Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
Treasure State
News in Brief

GREAT FALLS-Donald Rinke, l8,
shot in the back by companion who
dropped a gun as the two were pre-
pairing to leave on hunting trip was
reported In favorable condition by
| physicians.
! HELENA-The fish and game COM
mission has power to spend depart
for wildlife restoration purposes. At.
torney General H. ]. Freebourn ruled
for James A. Weaver, state fish and
game warden.
LIBBY-Dr. ]. w. Church. IS. well
known Montana osteopath, died here
after a brief illness. DR.. Church, active
in civic and fraternal affairs, prac-
ttced at Harlowton, Big Timber and
Helena before locating here. Burial
was at Livingston.
HAVRE-Thomas E. McDonough, 54,
Great Northern railroad conductor as
signed to duty on the Bainville branch,
died at Seattle. Death was attributed
to heart attack. Survivors include
his widow one son, and daughter,
all of Seattle.
ST. IGNATIUS Telephone service
has been established in this Lake
county town, and application, for APP
proval of rates filed with the state
railroad and public service commits
sion. The new concern is headed by
E. B. Holmquist.
LAUREL - Application has been
made by Laurel for the establishment
Of one of the two sewing room units
to be opened in Yellowstone county
by the state welfare department. The
unit would provide work for 10 relief
clients and one nonrelief person.
HAVRE-A. W. Friers, a rancher re-
siding eight miles southwest Of Hing
ham. reported to Sheriff r. c. Tim
mons that he was bound and gagged
by two holdup men who entered his
household utensils and his automobile.
LAUREL-A WPA naturalization
class with good attendance is being
conducted at the south Laurel Luth-
eran church. During the winter large
number Of German and Russian adults
qualify for citizenship examinations by
attending these classes.
BILLINGS The Great Western
Sugar company refinery here ended a
91-day run, exceeding the 1887 run by
five days and topping all since 1888.
The average daily slice this year was
3,670 tons of beets, a record for the
SO years in which the factory has
been operating.
LAUREL-Farmers south of Laurel
completed 10 miles of telephone line
and made a connection with the Lau-
rel branch of the Mountain States
Telephone & Telegraph Co. The line
IS the property Of the subscribers, the
farthest distant Of whom is IS miles
by road from Laurel
BILLINGS = Harold Orange. 81,
Montana State university law school
graduate, assumed his duties as city
police magistrate with the beginning
Of the new year and became the first
law graduate and the youngest man
ever to hold the police tudgeship in
the city Of Billings.
RED LODGEA coroner's Jury has
placed on Jake Craft Jr., about %,
the blame for the death Of Arthur
Viers, ~, former Red Lodge tire shop
operator, who was fatally injured when
from the Clark Fork river bridge at
Chance, south of Belfry.
Completion Of Yellow
stone valley rural Identification lines
is expected shortly. Nearly all poles
Power Co. supply stations. Energizing
will follow when a sufficient number
Of homes have been wired and ap-
proved for service.
FARFIELD-A case Of hog cholera
was discovered in the vicinity of Fair
field some days ago and immediate
steps were taken BY Dr.. B. o. Fisher
to prevent the spread Of the disease.
A total Of 140 hogs In the vicinity Of
Fairfield have been vaccinated against
cholera.
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be flooded By the upper Nusselshell
water storage and irrigation project
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