at the an
nual meeting at Fort Assinniboine
Other officers elected are H. H. Hess,
state representative, vice president;
Gordon Twedt, secretary-treasurer;
members of the executive board, Sven
Sathre.
BIG TIMBER The Big Timber
Lions club elected the following off
GERS for the ensuing year: Ross G.
Williams, president; Arthur Felony,
first vice president; Fred Bartholumus,
second vice president; Mac johnson,
hon-tamer; DR.. Ben Olness, tail
tw1ster: Elmer o. Larson, secretary;
Selmer II. Solberg, treasurer; Paul
director.
TO MANAGE HOSPITAL
Bishop Wallace E Brown Methodist