Glacier County chief., 1939-08-11
not far behind with $751;. Wyoming
ranks third, Illinois fourth, Idaho
fifth and Minnesota sixth.

not far behind with s,751. Wyoming
ranks third, Illinois fourth, Idaho
fifth and Minnesota sixth.
WHITEFISH-One OF the improye-
ments at the school building being
constructed here is a sound system.
Thirty-two loud speakers will be pro-
Vided and two-way communication
switches connect the superintendent's
office and the rooms.
HAVRE-A road committee, whose
special efforts are to be directed
the Canadian line, was appointed BY
the Lions club. On the committee are
Victor Hanson, E. v. Ahern, Morris
Feuer and E. L. Gordon.
HELENA-Gov. Roy E. Ayers Of
Montana has signed bonds totaling
$4,000. representing tine loan to fl
n n the large. pumping project at
Of water from the Yellowstone river
for irrigation of approximately 5000
acres in the Sidney area.
WHITEFISH-Willis Avery, recre-
ational supervisor at Whitefish for the
WPA, reports large numbers of old and
young taking swimming lessons at the
Lakeside municipal beach. Many times,
Avery says, whole families are in the
water together.
hnLOW ioN - heCently exnlDlteQ
here by Fred Fortney, the grower, Is
a bunch of % perfectly formed roses
all OF different tints of red, growing
on one stem. A bush on the Fortney
ranch mile east of town produced
them.
LIBBY-Two bond issues were sold
by Lincoln county to Ferris & Hard
grove, Spokane, and J. NJ. Dain & Co..
Minneapolis. The companies bid jointly
on the issues, one for $4,000 at q
percent, the other for s32,50O at 2
percent.
ROY-The Roy library has been a
busy place, where a group of ladies
are REMEMBERING the books. Everything
is being classified according to the
Dewey decimal system. So many books
have been added in the last few months
that new group of shelves was pur-
chased.
LIBBY-The body of CORTLAND Run
yam, who was drowned May 4, was
found recently eight miles from the
scene OF the accident. Runyan was one
OF two who drowned when the car in
which they were riding left the high
way and plunged into the Kootenai
river.
BILLINGS-EStimate on materials
Tor charging the state game bird farm
at Billings are being prepared for pres
entation at the next meeting of the
state fish and game commission, it
was announced here by ]. F. Hen
bricks of Warm Springs, superintend-
ent of game farms here and at Warm
Springs.
HAVRE-Idale Roper, Havre piano
instructor, has for the SECOND year
Hammond scholarship at the Three
Arts club, exclusive girls professional
club in New York city. Miss Roper
expects to leave Havre Sept. Is to
remain year, continuing her study
of piano.
HANILTON-S. A. Hatfield, 60, was
in a critical condition as result of
5uTnS received when a1 he fsn nt9
wholesale butcher, was placing hog
in the vat full of boiling water when
he toppled in. His helper, Harry Smith,
pulled him out but not before Hatfield
suffered third degree burns.
SIDNEY-Miss La Vonne Patterson
of Roundup has been elected by the
Sidney school board as grade school
The board also elected Irma Scheltens
of Donnybrook, N. D., to teach in the
first grade. Marjorie Wendt of Ovando,
Mont, to the commercial vacancy in
the high school, and Miss Ada Carlson
OF Billings to replace Lillian Lohse,
who goes to Laurel this year.
HELENA-Counties,i in publishing ap-
plications for tax deeds, may include
more than one tract of land in each
notice, even though the several tracts
are owned by different individuals At
torney General H. J. Freebourn held
that the several tracts might be in
cluded in one notice provided each
owner or person interested can obtain
from the notice the information nee
essary."
Upward of slO,OO0,0O0 is paid in ALI
monY and Separata maintenance In